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THE WEATOER
: Unsettled with rains to- '
day, Xbnrsday y probabljr
fair, moderate tempera
tore; Blax. Temp. ' Tuesday
47, Mln. 27, rtrer 2.7 feet,
.north wind, f
FOUND C D 1 S3 f
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 25, 1931
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AFT
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LOBBY If
snatorffjot $100,000 or so
From Sugar 'Firm is
- Published Tale
Mame not Mentioned; Fill!
Investigation ' Urged; ;
Nye had Report
v WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 ( XV)
' The senate's strife torn lobby
committee was revived - today to
Investigate published reports an
unnamed .senator bad received
from $100,00 'to' $150,000 from
a domestic sugar company while
considering the Hawley-Smoot tar
iff bllL : ' ;
The committee was called to
meet tomorrow after Senator Da
vis, republican, Pennsylvania, for
mer secretary of labor, asked
Chairman Caraway for an imme
diate and complete investigation
of the reports.
A full lnoulry also was demand-
ed on the: senate floor by Sena
tors Borah, : republican, laano;
Robinson. . democrat, Arkansas
and Nye, . republican. North Da
kota, after Borah read a story
published in. a New York newspa-
per. .'".'-
Nye. chairman of the campaign
funds committee, said his commit
tee had made a partial invesuga
tlon of the reports, but had aban
doned Its Inquiry when it found
no evidence of money being con
tributed to the senator's campaign
fund.
Name of Senator
' Not Mentioned ' -
Not once during the senate de-
i bate was the name of the senator
Involved mentioned.
Davis, a member of the Hoover,
: Coolidge and Harding cabinets,
who was not a member of the
senate when the tariff bill was be
ing considered, told newspaper-
- men he had asked Caraway for
an Immediate Investigation. .
as one senator, demanded
that the charges be gone Into to
the fulest extent." Darts said.
told Senator Caraway X would get
the witnesses he wanted. The
- sooner they get to ltlhs better
off we all will be."
Borah said he was sure the sen
ate would want charges investl
' gated, pointing out that.no name
was mentioned. 1
Robinson, democratic leader.
joined Borah's demand for an in
quiry. 'Certainly the charges
should not go without notice' he
said. -; '' ""' " 't-':
Nye told the senate he did not
want the conclusion ' drawn that
his committee made a '"fall and
thorough investigation of the
charges."
OLEO TAX BILL IS
PASSED BY HOUSE
By a vote of 54 to . the house
yesterday passed its bill No. 21
imposing , an excise tax of . 10
tents a pound on all oleomargar
ine sold -In the state. The pm
.prohibiting use of oleomargarine
or aay butter substitute in state
Institutions,; was referred again
to committee.
Opposition to tax -on oleomar
garine was lead by Representa
tive Bynon, who , characterized
oleomargarine as "lean and
wholesome food. Representative
Tompkins, defending the : meas
ure. , said It would tfrotec't " the
very valuable dairy Industry, im-
prove general farm conditions
and provide an Important, source
of state revenue. -
, The house also passed a meas
ure - establishing grades for
cream. The measure had hereto
fore passed the senate and . now
goes to the governor tor nis con
sideratlon.
Pluvius, Delays :
Walker Risko
Fistic Affray
V MIAMI, ria., Feb. 24 .(APJ
The first - of Florida's winter
heavyweight steeplechases stum
bled over the last hurdle old
man weather today and' prompt
ly took the count. ,.
The fistic festival, featuring &
ten round bout between Mickey
Walker and Johnny Risko, and
scheduled for tonight at the Madi
son Square garden arena, : was
washed out by a heavy downpour
of rain and -postponed until to
morrow night . - .
Pacific Breaks
Into Win Ranks;
Overcomes Lead
TACOMA. Feb. 24. (AP)
The Pacific university Badgers
broke into the win column of the
Northwest conference basketball
tonight by taking a 4$ to 4fver
dlct over the College of Puiet
Sound here. .
The Loggers had a 21 to If
score at hair time but the Badg
ers narrowed the lead down to
, nothing in the second half ad
' ,!vrtook tn local t the
.- close of the game.
TARIFF GR
DRY
REVIVES
QUIRY
Highest Court Finds
18th Amendment kis
ly
oper
Justicei Roberts' - Opinion Khds judge Glark in
; Error a& to Jnteipretation of Article; i
! Five of Constitution - . rl
T17ASHTNGT0N, Feb. 24.(AP):With vigor and em
TT phasia the supreme court today upheld the constitu-
In a clearly worded and
the validity of the amendment" against the contention of
J? ederal J udge William Clark
naa oeen improperly raunea. v
The . decision, announced by
the court's youngest member In
years . and : service, - Associate Jus
tice Roberts, transferred the per
ennial battle over the liquor .laws
to the field of revision or repeal
. It placed the entire question
upon the j shoulders - of congress
and lent an added significance
to the much discussed -and much
disputed, report of the Wicker
sham commission.
The Clark decision was based
upon a .contention . that the
amendment to be valid should
hare been: ratified by state -pop
ular conventions rather than by
the state legislatures.
Counsel ! supporting - Judge
Clark'a position argued the fifth
article of the constitution differ
entiated - between ' amendments
making changes in governmental
machinery and those affecting
the liberties of the people.
Amendments of the latter cate
gory it was contended must be
submitted by , congress ' to state
conventions.
Early in his opinion. Justice
Roberts ' said attorneys support
ing the Clark ruling were asking
the court to held that Article t
"means something different front
what it plainly- says."
j "The United States asserts,'
he added, "that Article S is clear
In statement, contains no ambig
uity, and calls for no resort - to
rules of construction. - A mere
reading demonstrates that this is
true.! : ' ' '
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for en son
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 24.
CAP)" j Jesse LeRoy Jones.
Portland, was convicted by a cir
cuit court jury here tonight of a
charge of assault and battery up
on his seven-months-old son,
James Newton Jones. -
Jones was arrested last August
after neighbors, who said they
could . hear Jones- beating the
child, had called police. Dr.
Morris L. Brldgeman, who exam
ined the baby two 'days after the
arrest, testified the child was
suffering from contusions and
scratches and - was undernour
ished. Probation! officers and
others testified Jones beat his
son because his crying annoyed
him. . !:.. . :
Jones admitted from the wit
ness stand he cad : gjven the
child a few "spats" but that they
were not loud enough, to have
been heard by neighbors.
The child is In a baby home
here. ' - " . ' .
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nucT:
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 24.
(AP) Mary Lewis, Metropolitan
opera star,- was charged with "be
coming Intoxicated and violating
the' morals clause of "her con
tract" In an answer filed In su
perior court today by Pathe Stu
dios. Inc., to her suit for $22,500.
Miss Lewis, In her complaint,
declared she entered into a $25,
000 ' contract with the motion
picture company and received but
$2,500 of the amount. ' .
Consummation of the' contract
attracted wide- attention at the
time it -was made. It prorided
Miss Lewis was to receive $25.
000 as the star in a motion pic
ture. .. 1 ' ' ' . '
In the answer the film studios
said the $2,500 was loaned to
the singer to enable her . to es
cape interviews by newspaper
men after she allegedly "became
Intoxicated. In violation f of the
contract.'
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The Legislative Calendar,
SENATE TODAY
Third reading, senate bills
32, 311, 317, 327, 32, 220
259, 331, 272, 248, 31. 260,
294, 314, 234, 315.318. 319. .
Third reading, house bills
120, 77, 125, 99, 139, 317T
320, 204, 333, 43. 322323."
160, 301,343,35$, 357,359.
359. 3$0, 31, 362, 3$3,34,
365. 3(6. 369, 376, 317, 10.
150. 96, 276, 296, "
SEXATE YESTERDAY
Reref erred measure for
appointing senate and house
vacancies to committee.
Defeated, 16 to 14, Ben
nett measure : for changing
time for primary election.
Reconsidered and passed
new game code. :
" Voted to accept farcTlng .
passage of Crawford-Bailey "
Rat
tied
unAnlmnua nrtinfnn It nolnw1
of New Jersey : who ruled it
dawes wmm
TERM
Fiery Ambassador Quashes
Rumors he Will Quit
Within two Years
LONDON, Feb. 24 (AP)
General Charles Q. Dawes, Ameri
ca's fiery ambassador to the court
of St. James, who has won his way
Into the hearts of the British peo
ple, plans to serve his full term
of two more years here, he told
the Associated Press today.
. The ambassador thus silenced
rumors he would return to the
United States either for political
work or in connection , with the
world's fair at Chicago. He and
his brother made themselves, re
sponsible for the opening of the
exposition on time In if 3 3
The general who has a host of
friends here, seems perfectly sat
isfied with his present : lob al
though It Is reported to be cost
ing him $$100,000 a year oat of
his own pocket.
Gets Along Well t
With Britishers
Then the desire of the former
vice president to ' remain here
suits the British people perfect
ly. England for the most part has
expressed a frank liking for the
American ambassador.
At first the people were non
plussed by the general's . frank
and fiery style of oratory- which
was something new to England,
But long ago he took his place
among the real personalities of
Britain and he and his "up-slde-down-"
pipe are In constant de
mand. ' -
From a reliable source though
not from the -ambassador himself
It Is said Dawes' personal ' ex
penses here amount to $100,000
annually and possibly more.
While the general publie thinks
the government pays. most of the
expenses of ambassadors, ' as an
actual fact the country's eontribu
tlon is but a drop in the bucket
compared with the total expense
In capitals Uke London, Paris and
Berlin. -
Geoduck on
'Protected;
List Sure!
OLYMPIAl Wash.. Feb. 24. -
(AP) The raw -limiting the
catch' of geoducks to three a
day was passed by the house to
day but here s how: ' ' . :
An amendment' declaring the
pronunciation to be "godueV was
beaten. ,
Another making it unlawful, to
chase them with hounds was defeated.----"'':-".-
"';..' 4
Another permitting them to be
taken-- with shotguns .and . rifles
was lost. '..-';: '?
Other amendments to Include In
the law "mountain oysters." mem
bers of the democratic party and
"lam. fnlra wo,, tumfon , m
Finally the measure protecting
the shell fish was. passed but only
after a "call of the house" had
been ordered and the doors lock
ed. Even at that 60 members Tot
ed against it and theti had their
votes changed to "aye." - l
CONTICT RECAPTURED
'' PHOENIX, Artx., Feb. 24.
(AP) - Hayward Lewis, negro,
one of 15 prisoners who escaped
from the Arizona state prison Sun
day, was captured In Phoenix to
night.';;; ;l'r' h;
bill for centralliatlon of all
state income In general
-treasury : j '
HOUSE TODAY : ;
Third reading, house bills
378, 352, 144, 60, 63, 153,
238, 379. 381, 383, 384, 385,:
V 186, 388. 387, 393, 294, 288,
345. ' - ' " '
Third reading, senate bills
77, 108. 137. 138, 102, 14$,;
189, 190, 292,-209, 210,228.
.86. 211, 171, 78. i-
nOUSE YESTERDAY !
Passed bill putting excise
tax of 10 cents a pound on
- oleomargarine sold in-Oregon.
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Passed 8 per cent intan
gibles and 8 per cent excise
law. V,:, ;-rr .
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BILL THOilSOfJ
TO" FACE HEHT
Chicago Mayor's Victory h
i Conceded Early; has :
: ; G0,000 PIuraIity "
. r - .. ... :
Heavy Vote for Cermak has
-V Indication "t of. Strong
' :;;.Su'pport In Finals ' i
CHICAGO. . Feb, 24 (A P)
The old maestro of political bal
lyhoo, William Hale . Thompson
smashed to victory' today In the
republican mayoralty primary.
"Big BUI" drew a plurality of
$0,000 over Judge John H. Lyle
out of the hopper of 600,000 re
publican votes.; t , . . . -
At th same time, indications
of a close fight In the forthcom
ing election were seen in the
heavy vote cast in the democratic
lorimary. r f ; v . " ? v
- With only 1,350 precincts of
2,987 tabulated, Anton J. Cer
mak. had received an average of
about 100 votes per precincC If
that ratio is maintained in the
rest of. the city It will yield him
a projected vote of 285.000. Cer
mak was running about $5 to
ahead of his only, opponent, John
B. Devoney. -
Thompson lumbered into the
lead from the start and less than
two hours after the polls closed
the Dally News, supporting Al
bert, conceded the nomination to
the incumbent and predicted he
would win by 50.000. Thompson
Lyle by 0,000.
himself said he expected to beat
Eiurs LAW IS
BUfir REPEALED
OLTMPlX Wash.. Feb. 24.
(AP) The Einstein law was re
pealed and a "governor's mes
sage" deplored at the biennial
tragedy" of a session of the
state legislature tonight when the
third house convened. ... -
The fnn-maklna" event of the
legislative session was held before
a crowded - house chamber ' and
galleries. State officials were par
odied and the proceedings of both
houses were re-enacted in hu
morous style. -
"I know nothing about taxa
tion problems," said the "gover
nor." The Einstein law was debated
and frequently amended before be
ing defeated. An address of ex
planation in many-syllabled words.
part in German, had the "mem
bers' guessing. i
One bill, by a "Mr. B. N. Hicks."
would prohibit everything that is
hot now prohibited. An amend
ment excluding the terms of the
Volstead act was adopted.
A "motion picture" of the leg
islature "at work" revealed a cage
of monkeys behind a screen and
Rule 20,000" was suspended to
permit the women to smoke dur
ing the session. , !
T
To determine features desired
in a regulatory billboard ordi
nance for the city, a public hear
ing before the building code com
mittee and the " zoning .commis
sion of the council will be held
at the city hall tonight at 7:30
o'clock, according to Dr. O. A.
Olson, chairman of the . building
code committee. .'
At this meeting, local citizens
will be given opportunity to ex
press their views on the merits
of .billboards or on their ; unde
sirable features. 'The toning
commission Is called. to hold Joint
session with the building regula
tion body in order that -its plans
for the elty may be observed in
the . billboard ordinance . which
will be drawn up and submitted
to the city council In the near
future.
Griffith Sued '
For Large Sum;
Attack Claimed
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.
( AP) David Wark Griffith,-ret-
eran motion picture director, was
sued for $600,000 damage today
br Fern Sterill. actress, who has
played some small .parts la mo
tion pictures. f .c:
The girl charged Grirnth maae
unwelcome advances to her in an
apartment here last June 25
where she had "gone to see him
at his request regarding a part In
picture, "Abraham Llncoin,"
then in production. -
- Miss Steril asked $500,000 ac
tual damages and' $100,000 ex
emplary damages, ;
Griffith was reported to ro in
New- York.ii ,W-: r: '
VANDERBrLT TWINS
NEW TORIT. Feb. 24 (AP)-
Twin'danchters were born tonight
(to Mrs. William H. "Vanderbilt,
wlfe of the capitalist.
BILLBOARD-ISSUE
nine T01H
aBauanawaua
He's Winner in
Noisy Primary-
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'BIG ; BILI'- THOMPSON-
FIVE-POWER PACT
I -
IW PROBABILITY
Italy and France Expected
njoi Agree; Henderson
''- ; Leaves for Parley .
ROME. . Feb. 24, (AP)
Transformation or the London
naval three-power pact into a fire
power . treaty, - with Italy and
France adhering, appeared a dis
tinct probability tonight.
I Word that the British foreign
minister, Arthur Henderson, and'
A. -V, Alendaner, first lord of the
admiraltss had left for Rome to
present here a conditional accord
reached In Paris was hailed with
satisfaction In circles conversant
with Italian official views.
In these same circles it was
considered that the basis" of the
Franco-British accord, as far as it
was known in Rome, was general
ly acceptable to the foreign office.
As R. L. Cralgle, British admiral
ty expert, initiated the conversa
tions and as . Italy has been con
stantly in touch with V them
through diplomatic channels it
was taken for granted . that the
British officials were coming to
Rome because they knew a settle
ment was possible.
- What was known ' of the parte
agreement" was said to harmonise
with Italian policy, and a few per
sons thought the question of de
tails would not be permitted final
ly to obstruct such important aims
of the attainment of. a fire-power
pact and speeding np of the labor
of naval disarmament.-.
SENATE WILL VOTE
UPOII MEYER CASE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 34
(AP) The long-contested nom
ination of Eugene Meyer of New
York to be rovernor of the fed
eral reserve board will be voted
on by the senate tomorrow at 4
p.m.. indications tonignt were ne
would be confirmed wttn many
votes to spare.
The nomination, pending since
early December bat held up by a
committee investigation, reached
the floor for debate today. Alter
a speech of more than two hours
by Senator Brooknart. republican,
Iowa,' against confirmation, the
senate unanimously agreed to
vote after four more hours discus
sion tomorrow.
Senator MoNary. of Oregon, the
assistant republican leader, pro
posed the Tote agreement while
Brookhart was in the midst of an
assault on Meyers service on the
war finance corporation and farm
loan board. . .The Iowan will re
sume his speech tomorrow, -
fe-- ,;v-, ' '.V- '.
Jury Duty Held
Equal of Fines
For Violations
-:" - . - -. ;
OAKLAND, Feb. ti (AP) r
Jury service saved six motorists
from $12 in fines today in pouce
court. - , " ; .
Anthony - Poall, charged with
begginr. : demanded -, a - jury . trial
and the judge ordered the first
two rows of spectators, into the
ury box. Proceedings were brief.
The: complaining witness, a pa
trolman, failed to appear and the
case, was dismissed.'
-iNow we will proceed with the
remainder of the docket," said
the judge, '"how - many of yon
Jurymen hold -tref fie tagst"
Six admitted they had tickets
or parking too long. The judge
excused them adding that "Jury
service entitles you to at least $z
each. . so our - accounts " are all
qnare."
New Game Code I
Given Approval
The new same code.-amended
to overcome several protested ob-
ectlonal features, . - passed tne
senate late Monday without op
position, when it was brought np
for reconsideration." The bill was
defeated last Saturday. AsJ
amended and passed the code re
places th Id law, and will be
come effective at tne usuai ume,
if . the house : concurs : and the
measure is signed by oorernor
Meier.' - - i . .
II
RATES iUI
Telephone and' Power Probe
Recornniended- to Ways
; : and Means Group -
- v. - i i.
xtra - Appropriatiori ' ; Weed
H $50,000, v is Assertion :
; Of L; Liljeqvist
" If the. people of Oregon desire
a fair and impartial investigation
or tne rates of the Paetfie Tele
phone A Telegraph company and
the Northwestern leetrlc ; com
pany. It will be necessary for the
legislature to appropriate $50,
000. in addition to that asked by
the publie service commission for
the current biennlnm.
This was the announcement
made at meeting of the "Joint
ways ana means committee here
last night by L. A. Liljeqvist. re
presenting Governor Meier. Lil
jeqvist pointed out that the pub
lic, service commission had asked
for an . appropriation ' of $27,947
for the' current biennium. exclu
sive of $95,000 received In fees
and from other sources.
"The people are demanding
that the valuations of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany and the Northwestern Elec
tric, company be brought down, to
date," said Liljeqvist, "and this
cannot be done without funds.
The governor is merely askina-
that he be allowed to carry out
. 1 1 urn to page 2, col. l)
PATROL SYSTEM IN
The Salem school board held a
quiet meeting last night, with the
principal item of business open
ing of bids on 760 cords of wood
for the next year's supply.
The proposed building nrolect
for -Highland - and -.. Englewood
schools was brought up, .hut any
further action .deferred until next
meeting when --complete survey of
population conditions In the dis
tricts and adjacent districts will
be ready.
A survey by the state traffic
rfAnart.TnftTir ah. trafffA mnnittnnm
at the local schools was read by
the city superintendent. The sur
vey recommended that no park
ing signs, school signs be and
school boy patrols be installed on
the - thoroughfares about . nearly
every school In the city. The
board accepted the suggestion on
ing signs, school signs and
will further consider the patrol
system. , -
Eight wood bids were received.
the three best on second growth
fir being referred to the supplies
committee ' with power to set.
These bids were: Ivan Bellinger,
ft.47; cnaries A. Johnson, $4.
50; and Union Security company,
14.45. - -
SEATTLE ALDERMEN
ALL RETJOMin ATE D
SEATTLE, Feb. 24. (AP)
Returns from 110 of Seattle's 406
precincts in the primary election
today indicated all three incum
bent councllmen would win places
on the general election ballots.
Voting was the lightest In recent
yearrs,---.--: ,;. -v.' ;
Councilman Otto A. Case had a
marked lead for first place, Ralph
D. Nicholas,' former! councilman.
was second, and Councilman E. L.
Blaine was running' third. Oliver
T. Erickson, president of the city
council, and V. C. Webster, who
supported Case in his5 publie utili
ties stand," were running a close
race, with Erickson, slightly out In
front.'' D. C. Conoveif, real estate
man, was in sixth plaice. Six nom
inations are to be made. There
are 11 eouncilmanle candidates. " .
Einstein Smoke
Cigarette? Nope,
Just Fills Pipe
PASADENA. CsW Feb. 24."
(AP) The Ice cream was served
and speeches about to start. Al
bert Einstein drew his pipe, look
ed, around at the ' women guests
and laid it aown.n
He whispered to the president
of the chamber-of commerce by
his side. : Gasps of astonishment
went up among the scientists as
he accepted a clgaret and Fran
Elsa - with amased 'eyes was
speechless. .Einstein;, never had
smoked a clgareL r -.;' ' .
But nonchalantly he broke It in
two, tore off the paper, put the
tobacco In his pipe and soon was
blowing rings. Fran Elsa uttered
a sigh of relief and his secretary
went out to get the pouch of pipe
tobacco left in the automobile and
Einstein's eyes twinkled. . ,
: KOLOFF BEATS KRUSH r
TACOMA. Feb. 24 (AP)
Dan Koloff, the Balkan lion, de
feated Boh Erase, ; Portland, in
the main grappling match here
tonight, two falls out of three. v
COST WILL BE
HIGH, GLAlPiiED
SCHOOLS
OS
IaMei,Iteii
Wzter Valuation:
Agreement Will M
Be Drawn ooon
City Attorney TrindJe and Wal
ter Keyes representing the water
company , have; conferred over a
proposed agreement ' between the
elty and the company for deter-
mining the value or the-plant. No
text has been. prepared,-but it 1
expected that a draft of an agree
ment will probably be made to
morrow. . . j
Mr. Trlndle was out of the city
Tuesday, so negotiations ' .were
held: up pending his return. He
is expected, to be at his office
POLICE BILL DUE
Will be Adverse, Indicated
Monday Night; Saving
f Governor's Claim
An unfavorable report I on the
state constabulary bill 1 expect
ed in the senate this morning
from the senate revision of laws
committee despite an extended
conference held yesterday after
noon by members of the commit
tee and Governor Meier. Sena
tors Strayer, Hall and Franeisco-
vich are known to oppose ; the
passage of the bills. - Senator
Bailey Is undetermined and Sen
ator Eddy, whose name the
measure carries, will present a
minority repo-' - asking that the
state police measure pass. . -
Governor Meier told tne sen
ators that the measure would
save a Jarre, aum of money an
nually for -the state, a sum he
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
SPOKANE, Feb. 24 r(AP)
Police said - tonight that a mur
der and "dozens" of other crimes
most of them robberies, have
been spired by. a roundup , of 14
men and women, some of them
former convicts.
The roundup, which covered
many parts of Washington and
into northern Idaho, has been un
der way for several days, and de
tectives intimated that more ar
rests were expected. .
The murder .was that of Henry
G. Anderson, a druggist, who
was shot December 18 by one of
two men who entered his store
apparently to rob it. Police said
Martin Casey, 18, had confessed j
a part in the crime ana naa im
plicated two others. George Madison,-21,
and Michael Deasey, 25.
Madison, police said Casey told
them, fired the shot that killed
Anderson.- ; - -
Most of the other crimes said
to hare been solved were robber
ies. Three separate gangs operat
ing, during December and Jan
uary were said to be Involved,
and police -said they believed the
leaders, as well as most of the
members had been taken in the
roundup. . - --. v'.' :'"
Manganese Ore
Producers Fail
To Bar Imports
WASHINGTON, 'FebT24
(AP) Efforts of producers of
American manganeseore to have
Russian manganese , barred from
the United States failed today
when the treasury ruled that evi
dence produced did not show the
Russian shipments violated the
antl-dumplag act of 1921. - "
In a formal order to custom
collectors. Secretary Mellon said
issuance of an anti-dumping order
against manganese ore from the
republic of Georgia in Soviet Rus
sia was not justified.
. Mellon said the treasury had
made an extended- investigation
Into allegations of the American
Manganese- Producers association
that ore is being dumped into
this country and had given care
ful consideration to evfdence re
ceived from ; Interested persons. .
Trolling Boat
Captain Admits
Hauling Liqiior
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 24.
(AP) Captain John . Olsen,
master of the trolling boat" Main,
pleaded guilty in federal court
today to charges of possession
and transportation of liquor and
of importing liquor without oe-
.l.rln. lila rarrn with an V CU8-
trimy rutnl Jndre Me-1
Nary fined him $1000 and sen-J
REPORT On STATE
CRIMES SOLVED III
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tenced him to str montns in jau.iorm oa eieuuiis
tuufttrjen ii not .vit r i j
;.Yct, Committee
lVsOve Show
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Some Senators1 AsserO
Failure of Refund
: Is Sorry Move
l A publie hearing to be held fa
the senate chambers tonight en
all matters relating to Oregoa'a
Intangible ' taxes, past,-pret
and future, was Sgreed upon last
night by the joint taxation asd
assessment committee. The pub
lic hearing, which indicates senti
ment, on Intangibles tax matters
is by no means crystallized ' Into '
any one form, comes after the
house has passed an Intangibles
tax bill and bids fair to be the
prelude for several more extra
days for thejsessjon. :
. Points objected to In the pres
ent Intangibles tax program aid 1
to be discussed tonight Include:
1. Disposition of the 1929 tav,
partially collected and on hand.
2. Determination or the proper,
percentage for the hew tax
3. Advisability of a special elec
tion on the new intaaeibles tan
Much Criticism j'
For Not Refunding
Senate opponents of the bill
passed' by the house said last
night that the intangibles tav
supporters .were open for ail
manner of criticism In not re
funding the 1929 tax. These par
ties will come before the hearts f
tonlght and urge that the $894,-
ooo now on hand go back to tb
taxpayers, thus wiping the slats
clean and starting anew the is
tangibles program.
The same group is of the fixed
opinion that eight per cent oa
the net income from intangitlts
is too higb.Jdey.wni. argue. te.
night at the hearing that the iia- .
mediate imposition of tbis't&a
will drive money from Oregon.
The Question of the advisabil
ity of a special election, said' ts .
cost $100,000 will be raised. It
was talked at the state capitol
last; night that the present Intan
gibles tax bill would be amended
to provide that if a referendum
was Invoked it would necessitate -a
special election so the law
could be either killed or enforced
this year. In event -the referen
dum was not Invoked, there
would be no vote upon the meas
ure by the people.
In all events, Intangibles tax
discussion will be warm and all
sides will be aired and the pro
gram which seemed so smoothly c
Ironed out is somewhat wrinkled
as the upper house attempts te
nt the taxation clothes prepared
by the lower house; to the husky .
child known as state finance.
TEXTBOOK BILL IS
LAW; MEIER SIGL'5
The free -textbook bill, which
passed both Louses after a hard
fight, was approved late yesterday
by Governor Meier and will be
come a law within 90 days after
the legislature adjourns.
The act provides that all pupils
In public elementary schools in
Oregon are to receive free text
books, with the restriction that
not more than $1.50 be expended
per child per year. Educators es
timate that it will take at least -
three years for the districts to
provide free text books for all
children. Cost for the books will
be paid directly by the district af
fected. The original bill provided free
textbooks for high schools but
this feature was stricken from
the measure in house committee.
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Finds Americans -
Extreme Prudes
; On Sex Subject
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. Z4.
(AP) Dr. Magnus Hlrschfleld.
GermanScientist of international
repute, said here today that sex
ideaaTol the American people are
based on old taboos and that
prudery andNhypocrlsy in this
country are too great to permit
frank consideration of sex prob
lems. -' if
Hlrschfleld apologized for his
criticism, saying he had a great
admiration for the American peo
ple and sensed a great desire on
their, part for more knowledge.
"But the same as prohibition,
the Anthony Comstock laws
against Information about sex
and birth control have had broad
consequences." he added. "It Is
not the right way. .- Berore X
came to America I was more for
prohibition. Now I sea It Is
great corruption."
With Havelock Ems ana au-
rust Forel. Dr. Hlrschfleld heads
the world league for sexual re-
t