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; 1 : . ' . - - - - - i - -, .---..:;;.-!. ,1 , . 1 . v - . , - - . , . v. .t , - --t J EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR ',.r , t . ;". , . --.i,,yg.' v 4 V J HOLLY ' fr- (AP) A V UHlSJlJUIj. FOHIR KiJf HIODEiURE IS FigKtConsoMMon GORVALL STflTbUUWIHUli rP-; SUSPECT T WfJFB: FARFS MIWM ni HM 10 VII I m nmnrinKirft -BMhthrti riniif AliaVltU &11Q I Lnll lu IVILLLUII DL UUtfl-IIUIYLUM n 1 yuiMLn rihri I ; , V AmonHmpnt Vntprf rinwn hvl I A i I Amendment Voted Down by 227 to 1 87 in House; Parties are Split Industrial - Region : Soions Back wet Movement ' . But Lack Support . - WASHINGTON, March U. (AP) i-TJie . house today refused by a I27-to-18T vote to consider a atate-control prohibition . amend- 1 This decision was made before crowded galleries In the first bal lot directed at the 18th amend ment since the Volstead act was passed In July, 1919, with 100 negative rotes. ' ' Ninety-seTen republicans and 90 democrats, drawn chiefly from the large industrial 1 states and cities, joined in the unsuccessful effort to bring up the home rule amend ment sponsored by organized" wets of both parties. Four,! the six women members were; ' in - this group. ' Their defeat was accomplished by a combination of 114 demo crats, 112 republicans and Repre sentative Kvale of Minnesota, the lone farmer-laborite. Garner passes Up Chance to Ballot Speaker Garner, prominent as a democratic presidential possibility, nresided over the session which at tracted imore members and great er crowds than any since he took the chair. However. Tart the customary practice of l vary tne cusiomary practice voting only when there is a tie. Had he desired. Garner could have directed the clerk to call his name. Representative Rainey, the dem ocratic leader, and a prohibition ist, voted for the discharge peti tion. Representative Snell, republi can leader, voted against it. When : the results of the vote were announced by Garner, anti- prohibitionists in both arose and applauded, i parties SISTER OF tm Mrs.i Vera Hutching, 23, charged with assault with intent to robi -pleaded guilty before Judge L. H. McMahan late Mon day and was sentenced' to one year in the state penitentiary and then paroled to the care of Mrs. Nona White. Mrs. Hutchlns admitted that she was in the car with Jack Kreier ' and Patrick Murphy at the attempted robbery ot Nick Valllck'a service station on the Pacific highway north of Salem on May 22, 1931. She denied that he knew of the plans for the robbery although she said she did hear Vallick scream when he waa attacked by her two companions. Mrs; Hutchlns la a sister of Robert Ripley who has confessed to a part In tbe murder of James Iverson, Sllverton officer who was killed May 2. ; ; Testimony offered to the court revealed, that ..Mrs. Hutchlns Is the mother of a son three years old. -She said her profession was prostitution and that she was the companion of a' number of ne groes; In one section of Portland. Police found a negro man in her 'home' when they arrested her. --. - - Betty Bronson I Will Wed Soon HOLLYWOOD, Calif., i Mar. -14 f API Bettv Bronson, original -Peter Pan" of the movies,jind Ludwlg Lauerhaus, or Asneviiie, r n Are exnected to be mamea sometime this week in sania uar - r. P-allf. - ' They have fued in Santa Bar- bara a nouce ot wienuon io wea. Miss Bronson gave ber age as zz and Lauerhaus his as Z7. 1 BERGMAN APPOINTED -EUGENE, Ore Mar. 14 YAP) Carl Bergman, dty . po lice patrolman, was elevated to ; the position of chief of police by the Eugene city council to night. n succeeds R. W. Hall, who resigned recently. r ' CHEST Will HANDLE ' ? PORTLAND, Ore- Mar. 14.- "(AP)- The community chest was chosen today"hVPort chapter, American Bed Cross, to distribute farm board wheat and flour In Portland and Multnomah county.- ; . ; ' . ' ; r Congress recently authorised distribution of 40,000,000 bushels of farm board - wheat tor relief purposes in the United States. ; SELLS AT 10-11 CENTS -1 THE DALLES. Ore.,' Mar. 14. (AP) Gasoline sold for 10 and RECEIVES PAROLE Sirs. Alda de Costa Breckinridge, wife of Colonel Henry Breckin ridge, legal counsel and person al friends of Colonel Charles A. Iilndbergh, who has comforted her friend, Mrs. Anne Lind bergh, during the trying ordeal of waiting for news of her kid naped baby. Colonel ,Breckln- ridge was the first, outside the immediate family, to be notified of the kidnaping. EASTMAN LIVES UP TO GIVING THEORY Seventy Five Millions are Handed to Chanty by Man now Suicide ROCHESTER, N.T., March 14. (AP) If a man has wealth, George Eastman once said, he has to make a choice, because there Is the money heaping up. "He can keen it In a bunch," 8ald Eastman, who committed sui cide at his home here today aner giving away more than 175.000, 009,'and leave it to others to ad minister after he is dead, or he can get it into action and have fun while he Is still alive. I prefer get ting it into action. That is why I give." Here's how he gave: University of Rochester, 35, 500.000. Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, $19,500,000. Muskegee Institute, 32,362,000. Hampton Institute, $2,000,000. 'Kodak stock distributed to em ployes, 46.000,000. Chamber of Commerce buiiamg at Rochester, $1,350,000. War chest 1918, $500,000. General hospital, $500,000. Mechanics Institute, $625,000. Dental clinic, Royal Free hospi .(Turn to page 2, col. 1) So heavy will be the manufac turing pressure on the looms at the Oregon Linen mill because oi larre orders recently received 'from Sears. Roebuck company, 125 people will be empioyea by the time the mill gets fully under war on the work- F. J. Gilbraith Bald Monday afternoon that with in a month he hoped the mill's force would be Increased from 30 where It is now to 125 with three shifts working dally. Gilbralth said manufacture of e chain stores linen : demands i m . m ii.i wouia oo cvaiuicu . , here He said more Jooms would ins ucckvu uuiou nu m u.u probably be purchased for the mill to care for the large oraers. . . I Announcement or the targe or - 1 aers piaeea by sears, kocduck mo IcOmnany brought flOCkS Of appll- cants lor joos w tne- miu omj. i un uunarea uu iwerereporiea io nave ppuu uu.- ingeneuay. Eugene Gets New Chief Portland to Get Wheat Gas Cheap, The Dalles Accident Unavoidable 11 cents a gallon here today. A week ago the price was 19 cents. Farmers were buying large quan tities of the cheap fuel and stor - iiift lb iu uiuius tvi yov uHiiuf ui year. . . T- 'J DESPAEf KILLED KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Mar. 14 (AP) A coroner's Jury de cided here tonight that Edgar M. injured fa- tally in an automobile accident LIB ILLS SOI TO ENLARGE FORCE Friday, died as the result of an shed a flat price of $2.17 a nun unavoidable i - accident. Despaln dred pounds under an order issued died Sunday, . . today by Rabbi Henry J. Berko While the Jury did not place wits, milk arbiter..-.w'-r 1 blame for the accident it recom- .The price goes into effect Tues mended that a steel support at an day, March 16, and will continue overhead crossing near here he re- until July 1 when a new price will moved. Despaln's ear struck this be ! set, - Rabbi BerkowlU an- innnnrt i '--r '.- -.. nbBnced. ' . .-. f Five others Injured in the acci - dent are recovering. " " Frank Berg, Once Accused In Phillips Case, Is .- Casual Suspect - Hundreds of Tips Bring no Real Progress; Baby Is Missing 2 Weeks HOPEWELL, N. J Mar. lt-. (Tuesday) (AP) Near th end of the second week since, curly haired Charles Augustus Lind bergh, Jr., was snatched from- hit crib puxrled police- today scrutin ised "hundreds of so-called tips" for a definite- trail to the kidnap ers. . The stream of unrelated Infor mation continues each day, but the police are admittedly without concrete evidence of the baby's whereabouts or the identity of his abductors. As their latest move, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, state police head, announced arrangements were being made for the question ing today of Frank Berg, who fig ured In a kidnaping attempt re lated to authorities in 1925 by Max Phillips, wealthy New Jersey manufacturer. Berg and three women were ar rested by police who said they at tempted to lure Phillips aboard a yacht and hold him. but the quartet never were Indicted. Berg protested that the "whole thing" was a "publicity melodrama." Denver Hoodlums Are Investigated Police yesterday told of their interest in a group of hoodlums from Denver, Colo., who had come east by plane and were engaged in "mysterious activities in and around New York." In response to questions. Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, state po- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Two weeks will be granted both to the City of Salem and to the Oregon-Washington company as time for their counsel to submit briefs on pending litigation in the federal court in Portland. Argu ment was made Monday morning before Judge Alger Fee In Port land, Walter C Keyes and John H. Carson representing the com pany and William H. Trindle, city attorney, representing the. munic ipality. The city seeks to have its orig inal suit, filed one day before the water company's, remanded to circuit court here for trial. The water company seeks to have the case left in federal court and to have Its case against the city giv en priority. The argument yesterday mark ed the beginning in federal court ot the legal action which Is pend- Ing over the legally of the $2,500,- ooo bond Issue voted December IB, 1931, by voters of Salem auth- orizing the purchase or construe- tlon of a municipal water system here. PORTLAND. March 14. (AP) The Oregon state aame commia- Bion, meeting here today, received i an ooinlon from Attornev Ceneral . . . . . . . . . .. : vmn winiie m wmcn ne neio inai i Loe commission nu nower in mm. i - conBtrUctIoxi of devices to per- WATER CASE VENUE JIEHNTSJlEfl GAME COMMISSION AUTHORITY SH0I1 Ujt migration of fish In OtkTir I streams. i ;Thft nniini, um ,, Mr- i en 0f any dam or other obstruc- I In trim mnat mmnlw t i order ot tne commission to" nstan fighways and that the fish jwayg m8t be built according to H specif Icatlons furnished by the commission. The commission ordered Its en gineer to prepare specifications for flshways past all obstructions in the Sandy river. The resignation of H. L. Kelly, state game supervisor, became ef fective today and the commission named Harvey L. Moreland, its chief clerk, as acting supervisor pending, selection of a permanent supervisor. The commission has several applications on file. 1 $& ProdllCerS Will Get $2J7 Says Berkqwitz EUGENE. March 14.-r-(AP) Pasteurising planU are to pay 1 milk producers in the Eugene milk 1 Producers heretofore have re r cslyed S2.25 a hundred pounds. s V v V "CVS - , i v-V A vice-president of the United i States Steel corporation, Wll i Ham A. Irrin, has been appoint : ed to head the huge organixa : tion to succeed the retired pres ident, James A. Farrell.- The 1 appointment is the climax of a brilliant career which began : with humble start, when the new steel king took his first Job ; as a telegraph messenger for the Pennsylvania railroad. He (Switched to steel-making in I 1805. CASE MAY BE SPLIT Norton to get Part, Rest Is Offered for aid in Capture of Poe SILVERTON, Mar. 14 (Spe cial) Ray Norton, who gave the first real Information leading to the arrest of those - connected with the murder of H. J. Iver son, night officer at Sitverton, will not get the entire $500 which the city of Sllverton of fered as a Teward for the arrest and conviction ot those connected with the slaying, was the deci sion reached at a special meeting of the city council of Sllverton held Monday night. State officers, Mayor Eastman explained had suggested that a portion of this reward be offered for Information leading to the arrest of Depree Poe, who is still at large and who, according to (Turn to page 2, col. ) Twenty-one members of the Sa lem building industry last night were elected as directors of the local chapter, Oregon building congress, for 19 32. The new direc- I tors will elect chapter elf leers at their first meeting, next Monday night, it is planned, On the new board, and divisions of the Industry represented, are as follows: Architects, Lyle J. Bartholo mew; bankers, Chester M. Cox; bricklayers. Ed "Vlesko: carpen ters, Peter S. Dewltt; contractors, Foster h. Odom: electrleltians, H. L. Bosler; hardware dealers, Law rence Simon; lumber dealers, H. F. Thomas: masonry dealers and manufacturers, R. D. Slater: metal trades, Carl B. Armpriest; paint ers, Robert Hutcheon; plasterers, lathers and laborers. Clay Lar- Ii. ninn,K. Ti,nra( p,it "! mm . reai estate and Insurance, Karl G t..v.. m m v. a -wr r i uouuQirvi-jaifiv, au Uushnell. George E. Cooper. Fred Marshall, T. T. Mackenzie and R. Schoettler. Chamber Seeks Retention Here i Of Law School ; Directors " Of the cham ber of commerce, at a short meeting fol lowing the regular Monday noon luncheon, went on record to peti tion the trustees of Willamette university. to retain the law school. The law school is a- big asset to the university and has the interest of many leading attorneys of the state,, tbe directors pointed out In discussion. - ... ate Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 14 (AP) Jack Reynolds, of Cineln natl, who claims the world's welt erweight wrestling championship, sasily " defeated Steve- Nenoff, Portland, in - a t one.fall ' match here tonight."" Reynolds - weighed 14 B pounas, ix en on it. ' : . . s Reynolds won the bout in 19 minutes, 20 seconds, with a pun ishing leg split. Nenoff was given five minutes more than" the usual rest period but was nnable to re- - 1 turn and the referee awarded the bout to Keynoias. El IN 1 BUILDING COBS DIRECTORS CHOSEN Sp Has Seven Million Margin In Votes Over Hitler For Presidency Opposition may Strengthen By Combining for new Test due in April BERLIN. March 14 (API- President Von Hlndenburg. still first In the hearts of the Retch, greed today to the formality of running again for re-election and the opposition parties began dick ering for advantage on the sec ond Tote April 10. 'Awakened to hear the result. the venerable former field marsh al expressed deep satisfaction over the seven million vote margin he rolled up In Sunday's election over Adolf Hitler, his nearest competi tor. While his re-election Is consid ered certain, the maneuvering of political leaders indicated that he would fight his major battle with Hitler, head of the national social ists (fascists) who already has an nounced he would run again In an effort to Increase his eleven million votes. Hitler issued ' a fervent appeal to his followers from Munich to "resume the fight In the fiercest form. We can no longer show in dulgence. I expect the party, to the last man, to Increase its ef forts without hesitation. I will take the lead myself." E. H. Burrell, 500 North 20th street, last night expressed confi dence "that his three-year old daughter, Patsy, who narrowly es caped drowning in North Mill creek during the noon hour yes terday, would be "all right." She was resting well after her near traric experience, he said. Patsy fell in the creek while playing with Ethel Taylor. 5, daughter of Mrs. J. J. Taylor, near the Taylor home, 537 North 20th street. She was rescued by Barney Leignty. 1920 Chemeketa street, who saw her floating down the creek while he was draining his fishpond. Leigh ty, unable to swim, used a rake in dragging the little girl to the bank. A fire department pul moter was used in resuscitating the child. While- Leigh ty was attempting to retrieve the little girl from tbe creek at 19th and Chemeketa street bridge, Burrell, who was searching for her, drove up. He plunged Into the creek to aid In the rescue. First aid was given by Mrs. Max Hill, who lived near the bridge, while the fire department crew was on the way to the scene. GRANTS PASS. Ore., March 14 (AP) Joe Cline, Ray Camp bell and Ernest Rogers, who es caped from the Josephine county jan nere jmaay nignt, were cap tured today 10 miles below Grants Pass on the Rogue river. They were floating down river in a stol en rowboat. A detail of national guardsmen. watching the Ferrydale steel bridge approach, saw the boat and captured the men. State po lice returned them to Grants Pass The three men are liable to pen itentiary terms of five years each for their assault upon the jailer in making their escape. Radio Thief is Sent to Prison For Six Months A novel scheme for radio theft worked to no avail for A. J. Can ebon. 30. when' he was sentenced yesterday afternoon to six months In the tate penitentiary when he pleaded guilty to larceny' by bailee before Judge L. H. McMahan. The Judge refused to grant him a paiv Cauchon's plan was to order a radio sent to his home for a dem onstratlon and then to run oft with the radio before the dealer called tor it. He was held before the court for the tbelt Ot a S35 radio from the - George C. , Will store here May 221931, but he is also said to have stolen a radio from Vlbbert A Todd here. After leaving Salem he "worked' in ser- ;ral towns in -Washington. . ' V RECOGNITION ASKED " . WASHINGTON, March 14. (AP) Henry Pu Tit new Man ehurlan government today appeal-; ed to the United States tor recog nition. " 10 TO SURVIVE PLUNGE III CREEK FRISK CAUGHT H CHANTS PASS Men who pay Fees Oppose use of Those Funds - i In. Other" City Departments; Lack of Home Loans Also Discussed PROPOSED consolidation of the office of city building in spector with other ' department and the present scarcity of loans for home construction and financing were struck at forcefully by 32 members of Salem chapter, Oregon Building congress, who held their monthly forum meeting at the chamber' of commerce last night. Committees; were appoint- ' " i' oJ to Investigate both matters. GREGORY TO VETO E Considers Prohibition Grade C Distribution In City Is Unfair of Mayor P. M. Gregory tomorrow or Thursday will veto the coun cil's action of 10 days ago in ban ning retail milk distributors from selling C grade milk within the city. Mayor Gregory said yesterday that he had made up his mind on the matter several days ago. The mayor said he did not think it fair to regulate theC grade milk out of retail distributors' hands and yet permit canners ot milk to use any rrade without such regu lation. He also-said many people had come to him urging him not to ban C grade milk from being sold in the city because they found best suited to their family needs. Under the charter, the ordln ance providing for C grade milk most receive a two-thirds vote on reconsideration to pass over the mayor's veto There were eight af firmative and six negative votes the night the measure was passed Ten votes will now be needed to carry the measure. Mayor Gregory said he was dis appointed that so few people at tended the public hearing on the ordinance when the coucil's com mittee held such a gathering. He said many people who should have attended the meeting hadcome to him afterwards, urging his veto of the ordinance. DORE MAKES FIGHT TO OBTAIN OEEICE SEATTLE, Mar. 14 (AP) Mayor-Elect John F. Pore filed uuo-warrahto proceedings in su perlor court today to oust Mayor Robert H. Harllnwho refused to rive over the office to Dure when he made a formal call at city halL Entering the executive office, accompanied by his attorney, Dore said, "I have come to make formal demand for the office in compliance with the terms ot the city charter and the certifi cate of election I now hold." Dore received his certificate of election from the county auditor today. MaTor Harlin. who kept Us seat when Dore entered, replied "I must refuse. and I won't have my picture taken either in these proceedings,' the mayor concluded with a cold stare at the photographers, who followed Dore into the office. PLUMBERS STRIKE MINNEAPOLIS. March 14. (AP) Three hundred union plumbers and steam fitters struck today because of wage reductions. A March 1 cut from $1.12 to 90 cents an hour was preceded last June by a decrease from $1.25 to $1.12.. IKIIIK 1 History of Oregon Flax Is Told at Flax as it looks in the fields ot the Willamette valley, and then lta history from the time it Is cut to the finished product in towels and table linen turned out by the Salem mills was the subject ot the Woman's Greater Oregon associa tion meeting at the chamber of commerce Monday night. About 75 neonle. both men and women, were present to hear and see the ln-J terestlng development or tne meet ing's theme." .;. - , i Mrs. CarU Smith, presi dent of the association, introduced the subject' with a discussion of tbe work of Mrs. William Lord, wife of one ot Oregon's governors, who by insistent effort and firm belief In the future of Oregon flax Industry did much to further tne present development. V! A rising vote ef appreciation was given in -memory of Mrs. Lord, and for the work of R. J. Hen dricks, whose years ot loyal sup port of Oregon products won him mention on the Monday night pro- gramrt " , . Dr. David Bennett IHU presented in A complete . form through .pic tures and lecture the history ot the ineers Any change in the office of the lnspector and his duties will be opposed by the congress, it was voted, and Fred Erixon, Frank Marshall and L. R. Schoettler were' appointed a committee to draw up a resolution to this ef fect and present It to the city council committee on the matter. The council committee does not want to Impair the efficiency of the Inspector's office. Marshall reported he was Informed by that body. All discussion of the consolida tion was against the move. "The plambers pay about $85 a year apiece In fees. We feel It Is worth while. But we would not feel jus tified In paying it into some' oth er fund," declared J. A. Ber nard!. Fred Lelsl called the builders to arms: "We were a long time In getting the building code go ing. If it is In danger of being destroyed. It's time to fight." "It is highly important to keep the building inspection depart- (Turn to page 2, col. 4) Santiam Proposal Favored By Acting U. S. Forest Head Says McNary The proposal of a primitive area for the Santiam national forest in a large district which would stretch from the northern boun dary of Linn county south to the Santiam road Junction and east from the North Santiam road to the Cascade mountains has been very favorably received by the United States forestry department, according to word Just received from Senator Charles L. McNary. In a letter the senator has obtain ed from L. Kneipp acting for ester, the latter expresses himself as thinking "4t should be practic able to arrive at definite conclu sions soon as to the courses of ac tion proposed." Kneipp expresses pleasure at the fact that so many organiza tions in the valley are united in desiring a primitive area in the Santiam forest and in agreeing upon the area thus to be designat ed. (Turn to page 2, col. 8) BOULET FILES FOR Romeo Goulet, after debating for weeks whether he would seek reelection to the state legislature from Marlon county, determined late Monday to make tbe race and filed with the secretary ot state. He .win run for the repub lican nomination. Goulet has served in the sessions ef IS 2 9 and 1121. His slogan will be: "My record as a legislator. Goulet said yes terday that many friends had urged him to run after. It waa In dicated in the -newspapers re cently that he would , not make the race.. He is a prominent hop grower living in the Gervals district. Meeting Here growth of flax and its development into linen products. The processes of development had been photo graphed by Dr. Hill as he found it in Salem and vicinity. : Work of reducing the raw product ot tlax in the penitentiary plant, and then its . transfer to the Salem mills were all shown In detalL r. J. Gilbraith. manager for the Salem mJUs. closed the program with a short talk in which he told his audience that competitive east ern concerns would not be averse to doing anything that might ham per the development ef the mills in the Pacific northwest. -He also said that the mills here were not able .to" supply aU the contracts available at the present time. Linen front . Salem has been shipped all over the United States and some of it has bees shipped to the -British Isles Jta be made into Irish" linen-, according to , Mr. Gilbraith. ; . x - -r r r. : Mrs. Frits Slade announced that tetters were ready to be mailed to surrounding communities Inviting them to the Oregon products din - ner to he given by the Salem as - soclatlon April 1. ; ' - PRIMITIVE RECI1 PLAN HAS BACKIl LEGISLATURE AGAIN is m YET APPEAR III 1 Expects to getvTccreiicct Details of Coach ; fob-: Fixed up In Time First of I District Cham? To Arrive Here Today ' For Annual Classic - i With some of the quintets fefti the state high school basketball tournament already on their way here today, to limber up for tfes 1 annual classic which will start Wednesday at 1 p. m., there re mained Monday night some uncer tainty as. to who would represent district No.! 11, but the strongest Indication was that the disquali fication of Corvallls would be re moved and that the team from the Benton county seat would par ticipate. ; Word came from John L. Gary, secretary ot the board of control of the Oregon High School Ath letic association, that Supt. Ad ams of Corvallls schools had no tified him; that Coach Torsoa. whose status caused the dlsquafJ- fication, would be placed on a full-time contract as athletic dt- ; rector at Corvallls high. Mr. Gary indicated that whea this was done, the order declar ing Corvallls ineligible to partic ipate would je revoked. Such ac tion will meet with rather general approval here, inasmuch as tbe general public, not greatly con- -cerned over technicalities of high school athletic administration, is desirous that the strongest possi ble teams come to the tournament and make it "a horse race." Teams Just About All Evrnly Matched Indications that this year's tournament will be more to the liking of that class of fans thaa even the best of those in the part, piled up Monday as the fans look- -ed over the roster of district cham pions, speculated on the outco:ne and picked "favorites." The general tendency was t pick Benson Tech of Portland aa most likely to carry away the big trophy, but It was agreed that Benson would not have "pick ings." Benson has made a great record in Portland but has play ed few outside teams. The Port- (Turn to page 2, col. 1) SHANGHAI. March 14 (API The League of Nations commis sion of inquiry, led by the Earl ef Lytton, arrived here today to seek out the reasons why Japan and r China have been at each other's throats for six months. Coming up the Whangpoo river on the liner President Adams fresa Japan, the five members caught a first hand view of the destruction wrought at Woosung. They look ed through binoculars to inspect the ruins of the forts and village and to see a line of Japanese war ships still stripped for action. On disembarking Lord NLrttoa said that the commission's plan ot investigation had not been fully mapped out but that It would willingly arrange a truce In the present warfare and a subsequeat round table conference If both sides solicited its assistance. MostAccidents Can he Avoided Says Lawrence --j " - Ten per' cent of the industrial accidents reported during tbe last six months resulted in eye injur ies, and this, because workmen failed to wear protective goggles, A. W. Lawrence of the state in- d u s t r i-a 1 accident commission. told members of the Salem chap ter, Oregon Building congress, last night by way of illustrating his talk. "Safety in Industry. But IS per cent of Industrie ; injuries are of mechanical origin, ' he said. The other SS per cent are due entirely to "poor house keeping and- poorly trained env- ployes. ; Fatal accidents . in the home are even more numerous than in1 motor traffic,' and the latter more numerous than ta In dustry, t He concluded his talk with motion pictures-designed te promote safety-... . " '. SomeljodyLose Nice Doggie of : 3 - Police Strain? STATE TOIH LEAGUE BOARD OF INQUIRY ON SCtI Somebody's friendly ; young , ' police dog slept in the city barm . last night. '' ; i . "; : v --v;' - - The animal, carrying no lleense 1 tag, was picked up by city -police ' . I near. Ferry, and Church streets late 1 yesterday afternoon after a resV - I dent there had called . headquar- I ters saying there was an injured - I dog lying in the parking strip, I T The poor doggy seemed not ser- . 1 iously injured, however, only lame fin the left rear leg. It Is in chargf1 of Peundmaster Carl Radke,