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r.r Ta - -n - . V , WEATHER I i Clead aad Cony today aad Satarday, ao cbaage la , temperatarei , Mar. . Temp. Tlian. 83; Mta. SO, rlrcr 74 -feet, Tarlable vlada, foggy. :- . W guarantee bur carrier . .service. . If jonr paper does not arrive by 0:15, call 0101 and a copy will be delivered ' at once. ' ' ,-' FOUNDED 1051 i EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January IS, 1933 No. 250 Democratic Farm Aid Bill Passed in House But Senate Doubtful ivoce auo 10 ioi wira Party Lines Split; Fixes Minimums 75 Cents for Wheat, 26 for Butterfat Members Decide "WASHINGTON. Jan. It (AP) A sew and drastic economic venture for the farmer's sake was seai to the senate tonight toy a bl&f bouse majority. It was the emergency domestic allotment bill that would boost farm Incomes by fixing minimum prices on seven major agricultur al commodities. The house cast SOS votes for the plan to 151 against. The bill (aces an uncertain fate In the senate, where strong oppo sition has been expressed among tome democrats as well as repub licans. Senator Smith, ranking democrat on the agriculture com mittee, has Indicated his opposi tion; and Chairman McNary has expressed doubt of its wisdom, though he has Introduced a sim ilar measure by request. Opponents Claim Bill la Unworkable The bill, assailed by its oppon ents as "unworkable and uncon stltutlonal," but favored with the reported support of President elect Roosevelt, received 139 dem ocratlc, 63 republican and one farmer-labor vote to 101 republi can and SO democratic nays, A S-cent a pound tariff on Jute was voted out. 114 to 34, on a republican motion by Snow of Ladd and Bush Directors and Of ficers Named No changes were made in the directors and officers of the Ladd and Bush bank at the annual meeting yesterday. FILIBUSTER OF BILL STILL Oil Huey Long Continues Talk Though Weary, Hoarse; Thomas Spells him Author of Measure Forces Night Session; Ballot Outcome in Doubt mi a a vtv w m T Yam 4 1D ssterday. Officers re- changed to some other number a tj ., - I unauenea aiier mree uays oi I tt, i.v ... v.ti.t..i dent; W. S. Walton and S. Bush, And to top it. here's the re- ed from Europe today with hopes vice presidents; L. P. Aldrich. firi" ,TrT.-,7. t she made of a reporter: of .roillisr interest la a "snner Nth W niriri TT 1tn,a.M D.. IUQ UVMW, IU, UUUUBkd ,J.U PntJn' VI. I - ----- Burton'- H. V. Compton. C. M. !n6.GIa, Dnking poBhd.? marriage license untU Saturday blloon" mght near the north Pot ami J,inh Pnhr.r a...fan I to the end of tonlgM s session ana wa'ra. ni1.r.fiun. mA An I masmetlc Tola and with decided cashiers. The first four compose onlT tn morrow to begin want lt to a Friday, the 13th notions about the use of to- GOVERNOR JULIUS L. METER yesterday morning ve- Friday 13th Bugaboo For Daniel Cupid Friday, - the 11th. Innocent words except in the yes. of those to whom they look worse than a gila monster. And today Dan Cupid must have a pet peeve at Friday, the 18 th. Because Mr. Dan had things all set for a wedding of two happy youths today. The youths hied them to the courthouse yester day only for the bride-to-be to discover that Friday . was the 13 th. so the wedding was last night, which shouldn't make Dan to upset. Besides refusing to be married on the 13 th, the bride-to-be In sisted that a "IS" on the regis try book at the clerk's office be STRATOSPHERE C0I1 WIS GUEST OT U. S. Plans new Flight in Zone Of Magnetic Pole; is Enemy of Tobacco His Identical Twin Member Of Unemployed Army; Greets at N. Y. State Administration for Veto M GieiieM Unsigned Attack Grange, Labor Lead In Criticizing Meier Under Fire feRepeal; Laid to Holman iioiis E UPHOLDS MOVE REVIVING new york. Jan. iz-AP) pi- u.- Mnv i 'Iveratre" for Sales tax: Professor Augusta Piccard arrlv- . , becrebveness and Keign or 1 error PROPERTY LEVY In Board of Control is Charged the directorate. again. The annual meeting- of the! Forced Into the first night meet- Ladd and Bush Trust company ling of the "lame duck" session, will be held next week, and no the forces of the newcomer from changes In Its personnel are con- tbe far soutn, wno are noiarag up paper?' templated. INSTITUTIONS TO COUNTY Will LOOK INTO LEGAL PISE Vote is Decisive, 44 to 13 After Bitter Battle on Delaying Decision the banking; legislation, finally won a recess at 6:33 p. ra. Just before, the breathing spell had been denied them by II to 14. The vote was the first taken since the bill became the unfln- SiS-StiaS Validity af Decision tO USe time near the north pole. --"'" - . i rroiessor nccara was ireeieu . n m, w baCCO. I a T Vi r moiA tom-V ef Vi a cnolal OQ?riTi xcVi on Vio oiMQ onnmva fVia ronmill far formal otirl fVio Tcnrrnnt to request interrleyers not io bill, but the green ink on the two enactmenU was hard-1 mi tA tn innnmin that if lv drv before criticism arose for hia action. . " I -w . ' . . I I r he had the powers of a dictator) Union labor and the state grange, acting- through their I LOneryan LeauS in ueienSB ne would proniDit tne use or 10- lobbyists at the capital. Issued iO- oacco raiuer man aiconoi. formal Mast aralnst the Tetoe. Means Committee Will Eye Various Issues 'unfinish ed" that no one dared predict Its ultimate fate. Senator Glass of Virginia, who notice he would aee to the senate continued to "legislate," forced the night meet Road Funds to pay State Levy Is In Question SDecial GrouDs of Wavs and had served r ... It that the senate continued w Wu- the aovernor Teaterdav Minv 4i tH1 ranuHnr a nrnn. lng in an effort to break the fill- erty leTTf Marion county officials are alike ouster wnica whjam v" will likely giro more serious con almost single-handedly for three Llderatlon to talk of legality of The Joint ways and means com- I days. j thft announced decision of the mittee of the legislature organ- Oklahoma Bankers county court to pay a state levy iied yesterday afternoon prepara- Protest Provisions . out of the road fund accumulated. tory to a tnorougn-going lnvestl- weanea ana nia ui While members of the county gation of each state department, to a wnisper, L-ong jiammmimi, t . . statement. seeking legislative appropriations, accepted the challenge and drew . discussion already Committees were named for the assistance from benator i nomas i tQ whether tnlg woald ba iegai various probes. U.. onia.j, wno voiea s ,n case the $145,000 state levy Then he told of his plans to -hr.tHin- thm a antaronla- have new-world scientists repeat tie to the good of labor and the hla cosmic-ray chasing in altl- farmer and .ieTerage by which tudes higher than 10 miles this th, goTernor hope to t0ree the . . people to accept the obnoxious greetea i n ty, ittmnt vm by his twin brother, Professor I K Wa w nm Jean Piccard. naturalised , Amerl- tn6 0regott Btate grange; Ben T. can ciiiieu, u uiiu i"- n.Srtm .TwiitlT mrrtarr of SILL GROUP HTS OPINION ON SALES . - . Jf . IWOSVit VUH V gww vvi - lookers were purzled to dlstin- 0reg0a ,uu federation of labor; cuish them Both are scientists and they in all Important re- L. H. MeBee, president of the Oregon Farmers' union; T. J. Car son, chairman of the Oregon state specis except one. hrfRlaMv board of the Brother- Professor Auguste tides the Railroad trainmen, and peak of fame today while i Pro- E Rfi legislative repre fessor Jean is one of Americas T..t,,i, , t7.m..t truly oi uuemiiiujcu. rui cnu months Jean has been Jobless. He is a former professor of ehemb- p Zimmerman, of try at the University Chicago and w E Burke and at Massachusetts Institute of announced to the senator w oodward lea a move i ino receo muuuu u i .,i v. . . . ; .1 . j ouwuiu io to provide more standardized sal- wneeier .u.. mobuj iu oruw i county. demanded of the aries for state emnloves. He said I make a long-planned speech .... - - - .1 9 1 .1. t 1 vldA rt1srrnaTirip ATlnted In rate ine tan. wnite-uairea v-1 i v. .vn An. llalne. But the bill passed. carried 0f Dav for -imiiar work In differ- homan read a number of tele- ""V " .. . : Import duties of 5 cents a pound ent departments. grams from eitizens in his state, on short-Btaple cotton, S cents a a snecial committer comnosed Including one from the state pound on oils and fats in addition 0f Representatives Gordon, Snider banking commissioner, objecting I , f fla OP anT ether funds to existing raica, nu ouusieu wr ihq inunmuca ana oenatcrs aia I wuv um muui irrs on au neneirttea commoai- pies and Dunn wui go into tne re- sions. . t&te haTe to force the county ties by the amount of the process-1 quested appropriation of $198,000 1 After he had proceeded for tb eh 1ral acti0n In this lng taxes. for the naUonal guard. This was about three-quarters of an hour JJ Jhe cnnty would be foreed it is through these taxes, wnicn i under atuck in tne sessions or senator wmon oi iuau.p to resort to warrants being un- opponents saia wouia put a du- i tne ways ana means committee i tepuouwu ieuor, - aDje to take from the road fund iion-aonar Duraen on me con- neia last weei. i cb; mua " I which December 1 totaled $500 sumer, that the bill seeks to guar- I Another committee will lnvestl- I ent agreea. i 0(j ag state tax levy would antee tne iarmer a minimum price gate tne unanciai conaiuon ot tne i aou uw i nare to come from a depleted gen- on nis snare oi tne domestic con- i so-cauea seii-sustaiaing state ac- eu ia iwiua " ' I era! fund. sumpuon or tne seven commoai- uvities. .muhcuuhu, "",TV The matter would be straight- ties, ultimately, this minimum a special committee win iook ywr oi aesrewiuu, wuum i . . . t. ronntv the fol- a. a I ham ajSa1 aai mMrvAsran i - ' technology. More recently he has been engaged In industrial chem istry at Wilmington. The greeting of these brothers momentarily eclipsed the scien tific purpose of the visit. While Prof. Auguste has been flying higher than 10 miles in balloons. Prof. Jean has been studying tne lesson of -heredity of which he and bis brother are living exam ples. They are halves of the same personality, Jean right-handed. the stratosphere flier so left handed that he seised a news man's pencil and drew lines with his left hand to Illustrate his scientific ideas about cosmic rays. (Turn to page 2, col. 3) SELF DEFENSE IS PLEA OF COUSINS Didn't Know Attackers to Be Officers; had Sold Them Some Liquor VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. It. price would he tne pre-war parity i into tne-proposea titnmg system rmuii tcy uwm Iinwtnr rear however as no gen- ratio wnn lnuusiriai commoaiues. ui nusuig uivavj mr stia pm- i uv ; .ni rnA tT wonld be levied, ana initial Marketing poses, unaer this system each in- point to term 7 ''TTI tti money accumulated In the Period Established dependent board and commission ous laoncations statements uk fnnA -g(M, ta -,a- kui startins' out. tne measure, i wouia nav a nortion oi its income i tne dui oaa not bwu iwu u-v . entitled "a bill to aid agriculture to the general fund of the state, fully and all points thoroughly In- and relieve the existing national I The various state Institutions I vestigatea. economic emergency," would es-1 will be Investigated by commlt- tabllsh an initial marketing per- tees. fod for all affected commodities but tobacco. road expenses for 1914. A three or four mill levy would restore tlons. - . - - - or lour mui leyy wuuju iui i sugatea. tne general fund to pre-state tax A moment later O ass called nAMon. In short, to the tax- h he grossest Injustice" ever done . . lt onl(, h. t v-' same. This period would begin 30 days T niarin cr A rrtttn1 after enactment and end with the -"ww"& " 1933-S4 marketing year defined by the secretary ot agriculture, who Is made all-powerful In ad ministering the plan. During it, the following values are fixed as the farmer's fair return: Seventy five cents a bushel on wheat and on cotton hogs; nuts terfat. With the exception of hogs, a processing tax equal to the dif ference between these values and Fire Stations is Ordered Stopped Loitering about city fire sta- "the grossest injustice" ever done him. the hearing of an indepen dent banker held last Saturday by the banking committee, contend' lnc the bill was not properly be fore that committee aa It was be fore the senate for consideration. OX ATI I Vice; Vcet. a" pound " tlcn nDmbr f ; 5 cents a poud on made a habit her. U .k ivw Liiuiuunou uuuoi m a uiuik '...4 i tTZ;, w ' d bT the dty conn and II cents a pound on but- cll, flr0 ad Jate comlttee, Ores, Machinery To be Exhibited FOUR DIE. 20 HURT IS TINS COLLIDE ELECTS IWER All types of ores, and mining machinery will be displayed in Warning signs have been posted I the chamber of commerce rooms at the stations. tomorrow during the meetings ot 1 ..Hnn.i- wfcn two Bnr This move Is understood to be I the Western Mining eongress. In I, -.-wtrl trains eollld the Tcluil markerrrice would be l M"11? th6r? wl" be " ed head-on six miles west of here levied and distributed to nrodu- .'"...-- " L., ... tonight. X ;:.Ti- -;-m- there. west are expected to attend. v wa uvuivovtv vvuA uiuy biu aae In actual operation this would be accomplished through the Issu ance of "adjustment certificates" at the time of the sale. The certif icates would be transferable and redeemable at the treasury. Salem's Airport Is Given Higher 'egqn riefs ..... Deny Schlesinger Rumor Protest MAny,, Gathers Japan Invites Educator Bandit Gets Seven Years IS REPORTED SEEN Commerce Rating ew;bs5 I crominent Portland merchant and Salem airport now Is rated I sportsman whose automobile was A-l-X, considered an exceptional found In the Columbia river at ranking, by the department of Vancouver, Wash., I December 39, commerce, Supt. Lee U. Eyerly issued a sUtement today which he was Informed yesterday in a let- said was In refutation ot rumors ter received from Washington, that Schlesinger had been seen In D. C. A federal Inspector recently various pans or the woria. checked up on condition and fa cilities of the port. The fact that not all of the port Is available tor flying, that it has "The Information we have un covered so far," Cooklngham said, "points strongly to an, accident." Tbe many rumors about mm no sleeping accommodations for I are not founded on any facta ao a - . e I ma -a. -awsa, Va pAAWInvKsm transient pilots and their passen gers, and that the port has do boundary lights, are reasons why tar as we know," Cooklngham concluded. "I don't see how they could be based on anything but the local field does not have the 1 the wildest guest work. We highest possible rating, he explained. ate Sports have no real Information ot his being on any boats. It is probable that Information would come to me as his personal attorney.": DEMAND FAIR RESIGN MEDFORD. Jan. 13. (AP) A crowd estimated at between 600 WALLA WALLA, Wash, Jan.Und 7K0 gathered on the court is t APiShawin marked lm-1 bouse lawn here today, listened to provement. the Whitman college speecbee, -and filed 15 petitions hariathftii tnt dafaated Conta-I bearing' 187 ' Bamee, demanding a 41 to St, la tho aecond of a the ImmediaU reslgnaUons of Dla-two-game aeries aera tonight, trlct Attorney George Ai Codding WhttT wnn iat !rfct'a fame! and Commissioner R. S. Nealon. 11 a te . ... -: I The principal speaker was. L: A. Goiixaga jumped inU the ..Mr i. tk. -nir tA have I Newt, who la written address : the 'score x reveraed IT to 11 In demanded that the dlsWet attor-WhftTv.-!'- f.wv- mm- th tiif and.! nev i resign and that the grand ad . .. - -r ,.llnrvi indict the ofllcial on "aot one charge but one hundred charges." County Judge B. H. Fehi also spoke. Codding and Nealon, following the meeting, said they have no in tentions ot resigning. The appoint ment of Nealon after the resigna tion of John Barneburg was said to have been the basis for the meeting. MOORE ASKS LEAVE IUQENE. Jan. 12. -.API Dr. A. R. Moore, professor of general physiology at the University of Oregon, was today offered a vis aing professorship at the Tohaku Imperial university at Benadi, Ja pan, by the Rockefeller Founda tion tor Uodlcal Research Dr. Moore said that he expects to accept the offer if the state board ot higher education will grant his petition for a year's leave ot absence. The professorship te one ot sev eral established in Japan by the Bockeieuer foundation six years ago. If Dr. Moore accents, he will oe tne guest of the Japanese gov ernment, while at the University ot TOSakuv , ADMITS HOLDUP TRY . PENDLETON. Jan. 11. (API -Everett Falssinet. held here en a charge of attempted holdup. was .xoaay sentenced to : seven years in ' prison. Last night he changed his plea to guilty. He at tempted to hold up a stage depot acre last week. l nave seen two omcr uu- . T . .-v pies oi wenncmi iw.u.. ... - h1. own DA Prof. Auruste. "In both tne I . . " "."VOT ----- - , - t, i . . . . ,v i nan to a av ana aeecnoea m -. who.rl1 .?Jr fi th5?. shootlna of E. B. Vlasich ot Ta- neaa iwisiou m uVyutV , .p.vIVl,Hnll --it CUU1 LOUOtai a wa aw v for which he is being tried tor first degree murder, and ot Bal lard Turner of Seattle, anotner federal agent Conslns was milking the cows when the two men whom he said i be had never seen before drove no to his farm, he testiriea. They wanted to buy some liquor but Jesse refused to seu at first be cause he did not know them. They insisted and nolnted out they had The fox fur business has been I e0me a lone way. so he finally hit eon all v with other lines of hronrht them two gallons ot hnslneei but hones are held for moonshine whiskey, he said. i an advance in prices, it was re- The the man he- later learnea ported at the annual meeting of was Vlasich caught Cousins by the Oregon BUte fox ureeaers the arms and rorcea mm to me vuAvvtTTit Ta 1 (association held at tne cnamoer rrouna. cousins lestmea. u saw XUlUAf IJJUVi iW"l I . m IT. . (AP) Pour members of the of commerce nere yesteruay. the otner man get out ot ue c lAr' . ... . . u.ti. .11 Amr 9 A tha aaaor.la- I . ilraw . ravolver. ha said. SO crews were aiuea ana more man i i.. - .mr. f nassenrers inlured. UOn memoen eiecioa am woraeu u cussea legislation uu uauutug w. ai-w ui w. . tn-r naita. He fired once, shooting Via The group voted to fight a bill sich in the leg, then shot him coming up in the legislature twice more. Vlasich fell over him, whir wnnM retnm foxes to the he said, and Turner continued to I . . . .a n, I . 1 . I . . Al n VI. nwnlnr .7 r TTav .nrtneer of Ciassiiication oi wa -""" i . v- 1 I . I . , s- f . U . Thmim twIC. . 1 1.1. r . i RATr.i vears no mev were roieu aim. iOituu luuk . t. no. 29, AlDlB, low.. I .:. i V v. .. Ifrt... V. ..w hv.Alfrhta arlraBe- J. A. Baker, conductor of no. aommc , . v .2. . j . --T i, . ma ' h- 171 nttnmwa Iowa hreeaers want mem to siaj. ui uy mm iu.., 119, Ultumwa, lowa. I .i-,.a . I .. ... th. rar .ton and two J. I. Warren, engineer or no. i J""-1" '"V" 111 I " " T;Vnd J.IV, UUUmwa. I . . . . . My, t 1.. I .n UIa V.olr marhln anil race H. O. Halberg. baggageman oi ' ' " i. --r -: 7-- - - vn its nulAKhnrr 111 a large lur lai iu ia ioiui .uu. --. uw-u " -- no. n, uaiesDurK, 1 ... . I f.-.i ,,, who were In Ambulances were rushed to tne fi . :7T. v7 .. - . . j . 1- 1 ic n waiter or Bresnam. re- tne raiuiux oaaii um EST ;;L rrw;.tU elected president: Ed. Brown of not drive up at the some Urn. as Moines. Several doctors were Independence, vice-president; Eu summoned to give emergency rene Flndley of Jefferson, secre- tary-treasnrer; airecvors rr Stacey of Salem, A. J. Bier of Cor vallls, T. E. Zeek of Aurora, W. L. Churchill of Oregon City. The dead were: treatment to the victims One ot the trains caught fire after the wreck and the flames spread to the debris ot the other train. VERDICT LtUB No verdict had been reported by the circuit court Jury in the ease of Frank Monner vs. J. A. Starker up to a late hour Thurs day night. . The Jury sent down for further instructions about t o'clock last night, four hours after It had been The damage action, for 111,' 00. was brought by Monner as administrator ot estate ot Fran ces Monner, his young daughter who lest her lite last February 11 in an automobile accident which occurred on South Commercial street when the car- driven - by John Starker, skidded while al legedly ' traveling at high speed. and upset, ; . . The case occupied fust two days before Judge L. Q.Xewelling, sit- ting in department one of the cir cuit court. The Day in Washington Vlasich and Turner. Cousins declared he shot be cause he thought he was being held up. as he had been once be fore. Neither man said he was a federal agent, Cousins testified. nor did they say they had a war rant tor his arrest or snow mm their stars. Of Governor; no Action Yet on Warrants Changed by Merchants At Public Hearing The Duke of Tork, with twice ten thou Rand men. Marched np the htn, and then marched down again. The lower house of the legisla ture concurred with the senate Proposed Ordinance Little n sdiourned Thursday at 1 i. 111. uuiu Jiuuua.. uiuruins not until a hearty battle had rated for more than an hour over . the sustaining, overriding over postponement of Governor Julius T. !' -watn nf Tinna. Kill 19 A daien merchants, three ad- (v, BT,w..t vertising men and 1 an attorney Uroviding for repeal this year ef spent two hours discussing the fvrM.mni un r..t fake" sales bill, which Is before .... . the city council, at the hearing 7 held In city hall last night by a On the final vote, the gover- special aldermanic committee. hr'" sustained. 44 rep- The only committeeman present resnnairres voting to sustain aim was Alderman S. A. Hughes. " aralnst the veto. As a re chairman, who with Chris J. Ko- "oN the property tax levy made wltx, city attorney, conducted the uecemoer so oy the state tax eom- lnformal meeting. I mission and repealed by leglslat- Tt.m hv ltom the rronn armed 1Ml penamg tne gov the meaning and expected re sults of the definitions ot "fake" sales banned by the bill and de cided on but one change. It was voted that the chairman should ernors approval. Is restored. The question on final paaeace arose: "Shall house bill 11 be passed notwithstanding the gover nor's veto?" Ayes voted against appoint a committee of business- the governor and to sustain the men to go over the proposed or dinance further with a view to catching up any unwanted or in correct rules. Sales of goods damaged by bill; nays voted to sustain the governor and to defeat house bill 11. The vote: Aves, Abrams. Belton. Bennett, Chllds. Cooter. Dnerst, Hilton, fire, smoke or water were ellmln- Lewis. McCloskey. Oleen. Scott, ated by vote of the group from I Stockdale, Turner. the fifth section of the bill which Nays: Allen. Beckman, Best. defines as a "fake" the sale of I Chrlsman, Clarke. Dammaacb. goods brought into the city after Day, Deich. Dickson, Eckley, Oor a merchant has advertised the don. Gouley, Graham, Hale, Her start f a bankruptcy, assignee, man. Herron, Hill. Horan. Hmnt- insurance, creditors,' or "quit- lngton, Judd. Kelly, Lang, Loar- ting business" sale. I ran. Lynch. Martin. McAlear, Mo- Other tvp5s ot selling banned Cornack. McPhillips. Miller, Nteb- by the bill would be: Use of 01s. oakes, Paget. Paulas, Price, "cappers" at auctions, limitation Rvan, Semon. Snedecor, SaMer. of Quantities, "two for one" Staples. Walker. Weatherferd, salea, substitution In quality or wells. Wlnslow, Mr. Snelr. brand for articles advertised, and I "emoers excused: Johaaea, Keasy, wyers. misrepresentations. REFUSAL OF PASS LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 (AP) Department of Justice In- Lonergaa Leads in Defense of Veto Debate ever the veto centered on the matter of immediacy, a large bloc of legislators urging delay on the veto vote until next week In order to give legislators time tor further consideration end for consultation over the weekeed with their constituents. With Frank Lonergan, former speaker, back on the floor in fighting form, defending the gov ernor's veto and with Repreeeaia. that refusal of a half-day leave of absence last December zl, lng Interference tor Lon organ's attack, motions to table and de- caused a negro private to shoot fjriV w.nr.,M. h. ani vm .....i. lT were "WePt aside, the veto was and kill two army captains and their wives and wound a lieuten ant at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The agents were sent from upheld and the house was hack where lt was when the special ses sion was called. Postponement came np first on Los Angeles bureau of investiga tion of the department of Justice, to search for a motive. The slayer waa James EL Aber nathy. His rampage of bullets ended when he was shot to death by Corporal Peter Hardley, ne gro, who was exonerated of blame by the Investigators. Abernathy killed Captain and Mrs. Joseph R. Weasely and Cap tain and Mrs. David A. Palmer and shot Lieutenant Harvie B. Matthews through the legs. lay the bill with the veto message on the table. Hilton contended that time was needed to consider the constitutionality of the three- mill tax repeal bill. He also (Turn to page 1, coL 1) Legislative Happenings (By the Associated Press) House passed donee tic al lotment farm relief bill, SOB to 151. Peace Pailey Starts but Troops Still Deploying SHANGHAI. Jan. 11 (AP) Opposing military leaders in the Shanhalkwan area were reported to nave begun a peace parley at Chlawangtao today but dispatches from Jehol told ef troop move ments which Indicated the armies were preparing for new cam- Senate banking committee com-1 paigns. ' pleted hearings on Kreuger and Japanese planes were said to Toll Match camDtsv and manned 1 nave reconnoiierea eaM , House appropriations mittee reported SS4o83S,000 war department appropriation bill, dropping funds for citizens salutary training camps. sessions on Samuel InsulL Senate was held overtime as Senator t Lo'-ig (D Ala.), aad bis supporters contlnned ; filibuster against branch bank lag provision of Glass reform blO. - i Representative Fish (B-, N. T.), introduced resolution urg- nee thesummer residence ot the Manehn emperors and now -the provincial eapitaL The planes circled the capital and flew north over Chaoyang, second largest city, 140 miles away aad close to the Manchurlan border, f - The same sources reported Jap anese troops in Manchuria . and southern Jehol were preparing for an invasion of the latter province lng president ot the United and that probably there wouia do States to exert influence in re-1 sham Crhtlng. . One Japanese ax- storing civil liberty In Cuba, -IpediUoa from Shanhalkwan waa reported marching through Jehol to Lingyuan, Iff miles northwest ot Shanhalkwan, on the way to Jehol city. Thirty fire trainloads ot Japa nese soldiers were said to have left Mukden, Manchuria, tor Chin ehow, the southern base which lies to the east ot Jehol, close to the frontier. It was a Japanese report which told ot the peaee conference at Chinwangtov A Chinese officer representing. . General Ho Chu KuoV commander at Shanhalkwan, was said to have talked with the Both house adjourn Monday saorniag. Governor Meier vetoes three mill levy repeal and warrant is suing bill. Former veto sustained by house. 44 to 11; Utter laid on table tor later consideration. Grange and onion labor lob by saenibers laswe criticizing veto. . Timber tax on yield basis posed la house bill introduced by Ryan. - , ,- : State treasurer's otOeo ! nzigned attack en of state . Jackson eountr delegation in troduces general sales' tax bfiL with offset exemption on real "1 ZXr thT ut! PWrty owned, tor "shelter pur Japanese eommander at the UU Z,' Ttn.,m iikss. 1 tar's head quart era. ', Farther con versations ware expected, the re port said. ' - " . ' - : -. Chang Hsiao-Liang's headquar ters at Peiplng announced there had been no major activity Bear Shanhalkwan or at the Chlumen kow Pass tor 48 boars. .Ways and mesas connaifteo lasnaches x extenafve tsmetiga of an branches ef stale Governor Meier to spend end la Portland.