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STATE SESSION
TO El IN IE
Heated Argument is Heard
On Bill for Reducing
All tax Budgets
Primary law Changes Also
Come in for Debate at
Committee Hearing
Legislative leaders last night
were unanimous in their declara
tion that the 37th session now in
progress would bo concluded by
Saturday, February 25, but with
only nine working days ahead,
a bulk of work remaining unfin
ished. Meanwhile legislative hearings
on moot bills continued.
The house committee on health
and public morals last night con
ducted a two-hour open session
on two pending measures: one
to create a board of guardians
of five members in each county
to assist the county court in Ju
venile cases, the other to pro
vide for county aid to families
keeping two or more orphan
children in their lome.
In a hearing room on the
third floor the senate committee
on municipal affairs heard a
heated argument on H. B. 20 by
Representative Gordon, a meas
ure making a 20 per cent tax
reduction on the 1953 budgets
over 1931, mandatory. A Port
land group with Amedee Smith,
former Portland commissioner as
leader, told the committee the
bill was imperative In order to
curb unreasonable city, county
and school district expenditures
In Multnomah county. Members
of the East Side Tax Reduction
league joined with- fimitiutn. an
ardent plea for legislative aid
and said budgets of subsidiary
governmental units could not be
forced down sufficiently because
of officeholders' resistance. Wil
liam Briggs. representative of the
league of Oregon Cities, introduc
ed numerous speakers who op
posed the bill on the ground
that a flat, unflexible provision
was unworkable in some com
munities. Proposed changes in the Ore
gon primary law were talked
pro and con in another commit
tee room while in a committee
room off the senate the special
committee on mortgage moratori
ums labored over pending bills
effecting the status of mortgages
In the state. H. M. Hawkins led
in the opposition to a general
mortgage moratorium but said be
would favor the Joint resolution
now before both the houses de
manding consideration by circuit
Judges of the circumstances be
hind foreclosures.
The bouse committee on taxa
tion and revenue continued Its
labors on Income producing
measures, concentrating most of
their attention on Income tax
bills, but at a late hour no meas
ure was yet ready for report to
the lower house.
Hot Dogs Must
Be Yellow Says
Idaho Measure
BOISE. Feb. 15. (AP) The
red and sizzling Idaho "not aog'
hereafter will become a yellow,
slisllng "hot dog" under terms of
a bill passed today in the bouse
of the Idaho legislature. It now
mm tA the, senate.
The bill prohibits artificial col
oring of any kind in meats, elim
inating the vegetable dye reputed
commonly to be used In ween
ies."
Representative Gossett said the
bill aimed at preventing aanuera-
tion of meats.
Children, Men
Without Shoes;
Donations Asked
Shoes for small children
so they can go to school,
shoes for their fathers that
they may earn bread and
batter for the little ones
these are the pleas betas
received la increasing num
ber at the Red-Crosa-Ooni-munity
Service relief office
here.
And the charity workers
continually hare had to
send the pleading fathers
and mothers home, on pro
vided for.
An argent call for dona
tions of all sorts of shoes,
regardless of. their condi
tion, was Issued at the re--lief
office yesterday.
Shoes, ' as well . as hats
and other Items of " cloth
' teg, should be delivered at
' the relief warehonse, 147
- North Front street. ."'f :
0 BELIEF
Train Rob ber Slain,
Conductor Wounded
Critically in Duel
Overalls-Clad Bandit Herds Passengers, Gets
Money and Valuables; Exchange of Shots
Ends With Both men on Floor
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Feb. 15 (AP) An uniden
tified train robber was killed and Conductor Judd Cas
ter of Southern Pacific Transcontinental No. 2, was shot
through the stomach, m a pistol duel aboard the train near
here tonight. Fred Byers, a passenger from Beverly Hills,
was wounded in the leg.
O The robber, wearing overalls,
WETS Will EM
OR LIQUOR REPEAL
Senate Ballots Today for
Submission to States
By Conventions
WASHINGTON, Feb. IB
(AP) The senate tonight
struck from the Blaine prohi
bition repeal resolution a pro
vision to give congress concur
rent power to regulate or pro
hibit the saloon. The vote was
83 to 32.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (AP)
Strategy and votes tonight
placed senate antl-prohibitlonists
within reach of a goal toward
which they have striven for years,
a vote on removing the 18th
amendment from the constitution.
By unanimous agreement, the
chamber will vote tomorrow at S
p. m. on the Blaine repeal reso
lution modified to stipulate rati
fication by state conventions,
rather than by legislatures, and
stripped of a section which would
have authorized, congress to leg
islate against the return of the
saloon.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas,
the democratic floor leader, led
the fight for these changes in
the. measure, but capitulated on
another change by which he and
others were seeking to bring the
Blaine measure Into conformity
with the democratic platform.
He expressed the opinion the
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Fis-ht Taken
In Extensive
Liquor Raids
Federal, state, city and county
law officers Joined here last night
In a prohibition enforcement of
fensive which when completed,
had resulted in the arrest of eight
persons, the seizure of three au
tos and the taking of considerable
quantities of whiskey and other
liquor.
All persons arrested will be
charged with violation of the na
tional prohibition laws when they
come up for hearing before Lars
Bergsvik, federal commissioner
here.
In a raid on the Bridge cafe,
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BOBBER IS KILLED,
SAN DIEQO. CaL. Feb. 15
(AP) An unidentified robber
was killed and a bank, teller ser
iously wounded by a policeman.
who mistook him for a bandit
during a holdup of the United
States National bank today.
The robber was shot by J. R.
RussclL cashier, 'after he had
cooped up 13,154 and ?Mle he
was brandishing a sawed-off
shotgun.
Officer Ernest Hance met war
ren Mead, teller, as the latter ran
out of the back door carrying a
pistol in his hand. Hance fired one
bullet through Mead's right lung.
Surgeons said Mead had an even
chance for recovery.
Officers to Take
Suspect of Bond
Theft to Boise
OMAHA. Feb. 15 (AP) Ida
ho state officers and Omaha po
lice detectives today ceased their
Questioning of Ray Wenger, Boise
hlrh school graduate, who has
: confessed the theft of 1230,000 In
Idaho state bonds, as they waited
for Boise officers to arrive here
to take charge of W enger tor we
return to Boise.
Wenger had been -subjected to
relentless Questioning after' nil
arrest here ' on Saturday, but
throughout he resisted the efforts
of hie Questioners to draw from
hint an admission he had the aid
BANK TELLER SHOT
of others Is the theft.
appeared in a forward car of the
eastbound train between Ontario
and Bloomlngton, about 25 miles
west of here.
Brandishing a revolver, he
herded passengers through sev
eral ears toward the rear. He bad
taken money and valuables from
a number when Conductor Caster
appeared -with drawn pistol.
There was a rattling exchange
of shots and both men fell, the
outlaw dead and the eondnetor
critically wounded. One of the
bullets struck Byers. The wound
ed men and the body were re
moved from the train at Coulton.
The train, cobminlng the South
ern Pacific's Golden State Limited
and Sunset Limited, left Los An
geles early this evening.
The robber was about 65 years
old.
Supplant Justice Court Is
Plan; Present System
Held Antiquated
The house of representatives
here yesterday gave a strong ma
Jority to H. B. 190 providing for
district courts in lieu of Justice of
the peace courts In 17 counties in
the state including Marion.
The bill provides for the estab
lishment of at least one court In
each county at pPe county seat.
Other district courts may be es
tablished In cities of more than
1800 population. Cases Jurisdic
tional with the court run up to
1750. Payment for the district
Judges is not to exceed the pres
ent pay for the Justice of the
peace in the county seat.
Representative Kelly, urging
the bill' acceptance, held the
present Justice of the peace sys
tem was antiquated, expensive
and inefficient. He said the dis
trict court system had worked
well where tried. Under the new
measure's terms, no one but a
member of the bar can hold office
as a district bill.
Another fc'll affecting the low
er courts paseed the house yester
day. It raises the per diem fee for
ustice court witnesses from f 1 to
1.50 and reduces the daily fee
for Jurors from S1.50 to fl.
Under the Kelly bill Justice
courts more than 30 miles from
the county seat are not abolished.
Avers Roosevelt
Must be Careful
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (AP)
When informed tonight of the
Miami shootings, James A. Far
ley, chairman of the democratic
national committee, said Presi
dent-elect Roosevelt will 'now
probably have to refrain from
making so many public appear
ances."
Farley had no further com
ment.
DISTRICT
COURTS
FAVORED
BY BSE
Senate Adopts Favoi able
Report on
The state senate after an all-
afternoon debate, yesterday . re
fused to accept an unfavorable
minority report on the fundamen
tal science bill by a lt-to-14 vote
and subsequently accepted the
majority report. Final decision on
the measure, however, was held
up today when the measure
reaches third reading and final
passage. Opponents of the bill
were claiming last night that one
senator would switch to their side,
leaving the vote on final passage
15 to It or an insufficient num
ber of rotes to carry the measure.
The majority report, signed by
Senators Jones, Booth and Wood
ward, recommended that the bill
be approved. - The measure re
quires five fundamental sciences
as a Qualification tor practicing
healing in Oregon, and would ben
come effective July 1, 193 f. The
house previously passed the bill
by a substantial vote, A two-hour
debate preceded the rote in tne
senate.
Senator Staples led the fight for
the. minority report. He (barged
DIRECT RELIEF
FUND FOR THIS
COUNTY TALKED
Prospect Good of Obtaining
Emergency Assistance,
March and April
County, City and Charity
Officials Confer With
State Field man
A conference to determine the
sum Marlon county will ask Go v
ernor Meier, through the staie
relief committee, to obtain for di
rect relief here, was held at the
courthouse Wednesday afternoon
between members of the county
court, Community Service and
Mayor Douglas McKay, and Ivan
White, Salem young man who Is
one of two field representatives
of the state relief committee.
Although some suggestions
wre made a to the possible sum
to be asked, this will not be de
termined until a survey is made.
It was reported that Lane coun
ty's application for $22,000 was
granted this week.
Funds which the R. F. C. Is re
leasing now for direct relief are
for only two months, March ana
April, White said, adding that al
ready 14 Oregon counties have
made application.
Relief will be given only on
basis of need, and funds will be
granted In one sum to the state
relief committee, and from this
point allocated to the borrowing
counties. Renayments will be
started In 1935 by diversion of
20 per cent per year from the
federal highway appropriation of
the state.
Relief Problems
Increasing Rapidly
Marlon county's need for help
In financing Its relief problems,
which have doubled monthly the
last two or three months, is urg
ent, the county court and others
declared.
The Marlon eounty-Red Cross-
Community service set-up is now
feeding 890 families; 150 are be
ing cared for by the Associated
Charities; and 40 by the Salva
tion Army, the court informed Mr.
White. The county has 2,500 men
registered for work.
As need for relief work in the
county increases, funds have de
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SEATTLE'S JOBLESS
MDE CITY ILL
SEATTLE, Feb. 15 (AP)
More than 2000 "Mahatma Gand
his" of the unemployed squatted
patiently In the city hall today
and obstinately organised for an
indefinite stay, saying they would
not leave until their relief de
mands were granted.
Meanwhile their committee pre
pared to go to Olympla, where the
state legislature Is In session, to
protest abolition of the King
county dole system and present
requests for jobs, groceries, free
light, water and gasoline.
It was as Queer a gathering of
the discontented as the northwest'
has ever seen. They Jammed the
county commissioners' auditorium
until they could barely breathe,
then gasped out speeches. They
sang, played pinochle, swapped
stories, "bummed" cigarettes and
handed out sandwiches to women
and children who had slept in the
marble corridors all night.
The county jail kitchen fur
nished coffee to demonstrators
who slept in the courthouse last
night:
Basic Science
that the measure was In the In
terest of monopoly and was not
wanted by many of the outstand
ing physicians In the state. "This
is an intolerant Issue, Staples de
clared, "and has no plaee In this
legislature."
"This bill Is a simple require
ment," Senator Woodward said.
and should not be objected to by
any honest ' person." senators
Booth and fupton also spoke
against the minority report.
Senator Burke protested stren
nously against the Indefinite post
ponement of seven bills pro-riding
for salary reductions affecting
state and judicial officers. These
bills were reported out adversely
by the joint ways and means com
mlttee.
Officials involved In the pro
posed salary reductions included
the state director of agriculture.
governor, secretary Qt state, state
treasurer, attorney general, sec
retary to the governor, justices of
the supreme court, public utility
commissioner, circuit court Judges
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President - Elect is Unhurt
'But Chicago May or May Die
I
HOOVER DEATH
Changed Mind Upon Learn
ing Roosevelt was to be in
Miami, he Explains
Guard for Both President
And President'Elect
To be Augmented
MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 16 (AP)
The broken story of Giuseppe Zen-
gara slowly unfolded here tonight
to police.
Questioning brought the infor
mation that he purchased his
eight dollar .32 caliber pistol
three days ago with the original
Idea of assassinating President
Hoover.
He said he read in a newspaper
that President-elect Roosevelt
was coming here and he changed
his mind and decided to go after
Roosevelt.
He insisted that no one encour
aged him or prompted him and
that he had not discussed his
plans with anyone. He said he had
lost more than two hundred dol
lars at the race tracks.
NEW YORK. Feb. 16 (Thurs
day) (AP) Police Commission
er Mulrooney said today that "ev
ery man necessary" will be as
signed to guard President-elect
Roosevelt when he returned to
New York.
Expressing shock and regret at
the Miami shooting, Mulrooney
said it wa3 proof that "in these
times too many precautions can
not be taken."
"It shows anything can hap
pen," he added. "I had that in
mind when I assigned 700 or 800
men to guard President Hoover
on his recent visit. We'll use as
many men as are necessary to
take care of the president-elect
when he returns. We know we
can't be too careful."
WASHINGTON, Feb. II (AP)
ine secret service detail as
signed to protect the life of Pres
ident Hoover (mmedlately was
doubled tonight upon receipt of
word here of the attempted as
sassination of President-e 1 e e-t
Roosevelt.
The executive mansion was cul-
et at the time of the attempted
assassination and although lights
still burned on the lower floor the
president bad retired to his. own
room after sitting for a while
alone.
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Resentment
At Shooting
Voiced Here
Expressions of resentment at
the attempted assassination of
President-elect Roosevelt mingled
with Joy over his escape last night
news of the Miami tragedy
reached Salem and was relayed to
the large number of people at the
state capitol.
Comments were frequent that
the escape of Mr. Roosevelt was
a miracle.
Questions arose as to whom
Mr. Roosevelt's successor would
be had he been fatally injured
Senate members determined that
the position of president would
fall to Mr. Garner, vice-president
elect, under the provisions of the
recently passed 20th amendment
to the federal constitution which
has been ratified by more than
St states.
This amendment makes the
vice-president, not the nominee of
the electoral college, the presi
dent-elect la ease the former
president-elect dies. In event the
vice-president is also unable to
qualify, congress is allowed to de
termine the successor.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 15.
(AP) Gus KalUo, 157-pound
claimant of the world's middle
weight wrestling title from Cin
cinnati, won from Bob Miller, Chl-eagOy-by
taking two straight falls
here Wednesday after Miller won
the first after 42 minutes of
straggling.
- KalUo used wristlocks and
wlnglocks to. score his victory.
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Chicago. Shots fired presumably
Fla., last night did not injure
Oermak and f oar other persons.
Theoiy Cermak Intended
Victim Voiced, Chicago
CHICAGO. Feb. 15 (AP)
Chicago police officials tonight
were too stunned at the Miami
shooting to advance any theory
that it might have been Mayor
Anton J. Cermak, Instead of
President-Elect Roosevelt, who
had been marked for the assas
sin's bullet.
Although it was recalled that
Chicago's mayor has been crusad
ing against gambling syndicates,
the police said they knew of no
threats against him.
Since he became mayor of Chi
cago, cermaK nas waged a con
tinuous campaign against the
hoodlum element of the city and
gambling syndicates. If threats
ever were made against his life.
they were kept secret by the
police.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (AP)
CoL Louis Howe, confidential
secretary to the president-elect,'
exDreased great surprise tonight
at news of the shooting in Miami
In whieh President-Elect Frank
lin D. Roosevelt's life was endan
gered.
"The president-elect s mail hM
been especially free of any crank
mall or threats of any kind," he
said.
I seriously doubt," Howe con
tinued, "the ballets were meant
for Mr. Roosevelt as he Is not the
type of man who would be the
target of such an assault.'
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
bustled Into the room of the
.Roosevelt mansion on East C5ta
street while Howe was talking
Assassin
below. Mayor Anton J. Cermak of
at the president-to-be in Miami,
Mr. Roosevelt bnt wounded Mayor
reporters and calmly aked "What
Is it all about"
Her daughter, Mrs. Anna Cur
tis Dall, followed her into the
room anxiously.
When Howe explained that Mr.
Roosevelt was unhurt, Mrs.
Roosevelt sat on the edge of her
chair, smiled broadly and said
"Phew, that's great."
SPRING FIELLD, Ills., Feb. 15
(AP) Dr. Frank J. Jirka,
son-in-law and personal physi
cian of Mayor Anton J. Cermak
of Chicago, tonight made arrange
ments to charter an airplane for
an immediate flight to Miami,
Fla., where Cermak was wound
ed tonight.
Dr. Jirka Is director of the Il
linois department of public
health.
Jirka said he would try to get
Dr. Karl Meyer, head of the Cook
county (Chicago) hospital, to fly
to Miami also.
Dr. Meyer, a stomach specialist.
has helped attend Cermak in pre
vious Illnesses.
DEMFSET WDCa SUIT
LOS ANGELES, Feb. II.
(AP) The municipal court ruled
today that Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight champion, need not
pay Aaron Baum for copies of
films depleting several of Demp-
seyB title bouts which Baum said
he obtained for the fighter. Bam
sued the former champion for
to I
ANTON GERIK
10 4 OTHERS
ARE WOUNDED
Zangara, Assailant, Caught,
Says he Wants to Kill
"All Presidents"
Shooting Occurs Just After
Roosevelt Talks From
His car at Miami
MIAMI, Fla Feb. 10.
(Thursday ) ( AP) -Phy sldaa f
early today said Mayor Cermak
of Chicago has more than a
"fifty-fifty chance to recover.
The following statement was
issued by physicians:
"The condition of Mayor Cer
mak at a a. ra. was as follow:
pulse 88; temperature 98.6;
respiration 24. His condition is
regarded as dangerous bat mrt
immediately critical. The bulfet
evidently traversed the dia
phragm and margin of the liver
and lodged in the body of the
eleventh dora&al vertebrae. Sur
gical intervention is deemed
unwise unless his condition be
comes worse.'
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 15 (AP) .
A determined gunman with Puot
aim made a deliberate attempt to
night to assassinate President
Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, bos
his shots Instead seriously wound
ed Anton Cermak, mayor of Chi
cago, and four other persons.
He was a stocky, swarthy com
plexioned assailant with curly
black hair who fired on the president-elect's
party In a Miami
street crowd. Mr. Roosevelt was
not hurt.
The assassin said he was Joe
Zangara, of New York, and told
police he attempted to kill the
king of Italy some years ago.
"I'm sorry I didn't kill him.
the gunmsn told police. I want
to kill all presidents all offi
cers. Mayor Cermak, from his hospi
tal bed told Mr. Roosevelt:
"I'm glad It was me instead of
you."
The Chicago mayor's condition
was considered grave, and plans
for an operation were abandoned
for the time being.
Roosevelt Delays
Trio to New York
The president-elect was hur
ried away from the scene of the
shooting and postponed his sched
uled trip to New York going to
the hospital where h" visited all
the victims.
fter visiting the .ai. Mr.
Roosevelt returned to the yacht
of Vincent Astor from '-'- he
had Just landed after his tithing
cruise in southern waters.
En route to the train, he stop
ped at 9:30 p. m., amid a huge
throng in Bay Front park to
speak a word of greeting. He had
Just concluded when the shooting
occurred.
The gunman fired about 25 feet
away from Roosevelt's automo
bile. Startled, the president-elect
waved an assuring arm to the
crowd and to those near him said
"tell them I am all right
Pandemonium broke loose.
While officers pounced on the
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The Day in
Washington
By the Associated Press
Senate debated in night
sioa bill to repeal 18th amend
ment amending it to provide
ratification by conventions la
stead of legislatures.
Senate agriculture committee
reported domestic allotment farm
bill limited to wheat-and cotton.
Senate hanking - committee
heard Samuel Insult, Jr., as It
opened bearings on utilities em
pire. House sent (41,900.000 inter
ior department appropriation bill
to White House.
v Industrial and flaanrtal lead
en con tinned presentation of
economic recovery proposals to
senate finance committee.
House republican leader Snell
attacked a proposal for "sale of
federal Jobs" appeal of Chairman'
Farley ef democratic national
committee, for contributions
wipe eat party, deficit, i
ft