PAGE FOUR aw vw,:M -frfe OKEGOxVrATKSMAW: Sliest, UresoiCrriday Morning. Mxrea iMfcyfc' I I if 1 I ! i i "No Favor Sways rjr No Fear Slatt AwV From Firit SUtesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chasles A. S PRAGUE ..... Editor-Manager Sueldon F. Sackett ..... Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press The AtsocUted Press la zclusivdy entitled to th dm (or publics, toon ct ail bws dispatches credited to tt or sot otherwise credited la this paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative Oordon B. Bell. Security Building. Portland. Ore Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith a B run son. Inc., Chicago. Nw Tork. Detroit. Boston. Atlanta. Entered- at the Postoffice at Sedtm, Oregon, at Seeond-Clas Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Bueinete office, 15 S. Commercial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mall Subscription Rates, fn Advance. Within Oregon: Daily and Sunday. 1 Mo. 60 cents; S Mo. 11.25; t Mo. $2.25; 1 year 14.00. Btaew!her SO cents per Mo., or $5.00 for 1 year In advance. ByiCitr Carrier: 45 cents a month; $5.00 a year In advance. Per Copy t ci'nta On trains and News Stands S cents. Defeat of the Thomas Bill THE Thomas bill died with the adjournment of the legis lature because the senate refused to concur in certain house amendments. This was of course a skillful way of killing a measure which had much merit in it. Utility inter-; esta will naturally be jubilant because they are never friendly to more regulation. But the real responsibility for the defeat of the meas ure must rest on Judge Thomas himself. From the first his I attitude was unbending. It was "This bill as written, or nothing". Yet it was precisely the following of that dictum two years ago which gave the state the partial and inef fective Clark bill. The legislature is not the mere rubber stamp for the executive departments. The appearance of Commissioner Thomas before the senate and house committee was unfortunate. He took the occasions to make stump speeches. We heard the one at the senate hearing and it sounded like soapboxing for House wife Dan Kellaher and the other housewives who were present; and, the house committee speech was equally bad. This alienated members who were trying to keep an open mind and permitted the ever-present utility lobbyists to gain a foothold. If at the house committee hearing Commissioner Thom as had said that while the senate bill was not as full a grant of power as he felt necessary, still he would accept it; and if he had asked for its adoption without further amendment we believe he would have gained a more sym pathetic audience ; and that his pet bill would Tiave become law. In short Thomas played his politics wrong. He let him self be smeared with lobby gossip that he was Hanzen's runner-up and that the utility regulation bill was his spring board for the governorship. With as many aspiring politi cians as the legislature was full of, that was bad medicine for Thomas. The Statesman is genuinely sorry that the Thomas bill, as amended in the senate, was defeated. It contained some much needed control over security issues, .and would have strengthened the commissioner's hand in preventing the si phoning of operating company earnings into holding or man agement company hands. The senate amendments toned down some of the more drastic provisions of the original draft, making it in our opinion a very wholesome measure. Now the measure will be whanged over in politics for a bi ennium or longer. Fall of Jehol mHE collapse of the Chinese J. en as proof of previous Yu-Lin, the commander of the to the Japanese, after the old ported that General Tang has been caught and executed for bis betrayal. That too is an ancient Chinese custom in which the victim of the execution is resurrected after an appropri ate lapse of time. It reminds one of the other custom of a general's "resigning" his command, though he may still go on bossing his troops. General Tancr was loner ported that the loyal Chinese were keeping his favorite wife as hostage in Peiping. Later correspondents who penetrated to Jehol city were told by Tang himself that his favorite .rife had just died. Wr has raced almost tories, but the most effective tools have been bribery and rrrnrition- Governors maintained their armies by extor tion; bandit forces supported themselves on what later be came approved methods of American city rackets. Perhaps the Chinese figured that the easiest way to crush the Japanese was to let tnem nave tne capital 01 je hoi province, and then plague them by guerilla warfare. Jap an ha found its seizure of Manchuria proper a costly ad venture. Only along the strip of railway is its authority se cure. The Chinese call time for their ally, time and the steady march of bankruptcy Scourcrinc RECALL the wartime scourging of the slackers, of the rwmlp who failed to buy liberty bonds, subscribe to he RaH CrnfUL conform to food subjected to a telling ostracism which quickly made the most obdurate conform. Sometimes the pressure went farther than words and shrugs, like the recent nose-twisting in the Pendleton bank drive. Bolder spirits and more araent iuu per centers" made threats and then proceeded to carry them U' Thp Rame nrocess may be repeated with the slackers of 1933, the non-patriots who are hoarding gold and curren cy, who joined in panic runs on banks with the result that the arteries of commerce have been frozen. This campaign against hoarders may be more than mere holding up to pub lic scorn through publication of names of these "slackers". It may extend to actual legislation with penalties or with punitive taxes. Whether the individual citizen likes it or not congress is investing wartime powers in the chief executive; and the individual who likes to boast of his own liberties may soon find himself goose-stepping to executive edicts, goosestep ping back to his bank with his bag of gold for redeposit Spread of Rumor DAILY newspapers are certainly essential. Publication morning and evening is hardly adequate now to sat isfy the public thirst for information. And the news you get in the newspapers may be relied on as authentic The great pres3 services are devoted to swift and accurate reporting. 'They are the only agencies equipped with trained men and women to render this service. Wild rumors circulate easily in times of unrest. Yes terday afternoon a story was circulated locally, said to have come over the radio, that a U. S. cruiser was pursuing a ves ' set said to be laden with $12,000,000 in gold. As .the rumor 'spread the embellishment .was added that it was Hoover's old ! The story was not served over wires of the Associ- afMi Press fnor the United public has learned to rely on the newspapers and should onntinn trt deoend on them for - reliable information. Ra dio has no news-gathering' staff of its own ; so its broadcasts l.news. events lacK-auiaoriiy.; ... defense of Jehol may be tak- intimations that General Tang defense forces, had sola out Chinese custom. It is now re under suspicion and it was re continuously in China for cen m Japan. the Slackers regulations. The slacker was Press so far as we learn). The BITS for BREAKERS? -By IL J. HENDRICKS- Joaquin's first dollar. first poetry, other firsts I W (Conthtnlor from yesterday:) "Another boy of about my as joined me. Wo ran away from school at sight. He was bright, nrecoclou. comely, and oyer so much beyond me in wit and wis dom, for bo bad lired In cities and mixed with people, while I m at - at w A naa oeen airaia 01 rota. m S "My bright young companion fell In with a rich man. who took a liking to him, as ho rode his mule behind his loos pack train, and so be found employment at once. Right here, where Fremont had crossed the Klamath named by him the Klamat almost with in a stone's throw and far down the turbulent river toward the ocean, were found some of the richest mines ever known. V "Left alone I rode to where I found a party from Oregon trying to arrange to open a placer mine la a deep wooded gulch down on the Klamath river. There were 37 of them. One of then, a preacher, knew papa. Each man had a horse, blanket, pick, shovel and pan, a tin cap, a sheath knife, and a gun, pistols, and plenty of am munition. They were fairly well equipped, as equipment went in those days, with mule loads of beans, bacon, coffees sugar, and flour. They had chosen their foreman, their moderator, every thing but that most important person, the cook. I said timidly to the preacher who was moder ator: 'Will yon let me cook and come in as a partner? I used to help mother cook!' b " 'But, my boy, you will have to get up long- before daylight. You will have to brown and grind and make the coffee. You will have to cook the beans and ba con, get the wood and water; weigh and keep the gold dust and bags of gold, and stick right In camp all the time." " 'I'll do it: please let m trv . "There was a consultation, The preacher was on my side, and It was finally agreed that if I would stick to it I could come in a a full partner; but that if I did not Stick Close to mv contract T would have to lose not onlv th place, but my share of the gold. I maae out one proviso; I would .tt.U 11 At. . . . out, tu ii unm iney could get a better cook. I tried to believe I was happy; but I was very mis erable, thinking about my parents ana am not sleep. -. 'We had no coffee mill, and t had to pound ud the tonzh cof fee, after browning it in a frying pan, with the poll of my hatchet on a stone; had to use a nieca of my ducks Kin coat the tall of it " you please, to Dound it in. uui i wag not happy. I fried tha beans, brown to a turn; my flap Jacks were pronounced Derfeet. and I was in a-Tiew world. I tried to ieei mat I was going to get on " "In a very few days, the men, working all the time from sun to sun, and often by the great cams urea mi iate ai nignt. had hawn out sluices for washing and were soon shoveling in cold, eold and gold, from the deep bed rocks of me narrow little gulch with great irees nangmg over head. Wej cleaned up' every Saturday even- I lng. The gold was left sitting aside by the pile of provisions I and saddles till Sunday morning, when the foreman dried it, weigh ed it, and divided it evenly among the 28 of the camp. The men al ways left their bags under the head of their beds, or by the roots of the trees where they slept. We rested and washed up Sundays. The men were as kind as they could be to me. It was quite a task to get wood and to carry all the water up from the gulch, but on Sundays when they were idle, they all lent a hand when they could. "Finally one Sunday there came along with others, a bright ap pearing and well dressed man with an English sailor accent and hair parted in the middle. He sang most melodiously and with great sest. The preacher liked him, had a talk with him, and finding he was footloose and looking for a place, asked him to stay with us and help cook till he could do better. I was about worn out and gladly offered to let him sleep with me, as almost all the men slept double, if he would only stay and help for a little time, ever so little. U . "He had the broadest toed shoes I ever saw on any man's foot. They were almost, if not quite -new. The second day I ask ed him where he got them. Ho said San Francisco. Remembering now the Oregonians disliked the CJCiyp&S JILLS Cm tew MuMiA 4 Fill la BaS aad MV C 1U bow, wk Bl V 'f y r DnnM k CHI. CHF.S . TK.K DIAHOlTBt BKANB F1LLK, r 4 jrmxm kaova aSafcit.Ubta, IitSmI 0U IT MOGCUTS ITZXrWaUI rr JAKCTGAYN03-WUR0GT3S LEW AYR IS SALLY IILIRS Noma Foster loobo Brass Frank Cross Victor Jory IIHC IOY. Matine CHILDREN Night 25c . ANYTXMX 35c It 8 Calif ornlans, especially the con vict and Saa Francises) sort, I ad vised him not to mention San Francisco, as we an had an iaea it was a very bad place. " That nla-ht. or rather early next morning, X felt him get op. I saw him, or at least I felt I saw him so down on tiptoe to the sluices with hi big toed shoed in his left hand. I felt about, got hold of a ramrod, and poked the nearest sleeper, pointing down to ward the sluices. Some men fol lowed and found the man, deafen ed by the rush of water, pleking up the nuggets la the tall of the sluice and filling the big toes of his San Francisco shoes. "They quietly led him up, put ting his shoes where they always sat the gold pan, and then tied him to a tree and went bsek to bed. I got up and got breakfast and then the men got up. beard the ugly story as they washed and ate-and got ready in a very few minute to try the man for his life. It was a sad case. I pitied him with all my heart, but knew that by every rule of miner's law and equity the man must bang. "They tried him, found blm guilty, and sentenced him to hang that night at 'early candle light en,' as the preacher put it. A big oak tree stood, broad bough ed and stately, on the further bank, only a few steps from where the men were at work. He, In a dated and helpless way, confessed he came from San Francisco, a crime in the eyes of Oregonians to be gin with. And he bopelessely ad mitted that be had got big toed shoes made on purpose to plun der miners. S S "They took him over to the big tree, tied him securely, marked off the grave and set him to die glng. I was told to help him dig his grave and not let him get away. The foreman said, gruffly: TCld, there's going to be a hang ing at early candle lighten. A hanging of some sort, sure. All the miners round about here know, and are a-comlng to a hangln.' So if he is not here we must hang some one else. See? : i. "I went over to heln the dazed. dumb sailor man, with his hair parted in the middle, and when we had dug down a few feet he sat down on the edge, wiped his sweating face, and took out small newspaper. It was named, Tne Mstrimonial Noose.' He ex plained that a party of many con vict men and women bad come ud from Australia and that some of the party had put in the Ion? davs of that voyage printing this pa per. He read some very startling personals from the women of the party setting forth their merits and their charms. There was not one, with but a single exceDtion. who did not boast ier 4fauty, vir- me, juuiu, or auuieining or xnai sort. Is V li "The one exception was that of a woman who wanted to get out into me gold mines and go to work. The man said she was al ready over in Yreka, a big town only a day or so distant, and was a good cook. I took the paper, told the man to keen on dijreine. and went down to the foreman with it." (Continued tomorrow.) Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States man of Earlier Days March 10, 1908 Harry E. Bickers, the recently elected superintendent of the home for the feeble-minded, which will be erected south of the city this summer, arrived In Sa lem yesterday from his home at Pendleton. A dispatch from Sacramento, Cal., states that the Pacific Coats Hop Growers' Union has at last taken definite and decisive steps to oppose the prohibition move ment. At a meeting of the union, resolutions were pasted condemn ing the spread of the prohibition OOLlYVJOOlJ TODAY & SATURDAY Mickey Mouse Matinee Saturday 1:30 P. M. A New Thrill with BORIS KARLOFF Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Jean Her sholt and Myrn Loy Also Comedy, News & Ser lal "Hurricane Express" Attention t Mickey Moose Matinee Saturday 1:80 P.M. DOUBLB FKATUBTB BOB STEELE In 'Texas Buddies' and "Mask of Fn Manchn" COMING SUNDAY S DAYS ton wKAWFORO Wallace BVUCt if Uonel DARIIYMOR3 ,aafaJaaw BaMaSSBBaw Si Sh. aaaaaaa a. i - - - m . Jar w a. en i bill VOTED QUICK Holiday Extended as Banks' Right to Reopen Given Closer Scrutiny (Cjnttau fsore pace 1 bank additional currency against loans mad on government se curities as well as against note of member banks when secured by sound asset. Re-enactment of some sections of the 1917 wartime trading with the enemy act to eover such emergency as th president shall declare to exist, Including the prevention of hoarding and the control of gold reserves. Power for th federal govern ment to control all national and state banks, through state bank ing commissioners, with provision for opening at once institutions of proved soundness and others of similar nature after a check upon them. Authority to reorganise non- liquid banks, with government conservators" placed in charge of them. Provision that an amount equal to the sound assets of such banks may be made available to depos itors, and for the receipt of new deposits in these partially re opened banks, to be kept either in cash or government bonds and available to withdrawal at any time. Approves all previous procla mations and orders of President Roosevelt and Secretary Woodln and appropriates $2,000,000 for carrying out the act. Former Valley Newspaper Man In Suicide Try ONTARIO. Ore., March 9. (AP) C. P. Shute, publisher of the Frultland (Idaho) Banner, at tempted to end his life at his home today, police said, by slash ing his throat and abdomen with an old knife. He was brought to a hospital here, where attendants expressed belief he will recover. Police said the publisher was apparently des pondent. Before coming to Fruit land five years ago Shute publish ed papers In the Willamette val ley In Oregon, and before that, in a number of eastern Oregon towns. movement and urging congress men to help keep the country from going dry. NEW HAVEN. John F. Ste vens, vice-president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad and a former engineer of the Panama canal, issued a statement which prophesies fail ure of the Panama undertaking. He says the canal will not help the United States in Its trade with South America and that our com mercial relations with the islands of the Pacific and far east will be little benefitted. March 10, 192S The 12-mile survey for the pro posed 14-foot wide forest highway along the north side of the North Santlam river between Detroit and Niagara is nearly completed. At present to reach Breltenbush hot springs it is necessary to pack in for 12 miles from the end of the railroad at Detroit. "Dream On." the junior class song for th ICth annual Fresh man Glee, was awarded first place at W tllamette university last night. Ruth Hill wrote the words nd Mary Jane Albert and Kath leea LaRaut composed the music. Free A Jig-Saw Puzzle Today FRKE to each lady attending theatre TODAY and and Tomorrow Only! MATINEE DAILY 2:15 LoC evenSJgs 500 SEATS 25c Their Forbidden Love Wrecked An Empire! The world at his feet . . . yet be wanted only this beautiful forbidden creature! A GREAT J A SHOW.. ' A miss m L f fr ft fflpM&y ,i! v ' - it The Call Board Br OLIVE M. DOAK e OR. A NT Today Will Rogers and J a- net Oaynor in "State Fair. WARXEB, BROS. CAPITOIi Today Joan Blondell la Blondi Johnson. WARNER BROS. EL81XORE 9 Today Barbara Stanwyck in The Bitter Tea of General Yen". . THE HOLLYWOOD Today "Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu". The last day for Mystlo Calvin at the Capitol will be today. He will appear this afternoon in a special matinee of one hour as a part of the regular show. At this time he will answer questions from th stage. Mystic Calvin will again appear on the night program at 8:58 o'clock and this will be the last appearance. 11 T (Continued from pa 1) land, who sang as guest artist, immediately made a favorite of himself, to such an extent that two encores and several bows were necessary to quiet his audi ence. Mr. Daniels combines his splendidly trained operatic voice with warmth of imagination na Thespian interpretation and the result is delightful. He was accom panied by David Campbell, whose excellent tones and brilliant per formance added much to the beau ty of the songs. Announcement was made by Mayor Douglas McKay, that th program would be repeated March 19 at 3 o'clock, the funds from th performance to be placed aa the monetary nucleus for a build ing fund for a much needed civic auditorium for Salem. Circulation of Money Leaps in Unusual Manner NEW YORK. March 9 (AP) The extraordinary flexibility of the federal reserve system in is suing currency to provide for emergency needs was shown in the weekly statement issued to night, banking authorities said. Money circulation. In th week ended yesterday, took the unpre cedented jump of $818,000,000, boosting the total to the record figure of $7,538,000,000. The federal reserve system provided most of this need by increasing its note circulation by $636,000,000, but despite this extraordinary de mand, its reserve ratio was re duced only to 45.6 per cent, from 53.5 a week previously, and was still well above the normal mini mum of 40 per cent. Hoover Repeats Plea For Unity NEW YORK, March 9 (AP) In a 14 word statement. Her bert Hoover today called again for support of President Roose velt's efforts to straighten out the banking situation. "There is Just on thing to do; that is to support the president's proposal." II Jri, SflHl GROUP'S 11 THIS Bill BROAD POWERS Large control or uuimes & a utmi e fs Granted but not Full Dictation (Continued from page 1) enc by Burk that Senator Up ton recently had received $500 from a power company nrougnt the latter to his feet In a hurry. "I am glad that yon have men tioned that transaction In th open Instead of whispering to your friends". Upton said. "It 1 true that I was attorney for a power company seven month ago and that I received $600 as compen sation. The company apparently thought I was a pretty good law yer". Upton made It plain that nis employment in this litigation would not influence him in voting for or against any bill. "I also want to say", Upton continued, "that I am not like Burke who went to the state board of control and said he could get a fat commission for selling the state a power plant. When the board of control refused to con sider the proposal Burke lost all interest In the power plant and turned against tbe governor and other state officials'. Senator Strayer said the senate was confronted with on of two things. "We can either approve this bill as amended by the bouse or kill It", Strayer declared. "It Is true that many sections of this bill are not satisfactory to all tbe senators. The sensible thing to do, however, is to concur in the house amendments. Then if you want to initiate a bill go ahead and refer It to the people". "This matter has now been be fore us for two months". Senator Woodward averred. "We know that the bouse has ruined the measure and has shorn the utility commissioner of his powers. If this bill Is passed as amended by th house we will return to our homes ashamed and chagrined. These eleventh hour amendments should be voted down". Senator Hess charged that un der the house amendments the utility commissioner would have no authority to control the bud gets of the utility corporations bat would have to be content with merely looking at them. "We should reject the house amendments and pass the meas ure as It left this senate." The senate then refused to con cur in the house amendments and a conference committee was ap pointed. TAXI KILLS TEACHER PORTLAND, Ore.. March 9. CAP) Miss Ruth Buraess. 40. Portland Bchool teacher, wss kill ed tonight when she was struck by a taxlcab driven by Andrew Ellison while she was crossing a street intersection. ENDS JOAN CHESTER BLONDELL and MORRIS in "BLONDIE JOHNSON" ON THE. STAGE WORLD'S MYSTERY MAN! SATURDAY and SUNDAY 2 FEATURE PICTURES ! On the Same Program! JIM TOLLY'S DYNAMIC STORY O X A Street of Beauty and Ugliness . . . of Wealth and Poverty ... of i CHANDLER Ylk! U CHAS. BICKFORD f fl r ' ssssssssssi ' 1 - v . ; , Mt.et2:i 22 250 J . STORYtKPT OUT, "rn ta n& voidable eir- eumstaac th ehapUr of Th , Challenr of Lot. Statesman serial story, iched- uled ta appear looay, was held out., but th story will resum tomorrow. J OF LEGISLATURE ET.DEO (Continued from pa 1) , tee's report which sets th dat for th special statewid electloa at July 21. Lonergan served notlc that he would expos th senate's tactic in a statement to th voters. H charged th month' delay would cost the state $ 0 0,0 00 In needed revenue. Lonergan said he capi tulated only because a bloc of sen ators threatened to go home and prevent a quorum unless th later dat for th election was agreed upon. Good-feeling marked th clos ing: hours of the session. Both houses were forced into frequent recesses to await the re ports of conference committees. Senators formed informal groups to sing familiar songs, the most staid members of the upper house joining in th fun. As midnight approached, a pi ano was brought to the lobby and ; a dance begun with house and senate clerks and Salem citizens participating. Galleries filled up early in th evening as Interested townsmen watched the closing hours of the session. Under a resolution passed ia both houses, adjournment was taken sine die at 6 p. m. Thurs day. This called for stopping of legislative clocks at five minutes of the hour, tbe session acting on long-time precedents In this prac tice. Proceedings of both assem blies will show that the legisla ture adjourned at the agreed upon hour although actuaT clos ing of the session did not come until a new day had begun. Many of the legislators spent the lull hours packing to go home. Some of the men had not been home for more than two months, and uniformly all mem bers expressed a wish to be done with the longest session ia th state's history. City Assistance Bills are Passed The house late Thursday pass ed a senate bill authorizing the state treasurer to assist civil sob divisions ta their financial affairs and appropriating money for the department to use as expense funds in gotng to and from cities where conferences are held. The measure was Introduced by Sen ator Goes. The senator's bill to appropriate money to assist In maintaining a bureau of munici pal research at the University of Oregon also Was passed by th house. TODAY! K EXTRA HEAR PHIL HARRIS SING OoaUtnno 2 Till 11 PJd. EXTRA TODAY Specie! Matinee! MYSTIC CALVI On the Stage . Ia addition to oar Regular Screen Program Ask mm the Orestloa Nearest Tw Heart ... Love ... Business . . . Health . . . Marrlac ... RECORD SESSiD Any Time age 4 1