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. ' .- .1 , , . . . . ' ; .. ...... -. ....... ; ... ... ,. v" . ... :r '..!' ... . : .' . -u .' v . -v-." .. " .. . ... v ! . .... : . -. , ' . - - I- I . . ... . ...... ... . -.i.- ...... .... . .- - ... . . .. - , .. -. - t . - . -.w . . 1 ... - . . i . - .- - a V. . ..... - -.v . '-.' - e - . Legislative Ticwi ; ' The Statesman provide complete coverage dally of II important event and trend in the Oregon lefts, latlve session. - Tte t7cai2ier Vr vwiax iouowm by rate 1 1 s h 1 1 y .warmer ; Max. Temp. Friday S9, Mlm. 4, www; -Bwar a dowdy. EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR .; : ; ..--;, ; . .; . ; ;s ;&10CTi NewsUnU S ; , . .. I?.3l" .Flood Mekage, List IIncFaie : ft lOqOO Milk Control Is Debated at W7 g 300 Affected Persons in Attendance With Both Sides Represented Consumers Don't Agree ; - Many Angles "Argued ; in Long Session '-': Forecast that the milk control law would meet defeat should It rer go to a rote of the people was made last nlsht by Judge J. P. Karanaush, Portland, who de clared that he represented 2 0,0 00 consumers- In opposition to the law. The prediction was made as a closing statement la the public hearing held by the senate agri cultural committee on S. B. 11 which seeks the repeal of the con trol act. The hearing, held in the house of representatlres chambers in the armory, because the senate cham bers were too small to hold the 300 interested dairymen, brought charges from opponents of the control act that the board had . set up a legalised monopoly. Ap plause for the rarlous speakers was interspersed with boos as soy eral of the speakers grew ferrent in their denunciation and support of the act. - Mrs. A. M a 1 e r, Portland, charged that the control act was stepping on the toes of some big concerns that had once used dairy i products as a "leader" in their ! stores and that the law was mak ing them squirm. Decent LI ring Only Aim, Declared "The dairymen are asking only for a chance to make a decent , liTlng," she said, -we are not ask ing for a dollar sn hour with a dollar and a halt orer-tlme." Defending the milk control board, she stated that the board - did-ot force the raise of milk production to 12 cents a quart in Portland, but that it was the rigid inspections and costs of produc tion that made the price neces- . ary. It. -R. Bulllrant, attorney for the dairy co-operatlTe association in Portland, declared that the price of milk In Portland was be low the aTerage In the country. "Why-aren't babies starring in ether cities?" he asked. In opening te arguments for the measure to repeal the milk control act. Senator Delmer Les sard, sponsor of the bill, stated that the act had been passed in (Turn to Page 3, CoL 1) Pope Motionless For Long Periods VATICAN CITY, Jan. 23.-(Sat-rday)-(ffl)-poP pln exhaust ed, slept fitfully early today, Vati can sources said. Two periods of prostration late - yesterday left the 7-year-old pontiff speechless and motionless half an hour, they said. ThM attacks lnsnired' fresh - anxiety orer his holiness condi tion, already weakened oy me strain on his heart engendered by constant, intense pain. The problem of the holy . father's care was made . Partieu ! larly difficult. Vatican Informants ' said, because injections of stlm i nlants prescribed by his physician - no longer hare their original ef 1 fectireness. " It was said the pain In the ; pope's legs has become so acute be can no longer bear the weight of his bedclothes. These are now supported on a wire frame. The condition of his right arm was said to be almost as painful as that of his legs. Around The Lobby -roRIDAT may have been Just a X day of adjournment .for the rpectators around the legislature yesterday but -to the clerks and helpers it was the longed for day pay day. The secretary of state and state treasurer's offices were busily engaged making payments on salaries already eaned by the workers. . " Two years ago, oa the aec oad Friday night of the 1933 regular session, the members i spent several hours hearing ar guments for and against a milk control art. Last night, on the second Friday of the 103? scs ' sion, another bearing on the. . same subject was held. History, passing by, repeats and repeats. The milk control act ! law, bnt. few are satisfied with It. Its . supporters desire to make ., ft ; stronger and the opponent ' would like to see it repealed. - Senator George E. Chaney. Coo and Carry, is an expert bowman. ITe doesn't confine his skill to tar v arm neann -J;r. l ; i ; ; ' - ; .1 . D iF 'rives live Aid to Follow Shipowners Flatly Turn Down Proposal From . Maritime Union ; Dockmen Control Entire Situation, Declared ; Violence Reported ' SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. zl-Cff) -Shipowners tonight flatly re jected a "final longshoremen's proposal to end the 86-day mari time strike and clric authorities launched a drlre to whip public sentiment into a torrent ef de mands for government interven tion. At the same time waterfront tension produced three disturb ances in which one longshoreman was injured and hospitalized, an other beaten and nine men ar rested. Heretofore the strike has been singularly free of violence. 'with -strikers', patrols maintain ing rigid order. Employer rejection of the long shoremen's plan brought negotia tions to a virtual stop, although the shipowners renewed a prev ious offer which the dockmen had turned down. Said an em ployer statement: . , "Since the leaders of the in ternational longshoremen's as sociation ... have admitted that a settlement of their problems will in turn mean a complete settlement of ! the strike, in the public interest it Is to be hoped that they will not continue'' to be the sole obstacle to peace. This statement presumably was In connection t with a disclosure by Harry Bridges, longshoremen's leader, that majority vote of all unions in the maritime federa tion rather than a majority of (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) Press Influence Held Not Abated EUGENE, ORE., Jan. 2-fP) The American press "will " con tinue to have Influence with and the confidence of the American people in proportion as it de serves It," Palmer Hoyt. manag ing editor of The Oregonian (Portland), told delegates to the 19th annual state press conference here tonight. ' "Stories of the death of the American press are a bit prema ture," Hoyt commented in taking cognizance of the record vote polled by President Roosevelt de spite the fact most papers opposed his re-election. Charles A. . Sprague, publisher of The Oregon Statesman at Sa lem, denying newspapers lost prestige in the election, said "the real danger will come when 80 or 90 percent of the newspapers will line up behind a president, not on principle, but because he has the votes." I "' - -'' The Sigma Delta Chi trophy tor the best weekly newspaper in Ore gon went to The Hlllsboro Argus. 'Second place was awarded to The Hood River News and third place to The Grants Pass Bulletin. ; " The Hal E. Hoss trophy for the best weekly in smaller cities went io The Redmond Spokesman, with The Nyssa Gate City Journal sec ond. .; . , ' I ' ; ' ', ' oirons.il ForExecul Happenings Around the Legislative Halls, Including- Some That House and Senate Spectators Missed. - get practice but gets out . in the woods to bag game with his bow and arrow. Of all animals he has shot at and hit he opines,, that squirrels are k the ' easiest. "Just plug 'em between1 the eyes," he advises. . '',: . : Because of the rapid growth In southeastern Oregon, Senator U. S. Balentine of Klamath Falls now represents more constituents than any other legislator. He is cred ited in the 1934 census with E7. CIS inhabitants In the combined district of Crook, Deschutes, Jef ferson. Klamath and Lake coun ties. Closest competitors for the honor are the six senators from Multnomah who figuratively re present &C.373 persons' each. Ima gine trying to please all of that number when r voting on a meas ure. ' ! ::'!' r ' :V ..-'-i . : f Friday ' afternoon no sion in the honae bat lots of t actlrity BeTcrtbeleiM. Milk lob-; bjrists arrivina; for , the might . (Turn to Page 2 CoL ) ROOSEVELT if?: u President Franklin D. Roosevelt (third from left) Is pictured as he took the oath of office to serve as president of the United States for a second term. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Hughes (left). Behind the president Is his son, James. Viee President John Nance Gamer is shown at extreme right.' Despite a heavy downpour of rain, thousands listened to the ritual and inaugural address. This soundphoto was transmitted direct from Washington, D. C, to San Francisco over telephone wires. International Illustrated News soundphoto. . . . Counties May Get More Road Funds Increase to Two Millions Is Proposed in Report by Hghway Board An Increase of $400,000 In the amount counties will receive out of state highway revenues, to a total of 42.000,000, was recom mended in the biennial report t the ; highway commission, filed Friday with Governor Martin. . This proposal complies with the request voiced at a recent meet ing of the association of county judges and commissioners. A res olution adopted by the association was sent to the legislature re cently. " A balance estimated In excess of 1700,000 In next year's reve nue, above the fixed expenses and matching of federal aid funds, was forecast by the high way commission. a Income tor the year 1937 was expected to reach $11,250,000, as compared with the peak of $12, 243,383 in 1930. Approximately $1,760,000 of the 1937 income of the highway department al ready is obligated, the report said. This was due to extensive cooperation with the federal gov ernment, and insufficient reve nues. ."During 1937 and 1938 the federal government win require that the greater part of Its funds for highway, construction ; be matched ' with state funds." the report read. "In Oregon, the an nual program need not be large but it must be continuous." Ask Bonneville Coin WASHINGTON, Jan. il-iflf- Kepresentative Honeyman (D., Ore.) introduced a bill today to authorize coinage of 60,000 K0 eent pieces to commemorate the completion ef Bonneville' dam. Ore.' . . V.v THOUSANDS Swirling , States flood and in some parts of xwcKer, isA,- and MMttl, OL, INAUGURATED FOR NEW TERLI Chicago Dark Due To Power Strike; Delay Then Taken CHICAGO, Jan. 22-3V-Dark-ness engulfed most of Chicago for- nearly three hours tonight when municipal electrical work ers went on strike over demands for restoration of depression pay cuts. I The walkout ended as sudden ly as it began when Mayor Ed ward J. Kelly emerged from a conference with union officials to announce the strike had been suspended pending a conference Monday - with members of the city council finance committee. Almost, as he. spoke, the street lights were restored and thirty eight of the city's fifty-five bridges across the Chicago riv er, raised by the strikers, were lowered to tangled traffic. Res toration of other electrical serv ices discontinued during the strike followed. Promptly at S p. m., (CST) 450 of the 800 electrical workers employed by the city went on strike and union officials threat ened progressively to cripple service by calling out additional workers unless their demands were met. Ships Off Norway In Extreme Peril .OSLO, Norway, Jan. 22.-(JP)- Three ships were In grave peril In the North Sea off Norway to night as wintry gales continued to whip across the Scandinavian peninsula. . A . fourth vessel, the British trawler Strathbrle, reached Aber deen safely after fighting a ter rific storm. The Norwegian steamer Karat, the Swedish, freighter LilUen Welch and a third vessel not yet identified were In distress and calling for help. N : 4 PERILED BY RISING WATERS i t aters crumbled. levees and overflowed river banks in eastern Canada. A seven-foot wall Inundated taouamnds of acres of as ho patrolled his "bent in owboaC International Ulnstrated N Sf--'-:-''"-' aV i 'I ii slYrffiir iSnTiff hirA Tax Situation in mi Delinquency For All Past Years Only Slightly Over Million Now Marlon county's tax delinquen cy for all years dropped close to the .million dollar-mark as 193 enad and a considerable but. un estimated portion -of the $1,155, 113.97 total was already in the hands of the county in the form of property foreclosed upon for taxes, T. J. Bradec, chief deputy sheriff in charge' of tax collection, said late yesterday in outlining salient facts contained in his first annual report to the county court. The tax collector's semiannual report of turnovers made to the county treasurer for distribution to the county and governmental subdivisions also disclosed that all but $31,1.34.43 of the more than $1,700,000 of taxes collected dur ing 1936 had been distributed. A glance at the first half-year report for 1936 showed that $208,363.- 84 remained to be thus distributed at the close of 1935. Turnovers of 1925 to 1936 taxes. Inclusive, last year aggregated $1,910,778.07. Large Portion of . M Levy Collected As B r a b e c had announced earlier this month, 83.72 per cent (Turn to Page 2, CoL. 4) Late Sports ALBANY,' ORE., Jan. 22-()- Beuingnern Normal s quintet wal loped Albany college 61 to 82 here tonight, after overcoming the Pi rates' 18-to-l half-time lead. Harver and Belion, Belllngham guards, sparked the visitors to their last-half victory . with 10 points each. Each tallied 1 X for the game. High scorer was Deck er, Albany guard, IS. 1 P'i"''ftffHP' the eastern part of the United of water broke 'through an em- farm lands. Photo show a County I proved a Isn't Serious Just Means Little Less to Spend; Commission Blamed by Wharton " 7ays and Means Task Is ;X)elayed; Stringer J ta Seek New System .With the legislative limelight still foeussed on the absorbing question as to how everybody, from the tax commission to the legislature, - could overlook a "million dollar mistake" In the budget for the coming btennlnm. Governor Martin . made a brief statement last night on the subject.- - - 4 "I am not worried over the bookkeeping error. It will mean that the boys wiir be unable to spend so much money. Look at the federal budget, no two people agree on that. It is a situation which' can be smoothed out very well." " j Will Delay End of . Session, Feared ' j . Observers of financial opera tions of the state for many years agreed more or less on the fol lowing forecasts: j 1. That the ways and means committees .would be slowed up considerably, possibly to the ex tent of postponing final adjourn ment for two or three weeks.. 2. That there was ' still t hope for a capable, well-prepared bud get despite the rapid and discon certing descent from a rosy $500, 000 excess to a $480,000 deficit. - Recovering from the revelation of the mistake, made known Thursday, members of those two committees began to . look about for possible cuts in the budget and new sources of revenue.' Two ,hits of ' legislation ;n the latter point, dealing" with taxes on an (Turn to Page 2, Col, 1) Salem High Noses . Out MciVlinnville ' - - 1 Gallagher Sinks One, : Last Two Seconds to Avoid : ' ' Overtime; 25-23 McMINNVILLE, Ore., Jan. 22 (Special) Sammy Galiaher, f Irey Viking forward,, sank a field goal in the last two sec onds to avert an overtime period and give Salem high a 25 to 23 basketball victory over McMlnn vllle here tonight" f Gallaher's field goal, potted from near the sidelines about even with the foul line, broke a 28 to 23 deadlock in a game that was a close scrap every inch of the way. Ahead 11 to 8 at half-time the Vikings were ; overtaken by the Grlaslies in the: third period and (Turn to Page S,CoL 1) ' . . Constable's Fees To Be Collected, Van Winkle Rules Collection of constable's serv ice fees will be resumed in the Salem justice of the peace district as the result 'of an opinion given yesterday b Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle, it appeared.' Van .Winkle, complying with a recent . request from . Constable Earl Adams through. District At torney Lyle J. Page', ruled that constable's fees In this district were the same, as those collected by the sheriff and must be. turned over , to the county treasurer. " When the constable was by law placed on a salary basis in 1931. a Question arose over whether or not he should continue to collect service fees and during the last two years .none were turned over to the county. An audit of the dis trict Is now in the making. :. . ' v ; Following advice from the dis trict attorney early this month'. Constable '- Adams discontinued collecting '' service fees but r gays notice he would bill attorneys whose' papers he served for the back amounts due In the event the attorney general held the fees should.be collected.-- A L I A D E loTOBA V A hundred forty', thousand people - are , homeless , In the middle .west as ; waters rival ehurch steeple, in height, but may be near . their crest. ' - The land would " flow with milk and honey and every child would healthy be. If milk would only ost- less --.money, it's ar gued at the armory. . Surpassed Of Midwest River, Two Million DoUar Relief Fund For Eight States Sought by A. R; C; : V'L-S .?ly'tgencie8 Giving Aid Onciniiati Has Worst Conditions - in History; Exposure Suffered as - Some Regions Continue Cold ' By The Associated Press) APPROXILIATELY 140,000 persons were iomeless yester day in the flood-harassed midwest. Sixteen deaths were : reported. . ' .. m- Rivers rose above previous record high levelsTcincinnail experienced the greatest flood in its history. Property dam- -age there alone reached $5,000,000. Damage throughout thw area soared into additional millions. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross, appealed to the nation to raise a $2,000,000 fund for flood relief assistance in eight states. He said the money was needed for food, housing and medical attention, for 270,000 persons either homeless or otherwise in need of relief. School Absences Still Increasing Average Is 21.1 Per Cent Now; Eldriedge Closes Till Danger Ends An absence list which 'has in creased a little 1 more than three per cent of the-' total enrollment each - day - this week reached t a new high of 21.1 per cent of en rolled students absent in Salem public schools yesterday accord ing to announcement by the sup erintendent's office. -. " : Tuesday 11.2 per cent, of the total enrollment was absent and 13 teachers were unable to ap pear. Wednesday the count was 14.9 per cent and 18 teachers while for Thursday It was 17.1 (Turn -o Page 3, Col. 4) Obtain Equipment To Battle Drifts The county court late yester day made arrangements to rent special equipment to attack the almost complete snow blockade of the Elkhorn road between Me hama and Luraker bridge. A small caterpillar tractor will be rented from a nearby farmer and hooked to a county grader to do the job. CCC crews have cleared the road from their camp, a short dis tance below the Amalgamated mine, to Lnmker bridge, but are afraid the bridge will not hold the weight of their heavy bulldoser. County" Engineer N. C. Hubbs found on a survey trip up - this road yesterday. The. bridge is lo cated six miles . above Mehama. Approximately 30 men are at work at the mine, above the blockade. Another . near blockade exists on the Crooked Finger raod but Road Patrolman William King is planning to move a caterpillar tractor grader to that district to day after having forced his way through heavy drifts " on the Bridge Creek road earlier in the week to free 12 marooned wood cutters. ' Hubbs said he believed other main roads were in fair traveling condition. Four Firms Delaying Peace : ; In Coast Shipp ing, Cla imed L Four shipping companies han dling 3 per cent of, the Pacific, coast -. ocean ' transport . . business are holding np settlement of the current maritime strike, charged John M. Brost, president of the Portland longshoremen's local, in one of four main addresses re- garding the strike delivered at Union hall here last night, Brost asserted further that only in fluence exerted by the big comp anies kept 27 costal ; operators from agreeing with the unions. ' Declaring - first that not the longshoremen but' the . employers ard on strike, Brost later said the ship owners "are smart enough to maneuver so we h a v e to strike.- : ; ; :. ; . ' Bridges Is Merely I . -' " - r , Spokesman. .Avers - ' " ' . .. The militant spokesman, Harry Bridge Is" only a spokesman, Brost' asserted, in -effect, ; "Bridges hasn't got any more to say than I Jiave and I haven't any more to -say than- any other maritime v worker," Brost - declar ed. "He only carries out orders." by Some O National guardsmen, relief agencies, coast guardsmen, police. nremen, wrA employes and vol unteers gave assistance to refu gees. The army prepared to erect tent cities. President Roosevelt directed his cabinet to co-operate with tae Red Cross' in giving relief wher ever it was needed. He ordered every agency of the government to lend a hand. - " Rescue equipment, food and clothing were being rushed late distressed district. Fear of pestt. lence cropped up as a new dread. . Fires and collapsing buildinc . also presented troublesome pros- ' lems. ' Some of Refugees' . ' Suffer Exposure - ' Freesing temperatures In some regions caused refugees to suffer from exposure. The Red Cross opened six new disaster head quarters as calls for medicine multiplied. A score of communi ties were plunged Into darkness as their power plants faUed. Hun dreds of factories and business houses were closed. At Cincinnati 41.500 fled their homes in the metropolitan area. A night club building toppled, in juring one person. Schools were closed. The power supply was im periled. Meteorologist W. C. De-v-ereaux predicted the flood would continue for at least seven days. Eight members of one family were feared ' drowned near Hen derson, Ky. A rescue party dis covered the family's : house had been washed away. The water supply at Clarks-V ville, Tenn., was cut off when the Cumberland' river reached a new high of 2 feet. Twenty thousand evacuated their homes in and near Wheel ing, W. Va., as the Ohio rose to 68.8 . feet. Five thousand ' more fled their homes -between Hunt ington and . Point Pleasant, W. Vo. Two deaths were recorded. Half of Louisville. Ky., was . menaced by the record high Ohio. The Mississippi 'neared . unpreee- , dented levels between .Cairo, 111 and . New . Madrid, Mo. Twelve states were la the flood belt. ., Oark Gable Has Fla ' HOLLYWOOD, 1 CAUF.; " Jan. ll-Vty-A. severe attack of Influ ensasent Clark Gable te his heme under the care of a physlcisn and nurse today. . - : " The case for, the sailors unioa of the Pacific was outlined by Allen - Beasley, Portland seaman, as one of fighting for moderate working . hours, decent . food aboard ship and fair , treatment in regard ' tT overtime. ; The 1936-37 waterfront tleup was depicted by Rev. F. G. Shear er, Presbyterian pastor of Port land, as a mere incident in , a . long struggle of the working man for 'the power that has always been with" those who have money. ' - Support - of - the , sawmill and timber workers union and of farmers in the Liberty street was expressed by H. F. Hartung. Portland, and Frank J odd. Lib erty, respectively. ; ' Mayor V, E. Kuhn attended tbe first hour of the meeting, which was "sponsored " by " the Oregon Commonwealth Federation, farm-" labor organization, and presided over by President II. E. Barker of the Salem Trades and Labor council. -A---collection - taken at the close J-aised 338.71 for the loneshorene,-rl -ennd.