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if? PAGE TWO The OIIEGON STATESMAN, Salem, Ore Wednesday MoJawaof 11, 1933 Introducing new Governor to Oregon's Legislature on Inauguration DayM Head lien SH Down to Eat uttee Economy Goal Of Comn OTs Request ForWAPared Croup Also Rerolta on Gvil Service Status for WPA Heads . ? (Continued from pace 1) he, contended that was probably all wrong. He suggested the re porter check aftln. .. In his position, the president declared, he had to think not only la terms of dollars but in terms of individual men, women and children and he felt this was an Important factor. . ' the WPA "appropriation which - the sub-committee sent to the full committee contained a provision designed to nullify an executirs order which members of congress said would otherwise blanket S1.300 administrative employes of the work relief organization into the clrll serrice on February 1. It provided, simply that the ap propriation should, not be avail able to compensate the Incum bent of any position placed in the eivll serrice after January 10. Clrll Serrice Order Bit by Vandenberjg The . clrll , serrice order had aroused furious controversy. Cit ing charge of politics In relief. Senator Vandehberg ( R, Mich. ) declared that Instead of throwing Jhe "gangsters" out, the admini stration was rewarding them "by life tenure in their rocking chairs. Administration support ers, on the other -hand, declared that the order was designed to end politics In relief by making any one who abused his post Sub ject to civil serrice penalties. - Besides toting to block the clrll : serrice order, the sub-committee wrote Into the bill a requirement mat the 1725,000,000 be made to last over the full period to June v., i r : Representative Taber, the rank "s. repuoiican m e m o e r, an nounced, however, that when the bill came up for consideration In the house, he would propose that only enough money be appropri ated to operate the WPA until April 7. .i "I propose to suggest," he told reporters, "that In the meantime a complete and careful study be made of the situation and a defi nite program be laid out tor the government to follow In provid ing .honest and efficient, non-po-lltieal relief. Taber declared he always had opposed 'WPA money "because hare known always that It has keen' spent In an Incompetent, reckless and Inefficient manner." "It has been used," he added. .tor political purposes; It has been used to foster communism and class hatred and to heln In flame the people Against the gov ernment" : ' j The New Yorker favored turn ing control of relief spending back to. the states under some system requiring them to match federal funds. ociiiiig ui wines Presents Problem Law Is Abased by Minors in Purchasing wines " lEasUy Obtainable Control of fortified wines Is one of the most pressing prob lems confronting too state Uquor control commission, according to its annual report filed with Governor Charles JL. - Sprague yesterday. rrhe commission said that this w toe; when available in half pint l4iks and easily procured from 12ensees, was sought by many sofnors and common drunkards. 1 Absaen Are Reduced The report Indicated that this abula ' had been reduced mate rially since the! commission adopted a regulation prohibiting the sal of wine In flask-shaped containers containing lesa than nn-f lfth of a - gallon - and plac ing Its sale under the fair trade act whereby the wholesaler could regulate the wholesale price - The commission said It had adopted many other drastic regu lations since the Iart legislative session. - . Petition Supports Caiser . (Continued from pag 1) ter from Dr. Ralph ' E. Dugdale, superintendent of the Portland schools, praising Superintendent Caiser personally, as an educa tor and as presiding- officer at the recent Oregon State Teachers as sociation convention in that city. Other letters and resolutions fav oring mm were read from the Sa lem : Ministerial association, the Salem branch, American Associa- tlon : of University Women; Dr. Henry E." Dixon, Portland, child psychiatrist; the Salem Lions club, Salem chamber of commerce, and Mrs. Oara K. Pomeroy, for mer grade school teacher here. intaents ;FR Are Endorseil (Coatlaued from pago X) tntendent of publie instruction; Louis Palmer Weber; Warren Krwin and Dr." Irwlnt:Winis West: Floyd BUyeu; Col a A. Robertson ; K. O. , Nesle,- county democratlo chairman; Torn' Del tell; Sep. Vernon Bull, and oth ers who spoke briefly. - Senator Lyman Ross declared thrt Governor 0: arias A. Cpragua . had rtrealed. . in his message to the ' legalatnr ; Mon day, coma -of the " progressive Ideas tha democratic " party has espoused. -'.'ri . ; Avery Thompson served as toMtmaster. Kntertalnment ln- ti'-l liMri1lnii miinliiH . 1t "n ore ace Polster and Patricia Ecott, each aged t. Ijengthy Appo Magyars Warn Czech Troops Hungary to Regard Any Border Violation as Signal to March (Continued from page 1) tlon were presented by a foreign office official to the Czechoslovak legation in Budapest, the news service said. The Hungarian foreign office negotiator was quoted as saying, "In view of the repeated attacks and the fact that regular Czech troops participated it must be as sumed that the incidents were a deliberate feature of Csech policy. Should there be another armed assault on Hungarian territory from this quarter, the invasion will not only be repulsed by Hun garian troops but the Hungarian troops will pursue across the de marcation line Into Czechoslovak kia territory." He was quoted by Informacio as adding "Hungary makes this de claration with full appreciation of the facts that its action In such an event not only would delay a re storation of good neighborly rela tions but would make the situa tion even more critical." The Hungarian foreign foflce made no comment on Informa cio s report, but there were no contradictions, official or c$her- wise. Tax Exempt Gifts Amendment Asked Senator Lew Wallace will in iroauea toaay s bill removing territorial restrictions from in heritance tax exempt gifts for charitable, benevolent and edn cational purposes aud to Include religions Institutions. It was pointed out that activi ties of the American Red Cross were not confined to any state or nation. Wallace said many gifts to re ligious, benevolent and charitable institutions hare in the last fail ed or tneir purpose because hedged about by restrictions wnicn prerented tructces from meeting changed and unseen con ditlons. Only when gifts are without strings can the best results be obtained, Wallace declared. Crops for Alcohol Washington Plan CAPITOLw OLTMPIA. Jan. lo --Establishment , of an alco- noi processing Industry in Wash ington that will enable farmers to market excess., crops . and waste products Is being sought by Rep Jurio B. Smith (D-KJng). Smith, liberal democrat leader, said ha would Introduce an alco hol blend bill providing that all gasoline used la Washington be blended with S percent alcohol processed from all types of agri cultural products. . Smith argued this would giro farmers an opportunity to sell ag ricultural surpluses. Ha said the distilling plants, scattered throughout the state, "would nut a lot oi people to work." s and Means Jplpys Abrams Co!. Carle Abrams. Salem real estate broker and secretary ot the stete board ot control under tha Patterson adminiatratmn. Tuesday was employed as chief clerk of the joint ways and means committee. . i Abrams succeeds John Schroe c"er, Portland attorney, who serv ed as ! chief clerk of tha joint ways aad means ccnunlttee for mora than at yeara Announcement of Abram's ap pointment was made br Chair man Rennle of the hcuse ways and means commltteev - - Kuhn Elected President, Art Center Association T. K. Xuhn. former mayor of Salem, was elected president of the Salem Art Center association at Its annual meeting tut a day night. Vice-presidents elected were Mrs. J. M. Derers and Otto SL Panlus. Tha list of other officers and tha directorate will be an nounced later- . fay O Governor Charles A. Spragne (fourth from left) was la trod need toO cue uregoa state legislature oy uooert M. Duncan, president of the senate, as the legislative session opened Monday .at Salem. Left to right are Chief Justice John I. Rand of the state supreme court; re tiring Governor Charles H. Martin, Senator Dnncan, Governor Sprague, Speaker of the House Ernest R. Fatland, Superintendent of Public Instractlon Rex Putnam and Labor Commissioner Charles Gram. Associated Press photo. Closed Shop Bill Placed in House Action by Industry Would Become Illegal Under Chapman's Proposal The closed shop in industry mould be made illegal if . House Bill No. 2, introduced Tuesday by Representative C. C. Chap man of Multnomah county, be comes law. Carrying out a statement made tc the press before the session convened, Chapman put his clos ed shop abolition measure into the legislative hopper for early consideration. The measure would make un lawful "any contract of employ ment which requires employes to l-ecome or to continue members of labor unions in order to se cure or return employment." Would Force Hearing The Chapman bill, would pro vide that any contract In which only union men could be em ployed by the employer would have to be presented to the com missioner of labor who would bo forced to hold a hearing on the contract. If he determined there was anything in the meas ure which prevented a worker who was technically qualified to hold a position, fom gaining employment due to his labor af filiations, the contract would be declared against public policy ana couia not be entered into by employer and employes. Pearson Praises Both Governors Confidence that the adminis tration of Governor Charles A. Sprague will bo an admirable one was expressed by Walter Pearson, newly-appointed state treasurer. In an address at the Salem Klwanls 'club luncheon Tuesday noon. He predicted, howerer, that the new governor would face problems which would "turn his hair gray" before the end of his term. Pearson paid tribute to Charles H. Martin, who retired from the governorship Monday, as "the greatest governor of the state I have known." ins juwants ciud passed a resolution of confidence in the administration of Silas Gaiser as superintendent of Salem schools. addressed to the school board. ; Frederick Ely and Brad Col Una were Introduced as new memoers.. Approved By Senate Croup WASHINGTON, Jan. lo.-tfV-A senate subcommittee approved the nomination of Prank Murphy at attorney general today without a murmur of dissent and without propounding a single question on the former Michigan gorernor'a attitude toward sit-down strikes. A lS-mlnnte session suffice to accomplish what Washington had expected -would be achieved only after lengthy hearings dealing with the gorernor'a role In tha au tomobile troubles. ' Senator Logan (D-Ky). chair man ot the judiciary subcommit tee, said no one asked for hear ings and that an seemed anxious to giro their approval. It was learned that 'some republican members, y realizing that senate confirmation waa assured, decid er to let the issue pass rather than raise' It and take a beating. , Toivnsend Pension Amendment Is Up The Townsend slan. visitor to the legislature In many previous sessions, . came Into rlew araia Tuesday when a memorial, call ing Upon the United States con tress to submit tha Townsend amendment to tha United States constitution to the 4S states, was read for tha first time, intro ducers of tha -memorial Included RepresenUUres Hilton. Miller. Wiley, Longergan Riddle- and Greenwood. - Senators whose names appeared on tha memorial wera Cbilds, Mahoney. Wheeler and' Booth. Murphy V Bills Introduced SENATE SB 2, by Ellis and Balentlne Eliminating pauper's oath from the old age pension act. SB 3, by Wallace Requiring a permit issued by the state game commission to ship or transport game birds or non-game birds, game animals, fur-bearing ani mals or game fish. SB 4, by Wallace Authorizing the game commission to revoke li censes and permits, and to refuse to Issue a license to hunt. SB 5, by Wallace Authorizing the state game commission to is sue a certificate of the loss or de struction ot a license, which cer tificate may be used In lieu of such license. SB 6, by Wallace To allow an gling for catfish at night In cer tain waters including Siltcoos Lake (Lane and Douglas coun ties), and Horseshoe Lake and Mission Slough nl Marion county. SB 7, by Wallace Making it unlawful to fish in Devils lake, Deschutes and Klamath, or in the Deschutes river from headwaters to the First river, or on the Me toiius river In Jefferson county and from the mouth ot Lake creek downstream to bridge No. 99, in any manner other than with an ar tificial fly. SB 8, by Strayer Eliminating section in Oregon laws relating to filing fee for aliens in naturaliza uon cases wnicn aireaay is con tained in the federal act. HOUSE HB 1 By Reps. Hilton, Mil ler, Wiley, Lonergan, Riddle and Greenwood and Senators Childs, Mahoney, Wheeler and Booth- Memorialising congress to submit Townsend amendment. HB 2, by Chapman Making unlawful any contract of employ ment which requires employes to become or continue members of labor nniona in order to secure or retain employment. Cross Income Tax For Pension, Plea (Continued from page 1) 12500 on the assessment rolls' Igtble for aid. el -f rom me remaining so per cent or tne tax, the committee would hare the legislature aid the public schools with the prorlslon that at least two-thirds boused as an offset against . property, taxes now levied xor school purposes. . The proposal was .signed by Theodore O. Nelson, Salem, chair man, John 8. Marshall and A. G Anderson of Salem: Mrs. Pearl Burkhatter, Oregon City, secre tary; B. O. Sknlason, James Lo gan and J. Du Crockwell. Port land r Arthur Moore and W. I. Btockholm, Monmouth: Swan Net son, Dayton Mrs. Joe Rogers.1 In dependence: J. L. Rolow. Turner: Charles W. Pllkenton, . Newberg: G. H. Ward, Tillamook, and Mrs. C. O. Thomas, Yernonla. Mnsica Brothers Admit to Charge NEW YORK. Jan. li.-fJP-T. Donald Coster-Muslca's three bro thers pleaded guilty In federal court today to charges linking them with the financial trickery ha practiced to defraud tha-McKesson and Robblna drug firm ot an estimated $11,000,000 In the is years he was its president. They wera accused of violating tha securities net of 1124 la con- nec tlon with tha filing of falsa fi nancial statements with the New Tork stock exchange and tha se curities and exchange commission the charge their brother faced wnea.ne committed suicide Dec if In his ralrtleld. Conn., home. - Tha three who pleaded runtr wera George C Dletrlch-Muslea, Robert D 1 t r 1 a h-Masien, and George Vernard-Arthur Maslea. T7!iic5tm Lottery Plan OLTMPIA. Jan.1 ioHWV-Ren. Gerald Dixon (D-Ptercel said to- day he would suggest creation ot a Washington state lottery through Introduction ot a joint house res olution Wednesday. vl ' v, "w ? Milk Control Battle Looms Federation of Labor not to Seek Changes in Regulatory Law (Contlnaed from psge 1) Under a bill introduced by Rep. C. C. Chapman, Portland repub lican. It would be unlawful for any workers to be forced to join a labor union. The measure would outlaw closed shop provisions in labor contracts. The house also received a joint memorial asking congress to call a constitutional convention to adopt the Townsend old age pen sion plan. At the November elec tlon, voters asked the legislature to adopt such a memorial. A bill creating a three-man commission, to handle the details ot the Willamette valley project is now being drafted and will be Introduced later In the week. Sen ator Douglas McKay ot Marion county, declared Tuesday. The bill, being prepared by the attorney general, would give the commission authority to represent the state in negotiations with the federal government, which will bear the largest share of the cost of the project. It also would as sist in obtaining land and water clearance for the construction of seven dams. An appropriation for expenses and mileage expenses also would be asked, Senator McKay Indicated that no additional tax levies would be necessary. Weekend Recess on Thursday Probable Reports Tuesday Indicated that both houses of the state legisla ture would recess not later than Thursday night until next Monday. Legislators said this long week end recess would give them ample iime to prepare tbelr bills. Speaker Fatland said he had urged an house committees to meet as soon as possible to or ganlze. He also has sent letters to all state departments asking them to submit their bills and amendments without any unnec essary delay, Fatland sajd he was desirous of completing the work of the ses sion within 40 days. Two vetoed bills of the 1937 legislative session were returned to the senate Tuesday. One of these bills. No. 414, created a sanitary commission for the regulation ot stream pollution and aewage disposal. Governor Charles H. Martin aaid he vetoed this bill for the reason that It did not cover the discharge of .sewage and industrial waste. "This bill, If approved, would place too heary a burden on mi niclpallties In the construction ot sewage disposal plants," Governor Martin's reto message read. ; The reto was upheld by a unan imous rote of the senate. A stream pollution bill embody Ing the purposes of the legislates act were contained in a law ap proved by the voters at the gen eral election. The other retoed bill. No. 278, would hare giren the clerk ot the Multnomah county probate court the same "powers as the probate judge, when the latter waa 111 or absent from his office. No "Mast list" Bills Planned by Governor While Governor Charles A. Sprague made an extended list of recommendations for legislation, for the time being ha has had prepared no drafts of proposed measures. The preparation of pro posed bills will be left mainly to members of tha 40th session ot the legislature , or to department heads who seek amendatory legis lation IV'-' v -:!--"' .,-"- W r The proposed changes la school administration and raising . of school funds. Sprague indicated will be brought to legislature by tha state school department, ? i The new governor Indicated he had no program of "must legis lation. As a "freshman la office ha said ha did not wish to force things through a legislature com posed of men and women of long experience. - . The execu tire said yesterday that he had asked heada of rari- ous commissions, including Chair man Arthur k. McMahan of tha liquor commission, to hold their office until the close of tha legis lative session because they were ta the best position to giro advice and aid to legislators on proposed I of tha commonwealth's half mil changes In existing laws. I lion population. - - Ways and Means 'Body to Try locep Eenser Within Budget ' Keeping 1939-40 biennium ex penses to a -minimum will he the self-imposed task ot joint ways and means committee, that group agreed at Its first meeting of the session held Tuesday. rue committee, raced with a budget prepared by - Wallace C Wharton, budget director in the Martin administration, balanced so far as it goes -bat subject to question as to adequacy -of many of its items, considered three pro posals: r 1. Whittling down the depart mental budgets to take care of other demands that are certain to come In. . .2. Reexamination' to determine whether any error was made in the estimate of revenues available. 3. Demand for additional reven ue If valid requests exceed the funds found available. More Demands Expected Senator Walker, chairman of tne senate ways and means com mittee, said it was evident that there would be a lot of financial demands In addition to those now listed in the budget. A committee composed of Sen' a tor Jones and Representative Chapman and Semon was appoint ed to reexamine the budget and determine whether the revenues listed therein were correct. The necessity of more uniform salaries In state departments and institutions waa stressed by Sen ator Jones. He said the present salary schedule apparently waa discriminatory against certain state workers. 44-Hour Week Affects Walker declared that a nam ber of salary Increases contained In the 1939-40 budget probably were due to the new 44-hour work week. A special committee composed ot Senators Stadelman and Dunn and Representative Engdahl was appointed to make a study of salary requests. There work will be confined largely to an investigation of salary increas es provided In the budget. Sub-Committees to Work The committee will operate at this legislative session on a sub committee basis, it was decided. This means that budgets of var ious institutions and departments will be investigated by sub-committees and not by the entire joint ways and means committee The possibility of changing the end of the fiscal year to June 30 also will be considered by the committee. Another brief meeting of the joint ways and means committee will be held later in the week. Interim Taxation Study Completed Final Meeting to Be Held This Week and Report Presented Soon The 1937 legislative Interim committee on state and local revenues will hold its final meet ing later this week, after which a report will be drafted. Bert McBain, secretary of the committee, said the report ehould be on the desks of the legisla tors not later than next Monday or Tuesday. The purpose of the committee is to unearth new sources of Terenue. The committee previously has held three meetings at which va rious groups were heard. These Included members of the county judges association, municipal of ficials and a number of state of ficers. At the conclusion of the last meeting McBain indicated that the committee would recommend as eight-point program. He re fused, to divulge j.ny of. th recommendations, but said ther would be no sales tax. Townsend Confers On Bill Passage WASHINGTON, Jan. 10-A)-Dr. F. EL Townsend conferred to day with Senator Clark (D-Idaho) on means of effecting enactment of the revised Townsend old age pension plan as embodied la a bill now before congress. After the conference Clark aaid re wished to cooperate la every way possible with Dr. Townsend and aaid he believed the pension plan, which includes a general transaction tax. . tha rerenues from which would be distributed among the aged ot tha country, "presents the best program yet offered to keen money fa circu lation without the government going further into debt." Ex-Teamster Head Free at Portland PORTLAND, Ore Jan. lO.-tf Roy Cooper, 48, former rlce- p resident ot the local AFL team sters union. Indicted a year ago on a cnarge ot participation In tha bombing ot tha Club cafe, waa sentenced to 338 days in jail and released today. ' . Circuit Judge James P. staple ton pronounced the sentence ehn District Attorney James Bain in. formed him Cooper, who pleaded guilty, had senred that many days. Cooper waa arrested la a state. wide roundup of labor terrorists Relief Probe Voted BOISE, Jan. 10.tfVThs Idaho senate voted today for a legisla tive lnrestlgation of the state's which assertedhr Involve a fifth Z i "; , v , I t ' 1 4 1 ," v - v i s - ' - - Vs s Patty harmony was the keynote in Washington when democratic chieftains headed by President Rooscrelt and Vice President Garner sat down to a flOO-a-pIate Jaeksoa day dinner. Here the president and rlce-presidemt are exchanging m tew wnipa. Legislative Sidelights: (Continued from page 1) daring this first -week whoa boose sessions are glorified by the adjectlre -skimpy." Mr. Klmbetilng says that in the wide expanses of eastern Ore gon a day's work Is a day's. The house apparently hasn't yet been touched by the Influences of eastern Oregon culture. The bright and shiny apples from one of the apple growing counties made their appearances on desks ot legislators yesterday and set no few of the honorable members to munching. The ex school teachers In the house (among whom is Marion county's own John Steelhammer) looked particularly pleased. The doctors, who since some wise guy thought up that gag about an apple a day hare carried on a moral war with the first fruit, were a little glum about it. Tuesday was the 73 rd birthday of Veteran "Hill" Strayer, demo cratic senator from Baker county. Strayer is beginning his 12th ses sion, having served consistently since 19 IS. Senator Franclsco rlch Introduced the resolution which was passed unanimously In which congratulations were of fered to the dean -of the upper house. "I want to thank you for this resolution" Strayer respond ed. This year, aa In times past. Strayer is a member of the im portant ways and means commit tee. Those hardy perennials, the democrats, came In for a bit of ribbing when the Marlon county Jackson day dinner, which has something to do with the anniver sary of the Battle of New Orleans, was announced. When a member arose to Inquire if republicans were Invited Speaker Fatland dry ly remarked that the announce ment said legislators "and I pre sume that if there is a republican in the house he's Invited." (There are 44 by actual count.. No cigarette smoking allowed in the galleries and no spittoons pro vided. The speaker said the house had a fine carpet and so have the galleries. Members may smoke but not gallery visitors. George Ex-Gpvemor Busy At Portland Home PORTLAND. Jan. 10.-(V- unaries xi. Martin Plain private citizen today on hlsNflrst day off as governor of Oregon, worked at nia aesK in nis rorusna noma. He was, he said, busy "sorting and filing a mass ot papers that nsre piled up on ma." Tha one-time army major-general, now 7B rears old. aaid "I am perfectly content I have done my bit. I feel grateful to the people of Oregon. I have ao re grets ana no bitterness. Howerer. a maid in tha urn homo still wasn't used to the iransiormauon. When ahe answered th niim today ahe continued to aay: "Gov ernor Martin s residence.' Winslow Knocked Down by Vehicle Frank Winslow, former Salem vvuee patrolman, escaped serious injury when he was struck down at High and Ferry stree tat 9:1S o clock last night by an automo bile driven by Carol L. Capps, vh iour. as complained of pains ta tha right leg and arm hat refused assistance from tha city first aid crew. Capps, Vbo was not held, did not aee WinaVtw PatralniM Wal ter Keatlr reported. Sprague Invokes eh Do or Policy Governor Charles A. Sprague Tuesday adopted the open door" policy, in the conduct of tha executive department, Under -tha new plan tha doors between the governor reception room and his mala .office will be opea at all times. Unless engaged in looking orer his mail Governor Sprague - wQl be available. . v ' .- This policy prerlovsly was ta practice during - tha - lata ' Gorer ror Patterson's administration. Op 4 A Here and there behind and in front of the scenes at the 40th legislative assembly. Duncan ot Stayton Is only pipe smoker in the house. When Senstor Ballentine of Klamath objected that eastern Oregon had recelred no recogni tion in the erection of the state capltol, Incidental to the presenta tion ot a Juniper wood gavel to President Duncan of the senate, it amounted virtually to a confes sion that he had not Inspected the board ot control room, which la finished in knotty pine. Ballen tine pointed out that there were "fish" in the senate carpet and myrtle wood in many parts of tha building. His furthe rclalm that eastern Oregon legislators put in longer hours on. the Job than any ot the others, drew a retort from Senator Ashby Dickson of Port land. Somehow or other In listing Rep. Hannah Martin's committee as signments in the Tuesday States man, her chairmanship was left out. She heads the house commit tee on health and public morals. Overloaded Wires Said Oldhi Peril UCC Office Machines Are Taxing Fuses, School Board Is Told Overloaded electric wiring is endangering the old Salem high school building, Clark W. H. Burghardt warned the school board last night. The unemploy ment compensation commission, leasee ot the main floor, has in stalled ao many bookkeeping and other mechanical office machines that "fuses are burning out every day and the fuse boxes are hot," the clerk declared. The directors took the matter under advisement when the clerk estimated cost ot installing heav ier wiring at $350. r Tunnel Plan Renewed Proposal to build a tunnel un der the Southern Pacific tracks to give Parrish junior high school pupils a aato means of going to and from Olinger athletic field waa renewed by Director Percy A, Cupper la tha form ot a 15000 WPA project Tha job would cost tha district I00. ha estimated. The buildings and grounds com mittee waa asaea to investigate. Tha board also took under con sideration a report by a fire ex tinguisher salesman that there wera no extinguishers at Bush school - and . too few. at 'all other schools except Grant. Ha recom mended purchase ot 41 extinguish ers at cost ISSS.tO. Resignation of Maria D. Smith, third grade teacher at Bush, who is taking a position In tha Port land schools, was accepted. UP StagfesjAvert Drivers' Walkout PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. -Roy. F. Shields, company vice president and attorney, aaid to day a threatened strike ot anion employes on Union Pacific stages between here and Salt Lake City had been averted, temporarily at least. Negotiations between tha com pany and the Amalgamated Asso ciation ot Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Em ployes will resume Thursday Is Utah. The strike, developing from a wsga dispute, had been set fot Wednesday morning. Nose Is Cut Off nsband PAINESVILLI, O., Jan. 10-Wr-The nose ot Rudolph Antos. l, was chopped oft by his wife as ho slept today at their farm home en Paradise road. Sheriff James Moloney; said. airs, nary Antos, i, was quoted --. as ssying ;er husband had . beaten - her Innumerable After brooding for hours, she ootsinea - an ax. Moloney ; said, and severed her hcaband'a and Inflicted sereral gashes in his head. . Mrs. Antos waa . wifiimU Sleeping H . v.-i..-a,', i-,-. j charge.