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Newspaper Page TextTie OREGON STATES11AN, Safca, Ortr Saturday Morniaj, Jzaoary 21, 1933 ;.'T;V : PAGE TWO Bobby Appeals to Gdd to ScelJezdPsl 'ScicUariies;JacesTto Firemen Seek By Lethal as llircatiriiaH Pension Again KcCartliyDies "US"! System Fonsd Preferable tol Hanging' by Heads -I "of Prison,, (Continued from pag 11 ' Carthy'a march, to the chamber. Ht was leu in by tut priest -wnj had -spent ths stir , night wtth 'him, and the assistant warden, He -appeared calm as he sat dowa In - the perforated metal chair- to Which guard! quickly secured him With leather straps. I His features hidden -by... the silk . mask be ,wore. McCarthy revealed bit tenseness only by the, whites ins of his knuckles as he elatehed - the -arms ol his chair and by oe taaioaally runnings his tongue over his Up. - . ?-? v -. I Prison doctors taped one end of s stethoscope tabe leading through the chamber wall to hit chest: . ; .: I Fttteen cyanide eggs, each sbont the sise of a pallet egg, were pUcedia the metal contain er -fastened below the chair seat -and Just before the chamber- was ' sealed the copper - lined crock containing a sulphuric acid solu tion was placed below the $ egg container. ' ' I Immediately after the-chamber door was closed and sesled -at S:25 a.m. McCarthy began breath ngdeeply. Two minutes later the Cyanide eggs were dumped fnto the crock of acid by a lever from the outside sad the white gas im mediately rose npward. McCarthy took one deep- breath and then an other before his head slumped slightly forward M -- As the gas was first released in the-wtndoVed cell, witnesses der tecisd a taint sweet odor of gaa - and quickly ;drew j back, - fearing escape- of gas from the cell. They were assured by prison.- officials that no danger existed. - Parents Claim . Body at Boa ? ' " Thetbody was left tn the cham- . her for-an hour from the time the gas generation started. It was ' turned over to Coroner L. IV Bar rick, whose deputy said last sight it had been claimed by McCar thy's parenU and taken to Port land for funeral services and bur ial. ".:' : 'i The lethal gas was neutralised by Injection of ammonia at I o' clock and the blower which clears the- chamber of all gas started. As a precautionary measure, men who removed the body wore gat masks. McCarthy, awaiting bis f Laval moment in the- death cell 15,stepu from 'the execution room, , beard tor,, an hoar before he walked into the ehamber-the sounds of prep arations tor his death. Hammer ing of a copper kettle into shspe. to fit the interior of the add crock, to avoid possible cracUng ef ' the pottery container through the Intense heat developed, made the ehamber ring for "nearly an hOU ..". , :.TLi'-S. Iv'e physicians were on band. The Included Dr. J. J. Panton. prison physician; Dr. William C. PantJm, Ifr. Joe Boeman and Dr.' rraiK R. Menne, air of Portland, and , Dr. George Adler, Klamath Falls. . - . . The-doctors said in a prepared statement that the Inhalation of lethal -gas Is similar to taking an anaesthetic, except that lethal gas produced unconsciousness more quickly. ; -.. They .said McCarthy was uneon- .seious -within IS to 19 seconds af ter inhaling the gas, and was dead tare minntes later. They explained the gas injures all organs, particularly the brain, preventing the organs ro nalag oxygen .prong ht to them- by .the Mood. ?; '"J-' '" ' .- "The brain.- they, said; "csnnoi exist longer than three to five sec onds without 'oxygen,' before cer tain of its functions cease." The gas is absorbed enickly by the lungs and rapidly reaches the brain The heart, however;- may continue to best for some time. "It most be ; emphasised." that death Is not dne to say direct no tion upon , the lungs by collapsing them or by strangulation,' they said. ' . : Moran Acqnitted ; CHICAGO, Jan. 21 - 'iff) - A criminal court Jury tonight ac auitted George - -(Bugs) . Moran. prohibition era fang leader," aadJ two eo-dafendaals on charges of conspiring to -counterfeit and cash travelers checks with a face value 'of si 1 ,5 Deliberating two and , a - half hours, the Jury accepted the -defense claims that Moran land, the others Frank Parker, former "airplane bootlegger," and Frank Hleketts, alia sRoss " had no part In the alleged ' plot to : which three others, including an engrav er and a printer,' had confessed. Moran, foe of the Capones, had served a prsion term t9 years sgo for robbery- bat has had no other serious trouble with the law since. Special , s ctths fit nn J UJL1X. 10 P. 11. , i , i rt 81x-rear-old Bobbv Lewis frisrht). aoconipvehewllag playmates. Floydle died under aaacstAesia at an weephtr at the foneral heard the Bilk ' INTRODUCED FRIDAY SB 97, by Strayer Amending excise tax act -with relations to metal mines. SB It, by Strayer Relating to the issuance and serving of cita tion la proceedings to determine who are heirs to -estates. SB I!, by Chancy and Frencis- covich Providing method for de termining weight of a load of logs transported ever the public high ways, slleys, streets, etc SB 190. by Wallace Relating to game raisers regulations. SB 101. by Eayrs-Relating to e operaUon of pool hsll. 'nnd the beer dispensaries. SB 102, by -Renin Guarantee- lnf to all pe'mm. full enjoyment of civil rights in public places. Fifty Mile Speed Limit Is Sought A basic speed limit ot SS miles on Oregon highways is proposed In a bin which will be Introduced In the boose by Representative Hill and Senator Dougiaa McKay, chairman mrnvtlnrtr nf (h, tinnu and senate committees on high- ways. It would amend the basic speed law of the state which carries no fixed limit , on mot o r vehicle speeds. w v : - ,v Trucks and busses would, be limited to 4 S-miles an hour, and the speed limit would be 2S mile. I in business and residential dte-r tricta sad 2. miles In sehoellthe reoublican executive said he I sonea. Speed trsps would be pro-1 biblted. i The highway department, how-1 ever, would have authority to fix President Roosevelt of some d em higher or lower speeds if Invest!-1 ocrstic senators. He added, "this gallons show they are advisable, I but tar no case could the speed for I trucks and basses be increased. of old-time democrata .who be Cttles and counties would havellleved in the fundamentals of the -power to change the limits only I after obtaining highway depart-1 hnent permission. : Ilireate on Board BOULDER, Colo, Jsa. S0-(ffy- A.hlnt that a rotten-egging awaits American ' Lesion members . who may in vestigate reports of com- mnnist snd radical activities at Colorado university was given to day by the editor ot the school paper. iL.ii,mn Oeorve- Norlln. mnlrarsltT nreal-1 ueorge rtorun, unrrersjiy presi-i to-t o; 4sr vreS-W 1aa.'BTwe a tUmwuMi I chairman ot the Legion's AmerW canlsm cpmmittee in Colorado, tof aiscuss un-Amencan enargos m Pueblo posfNo. ! of the- Legion. ,Warntng the post to rkeep both eyes open while Investigating," Richard MeMullen of. Pueblo, ed itor of the university paper. Sil ver and Gold, aald: ? V ? t "rOveMlpe eggs ... smell terrible when they smack you squarely in Vets Plan (Ihoriis oers KANSAS CITY. Jan. 10.-CTV Matioaal headqaarters of the Vet erans ef Foreign Ware announced here today a program.: of singing rof -'The . SUr -Spangled Banner", in 10,0 OS motion picture houses as a "defiant reply to the challenges of dictatorship forces.' The organization. will distribute sound-, trailers i through which words of the first verse of the na tional anthem will be thrown on the screen, A film chorus will -lead audiences la alnging." .; r . It to the desire of the VPW. - said Eugene - L Antwerp. : com - mander-ia-chief, "to mobilise a eoast-te-eoaat chorus of ISO saD - jioa voicos, - auiKias; ineir auegi - anc ' to us democracy, or me United Sutes. s Portland 'Area Business C r'm r ' .i mh.Jo7 PORTLAND. JanT IS-UV-Dun'. Review aaid today wholesale and retail business la the Portland area slewed little if anv aecalm. For Lea ForCmemaC tion so far this month. -with deiarouseo tnem ana ravins; squaa- partment ? stores reportlas :: sales abont eaual . ts thsr samo nertad last . year. Variety chain store units' also renorted Isnnarv hnsi - ness about equal to that of last year. - k -. 1: - .-.-jyi--- i , -rVfr!i t ' was Abe svotectot of moydle Hlgnetrosa, 4, a eve eyed pal teased hy minister say Floydle would Mad time Spragne Lauds State Editors Urges Publishers Study Mass Psychology f ors Political Ideas EUGENE, Ore-, Jan. 19-ifi- Praising Oregon editor, or their ; "substance, character, intellect I and courage,- Gov. Charles Sprague told members ot the Ore- LL I twtWMT Publisher.' assoct- stlon tonight they should. "study! h"M Wrckolor, to enable selves to determine the lmportsnt factors In politics." He asserted that Oregon's Jour nalism was founded on politic, and said it still rested on that base although "we don't make our ed-1 itorlal columns vehicles ox our eo-1 itorlal opinions and propaganda. I Thia is the preferable way." I Facts Are Keed I The governor; who left his ed itorUl duties on the Salem Oregoa I a,.,... .v. m-n. A. th I nignesi posiuou ia , au iorm opinions. I The: best service an editor can performin the cause of politics is complete and accurate publication of the Aews. Another duty Is fair I interpretation of the-news." I Speaking of mass psychology, I felt an .' njderenrreat of popular I reaction on the paru of many democrats against the 'purge by was a spontaneous reaction In pro test agaiast' the purge on the part democratic party. They bolted the ticket la November. He urged the -editors to "stop wTitinn edltoriam abont. Hitler. Write about things closer to home with , the same vigor, but without so much, abuse. And I m not ask ing you to spare me either," he i ended .with a. smile.: e. 0 d ditto of . . . in HuNtv (By the Associated Press) , -: rnr.a ifniNIS. Ia Jan. 20. Thoaa six TeSTS OUt Ot power ibsre played hsvoe with the P - Utical . terminology t I or a a aV Mnnhltenna. A. a GusUfson. chief clerk or UkSl asXmtfJ ' PITUvlui mau.a w - owara.- can house, of Wuns, aent a page boy to i I waa present. . -r The noy SLnaneu vu cviuhuw chairman by asking: -I." Mr. Quorum here?" . - CHICAGO, Jan. 0 Otto Frettar saw the felly unf i trying to , keep tniags wp-nss sleeve. Last OcC when he dlxxy aad collapsed oa a street. be assertea someaoay mew.. $11,100 hidden in the lining or -his coat sleeve. ""-" :' ' ' . , Authorities , discovered , FreK -tog bj obtained SLoTT fa re- .lief atoaey slace aagasc, iwso. Today ? Judge Justin fV f Hc Carthy sentenced him to a year ia Um workbonse and f 1 aad costs for relief fraud Snd or dered bim to snake SLOOO res-: titutloa. Freitag; said he'd pay . ft gladly if he could get the -: U,lOw back.--4 J . TSMPE, Aria, . Jan. VI The Axisona . State- Teachers epllege I eamnus -euleted down today after lthree uproarious days-ot .wholexree br thru tura trntrht - - 1 sale hair estting that was ended I only by threats c4 expulsion l - Gangs ot yelling; stadeats. 1 armes , wiiu- saemrs sis uppers, I roamed tae campus, aeixuig.cisss - imatea and forcibly snipping their -Approximately r ISO. men stu- denta.ars.mors f less bald as a I -.-r-.-..v .-.v:a4 ci--as--iai.seprH to tae 'rZZ Monday after a group Of studeata, I apparently prematarery affected I br approaching spring.- ns taeir hair cat short.- Jibes of classmates I rons of amateur barbers went Into I actlen&.l, lCoUer. a nth or It le 8 were I twamoed ; with lettera and tela- I grams from protesting parents, of ithe victima, eperaoosi ior nis aumeso. tioooy, ; peace Mvpetalrs ia heavea." Ulnae- J Bobby prayias; at bis bed- House Bills INTRODUCED FRIDAY HB fl T 9???, Amend- lng 8ec 1S-S01, 1916 supple- meat, relating to county fairs. Extending power ot the county fair board. HB C 2, by Thomas Amending Cfeap. ZS, Tittle SS. Oregon Code. Relating to text books, the adop- ln?JoVref "d C0BtracUn' tnreror. KlrktxicVcarM Sens. Kennln and Staples Pro-1 T,ul aysiem ot compeaaauoa i 7ft,r,Xn t ini SltCeem,rimS,l HB 4, by McCourt, Grant, I v , r. TTT . 1U.I.... X'SSStSVrtivL 1 plement. Relating to the scqnisi- tioa of rights of wsy for state highways. -AWndinZ S7.-f077or.on JirT- ZJLZmwZuZ. HB f 5, by Comm. on Insurance aorance companies sad declaring I an emergency. HB ... by Comm. of Insurance Providins; tor taxing domestic insurance companies, when part of their business Is ceded to for- B5. couaines. HB .7. by Comm. on Insurance elsrsa an tmarraner. r. HB 18 by Comm. on Insurance ---Amending Sec. it-109. Oregon Code relating to taxes and fees exacted ot insurance companies; providing tor annual -reports of such companies, and declaring an emergency. HB C 9. by Chase and Chlnd- ndinr Sec -1211. 1999 Sapplement, relating to ex empt eorporatrens. The Intention appears to bring the Oregon law In line with the federal cooper- j stive act. - HB 79, by Chindgren Amend ing sec 3J-402, isss Supple ment, as amended by Chap. 2S&. Oregon Laws. IPS 7,- relating to boanties on predatory animals. T-.4J- Jll- I.I AWT tUUl & a,wa WV WUIUWUUH Ui tmprovement districts. Calls for payment of such money from the state treasurer to the; various county treasurers. HB 72, by Joint wsy snd Means Comm. Provides an addi tional appropriatioa of $42.S0 for the support of homeless, neg lected and - abused children: foundlings aV indigent orphans. sad O eclating aa emergency. FABSKD JFRIDAx ; HB 14, by Hoseh Creating a I llTMtvlr tllarrtet la TfctsrtiatM eouaty. i T SB SI, by Joint comm. oa agrl - I ..M vi4i.. i cedars for department of agri - MUm.v Rliiik Raisers to Ask Bill Defeat ASTORIA, Jan. 20.-C5V-CUU aopan.dColnmbla county .mink breeders, who aaid they represent ed a SS0S.00S industry, organised today to fight a -legislative' bin I that would prohibit use of certain run tor mtnk t oodv v- ? The measure . would - classifr flounders and other scrap fish as rood lish rood fish may not be used as mink. feed. They said it would ruin the - mink business Which,- is the two counties, com prises 41 farms and , bseeding stock and equipment worth 12,-j vee. German Steamer Pulled off Sands - - V PORTLAND, Orsw Jan. SS.jp) -Th ftermmn t a m m J.iit U ! FriUen. held fast on -a ColnmbU ! sand bar below Vancouver, wash.. I t.- .i.vt mI n.nl!l She steamed to a laesl " hortii I for survey. ? I She was loaded with S0OO tons i os wish ior rinangnsi wnen sae isiranaea. r t --- i , ' 1 Piae Prodactica Xtlses "PORTLAND.' Jan. XS-ttVA t(H -. M ... - . . ' . "IWestem Pine association that last JSLSlVliJ feet of new business,-IS per cent more than the nrevleas week. a Dorxxs Prindpal Ilealrri BURNS, Jsa. -20 -tPV- VT. ML Bennett. Bams high school princW pal f or 1 2 Tear submitted Lis I resignation . today, effective June fl. He will enter, the automobile Ibasiness, Rose '' Confesses SlaYing 7ifeTThen Commito .' : .i Suicide . (Contlsned' from psjca l) '.; tTIaited br throe of his sons. Glen. Charles and Bemice, at 9:19 last mlgnt, Eose denied he had kined their mother. ; vr : -Jlrjtold theac tsa homo -was Honey cut said. ...vV.vf' 6oo after--the sons left the courthoitss. JRose- esIlsd oneyeut back, stked that his children be broughi in this morning and said he ' would then "make a clean story of It all. - i Honeyeut again locked Rose In his'cell and called for Pago. To gether they reouostloned him. i The story he told. Page related as follows: Rose went oat Monday mora- far with his son. Charles, to do some seeding: in a field a quarter inUe from: their house. Abont an hour, later, he - went back to the house, . picked up a piece of . stove wood tn the kitchen, went Into the Irving; -room and struck his wife. who was slttinr t sewing ma chine, two times.' She - fell to the iiDor- and he carried her to the foot of the stairs In the nan and lJT-."Tii. i- then went upstairs and s;ot.some sppies, which he dropped; down the stairs. He rot a pressure cook er kettle and placed it sear the body to make it appear she had fallen. Then ho mopped ap the Itvtiir'MiMit flAA anil vnl tnf ti Mrk iB . .it . qBarter of a mQe from the house. The daughter and neighbor re turned while. Rose was away. Bloody Overalls Mot Uncovered , Page said the investigating offi cers had been wnahle to find Wamb VtnAi-a f.l.ul AMatla m. pleS of w oeT. Pul Into a heating stove. ..' . : tia wife could not be ascertained although Page reiterated a belief tlut the principal motive may "?"toA Ufa Insurance - policy, : purchased last month. Sheriff A. C. Burk early today said -Rose bad been given the ra zor blade yesterday morning to shave with and had been told, as are other prisoners, to. leave It in swash room adjoining the jail corridor. He apparently had se- "d it on his person instead. Newest Tea Room Will Open Today Mrs. Houser's tea-room, which occupies the main floor of the large f residence at IStl State street, will open today, with first meals to be, served at 11 o'clock taw morning. The proprietor is Mrs. Msttie M. Hosser, whose tea room at Corrallia is well-known to valley groups. Mrs. Houser will have active charge of the business tn Salem, but will retain the Cor- vail la tea room with an assistant la charge there. She has taken a long-term lease oar the State street location, and has converted the main floor Into two large pleasant rooms and kitchen, the latter with modern electrical equipment. Opening of the tea room was originally sehed- Hljf if li kat I trow fl L M DiiriiiN Three public hearing, are scheduled by the legislature for next week. The first, Monday night, will have to do with the proposed I nmsndmenta to thm Rlao BV, l.w iThis hesrfng wlU be conducted by 1 the house Judiciary committee, r t... .v v. . ... 1 judiciary committee 'will hold hearing on the bill to repeal the bakery .control, bill. The anti-closed shop bill will he discussed at a hearing before the bouse labor and industries com mittee Wednesday night. v- Allan B. Slauson, Newsman- Calletj PORTLAND, Jan. 20.-OPWAI. Ian B. Slanson, . 77, one-time see reporter or the Portland Oregon Ian snd in more recent years, its exchange editor," died yesterday. SlsBson first joined the Ore roaian staff in list, but later became chief ot the periodical di vision of the congressional library lnA?im: F-"," to Portland ln .lSOS and entered the real estate business, but re joined the Oregonlan In if it. : Rfv. Fitzgerald Named i'A Bishop for Alaskans PORTLAND, OrL. Jan. SSv-()p) I -ReY. Waiter J. -jntsgersia, BJ, I today waa named aa nianop eo- I adjutor of Alaska. He has served kMi of the Oreroa nraviaee I r the Sodetr of Jesus. The an. I nrintnwat .carried the- rlzht'of I nrrosslnn to the mast RarJoaenh I wnBaal Grimont. mow vicar anon. I tAe. off If . Two USes Korth ef Every Salardaj tlli .-. AdmiasJosi 3 J--."- Aad Els SVPtece Orchestra 3 Hearings Slated e i p f i asssBuusaaawsssuusisa Leslie W. Velteh, AS, who was Ktvea -gwsut araad mew- aattee to five tavt aad usarrVd ITthyl ludght, only to leara wpoa his retara to San Jose that bo was-SMXsed of Bsarrytag another naan'a wife. James Ehlfflett, a railroad coaidaetor, said the woman waa his wife. Vettrh spent fl47.7eas text fare to Reao. He and his rbrlde are in San Jose tavern. " v--i-. . -- v ; - Huingof CrOiiiisel Settled in House llovc to Reconsider Vote on Moody Employment Is Defeated The ' position ot Ralph E. Moody as legal adviser to the house of representatives was -clinched Friday when a move to reconsider the resolstion by which he was appointed failed 31 to I. Moody waa hired by a vote of 48 to 12. . Rep. Leo Smith moved for re consideration, saying that as a "freshman " member of the house he had not been familiar with the original resolution. Ren. Harry R. Wiley said that the new members ot the honse had not understood parts ot the resolution, -especially, the salary part. aad urged reconsiders tlou Moody's salary at to be nxed ny the committee da way. aad means. Rep. Frank Lonergan answered arguments that the senate hi hired no special legal counsel by saying "whatever the senate ha done has no binding effect oa this house. X doat believe this la a time to reconsider. ' Stevedores R f 1 As Out of Order PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 1S.-(A -Federal Arbiter Samuel B. Wein- stete declared today in a prelim- - 1 - m m . B B inary oecwon . mat union . long shoremen were stot Jostirled tn refusing to. unload gunnies from the Dutch' motoTthip Saparoea, a. directed by their employers. ' The decision was delivered to employers and longshoremen'a of flclals after Weinstetn spent two days studying stevedoring prac tices. I.-.:--- The ship has been Idle for sev eral days at a local pier because longshoremen, demanding six-men to s gang in the ship, holds in stead of four, refused to unload the gunnies when, their demand was refused. Dairymen Urge no Dstrrmen of MeMlnnrtlle and vicinity Friday placed lettera on the desks of Oreron lerialators urging that the aUte mHk eontrol bUl be lett lntscti We belieTe this would be to the hast fntoreata f th, itilnm.n of the McMlaavlle vicinity,' the tetter reaav TBs letter added ithst If any amendmenta' were made they should redound in favor of the producers of mug. :- Three Arrests Blade - Garbr Barnstt Saunders of Tul sa, Okia waa Jailed by city po lice last night on a charge of obscene ondset. i : Arrested oa trafne violation charges ware Alvjtn C Armstrong or route S, charged with speeding, and Mrs. Lucille Schnlts. SS Fsir- -view street, no driver. license. fiGlfcicli s h i j.Ws& tD is ii' AT 8ALK1T3 FOREMOST ORIENTAL RESTAURANT v ;Oa?I3Ga q -tX:0O A. IX.' td StOO-F. IS..- - r g The Only Crclaese Cafe Setting gge Slercfsaat Lanach la Tow " Ptrk Ctavr ttlela fcr Chiclua Cbow LItia, 75c ' -"' - csioTt Hocsa " IZT& Czzr-O ttij q trPa. 1ZZ2 r. LeeO IrcyirtoawC3 the nuasae of 8aato CUaa after womea. cloned to Reso. Nev- bv Unpured Senator To Favor Hopkins Gillette Scathes Chief of Commerce but Says Hell Approve WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-6PV- Two democratic senators, whom new deal forces attempted to un seat in last year's electrons, told the senate today they would vote for the confirmation . of Harry Hopkins aa secretary of commerce and added .a scathing lndtet ment of -politics in WPA while Hopkins headed the -agency. renomlnaUoa Hopkins penronaliy oneosed. ' asserted, ia a voice thick with emotion, that he would not let "personal resentment de termine how he would vote. Senator Trdlnxs. of Maryland. whom President , Roosevelt tried personally to defeat, likewise said he would not be "vindictive." It not -Hopkins who opposed! him. hs said, "but a higher auth ority." Only Senator Norrls (Ind- Neb) came to Hopkins defense to day, although Senator Berkley (Ky), the democratic leader, had announced that he. Senator Me Kellar (D-Tenn) and'-Senator Sheppard (D-Tex) would speak la Hopkins' behalf. Norrls, noted for his indepen dent views, faced the democratic side of the chamber squarely and including the entire democratic bershio in s sweeping gt tare, asserted that the- senate had to take wolttics out of re lief. He- referred to the senate's rejection: lsst year of amendments forMddlag political activity WPA. Cortoh Is Given Damages of $23C0 DALLAS Clarence Gorton was awarded S2SSS by a circuit court Jnry here- Friday in his dsmsge suit against Eugene Shnttlesworth involving, anr automobile accident on the Salmon river cutoff June 1, lilt; Gorton had asked 26,00 from Shuttiewerth. and George MitchelL . b Judge Walker had directed the Jury to return a verdict tn favor ofv Mitchell, owner of the ear which Shuttieworth was drrrtng whea be collided with Gorton's machine. . . . The case west to the Jury at 4 p.m. and the verdict retaraed in ipur hours. ; - - : v! ; ; r Min Held Suspect In GirlVr Attack ' PORTLAND Ore Jan. 2M Portland police- were -holding Noel Staler,-24. tonight for the district attorney following an-at-l tack on a 14-year-old girl. She was in a local hospital suffering from concussions. , . Patrolman Claude Shsylor, one of the arresting offi cers, said Staley admitted, the at tack. ... - : ....... ... ... - i CARD OF THAMES -e we : wisn ' to thank our msny i friends for all their .kindness and floral tributes in our recent sor-1 row v - Mrs. .Gladys Mason and family. O We catey.tj b&cqaets and . - jpritst psiHsx Ph 7C32.:. ; Spedal fiunday Chicken Dinner iSSsv Of -course, Turkey Dinner ' 1 ,. Special llarchaata Uneh ' 1 ;X5o prepared by expert Chi-' i Orders to take rout any. time 1 1 open. Day, or Nightl y yr ' ; Sanitary Ultchen. Tears 4s the) Bill Would Tax Premiortis on Fire ininrance to -Cower Pensions A firemen's pension bill, modi fied radically from similar legis lation proposed . at prior legisla tive sessions, was introduced Fri day la the house here. Represen tatives Lonergan, Fisher, Kirk pstrick, Miller and Csnaday were on the bill which carries a provi sion of -a three per. cent tax on f Ire Insurance premiums. The proposed aet would apply to firemen in upstste cities snd rural districts ss well as la Port land. . Representatives' ot insurance companies are on hand to tight the measure, while firemen will press for passage. It was estimated the tax would amount to S180.000. Ten per cent would go Into a volunteer fire men 'a relief and compensation fund, and SS percent to a paid firemen's relief and pension fund, the latter fund being for the ben efit of fun-time firemen in cities ef less than 100,000 population. The volunteer firemen would pay $1 a year to the fund, while the municipalities would contrib ute f 2 for each volunteer. If a volunteer dies In the line of duty. his widow would get ISO a month as long as she lives and each child would receive $ IS. If he Is injured while on duty, he would be paid 2109 for six months snd then $75 a month as long ss the disability continues. The city firemen would con tribute four per cent ot their sal aries and the cities employing them would pay seven per eent of their fire deportment payrolls Into the fund. After, a fireman served 25 years and reached the age of SO, he would retire on halt pay for life. It Injured In the line ot duty, he would get full pay for a year aad half pay for the rest ot the period he la disabled. It he receives any other Injury, the city fireman would get half pay. Three measures introduced by the house Insurance committee, at the request of the state insurance- commissioner, would make each Insurance company pay its tax on direct writings. This would en Preaent Uw, under Wttkn companies Uks credit for reinsurance ' ceded to admitted companies snd pay the Ux. - Senate Approves Pilot Law Change Major amendments to the pilot commissioners' law in Oregon were , approved, 24 to 8 yester day tn the senate. Under the pro visions ot the senate amendment, the- throe pilot commissioners would be selected from each ot the existing .congressional dis tricts. Remorsl would be only for incompetency or neglect ot duty and not at the governor's pleasure ss the present lew pro vides. . Senator TWllllam . Dickson of Multnomah county rapped the Portland chamber of commerce during the course of the debate, declaring that body should be more discreet In sending tele grams to the state legislature. 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