Salem, Oregon, Saturday Mornlnfi February 11, 1939.
Price Sc; Newsstands 6e,
No. 275
Pope Pius XI
'hnNamed
Sou'easter to
AVALANCHE KILLS FIVE; ONE YOUTHESCAPES
Closed Union
E1GI1TT-EIGHTH YEAR
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IWliite and .Red .Vested
. '. Body. Rests Within
' " Sistine Chapel ;
Will Be Removed to
St. Peters ; Public
to View Bier .
By RICHARD G. MASSOCK
'VATICAN CITY. Feb. lO.-ftfV-
To Pins XI. dressed in canal
vestments of white and red, lay
in state tonight under the fsmous
frescoes of Mlchaelangelo in tbe
Sistine chapel.
r His body, taken this afternoon
from the brass bed where be died
Just before daybreak, was borne
to the chapel on the shoulders, of
stalwart guards in a stately and
colorful procession of lay and ec
clesiastical dignitaries.
.' Tomorrow morning If will be
taken in. an even more elaborate
nrnrexslnn to St. Peter s cathe
dral where the faithful lowly as
well as noble-born may pay
homage to "the pope or peace
before burial next Wednesday.
Eugenlo Cardinal Pacelli
TikM TemDorarv Duties
The nontiff's death, on the eve
of the tenth anniversary of the
a! rain? of the Lateran accord
which healed the breach between
th Italian state and the Holy
See,' and only four days after he
had marked the 17th anniversary
nf hia deration to the canal
thrnne thrust nnon the shoulders
of Eugenlo Cardinal Pacelli the
temporary administration of the
church of Rome.
Cardinal Pacelli ceased to be
papal secretary of state and be
came Camerlengo- chamberlain
of the Holy Roman church in
which position he "will guide the
rovernment until the 262nd oc
cupant of the throne of St. Peter
shall have been selected.
The successor to Pius XI will
be chosen by the college of car
dinals, now numbering 2 mem
hers, in a secret conclave whose
opening date stilt was indefinite
tonight. ,
Successor Will Not Be
. it will be rio sooner thsb Feb.
2 b and bo later than Feb. 28, de
pending pn r -when ' American mad
other ' foreign -- cardinals reach
. Roms. - : .
K Meeting la tbe Sistine chapel
and taking only two votes a day
the cardinals will ballot until
someone traditionally one of the
cardinals receives a two-third
majority. ,
(Two of tbe tbree United States
eirdlnals, Dennis Cardinal Dough
erty of PhUadelphia and George
Cardinal Mundeleln of Chicago
were expected to said for Italv
Saturday afternoon aboard the
liner Rex. William Cardinal
O'Connell of Boston, wbo was at
Nassau, Bahamas, booked passage
on the Saturnia, which sails from
Hew York next Wednesday.
Speculation on which cardinal
most likely would receive the r
quired votes from bis co-princes
of the church centered upon Al
fred Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster
archbishop of Milan, and Adeoda
to -Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, pa
triarcb of . Venice. But the possi
bility of a surprise election was
not excluded.
There are 35 Italians among
the 2 cardinals and it was expect
ed an Italian would be elected to
succeed Pius XI.
The first of nine daily funeral
services In St. Peter's for the late
pontiff will begin Sunday, ending
"" five days after his burial in the
. chapel. of the popes in tbe crypt
of tbe cathedral.
L'Osservatore Romano. Vatican
city newspaper, said today Pius
XI gave his health in a struggl
for peace and it expressed the
hope tbe sacrifice might be effect'
lve even after his death on the
eve of the anniversary of tfie rec
onciliation of the church and state
la the Lateran accord.
Came Commission -Asks
Law Change
PORTLAND. Feb. 10-OPV-Mod-
ificaUon of laws covering hunting
of migratory waterfowl to coin
cide with federal regulations so
offenders arrasted by government
agents could be tried in state
courts was approved todsy by tbe
state game commission.
. Legislative action will be nec
essary to put the resolution lato
effect. ,
The commission voted to short
en Oregon's fishing season two
weeks, opening it on April IS as
ulfaal but closing ft October IS in
stead of October SI. The season
will be the shortest In sport fish
ing history in the state. i -fA
The act was passed unanimous
ly after an early protest by Ken
neth Moody, new commission
member from Bend, who asserted
curbing of Illegal takes was more
Important as a conservation mea
sure. Icy East Oregon Road
, Takes Life of Autoist
" LAKEVIEW, Ore Feb.
Mrs. Mary F. Garrison. C8. Cald
well, Idaho, was killed last night
when an auto in which she was
riding with her husband, L. A.
Garrison, rancher of the Caldwell
section for years, overturned on
icy pavements on the Burns-Lake
view highway. ; - - " ;
Francis E, Marsh, Attorney, Will Conduct Case of
:'ir:Marion.CAnnty-Treararys Reported Shortage;
: Grand Jury to-Be Called later
" ... , . ' .-.. . :'vr:.:j' '
; : " Attorney General I. H. VanWinkle Friday afternoon
announced the appointment of Francis E. Marsh. McMlhn-
ville attorney, as special prosecutor to conduct the impending
investigation of the cash discrepancy reported in the Marion
county treasurer's office.
Marsh will come to Salem Monday to take charge of
Tanker Grounded,
Crew Is Rescued
Lightburne's 38 Men Are
Saved by Guardsmen;
Ship Breaking up
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I., Feb. 11
(Saturday) (yp) Abandoning
their grounded ship, the captain
of the tanker Lightburne and 19
members of bis crew early today
were rescued by coast guards
who struggled through heavy
seas to reach them before their
ship started to break up on rocks
off this island. Sixteen sailors had
been saved earlier.
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I., Feb. 10
-(p) Jumping into coast guard
surfboats, the crew of the strand
ed tanker Lightburne, tonight was
taken off the ship while the ship's
officers elected to remain aboard
for the present.
A message to radiomarine,
pounded out on the emergency
transmitter of the tanker, report
ed the surfboats arrived about the
time rescue ships reached the
ship's vicinity.
Bound from Port Arthur, Texas,
to Providence with 72,000 barrels
of gasoline and kerosene, the
tanker went ashore on this rocky
Island at 4:30 p.m. (PST). An
SOS at 4:49 p.m. sent at least a
half-dozen vessels to her aid.
Olympia Employes
Ape Senate Boss
Senatorial Dignity Suffers
a Workers Take fhref
in aiWlr&aiknr
CAPITOL, Olympia, Feb. 1 0-
()-Senatorial dignity if any
took it on the chin tonight as em
ployes-took over the chamber for
a mock session.
They swayed the chandeliers
with mock oratory but dldnt
sway much else.
Most everybody of prominence
around the statehouse took a rap
or two along with the supreme
court. Mock Jabs were aimed at
the steering committee, caucuses,
maiden' speeches and lobbyists.
Even the governor came in for
a share. In what was purported to
be the biennial message direct
from the governor, the 'third
bouse" was told:
"To solve this school problem,
we should keep all students in at
tendance until they are 35; then
we would lower the old age pen
sion age from 65 to 35. That would
be a big help by eliminating the
unemployment rolls."
Trio Is Injured
In Shooting
Fray
OLYMPIA, Feb. lO.-CflV-JosePl
Gagnon, 46, "bull cook" at the
Weyerhaeuser Timber company
plant at Vail who was one of three
injured in a shooting fray early
today, was reported tonight to be
in a "fair' condition.
Gagnon is charged with first
degree assault along with Adolph
HllL 36, against whom the charges
are expected . to be withdrawn.
Deputy Prosecutor John 8. Lynch,
jr., said . the charges probably
would be dropped tomorrow. He
said Investigation has shown
Gagnon to have been the aggres
sor. -iyi :-
One' other man,- Guy Swalne,
45; Hill'a roommate at Vail, was
injured tn the fracas. Deputy
Sheriff Frank Kenney said he
learned that Hill had taken a
knife from Gagnon earlier in the
evening after Gagnon bad threat
ened another man.
Rearmament Committee Will
Make Much of Work Public
" WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-ff)-Tbe
senate committee handling
the Roosevelt rearmament pro
gram decided .today to make much
of the Information developed be
hind its closed doors available to
the public. '
, This decision resulted from a
controversy over secrecy In mat
ters affecting foreign affairs and
national defense. ''.r H
A motion to hold open sessions
was defeated on a tie vote, bnt
the military eommlttee.then
agreed that Its members should
be free to tell newspapermen what
happens at meetings, with , the
exception that military secrets are
to be guarded
At the same time. It deterred
action until Monday on a motion
by Senator Clark (D-Mo.) to make
public a transcript of the com
mittee's Investigation of the sale
of 606 privately - manufactured
warplanes to France. The dispute
over aacrecy began alter it trans
Othe audit and other documentary
matter relating to the office in
volved. He is expected to call the
Marion county grand Jury into
session after studying the mate
rial to determine the course he
will pursue.
Appointment of the special
prosecutor was requested by Dis
trict Attorney Lyle J. Page, who
said he felt that he should not
handle the investigation because
be was ex officio legal adviser to
the treasurer and other county
officials.
The grand Jury now awaiting
call began the investigation last
December at which time -S. W.
Starr, chief of the division of
audits of the secretary of state's
office, was called in.
Marsh is a brother of State Rep
resentative Eugene Marsh of Yam
hill county.
Chain Store Tax
Held Unjustified
Bowerman Cites Reduction
in Number of Stores in
Opposing Bill
Chain stores in the United
States have been reduced in num
ber in the last decade, Jay Bow
erman, former governor and now
Portland attorney, told members
of the house taxation and revenue
committee at a public hearing at
the statehouse Friday night.
Bowerman opposed enactment
of a bill by Representative Wal
ter Hempstead , Jr., which pro
vides for a progressive tax on all
chain stores operating in the
state. The tax wolud range from
It for a single store to $200 for
all stores in excess of 20 owned
by an individual or company. '
Bowerman declared that sim
ilar bills bad been introduced at
previous legislative sessions but
had failed to run the gauntlet of
tbe two booses.
"Representative Hempstead ad
mltted that he had not received
much encouragement but thought
the tax would assist materially in
increasing the state's revenues.
He estimated that tbe license or
tax wonld raise $100,000 annual
ly. Bowerman questioned Hemp
stead's figures.
The contention was made by
Hempstead that such a tax would
be in the interest of the indepen
dent merchant.
Second big Plane
At River's Mouth
ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. lOpy
Boeing Aircraft completed the un
spectacular delivery of its second
7 4 -passenger super-clipper to Pan
American Airways here today aft
er a routine one-hour flight from
Seattle.
The giant "Atlantic type" clip
per was piloted here by Captain
Earl Ferguson, Boeing test pilot,
and will be taken on to San Fran
cisco at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow by
Captain Harold Gray, chief Pan
American pilot in the Atlantic di
vision, weather '-nnitting.
The flying boat will go from
San Francisco to Baltimore wher
it will be put into the trans-oceanic
service. "
Twenty passengers came la
with the plane, which set down
off Tongue Point in the Columbia
river at 11 a. m.
Pacific Coast Poultry
Coop Leaders Renamed
EUGENE, Feb. 10.-ff)-AH IS
directors of the Pacific Coopera
tive Poultry Producers -associa
tion were reelected in a mail bal
lot, 4000 delegates to the associa
tion convention were informed
here today. It was announced tbe
co-op had closed its best year in
two decades with a total dividend
to members of $150,000.
pired that United States officials
cooperated . in the .plane trans
action.
The state department announced
it had licensed-the export ot$4y
471,47Uw o r t h of airplanes
Lmoatly . military craft to Great
Britain during January.
Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace warned senators that a pro
posed law. to fix prices for farm
products would causa a billion
dollar increase In consumers food
costs and bootlegging of farm
crops. -':: . "'y .'..
Rep. Gearbart (R-Cailf. J and
Rep. Enntson (R-Mlnn.) com
plained at a bouse bearing that
Investment of social security funds
in government securities was akin
to ."embezzlement.' . .,-
R p r e s entativea of Virtually
every state filed briefs with, a sen
ate committee challenging tha
constitutionality of ': a proposed
federal, tax on 'income derived
from state ail municlial bonds. -
Is Indication
Gales May Bring Rain
to Shivering State
by Sunday, Word
Frigid Spell Is Moving
' Over Midwest Area
of Continent
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. MHJP)
-Southerly, gales, headed shore
ward from the Pacific, promised
to blow the cold spell out of west
ern Oregon Saturday and bring
rain no later than Sunday, the
weatherman said tonight.
Storm warnings were ordered
posted at the mouth of the Colum
bia river.
While snow flakes continued to
drift down on Portland tonight,
Oregon generally emerged from a
blanket of snow deposited in a
general storm yesterday to find
the sun shining.
Portland Blanketed
by 4.6 Inches Snow
Snow at Portland continued un
abated after an early morning
cold snap during which the tem
perature went down to 25 degrees
and reached a depth of 4.6 inches
tonight.
Crews worked Incessantly pour
ing tons of sand and salt on high
ways of the state' to keep automo
bile traffic in line after freesing
temperatures turned packed snow
into ice.
The snow was expected to turn
to 'rain in western Oregon, while
the eastern section of the state
was due for moderation of bitterly
cold temperatures.
Crews failed to break through
a slide which closed the Columbia
River highway at Onenta tunnel
Tuesday but said they would have
an opening through the tons of
rock by tomorrow.
(By The Associated Press)
A cold wave moved steadily
eastward across the midwest yes
terday. Residents of Illinois, Indiana
and Michigan brought out extra
blankets as a precaution against
a xero siege.
Chicagoans watched the red line
: atief mercury in theiritheraomete
shrink "40 ' degrees - In 14 hours,
from 50 to 10 above. A minimum
of tero to five below was predict
ed there.
Thirteen states to the north
and west, between Wisconsin and
California, reported subxero read
ings. These included an unoffi
cial 54 below sero in Chester,
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Late Sports
TILLAMOOK, Feb. 10-(Spe-
cial) The Cheesemakeri were
chipper from charity lane here to
night, lofting la 18 of 21 free
throws to provide most of the
msrgin that allowed them to stay
atop the No-Name league with a
39 to 24 victory from Salem's in
vading Vikings.
Two Salems, McRae and Tay
lor, and one Tillamook, Berg-
Btrom, left the rough tilt by the
whistle method. "Skeeter" Mc-
Kee, reserve forward, led the Vik
ings with 9 points, while Wells of
the Tillamooks took game honors
with 10. At the half Tillamook
led 19 to 7.
The Salem preppers move to As
toria Saturday.
CORVALLIS, Ore.. Feb. 10-tiP)
-University of Washington swim
mers defeated Oregon State, 52-
23, in a dual meet here today.
to hand the Orangemen their first
loss.
FOREST GROVE, Ore., Feb.
10-(AVPaciflc university staved
off a Whitman rally here tonight
and beat the Missionaries in a
duoble-count Northwest confer
ence game, 41-36. When the sec
ond half started Whitman raUied
and tied the connt at 20-20. For
the third time Pacific worked its
way to the front and although
sorely pressed stayed In front.
Pacific's defeat of Whitman, be
ing a double-counter, put the Bad
gers a half game out ahead of
Willamette In the hotly contested
Northwest conference race! Tbe
Badgers now lead the loop with
nine wins and one loss, Willam
ette is second, with eight-and-one.
Whitman third with two-and-two
OREGON BASKETBALL SCORES
(By the Associated Press)
HIGH SCHOOL -
Klamath Falls 26, Ashland 23.
The Dalles SO. Hood River 26.
Roseburg 28, Coquille 26.
Oregon City 74, Albany 30.
. ' COLLEGE
-Oregon State. Frosh 40, As
toria Longshoremen 21.
ASHLAND, Ore , Feb. 10-)-Southern
Oregon . Normal's close
checking stopped Oregon Normal
of Monmouth in a basketball game
here tonight and the Sons, won,
S 4-2 S. Sether of Sons was high
man with 9 points. -
BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 10-()-Tho
University of California
defeated Stanford 41 to 27, to
night and retained tbe southern
division. Pacific coast conference
basketball leadership. , L
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10-(AV
University of Southern California
defeated the tail-end UCLA bas
ketball team hero tonight, 59 to
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Loyalist Capital
Back to Madrid
Stout Defenses of Former
Headquarters to Be
new War Base
VALENCIA, Feb. 1 -(-Premier
Juan Negrin returned today
to what is left of government
Spain and announced tonight that
the new Spanish government head
quarters would be located in
Madrid.
The premier, who came back to
the shrunken government terri
tory after having fled into France
from insurgent-conquered Cata
lonia, made the announcement af
ter -conferrng with his still unde
feated commander-in chief. Gen.
Jose Miaja.
Both Negrin and Miaja said
they intended to "fight to the
end" from central Spain, includ
ing Madrid, Valencia and Alicante.
The victorious insurgents, al
though they hold three-fourths of
Spain, have yet to crack the stout
defenses of the former capital,
Madrid.
Negrin,an4.jror!ga Minister
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Alicante by plane. They came from
France, whither they had .been
forced to flee with thousands of
their bedraggled troops and civil
ians, leaving tragic train of dead
in the snow-covered mountain
passes of northern Catalonia.
Negrin and Alvarez Del Vayo
came to Valencia this afternoon
by automobile. The premier said
he planned a lightning survey of
the central sone's defenses, troops
and war supplies.
The government now has half
a million soldiers defending large
ly agricultural territory. Its big
munitions and industrial works in
Catalonia have been lost.
Madrid, where Insurgent lines
at one point are on the edge of
the city, was deserted by the gov
ernment Nov. 6, 1936, when its
fa41 seemed imminent.
Ex-Official Says
He Robbed County
PORT ANGELES, Feb. 10-tfPV-
Clallam county's "safe mystery"
was solved today. Prosecutor
Ralph Smythe said, by Former
Treasurer Walter Baar's confes
sion he "burglarised" the treasury
safe the night before be left of
fice with shortages totaling; $80,-
ouu.
Baar previously had pleaded
guilty to grand larceny of $38,000
and received a 16 year sentence,
but denied connection with the
safe looting.
As a result of the confession,
Smythe forecast other arrests and
said the county might seek to re
cover against bonds of deputies
and subordinates listed in IOU's
found in the treasury, if Baar's
$76,000 bond proved insufficient
to cover the shortage. Previously,
the highest shortage figure an'
nounced was about $52,000.
Archbishop Here
Lauds Late Pope
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PORTLAND, Ore;, Feb. 10.-
(V-Pope Pinx XI was described
todsy by Archbishop Edward D.
Howard of Portland as a "master
ful teacher, a scientist worthy of
the name, a man of action, a great
builder,- a peerlesa statesman and
a thorough-going priest."
Commenting --on the popes
death. Mayor Joseph K. Carson
said "the world has lost a great
spiritual leader in the passing of
Pope Plus. We are saddened at
the loss.- " r
The death of Pope Plus XI Is
of deep significance . to mankind
in general as well as to tha Ca
tholic church, said Rev. Michael
J. Early, president of the Univer
sity of Portland. "He War one
strong; sane ; bulwark against an
encroaching atheistic and com
munis tio philosophy. The world
will mourn bis death i Ions time."
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Burn Are Fatal , J
SEATTLE, " Feb. r iaMVMr.
Ellxabsth McCrwdy, 71, wis fa
tally burned tonight ; when her
dress eaua-bt firs from m " gas
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Nineteen or more persons were,
avaiaac&e swept down me steep canyon wau ea Blsgbssn, Utah.
Many quickly extricated themselves but five were , reported dead.
Upper; tdctrt- shows resetters
minr ipn viiuua iwim, , ytmm rawu sure mut netBSJ wr-
led for-10 liovrsy His mother, Ura6taM Tews, aad sister. Helea,
were killed, as well as Sam Narlch, a boarder tm tbe Tomas
home A resetter is offcrinf him
WA Prosecutors
Ask new Trials
Refusal of New Mexico
Jury to Corudct Any
Fails to Daunt
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Feb.
lO.-iiPV-Federal prosecutors, un
dismayed by the refusal of a Jury
to convict any of 25 persons ac
cused of fraud in relief, went
ahead tonight with plans to bring
to trial again 11 defendants whose
cases resulted in disagreement.
Fourteen defendants, including
two close relatives of U. S. Sena
tor Dennis Chaves, were acquitted
of charges they conspired to ma
nipulate WPA rolls for the benefit
of the political causes supported
by the senator.
The Jury, which took the ease
late Wednesday, reported itself
"hopelessly deadlocked" over tbe
guilt or innocence of Stanley W. P.
Miller, the senator's son-in-law
and ousted assistant U. 8. district
attorney, and 10 others, most of
them . minor WPA supervisory
employes.
Conferees at OSC
Hear Mrs. Sackett
CORVALLIS. Feb. lO.-UPV-Mrs.
Beatrice Walton Sackett, member
of the stste board of higher edu
cation, told the home Interest con
ference today every homemaker
was vitally Interested in politics
and public affairs.
"Government affects the home
from the time a baby is born till
the death certificate must be made
out," Mrs. Sackett said. "One has
to' be concerned with government
whether or no. Political action is
necessary to accomplish a com
mon aim. ' '
Lecrisla.ti.v6
.
Sidelights.
There baa been some talk about
the legislature costing 3100 a
minute.. Consideration of tbe com -
paratlvely minor bar pilota bill
in the house yesterday , coat, on
that basis, well la excess of $12,
000. Arriving at that figure, fine
is immediately . struck , with in
credulity, for that would be almost
It per cent bf tha total cost of
tha 1137 session, which, was $13t
727.' That was an unusually costly
session, because it was necessary
to rent legislative quarters down
town. In the 1135-3 blenninm the
legislature cost $11441$. bnt la
that biennium there were three
sessions, including two special
sessions..' , ' - -
The. proposed appropriation for
the present session in Governor
Martin's budget Is $132,427. Bear
lag la mind that the legislature
14 working a - good - deal oX the
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trapped whei a plizxard-bora. snow
dJStlas ta- the dee snow? Ffom a
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Japanese Seize
Important Isle
France May not Protest
as Warned Before if
Hainan not Held
TOKYO. Feb. 10-4PV-A Japan
ese expeditionary force today seis
ed the chief cities of China's Hal-
pan island, off tbe south .China
coast, 300 miles southwest of
Hongkong snd close to tbe empire
lifelines of France and Britain.
(Hainan, commanding eastern
aproaches to French Indo-China.
has been considered within
France's sphere of influence and
observers believed Japanese occu
pation might mesn trouble with
France.
(In Paris, however, it was an
thoritatively Indicated that France
would not act, assuming that the
Japanese occupation would be
temporary.)
Imperial headquarters announc
ed that Hainan's capital, Kiung
chow, and nearby Hoihow, chief
port and largest city, at the north
ern tip of the Island, had been
taken without resistance, or Jap
anese casualties. Japanese units
were , said to bo encircling the
island. '
An admiralty spokesman said
the expedition's aim was to
strengthen the Japanese blockade
of the Chinese coast and smoke
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iron Fireman Company '
Dividend Rate to Hold
PORTLAND, Feb. lO.-fVThe
iron n reman Manufacturing com
pany of Portland earned $60f,S01
last year and directors voted to
continue the current dividend rate
of $1.20 a share for 1132.
Here lcWnd
front of the scenes at the
? 40th letive assernbly
I time when sessions are not nnder
t way. It is reasonable to suppose
1 that some sort of progress la be-
lug made, say 44 hours a week.
Supposing the session lasts seven
f weeks and spends that estimated
amount. That would be 30$ hours.
Simple arithmetic reveals the cost
per nour to do s35, wAlca figures
out to $7.25 a minute.
. Now that that's settled, tha
': snesabers may feel better aboat
spending a few moments la de
bate, or even wasting three aw
four seconds a a wisecrack. .
Incidentally the voters who. In
the supposed interests of econ
omy, refused - to pay the legisla
tors more than $3, a day," may be
surprised to learn that the afore
mentioned Jstipendinm accounts
for less than 1 per cent of the to-
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Killed
House
46 to 14 Vote Decides
Measure's : Fate in
Present Session
Rep. Qiapman, Sponsor,
Will Probably Seek
Initiative Way .
The i8sue of the closed shoo
snd whether Oregon should make
t illegal for closed shops con
tracts to be drawn wss ended for
the 40th session of the legislature
yesterday. By a decisive 4 to 14 .
rote tbe house of representatives ,
killed the Chapman bill and there
by laid the basis for the Multno
mah county representative to car
ry bis fight to the voters of the
state. Chspman promised early in
the session that he would seek aa
initiative measure - to bsn the
closed shop - if the - legislature
turned him down.
The debate in the house, last- .
lng for an hour, was participated
in only by the bill's sponsor and
Phil Brady, Portland labor, rep
resentative who lead the debate
against the act.
The vote on - the measure vu
on the proposal that the minority
report of the house labor commit
tee, as framed by Chapman, be
substituted for the' majority re
port which recommended defeat
of the bill. The 14 representa
tives voting for Chapman's pro
posal Included Canaday, Chap
man, Carter. French. Hempstead
Hesse, Hill, Marsh, Munroe, Nash.
Newbry, Riddle, Staples.
No "Union Hater"
Sponsor Declares
Representative Chapman, open
ing the debate, declared he was
not. a union "hater" and had no
animosity towards the unions. He
averred that his bill would not de
stroy, the rights of unions to bar
gain collectively, and cited a let
ter from Ralph Moody, legal ad
viser, to the house, substantiating
this position.
"My proposal would mean es
tablishing the human right, of
freedom, said Chapman. He de
clared It would take away the co
ercion implied In forcing a work
er to Join a union to get a Job.
Representative Brady, who is
president of the Portland Central
Labor council; said passage ortsa . '
bill wodid destroy existing amica
ble relationships between employ
er and employe. Brady counselled
that the - closed-shop measure
would virtually "wreck the labor
movement."
Brady paid a glowing, tribute
to union labor declaring it had
played a vital role la providing;
for the welfare of the coming gen
eration. "When the boys snd girls
of today do go to work they win
enjoy tar better conditions thaa
their forefathers bad." said Bra
dy. "Tbe labor movement has fos
tered the amendments against
child labor, now ratified by 21
states. It has urged and obtained
equal suffrage for women, it baa
lead the movement for the work
men's compensation act."
Chapman, in bis concluding ar
gument, said he recognised tbe
contributions msde by union la-
nor. -All tnis measure wouia 00
would be to protect the sacred .
right of individuals to earn a liv
ing without being compelled te
Join a union," he said.
Speeding Train
Flagged, Saving
Welcoming Plan
ALBANY Feb. lOv-Orpy-Let
it never be said tbe small mat
ter of a limited train can deter
Carl Carlee," Albany chamber of '
commerce secretary, when he
sets oat to welcome someone.
He demonstrated yesterday, .
Carlee made elaborate prepa
rations to entertain Grove Web
ster, private pilots chief of the
cJvfl aeronautics authority, here
and at CorvalUs. ' Dignitaries
from both towns gathered at
the local depot and waited pati- .
ently for the Cascade limited.
Thea word came that the
Webster party not only wouldn't
stop, -bat the train wouldn't
either:
Carlee, wbo bad forgot em
this minor detail fa making bis
arrangements, nictcbed a red
flag from a derailed speeder.
He raced dowa tbe track,
flagged the train, brushed aside
aa irate conductor and located
the Webster party. .
. Webster protested he was doe
la Portland bat yielded to Cur
lee's picas. - .
From there on, Carlee's ar
. raagemeats were perfect.
Divorce Is Asked
By Joan Crawford
LOS ANGELES, Feb. lfHff
loaa Crawford, -film sur; filed
suit here today for a divorce from
Franchot Tone, also of the mov
ies. The- complaint asserts the
pair have signed a property set- '
Uement, of which it asks court
approval;- .- .; '
: Charging mental cruelty Hiss
Crawford asserts that for som
time past Tons bag treated her is
aa inhuman manner: and caused -her
great - mental suffering and
distress. ' - ". .:-.
? For more t h a a a rear, it -charges,
he has continually objec
ted to her activities and has made '
unreasonable demands, upon h3rv:
time
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