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The Weather ; ' Cloudy today and Friday, local raf ns 'o change in temperature. Max temp. Wednesday 81, mia. SO. Riv er SJt feet. North wind. EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem Oregon, Thursday Morning, February 23, 1923 Price 3e; Newsstands 5c No. 285 torts 74 - . ValleyNewa Eights correspondents situated .In strategic points? bring , complete' Willamette ; valley newi to readers of The Statesman. , ..-V. . . - PsuNpno -tC5l .V: V- - I urns Ken A 5fc i . "Sinking" Sliip Puzzle World Both . Italy . and France Deny Border Fight With 84 Dead South Atlantic Shipping Is on . Lookout for -Torpedoed Ship' (By the Associated Press) . , Reports, which could not be confirmed officially, of a clash be tween French and Italian troops on the border of Tunisia, and a distress call from a ship signing herself "Pecc ' saying she had been torpedoed by a submarine south of the Azores stirred a war- conscious world yesterday. French military chieftains In Africa met in an urgent session after., reports, received in Paris di plomatic circles and from private sources in Tunis, said 80 Italians , and four ' Frenchmen had been . killed In a clash Friday. ' Both. French and. Italian offi cial sources denied there had been a clash, but it was recalled that Italy Recently had relnforeed her troopsun Libya, and had sent her chief 'of staff.: Marshal . Pietro Badoglio, to Tripoli. The .French Mediterranean fleet already was assembled at Bizerte, Tunisia. : Daladler Reiterates Stand on Colonies , The French premier. . Edouard Daladler, in a Washington birth- ' day speech, without mentioning Italy, warned that French in pro tecting her empire "will never give way either to threats of force 'or to blackmailing tactics." On the broadcast with him. United States Ambassador " Wil liam C. Bullitt, said America be lieved in the commandment, "Thou sbalt not covet thy neigh bor's house" and declared Ameri ca was "not In the habit of start ing wars" but underscored the word 'starting." ' ;, South Atlantic shipping was on the search for the vessel which sent tb distress message saying she had been torpedoed by an un known submarine and was sink lng. - - -Fecc" Sends SOS 'X -C C 5--From Atlantic ' She gate her position ; as about ISO miles south of the Azores! Her Identity could not be estab lished Immediately because ; the letters "Pecc" were not bow as signed to any ship. ' . ; Carrying his gold-knobbed um brella and a book of Shakespeare, Prime Minister Chamberlain, of Britain, told a Lancashire meeting of conservaltves that "come .the three - corners of - the world fn arms, and we shall shock; them. "The quotation waa from Shake speare's King John. " Chamberlain said however, that' he was not speaking in a belligerent vein. and that he believed trade nego tiations with , Germany and "speedy termination of the Span' Ish war might signal a period of greater calm in Europe. From Rome,', Premier Musso lini informed Generalissimo Fran co that "Italian legionnaires are at your orders until final victory.' French recognition of the na tionalist regime was declared at Paris to be "probable' by Satnr- - day. - Seattle Taxicab SEATrLE,: Feb.; Z2ffy-Mem-5crs of the Seattle Taxicab Own ers' association posted a bulletin . tonight "notifying drivers they are unable to' continue" paying pres ent wages.- v ,. ; r . v Hi 2Tiwin"prtar at', tlia 'taxicab drivers union, denounced the action,, and added: , , . . "if I have anything to say about it there's going to be' a Uxlcab light in Beatue." Bowen said the taxicab drivers are the lowest paid teamster un ion members, and couldn't "sup port their . families . decently , on less than the ISO a week they're now getting. ... 'EOCE' Makes Bow With OCESOCE Soon to Follow Over the wires Wednesday night came a 'dispatch relating that "Eastern Oregon College of Edu cation , basketball players had won a game. Or, maybe they lost that isn't so Important as the name of this "new?, college., . I .It need to be Eastern Oregon Normal.' Within the next few days there will be dispatches relative to Oregon College of Education. It's at Monmouth. Southern Ore gon College of Education is at Ashland. Governor Sprague on Wednes day signed the bill, authorising these changes. Actually, the bill doesn't go into effect for several months. Bat then the name, of Oregon Agricultural college nev er has been changed and that old name has been almost forgot ten for a decade. . ... . r Crack Orenoxt City Safe r OREGON CITY, Ore Feb. 11-(-Yerrs last night cracked the safe of the Krueger Lumber yard Pay and gi tailed SIS 4.e J. : Nipp.n.USSR Fish Dispute Is Unsettled Litvinoff Cites Reports Japanese Fleet Will Take Action Japanese Ambassador Says Their Interests -to Be Guarded MOSCOW. Feb. 22-ff-For- eign Commissar. Maxim Litvinoff and the Japanese ambassador, Sbigenori Togo, discussed their far eastern fisheries dispute for two hours this , afternoon, hut afterward Appeared as far re moved irom c sememeni as ever. Litvinoff was reported to have told the ambassador that ' Infor mation in ' Japanese newspapers appeared to indicate the Japan ese fleet was planning to help Japanese . fishermen take what they want in Siberian waters. ; He waa said to have warned that such an attempt would be dangerous and would "not - be localized" as was the Chang- kufeng incident of mst Ai rust. (The Changkufeng incident was settled in a truce, after Jai an ece and Soviet forces had repeatedly clashed along the Siberlan-Ko- reaa-Manchoukuo border.) - Togo was said to have replied that the Japanese government Will take all necessary measures to protect Japanese Interests. " Japanese sources said Toco first . repeated his. request : for cancellation of the fisheries auc tion scheduled for March 15. If it is held, he was reported to have warned, the Japanese would not participate in the bidding. Despite today's exchange there apparently was not - a complete breakdown in negotiations, for Togo and Litvinoff were said to have agreed to meet again after consulting their respective gov ernments.. . . . f - Entirely new Bill On PUD Projected Senate Rails and Utilities Committee Will Write r new Measure The senate railroads and utili ties committee, after bearing Got. Charles- A. Sprague's suggestion that peoples' utility districts be taxed the same as private utilities,'! prepared Wednesday night to write an entirely new POD MIL The governor's suggestions. presented to the committee by his legal adviser, Allan Bynon. in- eluded: 1. Districts should pay taxes en the same basis as private utilities. and should be required to have the same auditing systems as pri vate- utilities. Districts also would be audited each year by the sec retary of state. - . tt Districts could.be dissolved after five years by a majority of the district voters. After dissolu tion, the directors would become trustees and would sell the dis trict property. If the assets- were not sufficient to pay off general obligation bonds, the trustees would levy taxes, but taxes, could not be used to pay oft revenue bonds which would be permitted . (Turn to Pge 2, CoL 3) . ; Ask Quizzing of : Envoy to Mexico WASHINGTON, Feb. t t-JPh Representative Martin J. Ken nedy (D-NY) today coupled sharp criticism of the state de partment with a legislative pro posal asking. President Roosevelt to "recall" the United States ambassador , to Mexico, . Josephus Daniels, so congress could Ques tion him on Mexican affairs,! Daniels would be asked: to ex plain- what Kennedy called "the repeated violations of ' American rights in Mexico." Japanese to Use Terrorism . ..-v A ...... v - ...... . rAs Excuse SHANGHAI,; Feb-. H-fi-Jt anese - armed forces ugnienea their pressure against Shanghai's foreign-controlled areas today by using f the terrorism ' that has swept -those areas as a basis for demandinr a greater voice in t e administration of the Internation al settlement, - United 'States marines were subject to emergency call, a com mon practice, but marine officers denied that leaves had been can celled. v v : " , .' Japanese marines, said to num ber 10 1, took' over a part of the Italian defense sector in , the northwest corner of the city.-Be cause the area Ilea outsider the permanent ; settlement boundaries, however, the actios was regarded as not constituting an, invasion of the international settlement itself. v. - . . ; Japanese said that the action SCORE INJURED, 13 JAILED IN Tbirteew persons were arrested and score of other waned braise as an aftermath of a recent naxJ demonstration in New York's Madison Square Garden.' Frits Knhn, national leader at the German- American Bund, was concluding a denunciation of "international Jewry when Isadora Greenbaun, 28, hotel worker, ran toward the speaker, but was beaten, down by storm troopers. He waa rescued by police. Photo shows part of the 100,000 persons who milled around the arena demanding the right to pkket. Greenbanm was later fined $25 with an alternative of tea. days in jail. Be went to jalL UN photo. ' Measure Debated Radio Men Want to Know What Bought; ASCAP Opposes Proposal -Oregon - radio-station operators objected to "buying a pig In . poke" before the senate revision of laws committee last night as they presented their arguments In favor of a bill to force copy right "pools" to tile list of their song properties with 'the secre tary of state. The broadcasters objected that they were required to pay the American Society of Composers, Authors and, Publishers and oth er similar "copyright pools" blanket fees without knowing what music is owned by the "pools." They charged they were forced to buy licenses "under fear of suit." Herman Kenin, representing ASCAP, charged the broadcasters are "seeking to destroy the only effective way copyright owners have to protect themselves." A copyright would aot" he-worth a cent if the owner could not col lect by a blanket fee.", ha said. Merle Chessman, Astoria pub lisher and radio station operator, said his station paid I per cent of its gross Income to ASCAP. "I (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) 17.5C0 Men Idle DETROIT, t Feb. Iz-tfVWst fighting on the: assembly - line by opposing r- f actlonalists in j the United Automobile Workers today forced the closing of, the' Chrysler corporation's ' Plymouth division and made more than 17,160 work ers in four factories temporarily idle. . -.,v. - Late. today Ed HalL an interna tional vice president aligned with the ClO-supported UAW 'f action. described the Plymouth trouble as a strike and placed , pickets at plant gates urging men not to work. Hall. said the management had 1 refused - to recognise . his croup's bargaining: committee. A leader of the Plymouth fic tion supporting Homer Martin in the battle for UAW control said his ' group had -"no dispute '-with the management and wants to work." -....!.- : to Police Area was the"resolt of an agreement with Italian officials and was de signed to suppress shootings and rot series that occur regularly in thC district, 4 f V:- ' " Eight Japanese, led by a major general, a rear admiral and the Japanese consul-general, YoshP apl Mlura. called upon Cornell S. Franklin, American chairman of the council,-' with ' a "request for the council's assent to the adop tion of effective measures to cope with the present situation." v ( Japanese c Foreign -V Minister Hachiro- AriU Instructed Mlura to t nraaent ' a -.-virtual ' ultimatum tot, the; council , demanding . that the1 terrorism' be stopped immed iately. The Tokyo - aewspaper Aaahl said Japan demanded the prompt arrest of terrorists, great er representation on the council. and1, reorganization 'of the inter Copyrigh Filing national' settlement), 1- ' ' f .-. v . "..:: Senator McNary Wants Lift np But Goes Down WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-P)-A senator's word is law to senate elevator operators, bnt Senator McNary (It-Ore) learned today that such is not always the case a the house side of the capttoL ' wtTn M tha MmMiraa leader a-t-i-lri..---r-- . said as am steppea into ant ele vator. " ' . "I'm : going down," replied the ybnng operator, ignorant of his passenger's identity. He dropped the ear to the base ment. Later, the somewhat awed operator said "Gee, he was nice as could be about it." WPA Enrollment Has Slight Gain Small Ouota Increases Granted Here Boost Rolls to 2173 Slight ouota increases granted for WPA projects in Marion and Polk counties since February 1 have resulted in small gains in enrollment of active workers, it was reported at the district WPA offices yesterday. In Marion coun ty at last report there were 111! at work on locally sponsored projects,. 286 on state projects and 276. on. operations .conducted ty federal agencies' other' than the WPA. The total of 2173 Is 64 more than the total at the start of the, month. . J , . The number of . workers . certi fied as eligible for. WPA employ ment in Marion county has drop ped from 2879 to: 273.6. The number awaiting assignment has declined to -43 &- from 638. The latter decline is attributed to a weeding out of inactive cases. r The Marion - county quota of workers on local nrolects is now 1900, increased from 187 f, and the Polk Quota 240, up from 225. Mystery Shrouds Wrecked Macliine At Cliffs Base TOLEDO. Ore.. Feb. 22-ffV- Foundlsg surf ' and a 600-root cliff prevented rescue crews today from determining if the wreckage of an automobile half .hidden - in the sea contained victims. - A farm lad taw the car back over the towering cliff late yes terday three miles south of Depoe Bay on the eoast highway near Ottercrest. s Coast ' guardsmen and police were unable to reach the wreck age by lowering men down the face of the bluff or by boat. The car landed on a sandy stretch run- nlnr out from a portion of the ett Maine nernendlculariy tor ISO feet. - - -,-:-' Wheel tracks were engraved on the first section of the steep drop. The battery was -torn tree as the machine plunged ever. i , Parol Violation: Held Cause ,of Man' $ Arrest GRANTS PASS, - Feb. 21-(ffV Sheriff A. Donley Barnes arrested Reuben Ross; formerly of Grants Pass, late yeaferday as a state pen itentiary parole vlolater. Barnes said Rose was paroled from a forg ery conviction in Klamath county BUND RIOT Los Angelens Pelt American Bunders Meeting Is Held in Honor of George Washington ; Likened to Hitler LOS ANGFLES. Fb. S2-PV- UnHoraed memberg of thr Ger man-American Bund, ' stationed outside the doors of the Deutsches Hans here, were driven to cover by a barrage 6f eggs and vegeta bles hurled by anti-naxl demon strators tonight. Late-comers at a Bund meeting in celebration of Washington's birthday were led through aide doors into a hall where approxi mately 300 persons heard speak ers liken Washington to Adolph Hitler in his purposes. The counter-demonstrators, es timated to number 100, carried anti-naxl placards. The start of the meeting was delayed for an hour. A dozen policemen assigned to prevent violence occupied au tomobiles nearby. Speakers, including . Herman Schwinn, western director of the Bund, criticised administration policies which they termed an tagonistic to Germany. Opposition JFeak On Tongue Point WASHINGTON, Feb. it-HPh- Supportera of a $1,500,000 natal air base at -Tongue Point, Ore., would "do .nothing to invite an attack upon the project," Rep. Mbtt (R-Ore) said today. Thetproleet Is part of the $13,800,000 naval. air b its bill now being' 'considered by the house. " ' ' ' Mott said "the heated contro versy over Guam is a very fortu nate thing for Tongue Point and other Items in the bill not recom mended by t h e .Hepburn board. Thus far the debate has served to detract attention from the Oregon nrolect and It now appears there will be no serious opposition to the $l,t00,000 authorisation We are asking." Late Sports SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22-4P) -Ceferino Garcia, veteran. Filipino middleweight boxer, scored a de cisive 10-round victory over Lloyd Marshall, Sacramento negro, here tonights 5 v "s - -; J -. i Garcia scored four knockdowns in the bristling battle, and seemed to have things his own way most of the time. : - - t TREASURE - ISLAND. CallL. Feb. 22-UFV-Roy Ifikkelsen. vet eran 'ski Jumper, from Auburn; Calif., won the Golden Gate Inter national exposition Invitational tournament here tonight " with a total of 214.2 point. - PORTLAND,- Ore., Feb. 22-4P) -Sam Shoulderblade, Salem C0. technically knocked out Hal Pet erson, Multnomah AC tax the fourth -round of an amateur ring card tonight, Keller JWagner Sa lem, knocked out llarvia Splawn, Multnomah club 175-pounder, in threw rounds. .-Pete.'Biley.v J40, MAO stopped Harold - Alderman, Salem r Ray Msrrill. Ill, St.. Hel ens, heat- Harold Gordon,' Salem and Amos "MeGann Oregon Ama. tear Athletie club, stopped Eddie Layman, Multnomah club SeimtbrsOkeh RearmingPlan With Exception . '. - - Military Committee Is 'Unanimous on Bill on Most Points House Bitterly Debates Advisability of Guam as US Outpost WASHINGTON, Feb. tt-VPh A bill embodying most of Presi dent Roosevelt's big rearmament program received the unanimous approval of the senate military committee today, while the house engaged in a vociferous .debate on the advisability of expanding naval facilities on the faraway island of Guam. Specifically, the committee en- drosed a 2358,000,000 expendi ture to increase the army's war planes to a total of 0,000, to augment the air corps' person nel, to strengthen the defenses of the Panama canal, and to school American Industry in the produc tion of war supplies by the place ment of educational orders. It disregarded, however, a re quest of Secretary of War Wood- ring for removal of all stated limits on the number of planes to be acquired by the army, so that advantage might be taken of economies of mass purchasing, Guam Project Removal Tote COmes Up Today The house had under consid eration a measure to authorize an outlay of $53,800,000 for the development of naval air bases at seven points in the mid-Pacif ic, two in the Alaskan area, one in the Caribbean and four within the United States proper. Late in the day, after agree ing to defer until tomorrow a vote on removing the $5,000,000 item for Guam from the measure. the house tentatively gave its ap proval to. all other items in the bill... ... : -. . ... ... A. crackling debate p reduced rt 1. An assertion by Ren. Tin Zandt (R-Pa) former commander of the veterans of Foreign Wars, that nothing wag heard of the Guam proposal until the visit to this country of Anthony Eden, former member of the British cabinet. Trouble With Japan Seen by Shannon 2. A prediction by Rep. Shan non (D-lfo) that eventually the United States would become in- (Tum to Page 2 CoL f ) Contending Fleets lest UiS Defenses Reports Iladioed From Houston, Bearing FR on Reriew Cruise . , By D. HAROLD OLIVER MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 22-AV-Con- tendlng fleets have fonght several sharp engagements in the south Atlantic war games testing ' the American defenses against theo retical attack from Europe, said a : radio . , message . today . from President Roosevelt's review ship, the cruiser Houston. : - tvr The dispatch, received at tem porary White House offices short ly after 4 p. m. (Eastern Standard Time) said reports of the ini tial, operations of the opposing fleets indicated .-that several sharp engagements resulted, front; con- tacts of. scouting and detached groups with , consequent probably minor changes in subsequent oper ations." f X '.;'-..'.. "v f "Contacts ' between l scattered light forces have, been numerous out in the Atlantic; ocean 'well to the eastward of the West Indies." The message signed by CapL. Daniel I. Callaghan, the presi dent's chief naval aide, added that the Houston was "proceed- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) . . Civil In Senate by .Wlth : only , affirmative debate i before packed galleries, the . civil rights bill, guaranteeing equal pririleges to all persons ' in" ac cordance with ' the . constitution. was approved II to ,12 by f the Oregon senate Wednesday after noon. . - ' -"Other states, lnclndlng Cali fornia and Washington ' already have this - legislation. The people of the entire United States are watching to see what the Oregon legislatare does with this biH," said - Sen. - Harry ' Kenln of :Port- l-nd. . r-. .. . i - a zi J rf'-, : He said the measure had re ceived the approval of the school teachers of Oregon, tite Tonng Women's Christian association, a large number of churches and oth er ' organisations . and individuals. - Sen. Kenln quoted Governor Charles A. Spragut as haying he knew no prejudice and read ad ltoriala from The Oregon States man dealing -with the civil rights measure defeated at tha 1927 leg islative session, la these editor- WW- 'ft . . w w s Wealthy . Ma) Given to Revising Tax Setup Burden Shifted Slightly but Revenue Unchanged; Persons With Smaller Intangibles Income Aided Penal Reform Bills Go to Governor; Primary Change, Milk Control Issues in Senate Today Two important hurdlearwere cleared by the Oregon house of representatives Wednesday when it passed two adminis tration tax bills and approved the parole and probation re forms which an interim committee as well as both the outgo ing; and incoming governors' had favored. The house action makes the parole reforms certain, for the bills had previously been approved by the senate. One bill provides for better supervision of paroled convicts and the other gives the parole board the duty of setting minimum sentences in certain classes of criminal cases, after a circuit ITRenfordiangc In Primary Setup Better Method of Choice Sought; Speakers at -Hearing Divided W. S. TJ'Ren, who led the tight 25 years ago for adoption of the direct primary method of nominating candidates for pub lic office in Oregon, came back to Salem Wednesday nlt.lt to admit that the system had not produced a higher grade of can didates or elected officials.' Speaking at a hearing , before the house committee otf elections considering a , blU which ' would make Important changes m 'the gyitem, URe ialdt,Talt. 1Um an attempt to fixjparty respon sibility which la lacking under the present primary law. R. SC. Erwin, who styled him self as a democrat who had nev er agreed with a republican oa anything up to this time, said he favored the principle of the pro posed new law. "This bill, would give us a better class of candidates and atop a lot of unsatisfactory self starters." Erwln eafd, "Candi dates for office would be subject to party responsibility.'' The new bill provides forbn ventlons to recommend candi dates for the primary and re peals the present limitations on contributors and contributions to candidates. ' ; filing fees of candidates would go into the treasuries of the o litical parties. ' The bill was opposed by Ray Gill, master of . the Oregon state grange, and a -number of other persons at the' hearing. - Frank Tlerney. chairman of the democratic state central com mittee said he wanted to give the bill further study before ar riving at any decision. Lost CCG Youths on " BiARSHTiElJJreb. pair of rugged CCC youths were safe, today .after spending wo day without food . or shelter on the snowy slopes of Burnt mountain; Searching parties found Earl Bussa, 19, and. Victor Wiseman, 21, of Portsmouth. 0 both of the Sltkum CCC camp, lata yesterday The boys had gone for a hike in spring-like weather Sunday and became lost. - Bussa was found four hoars before his companion. They told Lt. O. J. Helweg they separated because they could not agree on the trail back to camp. 16-12 Margin lals Governor Sprague had de plored, defeat of the bill. ' - The only oppositloa to this bill is a few hotel and restaurant owners,'; Senator Kenin - contin ued." c - There Is no place In the United States for division because of col or, ' Sen. Dorothy Lee ; said.' 1 cannot understand race prejudice. We expect negroes to pay taxes and I cannot see why they. should not bo- guaranteed the rights 'ac corded them by the constitution The .Mil is right in principle and should be passed." - - - Senator George E. Eayrs, also of Multnomah county, said he fa vored the measure because of Its humanitarian tea tares. - ? . - Senator Thomas R. If ahoney said there were hospitals for dogs and cats hat that, many hospitals would not accept negro patients. . Voting for the bill were. Sen ators Best,- Chaney. Eayrav Ellis, FranciaeovicB, Kenln, Lee, Maho- ney, Ross. Stelwer, Strayer,. Wal- ker, Wallace, zareherf seitoa and Duncan. orities Measures judge has set the maximum sen tence. The tax measures Included tha program under which Income from intangibles -would be taxed on the same basis as other income with a 2 per cent surtax added, instead of under the present sep arate intangibles levy; and an in crease in the revenue from the corporation excise tax obtained by lowering the offset allowed on personal property taxes from '7 a to 50 per cent. The intangibles tax . revision- X bill passed 28 to 9, while the cor poration excise measures was ap proved 42 to 11. , Those voting, against the intan gibles revision measure were: re-i publicans Chapman, D n n e a sv Hempstead. Hill and Hilton. Dem ocratsBrady, Caufield, Kirk-: Patrick and Perry. . t Rep. C C Chapman (R-Port-. land) said the corporation v.clse Uryneant.a doubling of X . " tax burden on industry. There Ir a limit beyond wnicn. industry ' cannot operate to a profit. That limit has been Invaded and in vaded until It approaches thai breaking point." : , Burden. Distributed Among Hany, Claim ' Rep. Frank J. L o n e r g a n-(R-Portland) said the tax would not be "a tremendous burden o anyone." Ho said the tax would spread "a burden of 970.90S t $80,000 - over 4,000 Oregon cor porations." Representative Chapman op posed repeal of the intangible tax because "1 cannot weep aap tears tor the person who holds 124,000 in intangibles snd payav. only 9I tax." Rep. William McAllister (R- . Medford) , said repeal of the- In tangibles tax would not relievo th larger holder of investment but would "give relief to person , with low Intangibles income. - ; , The house' voted 22 to 27' t accept, a favorable committee re-; . port on a bUl to restrict clubrg serving liquor, but - balked on -' a, ' motion to suspend the rules anet pass the bin Immediately. -: The -bill would prohibit clubs 1 from mixing drinks unless they have restaurant Xacilitiea, 4i . Primary Change 1 ,'-s.'f7 ' Rill Vp This Jtoming. :- , The lower-body passed and . sent, to 'the! .senate. t,wo, other -bUls to' change the name "cf the state relief committee to state , public welfare , cdmmission, and tor codiry highway ; laws. ? ' A bill by Sen. Wheeler and ethers changing the tine of hohW lag the primary election " from May to September will be cod- ' sldered under ' special order' -ot. business in the- senate at - It -a.m. today, e v,r:v-. - . A majority , of the senate elec tions ; and privileges committee t recommended that . the bill do Pass. . '---tv" . This afternoon also as i. special order, the senate -. will . consider the bill providing for repeal f the milk control law, upon the recommendation, of eight , mem -bers of the agricultural commit tee against the bill's passage. Sen. Charicj Childs filed a mi nority report recommending that It be referred to the voters. KniployeK Leaps From Bank ' i . a . ';' v"--.., . - - - - HARTFORD. Conn.. Feb. 22.-(ff-Before a crowd that pleaded with him , to desist, Henry if. M n e 1 1 e r, 17. of , WetbersneloT leaped 15. feet to his death today from a, top story window, fn' tha Society for Savings bank building, v If seller had been employed" by the bank tor the past,' 1 2 years. Robert C? Glazier, president ot the institution sald,.bat was dis charged on Monday. -"- " - , He " leaves his ..widow ' and s young son.' - BecslV Governor Dfes , : v- CALCUTTA ? Feb.- 22.-(Thur. day 1 (a5) Lord Brabourns.. 42 : governor, of Bengal, died, today, following - an laternal . operationr. performed last Saturday. .. .: .. . . i.