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Newspaper Page Text"- -"Ut Capital CITY EDITION Daily attract ml paid circulation tor month tndlBf December SI, 1914 6366 Arerase dally dtatrlbutlon I.7M. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation!. THE WEATHER OREGON: Rain la weet. Snow and rain taat tonight and Wednesday. Strong toutheuterljr winda. Local: Max. 61; min. 40; rain, .07; rlrer, I.(; atmoa., part eloudjr. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 11 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1925 nntfiri mnprP f'PMT? ON TRAINS AND NEW! rKlLj IHKtib LitiXNl0 STANDS FIVE CENT in l Jonn inni jri U (Mjnn n) MUM mm 0) LEGISLATURE OPENS ATTACK ON GOVERNOR Bills Introduced Would Abolish Offices Held By Cleaver and Spence If Passed. (By Harry N. Cruin.) Scarcely had the echoes of the governor's message to the legisla ture. In which he commended tun accomplishments of the prohibi tion enforcement and market agent's departments and compli mented the respective aunnnistra- tiuna of those bureaus by George L. Cleaver and C. K. Spence, re spectively, died out in the houfae ot representatives yesterday alter- nntn tbuu the answer to his plea for continuance and assistance to t'.eee departments came like a bolt out of u clear sky. Almost simultaneously in the bouse and the senate were intro duced bills having as their pur- Dose the complete abolition oi the office of state market agent, and returning the rrain inspection de partment to the administration of the public service commission. Worth Knnrnrc Kills In the senate the bill carried the names of Senator Kltner an Senator Taylor, both of Umatilla county, and representing the largest wheat growing constuu ency in the state. Representative North presented the bill in the house. North is also sponsor for house bill No. 2, which in effect would abolish the Btate prohibition en forcement department and provide the means of divorcing Mr. Cleav er from his place on the state pay roll. The bill does not propose to abolish the department it simply would repeal that section of tne statutes which provides that 25 per cent of all of the fine moneys collected from liquor law violators shall be turned over to the depart ment. It comes in compliance with the recommendations of the Ore gon association that the money now diverted to the prohibition department be allowed to remain (Continued on Page Eipht) OF LIFE AMONG NS The story of an expedition across the South American contl nent, over territory that had nev er before been seen by a white man, was told this noon by A. H. Kingbury, a traveler and explorer who has spent 19 years in Ceu tral and South America. Speaking before the Salem Kl- wantans at their regular weetv luncheon, Mr. Kingbury staled that this expedition was the sev enth one that had been s;ni through the territory he paejad through, the first six having fail ed. Hie party crossed the Andes Diountains from the west side, and passed down the Amazon river to Para. Light hundred mites of th trip was made on foot, and 100m miles in canoes. Thousands of South American Indians live as they did before Co lumbus discovered America, said Mr. Kingsbury. Many tribes an cannibals and head hunters Thousands of the natives nave never seen a white man. In telling of the customs of tic native Indians. Mr. Kingsbury il lustrated the use of the blowgun a weapon peculiar to the people cf the region through which he pa.-s ed. Blowing a tiny dart througn the gun, a native can hit a bird the size of a canary at 100 feet he said. The guns are usually from 6 to 8 feet In length, and th darts are dipped In a deadly poison whti h kills within ten seco:.rt? but does not injure the flesh lor eating purposes. Mr. Kingsoiry had a gun with hira and blew a dart not poisoned across hc banquet room into a narrow f it showing the accuracy of the g'in Announcement was made tii.it he will speak tonight at Waller ball. Willamette university. At the start of the dinner Jin Nicholson and Oliver Myers w .'re appointed sergeants-at-arms. ench being given ft huge club stud ied with nails as the lneignta of office. HOUGHTONTO .s. TOME Present Ambassador To Germany To Succeed Kellogg Is New York Glass Manufacturer. Washington, Ji.n. 13. Unless there is a change in the present plan, Ambassador Houghton at Berlin will succeed Frank B. Kel logg as ambassador to London when Mr. Kellogg becomes secre tary of state March 4. No an nouncement of a selection Is ex pected immediately, however, and it still is possible that the choice may fall somewhere else. The non-recognition policy to ward Russia, always strongly ad vocated by Mr. Hughes, will re main unchanged so long as condi tions remain as they are. Tho statement was authorized today at the White House tnat there Is no substance to report that the chance In the secretaries would lead to any modification of the foreign policies followed by Mr. Hughes in, the state depart me nt. Washington, Jan. 13. A lan son B. Houghton, of New York, now ambassador to Germany, has been definitely selected by President Coolidge to succeed Ambassador Kellogg at London. Before entering congress, Mr. Houghton was engaged in the business of glass manufacture at Corning, N. Y. Ambassador Houghton will re quire senate confirmation for the London Post, although there is open to the president the avenue of a recess appointment provided the nomination Is not made until after March 4 when congress will not be in session. On the other hand. Ambassador Kellogg la ex pected to come here several weeks before Secretary Hughes retires March 4, to become acquainted with affairs In the state depart ment and for that reason It Is probable the nomination of Mr. Houghton will go to the senate before adjournment of congress. (Continued on Page Four) KLAN STRIKES AT IE UN Denver, Colo., Jan. 13 That the Ku Klux Klnn of Colorado was making a retaliatory fight on him in his introduction Monday in the Colorado legislature of bills to abolish the Denver juvenile and family court was charged In a statement Issued to the Associated Press today by Judge Ben B. Lind soy. The Juctee further declared that sponsors of the bill are "members of the Denver Ku Klux Klan." Tooze to Father Income Tax with . That It would encourage rath er than discourage Industry in Oregon is claimed for a state in come tax bill that is soon to be in troduced by Senator Tooze of Clackamas county. It will be call ed the property tax limitation act on the theory that It will cut property taxes to a great degree and ultimately eliminate them. The rates of taxation under the act range from a minimum of 6 per cent to a maximum of 25 per cent. The lowest exemption Is tSOO for single persons without dependents, and the highest Is 125. 000. Exemptions for married persons are 1200 for each depend ent. For incomes above $25,000 the maximum of $25 per cent tax ation applies. ' The measure provides a proper ty off set or exemption for real property. The cost of collection. It is claimed, would be under 3 1-2 per cent. The Initial amount of revenue that could be raised un Bishop Brown Fights - Charges of Heresy Bishop W. M. Brown SENATE ADOPTS Washington, Jan. 13. The Muscle Shoals Issue today turned the senate into a legislative whirl The Underwood leasing bill, which had been substituted last week for a committee proposal, Vas cast aside for a substitute by Senator Jones of Washington to create a commission to study the problem; and for that proposal the senate later substituted a plan by Senator Norrls of Nebraska pr posing government ownership. No sooner had the latter sub stitution been made than Senator Underwood offered his original Mil, with a few modifications as a substitute for the Norris b!U and Senator Jones indicated that as coon as the vote was taken he would again bring forward his commission plan as a substitute 'or whatever might at the time be pending. Some senators questioned tbo parliamentary correctness of the whole proceeding and declared th senate was going round in a cir cle with no prospect of getting anywnero. ATTORNEY CARDWELL OF R0SEBUR8 PASSES AWAY ItoeeburK, Or.. Jan. 13. Attor ney William W. Cardwell, for many years one of the bent known criminal lawyers of the state. died this morning after a long illness. Mr. Cardwell was born at Canyonville April 18. 1862, the son of a pioneer family. He took up the study of law In the office of C. W. Kohler at Jacksonville. where he remained for two years. He spent a year In Alaska dur ing the gold rush and then came back to Oregon and was admit ted to the bar in 1800. He prac ticed in Burns until 1892 then moved to Medford where he formed a partnership with Fran cis Fitch, which lasted until 1894, after which Mr. Cardwell moved to Roseburg, where he en gaged In the practice of law un til six years ago when he retir ed. He served two sessions In the Oregon legislature as represent ative from noughts county. Property Offset der the act, ft is claimed, would be at least -C. 000, 000, and con sidering the returns from the In come tax repealed In November, it Is claimed that the new meas ure would soon eliminate the state tax altogether. Another argument Is that th" bill avoids double taxation that it does not attempt to tax corpo rations as such, but that when the person belonging to the cor poration is taxed Individually the corporation is Included. Argument is made that the measure encourages invewtment because, under the plan by which It Is drawn, there would be no income tax on Industries until the business was sufficiently product ive that the property tax would be overtaken. The Income tax would be Im posed on all resident and non resident individuals, Including trusts to persons unknown, with rexpect to the entire net Income accruing to them within the state, hut not outside the state. CHURCH COURT Girl HEARS BROWN E HERESY CASE Episcopalians Listen To Appeal From Ousted Bishop; 8 Points of Can onical Law Advanced. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 13. (By Associated Press.) The court of review of the Protestant Episcopal church, met here today to be&r the appeal in the case of Bishop William Montgomery Brown. Briefs from both sides were be Ion; it Counsel for Bishop Brown, who was convicted by the trial board of the house of bishops last May 31 of uttering doctrines not held by the church, relied upon much the same points as were made a the trial In an effort to prevent affirmation of the conviction and a pronouncement of sentence. Eight points of canonical or civil law were advanced by Josepa W. Sharts ot Dayton, Ohio, attor ney tor the accused prelate, eaci being answered by the "church advocate, ' Charles Dibble of Kala mazoo, Mich. These had to do with the constitution of the trial board, alleged defective machinery for review, the jurisdiction ot the trial board, its failure to order de positions from all members ot the house of bishops, the application of the legal doctrine of Judicial notice to canonical trials and chc dentals ot a motion that the "prosecution" furnish a bill of particulars. The constitution of the Protest ant Episcopal church in America had purposely omitted specific authority to try a bishop on ques tions of doctrine because the "mu tual independence of bishops In matters of doctrine was the heart of the Protestant reformation in fOngland when bishops of that country refused to follow the dic tates of the bishop of Rome," the bishop's brief stated. The church advocate's brief de nied this conclusion. "Th contention that a bishop should be a law unto himself in matters of doctrine would estab lish a bishop as pope and abeo.uto monarch In his own diocese," said Mr. Dibble's brief. TO BE ELIMINATED There will be no general junket ing trips ot the legislators to the University of Oregon, Oregon Agri cultural college and the normal school at Monmouth Uiis session if the solons act favorably upon a suggestion to ue made by Senator Sam Garland. Senator Uarland said this morn ing that he will introduce a reso lution providing that in the piace :f the biennial junkets, Joint com mittees of abort five membera be appointed to visit each of the three schools. "The Junkets of the past have not only intertcrred with the work of the legislature, but they have been a heavy expense upon Un people of Eugene, Corvallis and Monmouth and the results obtain ed have not eer commensurate u'lih the time and money expand ed." said Senator Garland. Senator Garland asks that the invitations of the schools be uh nilttod early in the session. SEVEN CANDIDATES SEEK ABRAM'S JOB Seven candidates are after the : ecrctaiyship of the state board of rontrol, which Is now held by Carle Abrams of Salem, There n:v Indications that the board will ma''fl no change in the secretary ship for some time, but the rumor has gone out that Abrama was t- Imc the place, with the result thai many candidates have appeared Those whose applications are no In. besides brams. are Zido Rlggs, former Salem drugirt Kloyd Moore, former Pelk county clerk; William Poorman, now as sistant secretary of the boor J: Arthur Bain, former meat desler of Portland; Ora H. Porter. Port land attorney; and R. H. Thorn.. ffirmaf etflr nf lha Psirflarwl I school board. Perishes in Blizzard Climbing Peak in Colorado Denver, Colo., Jan. 13. One woman was frozen to death and a man Is lost somewhere In the froz en snowbound passages of Long's peak, near bates park, as the re sult ot a mountain climbing expe dition Sunday. Miss Agnes W. Yaills, secretary ot the Denver chamber of com merce, is dead and searching par ties are ploughing through snow drifts in the face of a raging bliz zard and weather 60 degrees be low zero looking for Herbert Sort land, employe of Long's peak Inn, who was a member of the rescue party that tried to save Miss Vaillc Portland was lost by his com panions and it was feared today that he would be unable to stand the Arctic cold. Miss Vaille was the daughter of FV O. Vaille, retired Denver mil lionaire, who was due to arrive In Honolulu today on a vacation trip. MiflB Vaille's companion on the fateful trip, which began Sunday morning, was Warner Kiener of Denver. The piir planned to climb the enst face of Long's peak, a IRRIGATION BILL IS Senator Davis, of Grant, Harney and Malheur counties, and Repre sentative Ivan N., Oakes of On tario, have agreed on an Irrigation bill to make the state law con form to the report of the fact finding committee and the federal act that was based on the report. The bill will be Introduced by Senator Davis. Under the state law Irrigation districts are now required to assess each Irrigable acre equally for construction costs. The federal act, based on the report of the fact finding committee, requires the distribution of construction charges in proportion to the pro ductivity of the land, so that land that Is less productive than other land in the same area will pay less toward the construction costs. Under the present state law districts have no authority to enter into such a contract with the reclamation service. The Davls-Oakes bill will extend this authority to the Irrigation dis tricts. The government will sur vey all the lands with reference to their productivity. The total con struction charge, after this Is determined, is amortized at a low rate of interest so that each land owner pays a fixed charge each year over a long period of years, based on the value of the product taken from his land. BIBLE READING n XT Several bills relating to Bible reading fn the public schools will be Introduced at this session of the legislature. Senator Garland will Introduce a bill providing for the appoint ment of a commission of seven or nine members by the governor, the duties of the commission be ing to select for a year's reading in the schools portions of the Scripture that will tend to build up moral living and respect for law, but teach no sectarian doc trine. The bill will provide that at least one member oi the com mission be a Catholic, at least one a Jew and at least one a Chris tian Scientist, the remainder to be selected from Protestant de nominations, but not more than one from any one denomination Some opposition has already been expressed to this meniire. ASK RECOGNITION OF UMATILLA PROJECT Senate joint memorial No. 1, by Senator Uitncr and Representa tive Mann requests the Oregon delegation In congress to continue their efforts to obtain federal recognition of the Umatilla Rapids project difficult feat, which has been ac complished only halt a dozen times, and then only when weath er conditions were favorable. Their upward journey met with success, but while they were de scending the north face of the peak a strong ind whipped up a raging blizzard and sent the mer cury down to Bi) degrees below zero. Near exhaustion Miss Va'lle was forced to halt while her com panion pushed ahead to summon help. Kiener finally reached a timber line house and a searching party was quickly formed. Forced by the elements to travel at snail's pace the rescuers arrived too late. Huddled in a crevice, partly covered with snow, the daughter of the vacationing mil lionaire was found. It was on this hunt that Sort- land became lost from his com panions and while searching pir tles still were mushing through the snow-clogged, wind-swept pas- sagos of the pf ik today they held little hope that they would find IS.irtland alive. Chatham, Mass., Jan. 13. The submarine S-19, which ran aground early today on the outor bar at the entrance to Orleans harbor, sent out a message short ly after 9 o'clock that her posi tion was dangerous due to heavy- seas. Waves ere breaking over the bridge of the submarine which had a list of twentv degrees. The message was the first re ceived from the S-19 for some tlm the Interference being explained by the fact that the submarine was submerged to such an extent that part of her rndio anteninc was under water. The vessel re ported that she was rolling In mud, while the heavy seas raked over her. She ies 5 miles south of Isauset light and tho coast guard crew 1b standing by. The coast guard ;meu believe the vessel lays too fa" out to be reach ed by life lines while the high seas made It appear Impossible to i pp roach her In boats. Word wa received from the coast guard cut tcr Achushnet that she expeHd to reach the S-19 soon. The 8-19, commanded by Llea tenant C. F. Martin, has on board five officers and 35 enlisted men She was bound from the repair base at Portsmouth, N. M , for Mow Ijondon, Conn. PRESIDENT SEEKING SPEEDY FARM RELIEF Washington, Jan. 13. Farm legislation should and can he en acted by congress before Its ad inurnment March 4, In the opin ion of President Coolidge. The legislation to bo recom mended b.- the agricultural comtnis sion is expected by the president t) bo worthy o" srch support tho the suggested program can be pu through In time to eliminate any necessity for an extra session to consider such measures. Bill to Cut Licenses Increases Gas Tax The bill prepared by the state automobile anHoi;itlon to reduce tho license fees on nutomoblle a flai 40 per cent, and Increiue the gasoline tax to 6 cents a gallon l.s scheduled to drop into tho legisla tive hopper this afternoon. F'nitor Hall, chilnnan of the RPiiat ro.i'lfi an 'I high wnys om ni ltp. will Introduce the pirnxurp which thlt mortiiiiK wax in the h;mil of the attorney genernl for review as to Its Irgiil form. Tho measure would cut the .Icenfps of al motor vehicles 40 per cent. Tho deficit thus Incurred in the fund for tiie rptlromonl and interest p.-iyment on road bonds would bo mado up by the Increase in th3 K.'noline tax, the total amount of which would be in the SECOND SALE POLL SHOWS OF PARDON BY AMENDMENT DAVIS DENIED LOSES HOUSE State Dank Commissioner Denies Soliciting: $4000 Bribe In Behalf of Walter Grandy. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 13. (By Associated Press.) Statements that he solicited a payment of $4,000 for a pardon for Walter Grundy, former Hutchinson bank er, were flatly denied today by Carl J. Peterson, state bank com missioner and political adviser ot former Governor Jonathan M. Davis. Peterson issued a brief statement and said he would give out a more detailed one later. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 13. (By Associated Press). A new sensa tion Involving the alleged solici tation of money by a state official for a pardon broke In Kansas to day this time engulfing Carl J. Peterson, state bank commission er, political adviser and friend ot former Governor Jonathan M. Davis, who, with his son, Is charged with accepting a bribe for the extension of executive clemency. Ouster proceedings will be In stltuted Immcdlataoly against Peterson, Attorney General C. B. Griffith announced. The attorney general yesterday demanded that Peterson resign, but Peterson refused. The bank commissioner Is charged with, In affidavit by A. T. Oswald, attor ney of Hutchinson, Kans., with having asked $4,000 for a parole tor W alter Grundy, convicted Hutchinson banker, and later agreeing to accept $2,500, for a pardon. The affidavit brings (Continued on Page Five) Berlin, Jan. 13. (By Associat ed Press.) More than a score of lives arc known to nave been lost when the Rerlin-to-Cologne ex press crashed Into a train stand ing in the station at Heme, West phalia, today. Three cars were completely de molished, killing or Injuring many persons. Dispatches shortly af'ev 10 o'clock this Morning said 21 bodies had been nmoved from the debris. Heine s situate', five miles from Ho: hum, In the Ruhr valley, the district until recently occupied by the trench and Belgian soldiers. KANSAS DEMOCRATS FAVOR DAVIS INQUIRY Topeka, Kan., Jan. 13. (By Associated Press.) Democratic members of the house and senate ut a joint conference today, unani mously adopted a resolution favor in? a "thorough and searching In vestigation of the charges" against Jnnathm M. Davis, who was ar rested yesterday, a few hours he foro retlrin.' art governor. Auto 40 Percent nature of a sales tax. Actually the bill, na It rein I en the oriHollnii tax. in nn nnienilment of tho old sabs tax of 0110 cenl and provides for the repeal of th 2-cent tax, the conut Uutlonnlity 0 which U a matter of Question. Tho bill would also take motor boats, tractors and other gasollr motor contrivancpN off tho tn roll inl tax tfum solely on hauls of irasollnu consumed. he No cognizance is taken of the numerous plea that have been mnrln fnr a A I f fart' n t In t inn In amount of the license fees for new and used cam. the frnmem nroreed lug upon the theory that the wear anri tear upon tho htKhways is the name whether the car be old new. 29 Votes Against Child Labor In House With 4 Doubtful; Adjournment Thursday Night. Ratification of the federal cu:id labor amendment is certain of ue cisive defeat in the Oregon legisl ture .t developed this morning. when an unuificial pull ot the) members of the lower house taken by representatives of the farm wing showed 29 of the 60 mem bers opposed, 13 favorable aud four undecided as to how they would vote. The poll was incom plete, and opponents of the amend ments claim a minimum of US negative votes. Defeat of the amendment in the senate has been conceded. Alienment of Votes. The alignuieut ot tue repre sentatives expressing their posi tion on the amendment was as follows: Fur the amendment Bailey. BenueLt, Hall, Hamilton, HazleU, Hurlburt, bonergan, McCalister, Molt, North, Peirce, Winslow( Woodward. Agaiust ratification Carkln, Coffey, Cramer, Fisher, Fitx- maurice. Ford, German, Gordon, Graham, Hesse, Howard, Hunter of Union, Kilham, Mann, Miller, Oakes, Reynolds, Roberts, Rush light, RuBBell, Settletnier, SheLton, Shrock, Shumway, Swan, Teegar den, Tom, Wheeler, Wilson. Doubtful Bates, Buchanan, Tucker, King. Organization of the various committee was the principal busi ness before the two houses today, and with that In view both the senate and house made short sh'tt of the morning sessions, simply meeting long enough to allow for the Introduction ot bills. In the Senate Senator Hall, cnuirman of the roads and highway committee ot the senate toduy introduced a bill which would exclude in court evi dence of persons operating speed traps on public highways unless the persons are officers In uni form. A bill prepared by W. E. Crews, state corporation commissioner. designed to nlace teeth In the blue sky law and meet objections to the act frequently ilced by the pub lie wv. introduced today by Sena tor Joseph. The amended bill (Continued on Page Five) TO SIGN TREATY Paris, Jan. 13. (By Associated Press.) Hejresentutives of the United Stales, (or the first twia since America's iailure to ratify tho Versailles treaty are about to sign un int r-allied agreement, the object of which is to fix and divide German reparations pay ments. Instead of observers, America now becomes an active participant in the settlement ot the situation a riding out of the peace of Ver luilles; that is considered here to be the most important result at tained at the inlcr-allied financial conference which Is due to close today. The co-operation of the United States Is regarded particularly In French circles as constituting a new and important fact which may have weighty consequences In the future, both morally and ma terially, the m ve so as one of tho negotiators, Ambassador Kellofg, will be called n March 4 to as sume direction of America's for eif;n policy. The tired experts were given a helping hand today by James A. Logan Jr., the American repara tion delegate, in giving the fla shing touches to tuelr report. Tbe principal remaining difficulty ap peared to be the demands of tne secondary powers, particularly Ittmnianifl, whose request for a re vision of percentages In her favor prni'ahly will be refused. The principal allies are evident ly determined that minor Interest in reparation receipts shall not set the accord reached on the big ger phases ot the problem.