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Newspaper Page TextLEGISLATURE ADJOURNS OVER WEEK END CITY EDITION Dally (Tenet Dec paid circulation for mouth ending December II, 1924 6366 Average daily distribution 6,768. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 13 SQLQNS III ii n 01 WEEK Despite Business, Adjourns Accumulated Legislature At Noon Record For Speed. With only one dissenting tots cess on its desks and in commit tee to occupy every minute at its time during the remainder of the week and to provide the host of clerical u sist; its now cluttering up the payrolls of both bouses with at least a passing excuse tor drawing their salaries, the legis lature took adjournment just be fore noon today until 11 o'clock Monday morula Twenty-four bills have been in troduced in the senate and 411 in the house, yet, except for organ ization purposes and the employ ment of clerical help for which there will not be work until ccxt week, at least, hardly a commit tee has met. Makes a Record. The thirty-third legislature aai however, set one record not ap proached by any session of recent years that of rapid organiiatt .r. and the introduction of bills deal ing with major problems of She session during the first week. There, has been no hesitation about presenting the measures around which the battles are to center and the first four days have been marked rv such proposals as the investigation and abolition ol the state prohiibtton department, repeal of Mie law creating the of fice -of state market agent, and the resolution calling for ratifiea- Continued on Pasa Nine! M1NNVH1E SUSTAINS FIRE LOSS OF $8900 MeMlnnvllle, Jan. 15 Fire of as undetermined origin at 3 o'clock this morning caused a damage es timated at about l&OOO to the strue turo known as the Arcade block owned by Kimmell and Englesor at the corner of Third and G streets, near the Southern Pacific depot. It was reported the loss of Kimincll and ERRleson was cover ed by Insurance of $10,000. Ten fa m iHes occupied the Ar cade apartments on the second floor and all were routed without eeinc able to save much of their personal effects. A number of buine houses on the main floor suffered, These In cluded: Stage terminal office, loss $500; Insurance not reported. Harry Lowe, restaurant, loss $400; insurance $600. A. B. Shep:ird, Arcnde confec tionery store, loss $80Q; insur ance $5000. OK and L.&s, real estate deal ers, office, loss $300; insurance $600. The building was partially brick veneered and the firemen saved enough of the structure so that the exterior frame work remain standing. The interior Is virtual ly total loss. Although the firemen had plen ty of water at tlictr disposal, they were hampered somewhat by cold weather, there being a h-?avy frost last nipht. OLD LIVERY STABLE Ofl FERRY PURCHASED J. R Younc, auditor in the sec tary of :aie"s office, and Jona than Rourne, Jr., ticket a2fnt of the SouThrn Pacific hjv purchas ed from A, E. Tatterson. the old livery stable property at 554 Kerr? treet. B&urn slaiw that primarily the purch'tAe was fnr invesmpnt pur poses at there i every indication that that part of the city will con tin tie to develop f-r byin'e an'! inh!r'al purposes. "We may build a first ela building thre some ct 'h uut plans for that have r.'. ed," stated Bourn. : m ;tir- JAZZ MAIDEN SH0I11R WHENANGRY Girl Tells of Murder When Maddened By Re fusal To Permit Her To Go Out Nights. San Francisco, Jan. tS Stand- !mr dry-eyed and with perfectly controlled nerves In her ceil In the city prison, Dorothy Klimgson, 16 year old business college graduate, told interviewers today that she shot and killed her mother. Mrs. Anna Ellimrson, in their liome here on Tuesday morning because the elder woman had objected to her Jazzing around at all hours of the night." She waa charged with murder. Both as a favor and as a test of her nerve, the girl held a light ed match as steadily as though she were a statue in order that the flashlight camera man of the newspapers could "spot her" in the dim tail corridors. She spoke firmly, unsmilingly ana apparent ly without pity. Mother was kind to me," she said. As kind aa she eouid be. She did object to my having a good lime. She objected to the late hours I -kept, that's all. "The musicians I went with did not get away until around mid night. So I would start out on the parties late. That is what moth er objected to. If 1 had started out early and gone to a movie or something until it came time to go to the party, it woull have been alt right. 'I shot in a fit of temper; a sudden fit of temper. It was after wo had quarreled about my late hours and my Jazz companions. The girl was found by three de tectives in a lodging house a few miles from her home, She had to be roused from bed. She had not left the city, she said. She waa traced through Dave Pteln, a companion of the evening before, a: whose home she had at tended a party while the body of her mother lay at tho morgue. Describes I' rl y Describing this party, the girl said: "I had several drinks there. Kvery little while the image of my dead mother would flash into my brain and I would take a drink to drive it away. Eut I did not get drunk. I would take drinks with (Continual on Page Ki;:ht) GONTRAGT LEI FOR SURFACING OHH DAY ROAD Portland. Jan. 1 5 The state Itighway commission th;s morning awarded a contract for grading ana surfacing of 6 miles and resurfac ing of eight mile of the Condon Thirty Mile creek section of the John Day hUh-vay in GiiUam coun ty to Campbell, Barr and Tobin of Colfax. Was:.., for $37,510. Nine teen bids were rer.-ived. Concrete r.lpe is to be used The award of a contract to build a crossing over both Calaponla creek and the Southern Pacific tracks at Oakland, Oregon, wa held up pending fin ther negotia tions with Du?;:t4 county ai.thoi- ities about d "f the bill. I W. y-.7zrr oi iioft'Luig was low bSd'er with an offer of 12,- 212 50. The om:i k-.'.in la'e yerterday approved the purr;.-ie by Umatil la eounlv, fur ihe use of the state of 14.14 a"rr of Ian 4 a; the sum mit of the J'Uie TT'dinsains for park ,ur;. s. J, N Tal. repre- pfntinjy the Sons ani Daughters of Pi --.filets. jri i'.ic approval of the society to mn.irtg the acrfnci Eml rat pa-k, ths prin included fa the r.irt to be known as Emi grant sr-r'nir. ,Ts;,l$e H- hannp of Umatilla crtnty urfM that the commlwior ctiiperate with tho county in Its efforts towarJ completing the hieh ' w.iy ;?w-.n iendl"tf,n and I'lfcah. I :"ni;,!; hid ft j rnt, he sa-i, $1 95,- "M of it own uionry oa th!j nro- apital President's Se Retires on Saunders ary -ch4 rcessor SLEMP RETIRES AS SECRETARY TO GODLIDGE Washington, Jas. 15. 0. Bae- com Slemp will retire March 4 as secretary to Frestden t Cool idgi and he will be succeeded by Rep resentative Lverett Sanders qI In diana. The decision of Mr, Slemp, who has bees secretary to Mr. Coolidgc since he entered the White House, became known totfay after be haa returned from a trip to New rk. It had been the intentios of .r. Sanders to return to private urac il ve of law in Indiana, but he wa prevailed upon to accept the po.it by Mr. Coohdge. In the successor to Mr, Slemp. the president will have as a secie tary a man similarly equipped in his knowledge of congressional matters, as Mr. Sanders is roan J ing out eight years as a member of the bouse. He will be 43 yea's old March 8. Representative Sanders will re tire from the house March 4, not havi-ig been a candidate for r- ejection. He was director of !. republican national committee' speakers bureau during the cam paign and a member of the bouse steering committee. Mr. Slemp's decision to reMrv was due to several factors, Includ ing a desire to return to the di rection of bis extensive business- interests. GIBBONS DEMANDS $15,000 FOR BOUT WITH FIRPO Xcw York, Jant 15. Tom Oili Hons, St, Paul heavyweight, today filpmanded a flat guarantee of not less than $75,000 with an addi tional $3000 fjr expenses to box Luis Angel Firro under the auspices of the National Hportius club in I-ondon. Two Famous Born on the V . SYA Leave Army Together W.uhinqton, Jan. 15 By the coincidence of their birth on the same dy S4 ytars ago, two major generals both wKb long military careors, crowded by con?p:cuous service with the American army In ihe world w.ir, paed from active service today under the sgs re MrcmMit law. Wav df'i irtfiient records show th.nt Major G'-nti.il Hooert I Billi ard, comm.indin tfie second corjis area it fovernors Island and Ma jor Central Ch.ir!s O. Morton, eomni.-ir-IHsr th Ninth corps area at Sun Fnt'lsco, were born Jan uary IS, 111. The passage of 4t years sinve f; cm rat Morten entpr ed tt-i mliiiary academy from Mruwafhu s In July, Itli gives him a serv.ee recwd jurt two years longer than that of his comrade frm Alahcma, who put on th ca det uniform In July, 11. letters prab-ing the yri of conspicuous service by both offi SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925 CHILDHEALTH OFFICIAL HERE TO OPERATE Dr. Brown Arrives From Richland, O, To Stage Marion County Five Year Demonstration, Dr. Walter H. Brown, with his wife and two children, Lucy and Philip , arrived bore last stqht from Kicbiand, Ohio, to take charge of the fire-year child health demonstration to be staged la Marion county under fisasslal sponsorship of the cominoaweaUh fund of New York. Dr. Brows explained that the common wealth fund Is the gift of ihe Harkness family of New ork city, a family of wide benefaeiioAs both in this country and Europe. The family particularly the elder Mrs. Harkness, bas been keenly in terested lu the welfare of children and bas set aside several millions of dollars as a trust fund for the express purpose f developing their welfare, r rtlcularly through the nartteur agencies" ol the health demont-Siitiens staged for five-year periods in particular places selected throughout the na tion, Sn&v CoaiitT Needs - Dr. Brown held a conference to day with Superintendent Hug rel ative to facilities for establish ment of tbe work h,ere. "Our first move will be to study the resources and needs ol tbe county &e they relate to this par ticular -vork, etated Dr. Brown. "There are a few things we wish tbe people of the ccunty to dis tinctly understand in entering In on our five years of residence and Continued on Pag Eight) REFUSE 10 CHANGE MOUNT RAINIER Washington, Jan. IS The bouse public lands committee by a Tote of nine to four today refused to re port a senate bill to change the nam of Mount Ranter, Washing ton, to Mount Taeoma. This actios of th committee, taken In executive session, la equiv alent to Killing the measure, as it cannot be brought up In the house before adjournment on March 4. Committee members said there was no possibility of a reversal of today's decision. The proposal to change the name of Mount Kanier to Mount Taeo ma has been a controversial mat ter in congress for several years, with members of the Washington state delegation at odds on the question, Tho senate last year enacted bill to use a change and sent the measure to the house, where It was referred to the committee on public Iftnrfs. Generals Same Day cers were banded them by Secre tary Wetksn turning over their commands to appointed successor 111 letter to General Buliard the war ret, iry recalled that it was he who led the first American di vision to enter the front lio of battle in France, the first to fire en German forces, the first to take a German prisoner end the first to pierce the hostile positions in the battle of Cantigny the flrt Am erican offnelv of the war. The achievements of General Morton 86 commander of the 29th division and during bis detail as military observer for the American force In France were recounted in praiseworthy fashion by Weeks in hi letters to th Ninth corn com mandr. The rc"ds of both officer. See retary Wk said, has served to fix the high tsndrrfs of thHr pro fession bfr th eye of both the nation and the army. La Follett Seeks To Abolish Fees Of Salem Justice Senator La Follett today Intro duced two bills which. If passed, will make big cuts in the compen sation now allowed the justice of th peace and the constable of th Salem justice district, and would abolish the fee system that fs sow enjoyed by those official. One of the measures would limit the compensation of the Justice of the peace to a salary of $2100 a year,- and no additional compensa tion except fees for marriages per formed by him. He would be re quired to furnish his office and court room at bis own expense. The other bill would limit the constable to $3 $00 a year and re quire him to furnish his own of fice. He would be allowed some traveling expenses as approved by the county court. The bllia would become effective July 1. next. Tbe salaries of the two officials would be paid in the same man ner that the salaries of other county officials are paid. About the only privilege left the justice of the peace would be th -furnishing of blanks and fcU- BISHOP BROWN MAKES PLEA IN HERESY TRIAL Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 15. (By Aeseei itetl Press.) DepoaiiSun from office was determined a a suitable sentence for Hight Her. William Montgomery Brown, re tired biebop of Arkansas, by tiic Protestint Kpiscopal church board of review today. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan, 15, By Associated Press.) Pleading in his own behalf for a reversal of the yerdict which found him guilty of heresy. Bishop William Mont gomery Brown today addressed tbe board f review of the 1 rotes; ant Episcopal church. Bishop Brown said he beievtu in God "not a being with mascu linity or one wtin arm and le5. but precious symbol of the in finite reality which bas brought us all thmgg into being as parts of Itself maker of beaten ana earth," He expressed his belief in Jcjus Csrist, '! only son, our L4irtfs not literally but as "the symbol of tbe son of Jod the human mani festation of all that is true nl beautiful and good." Wbo was conceived by tin Holy Ghost born of tbe Virgin Mary, " be quoted. "Not literfcl ly. of course. Modem biology lis. made the literal acceptance of ilitu belief impossible for any of but In stripping us of this literal interpretation it has released tbe symbol for greater usefulness." 1 see in Jeaua the eternal serv ant," continued the bishop. l sec in Him every oiiing, sweat!: bleeding son of man, I see Him in tbe uncounted, unnamed and unknown workers of the world despised and disinherited and eiu cified my Uml made manifest in suffering flesh. "I want you to know that I am Including in that omnt holy of names, Jesse ail the victims of Justice- all the tuikis wme on paid labor has gives leisure and luxury to a few; and all thmr millions who hare been seat to war to bleed and die, "Let us st excuse ourselves We as a church did help to sJ them to their myriad cruetf isslowa We blessed the war. We told them that God was on our iWe and thai they were dotnc holy thing fighting His battles for the gK l of the world. Their blwd Us upw ua as between Christ ani Caesar, the church cIiopc tlf Jin? The personal note followed a plea for reversal by Jweph W Shafts of layton, the bitmp chief counsel, in which the whwf proceeding w denounced a "Incredible folly." "We could yiew th! trial with more calmnw," said Mr. Shac, "if we could believe these hsfj seekers were trying to do some thing more than merely rff Bishop Jlrown out of this rhurrh They denounr b Im because h does not accept literal i y the statement in the creed, but they thsropelve f not etf h fansti m f& do that which they see in (Continued an lan iitsbit "S-t.. t; ? tionenf by the county court and th use of an office at the court bouse if there should be a vacant office there. it it provide that the justice of tbe peac "shall collect in advance, except in criminal eases, from all litigant the fwa now allowed by law, and shall, not later than the first day of the month following the collection of such fees, pay same to the county treasurer of Mario fi county Oregon, to be cred ited to the g"keral fund of the couuty and take receijrts of said treasurer therefor; provided, that said justice of tbe peace shall nut be required to account to the coun ty for any fee or fee collected for performing marriage ceremonies, The Justice ct the peace like wise would be required to turn over all fees collected by him to the county court. The eMice of justice of the peace which Is now on the fee basis bas long seen a mnch-sousht position by attorneys because of the large compensation accruing to the jus tice of the peace from fe. GAVE MEANS $65,000,00101 BOTTLE HOOTCH New York, Jas. 15 A bottle' ef post-Vslstead whiskey waa ail that he and his associates got for 5&t 000 which tm?y were led ts believe wa to have been used In bribing government officials, Samuel F, Saflr former president of the Cra- ger system, a stuck selling organi zation testified In federal court today at the trial of Gaston B, Sleons, department of Juslice agent and Thomas II, i'ebier, attorney. on chmrg of conspiring to ob struct jas I ice. Ssfir with other officers and en ployea of the Ciger system, ha been indicted a mall Kilfs de- frayders In th disposal f stock of the Altoona tMs Cisfeet company Through Elmer W. Jarnecke, Allans former secretary, he and other witnesses teatUM-d they had been Induced to pay Means 65,400 on his representation that he would ue it t briie the then at torncy general, Harry M, iJaugher- ne.r prosreutk n. itesns, It wa ey an4 other officials to prevent testified, sent Safir and his friend to FeWer law oflices, where the $65,0)111 was iraid over. Mans called on up at our ho tel that nl-hl, Biitir testified. IJ brought a b(Ue of whinny, cretrk ed a few Jokrs, bled us drink the liquor and went away. That' ail .we ever got for our We went to trial four days litter and moat of us were cWictd.i IDENTIFY LONE BANDIT US MUST! ESCAPE New York, Jan. 15, Orld ;iaman, notorious mail robber who e?!cai'd from the Atiat penitentiary mi e tinis ago, positively Identified today as th? bmc bandit whfl hf-Id tin the msi flerk in a I-en Island railroad ent list Ttippday nght sni escjpr-l with 110 000 in rah. 89 .Pardons Issued By Governor During Two Years of Office Members of (he IfgWUiture ys-' teidiy received fim iovnor fierce a list of all ca of clm-; em-y extndd to pniep(ary In mat diirinij th first two yxrm f his -lmiiNrailon, The 1M4 shw thrfe full pardons eht r? priev, 17 comtntitatlna and conditional pardn. Cimfncy of jmir kind wa es tndd to five murd rem. Among; !he was Grsrge larker, who wa twlc reirlevd hot latr h.tned for the murdc-r off a h?r(f( in I isn coynty. Huwiell Hrrker, Ss?r ef Frank ISwkr of Port land, rcl'ed a commytatlnn of sentence from banging ts llf Im- POJTO TlIBrr PTTK'TQ OM TRAINS A.VD NE'.V itiWJS lHKEa UtiiN i tS STANDS FIVE CENTS BOTH HOUSES FAVOR PROBE OF CLEAVER House Approves Resolu tion Calling For In quiry; Hearings Will Start Next Monday. Witb only one dissenting roiF that of lieprentaUve Urabam tbe bouse acting under eusssion of the ruh-s. this morning pAsmd the joint resoiutiott iut reduced by the senate committee on, mlenhaKe affairs calling for aa iasestiKatioi of tbe affairs of tbe prohibition enforeciaent depart meat and Speak r llurdick Immediately ap- ,Qintea Kushiight; tfurlbuit. rax- maurite, Swan and honer&n to sit on the iuvesttgatioa Cor tbt bouse. Organisation of the committee will be completes t.t once sad tli? mvesUsafrre will be ready ts s" down to business when the k-g .fi lature conv ?nes again Mondry Senator Uariaad, who will preside at the sessions, announced. Defending tbe IsTestigatioa in tbe house this morning, itepre- geatattva Meindl declared ths so long aa Governor Pierce and Com missioner Cleaver bad mvUes an Inreetl nation, the earlier it wa: accomplished the natter. Reprcmenlattves Woodward and urlhurt also argued for adoption cf the resolution, point tn out (Conllnael on Iage Kiffht) BILL PERMITS COURT APPROVAL Senator Basks bill, which be aummnttrd several day go bt would introduce providing tUa operatoa of hotels soft drink es- tabV ihmtnts, -tt whust Heea.- are revoked by a city council may appeal to the circuit court, wa. Introduced tod;:y, Other bill introduced during the morning session included; S. IS. Straycr Frevldisg for .he estcrminatioa of ground squlr feta. S. B. 23, IFollett Fixing the salary off the constable ef tbe lem dhrtrict. 8. B, 24, laFoliett Filing th alary of the justice of ibm pcac f the Salem district. RESOLUTIONlPPniES MUmES SHOALS LEASE A eonrurrfiit resolution wa- Introduced n the senate today b Hnato Jobnsm providing fir en durseiiicnt by thr legislature of tn policy sf I'r'sM'nt t'olidfis rela live to the Mtt1 Shoata prajecf This is the leasing of the project to private iHrNs, rat her than op rati m by the government, ro vidd dats satisfactory to the ad ministration can be made. An t tompt was mad1 to give tho rewi tntUm fsoal flin in ths wnile i nt this was hlnrkpd by Kimoi. t man and Jusrph who got it tattle untl it rotild 1 printed nt roa pb-red further. pri .ntMsf , Jse lib?!, fleorj;- iliii'ff od Jitns'i iianimnd, who r diti Uin ffwr n uroer .-rt-efmbliM(ta!ly pmrdRilt the twe ffrmr i$r dnrtstlftn to fforisn cflunt r,p snd th latter to he -n to a bom f-r to m;nl. Amissi s!hr conditi'BaMy par dnnd were three conridel of nian!!aMRhtf It cotnvhtpd of mt-x enmm, Araeng the Bian Blauehter ss k ts- that of Charles I'urtlin, mhu wsm ecnt up from Muitn?milt county and whs w Iardae4 on reonmnd&tha cf Jude Iftapitfsn, h6 prtjded at hi trlils mni of the Hi3lh-wir vctrra, fl was Rent to soldier bom In CaltfomCa, THE WEATHER OREGON; Fair tout? it and Friday, Contlnned sold. Light swfhcuterly wind. Loea!: Max, 49; mis, 2S: ra none: S.1; e'raoe., part eioudy, HENDERSHOTT REPLACED kl WM Board of Control Dis charges Commandant At Roseburg Soldiers Home; RcitKtate Riddle With ggcretary of State Knief and Stats Treasurer Kay wotiaj for the master and Gsmnor Pierce opposing ltr the state fco-zrd of control today reiwiTcd WiHum M, Ilendemhott from the nprn tendency m th tmte oliIwr home at Hosebur? and ccaia ejected to that office George W. Riddle, who formeriy add tbs po miUon Kay made the motion for tbe removal of Hendershett and fr tbe election of Kiddie ani Kot.T supported him, taking tb earne ctand he look at tbe time Riddle was removed oy Plerca mns Jefferson Mysm, Kay pra- drcmr, fai Augwt Got ernnr Pierce mm helpless at tbe meettttn today, made -nn'.y good bumored protect, bm lat er dictated for tbe minutes sn-J the prwt his formal protect 11 c bar gee the actios of Kay and Ko-zfr to pn-!f lice. As governor of toe ttmim of Oregon" js tb BTernors rta ent. "and a member of the board of control, I wish to pro test against tbe removal oi W. M, liesderahott &3 commldsnt of tbe Omroa tate eoidieew home, for the rean that h ham been found to be by far the most economical commandant that ham er bad charge ef the home and fully In sympathy with tbe pur poses of tb ioatiiation. Bw r5s:d economy, great efficiency, iht ds- 0nisyed on Pas Kise) PLANS JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS Senator Eddy wm the author of tvo bills tatroduccd today dealing; with chooi matters. One provide that childrca atlcndinc tbe pub lie schools could, upon application of their parents, he excused tor periods not exceeding 1 20 mis utes a week to attend week-day orhools of religious education. Tbe second calls for the eatahllsh-rm-ut of junior coHen aa part of the secondary scbooK system of th sta(e, and formation of janior coilrce districts. The junior college could b formed In any hh school dis trict havlnir a total average daily attendance of 300 or more asd aa assed valuation of at toast Whenever 10 or more fluail f it d elector of a district shall Sn a petition to tbe school board asking for the establishment of ft Innior coiJrite the directors would be require! to call special elec tion of the electors of the district on the nestloB, The Junior collets would b? na dcr control of the district is whili established. It the average dally altfndance at the college w. r trm than BO the college wooid be sttpcndrtE t tbs d of th cur rent school year sntll tbe elector aaln vog to etaWlsh it, Kormal tMrMnir, trainJaff cor,- fid fee established by contract wib the state normal mhool. REMOVE BURTOM TRIAL TO DISTRICT OF COLUHffiA Wavhingtoa, 15. Tli Incal proCTiinr fastitufed lat summer in Montana tjjatnrt rn ator Wheflrt d morrat f? that jrfafe, tusy In cffct n transferred to the courts of hg District ot Polumfala snder s plan whtrh hd h"a placed before officials of th fraieral jiovernmrnt Berlin. Jan. IS By tb - -chti-d Vr. Ir list LfKhp wa th"s ffernoon uppointed tr man cbaoceHoc.