X
yonir iial I
CITY EDITION
Dally average n.l paid circulation tor
month ending Dcmbr II, 1124
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Unsettled, probably occas
ional ralna tonight and Tburaday. No
change In temperature.
Local: Max. Si: mln. 45; rain. .39;
river, 11. S; atmo., cloudy; wind, south.
6366
Average dally distribution (.761.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 24
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVE CENTS
C apitaUI
(Winn m p
mm
TO FOLIO
Open Warfare Is AuL.ed
With Legislature Hold
ing Whip Hand In Most
Instances.
(By Harry N. Crnln)
Hostilities between the legisla
ture and the governor, which
have been smoldering and rumb
ling just beneath the surface
since the opening day of the ses
sion, have broken forth into a
full fledged war today, with neith
er side showing any indications of
giving quarter. From now until
the clocks in the two houses are
stopped on the fortieth night the
heavy artillery, the machine
guns, the grenades and the snip
era will be in constant action,
and there will be plenty of fire
works to Illuminate the battle
ground.
Governor Pierce fired the first
shot yesterday moning and, ap
parently, it landed in an arsenal.
The explosion was immediate and
terrific. Not until this morning
had the dirt and debris settled
sufficiently to allow for any intel
ligent survey of the situation as
It has resolved itself.
Today the two forces are lit
erally resting upon their gun6
and in most matters the lines can
be Baid to be pretty definitely
drawn. Opposed to the governor
on one flank is the well oiled and
smoothly working house machine
(Continued on Page Seven)
SEEK PROBE OF
SECURITIES SMS
A special committee compostd
of the speaker and two otuwr
members of the house would be
named to investigate and report
to the governor upon any sales of
stock, bonds or other securities lor
which permits have been issued by
the corporation commissioner dur
ing the past five years under
resolution introduced by Repre
sentative Gordon, Multnomah
county, today.
The resolution would empowe;
the investigation committee ti
call upigi the corporation commis
sioner for a complete list of per
mits granted to sell stock, bond:
or other securities. Bhowing which
are still in force and which have
expired, a list of applications de
nied and the reasons therefore,
and reports and other records up
on which the corporation commis
sioner has based hid decisions of
approval or rejectiou.
The committee would also hav?
power to subpoena witnesses and
to take testimony.
HERRI SEEKS
T
Paris, Jan. 28. (Dy Associated
Press.) In an address to tho
chamber of deputies today. Pre
mier Herriot declared that "the
first 'thing I must say is that
France does not it. tens to deny
her debts.
Continuing his comments on In
ternational obligations, the pre
mier said:
"It is not this government th.i
Will disavow the principle of 4e;tn
contracted towards the allies and
their arsoclates during the war."
He maintained, however, there
ought to be a redaction of the to
tal that the United States claim.
Laying before the chamber llu
goTernment's policy on questions
of foreign policy. M. Merrlot, In
less than five minutes, . dlspon-l
of the problem of Inter-allled
debts. His general address on for
eign matters lasted several hours.
Bobbers Get SS500.
W'ico, Texas. Jan. 28. nurnlig
their way Into tie vault witii
aertylene torches, robbers Ut
night entered the First State ban
of Rs!sel snd esapd with IS.iO'l,
all the each In the bank.
PffRffC
STONE FIRM
FOR PURSUIT
OF WHEELER
Attorney General Accuses
Senator of Overt Acts
Jn Connection With Oil
Land Syndicate.
Washington, Jan, 28. Senators
who are blocking Attorney Gen
eral Stone's nomination to the su
preme court because of his part in
the Wheeler case were told flatty
by Mr. Stone today that the pro
ceedings against Senator Whae.u
not only would continue but that
he, as attorney general, accepted
full personal responsibility for
them?
Facing Senator Wheeler and his
Montuua colleague and coun.se!,
Senator Walsh, across the confer
ence table of the senate judiciary
committee, the attorney general
said the evidence gathered by the
justice department for presenta
tion to a grand jury here next
week not only indicated a conspir
acy to defraud the government but
led to an inevitable Imprcsson
that Senator Wheeler was con
nected with some of the actions
complained of.
While mentioning directly tlic
charge of some senators that Sen
ator Wheeler is being "persecuted
by an attempt to try him far away
from home In a case already pend
ing in Montana, Mr. Stone de
clared he regarded the two pro
ceedlngs as entirely independent
of one another.
Senator Walsh cross questioael
the attorney general at length but
the latter declined to go Into de
tail as to the evidence which Is In
the government's possession and
for the hearing of which a grand
jury was impaneled today in the
District of Columbia supreme
court.
Senator Walsh said he had heari
that an attache of the department
6f juetice said as early as list
June that Wheeler would be in
dicted In the District of Columbia
'(Continued on Pago Fye)
E
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 28. Accom
panied by snow, sleet, rains and
lowering temperatures, a cold
wave extended over the southern
states today.
Along the Atlantic coast states,
snow Interspersed with cold rains
was reported. Though Nashville
reported snow, Memphis and
Chattanooga had low tempera
tures and overshadowing clouds.
In Knoxvllle the temperature was
20 degrees.
Richmond and Norfolk shivered
beneath a blanket of snow after
experiencing sharp drops In tem
peratures. In Norfolk the merc
ury fell forty degrees. Charlotte
witnessed a decline of 23 degrees
within one hour.
Niagara Falls, N. V Jan. 23.
Nicholas 1 vers on of New York
committed suicide by going over
the American falls today. He kit
a note on the river bank reading:
"God and everyone forgive me, for
I, Mr. Nicholas Iverson. know not
where I go or what I do."
New York, Jan. 28. NIcholi3
Iverson, who committed suicide at
Niagara Falls today was employe!
as -a traveling salesman by the
Mectrlc Storage Battery company.
He had teen in ill health.
Iverson was a graduate of the
naval aacdemy at Annapolis, his
friends said and served In the
navy during the World war.
He was about 28 years old and
unmarried. His parents lira In
Oakland, Cal.
Cati Licensed.
Everett. Wash., Jan. 28. An
ordinance requiring every cat to
oe ncensea, tne license costing 50
cents a year, was passed yesterday
by the Everett city council. Cats
without licenses are to be killtJ.
Cross Word Puzzles
Cause Man to Lose
Knowledge of Identity
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 28
Surgeons today were try
ing to help a cross word puz
zle fnn to solve the puzzle of
bis Identity. Tlie patient, ap
parently a victim of amnesic,
was found sitting on a down
town curb late last night, la
boring earnestly over a cross
word puzzle and referring
frequently to a dletionnry
and a thesaurus held In his
lap. When police Interrupt
ed his studious vfgll, hoping
to help lilm home, lie was
unable to remember his name
or address.
UNDERWOOD BILL
Washington, Jan. 28 The Un
derwood bill authorizing the lease
of Musclo shoals was sent to con
ference today by the senate, which
appointed as senate conferees Sen-
la tors McKinley, Illinois; Keyes,
New Hampshire, republicans, and
Kendrlck, Wyoming, democrat,
members of the senate agriculture
.committee.
Senator Underwood, democrat,
Alabama, author of the bill, who
had pleaded for the appointment
of friendly conferees, accepted
without protest the three senators
finally chosen by unanimous con
sent. 'The conferees were named on
motion of Senator McKellar, demo
crat, Tennessee, who made his
motion a substitute for one offer
ed by Senator Underwood, to name
three other senators friendly to
the legislature as It passed the
senate. The votn was 35 to 33.
Senator Norrie declined to serve
on the ground that he was opposed
to the bill ns passed by the senate.
Senator McNary then declined
to serve.
10 M
Washington, Jan. 28 Christian
churches and governments were
declared by President Coolldge to
day to have "no greater responsi
bility than to make sure that the
best, and not the worst, of which
Christian society Is capable, shall
be given to the other peoples."
This with other views on the for
elgn missionary question were pre
sented by the president in an ad
dress to the meeting here of the
foreign missions conference of
North America, an interdenomina
tional gathering of the foreign mis
sion Interests of the Protectant
churches of the United States and
Canada.
"Not everything that the men of
Christian countries have carried to
the other peoples of the world has
been helpful to those who havs re
ceived It," the president said. "We
know that the missionary move
ments have repeatedly been ham
pered and at time frustrated, be
cause some calling themselves
Christians and assuming they rep
resent Christian citizens, have been!
actuated by un-Chrltian motives.'
Our missionary efforts will be
more effective. Just in proportion
as wo shall render them In the
same spirit of brotherhood and
charity which marked the earliest
Christian mission."
Thirteen States Reject
Proposed Amendment
Banning Child Labor
Chicago, Jan. 28. (By Assoc!
ated Press) Beaten In either
state legislatures or by refer
endum In 13 states, the child
labor amendment to the federal
constitution virtually has been
defeated.
The adverse action of the 13
has rendered Impossible the neces
sary ratification by three-fourths
of the 48 states, unless some of
the legislatures opposed to ratifi
cation vote to consider. Bo far no
mora In that direction has been
made.
Blxteen states bar considered
the proposal to amend the const!
tutloa so congress might legislstae
In regard to employment of chil
dren under II years of age. One
or both bouses of the legislature
BR BERY PLOT
E PUT
Federal Dry Agent Tells
of $100 Bribe Herwig
Admits Cleaver Out
lived Usefulness.
That George L, Cleaver h&s
outlived his usefulness as head of
the state prohibition department
was the opinion expressed by W.
J. Herwig, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon league for Orcguu,
when on the wtiness stand Jus
night before the special legislative
committee investigating the pro
hibition department.
Herwig added that he had du
cussed this with Cleaver and that
they understood each other thor
oughly on the subject. Hervig
made the statement in Cleaver's
presence, and without hesitation
in reply to a question by Senator
Hare, who told Herwig he need
not answer the question If It
would be embarrassing.
Witnesses before the committee
last night were H. L. Barker, for
mer federal prohibition officer
under Dr. J. A. Linville; Frauli
U.Mitchell, legal advisor for the
federal prohibition department in
Oregon; Senator H. J. Taylor of
Pendleton, Mr. Cleaver and Mr,
Herwig. The examination center
ed on the operations of Abe Wein
berg, detective hired by the Anil
Saloon league, and through the
testimony of the federal witnesses
tended to give Weinberg, whose
alias was Hobinson, an unsavory
reputation, Mr. Herwig declared
at the conclusion of the session
that he had full confidence in h'ni.
The questions Involving Weinberg
pertained mainly to a $100 bifl
which he gave to H. L. Barker,
federal officer. Herwig virtually
admitted this was an attempt to
bribe Barker, but asserted that the
$100 was not from state money
furnished by Governor Pierce for
the Weinberg campaign and that
no attempt had been made to 'get"
Senator McNary, or. McFarlanJ,
(Continued on Page Six)
Chicago. Jan. 28. (By Asso
dated Press.) A preliminary In
junction to restrain the enforce
ment of lower express rates In tb"
western district has been denied
by the United States district court
at St. Louis, according to railroad
attorneys here.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 28. (By
Associated Press.) Western and
southern railroads are denied a
temporary Injunction to restrain
enforcement of lower express rites
in their territories, in a decision
of the United States district court
filed here today. The case may go
to further hearings on Its merits
of the railroads may appeal direct
ly to the United States supreme
court If they desire to take further
action, but representatives of af
fected roads here said the course
of future action has not been de
termined upon.
rejected the amendment In North
and South Carolina, Georgia,
Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma,
Nortb and South Dakota, Kansas,
Ohio, Washington and Delaware.
In Massachusetts the proposed
amendment was rejected by a
referendum rote last November.
In Washington, the state senate
has sent the house a bill which
would submit Indorsement to the
people In 192(.
The senate of Wyoming has
Toted to postpone indefinitely
resolution of ratification.
California and Arkansaa were
the only atatea favoring the pro
posal. Reconsideration In several
state ia unlikely because of the
large vote against ratification. J
LAM
TO
President Asks
Congress to Enact
Bills for Farm Aid
1 Washington, Jan. 28. Presi
dent Coolldge asked congress to
day to enact into law "at the earli
est possible date" the measures
recommended by the agricultural
commUsion.
The report recommends creation
of a federal board to encourage co
operative marketing; greater as
sistance to agricultural experi
ment stations, added protection
under the tariff law for farm
products and enactment of several
nieces of legislation related to
agriculture.
"I am advised that while It
(the commission's -report) does
not refer to some legislation,
which Is already pending, that the
conference reserves the privilege
I
PRESSING FRANCE
Paris, Jan. 28. (By Associated
Press.) Refraining from sent.
mental outbursts and treating the
d;bt of France to the United
States from what he characterized
as a business man's viewpoint.
Louis Dubois, former president of
the reparation commission, de
clared at the conclusion of a long
address in the chamber of deputies
today that the United States must
considerably reduce her claims
against France, not only in equity
and right but also to safeguard
her own interests.
M. Dubois based his argument
upon figures, the accuracy of
which he voucheo lor through the
knowledge he had acquired while
heading the reparation commis
sion. He could not believe, said M.
Dubois, that America and England
would demand from France near
ly twice the amount which they
themselves had determined France
should receive from Germany un-
tier the Dawes plan which he
placed roughly at 15,000,000,000
gold marks over a period of 37
ears, while France's total debts
to the United States and England
is computed at more than 27,000.-
000,000 gold marks, principal and
interest.
TO BAR STATE
The legislature would be cal le i
upon to to go on record against
the state going into any schemes
of state ownership or operation ci
public utilities under a resolution
Introduced into the house this
morning by Representative Ca
kin, Jackson county.
The resolution sets forth the
fact that there are bills before the
legislature which would put the
state into the business of develop
ing and marketing hydro-electric
power. It points out the record
of the federal government In rail
way operation, and also calls at
tention to the fact that such de
velopments would be exempt from
taxation, thereby putting adued
tax on other property.
GLORIA SWANSDN WEDS
-MARQUIS DE LA COURDRAY
Paris, Jan. 28. Gloria Swanscn,
American moving picture act rims,
wh ofor some weeks has been mak
ing a production :n France, wan
married at noon today to the Mar
quis de la Falalc de la Coudray.
The bride's witness was Halle't
Johnson, first secretary of the
American embassy, while Baron
D'Alguy acted for the groom.
COMPELlliSSlERS
TO FILE MILEAGE RFCORDS
County commissioner In all
counties would he compelled in
file ana verify an exact accoint
of their mileage, per diem, and
other expense under measure
Introduced by Representative
Fuller, Lincoln and Folk counties.
lodsy. "It will protect honest
commissioner and protect the
county In ease where diihoneit
rommlmlonera may be In office."
Misjalnsd it author.
of making further euggesllone at
some future time,' the president
said in his brief message of trua
mlssal. "As I have great confidence In
the personnel of the conference
and know that they have given
very thoughtful study to the in-
tlre stiuatlon, I recommend that
their report be embraced in suit
able legislation at the earliest pos
slhle date."
The mcasnge was one of the
briefest ever sent to congress by
a chief executive, consisting of I'ut
four sentences. Except for earlv
action ,lt was devoted entirely to
the formalities of describing the
report and ot'icially turning it
over to congress.
SECURITY PACT
Paris, Jan. 28. (By Associated
I'ress) The French government
has received from Berlin reliable
information tending to Indicate
that the German government will
within a day or two make a move
to feel out both France and
Belgium on the question of secur
ity pact between the three powers.
"There have been Intimations
"1tly hat I"'
J " liciiufi illl BUl'j a
step."
There is no precise Indication as
to the form the German move will
take. On the basis of official In
formation, however, the opinion of
the foreign office Is that the
Berlin government le paving the
way for a round-about revision of
the treaty of Versailles so as to
get out from under the deterrent
Influence of the Franco-Polish
alliance.
It Is anticipated that the offer
of the Germans to guarantee the
security of the French and Belgian
ironuers will L'e made conditional
upon the immediate evacuation of
the Cologne bridgehead and the
early liberation of the ontlro
Khlneland. The French govern
ment, It Is declared, will in no
case conslde." a proposition that
would Involve the abandonment of
Poland to the mercy of Germany
and Its first reply will probably
b that France prefers the Geneva
protocol for her security.
EASTERN STATES
New York. Jan. 28. Winter
laid a heavy hand on the eastern
states today, driving the temper
ature down to as low as 60 de
grees below sero in-parts of New
England and causing New York
city to shiver in weather one de
gree below sero, the coldest since
1922.
At Malone, N. Y.. ncor th.i Ca
nadian border, unofficial records
said the mercury dropped to sixty
degrees below zero.
The downward swing of the
thermometer came as an anti
climax to the snowstorm which
visited the east yesterday.
Drive for Passage of
Child Labor Law Bill
To Culminate Tonight
The drive to obtain ratification
of the child labor amendment to
:n federal constitution will be
crystallted tonight when a spe
cial tralnload of Portlanders aug
mented br those arriving by au
tomobile from many points In the
stata will appear befors the Joint
seiwlon of the house resolution
committee and tha senate Judi
ciary committee.
Woodward, who Introduced the
resolution, believes that around
30 favorable vote are assured In
tha house, lie, wl tit-Mrs. C. II.
Hlmmons, who ha been working
hard for tha measura, holds tha
MINOR BILLS CONDITION
mum
Six Measures Amending
Existing Statutes Go
Through Senate Acts
On Several . Measures.
Six hills were passed by the
house this morning. Most were of
a minor nature amending existing
laws.
House bill 29, by Cowgill of
Jackson, was passed, repealing the
present law requiring the filing of
reports with the secretary of state
covering the chemical analysis of
metals before such materials i
could be sold to the state or its
subdivisions.
Other bills passed were: No. 95
tightening the law covering the
payment of Inheritance taxes on
stocks before their transfer; No.
41 making it unnecessary for
courts In equity suits to make
findings of fact; No. 42 provid
ing that in trials where Issue of
facts are concerned the court's
decision may consist of either
specific or general findings; No.
Ill providing tor the excepting of
stock from inspection by Linn
county's herd Inspector when the
state veterinarian or federal In
spector has passed upon them; and
No. 137 tightening the law cover
ing stock Illegally running at
large. The last measure would
make It possible for one to sue for
damage.
courts other than
those located tn the jurisdiction
of the court where such stock Is
owned. It would also provide for
a fine of from $10 to (50.
Senator Uuttlcr's bill Increasing
the salaries of the Wasco county
(Continued on Pago Kive)
BILL CUTTING
AUTO LICENSES
SEEMS DEFEATED
County Commissioner Smith who
Is assisting In keeping an eye on
road and other legislation of Inter
est to the county Judges and com
missioners association, states there
Is little question that the bill pro
posing a decrease In auto licences
Is dent) for this session and cannot
be revived. County Judges and
commissioners have been opposed
to thi? because It would militate
severely against market road pro
grams which have been mapped
out In vnrlous counties of the atnte
and arc dependent on leaving the
automobile licenses wtiere they are
If market rond development Is to
continue.
Word has been received here,
County Commissioner Smith states,
that courts of Polk and Linn coun
ty are against proposed changes In
the market roid bill which would
give the highway commission
great-r authority over the county
courts In telling them how and
where they should build markot
roads and that Linn county Is
sending a representative here to
take up with their representatives
in the legislature the matter of de
clarlng opposition on the bill. The
bill Is largely framed around recom
mentations made by the highway
commission to the governor.
opinion that a considerable num
ber of voles will be gained at the
open hearing tonight.
A considerable smaller per-
eeniage ot favorable votes are
lined up In the senate. The bark
ers or the bill believe that sever
al senators can be won over.
No small number of legislators
bellevo that the ultimate oulrome
will be to refer the measura to
the people for action.
Opponents of the amendment
believe that the action ot other
states In turning down the propo
sition has strengthened their own
argument.
PASS HOUS
IS ALLEGED
DEPLORABLE
Gross Mismanagement of
Prison Charged In Ef
fort To Place Control
With State Board.
Charging grots mismanagement
ftltvn VII U"l Tint. , f I . .' 1 . .
unnui.c, otiicini mieconnuct,
misappropriation of state fund
ami an enure absence of discip
line at thrt atnta u
... - vvuiKuuBry.
critics of that Institution are to
dny moving in upon the legislator
wuu an insistent demand that
the admin Intra t Inn l. - i
be taken out of the hands of Gov
ernor perce and placed in the
board of eon (ml with v
state institutions of a like nature.
The agitation has been present
tO a mom nr lrao avian -I
prior to the opening of the ees
sfon, but it is not until now that
any enon 10 compel action' ha
been in evidence.
Without entering into the ques
tion of the financial operations
and expenses of the prison In tha
conduct of Its prescribed work,
which the critics are willing to
leave to the wavi and moa,,
mlttee to pass upon in due time,
they are charging that conditions
at the pen under the present ad
ministration are so deplorable aa
to demand an immediate change.
They charge that there is abso
lutely no discipline around the
prison and that the convicts prac-
tfpflllv run tha Innllrntl..
Ing to the fact tha 26 prisoners
hnva MKannrl fm .1
at una UUUCi KUIt
guard, many of them from inside
the walls, during the past two
years, and that throe of these
lave broken away a second time
Itirinir that narlml Ma iiaiaiuj
count of the number of trusties to
wuir. nwuy ui.r.ng mat same per
iod has been kept, but It is known
that they total in the neighbor
hood of 50.
any sufficient punishment been
uiuieu out 10 1 nose escaped con
victs who were apprehended and
(Continued on Pago Five)
E
Charge that house bill 55 nrc
vldlng for rigid regulation and
high taxation against bus and
truck lines was strictly a railroad
measure to put commercial auto
motile transportation out of busi
ness, were hurled at the Joint
roads and highways committee by
John Logan, Portland attorney,
last night,
"There Is no use mincing
words.'' declared Logan, renre-
scntatlng the bus lines. "The bill
was born and conceived especially
for the purpose of helping tha
railroads, whether Mr. Swan, Its
author, knows It or not."
Swan explained that he had
drawn up the bill after long study
of the matter. The bill would
place a tax of H4 mills per pas
senger scat multiplied by the
number of miles traveled. On
freight carriere, the basic rat
would be a cent a ton per mil
traveled.
Representatives of the leasing
railway lines In Oregon were oaf '
hand to openly advocate passagt
of the bill. "We want a fal
charge against common carriers H
competition with the railroads,
paying the heaviest taxes ant
making the largest disburse
ments," explained Arthur Spencer,
of the O. W. R. A N. "We don 't
expect bus and truck lines to pay
as we pay. If they did. they
would be put out of business."
WASHINGTON REJECTS
CIIILO LABOR LAW
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 2S The
house today rejected the Westtull
bill by a vote or 69 to 37.
The Westfall bill would refer
the child labor amendment to the
people at the next general elec
tion nnd was panscd by th Set-
ate y.-stcrday afternoon.