TONIGHT TO BE END OF WORLD SAYS SECT
OREGON
FE8 7 1925
CITY EDITION
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 32
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WORLD'SEND
LOOKED FOR
BY MIDNIGHT
Advcntist Sect Patiently
Awaits Summons To
Heaven From Hill Near
San Diego Tonight.
Hollywod. Cal.. Feb. 6. Today,
February 6, 1K25. a small group
of disciples, pinning their fallU to
K woman whose, head, they say. Is
crowned with tbe halo of the
divine prophecy lifted their eye'i
to the rising sun and said, ia
nd of the world is at end.''
Mrs Margaret VV. Ilonen, houss-
wife of Hollywood, has told her
followers that before the clocks 01
this film center strike midnight
the second coming of Christ wl'l
have become a fact and tbe elcr.t
those who believe in Him and have
lived uprightly, will have entered
Into their reward.
Of proof, ehe frankly says sh
none.
;-!er faith In the keynote of he.-
Nations, she declares.
.She points to Isaiah, Micahl
Joel, prophets of .the old testa
ment, and to Matthew, Mark and
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OF
Geneva, Feb. 6. (By Aasoctat
ed Press) The American dele
gation today announced Its with
drawal from the international
opium conference because it had
been made evident that the pur
poses for which tbe conference
was called could not be accom
plished.
The American decision came a:
ft stunning blow to all the dele
gates. Wbile It bad been thought
that the representatives of tbe
United States would not sign the
. anti-narcotic convention now com
pleted, the general expectation
had been that they would remain
until the end and then announce
they would consider the question
of signature.
The American break away from
the conference apparently does
not mean its collapse, as at an of
ficlal meeting of the most im
portant of its commissions todny
the trend of the speeches
that while the American decision
was keenly regretted, the work
must be pushed on and practical
results achieved if possible.
Although It was at first
nounced thai the Americans
would leave Geneva tonight, Mr.
Porter stated later that he wouU
not depart before tomorrow.
District pttorneys in Oregon
would receive a general Increase
ender house bill 213 passed by the
house this morning. Approximate
ly $15.00) a year would be added to
the total salaries of district attor
neys ty tho bill, which particular
ly attempts to rise some of the
xtremcly low paid prosecutor.
The Increase would be taken care
)f by a fee cf $5 to be charged In
ill divorce case fllinps.
Salary of the district attorney
)f Multnomah county would be
alsed from $1500 to $G00O a year.
Thjjt of Marlon county's prose
tutor would be II ft id from $2400
to $300'.) annually.
MONTANA DEFEATS
CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT
Helena, Mont.. Feb. . The
Montana state tenatt by a vote 'if
19 to 24 refused to ratify the pro
posed child labor amendment to
the federal constitution.
FLOOD CREf
REACHED IN
WILLAMETTE
River Reaches 20.7 At 2
o'CIock But Not Expect
ed To Raise Over Foot
More Falling Above.
Unless Indications at 2 p. m. ls
day uudui'tio a radical change, t'j':
Willamette river at Salem Is due
for little additional rise. A state
ment given out at Portland re.id;
as follows:
"Expect crest at Salem 21 or 22
feet late tonight or Saturday
morning."
The river at 2 p. m. today had
reached a level of 20.7 feet abovo
normal, an increase of .2 of a font
since 7 o'clock thifl morning. At
Jefferson the Santiam river was
reported to be falling rapidly tnis
afternoon, having fallen a iXot
and a half since last night, waea
it read 11.2 feet above normal.
At Albany the river was still
rising slowly, being 22.8 above
normal,
No serious damage has yet been
caused by the flood, although the
Spaulding lumber mill was forced
to close down at noon because of
lack of logs, the last log having
gone up the chute late this (urc
noon, and the loggers being un
able to bring more down the river
with the water at its present level.
Only Jupiter Pluvious can K-U
when the mill will begin opera
tions again.
At the paper mill it was report
ed that two more feet of water
would flood the wood room, but
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TAKE WEEK END
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Week-end adjournment of the
two houses of the legislature will
be taken this afternoon until Mon
day morning in spite of tbe at
tempts of house members to keep
grinding on the accumulated griat
of bills over Saturday. Opponea's
of adjournment plan to test their
strength on the adjournment mo
tion. No action on the resolutions
proposing ratification of the fc l
eral child labor amendment will
be taken by the legislature befare
the latter part of next week, it be
came apparent today.
Two resolutions proposing rati
fication are in committee, ona iti
the house and one in the senate. In
the senate the committee members
are pretty equany divided, tut
there is no inclination to report
the bill out until tbe house has
acted.
Indications are that the resolu
tion in the house wiil come out of
the committee with a favornhio
report, and with the recommenda
tion that the ratification proposal
be referred to the people at the
next general election.
Chances for ratification with
the referendum proviso are con-
sdiered bright In both houses.
Vale, Or., Feb. J. HesidenU of
Vale and surrounding coun'.iy
were busy today repairing dam-
ajr caused by the flood which yes
terday morning remitted from the
breaking of the Inlgatlon dam on
Bully creek. Water had rccedi-I
last night, leaving a deposit of tilt
every place It had Invaded.
F.stlmatm nlaced the loin at
$250,000. principally In llvestjck.
r.fter a survey of the flood swept
region. More than 1000 sheen.
500 cattle and many horse end
hogs were 'Irowned. The matt-r
of disposing of the carcas"es of
anlms. strewn along the path of
the flood, was one of the problem
taring residents toduy.
LIBRARY
5 to 10 Years For
$2,000,000 Forgery
To Cover $100 Loan
Sloe Turimm
New York, Keb. 6 Mse Turman.
26 year old financier, who In 10
years pyramided a $100 loan into
obligations approximating $2,000,
000, was sentenced today to from
five to 10 years In Sfng 6ing prison.
He had pleaded guilty to a second
degree forgery Indictment.
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Constantinople, Feb. 6. (By
Associated Press.) The Turkisu
government today handed to the
Greek charge d'affaires in Angara
its reply to the Gieett note rescu
ing the expulsion from Constanti
nople of the Most Rev. Comtun
tinos, ecumenical patriarch of th?
Greek Catholic church.
The reply rejects the suggestion
that the dispute be referred to the
International court at The Hague,
insists that the question is pure
ly internal and declares that any
intervention by outside powera
will be intolerable.
It Is believed here that the pow
ers will counsel moderation in or
der to permit a solution based ou
the election of a patriarch not
within the category of those liable
to deportation under minority
populations provisions of, tue
Lausanne treaty.
TOBACCO TRUST TO
BE INVESTIGATED AGAIN
Washington, Feb. 6. Investi
gation by the federal trade com
mission of an alleged agreement
between the American Tobacco
company and the Imperial Tobac
co company of England to control
the tobacco market in tbia coun
try was proposed In a resolution
today by Senator Ernst, republi
can, of Kentucky.
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CHAlk MAN CFMcmriMF
ANO LIVESTOCK
SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1925
1 SERVICE
CONDEMNED
BY MITCHELL
Army Aerial Chief Says
. War and Navy Depart
ments Hamper Aviation
And Testify Falsely.
Washington, Feb. 6 Brigadier
General Mitchell assistant chief of
the army air service, Informed
Secretary Weeks today that he be
lieved "the present war depart
ment organization and Its adminis
tration quite incapable of creating,
handling or administering air pow
er In an efficient manner."
In the letter relying to a request
from the war secretary for all
facts upon which the assistant army
chief based recent statements,
"seriously reflecting" on the army's
air arm. General Mitchell said he
was convinced the system of air
craft management In operation In
the United States "la detrimental
to the country's good and will ser
iously compromise our national de
fense should an emergency arise."
The general's letter was placed
before the house aircraft commit
tee, which had met to hear both
General Mitchell and Brigadier
General Drum of the army general
staff.
"The general view of the war de
partment," General Mitchell wrote,
"is to limit the ability of aviation
In a military way and in spite of
the findings of the Joint army and
navy board, in spite of the most
conclusive evidence of every coun
try in the world, the navy depart
ment still appears before con grew
and still testifies Incorrectly and
gives the Impression that the air
craft are of limited powers against
battleships.
"The resistance of the war de
partment to the creation of an in
dependent aeronautical personnel
is Insistent and constant.
"I have fully criticized the sys
tem now in operation, which I am
convinced Is detrimental to the
country's good and which will ser
iously compromise our national
defense should an emergency
nrlse."
General Mitchell said since the
war "$433,000,000 has been put In
to aviation" but that he did not be
lieve "thit the appropriations are
economically administered owing to
the dubllcation of lancT bases be
tween the army and navy." He de
clared that Major General Patrick
chief of the army air service, hnd
like himself, endorsed - "a united
air force," although such a move
Is opposed by Secretary Weeks as
well as Secretary Wilbur.
Washington, Feb. 6. The Mc
Fadden banking bill was reported
today by the senate banking com
mittee after a section which
would have prevented state banks
with branches from holding mem
bership in the reserve system had
been stricken out.
OF LEGISLATORS BY MURRAY WADE
( iSi L iff M
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BR0U6HI A BOUQUE1
spring ruw eps
DOWN FROM OftANTS
PASS THIS WEE
Hf 14 A 6CWTER
FCIK SCUTHtRN
CRECON CLIMAt E
riocurri
COMMITTEE?
Course of Study
In High Schools
Rapped by Eddy
Senator Eddy's bill, which limits
the power of election of studies by
high school students and makes
provision for greater emphasis on
fundamentals, loomed todny as the
main fight In the senate, and Ed
dy had Just completed an hour's
argument for the measure when
the noon recess was taken. In his
speech Eddy attacked the course
of study in Oregon high school
studies and ttiose In control of
education as being Impervious to
new ideas or reform.
The principles of election of stud
ies and "enrichment of the curri
culum," Eddy said, have so taken
hold in the high schools that they
have made superficial the high
school education of boys and girls.
In support of his contention Sena
tor Eddy read from a report of the
Carnegie Foundation for the Ad-
CHILD WELFARE
BILLS KILLED IN
Senator Corbett's child welfrr
bills were kill cc by indefinite
postponement in the senate today
by adoption of an adverse commit
tee report. One of the measures
proposed to create a board of re
gents for the state schools for the
deaf and blind, and tbe other pro
posed to require the state child
welfare commission to establish
standards of qualifications for the
superintendents and instructors of
the industrial school for girls a a J
the state training school.
-vThe following bills were intro
duced "today:
S. B. 176, Davis Relating tu
abandoned school districts
' S. B. 117, Hall (substitute for
S. B. 1) Declaring certain high-
mys to be primary highways and
requiring motor vehicles uo
proaching suclihlghwnys to bI'jw
down to five miles an hour.
ASK BONPrREMOVAL
AS ALASKAN GOVERNOR
Washington, Feb. 6. Removnl
from office of Governor Scott C.
Bone of Alaska was asked in a
sworn complaint filed at the
white house today by John W.
Frame, who declared the gover
nor had been instrumental in de
priving him of the office of re
publican national committeeman
from the territory after he had
been duly elected as such. The
complaint was referred to Secre
tary Work of the interior department.
?n3 ' rrr-- r
vancement of Teaching, which, he
asserted, had "created a sensation
In the educational world among
those of open mind and not ruled
by selfish professional ideas."
"Did you ever sit In a meeting
of teachers," he asked, "and hear
a self-satisfied, self-righteous
school superintendent as he looked
to heaven talk about standardiza
tion, consolidation and enrich
ment of the curriculum?"
Eddy asscTtei that he wanted to
get out of the curriculum certain
"trash which Is not trash funda
mentally, but Is trash because it is
taught bo superficially that it only
gives a smattering of knowletfee
and in no way trains the mind."
Ho said that when he spoke In
behalf of the bill in the legislature
two years ago he did not know
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LD
A broken water pipe in the old
Washington school brought to
light a condition of the building
last evening that was described by
Officer Wiles, who went to investi
gate, as deserving investigation.
Vandals have been in the build
ing, says Wiles, and they have
stolen fixtures In addition to
wrecking nearly everything
wreckable to be found. Unused
for several months, the school was
supposedly locked tightly and se
curely, but even locks failed to
keep out persons, wh. are believed
to be boys about 14 or 15 years
old, that worked havoc with thr
lighting fixtures, broke the w.n
dows and finally ended by break
ing the end oft a water pipe am.
making a lake out of the manual
training department.
Work benches were floating
about in the flood when the jani
tor of the high school went ovir
yesterday. A stream of water
from the broken pipe was shooting
to the celling and moisture pre
vailed A huge ball of rolled extension
cords and insulated wire was
cached near a fire escape, says Of
ficer Wiles. Fixtures had been
ripped carelessly from the walls,
milk bottles were strewn abjnt
the domestic science rooms, and n
telephone Is believed to have been
stolen.
Klan Bill Killed.
House bill ltiS, Introduced by
fliirlburt, Multnomah county, was
put to sleep this morning by in
definite postponement. The meas
ure was anti-church measure, 1e
slgned to greatly limit the tax e
emptlon of religious and charit
able Institutions.
PRICE THREE CENTS ?An"8a,.vabndcnEntI
1 . .
LITTLE HOPE BILL PASSED
OF RESCUING OVER VETO IN
CAVEJCTIM BOTH HOUSES
Work Rushed On Shaft
But Belief Is Collins
Has Perished Radio Is
Resorted To.
Cave City, Ky.. Feb. 6. Minors
sinking the shaft to reach CoII'iih
bad attained 20 feet below the sin
face thin afternoon, with about 3
feet to go.
Preparations wore being made
late today to use dynamite In the
shaft If it is solid and thick.
Cava City, Ky., Feb. I. (By
Associated Press) All hope ot
reaching him through the natur
al passage gone, eappere today
were making a new entrance to
Sand cave In an attempt to reach
Floyd Collins, entombed eince
last Friday morning.
A long day of digging was
ahead of them, and whether Col
lins was dead or alive, none has
known definitely since a cave In
Wednesday night blocked the pao
snge In which he has been lying,
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Fifty cents additional will be
charged the plaintiff In all di
vorce suits filed In Oregon if
house bill 216 passed by the
house this morning becomes n
law. Fifty cents additional will
also be charged for marriage li
censes under house bill 247.
passed by the house. Roth meas
ures were Introduced by Repre
sentative Uennett, Multnomah
county.
The additional income from
these two sources would be used
for compilation of vital statistics.
The following other bills pass
ed the bouse this morning:
H. R. 174, by McCallister To
amend section 3147 Oregon lawn
fixing the terms of circuit court
for the third judicial district.
H. li, 194, by Miller and others,
to amend sections C99S-9U Oregon
laws relating to organization of
religious, charitable and other
corporations.
If. II. 212. by Hamilton, to
amend section 8978 Oregon law
relating to the division of money
tor school units in counties.
II. II. 226. by Hurlburt (by re
quest.) to amend section 43.S1
Oregon laws relating to the levy
and collection of taxes on unse
cured personal property, and re
pealing section 43S6.
H. li. 232, by McCallMer. to
amend section 8 158 relating to
the standard measure for hoW.
II. II. 234, by Yamhill county
delegation, to abolish the office
of recorder of Yamhill county.
THE M
A state bo. rd of motion picture
censois would be created untlor
the '.ci'inii of bouse bill 409 Intro
duced by KcpreHciitallve Tucker,
Linn couniy. today. The console,
three in number, would be rui.ied
by the ho:ird of control. Mcmb'-'m
of tho hoard would receive $2100
nnriu.tlly. Th-a board would name
viewers v.ho.ie romponsiilou eou'd
not exceed the total puiii of $1000
f yeir. A dollar a reel would br
chirse.l for cenflorinjr. If the ice!
d d njt exceed 1 000 feet In lenifth.
If longer, fee of 2 would be cn.irs
cd.
Only flints of a moral, educa
tional or amiKinjc and h.irmie-v
nature wnuld be passed.
i'lnt rmiing from J'-OO to $1000
or Imprisonment of one tnon'h to
ore year would be levied ;v-;j!n't
show. g ufifiinncved film.
RAIN
Tonight and Saturday. Moderate temper
ature. Moderate to fresh souths, ty yules
along the coast.
Local Max.. 58; Mln., 41: rain. .;
river, 20.5 rising; at mo,, part cloudy;
wind, south.
Governor Flings Another
Gauntlet In Face of
Legislature In Veto
Message Grilling Solons
With only three dissenting
votes, those of Representatives
Mott Hunter of Union and
Wallowa and Shrock, tLe
house just before recessing this"
noon passed over the governor's
veto the Tort of Portland bill, al
most without discussion.
The senate acted immediately
after the veto message came in
and only three votes were cast to
sustain the veto, those of Fisk,
Joseph and Zimmerman. Senator
Kinney, who voted against the
mensure before was the one to
shift.
Governor Pierce flung his oth
er gauntlet square in the face of
the legislature this morning and,
to all intents and purposes, bid
them to do their worst.
Vetoing senate bill 86, which
takes from the executive the pow
er of appointing the commission
ers of ths Port of Portland and
reappoints the five members de
pc(ed by him. Governor Pierci
branded the forces behind the bill
as "the most pernicious and vi
cious of the disturbing elements
which have worked against bene
ficial legislation" in the Oregon
legislature.
Reviewing the legislative his
tory of the state he charges this
element (the commercial fishing
interests) with delivering "influ
ence and votes to country mem
bers of the legislature In return
for their support in the selection
of certain commissioners of the
Port of Portland," and declares
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BRIDGES INTACT
DESPITE DELUGE
Deputy County Roadmaster
Frank Johnson states that regard
less of the vast quantities of riln
which have fallen during the pc
two weeks, that no reports have
come In Indicating damage to
county bridges, other than the
washout of a bent on the county
road bridge near the training
school. This has been repaired.
however, with a complete new
bent nnd, he states, as it would
have been necessary to do this
work during the next summer any
way hnd there been a normal win
ter season, the county is no loser.
Many places the water is run
ning over roads and is extremdy
high but every bridge and culver;
eems to be withstanding the
strain put onto ft and the coun
ty road forces are looking for no
particular trouble In this direc
tion. T
TO HELP SELVES
Allintn. On., Fb. 6 A report
ed Ions of $10,000 through twenty
ono robberies of their stores since
January 1, a local chain grocery
firm today In ad crt ueiv.ents in
formed burpliirs in the future they
would leave the luya to three of
their Rime on the outside.
The firm sMd tltla action w.u
taken to avoid the expenditure In
order to rcp ilr ilo rs nnd windmvt
broken by fnti micro.
Vh advertmement urged thi.v.:i
to confine their activities to (he
three dlcn.ited stores, or ihrj
any. "if one of the three is net
handy, an I you prefer some othr
tore or tnrvt, Jut phone im and
no will te.ive the krys hanging out
for you."
Then excluding th three stor.vt
th firm offe rd $1000 reward f-l
evidence to coct of bmglary n.)
one visiting, any of Its other storts