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fT 11 fe 77 i I CITY EDITION Bally a-eraga act pl circulation for month ending- January II, ; RAIN Tonlit and Thursdday. Moderate tcm. perature. strong: caat to southeast salts alone tha coast. Local Mux., 47; ruin., 40; rain, SJ; river, IS. 4. falling; atmos., cloudy; wind, south. ... . . . Average dally distribution 7071. Member A milt Bureau of Circulations, 6548 V . J 1 AM OH ' - fflTC. 7"n T1 -tVO-rt tT . "- inrwip- . ' . FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. , SALEM, OREGON, -WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II. W X, PR1CE THREE CENTS aiBrilB. fprrpin fl 1W WnYif fojf?Art I JARDINE 10 GET CABINET PORTFOLIO President Decides To Ap point Kansan As Secre tary of Agriculture Is Conference Member. Washington. Feb. 11. Al though the white house wit li bel il comment, administration of ficials elsewhere indicated a be lief today that William M. Jar dine of Kansas had virtually been decided on by President Coolidge for secretary of agriculture. The Kansas delegation In con gress, wnicii once endorsed J. E. Mohler, also of Kansas, for the post, met and chnnged its support to Mr. Jardine. Members of thv delegation have been in conetrfnt consultation with Mr. Coolidgo, but they declined to say whether they had definite Information as to his decision. Mr. Jardine, who is a member of the president's agricultural conference, conferred with Mr Co-ilidge. Officials said the visit bad to do with agricultural ques tions but declined to go into de-tails. Eio MEM President Anxious To Do Everything In Power For Livestock Industry Conference Arranged (Conilnucd on Page Four) i TO GIVE DONEY UNTIL APRIL 1 TQ MAKE TERMS The office of president of Wll lamella mi iveru'.t v wtll l.a I -if open only until April 1 as a result vi action taKen Dy tne board trustees at the regular winter meeting of the' board of the Firr.t Meiuoiiisi cnurcn m Portland yesterday. If by that date definite arrangements nave not been com pleted with Dr. Carl Gregg Donev present head of '.lie school, and now on a year's leave of absence in me east, work will ottlclally be gin toward securing a new preH dent. Dr Doney now has a four years contract after his present year's Vacation, but It Is thought by tnany tha he will not be back at ue tiose oi me jeave oi absence. It tlA. been Pitmnrbil tnr n ,,..... of months that a beginning has ueen niaae toward selecting his successor. As a rcanlt of report that Wll lamette now has considerably more" etuden's than can ha n.-i.. quately handled without Injuring me sciiuiasuc stanuing or the in stitution, it looms as a probability that a manlitHun Drim.1.1 R .I.- .... -UOIHCII uj 111c board several years ago, limiting me enrollment to 450 students, will be put into force in the fu ture. A resolution was passed bv the board favoring the erection tit a new building, but at present aot ensugh funds ar.! on hand to carry out the resolution. The enrollment for the past year was 606 students, '.he fresh man class numbering 208, which Is a figure far surpassing the ex pectations of the administration. Upwards of a hundred were turn ed away from the. biology depart ment alnne during the- present ment. The faculty was forced to me action recently cutting down me muoraiory periods In the chem stry department. One professor now nas two divisions of 60 ea-Ii In one class, while the maximum tii eiannard American colleges ir .0 students for s recitation class Washine-tnn Pah 11 t.. .11 rection of President Coolidge, R A. Cooper and A. C. Williams, ex ecutive oincer and member re spectlvely of the farm loan board Will meet with .MiliUm.n i others interested In livestock at Los Angeles Feb. 16 to consider the livestock aittintl.m on.l fer assistance in the organization of livestock loan companies. The plan was recommended in the report of the president's agri cultural commission. Mr. Will iams Is attending a meeting of the cattle association of Arizona this week at Phoenix and will be loineu in i,n invniu rnn,in Commissioner Cooper. After the i-os Angeles conference they wi'l Visit Htrnteiricnl nnlni. In i . u.u.q lu i,, n C1L and confer with bankers and cat tlemen regarding the ability of the intermeiliata ara,llt hani... serve the financial needs of the livestock industry. "The president." a white IiaiU statement said, "is anxious to do everything in his power to aid this essential industry, and has been Aacmrait h ih. r.. ....... tjj mull 1UUII board that the federal intermedi ate credit hanks are able to re discount nil wall T...I...I ,l: count cattle paper which may be uuereu tnrougn a well organized company. The Intermediate cred it oanks are not permitted I make direct lnana tn 1nrliui,ln but may rediscount loans secured by mortgages of livestock for banks, truat companies, livestock loan companies, or other agencies autnorizea bv law tn h scnim such paper.' MIL KILLED IN HOUSE T-I-rnlG-a hill 9 In) 1 1 v.. ... - v,,a .imuuuiiru ity Representative Peirce of Curry cuumy ai me request or the Ore run Hiimaap lot v uoa i 1 1 1 ...t today in the house. The measui would have provided hat dogs could not be carried on automo bile riinnintr hnniHs tmlooa - r... ...i oi some son were provided. included in house bills passod this niornirt'ir wem- ail nnmit. ting the stale printing board to raise the salary of thp ntnr nrina from $2400 A VPnr tn h nn,n nnr excelling ?.iJCu;. z5, urovidtn; for the making of agreements be tween POlintV mnrt nnrl onmmiu. sioners and cities on road work; 404. raisin-? tho lohirv n i i county's treasurer from $1200 tc i 1 & 0 0 n Vpa r an A that nt tu. county school sunerintendent t'.u ame amount; 70, providing for inneritancp nr iv m nn ta-r empt securities; 318, raising th salary of Tillnmook county's trea? urer from $1200 tr. tisnn and providing traveling ex pen sea i or me rouniv ar-hnni nnoi-;t,i-,., ent ana county Judge. nil- KINDERGARTEN SEASIDE NORMAL BILL KILLED BY HOUSE VOTE The house thlsNiiornlng killed ouse bill 215 which called for fstabllshment of a normal school ai seaside and a clause referrins the measure to the people. No ap propriation was attached, the bill being designed as a level to lift an appropriation later. Repre sentative Bates of Clatsop eounty Introduced the bill and argued for Its passage. nopresen'.-tiTS Woodward of Multnomah county opposed the bill declaring that th. needs of -Jonninuth normal were of first line Importance and should be taken care of before, new normal were undertaken. ILL IS PASSED Congress Decides - Coolidge Elected at . November Election Washington. Kelt 11 Tha u its of ths November election re ceived the finaf attests of congress today In Joint convention assembled. The statement by senate preal lent Pro temnnra fummlr.i ih.t the COUnt Of elRPtnml vnta ah..... ed Calvin Coolidge of Massachus etts and Charle n. rvu.n mi. nola, to hava been elected, and the umei-uig oi tne votes on the calen dar Of both hOUSeS Clnserl thtt nn. test In accordance with constitu tional requirements. Barely half an hour was set for the ceremonv. Pemnlni tn a pan- current resolution tha aaa.a marched to the house chamber. preceded by the sergeant at arms and accompanied by pages carry- iiib me eiectonal votes In locked boxes. Senator Ciimmini n.M. ed with Speaker Gillett on the dias Ul I11S 1C1I. Aftor formal nnnminMm.i.1 the chair of the purpose of the iiieiiiiit,-, leuers ior the house and the senate took chnrp nt tha i...i lots, opening the envelopes in al-j ASK BERLIN TO phabctlcal order. The result win oiinouncej as follows: Wholo number of votes cut for president. 531. Calvin Coolidge of Massachus etts. 382; John V. Davis of West Viminia 138 vnioii- Rnhnrf f To ITnllnltn nf U'lcrnnuln 11 Whole number of votes caat fop vice-pre3icient 631. Charles G. Dawes of Illlnoln. 3S2 votes; unance w. Bryan, Nebras ka. 138 VtltfM. &ril rtnrtnn LT Wheeler, of Montana, 13 votes. Senator Cummins then dissolv ed the convention with the tradi tional words: "This announcement of the votes cast by the electors of the president and vice-president by tho president nro tern no re of th senate, is, under the constitution and laws of the United States. deemed of suffipfpnt firiatn nf the persons elected for the terms Beginning .uarch 4, 13U5, nnrt shall be entered toi?fthr with ir r the votes so cast on the Journal of the senate and house." Following the ceremony both houses resumed their routine of business. FISH BILL TO BE VOTED ON WIN OR LOSE RATIFY TREATY Washineton. Feb. 1 1 ADn. or tno uerman government to '.h; cnnvu.iuns attained by the een ate to the commercial treaty be tween the TTnlta. qi.i.. . UU..LU uiiiro aim iilt- many will be sought immediaUIy uy me state uepar'ment. The Senate'A raarvnt1aa .i. iininigration and shipping clauses have met with ntnta rinD.in.i approval and President Coolldic has authorized .the of the convention as approved by the senaHe- to the Berlin government. The etate denart ment will npa. cced with necotiatlon of new com mercial treaties with practically all maritime nations having such treaties with the United States which antedate the World war. 1000 ISOLATES COLLINS' HEART BEATS ONLY STATIC Chicago. Feb. 11. Tool. by radio casting station KYW here uupiicaiing mose made at Sand Cave. Ky.. which wera on 1,1 t. ri.m onstrate that Floyd Collins, en- ii'iiiueii CAiiiurer, is still alive, have unco to enow breathing or hej;t beats. sav tndnv't rh,.oaA u.... uiu anu caaminer. At the request of tho newspi DerS. exnertn nlnp..,l n .u...:. Hgllt bulb On the cheat nt a .nl... eer ami attacned 40 feet of wire 10 a uaiterv rurniuhtna- ti.a in volts. The battery was connejt cd .o a two stage audio frequency uiiiiniiicr anu a one Bt&a "push null" nmnliriai. Accnriline' -tn tha ihon. .u. ouuu v.uve experinients, the device WOUld tend to mnrnilv nn nn ed to a two et-ge audio frequency ciuur reactions many times. The KYW tests, tho newspaper said. reunited in only an occasional noise similar tn sfntlp an,.aa.i station officials contended, by uucmicai action or the battery. Measure Taking Appoint ment From Governor Up This Afternoon 18 Voles Assured. San Francfflcn Put tv.i. n oiyerai towns in alarln countv. ccross San Francisco bay were iso lated -.odav nwlnir tn hlh ,..t. aue to heavy rainfall. A doz-!n nouses were wanhed from their foundations and their occupants 'iijureti nv oroKen .Inaa nnH f,.n Ing timbers. A landslide Mnlta,i tha t.. of the Northwestern Pacific rall- iaa at uorte Alanera, c.tlng off thousands of commuters to San rrnnefsco and irivinv rhnm n h..n day. Ralls on this lino t ntl.nr places were under four feet of water. Dozens of atnn1nhlt. Uranded In two or three feet of water at Mill Valley. Larkspur Kentfleld and elsewhere. Freight yards of the Norih.Mi.rn paAiti railroad at Sau.ialito were flooded. MAnm lWBn GOODING DHL. TURNED DOWN 4 WaahinKton. Feb. 11. The nouse commerrA pnmmiiin- by a vote .f 11 .o 6, declined' o report the C.oodinef bill prohibitin? hicher rallmnH fmiiriw . '"'ft'iL lULt'D II. 1 flbort hauls than for long hauls me name route. The action Urna tulrnn tn live Session, rnitrnmla a tirl D...i.ia cwst mteres'.s were backed up iu their objection to the measure by a majority of the membre of the interstate commerce commission Representatives from the Jn'.er mountain country Had argued for The measure had nassH th a to. Come What mav the fish hill nrm so to a vote in the senate this af ternoon wnen it mmM im a. special order of business at 2:30 v ciuck. decision was reached this morning by friends of the bill not to ask for further postpone ment. Avon fh.nifrh tbnit hi,,,. -A. enough votes signed on tho dotted line to Insure its enactment over me veio that Is sure to follow. Eighteen SUrtl vnlM nrnr 1ntm ed f ir the bill today, one more was case for the measure.and it had a cnance at securing the needed twentieth from n rnn rr Ihn lk-A. senators who are placed in tho doubtful column In anv event th hill la nln- in be TM lowed tO En tn fin.il nos.a.s and If it does not poll 20 votes to day us friends will seek to bolster it un on the rohnund fnirin-- tk chr.co that they will be able to pry Into the opposition on the strenrrth of the veto. AS the fish hill trnPR o n-n... V. rtet of the program to trim th( Wihira nf tllA irrtvprnn- Tho) I. Cenerallv nnrlftmlnnrl It If ...... tera 20 votes, a similar alllgnmcnt vnnoe expected to back the pram bill, the penitentiary and parol bonrd bills, 'and th nrnnns-l A ahoii.xh tho state market nffont OfflC Tf It fails thft enm f,.to Is, assured for the others. How far tha fish group Is pre Dared to cro in tho. n-iv nt t-..tnnn tlon should lis bill be defeated no one appears to know, but they are in a uoaitlnn tn .frYu.iii-Ai.. ki i. whatever legislation they see fit. uprem of the fish bill mav e.-.iiv create a deadlock extending thru the remainder of the session. HEAR WHEELER CASE WITNESSES V'a.sh i n irt mi Ph 11 T.m cn.. a former member of the house and 4 newsttaner nnhlkhoi- nt t town. Mont., was one of the wit nesses who came to Washington today to testify in the now r,n.i Jury jiroceedings In the case of senator Wheeler of Montntm. mwi others. Beforn thA hoh.iIa -n. mm r, wh'uJi Invent lirnted thn nrifrfn.i Montana lndiotment of the senator siout tcstined that at the requewt of Gordon Campbell he had noti fied Mr. Wheeler that Campbell Wished tO retain a lnwvnr In lilt.. care of lltlgition in Montana courts Out of this association between Wheeler and Campbell the indict ment grew. Otber witnesflc miiei t were B. C. Hurd, an oil well drill er, Louis Lincoln. nn,l iriila xia ley. A Montana ranchei. Leads Rescue 1 I Brigadier-General H. IT. nrn. hart of the Ktutiiekv nminnni guard, assumed complete control of tho men endeavoring to rescue t'loya Collins from Sana Onv uave city, and began drilling tunnel into the cava in nn rrrt 10 Dring out the Imprisoned man. ONE STATE EOS AND ONE REJECTS AMENDMENT Hartford. Pfinn Ps.l. it n.. an overwlielminc vote tin. hmo "i n-nrfBcniimves inilav rnrnan. tn ratify the propcoed child labor amendment to the federal consti tution. Ratification wnn Hofi.-.t.., In the senate last week. Madison. Wis lVli 11 m Assocl:itetl PrpH Tim urton sin legislature ratified the fedor... tiuiu moor amendment to the C)ii- EitUtion todav WllCn thn hrhpiiiIiIv by a vote of 65 to 2Q went on rw: ord as favoring the pruiwal. The senate already adopted tho resolu tion. Miami. Fla.. Feb. 11. Tho A HiPl'Irn n Kpdornt inn rf T nli.x- will carry on a cumpalgn for th national child labor amendment t' thu fnilpvnl rnn.-4tititltrtn In H,,.Jn states which have fa-iled to ratify me amenument until such time r.n legitilators favorable to ratifict tlon are elec'ed. the fed nrn (Inn eiecutfvc council decided at its business suasion here tudny. WILLS WILLING TO FIGHT JACK OR TOM Ho Snrinkfl A rli- 17r.h 1' Harry Will, nrgro heavyweight, 1h fining in meet ciiner jane IJemp fiy or Tom Gibbons or to partici- for the world's championship, Wills announced. "I have been waiting three and a half years for a ch.ince at the world's heavyweight title," Wills said. "Mr, Dcmpsry has said that he wjuld meet me and then he hCS Wild he Wouldn't, nml rtn nnt can tell Just where' he stands. I believe I am entitled ot a ch.ince nnd I am willing to meet either Mr. Demnsev or Glhhnn nr th. innr of their proposed bout." SENATEVOTES $25,000 FOR VALE RELIEF, Flood Sufferers Bill Passes Without Dissent Dennis Compensation Measure Killed. Without diMRant ha a........ -. ..... miti kviil; measure apprupriating 25,0U0 for tu iviiui ui inn T iviii.ii.uk..n district nrnunil Vla county, passeil the senate tod.iy. v.uuirinan joore ot the ways and means commlttfi. nviiiaiiiaH measure and niudj a plea for Hit paesage. There was no other dis cussion. The fund is to ha admin istered by the etute board of health. The Benatft klllail hv t.winni... , j luuniui L- DOStDOnemeill. i.nnta liili traduced by Dennis, by renust, and providing to revise the work men's coninensnlinn rki nAn..iu explained that the measure was in- iitMimt'u ior tne purpose of fur nishing a basis for a bill -o be introduced -In 1927. Senator Duvln' hill nmvi.i;n. tho appropriation for hnprill Use of Ullilprirrniin vain.. indefinitely postponed. ine rollowlng minor hills passed the senate duriii&r thn mnrniii.. S. U. 1 1. 1 llennl. I ,....,.,; miry oi wanowa county trejs- S. D. 166 Alnwlna tinn to county commissioners and conn- RADIO FAILS IN RECORDING -SIGN OF LIFE May Be Day or Two Be fore Shaft Reaches CavS Prisoner Though WorK Is Rushed. (Cunllnued on Piige Nine) SALMON SEINE II FAVORED BY COWIEE GLIMPSES OF LEGISLATORS BY MURRAY WADE nun a vnt nf .it tn 99 :., Woodward hill tirnvlrlinir In. th. eniaoi fnmfn nr b nHat.aa.a 1- school districts of the first class was passed by the house after sharp debate. Representative nni 01 sisnn rniiruv .it.r.v..i me measure, declaring that WOUld HerVfl .A maana tnm beloneine tn hririva inh. a luKemer, petition for a kinder garten and thereby get rid of their children." Renreeentativa Tnlia .f t i- county suDnnrtarf ih. Kin plaining that It would give tin means of sunnlvlnir ih. akii .i.k correct fundamentals at tha right nine .na place in life. Representative urn.(la..j suing ior the measure, against an amendment oul d make It imiun.i school boards lo eaiabllak mnr.. kindergartens rath.r th.n datory. spoke nrhicn irlth -i 4' SENATOR.- ff.rii Busy ways and -mvfsSi. wK. & . FpTham.lt.v. sera' LJcsrMKNowoF m i. Onnuneiilsi nf hmi.n 1.111 m Which WOlltd til-fihfliU M,a sulmon seines In streams eou'h of the mouth of the Culuiuliia river, have decided not to fiifhi i,a a.a..... lire in the house out to wait uir.il tl readies '.lie senate. The bill was taken up by the house fisher ies committee lust night. It will be reported tavurably, the commit tee decided The fisheries committee also bok up Inline bill 3B3, providing for setting the opening dute of the 'uinon net fishing season It: the Wilnmetto river below the fulls to April 1 Instead of April 16. A luren deleeutinn nr riulinrian ....... on hand lust nigh, to argue for tlie inn. A iuvorulile report will proli ably be inuile nn the hill The house this morning killed iiuiise inn zzj, introduced by (ie. man, m run km Innilnlte postpone ment. The measure would have provided for a division of automo bile license Inciiine of Miiitnoniun COUIltv Willi lllll li'v r,r l'i.,'1 l,i n I (ierinun mudc no objection to the recommendation of the revision oi laws coinmlUee ugullist the meas ure. Cbampoeg Day. Mav 2. will n,:t be made a stu'e holiday by the legislature this year. The I ml hi i rv eonuiiitlee ri'iuutrd against tin' 'UHUre. illtorilliri-ll liv llnnrr.n,if- ative (joiiliin, and Indefinite post ponement Tollowcd. House bill iii, providing for foreigners coming 'o the state was withdrawn yesterday nflernoon by Its author. Representative Wood ward. House hill 29li, along the same line, will he withdrawn cy Representative Ktrkwood. Fr.m the two bills a substitute is heliu prepared whii h will be lntn;duc-il shortly. Cave Pitv Kv PaK If !.. Associated Press.) Barring au looked for developments, Indica- 10ns at 12:30 o clock tills after. noon were that Finvii oniiin would not be pxtrlcnfarf h.r.,M late tonight from the Sand cave. Br. W. D. Funkhouser express, ed the opinion that, unleBs soma unforseen rnnii rtirtnn. ..... A the miners, they would be unablo ... iii i..,iuii.i ior a auy or two. He Said thev fiireH rnn.!,lfir.M. digging after ther reach tha mnln tunnel to the cave before thoy could ge. to the rock pinning Col- iiiB uown. CaVB OltV. lTv PaK .t , Associated Press) A definite connection between the rescue shaft and the tunnel in whlcH Floyd Collins has been Imprisoned for 12 days, at 10 o'clock this morning was expected to b reached within 20 hours, It was declared this morning by H. T. Carmlchaol, superintending " the sinking of the shaft. "I am prepared at almost any time to find a definite connection between the shaft and the cav ern, " Carmichael said. "Mori crevices are being found, rocki are getting larger, sand has given way to gravel and nr. ui.ineis are reported by uiKKers. ' (Continued on Fago Four JUSTICE SALARY ILL ON ME A battle Is apparently brewing on the Staples bill to Increase tha salaries of the supreme court Justices from $5250 to 7,500 a year. When tho wuv .ni ma..,. committee's recommendation that tne uiu not pass reached the sen. ate today and Chairman Tn. moved its adoption the report was tabled on motion of Ritner. Sen ator Klepper endeavored to have the measure made a special order for 11 o'clock tomorrow, but this did not prevail. Tooie sought by his motion to have the bill killed uy lnuerinite postponement. SPANISH PREMIER FORCED TO RESIGN CHILD LABOR BILL IN HOUSE TODAY The resolution ealline fnr u,t,n. tlon of 'he child labor anicmlina ,i to the federal constitution will probably know II. fui. ih. hands of the house this nf'ernonn. It Is understood that the revdu tlons committee will report tne resolution nut frwlav .n.i ih.i . suspension of the rules will be called for to bring about an Im mediate VOtA nn lha nipn.nra V., one except the resolutions commit- i.-.-ii.rn snow won', the recom mendation un the resolution la tn Lisbon. Spain, Feb. l!. ( ny Associated Press.) The chamber of deputies oilay voted luck of confidence In the government by 115 to 45 after a alorinv all nl..h session and Premier Saniim rw. 'limned. Hiiuuse of rumors of disiiih anres, troops paraded the etreets and were stationed around parlia ment at'er midnight. The governmental crisis follow ed a debute on a statement of I'ro nier Santos regarding a demon stration in front of the minister ial offices last ' Siltni-iliiv tt-h.,n troops fired In'o the crowds. A bomb was exploded at ih it ilm mere was considerable ma damage and four racial! i.. gove.'iiiiii ut had ordered a quiry FIND ANOTHER HOLE OUTLET TO SAND CAVE rial Tha i in- Cuve City. Ky., Feb. 11 Illy Assix lu'eil Press.) Kxoloratlon ot anal her hole as a poisllile outlet to Sand cave was undertaken this morning by F.dwsrd Ilremmer of Cincinnati and Albert Marshall ot Danville, Ky., miners. The hols wsa found 150 feet from the regu lar entrance to the cave. Ilrenner reported going in'o tl'S tunnel a distance of 76 feet. Ila said that In the ilarknes. be a.i two small shining eyes. Me put his hand Unon it and eantilrail A -,. . I I. ' - . .. .as-f I Ue. bat.