Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, February 12, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSHAFT SUNK TO RESCUE COLLINS MAY MISS CITY EDITION tally average net pal a circulation for monui ending January 11, 19Z 6548 A vera co daily distribution 7071. Vrmbr Audit Bureau of Circulation. 1 FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 37 RESCUE SHAFT TRIBUTE P J IN LIMESTONE TOLINCOMiN CAVERN TOP MANY CITIES Collins' Fate Rests With Higher Power Than En gineers; May be Sunday Before Body Reached. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 12. (By Associated Press.) H. T. Car- Michael, in charge of the res:ue work at San Cave, where Floyd Collins baa been imprisoned 13 duvfl. today began prospecting In the rescue shaft now being niide to the natural entrance to the cavo behind where a "squeeze" clojed the nnsMiKe last Thursday. The drill previously sent down 70 feet at a point tun leet ivoji tho shaft was to be placed in the center of the shaft now approxi mately 45 feet deep In an effort to determine whether there Is i cavern directly under It and If so at what depth. The depth or the shaft was elven out officially this afternoon at 47 feet, measuring from tho lower side of the mouth and u2 feet from the highest point. The shaft mouth is on a steep grade. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 12 (By .Associated TreRs) The fate of Floyd Collins, despite the skill of the state's best engineers and the valor of the volunteer diggers, resta In the hands of a power higher th.in theirs, they acknowledged to day when the rescue shaft reach ed the limestone, honeycombed section of the S.md Cave death trap. Failure of the sound amplifl cation tests yesterday to record Continued on Page Seven) THREE BILLS TO IE OE HOB! At least three bills dealing with the state prohibition depart ment and its financing will grow out of the reporr of the special prohibition investigating commit tee. It was Indicated today. Whether the bills will come out of the house and senate commit tees, or Individual members of these committees, or from other legislators has not been de term In ed. In view of the fact that the special committee's report prac tlrally places all of the blame tor the mistakes of the prohibition de partment upon the governor, and considering the governor's own admission of the responsibility, It Is believed certain that a bill will be Introduced to place the depart ment and the appointment of the prohibition commissioner In the bands of the board of control. The chances for passage of such a Pleasure are considered bright even in the face of the defeat handed out to the fih bill yester day In the senate. Four of the senators who yesterday voted against the fish bill are senate members of tho prohi Investigat ing committee who signed the re port censuring Pierce. They are Hare. Eddy, Garland and Johnson. Consistency on the part of these senators would compel them to vote for a bill taking the depart ment out of the hands of the fO' iV.irvird on i'age ivrn KlTC E ff E R S E L F IN ST E A OF FAITHLESS HUSBAKD Detroit. Mich., Feb. 12. Vic tlm of a fate intended for her huhand. Mrs. Delzdta Lowry, 2" died Inst night. She was severed burned a v vk aca when burning r.".o!!ne which had thrown on the bed of her husband flared back, letting fire to her own clothing. Mr. Lowrjr anil Clifford, her 80 yeir old htiuand. told police that at the time of their mar riage they agreed that If on" of thm should be found unfaithful, the other wonld be privileged to kill the unfaithful one. Capita Most Pretentious Observ ance at Chicago, Spring field And At Nation's Capitol. Chlcngo, Feb. 12 Special tri butes In Chicago and throughout the state were paid today to Illi nois' favorite son Abraham Lin coin. The most pretentious of the ob servanccs of his birthday anniver sary were In Chicago, where he was nominated for the presidency in 1859, and in Springfield, where he practiced law for years, and where his mortal remains found rest. Informal ceremonies also were planned to take place at Lin coin's tomb in the state capital. Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles, who at 25 was a major gen' eral commanding a division In the Union army nnd knew Lincoln In timately, was the central figure of Chicago' observances. Cabinet Pays Tribute Washington, Feb. 12 Three members of tho cabinet were among the list of honor guests and speak ers at a Lincoln birthday lunch eon given here today by the trust ees of Lincoln memorial university. Besides Secretaries Weeks, Work and Wilbur, other Invited guests to the gathering of tribute Included former Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Judge Elbert H. Gary, The appropriatenncs? of the me morial university founded In the Tennessee hills as a memorial to (Continued on Page Kiyht) RECONSIDERED BY SENATE TODAY Acting upon motion of Senator Magl.idry the senate this morning voted to reconsider the vote by which the Dennis resolution to sub mit to the people a constitutional amendment prohibiting the levy of income or inheritance taxes In Oregon prior to 1940 was yester day d?efatcd. On the motion to reconsider Senator Magladry and Senator Ed dy cast their votes with the friends of tho measure, and the division was made 17 to 13 for the resolu tion. On the vote yesterday Sena tor Dennis changed his vote at the last minute to allow himself the opportunity of moving for a re consideration, and he voted with the n-ajority this morning. Immediately upon passage of the reconsideration motion Sena tor Dennis moved that the resolu tion be rtreferrcd to the commit tee on resolutions for amendment. It will be amended at the request of Senator Eddy to provide that srace be set aside in the voters pamphlet for negative as well as affirmative arguments, nnd leave the Inheritance tax in force for three years after the enactment of t!o amendment by the people. GASOLINE PRICE RAISED IN EAST Chicago, Feb. 12. Effective tomorrow the price of Easolh.' will be increased two cents a nai an throughout the elevrn lat.: served by the S'antlard Oil coti nony of Indiana. It was annonnc- i today. Kern?ne prices will d vance one cent. Washington. Feb. 12 An In- vpotiRation of the easnlln. inrf,.. try was proponed In the senate ti lnjr by Senator Trammel!, dem : crnt. Florida. The resolution would hay tV federal trade commission exam'n !nto recent "arbitrary and unwar ranted" inrreosea In the prlee jl ra-nline. with a view to pronec.i tlin... elioul da violation ol law be Jisrovered. IF Friday the 13th First of Ill-Fated Days This Year Tomorrow Is Friday the Thirteenth. . Those believing that brok en mirrors and bluck cats uro unlucky should stay clone at home. Friday falls on tho thirteenth three times tills year. The year 1925 has al ready witnessed the end of tho world which promised to bring pestilence, tliheaxe and many other plagues. Add t his to three Friday I he thirteenths and you will find tli.it the present year is ex pected to be the blackest in tin history of tiie nut ton. Knrthqiiakcs, war nnd famine cannot compare Willi the de plorable events tlutt are to tuke place this year. m Controversial legislation upon which the executive veto may be expected, or feared is to be rushed through the two bouses during the present week in order that it niusi be returned before adjournment it vetoed, according to the organiza tion program as it stands iu the two houses today. Of the major bills before the two houses only the appropriation measures are to be exposed to tho governor's veto without allowing the solons a chance to override hi: objections. If the governor cares to assume the responsibility o; vetoing the ap-t.toprlntion bills, which might necessitate a special session of the legislature to straighten matters out, ho may do so the legislators point ou. Afer i. bill has passed the twa houses the governor has five days in which o sign or veto It. It he docs neither it automoutlcally be comes a law. Of'.en It is the caso that bills passed during the clos ing days of the session are held up by the governor until after ad journment and then vetoed. Should It develop during the closing days that the governor is attempting '.o thus kill off any thing in which the legislature Is particularly interested there In talk among the solons of recess ing, and then coming back after a week to dispose of vetoed hills. This course was followed once during '.lie time Governor Wst was in office. LEADER OF MOCBS REPORTED TO BE DEAD Molilla, Morocco, Feb. 12. (By Associated Press) There was a widespread report here to day that Abd-El-Krim, leader of the rebellious Moore was dead an the result of wounds. The Span ish authorities are seeking infor mation. Oregon Coach Ojitts Seattle. Wash., Feb. 12 Bart Fpellman, an auto salesman of this city, announce! today that he had resigned as hea 1 line coach Ht the University of Oregon. His father died recently, and he said that his Interests demanded his continuous presence In Seattle. He held the Oregon post seven years. GLIMPSES .tx j&m iND Vr;; h"ad Vl; "" A f?rP tY" A fWS(tWRC i,U. itEO CROWIf- , ' - ' CO AMIVC f. V TO ALU TMF WV?' ,p Akh Ct-DOORS V An rt 9 tttl V, RO'l A Lid SALEM, ORGEON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1925 K B Ml Emm MAY 1 LOSSOF B!LL Friends of Fish Bill May Apply Screws To Oppo sition; Income Tax Pro posal Also Loses. By Harry N. Cralii The antl-PIerce program of the legislative session has been scut tled, and from now on until the closing night the senate can be looked to as a battle ground of bitter retaliation that will recog nize no quarter except surrender. In the short space of 30 minutes yesterday the opposition dealt out defeat to two organization measures In the upper house and demonstrated decisively that poli tics and political measures are ta boo no far as the senate Is con cerned. First tbey turned against the Dennis resolution submitting to the people a constitutional am endment providing that no income or Inheritance taxes are to be levied In Oregon prior to 1940, and then they passed the Ritncr bill trans fering the power to appoint mem bers of the state fish commission from the governor to the board of Contlnued on Page Three) UNABLE TO AGREE UPON HUM Following announcement of Its findings today the prohibition de partment investigating commit tee was unable to agree on recom mendations, and was evenly divided. Recommendations signed by Senator Hare and four members of the house committee urge that the major portion of money from violations of the prohibition law be turned over to sheriffs and district attorneys for enforcement of the law and that they should have a "flying squadron" of com petent officers to enforce the prohibition law. Their recom mendation would virtually sup plant the present act. With Hare In this recommendation are Representatives Rushlight, Fltz maurice, Lonergan and Swan. The other recommendation, signed by Representative Hurl hurt and Senators Eddy, Johnson, Butter and Gnrland urges that there be a change in the office of prohibition commissioner without delay. They would strengthen the present act by giving the pro hibition department twice the amount of money It now receives under the act. (Continued on Page Seven) OF LEGISLATORS BY MURRAY WADE Rosarians Hold High Carnival at Burlesque Session Sitting In a one house organiza tion the Rosarians of Portland pass ed more legislation, scored the gov ernor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house In a session last night in less time than it would take the regular house to pass a bill providing for the per diem and mileage of Its members. The Cherrians as guests of the Rosarians filled the honor seats of the gallery. Ordinary citizens and members of the 33rd legislature occupied the seats of the great common folk of the land. Following the passage of a num ber of vital bills. Governor Pierce. President Moser of the senate, and Speaker Burdick of the house were haled before the speaker's desk to ba examified physically 1 5 INJURED BY Chicago, Feb. 12 (By Associat ed Press) Approximately 15 per sons' were reported to have been Injured, some seriously In an ex plosion In tho engraving room of the Chicago Evening American to day, riro followed the explosion. The Injured, Including three young women, were taken to the Iroquois memorial hospital. Tts explosion was said to have occurred in the handling of a can of e'.her in the engraving room. The flash nnd blast shook the buili'yig and injured several em ployes in the engraving room und near Sly, and as the flames burst out, a 2-11 alarm of fire was sound ed and all employes ordered from the building. No one was believed to have been killed, as far as could be learned. When after tho arrival of fire men., employes were able to get back to the editorial rooms, edit ors and reporters alike were un able to give many details except thut a cm of ether had exploded In Hie engraving room and several persons were hurt. DELAY ACTION UPON WARREN'S CONFIRMATION Washington, Feb. 12 Adinlnir traUon leaders w'll seek to prevent action at this session of the senate mn the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan, to be attor ney general. ThU was disclosed today after Chairman Cumniings of the Judi ciary committee had fi-ani:ly in formed President Coolldge of the exto:it to whii-h opposition has de veloped. Salary Itnlse Bill Salary of the county treasurer ff Gilliam county would be rais ed from $4if0 to $r0Q a year through house bill 431 introduced by Representative Fitzmaurlce today. CAVERN omnial p and mentally before being made Knights of Rosarla. J. C. Perry, King Bine of the Cherrians. wan also subjected to examination prior to the conferring of knighthood. A suspicious bottle was found In Governor Pierce's pocket, Judge E. V. Llttlefleld. the conductor of the examination found through the examining physician that Govern or Plorce was suffering from a se vere case of "egoitis." He was asked If he knew one Roy Rltner and If there were any reason why the latter should havo kept him out of the penitentiary. A letter was read from Mayor Baker In which he explained that he was equal to tho governor as (Continued on Page. Kight) IN CALIFORNIA Sau Francisco, Cul., Feb. 12. Rivers and streams In portions c( northern California, swollen by torrential rains and by melting snows In the mountains, continued at flood stage today, though condi tions generally were improved. The San Francisco bay region got another hard drenching in t'i night, bu. in Marin county, acro.n the bay and north of the city, trai fic was resumed haltingly today after the flood had crippled rail and motor travel yesterday. The weather bureau promised no in Mediate relief, predict in g unset Med weather all along tlx coast today and tomorrow, with rain general in California and snow in the mountains. In northern California th-M were floods in spots along the lint of the Sacramento river. Opera tions ct a lumber company net Westwood. a mountain town, wen suspended when a power dam on .he west branch of the Feather river broke, cutting off the elec trie supply to Westwood and Suaanvillc. . Probably 10.000 commuters or more living In Marin county points were kept from their work yesterday. It was Impossible fa conveyances of any kind to get through to the ferries a. Sausulfta Today the first steam and elec tric trains In 30 hours reached the port for San Francisco. The Northwestern Pacific railroad, having removed slides and repi'r rd damaged tracks, promised lim ited service today. Greece Anneals to Leapue Geneva, Feb. 12. Greece ha: appealed to the league of nation against the action of Turkey In ex polling the Most Ilev. Constantino pumcnieal patrirarh of the (Jreorf Ca.hollc church, from Constant! nople, claiming that this action endangers the friendly relation:1 between the two countries. PRISON ENTIRELY l,PRICE THREE CENTS 2?A3tf!S!3 JL. Legislature Asks Attor ney General If It Has Power To Levy Tax and To Direct Hoad Levy. Can the sta'e legislature levy a tax? That Iti the question that now faces the ways and means commit tee and Attorney General Van Winkle has been asked to give the answer. If the attorney general holds in '.he affirmative the Joint ways and means committee expects to Introduce a bill levying a s'.utc tax for yi.ooo.oo or enough to make tip the difference between what the state tax commission lev ied last December and what the commission could have levied un der the b per cent constitutional limitation. Another question that has bee.i asked the attorney general is whether the one-fourth road levy can be diverted for general pur poses. This act is very convenient ae a utility measure that Is it has been diverted In the past lor other purposes and there are nu merous other purposes to which the present legislature has talked of directing It. The ways and means committee Is bard pressed to find enough money to meet all state require ments, even IT only the bare ncce3 sitfes are considered. Representatives of Forest Groo, (Continued on Pago Seven) E The hntme this morning by a vote of to 25 refused to recon sider He action yesterday ir adopting the report of tho reso lutions committee calling for tin referring of tho child labor amendment to tho people at the next election for an advisory vote. The bouse next pawed houee bill 42G, a substitute for the orU inal resolution, calling for refer ring the proposition to the peo ple. The vote was 49 for aud tt against the bill. Proponents of Mie child labor amendment charged that tl.otie favoring the submitting of the measure to the vulers were sid stepping the question, and were anald to put themselves on rec ord. Representatives Woodward Molt, Cowglll, Hurlhurt, lieu nctt, made the principal spccrlms favoring reconsideration of the resolution com in it tee's report and the placing of the hoinse on record fur or against the child labor amendment. SNOW IN WyW" DELAYSJSPEE TRAINS Medfnrd, Or., Feb. 1 2 With ' three fert of nnow at Sihpoii, Cal.. and two at tlm crest of the siiski yous, all Sunt hern l'ncific trulrir1 f.om the south are from three to our hours tate today. The high way over the Sinkiyous, hnwewr. is kfpt open nnd motor cars air Miming through alMiouch travel i; iliftieult. Motor buses are still running to Klamath Kails over fit f Jren Spring highway, hut If I lie present Mo,-my weather fontiime the loud will soon h (losM. NEGRO BEATEN TfDLSTH Taroma Waoh.. F' b 12. The third murder In five days oc curred here early t his morning when Present t W. Sunday, negro and a character In the under world here, was beaten to death in his automobile. A white mnn known to poliro rs Hill Taylor Is being sought as the slayer anil police have arrested Dorothy Al len, a white girl. It Is declared by the police that the white man killed the negro In a fit of Jeal ousy over the girl. PLAN TO LEVY ICENSURE FOR TAX TO RAISE DRY OFFICIAL si.ono.ooo UNSETTLED Probably rain tonight and Friday. Mod erate temperature. Preate northeasterly wind, becoming gales alon the coast. Local: Max.. 48; mln., 41: rain, .44; river, 11.1, tailing; atraos, cloudy; wind, west. BY PROBERS Legislative Investigators Demand Removal or Resignation of Cleaver As Chief. Declaring that George L. Cleav er, state prohibition commission er, should be removed or asked to resign, and censuring him for the manner In whi-:h the financial rce crds of his office have been kept and condemning him for his po litical activities and his apparent theory that It was the business of his office to catch corrupt officials rathe. than bootleggers and otiier offenders, the report of the Bpivial dry law Investigating committee came back to the senate this after noon. A supplementary report signed by Senator Eddy and all of the senate member of the committee with tho exception of Senator Hare recommended continuation of the state department with Increas ed funds for a period of two ytars, the understanding being that, it at the end of two years tho de partment was not found to be func tioning better than 11 has in the past It is to be abolished. Senator Hare and four huuse members of the committee. It is understood, will recommend that in lieu of the present law a new statute be enacted giving to the flherlffs and district attorneys a greater percentage of the liquor (Continued on Page Nine) PIERCE TO GIVE iiUL IE Governor Pierce this morning said that he had told .Major Charlei CJedsted, recently resigned from the headquarters staff of the Ore gon National Guard, that if the charges made by Major Gjedstedi against Urlgidicr-General Georg A. Unite. a-JJulant general of the national guard, wero proved true he would ask for the resignation of (General While. The governor also said that hs had complied with Major Cjtd sted's re. lies t that certain record books containing alleged evidence be locked up for safe keeping, but said thut unle Major delisted had further evidence of miscon duct on the pu t of General White no further Investigation would be necessary. Major C.JeJsted staled ibis morn Ing that he still has a "hole card' to play, but refused to reveal the uatitr:; of this additional charge be pays be will bring. He Intimated. :hat It would be placed In ih hand of the district attorney with a re 'i nest for criminal proseeutiou. Governor Pierce said he had bten a lvlsed by Major GJedwted that he had additional charges to make, but he did not know tue na ture of them. L ! The hmit-e- today reconsidered houf-u hill 215, deieated yesteidi, and patted it wtli only three (lis - nting votes. The measure est:ib iit-ties on paper, so to speak, "the ve. stern Oregon normal school" at .-luaMue. It will lie referred to the; people. If passed, the appropria tion will be sought for erection -it iMi.ld ngs, accord. ug to Represent ,it:e liutc. Clatuu county. House bill 2'j2, providing for" abolii-lunen of county courts audi transference of their probate ec tlv.ties to circuit courts, was a Is a resurrected this morning by a re en - de ration vole. The measure ven d down Tuesday, was laid on liie tahle for future disposition, :i1opt with Ps companion bill 253, (..tiding for appointment o( Minty rfinunirs!oners to replace the county judges.