Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, February 17, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfir HOUSE DEFEATS CITV EDITION Eally average net paid circulation month ending January SI, l2t 6548 Average daily distribution 7071. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 41 PROPOSALFOR F B00KSK1LLED House Votes Down Wcod- REE SCHOOL n ward Measure But Passes 23 Other Bills Including Salary Raises In another morning of steady grinding, the house disposed of twenty three house bills. All passed, except the measure call ing for free or "loan" textbooks to be enplied by the etate. Th latter measure, house bill 206, was killed by a vote of 32 to 2 5 Representatives Woodwat d and Graham were the principal speaker for the bill. Woodward declared that passage of the measure which would have to be referred to the people, would save from 25 to 50 per cent a year to the people of Oregon n textbook costs. He also maintain ed that it would cut down truan cy around 10 per cent. "California's books only coet 59 cents a year per pupil under the loan system, the books being own ed by the state," he explained. "The people kicking against the bill are chiefly those whs don't have children and don't want school houses," declared Representative Graham of Wash ington county. i (Continued on Page Nine) FOR PAVING OF STREETS flF GITY Nine petitions for street 1 provement were presented to the city council last night and re ferred to the street committee for Investigation. Thirty foot pavements, of Inch concrete, were asked by C. L. Hays and seven others on Mill sttreet between 14th and 16th; by L. 0. Bulgln and five others on University street between Mill and Bellevue; by J. 6. Cooley and 19 others on N. Church street be tween Market and South; by W. V. Taylor and eight others on Saginaw between Superior to Rural avenue; by Mrs. A. B. Mc Killop and 10 others on Shipping street between Capital and the Southern Pacific right of way by J. A. Remington and eight others on Chemeketa between 21st and 24th; by- C. Van Patten and 11 others between 21st and 23rd ttreets on Mill; and by C. L. Alii ion and 13 others on Lee sttreet between 14th and 18th. H. L. Rose and 12 others have asked tor a 24 foot pavement and concrete curbs on S. 17th street between Ferry ajid Mill streets. H. W. Carson and 19 others have petitioned for a sewer In the al ley of blocks one and three. Kay addition, and Mrs. Roslna Walde- spe! and none others have pet! tioned for a sewer along north 12th street between Nebraska and D streets. An objection to having a fill Ing station erected on lot five, block one. Owens addition, by John Harbison, was filed by O. A Olson and five others, who claim that section Is plentifully supplied with filling stations, and that the proposed station would destroy residencs values. POLK WIFE DESERTER ARRESTED AT RED BLUFF Dallas, Or., Feb 17. R. B. Kenyon. who was indicted by the Polk county grand Jury in Janu ary on a secret indictment charg ing non-support, was arrested Sunday In Red Bluff, Cal.t accord ing to a telegram received here ry Sheriff Hooker today, proceei Ines will be started to bring Ken yon back should he desire to fight extradition. The man deserted his wife unn child in Oregon. His arrest wj made after Sheriff Hooker bid telegraphed Red Bluff authority on a tip that Kenyon waa driving a truck out of that plact. for wrtaii u TO F l Seek Bulk Appropriation, Vesting Administration With Emergency Board To Solve Tangle. Pointing the way out of the financial tangle In which the ways and means committee of the legislature finds Itself in seek ing to provide needed revenues for the conduct of the etate gov ernment during the coming two years, a bill will make its appear ance in one of the two houses to day calling for a bulk appropria tion to cover all state ex pen sen. and vesting in the emergency board the administration of the fund. The bill calls for an approprl ation to cover "the payment of the cost of buildings, equipment, betterments and improvements at, and the maintenance expense of. the several state institutions and certain departments. The appropriation would be made In conformity with the bud get findings of the committee, and complete supervision over the expenditures would be vested in the emergency board, which would be required to "carefully investigate the budget needs of the several state Institutions and departments and limit the disbursements of said institutions and departments to actual needs in order that strict economy may be enforced. While the board would be au thorized to reduce the expendi tures of any of the departments in accordance with Its findings, the bill limits the amount of such reductions to 25 per cent of the amount specified for that depart ment in the appropriation. The 'bill carries the emergency clause. Sponsors for the bill declare that it would compel economies that cannot otherwise be obtain ed in the expenditure of appropri ated moneys. The state's financial problem Is no nearer solution after, the meeting of the ways and means committee last night. In fact It is Just a little farther away from solution because of protests that are coming In from those state departments that the committee (Continue! on Page Eight) Washington, Feb. 17. Altar adding $2,000,000, -the senile commerce committee today apv proved the rivers and harbors bill, authorizing total expenditures tf more than 140,000.000 for con struction, repair and preservation work throughout the country. Other surveys approved were: Tillamook bay entrance, Oregon; Wrangell narrows, Alaska; Colum bia and lower Willamette rivers, between Portland, or., and the tea with a view to deepening and widening the channel; harbor work at Jan Francisco and Cres cent City, Cal., and projects on Chehalis harbor and river, WilU pa and Olympia harbors, Washing ton. MICHIGAN SUGAR - TRUST DENIES CHARGES Washington. Feb. 17. A gen eral denial of the complaint re cently made against it by the fed eral .rade commission has been filed with the commission by th" Michigan Sugar company of whl:h Charles B. Warren was an offl clal when he was nominated by President Coolldge to be attorney general. Kotorthin Arrives. Grangemouth, Scotland, Feb. 17 The Flettner roorshlp Buc'rau on a Toyage from Daniig and Kiel to Kteth, with lumber, regarded cs a test for the new type ot croft under eommerctal conditions, ar rived at the mouth of the Firth of Forth today. ALL PENSES IPEO BY NEW BILL 11 mnnr Salary Joker In Civil Service Bill Causes Its Defeat Attempted passage of senate bill 100, the Multnomah county civil service bill, blew up In the senate today when Senator Moser, - who was supporting the measure on the floor, had his attention called to the salary feature of the bill by Senator Joseph, whereupon Moser said he couldn't stand for that fea ture and moved that the bill be rereferred to the Multnomah dele gation. Joseph was the only mem ber of the Multnomah delegation opposing the bill. The bill, which waa lmroaucea by Corbett an A Banks, would place the employed of Multnomah coun ty offices under civil service. Joseph, in attacking the bill, de clared it would be demoralizing In its effect on the employes, and as serted that he didn't believe in civil service anyvvnere. He referred to the Portland police and tire de nartments as examples, declaring that the DOlicemen . gained five DEVELOPMENT Oregon ranks third In resources of electrical power and 33rd in de vclopmcnt of those resources, :- cordiug to statements made tht'j noon by Senator Joseph in an ad dress before the Salem KiwuniJ club at its weekly luncheon at the Marion hotel. Seventy-five per cent of the hydro-electrical energy in the United States is to be found in the three Pacific coast states, he says with Oregon having its full share of that amount. "California Is far ahead jf u in development of electrical enev gy," stated Mr. Joseph. "Idaho h:is just authorized development by the state. Washington also is ing ing to the front." Thero was .' project on foot to develop electri cal energy- t Umatilla rapids, but it was allowed to fall through. Ta coraa and other Waehingtoa citlfM are now getting newly established industries that could just as well be secured for Oregon if the power were made available to attract them, according to Senator Joseph The speaker cited his own ob servatlons on two trips that he har. taken to Toronto, Canada, when a plant has been established which produces 600,000 horsepower. Tin. original plans were doubled be cause of the enormous demand for power, he stated. Electricity the Canadian side of the boundary now sells for half the price on the American side because of the quantity production. "If there is a thing In the it at-? of Oregon that's important, it this,' he concluded. "It's the simplest thing there Is there nothing secret about It. It Is the thing needed more than anything else to liven up thl3 stnte. GLIMPSES FREE SCHOOL SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1925 pounds In weight Immediately after civil service became effective. The civil service board, he declared, would be controlled by the em ployes, and said he believed the Multnomah delegation had been controlled by them In supporting the measure. They could force the maximum salary feature of the hill, he sali, and the taxpayers and the legislature would be powerless to stop them. Senator Garland wanted to know if tho act would compel a succes sor In office to accept the employes of his predecessor and be respon sible for their acts. When answer ed In the afrirmutive he called the meas ire very dangerous. Moser had risen to the defense of the bill when his attention was directed to the maximum salary feature, which provides for an in crease In salaries -under certain circumstances but for no decrease. RANCHER CUT BY HAY KNIFE Klamath Falls. Ore., Feb. 17. John Coleman, prominent rancher and candidate for sheriff at the primaries last May is near death today at a local hospital with the back part ot his skull cleft and his face horribly cut from the blows ot a hay knife. Coleman was attacked this morn ing at his ranch by a man declared by police to be Gus Yordcn, an em ploye on the ranch. According to Coleman, Yorden attacked him with the hay knife following a misunderstanding over the work to be done about the ranch. After being struck with the huge knife, Cobnian lay on the ground unconscious for some time before members ot his family came to his aid. He was rushed to a local hospital for medical treat ment. The physician In attend ance said the rancher stood three chances out of four of recovering. A corps of deputies from the sheriff's office left this morning for Coleman's ranch with a war rant for Yorden'a arrest. It Is thought that the man might have fled from the farm. ASKS CONGRESS TO MAINTAINBATTLESHiP Senator Upton today Introduced a joint memorial calling upon con gress to enact legislation for the transfer of the battleship Oregon from tho Bremerton navy yard to Portland harbor. The memorial asks the government to maintain the ship at Portland as a national historic miisium. OF LEGISLATORS BY MURRAY WADE f'M Out Joimraal Mnfl r o m BILL KILLED Senate Defeats Ratifica tion and Referendum And Advocates Decide Not to Reopen Issue. Ratification of the federal child labor amendment by .the Ore.ton legislature is a dead issue so far as Oregon is concerned for at least two years. That much became ap narent this morning when those seeking reconsideration of the bill to reler the matter to the people admitted their defeat, and decided to let well enough alone. Yesterday afternoon the senate dealt out tho sleeping potion to ratification at this session by ae testing the house bill to refer to-; question, and then thumping the Zimmerman resolution caning ioi rnl Iflcution. The vote on the ratincauon resolution yesterday waa 20 to 10, with the senators casting votes ae follows: , For ratification Banks, Butler, Carsner, Hall, Kinney, Klepper, Miller, Staples, Tooze and Zimmer man. Against Deals, Brown, Clark, Corbett, Davis, Dennis, Dunn. Eddy, Fisk, Garland, Hare, John- son, Joseph, LaFolIett, Magladry. j Ultner, Strayer, Taylor, upton. Moser. Bill to Refer Defeated On the bill to refer the question to the people the vote was: For submission Banks, Clark, Dennis, Hare, Joseph, Kinney, (Continued on Page Three) FOR MURDER OF E L. W. Peare, aged Coos county mountaineer, must hang for the murder of James Culver on Decem ber 27, 1922. The supreme court so he!d today In an opinion written by Justice Belt, affirming the con viction and sentence In Judge John C Kondall's court at Cnqullle. Other opinions handed down to day were: Adolph Ask vs Karl Wood, an ion county; suit to recover money; opinion by Justice Coshow. Judge Percy R. Kelly affirmed. State of Oregon vs E. O. Will son, appellant; appeal from Union county, appeal from conviction for manslaughter; petition for rehear ing denied in opinion by Justice Burnett Petition for rehenring denied in Ralston vs Stone. Appeal dismiss ed In AmlcrMn vs Hnrju. RE" MOT SOMETlM "ABOU FOR SESSION mm1 im "XNWWI fi II I V NJJH M U Uuj u jjy jo) i M i CONGRESS TOlFUNERAL HELD DIG UP FACTS AT MOUTH OF N ON AIRCRAFT RESCUE SHAFT Ik. : i Washington, Feb. 17 A favor able report on the nomination of William M. Jariine of Kansas to be secretary of agriculture was or dered today by the senate agricul tural committee. Chairman Nor- ris said no opposition to the nom ination was voiced in the commit tee. He expects quick confirma tion In the senate. 8F .ondon. Feb. 17. (fly Associ ated Preiss.) The condition 01 King George who Is Buffering from bronchitis, was reported un changed at 8 o'emrs tonight. A; that hour the kings pnysicun visited him and it was said that no further bulletins would ne is sued until tomorrow. London. Feb. 17 (By Assoclnt ed Press) A bulletin Issued at Buckingham pnlnce this afternoon said that King J.corge was Buf fering from an uttack of bronchitis due to Influenza. Despite a rest lew, night, it ail. led, his general condition was satisfactory. The bulletin was feigned by Lord Dawson, physician extraordinary to the king. Sir Milsom Bees and Sir Frederick Stanley Hewitt. The fact that they visited the palace this morning raised fears that the king's lllnms was worse than had been thought. It was pointed out, however, that these physicians In variably have a consultation when the king's condition Is anything but normal, and the issuance ot the bulletin allayed tho uneasiness. It Is understood the Indlsplsltlon In taking its normal counts and the fact that Queen Mnry has decid ed to attend the concert at Albert hall this evening to hear Paderew skl, who Is playing for the Brlttfh legion. Is taken to Indicate that there is nothing seriously the mat ter with Wn Majesty. The Prince of Wales came Into town from the hunting center of Melton Mobray. visited the palace and remained for luncheon. to T "HAT iffW BOOK DDTHIl TUDTP OPMTO ON TRAINS AND NKWH r ixivsvj lunuu uuino stands five ckntb Status of National Air Defense To Be Probed; Mitchell and Roosevelt Before Probers. Washington, Feb. 17. Thv status of the nation's aircraft de fense forces held the attention of two congressional commit tees to day with the houao military com mittee re-entering the controversy to resume heuringu on the bill to creute a unified air service. The houtse aircraft committee, at the same time, arranged tor a spe cial executive session to receive confidential Information from rep resentatives of Secretary Weeks and Secretary Wilbur on plans of their respective departments f ji national defense against attack from the air. Brigadier General Mitchell, as sistant army air chief aud central figure In the controversy and Theodore Roosevelt, former assist ant secretary ot the navy, were the witnesses called by the mili tary committee. The war and navy departments were called on for confidential information by the aircraft com mittee by unanimous decision of the committee in executive eefwion yesterday, several members admit ting the action was prompted by repeated statement of witnesses that the nation Is laggiug in be development of air power. The action was suggested by Repru sentative Perkins, republican, New Jersey, committee examiner. Colonel Rooeevelt told the mili tary committee It would be a "grave mistuke" it the army nnl navy air service were united as proposed In the pending Curry bill. Money saved by such a sUv would be false economy, he said. The bill Is opposed by the admin istration and favored by Geneml Mitchell. With the eyes of 150 persons on him, and the realization of a good work, well accomplishes Blddle Bishop stood before Itufe White, chaplain of the Salem post of the American Legion last night and listened diffidently to a re sume of the efforts made by Mr. Bishop In putting across the $1320 dance from which the proceeds had lust been presented Mrs. J. A Carson, representing the War Mothers association. Mr. Bishop became more and more en barraas- ed as Mr. White praUsed him. Finally Mr. White brought from behind his hack a beautiful purple velvet Jewel box, opened It. and dWclorfed a gleaming watch, which he extended to Mr. Bishop with the compliments of the American Le gion and tho War Mothers. Mr. ifihop gingerly reached for it, his hand trembling with emotion, hen, to his horror, the beautiful gift clipped to the floor and crash ed to a hundred pieces. A gasp of horror swept the hall. Mr. Bishop stepped back staittd to say something, but the words stuck In his throat. Mr. White allowed the enoimlty nf tho accident to sink In deeply before he extended In his other hand another Jewel box, which held another watch, the real gift beautifully engraved Hamilton watch, lth this Inscription: "To h Itl i fro Bishop from the War Mothers and the American Le glon." Pueet FIav Dallas. Dallas. Or.. Feb 17- The Tol lege ot Puget Sound and the Dallas city team meet at basketball Tiie day night In the high school gyn The Dnlas team hoe received hut ne defeat and tha at the hand it Sllverton on the Bllverton f!oo last Friday night. Dallas hlg trhool and Rickreall high srhoi ,tlay a preliminary to the colleg .me BULL CLOUDY WEATHER Tonight and Wednesday; moderate tem perature. Light west winds. Local: max., SO; mln., S4: rain, trace river, f.S, falling; atmoa., part cloudy; wind, northwest. Danger To Workers Com pel Abandonment of Ef fort to Recover Collins' Body Tomb Scaled. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 17. (P.y Associated Press.) Looking dowa into Sand cave rescue shaft In which scores of volunteers labored for 11 days at 1 nights to save Floyd Collins, Uev. C. K, Dickey of the Cave City Methodist Episcopal church this afternoon conducted Floyd's funeral. A choir of eight women from Cave City sang three hymns and the boulders were placed back up on hie tomb and sealed, leaving him still locked in nature's arms aa he was caught 18 days ago. The services around the mouth of the shaft began at 2 o'clock aft er M. E. S. Posey officially an nounced abandonment ot all ef forts to remove Collins' body, and Lee Collins, his aged father, had agreed to let him be burled where he lay. Itev. Mr. Dickey offered a priy er nnd spoke briefly on Floyd's ad venturous life a a cave explorer. Mrs. Ida Withers of Cave City ijong "We Shall Understand It Btr and By," nnd the choir sang Nearer My God to Thee," followed by "Asleep In Jesus." Just above Collins' head In the sloping eight foot drift of the nat ural Sand cave tunnel, cement an1 boulders were to be placed In po d- v tion and the tunnel sealed. Then the twelve-foot lateral leading from the rescue shaft to his roK prison was to be filled back In anJ finally the elx-foot square shaft. 55 feet deep, was to be filled. Gathering on the brow of the little hill looking down upon the mouth of Sand cave and the rescno 'unnel, Rev. Mr. Dickey closed tho (Continued on Page Seven) BUI 1RTEEEN STILL IN JAIL Glenn V. Ituril, who on Friday the i:itb was the 13th prisoner In cull 13 In the county jail, and by hat token should have been tU9 most unlucky ot mortals, never theless, was one ot the first tJ gain his freedom out ot the whole 13 as today he put up ibuv in casu bail to assure his appearance bi fore the grand Jury. Hut as Kouert Morton, moon shiner, had come In In the mean time It still leaves 13 prisoners la the Jail. It Is declared by the su perstitious that the advent or Morton lifting the number 13 to 14 prisoners ha .umethins; to do with Burd's sudden accession oi good luck. Kurd is held under ball to an swer to a charge of robbing or at tempting to rob the hencoop of a Woodhurn rancher. State cooperation for the CleaS lake project to unite the citlf f the Willamette valley in a dis trict to develope water and power Jointly from Clear lake, In th Cascades at the head ot the Mac- Kensie river, died In the legisla ture this afternoon when Senato, Garland who with Senator John don withdrew senate bills 102 and 103. Senator Garland announce, I that as both bills were advers-iy reported by the Judiciary commit tee and a poll of the senate re vealed 20 senators opposed to both, the measures were with drawn to avoid their defeat.