Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, February 18, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfi CITY EDITION Dally averags- not pais ctrcultttoa for montb ending January It, 12 ". CLOUDY WEATHER An aomswhat unsettled tonight a a J Thursday. No ten la Un.n.rsturs. Moderate tut wind. . local: Mm., 41: mln., l; rain, none j. i t. fulling; atmos.. cloudy; wind. 6548 Average dally distribution T0T1. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 42 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS JS8AIivA?uSS c rvnr ir l f i imn i 1 n - rpjir u uu l juul n v; i v w 7 nnm iriiTiAii Iiipihahi ! iHNUN mm BILE KILLED VOTE 37-IIIy Jackson County Delegfl' tion Pre-Primary Con vention Measure Put To Sleep As Is Mills Bill The house this morning by Vote of 37 to 18 defeated the pro- primary convention bill intro duced by the Jackeon county dele gation curly in the action. Representative Cowgill, Jack ion county, explained that he de- jire,d to Bee the bill passed end lent on to the senate where o'jjec tlons may be brought out against the bill. "It will probably be put to eleep as has the Mills bill, he said, "!m: It will give opportunity to bring out points of the measure, and later I hope to be able to draft ?.rt- ther measure. Representative Shumway of Morrow and Umatilla counties op sosed the bill on the grounds tint it would tie a candidate's hnnd.i before he ran for election on e, pa s,y tirkpt. The house this morning passed lenate bill 64, a voluminous meas ure of 120 pages, amending the present state bank code and In torpnrating new material taken chiefly from the banking laws of New York and California. No opposition was voiced against the bill. Representative Cramer, of Josephine county, explained the bill briefly, "it le the safety of depositors we are chiefly con cerned with," he explained. "The bill has been prepared after two years of studious work. It has the approval of many bankers ftssortations. " Other senate bills passed by the nouse were: 96 amending the law relating to the board of barber examiners, providing that a secretary paid at the rate of 150 a month shall (Continued on Page Seven) The two Oscurs a.t the court house llower and S'.eeihammcr, sheriff and assessor, respective!)' used to be great friends. They till speak wucn passing in fie ball, but do so with slanted eyas and hats slightly tipped dov.n over said eyes. A harsh word might precipitate a conflict. It all has arisen over the vital luestlon of who is going to col lect the dog tax. Just at present that arduous task Is up to the sheriff. Person ally speaking the sheriff probably ou!d prefer bringing In six mur lerere, nine yeggraen and a doien desperadoes a week, to collecting Ihe dog tax. . At any rate It is a lob of parts and sought by no e!f especting officer. As a merry quip, Sheriff Oscar told Assessor Oscar a few weetia ago be understood that the legii lature was contemplating shoving this duty over onto -the assessor. The assessor hit the ceiling. By co-incidence some legislate tctunlly introduced such a bill. All the king's horses and ail the king's men couldn't convince Assessor Oscar that Sheriff Oscai was not at the bottom of It. Consequently the sheriff carries sort of cynical smile when he eea the assessor, and the assessor glowers. Incidentally the asaers-.'r baa put in jome strong plugs against the bill In the legislature Up to dare It is no man's vic tory. It Is still undecided as to who shall collect the dog tax. An I until that decision is reached there will be no harmony at the court bouse. For the time being the Damon and Pythias fricnlship Is broken. The outcome is in the lop of the gods. Mill Citv E.mouet Mill city. Or.. Feb. 18. Tho Iconic lod'e of Mill City enjoyej Heir monthly banquet at the lammond hotel Monday night. Jrtht. after which they repaired o their lodge rooms and conferred the Mri-r Meson degree upon a DOG LICENSE 1 REVENUE TD BE TAPPED Bills To Raise Money Be fore Committee Include Cigarette and Cosmetic Taxes. In a nutshell the revenue pro ducing bills now before the ways and means committee and the amount that each Is estimated to produce are: Reversion from Vale re lief fund $ 20,000 Suspension of industrial accident commission aid 50,000 Additional tax on Insur ance companies 254,000 Cigarette tax 600,000 Quarter mill road tax repeal 265,000 Additional corporation tax 229,200 100,000 200,000 50,000 Cosmetic tax Ten per cent of fees from various state activities Battleship Oregon refund Total ... l, 758, 200 In addition to this Governor fierce has nronosed a nedriler license bill estimated to produce auu,uou. Also there Is the pos sibility of a motion picture tax. Besides the above sums the state has in cash for the commit tee's consideration J5,684,981. Available funds, if the above measures pass, are exoected to ex ceed annronrlntlnn hv eovomt hundred thousand dollars. That all farmine- onerntfnn. at slate institutions should be placed under the supervision nf one mnn to the end of saving the Btate an estimated 1100,000 a year, was recommended to the ways and means committee last nfirht i,v . sub-committee of which Senator ueais was chairman, and this recommendation will be submit ted to the state board nf control Losses in the farm operations at (Continued on Pago Six) mi u N Portland. Or.. Feb IJt Plan, for expenditure thia v!,r nf 11 000,000 in Oregon by the Pacific icicpnone ec lelegraph company were announced here today by C. E. Hickman, division sunerintend- ent. Extensions and improve ment to plants and equipment lu Portland and several cilir.. nf 41,,. state are included, and long d!s- iance lines ere to De extended and replaced in some sections. Besides SfiOO nOn In li'n.nl In outside plants and the central of- iice in j-uruand anu more th'.n $000,000 on new toll eircuits and rebuilding present long distance lines, the announcement toll of work nlannpd in apvernl ltlna l- cludinjr Astoria Klnmnth Foil- Salem and Eugene. Arter referring to the need of spending $100,000 In additions at Astoria, Mr. Hickman's statement sain: "Klamath Fnli. l. .nnii,.. i.- in Oregon WllP.'A nnnnlntlnn hat. increased beyond all estimates in the past." At Rlamath Falls un derground extensions are planned in SOme Of the llovnlnvn ..rilAn, and extensions are to be made in serial cables. Nearly $50,00u is to be spent at Salem for underground cables and for plant Improvement. Long dis tance lines out of Salem towaid Albany, Sllverton, Aurora and ?lc MinnviMe are to be reconstructed. Similar conditions to those t: istlng In Astoria and Klamath Falls exist in Eugene, where :V company has expended large sum In the past year, and where It i necessary to nrnviria .Hrfitinr,-. capital Investment, said the p:i iiuuiitt'iiiem. Van Ness Hotel Burns. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 18. Klve persons were Injured and doxen rescues were effected l.iit night when fire spread rapidU through the Van Ness hotel, 62 1 Van Ness avenue. The flames shot 100 feet in the air from the bl in; building. The fire waa b'- llived to be ot Incendiary origin. He Placed Coolidge In Nomination At Cleveland Convention in. . Dr. Murlcn Lc Hoy Burton An Arbor, Jllch., Feb. 18. Dr. Marlon LeRoy Burton. Drcsidcnt of the University of Michigan, died nere early today. Death camo at the end of a Ions fight during which he rallied time after lime from the 111 effects of a complica tion or diseases. ZE SEIZED AT SEA San Francisco. Cal.. Feb. IS. The Canadian steamer Coal Har- oour, seized as a iquor runner by me coast guard cutter Cahokia near Bolinas bay last night, was towed into port here today, the 14 members of her crew placed in custody aboard the vessel and tlic work of checking her cargo begun A preliminary estimate by (.un- tome officials placed the cargo at iu.uuu cases of liquor, valued ,n market priced at more than JG00. 000. Captain C. B. Johnson, of the- coast guard cutter, related de-ails oi mo capture. He said the cut ter camo alongside the Coal Har hour otter an hour's chase. Two other ships which he be lieved to be rum runners, one do scribed as a large vessel captbK ot knots, came close to the scene, took in the situation with uieir Gearcnngnts and steame.l quickly away. The cutter had nil It could do to take the Coal Har bour, he explained, and could njt ucai wun tne other shlpu. ino coal Harbour is said to have been operated by the Cana- uinn-.Hcxicnn Shipping company iv.a., or Vancouver, B. C. She sailed from Vancouver, February 4. with liquor billed for South American ports. The same com pany owns the Quadra, seized with liquor off San Francisco and the Speedway, burned in the .Mrnlts or Juan de Fuca not 'o ago. GLORIA SWANSQN AGAIN UNDER SURGEON'S KNIFE Paris. Feb. li Gloria Rwnn.nn the moving picture star had to be hurried to a clinic In Auteuil last evening, where she was operated upon at midnight. Tho operation was a sequel to ono performed some months ego. after which, it appears, she did not tnke sufficient rest before resuming her profes sional activities. Her condition to day was pronounced satisfactory. GLIMPSES I 4(St z rfK jtSk JZZT tV fA-f MM I- I'1 (OMMITTftC- f HJ'-i C 1 1 vVtSSSAtl i- who is itscn(, rcR II V ;' Ao it inie re: I . :i I Ze-i-- yViTAVR KOy'M.TX- HI Mi WIIM HIS 1 I (( ;-.-.r 1 11 (XwiiiSTMtMrU W 0itijuti6 I ( Vjvj. s 1 I rSJ VJvTO OUY'Ttowl-yn JOI'AI'l'H U I 1 C5 bihpav WJS .- - Jy - Kr- . . v I PlCtcf.E " -' CUf-. OBsrf. t-M BATTLEOVER MOVIE CENSOR BILL RAGING Stories of $2000 Shake Down By Lobbyists To Kill Measure Current Fake Bill Used. Members of the house and of tho lobby as well, are girding themselves today for the battle that Is to be fought around house bill 409, Representative Tucker's moving picture censorship meas ure, wnicn comes up this after noon. Reported out of the committee on health and public morals fav orably and without amendment. me Din nas stirred up more fric tion than any during the session principally because it le reliably reported as being used by certain lobbyists to "shake down" the moving picture distributors. The story In circulation, whl. is said to be founded upon more man mere fancy, Is to the effect that a certain group of lobbyists maae a deal .with two representa tives or the motion picture dis tributors to kill the bill for a con sideration of $2000. The agree ment to kill the censor bill is however, said to be incidental to tne main agreement. The under standing Is that the two motion picture representatives came to Salem to appear before the com mittee on the censor bill, but hut! been misinformed as to the date of the committee meeting. While here they were approached by cer tain louuyists and shown a copy ot another purported bill to pre vent theaters from selling stand ing room tickets .and to prohibit tho showing of any sex problem turns or any murder scenes. (Continued from Page Five.) E UPON BODY OF FLOYD COLLINS Cave City, Ky., Feb. 18 (By Associated Press) Sand cave hill, torn open in the struKgle to rescue Floyd Collins from the grip of an underground trap, waa slowly clos ing In again today upon his bodv without human assistance. Unable to release him from the clutch of nature the volunteers who fought to cave joined his family In brief ana simple funeral service at the top of the rescue shaft and ix of his friends fulfilled the legal for malities by announcing hla Identi ty and accidental death. The cement with which It was planned to seal the boulders over his rocky grava did not come and the sagging of the rescue shaft and its lateral tunnel Indicated na ture's Intention to seal him un forever. The mud and rocks, held b,nck for a few days by heavy tim I bers in tho rescue hnft. were set tling back upon him. OF LEGISLATORS BY MURRAY WADE Catholics Plan Church and School On Highland Ave. Details of the new Catholic parish of St. Vincent de Paul, with establishment of a church, parochial school and parish hous-j here have been announced by Father Keenan, who has been placed In charge of the new nar- ish by Archbishop Christie. The new parish has nurchased a square block of property con taining one and five eighths acres of ground, or 175x300 feet on Highland avenue two blocks west of the Pacific highway and two oiocks east of the Oregon Electric at the extension of Myrtle street. ioe property Is part of the old W. W. Emmons ranch of nine acres recently purchased by John Williamson who plans to cut a new street through the ranch and erect 32 houses on it next sum BY PHYSICIANS London, Feb. 18. tBv Asso ciated Press.) Improvement In the conditiun of King George, who is suffering from bronchitis fol lowing an attack of influenza, is noted in an official bulletin is sued from Buckingham palace thin morning. The bulletin reads: 'The ldng ban a fair nigh Though thcro Is as yet no change m the bronchitis, the general con dition of bis majesty shows Im provement." The Prince of Wales, who came to London yesteruny from Multoj Mowbray, his hunting headquar ters, returned there last night, Queen Mary visited tho Londo.l mil seum yesterday afternoon and :lt tended a concert last evening. It is understood that the kinir contracted a chill Friday evening wnen he accompanied the queen to the theater. This was his Inst public appearance before his ill ness. He had planned to attend the international futball game at Twickenham between the English ana irisn teams on Saturday, but as a precaution against the cold developing, he retrained Indoors. He attended dlvino service Sun day in the chapel of Buckingham palace and held several audiences on Monday. DR. SUN REMOVED TO HOME AS DEATH NEARS Peking, Feb. 18. (By Associat ed Prem.) Dr. Sun Yat Sen. South China leader, growing weak er every hour since he was oper ated upon for cancer, today waT removed from the Rockefeller bob- pital here to the Kuomint.ing headquarters, established in thi former residence of Dr. Welling ton Koo, another Chinese lei'l'r. Is believed the removal of Dr. Run to new quarters was prompte-1 by members of tho Kuomlntang, Dr. flun's political party. In vljw of his approaching death. mer. The new parish block lies at the Highland avenue exit of the new street from the Emmonu tract. Immediate plans call for erec tion ot a $6000 to $8000 paro- cniai residence on the tract and a $15,000 parochial school. Erec tion ot a church :e not contem plated Immediately, but will be done In the future. Work will be started In a week or 10 days and it is expected to have the new school ready for occupancy for the September term. The division line ot the new parish from St. Joseph's parish in the city Is at D street and the new parish extends north to Brooks. Father Keenan contem plates making a canvass ot the new parish personally within a short time. 18CITIEST0 BE HOOKED UP IN New York, Feb. 18. An event ual linking into a permanent hookup by telephone anil' stations in 18 cities for simultaneous radio DroaacaBtlng of programs furnish od by stntion WEAF, Now York is contained In a plan tor a super system of radio broadcasting an nounccd by the American Tele phone & Telegraph company. Th new project provides that the con nection be availauie every night trom to 11. Long Distance telephone lines will be used for tho transmission of the programs, John A. liolm in radio casting manager of tho tele phone company, said yostorday. wnen mis program u com pleted," ho said, "a speaker can project his personality In one breath to the firesides and Into the hearts of 12.500,000 people." He added that tho radio fans arc turning from jazx to better music as the most poi,ulur feature of radio programs. The stations now under contrac! to participate in the new prolect ue sa nciuuc wuai', Waehlnj- ton; WJAU, Providence; WEI Boston; WD1II1. Worceslcr, Mas.; WFI and WOOU, Philadelphia; WCAK, Pittsburgh: WCill. Buffa lo; WWJ, Detroit; WOCO, Mlnno apolis; WOOL', Davenport, Iowa; WTIC, Hartford, and WEAK. Cleveland. BROTHER CHARLIE'S GAS STATIONS HELD ILLEGAL Lincoln. Neb. Feb. 18. (Hv Awociated Press.) In a decree handed down this morning revers ing the decision of tho dletrlct court of Lancaster county, the Ne nraska supreme court held thit the state gas station operated un der former Governor Ilryan'g nl ministration was Illegal. One (!ln son ting opinion sustaining tho lower court's decision was tflvcn ny justice Thompson. SENATE FOR OF Questions of Constitution al Convention To Be Submitted To People At Election of 1926. wun overwhelming innmni the first move for a constitutional convention for Oregon In the year jaju was taken today when me senate parsed the Kleppor mil, wnicn is senate bill No. 227 uniy benator Zimmerman voted against the bill. The measure provides that the question whether the convention be held shall bo submitted to the People at the general election in Ji- it mo electorate annrovM me ociegaies would be elected at the general election in 1928. The delegates would number 60 and would be elected In the same manner that members of the nouse ot representatives are elect. cd. Including the same district representation. The convention would be held In Salem In the stato capltol, beginning the sec ond Monday In January. 19.10 The result ot the deliberations of me constitutional convention would then be submitted to the pcoiuo tor approval or rejection at tho general election in No vember, 1930. The compensation oi tne delegates would be $5 a day during the convention and a mileage of 10 cents a mile. In explaining the measure Sen ator Klepper declared that the constitution at present is little more than a code and that it Is too easily amended. The other senate bills passed this morning were: s. B. by Kinney, relating to risliways. 8. B. 222, by Hall, empowering Btate highway commission to (Continued on Page Seven) GARLAND PLEADS FOR BIBLE BILL E The boys of America are today bent in j; n well troldrn path to our penal Institutions," maintained Senator S. M. n.irlaml of Linn coun ty in an add reus before the Salem Ilotary oluij this noim. 'I am no: an alarmist I am nimnly stating the facts. Phyeically nml morally the you tli of our country la be coming e imp el a ted." Mr. (iitrlitid wound up by nlead- iiiff for those interested In hln bill. Whlrh would require tho Itiblo to be red regularly in public nchool of tho state, to appear before the committee whlrh iff considering the measure. Most of the opposition comes froM men of Hebrew pur suavl.in, he slated, and theue real ly should be willing for the l-iil to so through, since he. Garland, had hern Instrumental in Accurlng for (hem the privilege of ufdntr wine for religious purposes. 'It In a ouenilon of navlne the boyH of Oregon," ho said. "I have inspected the penal institutions of this state, nnd find that during tho la.'it 30 yearn there has been an eformoud ehanxe. Whcrft the Krcat majority wero formerly old men, tno statUdlcH show that now there are D3 per cent in their early twenties." Liquor, nnrcotirs. movies and autos have all combined to under mine the youth of tho country, he stated, but tno main fault for prone n I conditions In to be trnced directly to tho modern home, which trlee to shift upon tho state the burden o( pat en t a Re. "We can't paw a law that will make par ents tako care of their children." he admitted, "the readintr of the hlblo is not a com lib-to remedv. but It Is the best wo have." PITTSBURGH BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED BY BOMB Pittsburgh. Pa.. Teh. 18. Three buildings In the Piun avnue wholosale produce district of Pitts burgh were demolished by a series of explosions early today with a loss of $125.0011. Windows In a score of other buildings were Hhattered. Many residents of tli region were thrown from their beds by the force nf Mi" hi:,-: They escaped with minor Injury. REV SI ORGANIC LAW SEEK TO LIMIT IIDANDSEA ARMAMENTS Coolidge Puts Out Feelert As To Sentiment of Great Powers For Dis armament Conference, Washington. Peh in o- Associated Press) Ths principal powers have been approaches by the United States on th .,,i.i. of a new arms conferena Thus far the discussion not yet reached the advanced point charactcriied hv dlnlmt- ists as "formal negotiations" but they have been followed up quiet ly and persistently in all the prln. cipal capitals ot the world Officials here wilt nnt ,i;,. what obstacles may have he. encountered, or what measure of success may appear to be held out by the exchanges up to ths pretjeni. The state department, after Ing advised that an announce ment of the move had been mad by Foreign Secretarv flhamii... lain in the house of commons In London revealed that similar con. versauons nad taken place In Paris, Toklo and other capitals) but would not comment further. The "feelers" that have been put out by Washington are In. tended to develon whether thera has been any change In the attl. tude of foreign countries whfl blocked at the time of the Wash. ington arms conference the llml. tatlon of any class of lar d or eea armament except capital ships. It is the first desire ot Preel. dent Coolidge to secure an agree, ment which will end competi tion In auxiliary naval craft. II sumething can be done to limit land armaments, such a stef would be welcome here; but the Washington government is in. cllned to regard that problem U. an European question." TAX PENALTIES The house yesterday reconsider. ed its ncgativo actiun on house, bill 420, providing for a remission of tax penalties tor 1921 and 192S. l ollowing a short explanation by llcprcsentativc Carkin ot the real intent of the bill designed to help furmcrs who found themselves un. ;ilJlo through bad crons or l.-.w prices to, pay their taxes on time, tho house gave tiie measure a fav. orable vote. Provision Is that re. mission of penalties shall not bo made uulei.s thu original amount of taxes is paid by December 31, It tho senate passes house bill 2S4, introduced by Representative Winslow of Tillamook county, usa of seines for taking salmon, shad and sturgeon will he prohibited in nearly all coast streams empllu into the Pacilfc south of tin Co. luinliia river's mouth. Seine fish ing would bo permitted tor perch, herring, sardines and certain oth er fish. Multnomah county will no long er have a constable if the governor ilgiis senate bill 19S. passed by ths house yesterdav afternoon. Duties nf the constable's office would b transferred to the sheriff. CHILD WELFARE BILLS KILLED Two of Senator Corbetfs chllj welfare bills were killed by Indefi nite postponement. Theuo were senate bills 45 and 44, providing for tho commitment of dependent minors to the child welfure com mission of the state. An adverse report was recetreJ on the Kinney-t.arlund bill whic?i would prohibit the advertising of Igaretten along highway or on public billboard and the meas ure was made special order for i o'clock today. House joint resolution No. ff, having for its purpose the prohi bition of registration on elecMoa day, failed to pass Ihe senate.