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Newspaper Page TextRAIN TONIGHT And 8uaJty, alight ehanga In tempera ture, moderate to fresh southerly sale aln the eoaac Loc): max., 17; min., 43; rain, .2; river, 4.1, falling; atmoe , part cloudy; wind, south. . ... , CITY EDITION Dally ivinii net pais dreulatloa for month ending January 11 1921 6548 Average dally distribution T7t. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 45 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, ' FEBRUARY 21, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS stands "five cent n nOi u Jl LlVl Ml F i EOF WAR ON MIN OF UTILITIES Objections To Ultimatum By Governor Voiced In Both Houses In Consid ering Gross Earnings. Governor Fierce and the house organization will again come to a test of strength this afternoon when the ways and means com mittee Introduces Us bill to tax the gross earnings' of utilities amounting to over $5,000. Objecting to what amounted to an ultimatum from the governor lf.st night, President Moser of the Senate and Speaker Burdick of the house declare they will not stand for the utilities tax bill being put through both houBca under suspension of the rules : and sent Immediately to the governor and In the house Bur dick will have the Influence of Representative Gresham, who says be will stir up a fight on the floor. The governor has In his possession for the fifth day the bill appropriating $100,000 for the public service commission. He told the ways and - means committee last night that he will veto the bill today unless It Is withdrawn and sent back to him with the utilities tax bill accompanying It. But the bill. It develops, cannot be with drawn unless there Is some change to be made In It, and there Is none. So If the utilities tax measure Is not hurried through three readings and passed in both housea this after noon the service commission measure will get the ax before midnight. Reluctantly did Representa tlve Gordon accede to the pro cedure of trying to get the bill through today, but the ways and means committee by a vote of 8 to 6 Instructed him to move suspension of the rules when the bill Is Introduced "and keep on moving suspension of the rules until the bill Is passed or de feated." The same instruction was given Senator Tooze, chair man of the senate committee, If the bill reaches the senate. SI 'ii.ii'i uusru LABOR PARIY Chicago, Feb. 21 (By Associat ed Press) Anticipating that the railroad labor chieftains would succeed today In crushing any third party proposal before the conference for progressive politi cal action, the socialist national party Is ready to call a convention to organize a new party to be known us the American Labor party. This much executive committee ei embers of the socialists let be fcnown today before entering the sontei-erce In which tiie various X roups which supported La Kol lette's presidential campaign last Tall are represented. The American Labor party, ahlch the socialists will propose if the nil road men throttle any new party movement, would be pat rnej after the English labor par ly, founded upon group represen tation. This woald squarely oppose the idea of United Slates Senator La KolieUe for a new party to be bas d on geographical representation dmilar to the present old parties. The brotherhood leaders agreed restcrday to oppjse any new par- :y Idea but voted to attend the con "erence todiy and prepared to p lent a resolution outlining th 'lews. iAMBLE ACQUITTED . OF MURDER CHARGE La Grande. Or., Feb. 21. U S .amble, sged 68, of Union. Or., iras cleared today of a charge of first degree murder, a Jury ar rive hours deliberation, returning a verdict of not guilty of killing his friend and neighbor. William WIggiesworth. Wlgglesworth was mot In s rnysteriotifl manner nt his home November 18 last. The trial started Tuesday, and has been attended by large crowd each day. 22 OUT OF 5! BODIES! IN E Possibility That Many Victims of Explosion In Indiania Colliery Will Never Be Recovered. Sullivan, Ind., Feb. 21. (By Associated Press. ) The seven teenth body was removed from the City Coal mine today. Cobb Lamb, u member of the rescue team, after an exploration of the workings, said there was a possibility that some of the bodies would never he recovered. There were many bad fulls, he suid, that had covered some of the bodies, making It aim; ;t Impossible to re trieve them. Weary, grief stricken wom?n waited at the top of the City Coal company mine today for their "hoys,' while a score of men toil ed underground to recover the blackened and bruised bodies of 34 of the 51 Di ners entombed In an explosion yesterday. A cave-in early today halted for several hour me work of res cue after sixteen uodies had been taken out. After-damp, the dread poison gas of the miners, made first attempts to recover the bod ies precarious and part of the night was spent In repairing the mine's ventilating system. The blast trapped all the men vorking in little rooms off the third and fourth and seventh and eighth entrances of the mine. A f a3h of f tames quickly consumed all the life sustaining oxygen nnd the concussion of the explosion brought loose coat and a shower l'. timber down on the workers. Mine experts said a cutting ma chine, working crose to the wall of an abandoned mine had cu through a partition, releasing a fljod of gas that had accumulated in the old workings. A flame from a miner's lamp ignited the gas and caused the explosion. In four in stances fathers and sons were vi Urns. FATALLY HURT N Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21. Doth Colonel W. J. Simmons of Atlan ta, founder and former bead of the Ku Kiux Klan and Morris Moore of Hopston, Texas, who were In jured in an automobile accident last night hear Gainsville, Ga., ar in a precarious condition and hard ly expected to live, it was said late today by a physician attend in g them. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 21. Colonel W .J. Simmons of Atlanta, form imperial wizard of the Ku Klu Klan and N orris Moore of Hons ton, Texas, supreme knisht record er of the Knight of the .i; luminal Sword, which Simmons low heads, were probablv fatally injured n an automobile accident last nlgnt twenty miles from Galnsville, Us., it was learned here today. The two men were taken to a hospital at Gainsville and It wis reported that Colonel Simmons had suffered a punctured lung and that both collar bones had been broken. Mr. Moore's neck was re ported broken. J. J. Rainer of At lanta, who Is connected with the tvi-'ghts of the Fl ming Sword, es caped Injury. The three men were en route to l olonel Simmons' borne in the N'acoochee valley in northern Georgia on an organization trip 1 j and In traveling over the highway vM')out 20 miles from Gainsville, the machine strum a sort spot J" the road and plunrd down an Jin 'aii" nit nt. $52,900 SECURED BY INDIANA BANK BANDITS South licnd. Iml.. Feb. Jl Pour men held up the Suite (tank of .Mills High, Mich., east of lien ton Harbor, today and escaped Ir a motor with $2900 In cash and 150,000 In negotiable aecuriiler according to word reeelTed her Police ot northern Indiana eltle were co-operating with Michigan authorities In searching the coun try for 'ha four men. Who Runs Grocer or Neither-the Pupils Allegations and counter allega tions were flying back and forth this morning between high school authorities and Klrby Rose, opera tor of the store behind which 13 high school boys were yesterday arrested for shooting dice. State menu by the high school authori ties Indicate that Rosa' store has for a number of months been a source of annoyance, and that Ross hat not cooperated - with them in suppressing such Juvenile vices as crap shooting and cigar ette smoking. They express the suspicion that petty gambling has been going on Inside the store with the full knowledge and counten ance of Rosa. They even state that Ross has sold tobacco to min ors without first taking proper pre cautions that could easily have been taken. On the other band, the general trend of Ross' stand Is that his The house this morning Dassed house bill 132, by Representative Kiiham, providing that the state board of control shall have direut supervision over the preparation of budf ets rather than the budget commission. The board of control ouiu ue given power through the bin to prescribe a uniform systom of account keeping by state Insti tutions and departments. The bouse tii.s morning nassod bouse bill 460, calling- for the election of Multnomah county's school superintendent from that part of the -.ty outside the cor porate llimts of Portland. The su perintendent shall only have au thority over tiie territory which elects him, under terms of the bill The house this morning passed house bill 447, providing for an Americanization commission an J an appropriation of $2500 for 1925 and 1926 for carrying on educational work among foreign population of the state. The Americanization department will be conducted In conjunction wit.'i tbe public schools of the state, the state superintendent of public in itruction having charge of It. The commission is authorized to name an Americanization commissioner to assist the state superintendent of public Instruction. The sum of $500,000 would be appropriated for the children farm home In Benton county by house bill 86 passed by the house this morning. The money is for the building of cottages and school rooms. The salary of Sheriff Hurlhurt of Multnomah county will be raiBea irom i4;.uo to $5100 a year if house bill 4C4 is passed by the senate. The house passed the bill this morning. GLIMPSES CONTROL BOARD GIVEN CHARGE OF BUDGET MAKING fiSli! Jw& till KATCf- f M CAREFUL- W V V isMir - y v. ;cck rHM up if v'.H ' w Ww" 1 RCP. FORD l 6UUTTCH 5J j &H rV"- . Jt,.., h RtP.F.SHtti &r School? Teachers? store Is open to the general public, and that he has been running It in as respectable a manner as pos sible. He is unable, he says, to "be mother to 40 or 60 kldti." While not denying that gambling has been going on immediately be hind his store he indicates that the IS apprehended yesterday were a small proportion of those who have been guilty he never theless Insists that whenever boys began to gamble in his store be has ordered them out. "And 1 have several witnesses to prove it,' he states. The case Is expected to come up before Judge Poulaen some time next Tuesday. A complaint, al leging that he has allowed gamb ling on his prperty. has been sign ed by J. C. Nelson, high school principal. "I don't know what will become (Continued on Page Nine-) BILL REPORTED iRABLY Washington, Feb. 21. A favor able report was ordered today by the senate agricultural committee upon the Haugen bill to create federal co-operative marketing board. The masure Is designed to carry out the principal plank in -the pro gram of the president's agricul tural commission. It Is also pend ing In the house. Adoption of th report was pre ceded by a lengthy executive ses sion in which the bill was vigor ously attacked by opposing com mittee mem.iers. The co-operauve marketin; board proposed under the bill would be composed of five instead of three members to be apopinted by the president, each to represen principal agricultural industry livestock, grain, dairy and poul tr, cotton and tobacco, fruits and vegetables. The salaries of the commissioners would be $10,000 a year Instead of $12,000 originally proopsed. I HEARD IN SENATE Washington, Feb. 2 1 Proposed legislation in several states to tax cotton oil products, was declared voday by Senator Smith, democrat, South Carolina, to constitute most serious situation in the : latlons of states." It is inevitable, he said in senate speech, that the states ad versed affected by the proposed legislation will attempt "retaliatory measures. OF LEGISLATORS BY MURRAY WADE ARANDONTAX ON COMICS KEEPTOBACCO Governor's Threat of Veto Prevents Additional State Levy Kill Nor mal Bill. There will be no additional state tax levy. This conclusion was reached by the ways and me'.ns committee last night after Governor Pierce appeared and said that he would veto any meas ure of the kind that provided for more than one fourth of a mill. Since this would not be sufficient to restore the normal tax making base for the annual levy next December the committee decided to drop It. Members of the committee are still divided In their opinion whether there will be enough money without It to tide over the present biennium, but It now ap pears there will be, with probab ly $300,000 or a little more to the good If the proposed reve nue bills are accepted by the ses sion. As for the tax making base un der the 6 per cent limitation, the governor told the committee he did not care anything about that and laid the blame on others than himself and Jefferson Myers for making a short levy last Decem ber. The governor said he and Myers acted according to figures that were brought to them. Veto Assured The' above was one of the de velopments of the ways and means committee last night, the last meeting of the session. An other was a decision to drop the proposed cosmetic tax. This was result of the appearance of about 50 druggists from as many towns who declared war against the proposal. Also a verbal opin ion from Attorney General Van Winkle was that the tax would probably not be collectible. Another decision last night was to save the public service com mission appropriation of $100,- 000 from the veto by withdrawing it from the governor today and holding It until it can be sent back to the executive accompan led by a bill to tax the gross earn ings of utilities to the extent of 180.000 for the two years, which would come within $20,000 of covering the appropriation for Continued on Page Ten) BEND TO VOTE BONDS FOR WATER PROJECT Bend. Or., Fen. 1. The cly council !aet night voted to adver tise for bids for a $600,000 Iron' issue to be used for the purchase of the plant and equipment of the Bend Water, Light ft Power Co.. and general expense with which lo carry through the Bend Tumalo water project for which authoriy was recently given by the legislature. ntr. PiSHtri A vnnMf. MAN WHO HVj A MT OftOMMOM NO 1HB ABlllTy To USE tr Averted Wreck Ernest Peerson, seven years old, of Jasper, Oregon, proved himself a hero by flagging a Southern Pa cific railroad train and notifying the engineer of a elide of rock and earth on the track whl 2h would have cauH'.'i serious catastrophe. He was rewarded handsomely by the railroad company. TO BUCHTELBY FIRE MARSHAL Portland. Ore., Feb. 21. Fire Marshal Grenfell, who has been directing investigation of Incen diary fires which Chester C. Buchtel, Portland fireman, hat; confessed starting, declared today he believed that Buchtel had been responsible for nearly 100 blazes. Huchtcl has confessed 42, most of them small fires, and has refused to admit any connection with sev eral large Incendiary fires. Losses from incendiary fires In Portland during the period in which Buch tel admitted operating amount to more than $1,000,000 said Gren fell. Buchtel remained In Jail today. His father, A. L. Buchtel, asked officers that his son be held with out ball, declaring he did not con sider It sare for him to be re leased. Grenfell declared he knew of no parallel case. "This Is the only Instance on record where a man within a city fire department turned firebug and started fires with such heavy loss," he said. Buchtel continues to declare that he does not know what actu ated him In bis fire starting activities. Thres Killed On Barce. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 21. Three men were reported killed and a number Injured today wh"n an oil barge moored in the Sch;y! kill river near the city's garbag reduction plant blew up. PIERCE VETO DEADLOCK IN TRAFFIC BILL Questions of What Con stitutes Two Thirds of Majority Raised By Vote of 38 to 19. The question of just how niauy votea constitutes a two-thirds ma jority of the house arose In the body -this morning when senate bill 34, increasing the size of the state traffic department from 6 1 to 25 men, came up for passage over the veto of the governor. The vote wis 3$ to 19, and friends of the measure are now v ondering just where they stand t' jpite the rutins: of Soeaker Bur dick that the two-thirds require ment applied to the members pres ent at the time the vote is taken, and that It does not require two thirds of the full membership of the house to override a veto. Iu this connection some of the older heads are recalling the spe cial session of 1921, called for con sideration of he 1925 exposition proposal, when 14 members of the senate blocked the measure. A that time only 29 members w m present, owing to the death of Sen J ator Hume, and proponents of tbe fair measuro h d 15 votes, a ma jority of those present. But it was ruled at that time that on stittuional majorities are major ities of the full membership. Speaker Burdick declared the bill was not political. "No priu ciple is Involved of taking power fro:.i the governor," he declared "he traffic officers alone will suffer If the veto prevails. TUey are entitled to decent salaries and the people of the state are entitled to adequate protection on tiie highways.'- Representative Hamilton also argued for the bilh "Is tills the legislative branch or Is It across the corridor?" he queried, pom Ine to the governor's office. "The hill makes no change in the pros ent status of highway traffic law enforcement." Representative Carkin contra dicted the points the governor sought to make in h!s velo mes tage. 8 SEN! UP FOR Medford, Or., Kcb. 21. The gales ot Oregon penal Institutions opened toduy for eight men and boys sentenced from Jackson coun ty and. while their misdeeds ranged wide In fields of crime. Hie automobile was a heavy contribut ing factor In their fall. The prisoners range from Klruer Howell, a bashful boy of 1 1 years lo Kolund Kiistvood, 35, a meta InrgiHt, who graduated from tiie Unlvcratly of Kdlubugh. Scotland, and held responsible positl'jns with llritlsb r iulng concerns In many lands. The others ordered conimlt'-d to the reform school are Julian Dally, 12, and Fred UeavlB, 14, of Mils city, accused of stealing a car ,nd starting on a world tour reaen :ig Ashlnnd Dernrc being cap red; J.ime Mobley, 17, and liarles Simpson. 15, of Seattle. .vho ran away from their homes and also stole an autoomhlle. Sheriff Jennings left for tbe stato prleon with Roland East wood, sentenced to 16 year!-.; Sieve ICIek. sentenced to 10 years, and ' bert IMitf. sentence to & yeu.-s for tbe holdup of the Union oil station In Ashland. The car In which the trio were traveling wan ctolen In I.i Angfies, or-ording lo t tie authorities. generaFwood's SON DISAPPEARS IN PARIS Paris, FH. 21. (By Aoc:ate.i I'ress.) The police lot todiy hi xan investigation Into the disap pearance of Osbf.ru C. Wood, son jf Leonard Wood, governor rn eral ot the Philippines, who has been missing since Monday from his hotel. The Inquiry was Insti tuted at the request of his vaUt OVERRIDDEN tininilO OnmirP Continued on Page Bleven) FROMMEDFORD . m mm PROSPECT ON TAXJSSUE Hold Over Session Forced In Both Houses By Financial Crisis Pro posed Taxes Objected to (By Harry N. Craln) A hold over session ot both houses of the legislature la a cer tainty today, but the duration ol such a session le another matter. From ever corner of the lobby comes a different story as to how long the colons will remain on the Job. Some say next Tuesday night will see the necessary business consumated, some say Thursday and still others can weave a very logical tale as to how It will taks an entire additional week. There le, however, a marked silence on this subject by those of the legislators who know the real inside of the situation. To them adjournment depends upon the time It takes to straighten out the financial tangle with which the ways and means committee has been wrestling for weeks. Few there are, even around the legislative halls who have any conception ot the seriousness of the financial tangle that Is fac ed. In a nutshell, the tax levying commission last December levied a state property tax that Is found to be about $1,000,000 short of re qulrements, leaving that amount to be made up. The governor ba issued the ultimatum that the deficit must be made up through indirect levies, which the legisla ture is willing to do If a meant can be devised, except for one thing. There Is a serious question at to the constitutionality of some of the indirect taxes that have been levied, and the question ha also arisen as to whether or nol such levies can be considered In determining the basis for the ell per cent tax Increase limitation. If not the taxing power of the state will have been placed on a deficiency basis from which it will take years to recover. The si: uatlnn would be particularly acute should anything arise to In validate the Indirect levies that are contemplated. The legislature, were a poll to be taken today, would unqucstion ably favor the safe and sane course of a direct levy of at least half a mill to safeguard the state Washington, Feb. 21. The air ship Los Angeles, which flew to Bermuda during the night from Lakfhurftt, left on her return at 10:10 o'clock this morning, the navy department was Informed by radio. The great airship did not attach herself to the mooring mast of the tender Patoka as had been In tended, owing to weather condi tions. Arriving In sight ot Bermuda st 4:45 o'clock, the Los Angelei cruised about over the islands tot several hours. The sky was over cast, and it was found that diffi culties In the way of mooring were too great. The officers of the Los Angelei followed a previously mapped plan, navy department official! said, which provided for a quick return If weather conditions were not favorable to the program originally outlined. A later dispatch to the navy from the Patoka said It was eleven a. m., before the dirigible finally squared away and disappeared on her return flight. 0. A. C. DEFEATS OREGON Kugenn. Or., Feb. 21. In a lene battle on the local floor, the OreRon Agricultural college bas ketball team defeated the Univer sity of Oregon last evening 34 to 30 The first half ended 20 to C tor the Aggies, and the final trams saw a desperate attempt by th" Oregon men to catch up with the'i opponents. At one stage of the second half the score stood 25 .3 24 for th" Aggit. but a final min uts rally by the visitors gave them the game.