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Newspaper Page TextOnlGON ACFICUI HIHM. COU'O i A A TT FEB 85 132b FAIR AND COLDER Tonight. Wednesday generally fair. Light westerly wlada. Local: Max., it; mln , rain, .12; river, C.S, rising; atmoi , cloudy: wind, south. CITY EDITION ,Y Ea! Call; average net paie circulation or montft enatng January 11, i 6548 Ai-aobm Jill, riiatrlhnlttMl 7071. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 47 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS giV'"?.." LTU U TN o a capita mm STATEPQVrR BILL K!Li;D Joseph Resolution Defeat edRecall Change Is Adopted; Busy Morn ing In Upper House. Senator Joseph's joint resolution X!.. n aillir u ennftlitUtiOUal amendment authorizing the state to engage la hydro-electric devel opment was killed in the senate today. This was adoption of an adverse contmitlee report. .1,-iui.nh'H inint resolution No. 16 nrnvlltnr f.i- A change in the r&Call provision of the state constitution was adopted, ine josepn iiuena mot.t nmviilPM that in recull elec tions no candidates (or the office shall be voted on, and In event the official Is recalled his successor wr,tit,i ho nntininted bv the ap pointive power. Only Senators Dunn and Taylor voted against the resolution. The sheriff of Multnomah coun-t- will receive no Increase In sal- try at the hands of this session, the senate today killing by inoen nit nntnnnement house bill 464 which proposed an increase trom $4500 to 5100. The Multnomah delegation of the senate turned i on at'varaa rpnnrt no the bill. Representative Hurlburt's Joint resolution providing for a consti tutional amendment whereby the legislature could curb the power of the governor to grant paroles and pardons was lnoeiinueiy post poned. Tided session of the legislature or Increase pay for members of the Wiolutiire. the senate killing by Indefinite postponement house inint resolutions 18 and 17. pro- idine respectively for those intendments to the constitution. Inint reqnlutinn IS. pro viding for consolidation In state government was indefinitely post poned. ntha mnnRiiren killed hv indefi nite postponement in the senate were: H. B. 355, Carkin Allowing appeal to board of control from tax levies made by counties and municipal corporations. H. B. 328, juaicinry committee Relating to transfer of shares of stock In corporations and to make uniform law therefore 8. B. 212, Joseph Relating to water oisincts. H. B. 274, Carkin Providing lor supplementary uregon coae. 3 H I snhatitnttt fnr R R 62) Regulating automobile me chanics. DRY AGENT TO KEEP HCS The house this morning killed senate bill 210, which was de signed to transfer enforcing au thority of the state narcotic law from the state prohibition com mission er's office to the state board of pharmacy. Representative Woodward, Multnomah county, explained that the pharmacy board had no machinery for enforcing the law. Representative McCalllster, Ma rlon county, supported the meaty ure, maintaining that better en forcement would be forthcoming under the state board of phar macy. "With all due respect to the secretary of the state board of pharmacy, he has no more train ing or ability for handling this work than he hae for supervising ftutomoblle traffic on Mare," ex plained Woodward. "His business It to Issue certificates to persons ind to find out that they can dis tinguish epsom salts from talcum powder." AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATORS TO REOPEN HEARINGS Washington. Feb. 24. By a rote of five to one. the house mili tary aircraft commit'ee today re rersed Its decision of last Satur day and decided to reopen hear ings next Thursday. The only ex planation of today's action given by committee members related to committee finances. It was said '.hat instead of haying emptied Its war chest, as previously supposed, the committee was found to aere more thap 12000 left for expenses. SAVE LIFE OF Agreement Reached Be tween Governor and Legislature On Public Service Board. Agreement hug been reached be tweeu the governor and the legis lature whereby the public service cuminit&ion is to be saved the em barrassmeut of attempting to oper ate during the coming two years without funds, by the agreement the legislature is to pass the grows earnings tux on public utilities. amended to apply for only two yea id, and the governor is to sanc tion the re-enactineat of the pub lic service commission, appropria tion of (100,000, which he vetoed Saturday. . At a conference early this aft ernoon participated in by Speak er Uurdick, Chairman Gordon of the house ways and means com mittee, other members of theJ bouse committee and representa tives of the house organization an agreement was reached to solve the state's financial tangle, If pos sible, by following out the Joint ways and means committees pro gram of revenue measures, and on top of these to levy an addition! mlllago tax oq property. This leg islation, It was agreed, should go before the governor eo that he would be provided with all the revenue neded. The governor, of course, will be at liberty to veto whatever he sees tit, and it is foregone conclusion that he will veta the property levy and allow the others to stand. With the sun inisison of the pruopsed legslature to the governor the legislature's responsibility will end and will be shifted upon the shoulders of the executive. State Treasurer Kay was called into the conference. He counsel led against a plan urged by somo ...embers that the legislature make all the appropriations now np proved by the wuys and mean. committee ajid then adjourn sine die, ltr.ving it to the governor to veto them down to the point that they will come within available funds. Should the legislature not be satstfied to accept the revenue producing measures, namely the tobacco tax, tax on gross earnings of utilities and the diversion o? re ceipts of various state activities. It might then levy an additional proper' y tax! HEAVY SNOW TO DELAY CRATER LAKE SEASON Med ford, Or., Feb. 24. A later reason at Grater Lake ttian usual and a larger supply of water for southern uregon than for many years, will result from the record breaking storage of snow along the Cascade divide this year, ac cording to Peter Oard, the park ranger, who telephoned to Med ford last light that there is now IS feet of Bnow at Crater Lake- rim. Moreover, the snow is pack ed down and frozen, so that the water content is believed to be twice the average usually found at this tinie of the year, according to Oard. PERUVIAN AWARD TO BE DELIVERED FRIDAY Washington, Feb. 24. Prosl dent Cool.drc is expected to de liver next Friday to the Chilean ajd Peruvian embassies his arbt tration award on the Tacna-Arica dispute, according to semi-official inf'.mation received by the Peru vian embassy here FARMERS VOTE ON PARKING The controversy over limitation of parking; on Salem streets waxed warmer than ever this afternoon when G. E. McAfee, secretary of the Salem Business Men's league, began distributing blanks amonir downtown stores for the purpov of having out of town customers register hei: preferences with re gard to the length of time to be allowed. All the larger stores In tbe city are bring given eg vot ing blanks. With only four votes in Its fav or, Representative Mark McCalils ter's bill to make amendments in the Act license bill. Including the dispensing of license tags by depu ty assessors, was defeated In the icnate Monday. COMIVSSSSION School Board to Act Tonight On Secret Societies The question of secret societies In Salem high school will prob ably come up for a definite decis ion at the meeting of the school' board tonight. Action was begun at the meeting two weeks ago to inquire Into the existence of such organizations, with a possible view to requiring them to post lists of their members In a pub lic place, together with the schol astic grades earned by those members. The problem has been aggravated by the scandal grow ing out of the arrest last week of 13 high school boys for crap shooting. A former school board committee, Investigating high school organizations, is said to have been given the promise by representatives of the societies that the organizations would see to it that their members made no infringements on school rules. Although one thing declared necessary to keep the societies PRINCE OF WALES 10 TAKE FATHER'S PLACE ON THRONE London, Feb. 24. (By Associ ated Press.) King George, who is suffering from bronchial trouble, passed a good night, it was stated in court circles this morning. His physicians visited Bucking ham palace as usual during the forenoon, but issued no bulletin, and if the present rate of progress by the patient is maintained, it Is believed no further bulletins will be given out except perhaps a final one announcing his convalescence. The Prince of TVales under the present arrangements, will take his father's place at the Bucking ham palace on March 10 and 19. affording his first opportunity to preside over such Important state ceremonies. With the Duke of York still on his hunting trip n Africa, there will come a period during which some provision must be made for carrying on the royal duties. It Is thought a sort of commis sion will be appointed, although nothing is at yet settled and the matter will probably be considered at a privy council as soon as the kfng is well enough to participate in such a meeting. DRY VIGILANTES BOMB RESIDENCE AT TACOMA Tacoma, Wast., r'eb. 24. A ter rific explosion, set off at 2:30 o'clock this morning by a number of men believed to have been mem bers of a vigilance committee or ganized to combat liquor selling in Huston, wrecked the building occupied by H. P. Clark and en dangered the life of Clark. Flames broke out immediately after the explosion and destroyed the house. Clark was trapped for a few moments by the fire, hut made his escape from the burning building Y" crawl ing over the wreckage. Alaska Rocked By Severe Earthquake, Seward to Fairbanks Anc':.orr.ge, Alaska, Feb. 24. (By Associated PreBs) Towns along 468 miles of tbe Alaska railroad were rocked yesterday by one of tbe most severe earth quakes ever experienced by Alas kan pioneers, according to reports received last night and today. Chimneys were wrecked, water pipes were broken and a Seward to Valdcz cable cut In two by the tremors. Two distinct shocks were felt here, tbe second being the hardest. They were accompanied by deep rumbles. Dishes were broken In homes and patients In the local hospital thrown Trom their beds. The public school was dismissed. Clocks were stopped at Curry, near here. A. Seward, 114 mllei southeast from being considered eecret Is the full knowledge by school au thorities as to the society mem bership. Principal Nelson this morning admitted that he did not know whether or not any oi tne 13 boys Involved in laet week's gambling episode belonged to high school organizations. In quiry at other sources revealed the fact that a large proportion of the boys do belong to various fraternal clubs of the school. "At present they're allowed to have student government up there," said one member of the board. "Now if they're going to do such things as gambling it looks as though something would have to be done about It." It was definitely indicated that a large factor in determining the action the board might take would be the question of whether or not the societies had been faithful to (Continued on Page Seven) E PATH THROUGH CRESCENT CITY Grants Pass, Feb. 24 A path 30 feet wide through the business die trict In Crescent City, Cal., was swept yesterday when a small cy close hit the town, according t details received here today. Seven buildings were damaged, with total loss placed today at about $20,000. The cyclone came In off Battery Point at 10 o'clock, and ripped off the roofs of business houses as It went along, also taking some reel dences off their foundations. The air was full of falling shingles and debris. Residents of the city state that the shape of the twister was plain. ly visible. After passing over the city It started up into the moun tains, and appeared to be going up into the air. It did not strike the ground at all during Its rapid trip through the coast city, moving along at a height some feet above the earth. The buil lings suffering the worst damage were the warehouse of the dock company, the Masonic hall, the Alpine restaurant, Cutting's carpenter shop, the Hobbs 'Wall store, Knderts theatre, the grain warehouse. Several residences were damag ed. The roof wa taken off the theatre building. No persons were injured. POSTAL PAY AND RAISE BILL FINALLY AGREED ON Washington, Feb. 24. A postal pay and rate increase bill in sub stantially the form as that passed by the house was agreed .o today by conferees on the senate and house measures. Tile only important modifica tion in the house measure was made in second class rates, the conferees accepting pome of the lower rates in this clans carried In !ie cpnate bill df Anchorage, at one terminus of the Alaska railroad, chimneys of residences were wrecked and water pipes were broken. Resi dents scurried Into the streets for safety. The largest damage was tbe breaking of the Seward end of tho United States signal corps cable to Valdez, 200 miles northeast of Seward, at the northern end of Prince William sound. Midway between Seward and Anchorage tbe Alaska' railroad's water tanks at Morralne were damaged by the tremors. At the other terminus of the railroad,' Fairbanks, no damage was reported although office buildings and homes were rocked. The trtraora lasted from a half minute at Seward to a minute at Fairbanks. OPERATE ON EBERT FOR Condition of President of Germany Satisfactory; Convalescence To Take Three or Four Weeks. Berlin, Feb. 24. (Dy tbe Asso ciated Press) An official bul letin issued at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon reads: "President Ebert's condition Is satisfactory. Tbe (ever, which rose very high during the night, has receded. His convalescence is expected to take three or four weeks. " Berlin, Feb. 24. (By Associ ated Press) President Ebert un derwent an operation for append!- cltls early today In the west sanitarium. In a statement his surgeons said that the operation was suc cessful and that the president's condition was satisfactory. The operation was performed by Professor August Bier of Ber lin University, one of the most eminent surgeons In Germany. The president bad not been In good health for the last two weeks. being confined to his bed most of the time. He was supposed to be suffering from Influenza, but found himself able to attend the presidential farewell luncheon for the departing American am bassador, Mr. Houghton, last Tuesday. (subsequently he grew worse and was compelled to cancel all engagements. The attack of ap pendicitis came on top of gall stone trouble from which the president has also suffered. The surgeons gave no details of the operation beyond stating that Merr fcbert was under the anacs thetic for an hour and that he had "passed a satisfactory night." A similar statement was made by the president's secretary. i Paris, Feb. 24 A dispatch to the Uavas news agency from Itlar rlti this afternoon stated that i formal complain had been lodged with the Binrntz police nguinst Os borne C. Wood, son of Governor General Wood of the Philippines, in connection with the alleged la- suaiice of a worthless check, it was added that the complaint would be transmitted to police de partmental headquarter at Iiay- onne tonight and that It wax ex- lected a warrant vn-jij be Isrued there tomorrow or Thursday, I Forrest Brown, J. H. Henderson and Frank Wewems are In the county Jail, charged with selling intoxicating liquor to state agents. The roundup of these liquor sales men Is the result of a plan execut ed by the ;olic- department of Ha lem with the aid of these spccla agents, end marks the detection of a croup of "hip picket" salesmen as Mayor J. B. Oiesy terms them "Qullty," was the plea of al three, a id the- were placed In the Juil to await sentence tomorrow irora Justice Brazier Small, 0:30 o'clock. Another man, W. W. Downing, charged possession of Intoxicating lltjuor, will appear before JusMce cin,ill tomorrow to enter a plea, Michael Sullivan Dead. New York, Feb. 24. Michael Sullivan, Bronx politician, base- Ijall manager and owner of race horses, died at Mount Slnsl hos pital today ha!.' an hour after he bad been shot under circumstances and by persons so fuc unknown a Tsylor's Inn, a Bronx carabaret Sullivan was ta-en .o ths hospital In a taxlcab by three unidentified men. APPEND C I S President Ebert Under Surgeon's Knife TELL OF CHARGES Washington, Feb. 14. Senator Wheeler of Montana appeared to day before tbe District of Colum bla grand Jury, which tor three weeks has been Investigating new charges against him and others in connection with government land transactions. The senator was taken Into the grand Jury chamber Immediately after government counsel learned that he wished to avail himself of an Invitation extended by Attor ney General Stone and make a personal statement to the Jurors. Commissioner Spry of the gen eral land office, J. P. McDowell, an Interior department attorney and W. G. Seeley, a Washington lawyer who Is in' the service of Gordon Campbell, the oil man al ready under indictment with Senator Wheeler In Montana, also appeared before the grand Jury. Representatives of the govern ment Indicated that their pro longed Investigation Into the cir cumstances under which lease of government lands by Campbell and his associates had been ob talned in Montana was about con eluded. Within a day or so, they said, facts would be left to the Jurors for a decision. A recesH preceded the examina tion of Senator Wheeler and dur ing the wait he . declared be would waive immunity and tell the Jurors anything that might be requested. "I haven't anything to conceal a 1 the fact Is I haven't very much information on the s abject I understand the Jury Is investi gating," he saf "I shall endeavor to give them everything they ask." Bantist at Portland. Portland, Or., Feb. 2 4. Bap tist ministers of tho stute today openci. a week of study and con ference here. More .hun 100 min isters from outside cities and towns are expected to be here by tomorrow Leading ministers of the Btato and special guests who are ladrra in church work are on the progrnm. Reestablishment of Normal School At With only three contrary vfftes, house bill 87, which provides for tbe re-CHtublfxhment of the Ash land normal school, passed the sen ate Monday. Those voting against the bill were Strayer, Taylor and Zimmerman. The bill was passed after seven, members, led 'ty Kltner, had made a determined effort to have tt re committed so that the referendum clause might be attached, their agrument being that passage of ths bill without ths referendum would endanger passage of the bill to establish a normal school In eastern Oregon when that measure gocn before the people at the next election. I DESTRUCTION DEFALCATION OF CHURCHES STATE FUNDS Fireman Fireburg Tells of Firing Temple Beth Israel and Lutheran Edifices. Portland, Or., Feb. 24. Ches ter Buchtel, former member of tbe Portland fire department, who confessed last week that be had started more than 60 fires, most of them small, today added to the list of hie Incendiary oper ations fires which wrecked Tem ple Beth lereal, the German Lu theran church, St. Charles Cath ollc church, and the Grace Eng lish Lutheran church, Fire Mar shall Grenfell and the district attorney's office announced. Fires at the Kiser motion pic ture studio in Portland, the Grange hall at Mitwaukie, Or., and other blazee were also con-, feseed, adding 1300.000 to the $200,000 damage previously ad mitted, the officials announced. Among the additional fires ad mitted was one that burned the Northwestern planing mill. The loss in this fire was between 920.000 and f25,000. The new confessions were an nounced following a trip to the scenes of the fires In company with officers of the fire bureau. Buchtel's confessions were tak en down in "writing today in the district attorney's offlre. He was questioned by C. A. Beck man. deputy district attorney. The fireman arsonist told In detail how he started each fire. At Beth Isreal synagogue, one of the most spec tacit la r-f the fires confessed, Buchtel opened a win dow on the south side of the building and crawled into a email room where he found some books and papers. He set fire to the papers, placed a chair over the flumes and let through the window. He reported to his company when It arrived on the scene and assisted In fighting the fire. Broke Church Window At the German Lutheran church, he said, he found an old broom outside the building and broke a window of the church with It.'He then went inside thru the broken window and found a box or barrel he doesn't remem ber which filled with rubbish He dumped out tho rubbish and touched a lighted match to it. On leaving the building, he said man followed him down Twelfth street. He went Into a theater to see a show. Buchtel said he entered St Charles Catholic church, easi Thirty Third north and Webster. through an open door. Inside be found some paint cans and rub bish, to which he set fire. On leaving the building, he declared, he saw a man watering a lawn across the street. He left on his motorcycle and did not re turn. At the Grace English Luther an church, Buchtel said, he walk ed along the side of the church building. A pane of glae In one of tiie windows fell out as he touched it, crushing loudly to th' floor inside. He climbed through the win dow and went Into a closet, whert: he set fire to some rubbish. He later returned and watched this fire, according to his statement. Ashland Is Voted 8 nator Dunn led off with speech In f: vo ot '-he bill, point lug to the need for an additional normal school,, both geographical ly and educationally. Senator Tooze backed him up, declaring the Ashland normal was part the program of the board of re gents of the normal school and urging the senate to play fair with southern Oregon, Dennis moved that '.he bill go over to this morning to be acted on as a special order along with the Heals" brancn normal school bill and other educational mens ures. This motion lost after Ben (Continued on Page Seven) Cashier. Under Stale Treasurer Myers Shy $5000 Admits Taking The Money. Shortages in the accounts of the former state treasurer, re vealed when the office was turned over to T. B. Kay by Jefferson Myers early in December, amount ing to $5000, have been located and laid to the door of C. W. Thompson, former cashier in the office, who is said to hare con fessed to defalcations covering a period of more than three years. bince Mr. Kay took over tha office attempts have been made to locate an apparent shortage of. $5000 which appeared in the in active fund of the office, but It was not until yesterday that tha matter had been sufficiently clear ed up to Indicate that Thompson mignt De guilty of misanoronriat lng the money for his own iip. Mr. Kay discovered the short age when he first checked over the accounts of the office, but tha shortage at that time was believ ed to have been caused by book keeping errors somewhere. Furth er Investigation revealed that th ?iuou was actually gone and de mand was made upon Mr. Myers, former treasurer, to make good the amount. It woa Mr. Myers bondsmen, according to tne ... ports, who Instigated the Investi gation which revealed Thomp son's alleged manipulations. Step by step the chain of cir cumstantial evidence was woven around Thompson by detectives employed by the bondsmen, until yesterday it was clear to them that Thompson was guilty. Thomn eon .has been employed In the leg islature and yesterday afternnoq he was sent for, taken to the treasurer's office and confronted with the figures indicating his guilt. He Is said to have confessed. and to have asked for time in which to make tip the shortage, hie bondsmen agreeing to force uo prosecution If restitution la made in full. Details of the manner fn which the money was misappropriated were not available this afternoon. State Treasurer Kay stating that he had nothing to say regarding the matter, as he had had no hand In working out the case and was not familiar with all of the de tails. It Is understood, however, that the alleged defalcations covered a period ot more than three years nd the money was taken in small amounts, principally by paying out moneys on assignments, dup licating the payments when the regular warrants came through and then destroying the assign ments. When it became apparent that he could no longer cover up the shortage, due to the change In the administration, Thompson la said to have called up the Port land depository for the treasury and asked them to transfer $5000 from the Inactive to the active deposit to make the latter bal ance. The check made by Mr. Kay when he took office reveal ed the shortage in the Inactive account, but this could not be traced for nearly a month. Thomp son delaying sending In the war rant for the $5000 to the Port land bank for that length of time. Whether or not Thompson mlV be prosecuted rests entirety with his bondsmen, who have made good the shortage. TOBACCO TAX GF TEN PER CENT Over the protest of tobacco deal ers who were heard by the ways and meanj -oinmittee last nightt for whom Jchn IxKan was spokes man, '.he committee reported out favorably a hill to tax tobacco In all forma The tobacconists of fered no opposition to a cigarette tai, and told the committee that tHs alone would produce In Ore Ron 1811,000 a year, which was tar beyond '.he calculations of the committee. Hut a '.ax on cigars, hewing and smoking tobacco and stuff, they said, was Impractica ble, that on cigars because It would be unenforceable .