o 0 o o O G e Seized Mail Teibdne o J2 r Tha. Woather Pretllif Ion .9. Clouily Maximum 0U'nIy ttU Minimum today 117.5 Weather .Year Kgo Maximum .Minimum :::::::::::::::::::e:. MEDFORD. OH EG ON. MONDAY. MAKCl! q- 1f'-V (felly HloUnth Teu. H'.rk-W rtt third YwM "t). 291 NORMAL BILL DEPENDS ON MM Governor , Pierce Will Sign Measure if There Is Suffic ient Money in Sight De cision Expected Tomorrow Many Bills Signed Several More Vetoed. SALKM, Ore, Mar. 2. Governor Fierce today signed house bill 42 8, which authorized the state engineer ing department to Increase the sal aries of water masters from $1800 to (2700 n year. The act is for special Application to Deschutes county as one district and Jackson and Jose phine counties as another, where, it is claimed, the work of the water masters is complicated that it is im possible .to get anyone to serve for J 1 SOU. The governor signed house bill 427 relating to exemptions under the in heritance tax law. - The governor vetoed house bills 4 29 and 4 30. Both are curative measures, the first designed to cure defects In titles and real property and the other to cure defects in deeds and other instruments. Both were vetoed on advice from the attorney general pointing'' to nn illegal manner , in which they were drawn. Among bills signed by Governor Tierce are: S. B. 24 7, by game committee providing for protection of bear In Crater Jake pari;. , 11 . ft. li 3 s, by ga mo com m it tee Relating to protection'' of game birds. II. B. 405, by Peirce Fishing code. S. B. 24 S, by Senators Upton and Bui-dick Increasing salaries of Kla math rounly officials. . S,. Si. U00, by Fddy tor the pnyment of a reward of H10(t to captors of Dr. Tt. M. Brtimfield. G o ve rn o r 1 'ierce and Dr. C. J . Smith, chairman of the democratic slate central committee, yesterday conferred regarding bills yet to be disposed oT. Important among these bills is the one appropriating $175,000 for the re-opening of the state normal school at Ashland. U there is sufficient money in sight to meet the demands of the state the governor hns intimated that he will sign the normal school bill. Decision Is expected tomorrow! SALEM. Ore.. Mar. 2. Governor Pierce today vetoed senate bill 5i. which attempted to amend an exist ing statute and pyrovlded for appro the child welfare commission be re quired before the commission could val of four-fifths of the members of take any action. "I think it unfair to require four to name an official or determine the policy of that commission," says the veto message. The bill was introducedby Senaotr Cornell. T AS CLOSING DAY OF SESSION E WASHINGTON, March 2. The pre "odjournment jam In congress has swung to Its crest today as the session entered its last 48 hours. As usual the principal crush was In the senate and as soon as that body convened members were on their feet oil over the chamber seeking unani mous consent for consideration of pet measures. Objections were Immediate and vociferous. So nruch disorder .resulted that Senator Walsh, democrat, Massachu setts, asked that the sergeant-at-arms "be brought into the chamber and kepi there until Wednesday noon to main tain order." President Cummins stopped proceedings until semblance of-decorum had been restored. LAKU OWNERS MUST RUSSIA BY MOSCOW. Maih 2. (By the As?o-j ciated re) The nobles and land-j lords are given notice in a decree is-i sued y the council of the peoples'; commissars that they mtift vacate alii their land holding by January 1.! l'2G. Tm extinguished) conwletely j Othe few remaining rights of the mem bers of the u&d rege and places all rtrnlntrirlnf I proletariat. -pi eta 7i also removes from the commu Riot at San Quentin Is Put Down When Guard Kills Convict 4 4.. ' SAN FRANCISCO. March 2. The Call received word" that 4 shortly before noon today a guard at San Quentin state prison, near 4 here, fired into a group of rioting 4 prisoners and killed one. Wendell Dollar, serving a term for burg- lary, was the slain man. The 4 shots quelled the disturbance and 4 !i.r convicts were placed in dun- 4 geons. THREE KILLED E Eastern Tremblor Severe in Quebec Congregation Has Narrow Escape When Cath olic Church Collapses Scores of Homes Damaged QUE RICO, Mar. 2. Three persons dead, scores of homes damaged by tremor and fire, one church collapsed find general consternation among residents of the St. Lawrence and Saguenay valleys arc the known re sults of the earthquakes pf last Satur day night and Sunday morning. QU7B EC, M n r. 2 . A gent Ha rvey of the Dominion Express company at Murray Bay today reported that earth shocks were being felt in the Sagu enay river district, the latest tremor occurring at eight o'clock this morn ing. Seismic experts considered this a proof thst ihe Saguenay river was the center of the disturbance. Tremors were felt all day Saturday and throughout yesterday and last night, continuing, Harvey reported. Several chimneys were shaken down In the Murray Bay district, Harvey said. QUEBEC, Mar. 2. The Roman Catholic church at St. Hiliarion, sixty miles from here was demolished dur ing the earthquake of Saturday night, it was reported here today by the agent of marine and fisheries at Cape Salmon. Worshippers who had filled the church a few moments iefore, left just before the quake so that none was injured. The edifice was only two years old and was considered one of tho finest stone structures In Canada. PRESIDENT LIES IN STATE AT HOME I?I?T IV Tnwh 9 (Xv the ASSO cialed Press) The body of Frieder Ich Ebert, Germany's first president, who died Bnturdny, lies in state in his study, which has been left just as It was when his sufldcn illness over took him. tIip puffin nf brown oak rests on n ratnfalque and over it candles shed their faint glow. The room is draped in black and with the exception of tv. nf n.iiiin Itlfics from the widow and one of mimosa from the children, floral decorations arn ili-iit The wreath from Frau Ebert bears a ribbon with the one word "L,uise rmd tVint frnm I ho rliHHren n hl.iek red and gold ribbon with the inscrip tion-: "Trt rttr unfnrirnitnhln fiither.- Four soldiers comprise a guard of honor. , 20 States Join In Protest. WASHINGTON. March 2. Twenty southern states ioined todnv in send- J ing a telegram -of protest to the gov ernors of western states in whose leg islatures are pending bills proposing 1 special taxes on butter substitutes. GET OUT OF JANUARY FIRST. 1926 nity class of people for whom the bolsheviks h:i ve lonir rt icnrded as in imical to their 9eKime. O The eviction order diejt not include those who served in the red army fir helped the Russian revolution or the soviet gov ernment. Thm ft'cree stipulates that person0 expelled are entitled to receive small allotments of land In distant crntni zation areas on tt same conditions as the peasantry. By EARTHQUAK DAMAGE GROWS FLEET SIS ' FOR DEFENSE WEST COAST One of the Greatest Naval Ma neuvers in American History Starts in. Pacific Off Cali fornia Coast Nine Dread naughts Steam Out From San Pedro Harbor. NAVAL BASK.. Snn Tedro, Cnl.. March 2. (By the Associated Press) The United Stntcs battle fleet today weighed anchor and slipped out in the Pacific in the role of an enemy In vader. Its identity now is the "black fleet." Decks are cleared for action. battle orders are In the hands of all units, radios nre silenced and the ships and ciews are ready for one of the greatest peace time maneuvers in American history. The California flagship of Admiral Samuel S. Itobtson was In the van or the nine sleek dreadnaugnts inai moved majestically out of the hu'bor in alignment as perfect as If they were tied together by cables. . The West Virginia. Colorado. Maryland, Idaho Mississippi, Arizona, Oklahoma and Nevada followed. Thirty destroyers under the leader shln of their flagship, tho cruiser Omiiha. were under steam at San Diego to Join the battleships at the mobilization point off Coronado islands. The aircraft tenders Lang lev. Aroostook and Oannett, the for mer housing 14 nirplnnes for use in the maneuvers, likewise were unuei 4tnm nt the uouthern nolnt. The train force of the "black floet' Included the flagship Procyon, tho re pair ship Medusa, the oilers Cuynma and Kanawha, the hospital ship e- llef and the mine sweepers Brant, Kingfisher, Partrldgo rind Tern. This force embnrks upon a mission to attack the Pacific fleet irt n point off lower California, which will be defended b'y tho "blue fleet." It left the Panama canal several days ago. Its main line force is composed of eight new first line cruisers, the Richmond, Milwaukee, Cincinnati Trenton. Mnrblehead, Detroit, Haleigh and Concord, the latter being flag ship of the destroyer squad. There are 24. destroyers and a de stroyer tender, the Dobbin. Twelve submarines of the "S" class are In cluded with three submarine tenders, the Savannah, Cantden nnd Itushnell. Then there is a mlm soundron, three mine lnyers nnd four mine sweepers. NAVAL BASE. SAN PEDRO, Cnl., March 2. (By the Associated Press) Fifty two vessels of the battle fleet today move to a mobilization point off the Coronado islands from whence will start one of the greatest nuvn! games of strategy ever staged In the Pacific ocean, as the first step In a series of spectacular fleet mnneuvers. More than a hundred fighting ships will participate. During the ten day maneuver prob leni the great naval force based here as the strong nrm of tho United States In the Pacific moves offshore in the role of nn enemy fleet. It has become the "black fleet" and Its mis sion Is to Invado the Paclflo coast and establish a base of operations as the first move in a war ngnlnst the united stales. For the purpose of this problem the strategic Dase point which this mis sion seeks has been set in the Pa clfic ocean at a point off the coast of Lower California. The "black fleet's" function is to convoy a great train of supply ships in orner to capture this point and estaoush tncreln n stronghold for ope rations ngalnst the United States. Tho backbone of tho nnvy's mnloi power, nlno great battleships, form the striking power of tho "black fleet." These first line drendnnughts are supported by 30 destroyers unrtni- the flag of a first line cruiser, the omnna, three aircraft tenders and nine of the slow-moving train of sup ply snips. This "black fleet" will move out into the Pacific ocean to the west. in oruer io assume the no.xlilnn m-i fleet invading the Pacific coast. Then It will, in battle formation, strike eastward for. the point designated In the problem as the objective base. Meanwhile the defense force, of the Pacific, the BcoutlnB fleet which has, tome irom us A'tlantlo station, is wheeling into position from the Pan ama canal with orders to seek out and deroy tho "black flee." It Is known as the "blue fleet." There are some Tifty-elght craft In this de fense fleet with first line stftngth resting in high speed first line cruisers. ('eld I.lfoj Sentence.. PORTLAND. Ore.. March 2. John II. Monney. convicted hist week of sei-ond degree murder of his fm.-r wife, Mrs. Martha K. a-'ri-ncli, was sentence,, to me )n lh(, nenitenti.ry today by Circuit !,,,!.. t. : Moopcy wounded himself after -Mrs. Frrfc h was shot to death November lis, ami ne wua for some timo close I to death. 0 O Milk Delivered to Home of Heirs to $4,000,00(1 Hotaling Estate Alleged To Have Been Poisoned 1 EjOsA A&il&s&ia AKnvn lire shown Frederick C Hotaling and his mother, Mrs Ijivlnla J. Hotaling. hcl.-s to the $4,000,000 estute left rj tho late A. P. Hotaling. The photograph was made In San Francisco BUYS LEASE ON HOTEL HOLLAND The lease, equipment and good will of the Hotel Holland has been Hold by Mrs. II. C. Sinltli. to. Ben Declous of t,a Grande." ' ' . ' Mr. Declous -has been In tho hotel and entering InisinesH for over 1 2 years and recently old" the New Kom-mei-H hotel In La Grande nnd also owns tho Havoy Hotel, I-a Grande. He Is known a a very successful hotel operator and caterer and Is n member . uf the Oregon Ktato Hotel association. He is well likod among the commercial men as well as by the traveling public anil enjoys a very good following and acquaintance, which no doubt should prove a valu able asset in the operation uf the Hol land Hotel at Medford. " Mr. and Mrs. lien Decious have been In Medford about a week and aro very , much tm pressed wit h the future .possibilities of Medford. The sale of the Hotel Holland has been consummated with the assis tance, of J. H. Schmidt, hotel broker nnd manager of the brokerage de partment of the Pacific Northwest Hotel News of Portland and officer of the Oregon State Hotel association, t h ru which M r. 1 eclous d isposed of the New Sommers hotel February 1st. Mr. and Mrs. Declous nre accom panied by their 3M year old dauhter Vlrglnla May. They lire , da lining a short visit to California and then they return to Im Grande where they have various, other real estate holdings as well as the Savoy Hotel which they expect to leave In charge of a compe tent manager. April 1st Is the date when the Hol land Hotel will change hands and Mr. and Mrs. Doctors take active charge and make their permanent homo In Medford. Mr. and Mrs. It. C. Smith have operated the hotel for four years and Mrs. Smith has had active charge tho past year owing to tho Illness and death recently of Mr. Smith. She has not decided what she will do but will probably remain In Medford. The Holland Grill was not Included in the deal. The Westerlund estate still retains the ownership of the hotel building and the adjoining building In which the grill la located. The Hotel Holland was built In 1912, has four stories and a base ment. Is a modern concrete structure which has fiO rooms. Offers to Sacrifice Himself to a Test Of Airplane Bombs 4 - WA4IIIXOTOX. March 2 The house aircraft committee today received an offer from' Dr. IJ. M. Ferguson of Snn llenlto, Oil., to stay on board a ship to ob- serve the effect of aerial bomb- ing, should a new series of tests 4 ha arranged ns suggested by f Gen-Mai Mitehell. ' h'O'by vr.lunleer to steer '4 mii-li a vessel fcr the triiil and renr a report of e:ttli sli0', If fate so ordains." .TT. Feri- 0ton wrote. "I havo no reia- lives." LA GRANDE MAN Mother and son nre the principal figures In a sensation will cas. It Is reported that poison was put into milk delivc'rcd at the llotnltil? home but that In tome mnnncr not disclosed the poison was detected. F DEAD AFTER II WOMEN HELD UP SAN plKGO, Cnl., March 2. Po lice today were trylnp to establish soma connection between tho robbery Saturday niKht at a downtown hotel here of two Ios Angeles women of Jewelry valued at more than" $ 1 0,00,0 and the finding yesterday afternoon of the borly nf an unidentified mur dered man beside a lonely road north of this city. Answering a knock nt the door of their room in a downtown hotel early Saturday niKht, Mrs. Dorothy Hmo len and Mrs. 11. Itosenfeld of Dos Anjrelcs, sisters, were confronted by an unmasked ' man with a revolver, who robbed them of their jewelry and madi his escape from the hotel before the two women could Klvo tho alarm. The police were without a working clue In the case until today when the body of the murdered man was found and it became known that ho fitted in detail the description given by the robbed women of their assailant. The police nre proceeding with their Investigation on the theory that the dead man may have been trailed and killed by other robbers as he sought to escape from Kan Diego with his loot. . PIERCE BETTER, RALKM, Ore., March 2. Tho con dition of Mrs. Waller M. Pierce, wife of Governor pierce, was somewhat Improved thin morning and she was able to tako lfuht nourishment. Phy sicians, however, havo given up hope for her recovery. v Decisions of U. S. Supreme Court WASHINOTON, Mar. 2. The stnte of Washington cannot refuse to grant licenses for the operation of Interstate motor transportation over that part of the Pacific highway within its bor ders,' the supreme court held today in, a case brought by. A. .1. Puck against the director of public works In Washington. WASHINOTON. Mar. 2. States cannot refuse to permit motor veh icles (for hire as common carriers In Interstate commerce to use Its high ways, ft was held today by the su preme court. The decision was a defeat for Mary land In a case brought y George W. Push and Sons company, wh as com mon carriers - had been refused the permit to operate motor vehicles for hire overhe state mads In Interstate commerce. WASHINGTON', Mar. 2. The su preme court held today that the state of New Jersey already had given Its cmift'nt to construction ff a Jersey Central railroad bridge over Newark h.-if The opinion Qih in n pi-oceed-ing by Whir-h New J erne)' ntid the cities of Newark a lid Jersey (Jiy sought to prevent const ruction of nie bridge. , SHIN G TON, ak 2 A supreme "Ui I iti-w ) mint u iwiuijr m mi Gary conspiracy cases. U. S. Supreme Court Upholds Dry Search Without a Warrant WASHINGTON. March 2 4, I'rnhilill inn mifnroemoiir nKunlu 4 can lawfully stop and search an automobile without a warrant, the 4 slllireme court (tecideil tnilnv in n case from Michigan. I ho decision, which upheld the 4 fltlimr itf tlln Inun,' pnllrtu u-.iu 4 on an anneal hrnnlit hv (Inoree I Carroll and John Kiro. 4. PEACEJY LAW Secy, of State in Farewell Ad dress Predicts Great Step to Elimination of War By Codi . fication of' International Law. WASflllNCSTOtf. March 2. Seere-J tary Huuhcs, appearing today for the last time as chairman of the govern-1 ing board of the Pan-American union,' presented to It 31 projects, drawn up by tho American Institute of Interna-, llonul Ijiw for the codification of in ternational law as affecting this hem isphere. The projects will bo trans-1 milted by tho members of tho board to their respective governments and will form the basis of discussions at the forthcoming convention of Jurists in Uio Janeiro. Secretary Hughes asserting the projects mark a definite step toward tho formulation of an "American in ternational law," declared that "thanks to American initiative, we are on the threshhold of accomplish ment in the most important ftndeuuov of the human race to lift itself out of the savagery of strifo and Into the domain of law, breathing the spirit of amity and justice." Tho 3 1 projects were detailed by tho secretary as embracing a decla ration of the rights of nations, state ments of the fundamental basis of in ternational law and the fundamental rights, of the American republics and the formulation of rules with respect to jurisdiction, International rights nnd duties nnd the pacific settlement of Internationa) disputes." "It Is significant that tho executive committee of the Aniern-nn Institute of International Lnw nun stnted that their projects relate to tho law of pen.ee. Their members were a unit in declaring that the law of war should find no place In the relations of the American republics. We have dedi cated ourselves to the law of peace. I-ortunately, we have no grievances which could furnish any just grounds ror war. "If we respect each others rights ns we Intend to do, if we co-operate in irienuiy errorts to promote our common prosperity ns it will be our privilege to do, there will be no such grievances In tho future. "There nre no differences now nnd there should he none which do not icnu tnemselves rendlly to the ami cable adjustment of nations bent on miiiniainlnif frlendsh n. ... "I believe that this day, with the submission of concrete proposals, which take tho question of the do. velopment of international law out ni mere amiable aspiration, marks a definite slep In tho progress of civi lisation and the promotion of pcuco, and for that reason, will long bo re membered." The Noted Dead NBW YORK, March 2. Mrs. Anno Allen, sister of the late James Lane Allen, novelist, died todnv at her home In Manhattan. She was tho last surviving member of the Immediate family of the novelist who died two weeks ago. she was 81 years of ago anil had been ill for six months. She was never tola of the death of her brother, because her friends feared the announcement would be fatal to her. One of her Inst requests was that her brother be not told how she hnd suffered during tho last weeks of her illness. ARTIST J. IVI. FLAGG T NKW YORK. Starch 2. JamiM Montgomery fylagg, arttts the father of a daughter whone arrival he has announced in tr artist fash- Mr. ria gg wan officii military artim of New fiirk state during the war and Q-doptcd the patriotic mo tif Inhe announcement cards. A eagle.fnstend of a stork, holds a bnl bundled Jn blankets and on cither gide of tm eagle stands a soldier glv- HUGHES' VISIONS PAN AMERICAN FISK DEIS BATTLESHIP IS OBSOLETE U. S. Admiral Takes Issue With Sims, But Admits He Would Prefer 1000 Air planes to One Battleship -Claims No One Knows What Value Airplane Will Be. WASHINGTON', Mnrch 2. The house aircraft committee today voted to close Its aircraft investigation im mediately. Holding that the field of th einves tigatlon had been covered the com mittee decided to use the time re maining before iho adjournment of congress in giiing over its record. WASHINGTON, Mar. 2 (Ry Asso ciated Press.) Admiral Fiske told the naval investigating committee to day he could not agree with the re cent testimony by Rear Admiral Wil liam H. Sims, retired, that the battle ship had become obsolete. "Tho battleship Is not obsolete," Admiral Flske said. "It Is not even obsolescent." The admiral admitted that he agreed with the navy general board on prnctically every position it has taken. Aircraft fits in, he added, with othev leements of naval warfare. such as the submarine. He opposed unification of the air services. "I think air power of great Impor tance," ho continued, "and I do not think we can spend too much money in developing It. Air power has great possibilities. It Is a new field but how far It wJll go nn one knows." Asked whether he thought tho navy air service was functioning properly, he replied: "No, but because It hadn't enough money. It has done pretty, well under the conditions It has had to face. I personally thtfik we are weaker In aeronautics than In anything else." Admiral Flske conceded that tho ajrplane had tended to keep battle ship activities farther off shore but added the submarine had done the same. "Which would you take," asked Representative field, republican Illi nois, "one battleship costing $45,000, oao, ur a thousand airplanes for de fense." "The airplanes," replied Flske. PROJECT FEASIBLE, WASHINGTON, March 2. A con clusion that tho proposed immense Columbia basin project in Washington and Oregon physically is feasible and that attention should be focuqed upon tho factors which will determine Us financial feasibility, was contained in a report of a special board of en gineers made public yesterday by tho interior department, , ,; The total cost of the favored plan Is estimated at $l!3,359,595,. and the Initial expenditure to Irrigate the first lands at $04,000,000. lasting five basic Irrigation schemes under consideration the engineers de clared the most desirable one Involved 1,224,000 acres, 80 per cent of which Is class A land, and utilizing both the Spokane river and the Pend O'Peille river for tho water supply. The engineers' findings are being studied by the Columbia basin pro ject commission composed of KIwood Meads and Francis M. Goodwin. Tho bitter's final report will be submitted to Secretary Work who will forward it to congress If It meets with. his ap proval. Congress Wants Kbnals Probe WASHINGTON, Mar. 2. By an overwhelming vote the house today adopted n resolution declaring its "sense" that President Coulidge should nppolnt a commission to study the Muscle Shoals problem. GETS HONORABLE OF o Ing salute. The enrd reads: Mrs. James Montgomery Flagg announces the birth of an American citizen. Faith. Also James Mon" goniery Flu is arded honorable mention, February I Q IJ5. A Iso gold medal Awarded Dr. Harry Prls tenstool." O Al r. Flagg married Miss Dorothy Virginia Wadh.iir. last May. She had bewi a model for many of his maga zlJke $yers. COLUMBIA BASIN COST $193,000,000