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NORMAL BILL
DEPENDS ON
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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