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G 0 o o o ) o DFoiB Mail Vefther Ymur go aMlmum .....63 Minimum .as Prediction Cloudy, Vtiselllol Maximum today - B9 MluJmuiiHoilay !u.5 Dlb 9liiteDth Tmt. MEDFORD. ORl-XIOX. TlirRSDAY, MARCH i, 192;") o NO. 294 ME O FOREST Bill IS VETOED BY PIERCE Reforestation Measure Drawn Up By State Board Is Killed ' By Governor Great Dan gers Seen to State in Bill's Provisions Tax Powers , Improperly Extended. SALEM. Ore.. Mar. 6. Objecting to the power which would bo given k the state board of forestry under tho act. Governor Pierce yesterday vetoed the reforestation bill on which State Forester Kllintt and other members of the state board of forostry worked for monthH prior to the convening of the recent legislature. The governor's main objection is to the power of taxation which would be given tho board, a board, ho says which is neither put Into office by tho electorate nor by any other govern mental agency and he points out that under the measure it might be pos sible for a majority of the board to be controlled by non-residents of the state and at the samo time exercise the power of taxntion under the act. Tho governor expresses doubt as -to tho constitutionality of the munner in which the board of forestry Is ap pointed und suggests that It should bo tested out in court. Tho governor also objects strongly to the sixty year contract provision in the measure. Scpurate Timber Land "This hill provides a method of tuxution on deforested lands and tim ber not yet of merchantable sizes." says the veto message. "Tho act undertakes to separate from the rest of the taxable property In the state all lands nut now in timber of mer chantable size and chiefly -valuable for the purpose of griming such tim ber and undertakes tu deal with such lands for purposes of taxation In a manner that Is different from that provided by law with respect to other assessable property. "Under this proposed act the state board of forestry would have the power of valucing the lands for as sessment purposes. The stale board of forestry consists of the governor, tho acting head of the forest school of Oregon Agriculture college and five electors of the state of Oregon,, to be appointed by tho govcrnur from and upon the authoritative recom mendation, of the Oregon State Grange, tho Oregon Forest Kire asso ciation tlio West Coast Lumbermen's association, tho United States forest service and the Oregon Wool Grow ers association, each to select and name one of such members. The board therefore consists of seven members, five of whom are appointed by five dlftcrent prlvnto organisa tions. Tho Taxing Power "Assessing property for the pur pose of taxation is one of tho most important functions of government. It is intolerable that such powers should lie exercised by a board the majority or the members of which are appoint ed neither by the electorate nor by any governmental agency whatever, but solely by private organizations standing In no rcsponsllilc relation to tho state and controlled. It may be, by persons who are not even citizens of tho state. The appointment of tho members of the stale board of for estry In this fashion is repugnant to the wholo "pirit of representative gov ernment. Its constitutionality should be tested at an early date by tho supremo court. This bill Is built up around this state board of forestry, vesting in the board greater power than should bo exercise by any com mission so constituted. "Another object ot the bill seems to be to permit owners of land to enter into contracts with tho stato ex tending over a perfod of sixty years. "Under tho terms, of tho proposed legislation for two full generations tho stato would be bound by contract not to change the assessment upun lands so classified. "Tho payment of one-half of the taxes based on the assessment by the board of forestry would be deferred to the end of the term. During the term no other taxes than the property tax so provided may be assessed on any such lands or any timber thereon (Continued on Page six) SKIRTS ABOVE KNEE ARE" LATEST" NEW YORK, Mar. 5. Sklrts-above the knee, curled eyelashes and rd pars arc the Intent Paris modes. New York has Just been Informed. Some of the passengers returning on the Olympic yesterday had n skirts reaching only to their knees. M- Bertram Parker, European fash ion editor of a New York publication, a passenger, was asked if these were Penalties Provided for State Income Taxes Still Unpaid SAI.F.M, Ore. Mari'tl 5. The state tux commission today out- lined a iioliry of action relatlvo to collection of unpaid portions of tlje utale income tax. A pen- r alty of fifteen percent ia to bo 4 aKse&Hcd UKainHt taxes that were duo and unpaid at the tlmo the income tax act was repealed and interest of ctRht. five and ! two per cent respectively will he charced affalnst delinquencies in the first three installments of the tuxes. STATE TRAINING SCHOOL MAY BE KILLEDBYCOURT State Treasurer Kay Calls Governor's Attention to Provision of Constitution Overlooked When he Signed Bill School Finances Are Endangered. SALEM, Oro., March 5. There is a possibility that construction of a training school at Independence for the Monmouth normal school, for which the legislature appropriated $125,000, may be found unconstitu tional. The point was raised at a meeting of fhe stato board of control today by State Treasurer Kay who cited a constitutional provision -which ln hiblts tho construction of tate build ings anywhere outside of Marion county without a vote of tho people. - Governor Pierce paid that in ap proving tho appropriation, this pro vision of the constitution had escaped him. Secretary Abrums of the bonrd was instructed to pet an opinion from At torney General VanWinkle. Should this appropriation "be knocked out the Monmouth normal would be loft almost without appropriations since the governor vetoed tho items pro viding for buildings and repairs at Monmouth. ON ROSE PAGEANT PORTLAND, Ore., March 5. Pre sentation of a paKcnnt to be culled "The Jtose," was decided upon today by the directors of the roso festival of 1925. Mrs. Doris Smith, a mu slclan connected with a locnUconser tiitory has written the paKcant. The music for tho piece was composed by Charles Wakefield Cadmnn, the com poser. Montgomery Lynch, dlroctor of "Tho Wayfarer," .Seattle's outdoor spectacle, will produce the spectacle here. Tentative plans call for tho Hso of Multnomah field. Tho dates of the rose festival this year are Juno 15 to 20. New Secy, of State Makes Announcement WASHINGTON, March 5. Tho award in the arbitration between Chile and Peru over Tacna-Arica has been approved by President Coolldgc Delivery ot tho . deoislon to tho Chilean and Peruf-lan ambassadors will take place at the White House Monday mornlnc. Announcement) of the signature was made today by Secretary of State Kellogg and was the Virst public statement to bo made by him after taking office. Tho president's sig nature was nfflxcd to tho award yes terday. FROM PARIS fair samples of tl Parisian deal ers' latest, o "What, those skirts' she asked. "Why. they're way down to the knees. In Paris they are atve the knees." Mis Nina Roldhin, speaking before the X..ter Hair Dressers' association convention said the new Parisian makeup includA reddened ears and nostrils, blue or greyed eyelids and curled eyelashes. Qf AND RED FASHIONS DAWES PLAN BY BOURBON :m?M Anti-Filibuster Bill Is Offered Senate By Underwood of Alabama New Vice-Presi dent Survives Storm of Criticism for Disregard of the Senate Rules. WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. --After two senate sessions today had reverberat ed with echoes of the precedent-fracturing Induction into office yesterday of Vice President Dawes, it was agreed unanimously that whatever was done yesterday in disregard -of senate rules should bo considered- for this one time only as legal and proper. Tho vice president himself , kept silent during most of the assault upon his method of speeding up senate bus in ess, but offered before the debate was over to re-administer the oath of office, if the senate thought It neces sary, to the new members whose in duction into office he had Interrupted in violation of senate traditions. Republicans leaders replied that such a step would be unnecessary, however and accepted Instead a unanimous consent agreement pro posed by Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, putting the seal of senate approval on yesterday's proceedings. After this stipulation of approval the agreement as entered Into specified that the unanimous consent "is given in view of the special circumstances," of yesterday, and added the action should not be "taken or considered as any relaxation of tho rules of the senato, nor as a precedent for their future disregard." Immediately afterwards a proposal to amend the rules -was offered by Senator Underwood, democrat, Ala bama. It would provide the way to impose a limitation upon debate to prevent one-man filibusters a step which the new vlco president advo cated In his inaugural address but one which republican leaders do not be lieve can command a sufficient ma jority. N WASHINGTON, Mar. 5. Vice President Dawes took on the senate today in a first and inconclusive fif teen minute round surcharged with the electricity of eager expectuncy. There was an explosion or two over tho manner in which tho new presid ing officer had cut corners ut the expense of time-honored senate cus toms upon his inauguration yesterday, but when a recess was taken until later In the afternoon the row had not yet reached an acute stage. Throughout the quarter hour ses sion, Mr. Dawes himself kept perfect ly quiet except, when, in a low voice that scarcely reached tho far corners of the chamber, ho put two perfunc tory motions and announced tho re sult. During the short time he was in tho chair, however, the vice president was the target of a sharp criticism of his manner in cutting short the swearing In of new senators yesterday, delivered by Senator Ashurst, demo crat, Arizona, who emphasized his speech by shaking a forefinger at the chair; heard Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, demand that the official record of what was done yesterday be examined again by the senate, and listened to an explanation of Senator Hale, republican, Maine, who took upon himself all blame for the vice president's failure to return to the chamber yesterday after he had wit nessed the inauguration of President Coolidge. Crowded galleries and an unusual number of senators, attracted by the prospect of a row, watched the pro ceedings in an atmosphere .so tense that tho quiet was oppressive. At the end there was a universal sigh of relief that the impuct had been no worso but senators, .gathering in little knots to talk It over after the recess was taken seemed certain there was more to come. The vice president himself looked on during the session with an Inscrut able countenance and declined to comment on It afterward. Wearing a natty brown business suit, he stepped to his place on the dais just at noon, had called the senate to order by a single tap of the gavel and then hud stepped aside without a word while the chaplain offered prayer. Then he waitod calmly for tho fire works to begin. They begifn at oncq. The clerk started to read the Journal of yester day's proceedings and Senator Curtis, tho republican leader, asked, as Is customary, that the reading be dis pensed with. Senator Reed and Hale demanded recognition. "The senator from Maine," said Mr. Dawes. Senator Hale said certain criticism of the vice president had ap peared in thQ morning newspapers because he had not returned to the senate chgmbor yesterday at the con clusion oPtho Inaugural ceremonies. "I think I can explain the reason ho did.' said Senator Hale, "and I think tt Is my duty to do so." Senator Reed interrupted but Sena-, tor Hale continued: .(Continued on Paw Bixj A bby Rockefeller, WJn:bytawyert ' Promises to live Within'His Income PIERCE VETOES TOTAL A HALF MILLION SALEM, Ore., Mar. 5. Governor ierco has vetoed appropriation bills totalling $50-1,769. Yesterday ho completed the work of lopping off $MIUiK3 before tho tlmo expired for filing bills and vetoes. Among feasures falling under his ax was senate bill 207 which appro priated $2000 annually, to assist in experimental and demonstration work within counties cast of the Cas cades and for crop rotation experi mental work within Umatilla county. The following summary shows the appropriations vetoed: Doernbecher memorial hospital $5,60G; land settlement commission (15.000; Oregon laws supplement $0925; medical school, capital outlays $20,000; bounties predatory animals $10,000; armories $100,000; election bill $15,000; social hygiene society $30,000; board of eugenics $5000; normal school at Multnomah $9fi,000; alfalfa weevil $5000; traveling ex perimental work $1000; soldiers homo cemetery. $7700; stato hospital indus trial building $(i4.fi5!); machinery for industrial building $4040; greenhouso for hospital $4384; auditorium, feeble minded home $40,000; dining room, feeble minded homo $25,000. Total $504. 7GH. Approximately 390 of the bills ap proved by tho legislature will become laws. The Noted Dead MEMPHIS. Tenn., Mar. 6. Bishop William H. Murrah, of the Methodist Kplscopal church south, died here early today following a paralytic stroke In January lat year which was aggravated from a fall from a chair In his home several days ago. The end came unexpectedly, following a suddc nturn for tho worso shortly after midnight, last. Courtly, affable, dignified and scholarly In his bearing. Bishop Wil liam B. Murruli exemplified tho high est ideals of a gentleman of tho old school type. As a result of his clear thinking and deliberate Judgment his counsel was much sought by leaders of the south. He was regarded as a wise and safe counsellor, and progres sive in his thinking and utterances. AUGUSTA. Ga., March 5. John M. Ward, former captain of the New York Olsnts, died hero yesterday. Ills body will he sent today to Babylon, N. V., for burial. Mr. Ward took up tho study of law while still a diamond star and gained dfstlnctlon in the profession. . Death Toll of ' tke Automobile NEWPORT. Ore., March 5. One young man was killed and anothor se riously hurt In an accident which oc curred while they were trying out a new car at Toledo, Ore., last night, acc ording to word received hern to day. A young man named Mcln tyQQt'as Instantly killed and his com panion, named Prtchard, son of a Toledo merchant, was Injured. The car ran orf the grade ana comaeu; with a teJIyhone pole, ' OVER A romance thai (tfan tit , ehildhood and I blottomed into iove with hi$ , heroic and , $ucce n ful effort to keep her out of jail on tpecdinq ' chargei, trill culminate in Man in the marriage of Abb' 'Rockefeller, on.y daughter of Mr. and ' Mri. John D. Rockefeller. Jr., and David M. Milton, Jr., a voung Sew "York attorney. He it S6 and, the it SI. Theu plan to take a tmall apartment : and live upon Mr. Milton' t eorningt although the it ' one. of the World't richelt .heirettei. FOR BIG BATTLE OFF CALIFORNIA ABOARD U. S. S. SEATTLE, March 5. (Py tho Associated Press.) The sixth day of war in tho Pacific of tho 119 fighting units of tho United States, as the first step in the greatest man euvers ever held in tho Pacific finds the stnff officers of both fleets active ly engaged In great battle problems. Gunnery practice in the Carribean sea found the capital ships, tho main battle forces of America, far from tho theater of war when tho declaration of war was made by the "black nation," according to the maneuver problem. The Pacific coast was denuded of sea strength save that the scouting fleo "blue forces," was just through tho canal. With tho declaration of war the aircraft- service information in the hands of defensive forces, known as the blue fleet was that a great black fleet with a train of sup ply ships, was starting for the Pacific choast from Christmas Island, some 2000 miles In tho Pacific. Whether tho black fleet Intonded to shell I.os Angeles or San Diego to de struction; whether It planned to es tablish a menacing operating base off the Lower Ca I If ornla coast to cut American Naval forces from tho Pa cific states, or just what It did plan was tho problem for the bluo ftoet to decide. Tho blue fleet, composed of light eruisters. destroyers, and submarines, is speeding up tho coast from the canal whllo, some two days astern and supporting It Is tho theoretical blue battle fleet, comprising a force equal to tho black fleet. Today the position of tho oncoming naval forces of both fleets finds them six dfiys on their missions. They ere on the nlert for each other, one In tho ncentrated battle formation and the blue fleet in extended scouting forma tion. The officers and crows are at battle stations. Tho maneuvering mass of tho fifty- one vessels of the black fleot forme one of tho rarest of spectacular sights. To the lot of but comparatively few inen comes the magnificent and in spiring view of tho splendor of co-or- ilinated action manifested by the beau tiful movements of this force of fifty one glistening gray craft of tho bluo waters. Tho thrill of adventure in the lives of men who go down to tho sea In ships reaches a zenith In tho mammoth ad venture of a great fleet cruising In battle dVill. Onward It move. -All the time onward, grooming Itself, preen ing itself, perfecting itself for Ihe In stant it may need to strike, this groat force glides through Iko - trackless miles of blue waters. Tho navy Is moving on. Wall Striet Report NEW YORK. March B. Tho Mo- Ins- vias firm. United HI ales Cast Iron Pipe rallied from 226 to 21(4, Remington Typewriter und Sears Roebuck each jumped five points and Maxwell Motors "IV 4 Yt Speculates for tho advance re gained control of today's fdockQinar- NAVY IVES ON bclng scattered throughout the li't.'re(iidcnce here. American Locomotive attained a recora top ai n. ioiai naius proxlmate(lg)L700,000- ahies, ( Dawes' Dog Missing Chauffeur Fearful Of General'sWratk 4 CHICAGO, March 5. While his master was taking the oath 4 of office as vice president of tho 4 I'nited States and startling Rtafcd 4 senators yesterday, Marieo. wire- 4 haired fox terrier, belonging to 4 General Charles G. Dawes, disap 4 pea red from the Dawes" homo in 4 Evanston. 4 Nels Hensen, tho family chauf 4 feur and canine custodian was 4 pathetic in his nppeal for police 4 4 assistance. 4 4 "If that dog ain't back when 4 4 the general comes homo I hate to 4 I think what ho will say," ho said. 4 444 t 4 HEAD OF STATE LOSESJjIS JOB Governor Pierce Agrees to Tom Kay's Proposal That J. L. Myers No Longer Re ceive $200 a Month Girls' School Affairs Mixed. SALEM, Ore., Mar. 5. Tho stato board of control today voted unanim ously to dispense with tho services of J. K. Myers as field representative of tho adult school for tho blind in Port land for which ho now receives a sal ary of $200 a month. The motion provided that any futuro employment of Mr .Myers at tho Institution shall be through the superintendent with his salary fixed by tho state board. The motion was made by State Treasurer Kay .and Governor Pierce then informed Secretary of State Kozor that it was up to, him whether the motion would be adopted. Kozer said he was not ready to act upon the question and Kay reminded him that prior to the legislature when Kay niado a similar motion Kozer wanted to defer action until nfter tho session. When the motion was fully explained, however, that Myers might be furthor employed In another capa city by tho superintendent and his pay fixed by tho board, all members agreed to it, "I would dlsliko very much to put Myers out," said tho governor, "lie Is the father of the institution and out of wholo clotn worked up tho senti ment that created it. I realize that he Is hard to work with, but there would be no institution there if .it weren't for Myers." "The stato would be better off If thero weren't, especially sine wo don't know under tho law whether It is a home or a school,' Kay said. "I quite agree with you on that," said the governor. Kay declared that tho salary of $200 a month paid Myers Is about tho samo as a pension. "It Is a mighty big pension, too," tho governor said. Automobile Iow NchuloiiK When is a state oned automobllo used for private purposes and when for state purposes, is a question tho board has to wrestle with as tho ro sult of tho pnssage of a bill by tho legislature and Its approval by the governor, limiting tho use of such cars to stato business only. Tho board will settle this question later. "I read the bill hurriedly and I see a lot more trouble .In it now than when I signed It," said tho governor. The governor discussed the act by asking several hypothetical questions. "If a superintendent's wlfo jumps into a stato car and runs down town shop? ping? "If she goes to a party in a state owned car. Is that privato or public business?" were two of them. Nothing was said about stato cars being used for electioneering pur poses. Action of tho ways and means com mittee of tho recent legislaturo In slashing from tho appropriations for the stato deaf school und tho girls industrial school all moneys Intended for farming purposes Is causing tho board trouble, inasmuch as tho com mittee made' no provision for dairy and garden produco tu bo purchased for tho inmates. Girls HHuMtl KmbarruMHcd As a result of investigations made by Senator Reals tho ways and moans (Continued on Pago Stx) PUCE OF WALES IS BUND SCHOOL 10 4 A J. AS PART f HIS T MELTON MOBRAY, England. Mar. The Prince of Allies is "training'' I tilt e strenuously for his prolonged dip to South Africa and .uth Amer ica diing his stay at his country hen n jointing eal of tlmo dune- he puts In a good mg. At a recent dance ho fox trotted STOKES LEFT CASH TRAIL IN SEARCH Aged Millionaire Tells Own Story of Efforts to Identify Wife Recital Amuses the Judge and Spectators One Woman Attacked Him With Broom. CHICAGO, Mar. 6. (By Associated Press.) W. E. D. Stokes, on trial charged with conspiring to defame his wlfo. Helen Elwood Stokes of Denver, to further his unsuccessful suit for divorce, tried in New York, was again on the witness stand today. The aged millionaire hotel owner 1 started to detail further stories told him by various servants as outlined In many affidavits tho defense sought to have entered In tho trial record but tho stato objected and flvo minutes after tho court opened tho Jury re tired for the attorneys to arguo tho legal points involved. C. G. Rath burn, counsel for Mr. Stokes insisted that in tho ubsenco of tho jury the information contained in the affidavits should be read into the record to perfect his case for possible review by a higher court. Mrs. Htokcs Absent Mrs. Stokes again was not In court. Nor was her mother, Mrs. Arthur Miller of Denver. After 48 affidavits had boen read tho Jury was called back and Mr. Stokes resumed testify ing. Rathbun's question led Mr. Stokes Immediately Into the heart of their dofenso that the aged millionaire came to Chicago September 20, 1920, on legitimate investigation of Mrs. Underwood who his affidavits had Indicated, was not a proper person to have charge of their children. His. detailed search for an elusive 'Uelen Underwood." a former, inmate, of the notorious EvOlolgh club, a Chicago resort, was given In a hurry ing speech that kept court roporters hustling to catch the names of per sons who directed him to other per sons In an endless chain that never quite caught up with tho will-o'-the-wisp "Helen Underwood." Ho hur ried through the old Chicago levee district to a small town near Kansas City, Mo., back to Chicago, to Now York, to Brooklyn, to Chicago, and again to New York, always upon in formation that someono just ahead could give him Information about his wife's ullegod former associates in life Ho said that at Joliet, 111., he found a Homer Cat Ian, who had boen mar ried to a "red haired Helen Under wood, who had deserted him after two months." Tho Rdl-Halrcd Trail In New York he found a Jeanetto Jnckson Wilson who said sho had known a red-haired Helen Underwood from Colorado as an Inmate Qf tho Everlelgh club. As Mr. Stokes raced through his testimony, apparently minutely accurate in street numbers and dates. Judge Gemmlll, tho attor neys and jurors smiled as ho told how he had been passed from person to person always on the trail of red haired "Helen Underwood." Mr. Stokes said that ho was guided over most of this Chicago investiga tion by a Mrs. Ella Frlerson who knew many of tho Evcrlolgh.club in mates. He said that he encountered a Julia Yancey In his soarch for "Helen Underwood,1 and that Julia threat ened him with a broom, threatened' to blacken both of his eyes and kick him Into the middle of tho street. "I'm not here to give away Helen," ho quoted Julia. "I thought It best to retire," said Mr. Stokes, describing Julia's attitude. "And I did," he added emphatically, as Judgo Gommill led tho court room spectators in a laugh. His next tip came from the son of a former, cook at tho Everlelgh club,' ho said. That man told him of a red haired Helen at tho Evorlolgh club who associated with a negro man. One woman to . who Ella Frlerson : guided him looked at Mrs. Stokes' plcturo and said: "'Yes, that's Melon. -all right; she's like old wine. Im proves with uge,' " Mr. Stokes said. In his story tho millionaire men tioned several payments of $5 and $10 to various' persons who had assisted him in tho investigation and said that ho had boen willing to pay $5, $10. or even $20 for a catalogue of the girls at the old Everlelgh club which, one woman told him had been printed Just before tho resort was closed. S DANCING 10 P.I from JO p. m. to 4 i witk only 1 onTiestra an occasional break. The was sent speedily from London. The prime's favorite fox trot tune Is "Driftwood." an he is also fond of "You'ro In Kentucky As Sure As You're Born," "Follow tho Swallow," "Especially For Ywa," and "Some body Lovcf Me." - 3 m