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o o 00 u O 0 o o o o O The Weat&r forecast Haiii tonight autl Satur day, Willi rotr. HiKllcM )eM'l-duy 41 li'BM liiU morning. 5 a. 111 SO lwlilmil,n 84 hli. lo 5 a. in. T. EDFORD IBUNE Weather Yea 6Ago itU, licit ! UKu today. IjtmrM year iio today . luilj Twitj-lhirJ Vw. t:t fin j.ipt fiitli rf. FOURTEEN PAGES MEDFOItD, Ol.'lXiON, Fl.M DA V. FKIiUl'AKY 1. 1 !-".. o 0 Today By Arthur Brisbane, Poor Trotzky. Word Of Fear. Big Business. The Oil Fight. tCop;Tlghl. Ity Kins VealUi'f i-'yndlcate. Inc.) lleing head of ii revolution is pleasant until the tide turns. Iji'iiiu dint in time, Trol.ky didn't. First they sent him to cold Siberia und now tliey ex ile liiin to Turkey. "When lie Hoes to lieuven, the ghosts of Danton and liobespierre will sympathize with Trotzky. Meanwhile Hie Soviet lias an exhibition in New York of tilings that Kussiu can make, without the help of the e.nr, and it's nu impressive exhibi tion. The liussitm 'government teaches full-grown men and women to read and write, abandoning the czar's theory. "The less they know the more easily they are governed." That and giving the land to the peasants helps to .sustain Itussia's new government. Une word that high finance can't stand is the dread word " revolution." An English tramp said he ate well, slept well and felt well. IJut when anybody talked about work lie "came all over a tremble." . In Spain there is talk of a revolution. It may not amount to much, but the magic word revolution makes 'finance tfem- ble. "Wednesday the value of Spanish exchange dropped ML' loinls. This is nonsense. Spain is a strong, prosperous country. Hut tear does not reason. If you are talking about prosperity, it will interest you to know that (ieneral .Motors set a new high record, earning :f:7!UO0,UUO in .t:W..0'.", DUO in the last two months. That means more than (i per cent, on W.r.ni.l.illMJ shares of common slock now outstand ing. ... That really is "big business." Henry J'isk, president, and Vtec -l'rcsidcnt .Frederick Kck er, who manage finances for the Metropolitan Life compa ny, have the thanks of their policy holders. This year the Metropolitan will divide in div idends, for policy holders, $77, l:iS,7l!o. Digger by 9.000,OOU than any previous' distribution. JJig business works well, if you know how to run it. There is a real fight in the oil world. Chan. Evans Hughes, formerly chief justice of the Su preme Court, is hired by the Kockcfcller side to fight Colo uel Stewart of Standard Oil of Indiana. Colonel Stewart, one of the first to use airplanes in busi ness, keeps busy nil over the country. .Meanwhile, little buyers of oil stocks Me prices shrinking ulid tremble. They needn't. .The fight will be over suu. The oil will remain. General .ttcrliury'3 Pcnnsylva nlii railroad given "hop employes S3.5OO.UU0 more per year. That's Sooil tor employes, still belter for thr; railroad. Industrial leaders realize that Ihcir prosperity depends on gen oral prosperity. Hig corporations, paying well, build up tor them selves a sort of industrial '"samu rai" an valuable and reliable as the "two nwonlHinon." that protected Japan's nobles In the. old days. While Knaland Is telling Uncle 8m what be may and may not build lnlie way ot cruisers, "beat en liornftiy" gives us a useful lesson. (CopUnued an Yigt Four). ays NORTH FORyk n& If A Ml Ml liLli ifwliMo u u im i . i mi u r n ; i 1 1 nnuuu I Llll Evangelist Hurries To Fulfill ' Engagement-Salons Will, I Continue Probe Of Check j I Presented To Judge ' Hardy Reporter Tells Of, ' Interview With Jurist. Jxiciil airport ofl'iiiuls reported lilts morning Unit, owing to stormy conditions In California, no planes had arrived from the south and none was expected. Neither the northbound mail planes nor the West Coast passen ger planes had departed from San Francisco, as far as local airport of ficinls could lenrn. The West Coast plane, upon which Aimec Semple Mcl'herson was scheduled to take passage, un der ordimn y conditions would ar rive here between 1 and I:;!'-1 o'clock. i.os an(;i;i.i:s. eai.. ii. i M'i After listening lo a prayer at Aunelus Temple last nb-iht wishing her "Messing ami godspeed on her trip north." Mrs. Almee Semple Mel'lieitfon. evangelist, h-ft by automobile for San Kranetseo with the intention of flying from that point to Kugeno, Ore. to eaieh a train for Vancouver, M. i.. to ful fill un engaKunient. Indications were today that the legislative lieariug investigating the ?-otiO cheek presented to Su perior Judjfe tall ies H. Hardy, us a "love offering" during the Investi gation uf the "kidnaping case" in rjLMJ, would continue here for about two week.-. The committee has been swamped with messages from persons rciUeiin per mis sion to testify, concerning the dis appearance of the evangelist and .subsequent dismissal of charges a gullet her and her mot her, M rs. Minnie Kennedy. An interview with ,ludg Hardy, hi which the jurist "warned" him agaiiist the "dangers of perjury" was related from I he witness stand hy Wallace Morn'r, fttriner Santa lla'rbara newspap-riiian. Moore armed with a largr n-rap Itnuli t ilt of his assignment In June 1 to loeate and slttp a certain tiutumoliile in which Mrs. .Mel'her yn ami Kcuuctlt Ormistun. fttriner A ngclus Tf tuple radio operator, were reported lo be traveling south. It was the following August. In laid, when Judge I lardy saw him at the newspaper office. .Moore described at considerable loigt h huw the publication uf his story had been followed by visits from .hundreds of p-opb who ask'd him about it and said In: "yetted and noed them to death" to keep them from know ing what he really thought about the automobile in cident. "Judge Ihtrdy never t'dd you lo say It was not Mrs. Mcl'herson. did he asked Joseph Kaincr, represent lug M rs. Mcl'herson. "No. he did not," km id Moore. "Judge Hardy give mc Hp. same line of chatter that the rest of Mini. i did. I was used to it. I usked my city editor what 1 Hhuuld tell him and he aid he understood Judge Hardy was a good friend of Almee's and working hard for her. so 1 let the Judge talk." Judge Hardy talked about 'liuse' and '.Steve' the supposed kidnapers ami na Id the T.os Angeb-s police were busier checking up on the affairs of Ang'dus Temple than they were Investigating the kid naping, lb- Maid he had all the confidence in the wurld in Aimce's story." REALTY BOARD PORT PROJECT: ! The Med fold lEculty IJoard uuaitiinuusiy endorsed the new air ! port at their regular weekly meet Mug at Hotel Holland today. This endorsement followed an interest ing and comprehensive report on activities In national aviation cir cles, und the Hiatus of -dford us a logical landing field, given by Sccley Hall, local representativt of the Puclflc Air Transport. Mr. Hull wan a guest of the or guniZKtlon, und wu.t Invited to talk on the new air port and Jta feet upon l he future of thi commu nity. That if local citizens fully 1 realized the blow to the future of the valley, the loss of Medford uf a rrtogntzed port would be. they would take Immediate action and lend thlr wholehearted support to, the project, was the closing state ment of the speaker. i ENDORSES AIR PAIR DIE ON SCAFFOLD ! FRANKLIN PARISH JAIL ,i ... i. i. i . 1 ' ' -if1..i , v wfmiiiwiTMiiiiii mmmiiwmmmmmKmmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmmmmmm 4 Mrs. Ada Bonner Le Bouef ajid Dr. Thomas E. Dreher HlEif PRINCESS IDT ! BRINGS THAW LEAVES PICE FOR PORTLAND Fear Of Ice Storm Passes Rain In Prospect : Columbia Highway Still Remains Blocked The General Situation ls Improved. I'OKTI.AXI), Ore.. IVb. 1. UV) l-'car of an ice storm was dis pelled here today as orllainlers awoke to I lie musical di ippUig of melting wnow from tin: eaves of lloir houses. The weather J man, it was found, hud not play rd false ids "public" in prcdic'. j I in; wanner tempera t u res. : Occasional ra ll wa:; ' pr dieted for tonight and tomorrow. ) The Oregon Statu Motor usgo- elation today .reported the f'olnm- bia river hluliway blocked by itlrifts of miow al Wa1 '.eena and t onennt a t iorge. Nlm-leen i lit emo I bite 4 were trapped at .M it It noma h j Kails, umibte to proceed in cither 'direction, the report (Stated, j A It hough Irgii way crews wer ! working steadily, no definite time ! has been set lor the opening of I the highway. The alternative route, the North iiank highway, (also was blocked cast of the I Wasliougal hrhlL e, hut Washing- ! ton highway crews said 11 might lute aft possibly be opened by ernoon. In general, the highway silua- jtion throughout the slate was 1m- j proved today. Seaside ami Newport however. ! wen- experiencing a silver thaw. I with traffic in those districts held up for an indefinite pt-rlod . democrats plan .JO F V A S 1 II NO T f & , Feb. I . A i . An it mend men t tleslguetl to cir ! cum vent objection of Secretary '.Mellon to the Pi; 1. 000,000 pruhUii I Hon lund Increase, hat! been pic ' pared by house Democruta on the conference committee considering ! the bill .Q'l It wiih uceeiited today by Senator Hat e. Democrat, (tcor I ku. author of the Item on the iu - crea.se. ' I Meerciury Mellon hail held that under t V 1 la rrlfi proposal, which wasAlopted by the senate, the SlM.imO.fJOO wotilil be ucd by the president only for employment of field agent. Itcprcii'ntutive DyrntH, iJcmo cnit. Tcnii'sHec, a member of the house conferees on the left iflatlon. ha-i drafted the uniendtnent which would permit the president to in"1 the money In tiy way neeefwiry for enforcement of the prohibition ami narcotic laws. WAIT AT ALTAR Bavarian Royal Wedding Halted When Girl Ha Heart Change Will Wed Brother Of Disappointed Prince Families Are Resigned. liKCKNSIilKfl. Havariu. Feb. I. i,Vi Princess Ilia, of Hie Mulle in tan branch of I he 'Churn und Taxis family, who left I'rlnce Kaphacl Kaiiier of the 1iaarian braneh of the same family walling at the altar yesterday, chanted her mind about the wedding be cause she had fallen In love with her fiance's youngest brother, I'rince I'hllippc Krnsl. Trim-ess Ilia, who Is jul past t w inly, sprang the new surprlti today by confessing that her heart belonged to Prince Philippe Kmst who will be twenty-one next .May. It Is now genera I ly expected thai the two will be married lalcr. The families of the princess all declare that they credit her with the sin ceres t r,i ot ives springing from a deep religious eon vie! ion t hat It would be wrong for her to marry Prince Ha phael w hen she really loved Prince Philippe. Jt was learned today that Prin cess Ilia met Philippe about the same time that she met Ita phael v.-ho Is' twenty-ihjee. Hhe wiih nol sure of her fcellngM, however, until Hhe saw him daily while HfHylng at bin paterna 1 home for t V- week preceding the date set for her marriage to Paphael. (iucsth fiatlicreil NuiiM rous guests hat gathered at Kcgcnshiirg to witness tin- cere mony and the bishop of HegeilH burg was ready to read the service when Princess nia went to ''.inco Albert, the eighth relunlng prince and her Intended fathcr-ln-w, ' and told him she loved another.) She said she found It incompatible with the dictates nf her conscience lo promise to "love, honor, and obey" prince Un phael KTinler. ! until death might them part. The Th urn and Taxis dun is one t-f the oldest princely families In Germany. 4- 10 B DIPLOMAT I -OH ANCKT-KH, Kb. 1. UV The Times sayOtoday that I.ouis U. Mayer, vlcc-protddent of thu Metro-tioldw yn -Mayer film eoi -poration at Hollywood, Cal., has annfiunctd thut ho hun been of fered the diplomatic pont of am buneador to turkey by I'resident eleef. Hoover. Mayern Htutement comes, th Times aid, uh a confirmation to report from New York that ho hud been "offered" the pout. II) denied, however, that he hnd re signed from the film e(iaiiy and said ho had not reached u ! decision as to accepting the pres ident:., appointment. OR DRFHFR amh ai i v rum rlLLI EXECUTED Mrs. Ada LcBoucf Goes Moaning To Gallows Pair Hanged In Quick Succession Man Shakes Hand Of Sheriff-Protest Innocence. To Last Husband Murdered In 1927. KUANKUN. l.a.. l-'eb. I . ol'1 M rs. Ada l'otiner I.eboticf and Dr. Tliomas K. Dreher wero hanged in Mil U'k succession in the parish jail here today for the murder of .lames l.ebouei, the woman's husband. The woman led the way to the L-allou-s, accompanied by Kuther .1 . .1. Uoseau.- Prank llu priest. The man followed with his spiritual ad viser. Hew .1. A. Mcl'orinack. Meth odist mlnisl-r. beside him. The woman went moaning to ;ho gallows, her last prayer preceded and followed by expressions of her fears and an exclamation that the rope was ton tight. She cried out. "un. mother! oh. Isn't thi a terrible thing." hut lr. Dreher shook hands with the tdieriff ami walked strongly up the ten winding stairs. As he reached the fatal trap he said: "Poor Miss Ada. She has cne," Then looking at Meigs O. Frost, a New Orleans newspaper man, he said: "Mr. Frost, you know we didn't do It." As the rope was adjusted he said, "oh, Cod, have mercy on my soul. Just don't let no- choke to death." Dies Instantly. lie went through the trap and died instantly. Moth executions were effected quickly und smoothly, I hi' neckf of both belntr broken on the first ruiiuund of the ropes. I'Oih died forgiYme, all. but pm lesling their Innocence to iho last. James U'bouef was killed on the nighl or July I. HL'7. The hus band, superintendent of the Mor gan t'liy branch of the Louisiana Public riililles company, was shot while boali'hling on lik'e Paloiirdc. near his Morgan City home. Five days later, his body ripped open so that It would sink nud weighted with angle Irons, was found by frog; hu iiter.s. M rs. I.ehoucf a ml Or. Drelor. together with James Itcadle, Morgan City trapper, wort arrested soon after and tiled for murder. All three were found guilty In AuL-ust. H'L'T. Headle was cnlenced to life imprisonment and 'he nl hers to death by hanging. The s'ale con tend ml at the trial Dial ihe woman and Dr. Dreher killed I.eDooef so thai he eoubl not inh-rfeVe wilh.lhelr love affair. FLAYED BEFORE Kansas Governor Says Failed To Meet Need Of Farm Interests - The Canadian Wheat Moved Cheaper Ignores Factors. U AKllINOTO::, : eb. .1. (A' A complaint ualiiHt the inlcrlat'' commerce commN'Jon for nllcKed failure to meet promptly und prop erly require men trf (Jj agricultural InterchtM In railroad rme mukltiK wnH madf! f'iday before the Senate Interstate coiiiinerce coinmlttee by Clovernor 'lyde M. Heed of Knn-!-nN. lie cited particularly the Hit uutlon uh to raten on export wheat from Kouthwe-derti territory, which he Kald had lo meet the price com petition In world market h from Canadian wheat, though he declar ed that Cunudtiiu wheat wan being moved to export raten half hh liluh, d 1m lance considered, an the rail ehuifjcH on the soulhwewtern product. Governor Heed appeared for hbi Htitte, and as upokemmtn for all of the larger fat rn oi KiinlKullomf in the region. In a heurhiK on a rcMo lullon proposed by Henator Cap per. Ttc't'ti liUcaii, Kanwas, touching the grain export rail rates. He Ha Id t"iat the communion, In pre vious respoimes to coitKresMlunal In quiry on the export uln levels in the United Ktatea and Canudu, expreMsed the conclusion that grain raten on this fldo of the irna tlonal border could not bo reduced to the Canadian basis. 11 SI CONGRESS BODY will expand AERIAL EXPRESS IF United Parcel Service To Use Air At Reduced Rates Starts February 15 Intermediate Stops When Fields Available. I.OS ANCKI.CS. Feb. 1. (Spe cial lo Mail Tribune. From the offices of Failed l'arc-l Service, with branches In cilit Pacific t, 4 oast Cities, comes the announce- i nieni ut the expaiv-nm ot their ser f vice to cover aerial express to be known as Fnited Air Impress. J. K. Casey, presltlent of FuIUhI Parcel Service. j;taten that charues ; for r-hipmcnt by Fulled Air Kx- : press w ill be ,".n to 7 . per cent ' lnwer than previous air mall and , air express riles. Hi' stated a live-peuud package by air lmiil , bftween l.'s Anj;'leH and San Fra ncisco now costs ST.'."-'. Pres 1 enl air express rules are npprnxi I mutely the same. I'.ut by Fulled ! Air Kx press the rust will be only ! $l!.tMi for five pountls. Uates cor- l espondi'iKly low will be In effect between other coast cities. ami. e eutually. to all pohus In the , Fnited States. t The new ail- express service wilt jln-trin about -ebruary I .". reaching 1 I all Inipttrlalit Pacific coast pt.lpts 1 from San liei;o. via Medford, to i Seattle. Inelutliii Fresno. Sacra- ! . mentu and other inland cities. I In di.seiit-.sint; 1 he new Hervlce, , j Mr. Casey said, "The question na turally arises In the mimls of 1 business men: 'How can a new j I firm enter the air express field i wilh such radical reductions in I rate.-: on an economically sound i basis-." The answer Is that it I would not be possible under ordi nary conditions, because Inndhitf fields are usually located far from city business districts. Such an enterprise by u new firm would ordinarily require a very luri;e in vestment in equipment for eollect luj; and currying express lo and from, airport. "Hut," Casey " continued. "Fr'iiled All Kx press Is a development of Fnited Parcel Service, that has for many years been providhiK an ex tensive parcel delivery service on I the Pacific coast, The pew low , rates for air express are possible I only because of Hie widespread ! facilities of Fulled Parcel Service, i In Se.tHle. Portland, Sail Francis co. Oak la ml, Los A uncles, a in I other cities we nut lulu hi a eom I plele speclsH.cd delivery service. Ibis complete equipment is Im mediately available Tor the addi tional w urk of servicing ft I r ex press. Yc will contract with pres ent air carriers lo transport our express. Our company Is the lar gest of its kind In th world, better fitted than any other kind of bust ncs to enter the field f air express. "t 'untraeis have been signed w ills lead In r; ft t r 1 ru import at Ion firms of the coast. AM parcels for transportation will bo delivered by I "Tilled Parcel Service I rucks lo lamlifi-g fields, ami will he carried by planes at contract rales. Other Fulled Parcel Service irueks will meet planes at their dcsHnuliim und make Immediate delivery lo consignee. Many kinds of business ere al ready using iho ulr mull for pack age shipments, even at Ihe prowenl hlls'li rates, including film com panies, advertising agencies, news papers. Jewelry hoimes, banks. Ilecfiuso of the new low rates, these present Users tire expected to take udvautago of air express to u much greater extent. In addition, the low rates will nutlce It possible for many other types of business lo use air transportation, such as blue prints, putleriiH. correspon dence, denial and optical houses, druggists, pitrta manufacturers of all kinds of machinery, ami others. "When Fnited Ah- Fxpress ser vice starts Hhntlt February 1.1, they state they will hogiu serving not only every Puclflc const point Ihut are equipped with un ulrnort, but will give dally ulr express transportation to Arizona. New Mexico, and Texas titles. Con tracts have already been signed with many uir transportation and air mull lines including the Hues between Hun Fruneisco. Medford, Oregon. Portland und Healtle. The cities above mentioned ure main points on the line. In addition, the company expects to handle air express ut correspond I ugly low ratca to all cities and towns on the route where lundtna; porls sure available. FOCH RECOVERING AFTER HIS RELAPSE I'.MtlH, Prance. Keh. I'liyslelniiB al lending Marshal e'er dlnantl Koch Ibis morning announc ed that Ills coudlllon, after a plight relapse yesterday, wua "tiulto sutls factory." It wus said that If thu murKliuQ reaiiy rau a Blight eonostlon nt tho lungs yesterduy Uo certainly had Done, toduy. 7Yi, e Starts Noon BroS asf of News Ovex IED Station A noolitinie N bio.ol casi ing s'i v iee, inebidiiig lilllb'tin liiath-r of fi'tiooii evi'lil'. was iii.tUHUCit'd .it ! :r : rot today by lb- Me.ir..,d Mail Tribune over KMFl. Mall Tril'inie- X'lt'gin i udto littion. The bro.ul imsI s. wbbh will be -.h-.it .uel lu ll ut I e only ;i Jew events of intercut. will be present t tlailv at H!::i. necoi ding to present plans. The service is being put In effect for radio liHcm r.s tim ing the noon hour ami is ex pected lo be well received by t hO southern Oregon l ;itllo public. If the service is ap preciated, letters or telephone calls ttt this paper will be welcomed as early as oosf-l- ble. 4 ; ON L. H. & S. Passenger Crashes Head On With Freight Men: Buried In Wreckage! Debris Takes Fire St.; Paul Train Also Derailed HKNItFKSOX. Ky.. Feb. I.- (A and an employe of Ihe American Fxpresji company, all of Louisville. Ky.. were reported killed eight miles from hen- this morning w hen ; passenger train No. 1 HI on the j Louisville, Henderson & 8:. Louis railroad crashed head-on Into a I freight. The men killed weic bur led .In thu wreckage ami only one body hud been recovcrud. The wreck occurred about II : a. in., according lo reports, . Pas sengers who were awake whefi the crash occurred said Ihe Iraln seem ed to be going slowly. There was a Midden grinding of brakes, they said. then the impact. )toh engines were demolished and one bagga-ie ear was smashed. The wreck burst iulo flumes Immedi ately after ihe crash. 1 MAMMON. Wis. Feb. .-(P)--I Ten e rsoMs were Injured und near ; ly 1'iu passengers wore shaken up when seven Pullmans ami u bug- gage cur attached to the Hioiix Filer 1 of the Fhlcago. Milwaukee, St. Paul I . Pacific railroad were derailed otie-luilf mile cast of Maonnia ale last ulghl. Muomanic Is L'.S miles iiorlhwesl of here. Two of the In jured are In Ihe Madison (ieneral ho: pital. . C JOLfSKY L K. ',. Holliisky, who Iiuh bni'ii an- hIhIiuiI Hiiiiorlnlcnduiil of YoKonillu I imrk. will Im thu new HiipiM lntiMiil j n t of I'l-iiter national pin k, to hoc , Cecil C'olont'l I'hiiK. Ii. ThoniHon, wlm wiiM recently promoted to lin HoiiiTlntciiiJont ot YoHumtu inttioiiiii park. Thin iiuwa whs iccclvctl hy tht; MhII Tribune in un Anocinted lr!HH illHpHtcli from YokuiiiHv, i i.iii.. thiH noon. ' Nothlni; 1h known hem of Mr. IHulliiMky except thin, ho Iiuh lieon a incmher of the YoKeinlto national ipark ntnff for t lie anl it yearn. SnperlntcnUcnt C. li. Tliouion, j who loi been evpuetiiiR tolo Umphc. nun from tho national park department ut WnnliliiKton ot hl aiicceHHor'H itppolntnient j every day for ooinc llmo paul, wan mill without thut news thin noon hoii room not no located m the city uftiir the Yoseinltu Ulxputch wan re ceived. However. It Ik presumed thut llw 'now superintendent v.i.l roport for duty here within a week, and It ban been known lor Homo tltno Hint Colonel ThoinHon will remain for a week or mo followltiK IiIh kucccs nor'8 arrlvul to Ket him thorounhly Krounded aa Biiperlntendent of Cra ter national jiark beforo KoltiK to iiswmw IiIh new lntlcn n aiipoiin tentletit of iemlto park. Klhlu Huriivi lluiitrr MII.SDN, II. t;., Keb. 1. uTj cliarlcs 'oodrow. prospce'0 und hunter of Koolenay, II. C was burled alive under a snowslldcfi'. the ltcno mine, neur hero yes terday. Two men working with hlin redo tho alido and escaped. Workers were digging tor 111" buSf toduy. Tin IN COLLISION 1 S COL THOMSON TAGS BILL GETS License Expiration Date Would Be Moved To June 3a- Eddy And Moscr 'Pan' Senator Kleppcr Three Fish Bills Arc Introduced In House House Adjourns Until Monday. 1 SAI.UM. Ore. Koh. 1. -(,!') Tho j house of H')i rsiMilalivcs niljuunii'il i Imiuy ut nuim until .Monday morn Hub, will; H(ntor I'lilun iirolontlti. Mho lack if work ucconipllslifjil mo fur. Ttio HPnale was to reconvon,' at 1' o'clock thin nlicriioon. S.M.K.M, tire.. IVb. 1. We-Pa mine of Senator Itiiruett'.s bill to chanse the dale of expiration of motor vehicle licenses from De cember I lo June :iu was the iiiiim Imporlaut action in tho Semite to day. It received a unanimous vo and was without debute, notuitli slandln its revolutionary charac ter. Senators l-'ddy and Moser "pan. nod" Senator Klepper of Multno malt county for oppc-slns in a floor debate the bmiue bill tn-ovidlnt; that attachment shall lie against the properly ol non-residents of the slate. The reason for the at tack was that Kleppcr hud not foc'iht the measure in judciury committee of which all three of the senators nro members. The hill passed. Kddy und .Moser polut, liiK to the necessity of it In view of Ihe fact that Washington und Call, ferula both have it. it providca t tint redress nxainst an offender llv Juk in another state may lie taken in this slate, and applies particu larly to motor vehicle accidents. In the house today Iludgct DI rector Kozcr and the state pur chaslNg 'department wore atlnelteil hy llepresentatlvo Kubll, who wore kid (,'love.s as he did II. Kubll win asking Ihe house lo give serious consideralfon to his bill, wbich would consolldale the budget utid liurchasliiK departments under the control of an efficiency 'director, lie KOt it referred to I lie ways and means committee, which he .parl:i lo niako nhati.'scs. If It deems .nei; essary. In Ihe provision of a .$tiii"li posed $:iu,0U0 aptiroiirlatiou for Hie salary for the director and thu pro combined deparlnieiil. , ;. Fight In Senate Tho senate staged a lout; fp.ltt over Hunutn Joint resoliitlun No. 5, hy Hcnnett, iiroposini; a constitu tional amendment that would catfsc vacancies In the senate or hous: to bo filled by election by the .cen tral committees of the districts In stead ot by special election ai ul present. Dtthne'a hill, providing that the attorney general lie authorized by law lo preparo bills prior (o tho opening of a legislature, wa'i pussed. 4 Among house bills passed hyjlm senutt! were three of Importance. They were: House hill 1G!). by Chlnnock and Collier, . provldinit for deposltkiu i to be taken outside the stale In actions at law or suits In pfiil(v Houao hill 14ii. by Henderson. ;tn ereaning the allowance under.;the molhora' pension act. from Sljito 50 a month when Iho womlip tho mother of fine ohild. from JErii in llll for ench additional child, and from $U0 to $75 as a total when I I (Continued on lae Seven.)". Will Rogers Says: ' XKW YOliK. Feb. 1. This Einstein -ling provi'i-, r great comfort 4o us that ttl uys knew -.wo ilitln't know in u c Ii. II.' tins sliowit 'tis that tli fel low that we IIioiikIiI was Hinart is just as dumb us wc uit. Thu somite investigates ovcry. thing: it would be worth the money to sec ''cm light wi this. Still I guess they joultl (n about as well us they d'ul on sonic oilier things. It ,is printed in the papers here, after coming over by radio graph. It's either a laundry slip or n night club bill, t think this Dutchman is jiMl; having a iiiii;t laugh at thu world's expense. ' Yours, ' WILL KOCBKSh.';; SENATE OK i