Third Week of Merchants-Tribune Popularity Contest Launched
Medford Mail Trtjun
The Weather
Forecast: Fair and continued cold
tonight and Tuesday.
Temperature:
Paid-Up Circulation
People who pay (ox then newspapers
are the best prospects for the adver
tisers, a. B O. circulation la paid
ap circulation. Tola newspaper la
n. b. a
Highest yesterday
jal
Lowest this morning
Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFORD, OEEGOX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1933.
No. 271.
BMP
-I ' I 1 ' .
Comment
on the
Day's News
4 By FRANK JENKINS.
IN THIS COLUMN yesterday Andrew
Collier, of Klamath Falls, was
quoted regarding the unemployment
lelHf situation. In the same talk, he
gave sob. or his own Ideas regarding
he causes of the depression, what
must happen to o,ng about ita cure
and some of the tendencies thst may
be expected to follow as a result of it.
You will find these Ideas Interest
ing. Or at least this writer did.
itjr ARE hearing a lot," Mr. Col-
W Her said, "to the effect that as
a result of this depression the existing
order will give way to something
x quite different, more socialistic, wiin
Government planning about every.
thine that Is done. Technocracy Is
widely discussed.
"Personally, I think thla depression
la the old story of over-expansion.
over-Inflation and the necessary re
adjustment. I think we will come
out of It In much the same way we
have come out of others.'
T1AT la a sane and reasonable
view.
In times of stress, such as these,
when things are going badly, we are
prone to look for miracles something
spectacular that will change every
thing overnight.
We are especially prone to look for
aome solution that will bring about
what we want to see without too
much hard work and sacrifice on our
part.
DEPRESSIONeTwlth the specula
tlou and ove'r-inTTa'tlolf'that' pre
cede and CAUSE them, are really a
lot like over-eating.
It's a lot of fun while It lasts, and
avArvttnriv has a eood time, but the
Inevitable result of over-eating, long
continued. Is an upset stomach.
In order to RECOVER, we have to
eat very lightly for a considerable
time afterward. We went on an over.
eating spree during the big yeara pre
ceding 1929, and now we are going
on slim rations while we are recover
ing. tttht nf future taxation
W Well, Mr: Collier looks for con
tinuation of graduated Income taxes,
with probably higher rates for the
bigger Incomes, and for-Increasing In
heritance tax rates.
The tendency, he thinks, will be to
hold down the vsst fortunes at the
top without Interfering too much
with the smaller ones at the bottom.
THAT, In thla 'wrlter'e Judgment,
will NOT be a. dangerous ten-
' dency. No civilization has ever yet
benefitted permanently by the con
centration of lta wealth Into too few
hands, and many have suffered there
from. That was one of the causes
of Rome's downfall.
Stability and prosperity are likely
to be furthered by Increasing the
number of moderately well-to-do peo
ple, rather than by permitting the
concentration of wealth In a rela
tively small number of vast fortunes.
THE MACHINE, Mr. Collier thinks.
Is not ths menace many people
seem to believe.
He pointed out, for example, that
from 1910 to 1930 the number of
persons over 30 years of age gainfully
employed In this country Increased
approximately 50 per cent, while the
Increase In population during thla
period was only about 30 per cent.
The 30 years from 1910 to 1930 saw
the greatest Increase In use of ma
chinery ever witnessed In thla coun
try. But, you see. while the use -of
machinery was being expanded at a
rate never known before employment
was Increasing more , rapidly ' than
population.
THE STORY of the past offers no
sound reason for believing that
the machine will enormously decrease
employment. Instead, the hlatory of
the machine has been that It has IN
CREASED employment by cheapening
production costs and thus stimulating
consumption of the products of In
y dustry.
There Is an old saying, you know,
to the effect that there Is no new
thing under the aun and another one
to the effect that history repeats
Itself.
' tConUnuafl eg Paga Two).
. I
$20,000 RANSOM JZZZZ.
IS DEMANDED BY
LJUOIIERS
Note Threatens Death if
Police Notified of Crime
Ruse Lures 65-Year-Old
Woman From Home
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 6. P) Sixty-five-year-old
Mary B. Skeele, wife of
Walter Skeele, dean of the college of
music of the University of Southern
California, waa being held by kid
napers today with a demand that
20,000 ransom bo paid for her free
dom. The woman was kidnaped last even
ing from her home, on the pretext she
was being taken to an emergency hos
pital to see her husband, reported
critically Injured In an automobile
accident.
Despite an Intensive all-night
search, police had found no trace of
Mrs. Skeele today. After questioning
a score of relatives and friends of the
woman, detectives said they would
center their Investigation at the uni
versity where Dr. Skeele taught.
Death Threatened.
The ransom note, which threatened
death for the woman In case the af
fair should be reported to police, bore
the printed name of Dr. Skeele. clip
ped from a pamphlet Issued by the
college of music.
Mrs. Skeele was at home alone last
evening when a man called her oy
telephone and represented himself to
be a doctor. He told her that her
husband had been Injured In a traffic
accident and that an automobile was
being sent for her.
nrintlmipH nn Parrs Thw
G. 0. P. MAVERICKS
SAFE, SAYSM'NARY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (Sen
ator MoNary of Oregon, slated to be
Republican leader In the new senate.
In an interview today said there ws
"not & chance In the world" of suc
cess of any attempt to discipline Re
publican independents who supported
President-elect Roosevelt by denying
them committee assignments or read
ing them out of the party.
He and other Republican regulars
acknowledged there had been some
of the now and then recurring talk
about such a step among the newer
senators, but the Oregonlan promptly
put his foot on It.
President's Tariff
Authority Upheld
WASHINGTON, Feb. . p The
authority of the President to change
customs duties without disclosing
confldental information submitted by
American producers to the tariff com
mission was sustained today by the
supreme court.
Roosevelt Yacht '
Reaches Nassau
NASSAU, Bahamas, Feb. fl, p)
President-elect Roosevelt, who ar
rived here this morning on a vaca
tion cruise on Vincent Aster's yacht,
ths Nourmahal, set out this after
noon on a fishing trip In the tug
Malolo.
GENERAL MOTORS
DIVIDEND IS 25c
NDW YORK. Feb. i. (flV-.Directors
of General Mtora Corp. today declar
ed the regular quarterly dividend of
25 cents a share on the common
stock.
PENITENTIARY NIGHTMARE
OVER FOR REFORMED MAN
CLEVELAND. Feb. 6. (AP) Harry
Stanley emerged from a month-long
nightmare Saturday night and found
himself at his own fireside with his
family.
In that time Stanley had worn a
convict's garb In a Colorado prison
and had been pardoned by governors
In two states for crimes committed
nearly a score of years ago.
About a month ago today, two de
tectives stepped up to Stanley here
and arrestd him as a fugitive from
Justice In Colorado. He had escaped
from prison there In 1B17. Three
days later they branded him a fugi
tive from Missouri.
"I admit I am a fugitive. said
Stanley, "and I'll go back and show
them I have reformed. I am build
ing a 825.000 home In Cleveland. I
am a partner In a music publish! ng
firm and I have gone straight for
Miss Mary Louise Moore of Clear
water, Fla, waa crowned queen ol
ths Florida orange festival at Win.
terhaven. (Associated Press Photo)
MASS SUICIDE OF
CHINESE FARMERS
IN TORTURE FEAR
By Morris J. Harris
Associated Press Staff Correspondent.
SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 6. (AP)
An apparently extravagant story of
how 4000 Chinese farmers committed
suicide rather than fall captive to
communists in the southern Interior
province -of -Klangsi constituted- to-day's
sensation, in tho Chinese news
papers. . ,
The papers declared .the .tragedy
occurred in a village near Nlngtu,
southeast Klangsl, In the heart of
the Chinese Soviet district. The reds
were reported to have besieged the
villagers for many months. When it
appeared the former would soon gain
entrance, the farmers were said to
have ended their lives.
The women and children, the stor
ies said, had been sent to safety be
fore the siege started. The farmers
food stores were reported replenished
by airplanes which flew over the vil
lage, dropping food and salt.
When the reds came into the town
they found "nothing but 4000
corpses," said one account.
The communists were said to have
blocked the farmers' water supply,
writing their doom. The defeated
forces were said to have taken their
lives because they feared they would
be subjected to tortures at the hands
of the reds.
CHANGCHUN. Manchuria. Feb.
(AP) Big Japanese concentrations
at all strategic points along the east
ern border of the' Chinese adminis
tered territory of Jehol continued to
day. It was Impossible to conceal
the activities although orders were
being kept secret.
0-G TAX REFUND
Apportionment of the O.-C. tax re
fund money, amounting to $60,182.91
has been made by the assessor's of
fice, and turned over to the treasur
er's office. The apportionment of the
claims is as follows:
Inside high school districts.. 6307 51
Outside high school districts 30.411.lfi
Special road districts. 433.80
Special school districts .. 18.493.48
A claim of the city of Jacksonville
for 87.00 Is allowed.
Voluntarily Stanley went to Colo
rado and entered prison for the theft
of an automobile. There was a hear
ing and executive clemency.
Then Stanley went to Jefferson
City. Mo., and the governor of Uis
sourt pardoned him for the same kind
of crime committed in St. Louis In
1016. If Usose two governors had
failed to act. the law would have put
Stanley behind the bare for about
five years.
Sixteen years ago Harry Stanley
was Glenn Smeemsn and be got in
bad with the law In three states.
Michigan. Missouri and Colorado. But
his friends in Cleveland say Olenn
Smeeman has been nonexistent for
years.
And Stanley's wife whom he mar
ried a year or so aaro went with him
! to flvht his way to freedom. Until
ihc was arrested she didn't know he
had been a crUnlnnJ ,
DAPPER SENATE
OFFICER QUOTES
David Barry Reads State
ment As Solon Committee
Considers Punishment for
Stories of Corruption
WASHINGTON. Feb. . P) The
senate Judiciary committee today re
cessed Its Investigation of the state
ment by David S. Barry, senate sor-geant-at-arms,
that some members of
congress sell their votes for money,
without taking action, but with an
agreement to continue tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (Ap
pearing in his own defense before the
senate Judiciary committee today.
David 8. Barry, senate sergeant-at-arms,
cited public charges of con
gressional bribes to support his maga
zine article saying some members o:
congress sell their votes for money.
Holding his derby hat and cane In
one band,' the nattily-dressed official
now under suspension for bis writ
ing read a prepared statement to the
committee considering how to pun
ish him. 4
He cited a statement by Senator
Glass (D Va.) In the senate last
spring that banking Interests had
"hired some congressmen" to oppose
banking legislation.
Says Crooks Few.
The committee was Inquiring Into
Barry having said In an article that
there are "not many crooks in congress,"-
and also that there are only a
few senators and representatives "who
sell their votes, and It is pretty well
known who those few are."
,Aged 73,.. the veteran, employe wo
suspended Friday after a public trial
In the senate.
Involved also In the consideration
given the case by the committee
whether it should point its investiga
tion toward the New Outlook, the
magazine which published Barry's ar-
(Continued on Page Three)
4
SPOTS PERSUING
FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 8. (AP)
General John J. Pershing and his
sister, Miss Mary Pershing, who are
motoring to New Mexico and Arizona
for a vacation, left today for Tucson.
They spent the night here. E. B.
Melton, railroad passenger agent and
an ex-sergeant of the A. E. recog
nized the general who la traveling
Incognito.
Melton saw a tall, erect, gray
haired man In a hotel lobby.
"Aren't you General Pershlng7' he
asked.
"What makes you think so? the
man countered.
"X know you are.' replied Melton,
"you Inspected me In France." Gen
eral Pershing laughed and admitted
his Identity.
WATSON DEFEATED
IN TEST OF POWER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (AP) In
"a test" of party control demanded
by Senator Watson, the republican
leader, the senate today rejected his
motion to go Into executive session
to consider President Hoover's noml
nstlons. The action followed a bit
ter partisan debate between Watson
and Senator Robinson, ths democra
tic leader.
COLD SNAP COMING
MID-WEST WARNED
KANSAS CITT, Feb. . (AP) A.
M. Hamrlclc. federal weather observer.
Issued a warning today that possibly
tba coldest weather In three winters
Is due tomorrow night.
The coldest temperature so fsr this
winter waa 5 degrees below zero. In
December.
B0NFILS ESTATE
TO FOUNDATION
DENVER, Feb. . AF The bulk
of the estate of Frederick O. Bonflls.
publisher of the Denver Post, who
died Thursday of last week, la willed
to ths Frederick O. Bonflls Founda
tion, which he created several years
ago, for the sdvsncement of the wel
fare of mankind.
Abolish Efficiency.
WA8HTNOTON. Feb. t.UP) Abo
lition of the federal bureau of effici
ency wm voted today by the senate.
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 8. (IP)
Lyle Leech. 30, was today charged
with being an accessory aftr the fact
to ths crime of murder as the out
growth of a polios Investigation of
ths fatal shooting, January 27. !
John C. Shea. 60. a grocer, by two
Onft ba robbed, hn place.
Wanderwell Widow
Strolls To Trial At
Omn Good Time
LONG BEACH, Cal.. Feb. 6. (fV)
Aloha Wanderwell, alluring widow
and chief atate witness In the
prosecution of William J. Guy for
the mystery killing of her hus
band, Walter Wandorwell, created
i sensation In the courtroom today
because of tardiness.
Court orders to start a search
for her created a tenso situation
Immediately after the trial ses
sion opened. While officers were
leaving the court, she quietly
strolled In, and apologized for be
ing late, It being 15 minutes after
oourt convened.
The Judge Immediately ordered
her Into custody, to be held until
completion of the case, and the
trial went on.
JOBLESS RELIEF
GROUP SELECTED
SALEM, Feb. 6. (jp) Governor !
Julius L. Meier definitely made !
known today he would appoint as
the statewide unemployment relief,
committee the same group which has
been working the past year as execu
tive committee on the state relief
council. The appointment of four
members of the seven In each of the
36 counties has not yet been made.
As previously predicted by the As
sociated Press, the committee wijl
consist of 71ft y mem d B. Wilcox, Port
land, chairman; Paul V. Marls and
Victor B. Moses, Corvallls; Mrs. W.
W. Gabriel, Ray W. GUI, Alex O.
Barry and Ben T. Osborne, all of
Port'.and.
The governor signed the relief bill
.Saturday and since It carried the
emergency clause, it becomes opera
tive upon signature of the governor.
Education Board
Lacks Power Now
To Close Normal
SALEM. Feb. 6. (AP) Before any
Institution of higher learning can be
closed, a legislative enactment grant
ing the board of higher education
such power must be provided, At
torney General I. H. Van Winkle held
In an opinion handed down today.-
The opinion was requested by E. O.
Sammons, chairman of the finance
committee of the state board.
The opinion was asked by Sammons
In the event the legislative appro
priations were cut to such an extent
that closing one of the normal schools
would be Imperative.
House Debates
Curb On Medics
SALEM. Feb. 6. 4p) 'Debate on the
divided report on the Dammasch bill,
calling for examination on five fun
damental sciences before practice of
healing arts be licensed, known as the
"medical fundamentals bill,' and re
ferred to as the "basic science bill,"
was started in the house this morn
ing with a vote not expected before
afternoon session.
BROTHER OF CARL
CALLED BY DEATH
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. IP) Herman
Tj. Carl, 05, owner of a large dairy
ranch near Hubbard, died here Sun
day, following an operation. The
funeral will be held at the city hall
in Hubbard tomorrow afternoon.
Among survivors Is William N. Carl,
living near Grants Pass.
Inauguration Calls
G. A. R. Veteran, 92
Francis A. Bishop. 92, of Retail,
Wash., oldest living wearer of the
congressional medal of honor, hat
been Invited to attend the tnaugura
tlon of President-elect Roosevslt
and he's so spry he intends to rr.sk
th trDi XAciud Pro photo)
TAXES AND AUTO
FEES TAKE
Legislature Resumes in Fifth
Week With Huge Grist of
Bills for Consideration
Much Debate Is Coming
By the Associated Press
Number bills Introduced. 617, ol
which 416 In house and 201 In sen
ate. Total number of bills and reso
lutions. 706.
Measures signed by governor, 13.
Measures vetoed by governor. 0.
Other measures ready for signa
ture, 7.
Bills passed by either house or
senate, 05.
Number bills withdrawn, 3T.
Killed by either house. 45.
Bills In committee or not yet on
calendar. 431.
SALEM. Peb. 6. (AP) Two speclsl
orders of business In both ths house
and senate, In addition to considera
tion of 40 other propossls by both
houses, will feature tha scheduled
program of the atate legislature as
tha fifth week opens today, but
formulation of a tax program, recon
sideration of salary reductions, and
automobile license Issues will play the
leading roles In the background.
The thrlce-rieferred consideration or
the divided report on the repeal of
the criminal syndicalism act on the
Oregon statutes has been set for spec
ial order In the scnato at 2 o'clock.
while In the houso a halt hour Aster,
consideration of large signs on school
buses will be the Issue. The senate
measure waa expected to bring out
one of the finest debates of the ses
sion. . .
Much Debate Looms. .
Of ths other 30 measures before the
house there are some which will bring
out considerable debate, considera
tion will be given the proposal to
limit charging of Interest on automo
bile loans up to $500 to one per cent
a month: reduction of all county, city
and district levies by 50 per cent, In
creasing ths rate of bonus commis
sion loans from 4 to 6 per cent and
reducing loans to 40 per cent assessed
valuation, permitting closing of poll
ing places In rural districts at an
earlier hour and several Insurance
measures snd blue sky law changea.
The senata has 10 other bills up for
consideration, among which Is the
bill to permit cities to go Into re
ceivership. Under the guidance of Speaker Earl
Snell and E. A. McCornack, chairman
(Continued on Page Eight)
HOW WE APPEAR IN
EYES OF OUTSIDERS
TIIK JACKSON COUNT V BATTI.K
The latest development In the battle In Jacknon county Is the Issnance
of warrant charging L. A. Banks, editor of the Medford News, who Is the
storm center of the affray, with criminal libel, for the newspaper attack
upon M. O. vvllklnn, his former attorney and lieutenant In the political
affray, who deerted the cause because he was unpaid and broiiRit suit
for his fees. It wua Banks' denunciation of Wllklns ttint ruined the llhel
charge. A similar diatribe haa followed the filing of every suit to collect
money owed.
Mr. Banks In an extra edition of his paper with a headline reading
"L. A. Banks will resist arrest," In a signed article sars "We have now come
to that great showdown where Wood la liable to be spilt. L. A. B."
Yet In the some lue, Banks tells of his organizing a "flood Oovernment
Congress" to "restore law and order In Jarkson county" to prevent bloodshed.
A few days ago lie led a mob of BOO to the court house to demand removal
of recently elected county officials.
An article signed by Bsnks, headed "Wholesale Bloodhe," In yesterday's
Issue of the News says:
Only a miracle may be able to prevent wholesale bloodshed In
Jackson county. Citizens being deprlvrd of their property un
lawfully with only their honor remaining to them, may defend
their honor with their lives. Be careful boys, the hang
man's noose dangles close to your necks.
Having some SS foils of foreclosure for borrowd money pending, Banks
demands a moratorium for debtors and trie closure of the rourts, alleging
that not only the state bar association Is corrupt and controlled, but all
the courts as well. Only Banks Is undeflled. He has written to Governor
Meier declaring a reign of terror exists and that he will refuse to answer
libel charges and that he will not be bound by decisions made In any
Jarkson county court.
It Is suggested that a palnlens method of ending (lie war on the Rogue
would be to have Banks examined for sanity for It Is openly charged
that he Is suffering from paranoia. It will he one way to avert bloodshed
and end the reign of Journallntlc Hysteria. (Salem Capital-Journal.)
What a mew this fellow Banks Is kicking up at Medford. He Is openly
advocating defiance of the courts, and apparently for the reason that he
refnues to pay his debts and wants those lie owes hamstrung so they cannot
bring him to Justice. When his attorney quit because he had not been
paid Banks attacked him savagely as an extortionist In his paper and now
the Irate lawyer has sued Hsnks for criminal libel. Banks' usual tactics
are to get the Judge disqualified as prejudiced, then when a new Judge la
sent In from (he outside to get him disqualified too. The man haa con
siderable capacity for stirring Ul the mob spirit and It will he fortunate lr
Jackson county flnslly comes out of lier travail without something worse
than a pain In the neck for everybody concerned. (Baker Herald-Democrat.)
What Oregon needs Is General Jo iJine to head an expedition against
the belligerent Ungues and rffrrt another tri'r-e at T'ible Hock. The state
mar hate lo declare martial law lo prevent the "wholesale bloodshed"
threatened by l A, Wnin tHf Irm
Evangelist 111
The condition of Almeo Sample
McPherson Hutton, Los Angeles
evangel I at, was described by her
physician at serious. She has been
ill more than two years. (Associ
ated Press Photo)
HELD FOR MURDER
OF
OHANTS PASS, Ors., Peb. . (IPl
Sol Stone, 72-year-old mountaineer,
was found dead snd Otto Meutzol
said by police to have been a firm
friend , of , the dead man, was being
held in the county Jail while officers
investigated Stonos death today..
McuUel, brought to tho sheriffs
office today by two of his sons, told
officers that he had visited Stone In
his mountain home, left under the
Influence of liquor, returned later
and whllo the cabin waa dark touch
ed .the aged man and struggled with
Stone only to later find him covered
with blood and lying on the floor.
He then rushed to his own home,
he told deputies, told his sons, who
went to the cabin and found Stone
dead and then brought their father
to the sheriff's office here.
Stone waa the local representative
of the Hewitt Land company of Ta
coma. Wash.
Dance of Death
For Lodge Man
ST. HELENS. Ore.. Feb. 6. (AP)
The last waits of the dance was being
played at a lodge dance here Saturday
night and for P. C. Jacobson, 88, It
waa a dance of death.
As the strains of music were sig
nifying the evening's finale, Jacob-
son, dsnclng, fell lifeless on the floor.
tHalcsmaji.) .
JOHNSON CABINET
Joke by Oregon Senator Puts
Scribes On Trail of Cali
fornian Soviet Recogni
tion Solution Is Seen
By PAUL MALLON
(Copyrighted McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. . First men
tion of Hiram Johnson as a member
of Mr. Roosevelt's cabinet came aa a
Joke from his sidekick, Senator Mc
Nary. MoNary put the newsmen on John
son's trail some weeks ago by suggest
ing he had heard that maybe, per
haps, buzx-busx-busz. The newsmen
worried Johnson atck with Insistent
queries. The matter received so much
publicity that tho Democrats took
up the idea and Johnson was seri
ously considered. The truth of the
matters appears to be that Mr. Roose
velt would like to have Johnson, but
that the Callfornlan will not take It.
At least he would not up to a week
ago.
An exchange of high commissioners
between the United States and Russia
msy be the novel solution which the
President-elect will bring forward.
His close friends hers are keen about
the plan.
Certainly the vast potential mar
keta there will hear open sesame
soon. :
There Is more thsn meets the eye
In Delaware & Hudson's acquisition,
of SOO.000 shares of New York cen
tral. Purchases have been going on
for months arid have been referred '
to several times In this column. There
are several points worth bearing in
mind:
(1) Delaware Hudson sold ten
million dollars worth of short term
governments and other Income pro
ducers In order to buy a stock with
very poor dividend prospects.
(2) Up to now D. Ic H. earnings
on lnvoatmente have Just about off
set the railroad's operating deficit.
This advantageous position has now
been sacrificed.
(3) L. P. Loree's pot ambition has
always been to head a major trunk
line.
(4) The announced purohase of
500,000 shares Is backed by Lores and
his friends having bought a lot more
on the side for themselves perliaps
as much again.
(Continued on Page Pour)
VESSEL HELPLESS
E
MAR8HFIELD. Ore., Feb. 6. (AP)
Her engines disabled by fire, tha
Purqess Line motorshlp Pacific Ship
per was lying helpless off Coos head
today after gallant work by the crew
In smothering tho flames which
broke out In ths engine room and
spread to the decks. The coast guard
ssld the ehlp would be towed Into
Coos Bay later In the day.
Ths sea waa oalm. ths steamer
Charles L. Wheeler, Jr., of the Mc
cormick line was standing by and
the Pacific Shipper was in no danger.,
Her engines were disabled to such
an extent they could not be turned
over. The ship carried no pasnengers.
Nuns of the crew was Injured in
fighting the fire, the coast guard
here reported.
COMMITTEE 'FAVORS .
LOUDERBACK CENSURE
WASHINGTON. Peb. 8. (ffV The
house Judiciary eommlttee todsy
voted 10 to 8 against filing impeach- :
ment proceedings Against Federal
Judge Harold Louderback. but by the
seme ballot agreed to' file In the
house a censure of the conduct of
the California Jurist.
Willamette Canal
Plans Get Setback
BUORNE. Feb. 8. (A-Jlsns for
canalisation of the upper Willamette
river received a setback today when
the division engineer of the war de
partment announced his conclusion
that (lie river above Portland "Is not
worthy of further Improvement by
canalization at thl sttme."
This report, received by the ugene
chamber of commerce, was the result
of a survey conducted last winter
under Major Oscar O. Kentz. Port
land, district tj. 8. army engineer.
WASHINGTON, Peb. 8. (py Sec
retary Stlmson today signed ths lame
duck amendment to the constitution.
Senator Norris. sponsor of the amend
ment, was unable to attend the sign
ing because of a previous engage
meat. -J
--
' if-
K.
mm
'4