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MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1933.
No. 215.
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By PAUL MAIXON '
(Copyright, 1033. by Paul Mallon )
Find.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 39. The ad
ministration haa discovered platinum
behind the gold policy.
The Roosevelt technicians have
- been quietly 'polling congress and
found 75 to 80 pet cent or the men
on the, hill want the President to go
ahead. He has been assured he cm
have a comparatively tame session
ir he will do but one thing more,
and that Is, something (nearly any
thing) for sliver.
His valuable rind casts an entirely
new light on the whole present day
political picture.
Assurances.
This la probably the best news Mr.
Roosevelt has received since he heard
the last presidential election returns,
t . It means, first, that he cannot pos
sibly drop the gold policy cold. Al
Smith, Baruch and the conservatives
may shout themselves hoarse. The
scheme may fall to achieve It pur
pose of higher commodity prices.
Foreign nations may fume and frat.
But if he can keep congress quiet
that way, he will consider the policy
a huge success from a technical po
litical point of view.
Snilth-Tlorah.
A tip on how the new angle will
work is contained In the Senator
nn,.k.ii smith situation.
Borah's heart Is personally cold to
Mr. Roosevelt, ana always u".
But when Smith arose to take a spec
tacular shot at the Roosevelt money
program, no one answered him except
Borah. The nominal administration
defenders were tongue-tied. They
mumbled some things in reply, but
they were not very loud about it.
The man who stepped out to shout
that the the gold boys were only glid
ed bankers was the becoming Repub-
llcan from Idaho.
Silver.
.m.- ....... rilu-nv-rV SllCCCSt SlSO
that something will have to be done
for silver belore congress mecw u
. . it will, probably be along the polit
ical lines previously oumu.
best Informed people doubt that pur
chases of silver can be started briskly.
They expect the amount Involved will
be only a fraction of the 1200,000.000
or 300.OO0.O00 hoped for.
Balance.
em. umihi. rnnxervattvca are be
ginning to whisper that perhaps it is
lust as well to let bit.
....,. Th note that the process
of bidding up the gold price has not
been very sensational isieiy.
flclal excuse Is that the dollar level
abroad is satisfactory to our gold
price manipulators, and there is aome-
In Mint.
Nevertheless, it looks as though Mr.
Roosevelt Is cautiously using
Tit. aMvinte hint that he
will continue to drag out the program
so he will not arrive at me poi -stabilisation
at a 60-cent level for
at least two months.
Likewise, the conservatives appar-
hum nut that the De-
cember IS treasury financing will Be
conducted In a non-muu.j -j
... -r..ti mmn will be Issued
Short term notes probably will be
used. , ,
.. i tn the swivel
Also, niusr
throne say the administration has
spent no more man in
lars in gold purchases so far. That
'.makes it a very Inexpensive experi
ment. Pecora-
Frlcnds of Postmaster-Oeneral Par
ley frown and look glum when any
... .i. th. fact that stock
market prosecutor Pecora did not get
. . . . . . .kin annnlntment
the district Hunjnii -i
- ........ VnrV
Some thought Pecora was certain
to get the appointment rjecaun-j
aacrlfloed hlmselr to "help the McKee
ticket in the New York mayoralty.
Pecora has never said even to his
best friends that a promise of the
lob was made to him. He has Indi
cated privately that he would not
have accepted It anyway until hla
work as Wall Street investigator la
y over.
What happened apparently was that
Mr. Roosevelt decided to appoint his
good friend. Martin Conboy, without
consulting anyone.
He overlooked the fact that Conboy
then was attorney for Albert H. wig
gln. the ex-banker. That point tny
be raised when the nomination eoiwi
up for confirmation In the next sen
ate, although every Insider knows
Conboy received the appointment be
cause he was of Inestimable help to
Roosevelt in the trial of the Jimmy
Walker case.
Pecora Is not to be left out In the
cold. He will get something, pos
sibly presidential support In the New
York gubernatorial race next year. In
case Governor Lehman can be In
duced to come into the Roosevelt cab
i .. ,- aecretarv.
Nothing Is being done along that
line yet. but It I sometning to see?
In mind.
Notes.
The conservative southern Demo
crats in congress are all for the gold
policy. They say that the futures
market prices do NOT ahow how much
the po'.lcy has reslly done to help
export cotton prices.
The AAA has a record rent bill
(Continued on Page Plve.)
MOB OVERWHEL
POLICE, SOLDIERS
TO SEIZE
Women and Children Watch
As Confessed Attacker of
Girls Drenched With Oil,
Set Ablaze and Hanged
PRINCESS ANNE, Md Nov. '.8.
(AP) The four men yesterday
arrested on lynching charges by
300 national guardsmen sent from
Baltimore today were 'arned
loose by Judge Robert F. Buer,
who found Insufficient evi
dence.' JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Nov. 30.
(AP) Oovernor Guy S. Park In a
statement today said that "there la
no Justification" for the lynching
last night of Lloyd Warner, negro,
at St. Joseph.
'While It appears from press re
ports t.hat Lloyd Warner, the negro
boy lynched by a mob in St. Joseph
last night, confessed to a heinous
crime, punishable by death, yet there
Is no Justification for the action of
the mob," the governor stated.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 20. (AP)
Lynch law haa settled the case of
Lloyd Warner, confessed attacker of
two women.
The 19-year-old negro died In
flames at the end of a rope last night
before the eyes of a mob of 7000,
which battered its way through na
tional guardsmen, and peace officers
to seize him In the Buchanan county
jail.
Warner was hanged to an elm tree
near the courthouse, drenched with
gasoline and set afire. Women and
children watched him die. Some
were friends of the white girl of 21.
who, officers said. Warner assaulted
In an alley here Sunday night.
"String him up," shouted from
many throats, drowned out the last
attempt of the muscular young negro
to speak.
. BeAlen by Mobsmen,
Terror-stricken and stripped to the
waist, he was pulled from third
floor cell by four young members of
the mob, beaten, kicked and cursed.
"I'm s fighting Dutchman' said
Sheriff Otto Theiaen, 60, "but there
are too many Irishmen here for me."
Tear gas and fumes, remnant of the
defense of 40 city and county officers
and the hastily mobilized members of
the ,35th tank company, Missouri na
tional guard, floated on the stairway
down which the negro was dragged
to death.
He was hanged and burned about
a block from the Jail, after Impatient
members of the throng decided
against a plan to lynch him at the
(Continued on Page Five.)
No Paper Thanksgiving Day
Jn accordance with long estab
lished custom, the Mail Tribune
will not publish Thursday,
Thanksgiving day, in order to per
mit employes to enjoy the holi
day. WILL-
ROGERS
BEVERLY IULLS, Cal., Kov.
28. All the Californiaus 1 have
met are going around proud
today.
Had a visit from young Sen
ator La Follette, for whom I
have great admiration. Any
man gmart enough to know
that both political parties arc
wrong deserves careful consid
eration. He is thought mighty
well of by all those elderly sen
ators. He thinks (and no doubt
correct) that the NBA should
have been backed up by a re
vocable license and not by1 just
signing, a pledge. He doo't
think that we have reached
that moral stage where a pa
rade and a promise will make
people do the right thing.
Yours, WILL.
P. S. : Send the army out here
for the New Year'i football
game. If it was left to a vote of
everybody ten to one would
vote for them over any other
school. Stanford vs. the U. S.
Army.
i 911 1 1 MiKsm at trwt. U
Hotel Drinking Clause Balks Rn Bill Agreement
Took Off Into Space
Mrs. Louise T. Stanton. Jackson-
vllle, Fla., society leader, disappear
ed over the Atlantic in an airplane I
after leaving a note which read,
"I'm just going out Into space to
find out what it's all about and If I
there Isn't anything that's OK
too." (Associated Press Photo
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TOPEKA. Kas., Nov. 39. (AP) A
negro, Benjamin J. Davidson, gave
his life to prevent the escape from
tihe Shawnee county Jail last night
of Cecil Thornburgh, white, bank and
poa tof flee robber.
. S'.on altev the fi3-ycar-old negro
jailer was slugged and then fatally
wounded with his own pistol, a men
acing crowd gathered outside the Jail
and Thornburgh was hurried to the
state penitentiary at Lansing.
Capaln George Reid of the Topeka
police department, reporting the safe
arrival with Thornburgh at the
prison, said the Kansas desperado
admitted the shooting of the negro.
The Kansas house of representa
tives, in special session at the state
house a few blocks away, approved
a measure for the return of capital
punishment.
Thornburgh slugged the Jailer in a
room in which he and oVier prisoners
were confined, free from their cells.
The two battled for possession of
Davidsons pistol In his holster, Da
vidson fighting desperately although
stunned.
The desperado wrested the pistol
from Davidson and fired three
times, two shots entering the negro's
chest. One went wild.
With his waning strength, David
son shouted for help and grappled
with his younger assailant. He toss
ed Thornburgh backward down the
stops from the upper cell tier, the
prison r being knockeed unconscious
when he struck his head on one of
the steel steps.
Officers found the pair, with the
jailer lying across Thorn burgh's body.
Thornburgh was treated at a hos
pital, returned to jail and then, as
the mob gathered, rushed to the
prison. Davidson died on the way to
a hospital,
1
ON TODAY'S SALES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 39. (AP)
The government's gold price today
was fixed at 133 93 an ounce, the
second boost In as many days.
After holding the RFC offer for
newly-mined gold at 33 7o for a
week, it was moved to 133.85 yester
day and another eight cents was added
today for a total increase of 17 cents.
The RFC price compared with the
London quotation of $33.73 on the
basis of sterling opening at 5.31 Vfc
to the pound.
WARM SPRINOS, Oa., Nov. 39.
(AP) President Roosevelt Is going
on with his objective for a commo
dity dollar, It was re -emphasised to
day at the "Little White House" in
making plain that no particular sig
nificance la attached here to the visit
of Oovernor Black of the federal re
serve board.
MEDARIS ARRESTED ON
RUBBER CHECK CHARGE
J. P. Medarts of thl city was ar
rested last night by state and city
polios and charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses. He al
legedly wrote a check for 112 to the
Lewis Super Service station Novem
ber 33, when he had no money In
the bank.
Medarls appeared In Justice court
this morning on the charge and ex
amination was continued.
AL SMITH BRANDS
PRIEST'S CHARGE
UTTER FALSEHOOD
Immense Loan Claim From
.J. P. Morgan Company
Resented by Former Gov
ernor in Strong Statement
NEW YORK. Nov. 39. ( AP) For
mer Governor Alfred E. Smith stamp
ed today as "absolutely false" a state,
ment by the Rev. Charles E. Coughlln
of Royal Oak, Mich., coupling Smith's
name with that of J. P. Morgan in a
deal Involving "an Immense loan for
the Empire State building."
"I find no fault with Father
Coughlln when he disagrees with my
views on sound money. That is his
right," said Smitn in a formal state
ment. "But I do deeply resent any
statement about me by Father
Coughlln which is not true, and tho
charge that my position on the
monetary question was in any way
affected by any loan from J. P. Mor
gan Is absolutely false.
"So, too, the suggestion that I bor
rowed money from the house of J. P.
Morgan, or anyone connected with It,
to progress construction of the Em
pire State building or any corporation
with which I am connected, Is abso
lutely false."
Father Coughlln, who addressed a
mass meeting here Monday In ad
vocacy of President Roosevelt's mone
tary policies returned to Michigan
last night.
DETROIT. Nov. 39. (AP) Repre
sentative Hamilton Fish, Jr., New
York, said today he believed Alfred
E. Smith again will become a candi
date for president if President Roose
velt "continues his trend toward in
flation" - -
Here for an address, Representative
Fish told newspapermen he "strongly
regretted" the statements of the Rev.
Fr.- Charles E. Coughlln, priest who
atacked Smith for his opposition of
the president's monetary policies.
HECTIC TRIP FOR
Returning from what they describ
ed as "a wild and thrilling week end
In California," John Wellls, Bob
Spalding, Bob "Nooks" Naumes and
Fred Colvig are home again.
They attended the California-Stanford
game at Palo Alto, sitting In the
rooting section on the 00-yard line,
which was something; attended the
lynching In San Jose Sunday night
and were among the first to arrive
following the traglo auto accident on
the Bay Shore drive, north of Burlln
game. They helped remove the bodies
from the car.
In San Francisco they had the
bumper knocked off their own auto
In a collision with "three drunks,"
and coming home witnessed a head
on collision between a freight truck
and an auto, which spelled no deaths
but a broken nose for one man.
SHELLEY SENTENCED
FOR DRUNKEN DRIVE
Manuel Shelley, Jr., of Eagle Point,
arrested last night by sate and city
police on a drunken driving charge,
appeared In Justice court this morn
ing and entered a plea of guilty. He
was fined 1100, sentenced to 30 days
in Jail, and his operator's license sus
pended for one year.
Shelley was arrested when driving
down Sixth street near the J. C. Pen
ney store.
MEDIC'S WIFE ACQUITTED
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 20. ( AP)
Lily Banks Gaines awakened In her
own bed today, free of the charge of
murdering her husband, Dr. James I.
O.lnes. for hla Insurance and his
property.
She was released from custody last
night, a few minutes after a superior
court Jury had acquitted her, refusing
to accept the state's theory that aha
shot the wealthy sanlpractor and
sportsman aa ha stepped from hla
automobile In the driveway of their
home here last August IB.
Acting In sharp contrast to the
alow-moving trial, which consumed 14
court days, the Jury apparently en
tered upon Its deliberations unani
mously agreed on Its verdict, which
waa registered on tha first ballot.
Only one hour and lo minutes elapsed
Cop and Convict
Face Each Other
In Gridiron Game
OSSININO. N. Y., Nov. 29. !'!
William Cunningham, a pollcomsn
who plays right tackle for the
Mamaroneck All - Stars football
team In his spare time, was more
than a little surprised when his
team played the Sing Sing prison
eleven.
Pacing him was Sing Sing's stai
left tackle, Whltcy Hand, whom
Cunningham arrested for robbery
and assault two years ago and now
is serving a long term. Prison of
ficials said there was no "rougn
stuff between the two. Sing Sltvj
won. 3 to 0.
THREE ARE FINED
ON SLOT MACHINE
WlUism Simonsen, reputed' agent
for slot machines tn tills eounty, was
fined 35 and coats, and Jim A. AU;n
And Thomas Goldeu. who had the
contraptions In their establishments,
were fined 25 and costs each,, by
Justice of the Peace William R. Cole
man this morning. All entered guilty
pleas. Simonsen was Jointly charged
with Golden and Allen.
The court ordered the slot machines
hold by the sheriff until such time
as a decision could be procured on
their final disposition. The law does
not apply to their destruction.
Simonsen admitted to the court
that he "placed" the machines, and
that they were operated on a commis
sion basis. Removal of the machines
from -the county was promised.
The court was Informed by Attor
ney' i-rsmlt- Dosjous- tha Stmonasn
had recently moved a slot machtno
from a local establishment, with a
large "boy trade," as soon as he learn
ed youth was furnishing most of the
coin for their operation.
Justice Coleman In passing sen
tence observed. "Everybody plsys
them men, women . and children.
That's no secret. The chief objoctlon
lies in that boys and men who need
the money more for other things are
the patrons.
"It is up to the officials to Keep
the lid on." the court further stated.
"I don't went to see these machines
back In 30 or 60 days, going full
blast. The rule has been to remove
them when raids threaten and return
them when things cooled down. The
law is on the books and should be
enforced. Now that we've got the lid
on. keep it on.
"If the officials of other counties
allow the machines to operate, that's
their business," said the court. "I
don't know why the law should be
enforced In one county and not In
the other.
"If the court had Its Way. It wou'.d
license the slot machines so the coun
ty could get some returns. The fines
and cost, to the school fund. Play
ing a slot machine Is a luxury these
days, and should be heavily taxed."
the slot machines were selrcd In a
raid on roadhouses 10 days ago. when
they were found In operation. A ma
chine was also selMd in a Oold Hill
establishment at the same time. M.
Jorgenson was fined 10 for Its pres
ence, by Justice H. D. Reed.
Assistant District Attorney Ocorge
W. Nellson told the court parents and
wives file complaints that breadwin
ners and children spend their all In
the slot machines.
No slot machines have been found
operating In this city since they were
banned six weeks ago. They, how
ever, have appeared In rural spots for
short periods at different times.
PORTLAND, Oret Nov. 29 (API
Safe crackers got about 1400 here
last night when they punched the
safe of the Columbia Awnlr.g ti Sup
ply company. Several watches and
valuable papers were not disturbed.
from the time the deliberations be
gan until Foreman II. M. Ewlng an
nounced the verdict had been
reached.
The attractive 27-year-old widow's
first reaction to the words which
meant her freedom waa a broad smile
at her attorney, Edward Wi Robert
son. The smile released her taut
nerves, and It seemed for a moment
aa If the waa about to fall from her
chair. She gripped the counsel table
with both hands, and bit her lower
Up, seeming near collapse.
Tha case was one of the most mys
terious In police records here. Al
though half a dnxen ptraona were
found to have what appeared to be
motives, no one was found who aaw
the shooting, or who could aay defi
nitely that Mrs. Oalnea waa the mur
derer.
PLAN FOR RELIEF
Special Message Asks Au
thority to Issue Bonds for
$10,500,000 - P. W. A.
Would Grant $4,500,000
SALEM, Nov, 39. (AP) In an
other special message to the leglsla- j
turo Oovernor Julius L. Melor today
recommended to the lawmakers that
the state highway commission be au
thorized to Issue general obligation
bonds tn the amount of $10,500,000
to finance an emergency highway con- 1
structlon program of 915,000,000 for
unemployment relief with funds bor
rowed from the fedenal public works
administration.
Under the terms of tho PWA the
remaining $4,500,000 would be pro
vided by the federal government as
nn outright grant.
The construction program was
recommended to the highway com
mission by the governor and a ten
tative set-up of projects has been
made and loan applications for the
first 6.000,000 prepared. The com
mission has, however, declined to Is
sue bonds to secure the loans because
the legislature, by resolution at the
last regular session, specifically di
rected the commission to sell no
more bonds.
As a means toward the end that
the state should do its share for un
employment relief in co-operation
with the federal government, Gov
ernor Meier pointed out, "I recom
mended to the highway commission
that an extensive program of high
way construction and Improvement be
promoted and that such pubic works
be financed with funds procured from
the federal government under the pro.
visoina of the national Industrial re
covery act, under which congressional
act It Is possible for the government
to grant 30 per cent of tho cost of
labor and material entering Into any
public project, and loan the balance."
LEVIES COMPILED
City levies and school levies for the
10 Incorporated towns of Jack-ton
county have been complied by the
assessor's office.
Save Ashland, which remains the
same as last year, the school levy
shows an Increase over the previous
year.
The city levy shows an increase save
In Eagle Point and Oold Hill, whUh
have a decrease.
The increase, in part. Is due to the
reduction in the valuation, from 13,
179,191.60 last year to 111,565,820.74
this year.
The Butte Falls district with a 7.6
mills Increase, has the highest school
levy. Its city levy, with 3.6 mills
Increase ,1s second to Jacksonville,
with a 4.6 mills Increase for city levy.
The Medford school levy shows m
2 4 mills increase, the city levy 1.5
mills increase.
The cities make their own levies
for schools and their own needs. The
county court or the budget committee
has nothing to do with fixing them
The school levy for the cities is is
follows:
(Continued on Page Ten)
John ft. Tomlln, president of the
Timber Product company, who re
cently returned from a trip east. Is
a patient at the Community hos
pital and the attending physician an
nounced today that he has typhoid
fever.
Where the disease was contracted
has not been determined. Mr. Tom-
lln's condtiion this afternoon was
reported as satUfsctory.
JOHN BUCHANAN, 88,
HEARS LAST CALL
John D. Buchanan, 88, died at the
Sacred Heart hospital at 10 o'clock
last night. He waa the rather of
Mra. James A. Slorah of Medford and
a well known resident of the city.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced by the Perl FuneraJ Home,
Quizzed In Bombing
.jpmm,. .mii :
Joseph Puzzo, 29, surrendered te
police In Mansfield, O., for que,
lonlna In connection with tha
bombing of the Mansfield News
Journal plant. (Associated Press
Photo
L WELCOME
HERE FOR SANTA
The city of Medford will turn her
keys over to Old Man Santa CI a vis
Friday night at 7:30 o'clock, when
annual Christmas opening will be of
ficially celebrated with the arrival of
the holiday month.- Store windows
will be unveiled to display a weaitn
of Christmas gifts, ready to leap Into
St. Nick's pack, and a carnival spirit
will prevail throughout the city,
which anticipates a good old fashion
ed Christmas.
The high school band, under direc
tion of P. Wilson Walt, will assemble
at the chamber of commerce at 7:20,
and will proceed through the busi
ness section, serenading the stores.
From 7:30 to 8 o'clock through the
courtesy of KMED, a radio program
of Christmas carols will be broadcast
and firms are asked to place their
radios out front, where the window
shoppers may hear.
In anticipation of tho big event .ne
community Christmas tree, furnished
by the Rogue River national forest.
Karl Janouch, supervisor, was erected
on the Southern Pacific lot, adjoining
the chamber of commerce today.
Flood lights at the bottom will
brighten the tree, which will be
sprayed with aluminum and decorat
ed with other Christmas ornaments.
Street decorations, which have been
appearing for the past several days,
adding fragrance and beauty to tba
city, will be completed for the Friday
event. The decoration in charge of
City Superintendent Fred Scheffel,
has been directed by Frank Rogers,
city Inspector, and a number of his
workmen,
Trucks for the work were supplied
by the Crater Lake nation, park, K.
C. Sollnsky, superintendent.
The retail merchants of Medford
are exerting great effort to make this
year's Christmas opening a big event
without the spending of a lot of
money, and Indications were today
that much had been accomplished
through work Instead of the dollar.
There will be no presents given to the
children this year, as the practice
seems inappropriate to the times,
but all other events, common to
Christmas opening In Medford, will
be Included In the Friday program.
Arrangements are being made with
KMED for continuance of the Christ
mas carols at Intervals between now
and arrival of the merry holiday.
Reviewing the work to be accom
plished Mr. Rogers today stated that
he wished to thank the following
firms and organizations for their
splendid cooperation: The Southern
Oregon Sales, Peoples' Electric store,
Or Ins ted and Runtx, the Rogue River
national fowls, the Crater Lake na
tional park service, Copco, and Joe
Uagnon.
THANKSGIVING DAY
SKIES UNSETTLED
Thanksgiving day In Medford may
be dampened a little by Old Man
Pluviua. The weather man wouldn't
say yea. He wouldn't say no today,
but the forecast Is slightly "warmer
tonight and unsettled Thursday."
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 3D. ( AP)
Unsettled weather, perhapa with light
rain, waa today forecast tor Thanks
giving day.
The weather bureau said a shift
In the winds toward t.ho south to
night Is expected to raise the tem
perature alightly. The minimum to
day was as, or one degree above the
lowest of the season to date.
At Burns the temperature slipped
to 13 drgrrea last night, and at Bend
tha minimum waa 18 degree.
DIVIDED REPORT
TO BE DEBATED
AFTERJLIDAY
Committee Unable to Agree
During Nine Days' Trying
to Reconcile Divergent
Opinions of Legislators
SALEM, Nov. 30 (flV-Debste on
the floor of the house on the revamp
ed Knox liquor control proposal, after
nine days of consideration by the el--cohollc
committee, will start the 13th
day of the special session of the Ore
gon legislature Friday. Both houses
adjourned early this afternoon until
immediately after Thanksgiving.
Prior to hearing the report of the
committee on the liquor bill, the
house passed a controversial measure
which would rebate to munlclpaltttes,
school dlstrlcU and counties the state
gasnllne tax on vehicles owned and
bperated by these subdivisions. The
measure was defeated at the regular'
session, and It was estimated Its final
passage by the senste would result In
diversion of aso.000 from the state
highway fund to the aubdlvletons. -Opinions
Dirrer.
The liquor control measure came
back to the house on a divided report
of the committee on alcoholic affairs
after nine days spent In trying to
reconcile the divergent opinions of
committee members on the question
of permitting hotels and restaursnts
to serve liquor with meals.
Yesterday a unanimous report was
indicated by agreement that the al
coholic content of liquora served witrl
mcala should be Increased from 14
per cent to 33 per cent, which aatls-
fled Representative 'Beckman, Intro
ducer of the bill, and Representative
John Hall, who Is allied with Beck
man In battling for the hotel service.
- Committee Fllp-Flops.
Overnight, however, the commute
did a flip-flop and at this morning's
final session again cut the alcoholic
content of drinks served with meal
back to 14 per cent, with Beckman
and Hall announcing they would aub
mlt a minority report recommending
the 33 per cent Urn It for liquors Iry
the glass with meals.
There was a strongly Indicated poa
nihility that final action on the bill
by the house may be further delayed
by sending It to the ways and means
committee for consideration of the
appropriation angle.
Last night the alcoholic committee,
after atruggllng for days with tha
criticism that the measure made no
adequate provision for financing the
establishment of etate liquor stores,
Inserted a provision appropriating
1400,000 for this purpose with the
proviso that the general fund be re
imbursed out of the first profits of
the liquor commission.
Follows Knox Plan.
Except for a few minor changes,
the bill sets up the Knox committee
plan substantially as It was Intro
duced. The three Charles M. Thomas util
ity control proposale. Introduced la
the house to replace into control those
features amended out of the contro
versial utility bill of the regular ses
sion, were held bsok by the house
steering committee as not a matter
for consideration during the short
session and because they were not
deemed of sufficient emergency. The
sctlon on the bills to keep them out
of the floor of the house was unani
mous. The three measure would provide
for regulation of utility budgets, to
assess utility hearlrtj coat against
companlea, and regulating contracta
of public utilities with affiliated in
terests. House Clears Decks.
The house, while waiting for tha
alcoholic committee report, cleared
the desks of all reports, and re
referred to respective committees th
three bills on the calendar for final
passage. These were administrative
corrections In the Income and Intan
gibles taxes, and the 3.000,000 un
employment relief measure. They
will be brought out again later In
the week.
The Joint meeting of the two for
estry eommitteea deferred report on
the timber processing bill and th
measure giving Stat forester th
right to order suspension of all opera
tions In forests that may cause fire
during hazardous condition. A pub
lic hearing waa held on the bill las:
night, but the oommltte failed to
agree and further consideration was
deferred.
The bill relative to the old age peu
slon administration, Introduced by .
J. McAlear of Washington county, waa
passed In th ehouse Wednesday with
only Representative J. K. Wotherford
of Linn county voting against It.
It provides that an inmate of a
charitable or benevolent Inatltutlon
till be considered a resident of th
county in which th Institution I
located from the tlm Immediately
prior to hi admittance to said In
stitution. Th old age act rqulf4
applicant to have two years reel-
denc in th eounty in wnion appu-
oatlon waa mad,