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Medford Mail Tribune AWARDED Pulitzer Prize TOR 1934 dav; moderate temperature. Illrhest yesterday - 49 Lowest yesterday -i Tweuty-ninth Year BEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1935. No. 298. The Weather Forecast: Cloudy Sunday and Mon day and becoming unsettled Mon- By PAIL MAIXOV Copy ri g)it, 1935, by Paul Mallon 7 WASHINGTON, March 9. There art other thing behind this strange dispute between the, new dealers and Comptroller McCarl. Grown -tip of ficials do not lose their tem pers ordinarily t r suoh a question as whether the navy should psy the return fare of the families of Its officers sta tioned abroad. At least they do not continue to throw cannon MCWr" balls at each PAUL MALLON other day after day on such a triv lay pretext. The resistance of McCarl against the speed of all new deal expendi tures is one explanation, but a deep er contributing reason Is that McCarl may be a candidate for the republi can presidential nomination next year. His name has never been pub licly mentioned, but the new dealers keep as close an eye on the opposi tion camp as they do on their own. They have heard that McCarl Is a potential candidate and have scen i gns to verify It. It Is not as astounding as It may sound. McCarl's term expires next j year. He comes from the right sec tion (Nebraska), lias been out of the republican political messes of the past fifteen years, Is a stickler for the taw and for economy, holds old progressive ties through Senator Nor ris. whose secretary he once was. A rally for him could certainly be at tempted, although it might lead him to a senate seat more easily than to the White House. thi tntttiM- u-fis nctunllv discussed at a recent secret meeting of new Tne 8enatc tody dld not reacn Us dealers who have had spending trou- uled program, spending alt day Die with McCarl. The agencies which j on dh;lded committee reports and on have had greatest difficulty getting i BI" rder' , him to okay their expenditures are I Extr tIre wsslon necel FHA. PWA. HOLC. AAA. NRA. and I tated the appropriation of $10,000 TERA. The treasury has had some trouble also, and probably others. The only new dealer who has outwit ted the comptroller Is Reliefer Harry Hopkins. When McCarl insisted on ..r I t -11 ha PUf vnilrhdM HAtl. Jtlns made no protest, but summoned a half dozen government trucks and sent the comptroller fifteen barrels full of government checks. He then called McCarl on the telephone and aald: "Let me know If you find any: thing wrong." McCarl should be through looking within fifteen or twenty years, if he applies himself to the barrels diligently. Few know It. but the estate of the late William B- Humphrey Is carrying en his court fight against his remov al from the federal trade commission. The suit he started against President Roosevelt before he died has been carried to the supremo court. It was quietly sent there Jenuary 25 by the court of claims, which ducked the issue as to whether Mr. Roosevelt i had the power to fire Humphreys, Mr. Roosevelt wins thts suit, McCarl may have an opportunity to start presidential campaign before the ex ptratlon of his term. The whooping new deal publicity about the BelRlan trnde agreement did not say so, but there was a trick In that treaty. The lower Import duties which we promised to Belgium are applicable not only to Belgium, but to every other country. In other word, the re duced tariffs we granted here arc reHily general tariff reductions. That was not entirely evident until the customs bureau Issued Its rou tine circular No. 1348 the other day, ordering the general reduction on the articles mentioned In the Belgian treaty. Such action Is required be cause we have treaties with most na tions promising we will not discrim inate against them. The Yankee traders are now In their storm cellars here awaiting the reaction. Jokes about congressional abuse of the frantcing privilege are obsolete under the new deal. It Is not cong- Teas, but the executive branch of the government which Is responsible for Increased costs of carrying free mall. The records show that tins expense increased about 73 per cent last year. from 114.000.000 to IJ3.000.000. Buticompany dominated union, make th the cost of carrying free congrcssion- j iabor relations board's "majority rule" 1 mail fell off, Irom 1,000.000 to I77S.0O0. Inner difficulties arc developing In the communications commission which will make front page news or later. The old radio com - B-i-5. on r: , u p getting along at i --in the new embers. It Is lm- tcU what fora the ! ,ri-:.i club are not confined ho" cier eixty. From California ; s --jyiru of Townsend clubs :e ( i -!(, 'vf!y of voting people. i jn Put HIKhl) ntij 1 much ( iWnrn j i. ..:,( 9. (APf A F'renrn 1 u i--undf! in the arm. j , "r.;; ? iirrd while fit;!'.t- ' ...I' .- e:ioMVtrn:, f'lVJiti.l T.-.r f.e'.d c: o -j 'C4- L KILLED BY STATEJENATE Recognition for $200 Month Plan Fails Another Week for Payless Solons Pre dictedState NRA Code Approved. SALEM, Ort., March 9 . ( AP ) The second attempt for official rec ognition of the Town send old age pension plan by the state of Oregon failed late today when the senate of the Oregon legislature killed the house memorial requesting congress to bring the plan out onto the floor for consideration. The house had previously passed a memorial requesting passage of the Townsend plan or similar legislation, without specifically designating the $200 a month feature. This was kilt ed by Indefinite postponement with out debate In the senate. Today, however, a roll call on an ! adverse committee report was called ; and the second attempt again lndefl- ! nltely postponed action. The vote! wes 13 to 18 as follows: I Against the memorial: Allen. Byn-! on. Dickson. Duncan, Dunn, Hazlette, j Lec. McCornack, McKay, Pearson, Stnples, Stelwer, Stringer, Walker, ( Wallace and President corbett. ', Those for the memorial: Aitken,; Best, Burke, Carney, Chlnnock, Fish er, Goss, Hess, Lessard, Spauldlng, Grayer. Wheeler and Zimmerman Absent Pranclscovlch, As the 65th day of the prescribed 40-day period of the Oregon assem bly ended the date of sine idle ad journment was even more uncertain than believed a fpw flays ago. All of next week was now the prediction by those who were declared the most pessimistic. In the meantime the legislators, payless since the 40th day. tired and weary, faced some heavy controver- 8lal lssues on tnc calendars Monday. OJu , , oja "ou "lCtt" WIH mittee. bringing the appropriation for the sci-sion to date up to $140.- 000. j Oregon today approved the NRA code for the state when the bill pass ed the senate after a hard fight by a vote of 17 to 11. It had already been approved by the house. The measure, which has been lying on the senate table for some time, would make the national cotie operative and enforceable In the state. Machinery to permit the state highway commission to operate free ferries across the Columbia river, be tween Astoria and Megler, Wash., was set up when the bouse approved the bill already passed by the senate. Enactment of the bill to permit open competition In automobile fin ancing between private finance com panies and those operated by motor manufacturers was completed by the legislature. The house passed the bill Introduced In the senate. LABOrHEATSEES STRIKE E IF BILL DENIED WASHINGTON, March 9. (API The American Federation of Labor Intensified its campaign for the Wag ner labor disputes bill today with a prediction by President William Orfen that there will be widespread strikes if the bill falls to pass. "There would be nothing else left for the workers to do In their fight to gain recognition of their unions KV .. v. xi icnvsuu ery. said. I The federation chief, however, as- - erted he thought "chances were I good" for the bill's passage. The , senate labor committee begins hear ings on It Monday. The one danger of failure. Green said, lay In house rules. If the bill reached the floor, he addd. "and we can get a record vote" it will be passed." The Wanner bill would outlaw the . interpretation of collective barealn- ' lng a part of the law. and create : permanent labor relations board with j power to carry Its decisions to court i , for enforcement. i i The bill, which was presented by 1 1 Senator Wagner (D , N. Y.t, has ; aroused opposition among Industrial leaders. TEXAN CLAIMS HE FX TASO. Texas. Marrh P. iAPi A man R!lng his nnme as 8. W. Brown. 26. of North Flasanton. 1r. tnld rn-Hce Mr. lsre tintcht he h.-ul .'.hot no rr.Ti arid 1'ft t.-.ir bodies ;r.t b' th rosd.ldr 0 nr 100 nv.lr M t Of 1T H. r.v.d t:.r l o n.ii iiad lc.tl:.aped h'.n .L H.n A::titi!n vril.rditV- TELL OF MRS. C7 I Si mum n as fjir-ir it1- -mi Now senaatlona In Mr. Wllma E. Gould's suit Involving "Prince Mike" Gerguson were provided by Mrs. Marlon Peterson (left) and Miea Gala Wendell, ehown leaving the courtroom In New York. Mra. Peteraon described her "call house" In Chicago, where she aaya Mrs. Gould was employed, as patronized by "lawyers, plainclothesmen, gov ernors, senators and a couple of White House men." Miss Wendell testified that Mrs. Gould told her of an "affair" with Europe's man of mystery, Sir Basil Zaharoff. (Associated Press Photo) PRESIDENT PLANS PLEA 10 VOTERS WASHINGTON. March 9. ( AP) Despite hints at the capitoi today that the White House had cut a switch for rebellious Democrats, signs were plentiful on Capitol Hill that congress would continue to give ad ministration proposals critical and often prolonged scrutiny. Praise for the comparatively slow procedure by the house and senate was voiced today by business as repre sented by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Many observers held that this ses sion, for the first time aince Mr. Roosevelt took office, congress has begun to take Its customary hand In shaping legislation. They ventured, too, the opinion that any pressure Mr. Roosevelt brought would be In behalf of spe cific measures and that he had ac quiesced to the new order. Already there has been' discussion among some Democratic leaders about the advisability of side-tracking ad ministration legislation not on the "must list." So far their efforts to accelerate consideration of adminis tration proposals have been futile except on non -controversial bills. And thts In the face of White House Influence and Intimations that President Roosevelt might take to the air to make an appeal to the country to help him whip congress Into line. The word from those who have talked to the president la that he shows no particular concern. While neither of his prime proposals work relief and social security has ad vanced far he still has not sustained a defeat and may get what he wants in the end. FARLEY PICTURED A POLITICAL WEST BY SCRIBES NEW YORK. March 9. (AP) Mayor P. H. Lnguardla was pictured as a defeated Napoleon about to sur render to Tammany and Postmaster General James A. Parley was por trayed as a seductive Mae West tonight as New York political re porters frolicked through their an nual inner circle dinner. Aside from the mayor and Mr. priAv the Rhow. called 'Mfrrllv We ;Dole Along." was witnessed by oov Herbert H. Lehman, Secretary Mor- genthau and other notables. Opening with a parody on "The Continental." entitled "The Constitu tion." the show proceeded through a burlesque of recent events and wound up with the "aupreme court" singing out a decision in the "Gold clause" case between Herbert Vander bilt Hoover and Frankly Whitney Roosevelt, who are fighting for the custody of Miss Glorious America. ELASTIC BOTTLES FOR MILK NEXT CHICAGO. March 9. t AP) Don't be surprised If you see milk bottles : bouncing. j The packaging conference of the I American manaKemcnt association j was to'd yesterday by Allen Brown. ' that bottles can be made of elastic. and science won will make them transparent. The Idea la to decrease the broken glav.xare on the bark i steps. i Winter In The Rnrkle BALT LAKK CFTY. March 9 (AP) j ltchtly.. Rail freight traffic man before it could be rushed to doctors. Winter rode over Utah and Idaho j hinder tlisn the previous wek and While the case were widely arat todav on the nines of roaring March 1 the mm -eek a yar aco. but Mp-' tered throughout Klamath county. Hr-.ox as dumped on mo't j.inc hived ft" -. -re hrk.'ths aymptoms were tite fame. Phy n' ncl ou:i;ern Kaiio fl'ir. but luxhT a 'iff plit'.ii 1; . and loans re inrllnrd to believe the lng the dav and early evening wlthln hll'- bulUMM; :wT' .rt;ve heavy 1 hut nne ra n.ltv r.nnru-d. GOULD'S PAST OF WASHINGTON, March 9.(AP) House passage of the bonus noxt week became doubtful today when leaders agreed upon highly unusual procedure designed to assure a clear test on inflation. The understanding was that at least 10 and perhaps 12 hours of debate enough to consume three normal days would be allowed be fore voting. The schedule set offered ample opportunities for separate votes on the Vinson American Legion bill, which makes no provision as to how the money would be raised, and the Patman bill, which would direct the printing of $2,000,000,000 in new cur rency. The Vinson bill will be formally presented to the house Monday by the ways and means committee. Tuesday ,the mla .oommUtec will, approve a special resolution neces sary to permit a choice between the Patman and Vinson bills. That resolution cannot be brought to a vote before Wednesday, and will not be presented then unless Repre sentative Vinson (D., Ky.), called home by the Illness of his mother, has returned. OF CLARK GABLE HIT CADIZ. O.. March 0. (AP) Clark Gabion position as "flrt citizen" of nearby Hopedale Ik shaken, but safe liev. samuel J Williams, a young evangelist, startled many of the cltl wns when he crttchred the motion j picture actor and said that children who go to see Gable on the screen "nre minting In tho society of Holly wood stars who glorify perverted love." Hopedale is Gable's home town The Rev. Mr. Williams made his statement at a meeting of the par ent-teachers' association. He got an immediate response. Men in the au dlence rose to defend Gable's acting and praise his talents. "How many of you parents would like for your children to duplicate Gable's love scenes?" the evangelist asked. "Clark Oable has brought no real credit to Hopedale." In this town where a new Oable picture Is an event, the.e words upread quickly. Mayor H. M. Bell hastened to atat that he did not approve'of the quot ed remarks and that "the people or Hopedale look up to Clark Gable as Its first citizen." Rev. T. W. Pearson of the Hopedale Presbyterian church said he believed any man had a right to make his living In any honest way. Mrs. Mil dred Carrier, member of the parent teacher association, said she enjoyed Gable's pictures. The Rev. Mr. Williams recently was appointed acting pastor at the Hope dale Methodist church. He Is 25 and a recent graduate of Ashury college In Kentucky. As a boy, Gable went to Sunday school In the church where the evan gelist Is now acting pastor. T SIGNS CHEERING j SAN PflANCISCO, MHrrh 9. AP) j Activity of bank fund Inrrriued j ( sharply in the tweiith district, lndl-j rating a strong seasonal pl'.kup, Re- j rati trao was reported slowing down,; while wholesale b'itfe pi kei upi cnn.trnrtlnn w.s In a lulL OF SOLONS BY MAIL Letter Writing, With Fake Signers, Becomes Racket Check Reveals County Jail and Fine Proposed SALEM, March 9. (AP) Hitting at a menace to legislation that has reached the proportions of a racvet to Intimidate members to support or oppose certain measures, a bill was Introduced In the house Saturday making It a criminal offense to send telegrams or letters which are not signed by the person or authority of the organization whose name Is subscribed to members of the legis lature. Upon conviction of such offense a fine of not let than $100 or more than 500, Imprisonment In the coun ty jail for no more than six months or both fine and imprisonment was prescribed. The bill bears the names of Representatives Hyde, Erwln, Os borne. . Eckcrsley, Klrkpatrlck and Senators Wheeler, Fl6her and Allen. Deceit I ncovered It was declared doubtful If any as sembly has been so deluged with "fake" letters, cards or telegrams as the present one. The house was lit erally bombarded with postal cards purporting to come from consumers In opposition to passage of the "fair trade" bill, or more than 300 which were traced, a large proportion was! found to come from persons whose I names or addresses could not be veri fied nor traced in the Portland city directories. Many of the addresses were fictitious. Representative Wil liam Dickson; Multnomah, made a special effort to have the addresses, verified with little results. Representative Homer Angell, Mult nomah, received a telegram threaten ing recall of all the delegation which favored the "fair-trade". It was sign ed by a name indicating that the sender had orflces In a certain build ing. The original address could not be located neither did the Janitor or building manager have any record of such a tenant. Representative C. F. Hyde, Lane county, received telegrams on other bills allegedly from firms which in vestigation revealed had not signed and were holding opposite views to those set forth. Representative William Graham. Multnomah, had a telegram signed by a group of automobile dealers In opposition to a bill. Investigation by him revealed that five of the sign ers had not authorized use of their name, were not In accord to the sen timents expressed and had not sign ed the telegram. Letters to this ef fect were received from the five In dividuals. How many others and the number of "phony" telegrams and letters that have been received by members was a matter of conjecture but the mat ter has become so serious as to re ceive official recognition. HALT MEAT TRAIN; MILITIA CALLED SIOUX FAU4. 3. D.. March 9. (P Four units of the South Dakota National Guard were ordered out to night as striking union workmen at (.he John Morrell packing company plant halted meat shipments and re fused to leave company property jn an effort to enforce demands against a contemplated layoff 4 108 em ployes. Governor Tom Berry 1 nstructcd Adjutant Oeneral Cliff Coffey of Rapid CM.y to order out the guarda men after receiving report that thousands of dollars worth of meat had spoiled or was- In danger of spoil ing unless shipment were permitted Striking workmen, about 700 of whom remained in or about the plant tonight behind locked gates, had pre vented a train crew from moving 18 cars of meat earlier In the day. There was no violence. A group of the men merely stood on the tracks and re fused to move to permit the locomo tive to be coupled to the cars. KLAMATH BABIESiS KLAMATH PALLS, Ore.. March 9 (AP) A malady marked by convul sions and sudden death which hits claimed the Uvea of five small chil dren In the county the past few weeks will be officially Investigated. ur. ueorge n. Aaier, couniy coroner. announced today. Dr. Adler said that in each cae there have been convulsion, and death haa come before a physician could reaeh this child. One baby died in an automobile Irulent type : desth. were due to le oI snllueaa. Or. Al,er said. Anesthetic Coma Fatal For Nurse After Nine Days PASADENA. Calif.. March 9 lUP, Verna Hison. yellow haired nurse, who went to sleep beside a burning gas heater and never woke up. died last night as quietly as she bad lived for the past nine days. Motionless on a bed for 316 hours, save Tor a slight twitching of her eyelids at times, she lay under an "anesthetic coma" which detied the efforts of science to rouse her. She was completely free of the poison which had invaded her system, according to Dr. John P Brereton. who attended 'her. That had been burned out by a glandu lar extract which he administered. But the effect of the gat had caused her nerves slowlv to die. ANTI-TRUST LAWS TO Urges Junking of NRA, Ex cept Child Labor, Wage and Hour Clauses Dar row and Johnson May De bate at Senate Quiz. WASHINGTON, March 0. (AP) A demand from Senator Borah (R.. Idaho) for the Junking of NRA, ex cept for Its child labor, minimum wages and maximum hours provis ions emphasized today the ijwricuu problem facing the administration in it effort to extend the recovery act. Borah, who Is leading a drive for full 'restoration and en.orcement of the anti-trust laws, said In an Inter view that legislation along the lines he outlined would be "the greatest contribution toward recovery we could make at this time." Hla proposal added one more to the heap of suggestions already be fore the senate finance committee for revising NRA, Chairman Harri son, realizing hla task, announced he would seek to expedite hearings to Insure that some continuing legts latlon la passed before the recovery law expires June 10. At the same time Harrison made public, plans lor the future conduct of the NRA investigation by his com mittee, disclosing the possibility of a debate before that forum between Hugh B. Johnson and the man who lead the attack on his administra tion of the recovery unit, Clarence Darrow. Harrison said Darrow would be In vited to teatlfy in the Inquiry, and that Johnson undoubtedly would ap pear. The committee waa not certain, however, that Darrow would care to come before the committee because of hi health. In Chicago the cele brated criminal lawyer said he would await receipt of a formal invitation before deciding. Johnson. In New York, said If ne waa called before the committee he would go, but he had not been asked to testify. He reiterated his former declaration that the NRA waa 'as dead as a do-do." OVERPOWERED BY L DUBUQUE, Iowa, March (AP) Postmaster John Burkhard and hla Monroe, Wtsconsln, lumburger cheese overpowered Postmaster Warren Mlf ler, of Independence, Iowa, in a snif fing duel here today to determine once and for all whether llmburger has aesthetic or anaeathetlc quali ties. A third postmaster, A. T. Schrup. of Dubuque, awarded the decision to the Wisconsin champion seller snd smeller of limburgcr, after the final sniff had been taken on neutral ground in a Dubuque hotel. Henceforth, the judge ruled, llm burger cheese may be sent through the malls if It Is properly wrapped. Warren had sought to have llm burger declared not mailable. He con tended even though It was wrapped and re wrapped. It still mde his mall clerks sick. Burkhard objected to this opinion. The matter was taken to the Wash ington postal officials. They gave a lit verdict, holding llmburger could be sent through the malls, but objec tionable odors couldn't. So the "championship llmburger sniffing duel of the century" was ar ranged. Cloudy weather, with possible rain forecast, had no apparent effect on the sire of the crowd that gathered long before the main event. Dntni(r RnrVliarH mntrtmii the .r.. five minute, brtore Pctm.-Wr Min.r. wi-lKhlne-ln MrcmonlM were dispensed with. The battle was on at catch-weights. 'New Urol' ItiimutMS WASHINGTON, M'irch . (API A rnmanra that surted In the sta- tlntlral department of the RFC led William B. Rem. second son of the secretary of sr. and Mla Heltn M. ' MeCollom. pretty government secre tary, to the altar today. ARMY JLES CUBA IN L.E TO STRIKERS' REVOLT 'Street Corner Politics' Under! Military Ban in Havana 'Mild' Dictatorship Invoked As Strike Sweeps Island I HAVANA, Msrcb 9. (AP) Ter ! rifle firing broke out tonight In the center of Havana, harassed for days by a nation-wide revolutionary gen eral strike. The shooting was concentrated be tween Cabana and La Punta fort resses. Hlgn-p o w e r e d searchlights swept the rooftops, seeking snipers. Firing from all directions swept the Malecon section from the Na tional hotel to the bay entrance. Automobiles were driven away from the vicinity of all police stations. At 10 p.m. a general call to arms was sounded at Camp Columbia, army headquarters on the outskirts of the city. HAVANA. March 9. Cuoa, her constitution suspended, was un der military rule If not martial law tonUfht aa the government and the army fought to terminate nation wide revolutionary strikes. An emergency session of the cab inet and council of state early today suspended the constitution and sub stituted an "eight-point program of government," startling Cubans Into realization of the administration's determination to combat strikers menacing it authority. The question ae to whether Presi dent Carlos Mendieta had really In stituted dictatorship In mild form wa the abAoorbllng topic of discus sion, but the discussion perforce was confined to small groups. Jose Pedrana, appolnte.1 military governor of Havana Province, where the strikes center, acted immediate ly to put an end to "street corner polltica," prohibiting the "publio as sembly" of more than two persons. The Sl-year old mllltarr governor's order was directed at the clusters of Cubans usually found talking pol itics In oafea and bars and at street corners, and It waa mora draatte by one person than the famous "public assembly" law issued In the closing months of President Gerardo Maeh ado's regime, overthrown by revolu tion In 1033. Machado's law limited groups to three. A few employes of the Interior de partment, meanwhile, Joined the strike movement sweeping the island, which has affected all but two gov ernment departments and threatens to spread through streetcar workers to the Island's two biggest labor un ions. Employe of the British -owned Unl ted Railroads announced plana to strike at midnight, tying up the main lines between the capital and Cuba's second city, Santiago, at '-he other end of the Island. Otherwise the strike situation waa unchanged with nearly 400,000 teachers and stu dent still out of claesroomi. WISCONSIN T SO RICH IT PAYS DECEMBER BILLS STEVENS POINT, Ws., March 9. ( AP) Because It has too much cash on hand, this city of 13.000 inhabi tants is paying In advance Its bills falling due as far ahead as next De cember. With tax collections running 60, 000 ahead of laat year, the city treas ury today showed a balance of $183. 000 cash on hand, all current ex penses paid, and nothing to worry about except payment of feea to the state guarantee deposit fund. When two local banks recently dis continued Hi pr cent Interest pay ments on municipal balances, the city authorities became concerned over I paying the state deposit fee, Form- erly the Interest received on deposits offnet amounts psld into the guar antee funds. They found It profitable to pay all bills In advance, whenever possible. thereby decreasing the cash balance on hand. PORTLAND mmSSBm PORTLAND, Ore , March II A freakish accident in vhlch two automobiles collided, careened and re. collided sent three persons to bos pltsla 'here today. Charles H. Mortons automobile collided with James Bsxter'a oar and ! J'""P th .Idewnlk. narrowly ml ! leiepnone poie m careened along the aidewalk 30 feet before crashing Into a retaining wall. Baxter's car awerved to the right, passed the telephone pole on tne other aide and remmed Into Horton'e csr. HosdIUI attendants said Horton iviffered back Injuries and his wife ' .uffered shoulder Injuries snd lsccr- - 1 stlons. Baiwr suffered shock minor Injuria SALES TAX GAINS PRODUCE REVENUE Bills Pending Or Passed by Legislatures in 24 Com monwealths Oregon, Texas and Kansas Obdu rate On Plan. (Copyright. 1935, by the Aoclst4 Preefc) N1CW YORK, March . (AP) Thi sales tax, that comparatively young baby of revenue collecting by govern ment. Is acquiring a iteadlly improv ing appetite. A dozen state already have ar ranged to Increase their Incomes by niimx ranging from five to sixty mil lion dollars a year by the 1, 3 or 8 per cent tax-on -purchase method, and another dozen are mulling the matter In their legislatures. A few states, notably Kansas, Ore gon and Texas, have stamped their feet down with positive "noes" to all sales tax proposals. Some others Tennessee and new Jersey among them are looking about for ways to cut costs rather than Increase revenue In this manner. Nw York state employs an "emer gency tax" In connection with Its collection of Income taxes, rather than use the sales tax method, but New York city gets 2 cents on every Collar spent for merchandise (other than food) and expects these pennies to add up to $40,000,000 during the year. The entire tax will be devoted to relief. Michigan's 3 per cent, operative now for two years, turned In 34. 871.949 last year, averaging close to ss.ooo.ooo a month. Ohio hopes to get fl0.000.00obfore her S per cent sales tax expires at the end of this year, but the legis lature Is dickering with a bill which would exempt certain Items and con sequently reduce the estimated reve nue to 4 0.000 ,000. Colorado began collecting 2 per cent on sales March 1, and hopea she'll add from four to six million dollars to her revenue within a year. The house of the Washington leg islature wrote a sales tax chapter Into that state's revenue bill yester day. Wisconsin legislators have a sales tax bill before them but are await ing Governor LaPollette's complete tax program before doing anything about It. 4t- LI Oregon: Fair east and cloudy west portion Sunday; Monday, fair east and unsettled west portion; rain northwest portion: moderate tem perature: moderate to fresh south erly wind off the coast. SAN TOANCIBCO, March 8. (AP) OutlooK for March 11 to 18: Fair In California and th plateau and occasionally unsettled elsewhere with frequent rains In Oregon. Wash ington and northern Idaho. Normal temperatures. WASHINGTON, Msrch . (AP) House leaders of the two liberal mi nority parties Initiated a move to day to bring dissatisfied Democrats and Republicans Into a unified moc to fight for more liberal legislation- LONDON, March S. (AP) Official reassurances of their desire for peace Issued by Rslkan and other Euro pesn governments today apparently were dissipating feara that the Greek rebellion might cause another gen eral war. liKVKRIiT IIIMyS, Cal Mar. 8. It'i the u.suh! custom for a writer or speaker to tell how mufh better Enjjlaud or France or Ziilnlnnd have handled their money than the V. S. Weil, in today's paper, France is proliihitiiig tho Rhipmcnt of gold out of their country. And still they say they are not go- tney nd had to put up millions ot pounds to stabilize their moivy. So I guess over there they are pointing to the excellent way our system is working. Your own country always looks like they are the only ono doing the wrong thins. This thing called money has col the whole mess of 'em buf faloed. Money, horse racing and women arc three things the boys just can't figure out. lMfKffiM4aM,lai. f
