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Number 7376
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HAVE ONE
MORE WEEK
Fifth Week Find Only
One Major Bill
Enacted
POWER, TAX BILLS
REMAIN FOR ACTION
Of Total of 600 Measure
Introduced Only 141
Disposed of
SALEM. Ore.. Fob. H. (AIM
Thi flral bill of major Importance
enacted by the Oregon lrslalature
!- m a law with the signing of
Iho Rogue river rloalng mraaure
by Governor Julius L. Meier to
day. The rloao of tho fifth week
of tho seaaion. ant with on more
week offlrinlljr remaining of the
4-day llmlfvd period, left hun
dreds of other mraatirea, many of
thfm placed In the Important lint,
yet remaining fur final action and
ronalderatton by tho two houses.
I"imer Hill ut
The pant week saw the flrat of
tho powrr mesaurrs brought onto
the floor, while threo other lead
ing admlulatratlon meaaurra were
yet to he reporlod out of commit
tees. .Moal of the taxation mens
urea wait action, while appropria
tion hills, highway hllla, and the
bulk of other Ionization are atlll
In vnrloua stages of development.
The Impossibility of completing
the nooraaary taak before next
Friday night vanquished what lit
tle hope there may have ben for
adjournment on achodulo. The
owrMma period la now holiiK I
placed between t week' eft if "km
n t
days.
Tax Hlluntlon Muddled
Action haa bnon the frature of
both houses during the paat few
daya, both holding late meetings,
and the aenate continued In era
alon today. The one-man com
mlaalnuer of utilities measure wai
reported out of the committee fa
vorably laat nlitht, and will per
haps be a encclol order of busl
nras early next week. The (iratiKo
power district bill aud the hydro
electric comnilaalon bill are ex
pected out of committee! Monday.
The taxation eltuntlon, becoming
morn entangling during the week
by ultimatum! from real property
tax payers for relief, have not
been definitely formed, although
committees have worked late de
vlalng some plan of relieving prop
erty of much of Its hurde.i.
Hon Paaees, Text Hook ftill
Another major bill waa dispos
ed of by the defeat In the houae
of the old age pension meaatire,
while the free text book hill has
gene half way through, with the
approval of the lower houae. The
Continued On Page Two
Soviet Station
Interfered With
Pope's Broadcast
VATK A.V CITY. Ken. H. (AP)
-Franch and Catutdlun wlrelnas
station reported to Vatican Cliy
today that while the papal cere
mony waa being broadcast from
here Thursday a soviet station
sent out continuous signals on
tho same wave length, 19.84 me
tres. A similar report was received
yeaterdny from French stations,
which snld that theae signals In
terrupted hndly the broadcast
message of Pope Plus, and that a
news agency lind to have the text
telegraphed from Home, for gen
rul publication.
According to tho report of tho
Canadian stiitlons the Russian
signals wera constant, hut the
Vutlcun (,'lly stutlnn waa so pow
erful that It drowned out the so
viet signals,-
The Nightly Argument
AUNT HET
By Robert Quillen
"f didn't aven know she was
married until 1 noticed her nails
wasn't fixed up an' her nock
needed washlu'."
Alff
Facing
L.risif
Fall of Governmw " ; Premier Berenguer
Causes Apprehension. Liberal
Element Reported Active.
MADRID. Feb. 14 (AP) The government of
Premier General Damaso Berenguer, successor to
the Primo de Rivera dictatorship, fell today, bring
ing to a head a crisis which appeared to be the most
dangerous of any faced by King Alfonso in the
course of his long reign.
Tho kltiK tvceptltiB ih rMlf-
nation of (iiiirH Ilrrnxurr and
hU cabinet, ram riled parlia
mentary rlrttona which wr
a-hcdulc4 fr March 1 and JS
and lminfdlatflr biKan coiifcr
pfiimi with poll Urn I IrJidTi with
vlfw to f urination ol a new
cabinet.
While the ra hi net had bfn
under firs for acverul week.
Indeed from Ita very Inception lit
January, lHSu, tho altuatlou
which hroiiKht tin fall developed
only lain lant tniclit w.ieit the
Count of .tomauoiieg and other
important liberal monan hint
leader withdrew their aupport
of tho cttblnet'a election pro-
crem
N.ibiidy atlompls to d-ny the
(rarlty of this altuallon whl'h
nsny resurd ss in moat lornna-
able challenge to his political
pollrlrs which the king has ever
faced.
All the lefta and some of the
monarchies hsd repudiated the
March elections before lie Ho
msn.ines announced his stsnd.
and the elections hsd become
pretty much a farce, constituting
wld'orest! rejection or llcren
guer's political program.
Tbe kings prohlcin now Is to
" oina oiner aiopgap rot-
rnmnnt until a now elections
program ran be worked f"1 ?nd.
equally Important, the lasue of a
couatltutloual convention ran be
decided.
There has been nn official ex
prertalon, but It Is believed that
the king wants no ronatitutlons!
convention now even though It
Is demanded by most of the lefts
snd some of the monarchist
groupa.
Whatever the makeup of the
new government It Is generally
believed thst one of Its objec
tive will be general amnesty
(Continued on Page Two)
P055ES SEEK
N
SAN PlKdO. f'slir, Veb. 14.
(API Tho mystery of the dis
appearance Wednesdsy of ten-year-old
Virginia llrooks remain
ed unexplained today as every
available officer In the clt
searched for a cluo to her fate.
Police theorised that the girl
might have been kidnapped after
sho left the modest home of her
parents, Mr. "and Mrs. John K.
Ilrnoka, gully swinging her books
and carrying a bouquet for -her
teacher. She never arrived at
the Knrlld school, a mllo and a
half dlatnnt.
Squads of officer! and posses
of volunteers have combed the
canyons near the Brooks homo
and the school to no avail. They
spent Inst night systemlcally
searching vacant houses, ditches.
culvert and vacant lots In the
Hunt University Avenue district,
but again they found nothing.
"I have no enemies," the girl's
father said. "I know of no one
who would want to take my
little girl."
Tho llrooks family came here
sovernl months ago from Port
land, Ore., and once lived In
Indianapolis.
POOR PA
By Claude CalUn
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"Our daughter Betty acta like
she's already married to that
Smith boy. They quarrel every
lime they're together an' she's
slwavs doln' something to spits
him."
MISSING GIRL
;o Is
bravest
f Reign
T
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. fA.
P.) Dr. Hush A. Ilrown, aecre
tsry fif President Hoover's pub
llr Isnd romtnlsKlon, said the
alxnrd report of the group, call
ed llltu session to consider
whnhvr the remaining ITh.uuii.
omo acres o( public domuln
ahoiild l trsnnl.-rr.-d to the
atslra. t.Kluy 'SS submitted to
White llouac.
The rrport. ss adopli-d by the
.oinmllti-e. ss uud-rstoud to
MAKE C
REPDR
reroninipnd: ;aary for the tuberculosis hospital
Tranafcr of the lands to I" employ sll the help used on the
stall's that wsnt them, subject 1 '"n. unllka other Institutions.
in a requeat from the state le- This meant a lopplnx off of ISO-.
lalsture within tn years. 30 from the IJ7H.707 requested
Seltlm aside of land, within! ,n "P'-
static thut do not aak for title. The committee does not believe
a a national rstme to be ad-1'"' much ran be saved by the
mlnlalercd by a federal agency. Irhanse. The saving Is estlmsted
Itvcogiiltlon Insofar as posnlbloist ir..nou. The sub-rommlttee
of I he slstea' meihotls of range recommending th change, was
nnd llresto. lt control-while; the (Senators C. K. Spsulding. B. 'W.
ininsrvr Is pending. Johnson and Isaac E. Staples, and
Ket
letentlon by tne go, lPrxJM. K
rights II. known mineral area.l0"- """"J?!?8'"?,", '
of r
wlih the tut en to be clrea all
rlRhta In land not known to con
tain mineral-.
KfliiitillHhuieut of food control
Bynlema.
Cuiil In ii a t Ion of ret la mat Ion
and federul aid hlRhw.iy pro
ject. ru y men t to the reclamation
bureau of nil receipt from pow
er plant h ou reclamation pro
Jcria ittiioad of shiirlnic revenues
with the Mule, which the states
had axked.
KeHemtilnn by the govern
ment of acreage that might be
netMlrd In the future for nation-
for t( m, parka, power projects
or other purpOrten. in addition
to reservation of land now so
allocated.
EXPENDITURES
SAI.KM, Ore., Feb. 1. (API
Iivlah expenditures In Oregon
political campaigns, nntwilhatand
Ing the Intended limitations of the
corrupt practices set. were tho
auhject of somo pointed criticism
in Iho senate today in the courso
of a discussion on Senator Wll
llum V. Woodward's bill to repeal
the portion of the law relating to
expenditures. Tho bill, on third
reading, was tabled until Monday.
Referring to what he termed
subterfuges whereby tho candi
date makes his expenditures thru
a committee so that he may evade
the pennltlea of the act, Wood
wurd declnred that "the falsehood,
the Ho. tho hypocrisy goes clear
up the line, and Involves the high
est office in tins lona. i no ricn
est man has the edge. ' This was
very notloenble in Die last cam
paign. Under the law a candidate
for governor Is limited to an ex
penditure of about $1100, but
well, lot s not aiscuss h.
Senator Bennett, who wasn't In
favor of repealing., but rather
amending tne act, said tnnt cam
paign expenditures In the last few
years hnd been a disgrace,
Senator j. u. iintioy tnougnt it
wouldn't be fair to vote on the
bill with so many members ab
sent., and moved that It be tabled.
Woodward agreed to this.
Weather
The Cyclo-Stormagrnph at Un
derwood's Pharmacy Is register
ing a slightly lower barometric
pressure today and Indications
are for clearing weather.
The Tycos recording thermom
eter registered maximum and
minimum temperatures as fol
lows: High 42, low St,
Forecast for next 24 hours:
Clearing with probably snow
flurries or rain, lower temper
atures. ....
OHKOON: Rains west and lo
cal rains or annws In the east
portion tonight and Sunday, nor
mal temperature .ModsratS
southerly winds offshore,
P CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE
CUTS-DOWN
REQUESTS
$50,046.00 Sliced From
Demand Of State
Institutions
FARM ACTIVITIES OF
HOSPITAL WILL END
Bill to Keep Disbarment
Proceeding Secret
' Re-referred
SAL KM, Or., Feb. 14. CAP)
Th waya and meana cam mil tee In
Its deliberations Ian night cut a
total of IT'S, 046. 50 from appropri
ations requested by aereral actlr
Itlea. Icrhap the mont Important ac
tion waa adoption of a tub-committee
report recommending that
the atat tuherrulo'tt hospital at
Salem drop tt farming operation
and the farm, which tnnudea a
jjairy hord. be tranalerred to the
hnanllat for the lnni the
penlK-iillary. or some otbor Inatl-
tntloa. The resison for this rec-
ommendatlon was thst It Is neoea-
aub-rnmmlttee headed by Senator
Colon K. Eberhard the committee
alleged the full I2O5.40S request
ed by the Kastern Oregon tubercu
loids honultal at Tbe IJalles.
After much debate the commit
tee cut In halt the amount re
created by the bureau of naming
and child hygiene, which works in
(Continued on I'nge Iwo)
RISE STATE
FAl.KM. Feb. 14. (API The
revised program of tho tax cora
mitteee of the legislature where
hv It wss hoped to wipe out en
tirely the state tax on property
next year underwent alterations
at a joint meeting last night,
and under the changes It will not
he ponslble to completely elimi
nate the property assessment In
1932.
It is still the plsn to Increase
the rnte of the excise tax on cor
porations from 5 to 8 per cent.
While it is still planned also to
Incresso the Intangibles tsx. It
re-enacted from I to I per cent,
this tax will not. under the new
plan, be collected until next year,
and then on 1931 Incomes as a
starter Instead of 1930 Incomes.
It was further decided, tentative
ly at least, not to Interfere with
he existing rates of the Income
tax. This now ranges from 1 to
6 per cent, and It had been pro
posed to increase the range to
8 per cent.
Instead of wiping out entirely
the property assessment for next
year, estimated at 14.428,240.80,
the new plan will miss thst goal.
It was said, by (1,000,000 or
fl, 500,000.
TB KIM
Three Workers In The Lower House
PROPONENT fif CASCADE HIMWAY
Sick Young
Man Asks For
Place To
Lie Down
"Will you live, ms a place to
lie down. I am very III," said
a younc man who walked tin
steadily into police headquarter
this morning. Resitting at first
glance that the boy spoke the
truth. Peak Rergeant llgh A'k
erman railed a physician Im
mediately. The condition of the youth,
who gave his name as Borge
Peterson, of Kokomo, Ind.. wss
pronounced very serious border
ing upon pneumonia. He was
taken to the county Infirmary
where he will receive treatment
Peterson gsve his age as 19
lle has been sleeping In box cars
snd rude shelters, he said since
leaving bis home. Relatives In
Kokomo have been notified of
the boy's condition. He stated
that be was on his way back
home when he was taken sick.
MOSCOW. Feb 14. (AP)
Moscow newspspers. commenting
todsy on an American embargo
on Russian lumber, reiterate as
sertions that charges of forced
labor In the aovlet union are
"ridiculous" and threaten retal
iatory measures.
Pravda. asserting that Amer
ica's action will be felt as keen
ly by American business as by
Russian, asserts the embargo
"will endanger future Industrial
relations between the two coun
tries and -certainly will affect
the balance of trade' which In
XtQ Jas.yre. thaa 1'1.004,OOU
in America's favor."
Says Isvestla: "If the Ameri
can government will Consider
the bulk of aovlet trade with
the United States, it will ' soon
be- convinced tbst if - we need
America, she also needs us. Ante
soviet measures adopted by for
eign governments were foreseen
months ago by the council of
peoples commissaries, which au
thorised tbe commissariat of
trade to adopt corresponding
measures." .
"In the past." says Economic
Life, "American anti-soviet out
bursts were based on forged
documents; now they consider
It wiser to base them on charges
of some anoymous observer who
probablv doesn't exist at all.
These lumber embargo charges
obviously are part of a conspir
acy to defeat the five-year plan."
DATE SET FOR
HIl.LSnORO. Ore.. Feb. 14. (A
P) Circuit Judge George H. Fsg
ley today announced Nelson ('.
Bowles and Miss Irma Loucks will
go on trial here Monday, Match
2, for the murder of Mrs. Leone
Bowles.
The date was decided upon af
ter a compromise had been reach
ed by state and defense. Lotus b.
Lsngley, district attorney of Mult
nomah county, and Ueorge Mow
ry, chief deputy, said their office
was burdened with other cases,
and asked that the trial date-In
the Bowles rase be set ahead. The
defense professed resdiness, and
declared Bowles and Miss Leucks,
confined In Jail since the middle
of November, are entitled' to As
speedy action as tbe court can al
low. , ,
lASTtRN DHS -
SOUS DENY
OUR CHARGES
BOIES TRIAL
TRAIN BILL
RECALLED
BV SENATE
Change Of Four Votet
Assures Measure
Will Lose
IMMEDIATE VOTE IS
BLOCKED BY UPTON
Hot Debate Precede Vote
For Reconsideration
of Measure
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 14. (AP)
Prior to the day's adjournment
the senste recalled tbe 70-car rail
road limit measure, after having
passed It tbe day previous by a
1 to 14 vote. It waa placed on
special order for Monday after
noon -on the motion for reconsid
eration. Four members declared
ready to change their vote from
yes to no. virtually assuring de
feat for the measure. Tbe hill
would limit railroad freight trains
to 70 cars and passenger trains to
14 cars.
Nearly every rule in the parlia
mentary book that governs the
senate waa utilised before Jay Co
lon got a vote to make bis rail
road bill a special order Monday
at 4 o'clock, instead of going on
final passage immediately.
Cplon Champions Bill
Upton pleaded with the senate
not to carry the motion to recon
sider the measure, declaring there
was no reason why the members
should change their votes in re
sponse to telegrams from the
chamber of commerce at heme. 1
Senator J. E. Bennett said mat
"vi.ltmtly Ihott who- want to.xe-
conslder tno bill, are airem oi
what the house might to with it,
or afraid of what the governor
might do." Senator Joe E. Dunne
scored them as lacking in back
bone. "It seems to me ridicu
lous." he said, "that men of the
mature Judgment of this senate
would pass a measure today ana
change their votes tomorrow."
Senator kurk said that be bad
(Continued on Page Two)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. (AP)
A formal report recommending
enactment of the compromise pro
posal for additional loans to vet
erans was submitted to the hon-e
today by its ways snd means com
mittee. The report estimated the cost
range from 37S.000.nut up
wards. It said "there was unan
imity on tho part of the committee
that some kind of legislation
bearing upon this question should
be enacted by this congress."
Representative Bachsracb. re
publican. New Jersey, drafted the
report after the committee or-
deded It by a vote of 17 to 4. The
bill Is expected to be brought up
under suspension ot tbe rules on
Monday.
A complete scale of Increases In
personal Income sur-taxes was
proposed In a bill Introduced by
representative, rrenr. repuDncan,
Wisconsin, to meet the prospect
ive treasury deficit.
He said the levying of Increased
taxes on personal incomes will go
far toward relieving apprehension
and In some degree meet criticism
levied against the (160.000,000
decrease in personal Income taxes
granted by congress last year.
REC01U
BONOS LOAN
Remnant
Of 'Vet Army'
Sleeps In
Baker
BAKER. Ore.. Feb. 14. fAP)
Ten members of the "1U01
Veterans," marching from Seal
tie to Washington, D. C, stop
ped in Baker today, for a mass
meeting on city streets. They
were given lodging In the city
hsll last night and fed this
morning ty the municipality.
Others of the group of 145
that left Seattle are going by
the northern route. They hope
to have S0O.000 veterans of the
World war in Washington be
fore March 4 to work In the In
terest of passage of tbe bill al
lowing payment of adjusted com
pensation certificates . In full.
They are making the trip by
freight train.
HOAX' PLOT
CENTRALIA, Waxh.. Feb. 14
(API Held In connection with
an alleged murderous Insurance
"hoax" plot, -Hugh Bowen. alias
Henry Boss, alias Hugh Allen.
29. waa being questioned here
todav la connection with the
murder of W. R. Kington. 26,
near Chickamauga, Gs., last De
cember. Officers declare they arrested
him and John Eddlngton Just In
time to prevent a murder in
Hood River by which the men
hoped to obtain payment of a
$10,000 double indemnity policy.
Eddlngton was 'sires ted In
Pendleton, Ore., and is "being
held as Bowen's alleged accom
plice. ' Both men have waived
extradlctlon. ,
Sheriff Charles 0. Taylor of
Hamilton county. Tennessee, said
evidence indicates Bowen and
Eddlngton killed Kington, muti
lated his face .and left papers
on tbe body tending to Indicate
the dead man was Bowen in an
attempt to collect insurance. The
body, however, was finally iden
tified as Kington. The two fled.
Taylor said a letter from
Bowen waa found in Eddington's
car, indicating Bowen planned
the northwest murder at Hood
River. Taylor quoted the letter
as saying "bring tools and we
will pull the Job there and then
we will go to Helix and live on
ranch."-
Tavtor said Eddington told
him "the Job" was to kill a man,
cut oft his head and ship the
body back to Tennessee as Bowen
and collect tbe insurance.
Gov. Meier
Signs Rogue
River Bill
SALEM. Feb. 14. (AIM Gov
ernor Julius L. Meier today sign
ed the Rogue river bill, which
prohibila commercial fishing on
the stream. The measure passed
both houses last week, and the
executive retained the bill until
his five day period was up.
The measure was the first bill
Introduced In the senate and was
supported by the Southern Ore
gon sections, while Coos and
Curry delegations opposed it. It
brought forth debates at the pub
lic hearing and when it was pre
sented for passage In the senate
and house. The vote was close
in the senate, it having two more
than the constitutional majority.
LATTE
NVEST GATED
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK CAC8ES DAMAGE.
I.ISBOV, PortUKal. Feb. 14. (AP) Reports from the A sore
reaching Lisbon saiil that nn earthquake shock caused some mate
rial damage today but rceultori in no loss of life. The Lisbon ob
servatory reftistereil the shocks which bail their center in th
Island of Sao Miguel.
FLOOD CLAIMS
TTMA. .Aria.. Feb. 14. (AP)
Cel., was drowned laat night
rains rushed through Wellton.
flat mile and a natr from the flood-swept town this morning.
LIXCOLX CLOCK CHIMES FOR HOOVER.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. (AP) A strange noise heard over
the air as President Hoover started praising Lincoln haa been
Investigated and explained. It was clock In the Lincoln room
of the White House, where Mr. Hoover spoke, and was nsed la
Lincoln's time. It wns six minute alow and chimed 10 o'clock.
SENATE CONFIRMS EVANS NOMINATION.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. (AP) The senate today confirmed
the nomination ot Walter H. Evans of Oregon to be Judge of th
United States customs court.
EXTEND TIME FOR BRIDGE BI ILDINO. -WASHINGTON,
Feb. 14. (AP) President Hoover today signed '
a bill to extend the time lor commencing and completing bridge
aero st he Colombia river at or near Arlington, Oregon.
FARM BOARD CHAIRMAN TO RETIRE.
CHICAGO, Feb. 14. (AP) Alexander Legge will retire from
the chairmanship of the federal farm board shortly after March 4a
to re-enter tbs international Hart eater enapsaj, --' -
CONGRESS
lAPPROVES
MEASURE
Relief to Drought Area
Is Assured Through,
Today's Action
$20,000,000 IS AMOUNT
TO BE AVAILABLE
May Be Used To Purchase
Food According to
. Secretary Hyde) . .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14
(AP) President Hoover
today approved the ?20
000,000 drought relief com
promise, signing the inter
ior department appropria
tion bill to which it was at
tached as an amendment.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. (AP)'
Final congressional approval
was given the $20,000,000
drought loan compromise late to
day when the house accepted the
proposal.
WASHINGTON. Feo. 14. (AP)'
The senate today accepted the
1 20,000,000 drought loan compro
mise 'on relief legislation. .,
. Supported by both democrat!
and republican leaders, the substi
tute for the 125,000,000 Red Cross
relief fund was given approval al
ter six days ot debate, in which
republican independents ana some
democrats severely condemned it.
The compromise appropriate
$20,000,000 as a loan fund for
"arricnltnral rehabilitation." Sec
retary Hyde, who will administer
the fund has Informed the senate
there could he no prohibition
against the ue of the money by
the farmers ror tne purcnase oi
food and clothing. - -
It arida to the $45,000,000 al
ready appropriated for loans for
purchase of seed, livestock leeu.
and fertiliser.
Tha Interior hill carries a total
of almost $90,000,000. ot whloa
mora, than S20.000.000 would o
available immediately, for publlo
Inprovements in government pro
jects in the West. ' '
The vote for approval ot the
compromise was 67 to 15.
Eight republicans, six demo
(Continned on Pace Two
Gandhi Request
Conference Which"
May End TroubU
' ALLAHABAD, India. Teh. 14.
( AP) Mahatma Gandhi todar
requested an interview with th
Ciceroy of India, Lord, Irwin,
and settlement of India'a troubl
ed political situation waa believ
ed In msny circles to be withla
sight.
Tbe Mahatma was understood)
to have sent the Viceroy a formal
letter today asking for an Inter
view and It was virtually certain
that Lord Irwin wonld invite bin
to Delhi Immediately.
It Is expected that Gandhi and
his associates will ask general
amnesty tor all political prison
ers as the first condition to ac
ceptance of MacDonald's propos
als and the the Viceroy, with
MacDonald's approval will (rant
amnesty It Gandbl will call oft
his civil disobedience campaign.
NEWS
t,
ANOTHER LIFE. f
Mrs. K. P. Llewelyn. Stockton,
when flood waters from torrential
Her body was picked up on a mud.