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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. 275 OF THE EVENING NEWS
CLEAVER
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POLITICA
INVESTIGATING G01
Conduct of Public Officials Received Attention
State Prohibition Agent Sheriff Starmer, on
Stand Again, Defends His Record in
Clean-Up of Reedsport
(Annclitai Pmi Innl Wire.)
STATE HOUSE. Salem. Ore..
Jan. 30. Just before the close of
a sevenhour session of the legis
lative prohibition investlgallnK
committee, near midnight last
night, George L. Cleaver, state
prohibition officer, who was on
tho stand, was addressed by Sen
ator A. J. Johnson of Con-all Is:
"VMr. Cleaver, It has been shtiwn
that you have been active In the
Investigation of public officials."
"Considerably so, yes" said
Cleaver.
"Was this of your own volition
or upon Instructions from the gov
ernor?" continued. Johnson.
' "In most Instances either the
governor or Herwig," Cleaver an
swered. "The governor Instructed me to
follow the advice of the anti-Saloon
League very closely, because
they had 20 years' experience.
Sometimes I was advised by Mr.
Herwig, some times by Baker."
Cleaver had reference to Glisha
A. Baker, president and attorney
of the anti-Saloon League.
Yesterday's seven-hour session
brought forth a medley of testi
mony. Cleaver Political Player
One conclusion was reacted,
agreed to by all members of the
committee. In. the words of Chair
man Garland this was:
"We are all satisfied from the
evidence that Mr. Cleaver . has
been too active politically, and Is
subject to our censure. Ro in this
Investigation, wo will not again
consider the question of politics."
Important phases of yesterday's
.Inquiry were:
Introduction In evidence of
letter written, by Cleaver to Dis
trict Attorney Tongue of Wash
ington county showing Cleaver's
attitude toward local officials.
Testimony by Dr. J. A. Linvllle.
federation prohibition director for
Oregon, refuting the testimony
given Wednesday by Virginia n.
Washburne. He denied that
had asked her to spread propa-jwtth
ganda against the state prohibition
department, or that he had ever in
any 'way received protection
money from law violators.
Starmer Again On Stand
Rev. Joe, R. Denton, who was
an agent for Cleaver in Douglas
county, defended his record, con
tradicting testimony that had pre-
. ,uuat, Ufi II pill 111 Uy OlIVlllL
Starmer of Roseburg.
Sheriff Starmer of Roseburg
was again called, presenting affi
davits to refute testimony given
several days ago by Senator
Staples relative to the clean-up at
Reedsport. and defending his rec-
ord there prior to the creation of
the state department.
Laronda M. Pierce testified that
he had been sent to Deschutes
county by Cleaver, with the sanc -
tlon of Governor Pierce, to work
against local nlficers politically.
This biouglft a denial from
Cleaver, who said he sent Pierce
to IJend to do one thing and he.
did another.
This led to a grilling of Cleaver
by Hare and Lonercan as to
whether he bad not atteniptrd to
defeat Ienton Iturdick for the leg
islature and had his agents trail
Iturdick for thrf' weeks in an ef-
Cleaver admitted that Uurdick
had been trailed.
'lon't ou think it was a ml
AMEft!D!!VG CONSTITUTION IS EASY
AS DRAWING CORK: REPEAL ALL LflVs?S.
RE-ERfACT GOLDEN RULE MARSHALL
(Al.tM nr. tH ww.)
(irtAM) RAPIDS. Mich.. Jan.
SO. "I am not for the -prohibition
amendment and I never was: no
di-cent democrat ever was," former
vice-pn slilent Thomas K. Marsh
all told the National Retail Furni
ture School at a banquet last
night.
"Hut now Its here, let's main
tain it or else get rid of it by due
processes of law.
"Im getting tired of all these ad
ditions to the constitution. It's
got so It Is ss easy to amend the
constitution of the United States
as It used to be to draw a cork.
Anyone can go down to Washing
tifn and make enough noise and
get any amendment tacked onto
the constitution.
best
"I like the English way
L PLAYER, DECIDES
ITTEE
of
take, Mr. Cleaver, to play so close
to politics?" asked Garland.
"Yes, I believe It was a mis
take," Cleaver answered.
Iaronda Pierce was questioned
about the blackmail plot against
Cleaver of which he was accused
by Mrs. Washburne. This he de
nied, declaring that Mrs. Wash
burne herself had suggested such
a plot.
Washington Acts Promptly
to Combat Epidemic of
Diphtheria at .Nome. '
SITUATION IS WORSE
Appeal Issued From Nome
Says Many Lives Can
Be Saved If Aid
Is HastAed.
MMnrLrM Vrnm Wtf.
WASHINGTON". Jan. 2n.Aii
thorizatlon for Roy S. Dnrling.
I special agent of the ripnnrtmont nr
'justice, to make an airplane flight
diphtheria anil-toxin from
Fairbanks to Nome, has been for
warded to Alaska.
Darling Is a member of Jhe na
val reserve and has served as a
naval flyer. Delegate Sutherland
of Alaska obtained permission
from both the department of Jus
tice end the navy department for
hm to undertake the journey
In
...Vf .i-, V , r i
t-uiiwtlia, 111111 UI,IJIl IIT-I lit IVV PIIHHrt
"mi wiiu iihvw Deen wauinB ior
dotr teams to bring the aerum.
ir Itflrl no- l.liu. ntf m,n U.I..
ihanks todav. Mr .Sutherland - sold.
tle probably will overtake a dog
;toaul r,TVin(t toward Nome at
tt,e confluence of the Tanana and
j Yukon rivers. The plane, he said.
jcoulrl land on the Ice
Darling volunteered his sen-Ices
for the Journey, along with a
I mechanician. Thcv said a plane
! was available at Fairbanks
.Nome Sends Out Appeal Fop Haste
As Serum Sunnlv nimiej.he.
NOMK, Alaska. Jan. 30. The
diphtheria epid'-mlc took h inua
turn yesterday and the citizens,
through the local correspondent of
i no Associated Press, have sent
the following
MIIIH-HI. Iliat OI11C HI
Washington hasten anti-toxin ser-
nm bv
airplane from Fairbanks.
dog team delivery:
"Help immediately. Help by air
f Con tinned on pnen elirhO
jThey don't make laws until they
' know the people want them I'd
like to repeal nil the fed-r;il and
state laws and re-enact the ti n
commandments and the gold.-n
rule.'
GAS PRICE GOES UP
MwnrUtnt Pr- tsw-1 Wirt.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 30 Effective
to- ;
morrow the price of gasoline will
be Increased on cent a gallon by
the Standard till company of In
dhna. throughout (is territory of
eleven states, the company an
nounced today. A similar one
cent Increase was put Into cffiH-t
several days sgn. This will make
;tlie retail price of gasoline at
i filing stations 19 cents a gallon.
AIRPLANE SENT
WITH SERUM TO
STRICKEN CITY!
FRANCE MUST PAY
"MATERIAL" DEBT
SAYS COOLIDGE
(Aarnriatnl tMi Uawsl WiM.) 4
WASHINGTON, Jan.. 30.
Responding today to a
statement by the new French
ainbassudnr. Entile Daesch-
ner, that tho "materiel debts
of nations as well as their
debts of gratitude must be
paid, President Coolidge de-
clared that the United Sta-
tea already had discharged
"the debt of gratitude" she
owed Franco as a result of
French aid in the American
revolution.
Referring to American
participation In the world
war. the president added
that thus had the debt of
gratitude been paid "and
both governments should ex-
perlence deep satisfaction in
their solicitude that nmtor-
in I debts should also be dls-
charged. '
IB
(AMnc1itid Vnm laa1 Wire.)'
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Jan. 30.
Peter Vergolinl. of Gray, Ind.,
was electrocuted at the state peni
tentiary here today for the murder
of Annie Tomlcik, 10-year old Ser
bian girl, whom he assaulted and
then strangled to death at Gary
last September. Vergolinl met
death with stoical indifference.
N. Y. PUBLISHERS
FEEL HAND OF LAW
(AMorfatr-d Prew ltMvt Wire.)
NEW YORK. Jan. SO. Sen-
tence will be imposed tomorrow : Oregon Trunk Is a part in the de
upon Stephen G. Clow, publisher veloproem of timber and other re
of Rroadway Brevities, Andrew j sources, there having been expert.
S. Urnwn end Nat Kunncss, ad- ed M2 flftO.ono In construction of
vertlslng solicitors of tho maga-l 'heir Oregon railway lines. Thn
f lue, who were found guilty , follows a declaration that aporoxi
yesteday by a federal Jury on mately n.000.O0O.O0O feet of tim
charges of using the mails to de- her Is available for cutting In the
fraud. Charles J. -Green, an- j Klamath Falls region and that
other employe was acquitted. large mills for cutting this timber
Clow Is out today on $'.,000 will be built ir they can bo served
bail following his counsel's pro-; by more than one railroad
mlse thnt he would appear to- ... r ,. .... i n
morrow for sentence. lirown Is k,1Com,mon V"r Prlvile"e
out on $.1,000 ball a"nd Kunuess' ,lnp from !n Columbia rlv-
on $500. er ""'"h to Bend was built as a
n I Part of a plan eventually to reach
otrci trip iktii itrivr nml """'e the territory In and
KEOUfylE. IINIUIKY nbout Klamath Falls and beyond.
IN OIL SCANDAI i,ne brll'f "f railway attorneys
continues, adding that the north-
M-vtatM tv. wiro IT" ""r" now havo "n,,i r C0I,S'1-
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30The Z 1" v '"V,,1",?' lnK of""r,h a
nM..i . n,i ,.hiK -.in p,Bn b bnlh'lng from Bend to
ttta... i. h,.'... o..u-.
-. " '"-"
here in the case of Senator Burton
K. heeler of Montana unexnect-
edly was called upon today to re-
l"n,n consideration of the naval oil
ifjaspe
Atlee Pomerene and Owen J.
Roberts, government oil counsel,
appeared before tho Jury when it
convened and Judaon C. Smith and
I A. 3. Month, officials of the First
National Bank of Puufclo Colorado,
were examined. No Indication of
j the testimony expected from them
was given.
j A sinitlar Inquiry was held bo
;fore a grand Jury here last Biim-
mr, but no report was returned.
CHEMISTRY'S NEW
AGE JUST AHEAD
fAwwfitH Prrm LfMtvT Win..
NEW YORK. Jan. 30. A new
civilization with a new rhemlstry
'I...I.I.. Jl.. . 1. . .i
ITenV. .. i.;. ,Z 2.:l Z
,,f ...k, ,-,, , ,,, ,iUo,
Ins the result of an attempt to an
!ply practically the Klnsteln theory
jof relativity. Dr. K. K. Free, editor
ef "The Scientific American."' said
at a luncheon meeting at the Lions
club today.
We are on the verge of entering
a new kind of chemistry." Dr. Free
Uxplaineil, and with that, perhaps,
ia new kind of civilization. If, as
we expect, we can give practical
j application to the Einstein, theory
we will be able to ftiu-ment the
t world's supply of cerinln things of
Iwhich there Is a definite shortage.
The world needs more platinum,
more Iodine, more helium. As far
as we know, there Is a shortage of
supply."
NEW YORK PONZI
CONFESSES GUILT
Ma.n-l.tM Trrm lyrail Wlre.1
NEW YORK. Jan. 3I Moe Tur-
man. who recen'ly confessed to
$1.3nn.noo of forgeries after the
14-llapse of a get-rleh-qulck scheme
founded upon a
Jion loan.
pleaded
guilty to secom
n gr
forgery
today. He will be sentenced Feb
ruary 6.
The prescribed penalty for the
crime Ib five to ten years Impris
onment. Turman's wife, who ac-'c-ompnnled
him to the district at-,
ttomey's effice nhen he confessed
land who has r-m lined with him
since, was in court, when her hus
I band pleade d.
GIVES OUTLffiPOSTAL WA
Exceptions Northern Lines
to Compulsory Order
- Show Intentions.
TIMBER AREA MAGNET
Ask Joint Use Southern
Pacific Road Out of
Eugene to Build
' East to West.
PORTLAND. Ore.. .Tn sn
; Declaration of the Intention of the
i.reai Northern and Northern Pa
cific systems to extend the Ore
gon Trunk Hue from Rend to
Klamath Falls unofficially an
nounced some time ago. Is contain
ed In the bill of exceptions of the
Oregon Trunk filed with the Inter,
state commerce commission to the
report of Examiner C. I. Kephart,
who last summer heard testimony
on the petition of the Oregon pub
lic service commission to require
the railways now touching the
borders of central Oregon to build
an easMo-west line and also to
connect Rend, Klamath Falls' and
Lakevlew.
At the outset the exceptions of
the so-called northern lines cite
that Examiner Kephnrt's report
falls to give due weight to their
legitimate interests, and of Ilia
group of railways of which the
i?'11 on " Kugene-Klamath
Kail
cut off of the Southern I'a- i
clfic, provided that the northern i
lines be accorded common use of !
the Southern Pacific Into Klam- I
ath Falls. liut If this cannot be i
assured and wasteful expenditure 1
of capital avoided It will be nee- '
essary lhat the northern lines. '
"southerly extension follow anoth-'
er route along the easterly border
of the great pine timber tract."
The brief further states that It i
will be of Immense value to the
territory between llend and Klam
ath Falls and about Klamath Falls
to be glvn access to the great
consuming territory reached hv
the group of railroads to which
the Oregon Trunk line beftinga
the Northern Pacific, the (Ireat
Northern and the nurlinglon -and
to be given the benefit of the
competition which Buch a group
can afford.
Alternative Is Cited
Finally, the bill of exceptions
.states tnat all ndilftlonal proceed
j ings before the Interstate com
merce commission should take in
to consideration the strong proh
lability that unless adrpiale joint
I rights to the northern lines an
j accorded over the projected lite'
TRACE OF PIANIST
tAa.K-l.tn1 rrrm .nanl Wire 1
NEW YORK. Jan. 30. railing
to find any clue In their search fur
.Kthel l,eg!nska, Kngllsh pianite.
:Who disappeared on Monday night.
the police have resorted to the ra
cllo.
j A description has been broad-
'cast at the request of her friends.
(Who are (rowing more apprehi ns-
Ive ror h'-r safety.
I According lo the secretary. Mifs
;!cgrnska had no money when she
disappeared. The police have vl.
lied several pawnshops In the vl
clnlty of the pianist's home In an
J effort to discover whether she
j pawned either her fur coat or li r
j'-w's. They had no stlc-cess.
The secretary. Mrs. Lucille Oliv
er, added tu tiic. appreheuiiion of
SIPJCE MQMY: SUICIDE THEORY
BASED 0?. HER PREVIOUS ACTIONS
PASSES
PLAN;SENATE, 70-8ili
(Aaorlatnl Piy Lnard Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The
postal pay and rate Increase bill
vaa passed today by the senate.
It carries the tame provisions
ror salary Increases, effective as
of July 1, 1924, as th measure
passed lst session and vetoed by
President Coolidge.
The rate Increases would apply
to practically every form of mall
service but those were considerab
ly modified from the original rec
ommendations of the postoffice de
partment, particularly on second
class mail.
The measure . expected to be
-challenged In the house, as a ways
ana means sub-committee has al
ready decided to urge Its return
to the senate as constituting a
usurpation of the house preroga
tive of initiating revenue legisla
tion. The rate Increases would be
come effective April 15 of this
year and expire February 15, 1926,
with a provision for an Investiga
tion by a Joint congressional com
mittee with a view to enaetment
next session of permanent legisla
tion. The vote on passage was sev
enty to eight, with Borah, Brook.
haHt, Norbeck and Norrts, republi
cans and Glass, Harrison, Swan,
son and Underwood, democrats,
opoosing It.
The only change today was the
adoption of an amendment to cut
from two to one cert the service
charge on parcel post packages.
MARRIED S TIMES,
NEVER DIVORCED
J ALKXANOniA, La.. Jnn. 30.
n divorced, is alleged to hnv vl-
ftd the allnr with Jesao. McDanlH,
tf. held hern under chantea of do-
sort (on preferred bv MrB. OordM
MepHtilel. of Hineville, La., aald to
bo his second wife.
Th women, each of whom bo
is alleged to have deserted, are
said to have been Mrs. It. J. How
ard and Mrs. fordie MeDanlel,
of Itlneville; a Miss Johnson of
I.ufkln, Tex. one nt Penrl Hirer,
La., and a fifth at McNary, Ariz.
SAFER HOSPITALS
FOR MAJMED VETS
(jtworlatMl Prr. 1uH Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. SO.Rec-
ommendat'ons for a hosnltalaza
tlon progran to provide 6.166 ad
ditional beds for soldier veteran
pntlents, based upon a survey of
the various locality needs through
out the country, have been pre
sented to Presldeht Coolidge by
the disabled American veterans.
Frank J. Irwin, national com
mander of the disabled veterans.
In outlining the program today,
said It also contemplated removal
of fire hazards at many Institu
tions where veterans are patients.
from Rend to Odell and over the
Southern Pacific's Ktlgene-Klam-alii
Falls cilt-ofr from Odell to
Klamath Fulls, the northern lines
will make application to the com
mission for permission to con
struct Independently from odell to
Klamath Falls. This course. It Is
declared, would yield to the North
ern lines the opportunity to give
to southern Oregon east of Ihe
Cascade Mountains transportation
development Into which they de
sire to share.
In exceptions filed by the South
ern Pacific objections were cited
to any action by the Interstate
commerce commission to accord
either the I'nlon Pacific or the
Northern Ihe Joint use of the Ku-gene-KIainath
Falls cut off.
MISSING
IE
the pianist's friends when she dis
closed that Miss l.eginska attempt
ed suicide bilM a student In
(iermany.
When Mlis I.eglnska was 17 nr
IS years old and was studying mu
sic In tiermany said Mrs. Oliver,
"she Jumped into a river. Home
one rescued h'-r. The next thing
she knew she was In I.midon. All
she remembered of the occurrence
afier h'-r Immersion was her gilng
from farm house to farm house
begglirg her meals and sleeping In
bams."
F. C. Frear, county roadmasler.
left this morning Jiir Scottshurg,
where he will spend the day trans
acting biisiuess matters.
! AISTHAM
A HEARS
'A O.N RADIO
(Anorlatnl Vrrm I.HJnl Wire.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 30. A.
speclul test program, trans
mitted by radio by statio
WtiN In an effort to reach
Australia and New Zealand
was heard distinctively for
wo hours in New Zealand
by K. H. Scott and A. Taa-
tnan. the Chicago 'iriuuno
announced today.
Lie GUILT!
E
Ex-Agent of Department of
Justice Sentenced to
Prison 2 Years.
EACH
t
FINED $10,000
Mulcted Casket Company
of Big Sum to Stave
Off Anti-Trust
Prosecution.
(Aianrlatd Press Lrurd Win.)
NEW YORK. Jnn. 30. Ons-
tnn II. Means, former depart
ment of justice agent, found guil
ty by a federal court Jury todny
on charges of conspiring to bribe
government officials, was sen
tencen to nay a fine of $10,000
and to serve a two-year peniten
tiary term. '
Thomas II. Felelor, Means at
torney, who was convicted of
similar charge, was fined $10
000. The court denied motions
to set aside the verdict on the
ground that It was contrary to
the weight of evidence.
The verdict returned by the
first Judge picked Jury to func
tion In a federal court trial nere
marks ono of many high lights
In the aertsatlonal career of
Means.
At Intervals In the last 8 years
he figured In a series of episo
des ranging from trial for mur
der to accusations of graft. In
which the names of men pro
minent in public llfo were han
dled about.
The present case got Into the
courts when a federnl grnnd Jury
last March Inducted Means, Fol
der and F.lmer W. Jarnecke, who
had been known as secretary to
Means, on the Justice obstruc
tion conspiracy charge. Officials
of the Crager System, a glass
casket comnany of Altoona, Pa.,
charged the trio with having ob
tained $65,000 rrom them on
their representation that it would
he spent in bribing hUth govern
ment officials to call ofr. their
prosecution on charges of Having
used the malls in a stock fraud
conspiracy.
Seventeen of the more than 50
men Involved subsequently were
convicted and sentenced to peni
tentiary terms In Atlanta. It
was after their conviction thnt
the Crager (llasa Casket defend
ants complnlned and the Indict
ments ofhe trio followed.
I'elder aald ho would Immedi
ately file an appeal. He expres
sed confidence that his convic
tion would be reversed by the
Circuit Court of Appeals and de
clared his Innocence of the
charge notwithstanding: tho ver
dict of the Jury.
Means' counsel snld an appeal
would also be filed In his case.
Means Is already under sent
ence of two years and a fine of
$10,000 for vlolntlon of the Vol
stead Act. but today's sentence
on the motion of Hiram O. Todd,
special 1'nlted Stales Attorney,
Is not to bo concurrent with the
previous one.
If Felder's sentence Is con
firmed by the higher court, he
will be disbarred from practice
of law.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30 C.aston
R. Means, former department of
Justice agent, and Thomas II. Feld
er, his attorney, today were con
victed In the federal court on
charges of consnlrlng to bribe gov
eminent officials In the Crager
Svslem glass casket fraud case
In 1924.
The verdict was returned under
seal ny me jury lasi nisiu niier
almost six hours deliberation and
was opened today. Maximum pen
alty under the conviction Is two
vesrs Imprisonment and fine of
$10 000.
The Jury's verdict carried with
It a recommendation for mercy.
In this city yesterday yNltln
wero Mrs Hubert (Sooti sml son.
rmm nnrttiem nolnts. Ther are
residents of Sllverton.
IIS
ID
IB
CASE
Fill LOAN BILL IS REPORTED
FAVORABLY, BUT LEGISLATURE
OBJECTS TO BEING HUHHiq
Senate Passes Eddy's Measure Giving Pupils of Public
Schools Two Hours a Week Absence for Religious
Instruction Raffety Behind Bill to Cut
Down Automobile Headlights.
STATE HOUSE, Snlnm. Ore.,
Jan. 30. The waya and mean com
mittee has decided to report out
favorably the bill for a $1,500,000
loan to the farmers of the state
from the sinking fund of the sold-
lera state aid commlHalon. Farmers
will pay the Btate six per cent fnter-
eat. The board of control will ad-,
minister the act.
Attempt to rush the bill throuch
was blocked in the house, however,
by opposition from representatives :
of mwiy corners of the sta(e
Representative Gordon sought a
suspension of the rules to place the
bill on third reading. i
Representative Coffey, Multnomah!
county, was the first to take the
floor In sharp opposition to rush ac
tion. "I am against a hysterical way
of pushing business through the
house." he declared. "A few days
more is not Ing to make any
great difference to the eastern Ore
gon farmers."
Grnham of Washington county.
and Mott of Clatsop county, also op
posed swift action.
S hum way. of Morrow and Uma
tilla, Fltxmsurlse of Gilliam, Sher
man and Wheeler, of the same
three counties, Gordon and Longer
gan of Multnomah urged Immediate
action for the relief of the farmers.
As the matter stands, It will
come up for passage early next
week.
Regulate Spotlights
Regulation of spotlights and
headlights of autos is attempted in
a bill introduced in tho house today nanus or me siaie noaru or comroi
by Representative Shrock at the J bv bm Introduced by Senator
request of T. A. Raffety, chief of' Kitner today.
the Btate traffic department Under n commissioner would be an
the bill, automobiles may only pointed to represent hatchery dis
show two headlights In front with "lct No. 1, one to represent batch
the exception of parking lights, and ry district No. 2, and the third
It Is specified lhat only one spot fror "e state at large. The term
liirlit nuiv ho used. Tim HnntHi?ht of one commissioner would ex-
must he Immovable, and must be
tached to the left hand side of the
machine and focused diagonally
across the road t'i a Point pnrallel
with the right hand side of the ma
chine, and not more than 75 feet in
front or It. Tho beam must not be
more than four feet In diameter
when focused on a wall 25 feet dis
tant The bill now goes to the sen
ate. ,
Eddy's Bill Passes
The senate pansed a bill Introduc
ed by Senator Eddy providing that
school children may be excused
not more than 120 minutes a week
for the purpose of attending week
dav schools of religious ed'iratlon.
House bill 1)2 providing for
means of collecting unpaid portions
of the 1923 Income tax was passed
by the house this morning.
Other hills tased Included 139!
making It unlawful to slssh trees
along river banks and allow high
water to carry them off; 11 plac-
tnir the angling limit of Chinook
and silver salmon catches at two
and four respectively a day In the
Rogue river.
Pardon Bills Killed
Several bills were pt't n'lI'Mly to
sleep this morning by the house by
Indeflnlle postponement. Included
In tvf irroim was houc hill 92 by
Hiirlbiirt which called for a lury
to hear all pardon cases. Another
nardon measure, house hill No. 3
by Rennett. providing for the su
p rem e court to pass on pardon
cases, w as dUposeil of In the same
manner.
House bill 1. by the governor's
special committee on licence revls
Ion, went the Fame route. This mea
sure would nave provided for a
MOVIE MELODRAMA
(AinHM Vrrm T.mhI Wir.)
T3 ANOKI.Krt. Till.. jHn 30
Mnrv Mllis Mintnr's millions.
moni'jr sh snys slio rsmi'il ilurinR
a sta nn l ncm-n rurfr that n
(ran whi'n shn vn a rhllil six
years ol,l. to.lay form-,! s srf.,.n
Ktilf across whlrh tin motion pic'
tur artrcus an. I h'-r mother fnriM
psrh other as opponents In a law
suit.
In an artlon fllM In superior
rourt vestenlav for an srcountlne
of funils which she slleees her ;
mother reretveil for hT as her ,
ananllan. Miss Mlnter. alvlnr her i
name as .lullette Rhelliv. "
'also
known as Jitlhtto Itellly
states
;that h
'Shelby.
nih.r Mr. rimr otte
slso known as Pearl Miles
Hi illy" has repeatedly refused to
graduated license fee based on th4
number of registrations of an auto.
A number of bills were favorably
reported. Among them was house
bill No. 10 by Swan, providing for
more strict regulation of dance
hulls.
Governor It Target
The Tort of Portland bill was la
process of debate when the senate
recessed at 12:25 o'clock today un
til 2 o'clock, and Senator Banks had
just completed his opening argu
ment In favor of tho measure. The
uui iHKfs i rum me governor in
power of appointing the Port of
Portland commissioners and pro
vides for the retention In office of
the present members of the board.
Hanks flayed the executive for
what be branded as a political play
that was contrary to the best Inter
est of the state and the northwest
The supreme court of the state
would be required to give opinions
whenever asked by the governor.
the senate or house or representa
tives, under a resolution introduc
ed In the house this morning by
Speaker Burdlck.
The resolution If adopted would
be" referred to the people at a gen
eral or special election.
Having accepted an invitation
from the Port of Portland commis
sion to be Its guest on an Inspec
tion to the Port of Portland, the leg
islature will adjourn this afternoon
until Monday.
Appointment of the state fish
commission would be placed In the
at-'n,rn Junn 1926 one Juno
1927, and the other June 1, 192H.
Less Power For Pierce
Control of the penitentiary would
he transferred from the governor to .
the Oregon state board of control
under house bill No. 224 introduced
by Settlemelr, Marlon county.
The house yesterday adopted a
memorial calling upon Presldant
Coolidge and Howard M. Gore, sec
retary of agriculture, not to double
the grazing fee on federal lands.
Speaker Uurdick has named
Representative Graham and McAl
lister as members of a special
committee to study traffic regula
tions with the Idea of obtaining a
more uniform plan. Regulations in
force in neighboring states will be
taken into consideration. ' x
Representative Pierce of Cooa
""Y nas Introduced a bill to
Prevent nogs rming on tne running
boards of automobiles unless frame
j prniecunn were proviueq.
This session of the legislature
will set a precedent by not making
the biennial junkets to the Univer
sity of Oregon and Oregon Agricul
tural College. There was consider
able opposition to making the trips
so the members from Renton and
Lane counties reaohed tho conclu
nfon thathe trips would not be
taken.
Reclamation Measures
Senator Pavls has Introduced two
hills in the Interests of reclame
i lion, agreed upon by the Anglo
; Itank people, the district and the
federal reclamation service.
I The first bill provides for the
sale by irrigation districts of Irri
gation works and other property not
(Continued on page 6
MADE, MOTIVATES
IT
nukfl any aormintlnit of mowjr
idirnnil by hnr daughter.
Th sums recHvrd by Mrs. Shol
jhy from tlnin to tlmo Incluil. c
rnrillnir tn tho complaint, a total
I V'W 1rn by MlssJWInlrr
mnler a contract with the Famous
Vlavers-Iinkv Corporation durlnic
the years 1TI20 192S. Her total
earnings sine she began work as
a girl of six she Is unable to esti
mate accurately, she said, but sha
Is confident the sum ran. Into sev
en figures.
The court Is asked to order Mrs.
Shelby to make an accounting at
once of all money received on bo.
neair or ner uangnter ana an rro-
petty she has purchased with that
'money