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An Independent Newspaper, Published fr the Bast Interest of the People.
Consolidation of The evening Newt and The Roteburg Review.
VOL. XXVII. NO. 7 OF RO" -,URG REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 3. 1925.
VOL.X1L NO. 278 OF THE EVENING NEWS
OREGON GUAh
HEAD ACCUSED
BY HIS AIDE
Adjutant General White
. Faces Vague Charge
of Misconduct
NO DETAILS GIVEN
Major Gjested Follows His
Resignation With An
Open Declaration to
Expose What ?
(AaucUti-d mm Ltued Wire.)
SAI.EM, Ore., Feb. 3. Major
Charles E. GJedsted, for four years
chief assistant to Adjutant gener
al George A. White of the Oregon
National Guard, who yesterday
suddenly quit his post without a
word of explanation from himself
or the adjutant general, today sub
mitted his resignation In writing
to the adjutant general from Port
land. In addition, he forwarded a
letter to Governor Pierce in whlrh
he declared that he resigned "In
that I can feel free to bring to
your attention certain Irregulari
ties committed by the adjutant
general in his administration of
the department.
"Specifications covering irreg
ularities referred to will be sub
mitted to you in due course at
your command for such action as
you may deem proper," continues
Major GJedsted In his letter to the
executive. Neither the letter to
the governor, his letter of resigna
tion to General White, or a formal
letter which he gent to all offic
ers of the national guard advising
them-of the resignation glvf ny
particulars as to the cause of the
resignation or his split with the
department
GJedsted charges In his letter
of resignation to the adjutant
general that "when subservience is
required in preference to service
and when the spoken word of the
head or a department becomes, to
put it very mildly, unreliable, then
it is time for anv self-respecting
Individual to separate himself
from such conditions. This I now
do without any regrets whatsoev
er." Major GJedsted asserts In his
letter to White and his letter to
the officers of the guard that "on
July 26. last, after a heated ses
sion during which I tendered my
resignation, you requested the
withdrawal of my resignation and
asked me to 'forget' the circum
stances in connection therewith,
and I In good faith gave you my
promise I have kept to this day to
do so, and when you proferred
your hand to bind the compact, I
did not believe that you would so
far demean yourself as to break
that faith. However, Just as soon
as you deemed it expedient to do'
so. you not only have broken faith
and repudiated other promises
you had mode besides, but went to
further extremes in an endeavor
to Justfy your actions. In view of
the circumstances I must ask you
to release me from any promise I
have made with regard to your
self and. in event of your failure
... mn n tho mnlTnrV 1
will of course consider myself re- 1
leased and free to do as I may
deem expedient. ,
Return to Eocene !
A. M. Clemenson. assistant man
ager of the Stni-'e Terminal Hotel 1
at Eucene, Oregon, was a
guest at the Terminal Hotel here
last night. Mr. Clemenson is re
turning home, after spending j
some time nt Marshfield, where
the new Terminal Hotel is to be '
erected. I
University of Oregon Girl Is In
Hospital After Brutal Treatment
at Hands of Trio of Abductors
(Awoclired Pre 1tm4 wire.) ( Insulting proposals were made
EfGENE. Ore., Feb. 3. A 20- ,to her during the ride, she told the
rear-old University of Oregon girl, 'officers, and when she refused
whose residence is in Eug-ne, but ',. - , ,.
whnse name was not revealed, was m ,fl
seized and gagged as she was w" bl","r ,ora'
walking across an alley on a short ! When the car reached Cottage
cut to the university late yesfer- i Grove, the girl said, one of the
day afternoon, according to her stood on the running board,
storv to officers. Three young men and with the machine traveling
In a car carried out the abduction, ' about five miles an hour drop
she said. Pe'1 ner to the pavement. ,
The storv she told was that she I When she was found she was in
was taking a short cut, reading a hysterical condition, and a nurse
letter when a car stopped and two at the hospital where she was tak
of the voting men seized her. One en' said that her nasal passages
of ih.-m. she said, claimed his had been burned by the excessive
hand over her mouth, lifted her by
the shoulders, while the other seiz-
ed h- r bv the legs. She was kept
on the floor of the car while the
V, . ,,,-K nt nn fh Pa-
cific highway toward Cottage I
Grove.
PPORT
CASE DISMISSED
anal. '
'S.A IImH whs din. 4
missea ' aftprnoon. Head 4
was broils-fit back from Port
4 land yesterday upon complaint
of his wife, who alleged that
he was not providing for her 4
and the children. It develop-
ed that Head la suffering from
tuberculosis and haa been
keeping his condition from his
wife, who did not know that
he was 111. When certificates
of physicians showing hla
physical condition were pre-
sen li d to the district attor-
ney, the case was dismissed.
Mrs. Head has been residing 4
in Roseburg while her husband
was located In Portland.
The lot adjoining the Baptist
church, on the south, was bought by
that church yesterday, the deal be
ing completed Monday by the U. W.
Young and Sous Heal Estate com
pany. The church expects to erect
a building for the Sunday school
soon.
HEROIC BUTTLE
IS
Last Relay of Dog Teams
Reaches Nome With
Anti-Toxin.
SOME SERUM FROZEN
More Medicine to Follow
. by Relay of Steamer,
Railroad and
Airplane.
(AncUtd Presi Lfvitd Wire.)
NOME, Alaska. Feb. 3. Fatigu
ed from two days' loss of sleep
and exhausted from driving a team
of dogs sixty miles through a
blinding blizzard for seven and
one half hours in order to deliver
300.000 units of diphtheria anti
toxin to this town yesterday, Gun
nar Kasson was still sleeping early
today.
Kasson accomplished a feat sel
dom attained by seasoned mush
ers of the Bub-Arctic. For two
days he waited on the trail at
Illuff with thirteen dogs, headed
by Balto, of the Hammon Consol
idated Gold Fields company , to
transfer serum shipped from An
chorage via Nenana from Olsen's
relay team. Leonard Seppalla,
undefeated musher of the north,
met a relay team at Shaktoltk,
east of Norton Sound, and carried
the anti-toxin to Oolofnln, on the
north shore of Norton Sound, Ber
ing Sea, where Olsen awaited him.
Despite s temperature of 28 de
grees below zero and a blizzard
fanned by a stiff wind, Kasson
mushed on. The storm and dark
ness prevented him from meeting
Fred Hohn at Solomon for the last
short relav dash Into Nome. He
kept up the pace, however, and
reached here at daybreak. Four
dogs in his team were badly fro
zen. Rohn arrived before noon from
Solomon after he learned Kas
son had missed him. No word has
been received from Seppala. The !
former Finnish athlete is expected
to return slowly, resting at vil
lages to feed his tired dogs.
A portion of the serum, frozen
on Its arrival, was thawed out yes
terday afternoon and used on pa
tients. Dr. Curtis Welch said he
(Continued on page 2 )
" of """ sort"of snsesthetlr.
Officers believe that she must
have been completely under the I
Influence of the drug during part j
Of the Tide.
She said that she was robbed of
I10 during the trip.
m
BLIZZARD
FINALLY
IN
BUILDERS TO BE
IDE TO LEAVE
STREETS CLEAN
Ordinance to Be Adopted
' Requiring Deposit to
Insure Clean-Up.
COMPLAINTS HEARD
City Council Holds Busy
Session Considering Many
Important and Rou-'
tine Matters.
An ordinance which will re
quire contractors and builders to
clean up their rubbish after con
struction work is being consider
ed by the city council, and will
probably be submitted at the next
meeting. This ordinance will pro
vide that persons desiring to use
the streets for storing building
materials or for mixing motar
or cement, must obtain a license
to do so, and that the application
for license must be accompanied
by a deposit of $10. If the streets
are cleared and cleaned promptly
the full $10 will be returned, but
If the litter is not removed then
the street cleaning department
will do the work and the $10 or
such part of It as is needed will
be used to clean off the pave
ments. This ordinance Is deemed ne
cessary In view of the great rush
of building operations planned for
this year, coupled with the fact
that some contractors have been
very careless In this regard In the
past. The greatest trouble Is
where concrete is mixed on the
pavement. If not cleaned off
promptly. It hardens, and then It
Is almost Impossible to sweep the
street, and the brooms used on
the Bweeper are badly torn up as
a result. Several times the mem
bers of the street force have been
required to spend many hours of
tedious labor removing the ce
ment with a pickaxe, the cost to
the city amounting to several dol
lars in each case.
By requiring a license the city
can regulate the placing of build
lug materials in the street and
can prevent streets from being
blocked or traffic Interfered with.
and at the same time will have
the assurance that the contractor
will upon completion of his work,
leave the streets In a clean con
dition.
The council meeting last night,
at which this proposed ordinance
was discussed, was a busy one,
there being a large number of im
portant and routine matters
brought up for consideration and
action.
Frank Warner appeared and
nsked for an Investigation of the
assesment on the Block 53 sewer.
He claimed that he had been un
justly assessed and that the
amount charged against his prop
erty was not In proportion to the
others. The committee on city
Improvements will Investigate the
claim.
Al Creason appeared with an
offer to purchase some of the
city's holdings in North Roseburg i
if the city will clear the title. The
matter will be taken up with the j
city attorney for legal advice.
The Coen Lumber company I
presented a communication sup-1
plementing their petition for the :
vacation of a portion of Floed and
Short streets. This matter of
vacating the two streets is to he
heard at the regular meeting of
the council on February 16. The
company finds that the railroad
company will not permit the use
of their present storage track as
a loading spur, and consequently
a new spur must be built In,
which will greatly crowd the prop
erty. A petition for an alley side
walk on East 3rd street. North,
was referred to the committee on
city Improvements.
A request for a street light on
Spruce street, was referred to the
committee on electric lights.
The application of Ed Thorn
ton for permission to build a re- !
tainlng wall at the sidewalk line j
r, w, XTn- Tin i . rr n - -nil . VI.
granted.
The committee on health and
police reoorted that It had thor
oughly Investigated the proposi
tion of maintaining the city dump
ground, and recommended that
the city place a man In charge
with authority to collect 25 cents
for each load hauled In, and that
he be privileged to convert any
of the discarded refuse to his own
gain, and that In return for this
privilege that he contract to keep
the grounds clean.
The committee on electric lights
recommended that a light be
placed on North Pine street, a t
short distance south of the Lln
ser property. The light was.or
(Contlnued on page 6 )
PLUNGE OF LOCOMOTIVE
KILLS ENGINEER; 2 HURT
(AauHat) Pro Load WlrO
TACO.MA. Feb. 2. Harry Parker,
engineer, was killed and Mike Nick
and Earl Riley, brakemen, were se
verely burned when the locomotive
of a logging train plunged through
a trestle on the Eastern Railway
and Lumber Company's line near
Centralis, Wash., this morning.
The body of Parker was still
pinned under the locomotive sever
al hours alter the wreck. The two
brakemen were riding In the engine
and were Injured by escaping
steam. Fireman Sullivan escaped
without serious injury.
The trestle that gave way under
the locomotive Is about ten tulles
from Centralis.
"DOC" COOK MUST
SERVE 14 YEARS
( Associated Ptm Leased Wire.)
NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 3. The
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals today affirmed the convic
tion of Dr. Frederick A. Cook.
Arctic explorer, who last year was
found guilty at Fort Worth, Tex.,
for using the mails to defraud In
connection with the sale of oil
Btock.
Found guilty on 14 counts In
connection with oil developing
schemes, Dr. Cook was sentenced
to fourteen yeara Imprisonment
by the federal court of Texas and
the case reached the higher tri
bunal when Cook's attorney took
exception to the charges to the
jury.
Cook has already started hla
sentence in the Tarrant county
Jail at Fort Worth.
LOVE AFFAIR
OF HE ED SPORT
PAIR HITS SNAG
Eloping Couple Malted by
Sheriff Starmer Upon
Arrival in City.
THE GIRL IS ONLY 14
Parents on Way to Take
Her Back Home Man
Held in Jail Faces
Serious Charge.
The elnnemenf nlnna nf nnv
Carver, 23, and Ada Gardner, H,
both of Reedsnort rnma in an
abrupt end last night, when local .
otneers took the couple Into cus
tody, and the young man now occu-l
nles a nrlvntn Bulla In tua
jail, while the young lady awaits
the coming of her parents, who are
due tonight. The pair came in on
the stage last night, and were mak-
ing a purcnase of railroad tickets
to California whn Sh-lfr c.n ....
interrupted proceedings and ter-
unnaieu me trip.
Carver and Mlsa r..nin. i..i
Reedsnort yesterday. The girl j
started to school, as usual, her
mother thought, but met the man
a short ways from the house, and
they walked to the station about
four miles away and took the
train to Marshfield. They caught '
the stage out of Marshfield late
yesterday evening, and arrived here
last night.
When the girl did not show up
st school, the parents were In
formed, and discovered the plan
for elopement and telephoned Sher
Iff Slnrmer, ho was on hand when
Modern Lucretia Borgia Found In
7-Year-Old Lass, Confessing to Two
' Victims and Designs on Many More
fAMoel.tH Ptm, Taw4 Wirt.)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 Police
today were checking a confession
they say was made to them last
night by 7-year-old Alsa Thomp
son, precocious grammar school
pupil, to the effect that two years
a no In Dauphin, Manitoba, she kill
ed her twin sisters by putting
grouna glass in tnelr food.
Her slleged confession also In
cluded an admission that a woman
had fallen victim to her Infantile
skill at mixing deadly potions, and
that since coming to Los Angeles
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Thompson, she has . at
tempted the lives of still other
children and adults.
She was brought to the attention
of authorities here yesterday
when Mrs. Ines Plaits, with whom
her parents had placed her to
board, complained that the girl
had mixed ant paste with sulphur
ic scld taken from a radio battery
and had attempted to feed k to
members of the family.
Questioned by a police matron,
the child is alleged to have admit
ted the poisoning attempt with an,
DISTRESSED SCHOONER IS
SAVED; CREW IN LIFEBOATS
(AiencUted Pre Load Wire.)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. S. The
waterlogged steam schooner Couba.
which was picked up yesterday af
ternoon south of the mouth of the
Columbia river by the steamer For
est King, was brought into Astoria
harbor this morning by that ves
sel, according to a report to the
Merchants' Exchange.
A lifeboat from the Caoba, con
taining four or five men, was pick
ed up by the Grays' Harbor pilot
boat this morning and another lite
boat containing two men was
sighted near the Grays' Harbor bar,
according to a message received by
the federal telegraph station here.
JAZZ FLOURISHES
ON CLASSICS BASE
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
(AeneUted mas Leeeed Wire.)
SPOKANE. Feb. 3. While at
torneys for Professor Francis E.
Woodward, choir leader and music
teacher of this city, were prepar
ing today to file In superior court
jnere a suit demanding $10,000 on
i behalf of their client from Ralph
Pollock, leader of an orchestra
playing a theatre and dance hall
engagement here, because he had
"Jazzed up the old masters," Mr.
Pollock announced his Intention to
Invade still further the reulm of
the classics with his modern syn
copation. '
"Professor Woodward is
wrong," was Mr. Pollock's reply to
the professor's complaint which
has been served upon him, "and to
prove it, I shall modernize, or if he
so prefers to limit "rag" on the
opera Aids next week."
j Basing his suit for damages he
claims have been sustained by hla
j business is that because in Air.
Pollock's rendition of the work
of the masters, "the public has re
ceived a perverted Idea of classi
cal music, Insofar that many child
ren no longer desire a musical ed
ucation." The Pollock orchestra. Profes
sor Woodward alleges, "makea a
practice of mutilating the old mas
terpieces of music by butchering
the classical selection of the
world's master composers."
PATE CONVICTED
IN FIRST DEGREE
(AMoclatd rrea iufd Win.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Feb. 3.
W. S (Sim) Pate, co-plotter of
the robbery of a local gambliiifc
house here last month which term
inated In the murder of Oscar
Erickson, was convicted of first
degree murder today. The Jury
recommended life imprisonment.
John O shea, reputed drlvpr or
the auto which took the robbers to
and from the scene of the crime,
went to trial on the same charge
this morning.
Pete Sullivan, alleged to have
been the man who actually killed
Erickson, will ve the third and
last of the men to face trial. John
Taylor, confessed leader of the
bandits, was allowed to plead enti
ty to manslaughter and is belnK
used as chief witness against the
others.
In today visiting with friends and
shopping for a few hours, was Mrs.
Vernon Hickson. Mrs. Hlckson re
sides at lirockway, and returned
home thlA afternoon.
the Btage came in. Ife saw the pair
leave the car and go to the depot
and followed them there, and made
his arrest while the man was pur
chasing railroad tickets.
According to Carver they were
going to California to get married.
The tact, however, that the girl Is
not quite 14 years of age. Is apt to
place him In a serious position. If
th case Is prosecuted.
The girl was turned over to Miss
Agnes Pitchford, county Juvenile of
ficer to await the corning of her
parents, who telephoned that they
expect to be here this evening. She
has refused to talk about the case
and will give the orffrers little In
formation regarding her relations
with Carver.
I "I guess I did It because I am so
mean." and the more she was ques
tioned the more attempted and
successful pilsonlngs she remem
bered with the result that an in
vestigation Is under way and po
Hre, while hardly convinced that
Alsa la telling the truth, admit
they are puzzled.
I 8 A NT A ANA. Calif., Feb. 3.
Russell Thompson, father of 7
year old Alsa Thotrpson, who Los
Angeles pollre announced last
night had "confessed" poisoning
, her twin sisters In Dauphin. Ma
nitoba, two years ago and at-
' tempts on the lives of others here
recently, derlured this morning
that the rhllds story was merely
the product of a vivid imagina
tion. Thompson said: "My child
la perfectly normal and any report
that she tried to poison any one Is
wrong."
Alsa, who Is unusually precoc
ious and advanced In her school
studies beyond her years. Is un
der observation today In the psy
cbopatic ward of the county hospital.
L VOTER
BILL FAILS TO
MEET APPROVAL
Taxpayer Definition Leads
Representative Hercher
to Withdraw It
FOUR NEW ARMORIES
Indian War Veterans May
Receive Tax Exemption
Estimates Under
Pruning Knife.
(AooeUttd Prm Uued Win.)
STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore..
Feb. 3. Following a sharp at
tack by Representative Woodward
of Mullnomuh county, and Gra
ham of Washington county, on
house bill 16 by Hercher, of
Douglas county, providing for a
property tux qualification for the
school district voters, the author
withdrew it. The author and
Graham pointed out that the
measure would bar people from
voting on tax measures and bond
measures even though they were
buying property on contract and
had In reality been owners for
years. Six bills were passed to
day including house bill 266
cutting down the boundary limits
of the game refuge along the up
per Columbia river.
Kami lU'lief 1(111 Advanced.
The farmers' relief bill, carry
ing an appropriation of $l,f00,
000, and amended on motion of
Senator Rltner in committee of
the whole so as to extend Its
benefits to lessees of Indian-owned
land, passed the senate yester
day afteriwon by an unanimous
vote. The measure had already
passed the house and now goes to
the governor for his signature.
The bill was designed primarily
to relieve farmers in severul east
ern Oregon counties whose win
ter wheut crops have been de
stroyed by cold weather and who
will have to re-seed tbeir land.
The 11,600.000 fund, which Is
appropriated to their use from
the sinking fund of the state bo
nui and loan commission, is to
be loaned to them directly or
through banks for the purchase of
seed wheat for re-seeding pur
poses. Aside from the relief ap
propriation the sum of S5.UUU is
appropriated to put the measure
Into effect.
The senate and house bill will
probably adjourn Immediately up
on convening this afternoon to
give right to way to the prohi
bition department investigating
committee.
rrimury l.uw Tlnkerliij;.
The house passed the Mills post
primary measure on to the senate
for final disposition, when the bill
came up for third reuding yester
day afternoon.
House bill No. 10, which would
provide for a pre-primury, has
been held back until house bill
.", the Mills measure, is finally
disposed or. The Indication is
that It will go the same route, the
house passing it to the senate.
Indian U'ur Vets Aided.
A senate bill providing that all
Indian war veterans, regardless of
whether they are veterans of Ore
gon Indian wars, shall be exempt
I r ii in taxutlon up to 11,000 valu
ation, was pussed by the senate
today.
House bill 10, providing for a
more stringent regulation of the
dance hulls in non-Incorporated
centers was passed by the houne
yesterday. Twelve residents of
the school district In which a
dance hull is to be located would
have to sign the application of
any person desiring to obtain an
operating license. A $000 bond
would have to be required.
Representative Moll of Astoria,
champion of smaller fishermen
of thu state, lurew down the
challenge to the big salmon In
terests yesterday afternoon by In
troducing a measure to prohibit
use of seines, fish wheelers, traps
and other fixed gear In tne wa
ters of Oregon.
Four New Armories.
The military affairs committee
decided to recommend favorably
on four propose armory projects
after hearing the pleas of delega
tions seeking appropriations,
those projects, finding favor to
date are: La Grande, $40,000;
Cottage Grove, l;!0.000; Forest
Grove, :to,tiou, and Sllverton,
1 10,000. The latter sum la sought
for completing the Hllverton struc
ture. Although strong pleas were
set forth In favor of Astoria's re
quest for an armory appropria
tion, the committee felt it could
not Inrlude it this year. The
recommendations or the military
affairs committee must now run
the gauntlet of the joint ways and
(Continued on page I.)
0
TO DEPORT KARI3
John Karls, one of the
Greeks Implicated in the ron-
bery of the Scottsburg quarry.
a number of years ago, and
whose companion In crime,
"Rig Mike" Zealock, was re.
cently pardoned by Governor
w Pierce, is to be deported, ac-
cording to a statement by K.
P. llonham, immigration com-
missloner for this district.
Kuris was paroled by Gover-
nor Olcott, aud was later re-
turned to the penitentiary af-
ter arrest In Marshfield.
Thirteen other aliens are to be
returned to their native lands.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hutching
were visitors in this city over
night last night. They are from
Missoula, Montana, and Mrs.
Hutchlngs Is with the Florence
Hotel there. They were guests at
the Vmpqua Hotel.
BOULDER STILL
fN DEATH GRIP
Dripping Snow Water Add
to Torture of 5 Days
in Narrow Cave.
SMALL HOPE FOR HIM
Plan to Use Drill Given
Up Lest Vibration
Change Passage
Into Tomb.
(AamrtatM Ptms bu4 Win.)
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 3 Pal
lid of face, his lips purple and
his strength fast ebbing. Flovd
Collins early today lay In the mole
like hole In San Cnve, waiting for
some one, some thing, to release
his foot, held down by a hnee
boulder, which fell upon It when
ne was exploring the cave Friday
morning.
For 24 hours he was alone, the
constant drip, drip, drip of water
from melting snow and Ice on the
surface growing more deadly mon
otonous hour by hour by hour.
Saturday he was found and since
that time scores of men have tried
In vain to rescue him. Persons
all over the country have been
trying to help too, for manv sug
gestions have been received by tel
egraph but the ingenuity of man
has gone for naught. In the nar
row crevice, hardly large enough
for a amnll man to smtlrm through
the boulder. Immovable, has held
Collins while the constant drip-
nfng or the water has created a
torture chamber such as was
known only In ages past.
For hours men have pecked
away at the boulder with cold
chisels: others have tugged at a
rope fastened about the body of
the victim. He had moved five
Inches In four davs.
Hut hone, stronger than the
jaded bodies of the rescuers, held
out today and renewed efforts
were being made to pull Collins
from his living tomb.
Apparently onlv the most prim
itive methods will be successful,
If anything Is to be done. A com
pressed air drill was rushed here
from ItOiilsvllle, but experienced
cave men said there was grave
danger thst the vibrations would
loosen other rork and cause the
narrow passnge to collapse, so It
(Continued on page 2 )
D5
C
Clash Between Old Time Ideals
and Innovations of Youth Dates
Back 2000 Years B. C, Says Divine
(KmnrlnteA Prtm IumI Wlr.)
DENVKR, Colo., Feb. 3 The
acoid "superiority complex" of the
older generation towards modern
youth was toppled from Its pin
nacle today by Illshop Edwin II.
Hughes, of Chicago. In an address
on "the church's responsibilities to
youth." before the Denver council
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
He refuted "bobbed hair" with the
"bangs" of the eighties, "short
skirls" with, the "hoop skirts" and
the modern automobile, a motion
plct Ire "craze" with the skating
rink and bicycling fads of days
gone by.
The censure of "young folks" Is
not peculiar to the present day.
was the assertion of Illshop Hughes
who declared that he could trace
bark "this misunderstanding to
1 2.000 years before Christ," and
could nsm "epitaphs on mnnu
Imenas 5.001 years old In which old
kings declared that their young
CLEAVER GETS
ORAL BOQUETS
I
Pierce and Other PraUe
Honesty and Result
of Hi Labor.
MORE MONEY ASKED
Oswald West Lays Mess on
Governor, Would Fire
Cleaver, Put Work
Up to Sheriffs.
CLEAVER INDICTED. '
(AmcUtrd Prra Leunt Wire.)
Portland, Or., Feb. 3.
Gsorge L. Cleaver, stats pro-
hlbltlon commissioner, was In-
dieted today by the federal
grand Jury here on two eounts
on charges growing out of
Cleaver's raid on the British
steamship London Merchant
In Portland harbor December
17, 1924.
4 The first count charges un-
lawfully entering the vessel, 4
4 and the second charges un-
lawful seizure of a quantity of 4
liquor on board the vessel.
United Stats District Attor-
ney Coke said the raid by the
stats dry officers on the ves-
sal was a violation of ths
treaty between ths United
States and Great Britain.
Cleaver was arrested by fed- 4
ersl officers following the
4 raid, but was released on.
1500 bond.
(AwKUted Prm laid Win.)
STATE HOUSE. Salem , Ore.,
Feb. 8. There were several spots
that scintillated with blue sparks
In the public bearing last night by
the committee Investigating the
state prohibition department and
in the executive session that fol
lowed It. The latter did not end
until the hour hand on the stain
house dial had flagged , past the
hour of midnight.
Governor Pierce said counties
had been found where It was al
most Impossible to get a convic
tion In a liquor case until senti
ment had beon created. In trying
to enforce the law he declared that
Cleaver had earned his salary.
"The funds with which we have
to work are Insufficient," said the
governor. "We have had only
about SilOO for each county, but
with that amount we have worked
wonders, and the chief value tins
been to put backbone Into those
officers who were reluctant to en
force the law or who were net vig
orous In their enforcement."
The governor defended his ac
tion In turning over to W. J. Her
wig of the Anti-Saloon League,
through Cleaver, 110.000 to be us
ed In the Investigations of Abe
Weinberg, detective employed by
the anti-Saloon League, and 'de
clared he believed It money well
spent. Speaking ol local officers
the governor commended District
Attorneys Keater, of Umatilla
county; Fisher of Coos'; Conners
of Yamhill, Stipp of Oregon City
and others, but said there were;
other officers who felt offended
when state officers were sent into
their counties.
High Praise For C leaver
"I consider George L. Cleaver
absolutely Incorruptible,' said
the governor. "If he hadn't been
I he could have made a fortune in
I the last two years. I don't believe
there has been a cleaner depart
' (Continued on pate 2.)
I people were going over the precl
jplre of destruction."
I Despite the coniplexlty of the
'present day, Illshop Hughes warn
ted the older generation that "they
could not fold their hands, sit back
and talk as if they were saints
when they were young."
Illshop Hughes In his Sifress np
' set many of the rules of "the Judg
ment of human nature," stating
i that he found no truth In the sup
1 position that a man was wicked In
character, "If he could not look
one squarely In the face," and that
.a man with a squint in his eye had
!a quirk In his moral nature.
I Race predudice was assailed by
I nisluip Ilughea In the statement
thnt "God only knows what Is go
ing to hapjien to the white people.
If we continue to keep the colored
ones against us. The only yellow
terll the white people need to fear
Is the yellow streak In their own
lives "
l
AND
BRICKBA