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VOL. XXVII NO. 252 OF R03EBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 28. 1927. ,
XVIIINO. 13 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Uha Weather
Highest temperature yesterday.... 52
Lowest temperature last n,lghfc...40
Forecast for southwest Oregon:
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AGTIDNONTAX
MATTERS URGED
BY PATTERSON
Governor Tells Legislature
Message on Subject to
' - ' Come Next Week.
IDEAS WILL , BE GIVEN
Eddy Wins Partial Victory
on School Board Bill;
$1,000 Raise for
Circuit Judges.
(Associated rross leased Wire.)
STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore.,
Jnn. 28 In accordance with the
, promise made to the legislature In
Ills . Inaugural message, Governor
Patterson announced today that la
Iho fore part of next week he will
Rii limit r special message on the
financial and tax problem.
"Not lajer than next Wednesday
I will submit a special message on
the financial and tax question now
confronting . the. legislature'," "said
Governor Patterson. ,
"In addition to submitting Ideas
of my own ou both questions, I ex
pect to analyze legislation now
-pending In reference to both In the
legislature.. Some of this legisla
tion I expect to -.commend and
other measures I may oppose.
"The session is now .half over
and during the remaining half It
will be incumbent on us all to
concentrate our attention on the
tax question to the end that fi
nances may be provided for the ad
ministration of state affairs, and
. the tax burden at the same time
be made as light and equitable
as- possible." , -.,-.. ,
' So far there are some thirteen
of fourteen.; ineasuros pending In
(lie legislature with references to
tnxation and revenue.
Committee Longevity
Appointment of the ways and
means committee of the legislature
two yeairs In advance may be pro
vided for in a bill which may be
Introduced at this session of the
legislture. It would provide that
the president of the senate and the
speaker of the house at each ses
sion of the legislature would ap
point the ways and means commit
tee for the next succeeding legis
lative session. ' -v
The bill would require that at
least four of the senate members
bo holdover senators. '
' Budget Governor's Job.
: STATE HOUSE, SALEM, Ore.,
Jnn. 28. Governor I. L. Patter
son's suggestion that the governor
be made the budget making offi
cial for the state was approved by
tho ways and means committee
last night. A bill to that effect,
giving the governor authority to
appoint a budget director was en
dorsed. A clause providing that
the appointment ot this officer
. would be subject to approval of
the senate was stricken out.
Eddy Bill Compromised. -
At a public hearing last night by
the senate committee on educa
tion, Senator Eddy agreed to some
amendments to his education bill.
These will leave the state text
book commission and the Btate
board of higher curricula as they
now are, and make the proposed
new board of education of seven
members supplant only the pres
ent board which is composed of
tho governor, the secretary of
Btate and the state superintendent
of state BChools. Another will
make the new board members all
laymen. As the bill was drawn it
provided that three should be pro
fessional educators
Auto Fees Unchanged.
The house committee on roads
(Continued on page six)
BILL TO OPEN
TROUT SEASON
, IS INTRODUCED
Senator Eddy has Introduc-
ed the bill sponsored by the
sportsmen of the upner Ump-
qua district which If passed
will open the trout season for
fish over six Inches In length
for the entire year. This open
season will ajinly to the wa-
ters of tho South Umpqua
river from the mouth to a
point nine miles above Tiller.
and the North Umpqua river
from the mouth to the Lone
Rock bridge.
The bill was introduced on
the 26th and Is now In the
hands. of the committee.
The proposal was initiated
bv a laige group of sports-
men wh"desire to take advan-
tage of the winter fishing. At
the present time fishing Is
prohibited above tidewater
except for steelheads of 15
inches or more In length.
Gladstone And
Noted Actress
Linked In Book
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Jan. 28 Regret for
bringing the name of Lily Langtry
Into his life case against Viscount
Gladstone was voiced by Captain
Peter Wright when he resumed the
stand today.
Captain Wright is suing Lord
Gladstone for referring to htm as a
"liar, coward aid fool" after publi;
catlpn of the captain's book "Por
traits and Criticisms" In which the
viscount's father, William - Ewart
Gladstone, great Victorian prime
minister, was characterized as Im
moral. Captain Wright said today lie
would have "done anything" ' to
avoid giving his testimony yester
day In which he said he had been
told by persons as a historical fact
that Lily Langtry, celebrated rtfct
ress and now Lady de Bathe, had
been intimate with the elder Glad
stone. A London pictorial paper today
published a picture of Gladstone
the "grand old man," beside one of
Lily Langtry In her youth, when
she was known as one ' ot the
world's most beautiful women.
The courtroom was crowded
when today'B session opened, Some
of 'those present knew the elder
Gladstone, among them T. P. X.
(Tay Pay) O'Connor, "father of the
House of ' Commons," and Augus
tine T3irrell, former chief secretary
for Ireland. - ; .
Captain Wright withdrew his
suggestion of yesterday that the
elder Gladstone had an Illegitimate
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PUT 1 2 BOYS
TMtCC Q
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Former Friends'.' of Wife
Expected to Testify
-. . Against Her. .
ATTACK ALL PLANNED
Husband's Attorneys Seek
Access to Diary Kept
by "Peaches" to.
Aid Their Case.
(Associated Prcea Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Charlotte
Mills, 20-year-old daughter of the
slain choir singer in the Hall-Mills
murder case at Somerville, N. J
today was added to the Edward W.
Browning separation case when at
torneys for Browning announced
that she had been subpoenaed to
appear Monday In White Plains,
N. Y. . .
Just what testimony Miss Mills
is to give to help bolster the
weathly New York realtor's case
against his young wife was - not
vouchsafed by Francis Dale, Brown
ing's attorney.
"We ean't afford," he said, "to
try this case , In the newspapers,
but it may be said that Miss Mills
will be an important witness .for
my client."
N'RW vnpv In,, 00TP,1 1
W. Browning hopes to have twelve
luimur uuy menus ot tne lornier
"Peaches" Hepnnn tnatlfv no.lnal
her when his suit for separation
icuueiig at wime Plains Monday.
His counsel says that the "boy
frlenfln" nro nmnno inn u.nnn..nn
who are ready to support Brown-
While his legal battery was pre
paring a counter bombardment to
Peaches' charges, Browning dis
cussed the case as he saw it.
He reiterated his denial of his
wife's charges of cruelty; called
himself a victim of "too much
mother-ln-Iaw;" expressed deter
mination to keep his 10-year-old
adopted daughter, Dorothy . Sun
shine, out of the litigation, and de
clared a reconcilatlon with his
ue to oe impossible. "Persecu
tion has killed my love for her,"
he said. "There will positively be
no reconciliation. I don't see how
I could possibly be expected to
fOrerivf Ponphoa fn- vhai .ha I
" - - .. oIC UU
done to me."
Browning ridiculed testimony of
Mrs. Heenan that he had asked her
to live with them.
"Did VOII favor hnar tf a annA
man who invited his mother-in-law
to stick around day and night?"
he asked.
. brief seeking admission as ev
idence of a diary kept by Peaches
before her marriage is being pre
pared by the Browning counsel. If
the diarv in nrifnltlAri Po,Al,a. ea
rner "boy friends" will be called to
uie wjiness stand. - "
Peaches, resting at her West End
(Continued on page 3.). '
RUING
WILL
T
ULUU
E
HELD UP; BOOTY
OVER $1 2000
Woman Cashier Forced to
Turn Over Funds, Then -Locked
in Vault. "
JOB OF ONE BANDIT
Wore No Mask and Spurned
Silver Coin ; Posse on
Trail of Two Men
Bearing Packs.
(Associated Press leased Wire.)
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 2S. A lone,
unmasked bandit held up Miss Har
riet Weatherson, cashier of the
Florence State Bank at Florence,
at 3:15 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and escaped with nearly all
the money in the bank, amounting
to between $12,000 and $15,000.
Miss Weatherson was locked in
the vault by the lone holduy. With
the aid of a few matches and a
part of a screwdriver which she
found In the vault, she manager to
take off, the lock of the vault
about an hour and a half after the
robbery, ,
Miss Weatherson spread ; the
alarm immediately upon releasing
herself. Sheriff Frank E. Taylor
and a posse left . Eugene at once
for. the scene of the robbery. A
slide had held up traffic on the
Coos bay line- of the Southern Pa
cific, so the sheriff and his depu
ties made the trip on a speeder.
In the meantime, the citizens of
Florence started searching the
surrounding woods for a trace of
the bandit, i
Miss eWatherson described tho
holdupaB 'a man of 35 or 40-years
of age. He was light complexion
ed, rather slender and about five
feet 10 inches tall, she Bald, : .
. . . Story of Robbery.
He entered the lobby of the bank
In a casual way, and asked her if
she was alone. She replied in the
affirmative, and he immediately
drew a revolver, locked the "front
door, and walked behind tho
counter.-V
"Fill tliis sack with everything
you have," he ordered, according to
Miss Weatherson's story. The sack
was a large coin sack. She swept
all the coin and currency on the
counter, into the sack, and the
holdup then ordered her to bring
all the money out of the safe. He
put all the gold and currency and
some of the silver into the big sack,
leaving about $200 In silver be
hind. "This is too damned heavy and
I guess I'll leave it," Miss Weather
son quotes him as saying.
The holdup then compelled, the
cashier to' lock the. rear door of
the bank, and shoved her into the
vault. It is presumed .that he walk
ed down the main street of the
town and out Into the country.
The bank is fully insured against
robbery. Miss Weathersos said. It
was scheduled to reopen today as
usual.
Henry Bergman, president of the
bank, was In Portland at the time
of the holdup. Miss Weatherson Is
20 years of age and has lived in
Florence ail her life.
Posse Trails Suspects. j
Robert Thompson of Florence,'
whll edrlvlng in his car from the
North Fork country, about an hour
after the robbery, met two men on
the road. Both men had packs on
their backs, and one of them tal
lied with the description offered
by Miss Weatherson, he said. The
other weighed about 200 pounds
and wp.a taller. The posse of cltl-
(Continued on page 3.) '
EXCLUSIVE PICTORE OF "PEACHES"" TESTIFYING
x " y ,4vs ja &Si
This exclusive NEA telephoto picture shows "Peaches" Browning testifying from the stand In court at
White Plains, N, Y. where the separation suit of her millionaire husband, Edward West Browning, is
being heard. Supreme Court Justice Seegar, left, is meditating during the giving of sensational testimony.
This picture vas taken despite Justice Seegar's prohibition of cameras. In th courtroom.
" .. ,
Doctor Dobbs, Suspected Killer of ; i
Letitia Whitehall, 14-Year-OId
Patient, Put Under $25,000 Bond
'Associated Press Leased Wire.) M
SEATTLE Wash., Jan. 28 Bali
for Dr. C. C. Dobbs, KIrkland dent-'
1st, accused ot the murder of his
14-year-old patient, Letitia White
hall, was fived at $25,000 in Justice
court here today. '
George H. Crandall, Dobbs' at'
torney, protested the amount o":
the bail as "excessive'" and Indicat
ed he might seek reduction by ap
pealing to the state supreme court.
He said he would wait a few days
however, asserting "the state's
case Is crumbling every day any
way." ' .-'.,
Justice Chester A. Bachelor con
tinned until Thursday a hearing,'
on the motion for the return of ai'J
tides seized In raids on the Dd"bb's
home and office, upon motion op
Craudell. Crandell has been ,de--mauding
Teturn of the seized ar
ticles seized lu raids on the Dobbs
were made by sheriffs' deputies
E
TO TAKE CHIEF 1
DEPUTY OFFICE
James T. Goodman, who re
cently disposed of his interest In
the Qulne and Goodman Insurance
company, has accepted a position'
as Chief Deputy insurance Com
missioner and Is leaving Sunday
with his family for Salem to take
up the duties of his new office. Mr.
Goodman was one of the strongost
candidates for the office .of State
Insurance Commissioner, which
wos finally given ,to Clair Lee of
Eugene. Mr. Goodman was im
mediately tendered the office of
chief deputy and-was personally
urged , by Governor Patterson to
take the place, i ,
Because of his experience in the
Insurance business Mr. Goodman
is highly qualified for the office.
He has been given the; strongest
endorsement yby some ot the lend
ing insurance 'managers and com
panies of the Northwest, as he is
recognized as one of the moat able
youifg men in tills Jiue. :'
BOY WOUNDED BY
FATHER EXPIRES
(Associated Trow Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., .Tan. 28 Ste
phen Plecas, 7, Bliot in tho heat a
woek ago by hie father, Mike
Plecas, died today at a hospital.
Plecas, who has been held in jail
contended that the boy was accl
deiitly hit while he was . shooting
at Ned Bozak, whom he accused of
stealing his wife's affections.
Charges of first degree murder
were filed against Plecas follow
ing the death of tlc boy.
NEW YORK BLAZE
FATAL TO THREE
FIREMEN; S HURT
" (Awodated Prcsi Lcnwd Wire.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 28. The body,
of a third fireman, killed late last
night in the collapse of three floors
of a fire swept seven-story loft
building in the lower East side,
early today was removed from the
ruins. The other two bodies' had
already been recovered.
Five.- other firemen of ten caught
In the wreckage on the street floor
were in the .hospital today, suffer
ing frorji fractures, lacerations and
contusions. ,
The Rev. Alexander McCarthy, of
St. Rose of Ermine church, fought
his way through the flaming de
bris to administer the late rites of
the chftrch to Michael Anzelone,
one of the firemen pinned In the
mass of stone, mortar and girders.
Anzelone is In the hospital.
without proper search 'warrants,
but prosecutor Ewlng . D. Colvln
presented affidavits lu court today
purporting to' show t h at the
searches had been ,niade with the
consent of Dr. Dobbs and his wife.
Colvln did not .oppose fixing of
bail, but indicated he would siren
uouslyNflghf return of the -seine!
articles. . . , . v
Colvln announced attempts had
been made to influence state wl'.
nesses and said he would take ac
tion If the attempts are repeated.
He said "neighbors" had talked
With William Glrard, one of two'
brothers who Identified Dobbs as
the man they had seen- leaning
over a bridge rail the night Lotitla
Whitehall disappeared. This talk,
Colvln said, had caused William
Glrard to ask for a second look at
Dobbs td confirm his previous Identification.
RESIST TAX LAW
VOTED BY PEOPLE
fAssoolatcd Tress Leased Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 28. Attack
ing the' constitutionality of the
motor stage tax measure, passed
by the people at the last election
on referendum from the legisla
ture, Oregon , Stages and J. W.
Parker Stage lines, have filed a
Complaint in circuit court here de
claring ;Ui6 . measure unconstitu
tional and asking for a permanent
Injunction against lis enforcement..
The two stage ' lines state that
stage lines in the state represent
a property . and equipment Invest
ment of about $2,000,000 and that
they all will be detrlmnotally af
fected by enforcement of the legis
lation In question, and that a num
ber of them will be forced out of
business tand be compelled to quit,
if it 1b enforced. -
" The .complaint Alleges that the
law attempts to -impose unjust, ar
bitrary, oppressive, confiscatory
nnd unconstitutional taxation
through its provision of a tux of
three-fourths of a - mill per pas
senger mile. ,'It alleges that the
bill will deprive the Btago lnes of
their property without due pro
cos.? ot law and that It denies equal
protection of the laws..
It is further alleged that (lie bill
Is unconstitutional, in that It em
braces two subjects In lis title, one
providing for revenue raising and
the other for tho supervision of
motor vehicles. ,
WESTERN WOOL MEN
lv LOSE RATE APPEAL
(Associated l'rens Leased Wire.) .
WASSHINGTON, Jan. 28 It is
not expected at present to require
railroads and steamships to coop
erate in making joint rates on wool
from the Pacific const to Boston
and from Rocky Mountain terri
tory to the Pacific coast, the Inter
state Commerce Commission de
cided today.
. A petitlor? of western shippers
and the Boston Wool Trade asso
ciation for the establishment of
through rates which would enable
the wool shipments to travel on a
single bill of lading .over the rail
and water journoy, was denied.
Steamships were the principal
objectors to tho through rating.
They alleged that the Panama
Cnnnl trade enllHtcd huge nuiiibeis
or tramp vessels and . that rates
fluctuated too much on the ocenu
portions of the route to allow them
to. combine with railroads In, fix
ing definite charges.
Mr. and Mrs. George Reynolds
ot Looking Glass spent several
hours Thursday in this city attend
ing to business interests.
M'ADOO SCENTSil
PERIL IN GOAL
OF CITY BOSSES
National Power Is Aim, He
Asserts; Wet Campaign
Smoke Screen. ' -
PROHIBITION UPHELD
Flouting of : Volstead Law
; Path to Anarchy; Curb
of Lawlessness Up .
to President.
' (Associated .Press Leased Wire.)
TOLEDO, O., Jan, 28, Using the
campaign 'against prohibition as
a smoke screen, "corrupt munici
pal politics is making a concerted
and nation-wide drive "to control
national politics, William ; Glbbs
McAdoo- today told the Ohio State
Bar Association, here.
He declared the United States,
In continued flouting ot prohibi
tion ; laws, is. approaching "the
slippery path to anarchy."
The country's problem, he said,
Is to "resist the debasement of Its
civilization at the hands of ma
chine - politicians, whether they
come in the guise of Republicans
or Democrats.". .
Two "great municipal bosses,"
he asserted, "tried to gain control
of the United Stntes senate, at
the November elections, "making
their drive primarily as champions
of the liquor traffic and every evil
force connected therewith.".
Scofflaws Menace Nation
In nn address which consisted ot
a structure ot arguments for pro
hibition and against the repeal ot
the eighteenth amendments the
former candidate ''for ' the Demo
cratic presidential' nomination as
sertod the question of law and or
der Is one of the gravest confront
ing the nation and that the root
of lawlPBsness and disorder, Is the
altltudo of those who take the con
stitutional Inhibition against liquor
lightly., !' "
The return of legnllzed liquor,!
he declared, would not affect a
remedy for the ,crlmo wave, be
cause, he contended, prohibition
lias had nothing to do with the in
crease of deeds of violence. . : .j
That, ho assorted, has boon pre-:
dieted on growing disrespect for
law. and the only "wny out Is the
path of duty and obedience to the
law."
Proper Way Out
The only lawful way to change
the constitution, he pointed out, Is
by the adoption ot another amend
ment In the nature ot a repeal or
modification of the one In quos
(Ion. Ho charged those who Beek
a shorter cut to legalized liquor
with being liulllflcatlonists.
New York mid Montana, In re
pealing their state prohibition en
forcement, laws, have tnkon action
which la voided by the express
words of tho eighteenth amend
ment, ho contended. He placed
Maryland, which never enacted an
enforcement code, In tho ranks of
nulllflcationlstB. , . .
In all Buch cases, lie said, the
remedy lies with tho fodoral gov
ern men t.
"It. Is for the president," ho con
tinued, "lo report tho situation to
congress and to request tho neces
sary appropriations and measureB
to enable him to enforce the con
stitution and laws of the United
States In Ruch nullification or re
calcitrant Btates."
Such measures would not have
to take the form' of force, but
could consist of a sufficiently or
ganized federal police powor, was
his contention. ' ;
Path to Anarchy
He lashed out at the movement
to have states .repeal their en
forcement laws as a campaign to
Induce tho people of tho country
to accomplish results, "by openly
and frankly violating and disre
garding tho highest law of tho
land." !.
"Constitutional government Is
impossible," he said, "if we pro
ceed on tho principle that only
those parts of the constitution are
to be observed and enforced which
any given Btate or individual hap
pens to like or approve This is
the slippery path which loads to
anarchy. It Is the negation of tho
principle of majority rule; It Bets
up that very tyranny of the minor
ity which the opponents of prohi
bition assail so loudly."
He declared the eighteenth
amendment by lis very wording
leaves no choice for state legis
latures or congress In the matter
of providing enforcement laws.
"It Is itself, a positive prohibi
tion, operating by Its Inherent
force to prohibit absolutely the
manufacture, sale or transporta
tion of Intoxicating liquors within
(Continued on page five.).
VJnive
mucks Dry Law
(AisociA-rtD wim lUNOWoOO)
vfM. GIBBS MCAOOO
Former de moo ratio candidate for
the presidential nomination And re
putedly again an aspirant, comes
out unequivocally Tor the prohibi
tion, law In direct opposition to
the views of the party element sup
porting his most formidable rival,
Governor Al Smith' of New York.
RIVAL ASSERTS
VARE WILLNOT
REACH SENATE
W. B. Wilson S"y Inquiry
at Washington Will
Expose Frauds.
OWN TRIUMPH SEEN
Democrats at ! Philadelphia
Also Listen to Scoring
. v .. o Administration V
by Oldfield. "c'.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 38 Wit
Ham', B,' Wilson, secretary ot labor
under President Wilson and Demo
cratic opponent of William S. Vare
for the United States senate, be
lieves that the senate's investiga
tion, of the .Pennsylvania eloctlon
win snow that ho was elected and
not Mr., Vare, as lndlcatod by tho
omclnl returns.
lie so asserted Inst night In nd
dressing a Jackson day dinner at
tho Dellovue-Strntford Hotol, at
which the naiuo of Governor Al
Smith of Now York us a Oemoartv
tic presidential possibility was re
ceived with prolonged clieors ami
Republican claims of nation-wide
prosperity were chalVenged. Mr.
Wilson said ho was not prepnrod nt
present to give details of what he
expected would- he brought out in
the senatorial Investigation, but he
told the diners that he himself ex
pected to be the United States sen
ntor from Pennsylvania. Pointing
out that ho had come from the
Philadelphia county lino In the in
teres! of the state with ,60,000
majority, and that ho had 08,000
majority In the stato outside of
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Mr.
WilBOn asserted that the Investiga
tion would revenl corruption and
fraud In these two cities and that
"the chances are that the Varo
majority will hp overcome"
Administration Scored
Challenging Republican clnlms
of prosperity, Representative Old
field ot Arkansas, chairman ot the
Democratic congressional commit
tee assorted that whatever pros
perity had been enjoyed had boon
among "a few privileged classes."
The farmer and wage earner, he
said, wore "In distress." He criti
cized the administration's f o r
suited In "suspicion and distrust"
cign policy, which ho said had re-
bolng directed against the United
States "We have hardly a friend
left, south of the Rio Grande." ho
said, "nnd all over tho world we
have aroused hatreds, which had
such serious economic offert that
our trade is falling oft. This to
such an extent that a large part
of last year, tho trade balance was
against us.
"Distortion ot tho Monroe doc
trine to protect exploits! ion- by
crcat corporate Interest has ar
oused the fear among southern
people that we are embarked upon
a policy of Imperialistic exploita
tion anil at this very hour, In con
sequence, there are threats of an
economic boycott in L,aiin-Anien-
can countries and buyers there are
turning to European markets.
. o
H. M. Oatman of Myrtle Creek
has been admitted to Mercy hos
pital for medical treatment
COMMITTEE OFi
SOLONS PROBES
TEXT BOOK ROW
Turner Repeats Charge ofj
Political Juggling in .
' Contract Award. !
MILLER PASSES LIE
No Undue Influence Used
! Ex-Governor' Pierce v
and Others Aver j
. in Replies. . . .
i
(Astoelatcd Press Leased Wire.)
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore., ,
Jan; 28. R, E. Turner, former stato
superintendent ot public ; instruc
tion, reiterated last night at a leg
islative committee hearing on text ' . ;
books, charges that he . had - pre
viously made of political manipu
lation and undue influence brought r
to bear in connection , with tho
awarding of the text books con-
tracts. Denials by other witnesses
followed Turner's testimony. '
Turner testified- that when the
text book commiBBlon held : its
meeting In, August, 1925, its chair
man, Milton A. Miller approached
him with a proposition to favor a ,
certain text. Miller left the infer- r,
ence H he would. approve -the text; i
then Miller would recommend Tur-
net to the governor tor appoint-,
nient as state superintendent, ma
witness testified.
Turner further testified that
book salesmen bad tola him that
Miller had given them opportunt- ,
ties to go shopping with them and;
that they had made him personal ,,
gifts. ... .. . . i ' ; ...
When tho book salesman took tho
stand they denied the whole mat
tor, branding it as positively falffeV '
Charge Refuted - .
- Turner' still further testified
that It wan his opinion that Miller .
nnd W. A. Dolzell; private secre- '
tary to the governor, had used their
Influence with - the . governor to
stack the text book commission in
the interest of certain book con
cerns. He cited the appointment nC
Professor Kent ot the Oregon Ag
ricultural college and Miss Wini
fred Wlnnard ot Portland,
i When ex-Governor Pierce and
other witnesses took the stand they 1
InslHted both had been appointed
on recommendations .of prominent
educators In the state.
Other testimony was to the ef
fect that the award of one third ot
the text books last rail to so-cnl- '
led ' independent publishers wua
regular. -
This board consisted of Gover
nor Pierce, Seoretary ot State Kp
zer and Superlntondpnt Turner.
Plerco favored the signing ot tho .
contracts, but Koaer refused on ac
count ot rumors told him by , Tur-
wot. ' ' .-' ' ;
- Board Legality Doubted
i Turner said In reply to questions
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DOUGLAS COUNTY
BRIDGE CONTRACT
J'ORTLANn. Ore. ' -.Tan .
"Wo are not going to make nnv
now stato Highways," declared
William Duby, chairman of tho
stato highway commission today.
Among the contracts awarded was
the following:
Douglas county Two 76-foot
steel spans on existing abutments
on Pacific highway near Canyon
vllle, lo O. N. Pierce of Portland,'
$11,450; ten bids submitted.
ROLE OFJUDITH
ADDS TO LAURELS
OF MARY GARDEN
CHICAGO, Jan. 2S Mary Gard
on has found another great role 'in
the nnme of Judith, Chicago critic
said after the American premier ot
he opera by the French-Swiss
musical revolutionist,' Arthur Hon
egger. The work, presented last night
by the Chicago civic opera com
nany. Is based on the ancient Jow
Ish tale from the apocryphal book
of Judith, with music described
"a point beyond anything the mod
ern eomnoser has attempted" '
"Miss Garden acted the role with
snporb authority and sang with
more vocal eloquence than she hap'
iiUnlaved this season." said Glenna
nillard Gunn In the Herald Exam
iner. "For the music exploited for
most part that exquisite lower
range of her voice, which In of
such surpassing loveliness nntt
sueii unrivalled expressiveness." '
JCdward Moore. In the Trlbiins.
likewise found the nar,f gave Wlm
Garden an onportuMty for some of
her best acting. "For almost the
first time this season." he said. "
"she turned to her former rim!
mntti method tlint nl
picturesque, throbbing immobility!
suddenly exploding into action "
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