OREGON
TY
FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 26.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
CHAUTAUQUA TO
HAVE SERIES OF
DAILY FEATURES
Circuit To Open Here July 1
For Thirteen Day Session;
Headliners Are Listed On
Programs; Variety Is Wide.
FORUM, SYMPOSIUM,
ARE DRAWING CARDS
National Figures and Local
Celebrities Are Included
In Plan For Record Season.
The 29th. annual assembly of the
Willamette Valley Chautauqua Asso
ciation, -which opens at Gladstone
Park on July 1st for a thirteen day
run, will from all indications merit
the slogan of a "good program for
each and every day." In line with
the management's new policy, each
program will carry exceptionally good
talent, with some high spots in the
nature of nationally known lecturers
and entertainers, but the old style, of
having one or two great big features
and the balance of the season in medi
ocre entertainment, has been cast
aside. This year the program reveals
a wealth of educational entertain
ment to be staged at the great park
on the Clackamas.
Forum Is Planned
Regular features of the session this
year will include those customary to
the Chautauqua, with a daily Forum
hour, physical culture and swimming
classes, symposium, base ball, Bible
hour, children's Chautauqua, and oth
ers. The symposium will be directed
by Eva Emery Dye, famed Oregon au
thor. Physical culture will be direct
ed again this year by L. J. Frank, of
Pacific University, and the Bible hour
will be under the supervision of Dr.
B. Earle Parker, pastor of the - Port
land First .Methodist "church. Rev. H.
G. Edgar, of the Oregon City Presby
terian church will be platform mana
ger this season. A series of base ball
games has been worked out that will
give a game for each, day. The Ore
gon State Library maintains a branch
office on the grounds, and good liter
ature is available to all Chautauqua
visitors.
Music Program Good
The Sunday programs this season
will see the Colton Oratorio Society
with fifty singing voices on July 2nd.
They will give the Holy City, and the
leading solo parts will be taken by
selected artists. On July 9th the big
feature will the the 59th Regimental
Band from Vancouver Baracks. This
organizaion is said to be one of the
best military bands in the country,
and their appearance is expected to
draw a large audience.
The opening day address will be giv
en by B. F. Irvine, editor of the Ore
gon Journal, on "Whither Bound."
On July 3d the Patton Brothers Trio
will be heard in a new musical novel
ty. Lowell Patton, as a piano soloist,
has long been a favorite with Chau
tauqua audiences and this season, in
company with his two brothers, Don
ald and Gault, should see him at his
best. The Patton boys come from
Portland, and are members of one of
the oldest pioneer families there.
Opie Read to Speak
Another high spot on the list of
entertainers will be July 4th, when
Opie Read", "man of letters and laugh
ter" will be heard in the evening in
his lecture, 'Human Nature and Pol
itics. The Percival Vivian Players of
New York will stage "CaPPy Ricks"
on July 5th, and "Turn to the Right"
will be presented by the Keighley
Broadway company, on the 11th.
Among the other entertainment for
the season this year will be Lorraine
Lee and Marie McDonald, vocalist and
violinist. Miss Lee's home is at Can
by, and she has a legion of friends
throughout the northwest. The Flem
ing company of magicians will startle
first-nighters with mystery, and Fran
ces Ingram, grand opera contralto,
will be heard on the second night.
Norman Allen Imbrie." lecturer; the
Oceanic Quintette in orchestral selec
tions; the Watteau Duo of merry
maids; Dr . Elmer Lynn Williams,
fighting parson Of Chicago; J. C.
Herbsman, who lectures on 'Life's
Balance Sheet," and Vernon Stone
and Electra Piatt, versatile funsters,
are among other headliners to be
heard in the big auditorium during
the thirteen day session.
Classes to be Feature
A program of operatic classics will
be staged by the Gilvan Opera com
pany as part of the program this
year, while music will also be heard
from the Jugo-Slav Tamburicans. The
New York City concert quartette will
appear on the last day, and the Batting-Mahler
duo of enertainers will be
heard July 12th. Among the other
lecturers on the list are Chancellor
George H. Bradford; Arthur Walwyn
Evans; Lydia A. DeVilbiss; Edna Eu
genia Lowe, and Private Harold Peat,
war veteran. Margaret Garrison,
character reader, will return this sea
son, and a quick-change artist In the
person Of A. Mather Hilburn will en
tertain the audience July 8th. Glen L.
Morris.'k electrical wizard, will mys
tify with scientific demonstrations' on
Sunday the 9th .
(Continued on page five.)
FINAL NATURALIZATION
PAPERS GRANTED TO 7
11 Rejected Either Because
Of Ignorance Or Defects
Developed in Filing Papers.
MOONSHINERS GET
RECORD SENTENCE
CRIMINAL RECORDS OF iSTATE TICKET IS
EDDIE 'CANNING' FOUND FULLY ENDORSED
IN IIIQTPIF PflllDT Man Awaiting Trial Here Fori
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Prison on 7-Year Sentence. 1
Seven of 18 candidates who applied
Monday for final citizenship papars
were granted naturalization. The re
mainder were held over either for
more study or because of defects de
veloping in their filing or transfers of
first papers.
The examinations were conducted
by C. W. Tomlinson, naturalization
examiner of Portland, before Judge J.
U. Campbell, of the local circuit court.
As is usual during the hearings, nu
merous peculiar answers to the ques
tions were given, but a record was
made when one of the applicants, in
response to the query, "What is an
archy?", said "Anarchy is where you
have too many wives-
Those who were admitted today
were:
John Bogynske, Austria, Oregon Ci
ty; N"Hs Johnson. Sweden, Oregon Ji
ty Route 6; Frank Fitzko, Austria, Or
egon City Route 5; Victor Wolf, Ger
many, Oregon City Route 6; Will E.
Dreher, Germany, Aurora Route 2.
Max Wunische, deceased, was one
of the list who were to be examined.
His death occurred prior to the final
listing. Those who were up for a
hearing, and who were either contin
ued or dismissed without prejudice,
e:
Jonas Ruskis, Russia, Oregon City;
Jacob Kestnar, Austria. Molalla Route
1; Charles Emil Shubert, Germany,
Milwaukie; Robert Alexander Wad
dell, England, Oregon City; Joseph
Dahlman, Germany, Milwaukie; Grif
fith Griffiths, England, Oregon City
Route 3; Robert Ackerman, Switzer
land. Oregon City Route 3; Adolph
Kuehn, Germany, Oregon City Route,
6; James Bruce. England, Oswego;
Johannes Peser, Russia, Milwaukie.
Eddie "Canning," who a month ago
attempted to pass a spurious check on
is
Three Menjand Woman Given i
Limit Under State Laws ;
renod Or Deliberation By the Price Department store here,
TVI" I U ' I CL ' reaIly Eddie Morgan, who was convict-
IVllxed Jury nere IS Onort. . ed ia Lane COUnty of forgery, and the
holder of a lengthy prison record.
I This fact was disclosed yesterday aft
I er a search of the official files in the
sheriff's office. The "rogues' gallery"
contained a picture of Morgan with
the Oregon state penitentiary number
8138. " j
Morgan is at present in jail await- Meeting Has Earmarks of Old
mg trial on an muictuiem. cuargiiig
him with securing money and goods ,
under false pretenses. He was ar- j
rested, and sawed his way out of the I
. j county jail, and was later recaptured
'by the Portland police. Morgan was!
The limit sentence allowed under originally taken into custody through j PORTLAND, June 24. Support of
the state prohibition statutes, was the quick wit of a local telephone girl, the republican ticket from top to bot
meted out by Judge E- J. Noble in the He placed a telephone call and at- tom and a determination to triumph
justice court Friday to three men tempted to pass as Eddie Shannon, the in the general election in November
Seattle pugilist. When he gave that j was tne main idea expressed by the
name at the pay window, the operat- republican state committee, which
or, who knew Shannon, recognized yesterday organized with Walter L.
Morgan as a faker, and when the of fi- ! Tooze, Jr., of McMinnville, as chan
cers called to ask the aid of the state ! man. A. H. Lea, who had the backing
police in locating "Eddie Shannon" I of the Ku Klux Klan. received six
JAIL SENTENCE WILL
BE ADDED TO FINES
i
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hager,Matt
Parach and George Walch
Guilty of Still Operation. ;
Walter Tooze, Jr., Is Chosen
Chairman of State Central
Committee Over Candidate
Given Support of K. K. K.
COUNTY DELEGATES
ADOPT SAFE TACTICS
Time Lineup; Full Backing
of Party Lines Is Demanded
Several Are Injured in Fight
Near Hawley Park Dance
. Hall; Cause Is Unknown.
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0. A. PACE IS ELECTED
HEAD OF SCHOOL BOARD
E. T. Beverlin, New Member
Of Body. Seated; Kirk
To Go To Convention.
O. A. Pace was elected chairman of
the Oregon City school board at a
meeting held Thursday evening. Pace
is one of the two oldest members on
the board in point of service. E. T.
Beverlin, elected Monday to succeed
J. E. Hedges on the board, was offi
cially seated at the meeting.
The following teacaers were named
to fill vacancies on the staff for the
year 1922-23: Miss Helene L. Bour
geois, Of Portland, high school in
structor; Miss Esther L,. Terrell, of
Newberg, high school; Miss Clare
Kersting, of Bellingham Normal
school, grades; Miss Maude Curtis, of
Portland, grades; and Miss Ruby
Pierce. Portland, grades. Mrs. Edith
Wanke Parker was elected to teach
for a half year in the position left va
cant by Miss Clara Wievesiek, who
has been granted a half year's leave
of absence to attend Monmouth Norm
al school.
R. W. Kirk, citv superintendent, who
leaves Sunday to attend the conven
tion of the National Educational asso
ciation in Boston, was granted a leave
of absence for two months.
and a woman, convicied o the manu
facture of moonshine. Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Hager, Matt Parach and George
Walch will pay $500 fine each and
serve six months in the county jail.
They were arrested Saturday night
when the sheriff and hi3 deputies dis- she aided them in finding Morgan. ' votes to the 30 received by Tooze, two
covered a still hidden on their ranch. I Morgan, according to the record
The moonshine plant, one of the larg- i here was discharged from the state
est ever found in the county, was penitentiary April 15, 1922. He had
buried in a specially built room be- i served four montns In jail in Portland
neath a side hill, " entrance to which i on vagrancy charges under the name
was gained through a door hidden in j of George Harjvood. In San Francisco,
the end of a fallen tree. j posing as Ed Hanson, he was arrested
The jury which convicted the four for robbery. That was in 1915. He
was out less than half an hour. The was convicted and sentenced to serve
trial consumed the entire afternoon. ! seven years in Folsom prison. He
The jury was composed of three men , was paroled, violated his parole, and
and two women: J. E. Bower, Reta I was later rearrested.
Ruconich, W. V. Ruconich, Frances Morgan's record from the state pen
Rintoul and Ray Woodward. I itentiary here, shows that he was re-
When the deputies raided the Hager ' ceived there June 15, 1920, on the far
ranch, which is located on Still creek ! gery commitment from Lane county:
about seven miles from Estacada, they ' He is 28 years old, and his occupation
confiscated more than 2.400 gallons of , is given as a ball player,
corn mash, which was ready for ao j Morgan is at present being held in
tion in the still. Only ten gallons of ' the county jail here. A special deputy
monshine were found, but on entering ies being employed in the court house
the still room, the sheriff discovered during the night, hors- in c-ialer to
Walch pouring the finished liquor J prevent another Jail delivery.
LUlUUgU lUe LIUUi.
The still was of the most modern j
manufacture, with force feed burners,
pumps for taking water from the
Jim Thornberry played the roll of
an innocent passer-by at a fight at
Hawley Park late-teunday night) with
the result that bj is suffering from
wounds to his iead. Thornberry
was driving pastin a machine, when
a rock, hurled byjone of the beUger
ents. He got of.the car to investi
gate, and was bdly beaten by the
fighters, a number of whom were said
to be intoxicated.'
Several others;', were injured in the
melee which took ; on general scope
about midnight;. A number are mix
up in the affair, according to the re
ports. The exact cause is not known,
but the scrap is - believed to have
started with an argument near the
dance hall. The 3men moved toward
the ball field, ani finally got as far
as the Canemah road, where Tnorn
berry was hurt.
Thornberry's wife was able to drive
the machine home. She had just
called for her husband, who was com
ing off shift in the Hawley" mills.
A number of other people were hurt
also, several being knocked uncon
scious. No one however was very
LAWPEIITIONEOR
S30,000CHARGED
Initiative Measure to Get New
Interest Rates Sponsored
By Jack Albright, Is Held
Scheme to Fleece Bankers.
FORMER ATTEMPT AT
GAME IS RECALLED
of the Lea votes being cast by A. a. j seriously injured. There was no offi
Bailey, committeeman from Multno- cla' "preference in the fight, which
mah who also held an outside proxy.
It was a regular old-time republi
can gathering and for the first time
in years every county was represent
ed. The committee pledged itself
unequivocally to the republican ticket
and authorized the executive commit
tee to investigate the abuses of the
direct primary law wih the ultimate
object of preserving representative
government and recognize party or
ganization. The election of Tooze came after
several days of campaigning. The
klan was anxious to obtain control of
the state committee, but in view of
the attitude of that organization
against Ben W. Olcott, republican
nominee for governor, an overwhelmr
invr bumher .rif.-lhe- state .'.cmtimittea-
men decided to play safe and see that
the party organization would support
J the ticket and not place the machinery
i in the hands of men who might decline
to function later.
gradually dimimsnod into inconse
quential sized. Several of the rioters
went to view the William's Brothers
fire and created some disturbance
there
POYSER WILL SERVE 3
YEARS IN STATE PRISON ;Rad Bond Issue
Kecall May JNow
creek, and muffler exhaust pipes to
hide the smoke vapor from the mash.
In giving the four moonshiners a
maximum sentence. Judge Noble setf
a new record for his court, which has
been notably severe with cases where Man Convicted of Statutory 1
cured on strong evidence. I Uirense By Court Here Is
Sentenced By Trial Judge.
SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR
PIONEERS TO BE GIVEN
An indeterminate sentence of three
years in the state penitentiary was
passed Saturday upon Jess Poyser.
convicted here a week ago on a stat
utory charge. Poyser was convicted
on the second of three indictments, all . unnre be registered( is
returned for similar offenses. It is ' tn f tn oK, 9 nnn A tn.
July 5, the fifth day of the Gladstone j understood that the third charge will , M Qf 2 362 nameg Js needed tor tne
Be Put On Ballot
NEW TRIAL TO BE ASKED
N MOUNT LIBEL ACTION
Financial Interests Refuse
To Pay; Expose of Plan
Made to Clearing House.
Time For New Move In Case
Extended Until July 6; No
Further Delay Is Expected.
Petitions for the recall of the $1,700,
000 road bond issue which was voted
November 24. 1919, have been complet
ed and Thursday were placed in the
hands of County Clerk Miller for veri
fication of the signatures. The peti
tionscontain about 3,000 signatures,
which the normal shrinkage through
The next move in the Mount libel
suit, brought by Dr. H. ' S. Mount
against seven local physicians, will be
an appeal for a new trial, it was learn
ed from Earle Latourette, attorney
for the defense. Time for the filing of
an application for the new trial has
been extended by Judge Morrow until
July 6, and it is underlstood that the
papers -will be ready at that time.
In the case which was heard here a
month ago, Dr. Mount received a ver
dict of $20,000 on the basis of alibel
ous communication published to the
county court by the defendant doctors.
TIME FOR APPEAL FROM
LIBEL TRIAL EXTENDED
Naval Academy
Eight Victor In
Varsity Classic
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 26.
The United States naval academy's
eight-oared crew is still intercollegiate
rowing champion of America.
In the greatest aquatic battle ever
witnessed on the historic regatta
course on the Hudson the middies this
afternoon repeated their triumph of
1921 by winning the three-mile varsity
race from the greatest collection of
colleges that ever rowed in a similar
race in the history of the sport.
Forced to terrific sDeed by the re
peated challenges of Washington, Cor
nell and Syracuse, the sailors from the
Severn finally emerged victors by on
ly pne length over the University of
Washington, champions of the Pacific
coast. Scarcely a length behind the
western shell came Syracuse and Cor
nell, so closely locked that it was on
ly after a long discussion among the
judges at the finish that the former
was awarded the third place over the
Ithacans.
As the prow of the navy shell shot
across the line, the timers caught jjie
flying crew in the remarkable figures
of 13 minutes, 35 3-5 seconds, thus
shattering by more than half a minute
the record made by the sailor's shell
when they won last year by a full five
lengths from California In 14 minutes
and 7 seconds.
Chautauqua, has been designated as
Pioneer day. The announcement of
the new feature of the program was
made yesterday by Judge Harvey E.
Cross, president of the chautauqua as
sociation, in an invitation to all of
the pioneers of the county to attend.
The chautauqua management will
put on a barbecue for the pioneers and
will furnish coffee. The feed will be
staged at noon and plans are to grant
free admission to all of the old pio
neers. Ex-Governor T. T. Geer is expected
to be the speaker of the day.
not be pressed. Poyser was acquitted j
in the first trial. The sentence was
passed by Judge Bayley. who heard I
the case here.
Assassin Kills
German Foreign
Affairs Leader
PROGRAM FOR ROUNDUP
AT MOLALLA COMPLETE
placing of the measure on the ballot
If sufficient signatures are attached
to the petitions, the recall will be vot-
I ed upon at the November e'-ection, as
the law provides that votes shall be
cast at the first election thirty days
after the filing of the measure.
The recall of the road bonds was in
augurated by the Pomona grange of
this county about eight months ago.
$250,000 of the bonds have already
been sold and an order for the sale of
$158,950 more has been, ordered by the
county court for the construction of
Molalla is rapidly taking on the at-
puncher burg. Cowboys and cowgirls j new. adi a provided under the bond
are flocking into town. Many of them
HERE
MAN KNOWS BUT LITTLE
BELOW
From Fashion Notes
When the dressmaker told her hus
band that the customer said her new
skirt did not come up to her expecta
tions he was silent, but at first op
portunlty he consulted a dictionary.
BERLIN, June 24. Dr. Walter
Rathenau, German minister of foreign
affairs, was assassinated today.
The minister was shot and instantly
killed as he was leaving his residence
in Grunewald, a suburb of Berlin, for
the foreign office in an automobile.
The assassin escaped.
Official announcement of Dr. Rath
enau's death was made in the reich
stag. The murderers, who were driving in
a motor car, slowed up as they were
nearing Dr. Rathenau and shot twice
at the foreign minister, the shots tak
ing immediate fatal effect. Putting on , . s. lines
high speed the assassins escaped. 1
i nere were two persons in the auto- I
mobile. Both the occupants are said I
to have opened fire upon the foreign I
minister, who fell to the floor of his I
car fatally wounded, expiring shortly
afterward. Large forces of police I
were quickly on the scene. 1
Dr. Rathenau was guest at dinner;
last night of Alanson B. Houghton, th '
American ambassador. On receiving
news of the assassination of the for
eign minister this morning, the Amer
ican embassy promptly hoisted its flag
to half mast.
No clew to the Identity of the mur
derers had been discovered up to noon
today.
The assassination of Dr. Rathenau
am comine in high power cars. Two
car loads of wild horses have arrived
and are in pasture, where they will be
rested and in fine shape to show what
they can do in the bucking line. Many
of these are famous outlaws which
have starred in other roundups.
The program put on by well known
riders and cowboys will consist of cow
pony races, clown mule riding, potato
races, bare back riding, relay races,
bulldogging, quick change races, buck
ing contests, lady rider contests, rope
spinning, trick riding, bull riding, wild
horse races, relay races, and many
other entertaining features.
The new grand stand accomodating
between three and four thousand peo
ple Is about completed and before the
date of the show on the 2nd, 3rd and
4th, everything wil be in readiness.
There will be reduced rates from all
points in Oregon on the S. P. and W.
act.
The bond act provides for the ex
penditure of $11,000 a mile for the
construction of hard surface pavement
after the road districts have prepared
the base and provided a fund of $250,
000 in bonds for the new Willamette
river bridge here.
Cattle Club to
Hold Statewide
Convention Here
FILED BY BORING CLUB
Th Rorinsr Amusement club, of
(Boring, Clackamas county, has filed
articles of incorporation with the state
corporation department at Salem. The
incorporators are S. E. Waler, Mary
Maulding and Verno Mauldingl
Other corporations filing articles
The Oregon Guernsey Gaieties, the
annual state meeting of the represent
atives of the Guernsey Breeders
Clubs of Oregon, will be held in Clack
amas county in 1923.
Word to this effect was received
Thursday by Sam H. Caly. executive
secretary of the local commercial club.
The decision to hold the. affair here
came as the result of an invitation ex
tended through the Conventions De
partment of the club.
"The breeders of the state are well
informed of the splendid work that is
being carried on in Clackamas county
in cooperation with the business men
of Oregon City," writes A, E. Eng
bretson, secretary of the state associ
ation. The Clackamas county Guern
sey club, it is pointed out, has been
one of the most active in the state,
and the county already is gaining
credit for;its production of registered
Guernsey herds.
The Guernsey Gaieties generally in
clude an elaborate program of enter-
An extension of time in which to file
a bill of exceptions, preliminary to the
appeal to the supreme court in the
case of Dr. H. S. Mount against seven
local physicians, was granted Thurs
day by Judge Robert G. Morrow, who
heard the trial here. July 24 has been
set as the last time for the filing of
the appeal, an extension of one month
from the date set after the comple
tion of the trial.
Dr. Mount sued Drs. Meissner,
Welsh, Huycke, Eaton, Stuart, Strick
land and Stuart for $50,000 on the
grounds of a "libelous communication
published by them to the county court.
A verdict of $20,000 was returned by
the jury. The defendants are to con
tinue, the fight.
were:
The Baker County Sheep company, ; tainment for the visiting farmers, who
of Ontario: the incorporators are ! wilK nnmhn, tnn-r nr fivn hundred.
followed hard upon a vitriolic attack Omar C Spencer, Robert B. Kuyken-' One of the. features of the days which
on the foreign minister by Dr. Karl . dall and G. C. Frisble. i.they will spend in the county will b
Forest Grove-Vemonia Stage Line. ' a tour to the different Guernsey
Forest Grove, $15,000; C- A. Mills, N. ' ranches.
Bangs and M. J. George. , It Is expected that the program for
The Morgan Razor Works ot Port- their entertainment here will be ar-
Helferrich in the reicbstag yesterday,
when the nationalist leader grilled the
government generally and Dr. Rath
enau in particular concerning the cah
inet's reparations policy and Its atti
tude toward the populations of the
ll3.4J?3ljajgug3 ) ryi "n
land filed a certificate showing a de- ranged in cooperation with the county
crease in capitalization from $100,000 (Guernsey Club and the local Commer-
NEARBY TOWNS PLAN TO
CELEBRATE JULY FOURTH
Among the places in Clackamas
county where Independence Day will
be observed this year will be Canby,
New Era and Maple Lane.
At Maple Lane the people have
planned for an old fashioned celebra
tion, when all kind3 of races will fea
ture. There will also be baseball
games, horse races, bicycle races and
various other amusements. This is
the first time in year that Maple Lane
has celebrated on the Fourth.
Consolidation of
Two Oregon City
Banks Cancelled
W. P. Hawley, Sr., who fathered the
idea of amalgamating the Bank of
Commerce and the Bank of Oregon
City, made the following statement to
the press Thursday:
"I thought that it might be to the
mutual advantage of the Bank of Com
merce and the Bank of Oregon City
to merge and handle the business in
the new Bank Building owned by the
Bank of Commerce. The Directors of
the Bank of Commerce submitted, in
writing, upon what terms and condi
tions they would merge with the Bank
of Oregon City, and since this did not
prove acceptable to the Bank of Ore-
That for a consideration of $20,000
or $30,000, the constitutional amend
ment by initiative petition to change
the rates of legal interest in Oregon
will be kept off the ballot, is the pro
posal made to Portland financial in
stitutions, by Jack F- Albright, of Ore
gon City, according to word from the
Portland Clearing House association.
Indications that an effort to "sell
out" the petitions which are ready for
filing at the November election were
made with the presentation of the mat
ter to the clearing house association.
The petitions it is stated, contain suf
ficient signatures, and Albright is vir
tually charged with usins them in an
effort to profit at the hands of the
moneyed interests of the state.
Other Deals Attempted
Details of the affair were given to
the association by Robert E. Smith,
president of the Lumberman's Trust
Company bark.
Albright, according to Smith, made
a similar attempt at the November
election two years ago. A measure
limiting the contract rate of interest
to 5 per cent and establishing the leg
al rate at 4 per cent. The Portland
banks, it was stated, refused to pay
the $20,000 asked to keep the measure
off the ballot. The petitions were
prepared ready for filing, and then of
fered for sale. Not being bought they
were put on the ballot, but a campaign
against the amendment was conducted
and the measure lost.
At that time the entire affair was y
exposed by a Porland newspaper
which is again active in opening the
details of the affair.
Fish Bill Sold
In 1916 Albright did profit to the
extent of $3975 by this misuse of the
initiative. At that time he was spon
soring a measure inimical to the in
terests of the fish canners on the Co- ,
lumbia river. He secured signatures
to his petitions and then sold them to
the fishing interests.
Emboldened by this avenue to easy
money, Albright hit upon the interest
rate bill in 1920. As above stated,
that effort was a fizzle as far as not
ting a "shake down" of the interests
affecter.
Affidavits Are Secured
In the newly proposed measure the
contract rate of interest would be
limited to 7 per cent and the legal rate
to6. Smith claims o have affidavits
executed in January of this year by
men who swore that Albright's pur
pose in initiating this measure wa3
for personal profit.
According to these affidavits Al
bright had confided his plan to a num
ber of persons and in one case, at
least, had secured donations for the'
"cause" on the strength of his pre
sentation. He made no1 effort, accord
ing to sworn statements at hand, to
disguise his intentions to sell out and
promised those who donated to his
work a very good return for their in
vestment of money and faith in his
ability to puty over the scheme.
Donations Solicited
Sworn affidavits say that he secured
a donation of $190 from one Portland
workingman to whom he fully di
vulged his scheme, saying that the
bankers would be glad to pay him $20,
000 to keep his petitions off the file
and promising a fine return for the
hazard. This youth entrusted $100 of
his total savings of $125 to Albright
in August, 1921, and $90 additional in
October of that year, he says. Re
ceipts bearing Albright's name ac
knowledge receipt of the money to
"help bear the expenses" of circulat
ing the petitions.
Again, in the presence of a pile
driver crew at Altoona, Wash., in No
vember of last year, Albright divulged
his scheme and, an affidavit at hand
testifies, he passed among them a cir
cular entitled "The Moneychangers
and the 7 per cent Amendment- At
that time, according to the sworn
statement, he expressed hope of get-'
ting at least $10,000 to quash his pe
titions, he said.
Albright did not, judging from the
form and spelling of receipts he gave
to those who donated to him, prepare
the circular, for It is in utterly differ
ent style from others of his docu
ments. . Albright once was a member of ht
Oregon City municipal council, but the
records of that body show that he was
ousted from membership after a hear
ing on charges of drunkenness and
disorderly conduct.
anlc Records Showfi
Records of the Oregon City bank in
which he deposited the two checks,
one for $2000 and the other for $1975,
received In the summer of 1916 from