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OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 186
FlFTY-SlXTH YEAR No. 30.
STATE ROAD BODY
STARTS PROBE ON
HIGHWAY
ROUTING
Attitude of Corporations To
Line for Connecting Link
In City Will Be Made
Subject of Full Inquiry.
ACTION AGAIN TAKEN
UNDER ADVISEMENT
Final Decision Upon Railroad
Avenue Improvement Held
Up; Conference Laconic
The Pacific Highway routing be
tween the Willamette river bridge
and the South End road is again under
advisement with the state highway
commission.
Oregon City at the meeting held in
Portland Tuesday afternoon secured
the consent of the commission to
again take the question up for consid
eration in view of the development
that part, at least, of the subscriptions
being made by the corporations to the
South End road improvement were
contingent upon the use of the Fifth
street route as a connection link be
tween the bridge and the bluff.
W. P. Hawley Contributes
W. P. Hawley, who contributed $30,
000 toward the $110,000 fund for the
improvement of the bluff road, has
definitely attached to the contribution
the condition that the Fifth- street
connection route be used. A letter to
this effect, stating that the same con
sideration was involved in the con
tributions of the Southern Pacific and
the Crown Willamette, amounting in
total to $70,000, was presented to the
commission at the hearing. The let
ter, from W. P. Hawley, Sr., was
handed to the commissioners by Dr.
H. S. Mount, chairman of the council
street'committee.
Mr. Hawley stated in the communi-
ofi-T, fhat the rnntributions were
.UlllU ll"k
- made upon the understanding that the
Fifth street line was to be followed,
and intimated that only on this con
dition could the respective amounts be
expected.
The announcement of Hawley's atti
tude came near the close of the meet
ing after Chairman R. A. Booth, fol
lowing the brief conference, had re
fused to reconsider the matter be
cause no new facts had been present
ed. Exact Attitude of Merchants Wanted
As the matter stands the commis
sion will undertake to learn the exact
attitude of all of the corporations on
the city routing, and will also com
municate with the public service
commission relative to the question of
safety as far as the railroad crossings
are concerned. ,
F. I. Fuller, vice president of the
Portland Railway, Light & Power
company, the heaviest contributor,
stated that his company was not con
cerned with the routing of the road
for the two blocks to connect with the
bridge and that their portion of the
cost would be met no matter what
the decision of the commission in this
regard might be.
The commission. Chairman Booth
explained, took the stand for the Sev
enth street and Railroad avenue line,
on the ground that the safety meas
ures neppssarv in the routing of the
hiirhivav nrOTPntfili the USe Of the
Fifth street road, which would re
quire the highway traffic to be run
through one block of Main street.
Urging the adoption of the Fifth
street rout Chris Schuebel pointed
out that the peculiar character of the
dedication made by Dr. John Mc
Louglin, would allow a remonstrance
to hold up the matter indefinitely by
Teverting the question of dedication
to te vote of he people, requiring a
2-3 ballot. H6 urged the selection of
the Main street line on account of the
safety measure as involving the ele
vator and claimed that the dissatis
faction of the Main street property
owners over the Railroad avenue
route would allow the matter to be
held up if any other action were
taken.
Rail Route Unfinatnced
City Attorney O. D. Eby took issue
ivith the Oregon City men who claim
ed the matter of Railroad avenue
could not be financed. He stated that
but little attempt had been made to
arrange the payment for the improve
ment, and that a conscientious effort
' to get the street opened would meet
success. Councilman Fred Metzner
took issue with this point, stating that
no funds were on hand, and Mayor
James Shannon voiced the opinion
that fully 75 or 80 per cet of the peo
ple in Oregon City favored the Fifth
street line.
Highway Commissioner John Yeon
stated that the matter of safet7 as
far as the elevator was concerned did
not present any difficulty, because
that could be taken care of, but did
not outline any plan for handling the
-matter.
The meeting was attended by Coun
cilmen "Bridges, Hodgson and Cross,
City recorder 'Charles Kelly, County
commissioners W. F. Harris and W.
A. Proctor, Wallace "Caufield, L. A.
Henderson and a number of .others.
The exact date when the matter will
be taken up for reconsideration by the
commission was- not set.
MAIN STREET GROCERY
YIELDS JJQUOR CACHE
D. M. Klemsen Store Raided
By Chief of Police; Man Is
At Liberty on $100 Bail
The D. M. Klemsen and Son gro1
eery, 508 Main -street, was raided by
the police at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday
evening. As the result an assortment
of prune brandy and corn whisky is
confiscated and D. M. Klemsen is at
liberty on $100 cash bail to await a
hearing in court.
The raid was made by Chief of Po
lice W. B. May and Patrolman Hem
ingway. The search warrant, issued
in the absence of Judge Noble, was
signed by County Judge H. E. Cross.
The officers found concealed "a one
gallon container filled with whisky, a
gallon jug partially filled and two bot
tles containing liquor. A number of
containers, bottles and gallon Jugs,
which, the chief states, had evidently
been used for liquor containers, were
also confiscated.
Klemsen made no protest to the
search of the store but while the offi
cers were at work picked up a two
quart jar from under the sink and
walked into the back room. Officer
Hemingway saw te move, . and asked
Klemsen to unlock the door which he
had just closed. The man complied,
and the jar was recovered among a
number of boxes. Cihef May thenjjis
covered a full gallon jar, dust covered,
and hidden under a flour sack rack.
The remainder of the bottles were dis
covered in different parts of the store.
The fact that the search warrant
was issued by the county judge has
established some doubt as to whether
or not the case will be heard in the
municipal court, or whether it will be
handled through the jutice court. Def
inite assign, ent of the period for
trial has not been made.
ROAD TO OREGON COAST
WILL BE PAVED BY FALL
When road work now under way in
this and adjoining counties is complet
ed this fall, Oregon City will have a
hard surfaced road leading to the
Coast via Newberg and McMinnville.
The route will not only afford direct
access to the summer resort region,
but will tap a rich farming ana aairy
ing section which should furnish much
traffic the year round. Oregon City
being the first main line rail point
on the route, expects to gain consia
erable new trade from the tributary
sections.
While plans for the re-routing of
the Pacific highway south from this
city are still in a tangle due to failurn
of the city council and the state high
way commissioners to agree on de
tails, plans providing for a short route
for pedestrians to Canemah are still
going forward.
John R. Oatfield, Joe J. Thornton
and D.T. Meldrum, acting as road
viewers, have recommended the vaca
tion of the Canemah road from the
city limits south and the construction
of a six-foot walk upon the opening to
traffic of a new, suitable and practi
cal road from Oregon City south.
Unidentified Man Is
Seriously Injured
on Pacific Highway
SALEM, July 23. An unidentified
man, about 65 years old, and believed
frnm Portland or frdm
some place between there and Oregon
City, was run down on tne racinc
miloa nnrth of Salem to
night hv an automobile driven by O.
M Pnllev of New Kra. ur. ne bui-
forerl a fracture at the base of the
skull, and physicians said he could
not recover.
Bav Hawthnrna of Salem had given
the man a ride in his car from a point
south of Oregon City to tne pid.ee
nrhr r the apfident haDnened. The
from Mr. Haw-
thorne's car at that' point, and stepped
directly in front of Mr. Pulley's auto
mobile, it was said.
The ininreil man was taKen to a
hospital here. He was fairly well
dressed, and had gray nair. no w
of medium height and weight. He was
still unconscious at a late num.
Wheat Fire Causes
Damage of $4000 in
Pendleton District
PENDLETON. -July 21. Approxi
mately $4000 damage was done by a
wheat fire yesterday on the ranch
fiv miloi oast nf Pendleton, owned
jointly by R. L. Kirppatrick and Wil
liam Purchase. One hundred acres of
a ifin.oT-o fioM urtxra destroyed. The
xch pa f waa pnverpii Tiv insurance.
The fire was the worst wheat fire
in Eastern Orptrnn- en far this summer.
It is said to have started from the
caterpillar pulling the combine, ine
wh Pa f was ninnincr hAtwMn 30 and
40 bushels an acre.
The efforts to check the blaze were
confiined to the use of wet sacks and
back plowng. Two. hours elapsed be
fore the blaze was controlled by the
threshing crew and neighbors whe re
sponded to the call for help.
0REG0NG0VERN0R
TO FILE COUNTER
SUITAGAINSTHALL
Errors in Recent Election Are
c -vi . . -
Charges of Olcott; Action
Will Deny Allegations Of j
iimvui; o
Opponent In Complaint.
ERRORS IN TALLY
OF BALLOT CITED
Persons Not Citizens And
Non-Residents Alleged To
Have Exercised Franchise.
PORTLAND . Jnly 24. Numerous
errors favoring Charles Hall, defeat
ed candidate in the primaries for the
republican gubernatorial nomination,
will be charged in a counted-contest
which will be filed by overnor Olcott
n oiioo-o tir.no frmtnineil in the
CLl LllO ""HW-'UJ .ww-- - . - --
w Hail m his attack
upon the election count
For the most part the allebations
in Governor Olcott's counter action
will be identical to those contained
in Senator Hall's original contest, ex
cept that in the latest develODment
it is charged that the errors have re
sulted in votes for Senator Hall that
were really intended for Olcott or
that votes given to Hall were not
legal at all.
The attorneys for Olcott charge that
in certain precincts through error,
hallnta n'pro reiected that were cast
for the governor. In other precincts
it is charged that more ballots were j
returned than were cast and that in .
such casea.the excess votes were tal- J
lied in favor of Hall.
Persons not citizens, it is charged,
and in some cases people who were
not residents of the state, were allow-
In these instances
chose Hall for tht republican nomina-.
tion. . - " " 1
Votes cast" for Olcott in some
pre
cincts were not counted at all, it is i
claimed " and in certain other precin-
cts. persons registered as democrats
wrnia in th name of Hall as the
democratic nominee and votes thus
cast for Hall were counted In the re
publican tallies according to the com
plaint.
WAR COMPENSATIONS
FILED BY 31 VETERANS
31 war veterans ofOregon City, took
advantage of the recent visit of Zach,
L. Taylor, special contract represent
ative of the United States Veterans'
bureau, to present their grievances rel
ative to war service awards and make
claim for compensation because of
disabilities alleged to be due to Army
or Navy service.
"Ex-service men' of this community
who failed to get in touch with me or
have additional affidavits relative to
their claims or questions to ask should
keep in touch with either the Port
land or Seattle office of the Veterans'
Bureau," said Mr. Taylor upon his de
parture. "The time for filing of claims
is getting short as the last day -has
been set for August 9th. The govern
ment is anxious that every veteran be
given every opportunity to learn the
program of the Veterans Bureau in
its aid to former service men and take
advantage of those offers which affect
him. t
"The government wants the veteran
who lost his pre-war occupation be
cause of injury or sickness in the ser
vice to be trained to hold a position
calling for at least as much remuner
ation as the one which he left to go
to war. In most instances those of
the 600 rehabilitated veterans of the
Pacific Northwest who have recurred
employment are receiving more mon
ey for their services than they did on
the job they held before the war."
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
CROSS GIVEN WAR HERO
WASHINGTON. July 21. Belated
recognition of the man who carried a
"message to Garcia" was accorded by
the war department today when it an
nounced the award of a distinguished
service cross to Major Andrew S.
Rwan Of San Francisco, retired, the
hero of the incident.
At the outbreak of " the Spanish
American war in 1898, Rowan, then
a lieutenant, under disguise, entered
the enemy lines in Orlente, crossed
the island of Cuba and not only suc
ceeded in delivering a message to
General Garcia, but, his citation says,
secured secret information relative to
existing military conditions in the re
gion of such great value that it had
an important, bearing on the quick
ending of the struggle and the com
plete success of the United States
army.
which will be filed by overnor Olcott ana tae swie uuuc&. mvcuou. j uons or tne council, ms awaru
today in the circuit court of Marion program, dealing with practically ev-, made for the pacing of the entire dis
nr?tv The counter action will deny ' ery phase of journalistic work was ; tance, some 2600 feet.' The Oregon
OREGON CITY HAS LARGE 1M0LALLA AVENUE
DELEGATIONAT;PARLEY T0 BE pAVED FOR
! State Editorial Association
! Attended by 6 From Here;
Trip Is Made to Newport.
The largest single delegation from
anywhere in the state was claimed by
Q u convention or the
State Editorial Association, which
closed Sunday evening. The conven
tion, held in Corvallis and Newport,
was pronounced one of the most suc
cessful ever held 'by the association
and broke all previous records for
large attendance. .
The Oregon City delegation num
bered six, consisting of Hal E. Hoss,
managing editor, Mrs. Hoss, ' Arne
Rae, service manager, H. B. Cartlidge,
superintendent, aud Charles Gratke,
'news editor, f the Enterprise, and H.
A. Kirk, advertising manager of the
Banner-Courier.
The editors were tendered a won
derful reception. , At Corvallis, where
the sessions were held ia the O. A. C
library, the newspapermen were the
guests of the college, were given ac
comodations at Snell Hall dormitory
and were the dinner guests of both
the Corvallis Chamber of Commerc
and the state college. An excellent
t - j . i
prepared lor luo mu 1.11 i uja ui iu
-- . a -
convention, which convened Jmaay
morning. C. E. Ingalls, editor of the
rjaiettn Timea of Corvallis. was In
charge of the arrangements in that
City. '. '
Saturday afternoon, a free excursion
was made to Newport, where the en
tire town was thrown open to the
members of the conference. The edi
tors were the guests of the Newport
Community club at a sumptuous ban
quet, made up entirely of the choicest
sea foods. Sunday the natatorium
there was pened to the editors and an
excursion was also held across the bar
for those who did not care to take
their aquatics first hand, t
Elbert Bede, editor of the Cottage
Grove Sentinel, was president of the
session and was re-elected. Among
the other new officers Hoss, who was
secretary for the last term, was re
elected. $30,000 BONUS LOANS
SSUED DURING WEEK!
Majority of Applicants Desire
Loans to Buy Homes ; Two I
Taken to Settle Mortgages.!
Bonus loans amounting to $30,000
have been issued during the past week
by local bonus attorney Philip Ham
mond and it is expected that within
ten days the loans issued will aggre
gate $45,000 or about 30 per cent of
the total appraisal of land, to date,
which amounts to $250,000.
" Practically all of the loans have
been taken out to buy homes as only
three out cf the total number have
been taken for other purposes. Of
these three one has been taken out for
the purpose of building and two lot
paying off old mortgages on homes al
ready ownel by the applicants.
Approximately 90 per cent of the
loans taken, to date, have been es
crowed by the Bank of Oregon City.
This work is being done for the ex
service men at little or no charge
whatsoever.
Tho mairvritir rt ths nnnlicants. aC-
I A UQ 1UUJW1 L J . buw u 1 ' I '
f cording to the attorney, reside in the
northern part of the county oetween
Oregon City, and the Multnomah coun
ty line.
2 SHIPS COLLIDE DURING
FOG; ONEJS MISSING
PLYMOUTH, England, July 21.
The British steamer Remuera, bound
for New Zealand via the Panama Ca
nal with 544 passengers, including
William E. ("Pussyfoot") Johnson,
collided last evening during a fog
with an unidentified vessel near The
Lizard.
An S. O. S. call was sent out but
later the Remuera announced she was
returning to Portland. Her lifeboats
had been out all night vainly search
ing for traces of the other vessel.
Tugs which picked up the Remuera
twenty miles from Portland, found
her damaged in three of her holds.
Her pumps controlled the water, how
ever, and the liner reached Portland
under her own steam.
Mo torboat Pirates
Capture Liquor and
Kill Graf t Master
MIAMI, Fla- July 21. Coast guards
were searching today for motorboat
pirates who late yesterday held up
the converted auxiliary schooner Wil
liam H. Albury, shot her master, Cap
tain Edgecomb, dead, nd then fled.
ti, .nrhndl: rontainin? the Dirates
UQ U - " '-'
1 was said to have borne the name Fal
con.
The Albury. according to harbor au
thorities, has been engaged In running
liquor between Florida Keys and the
British Bahamas.
The hold-up was said to have taken
place off Gunkey, near this port.
ENTIRE DISTANCE
Oregon Contract Co. With
Bid of $1.88 Successful
In Securing Job; Work To
Be Started In Week, Hope.
AID OF COUNTY UPON
FINANCES IS SOUGHT
Pavement Can Be Complete!
In 1 Month; Operations To
Begin As Soon As Possible.
The contract for the improvement
of Molalla avenue from the end of the
present pavement to the city limits,
was awarded by the street committee
last night. Acting under the instruc
tion n nf the council, the award was
. ' . r ,,l
ijontract company, ouu niaito sa.Ksa.ix
building, Portland, received the award.
The total for the work is $8915.02, bas
ed on a bid of $1.88 per yard for the
laying of the six inch concrete pave
ment. Other bids were: W. E. An
drews " construction company, $2.10
oer yard, and C. H. Rice, $1.90 per
yard. The lowness of the bid will al
low the paving of the entire section
of the street from the city line to the
end of the. present hard surface im
provement, but the funds on hand in
the city coffers will have to be aug
mentert through arrangements with
the county in order to finance the lm
nrovement.
Through an agreement with the
county, aid from that source is to be
given on the work and it is expected
that arrangements will be made to
handle the entire line this year under
the present contract. The work, ac
cording to G. C. Arenz, who represent
ed the company, can be started in an
other week and can be finished with
in a -month's time
RECOUNT OF VOTES FOR
SENATOR IS ALLOWED
PORTLAND, Ju7 22. The - contest
for the Republican nomination- for
state senator from the joint district of
Multnomah, Clackamas and Columbia
counties - waxed warmer yesterday
when Circuit Judge Stapleton over
ruled the demurrer of W. J. H. Clark,
announced winner on official returns,
to the petition of Vv W. Banks, his
opponet, for a recount of the votes.
The ruling of Judga ytapleton means
that the recount of the votes will be
made to determine finally who ob
tained the nomination.
Clark was given five days by Judgo
Stapleton in which to file an answer
to Barks' petition. Should he fail to
answer the recount will start without
further delay and will be confined to
the 100 Multnomah county precincts
specified by Banks as the ones in
which he suspects errors in tabulation.
If an answer is filed it is probable that
it will demand that votes be checked
in all three counties.
TRAINS HIT HEAD-ON AT
FAST RATE; FIVE KILLED
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 22. En
gineer C H. Ring and four passengers,
all members of one family, were kill
ed and several passengers injured ear
ly today when St. Louis-San Krancisco
railroad passenger trains No. 2. Texas
Special, Eastbound, and No. 9, the Me
teor, Westbound, met in a head-on
collision 200 yards east of Logan, Mo.,
where No. 2 was waiting on the main
line.
The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Andrew
Hammer, Stoutland, Mo.; two small
sisters of Mrs. Hammer, and Engineer
Ring, of Sapulpa, Okla.
According to the first official re
port of the accident, the wreck was
caused by No. 9 failing to take the
sidetrack at Logan. No. 2 had arriv
ed at Logan at 3:43 o'clock and was
standing on the main line when No.
9, failing to take the siding, crashea
into it,
State Highway Body
Inspects New Road
ONTARIO, July 20. Inspection of
the John Day highway connecting the
fertile Grant county valley with On
tario waa comnleted by Governor Ol
cott and the Oregon highway commis
sion when they reached mis city, aii
er a hard two day auto trip which be
gan at Bend early Monday.
Part of the work has been complet
ed, some sections of the grading is
finished, others are under construc
tion and camp are being set up to
begin work on the BTiage tjreeK can
vrni fmm the Or.boco forest to Mitch
ell. The Grant county court is also
preparing to obtain right of way lor
the remaining links in that county.
CHARGE FILED AGAIN?
OPERA IKCifirt
Information Filed in Justice
Court by Sheriff Wilson;
Legal Battle Is Indicated.
An information in the justice court,
charging them with operating a dance
hall without a license has been filed
against Harry Tregaskis and Mrs. M.
L. Hubbard, operators of Oak Grove
Beach.
The information is filed by Sheriff
W. J. Wilson and is taken following
the revocation of the license of the
dance hall a week ago. Sheriff Wil
son Monday indicated that the action
to stop the operation of the pavilion
there was only the first step in a
'clean up" of conditions at the beach.
The license, originally issued by
the two commissioners over the head
of the judge, was revoked on the spe
cific charge that the dance had been
conducted on Sundays in direct oppo
sition to the terms under which the
license was allowed. Since that time,
the operators of the beach have claim
ed that they were running through
state incorporation papers and that
the license from the coilnty was not
needed.
A number of protests to the county
court over the way the beach has been
conducted' have been made, and the
sheriiffs office originally protested
against' the granting of the license.
VERDICT OF. HIGH COURT
SALEM, July 25. Dr. R. M. Brum
fieid, convicted Roseburg murderer,
today was denied a new trial by the
state supreme court in an opinion
written by Justice McBride.
The lower court was upheld in sen
tencing the dentist to death for the
murder of Dennis Russell July 13.
1921.
Appeal was taken on the grounds
that the trial had not been fair and
that the defendant had been deprived
of many of his legal rights.
This ' the decision denies.
Russell wa- a veritable hermit, liv
ing on the outskirts, of Roseburg. Ev
idence introduced at the trial was that
Dr. Brumfield murdered him, took the
body in his automobile, disfigured it,
pt his own clothes upon it and then
staged a wreck of the machine and an
explosion to make it appear that he
(Brumfield) had been killed in an ac
cident. Brumfield then fled to Canada,
where he was later captured. The on
ly motive assigned for the crime was
that Brumfield desired to have his
wife collect his insurance money.
EXCEPTION TO BONDS IS
TAKEN BY DR.
T
Exception to the bonds filed by the
seven defendants in the so-called
Mount libel suit has been taken by
the plaintiff, Dr. H. S. Mount. The
$20,000 verdict against the defendants
given by the circuit court on the basis
of a libelous communication puDiisn-
ed to the county court, is to be ap
pealed, and the bond to cover the
amount of the verdict is required.
Judge J. U. Campbell has set Aug
ust 1 for the hearing to justify the de
fendants' bondsmen, who are Francis
Welch, L. E. Jones, Wm. Krassig,
John A. Meissner, Ruth L. Eaton, C.
P. Farr and T. L. Chambers. The de
fendants in the case are O. A. Welch,
C. H. Meissner, M- C. Strickland, A.
H. Huycke, Ross Eaton, C. A. Stuart
and George Stuart.
Judge Campbell has granted an ex
tension of time until August 5 for the
filing of the bill of exceptions on ap
peal and until September 12 for the
filing of the complete transcript with
the supreme court.
WIFE KILLED IN HOLDUP;
MAN ACCUSED OF PLOT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22. San
Francisco today awaited unfolding m
the superior court of details of what
seemed to be another Carl Wanderer
case.
Henry Wilkens, whose wife was
killed in a 'holdup' on 19th avenue,
San Francisco, on. the night of Me
morial day, will be the man who is
forced to sit in judgment in the role
of the "second Wanderer."
He was held to answer late yester
day on a charge of complicity in the
murder by Judge Sylvian . Lazarus,
who suddenly terminated Wilkens'
preliminary hearing without receiving
any testimony in defense of the accus
ed man.
"Sufficient evidence has been intro
duced here to show a crime was com
mitted and establish a reasonable
ground for the contention that "Wil
kens was connected with the crime,"
the court announced. "Further testi
moy would be useless.
Wilkens was sent back to jail to
await hearing in the superior court,
without bail.
1EENE FISH BILL
IS GRAFT, CHARGE
MADEBYI PACKERS
Attempts of Oregon Gty And
West Linn Men to Market
Measure for $10,000 Are
. Told in Long Affidavits.
ILLEGAL NAMES UPON
PETITIONS ALLEGED
F. M. Warren, Salmon Canner
Approached With Proposal
To Hold Law Off of Ballot
An expose of an alleged graft in
the proposal of an initiatory measure
is revealed in a story sponsored by a
Portland paper. ' it charges an at
tempt to sell the bill to regulate fish
ing, an attempt which was made suc
cessfully with a similar measure by
Jack Albright of this city, several
years ago. The attempt is also simi
lar to that exposed by another Port
land newspaper last month concern
ing Albright's interest-fixing measure.
The story says:
How G. G. Greene, initiator of a
constitutional amendment prohibiting
the use of fishing seines, traps and
wheels in the waters of the state, col
lected thouands of dollars from fisher
men for initiating the measure, and
subsequently approached a number of
prominent salmon packers with a pro
posal to furnish information invalidat
ing the initiative petitions for a con-
sderation of $10,000, is told in an affi
davit executed by Frank' M. Warren,
salmon packer, and former member
of the fish commission.
The packers alleged to have been
approached,, in addition to Mr. War
ren, were F. Barker and F. A. Seufert,
and both have executed affidavits cor
roborating him. -
Corroborative affidavits have also
been executed by George G. Begg, a , -court
reporter, and. Carl D. Shoemak- 1.
er, secretary of the commercial fish
commission.
Lcal Men Mentioned
Besides Greene, who is a resident
of Oregon City, and was formerly a
deputy fish warden, the affidavit of
Warren mentions the names of a Mr.
Story, a Mr. McCarthy, a Mr. Munly,
a Mr. Albright and J. W. Moffat.
Story is said to be George E. Story,
former city attorney of Oregon .City,
and is alleged to have drafted the '
amendment.
Moffat, a resident of West Linn, is
alleged to have first called on War
ren at the suggestion of Albright, and
is quoted as carrying a message from
Albright to the effect that he could
"straighten out" the petition for "a
consideration."
Albright is said to be John H. Al
bright, former counpilman of Oregon
City, an initiator of a measure on the
ballot fixing the legal rate of interest.
McCarthy is quoted as saying
Greene owed the Dolan Wrecking &
Construction company, and that he
was anxious to collect the debt from
funds to be derived by Greene in
connection with the initiation of the
amendment. He introduced"Greene to
Warren.
Munly is also, quoted as being in
terested in connection with the Do
lan Wrecking & Construction com
pany. Shoemaker in his affidavit de
clares previous to negotiations hav-.
ing commenced with the packers that
O. W. Eastham, an attorney in the
Couch building here, offered to stop
the circulation of the petitions for a
consideration of $1000, of which $666
was to go to Eastham and his partner,
and the remainder to ' Shoemaker.
Shoemaker states he declined with
thanks.
Is Second Attempt to Get Money
This is the second time that Al
bright and Eastham are alleged to
have employed the initiative law in
an attempt to obtain money from the
salmon packers. In 191S they were
interested in a measure striking at
the fish industry, and their operations
in connection with it were exposed.
It is also said that they were then in
terested in a measure fixing the rate
of interest on ' money a measure
somewhat similar to that Albright has
initiated for this election.
Reference is made to Warren's af
fidavit in an argument filed Monday 0
with the secretary of state by Shoe
maker against the amendment Initi
ated by Greene.
Shoemaker contends in the argu
ment that the measure abolishing
seines, traps and wheels, would cre
ate a monopoly for the gillnetters,
who take about 75 per cent of the
salmon in the streams of the state
now.
He further asserts that the meas
ure would make the hatchery opera
tions Inefficient.
It Is understood that suit will be
Instituted in the near future to set v
aside he petitions putting the meas
ure on the ballot on account of fraud.
It Is probable that at the next ses
sion of the legislature legislation will
be introduced to prevent further use
of the initiative to extort money.
Mr. Warren's affidavit follows:
I, Frank M. Warren, being first
duly sworn, depose and say: Tnat
(Continucii on irage Four)