10 TTIE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1909. WILLS FAILS TO WN Sibil E Colleagues on License Com mittee Decline to Join in His Reforms. ED B LAZIER IS ACQUITTED Charges of Gambling Result In Stormy Session, in Which Mem bers Indnlpe Freely in Personalities. . actiox of MQrou license COM-MITTEE. Heard evidence In the case of Ed Blazler. In whose saloon Council man Wills' found 3$ poker-players, and acquitted Blazler. after the stormiest session on record. Continued the case of Edward Martin, charred with permitting curobllng In his First-street saloon, because he has appealed the case. Dismissed the charges against Burner HaflTry. saloonkeeper, charged with setilns; liquor on Sunday and operating a disorderly house. Dismissed the charges of selling liquor on Sunday in the case of John A. Lee. proprietor of an Alblna saloon. The members voting against revo cation are: Councllmen Cellars. Rush:ii;ht. Vausjhn. Wallace. Drls coll: to revoke, wills and Bennett. Councilman Wilis met his Waterlool as a reformer. In so far as it lay In the power of the liquor license committee of the Council, which met In special session yesterday afternoon to take evidence In the case of Kd Blazier. charged by Mr. Wills with permitting jramblinK to run in bis saloon at Third and Burnside streets. The session was replete with startling sit uations, unkind remarks and scathing denunciation of the chief prosecutor by his colleagues; and to make matters worse. Councilman Bennett, elected tem porary chairman to replace Councilman Cottel, resigned, was attacked by Coun cilmen Rushlight. Driscoll and Baker in a verbal clash and forced to permit the introduction of all kinds of outside testi mony. At the end of the session Mr. Wills found that he had not scored a sinple point; that he had not been sustained once during the whole session, and that every one of the cases brought by him were decided against him. In fact, he was the one on trial. It was nemarked by several of those present, and at times the uproar was so strong that even some of the members of the cornmittee were heard to cry out. "This is a howling farce." and "Wills is on trial not the saloonkeepers." Ir. Cottel Steps Out. Frevions to the assembling of the com mittee, which is composed of seven Coun cllmen, Chairman Cottel. of the Kifth Ward, tendered his resignation, leaving the committee headless. Mayor Lane accepted it with some reluctance, after endeavoring to persuade the Councilman to stick to the task and "help to clean up Portland." Dr. Cottel replied that be had stood all he could; that he ts op posed to the initiation of reforms by the Council, and that he would no longer act with the committee. At 2 o'clock, the. hour set for the meeting, the City Hall was crowded, many of those present being police officers, detailed to give testimony in the various cases. Messrs. Wallace. Bennett, Wills and Rushlight were the first members of the Council to arrive, and they decided to proceed. They elected Mr. Bennett temporary chairman, and the battle started. Shortly after the opening of the ses sion, other members strolled in, and a little later Dr. Cottel appeared. His presence was the signal for considerable comment, as some of the belated mem bers did not know he had resigned. Mr. Rushlight moved that Dr. Cottel be made to come within the row of desks and pre side, unless he could show that Mayor I-ane had officially accepted the resig nation, but this Dr. Cottel refused to do. saying he had finished with the business. The committee proceeded until Mayor Lane, with Mr. Cellars in tow, walked briskly into the room. Gentlemen," said the Mayor. "I have designated Mr. Cellars to be a member of ho liquor license committee, in place of Dr. Cottel, who has "cold feet," and who has resigned. Toil can elect your own chairman." Cellars Announces His Policy. . Mr. Cellars took a seat at the table with the other members while the case of Barney Haffey was being heard, and immediately made himself familiar with the evidence given up to that time. "None of this kind of business for me." commented Mr. Cellars, after learning the evidence. "I am not going to come to the City Hall and spend my valuable time hearing cases where the police have not even made arrests; I move that this case be dismissed." Before many moments passed, the motion was put and carried, and out went Mr. Haffey, retaining his license. He had not been fined the maximum whan In the Police Court, and Mr. 'Cel lars announced: "My policy in these cases will be that I will never vote to revoke any man's license until the Municipal Judge fines them the maximum, and they still per sist in violating the law. Until such time, the Council has no business fooling with the cases." When the case of Blazler came up, Mr. Wills was outside in the lobby, and Mr. Rushlight demanded that Mr. Wills come In, as he said he had a question to ask him. I was told in the presence of a wit ness," began Mr. Rushlight, "that Mr. Wilis said that he did not expect any revocations in these cases; that they have been fixed.' ,1 want to ask if Mr. Wills said that." Didn't Say Cases Were Fixed. "I never said It." declared Mr. Wills. "Well, Mr. Wills says he did not say It." continued Mr. Rushlight. "Maybe he didn't; I don't know, but I know that we are entitled to our opinions In these cases, the same as he is, and If he did make any such statement, it is a false hood." Before the case of Blazier had pro gressed far, there was a fierce parliamen tary squabble. Chairman Bennett ruling against "outside" testimony, things not pertinent to the case, and Mr. Rush light immediately appealed from the ruling: the ruling was upheld, but the Councilman and his friends on the com mittee at once cried. "Tou're trying to bulldoze us." and "Tou can't bulldoze the committee; we'll have it out in the Council," and they made such an uproar, charging one-sided methods and "gag" rule, that Mr. Bennett finally "threw up his hands," and permitted all kinds of statements and questions to go in as a part of tiie case. Witnesses for the prosecution included Mr. Wilis, who was mercilessly assailed by his colleagues. Mr. Wills was charged with being "small," of "butting in" and of "wishing to get political capital" out Of the event, but he stood his ground, and maintained through It all that he merely went on a tour of the district to ascertain facts, and that he came across gambling and other violations of the law and decided to call in the police. ;o!tz Is First Witness. Sergeant Goltz. who has charge -of the West Side district on the first night relief, was the first witness. He said he had often seen men playing cards in Blazler's saloon, but never saw money change hands. Lawyer S. C. Spencer, representing Blazler. said he would admit that "who ever gets 'stuck' In a card game pays for the drinks." He said the proprietor permits this. Councilman Vaughn asked Sergeant Goltz how he accounted for the fact that Mr. Wilis caught a company of men in a game, and the Sergeant said he could not tell. He answered Councilman Driscoll by saying he knew of no gamb ling In Portland. "What are your orders?" asked Mayor Lane, "when you And gambling or any lawbreaklne?" "Why, to arrest them," replied Ser geant Goltz. "Are there any other orders from any one?" asked the Mayor. "No. sir." replied the Sergeant. "We have strict orders, and these orders have been read to us nearly every week. "Wills Tells of Gambling. MV Wills then took the stand, and tnM of his visit to Blazler's saloon, pre cisely as published in detail in The Ore gonirin at the time. He said he had no trouble entering, and no trouble in seeing th came In full progress. Mr. Snencer Introduced a bronze piece Hie size of a to gold piece, and closely r.oniiHTir one. He a.sked Mr. Wills If It was one of these or a gold piece. Mr. xvtiia taid ho could not say positively. fi-. Vaur-hn demanded to know if Mr. Wills positively knew there was gamb ttns tiiA reniv was that it was -- - - . - romlH n f Mr. Rushlight questioned a portion of m.- wills' rcrjort dealing with the class f mm who were in the saloon that night. Rennett ruled that It is im material what class was there, and Messrs. Baker. Rushlight and Driscoll de clared that "von cannot Dunaoze mis committee." Mr. Rushlight appealed from th decision, but lost. There was such an uproar among members of the losing faction that they finally clamored lor opening of the whole question, and Chairman Bennett said he would permit T,i-tViinr to i-o in as evidence. Mr Knslillght then asked Mr. Wills Viow he knew that "many men in the cninnn had families." and that "doubtless many a poor wife has gone to bed hungry." as a result of Blazler's place. Mr. Wills replied that he is fully satis fied such is the fact. RIazier Scorned by Wills. "Tills man here," said : Mr. Wills, pointing to Blazier. "should have been put out of business long ago. Many a woman as I say, has suffered as a re sult of this man sitting here." Mr. Vaughn took up a long time getting Mr. Wills to tell whether conditions are any better now than live years ago, when gambling ran wide open and the city took, fines from the games each month. Mr. Wills replied that he sup posed gambling Is not now so open, "but " he added. "I do not know who rrota Hia fines now." "I can answer as to who closed gamb ling." spoke up Mr. Cellars. "It was Sheriff Ward." Mr. Wills would not say whether he regards conditions any better than for merly; he said the orders of Mayor Lane, if given, have not sufficed to close gambling. Mr. Vaughn asked Mr. Wills if the orders of "the Chief Executive have no weight with Mr. Wills, but Mr. Wills said he knows gambling is running,' no matter what orders have been issued. The special officer who acompanied Mr. Wills on the expedition was sworn, and bore out the statements of Mr. Wills. iV . "Is there anything in the rumor that Mr. Wills has promised to make you Chief of Police when he becomes May or?" asked Mr. Spencer. "Mr. Wills is not going to run for Mayor or any other office," promptly replied Mr. Wills. "Oh, I've heard such ante-election statements before," replied Mr. Spen cer. "It don't go with me." Phillips Case Conies l"p. Martin Phillips, arrested recently for permitting gambling In his saloon on First street, announced that he had appealed his case to the Circuit Court, and upon motion of Mr.' Rushlight the committee decided to await the result of the appeal. Barney Hoftey, charged by Policeman Stlllwell with selling liquor on Sunday in the rooming-house at 84 Third stree North, when a raid resulted in the ar rest of Hoffey and six roomers, among them two women, who were later con victed in the Municipal Court. Hoffey is proprietor of a saloon below. Po liceman Stewart, a member of the raid ing squad, attired himself as a la borer and purchased a bottle of beer. The police finally confiscated 80 bottles of beer and a lot of whisky. Policeman Stewart said the house had a bad reputation, and Mr. Rushlight asked for a definition of "a rough house." The officer said a "rough house" is a roomful of loud, boisterous men. "Well, you wouldn't call the City Coun cil a rough house,' would you?" asked Mr. Rushlight. "I can't say," replied the officer. "I don't belong to it." Mr. Cellars, who was named by May or Lane to succeed Dr. Cottel, declared he would not "waste any time" listen ing to evidence in a case where the police have not caused arrests. He then moved to dismiss the case, end It was carried. Those voting to dismiss were Councllmen Wallace, Cellars, Rushlight, Driscoll; voting in the negative was Councilman Vaughn. John A. Lee, proprietor of an Al blna saloon, charged with selling liquor on Sunday, was also discharged. WELLS LAVISHED T 00 WOMAN East Side Bank Robber De serted Wife and Babe for Denizen of Underworld. RECOGNIZED BY EMPLOYES Man Returned by Sheriff's Deputy Said to Be Thief Who Scooped $15,400 in Gold and Cur rency Into Sacks. Instead of a skilled bank-robber and experienced criminal, the daring leader of the trio that raided the East Side Bank December 7, was merely the fast-going head of a family, whose fondness for a fallen woman and attendant shortage of funds drove him to plan the desperate act. The culprit is Claud V. Weils, a local bartender, who was brought to Portland yesterday morning In Irons by Deputy Sheriff Archie Leonard, who ar rested him In a Tacoma lodging-house Wednesday night. , With not a penny left of the totOft said to have been his share of the $15,4011 plunder. Wells has been tending bar at Tacoma for several weeks past. For a time, before getting that place, he was dependent on charity, his meals and room being paid for by the Bartenders' Union at Tacoma. The money was spent most ly on his inamorata. Not a cent went to his abandoned wife and baby, who have been residing at East Eleventh street, near Davis. .Never Lost From Sight. The fellow's arrest brings to an end a chase that has been kept up ever since the robbery, but does not end the case, for his two accomplices are yet at large. Sheriff Stevens and the Pinkertons have kept Wells In' sight continually and have allowed him to remain at large only In order to perfect the chain of evidence against him and get information regard lng the identity of the other two men in the crime. The accomplices are known to be experienced Eastern criminals. Wells has been identified by employes of the East Side Bank as the fellow who scooped up the bags of gold and roils of currency. Although the identification is not complete. Sheriff Stevens is confident that the evidence against the fellow can not be broken and that neither complete Identification nor a confession are needed to land him in the penitentiary. Wells Is known to be the man who lost $2400 of his loot by sending it to Ogden as third-class mail, addressed to "John Price." The money was delivered to the wrong "John Price," and Wells would have been arrested when he called at the postoffice, the authorities say, except for the nervousness of a clerk, which suf ficed as a warning to the fellow. He ran out of the postoffice, boarded a streetcar and reached the depot Just as an Oregon Short Line train was pulling out for Salt Lake City. He left the train at Weeds Cross and, again evading the authorities, worked his way back to the Coast, going to Seattle and later to Tacoma. He spent money right and left until it was gone and then, after being dependent on acquaintances for a time, went to work at Tacoma. Went on Wild Debauch. Although the robbery occurred late Monday afternoon, it has been learned by the Sheriff that Wells remained in the city until Friday, carousing and spending the bank's money wildly in company with the notorious woman In the case, whose .name is withheld by the officers for the time being, lie cnanged several large bills, but the entire police department was not able to get any trace of him. They were on the trail of an entirely different man. Wells was asleep when the Portland officer went In on him in company with Pinkerton. The hurried him right through to Portland, taking the midnight train out of Tacoma and reaching Port land early yesterday morning. The ac cused man declined to make any direct admissions concerning his part in the hold-up. The prisoner has lived in Portland for several years, working as a bartender. He was a member of the Bartenders" Union, and as such served on several committees of the Federated Trades Council. For more than a year he Is said to have been enamored of the woman in the case, during which time he neglected his family. When he levanted from Port land after the robbery he left his wife a trail of debts to meet, but no money, the officers say. factory terms could be agreed upon (not withstanding Mr. Duniway says my bill was intended to turn him out of office and confiscate his plant). The body of men set over him by the provisions of my bill Included himself. so I can see no justice In his statement that he was to have no control over the printing office. My bill further provided that the State Printer should have full control over the printing plant, employ all of the mechanics and laborers with the right to discharge the same at his pleasure Mr. Duniway is not honest In his state ments as to the provisions of the bill. He met with the Joint committee when the measure was unaer consiaeration ana me bill was changed in some respects to meet his Ideas, and after the bill was amended to meet the views of a majority of the committee it was submitted to Mr. Duni way and approved by him, though he contended that he would much prefer to leave the office on the fee system with the rates reduced. He told me personally that the bill as passed by the House treated him fairly. Now, as to the substitute for the House bill as it came back from the Senate. Senator Bailey introduced In the Senate, Senate bill No 223, on February 9.- This bill purported to amend the various sec tions of the code fixing the rates for state printing, and it is thlsbill that was substituted by the Senate, title and all, for the fiat salary bill passed by the House. The substitute was never read but once in the Senate, and the House bill was never read there except by title, and I venture to say that not five mem bers of the Senate know today what the provisions of either bill are. It came up on the last day when everything was HEAR GRAIN RATE CASE Railroad Commission Fixes March 1 6 for Taking Evidence. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.) The Railroad Commission has fixed March 16 as the time for conducting investigations and hearings as to the reasonableness of grain rates on the Elgin branch, the Pilot Rock branch, the Condon branch,, the Heppner branch, the Shanlko branch and also on the main line of the O. R. & N. Several hearings have already been held regarding the grain rates on the O. R. & N., the testimony thus far having been taken at shipping points In Eastern Ore gon and chiefly in behalf of the ship pers. The hearing on March 16 will be held In Salem and the evidence will be chiefly on behalf of the railroad com pany. This will probably be the final hearing. Hawaiians Invade Cuba. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 26. A project Involving the expenditure of over 11,000, (XX) in establishing a sugar plantation in Cuba has been undertaken by a number of Hawaiian capitalists, several of whom arrived here en route to Havana. A tract of 25.000 acres of land already has been purchased for the prospective plantation. Jand purchase Ms plant, provided satis- ABUSES li STATE PUTINS K I0PRE S ENT ATI VE BEAN AN SWERS IR. DUNIWAY. How and Why a Saving to. Oregon Was Defeated In the Senate by Interested Members. EUGENE, Or., Feb. 25. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonlan of this morning there appears en Interview by Willis 8. Duni way in reference to the printing law claimed to have been passed by the Leg islature at its recent session in which interview Mr. Duniway has seen fit to impugn my motives In introducing and causing the passage in the House of a bill providing that the State Printer be placed on a fiat salary, instead of being paid by the piece, or under the fee aystem as now provided by law. The charge that the bill Introduced by me to place the printer on a flat salary was a vicious measure, or "conceived in spite." or "nourished in malice" is abso lutely false, unwarranted and done for no other purpose than prejudice the minds of the people of Oregon against putting this officer of the state on a salary, as are our other state officers. Mr. Duni way evidently thinks that he can pre vent such a step and thereby hold on to the state printing graft until he, like his predecessors, becomes sufficiently rich as to retire from further active business. The bill Introduced and passed the House did not affect the emoluments of Mr. Duniway during his present term, but provided that after January, 1911, the State Printer should receive as full com pensation for his Services the annual salary of HOOO per year. The bill pro vided for a state printing board, to con sist of the Governor, State Printer and State Treasurer, who should have con trol of all the public printing and bind ing; the purchase of all paper and sup plies necessary and required in the pub lic printing; should purchase a complete- printing plant and Install the same for us by January, 1911, but in so doing was to give the preference to Mr. Duniway i I i f,-", if v -. V.-- til Claud Wells. Arrested for Bank Robbery. ... in rush order, and the only consideration given to the bill was by Senator Bailey and Senator Beach, both of whom I am Informed have an eye on the state print ing office. This substitute bill does not do what Mr. Duniway claims it will do In a reduction of the cost of printing to the state. The bill was drawn by Duni way himself and he knows that no re duction whatever is made In the job printing, and that that is where the large profit to the State Printer is. A small saving might possibly be made to the state on the book work, but even that will not materially reduce the graft to the State Printer that has been simply legalized robery since 1878. In 1907, tiie Legislature passed a make shift of a bill to place the State Printer on a salary, which was vetoed by the Governor for the reasons set forth In his meesage- as follows: "The demand has been general for a number of years that the State Printer be placed upon a salary and that his duties in connection with the office be prescribed by law. Instead of carrying out the demand of the people about which there can be no mistake, the Legislature has undertaken to shirk its duty and has enacted a law pro viding for the election of a State Printer at the general election to be held in June, 1910, and placing his salary from and after that date at $4000 per annum. The bill In its present form is crude and was evidently written in haste and was Intended doubtless as a make-shift to avoid the responsibility of enacting a law to place the present State Printer upon a salary, as they have the undoubted right to" do under the provision of an amendment to the constitution of the state adopted at the last general elec tion by a majority vote of the people. But if the law In other respects is ample why should this Legislature anticipate work which might be done by that which is to convene in 1909? That body may have less hesitation than the present one about carrying out reforms which the people have demanded. It may not hesi tate to apply the knife where this has halted and hesitated. Either the people of the" state or the next Legislature may conclude to enact a law that will place the State Printer upon a salary and cer tainly nothing can be lost by vetoing a bill which practically does nothing except to fix the salary of an officer to be elected in 1910." The amendment to the constitution mentioned carried by a majority of near 60,000. Now, If Mr. Duniway, who is such a benefactor of the people as to volun tarily draw his own law to reduce his own emoluments kindly tell the people and taxpayers of the state how he earns the sixty-odd thousand dollars paid to him for the state printing for the years 1907-08; if he will tell the people why. after saving the state $26,000 during the past two years there was a deficiency of over $30,000 in addition to the $60,000 ap propriated in 1907; if he will explain why his services to the state are so much more valuable than any other state officer, so much so that he should have a salary equal to that bf the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer combined, and then some, perhaps the people of Oregon will accept his argu ment In favor of fostering the graft system in regard to the state printing. L. E. BKAN. -jr-'-l invigorates and builds up the devitalized, undermined sys tem, whether it be from disease, worry or overwork. 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Creamed asparagus with poached eggs on toast does any one know a more delicious, simple luncheon dish for a Spring day? And eggs are down to 25 cents, too. Egg plant, however, is not. It comes new from Florida this week at 50 cents a pound. Bermuda onions and new potatoes are also recent arrivals. Otherwise the variety and prices of vegetables are about the same as last week. Dandelion greens are to be had at 20 cents a pound. There is a good supply of nice blanched chicory. Spring onions are taking a prominent posi tion. Nice artichokes come at two for '25 cents. Tomatoes cost 25 cents a pound. There is excellent heart-celery at 25 cents a bundle, and less ex cellent green beans and peas at 30 and 25 cents a pound, respectively. Among the "usual roots" celeriac is inviting, and so is oyster plant. In the fish market smelt has been selling all week at about 5 cents a pound, but was expected to cost 8 or 10 cents today. Chinook salmon has been much in demand at 20 cents a pound and steelhead salmon at 15 cents. Salmon cheeks are offered at about 75 cents a pound. Lobsters are decidedly scarce at 35 cents a ponnd, but crabs are much more plentiful than they have been lately. Delicious sea trout are selling at 20 to 30 cents a pound. Stur geon costs 20 cents. California smelt is in again at lo cents a pouna, ana catfish, sole, shrimps and halibut are all the same price. Red snapper and black cod cost 12 cents and flounder, Derch and herring 10 cents. Poultry prices are rather higher, par ticularly as regards chickens, which cost 20 to 25 cents a pound. Broilers cost 35 cents a pound, turkey and duck 30 cents. Geese range from 20 to 30 cents. The first "Spring lamb" Is to be seen already, but it is decidedly "skearce" and high at present. Of fruits there Is little to be said Just now. except to mention the com narative cheapness of oranges and lem ons. which may perhaps suggest to the forehanded housewife a provision of marmalade or "orange chips," candled peel, lemon syrup (bottled for Summer drinks), lemon marmalade, pickles and "Russian relish." Bananas are threat ening to go higher in price; pineapples cost 40 and 60 cents each and grapes 50 cents a pound. There is rhubarb for Spring pies at 15 cents a pound and apples all the way from $1.45 to $5 a box. CLUB TO ASSIST IN WORK Women Are Urged to Support Con servation Movement. At the business meeting of the Woman's Club, yesterday afternoon, an earnest appeal was made by Mrs. Cleveland Rockwell, vice-president for Oregon of the National Rivers and Harbors Con gress, for the assistance of clubwomen and others throughout the state in the work of rousing and increasing interest In the conservation of streams and for ests. 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