THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920
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days. One of the speakers, a woman,
has already been secured. ..
Tickets for the dinner may tee ob
tained from Secretary Cochran at re
publican state headquarters, 308 Wil
eox building:, or from any member of
the committee, which is composed of
Thomas H. Tongue Jr., Ralph E.
Williams, Arthur O. Jones. Mrs. G. W.
Mc.Math. Mrs. Lee Davenport. Mrs.
Julius Louisson, Mrs. A. M. Dibble,
Airs. George W. Stapleton. Mrs. Edith
K. Chambers, Mrs. H. E. Northup,
Mrs. D. Perozzi, David St. Dunne,
John L. Day, Mrs. L. W. TheTkelsen,
James J. Crossley, Mrs. Frank L. Ben
edict. Mrs. Clara B. French. Walter
E. Critchlow, Charles E. Lockwood,
Judge John McCourt, Gus C. Moser,
Judge Martin W. Hawkins, John T.
LUKE CASE
Ai PARTY DELAYED
Secretary Lane Decides Not
to Sign Contractor's Lease.
Trains Carrying Several De
fendants Snowbound.
VETERANS CAUSE ACTION
MANY OFFICIALS INVOLVED
Raker Proposition for Conditional
Contract Approved But Doubt
of Acceptance Expressed.
Case Promises to Be One of the
Most Xotable in Legal Annals
of State of Michigan.
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TRIAL OF NEWBERRY
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OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. Jan. 27. In a letter to
day to Senator Chamberlain and Rep
resentative Sinnott of Oregon, Secre
tary Lane said he had decided not to
sign the lease with Doak and Brown
of San Francisco for the reclamation
of 10.000 acres of government lands
on upper Klamath lake. He said that
the proposal was withdrawn because
of the protests of the American Le
gion at Klamath . Falls, but he con
tinued: -
"In my judgment the stopping of
this work will prove an injury to
Klamath Falls and to the whole
Klamath Falls irrigation project. I
was anxious to seo a representative
of Klamath Falls and am disappointed
that none has appeared, as I can see
by the telegrams that they have a
misapprehension of the whole situa
tion. "Doak & Brown will, I presume,
now proceed to dike the private lands
exclusive of the public lands. If con
gress wishes to appropriate money
for the diking of the public lands,
this can be done, but 1 have no power
to compel this diking to be done by
Doak & Brown or tbe power company.
My effort has been to do three things:
first, secure a dam for the govern
ment without expense to the govern
ment or to the water users; second,
to increase the storage in Klamath
lake so that more land could be irri
gated; third, to secure the reclama
tion of the public lands without ex
pense to the public.
"The position of the American Le
gion will not permit the last of these
ends to be accomplished, I favor ap
proving the lease as drawn, but I also
approve, in view of the protests made,
the proposition made by Representa
tive Raker that the lease be made
with the condition that if at any time
the congress compensates Doak &
Brown for their actual expenditure in
diking the public land plus interest
and a reasonable fixed sum as profit,
that the public lands shall on one
year's notice become open to home
stead entry.
Secretary Lane closes his letter
with doubt as to Doak & Brown ac
cepting the latter proposition.
ALCAZAR PLAYER. MAKES
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Lee Daly.
"The Red Widow" is being
presented at the Alcazar thea
ter all this week, with matinees
today and Saturday Raymond
Hitchcock, the famous come
dian, came to Portland several
seasons ago, playing the role
of Cicero Hannibal Butts. t,he
American millionaire corset
manufacturer in "The Red Wid
ow," which was written for and
around this famous comedian.
This week in the Alcazar pro
duction Lee Daly is playing the
Hitchcock role and, although he
has had many splendid roles
during the season, Cicero Han
nibal Butts is one of the biggest
and best he has played.
Miss Mabel Wilber is seen in
the title role, George Natanson
as Captain Romanoff, Eva Oli
votti as a Parisian dancer, Det
mar Poppen as Ivan Socrpioff of
the secret police, Edward Sedan
as son of the millionaire Butts,
and ..iay Wallace as Mrs. Butts.
Whalley, Pasquale Tusl, Leonard
Krause, Dow Walker, Joseph.
Dunne, James S. Stewart and M.
Griffin.
EUGENE CEREMONIAL PLAN
Ashland Potentate Arranges for
Shrine Initiation.
EUGENE Or., Jan. 27. (Special.)
Stuart Saunders, potentate of Hillah
temple. Mystic Shrine of Ashland, and
George W. Dunn, past potentate of
the temple, were in Eugene Sunday and
Monday, arranging, with local Shrin
ers to stage a big initiation here
March 5 and 6 at the armory.
P. S. Malcolm of Portland, .sovereign
grand inspector general, has promised
to be here at that time and will con
fer the Scottish Rite degrees, includ
ing the 32d. This will enable Masons of
Eugene and this part of the state to
take the higher Scottish Rite degrees,
thus qualify themselves for the
Shrine.
Mr. Saunders and Mr. Dunn an
nounced yesterday that a large num
ber of the members of Hillah temple
will be in Eugene on those dates and
will put on the work on the second
night. Yesterday the visitors were
dined by local Masons and a confer
ence was held to complete arrange
ments for the big meeting here. ,
LINCOLN TO GET HONOR
Republicans in Portland to Observe
Birthday With Bunquct.
Republicans will observe Lincoln's
birthday in Portland by holding
banquet at the Chamber of Commerce
dining room Thursday night, Feb
ruary 12. In charge of this gather
ing is a committee representing all
the republican clubs in the city,
well as the state and Multnomah
county party officers.
There will be accommodations for
5o0 individuals at the dinner and
reservations cost $1.50. The principal
speakers are now being selected and
will be announced by Thomas H.
Tongue, state chairman, within a few
FLOOD IS WOT EXPECTED
AO SERIOUS DAMAGE FROM
HIGH WATER THREATENED.
Meteorologist Wells Reports Wil
lamette River Blay Reach
' Crest-on Thursday.
After Eating
Play Safe
It Is a Wise Precaution to Take a
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet After
Eating to Avoid Gas, Sour
Risings, Heaviness, and
the Lazy, Logy Feel
ing So Apt to
Follow.
The range of food is so great, its
preparation varies so widely, that few
"Now Its Back to Work and No Chance for
and2setioa With Thea Stuart'
Dyapapaia Tab! eta."
stomachs are strong enough to erap
ole with all conditions of restaurants
hotels, clubs. deDOts and banauets.
The safe Dlan is to be provided with
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, that you
may cat rich and palatable food
served or selected and not be troubled
with gas. sour risings or such form
of indigestion. These tablets digest
lood, they assist the stomacn secre
Hons and lor this reason people wh
travel away from home and must ea
as it is served may play sale oy tax
ing one or two Stuart's Dyspepsia
Taniets alter each meal.
Tou can get these tablets in an
drug store anywhere in the United
States or Canada, which shows i
what general favor they are among
those who have learned how to enjoy
Although the Willamette river is
till rising and the weather predic
tion for today calls for more rain
there is no danger of the river reach-
ng the flood stage in Portland and
there should be no serious damage
from high water, according to Mete
orologist Wells, in charge of the Port
land weather bureau.
Mr. Wells last night said he did not
expect the river to rise higher than
the 12-foot mark in Portland, while
the flood stage is not reached until
t passes the 15-foot level. He ex
pects the river to rise slightly today,
while the crest should be reached and
the river should start to recede by
Thursday.
Except for a houseboat, which broke
away from its moorings and was
caught near Linnton, there has been
no damage reported fronr- along the
river front as a result of the severe
rain storm of the past few days. Mr.
Wells gives assurance to commission
men and wholesalers along Front
street that there is no immediate
danger of flooded basements unless
present conditions show a decided
change.
The principal damage caused by the
heavy rains has been to roads
throughout the state, where slides
have blocked traffic and made some
of the highways impassable. Traffic
along Sandy boulevard has been de
toured because of a bursting culvert
near The Cedars. The culvert was
repaired ' yesterday by a crew under
County Roadmaster Eatchel.
At a point along the Columbia rive
highway it was necessary to put up
a temporary bridge for a distance of
40 feet where the rains washed ou
the pavement foundation under a rock
and dirt fill. Numerous slides along
this highway were being cleared all
day yesterday by crews of workmen
under Mr. Eatchel.
RADICALS CHARGE BIAS
Defendants In Vancouver Cases Ask
Change of Venue.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 27.
(Special.) Prejudice and bias are
charged in affidavits filed in the su
perior court of Clarke county today
by J. Jv. H.migh. who was here in per
son today in the interests of a num
ber of I. W. W. who will be tried
for violation of the criminal syndi
calism law. A change of judges or
change of venue is prayed in th
petition.
The affidavits were filed in th
cases of John Gavaghan, R. C. De
Autremont, James Evans. C. W. Mor
rison and Thomas Rooncy, who are
confined in the county jail.
In the case of Robert McAdams an
Leo Brookshire, co-defendants tried
and found guilty and sentenced to
from one to 10 years in the etate re
formatory by Judge Back, J. F. Emigh.
Frank Pierce and ueorge F. Vander
veer, attorneys for the I. W. W., to
day filed notice of an appeal to th
supreme court. The prisoners have
already been taken to the reformatory
at Monroe.
Hospital Drive Dates Set.
Definite dates for the campaign
which funds will be solicited for the
erection of a four-story brick add
tion to the Good Samaritan hospital
were decided on yesterday by th
presidents' council, composed of the
heads of leading civic organization
March 1 to 10 were the dates desig
nated. The Good Samaritan buildfo
fund campaign is to be carried on
by a committee of 41 prominent ci
izens, of which C. F. Adams is chair
man. The amount to be raised
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Jan. 27.
Whether Truman H. Newberry, United
States senator, and his 123 co-defendants
are to face tomorrow the first
prospective jurors in their trial on
charges of election fraud and con
spiracy depended tonight upon the
ability of railroad men to free snow
bound trains between here. and the
Straits of Mackinac.
Only an - approximate start was
made in the trial today, the enforced
absence of six defendants and 25
talesmen halting proceedings after
the way had been cleared for ques
tioning selected men.
The opening of the much heralded
trial lacked spectacular incidents.
The defendants, attorneys, news
paper men, court officers and jurors
packed the corridors of the building
but spectators were notably absent.
There was no room for them in the
courtroom and not more than a dozen
sed the standing room in an open
oorway after the proceedings
tarted.
Members of the judge's family
had seats in a corner near the bench.
Six defendants and some two dozen
members of the jury panel were still
bsent when a tardy session of counj
was called this afternoon and ad
journment was ordered until tomor
row morning.
All Defendants Prominent.
The importance of the issue in
volved, the prominence of most of the
efendants and the imposing array
f legal talent presaged one of the
most notable cases in the legal an
nals of the state.
Of the 135 men indicted by the
federal grand jury last November,
ine have entered pleas of nolo con
tendere, the case of one has been
continued owing to illness, and an
ther upon whom service has not
een obtained was said to be in South
America. Twenty-three pleaded "not
uilty" and 101 stood mute when ar
raigned.
When the indictments mre re-
urned November 30, last. United
States District Judge Sessions, who
assembled the Jury, indicated that
vidence obtained by the inquisitors
disclosed that between $500,000 and
1,000,000 had been expended fraudu
lently in connection with the election.
Many Officials Involved.
The indicted men included every
member of the committee that con
ducted the Newberry campaign and
state, county and municipal officials
virtually every coivity from Lake
Superior to the Ohio border.
The conclusions of the grand jury
were embodied in two blanket in
dictments. They charged violation
of both federal and state laws by use
of sums of money far in excels of
legitimate expenses in the campaign,
and violation of the federal corrupt
practices act, which penalizes pay
ment of money to voters. Use of the
mails "to defraud all th3 people of
Michigan," was further charged
against the campaign committee.
More than $100,000 of the contributed
fund, it charged, was converted to
the personal use of some of the cam
paign managers.
James W. Helme, former state dairy
and food commissioner, who opposed
Henry Ford for the democratic nomi
nation in the senatorial primary, an
other clause of the indictment alleged
was compensated by the Newberry
prganization for rraking the primary
race. The alleged purpose was to
prevent democratic voters from
ining up" with Ford in the repub
lican primary.
Attache. to the indictments was a
list of more than two score "over
acts." These contained charges that
a number of those indicted had given
rewards ranging from promises of
a good job" to payments of sums
ranging from $5 to $2750 in return
for support in the Newberry cam
paign. One country editor was
alleged to have received a ton of
print paper.
Prison Terms Possible.
The grand jury investigation was
conducted by Frank C. Dailey of In
dianapolis, former United States at
torney for Indiana. It was ordered
by the department of justice, Octo
ber l s, and was Daseu, it was an
nounced, on complaints filed with the
department and also published
charges of fraud and corruption
made by Lieutenant-Governor Dick
inson of Michigan and others.
Senator Newberry and 13 of the men
who directed the campaign work in
1918 appeared before Judge Sessions
December 8. and on the advice of
counsel stood mute. This was done,
it was explained, that the validity of
the indictments might be challenged
later, should It be decided to attack
tnem. ins rigni to raise technica
questions, it was stated, would have
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been sacrificed by pleas of not guilty.
Senator Newberry and each of the 13
men who appeared with him were
held in bonds of $10,000 and $5000 on
the first and second indictments.
respectively.
The maximum penalty for the
offenses charged, is a fine of $10,00
and. two years' imprisonment.
Sophomores Klect Skeet Manernd.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene
Jan. 27. (Special.) Clifford ("Skeet")
Manerud of Eugene was chosen pres
ident of the sophomore class at a
special meeting yesterday and Charles
Huggins of Hood River treasurer.
Manerud was elected to succeed Eu
gene Boylen of Pendleton and Hug
gins to take the place of Wolcott
Buren of Salem. Manerud came into
prominence in football last season.
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