THff MORNING ; OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933
LIBERATIOFJ OF W
CHIEF CHARACTERS AND RIVER CRAFT IN MYSTERY OF WILLAMETTE WHICH REVOLVES ABOUT REAL OR SUPPOSITITIOUS
MURDER OF UNIDENTIFIED, GIRL.
geon; Dr. J. B. Klnne, officer of the ( mander of Ashland Post No. 14; of
day; Fred Dolan and Dr. O. R. Aua-! the American Legion, was made
tin. trustees. Plans are being made ' happy on December 19 by the ar-
Oregon Agricultural college met
with students who are now attend
ing that school from this city for
the organization of a club at
Brownsville, and officers were elect
ed. Vitz Ramsdall is president,
James Calloway secretary and Ray
Beatty treasurer.'
for a reception for M. A. Alulim, j rival of a soldier in nis noma ana
state commander, who is expected j the post Is rejoicing over the addi-
PRISONERS LIKELY
to arrive in Aberdeen January 2 to
tlon of another legionnaire. The re
cruit weighed 10 V4 pounds.
" Brownsville Alumni Organize.
install the newly elected officers.
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Legion Head Is Father.
S. & H. green stamps for cash, .
Holman Fuel Co., roal and wood.
Broadway 6353. BG0-"1. Adv.
ASHLAND, Or-. Dec, 21.
ctal.) George Edwin Dunn,
Spe- BROWNSVILLE, Or., Dec 21j
com- Soecial.) Former students of the
28 !. W. W. May Get Free
dom by Christmas.
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PARDONS NOT EXPECTED
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BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased wfc-e.)
WASHINGTON, D. C Dec. 21.
Release by ChristmaB of nearly half
of the so-called political prisoners
still Incarcerated for obstruction of
war measures is a strong proba
bility, It became known today.
The administration, it transpires,
lias under consideration the ques
tion of liberating the 28 I. W. W.
associates of Bill Haywood who re
main in prison under sentences of
5 to 20 years imposed by the court
following their conviction In Chi
cago durrtig the war.
This development followed dis
closure that Senator Pepper, repub
lican, Pennsylvania, one of the fore
most legal authorities in the coun
try, has urged the president to re
lease the prisoners, expressing the
opinion that the defendants have
been unjustly confined for a period
longer than the two years to which
they were sentenced for one of the
offenses charged in the Indictment.
If President Harding decides to
exercise clemency he will not par
don the prisoners but will offer
each of them a commutation of sen
tence effective upon acceptance.
According to the White House, the
president had not received the rec
ommendation of Attorney-General
IJaugherty up to tonight, but it Is
not unlikely that the latter will sub
mit his view on the question of
clemency to Mr. Harding at the cab.
inet meeting tomorrow.
Sixty-two In Federal Prisons.
There are 62- political prisoners
now in federal penitentiaries-. In
addition to the 28 I. W. W. members
convicted in Chicago there are 24
convicted at Sacramento, Cal., four
at Wichita, Kan., and six in scatter
ing localities.
It is the intention of the de
partment of justice to review all
of these cases individually for the
purpose of advising the president
on the extension of clemency. Only
the cases of the 28 Chicago de
fendants, however, have been taken
up at this timo for disposition be
fore Christmas, if possible. The
others will be considered later.
The I. W. W. members in the
Chicago - se were convicted on four
counts in an indictment charging
them with numerous offenses
against war-time and other laws,
which were classified mainly as dis
loyalty and conspiracy to obstruct
conscription.
Two of the counts in the indict
ment virtually were thrown out by
the court of appeals, which modified
the sentence based on these counts.
Of the two remaining counts up
held the third count covered con
spiracy to violate the selective
service act, the penalty for which
offense was two years' Imprison
ment. AU the prisoners have served
that sentence, which was to run
concurrently with thi sentence on
other counts.
Fourth Count I'pheld.
The fourth count, which was up
held, covered conspiracy to foment
distoyalty in the army and navy
and on that count the defendants
were given sentences of five to
20 years.
The attention of Senator Pepper
was directed to the case several
weeks ago. He went over the
record of the case and came to the
conclusion that the evidence per
taining to the charges in the
fourth count was insufficient for
conviction. -
Senator Pepper prepared the
memorandum which the president
referred to the attorney-general for
consideration in connection with
the recommendation Mr. Daugherty
was to make. The gist of the
Pepper memorandum was that the
two-year sentences on count three
were justified, but the sentences on
count four were wholly unjustified
and conviction on that count was
unwarranted.
In contrast with the Pepper view
the court of, appeals said in its
opinion that there was abundant
, evidence forthe conviction on count
-four and for the establishment of
the responsibility of all the defend
. ants for the draft obstruction
literature.
White Honse Picketed.
For more than a year the joint
amnesty committee has been con
ducting a drive for the liberation
of the war prisoners and for sev
eral weeks has been picketing the
White House with banners inscribed
with its demands. Scores of church
and labor organizations have joined
in the appeal and the White House
has been inundated with - petitions
for clemency.
TRAFFIC HEARING STAGED
Aberdeen Debates Plans About
Bridge Draws , on River.
ABERDEEN, 'Wash., Deo. 21.
(Special.) Both community and in
. dustrial interests were represented
at the hearing on river and highway
traffic conditions conducted this
morning at the city hall before
Colonel Edward H. Shultz of Seattle,
chief of the district corps of engi
neers. Views as to the needs and
remedies were expressed by three
. groups, the city, mill and commer
cial interests and the marine in
terests. The plan of the city included
closing the .bridges at certain speci
fied hours, that of the chamber of
commerce, the equipping of small
craft with collapsible smokestacks
and masts, while the marine and
mill interests favored no change
from the present plan, which gives
river craft the right of way at all
times.
Final decision was made to name
a committee composed of the various
interests to formulate a plan upon
which Colonel Shultz could take
final action.
Alumni Body Formed.
LA GRANDE. Or., Dec. 21. (Spe
cial.) The University of Oregon
alumni in Union county organized
recently and an election of officers
named H. E. Watkins president and
Mrs. William Miller secretary-treasurer.
An executive committee, com
posed of Ed Jasper, Homer Leffel
and Dr. Ray F. Murphy was also
. clecled.
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this come to pass the river will be
dragged.
Fear Held for Life.
Efforts to winnow the reports of
missing girls, that the identity of
the alleged victim may De ascer
tained, were fruitless. A report
from Lents was to the effect that a
girl of apnroximatelv the same age
disappeared from that suburb late
in September. Mrs. Leary, however,
said that this coujd not possibly be
the girl in question, as she was
"from somewhere up in Washington.-
Her reasons for not divulging the
crime at an earlier date, said Mrs.
Leary, was that she was for several
weeks held in restraint by the
Weirs, father and son, and that she
feared for her life, which they had
threatened if she talked. Once, she
said, she wrote a letter to the police,
but dared not send it.
Whisky Loosens Toneuen.
Most of the talk regarding the al
leged murder, it was said, arose at
waterfront ' parties. ' when obliging
hosts poured generous drinks of
moonshine whiskv and tongues were
loosened- It was on such an occa
sion, according to the information ot
the police, that Mrs. Leary gossiped
of the affair before those who car
ried the tale to headquarters.
Late yesterday Sheriff Wellington
of Columbia county was in quest of
the son. Earl W.eir, ca.ptain of the
river boat Cowlitz. Deputy District
Attorney Mowry and Inspectors
Tackaberry and Phillips were
among the Portland officers drawn
to St. Helens to await the apprehen
sion of Earl Weir. '
If he son's story rings true In "de
nial of the crime, he probably will
be released. If not, he will be
brought to Portland to share the
imprisonment of his father, while
the inquiry proceeds.
LA GRANDE WIND-SWEPT
Section of Damaged Theater AVall
. Collapses and Glass Broken.
LA GRANDE, Or., Dee. 21. (Spe-
cial.) Heavy winds striking LaLtat even under the most favorable
Grande last night resulted in con
siderable damage being, done in the
business section. ' A .section of the
brick wall of . the Star theater,
which was weakened during the re
cent fire, collapsed, part of the
brick breaking in the roof, dam
aging the interior to some extent.
Several plate-glass windows were
broken, three that had been cracked
recently, and one being smashed
by a falling trick caused by the
blowing of a tin chimney from the
top of a three-story building.
COYOTE BOUNTY IS CUT
V
Douglas County Court Finds Ke
f trenchment Necessary.
ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 21. (Spe
cial.) The -elimination of additional
bounty on coyotes was ordered to
day by the Douglas county court
when the clerk reported that of the
fund appropriated under the 1922
budget only -200 remained, which
would not be sufficient to meet the
state bounty during the remainder
of the year.
Douglas county has been paying
$12 in addition to the state bounty
for each coyote pelt and the cost ha
ranged from $500 to 700 monthly.
TWO OFFICERS RETAINED
Union County Keeps Agricultural
Agent and Nurse
LA GRANDE, Or., Dec.' 21. (Spe
cial.) The economy warfare which
has been going on throughout the
state was expected to result in the
elimination of several county offices,
among them .being the county agri
cultural agent and the county nurse.
At a meeting of the county court,
attended by a large gathering of rep
resentative taxpayers, the question
arose and after heated arguments
and considerable debate the con
sensus of public opinion appeared to
be1 in favor of retaining both offices,
which was effected.
Budget Cut Protested.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 21 (Special.)
The Eugene chamber of commerce
yesterday wired to Oregon's repre
sentatives in congress, insisting
that the full $66,000,000 recommend
ed by army engineers for rivers and
harbors be appropriated by congress.
This action was taken at the sug
gestion of the Marshfield chamber
of commerce because of an attempt
being made to cut the appropriation
materially, and in that case the Coos
Bay harbor would not receive the
amount recommended by the en
gineers. Legion Post to Be Active.
MEDFORD, Or., Dec. 21. (Spe
cial.) The Medford post of the
American Legion anticipates a pros
perous year under ;ts new com
mander, Carl YTengwald, ex-manager
of the lodge at Crater lake
and a prominent Medford young
man, and the other officers who
have just been elected at the an
nual meeting of the post. The
other officers are as follows
commander, Warren Butler; adju
tant, A. J. Crosse; treasurer. Cole
Holmes; chaplain, E. C. Ferguson;
historian, George A. Codding; execu
tive committee, E. R. Lull, E. E.
Wilson, Caltou3 McCredie, Samuel
Leonard and Ben Hilton.
PINE CULTURE IS URGED
Small Planters Advised to Quit
Growing of Sugarcane. '
,HONOLULlj, T. H., Dec. 21. (Spe
cial.) Little straws show the way
the wind is blowing and ttie latest
of the little straws to point to the
coming predominence of pineapples
over suerar cane as the chief prod
uct of Hawaii are the recommenda
tion of Albert' Horner, territorial
government sugar expert, to the
homesteaders on the island of
ftauai that they quit trying to make
money out of sugarcane and plant
itheir lands in pineapples.
Mr. Horner" said that some of the
homestead lots on which sugar is
being grown are so poor in sou
conditions the harvest will be poor.
The solution is to plant some other
crop, pineapples oeing me oeat re
turn, he added.
Dry Law Viola tors Fined.
ALBANY, Or;, Dec. 21. (Special.)
Linn county officials have been
waging war on the wets who are
bringing, forth their wares for
Christmas and New Years, and as
a result Charles Payne of Thomas
community, was fined $100 in the
justice court here today. Payne
who is a cripple, said he had grape
juice for vinegar and that it was
not fermented. Fred Hughes, who
was brought into court yesterday
for the second time on a liquor
charge and was fined $100, paid the
assessment and was released today.;
G. W. Schimedke of this city pleaded
not guilty to a charge of having a
nuisance In violation of the prohibi
tion laws and he will come up for
trial after Christmas.
Ice Slowly Breaking Up.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 21 (Spe
cial.) While the temperature re
mained around the freezing point,
the sndw melted slowly today and
the ice of the Columbia shows signs
of rapid breaking up. It is antici-.
pated, unless . lower temperatures
prevail, .that ferry service between
here and White Salmon, Wash., will
be re-established by Sunday. Float
ing ice, however, .will run in the
Columbia, for a week or more, and
it is hot expected that the move
ment of apples from here to Port
4and by water will be resumed much
before January 1.
War Veterans Elect Officers. ,
SALEM, Or., Dec. 21. (Special.)
Allan G. Carson, local attorney, to
day was elected commander of the
local post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars. Other officers are
Christopher J. Kowitz, junior vice
commander; Harold B. Gai ver, chap
lain; Dr. W. Carlton Smith, surgeon;
George J. WiUett, officer of the day,
and Bryan Conley, trustee.
Accused Man Bound Over.
LA GRANDE, Or., Dec. 21. (Spe
cial.) William Kessler of Baker,
charged with manslaughter in the
death of Arthur Cleaver, appeared
before, the justice court today and
waived examination. He was bound
over to await the action of the grand
jury and his bonds set at $5000.
Mills Close for Holidays.
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 21 (Special.)
The Booth-Kelly Lumber com- i
pany's mills and camps In this
county will close Saturday night for j
a week to allow the employes to
enjoy tne (jnristmas holidays. Many
of the smaller mills In the county
have closed or will Saturday night.
Deeper Channel Desired. .
' THE OREGONIAN NEWS BU
REAU, Washing-ton, D. C, Dec. 2L
Representative Hawley Introduced a
bill today making available from the
funds for Improvement of the Co
lumbia river $3000 for a deeper
channel at St. Helens, Or.
Vice- QN1
Above at left "Captain" Cash Weir's houseboat, now moored near Rosa
iftland, where murder scene is laid In tale told by Helen Leary At
right Launch In which a-irl'a body Is supposed to have been taken to
hiding place In river. Below Cash Weir and Mrs. Helen Leary.
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Physician Contends That Con
gress May Not Limit Amount
of Liquor for Patient.
j NEW YORK, Dec. -1. To permit
I physicians to use their discretion in
! prescribing liquors would be to de-
I feat the purposes of the Volstead
act, Assistant United States Attor
ney Clark declared in answers
: to actions brought by Dr. Samuel
W. Lambert and Edward and James
Burke, Limited, makers of Guineas'
Stout, designed to raise additional
questions aa to the constitutionality
of certain provisions of the prohi
bition enforcement law.
Dr. Lambert's suit attacked the
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provision of the law limiting the
quantity of alcoholic liquor a physi
cian may prescribe to a patient
within a given time. He maintained
that congress was going beyond its
constitutional powers in directing a
practicing physican in good stand
ng how much or what kind of ma
terals he should prescribe. Dr. Lam
bert said this part of the prohibi
tion law put congress In the posi
ton of practicing medicine.
Attorney Clark said Dr. Lambert's
complaint if successful would lead to
giving practitioners' power to pre
scribe for the sale of unlimited sup
ples and make enforcement of the
18th amendment an impossibility.
Aberdeen Veterans Elect.
ABERDEEN,- Wash., Dec. 21
(Special.) Charles H. Cyr has been
elected commander of the James J.
Sexton post. Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Other officers elected were
Robert Johnson, senior vice-commander,
Victor Lundbergr, junior
vice-commander; A. A. Walloch,
chaplain; Harojd Mitchell, quarter
master;.. Dr. Milton Graham, sur-
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