OREGON DAILY JOU RNAL,, COHTLAND, OREGON.
TIILIISDAY, . JULY G, . 1022,
TVVO CONFESSIONS
ta rr- - rrr frTrmf' ill
AKt KtPUK I tU IN
KOI CASES
Confession of Gertrude Lyons,
under federal grand Jury indictment
for alleged violation iof the Harrison
narcotic act, and o& Paul iRotynson,
colored,-aald to Jtavo been-made -this
nioralnir to Allan " Bynon.5 assistant
-United States Attorney, are injurious
sto Macule gyke&o arrested, Monday, tog-ether
with seven or eiht material
witnesses, and-belieVe lobe the'ririg
leader and the brain systematized
narcotic peddliMg" tnat naa been active
for several montba. t S'K S i' '
. Gertrude Lyon, "i colored,- "with her
adopted gypsy : baby, chatted - witb
Bmon this morn in sr. According to the
attorney, eh Intends to plead guilty .
and confess to maklngr sale of the
drui under Maggie ; Syka' redirection.
, She said eh was brassed for i fund
because of hospital. bill. Mag-file
Sykes. she aaid, boug-ht Quantities of
morphine from Shakespere Walker,
Charlie Mann snd others. After the
- purchases, Maggie Syke then rolled
the drugs into dollar bindlea and save
them to her to sen, it was stated.
Paul Robinson, the colored man to
whom officers saw Maggie Sykes give
money, the night of the arrest, has also
told of his working under Maggie's
.direction, according to Bynon. .
Sykos is now in Jail under (5000 bond,
Her hearing will take place before Com.
missioner Fraxier Wednesday after
noon. Some of the material witnesses
were able to furnish bonds,, but others
are In jail.
Maggie Sykes was arrested Monday
night at No. 515 V4 Northrup street. Just
after passing some marked money to
Robinson. All the persons present in
the house at the time, many of them
addicts, were arrested as material wit
nesses. A large amount of cocaine, and
morphine was located behind a panel in
the wall.
difference in a pay chclt and Inflicted
Injuries ' from which , the . older . man
died 10 days later, was set free by
Judge Ekwmll this Afternoon, following
preliminary hearing in municipal
court on a mansla u ghter charge. The
testimony was to the effect that Cuab
more fractured his skull. when ha fell
to the floor After being struck. . The
coroner's Jury had previously turned
Kern loose. .. I-
OLD GUARD BLAZES .
AWAY AT PRIMARY
"V " f Ooetlnmed From Pas Om)
atorial candidate who whipped the "old
guard" in Iowa's recent spectacular pri
mary, aeciarea tnat . -ew : is all
wrone..;-. ; ' . ' '
; "There will be no return to the old
convention plan,' he countered. The
farmers and laborer will, not fall for
that stuff. The primary system will
last longer than Jew ' and Newberry
and It will defeat all the News and
Newberrys. . - . V v'N -
To say that the primary system is
the . cause of the Newberry scandal 1
hanging the sign on the wrong; door.
The primary system is not at fault be
cause Newberry stepped In and cor
rupted it There was; more, corruption
under the old system. ' - r
"I am behind Judge. Kenyon to the
limit," Brookhart said, referring-; to a
letter he received from Kenyon warning
"progressives to be awake to the nation-wide
move to end the primary."
? "The primary is an exceedingly dan
gerous institution to those interests
who want to control the government
for their own special purposes, Ken
yon said In this letter! "
"Secretary Weeks took a shot at the
primary the other day, Kenyon wrote.
"Well he might he. was defeated in
a primary by something like 10,000 ma
jority in a Republican state. Men of
his type naturally are afraid of a pri
mary." .
Brookhart is a candidate for the sen
ate seat recently vacated by Kenyon,
now a federal district judge.
Work on Loop Spur
To Begin Next Week
- Survey on the MoSnt Hood loop spur
road up Cooper's spur to the snow line
will start next wegk,' according to C.
H. .Purcell, chief engtneeryof the fed
eral bureau of public roads. ' The plan
is to have the new road complete in
time for next year's tourist travel. The
road .will take the place of the present
road to -Cloud Cap Inn. ;Wj Q. Pet
ers, highway engineer of the bureau of
public roads, will be in charge of the
survey.
Young Kern Freed
Of Oushmore Death
F. G. Kern. 27, bookkeeper for the
Oregon Eilers Music house," who
knocked down Edward Cushmore. 64.
difference in- a pay check and inflicted
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few drops of Calol Liquid Gloss,
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beauty and lustra. Get a can
today at your dealers.
Fall Favors Three
Experts for Work
On Columbia Basin
Washington, July 6. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
Secretary of the Interior Fall has
transmitted to Senator. McNary as
chairman of the senate reclamation
committee, a report in favor of the
Poindexter bill to create a commission
of three comprising; irrigation, soil and
transportation experts, to investigate
the- Columbia basin irrigation project.
Fall says there is much need for secur
lng- additional data and the commission
proposed , is an appropriate agency.
Poindexter will ask early action by the
committee and the senate.
MEASURES WHICH:
TAX BODY BACKS
LACK SIGNATURES
Salem, July H.- -Measures sponsored
by the State Tax Reduction league lack
thousands of signature of the number
required-to place them on the ballot,
according; to j announcement by A.
Slaughter be to (re the "state ! convention
of the league, j which got mnder . way
here this mornirur with about 40 dele
gates present, flfees measures include.
the proposed repeal o tna u nui spe
cial tax for the support of the Uni
versity' of Oregton and the Oregon Ag
ricultural college, a measure requiring
a two-thirds i affirmative vote on
measures creating- public indebtedness,
and a measure revising the method for
referring and initiating' measure .-
Announcement by J. C.i -Cooper of
McMinnville that the condition of fits
health would not permit his continua
tion as president of the league was
also made this morning. Cooper stat
ed that he wopld tender his resigna
tion as soon as the convention was per
manently organized. .Cooper was the
founder of the league and has been one
of its prime ' ttjpvers since its incep
tion. .-. 'j"
VT. J. Stevens of Gervais was elected
chairman of the convention, and A.
Slaughter of Salem secretary.
- The convention was almost disrupted
at its opening ' this morning when the
credentials committee brought in a re
oort seating Only such delegates ai
were in sympatny . witn me Jt-oruana
olatform." Few of those present, it
seemed, were familiar with his docu
ment and it was roved to seat all those
present as delegates.
ONLY FOUR OF 15
PETITIONS FILED
(Contintrtd Press Pss Obm)
Petitions Against . -Washington
Poll
Tax Now on File
Olympia. July . (IT. p. Petitions
accompanying the measure for repeal
of the Washington poll tax law were
filed today in the secretary of state's
office. The petitions were said to con
tain 44.H0 signatures. '
vTen per cent of the total vote for
governor in 1920. or 39,941 valid signa
tures are required to carry the meas
ure to the ballot. The signatures will
be checked within the next few days.
W. D. Lane of Seattle .filed the
measure.
.'Petitions for the 0-10 school plan
measure will be filed late today,
was said.
ANSWERS CROSS COMPLAINTS
Vancouver, Wash., July 6. Answers
to cross complaints were filed Wednes
day by Hoyt 4k Wahl. Peterson John
Son and Elmer- E. Classen In the suit
of EL A. Clark against Smith-Reynolds
post, American Legion. The claims
are all for material and work fur
nished by the different firms in con
structing the Legion building;. Clarke
sued on an assigned claim of Bush-
light A Hastorff of Portland and-the
other suits are to protect the Interests
of the different claimants.
board members will continue today
with all indications pointing to a settle
ment ' of difficulties, at ; least' tempo
rarily. The possibility of other unions
Joining- the shop craft strikers later tn
case the shop workers are successful in
tietnsr up traffic to any great extent,
wa pointed out by some union leaders.
2t was declared by high authorities
that the ' roads must break the shop
workers strike in order to prevent
walkouts by other unions.
STRIKERS IS BIOT x
Houston, Texas. July 6. CU. P.)
Police were called upon, to quell a riot
between over 100 strike sympathisers
and SO negro employes of the South
ern pacific -Hallway company here
today. One white man was severely
beaten and several negroes were in
jured. - ' vW ..:-j(V, -
The clash resulted when pickets at
tempted to prevent the, negroes from
entering; the shops, 'i - .j J-
k . -' . WAYME3T STRIKE' .
Denver, July .. w--U. i' P. Malnte
napce of - way - workers are ' striking
hero today, in sympathy with the rail
way'' shopmen, according- to reports to
local union headquarters. Between
20 and 5 maintenance men left their
Jobs this rnorntng. the reports said.
STRIKEBREAKERS SHOT - -Albany,
N. , July C riV. P.)
Three strikebreakers employed in the
West Shore railroad shops at Ravenna
were in the hospital here today with
bullets in their bodies. They were shot
by unknown assailants., State troop
ers patrolled Ravenna today ,
the' Man fw:
Summer Suits in
Ml Styles
TJ'here was a. time when men balked
at buff color in. Summer clothes. - ,
, However, now one may buy a suit of ::
summer, weight in my store in almost ' -M
A v any .desirable shade. The .tailoring
and workmanship, in these. suits be
speak character and richness in ap-
pearance. : Palm; Beaches. Mohairs.
Gabardines and light wool worsteds
are here. ,: : ..
BE1ST SELLDSTG
? Portland's Leading Clothier for over Half a Century f
Morrison
at Fourth
tlon. providing! for a rehearing of the
case before the public service commis
sion which resulted in the granting of
the nresent telephone rates.
Graduated Income tax measure, spon
sored by the Oregon State - Grange.
providing for. a graduated tax on alt
net incomes far state expenses witn
exemptions and deductions similar to
those under the federal income tax
law, and designed to relieve real and
personal property from the present
tax burdens.
Alien land ownership bin, sponsored
by the American Legion, under the
terms of which aliens from nations
forbidding ownership of land by Amer
icans would be barred from owning
or leasing- land in this state.
SIX OTHERS REMAIIT
Of the remaining- six proposed'meaa
urea for which ballot titles have been
duly prepared i and for which petitions
have been set in circulation, no in
formation as to their progress has been
received here. ;
These six are :
Interest rate amendment sponsored
by J. H. Albright of Oregon City,
limiting the legal rate of Interest to
4 per cent with 8 per cent on con
tracts. !
Proposed property classification law
for assessment and taxation, spon
sored by the Oregon State Tax Equali
sation association, providing, for the
assessment of, business property- and
mercantile stocks at full value with
farms and farm improvement and
resident property assessed at one half
value.
Proposed Ofegon university and Or
egon agricultural college millage tax
repeal law. sponsored by the Oregon
Tax Reduction clubs, repealing the
special tax levy of L? mills ror tnese
two institutions authorised by the
people in 19?4. . .
Proposed constitutional amendment
requiring two thirds affirmative vote to
pass a measure creating a public aeot
against the state or any ot its political
subdivisions. This measure, too, is
sponsored by 'the Oregon TaX Reducr
tion clubs. '
QSf EMERGEXCT LEGISLATION
Initiative smd referendum revision
amendment, stponsored by the Oregon
Tax Reduction clubs, exempting emer
gency legislation from the referendum
and providing- that referred or Initi
ated measures shall ' be voted on only
at the regular general biennial elec
tion. ! .
Bill for revising the method of taxing
banks : and : public utilities, sponsored
by the' Law Enforcement league, under
the terms of which utility corporations
would be assessed for taxation pur
poses on the lvalue set by the public
service commission for ratemaklng
purposes. j
Contrary tojgeneral belief, the clos
ing time for Independent candidates. Is
not mnenrrmt with that for initiated
measures. Political aspirants desirous
of going it atone under the guise of
Independent!" h 'Non-partisans' or
f'hatever- banner they might- select
ave until September 2? to declare
their intentions. Secretary of State
Koser pointed)-out today.
SHOPMEN RETURN I
IN CALIFORNIA
(ConUnwd F
Pas Ons)
board, and J&ert M. Jewell, president '
of the striking? shopmen's union, was
being arranged for the purpose of at
tempting a settlement of the shopmen'
dispute with the railroads.
HOPE, FOR PEACE
Hope for peace parleys to settle the
walkout of the railroad shopmen was
held out today as roads showed the
first pinch of the strike.
Conciliatory' measures were ex
changed between Ben W. Hooper,
chairman of the United States railroad
labor board, and Bert M. Jewell, chief
of the shop crafts unions,
The way toward negotiations to reach
a settlement Of the disputes which led
to the strike I was believed opened by
the letters, t s
: Suburban traffic was curtailed on
several roads operating oat of Chicago
today as a result of the strike. -
Railroad managers said trains were
.taken off" merely a a conservation
measure to preserve repaired equip
ment in case of a long drawn out
strike. - - - -
The Chicago and Northwestern dis
continued temporarily' It trains. Four
teen were suburban ' and two - were
through trains operating between Chi
cago snd Clinton, Iowa. ? - 4 . .
While the labor board and the shop
workers sparred tor an ) 1 opening,
maintenance of way employes planned
to take another strike vote. President
K. F. Grabiefwill submit a' ballot-intended
to gain the support of his union
on the compromise affected with, the
labor board whereby the first, strike
was declared pff. - v .
Conference ! between ; - JX W.- He! t
president of Uie slrnal men., and labor
who wants greater, cloth
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is made to give enduring
service who wants a guar
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who believes in "keeping home tailors busy" -and
who appreciates the superiority of custom tailored
clothes over factory mades?
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