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mm FIRST SECTIOH rail: SEVENTY-TIIIRD YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 3,1923 PRICE FIVE .CZ:. i 1 i .i. i; r i . f ; 1 FEXHS COURT IIOOBIflG V- Si l 1 - - ... . . . -' r "Genera!" Robert A. Lee and . Charles Sherwin on Trial for Misusing Mails-to-Defraud 1 ' GOVERNMENT ALLEGES : 1 "DEEEHDANT IS "GOAT" Aged Han j Received Small Salary forHis Share in r - , , the Enterprise - FORT WORTH, Texas, June 2. How be and his partner H.H. Schwarz, organized the ! General Lee : companies No. .1 ., and 'No. 2, and, then told these companies the leases Which "were described lit the advertising literature as , cure to bring immense profits to the; In vestors, was. told on the Witness stand today by Charles Sherwin, defendant' with Schwar and "Gen eral" Robert -A. Lee tni the oil fraud cases charging misuse of the malls. -; Sherwin gave this . testir mony .on cross-examination by David - Cahill, government attor ney. ;. ".;-,.."..:-...; ' 'v I ' K- Companies Capitalized -lie said the '. companies -were capitalized at $15,000 and $18,- oOO, respectively, and theyUSher- win - and Sen war ) took oTer : tjie entire capital stock and its leases. But: not all of the capital' stock was sold to ' the public, Sherwin said,- being nry about 115,000 sold ' for, comcany-No. -1 and $18, 000 fpr company No. 2. All of this money was takei, orer.bythem, he said, together with? the remain ing capital stock, and as .payments would- dribble inta the office al ter -the first drive t for stockhold ers, he; and Schwarz would, pocke ihe.xnonftyr The,, money, helonged . to them.,, they, said,, there-, was no, a so, of keeping-any, books, , . Made Xarce; Profits " While Bhe'rwla aid Sehwarx re alized handsome-prof its-from.' the first two Lee companies, "Gene ral" Lee. the aged defendant who. the government alleges. j is the "goaf of the whole affair, re 'ceivedtottlyill2.60.weekly andoe casional small sums for "tobacco money," according to Sherwln's testimony. He said ' Lee was to receive 10 per cent of he'protlts of the company In additlon-td his weekly salary, but as there jwert no profits for the Investors, Lee had nothing coming. There also were no ; net nroflts from the third company, Sherwin said, and Lee. received nothing but his sai ary. , ,- T ' ;.:0, ,0 Checks Not Returned No jaisrearisentations - were ( Continued on page 6) n 5i P.fLLIl.;EEO Steiner arid Smith Have Lots of 'Em Give 'tm Away,; Says Board . The poor families of Salem and vicinity are not -likely to be In .want of food, a far as the homely an a useful Dotato i concerned. At the meeting of ' the state VnarT nt rnntrol Saturday Dr. R- PLHJTYDF S - E. Lee Steiner, superintendent of " ""the state hospital for the ' insane, " and Dr. J. N. Smith,. superinUn - itont aF the state institution for feeble pitndedr Informed the board that they have Tnore man awuw bushels of potatoes that are go ing to waste and thatjhey have been Unable; to find smaneiioi fllATTl. : ' ' "1!" ':. " - Th -.hoard -instructed the two superintendents to turn them over to the (Salvation Army or to any institution that will dis tribute the vegetables among the needy. - .THE WEATHER OREGON: Sunday. ; generally; fair; moderate westerly, winds' LOCAL WEATHER r - , , vv Saturday) -v-Maximum temperature, 67 Minimum teniperature.. 47. River,! 45 eetr rising.; f v- ;' Vind. south. ' ' Atmosphere, partly cloudy. -EDITORIAL THE. LOGAN PERRY SITUATION Editor Statesman: - i . -. ' My attention has been called to your editorial I entitled '"Logan berry Men Stand Pat" - in J. the Statesman,' May 28. The editorial is to be very highly commended and It shows that; you have 'the proper appreciation1 of u the logan-, berry situation. It was my privi lege to assist the growers, in per- j f ecting , their organization and I can' truthfully say never .-have worked with a broader minded and, fairer set of men; than those who composed the committee that drew up the plan of organization. They know -that onsa competitive. market where each grower can -be approached separately and his ne cessities taken, advantage of, that enough growers may . be" Induced to sell at a price so far below the coat of production that "it will mean bankruptcy to the large growers. They appreciate the fact that -others : are interested In the industry - equally ' With themselves and 11 'they ask Is to he able' to secuTera-price that will; give thm approximately the cost of produc ing a 'cropV' 'They also- appreciate the 'fact that if this is 'not -done the acreage of loganberries, tribu tary to Salem; will be greatly re duced before another crpp is har- LETTER FRQM SECRETARY VINCENT ' . ' f J? To the j Independent Loganber ry; Growers; ... Your committee . have .procured an office af No. 127 North Com mercial street, Room-' 4, - Salem, Oregon. ) : " " " ' To date .the acreage necessary to ; complete .the , organization of the Loganberry , Growers Ex Change has not been procured. : We are entering the second week of the limited time allowance.- "i ; . TrSome meetings are-booked for the current week. and others will follow. ; . Should J the .growers desire to consummate . this agreement : tor their mutual protection. It is up to themto act. 5 When - in fialem call at our- office. . When a meet ing is called in your vicinity be there and take 4 part." All per sons interested In this ' move are I7est;SsIesiTjC22n Acciwcd ... r, , .; -. f h . . . .. : .. ' . .,. .,. . ir ialeni Merchants Arrest Made Late Last Jusshby Sherif fDowxr- Many jNessI;;Sra landClIrs'Fictitions Sirntrcs - r"".? - J - . - ' ' i - - - i :- s. i 'C - , ' f ;i . Mra. Pauline Needhaim. claiming to be;24 years old, a resident of West Salem, was U. J. Jjower between 9 and 10 oxlock Iast fushv0rtaharsre of passing bad checks in Salem. Mrs.Needhain'is in the county .jail. Vi'.' -;'';-"ii ' '1 "Mrs. Needham is accused of -having passed -14 , or. 1 checks of sinall amounts; on Salem" merehants 'p.ggrc&Biirig possiDiy ?i&u. une oi tne largest was for SZ7. VAmongtbe" stores victimized by the woman were Rostem.& feenlia'urhi Seligs, ' Peoples Cash Store, Buskk'i, ; Skajjs; zlttctuga Breier Store, Peoples Market and the J. CJTsnnejrStorew-1- .ff, i JIrs. Needham is said to have passed rnost of rher checks dufinir March and Mav. I She used several dif f fircnjrrnps; some of which were forgeries TLA IT ITT iiw wuuwu uves in vvest. issaid to be a ; fanner, -and farrier, i .The-family,is-well me uiicers ji-uuw,-iias not Sheriff, Bower has been weeks to ascertain where the traced their, alfeged source; about? an hour . before the. arrest was made last night. iffflimii is ji:g big wow Correspondence With Other States, Brings Many Work ers Into Valley " The city tree employment bur eau at the TMCA, a branch of the federal f employment service,: eon tinues to function In a way that has taken .the .farmers end other employers of help a large part of the - worry abont -getting "their summer's work Cone, ;r x '- , A report for, the last week sub mitted by C. A. Kelts, who Is In supervision of : t the . department. shows that a total of 79 job hunt ers have registered during the: last week and. 7ft. that, the buretu. knows about have actually t been placed.. The demand for help la located by th fact that 231 era - vested. . It i occurs to me that.' this is a community problem and one that every business man in Salem ought to take a keen Interest In. m It is stated on good .authority that there are over 8000, acres of loganberries In the Salem district; that the average yield will .be ap proximately two tons, per acre, or 6000 tons. At '5c a pound, the price -asked by . the growers, this would bringapproximately $6t0, 0 0 0 v to the grower. Of thU im ouht.the grower: will (pay,, ut 5240,000 for picking. It the frnlt is canned or dried; in Salem sev ; eral hundred th9usand dollars additional-will be paid out for la bor and. material. .Ifr for any rea son, , the grower should be (dis couraged and the acreage reduc ed even one-half it would be ajnet loss to Salem and vicinity of three fourths' of amllliond61Iars.ThIs is no small $um, J and ; anything that can be done to prevent,, such a calamity should be ' done, and The Statesman Is- to be commend ed for. Its assistance to the grow ers' at this criticaltime.l " , 1 i, . ; ; :c V CJ. HURD-: Specialist in Organization -and Markets, Extension service, O. A. C. 7 -'; , - i . , Corrallls,: Or., June 1, 1923. 1 urged to solicit their neighbors; aid. Your committee are willing workers and glad of -the. chance to. serve you, but they. cannot, bear the whole burden: v Yoa are there fore : urged, to get Into, the., game and help put this aqross. 4 p'i o. Jl.viNCENT. Setfy. ; The above Is gladly printed? not on account of the. complimen tary word; they ,but praise what is t a plain duty. : 'But here ' Is ; 4 matter , that Is urgent. ; 'There tis no time to lose.1 - It, concerns the very life of the loganberry Indus try in the Salem district. , In or ganization, In singleness ot .pur pose, there Is safety, and prosper ity. The - Industry caa , be -.kept going and growing as it deserves by those engaged In it working and sticking together,; and , this can be made certain-inj no other w- ' . . , '- . mm cf Pajsinffj3oguiPaper;cn placed under arrest by Sheriff and others purely fictitious. A. -! fil. I . . oaiem wun ner nusDana, wno he is the son of Polk .county known. ) llrss Needham,t as J far: Deen, in iroupieoeiore... : . working on clews 'for several checks i were, comincr if rom; and V i ' ployershave - registered at .the1 bureau, during the week as want ing, help. -l " . .'.'. i NMr..,KeIls says. that the number, of placements recorded does trot show j the j whole; nnnf7erwhoi re ceive employment through'; tho btirea.n. ' The reason - for i this Is that. many, desiring to have a Jook at 'the prospective ' places of em-' ployment before i going ito twork, find out their locations at the Y. M. C. A. They go oh the trip of in spection, probably accept employ ment and no record Is made at the : bureau. Which means i that the .service being rendered, by the bureau is bigger" than indicated by the records. , Of the whole number, register ed, daring the last weekMr. JCells says that probably about half are the result of direct correspond ence with the Salem branch by persons in Idaho.Montana; Yash ington, and -otlier' states f y . While the field of labor tnd-em-ployment covered by. the .service In general, by far the largest nam ber of persons is seat to-the farm-; er,aad - Xrult.rowers . YOUNG JZRWE OF EX-FLYER IS PENNILESS Honeymoon Trip From Gali j f ornia Is Interrupted TOen C I Husband Deserts ' - CHICAGO, June 2 . While pe Chicago .. police ; were .hunting , to day for Robert .E.. Barry, .of Mar ietta.: Ohio, former, aviator who disappeared, last, night leaving his bride of five days almost penni less at a local hotel, word was received .from Marietta .authori ties that they also .are searching for-Barry for passing a check' for 15.000 Which was , later returned foi lack of-funds. Local 'authori ties have asked the Marietta au thorities to trace a check for S20,- OOOwhich Mrs. Barry , said her husband gave her and .which -she rtalms-was -returned to -her. K .Mrs., Barry,' who Was fn; her honeymoon to California; was met here today by her sister, Jtfiss Beatrice Gage, of Sheboygftn Wis. School -Board Refuses vto ward Contract; Another .f Meeting Is Called ; Five bids were presented to the Salem school board Saturday for the building of the newJranf ?unr iar-.high school building. & Five bids' were put in' fpr the heating and ventilatlngVnd 1 f our for the plumbing and, general fur nishing. One was - submitted i for roofing. . Vy --j a. ..; v . ' .None.of the bids were accepted, though; the board, in voting to, re tain for consideration the. la west two bids. voted, likewise to return the . certified checks to , the .other Unsuccessful bidders. . - C Final Action FHday : The board will. take ap the final award jnext Fridsy. noon,', when a meetingTTsi yi leCheld to cohsider the . bids tor the -.new high- -school annex. Word t was received .from Architect Fred A. Legge that, the bidders, on the hlghschool section had : found It impossible ; to get ready ,for i the Scheduled reward meetings, on Monday; so 'the date wasextenuea uoar .aaya. oin buildings -.will be considered -at that 'jame.'-- ' ;? i n 4 All. the . bids were considerably higher than the board, had expect ed to receive. " Thejr had? hoped ; o get the-Grant funlor high school building s complete. f orl little, If any, jbi excess Qf . J S. 0.0 Q :The sum , of ,,tbe arnjt bids on ' the building,-the. heating, and .the plumbing is . a little more than $103,000 for the lowest, and the highest total -would -be-more than 1116,000 besides the seating and other personal . furniture. ' ; Local i Firm:-Lowest Ci.VahyPattdn & Soarofr Salem, weVe' lowest on thebullding, their bid beinff $81,42&. The ethers In xerr' Trancbell fcParelius iof Pertlandv484,804. John A. Al- meter.f Portland, $85,318; H. E. Doering.oof.Tortland, $8 6,2 14 ; Fred-Erixson,'vf -Salem, $89,673. The Van'Patton and 'Trenchellift Parelius' bids fare -held for possible revision as the' lowest In the list. sFot the; heating and ventilation, Ru&hrisht ,'llaatorf of Portlahd were .the lowest.) with a bid' of J1Z.&33; George W. Kendall. $12. 840; iW. S.-Fleming, $13,414; T. M. Barr. $13,600; and William E. Bunco.' $16,121. j For the plumb ing, A. L. Fraser of ! Salem, was the lowest, with a bidlef $4600; William E. Sanoe,1 ; with T$ 5,0 53 ; W. SFlemipg$5,700is and.T. M. uarr.,-jsa.' . ne,iowesi two mi each Dtj these it classifications will J)s jjjneld for consideration. ; Erlxon Has Proposal Y Fred Erixon proposed to - com plete; the building in the shortest time,! 125 working days, which would deliver it to the board early in November. C.Van Patton's bid calls f or ; 1 5 0 working v days' time,' as do two of the others, and the H. E. Doerlng hid, asks : 180 days, ! or seven t calendar months. counting Sundays out. 4 That would mean the, middle of January, just about the 'time j Of the close ofuthe.flrst. semester; of the. school year. Since it will not be possible.' nnder any conditions. to get Into the bunding at the first of the school year, It is be lieved by the board that it would be just about as well to wait until the end -of the 'first semester to movei-;ln.f ; ;;. :;;;;; ?' Emergenfy Measnre Possible It- aa long time is required for the; high school annex, the board might cut up the present gymna slum' into the six class rooms a proposedand possibly get the use . X Continued on . page 2;) SGHQQLBIDS . . . - , ' ' .... . mm-in r t ii I IBIIDIlOBSi1 IF DRY 1ICT Muilah-Gage estate . Prohibi tion, Enforcement Act-Repeal. HasVery LittlexEf- f ect iheorkv..-- - .sf r; v:, CHANGE PROSECUTIONS C INTO'FEDERAL COURTS 5tate.Does.Wot Assume-Re r?t)onsibilityr Withdrawals - NEW TORK,-uJne 2. Despite the s repeal of the ' Mullan-Gag'e stat?-prohibition enforcement act made ' -t effectlTe . bv Governor Sratth V ! sfgnat ur e fast night,4 Jwl- ice ana -state officials' today3 con tinued to" arrest offenders of the drjf laws ind state courts proceed ed with prosecutions of offenders arrested up until last nfght. T ;'.k,;;iepartmentx Active 1 The Only apparent effect of the repeals waa the. transfer of prose cution , Jn. . cases of new offenders from the Estate .'to -the 'federal eonrts4.u Predicted - withdrawal from the enforcement .ranks of city and state police authorities with: consequent) laxity, in the. en forcement of the federal dry laws a. ii r taiiec. (OtonaenajUze. . , t it - Instead,. ? police Commissioner Enright .announced, that -the., pol ice aeparunent. would continue to enforce the Volstead act and. Dis trict , Attorneys Banton and "Dodd declared their offices would con-1 tlnue to prosecute? cases? already before them. ' ' ' ; '? .' 4 Ifyland Wont Talk While Mayor Hyland refused to discuss the, situation,. Commission er Enrfght declared that a confer ence would be held V next - week with legal representatives, of the city, tate, and nation attnd!ag,,to detef nMne-the -best jnethod-of.pro- eeeuure. , r . . . , fin. the meantime," he , said, the' police? -department, must go back- to the proceed ure - followed ttnder,lhe.Volsteadact , before the Mullen-Gage law was enacted, at that time, police enforcement was more effective throughout the city than was possible on the part of limited numbers ot federal agents assigned here." j t Palmer Canfield, federal prohi bition director of the state, said he would go to Washington Mon day s to confer "With Federal Com missioner Haynes. i He said he did not know whether he would ask (for .more , agents or. whether Washtngton would take the .Init iate in augmenting the force .here. SACRED HEART TO Judge J. P.! Kavanaugh of .i - . - j - . - Portland to Deliver Com- ; ;. mencement Address" r j Judge J. P. SCavanaugh of Port land; a former Marion county man will-deliver the commencement address t for ; Sacred Hearf Acad emy? Wednesday at the Grand the ater. This Is the 60th '.annnat commencement ! for the 4. Salem school and a class of eight girls willi receive their diplomas. Catherine Savage, one of the graduates is a niece ot Judge Kav anangh.r Others In the class are Norma .Maler, Margaret Heenan, Pauline Patterson. Mary lorns, Florence Smith Leona Oeranleati, and l Genevieve Deranlean. ft 4 r. Rev. Mons. Arthur Lane of Air bany will deliver the baccalaureate sermon .Wednesday morning in the academy chapel. The family of H Pauline -'. Patterson nd Jlev. Father : Lane's family are bid friends and he was asked to deliv er the sermon for this reason, w V - ; Tr4hnta ' tn Alme. - Ttfatar. written by Gertrude Robison Ross an i alumna of the academy. will be presented by four of the graun ate Wednesday night. MrsRosa is' president ot the Sacred Heart Academy "Alumnae association. Other officers are Sarah Lansing, secretary and Mary Heenan, trea sufer. . "':-r - ;-- 1 A class of 17 boys and girls will be graduated from the " eighth grade, at the academy Tuesday af ternoon.4' The class will also re ceive their diplomas from the county superintendent,. Mrs. Mary Fulkerson, since they took the state '-examination , - very . member of the class . passing the state testa. , . GRADUATE CLASS RESCUE.WORK 'TIPSVESSEL tlti COLUMBIA "Rosalie -Marioney" t Capsizes Near Willamette; fOckla- : ' -. hainaN, Assists Beaching .; , .S . ' 1 1 '1 " 1 .. . - ; :'j 1 PORTLANp.t Ore.. " June 2. Capsizing of the steam , schooner RosaUeMahoneywa3 ..averted today- when the river steamer Ok lahoma Raided in beaching i the ocean-going-; craft in' the Colum bia river below the mouth of . the Willamette river. C'Ays i Just after turning 'into the' Col umbia the Rosalie Mahoneyvwent oyer -on.' her; side. '; Pilot 4Ierman Ffese, in command , of the .craft on Its trip -downstream, called for the vessel ashore'. ; - Just ; what caused the mishap was.notknown.heree. th.Iaafter noon, but available . Information Indicated the vessel tipped and water came in through the aide ports. t. . . . EDITORS BATHER TOOK Program For Stati jConven .tionTentatively -Adopted . " Here Yesterday - Tentative preparation - of the program for the 1923 meeting of the State Editorial association was effected ,fct a meeting of -tho, pro gram committee herelSfturday- at the Marion hotel. ;jThe members of the tommiUeeare Hal JC-Ross,1 Oregon i City 'Enterprise? ;! tE. A: pKoen, ; Polk County lObserver 5lai- las; iElbert Bede.'. COttage i Grove Sentinel; G.. L. Hurd, vOorvallis Gaxette-Tlmesr ".Erie W. Allen; Uniyersltyi of Oregon school , of journalism, and George Turnhnll, University of Oregon school of Journalism. .'-...; The. convention .will r this year be held at Hood Hlver and on Mt,. Hood,,, and will meet Friday, July -1 Z. s On ' that date a session devoted mainly to the advertising end of the Newspaper business will be . held la ,'Hood River, and on Saturday; the. news session .will be held on Mt. Hood. . Among- important business" ' to come before the convention twill be the proposed endorsement of abolishing the voters' pamphlet In Oregon elections and substituting newspaper advertising in Its place, and it Is believed the association will endorse this.: The conven tion also wilt consider placing a paid field secretary at ' work tor the association, . who probably would also be connected with the journalism school at the state uni versity. 1 y f: ' Two More Mentioned in f Race For School Board Two more possible candidates fori the school, board, whose; names have not previously been publish ed, ; are- William rGahlsdorf mer chant, and Carle Ab rams, pub lisher. It is said a group of sup porters lias appeared, for each that would-be .formidable should the two men, .or.tither of them; de cide to enter the race. 3 5. Pressure continues to be brought upon Paul B. Wallace to get; him to ran to succeed himself, hut Mr. Wallace apparently Is determined to1 "keep out.; Walter C. -WJnlow Is a candidate to succeed himself. ,Tha support for D. W, Eyre con tinues to.be strong and'ICjs prob able thaUbis name will be on the ticket. : y:: .. '. - ' ..,--7 : ' 11 ,? jr.. .. . r ,1., wees . . . . . c Lauretian Section is Being Millions of Dollars Has Vs!l?ges Are Kept in Darkness by Vast Quantity of -SmbkeDeclare Reports TORONTO, Ont., June 2.The town of White River, Ont., jnenaced several days by forest fires, was tonight re ported to the lands and forest department of Ontario to be safe. The flames had been quelled in the southern and eastern sections of the municipality.,' Thunder storms were general in the district. ; No buildings in the town were de stroyed. 1 , . ' The situation in the Soo district and about Cochrane was reported much improved, but that at Sudbury still bad. MM ME V -pOSEBURG, Ore., June 2. Posses late today were ported closing in on a - bandit whoheld up and rcblj : I Glendale' State bank at Glendale, near here. The roll : reported .wounded iby a bullet fired, by a citizen ns hs L the hills with betweeh $700 and $1,000 which he had 1: up front trays in the cashier's cage. ' The robber who entered - the -bank shortly befcr o'clock flashed a revolver on MrsMargaret IIcGcg, cashier,:and ordered her.to enter. thevault. r She - stcrr the burglar alarm which -started - a ' gong rir.ir. frightened the unmasked robber -who grabbed i3 much : . as he could-and ran from the building.? The cr. j ciL citizens .who rushed into a nearby, hardware store lt. mandeered weapons and ammunition. In an excL shots 'the fleeing" robber -was believed to have been Lit buJletfv-;'u''' j.:.:, joaTS bi JSJOTiL ofs ! v" I. '- ' . -ii 1 ' . ; ? Sentence Passed Upon Dun nagan and Dale for Pro- l .fiibition "j Violation ; I ! Sixty days in. Jail, and the. pay ment of 1400 Inifinesiwere equal ly divided . between' M. jT.Dunna gan and O.-, Dale when they were arraigned before P.; J. Kuntz. jus tice of the peace, yesterday. They pleaded, guilty to a charge of pos session 'of intoxicating liquor. This men were arrested bys S.' J." Cul bertson; states prohibition -officer. ; t; WAIter-JTohnson, former pent tehtiary guard arrested Friday night, was released on 1100 ball in the police court,: where, he was charged wlth'posseasion of ilqnor, and iont i&QO .ball, ;-la rthe -Justice conrt. where charges..of'tran8por tation "f v liquor 1 were --placed against -him. .- BaU papers- In the Justice court were signed by Mrs. S. Burkholder and Ethel ;Burk holder. 'T "'-. t - " ' 1 -" . f- . ; -Johnson will be arraigned in the pbllce'coutt.at 10 o'clock Monday morning end In the t Justice .court at' 2 ' o'clock' Monday-afternoon. P. L Brown Executor - Of J. M. Brown's Will J-P. Ij. Brown was made-sole ex ecutor of, the will of J. M. Brown, with an approximate value of $2S, 000, by an order signed yesterday by Judge W. M. Bushey. ; With Florence -E. Down as ex ecutrix,; he was appointed execu tor of the estate. The former died May 27, leaving BrOwnTto handle the legal aspects of the estate. Under the terms of the , will, specific bequeats,ot $ 40 00 .were made . to minor v grandchildren, while, the balance was to be- distributed,- share and share alike, between P. I Brown and Flor ence EDown. k The 1 estate was in debted i ahont $100,: leaylngVa balance of 120,000. ; . - Florence Powrilled, naming. P. I JJrown, executor of her estate." By ! the terms of the will Brown is to -receive 1 4 00 personally and a like amount1 for his services -as executor. ' v ' 3 ;V- CARTESIANSMEET"' ; PORTLAND," vCre.i ! Jane 2. United Artislans from all over the northwest gathered ?here tonight and , participated in the Initiation of a elass of 1 5 00 Jnto the1 local lodges - A banquet and dance was held at the ' municipal auditor ium. ' ": : " ! ' Swept and Timber Valued at Been Destroyed : Homes and From XIostreaL ? ;1C STEC n 'Jl .... District Atto rn cy Lc : ' : : Report Frcm Gr; vuMJuryVedncsday . ' 'Reports from the fraud Vestfgatlag2ch.arses;,mad3 i ters against Dr. It.f D. Lc 3 by. Dr. A. Slaughter ttzj : available uctil-Vfcis . ing; toTJohn it,' Carson,- cl. i i torneyl r The". letters ca.it tlons and,' made .Jr. ; against Dr. Etelrier's r.;r.- of j the rstate h.o5;ltsl . r - r ' sane. : - v- .' - - 6ixtrue bills were ret-. the grandijary Catariar -was. ordered 'recessed u : : day:. morning. -.Al Ja!:I, ; alshttwatchnaa ci V -" Lcsglzg cpai acr'a r: " : r, .. a - shot a.t'OiiTer'.Uyers,' ' dieted en,a,'haxge cf -zt ; : a dangerous jwfaron, ,wr.:' 3 Pfau of.Gervais.was ini: . assault and hattery. JTonr. oilier lailctner. brought. These were aga!::'. George Wells, obtalnlns 1 under .false .pretenses; IT Hicks, Larceny; Robert II cC wilfully making a falsa r.at to the- state industrial ac commission, and J. G. All for obtaining money under pretenses. ' One not-trne bill was r.'. in the case of Jndd Cup?, t, L being held on a charge cf fc:. G0H1 R:Tu Pierce Says to Weaken V 1 stead Act. Would .Be Si:. Backward in America Governor Walter ''21. Pie re:? response to Inquiries sent Li two Hew Tork newspapers 3 . day sent them telegrams dec! he Is not In sympathy 'with t' Uon taken by Governcr Err.Il repeal of the Mullan-Gar : The governor declares .he h j ways been In sympathy with ; hlbitlon, and that to enact state or federal leglslaticr. weaken the oVlstead act wor! a step backward toward, a America. ' ' rThe telegrams sent by tr.3 ; ernor were Identical and rea foUows: . "1 am not In sympathy wit" repeal of the Mullan-Gaga 1. New 'Tork state. X always I been heartily in favor cf pr : tlon, and I am o posed to t: ing wit hthe present laws pre ing the maximum alcoholic tent of Intoxicating liquor. -nlted ' States, ' by , corstitu amendment has voted to elir: the liquor evil, end any ; that may be taken by coctl remove the teeth from tia stead act will tend to 1 1 rc : enforcement feature cf t:. The liquor laws, like ctl.r t inal acts, must te nlerrr' their construction or tic 7 c be enforced. The Vc!.: coupled with the etats :'. now sufficient if prcsr! I by . the , law enforcement r . the governne-t. 'To ire laws either by federal cr i. tion means a step lac!r wet America."