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lliWAnl-liAWn Oregon - j ff'fuA :- ' L Vl?Jl! A J-r I I v:r: I 1 TLY. CtlLlICl . L . Unsettled 1J PROTECTING YOUR MONEY f my 1 u j n ri riuT i i n a a r anu mi.ia wia ru,4 buwiriy. winas, gaies on the coast. Wednesday Max. ! 55; Mln. 45; River ll.1? rising; Rainfall .33 ; Atmosphere cloudy; Wind south. :l ItVays 'you tOjiread the jsdvertlsementsandto know advertised 'products, feuying Fthem ; pr& tects your money. . . . - . SALM. OREGON, THURSDAY, MORNING JANUARY 29, 1925 jmm. ' v r v i v-v Tiff T' I: U LI U 4 MM J 17 L I I If 1Y vv THREH 1W1TS1 GHILO LABOR House of Kepresentatives Packed Jo Capacity and Many Are Unable to iHnd Place to Stand PROPOfiEflTS. "ARE - .w IN VAST MAJORITY Opposition to. Ratification ; 20th Amendment Lacks j Argumentpra of Former governors of Oregon whose pbrtraiia acorn tne 'walls of the ;,hoUs of representatives' have never beheld . such , a crowd at .packed, ,the huge t( room last night , to bear arguments for and againsjL the proposed 20 th amend ment to the, constitution, which clls .for federal regulation . of child labor and for three hours argumenU,' "chiefly for, wer ad .vatced, urging the committee to recommend t to , the legislature , the passage of tho legislation. Senator Jay Uptoa 'presided as chairman. , From JT.jColema. president of Reed college and former head of the 4-L organization .of that etatetq'the closing arguments of Representative James W. Mott,.-of Clatsop coiuntyibere wasxa steady pjea for the underprivjliged child ren of the nation. These pleas Were voiced by representktlves of various organizations of the state and of women speakers, 10 were mothers, of whom three were grandmothers. HpuseCis Packed. . ' Long before "the meeting was called to order . exery . available was placed and occupied. Seat- e and radiators , were tak'en while standing room was at a premium. any, seeing the , crowd, turned back and failed to attend the - public hearing. Jn the words of Joe Singer, veteran sergeant-at-arms In the hausev,not in .the: J8 years ie has been on the Job7 has there, 'beep such j. turnout ,.tA special train bringing several hun dred women from Portland, left at 10:30 o'clock necessitating many to' leave the session before it was adjourned. There are three open issues in the amendment, Mr. . Coleman n First tho tiower to nro- hibit labor In factories and mills by persons under 14 years: second tp regulate labor by boys and girls from 14 to 16 -years and third the power to prohibit certain occupa tions for persons froni 17 to 18 years. The highest rate .of In juries are received from workers 16 to 18 years of age when not protected. Congress can be Judg ed by what it has done in the past, he sa Id. ; Mra. George J. Perkins, of Port- (ConUnncd a pact S T DUOIUI POSTAL BILL ASKED Slow Action on MeasOre : Scored; Amendments Not Voted On By Senate WASHINGTON. Jan. 2S.f night session of the senate tomor row to hasten action on the postal pay and rate increase ; bill j was threatened today ; by Senator Moses, republican, j New j Hamp shire. In charge of the measure. after the day's discussion! failed tr rini n vote on any of the pendine amendments. H. I men nrnninm m During the discussion tortay Senator Moses aunouned a provi sion in the bill limting books, cat- . alogues, seeds, . cuttings j j bulbs, roots, scions and plants to, four qnnccs for mailing in the third class should read ''eight ounces. j Other third r1as mail, however. wftHld be limited fo four ounces.. V A vote Is in order, tomorrow. o the proposal pf Senator j George, - democrat, Georgia, to reduce Pres ent second ; class1! rtes . on -j adver tising sections of publications to those in. effect before July 1.1020. i t The bill provides or a slight j increase -in these 'rates. - '1 ; 1. Senator Moses contended I today reduction In these, ratejk would irSultin a lossof $3,000,000 rev enue to, fho ; government ", whereas additional 'revenue wa needed to pjiiy! the "postal Increases provided i the bill, but Senator George agued that lower, rates would in crease revenue by bringing addi tional pleces"ot. "man -tulo,J,tho service, ; and Herwig May Sacnf ic;e i i .Fighting to,save tho state pfo Mbition. law and keep it in opera tion under the direction of fine executive of fice, Governor Pierce fnd W. J. Herwig, superintendent of the state anti-saloon leaguei-are I repared to. take any steps that might tend to divert action bjf the special senate, and house .conilnit tee Inyestlgating. the 'actlvitie of the prohibition com'misaioner land his department. ,y 4 George L.., Cleaver, state prohlbi ton commissioner, is slated ; for sacrifice in order to preventf any move upoathe part. of .the commio eion that might result in the abol ishment of the tate prohibition department and Igiye, the enforce Fflfil RELIEF Cpoljdgs ftequests, Enact ment of Measure at Earl iest Possible Date Y WASHINGTON Jan- .28. The legislative recommendations - of the agricultural commission were transmitted, to .copgress, today, by President Coolidge with a request for their enactment "at the -earliest possible date. In a brief message sent to both house and senate the president not onlyjnrgetl prompt action but took occasion to j express :confi dene'e in the commission and its findings. . j . 1 , No draft of legislation, toT carry out the recommendations accom panied the report and it as in dicated that K this task , wohia be left to the house and senate agri culture. cominJtfees. w ; b i Chairman Haugen has called a meeting of the. house committee Saturday ta jcanvass .the. situation and it Js regarded as.llfceiy, tpat the senate committee, win also determine- its -Trwredere1i5teJ;rthe week end. There are Indications that th two committees may hold joint but ;brief hearings to; expe dite consideration of legislation. DIP1EHA1S CDHEH ....... . .1 " . Radio Peports Say Condition bame; . Anxi-ioxin,. is Sent By Dog Teams FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan 28 iixv Associated Press.) Ac cording to . wlrjelesaNmesslges r re .KirpH hprn from Nome."; Alaska, a diphtheria epidemic raging there remained the same today. The actual number t of dead fras not eiven. but ono of the dispatches read: ?U ? ' 'f-"-. r "Several wttfte pcopleil grown- children, are included in the .deadT w, 4-' m, Tlie .largest, percentage; of those afflictdd are Eskimos, r our per sons had I been reported dead yes terday. A:,'-' 4 . ;l . .-- . r threo hundred thousand "units of anti toxin were sent ; to Nome br dog team, from Nenafia, north hf here, today. With Hleonard Seppala, ! noted , . Northern dog nusher, on his way front Nome to moot the Nenana teanilto relay th anti-toxin to the stricken town, ih trio i should be made in 15 if :wai Kenerallyl believed Fairbanks, tin i repl to Dan Sutherland, delegate in ; congre-a from Alaska as to whether an air plane could De usea wju imi C2 .hours' notice the Jfej saving jigent) could be, deliTerc to wome in four hours. 1 ! ,. :j! f ,'V,. , . ; The aviators of three, airplanes I Ktyf hr have lftft Alaska lor thej Winter, but two fliers ';'arr,- i , available. j ,,: outside James 0 Biien. motion picture- .camera man arid a Wmer member of, the Itoyal Flying corps of panada in tie Wdrld war. 1 75 ml distant on bts lway to Siberia o Uke pic tures, telegraphed he would like to return and fly- BANK WHA pJorEN- 1 '.It- Vl V ; - '-s r- ' t OLYMFIA., Wash.. glf ,;r Af ter helnft dosed lefS than wo Week -MinersandiMerchaBta Knkto? Chelan. Vah., Bill DMt Cleaver to ment of the law I a to the hands of the sheriffs, and district attorneys of the re&pejtife countica of the Mate..:,-.; ' - f - -. ; . t , To this1 extent both the gover ror and Mr. Herwlg have prac t ically -withdrawn their support to Wr. Cleaver and are prepared to let him take sole responsibility for the failure of the ajate to ade quately and economically 'en force the prohibition Jaw. ; - ; , First real intimation of : this withdrawal came to light during the investigations of the commit tee Tuesday nlht when Mr. Her wlg declared that Mr. Cleaver had outlived his usefulness as far as (Continued on E8 5) Instruction Tn Public Schools Advocated; Commission J to Be Named t The problem of teaching the Bible in the public schools! has again come to the front, with the Introduction in the senate today i . - of a bill by Senator S. M. Garland, of Linn county. i f The bill provides that certain portions of the Bible shall be read in, the public schools, and author izes the governor of the state to appoint a commission to designate which selections shall be used. ?' A committee of nine persons. with the superintendent of public instruction as the chairman, shall be named. The other members will be drawn from the ministers, priests and rabbis, or other desig nated members of the various churches and congregations of the state.- Of this committee, one shall be a Catholic, one Jaw, and one a Christian Scientist, but no two-members of -the committee shall be of the same religious de nomination. j " ; ': Only such portions of the Bible shall be taught as do not tend to ward any particular form of reli gion, and which is likely to instill in the minds and hearts of the pupils a desire and determination to lead moral lives and to obey the laws of the United States, and the state, to the end ',' that the youth of Oregon may be, and may remain, worthy citizens. ; j In reading the selections desig nated by the committee,' the teach er must refrain from giving any sectarian comment, and from say ing anything that would tend to favor one religion more than an other. Each sect would be treated with equal respect, and none would be. discussed, either favor- ablyfbr unfavorably. GUARANTEE BAIL Membership Cards in Asso ciation Would Be Accept- j ed as Bond By Judge I . Members of automobile assocl atlons could turn in their mem bership cards as ball, following their-arrest for a! traffic offence If the bill introduced by Senator Miller of Josephine county goes into effect. The measure, -known as senate bill No. 79, provides that any automobile association incorpor ated under the laws! of the state of Oregon, may deposit the sum of $1,000 with, the state treasu rer, and that when this is done the membership card of any per son belonging to the organization will be accepted as ball, following his arrest for a violation of a state traffic ordinance; providing, how ever, that the amount of bail does not exceed $2y. r i ' In the event of the person's failure to appear in court to an swer the charges against him. the court, upon declaring a forfeiture of the . ball, shall at once noUfy the association of the forfeiture and the association -must remit the amount jot j ball within days after notice. 1 V five If the association .f ails -to do this the court can notify the state treasurer, and he will pay the re quired amount from r the deposit lot the association. :Upon payment of the ball the membersnip cara will 'be- returned to the automo bile ergaaUatlon, . i; BILL TO TEACH BIBLE IS READ AUTO US If ElOT SS!S FfiiffilSTO ; PURISTS ii- i ! Three and a Half Hour.Acf- dress Delivered n Cham ber of Deputies; Germany Is Scored WARNING IS GIVE TO BRITISH 'GOVEptoMEfiT France Not Seeking Repuclia- tion of War Claims, Minister Declares PARIS, Jan. 28. CBy The As- sociated Press; )r-Se?urity was the. main theme of 'Premier Herrlot's long awaited speech n France's foreign , policy delivered before a great gathering in the chamber, of , deputies. today. Th.8 premier occupied twojjiours. of his; three. and; a. half hour address drawing up a vivid but dark pic ture of Germany's activities In ar guments while, he disposed of the problem of interallied debts in H brief but nevertheless emphatic manner. Never -before since lie assumed power hasf M. Hernqt spoken of Germany In j the tones bje used today and although he had the entire chamber! communists enthusiastically applauding,, the general Interpretation throughout parliament was tbatf his purpose was deeper than merely catering to i the right group-frthat ' it was a warning to the British govern ment against the evaluation of the Cologne zone. f r - On the subject . df Interallieo debts the Premier said: . y '! I come to the-question of In very, briefly thereoniifor you have remarked how great'Is the suscepy tibllity of our friends and allies on this subject and ou know hos even tne subumest woras ana Desi sentiments risk at tunes feeing In terpreted In a regrettable way. "What 1 can do lif solemnly re- neat once more what M. Vivlanl has said, what M. Poincare has said France does not intend to reDUdiate her debts; "It is not the government over (Continued onjpag 6.) F LAWS IS AS Fewer Statutes TendToward More intelligent Laws, Speaker DeclaVes j OLYMPIA. Vah., Jan. 28.- More intelligent laws tend toward fewer laws, John T. Condon, dean of the new law jschool of the IJni- rersUy lof.tWashltigton .'informed members sof ,the legislature at an opening meeting ! in the house chamber under thf auspices of the Exchange Clubs jof Washington here tonight.' , . , : -Vh "There are so many laws and decisions pf . courts telling what they mean thatjj lawyers don t know . where they! are at." Dean Condon said, "in all probability the legislatures jpf the various states will make 115,009 laws this year.?,, ;,;.., J . Governor Hartley commended the action of the legislature in re iectlnfc the child!,' . labor amend ment. "If you jwill show me a child of, tender years In this state that is working n any industrial plant at any wok which is unfit for him." I will use existing laws to stop it," i he said. ."I am proud of the action of the legislature to day. The standard of this state will Stand higheif In the estimation of the people off this country and the, world than ever before. "The legislature and governor are working band in hand. Be fore two years fare over We will try to Improve sjour already good state government. The reason why there are too many laws as declared by Gover nor Hartley to he the pressure ex erted by the people for certain lws. . ,j! . "There is too much legislation, too many laws Why? Becaus4 the people at I home keep dlng-J donging' the legislature to pass bills that they grant io seo passed. This is the best legislature that was ever convened- and .Is here with only oneii object that of 4 serving-you weii and ft win Tf yoij leave if alone," ED STOKE STATES COURT ACTION ILLIIJTIIE Full Personal Responsibility lor Action gainst Wheel er Is Assumed; Others to Get Notice . . ATTORNEY GENERAL JS J HEARD IN SENATE MEET Cross Examination !ByWal3h SubmitCed to; Conclusion Not Reached ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. As suming full personal -responsibility, for 'thk institution of a new court action1 -( against "Senator Vheeler,' "democrat, Montana, At torney General Stone gave notice today to senators who,, are oppog ing his nomination to the supreme j;ourt In that connection, that the proceedings wonld, QOfltinjie.,, , , ; Appearing before the senate Ju diciary 'committee, if r.j Stone gave his reasons for; initiating the case In the District of Columbia in stead of in Montana,1 where an Indictment against Senator Wheel er already is pending, i, Kxaininatlou Held , He then submittedl to a three hours' cross-examination, much of H conducted by Senator, Walsh, democrat,, Montana, . counsel Xor Wheeler and a member of the committee, ; . After Mr, (Stone had been- excused by the committee men, discussed the jj matter ,f or nearly, an hour without coming to a, conclusion... Chairman Cum mins announced there would be another meeting Monday to con sider the nomination of Mr. Stone, re-committed by the senate last Monday. on the ..Wheeler case, had been , brought , Into the senate de ttelehind closed doors. . . Facing Senator Wheeler as well as his counsel in the small and crowded committee ; room, Mr, Stone said evidence that was to he presetted to a grand jury here next week indicated that there had been a conspiracy td defraud the government on ; oil and mineral lands and that1 "testimony could not be taken without Indicting Senator Wheeler was- involved" in the transaction. jj Will Not Drop Charge Replying lndire'ctfy at least to charges that . Senatdrt Wheeler is being "persecuted" In the effort to "drag" him 250:6 miles from his home on an action that could be brought In his cfwn state, the attorney general announced that there was no intention on the part of the . government' to drop the proceedings in Montana in which Senator Wheeler is! charged with accepting a fee to represent Gor don Campbell before a govern ment department in the matter of land permits after nls election to the senate. . , . l '-;., : . . That case and the case to be presented to the grand jury im panelled today in the District , or Columbia supreme court,, are en tirely different, Mr. Stone said the latter being "passed upon new- evidence obtained in a wholly new investigation he had caused to be Instituted .after he; came into, of fice because of the widespread publicity given to the indictment in Montana and the charges and counter charges growing out of it. Two House Bilis Seek Sum Of $10,000 for Board Use Two house bills yesterday morn Ing sought to secure $10,000 for the department of horticulture One-half of this sum was sought by a bill' which Would cover the cost of inspection of plants ana plant products entering through norts nf the state k or coming across the border during this and the coming year.! The combatting of the alfalfa weevil is asked during the next vpir hv tha remaining ' half of the original request. A thid Till, however, asks for an .increase In the "salary of he state board's sec retary to a -sam not exceeding 1200 a month, of which the pres ent limit is now ;100. MtXS TESTIFIES . NEvW ."VOllK, Jan. 28. Gaston B,; Means identified today a stat ment bearing his signature,, in which he lidmlted that he .had cpntr,iyed ,th.e d isappearince ,of documents 'which he'ha'd previous-ly-i submitted ,t,t;-l't6e;;feoeter, Irookhart senatorial "committe. during itsf investigation of the 4e jartmnl !Qf Justice last year, Hi-jatekei- Is Killfeti ! in Break if c id , ; ; VV ::, i-V'tl SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 28. Dashing ammonia'. Into the eyes of Deputy Marshall j j John Donnelly while lit the sam; moment an ac complice opened fire.with a revol ver, Ariel Eggers,j held at Vancou ver, B.' C, authorities was 'killed in the corridor I of the federal building here today. t Milo Eggars and two men confederates in the carefully- devised break, 'made their escape from; the building and were last seen speeding south in a large automobile. . ! ; ! The two brothers were arrested here .November 25 last, on a Can adian government warrant. They were alleged to hae, participated in the piracy .'of two liquor boats, Msz6t Indef initeTestimony Features Coroners In vestigations ;. ;H LHERRIN, 1I11U Jan, . 28. (By The . Associated.! Press.) Groping through a maze . of .Indefinite testi mony concerning the j death of S. Glenn Young,, klan liquor raider. Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas and two. others . in! - Saturday night's shooting . a.f frayj the . corner's - Jury was faced wHh the prospect of re turning a non-committal verdict when it adjourned here tonight. In all of the 17 witnesses' heard today, only one, man. was able to Say. that' he saw shots fired, hut he had . no Idea, which of , the two leaders fired first, or which killed the other,.;. ; it., tJijij All of the witnesses called the first day told stories that, coincid ed: in most I details with . the ver sion told by Young's close foriow- ers, ..Today the other faction was expected to.'presept its version of r-. On the contrary, however, to day's witnesses did hot radically disagree with any of the versions given the Jury yesterday. Levy of From Five to Ten Mills to Baud and.Kepair . Roacls Advocated A measure Introduced In the BenaTe by the. roads and highways committee, known ' as senate , bill jNo. 82,, would amend the Oregon laws relating to road taxes. The bill would make! it the duty of the county court, or the com missioners court of each county .L "vy '. ;U4, UU). IUU five mills nor jndre than 10 mills on the dollar pf all taxable prop erty In the county at the time of making the annual tax levy. . . . This -money-1 would he set apart In the county treasury as a gene ral fund, to be used In altering. repairing, improving, building and maintaining if. county roads. The bill is said to have the support of a great many of the senators, and Is declared to fill a long-felt want in road and highway legislation. - A bill read in the senate yes terday by Senator Miller of Grants Pass provides . for :. payment of claims to persons In Josephine county whose property was dam aged or destroyed by a forest fire which started on . government lands on July 30. 1924. and spread to surrounding sections A total sum of 112,271. is aked. to be ap portioned Recording to the loss sustained. Jit Is said that the. gov ernment forest service did not ex erclse proper care in fighting the blaze, andjl were responsible in. a large degree for most of the dam; age to property. V The senate yesterday forenoon passed a resolution of thanks to the Jacksoiis for the 88-acre park which they had given to. the jstate of OreKoWi for ft medical school 0(ne of JLh hfirs passed was abol ishing thej normal school .at Wes ton and turning the property, oyer to the school district and the town Of WestOti. ' -i ; j"-. " A bill i!Introduced by Senator Hall. nrohibiCIriar irnring or set run traps that fired explosives. After much discussion thjst was finally sent td the agricultural .commis sion for amendment. House reso lution Now 2, providing an amend ment to. the constitution for tax limitations, wan read; the; first time and .referred to the commlt- (C98tla4 on ff t) lERflliEATHS TO BE PBOBEO . 1 - is ..- -IT -.i i. : -i s- 1 j'. :l : ' 1 . i r 1 1 I :' 'j iiiiWiiEisii! IS BEAD IN SENATE From Jail;; Blinds Officer cine , the launch MUum from which 63 casesi of, whiskey and. 6. barrels df beer, were takeji. the J other the gasboat Hadsell. from which 202 cases of Whiskey were secured. In the; last robbery " Einar.jLarum, a member of j the crew , was. shot, supposedly by one of the brothers. The dead prisoner firfet was de- clared by Mrs. -SuzanneiV. Boies, J attorney for the British jconsutate, to be Milo Eggars hut more posl tfve identification later) developed tiat Milo was the one who -escaped 'and that Ariel Eggers was the one "shot.; -'.; '' , ' li .' Donnelly temporarily blinded k ' (Coqftnncd oi puM) HOUliSlli IS COLORLESS Only 17 "Bills Jritrodice'd arid Few Measures are Passed; Adjourns arly , Only five hills were introduced at the morning " sessfbn and the passage of a few others marked the f first half of the J;days .work. Rev. J. J. "Evans, pastor 'of the First Christian church, gave; the morning prayer. Governor Pierce reported to the house! lhat he had signed HBs Nos.4 11,! 38, and 52. HB No. 4, pertainingri to Jthe mar ket;, road program, was held, over nntil 2 o'clock today, when it will be made the chief order of business. , .Bills passed yesterday included HB No. 29, hy Cowgill, asking the repeal pi chapter 19. title 30, t)re Eon, laws, . which was held -to be freak . legislation .and introduced at the last; session j for personal gajn,, it.Tbe hill repealed,, required a chemical analysis. ;of all metals TctllTeTfi land filed with the aecre- tary,of state HB No. 41 and 42, by Bailey, relating to findings of facts. of equity cases' and . relating to court decisions, were, passed. HB No. 95r by Bailey, relating to the transfer of stock In corpor ations, , met with approval as did HB No. Ill, by Tucker, including ail, bovine livestock in L.inn coun ty In herd and. dairy herd Inspec tion, was passed as was HB No. 137. . by Buchanan, regulating stock running at,, large in various counties of the state and, making tne present law mpre.errective, e Twelve bills were . introduced In ; the afternoon ( bringing the days grist to 17 measures. Bills introduced yesterday were -as follows; 1- j " HB No. 180, byj commlttee oh horticultureipertafhlng tothe.n) ployment of secretary of state board of horticulture. HB No. 181, by! committee on (Cootlnned on: pc . 5) flE STARTED TODAY Charges of Bribery Xgainst Formor.bOYernor ot Kan sas to Bo Pressed . TOPEKA. Kans4 Jan. 28. (By The Associated Press.) jona tnan M. Davis, former governor of Kansas, -win be arraigned in the court of , Topeka tomorrqw with Carl J. . Peterson, his state bank commissioner and chief ad yiser, to answer charges of brib ery. . Warrants for their arrest were Issued today;'on . complaint of Captain W. A. Smith, assistant at torney general. .Attorney General C. B.. "Griffith had obtained per mission from Ghvernor ' Ben H Paulen to. Investigate and prose cute where he deemed proper. It was, the second u criminal - action brought against ithe former gor- ernpr in ... little 'Jmare than wo weeks, Two, hours before he re tired from 'office Governor Davis Was arrested with bis son. Rus sell, on conspiracy and bribery charges alleging 'that Russell had accepted $ 1 2 50 for 'delivering par don Fred A. Holnian, convicted banker. II . . The complalni filed today was based on an affidavit made by Anthony L. Oswald, . Hutchinson attorney, who " stated that Peter son solicited a bribe of $2500 for a pardon tor his client, Walter Grundy, then serving a peniten tiary term for hank embezzlement. It; was alleged that Peterson was acting as "agent for the govern DAVIS TRIAL Wia IliSTIlTI mBm Inside information on . Big Liquor Men "Related; Brib ery arid Blackmail PIoVs Are Unveiled I WOMAN SOCIAt AY0RKER TELLS STARTLING STORY P6lfce Profectioft to DenizeRS of Uncleripril rjcribecl ' ; By Woman - , : i . Insfdenformation of the opera-. tlon of big rum ring men In Port land, Including charges of graft and corruption oi public officials; bribery and blackmail; more about the .working of Abe Wineberg, and considerable about Portland police protection todenixens. of the .un derworld; , how ; LaRonda Pierce , aspired to become state, prohibi tion commissioner all these' and much more, was given to the legis lative .committee t investigating George L. Cleaver and the , en-? forcement .of the prohibition, law in Portland by ) Mrs... Virginia B. Washburn, of, 404, Hall, Portland. Wednesday afternoon. , Was Social Worker Mrs. Washburn said that she. came . to Portland about, three years ago and : became interested in welfare work Tor young girls and women. "She has been in so ciological investigation .work .for a number of years, including that of the famous Hull house, of Chi cago, and is .the author, ot several books. , The investigation in Port land was for Che purpose of found ing a vocational . training school. but tales told by girls eking em ployment . of unhappy conditions In Greek restaurants, started her off nnd her offering to work with Mr. r Herwlg, Of the anti-saloon league. - - ( "Everywhere I went I heard th general statements of corruption of public officials," she said. "Under cover Portland Is a wids open town. ; I hear It claimed that protection paid in Portland did not insure protection from stats officers. 1 posed as a woman handling liquor to get my infor mation first hand." . Witnessed Transfer Mrs. Washburn told of being concealed in a cupboard and see ing Wineberg j pay $100 In bribe money to Barker, a federal man. who later, she said, had turned it over to the officers. - . . .. State Federal. Prohibition Com missioner j Linvllle told her that he" favored., the. abolition rof the state prohibition department and asked her to appear at women's clubs and spread 'propaganda against the work o3 this depart ment, Mrs. Washburn said. Ills instructions Were to suggest,, co operation withrthe sheriffs? nd; police and to spread the. word tfcst Cleaver'a office was Incomfetesjt.. Operating under , the nans, cf Madge. Burns. , Mrs. JWashatira mingled, freely with , the, tootle gers and rattledqff names of prominent bootleggers and vice dens with rapidity. Deals fWre, Fixed -Among startling stafjementa made y Mrs, Washburn were that big dealers spoke of fixing it with Barker, a federal man; Tom John son, a rum runner, said, ne was the; only man in Portland that could take "protection direct . to WEDNESDAY i s IN WASHINGTON , Consideration Jot the postal till was continued in thn senate. - ii Conferees were named by the tienate to handle the Underwooi Muscle Shoals bill. " , i. - President " Coolidge juldresse i the foreign missions conference of North America.. . . -:! ; ' Theseuate foreign relations committee i discussed, the , world court proposal without 'action. :) President Coolidge asked con gress to enact .measures recom mended by the agricultural 'com mittee. ; ' ; i- , ! Attorney General SC5ne told tho senate judiciary committee he waa determined to go througa with the Wheeler casr. Frank-' Sforrisoa fof the Ancrl cf.n Federation of riabor sl ' ! an investigation of the . of hanking, aww" -t-.-