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
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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
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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 - ,
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. 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.
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Conferees were named by the
tienate to handle the Underwooi
Muscle Shoals bill. "
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- President " Coolidge juldresse i
the foreign missions conference of
North America.. . .
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; ' 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-
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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-.-