v P '1 .
TheWeatlier
'OREGON m
1 Rain - with
. PROTECTING TOCR MONEY 1,
It; pays -you '..to -read Ihe a&reftis'emeita "and to
know adrertlaed pfDdocta. j Baying j taem pro
tects yoar money. r 1
inoderate temperature; strong-southely wind;'
rales on' the. 'coast-.; Thursday Max, 52;sMim'
j; River' 1. 2 rising; RalafaU ?i.04; .Atmos
phere cloudy; Wind-south. , v i;
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
... .. iPBICE FIVE CEOTS
- ' - - r7" T."- . c t riir . AnwriAVT ctttiV irAniTTVTn 'Timnv o ior '
lillii
Undersea ,Craft,, S-4&
i Crashes Hon Rcicks , on
Atlantic v Coast; - Distress
Calls Are Received I
r ; . r - i
GRAVE FEARS EXPRESSED
FOR SAFETY OF. -35 MEN
Attempts v to Reach Vessel
Fruitless; Snow and Gale I
Canse Wreck , ;
"T WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 0. Reports-that
lights on the, stranded
submarine-S-4 8 - had suddenly dis
appeared from the view of coast
guardsmen were taken at the navy I
department here as indicating
. probably only a failure of the stor
age batteries. The department;
however, "was "Informed ; hy the
Portsmouth nary - yard that the
vessel's position "was f'very danger
ous.' ! " ' :- f ' H -. . .
PORTSMOUTH, C .. Jan. 80.
The submarine S-4 piled ton
the. rocks off : Jaf fray's point-last.
night and early today -was report
ed by the Portsmouth navy yard
to be in "a dangerous position.'"
It was believed' that heavy seas
had carried away her radio ap
paratus. , '
No messages had been received
since 11:51, and help sent to' the
veesel had been unable to reach
her. jL; - ' -
The submarine 'went ashore in
a heavy snowstorm driven by a
full gale. Heavy seas prevented
two tugs sent from the navy yard
from reaching her. Coast guards
men aided by United States trdOps
from Fort Constitution,; struggled
to get a breeches Truoy anT mortar
over several miles of snow covered
road to Fort Stark, oa. Jaf fray's
point. J ' : - - v .-:-,L.-.; :.:-J .
En rontaftom 'New' -London,
Conn., With the S-51 and the' ten
der Chewinky the 48; crashed tm
the point, a rbeky ledge . at the
north of the harbor entrance
When SOS calls faded out and sud
denly stopped at just .before. jii
night,;; grave fears for 1 the safety
of the craft and 'her crew of! 35
men were expressed. i : . j
j llA message received, by jthe de
partment iromuieT navy i Tarawa
about 3 a. m. said It was hoped
to run a breeches buoy, over jlhe
submarine in an effort to talre off
the crew within two hours. Any
other means ofL assistance, 'either
by tug: or life -guard, It was said.
was rendered impossible' by "the
heavy ! seas.4 :'L"-' ; '"'' '
LOSES L5ST1PE
Both Washini?ton tHouses
Vote Against Ratification
- of Amendment
OLYMPIA, tTash V "Jan: 2.
The last Vestige of 'hope for rati
fication of the child labor .amen d
ment by this aession of the Wash
in gton legislature 'vanished 'today
when the house defeated, 67 to 30,
a joint house resolution ratifying
the measure and j tabled a, senate
rcBolutlon rejecting the . amend
ment. !-. - " : ; ' T
This placed both houses on rec
ord against ratification. .The
: house yesterday killed the possi
bility of ; the measure being pre
sented to the people for vote by
defeating a senate measure pro-
' Posine such action. An attempt
to secure a reconsidefatiori6r'lheT
Senator Westfall bill In the house
failed when Representative " Mor
ton's motion to reconsider -was
I tabled. ; ? f:i ; .-;':,j ; r
. The adverse vote of the house
on the resolution for ratification
came -after- a '- discussion which
lasfedabout four hours today.
. With the Question of the ratifi
eatlen of the-child-'-labor amend
ment out of the way, the legisla
ture will proceed with Uhe con
sideration and action ?o( the re
niainder of Governor Roland II.
Hartley's 10 point prdgram.
lKAflI PENALTY ASKED
SEATTLE, Jan. rf 2.-eath
penalties win be asked UoF. JG
Richardson, Floyd Slverly and
Charles Falrchlld. charged ' with
the ;murder;of "Rfccrt L." Litry,
' Sesltje - patrplmant- 6c ; tether J 5
CHILD
BILL
i. :.. l n .. : : ' .
Eleven representatlva. ivvtt i
Ifavor and six-against -the-passage
i.me mamt road bill by Representative-Ford,
which hras'ttnally
approved by vote f of - 4 6 to 13
and two. hours of. argument in the
house yesterday. The measure is
known as HB No. 4.
The proposed" law provides for
a comprehensive local county road
system, in connection with mar
ket folds of adjoining counties;
under, plans approved by the state
highway, commission. Permanent
improvements are stressed. The
measure ' includes all' counties ; In
the' state 'with the exception of
Multnomah.!: j
"To raise money for the road
program a; state tax levy of one
mill on U taxable property in the
state, which may be matched with
a' similar levy made by the. state
and all unexpended amounts to be
continued' to the following year
and applied on market roads. If
counties fail Uo Uke 'advantage
of ' the act the remaining : money
Is to- be. redistributed among those
participating. It -was pointed out
that counties taking advantage of
the cooperation -offered jy the
state have made' the most prog
ress in road building.; I ;
; 'Opposing the measure, It was
Gulf - Caused By i Security
Speech Is Bridged; Con-;
fidence Vote Given
PARIS, Jan. 2& (By The As
sociated Press.) Premier Herrlot
adroitly walking j the parliamen
tary slacks wire'has'succeeded in
bridging, the gulf separating the
political conceptions of the right
and left groups in , the chamber,
which ha had .arlrtonnA by hfa ee
ciirity speech yesterday. ' Solidly
behind except ,for, the com man
ists parliament - today placed' the
seal of its approval on his, foreign
policy by the largest vote of con
fidence vote he ever received
541-032. 1 1 ; . .
'.'Although' hjs j elimination ' 61
party lines wagjabi Bnccess' for
the' premier, ministerial circles are
under no illusions '.as -to the dur
ation of the reunion this achieved;
theyknow that it applies wily to
Questions" relating ' to France's
security, and will be broken as
soon as matters; of internal' poli
tics are again broached. :
r 'Nevertheless; the friends and op
ponents of . the j government feel
that M.', Herrlot scored a personal
success, u .. ! . i i . j ,
The' parliamentary day opened
with gloomy prospects for the'eab
inet after the , feocialists -who
form an Integral and necessary
part lof his majority decided to
abstain from voting for the post
ing of M. Herriot's speech.
Multnomah 'f County ; Local
Measmes 'Acted -on;1 Wine
New Bills Are Read
"? Three ; bills were passed at third
reading In yeeteMay's session of
the senate, and: nine were read
forthe flrsf time. All . the .meas
ures securing ' passage were Intro
duced by Multnomah county dele
gates. 1 -
Senate bill .No. 61, by Senator
Joseph, pertains. the. drawing
or W Jury list in ; Multnomah
couaty. Bill No. 36, by the Molt
nomah delegation, places the rer
sponsibility of checking bridge
plans n'tbe county judge, Instead
nt ih a ''commissioners.
A bill providing for the enter-
IhgIhtoof "an agreement Between
.nnnt fifmnilssioners of Mult
nomah county, and the board of
regents of the University of Ore
gon medical i school. w p''
.......! .nil medical care, for the
patrents'at the ' Multnomah hospl
UI. also passed. r i v 6
a Woaaure introduced by.; Sen-
it ftAm H. rown. ' preventing
k rr Klens on highways.
was returned fromthe road-and
..w- mniUteo with-the re-
cohimWdatidn 'that
. t--... !
uit?D:z:;,r. hkt fvn not
New, blUS pres.em.c t. , -,
: XCflayav4 S l
UKITEOPAHTY
iSBItiSlE
ad Bill Is
rov
svin;n
umeiit
f -
explained that the highway com
mission was Superceding' the -work
of the county courts and relegat
ing it to second place. ' The prac
tice Of "matching", money was held
in the nature of a bribe, and that
county courts In general were able
to look after the welfare and work
of 'the respective 'counties. The
danger that' the' state'inlght take
this opportunity ' to obtain addi
tional funds for' the state highway
development-program -Was anothT
er objection raised.- A
A few representatives Voted 5 In
favor of the bill with the under
standing that another hill was be
ing .prepared for Introduction in
the senate, and while there were
some things 'objectionable in the
house ; measure, 'when : the ' o!nt
committee - gets together, ; favor
able legislation to all will' be re
commended in "the . nature of a
compromise bill.
Representatives taking the floor
in behalf of the Ford bill were
Hamilton, who - opened the argu
ment; Woodward, ' McCallister,
Shelton, Coffey, Roberts, A. f H
Hunter, ' Reynolds, ;Mott, - Graham
and Carkln. Those apeaking - in
opposition r were Representatives
Hammond. Swan,' Pierce,' Sbrockj
Bailey" and Winslow. :Jt ;
prison ma
ts
Standing" Room Only Signs
Displayed Every: U ight;
Crowds in Uproar .
. - " - S. -'
1 "The prison show at the state
penitentiary is without doubt the
best entertainment in the vaude
ville line that Salem; has witness
ed for a great many months, and
the fact that the familiar SRO
sign is displayed :at t every per
fprmnoa thnw.-ihaUiut Attend
ance has been in Keeping with the
quality - of the entertainment, j
Every nght during the week,
hundreds have been turned away,
and the demand for tickets 'for
the ' remainder of the week 4 Is
heavy. The money realized from
the "show is turned over , to the
amusement fund of the inmates of
the penitentiary. j
The substitution of snappy
'vaudeville for the somewhat staid
minstrel shows that have been
presented ;in" years past, Is a wel
come change. During the two-
hour "performance
the audience
(ConUnned on pass 3)
Information to Be Gathered
By Willamette of Value to :
Child lieaitn
One of the' first steps of , the
Mation county child health : de
monstration will be to make a
survey of health conditions in the
county. This is necessary as a
part of the preliminary survey, in
order ' that the . exact conditions
existing may be ascertained. n Con
sequently, when it was discovered
that the sociological survey to be
made of Salem "by the sociology
department of Willamette univer
sity would gather certain informa
tion useful to the officials fwho
are to conduct the demonstration
during the next five years, an of-
fer was .made to cooperate. .
Dr.. Walter H. Brown requested
that a number of . tho preliminary
staff of the organization be rushed
to' Salem in order to take part in
the work to be done t by ; . Willa
mette unirersity. In; answer to
tttis request workers are to arrive
here within a short time to render
every possible - assistance in the
work. ' ;:-
During' the. sociological survey
every man. woman and CDiid in
the city will be listed. Therefore
the survey would enable the child
health I demonstrators to secure
the name of every child ia the
city under five and one-half years
of age. 'They are able to j reach
the children of school age, but
would have to make a survey for
the younger children. Sonse
quently, the Willamette survey
will enable the - Marion county
child health demonstrators to se
cure Information that will be of
vital interest to their organisation.
A trained worker, in health sur
vey Js,t o be sent to Salem withtn
a Short It 13 afi$9S3Se3t
CESS
SURVEY OF SALEM
USERIL TO COUflTY
StiTEllL
TAKE AGTiOH
! rt. ! . i I . . -. . T -
T
Final Vote on Rate Increase
Measure ' Is Expected To-
day; ' Amendments 'are
fow. Disposed of
BILL CARRIES CORRUPT.
PRACTICE ACT AS RIDER
Limitation 'of 'Expenditures
of Candidates to Legis- 1
latiire Approved
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. With
all amendments fc apparently dis
posed of final action" on the pos
tal pay and rate increase' bill went
over in the senate jate today untjl
tomorrow when an" early vote oh
passage is expected by . leaders.
, As it stands, the hill carries it
rider,, a corrupt practices act lim
iting ; expenditures 'Of candidates
for the house to $2500 and tor the
senate', to $10,000, ;wlth. detailed
periodical , reports from every . pot
litlcal ; committee and . under certain-
conditions,! from individual
contributors.
The rider was offered by Sena
tor -Walsh, democrat,' Massachus
etts, and was approved by an over
whelming vote.
- Bill Modified ,
Modifications in the ; rate in
crease were voted into the bill to
day but the rate section as a whole
withstood: two j separate attacks
which would - have eliminated it
entirely and left the bill in the)
same form "as" that passed at the
last session and vetoed by PresM
dent Coolidge,. providing oply for;
salary. increases. J
l On motion of Senator Oddie, re
publican Nevada, a proposed one-
cent a pound Increase on adver
tising matter of publication sub-i
ject to first and second zone rates,'
Was eliminated and Senator Moses.
republican. New- Hampshire, inj
charge -of the -bill, obtained the
approval of the senate for 'with
drawal of proposed slight increase
es in fourth class mall.
' Provision "Defeated j
An attempt by Senator Curtis
of Kansas, the republican leader,
to make the salary increases re
troactive onlrio January l of this'
year, instead oc July l, laz, as
pjxvidedby the measure, was de-
eatea Dy a ciose voie. oennwr
Cfurtis said a sum of 338,000,000
was involved, - but opponents of
the." proposal - insisted congress
would not be keeping faith with
postal employes if the effective
date of the salary increase was
changed.
Speakers on both sides of the
chamber expressed the opinion
that If the .hill Is finally passed
it will be rejected by' the house
because of the rate increases
which they 'argued violate the
constitutional requirement that all
revenue raising legislation origin
ate in the house.
In this connection the house
ways and means committee, which
has .control over such legislation,
met today to consider its stand on
the question whether the senate
had exceeded authority with re
spect to such legislation.
-A sub-committee was named to
study the question. " In -Its pres
ent form. Senator Moses estimated
the measure would raise $50,000.
000 additional revenue and pro
vide for an additional annual ex
penditure of, $68,000,000 for In
creases in postal employes' salar
ies, i ';, v 'v;; .' '.
Melange bf Entertainment Is ;
"Presented by the Ameriic Club
li ii in i l il ii i i ii i i i i i i i aaa
Magician. -- Musicians, Tumblers, and lingers Play to ' Capacity
: ? H ohse; Applause Is Generous as Athletes Perform
. By AUDRED BUNCH I;
Tumblers musicians, and magi
cians mingled their varied arts for
the . pleasure of a capacity bouse
last night at the Bligh theater,
the: entire entertainment, outside
of the pictures, being under the
sponsorship of the Amenic club. -
Ensemble exhibitions In tumbl
ing broke the house into a tumult
of ' applause when two dozen
"young huskies" shook back un
ruly pompadours to build amaz
ing human .formations to Prof.
Lestle Sparks' summoning whistle?;
Ronald Craven, tenor, and Gen?
Parmentler, baritone, with, Lucille
Anderson their accompanist,
pleased their audience, as always,
with their marked solo art. Mar
garet Kastor and Peter FoelkeL
violins, and Robert Alexander, ac
companist, rave sprightjy.'um-
berst 'If r Alexander prqvidlBf
craiflT
.. j I ft'". 1 v ' J r
;gIR
Two Bills Introduced in
House Would Place Ap
. pointive Povyet With State
Board of Control
HEAD OF PRISON WOULD
BE CONTROL APPOINTEE
First Open Move Against
Governor Appears Mar
: ' ket Agent Happed
; Tw bills designed to take ap
pointive powers out of ' the hands
of the governor ; and place them
in the hands of the state board of
control were introduced in - the
house Thursday,' the." first open
move to appear-'against 'the ap
pointive 'power of the governor,
though the first bill introduced in
the session seeks to do away with
the office of the ' state market
agent.' . , ..- . . , ..
Under H, B. No. 224, Intro
duced late in the. afternoon by
Representative i Settlemier, of
Woodburn, ' the board of control
would be given full control over
the Oregon state penitentiary in
stead of the governor. The war
den would be appointed by the
board which would also, have jur
isdiction over his ; activities and
policies. , All other officers con
nected 'with the -Institution would
be appointed 'by the warden, who
also holds the. power of dismissal,
only with the ' sanction of , the
board. - . r . . . i. ' . . . '
The other move against Gover
nor Pierce's appointive powers
was the introduction of H. B. No:
19S in the morning, j sponsored by
the. game committee of the house
This measure asks the creation of
a state game commission of five
members and providing that
these and their successors be
named by the board of control. ,
Under the provisions of this
bill two members would be named
from game . district No. : 1 ; two
from district No. 2, and one from
the state at large. The members
shall be'elected for a term of from
one to , five, years respectively,
elect . a chairman and secretary
and , meet once a month. The
board is given power, to remove
(Contlnned oa pm 3)
ZOB EXPLAINED
Fred W. German - Explains
Present Portland Zoning
Ordinance to Realtors
"Fred W. German, past presii
dent of the Portland realty board
addressed the Marion-Polk county
Realtors at their regular meeting
in the Marion hotel yesterday on
the various phases of city zoning
as observed and worked out in the
city of Portland. ,
In the framing of the Portland
ordinance, it was stated, the Real
tors put across the whole proposi
tion at a cost of $3000, which was
compared with the $16,800 spent
by the city in securing the services
of a zoning expert, . Whose work
1 (OoBtfnnad oa pass 8)
some extra solos on the- piano.
"Bunk plus bunk equals bunk"
is the reasoning that the program
recorded, " but ' in the opinion of
the audience the . specialty, equal
ed not "bunk" but huge amuse
ment, especially Jack Harbison
and his bear stories and Wynne
Grier with his accordion, singing
to "Susannah" like any two
"coons."
AH mysteries of the Yokl. wera
revealed when, after Gene .Par-
mentier's - solo, . Jack Spong and
Edward Lewis with their para
phernalia came onto the ' stage,
After numerous candle. . handker
chief, and. hidden egg tricks, the
second " accomplice declded ho
needed some assistance on the
sUge until the society editor, hav
Ing beeri ushered; tcthet very! front
?vfttla4 - ffv )
BY POBUD Ml
La Follette
Republican Party $leet
WASHINGTON. Jan.! 29 Defi
nite decision has been reached by
republican, house leaders to bar
Bl outspoken La Follette sup
porters from the caucus which
will - be ; held February 2 7 to de
termine' the republican candidate
for speaker and .the party's floor
leader in the next congress.
Invitations to the meeting went
out-today,' but none was sent to
the ten republican . members - of
the house from Wisconsin, nor to
Representatives Sinclair, Nqrth
Dakota, and .Keller, Minnesota,
who also showed" open hostility
during the recent campaign to the
republican 'national ticket.
Announcement of the action
which will - affect - the committee
assignments of the barred ' repre
sentatives and deprive those hold
ing chairmanships of their posts
was made on the house floor by
Representative Wood, . Indiana,
who Issued the caucus call. His
authority 'to ignore any members
re-elected : as republicans was
challenged by Representative King
republican,' Illinois and there wera
indications - that the issue would
be the -subject of further debate
Star of Filmdom Sues Moth
er f or Millions Said 'to
Have Been Held
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29.
Mary Miles Minter's quarrel with
her mother over money, which has
excited filmdom's gossips off and
on for the past several years, fi
nally got Int o court here today
when, the motion picture actress
sued lor an accounting of funds
which she estimated . at . millions
and which she alleges her mother
received . as . her- guardian during
her screen career. .
Miss Minter's superior court
complaint is filed under the-name
of . Juliette Shelby, . "also known
as Juliette Reilly," and gives her
mother's name as Charlotte Shel
by. "also known as Pearl Miles
Reilly."
The complaint recites that Miss
Minter was . born April 1. 1902,
and tha t from the time she. was
six years old she worked on the
stage or before the camera, living
the while with her mother and
allowing her mother to manage
her affairs.
From time to time, alleges the
actress, her mother received large
sums in her (Miss Minter's) be
half but.expended. pr invested 'the
money In her. own name, notably
a total of $700,000 from the Fam
ous Players - Lasky - corporation
which Miss Minter was under con
tract with during th e years 1920-
1923.
PEB1BT BRIDGE
ES
Mayor Giesy" Wants 'Method
Started to Save Tax Pay
ers' Money Yearly
A special bridge committee is to
be'appointed by Mayor J. B. Giesy
at the next regular meeting of the
common council of Salem, next
Monday evening, jn I his second
step of the campaign for. perman
ent bridges within the city limits
of Salem. The committee will be
added to the present regular coun
cil committee on bridges.
Just what step will be taken by
the council In getting the" bridge
program launched i is not known.
There are two ways by whichthe
desired results may be secured.
One way favored by Mayor Giesy
la the; voting of authority for the
council " to ': make a small spec ial
levy each year for bridge construc
tion, which would enable a small
amount of ; money to be available
each year. Consequently when
damage resulted from high water
the bridges could be replaced by
cement structures and the repair
cut to a minimum.
The other plan would be. the
voting of bonds, the mayor states.
which would necessitate a special
election.!: Sentiment for this step
Is shown by -aldermen and bust
ness men, it K stated.
! The present wooden structures
are : costly., the mayor maintains,
and over $3000, damage was done
r by 'the heavy snow. daring the. past
season. In -the -instance of tne
present concrete bridge over Com-
merclal street "no I damage was
ill IW COURT
RED
Party Is
From -A-ttendinfi:
on the floor and probably in-the
caucus. , . .
Mr. Wood, who as chairman. of
the republican congressional cam
paign committee, was - authorized
to issue . the caucus ;( invitations,
assailed the Wisconsin delegation
and other's who openly supported
the La Follette-Wheeler presiden
tial : ticket and ; declared they
sought to wipe out the republican
organization plurality . in the bouse
by urging the election of demo
crats or socialists. : . -, I
Mr. , Wood, who was the. target
of questions from a dozen or. more
members. . Including . democrats.-l
launched into his attack on .the
insurgent group after Represen
tative Frear of Wisconsin had de
fended, his campaign activities on
behalf of the La . Follette tcket
Frear ' explained that he was not
aware that steps had been taken
to bar him and his Wisconsin col
leagues, from "the organization
caucus,,' but had- taken the floor
to reply to a recent speech of Rep
resentative Longworth - of Ohio,
the , republican " leader, Jn ; which
banning of insurgents from party
councils was advocated.. . , ' j
Governor JPierce "Asks' 'Ap
. prppnation of $1 ,500,-
000; Crops Ruined
. Urging the necessity of passing
an emergency ' legislation and an
appropriation' of $1,500,000 to aid
the farmers ' of the 'state whose
crop. of wheat was .ruined . by the
freeze,. Governor -Pierce made his
initial appearance before-, a joint
session of the house . and senate
at noon, Thursday, the iirst since
hi - annuatinessaga - to ithe law
makers at the opening of the 33rd
session.. -. .. , .
, "Information has been, received
that , 500.000 r acres of - winter
wheat was frozen, which, added
to the calamity of. growing wheat
at a loss for the last few years, has
forced, the farmers to mortgage
their lands to the maximum,
Governor Pierce v "said. - ".There
should be a law enacted , author
izing the board of. control to ad
vance credit to "buy seed,- all loans
to be secured by a first chattel
mortgage, bearing 6 . per cent lac
terest" and payable within i two
years of the nassage of the law.
Placing of the. public service
commission under the supervision
of. the governor and members ap
pointed, instead , of elected, ..was
urged. Governor Pierce charged
valuation and rate fixing, and. that
the policy, of the commission' had
been to serve public-utilities rath
er than the public. The, .commis
sion did not make a single de
crease In rates in 1924, he de
clared. :- . .' - ' . i
Enacting of laws designating the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company as a common carrier;
more equitable distribution of the
tar burden; a law to allow dis
tricts to develop hydro-electric
power for municipal purposes, and
a policy of reforestation of burned
and cut-over lands, were also ad
vocated.
ELKS HOLD FORTH
Class of Neophytes. Taken
Through Mystenes i of
Order at Meeting i
Over 300 members of the BPOE
gathered last night at their club
rooms to hear Percy A. Young, of
Albany, district deputy of the
grand exalted ruler, and to wel
come a class of 30 neophytes, who
were taken . Into the ranks of the
order! yesterday. Frank Cohan
secretary of the State Elks asso
ciation, was also In attendance.
The newly elected members of
the Elks are Robert C. Aiken
Max Abst,' Kenneth Bell,- Henry L
Barr, A. H. Berg, H. Canning, Ben
S. Drake, M. J. Doerfler. Frank S.
Ellis, J. Waldo Finn, O. E. Fry
slie, ,D. A. Grant, D. F. Gilliam,
Paul N. Green, Fred J. HI1L Wii
liam Jefferson, D. G. Knight, W.
Malley; F. "M. Parkhlll, M. A,
Reed, W. J, Rahlston, C. R. Shel
don. A. Simkinsr orge .VIesko. R,
Wehl. W. S. Watkins and M. ' G.
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Attempt; to :GerV:Burfjick
Reveated fin Testimony;
Lbnergan1 Forces 'Contra
dictory Statements
CLHAVER IS CAOGhT.IFJ
MANY MISSTATEMENTS
Prohibition "inforciement Scan
dal TDraws Maze of De
nials From Agents
After giving positive denial to
the question that he ' had taken
part in political activities, deorge
L. Cleaver, state' prohibition com
missioner, under Investigation of a
legislative committee, last night
was forced to. contradict, his state
ments and in reply to Representa
tive Longergan, admitted that he
bad attampted to "get"; Jtepresen-
tative, Denton G. Burdick of Klam
ath county, speaker of the home.
when a letter to the contrary.
signed by Cleaver, .was read.
Cleaver denied that he had his
agents trailing- Mr. Murdiek - for
three weeks, but admitted to three
days.
Gave "Wild" Parties
"Mr Burdick was reported as
having, given scandalous parties".
Mr. Cleaver said.. "I have nothing
against: Mr. .Burdick but,! would
put agents on violation of the pro
hibition .laws even If j done by
United States Senator McNary."
While Mr-Cleaver said he:had
nothing against Mr. Burdick, he
said that he did not want mm; a
member oflhe 6 use If he were
guilty' of the charges. '
'I ' am satisfied that is Is the
concensus of opinion of this com
mittee that Mr, Cleaver has been
too active in prohibition politics
In the state'. Senator Garland
said. There was no contradictory
remarks. Prior to this time La
ronda "Pierce had told of invest!
gating' Mr. Gilbert, candidate fot
sheriff and Mr. Famham, candi
date for district attorney, in Des
chutes county, upon request of Mr. .
Cleaver.. . . ... ..
' Governor Suggested Probes
Investigation of Officials was
made .at the suggestion of Gover
nor. ;Pierce or the anti-saloon
league, Mr. Cleaver told " the. com
mittee, i He was advised totake
counsel of W. J. Herwig, superin
tendent of the anti-saloon league
and'E", A. Raker, Its attorney.
The letter of apoldgy written
after the liquor had been restored
to the ship was written, by . Mr.
Baker, handed) to; him and - then
signed under, protest, Mr. Cleaver
said. : Mr.' Cleaver said that he al
ways attempted to 'follow the,
wishes of the governor and -while
willing to assume the. burden, of
blame for his share ' of mistakes,
all could not be placed upon his
shoulders. ..'; . . . . .
Mr.. Herwig was requested .by
Senator Butler to explain his state
ment in the Thursday morning
paper in which these differed from
those made at the hearing the pre
vious -night. "He modified his
statements to read that while Mr.
Cleaver was all right at heart, his
office bad been so severely crit
icized and demands made for in-
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Ex-Convict Captured By Lo
cal Officers, Following
Roboery of Stcre
Bert Foltx, an ex-convict from
the Salem penitentiary. was" cap-
tured this morning at about 3
o'clock, after he had robbed the
Goodwin store on the" Fairgrounds
road. , . .. .
He was taken by Officers Wilds
and Brennerman as he was escape
ing through the front door. - He
had in his possession about $5 in
stamps, a quantity of change, and
two sacks of groceries. .
"Folts was ent up frozn The
Dalles In 1918, after sliootlrs a
man in an attempted robbery of a
store. He bears the reputation cf
a" "ganner.".'- and was released
from the r'ttatlary last Dec:.:-
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