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The Weather
OREGON
Rain and -Mode-'
MM
rate temperature; moderate "southerly r gates
along coast. f Max. $S; OJln.,51; Hirer. 1:8.
Tatting Rainfall, .(; -Atmosphere, Cloudy f
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Statesman Classified ads bring results. Every
day some one comes in and tells of the splendid
results obtained. See pares 6 and 7 of today.
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
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SALEM; OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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PflllRlILL
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PASSES
IlOSElfE
Amendments to Ori gi nal
'Measure" Secure J Adopt
ion;' Heated "Arguments
, Precede Final Vote .
LOAN FUND fOR-WHEAT
GROWERS IS SANCTIONED
Appropriation of $1,500,000
For Stricken Farmers
is Favored
Amendments to the original so
called Mills primary law restoring
. the convention form ' of election
enabled HB No. 85 to pass the
house' by a vote of 32 to 27, with
one absent member, after heated
debates lasting for more than an
hoar and a half. '
In support of ' the : passage of
the measure It ' was pointed out
that the bill was drawn to secure
better representation for! all par
ties and to restore party govern
ment to the state. i .
40 percent Necessary
Principal ehanges in the pres
ent system- are that in order to
become nominated a candidate
must receive AO percent of the
vote cast and If less, this nomin
ation will go to a convention. A
man receiving more than 40 per
cent of the vote will be! declared
nominated. ' I
The measure was reported with
out recommendation by the com
mittee in order that the represent
atives might be - given an ample
opportunity to consider! it with
out bias. Since it was received
an amendment was made to pro
vide for referendum' by the people.
This clause changed several votes,
though making speeches announc
ed, and because of the close vote
it is f doubtful if the measure
would have passed without the
amendment. I
One Member Absent "
Before the vote was j taken ;'a
roll call was demanded And with
the exception of Representative
Lewis, who is kept away! from the
session by illness, all j members
were present. While the! measure
did not exactly suit several, it
was held better than none and a
sjtep in the right 'direction ; and
received support. j
With only two negative votes,
HB No. 2 CI, carrying an appropri
ation for a.' loan "not to exceed
$1,500,000 to aid wheat farmers
in eastern Oregon was passed by
the house. Those voting against
the measure were Representatives
KIrkwood. who opposed the bill
upon business principles, 'and Cow
rill. 'The measure -was -passed
later by the senate with minor
amendments.
Must Give Notice
. Other bills passed by the house
ytsterday were MB No. j 12, by
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MONDAY
IN WASHINGTON
The house asricultural commit
tee began consideration ; of ' farm
legislation. --: - j ,
The official text of the Paris
reparations agreement reached the
state department.
A" bill de3igned to prevent clog
ging of the supreme court docket
passed the. house. ' I
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The contempt case of jllarry F.
Sinclair was argued in the District
of Columbia court of appeals. :
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The department of Justice an
nounced it had identified 332 for
eign rum runners in the last year.
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Attorney General Stone's nomi
nation for ' the supreme court
again was reviewed by the senate
judiciary committee. 1
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A report ' recommending the re
seating of "Senator Maytleld was
filed in the senate by the elections
committee. 1
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(Senator Magnus Johnson of
Minnesota filed a petition contest
ing the election of Thomas D.
Schall, his opponent in the senate.
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The supreme court held a state
law requiring a -license On sale of
intoxieatiag IVruor is yalid not
withstanding the prohibition
amendment. ! "
Benjamin W. and Harry P.
Morse lost their contest In the
supreme court over the" legality of
their arrest several months ago. in,
HO.
Regulation of
of
Mr-1 .
The
Students bf the J. Lv Par
rish Junior high school aire not to
dodge utomobiles as indicated at
a meeting of thelschool board, but
be' marshalled across the
in ! front lot the school In
prescribed routes, 'according to
the action taken! by the cltv coun
cil at their regular j meeting last
night, j The ordinance provides
that the traffics on the least side
of Capitol shall net come to a stop
to discharge or j take 04 passen
gers or to parlg between D and
Lambert. I Traffic jon he (west
side ofj Capitol jjhoweveri has the
privilege of parking land discharg
ing passengers. V' I j ' '
In 'order tha$ the pupils and
pedestrians of; the J. LJ Parrish
school nay safely cross the street
in front of the school building
three prescribed avenues jof cross
ing have been selected, j
These crossings will be desig
nated byj two bands. it white
paint, which will be 'placed at the
interset tion of ' atj Capitol, one
directly in fron of the! Parrish
school iind the oiher at the inter
section of 'Lambert knd Capitol.
Because of the emergency that
existed the ; council j rem ved i the
regular ruling; by special vote and
pushed j the ordinance , through at
tne tirsx -meeting. 1
opponent in Election! is
Ac
cused of Extortion-from
Liquor fnferests
WASJIINGT0?i, ib. 2
Extort
tion of $75,000
from Minnesota
'bootleggers
and
for use!
In the
campaign; of
4ePf
resentatiye Thomas J. Schall
for
the United States senate ds hkrg
ed in a petition; 1 of I contest f filed)
"with thje senate today by Magnus
Johnson, the farmer-labor candJ'
date who was defeated.
for
re
election1. ' J T
Senator Johnson alleges
tha
this money was used; with Schall's
knowledge and Consent 'as your
petitioner, is Informed and ve!rilf
believes."! j ' . ; j! !
He 'allsd alleged' expenflitur o?
other unlawful sums and accuses.
Schall of making m4nyj mis-statei-
ments concerning him and using
money illegally fin 'enlisting (the
aid and! support bf numerous perf
sons In Minnesota, 'fin the piibli
cation and circulation : Jot , false
and -defamatory aubiicadons',i
Whilje filed!' with jthe senate at
this tiniej the! ptitlbn cknnOii be
considered at hiksesionjjbut will
come tip jtefore ti nejv senate
elected j at the) time Johnson was
dereatea last oarem-oer,
t
Washington Legislature
Askeid:to Acl On Measure;
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anmracucs nu
OLrYMPIA. Wsh Feb. 2. A
bill which wouldj give the; director
of licenses "the 'Roweir to Summon
drugless healers iand; demand that
they shbw cause Iwhy their Ilcens
es to pi-actice r slfbttld noi be can
celled to be Introduced in the
senate (tomorrow! 1 iThe pill was
framed by. R. G. fShatpe. assistant
attorney general! hat is to be in
troduced .to the 'ke'n4te committee
on medicine, dentistijy, pure foods
and-dnkgs.' 111!!'! . . I
Tho Ihiii. which was given an
amiirrMPv nnRition i In the legisla
live caliendar.tislainled at gradu
ates of a recentlji dissolveid Amert-
can university : 91 wwj4vm.
Seattle.! which; was fiosed by the
vine rduntv RUDcrior court, after
a ' wholesale isane bf fraudulent
diplomas had befn; proved
The jjolnt cpnfmittee dn appro
priatio4s I held 1 j conference to
night with a lrietwi ;tpircnlng ont
differences between thp senate
nnrt hfViina aDDroDriation commit-
toi on ! Allotments itci various state
departments and institutions. At
a conference I tms afternoon tne
house committee wa4 Instructed tp
stand pat on 6 itf position on the
appropriations, t 1 1 I H j ' 1 j
The t house committee; Insisted
on af budget of 187,800 fr the de
partment of education and ,40,
000 fojr the tafe fair a Takima.
The senate .coin,mittee i wanted to
cut the department it edhcation to
$76V0D0and thestate falrto.?3l,
Front
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DRUGLESS HtftLERS
Traffic
School Is
by Council
Recently the Salem school
board took steps to have the stu
dents of the J. L. Parrish school
trained In the ways and manners
of crossing the streets, while traf
fic was In operation. Much com
ment was received and experts in
conducting safety first campaigns
prof erred their services! ;
The present ordinance, however,
takes 'care of the situation and im
poses a fine or a jail sentence up
on' those! failing to heed the re
strictions that are placed upon the
pedestrian and the automobilist at
that place.
This ordinance does not icon
tain a "Stop" clause, which pro
vides autos' must be brought to a
full stop before a line painted up
on; the street. Much opposition
resulted when this form of an or
dinance, was introduced. The pres
ent ruling however, regulates traf
fic on the east side of Capitol In
front of the school building and
endeavors to eliminate ; the park
ing or stopping, of cars in order
that children will not have the op
portunity to dodge from behind
parked cars into the path of ap
proaching traffic. t
The ordinance will operate the
year round, no difference : being
shown to vacation days and school
days.
Endeavor to Rescue Prisoner
in Cave Are Unavailing
" Help is Near
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 2. (By
the. Associated Press) Floyd
Collins late tonight placed his fate
in the hands of his friend, Johnny
Geralds, Cave City sportsman.
Geralds said he would ; have him
out tomorrow morning. Far un
derground, the . two .men held a
conference ! tonight , and decided
upon another mode of attack.
Held down by an f enormous
boulder for more than ; 85 hours,
despite efforts of hundreds of men
to rescue him, Collins, optimistic
despite the many failures, told
Geralds to get him out. He also
said he wanted his faithful broth
ers. Homer and Marshall Collins,
to help, but they have collapsed
under the strain of more than
two days constant effort to aid
their brother.
Hope, so often raised only to
be dashed, sprung up ; anew to
night when bucketfuls ofj earth
began coming from the j black
opening of the narrow passage
way. Apparently another effort
was being made to tunnel around
the boulder. v i
Collins was five inches nearer
freedom tonight than he has been
at any time since a huge boulder
pinioned him in a narrow passage
in Sand Cave Friday morning.
A rescue party, headed by Lieu
tenant Robert Burdon of the
Louisville fire department worked
at the big rck for three ! hours
this afternoon and when they left
the crevice,' exhausted. Collins
had been moved five Inches. With
each tiny move in the painfully
tedious process of rescuing, Col
lins, hopes long since dulled wera
revived, but the victim was stiV.
far from a free man tonight. The
temperature waa 1 6 degrees above
zero. . A ,: i Y' t'i
The squad worked their way to
Collins on their ; stomachs and
Homer Collins succeeded in plac
ing a leather harness ; about nis
brother's body. ; A rope ys at
tached to this and with the im
prisoned ' man using his elbows to
squirm and four other men tug
ging at the' rope, Collins was
.moved the short distance. Collins
suffered torture during the work,
first imploring the men not to
"jerk my foot off.-, and later beg
ging them 'to "to dope' me . and
pull me out." ' 1 Y i
Homer remained , behind whei
the workers withdrew. Hopos
buoyed by the belief that with the
arrival from Louisville of a com
pressed air drill Collins would be
rescued, sank again -when the
opinion was expressed ' that its rase
would be dangerous, that it might
cause the collapse of the entire
passageway. . -
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HIGH -WATER REMAINS
1 The high .water at the state
fair grounds still remains and is
a bother to B. C. Miles In his ef
forts to begin construction of ihis
flax mill. , The drainage problem
Is a hard one to solve ; even
the city is making every effort? to
remedy matters. - The fairgrounds
are yet under water, which has In
creased In volume and has quite
a current through -tbegTOds,
CREW MISSING
it
SHIP ISFOUI
Vessel Beaten by Heavy
Gales, Towed into Astoria;
No Trace of Crew Discov
ered I
DECK HOUSE AND CARGO
WASHED AWAY BY STORM
j
Huge Seas Swept Battered
Steamer; Life Boats Gone;
. Men May Be Lost
ASTORIA, Ore.. Feb. 2. Water
logged as h result of the heavy
gales which have swept the north
Pacific coast for the last two days,
the steam schooner Coaba, 386
tons, bound from Wills pa Harbor,
Wash., to San Pedro, tonight was
being towed into the Columbia
river by the steamer Forest King.
Wireless reports from the For
est King stated that thej entire
crew of the Coaba was missing.
The Coaba, owned -by Sudden Q
Christiansen, was picked up by
the Forest King late this after
noon about 30 miles isouth of the
Columbia. river entrance after she
had been abandone by the steam
schooner Gray's Harbor, jl which
had first taken her in tor.
The Gray's Harbor! put into As
toria late today in a badly bat
tered condition to make repairs. '
A wireless received here from
the coast guard cutter 'Algonquin
reported that the Caoba was ter
ribly battered by the seas and
that the deck house and most of
the deck cargo was washed away.
The Caoba was awash and with
huge seas sweeping ovr her dif
ficulty; In towing thej craft to As
toria was being experienced. How
ever, it was expected that the
Forest! King would enter harbor
some 'time tonight, j ! I -
The report from the f Algonquin
stated that there was no news of
the fate of the Caoba's crew, but
that boat falls for two lifeboats
were dangling, giving'' evidence
that the crew had taken ( to the
boats in an attempt to reach the
shore. ; . i !
Captain Jalmar Granman of the
steamer Gray's Harbor statedVhere
tonight he did not know what had
become of the crew ct the Caoba.
Captain Granman j said he met
the Caoba at 3:45 p.m. Sunday
and . put a line aboard : at the re
quest of Captain Sandwig of that
vessel.) j I '
At 6 p.m., he stated the line
parted and he could! not get an
other aboard. By that time the
Gray's Harbor had 66! inches of
water in her hold and: all pumps
going. ! He stood by the! Caoba
until 9:15 o'clock and; then sent
word he would make for the Col
umbia river. , j ; j
The last he saw of ! the Caoba
was as she was sending lip dis
tress rockets and burning red
flares. Shortly after, he says he
saw two ships heading down the
coast directly for the Caoba.
Captain Granman believes some
vessel ; must have taken off the
crew of the Caoba as they would
not venture in small boats in the
sea then running. lie says that
the master of the Caoba had in
formed him that he would ask the
next vessel along to take off his
crew unless the storm moderated.
The Caoba, in tow of the Forest
King, Is due here about midnight.
SUSH1LEG1L
No Change m Salem Justice
Court is Held Possible
j At Present
No change in the' salary of
Brazier C. Small, justice of the
peace,; can be made during his
term -of office, according, to an
opinion handed down "yesterday
by I. H. Van Winkle.
Legislative attempts to place
the Justice court of the Salem
district on a flat salary' basis of
$2400 a year Sfid current 'expens
es cannot be legally carried out,
he said. At present the office is
en a fee basis and pays between
$6000 and $8000 a year. No
change can he : made until Judge
Small completes his present term
of office, which Is for nearly six
years, as he took office just a
month ago. ' -'-
The 'constitutional Inhibition
does not affect the salary Of the
constable; and Senator LaFol
lettes recommendation for $1800
a year will be reported oat
PROPOSED SiM
IKIe
Judiciary Department Sanct
ion Attorney General for
Second Time; Senate to
Follow Action
OPPOSITION SAID TO
HAVE LOST STRENGTH
Reports : Say Open Executive
Session May be Today;
; Walsh Silent
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2 While
opposition to confirmation of At
torney General Stone to be su
preme court Justice has not com
pletely collapsed, favorable action
by the senate is predicted as a re
sult of the action today of the ju
diciary committee in reporting the
nomination for a second time with
its approval.!
Chairman sterling, of the sub?
committee which first considered
the appointment before the Wheel
er case was injected into the dis
cussion made the report late to
day to the senate and leaders ex
pect to call it up tomorrow pro
bably in open executive session.
Some discussion not only of the
Wheeler case, but also of the Own
bey case, the first stumbling block
the nomination encountered is ex
pected. :
There was no dissenting vote
today in the candidacy committee
but some senators, including Sen
ator Walsh, democrat, : Montana,
counsel for Senator Wheeler re-r
mained silent on the viva voce
vote that was taken.
Senator wlsh had explained in
the house's decision preceding the
decision that the cauee of his con
nection in the matter he thought
be should refraim'from voting.
Both senators Walsh and Hef-lin,:-
democrat, , -Alabama, had
planned to discluss the nomination
today, but decided to defer their
remarks until tomorrow.
Senator Heflin who said he
woulfl directly opose confirmation
probably will speak at the open
executive session if one is order
ed, j '
The Alabama senator declared
that! he had information that the
judiciary committee had refused
today to receive a statement from
James A, Ownbey, Colorado min
ing man with reference to the case
brought against him by the es
tate of J. Pierpoint Morgan in
which Mr. Stone appeared as
cousel for the executors In the
supreme court. Mr. Heflin also
said he had learned that the com
mittee had refused to hear a New
York man in connection with the
nomination.
While '' not speaking in Opposi
tion to Mr. Stone's nomination,
Senator Walsh had made it known
that he will undertake to- make
clear his position with regard to
the action of the department of
justice In seeking an indictment
in the District of Columbia against
his colleague in conection with
land permits, with regard to which
as one Indictment already baa
been turned against Wheeler in
Montana. i
ECAMPII
N
Permanent Structures Desir
ed; Plans for Replace
ment Considered
The permanent bridge campaign
which was inaugurated by Mayor
J. B. Giesy at the regular meeting
of the city council last night, re
sulted in the appointment of a
regular committee to act upon the
matter. Plans and a course for
replacing the wooden structures of
the city bridges with modern con
crete structures are to1 be consid
ered. ,
Each year., it is stated, the city
loses many thousands of dollars
from the high waters that sweep
awav the wooden bridges. The
cost of replacing them year after
year is a costly one, and It is the
plan of Mayor Glefey to inaugurate
a program . which will allow the
erection - of the modern bridges
when the old structures are car
ried away or destroyed.
'.Members of the council appoint
ed last night are Aldermen B. B
Herrick,nVY H. DancyJ. A. Gallo
fraj, U J. Simeral, S. E. Pttrylne,
v (Oofetiatwl : ea sag )
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COMMITTEE
AMED
World Record Set in y
Dog Team iRace, With
Human Lives as Stake
NOME. Alaska. Feb;- 2. (By
the Associated Press) One of the
greatest dog team races in the
history of Alaska, with the saving
of the lives of Nome's diphtheria
patients as the sweepstakes prize,
ended here at 5:30 o'clock' this
morning when 300,000 units of
frozen anti-toxin arrived .from Ne
nana. where it was shipped by
train in the Alaska railroad from
Anchorage. ! j '
. The 650 mile trip by; relay dog
teams over the frozen ice of the
Tanana and Yukon rivers and
around Norton sound was -made in
127i,& hours, considered; by mush
ers to be a world's record, j
The record of 78 hours, 44 min
utes and 57 seconds,! minus 2
hours and 7 minutes for rest, was
made in a 408 mile return derby
from Nome to! Candle. j
jLaonard Sepalla, undefeated
champion musher of the north
and former Finnish athlete, met
the anti-toxin relay team from
Unalaklik at Shaktolik east of
Norton sound, half way between
Foothills and Bonanza roadhouse.
After making .forty J miles he
turned around and retracted his
steps seventy miles to Chinik,
RECORD SET IN
HOUSE SESSION
Bills Introduced Yesterday
Amount to 103; Salary In
crease Sought!
One hundred and three bills
were introduced at the opening of
the fourth week of the 33rd legis
lature, the greatest number of the
session. Practically all were for
minor matters, though several had
particular features. After this all
bills will be introduced by consent.
Representative Fuller is making
an effort to detatch a portion of
Polk county and annex it to Lin
coln "county in HB No: 316. Of
interest to fishermen are two
measures, one of which prohibits
the use of fish wheels and traps
In all Oregon waters and the other
closing fishing on the Willamette
between Oregon City and West
Linn on certain dates.
1 Salary increases are sought by
HB 351 and 359, by the judiciary
committee, increasing the pay of
the private secretary to the gov
ernor, chief deputy secretary of
state, and chief deputy state treas
urer from $3000 to $4000, payable
monthly, and for the superintend
ent of public instruction, from $4,
000 to $5000. !
Compulsory liability insurance
for automobile owners and the
creation of a department on the
industrial accident commission is
asked. j - S '
Under provisions of HB No. 377
by Collier and others, an appro
priation of $50,000 annually for
1925 and 1926 is asked for the
Oregon Chamber of Commerce to
be used in developing industrial
and agricultural settlement in the
state. - ' .
An appropriation of $15,000 is
sought in HB No. 306. J by Repre
sentative Hail, for the purchase
of the painting of the 'Inception
of the Birth of Oregon," by Ge
goux, which until a few weeks ago
was on exhibition at Champoeg,
where the early settlers decided
to cast their I lot with the United
States and not with Great Britain.
The painting commemorates this
event and at present is hanging in
the governor's office, j - ;
Authority to acquire - scenic
CCmtinnd ea pf 7)
CRY FOR IP IS
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Last Report of Missing Man
States that PurcelhWas
Being Carried Away
II I
The last report of Charles Pur
cell establishes beyond a doubt
that he met j death in the Willa
mette river; Saturday night when
the frail river craft. In which h
and P. rL Turnidge were riding,
crashed into an obstruction and
sank to the bottom of! the riven
It is stated that crys for; help were
heard by pedestrians as 'Purceii
passed! underneath the Polk coun
ty .' bridge. Since then j " no trace
has been found of the missing
man, although parties headed by
N. 8. Nade, an uncle, 'and P. I.
Turnidge hare been searching the
BO AT BRIDE
sometimes called Golofnln. a vil
lage on the north shOre of Norton
nound, Bering sea, where he-turn
ed over the shipment to Olsen, an
other relay driver.
. Olsen continued to Bluff, sixty
miles east of here, where Gunnon
Kasson with 13 dogs of the sea
of Consolidated . gold fields had
awaited the arrival of the. serum
for two days without sleep.
: During the harnessing of Kas
son 'a wolves, the anti-toxin was
taken .indoors and warmed up.
When the team was ready Kasson
cracked the whip and the dogs
sped toward Nome. Out of Bluff
the driyer encountered a blizzard.
The temperature was 28 degrees
below zero wijh a stiff wind blow
ing. M ushers assert that In zero
weather a stiff wind will pene
trate any article of clothing worn
on trips. -
Kasson left Bluff at 10 o'clock
last night and arrived early today.
Owing to poor telegraph condi
tions Kasson was not informed of
arrangements made to bring the
serum here in short relays from
Solomon, a few miles east of
(Continued a paga ,2)
Agricultural: Com m i ft e e
Pratt Bills to Aid Farmer;
Need Outlined
j WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. Initial
steps were taken by the house ag
ricultural committee today toward
draftingjnto legislative forms the
recommendations of the presi
dent's agricultural committee.
1 Ralph -P. Merritt, a member of
the commission discussed the var
ious proposals and explained in
detail the benefits which the com
mission hoped they would carry to
the farmer. j 1 Y
j. A brighter outlook for the cattle
industry was seen by Mr.-Merritt
who dwelt at length upon this sub
ject. ' y '. !
I He said he could not. endorse
the proposal to regulate -production
as a means of increasing
prices - of .farm . products and . at
tributed the failure of many: co
operative marketing organizations
to meet expectations to a lack of
definite plans, in adequate f inane- j
ing, defects of management and
failure to organize sufficient num
bers of producers. j ' -
Mr. Merritt saidJ tbe president's j
commission would have no further '
recommendations at present as it
believed as much-ground already
had been uncovered ai could be
taken up by congress at this time
. The committee .has called an-'
other meeting for tomorrow; for :
further consideration of the rec
ommendations planning to hear as
many witnesses as desire to' testify
on the subjeet. s Y Y i ' Y" 4
The - senate agriculture com mis-!
s ton v plans ' to meet Itomorrow to
take up" the . commission's report
and it has been suggested that the
two njight arrange to meet in joint
sessions,' later in the week,' In an
effort to expedite legislation on
the subject, j : ". Y
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Government Menr Are Failure
at Enforcing Prohibition
c . . ' Law
SEATTLE, Feb. 2. Federal
prohibition officers under William
Whitney, assistant prohibition di
rector of jthis district, "are not to
be. trusted." declared Mayor Ed
win A. Brown, in a letter today to
Chief of Police W. B. Severyhs,
directing Severyns to "keep all
federal liquor agents away-from
rum seizures by the police and" to
report how the federal officers had
a part in checking a seizure at
West Seattle January 30."
i A quantity of liquor was miss
ing after the January 30 raid.
Mayor Brown said, ; ,
"The mayor's letter added 'that
frequently after federal " "officers
tailed to find liquor in raids, "po
lice officers raided the L same
places and found 1 liquor...
"Every time the" federals have;
anything to do with : the liquor
seizure there is always something
missing," said the letter. . .
FEDERAL OFFICERS
RAPPED BY POL CE
NO OF PROBE
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Herwig to be - Recalled "Fol
lowing Action Taken Last
Night; Open Hearing
Draws Crowd
OSWALD WEST MAKES
ATTACK UPON LAW
Crime to Appoint Cleaver, He
Says Kletzing Springs
New Ones
W. J.- Herwig, superintendent
of the Anti-Salooa league, will be
recalled before the legislative
committee investigating the en
forcement of the prohibition law
at a special-meeting today after
the morning recess and in all pro
bability the investigation will be
terminated, it was indicated last
night. Prior to the executive ses
sion there was an open hearing
with standing room only available.
For the most part this resulted in
earnest pleas forj the continuance
or tie prohibition commission.
'George Cleaver is incorruDtibie
and he could have made a fortune
in the two years he has been pro
hibition commissioner," Governor
Pierce, the first speaker, said.
"Whether or not Mr. Cleaver is
the right man for the office may
be questioned,-but there is not, a '
cleaner conducted office in the
state." ! -
Cleaver Appointment "Crime"
Demand that the-.present law ha
wiped from the i books and the
sheriffs and district attorneys be
given an opportunity to show
What they can do for the next two
years was made by Oswald West,
former governor, " who held :that
those backing. Mr. Cleaver and the
law were doing, wrong. :. i
"The first crime was committed
when Governor 1 Pierce appointed
Cleaver, who he knew was not fit
for the office," Mr. West said. I
defy Governor Pierce to. say that
he was the right man for he was
familiar with his record in his own
home town. Get rid of - Cleaver
and his crew."
Give Officers Chance
"A one-legged constable with
the desire and the nerve could
better enforce the law than is be.
ing done at present," the speaker
continued. "I have no apologies
to make for I have always been
and always be ja prohibitionist.
Public orricials in this state drink
and everyone knows it. The dis
trict attorneys and sheriffs havo
asked for a chance at enforcing
the law. Pass 'the buck back to
them and then if they don't come
through, come back In two years
and remedy the situation."
Replying to Senator Zimmer
man's inquiry as to why he did
not enforce the; law in Yamhill
county while he. .was governor
Mr. West said that he had done
so without any machinery or
money and that the bills were paid
by himself with; personal f funds.
Mrs. Washburn Again
The large crowd that nearly
filled the -house of representa
tives heard Mrs. Virginia Brooks
Washburne tell that illicit liquor
dealers had but little to fear from
others than state prohibition ag
ents and that the newspapers had
united to discredit Mr. Cleaver,
who "had sufficient nerve to In
vade the Portland Press club and
take away their supply." She
was lour in her ; praise for the
I commissioner, j -
u. -Mm' Jtiietztng, field manager
for the -National Law "Enforce
ment League, followed her, de
claring, that he had been on the
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