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OREGON
Unsettled;
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Advertising brings to your home news of com
forts and -conveniences of proven worth Pia
your faith on advertised .goods.
probably occasional rain; moderate temperature ;
strong northwest winds and gales. Thursday
Max. 50; Min. 41; River 10.7 falling; Rainfall'
.24; Atmosphere part cloudy; Wind northwest.
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM; OREGON FRIDAY tyORNING, FEBRUARY 13, 1925
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RESCUERS AnE
DISHHBTEIOi
STRATUM HIT
Workers Express Disap
pointment When Bottom
of Limestone Roof Is Not
Penetrated By Dritl
NO INDICATION FOUND
OF CAVERN OR TUNNEL
Miners State Several Days
May Be Necessary Before
Collins Is Found
CAVE CITY, Ky., ' Feb. 13.
(By the 'AP.) Early this morn
ing the diamond core drill had
been pushed down the .sand cave
rescue shaft to a. depth of ,60 feet
and II. T. Carmlchael, in . charge
of the shaft operations, expressed
great disappointment that no hot
torn had yet been rotund ' Jo the
limestone "roof."; Apparently the
officials : were seeking to -drive
through the "soft" spojt Just below
the 50-foot mark, to locate a Iarg
er tunnel or cavern just below. ;
May Take Days
About seven feet of limestone
had been probed beyond the 51-
foot stratum of dirt, with no in
dications of a cavern and at 12:15
a. m. the drill was still boring
downward. It would take several
days to excavate through the 10
feetf between the present depth of
the shaft and. the 60-foot mark, if
seven feet of limestone was to be
removed, and the officials seemed
greatly disheartened.
CAVE CITY," Ky., Feb. 12.
(By the AP.) The possibility of
reaching Floyd Collins in his nn
derground trap within a. short
limn strengthened the hones of
the rescue squad tonigbt-When a
"soft spot," Indicating perJuaps a
crevice or-tunnel, ww located by
a diamond core drill four feet be
low the bottom of the rescue shaft,
Just above the 68-foot level is
a crevice in the side of the shaft
large enough for a small man to
enter. It is possible to see 10 or
13 feet back into this crevice, but
the engineers are concentrating
their attention on the bottom of
the shaft.
Preparations Blade
Although Collins has been un
derground nearly two weeks. Dr.
William r Hazlett and the Red
Cross unit near the mouth of the
tunnel have prepared lor every
emprrenPT. in an effort to save
Collins' life if he is found living
"He may be alive," the physic
ians say. and as long as there is a
chance the ceaseless vigil will be
ffiniinncd While the 14th sec
tion of timbering was being low
ered into place, a section of the
shaft wall collapsed near the bot
tom, and the entire afternoon was
spent In clearing out the debris.
Open Space Found
At 6 o'clock the shaft was again
lear and the diamond drill start
ed down through the bottom. Two
feet down limestone wasTencount
ered and after two or three feet
of limestone, an open space was
found. The drill did not explore
the depth, as it had to be with
drawn for repairs to r the water
(Continued an pag 7)
Representatives of Board of
Control Leave for East-
ern Oregon
i Machinery .for the payment
loans aggregating ll.SOO.000
ot
to
eastern Oregon wheat farmers for
re-seeding purposes, began to
function Thursday when Sam Ko
zer. secretary of state, W. A.
Dalzell, representing the gover
nor, and George Griffith, deputy
state "treasurer, left , fort eastern
Oregon to .complete final arrange
jncnts. ... v '. - .
Under the present plan com
mittees of flvejWiil be appointed
in. each district needing relief. A
local attorney and -bank will also
he selected to pass upon the re
quested loans. Money will bo
loaned at the rate of $3 an acre.
AH ' loans recommended will be
passed upon by the board of con
trol." '
Representatives of the board of
control are expected to return to
Salem Monday, stopping only at
the main cities in each general lo
cality, - ..; :t; ; , V
Audience Stirred by 5
Glowing Tribute Paid
to Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was paid a
glowing tribute by CoL W. D. G.
Mercer,! veteran chaplain and ser
geant of arms In the senate, at a
public meeting held in the Jiouse
of -representatives J Thursday af
ternoon. Colonel Mercer, as an
brderlyj attended the president
the night of July 21 1861. fol
lowing the first disastrous Jefeat
of -the northern army. A group
of nearly 20 officers were res
ent throughout the night. ;
i ne populace was panic stricken
and -poured Into the capital across
a. woodea bridge that -then span
ned tne Potomac river, Colonel
fiercer .said; when ; reports were
received that "the Confedrates were
within, 29 miles of Washington.
Civilians, officers, soldiers and
camp -followers came to the city
in any, ! form of ' transportation
they could find. ; : J :
President Lincoln sat on a
lounge throughout the night and
'listened ? to stories" " told br the
SUK BILL
Compensation of Judoes of
? the Supreme Court In
creased to $7,500
Reversing the recommendation
of the ways and means committee
the senate yesterday voted to in
crease the salary of justices of
the supreme courtto from $5,250
to $7,5O0.r Eleven senators en
tered votes of protest against Its
passage. j
The senate ways and means
committee originally reported un
favorably on the measure, ,owing
to the fact, Senator Topxe, chair
man of the committee, stated, that
appropriations have, been request?
ed whlchrare nearly double the
amount of money on hand for
such purposes. ;.
During the afternoon session,
Senator Eddy moved that the mea
sure, known as Senate Bill No.
26, be taken from tne table. The
motion was then madeuto xhasge
the report of the committee. A
great deal ot criticism was ex
pressed on the bill, with Senator
Garland making the main speech.
"The argument that justice of
the supreme court is at a disad
vantage when be retires from the
bench. is false," Senator Garland
stated. i d--- ' i' V.
"The talk about the difficulty.
or Impossibility of regaining pri-
(Contlsnad on paga S)
PEACE ID QUIET
Morning Session Void of Ex
citement; Resolution Is
Reconsidered
Piace, quiet,- and good will
reigned in the senate throughout
the morning session. Several bills
were reported, two tor three decap
itated and a number ot ' others
passed. i -' ""' -
An important item was that
Senator McClardy moved to con
sider joint losolution No. 5, killed
yesterday. This resolution pro
vides for submitting to the people
the proposition to prohibit income
and inheritance taxes. Senator
Zimmerman .earnestly spoke
against it and called attention to
the fact that outside ot Multno
mh county the vote in favor ot
the Income tax was three to two
in favor ot the law, therefore
practically every senator there was
int. traded to, sustain the law.
There was a reconsideration or
dered 'by i a . vote of 17 to
13. Among tho bills passed at
third reading were:
S. B. 175, Upton To require
adjustment ot water claims under
the Carey act. '
S. B. 196, corabltte on educa-
tiou Providing for teachers
training courses, in high schools
of Oregon. ' . . ' . : ,
S. B,165, Clark (by request)
To prohibit counterfeiting, obllt-
eiating, removal i or change of
manufacturers' serial numbers on
.manufactured articles.
P. V."TEL15I LOSES
FOREST; GROVE. Ore., J"eU.
12. Pacific university basket
ball team was defeated here to
night by Concaga university 55 to
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SEfiATE PASS
e
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irigaienea peopiej displaying a
quaint humor and a vast amount
of patience. - . " v -Colonel
Mercer mow lives at Eu
gene and fs 7 years old. i He was
an orderly t the ge of 15 and
a year later enlisted in the Union
army as a private. :
Senator Alex La Follett of Mar
ion county, the only member of
the house or senate who voted
for President Lincoln, was accord
ed a jplate xX honor on the plat
form. ;. i : i .-.j -u
Governor pierce, state officials
and , mewoera of -the supreme
court were epeeial guests for the
observance of the birthday of the
martyred president. Senator Gus
C. Moser, president of the sen
ate, presided and called the meet
ing to order, "
Spectators occupied every avail
able spot. Including many placed
at the front of the room, and
standing room within the confines
of' the" hall wa at premium.
SUBSTITOTETO
SILL PHDVIDEO
Measure ta Take Place of
Defeated Chijdl Labor
- Bill Passes House i
Rather than run vthe almost
certain risk of defeating the legis
lature's rejection iot the 20th
amendment to the constitution,
friends of the proposed amend'
meat joined in the demand that
it be placed before the voters of
the state .and by a vote of 49 to
8, with two absent, HB No.' 426,
a substitute for house joint reso
lution No. 1, by Representative
Woodward, was passed after a
prolonged session Thursday' morn-
Whether or ' not to reconsider
the action was' the (debate pro
ceeding the passage of, the meas
ure. Forces were almost equally
divided regarding the reconsidera
tion, and most of the oratory was
released early in tne day.
That the measure tad been in
the hands of the resolutions com
mittee for three weeks and that a,
public hearing was held in order
to help direct action was brought
out. The fact that many of the
representatives believed that their
constituents did not agree : upon
rejection or ratification was one
ef the deciding factors in refer
ring the matter to the people
Many who had taken one side had
switched, it was said. Opponents
to this held that there had been
no demand to act upon the amend
ment. " :f .1 I
Prior to .the passage of the mea
sure by the house a motion to re
consider was lost by a vote ot 33
to 25, with one absent This vote
is taken as more accurate than
".A "
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DECEIVE ACTIOil
Representative -Mott Denies
That He Refused to Re
: port Bill Out .
Routine business of grinding out
laws was interrupted Thursday af
ternoon by Representative Coffey,
who demanded that Representative
Mott, chairman of the fisheries
committee, be compelled to report
out HB Ko. 405, providing for an
open and closed season for com
mercial fishing In certain streams.
and of importance to fishermen
on the lower Columbia. A lively
tilt ensued. a, ; - t I
Representative Mott. in refut
ing the charges that he had re
fused to report out the measure,'
declared that an effort was being
made to rush the measure, as it
bad only 'been fn the hands' of
the committee for seven days.' The
report ot the six majority mem
bers of. the- committee was pre
pared by Carl Shumaker, lobbyist,
he said,; and he refused to sign
until he had an opportunity to in
vestigate resolutions purported to
come from packer and bankers at
Astoria. : He turned In a minor
ity report. The bill contains an
amendment to the anil-alien fish
ing law, he said v : " -;
A full and complete discussion
of the measure, was promised by
Representative Mott when HB No.
405 comes' up as a special order
of business at 11 o'clock I this
SIKUE10
230 Killed ii
EXPLOSH
GERMAN HE
Terrific Blast Declared
Worst
iri History of German Min
ing; Few Escape
From
Ruined. Shaft! t
DEATH TOTAL MOUNTS
STEADILY; MANY
HURT
Most Deaths Are Caused
Poison Gases From Ex
ploded Fire Ilaimp
DORTMUND, Feb,;lz;-(By
the
Associated Press). A! terrific
ex
ec plosion of fire damp: Which
curred in the Stein! mine here last
night caused one of the greatest
disasters In the history jof perman
miffing.. ;- -' M ;h : I : ;
The number of dead has gradu
ally mounted, until noVf it lis fear
ed the total deaths will reach the
neighborhood of 230.! I : 1
Very few of the miners engaged
in the workings escaped, Many
Of them were killed outright, jbut
the majority are believed Uo have
died from poisonous gases. The
cages have been ascending'jandi de
scending unceasingly i throughout
the day, bringing I the 1 boldiesf ! to
the surface,; and most jdiskressing
scenes are being enacted around
the pit head.. ' ' V i! M
Expert rescuers have been rush
ed to Dortmund from all overNbe
country. Outside the! jit j hea ji
police cordon has ' been! drawn
around, and crowds j jnufcibenng
thousands have been standingor
the past 2 4 hours ' sileatl awai
ing news, in the vain hope Jof their
bread winners emerging alive. j j
On some of the ! bodies noiepi
were found describing; th4 exp'.a
sion and thus proving! thatfitihe
men did not perish until tbfey were
cvercomeriby gases 1 S. r"t I f t u
COMBIi VED
Jowa Attorney Geneml Int
. duces! Measu re! ! RrO
hibit Price Control !
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DES MOINES. Iowa, Feb 12i
Declaring that the ! recent j sharp
advances in the price ofj gMole
were unwarranted by the meager
Increase in the price of rujde qil,
Assistant Attorney General John
Fletcher Issued a statement ! to-night
calling upon the Iowa legis
lature to pass an antitrust iy?
designed to stop the combine jof
oil - companies to controlgasoline
prices. : j j
Assistant Attorney General
Fletcher's statement followed the
receipt of information front Chi
cago announcing that the j retijl
price of gasoline would be in
creased two cents a gallon tomor
row throughout the territory
served by the Standard Oil! Com
pany of Indiana. Mr. ! Fletcher
said his statement was authorized
by Attorney. General Gibson. i
AW TO CURB
Northwestern University Glee Club
V Concert Is Received Ovatipn
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Variety of Music Offered Plea IJarfce icWwd at s First Methodist
Church Last Night; Harmony Prevails
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By Audred Bunch j j j
Lovers of glee music found the
Northwestern University Glee club
concert at - the First Methodist
church replete with harmony from
beginning to end. . A full house
was present to receive greetings
from ten thousand students, anjd
ovations were unstinted. j ' j I
. The program opened .with a
characteristic college song, fol
lowed with fulsome "barber shop
melody" and then a stanza from
"The Trumpet Calls Away". Thiej
numbers after, that, as the soloiai
director expressed it, were as
varied as a bill of fare. Appro
priate to Lincoln's birthdayj was
the singing ot that melodious
number "JLand of Mine," ! S ;
John Elliott, as pianist, i was rett
ceived with immense favor. !j llii
playing of the MacDowell Concert
Etude fairly demanded a; encore,
which he accorded itoj iildelighte
1
audience; - ip f ; ! : i!
An interesting feature I of; the
program was the singing hy the
group of the same three -;. eong?
which, in competitiou i wlth (thirf
teen other central western j glee
clubs, they; Will' fire 'on tfcelr re-
turn to Chicago. All three of
these: "Come Again Sweet Love.?
Tfco Long pay Closes," .( si
IS SUGGESTED
TO AID FARMER
Senator Capper, of Kansas,
Proposed I Federal Coop
erative Bureau; Senate
and House Act
OTHER LEGISLATION IS
IN HAND OF COMMITTEE
Capper JBiH
Outline o
Follows Genera
Agricultural
Commission
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Cre
ation of the federal cooperative
marketing board. One of the prin
cipal recommendations ' of the
president's agricultural conference
was proposed in the senate today
by Senator Capper, republican,
Kansas, while the senate and
house agricultural : committees
both continued! examination of the
conference with ja. view of propos
ing other legislation to carry out
its findings. U - V i
The Capper bill followed exactly
the terms of the measure offered
yesterday in the house by Repre
sentative Haugen, republican, Io
wa, chairman jof the agricultural
committee of that
chamber j which
nas tne approval.
in principle of
Chairman Carey of
the president's
conference.
The measure was
sent.
in its
usual course, .to tho senate agri
culture commission which j plans
to continue its hearing this week
and begin formulation of a pro
gram next week.
jThe, members of; the president's
conference appearing before both
the senate and house committees
today, continued to stress the im
portance of broadening the field
of cooperative associations. On the
house side Louis J. Tabor asserted
that except for the livestock In
dustry, the post war emergency
had passed and explained that the
jconference recommendations were
(worked out as permanent ; relief
imeasures which would become ef
fective in three! to five years. He
Iso urged enactment of the Hau
gen bill. ' - . . . ...
R. W. Thatcher insisted before
the senate committee that the
conference reports thus far sub
mitted had not been Intended as a
final summary of Its work.. Many
important items had been inten
tionally omitted, he said, because
6t t the request tor ' expedlation
made by President Coolidge.
Hoodoo Cavorts Today:
Is Friday, imrteentn
Superstitious persons will have
tin watch their step and actions
ijrith more than the! usual amount
of caution today fori this is Friday
t)ie' Thirteenth U day to be avoid
eid if possible, i j
If anything gbes Wrong or any
oftej Is! late to work.) or in f apt. If
anything out off the ordinary- oc
curs, the event can be . blamed
ttDbn the hoodoo which is said to
have full control oti the happen
ings lot the dayi :!!; -
j Fridajv the! Thirteenth makes a
I gpou aiiioi, at any rate.
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"Northwestern tands In a p"or
et,?' were j rendered both uneon-
I
ducted and unaecompanied.
Rolliii K." iPease, baritone so
loist,! add clu b I director, has a
voice ot astounding j range which
td bear was iu Itself i worth more
than th6 prioe of a! ticket I He
closed !a group ef (three with the
tiiglc -billad of "Da'nny Deever,M
and gave. Van Dyke's "Americal for
Me" as jan Oncojre. The house,
after every bumper, programmed
pi; extra; wis rlsonftnt- with j ap
bau8e.f ( Dudley! Bucks arraage-
tnent of fePysou "Te Splendor
Falls oi Castle Wails" was ex
ceedingly lovely inl a harmonic
wayj
II
j A
surprise of the evening Was
the
club's giviag of Professor
johu R. Sites' delightful compo
sition, "The Clim4ing Bose
! At this point la the evening the
"gentleman nameld Gus" waa gtr
en the floor, and practically the
whole house stood! in an expression
of greeting and applause. After
other numbers the program closed
with a "rouser"--"Go You North
western", whichibrought loyal
al u mni to their feet.
jThe one regrei of the evening
was the inabilltyj through Illness,
Avoid Entanglements "
and Commitments, Plea
V of Secre
NEW YORK. Feb. 12. Secre
tary of State Charles E. Hughes
told members of the National Re
publican club tonight that the
United States desired to avoid
"commitments and entangle
ments, throughout the world in
order that it might be free to
"follow the dictates of reason and
conscience' ;
"If we have a mission," Mr,
Hughes aid." in addressing the
guests at the club's annual Lin
coln day dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria, "it can be prospered only
In the spirit of reasonableness.
We are constantly seeking to pro
mote peace in this hemisphere, but
this can be done only as we con
vince the people of our sister .re
publics that we reepect them, that
we do not threaten their indepen
dence and that we Are ready with
wise, friendly and impartial coun
sel. "We are solicitous' throughout
the world -to avoid commitments
and entanglements so that what-
Operations of Nation-Wide
Ring Disclosed in Testi
mony Before Court
LOS ANGELES, Feb, 12. The
secret operations of a national
band of robbers who preyed upon
United States "mail trucks bearing
registered parcels were revealed
in federal court here today by
Herbert Wilson, ex-minister, mail
bandit and murderer, who ' took
the witness stand to testify against
three of; his former ''pals," includ
ing his brother, Frank Wilson.
Wilson, .a "lifer" at San Quen
tinprison where mff?f jl"' . for
the murder of Herbert Cox, his
gang companion and cell mate' in
jail, was fashionably attired, and
in a calm, even tone, related the
",inner conferences" of his former
gang, which the government al
leges committed two registered
mall truck .raids in Los 'Angeles
during 1921, a similar holdup In
Cincinnati, Ohio, the same year,
and a $800,000 jewelry robbery
in New York City.
The witness, under the watch
ful eyes of nearly a score of armed
guards In the court room, graphi
cally . described the plans laid at
the conferences which the gang
operated under and were success
ful in - obtaining approximately
$500,000 in the mail truck raids
MINER IS KILLED
WALLACE, Idaho, Teh. 12. '
Falling 100 feet down a shaft at
ine uoid Hunter mine company
property, seven miles east of Wal
lace, today, Ben Breslin, 24, a
timber handler, was instantly kill
MM THE DEBT
II
The Ticket Sale for the
American Legion Dance Is
Going Very Fine Now
Are. you going to the American
Legion St. Valentine's day dance
tomorrow night?
Or are you going to buy a tic
ket, or a couple of tickets to the
dance.--: . ,,-Jr -
Or a hundred? No limit to the
number you may buy.
Well, nearly everybody's doing
it'
It was whtspere'd to the report
er yesterday that the way the tic
kets have been' going the last
couple of days, if they keep on
selling as well -today and tomor
row, the sunt realized will be
enough-to clear the soldier mon
ument of debt-
And that would surely be fine.
It would make the American War
Mothers happy, and let them take
up ! the hospital - bed endowment
fund for the benefit . of service
men and women.
It will surely be the biggest
dance ever seen in Balem. if all
those buying tickets attend--even
if half of them attend. ,;
It wfji be a great dance,' too;
f&e mu?ie; every tWoz first class;
at'-tle new Crystal Palace. .
Anyway, it f is ; a ' most worthy
cause. All the Legion, boys are
working overtime selling tickets.
anl some of - the ladies are now
IIL ROBBERS
ARE Oil STAND
IN FUll TDMOf!
m
he!rlrf too, -
tary Hughes
ever contingencies arise we may
be free, not to exercise--an arbi-
trary
tates
choice, but to follow the dic
of reason and conscience and
tc - take - the action approved by
an' enlightened people. This free
dom and our detachment from ago
long racial and national "confticts
makes our influence the greater.
But we can never be just to1 our
selves and refuse the cooperation
In the Interest of peace and mutual
helpfulness which is made pos
sible, j by our independence and
does hot forfeit it..
?We are now. at -peace with the
world and the opportunities of
friendship are open on every hand.'
If the turbulent -spirits among us
whose &im seems-! to be to foment
ill will, to turn -.friends Into'
eaemies. to erect between well lis
pofiedj peoples the barriers of ly
ing imputations of motive and ac
tion, could only be quieted; if
those Iwho are loudest in vaunting
(Continntd on ptt 6)
USURY MEASURE
BRINGS FIGHT
Bill J Passed After Bitter
Struggle; Two .Measures
Are Reconsidered
. .Only After a lengthy battle was
a measure pertaining, to usury,
interest rate and loan commissions
passed by the house Thursday.
The bill provides that 10 percent
is the maximum and only actual
expenses incurred in investigating
securities could be charged. The
measure was opposed upon the
ground that it was too broad and
hit the building and loan associa
tions. !.,-' v :
"Twenty house bills and four
senate; bills were passed by the
representatives yesterday, a ma
jority of which were unimportant
measure.
House bills passed .provide that
electric vehicles ,pay the same
license fee charged gasoline- ve
hicles, plus SO percent; creation of
a board of optometry; provision
that by stipulation between attor
neys, the court can call additional
jurors' after a panel has been ex
hausted without the necessity of
a new panel; correcting the law to
permit the name of a person to
be .placed on the ballot after a
death occurs following a primary
election; creating road districts
out of fall drainage districts of
5000 acres or more.
Senate measures passed related
Id contracts between the Universi
ty of Oregon medical school and
the Multnomah county commis
sioners rin regard to medical and
surgical patients in order that
advantage could be taken of the
offer' of the Rockefeller founda
tion for equipment for the hospi
tal; validating the organization
of union high school districts; and
clarifying the present law relating
to assault and battery.
Upon reconsideration. Repre
sentative Bates' only bill, provid
ing that the people or not decide
whether or not Seaside shall have
. . Cwitbuwd oa iut 7) -
0. OF 0. DEFEATS
IDAHO in DEBATE
Benoit McCroskey, Salem
Boy, upholds Oregon Colors-
Successfully t-v
EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 12. The
University of Oregon debate team
composed of Ralph Bailey : and
Benoit" MeCroskey, Salem Boy,
won a unanimous decision over
the University of Idaho in' a tri
angular debate held at Villar Hall
on the local campus tonight
The nutlon Was: "Resolved,
That congress should have power,
by a two thirds vote, to overrule
supreme court 4ecisioes declaring
acts of congress unconstitutional."
Oregon upheld; the affirmative.
John L- Roberts and Frank T.
Wyman made up the Idaho nega
tive team.-
SEATTLE, Feb. 12. Univer
sity of Oregon defeated an affirm
ative debating team of the Univer
sity of Washington here tonight.
The question of congress being
permitted to override by two
thlrils vote decisions' of the Unit
ed S tates supreme court rendering
acts of congress unconstitutiosaL
Tie schi?5 w?$ t-'",?;
CLEIERHELD
iFITPEISO;'
FOR POSH
Legislative Committee Rec
ommends That He ShcuIJ
Either Resign or Be Re
moved as Dry Agent
HOUSE TAKES ACTION
UPON REPORTS TODAY
Recommendations for "Flying
Squadron to Receive At
tention at 2 'Clock
That George L. Cleaver is un
fit to act as stale prohibition com
missioner and should either resign
or be removed, as his usefulness
has been outlived: that he has
handled records of his office In an
unbusinesslike manner, and hi3
reporfls exaggerated and inaccu
rate in its statements of actirities
of the department and the agents.
is the finding of the joint senate
and house committee investigatir-s
the prohibition enforcement com
missioner which was adopted fcy
the house shortly before 6 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
Belief was expressed that Mr.
Cleaver has not been dishonest, '
but poorly advised, and severely
criticized ior.acts that were com
mitted under direction of Gover
nor Pierce and W. J. Herwij.
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
league. The findings were unani
mously signed by the 10 members
of .the .committee alter weeks of
investigations.
Report Held Charitable
Recommendations vary, thourh"
the majority report urges tLa
transfer of the prohibition law
enforcement under the direction
of ; the attorney general and Caa
establishing of a "f lying squad
ron" to work in cooperation wit!i
the sheriffs and district attor
neys. Upon motion oiaRepresentativa
Rushlight, chairman of the house
committee, action trpon the re
commendations will be taken -cj
at 2 o'clock this afternoon when
the . matter comes up as a special
order of business.
"The,report is extremely charl.
table In its findings on Mr. Cleav.
er," Representative Rushlight to!4
members of the . house.
Representative . Bennett sought
to have the findings and recom
mendations tabled, but lost out.
The findings Were accepted by the
senate earlier in the day and
placed on file.
Firing Squadron Urged
Recommendations of the ma
jority tnembers of the joint com
mittee, which will be acted upoa
today, are as follows:
"A better machinery should 1
provided for the enforcement of
the prohibition laws than the act
providing for the appointment of
a prohibition commissioner acl
agents to be selected by the gover
nor. . '
"The fines and forfeitures ob
tained by the various counties In
the enforcement of the prohiti-.
tioja laws should be expended for
the purpose of enforcing the vari
ous prohibition acts. The nujcr
portion of the money thus . ob-
(Contlned on Pg 4)
THURSDAY
IN WASHINGTOI
Farm legislation continued to
occupy the senate and house agri
cultural committee.
-
An investigation" of gasoI!n
price raises was asked by. Sent' cr
Trammel!, Florida.
Brigadier General Mitchell de
nied before the house aircraft
committee he disoterel orders i
bombing tests.
Enactment of corrupt practic ?
act was urged in the report cf V -
senate campaign expenditures i -vestigating
committee.
The senate Interstate ccnrr.c
commission postponed " action r :
the nomination of William
Humphrey for- the federal tr j
commission. :
Administration leaders dec
to seek to prevent 'action a t 4
session on the nomination
Charles B. V.'arrca to be attcr
gsccrat, -.
Senator ITowel!, iZtlr: -
fered a. resolution f-T i
i.r:
gation of tL ? NicL.-l i ..
road merger ty tte Vr.-.