V
SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, tSe'
y
Mrs. Anna Springer Is Said
to Have led Daughter '
Into Sordid Paths
'OJRL IS ONLY FOURTEEN
Nude. Photographs,. Men .Asso-
c Bites, Figure in Most Revolt
' tag (h Yet Recorded
, lly Salem Police , I
! '
I A woman was arrested here
last night and charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of
her own daughter a little girl
osiy fourteen years. of age. The
woman is Anna Springer, 42, She
lives at 2865 Brooks avenue.
i The story is without a parallel
in the Salem police department.
It reads like something Dickens
nvigbt have written a chapter
depicting life Tn its most squalid,
sordkl form. The woman was
locked up in the police station
lastl night. She will probably be
arraigned in the justice court this
morning. '
Iller daughter's name is Beulah,
fourteen years old. Beulah is In
a detention borne now- she has
been since, police began investi
gating the case about a week ago.
In that week they bare gathered
together details that would seem
unbelievable.;
- Mrs. Springer was arrested
vModav evening at her home by
Oaade Hickman of the Salem po
lice aepartmeni. xam arrest wo
made on a Justice court warrant
issued earlier in the day, based on
a- romnlaint chareine that the
Springer woman encouraged and
led 'her daughter into a life of
shame. A specific instance Is
given when the woman and her
laughter and two men are said
to have taken part In a debouch
erys in which . the . mother urged
the girl to partoiclpate.
; Three men have been arrested
on charges growing out of their
alleged . conduct with the; girl.
They are Wesley Smith, 36, mar
" rled and the father of child,
"Chairlea Chittlck. 19, 'and William
l Elliott, 17 years old. They have
been bound- over to the grand
; jury on charges of rape.
' One of the most revolting and
unnatural circumstances of the
i case is the presence of -number
of pude photograph oi tne gm
which are said to have been taken
lry her mother:
i The girl a child is goodlook-'-
lag but not pretty. She appears
bright. She taiks of the matter
' truthfully and with no hesitation.
v She? Is not voluble. She is only
fourteen years old and appears
harrassed. When ques-
tinoned ne answers yes nu
. . i..,ihr..Uv Annn not
II 11 UVi.v . .
Jseem to realize that any stigma
s is attached X the charges against
- her-mother and against the men
and' against the things she ad
mits doing. - She appears never
"to hare known any other lif es
says uninterestedly that , she can
remember when she was seven
years old. It was a middle-aged
man.' Police say he 4eft Satem
seme weeks ago. He has lived
jjere for seven years,- anyhow,
lie left before the arrests were
made. The police say they didn't
know where he is. Maybe they
wilt find out.
Mrs. Springer didn't say any
thing when they brought her to
the police station last night. They
- asked her questions bu she sat
there with her chin resting on her
liand sullen. When she ? ans-
wered them it was :."ivoofti
- know." She "dum t Know- boom
the photographer-photographs of.
1 her fourteen year old daughter.
Claude Hickman,. Salem officer.
' and Mrs. Mlra Shanks, police ma
tron, brought the case out. A bit
of a clue here and a report there
and then the reports came faster
and the arrests were made
-.The case Is without a parallel
in the police records of Salem. ;
,. CROOKS HIT SEATTLE I
SEATTLE. Dec. 14. ( By As
sociated Press.) A material in
crease in the-number of burglar
ies and holdups in Seattle baa fol
lowed the announcement of a
crime, wave clean-up in Portland.
. " V POWER SHOCK FATAL
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 14.
'rap l Earl W. Thompson, 35,
lost his We . today at the Long
Lake Power plant of the wasn
Ington . Water Power . company
when he came in contact with a
60,900 volt. power wire. ,
BUY STAMPS
CHRISTMAS : SEAL STAMPS
are now offered for sale at
booths In the-post office, Mil
ler's Mercantile Co., Kafoury
Brothers, Stiff Furniture Co.
4 the Bank of. Commerce.
j' Tptal receipts to - date?- from
J booth sale: -. f 64.25. r ?
GOVERNOR, WITH FLAX EXPERTS,
INSPECTS PENITENTIARY PLANT
Artificial Drying of RetHF Flax, Studied for 6,000 Years, Problem
Being Attacked by John Quinland .
Some of the flax experts who are In Salem from the east and else
where in company with Governor Pierce, State Treasurer Kay, Col.
W. B. Bartrum and others, visited the flax plant jtfthe penitentiary
yesterday, and looked it over, in full operation. f ,
But the especial interest of Governor Pierce and Mr. Kay and
those concerned in the operation of the state flax plant was the
otnorimpnt heinz carried on there In the artificial drying of retted
flax, under the direction oL John
charge of the industries ot.tne prison. v .
Amnitr tho visitors at the Dlant yesterday was Jos. J. Aldred of
Lockport New York, who had jail
over the flax manuiacturms BHuaiwu ucic . .- j,v-
enced linen manufacturer, one of the leading men in that industry in
RAILROAD COMPETITION
URGED BY COMMISSION
ME.VT PKOGItAM PRAWNS
Joint Construction Work for Pub
lic Good at lxw Cost Is
Proponed
Real and active competition,
coupled with joint construction
and use wherever possible to the
end that the public may be best
served at minimum cost, was pro
posed by tne urccn public ser
vice cjommisslon in its brief com
pleted here yesterday f-r filing
with the interstate commerce com
mission in tne proceedings Invoic
ing the railroad development pro
gram in Central Oregon.
"The nrooosals of the several
carriers in the finance dockets do J
not fully meet the transportation
requirements of the territory in
volved," read the brief, "nor can
these requirements be met except
by the construction of the direct
cross state line and a line extend
ing southerly from Bend to Lake-
view, as prayed for by tne com
mission in its complaint and as
recommended toy the examiner rfi
his report to the interstate com
merce commission.
"The proposal of the ' Oregen
Trunk does meet a prime transpor
tation requirement in that t fur
nishes competitive service to the
Central Oregon territory, provides
a needed route to- the markets of
the northern tier of states served
by the northern lines, assists1 in
meeting a fundamental military
i ecessity for a north and south
line east of the Cascades, and pro
vides a more evenly balanced com
petition between, transcontinental!
carriers" Thla a'Dnlicatiotf should.
therefore- fr r.rantA ynfrj r tdj,eern is -at i it, And
the recommendations hereinbefore
made as to the common use of ex
Ming truckage, wtiere practicable.
In addition to the lines proposed,
the Oregon Trunk should also
build an extension to Silver Lake.
, "The application of the Central
Pacific Railway company to con
struct a line of railroad from
Klamath Fallf to Cornell is jus
tified for the purpose of providing
the Tule Lake valley with local
transportation service, but not as
part ot a through line designed
to serve western and central Ore
gon. - "
"The application of the Oregon.
California & Eastern Railway com
pany for authority to construct a
line from Sprague River to Lake
view should be granted, subject to
a reservation of common operat
ing rights by the northern lines.
The application q the said com
pany to construct to Silver Lake,
with a branch to the Williamson
river, should be denied and oper
ating privileges over the tracks of
the Oregon Trunk to Silver Lake
granted.
"The application for authority
to acquire control of the Oregon,
California & Eastern railroad,
should be granted only upon con
dition that the northern lines are
permitted to enter the territory as
nbove outlined, and upon condi
tion of common operating rights
being granted to the Oregon "Frank
and to" the Union Pacific lines..
'The application' of the South
ern Pacific company for authority
to acquire control of the Nevada-
California-Oregon railway and to
standardize said line should be
pranted.
"The Oregon commission: de
sires, however, to emphatically Im
press uponthis record teh jaet
that any order which may be made
with .respect to any of the involved
applications, whether such orde'
concern the extension of existing
lines, or concern theticqpuition of
one or more lines by another car
ier, should be so conditioned, and
safeguarded as to - correctly and
adequately insure real and active
competition between carriers, and
should likewise adequately provide.
for Joint construction and Joint
use wherever practicable.
KLAN SEEKS MRS- KIP
: t .:- .. , .-
SEARCH FOUR FLORIDA HO
TELS FOR NEGRO WIFE '
FORT PIERCE, Fla., Dec. 14
(By Associated Press.) Mem
bers of the Kb Klux Klan tonight
invaded four hotels -in quest of
Mrs.1 Kip Rhinelander who was
reported to have arrived, here
from New York..
When a report that the negro
wife of the New s York society
leader's son, Jtiad registered in a
hotet; the local Kn Klrnc Kran of
ficers immediately called h meet
ing and four committees were
named to visit the hotels. , '
Three men-' , were ' named " on
each committee and each commit
tee was assigned one hotel. The
hotels- Tisttecr were- tire Atlantic,
El Paso, Colonial and Alpena. . '
v Rhinelander'a : wife? was . not
found. The hotels confirmed the
visit " .
Quinland, chief engineer and in-J
arrived in Salem at .noon,, to lookL
tnis country, mod. i. a. j.ay met
him on several trips in the east
and was given! much valuable in
formation by him. Mr. Aldred
expressed himself as pleased with
what he had so far seen sere, last
evening., . '
At the prison plant, he was
shown, with the other members
of the party, the experimental ret
ting tanks and the experimental
artificial drying plant- The ret
ting tanks are two tanks that Mr.
Quinland found on the premises
and fitted up. In one batch of
flax.Obe Used 85 degrees of
warmth fof the water, and fin
ished the retting in three and a
half d?ys. He is experimenting
with water at different tempera
tures. The drying is done on the Ore
gon Agricultural college principle
of the tunnel prune ;dryer, the
warm air1 being forced in wKb. a
fan. The flax is put onto trays
and the trays" are in a frame,
which, when filled, is pushed Into
the tunnel, where the warm air
is forced through.
Some of this artificially dried
flax, turned out-in two hours, has
been pronounced all right for the
use of .the Miles linen mill, in
making twine and thread. It is
very strong.
Will It'riave Life?"
1 Mr. Aldred pronounced the
fiber made from the "-artificially
dried flax as good, apparently.
But the uesfion will come as to
its spinability and weavability;
that is as to its resiliency, or
what the linen experts of Belfast
call "life.',;
For 6000 years experiments
have been made to try to get a
process for artificially drying
rettder flax, other than in the
light f the sun, and still leav
ing the ''life"" in the fiber. Henry
Ford is working on it. He says
he will do it. A Canadian con
ns managers8
think they, have the Becfet.
. Mohn i Quinland makes no
claims. He is working on itand
be is as lrkely to get' it as any'
of the others. In that case flax
can be retted and dried here
every day of the year.' It would
be a great advance. .
For the Miles mill, it seems to
be about settled already.
It was decided yesterday, by the
governor and Mr Kay, to go
ahead .a , little farther with the
experiments, .before extending the
facilities.
The expense of such extensions
would not be great, but it would
be something,
If Mr. Quinland has got the
thing solved, or if he does get it
solved, it will be worth hundreds
of millions of dollars to this sec
tioni in the course of time.
NOT ALL THE PRESIDENTS
Colorado, Nebraska and Wy
oming Covered by Eigh
teen IncK Snow Fall
TEMPERATURE HITS ZERO
Huge Drifst Cripple Train Service,
ales Prevent Air Mail Trans-
j ; portation; Winds Are
4 ' Abating
DENVER. Colo.. Dec. 14. (By
Associated Press.) Y.'lnter's bit
ter onslaught on western states
abated in intensity tonight after
submerging points in Colorado and
Nebraska under 18 inches of snow
and hampering railroad and air
mail traffic in the Rocky moun
tain region.
Air mail flights from Cheyenne,
Wyo., where the velocity of the
storm centered, were annuled and
mail cargoes were seat byi train.
Temperatures skidded in Colo
rado and Wyoming, reaching zero
at Leadville, Colo. Generally cold
er weather prevailed in the region.
Eighteen inches of snow wasS
reported onthe streets of Fort Col
lins, Colo., and North Platte, Neb.
Huge drifts of snow ranging from
one to 10 feet blockaded highwayj
in Colorado. Railroad lines were
kept open although trains were
running late. One death was at
tributed to the storm in Colorado.
Forest Reiotor, 23, a rancher, was
killed near Deer Trail, when a
Union Pacific train demolished his
automobile when he was blinded
in a driving sleet storm. Snow
tell continuously for two days in
Colorado and Wyoming, but the
downfall stopped late today and
the sun broke through the clouds.
Hundreds of automobiles were
reported blocked on Colorado
highways , because of snow, but
occupants of the cars were said to
be in no danger. More than 200
motorists were stalled near Broom-
field, Colo., 13 miles from Den
ver. The storm coated Cheyenne,
Wyo., with 14 inches of snow;
Laramie with 10, and Denver re
ceived five inches.
Three boys and a man, feared
lost in the blizzards, were located
today after searchers bucked great
drtf t so snow north-of' .hei- in
eearch. of them all day long." The
quartet w.bo were hunting, found
shelter in a deserted vhouse near
Brighton, Colo., and the man plow
ed through, the snow today to
reach Brighton and telephone to
Denver, that the party was safe.
BEND, Or., Dec. 14. The tem
perature, last night dropped to 17
above zero and was accompanied
by low humidity, making it ap
parently even colder than the
thermometer indicated.
HAN COX IS RELEASED
Oscar Hancox, Canadian farm
er who recently brought about
the arrest of Monte Miller on a
charge of bringing Mrs. ; Hancox
to Salem from Canada, was re
leased yesterday after being held
for attempting to assault Miller.
"HAYMAKING'
IS DONE
I
CONSTRUCTIVE CHARITY
FOUND NEED IN SALEM
CONSIDERABLE DUPLICATION
SEEN BY EXPERT
Portland Social Worker Will Rec
ommend When Snrvey Is
Completed
Speaking before the MinisteriaJJ
Aleta Brownlee, executive secre
tary of the Portland Social Work
ers association, declared that al
though enough money was being
expended as a whole on charit
able' work in Salem, yet no indi
vidual organization knew what
was being done by others. That
as a result, there was considerable
duplication of charitable work in
the city,.
In response to ' questions as to
what should be done to prevent
duplication in charitable work,
Miss Brownlee said that after she
had made a complete survey, she
would leave her recommendations
!with the Chamber of Commerce
and the committee with which she
,-ls meeting. This committee, wfTii
tvhieli Miss Brownlee is meeting,
Includes T. M. Hicks. Mrs. John
A. Carson, Judge J. T. Hunt. Mrs.
E. E. Fisher, George Arbuckle. W.
W. Rosebraugh. E. T. Barne9 and
Dr. B. F. Pound.
In discussing charitable work
now being done in Salem Miss
Brownlee said:
"I find at greet need of con
structive work. That is, help that
Will aid in securing work for the
needy family. While giving gro
ceries is a help temporarily, yet
the big thing is to look into the
welfare of the family in order
that it may be self-supporting.
"We can often do the greatest
good by securing employment and
establishing the self-respect of a
family, rather than giving them
old clothes and temporary relief
in the way of food.
"Food is all right in an emer
gency, but the big thing in social
relief and charitable work is to
give aid in putting the family or
person in the way of earning their
own living, and preserving their
self-respect."
Miss Brownlee has found a
number of instances where a fam
ily has been receiving help from
various organizations. With
charitable work properly organ
ized, this- would not happen, she
said.
Miss Brownlee has been loaned
to the Chamber of Commerce for
this survey work, by the Social
Workers Association of Portland.
rSEe is reportirig her findings
twice a week. Her fmal recom
mendations will be made to the
committee appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce.
The question as to whether
there shall be continued duplica
tion in charitable work, or an or
ganized central body to act as a
clearing house for all charities,
will depend not only on the rec
ommendations of Miss Brownlee,
but the future action of the com
mittee receiving the report.
ALBANY CAR STOLEN
Salem police were last night on
the lookout for a Baby Overland
car, Oregon license 13-020, stolen
from Albany early in the evening.
CLASS ADJOURNED
Mrs Park's Monday Bible study
class, meeting at the library, is
adjourned until January 4.
ON THE OLD HOME PLACE
II S. FOREIGN POLICY
OUTIID M SPEECH
Secretary ICellogg Explains
Amencan Views in Ad
dress of Council
GERMAN LOANS ARE HIT
American Banker Are Warned
Against Indiscriminate Loans;
Would Keep Clear of
Foreign Politics
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. (By As
sociated Press) rThe foreign poli
cies of the Coolidge 'administra
tion and the reasons behind them
were explained here tonight by
Secretary Kellogg of the state de
partment In a speech running the
whole scale from the Saklatvala
exclusion case to the Locarno se
curity treaties.
Using a meeting of the council
of foreign r?lations as his forum,
the secretary addressed these pro
nouncements to American citizens
and to foreign chancellors:
A warning to American bankers
against "indiscriminate" loans to
German states and municipalities
although the state department
"has not felt itself called upon to
object to such loans as against
the public interest."
Reaffirmation of the govern
ment's desire to cooperate in
European rehabilitation but keep
clear of European politics.
A declaration that he set as
much store "by the spirit of Lo
carno as upon the treaties of
Locarno." -
An expression of hope that
China will realize her aspirations
for freedom from unequal treaties.
An exposition and reiteration of
American war debt funding policy.
A defense of bis own action in
excluding aliens who desire "to
teach their pernicious doctrines of
communism" in this country.
Mr. Kellogg spoke from a care
fully prepared manuscript with
every evidence of consciousness
that his words would be heard
round the world. It was disclosed
that the address was regarded as
of such importance that the sec
ond dealing with foreign debts
and that touching upon the Ameri
can attitude toward European con
ferences, although it contained no
direct reference to the Geneva
disarmament movement, had been
cabled in full by the state depart
ment to American diplomatic mis
sions in Europe.
The chief distinction of Ameri
can policy and that least under
stood abroad, the secretary said,
was "the fixed determination to
avoid participation in purely Eur
opean political matters.
"Not since 1798 has the United
Stat been a party to any mili
tary 'alliances," he said. "We
shall go to the very limit of rea
sonable cooperation for all legiti
mate purposes but we will not
under any circumstances commit
ourselves to the European system,
of alliances and counter alliances
to maintain the balance of power
upon that continent.
"It is doubtful if they have ever
contributed to the maintenance of
peace."
Declaring that Europe herself
was making a sincere effort to
free herself of the old balance of
power system, Mr. Kellogg de
scribed the Locarno pact as an
"outstanding accomplishment con-1
ceived m the spirit of uniting na
tiona. in a common
pact of se
curfty."
MARK 57TH ANNIVERSARY
COUPLE WERE MARRIED ON
DECEMBER 13, 1868
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kesling cele
brated their fifty-seventh wedding
anniversary Sunday at their home
south of Fruitland. They were
married December 13, 1868, in
Benton county, Iowa. They moved
toAntelope county, Nebraska, in
1873 where they resided for fifty
one years. In June, 1924, they
moiorea to r ruuiand, ore., where
tney now make their home.
Present at the anniversary were
one son, Geo. Kesling; a grandson,
Harold Kesling, and family; a
granddaughter. Merle Johnston; a
great granddaughter, June Kes- j
ling, and a brother. Mr. Nei xt
kLambert and. wife. Thlrtv-eir
guests were -entertained informal
ly, these being -nieces and nephews
and their families: Mr. and Mrs.
al Gerig and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Gerig and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Lambert, Mr. and
Mrs. John Roth and fem'Iy, Mr.
and Mrs., Jim Blaciistone &nd fam
ily. Misses Daisy and Esther Lam
bert and Mr. Lowell Lambert, Mr.
Chas. Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Emmerson and Miss Htisei Em
merson, the latter being a great
great niece of Air. Kesling.
Simonich Loses Fight
Decision to Webster
COEUR D'ALEXE, Idaho, Dec.
14. rBy Associated Press) -Al
Webster, Billings, Mrat., middle
weight, won a 15-reund decision
Over Joe Simonicbr, of 'Butte,
Mont-, In the -main event' of a
Four L club match here tonight.
NOT SO FAST PORTLAND
SALEM POLICE RECOVER
EUERY STOLEN AUTO
Portland's claim of having
the -best record of any city
on the coast for recovery of
stolen autos went glimmer
ing when Frank Minto. in re
sponse to this paper's inquiry
produced statistics revealing .
Salem to be ahead of her
neighbor city on the north.
According to a report in a
Portland paper, 1243" cars
were stolen . during the first
11 months of this year.
All but 43 cars were re
covered, giving Portland. 96.1
percent recovery.
Los Angeles came, next,
with but 875 machines, un
accounted for out of 7458
stolen. S e"a 1 1 1 e ' s records
show 2216 machines stolen
and 2043 recovered. Out of
460 machines stolen 1n Ta
coma, 425 have been recover
ed. Salem seems to . have
been left out of the reckon
ing. ' ,
Official records of the lo
cal police department show
that 43 cars were reported
stolen, during the first 11
months of.- this year in Sa
lem. Every one of these 4 5
were recovered. In addition
17 cars reported stolen from
other cities were recovered
here.
If Portland is taking Into
account all the cars she has
recovered, then Salem can
show 1.1 7 per cent compared
to Portland's 96.1. If Port
land is considering only those
cars recovered that were re- '
ported stolen from the city,
Salem still wins, with 100 per
cent her record!
RIGHT BOY WINS CYCLE
SCORING CLOSE GUESS
LUCK FAVORS ORPHAN WHO
NEVER OWNED ONE
Winfred Jackson, 13, : Misses
Scaled Cyclometer Mileage j
By Fraction '
Although in contests of fortune
the winner is usually one having
a fleet of autos and. strong finan
cial backing. Lady Luck sought a
new friend in choosing the winner
of the contest conducted by Harry
W. Seefct. , ' " -'
Winfred Jackson, a 13 year old,
without parents, living with his
grandfather, and never haying1
owned a bike before, gave the
nearest guess, out of over 2200
made, of the number of miles run
by the contest bicycle in' 116
hours.' ' -
He will receive the bicycle, a
Speedway Special racing model,
as prize, for the nearest correct
guess, 1831 miles. :
This cycie. ran 1830.5 miles in
116 houTs, 'as registered on the
sealed cyclometer. Jackson's
guess fell' but -.5 of a mjje short.
M. Jones, 6 North Front St.,
was second witha guess of 1831.1
miles.. He will receive J 10 credit
on a new wheel. George Jack
son, brother of the winner, placed
third, guessing 1829.4, and will
receive a, $S.50 credit. Fourth
place and $7.50 credit was won
by Martha' Amman of Salem, who
guessed 1833. '
Fifth td 15th places, receiving
$5 credit each, were won respec
tively by Claude II. Morse,. G. U.
Causey,' Hugh Aspmwall, H. A.
Richmond, M. J. Wilbur, B; S.
Burk, M. E. Johnson, E. .E. Bal
dinger, Hortense Taylor, Lillian
Newens and YirgH Davis, all of
Salem.
Guesses ranged frqm 0 to 1,-
000,000 miles for the 116 hours.
Richard Trueax, 1993 North Com
mercial street, presaged an age of
speed, guessing 1,000,000, or a
rata of 8620 mile an hour. Lawr
ence Andrews, suspecting all was
not well with, the -cyclometer
guessed 0 miles to register. -
CARRIE B. ADAMS HERE
LEADS SINGING OF OWN AN
THEMS AT LUNCHEON
Members of the Salem Chamber
of Commerce were converted into
a mighty chorti3 at their luncheon
Monday..noon, led by Mrs. Carrie
B. Adams, noted composer, or
ganist and song director.
Mr. Adams, her husband, sang
several solos, mostly or her com
position, most notable of which
were airs from her operettas. The
members of the chamber were
led in old time songs, and in a
Christmas carrol. .
PIONEER WOMAN PASSES
CKXTURIAX. IX . HER YOUm!.
KNEW A BRA HAM LINCOLN" '
OAKLAND. Cal.. Dec. 14.-fBv
Associated Press.) Mrs: -WiV-
mom a Groomer 100 years old,
and who fm her- yonth' knew
Abraham Lincoln, died here - to
day. Mrs. Groome was a-native
of Lynehbnrgr, Va., and lived at
Broomfield. Ohio, before coming
to California in a covered wagon.
Besides1 two sons who-, survive
her in Oakland, she leaves a
brother- In Portland, Ore., S3
years old, - and a sister In? Pasa
dena, 87. . -, :..-
IB CALLS B(
CI G C C
D
Accusations Against Bram
well Thought too Serious
to Be Dropped
HEARING TO CONTINUE
Subpoena for'Witnesses to Testify x
. CmW Oath Expected Tomor- -
row. Board Held Jos- ' 1
tilled ia Acting
Charges preferred by Will B.
Haines, president of the Portland
National bank, ; against ' . Frank "
Bramwell, state superintendent of
banks, to the effect that Mr.
Bramwell discriminated against
his-. institution and that he com
mitted various other acts not in -keeping
with hia official position,
will be Investigated furthet- by .
the state tanking board; desplta
the .fact tl.rt Mr. Haines has writ
ten letters to members of the
board that he considers the con- '
troversy a closed incident. : It !
was said that the hearing would
be resumed here Thursday. - '
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of
Ft ate and member of the banking
board, upon receipt of Mr. Haines
letter, said that he considered the .
charges preferred against:,. Mr.
Bramwell of a serioua character
and tha it was the; duty of the
banking board to conduct an In
vestigation to determine the truth
or falsity of the accusations. -
"If the charges lodged against
Mr. BramweH are true." ; said ; Mr. "
Kozer, "the banking board would
be justified in taking some action
against aim. If the charges are
not true then the board should
make a statement exonerating
him in the eyes of the public. ? t
would not be fair either to Mr.
Haines nor Mr. Bramwell to al
low the charges to remain unex
plained as they are at the present
time." ' . . ;
Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer
and member of the banking board, i
said he shared in the opinion ex
pressed by Mr. Kozer and , would
insist upon a thorough Investiga
tion of the charges , preferred
against the state banking aunerln..
tendent. t y,---. :
At the : Informal tingrinv aA ' ,
before members of the state bank
ing board hera last Fridav. - Mr.
Haines and his associates charged
that Mr. Bramwell had discrimi
nated against the Portland Na
tional bank through his refusal to
grant a permit authorizing the in
stitution to act as a rseerve de
pository for state banks. .
Mr. Haines' letter to memhnra
of the state banking board which,
was received hero yesterday- fol-
lows:
"We desire to thank von fnir
the favorable ' conclusion Teached
at the conference last Fridav.
whereby the Portland KatlAnni
bank will be approved as a . re
serve depository for state banks.
"In accordance with a previous
suggestion by one of your number
Attorney J. N. Hart was thero to
explain- his, correspondence, with
tne superintendent. The up-state
bankers present were Invited that
they might express their desire for
reserve credit on deposits carried
m our nans. : . k .. v
"The letter of thesuperiatend-..
ent announcing the meeting con
tained the following clause: . 'The. '
board will be oleased
sing any matters which yoj may
apyear ior ine purpose of dlsous
desire to present. ! , ; r -
"This gave great latitude',' and
the discussion took rather ft wide
raBge, We are glad that every
one jpresent had the opportunity
to express themselves freely on all
matters. i
MAt !? was fnformal. nmnd
table talk, some of us, expressed
our opinfons rather franXly A -face
to face proposition between
gentlemen- should leave no sore
Bpota. .We submitted no charges
against any oae, neither do we ex
pect to rcepting arbitrary dia- -
crimination in regard to appoint-'
Ing our nstituUon as a reserve
depository, which was conceded :
prior to adjournment. ' '
, "After all is said-aod done the
responsibility of the department
resu withyon. We desire always
to be considered in the attitude of 1
friendly cooperation. ,
"Although we are under -tha
supemaion of the, national ot
crnment and do no come tinder
tae i slate bank act, w. tte iuterl
esjed, as everyone shoul l be la
2g hJlTln the st bnks 'poi
sible, and you haTe our best wish
es In your effortsia this direction:;
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BANDITS HALTSTAGE
rTXD05.TLAXD newspapers
, :, THEIR OXLY BOOTY .
m KLAMATH FALLS, Or.; Dec 14 :
(Br Associated Press )?wo or
more bandits who held up a eta
toafght at the top ot GreS Sp'rinS '
Zn tte Aaland-Klamath
Falhr highway, found that the
' icers left here in aa effort
to intercept a second stage follow-'
ins an; hour behind the first ia
which it 1 believed valuable bag
fiAxv 1118 carried. It beine
feared that an attempt aLso would
M made to hold it up. '
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