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THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, l!25 THR CAPITA!. KiUiSAl., SALEM, OREGON PAGE THREE WHAT IS DOING IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION By timely liitenention, Ibe public berviceeoiniuislsua oi Uru liuu bus succeeded In uut ouly ure vvuiiug aa iucreasc lu the old ex press rules as prayed for io apiili culiuus filed with the iutcriiale cmimerce coiumiusiou by the ex press companies, but brouRiit about a general reduction iu tut original turilt amounting approxi mately 65 per cent. Oregon, Washington and California art the ouly elates In the union not affected by a sweeping increase in express charges which have beiir allowed by the interstate com merce commission. The Ainericuu Express company In its fight for an increase iu rates was successful in all the eastern atutes and was proceeding west when the transcontinental program was balled by interven tion of the Oregon commission. Upon submission of Oregon's cas! Upon the interstate commerce commission it was true and so ad Judged by that body that the e preas rates in this state were suf ficiently high. Thereupon, the Oregon commission further sub stantiated the information tuut the rates In effect in this section of the country were really no high, and at once filed for consid eration an entirely new set of figures. Appealing to the ocurU, the express company sought to e:i Join the Oregon commission Iroui enforcing the reduced tariff, but the local body has now been ad vised that the proceedings were yesterday dismissed by the courts. The revised tariff, as recom mended by the Oregon commission, will go into effect upon the first of JIarch. Following are a few reductions In express rates as ef fecting shipments per one hun dred pounds between the city of Portland and outlaying district: Portland to: Ashlaud, 86; Ao toria, 14; Albany, 44; Baker, 5; Beud, 63; Klamath Falls, $1.17; Coquille, 71; The Dalles, 71; Eu gene. 63; Medford, 86; Pendleton, 71; Roseburg, 63; Salem, 44, ami Yaquina, 63 cents per 100 pound first class shipments. According to the annual reports of the express companies which show the amount of ehipmeuis moved in this state during the past year, the above rate reduction means the saving of hundred cf thousands of dollars annually by the shipper and the commission's activity also will be the means of enormously benefiting the fruit grower and agriculturalists throughout the state. BILL IS USE OF STATE AUTOS Anyone using a state-owned automobile for outer than state purposes would be fined from $25 to $100 upon comiction under house bill 195, introduced by Ran dall, Clackamas county. Appropriation of $17,6000 f.rr ald'ng in constructing ana :ur niehing a hospital In connection with the Louise Home In Mult nomah county is asked in houe bill No. 191, introduced by Hurl burt, Multnomah county. The office of county auditor for Clackamas county would be creat ed under house bill 189, Intro duced by Hammond, Clackamas county. His salary would be $2500 a year. Persons drawing checks on banks in which they have no mon ey or insufficient funds to cover such draft could be fined $1000, sentenced to apear iu jail, or pun ished by both such tine and im prisonment under house bill 19", Introduced by Fiiher, Douglir, eouutv. Close regulation of chiropodist b would be provided under house bill 187, lntrolucen yesteruay afternoon by Metnul, Multnoma-i county. A board of three exim Iners would be appointed by the governor. The secretary of the state board of health would 1'C secretary of the new board. H won hi receive an extra $100 an nually for handling the wor'c of his new office. Examinations would be held semi-annually. Ap plicants would have to be 2i ' years old, of good moral character and have bad at least one year of Instruction in and be graduates of some school of chiropody in goi standing with the examining board. An examination fee cf $50 would be provided. HOUSE BILLS H. B. 126, Bailey (by request) Makiug an appropriation to J O. Mitchell for scow rental. H. B. 127, committee on fjed and dairy products For eradica tion aiid suppression of tubercu losis in cattle. H. B. 128, Graham To amend setcion 33, chapter 371, 1921 Ore gon Laws, pertaining to weights of county truck loads. 11. B. 129, Coffey Relating to fees of recorders or clerks in coun ties of more than 60,000. H. B. 130, Coffey Relating to fees collected by county courts In counties of more than 60,000. H. B. 131, Coffey Relating to fees collected by county clerks in counties of more than 60,000, H. B. 132, Kilham Relating to compilation of biennial budge:. H. B. 169, Carkin Author izing supreme court to make rules of procedure In courts of Oregon. H. B. 170. Lonergan To exempt from estate and Inheritance taxes property previously taxed In this state within 5 years. H. B. 171, Window To amend section 111, chapter 105, 1921 Ore gon laws, relating; to commercial fishing In Tillamook county. H. B. 172, Lonergan To amend nectlon 1222 Oregon laws, relating to estates. H. B. 173, Swan Substitute for house bill 13, relating to real es tate of a minor ward. H. B. 174, McCalllster Amend ing section 3147 Oregon laws, fix ing terms of circuit court In third Judicial district. II. B. 175. Hercher and Fisher To amend section 8861 Oregon laws relating to inspection of Infected orchards. H. B. 176. by Yamhill county delegation To amend section 9332-3 Oregon laws regulating tax assessment In Yamhill county. H. B. 177, Hurlburt Providing for safety of employes of com panies engaged in transportation business. H. B. 178, Woodward To ap propriate money for aid of deaf at u den Lb In Gallaudet college. Washington, D. C. H. B. 179, Mlllcr-To amend section 4999 Oregon laws, relating to teachers' county Institutes. H. B. ISO, by committee on hor ticulture Pertaining to employ ment of secretary of state board of horticulture. H. B. 181, by committee on hor ticulture Appropriating, money to prevent entry of insect pests into state. H. B. 182, by committee on hor ticulture Appropriating money for combatting alfalfa weevil. H. B. 183, Bennett Relating the state board of accountancy and prescribing Issuance of certificates. H. B. 184, Fuller Providing manner In which county commis sioners shall present claims for pay. H. B. 185, Swan Providing In spection of books and accounts of district schcol clerks. H. B. 186, Cramer For eradica tion of bovine tuberculosis In Jose phine county. H. B. 187. Melndl Regulating practice of chiropody. H. B. 188, Potter Providing for custody of school funds and man ner of disbursing. H. B. 189, Hammond Providing county auditor for Clackamas coun ty. H. B. 190, Fisher Providing penalties for issuance of fraudulent checks. H. B. 191. Hurlburt Providing for construction of hospital at the Louise Home, Portland. H. B. 192, by committee on as sessment and taxation Substitute for H. B. 114. H. B. 193, Hercher Substitute for H. B. 94. H. B. 194, Miller, Mann and others Relating to organization of religious, charitable, educational and other corporations. H. B. 195, Randal To prevent use of state-owned vehicles except for state business. H. B. 190, Hercher Substitute for H. B. 94. The house yesterday afternoon passed bouse joint memorial No. 1, asking congress not to pass ine federal migratory bird refuge act Kirk wood, chairman of the game committee and Introducer of the memorial, spoke for the passage of the measure, pointing out that tt would interfere with Oregon ac tivities along game protection lines and would assure Orego.i of no federal controlled game refuges and public hunting grounds. Representative Woodward of Multnomah county argued against passage of the memorial. H voiced the arguments of W, L. Fin- ley, pointing out that the federal measure was designed to insure future bird propogation by mam taing breeding grounds. Representatives Woodward, Mc Callister, Peirce and Wina'.o voted "no." The house adopted senate Joir.t resolution No. 8 thanking Maria C. Jackson and Phillip Jackson for the 8 8 -acre tract of ground given to the University of Oregon medical school by the late Colonel C. S. Jackson. CALL LINVILLE TO REPLY TO ACCUSATIONS (Continued from Page One) OREGON SENATORS FAIL TO AGREE ON ATTORNEY Washington, Jan. 29. Two can didates for the United States dis trict attorneyship for Oregon are till under consideration by Sena tors Stanfield and McNary. TNcy are George Neuner of RosebtirR and Robert Kuykendall of Kln ath Falls. Senator Stanfield foil last night that no decision hai: been reached relative to the ap pointment but that an early chni.e by himself and Senator Mc.N'aw was In prospect. Get did oi Piles Now A bo of Pyramid Pile SuppoHto rl Is your beat friend to stop mn! Senlna; pain, put out th fire rf burning soreneci, f ltx protrusions and (tire you urate. u! and oomfort. Thousand ustlfr- Many ny Pvramlrt averted operation up Into stty drug store lor a 00c box. STUDY OF BIBLE Senator Garland, Wednesday, introduced a bill providing for a commission of nir.e members to select certain portlor.e of the UiMs each year to be read In the public achools, the parts selected be. 03 designed to teach morality and re spect for laW. The state superin tendent would be ex-oHicio chair man. The other members woi'ld be chosen from church denomina tions, not more than one from each denomination, and one member to be a Jew, one a Catholic and one a Christian Scientist Senator Miller has Introduced a bill providing that the member ship cards of members of automo bile associations may be accepted by magistrates as bail. The&e would be secured by the sum of $1000 in cash or approved securi ties placed with the state treasurer by the association. The act w mid apply only in can where the bail did not exceed $25. lngs yesterday. Only one witness appeared on the other side. This was Asa Smith, son of former Warden Johnson Smith of the state penitentiary, who for a time work ed under Cleiver. When asked to give something of her personal history Mrs. Wash burn told of having worked In Chicago with Bishop Walter Tay lor Sumner In his social campaign there, of her former connection with Hull House and similar so ciological work in most of the states of the union except the ex treme south. A book recently written by her, "Tilly from Tilla mook," which one morning this week was found on the desk of ev ery member of the legislature, she said, Is a picture of social life In Portland at present as It has been disclosed to her. Recently, she told the committee, slie had at tempted to effect an organization in Portland for the protection of girls, and In this connection got Into Investigatory work with Abe Weinberg and the Anti-Saloon league. Posed As Bootlegger "Under the name of Madge Burns I posed as a woman who sold liquor," said the witness. "I got into the confidence of boot' leggers and liquor dealers so that they considered me one of them. Everywhere I heard of the corrup tlon of public officials, and the liquor traffickers complained that the money they paid out to officials for protection failed to protect because the state officers picked them up. I did not hear of any corruption of United States sens tors, but I did hear that the sena tors winked at conditions." Among places that Mrs. Wash burn said she had visited was the establishment of Billy Woods, bootlegging dive and house of prostitution. Among men whom she mentioned as liquor dealers were Ollle Egan, one Miller and Teddy Wolf. "These men, she said, "were al ways kicking .because the federal officers kept pushing them for protection while at the same time the state officers were picking them up for their liquor opera Hons." When she gave tips to officers Mrs. Washburn said she got suits from Cleaver's department, but not elsewhere. Concealed Witness According to her testimony, Mrs. Washburn was a concealed witness when Aba Weinberg gave the $100 bill to H. L. Barker, one of Lln vllle's men, tn an attempt to trap him. Barker was on the stand yesterday. "I was concealed In a cupboard in the room where the transaction took place," said the witness, "and the couch wheru the men sat was so arranged thit I saw It all. I read In the newspapers that Bar ker said the money was forced up on him, but it wasn't; he asked for it" She told of another purpose for which the cupboard was used. Weinberg posed as a big bonded liquor shipper, she claimed, and the other big dealers would come up to his room where they ex changed all the latest rum-run nlng and bootlegging gossip. "Mr. Weinberg would meet these men in one room. I was hidden In the cabinet In another, while Mrs. Weinberg and one or two others were stationed elsewhere. By the life of a dictaphone I could hear all the conversation In Mr. Wein berg's room." Among other dealers mentioned by hur was Tom Johnson, who, 1 she said, boasted that be was the only dealer who could go directly to Lin vi lie and get protection. Dr. Llnville, said the witness, at of liquor. Also hu promised to get me protection." t: Senator Hare asked the witness whose name she used as a guar antee when buying liquor. one umo wanted ner. 10 epreaai "I don't like to say.- ne answer propaganda among the womtn I ed. "because it wn.iiri h mh.r. elubs of Portland for the abolition iisslr.g to a member of this com- of the state department. He want-! .niitee.' ed her to tell them, she said, that Cleaver's men were housebreakers and would steal jewelry. When she went to work for the Anti-Saloon league Mrs. Washburn said W. J. Herwig. superintendent of the league, told her his Investi gation was to cover rum-running. big bonded liquor dealers and crooked officials. "What officials were these?" She mentioned ' Marshall, Mc Knight and Barker, agents of Lln ville. "Weren't they rather small fry?" asked Hare. "I don't know that you would consider them small fry. Barker was among the bonded dealers, who spoke to me as one of them selves, as Llnville's fixer. When they were in difficulty they would say 'See Barker.' " Asked about her acquaintance with Larondo Pierce, Mrs. Wash burn said: About Larondo Pierce "I bad heard that Larondo Pierce had much Information about corrupt officials, so I Invit ed him and Dolly Quartier up to my house. He got very chummy with me, but my mother was there He proposed a scheme to black mall Mr. Cleaver. Tho scheme was to lure Cleaver to a room, get a woman there by ruse and then he and I were to come in Just as the woman had her arms around Cleaver's neck. But I wouldn't enter into a scheme of that kind. Pierce was going to make $500 the blackmail sum, which he was to split evenly between himself and me. 'Who was the woman to be who was to have her arms entwined about Mr. Cleaver's neck?" 1 "Some flossy, Pierce said. "Pierce wanted to be prohibi tion commissioner himself," she went on. "He said he had dug up the information that had beaten Ben Olcott for governor and could do the same thing with Governor Pierce. He also said he had the stuff on Sam Kozer, Dr. Llnville, Frank Mitchell and the state high way commission." Ill Jacked a Dlaiuoud Another story Mrs. Washburn told on Larondo Pierce was, cording to Dolly Quartier, "queen of the bootleggers," that Pierce had "hijacked" a diamond, "Hijacked a diamond," interrupt ed Representative ionergan, "What In the world Is that? 1 have heard of hijacking booze, but how do you hijack a diamond?" "Steal tt from a bootlegger," was the answer. The committee had a laugh at Lonergan's expense. "Dolly said I could trp Pierce," she continued, "if I would tell him I was in the market for a diamond. I did that. He told me. he could get me an $800 diamond for $400, but he became suspicious and didn't finish the deal." I Asked how she came to know I Dolly Quartier, Mrs. Washburn an swered : "J didn't know much about Dol ly until she and Bill got to fight ing. They were fighting over Cap tain Nutter of the moral squad of the Portland police department. She claimed she went with htm when he went to houses of vice to make his collections." Mr. Lonergan Interrupted with the assertion that there was no Captain Nutter In the police de partment." Upon Moral Squad "Anyway he was on the moral squad," said the witness. "I also pose 1 as a bonded liquor dealer In the St. Johns district," continued Mrs. Washburn. "Desk Sergeant Black offered to show me where I could get a house and where I could land my boatloads i "I haven't any objection to your giving the name aa far as I concerned," said Garland. "Nor I," said Lonergan. "well, I used the name of Mr. Lonergan," she answered, "be cause I was told his name would serve as a pass pert. "Were the persons who told you that reputable citizens?" asked Garland. "No. they were bootlegger." N unet) Herman Cook Asked to name them she first gave the name of Herman Cook "I have never heard of him declared Lonergan. "Ho Is a great admirer of you,' replied the witness. Another bootlegger mentioned in the same connection was V. Itan- dall. "I also used the name of Ira Powers," said the witness, -but it didn't work." Lonergan questioned Mrs. Wash burn about her means of liveli hood. She replied that she owned the Postine apartments In Portland and that her mother owned house on Portland heights. Next Lonergan demanded to know who paid for the copies of her book, "Tilly from Tillamook,' that was distributed 1m tho leg islature this week. She hesitated long before answering, but pressed tor an answer she replied: "Senator Joseph." Lonergan read excerpts from the book and declared It indecent. He wanted to know if her description of women painting strange char acters on their naked bodies at a Portland party was intended as a true picture from social life in Portland as she had actually seen it. She evaded a direct answer to this, but said It represented a type. Cleaver's Trap Referring back to her storv of Larondo Pierce's plan to black mail Cleaver and her scruples against it Lonergan askeS. "What would you think of a man who would attempt to get a wo man to trap a married man Into a compromuv-ng situation. She said It wouldn't be "white." . Lonergan then read and placed in exhibit a letter written by Cleav er to a woman operative at Al-' bany, advising her aa to bow to trap a man In the Abbey bouse at Newport wno was described by the letter as "a ladies' man when his wife was sway." The reason for the coup, as stated In the letter was to get enough evidence against the Abbey house to close it for a few months. Llvy Stipp, district attorney of Clackamas county, was the first witness of the afternoon. He said that he had always got help from Cleaver's office when he asked for It, but that there had been no co operation with the sheriff's office. He said the sheriff at that time, in his opinion, wculd not have co operated with anyone. He credit ed Cleaver's men with making a crucial arrest soon after the de partment became operative. Most of the work, however, was done under his own direction he said, by men with authority from the gov ernor but paid by the district at torney's office. His opinion was , that conditions in Clackamas coun I ty were such that no sheriff could handle the situation alone. An swerlng a question by Cleaver, Stipp said one of the first arrests by the department there was of a deputy sheriff who was operating a still and whom the sheriff had been urged to get ril of. Huston Testifies Wlllard M. Huston, Cleaver's deputy, testified at some length He said he had no friction with Sheriff Roberts of Deschutes coun ty, but his story of a still in Jef ferson county that Roberts want ed him to get was different from Roberts' story as told a few days ago. Roberts claimed no effort was made to get the still. Huston said he wont to the acting sheriff of Jefferson county, and that he and the eherirr and two other men went to the place mentioned by 'lsssssMsssCsaa.ssssl 1 11 T 1 Huberts, but fuund neither man nor the still, though there was evidence that a stl'l had been located there. lie claimed he had cooperation from the sheriffs' ! office in Klamath, Coos and Mult-I nomah counties and also with the Portland police. - He was questioned about the raid on the British ship "London Mer chant" and oh the Lab be home in Portland. The liquor on the ship, he said, was unsealed. At the Lab be home. It was his opinion that Lab be himself and several men and women were Intoxicated. Lab bo, he sold, was Jutted, but started action to have tho warrant quashed and was successful. Asa Smith was questioned by Hare particularly about activities in Washington county, and said that Cleaver's Instructions were that he was not to stop at the sheriff's office. 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