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IS NVf CITY EDITION Dally attract Bit pia circulation tor Booth tndlm December II, 182 6366 Areran dally distribution (.7(1. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 26 rare ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE BOSS OF GOVERNOR Cleaver Admits That Both He And Pierce Took Orders From Herwig Spies Trailed Burdick. In the last five minutes of , teven-hour session of ths Cleaver Investigation eo umittee, ana just few m i n u t es before last ni id -tight, George t. Cleaver himself javo what is probably the most lignificatit testimony that has been aeard during the prohibition de partment investigation. The com mittee had voted adjournment and tome oC the members had left, when Senator Johnson suddenly said: "Mr, Cieaver it has been shown that you have been very active in the investigation of public offl sials. 'Considerably so, yes," answer ed Cleaver. "Was this of your own volition or upon instructions from the gov trnor?" "In most Instances either the governor or Herwig Cieaver an wered. "The governor instructed me to follow the advice of the Anti-Saloon league very closely because they had had 20 years ex pencil ce. Sometimes I was ad- fised by Mr. Her wig, sometimes by Bilker." Cleaver had reference JSiLsha A. uaKcr, president anu tttortiey of the Anti-Saloon leagje. "Who advised you to raid the British ship, London Merchant?" isked Representative Lonergan. 'Mr, Lonergan( I dnn't want to embarrass Mr. Herwig," Cieaver protested. LtOitcrgan Insisted on an answer, Mid Cieaver said the first mention f th3 London Merchant came by telephone from a girl in Herwig's ffice and that Herwig may not iave known about it. This brought ip the subject of the famous ipology that was published In the newspapers as having been writ ten by Cleaver after the raid, and Bar land asked him if he wrote it. "I did not write it," answered Weaver, "and I signed It under the greatest mental protest I ever Bade in my life." Cleaver said the ipology was written by E. A. Bak )r, attorney for and president of the Anti-Saloon league and who represented the attorney general's tffice. There are Indications that the investigation Is drawing rapidly to close. Yesterday's seven-hour (Continued on Page Kight) SLASHINGS BILL PASSES HOUSE House bill 192, providing for means of collecting unpaid por tions of the 1923 income tax was passed by the house this morning Other bills passed included 133, making it unlawful to slash tres along river banks andallow high water to carry them off; 180, per mitting raising of the salary of the secretary of the board of nor ticuiture from $100 up to $200 a month; 116, placing the angling limit of chinook and silver saltu u catches at two and four, respec tively, a day in the Rogue river; 123, permitting use of a aurtty bond in lieu of a certified cbtf.'t In bidding on contracts for th PUBLIC HEARING OM BANKS LICENSE BILL Persons opposing Senator Banks oil I provHing for appeal to the courts In cases of license revoca tions w 11 1 have a chance to be beard before the house commit lee on revision ot laws a7:30 p. m next Wednesday, Frank J. Loner gan, chairman of the committee, announces. The bill was passed in the home committees hands after passing the senate several days ago. A storm was raided against the bill, particularly by Portland's city eounr.il. A Is expected that a large delegation of Portlsnden will be on hand to arsue, again! the mrtiiurc. Fix Justice Salary Falary of the justice of the pesee of the Pendleton district would be Hied at $l,S0ff annual ly onder hnnse bill 202, intro duced by the Umatilla county del. Ration this morning. R LAKE JECT BILL INTRODUCED Measure Permits Incor poration of Districts As Municipality For Water And Power., Bearing the names of Senators Garland and Johnson the bill to enable cities of the Willamette valley to utilize the waters of Clear lake for municipal purposes made its appearance is the senate this morning. The meastt re prepared cover ing the subject of the develop ment of water or power projects by municipalities does sot cre ate a municipality for that pur pose, but simply furnishes the (statutory procedure and authority by which any community in the state, whether the community in terested consists of & county, a portion of a county, more than oae county, or a municipality or a combination of municipalities. may, out of such proposed terri tory create a municipality for the purpose of developing, procuring and furnishing to the people of the community, either water or hydto-eiectric power, or both. The procedure furnished by the proposed measure that the per tion or portions of the state de siring: to take advantage of the act and incorporate a municipal ity for the purpose of developing, either water or power, or both shall submit to the secretary of state a petition accurately and correctly defining the boundaries of the proposed district, which petition must be filed by not less than two per cent of the regis tered resident voters in the in volved territory, requesting the governor to call an election In (Continued on Page Nine) SNOW TIES UP ML RAILROADS mm New York, Jan. 30 The east was snowbound today with rail and water transportation on the verge of paralysis In seme sections. Many main line trains were from a few minutes to eight hours be hind schedule. T rains from th west, including the crack Twentieth Century Limited on the New Yoik Cent-sal, an t the Broadway Limit ed on the Pennsylvania, were In some instances eight hours late. Trains In from the south continu ed 24 to 30 hours behind schedule. held up by the floods. Limited trains of the New York Central lines were stalled by snow drifts w hich In some instances were plied higher than nine feet near t?tica, N. Y. Albany dispatches reported five feet of snow. Schools were closed ;n many cities and towns, mails remained undelivered, trolley ser vices were discontinued; buildings collapsed under the weight of snow In some communities and traffic on the upper Hudson was halted by lee floes for the first time in three years. New England was reported un der enow from sis inches to three feet deep with transportation crip pled, schools closed and mall de liveries abandoned. ' SENATE PASSES EXCEPTiOM BILL A bill introduced by the senate committee on revision of laws do ing away wl:h the necessity of at torneys .saying "we wish to save sn exception." when rulings are made against thfct in court was passed by the r.ate today. Asother bill from the committee on revision of laws war passed. It f.xe the right of appeal from Jus tice court on the amount of money in eoutroveriy instesd of the amount of the judgment. ih?r bills passed were: nm introduced by the Judiciary m it toe, afftirdins; relief to re- .If ttit ir,n or after his property has le-fi so; J of! foreclosure. CI aratalJI 1L Gaston B. Means Found Guilty of Bribery Conspiracy New, York. Jan. 38 Gaston B. Means, former department of jus tice agent was found guilty by a federal court Jury today on charges of conspiring to bribe government officials and was sentenced to pagr a fine of $13,000 and to serve a two year penitentiary term. Thomas B, Felder, Means at torney, who was convicted of a similar charge, was fined $10,009. Then sentences were imposed by Federal Judge Lindley. HEAVY FINES AND JAIL TERMS BILL PASSES Representative Hurlburt's bill making It compulsory for courts to hand out fines and Jat! sen tences upon convictions of vio lating the state prohibition law pertaining to the operation of stiiis was passed by the house this morning. The biit also raises the minimum jail sentence from thirty days to six months. Fines range front $50f' to 13,001 tinder the act. Yofe on the measure was follows: For the bill: Bailey, Bennett, Bratcher, Carkln, Coffey, Collier, Cramer, F;sher, Fitzmauriee, Ger man, Gordon, Graham, Hall. Hall, Hercher, Hesse, Howard, Hunter of Union and Wallowa, Hiirlburt, KiihaiB, Kirkwood, Mans, Melsdl, Miller, North, Reynolds, Russell Settlemier, Shumway, Teegardes lucKer, wneeler, Wilson, anu Winslow. Against the bill: Bates, Ford, Fuller, Hamilton, Hammond, Hailctt, King, Lonergan, Mott, Oakes, Peirce, Potter, Rushlight, Shroek, Swan, Tom, and Bardick. ISSWiM OF imrEHH OLD GIRL PAYS PENALTY Michigan ity, Ind.. Jan. SO, Peter VerjEolini of Gary, Ind. was electrocuted at the state peni tentiary here today for the mur der of Annie Tomicik, 10 year old Serbian girl, whom he assaulted and then strangled to death at Gary last September. VergaUni met death with stoical indiffer ence. Stove Poker Played Part in Separation of Once Loving Couple That her husband accused her of using a stove poker to put her sick father out of the way and charged her with murdering her father-in-law when, as a matter of fact, she was using alt of her care and ckiil in nursing him, is a charge made by Rose Kreibert in an answer sad cross complaint to divorce proceed ings started by Frank A, Frcib:t. Incidentally the cross-corn plain t brought out the fact that some times policemen and firemen eUVs, when those two arms of the v-ity government are ordinarily im posed to he on the most friesdiy terms, Mrs, Frelbert aileg that her husband, who was a city fireman, because of his duties was away from home a great share of hc time both day and sight, hut when he was at home was sot as altogether agreeable companion. She asserts that some time alter her marriage to Freibert ,th fa ther Frelbert induced them to buy a lot from him adjoining his home at SS0 Belmont street, and tut they built small home and lived SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925 firstofroad bills LOWERHDUSE Ford's Bfeasare For Sys tematic System of Mar ket Roads Wins Out Lower Licenses Killed. House bill No. 4, providing fer a more systematic system of mar ket roads construction and closer co-operation with the state high way commission by the various county courts, was passed fey t-ie house yesterday afternoon aftei' about two hours debate. Tits btil was drawn up by Representa tive Ford of Oram and Haraey counties after two years of study q ntae present road situation. It had the approval of alt but osy member of the house roads asd highways committee, Representa tive Peirce of Coos and Curry. RepreseniaUres Hammond of Cteckamas county, Swan ot Lisa connty, McCai! later of Marion county,- SUrock of Clackamas and Peirce of Coos and Curry argued against the bill. Representatives Graham ei washing tea county and Hamilton of Bend made the principal i&lkn in favor ot the measure. The bill is the first Important piece of toad legislation reported hack io the house and passed by that body The roads and highways com mutes is working every sight ess Continued on Fags Righty EFFORT TO RUSH 11,500,000 BILL THROUGH FAILS Attempt to rusn through a bin providing for a $1,500,000 loan fund to eastern Oregon farmers for re-seeding purpose was blocked in the bouse this morning by opposi tion from representatives of smay corners of the state. Representative Gordon, of the ways and means committee, sought a suspension of the rules to place the bill oa third reading. Representative Coffey, MtiUso mah county, was the first to take the floor in sharp opposition to the rush action. "I am against a hys terical way of pushing busmss through the house," he declared. "A few days more is not going to make any great difference to the eastern Oregon Farmers. Graham of Washington attacked the move on the tame basis, Mott oi Clatsop county also opposed the swift actios, urging the house sot to Jeopardise passage of the bill by slamming U through before members had opportunity to study tlte printed measure. there. She says her husband, oftm on bis occasional visits home from ths fire department, used obscene language and accused ber of in fidelity; that on one occasion hs struck her with a stove poker and she called in the police. She states that after that occasion she ceased to live with him, until on another occasion he came home and ahu?ed her until she again called is th police, ince then, she says, h has lived alone and it was durhig that period her father-in-law be came Hi and she nursed him care fully and tenderly but fee died diseases incident to old age, sardless of her care of her faiher inlaw, she asserted her htishatid told the story around that she hd used a stove poker on the elder!? man to hasten his departure tmm this fe. fihs now declares that her hes- hand had conspired to have th property which thsy were bavin? togetspr msfis a part of the te of his father and to be adminM?? ed as much. She wants a third I ths property, as weli ss a 4 for divorce. uJoiarEai Pi Deep Snow Forces Doctors to Use of Skiis and Horses Syracuse, N. TM Jan, s$ Be cause of s large number of cases ot grippe, physicians here made unusual efforts io visit patients to day, although heavy snow fall pre vented automobile traffic. Several younger physicians solv ed ths problem by using ski is and snowshoes. Others obtained horses, hut '. there was a scarcity of sleighs na ! cutters, Some of the older physi cians used saddles and went about like the old mountaineer physl-; cians Albany, K. Y, 3an. 50 One of the worst snowstorms In ten years swept and swirled across New; York state today, paraiyxing traf fic, causing many accidents and closing schools in many cities. M&U carrieia were unable to make thtir trips In many sections and farm ers' milk deliveries were also made JACK DEMPSEY TO QUIT RING UPON WEDDINl Los Angeles, &!. Jan. 30, May 29 will mark the end of J&ek Oeoipseys ring eareer, the tersnv nation of his ring and buaieese rartsership with Jack Reams, sis manager, and his second entrance mto the state of matrimony ae cording to his own announcement here today. That date is the birth day of his bride-to-be, Estelie Taylor, film actress. The king of the heavyweights ot the world has fought his tost ring battle, he declared. He dl ei that his retirement from the roein and canvas was at the behest of his betrothed who prefers a business man to a pugilist for a husband. The arrangement Between Demp sey and Reams has netted the pair many thousands of dollars is the past few years as weii as soms valuable real estate holdings in Los Angeles. These latter, induc ing a hotel and an apartment house will he divided between the two, Dempsey said, and the fighter and his manager will go their sep arate ways. Dempsey's decision to quit the fighting game was based sn three main reasons; his belief that there was sot a contender In sight able to give him a real battle; the dis like of Miss Taylor for pugilism and things pugilistic; and his for tune, which makes him independ ent of the fat purses offered by promoters, TO REMIT RIGHT LIGHTS Regulation of the spotlight and headlight evil as It relates to auto mabUs on the highways of Ore gon fs attempted in a bill intro duce 1 in the nouse this morning by , Representative Shrock at the revest of T. A. Rafftiy, chief of the state traffic department. tls'ier ths terms of the bill auto mobiles may only show two head lights In front, with th exception of parking lights, and It Is speci fied that only one n?ight may fee used. Ths spotlight mst be fixed and immovable, and mut he attach' d to the left hjftd side of th ma chine aid focused diagonally stress the road to a point para He! with the right hand side of the machine and not more than ?5 feet in frsn of h. The beam of th spotlight Is alss regulated, U fessng required that the. ham fee not more than 4 feet in diameter when fjcued en a wail 15 feet disunt. GAS PRlESBlfSEOlH 11 MID-WEST STATES Chirsgrt, Jan. SS. Effective to morrow the me of gasoline wiii he Incressed nne cent a gallon by the Standard Oil company of In dians, throughout its territory of eleven states, the company i nounced today. A similar one cent iorps w put Into effect v- (trrsl dsvs ago. This will mske the r Ji; pri' of gasoline at filling i ret it cent a gallon. impossible by blocked highways. Two feet or mors sf snow covered most of the stats. - Boston tass.t Jan, 19 The heaviest snowf&li of ths acaaos, ranging from five inches in Boston to three feet la Vermont hamper ed traffic In many parts of New Sngl&ng today Several points in Vermont re ported the heaviest snowfall la 20 y3ra. At St. AiNtnjSt three feet of snow was reparicd, Syracuse, K, Y. I&n, S8 An eastbeund New Y&tk Central pas senger train, due hers at lt:40 1.3 at night arrivetSat o'clock today it had been st&lied all sight Is a ssowtirtft at Woodward, Tn drifts had mopteS to nine feet at some places sn& the snow was five feet oa the level In the western part of the stats reports said. BY FLOOD WATERS A special nseeUng f the staie fair hoard has fe$n called for to morrow mommg at IS o'clock Is th Imperial heel in Portland, to take Immediate steps toward get ting relief from the state la regard to the flood conditions that de velop every winter at the grounds. and which yesterday reached a point that was alarming. Virtually every pari of the f&ri- groun-ls was covered not with standing water, eat with running water. Flowing tnm the state land east of the fairgrounds, the walr Snun Sated the entire south end of the grounds, sweeping around id under them, especial ly deep at the machinery sheds st the right of the pedestrian ent rance. Waters are going down now, re porta 3. M. Bush,, superintendent of the ground, and little damage ha been done, ianger has been felt as to the weakening of foun dations of some the buildings. however, as the water was flowing across In a rapid current. Mrs. Siia Sennits WSlson sec retary of th fair hoard, has gone to Portland to be at the fair hoard meeting tomorrow. This Is not the first time the gmunda have been flooded, but is an annual happening and this year it has occurred several tlmes according to people living near the ground. Th ii flood has swept ovtr the ground to lis used by B, C Miles for his linen mill, ft has swept over Libert? street to depth of several Inrhes, and It has burst ap through the middle of the pavement at th Intersection of ea fort la sd sad Sllverton high ways, flooding est across the con crete, A It inch sewer pipe is to tally InafletiuaJ ts carry th ex cess waier off. FAIR GROUNDS AGAIN MENACED Northern Lines Plan To Extend Railroad To Klamath District Portland, Of., Jan. 36. lH'la rat lea of the in ten ion of t he. tlreat Northers sd Northern eifie systems ts 3Etfnd the Oregon Trssii Una from Bsd to Klam ath Fails sn&fficlall? asnouBci m time age Is contained is tke feiii of exception of ths Or-sgcn Truss filed with ths interstate commerce commission to the re port of Examiner C. I. KensafV who last summer heard testimony on the petition of the Oregon pub lic service commission to rcair the railways now touching in' borders of central Oregon to bz 'A an east to w$t lint and also lo connect fiend, Klamath Falls and L&keview. At the outset th exceptions of ths so-called Xortbrn lines eit; that Examiner Kephart's rp-ivt falls to give doe weight So iheir legitimate interests and of th. group of railroads ot which the Oregon Trans is part in the de velopment of the fiioher and fesottr there having, feeen ex pended $3.$80,$o8 Is eoBSrc tlon of their Oregcs railwaf iiiet. DTUft? TODPU i .ia.aa2X? FRENCH DEBT President Coolidge Tells French Envoy That Ma terial Debts Should Now Be Considered Washington, Jaa, 33, Sespoaa- Isg today to a statement by zhs. new French amb&as&dsr, Kmile iigeeehner, that ths maturUI dsbta" of nations as well as then debts of gratitude must he paid. President Coonuge neeiared thiU ths United States already had da eharged the deht ef gratitude the owed France as a result of French aid is the American revolution,- Keferiins. to Americas pariiel- paUcm in the Werhi war, the pres ident added that thus had the debt sf gratitude been paS4 "and otb governments should ssperieace deep satisfaction is their s&Iiciiude that materia! debts shouid si&3 he discharged." Asibassdor useschner tall President Coolings ihat the eo- opevati&s of the two countries during the war should he ex ion i ed is the payment ef tseir "ma terial debts" as well as their "debts sf gratit&de, France-American es-eperailea ths ambassador saiiL enn he ?n- tinned nsefully in the study ot problems on which, tgetiir wills the maintenance f peace, the re- etsratisa of the world s fisan:ai hslsnce depends. The auspicious beginning of the plan of fioanciai Q?g&aixxt$& recently pat into nperatiea, si. I&s&chner said, "shnws how valu able and fcffeetive is the eo-esera- tlen of America whiels my govern ment hopes to see essiisas whe'h er in general matters sr la tfce esssideratioa of ssestesa in whieh our two countries sre exclu sively interested. The ambassador's direct reference to ths debts, whiea embody the outstanding open neetinn hi- twges Washington and i'ars, was? regarded in diplomatic circles as carrying with It far-reacirss: significance. It is unusual oa sues occasions to go beyond fee gener alities f diplomatic courtesy. ASKCOURTTO FURNISH Oils The supreme court cf the state woti'ld hs required i& v spinionm on iesal mstlers whenever aslied fey the governor, the senate, or hsnsn of repreji-myUives asder a resolution introdaed is the house this morninz by S-a.fe5r Bardick The UtUr paints est that eight states have such a clanae in their cosiilotlons. It save much time n determining legal u&stions, eluminating ths necessity of maii and conitiiit delays The reso- immzi, it ai-!frel. wsld fee referr ed ta the people at a general or spe as! eleclisn. Then follows a declaration that approximately 40,90,00 tet of timber is available for eatticg m the Klamath Falls regies nti that Urge mills far cutting this timber will he bmli if ikef can hv; served hy more than one rallrM1 The line from the Colombia m er couth to iSnmi was hulit as s part of a plan eventually to rearh and serve the ferrsusry in j shout Klamath Fall sod beyond, ifee brief of the railway attorneys costmup, addmg that the North ern Sines now have nnder serious coBsidi'raMon the carrying out of snch a piss fey haiJldin? tr&m Isend to twli, sn the Kag?: r Klamath Fails eatsff of '?. fathers Pacific provided iha' th Karthera ilnes be accor-d common u of the Soaihers clfie into Klamath Full, lias If this cannot he s?urc4 and a: fai expenditure of capital r5 i it will he necessary thst th' Korthers lines southerly ev ios follow another rsmte the easterly border of the gseat pin timber tract. 3F GRATITUDE fe Fill) Y PAIR Ui.L 1 I I 1 1 U THE WEATHER OREGON; Protsibijr Mia toslcU tnd Saturday. Mtii t!zripratur, tag aouta, aoutfaitsrt Trindj. Loeat: Msu. if; seb. ; a!e, f J; !, !-, rtaias; Mme, Ioo4t. OS TRAINS AB SEWS SXASOS Kfg CEST8 & i. f TV . oeraw ounces uacs At Pierce By Reinstating Members of Commis sionfish BiD In, The mH of Portisnd Uti nt prasces of debits fcea th ter Bssto hsi Jat eostptotsd it omstng iTjrumtBt is tasf e( th4 sseaeare. The bill, wMik tain, U&m tfes goyeraor the power i spjsiatiBg the port o( PortSan4 essHsdsssoseri aad pmUm tor lbs reteatioa !b offies si tt praseat memhun ot tfc tasrd. was tasieasd on it war ttamz caeeesssr to th Be Humbert J use. Basics forcefalijr tiayrf tt . tratlve tor what fc bsaaded u s poHtirrt play that was tostr.- n lo tie bert inswfsx et iht t(s ad tie sortbmrt. btt- tims si for s rote of H to or S3 ts 1 Is fsior of tto fcffl. H a sew appeals to th. last et the major lgUsO pra pow to tors me powesa o( Gjt- eraoi Heree that wHI fc sttersi droppsi Into the ecaatc hspper msm sssrBiBK, U m tta MB pSat Ibs ta ooer of assoSsUss tfca tate Ssh cosimlees tfe hunSs f ths tste ssrd f eoa- tnS Istrsdaced br Satsr Kit- i&&Un&d oa Begs 3!e &t ihs submarine -48 aground mt Forlsmenla, Is ssfe th navy department veaa isiornacd toda? The sbln sad a list nf 3 to 43 Tfec officers and crew tits tiered 4 ctts. The members of th crew were takes os ms Fort Starv where they were wircjed and led before being tmrtsierteii io ths navy yard. Thres ot t& men were so benumbed they s to be, earned aboard the tng hut the? were revived nnlekl? snrl all the mm spoeared is good cosdl tios, The enbmarine was lsklr.g s4 had hecme-to filled with cblorin gas that all ha&d wera forced ! go on deck some time before they were resesed. The vessel, caught on the T&efts off the pfsst far man? hosrs, last sigst while a northeast gale Issh- fd th coast, was carried off by hus wave early today sa5 driven. into the haven of $Jm& Harhen The craft was apparency &3.msei and flashlight signals to waUheif on shore announced that the crew seeded help badly, Th was oa her way ir&m Spw Iondon, Cons,, to Pert mouth. ran3 Kspds, Mkh Jan St "I am not for the probbitlot amendment and I sever was, a decent democrat ever for mer Vice Iridst Thma U Mam&aii told the NationaH Hetal mnUmm sebf-d at hannnej last night. Bt sow it 1m hersj let's mantan it or eks get rl. of it by dae process of law, lim setting tire of all the? addition to ihe osatittion. It got il t ss eay to mes4 ihc stitatios of the I'eBiei S?t as St to fee draw a eorlt toy on caa go dssa to Wash ingfos and srsake soagb so set any amendment wssft talked oata the coestHstiOS. Ilk? Esgih way beet, Ths don't mkf laws sstH tsey knot the pcopfi want them, I'd ilk t rpttki all the federal s tsh Is'gra as reessct the Ten Co mssmeal sasf the ilolef RESCUEM TOMMARSHALL
