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TWELVE PAGES
VIEDEOKI). 0RK00N, FIJI DAY, JANUARY 2:1, 1 !:
NO. 2.r9
Hair Turned Gray
By Worry, Bergdoll's
Aide Surrenders
Burroughs Adding
- Machine Wins Case
After 20 Year Fight
Well, of All Things!
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Joe MacMahon Rounds
Three Highwaymen
up::
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Hours After They
Robbed
Service Station in Ashland
Strong Arm Stuff Brings
Confession.
Due to exceptionally n.ulrk nnd ef
ficient police work last night on tho
part of Deputy Hiute .Motor Traffic
Officer J. J. McMahon, and Game
Wat den Roy Parr, ubly assisted by
Chief of Police .McNahb., the night
nnllce officer of the Ashland force
and Deputy Sheriffs Forncrook and
Cronemlller, three alleged criminals
were under arrest within two hours
after they had held up and robbed
tho Union Oil company service station
at Ashland. ,
It is claimed Unit the three Have
confessed that the Jewett car which
they used In driving to the st.'i'ou
was stolen by them at Los Angeles,
and that while they were en i-uui hi
Ashland the) committed two burglar
ies of stores In as many towns on the
way.
The prisoners ate Uoland Eastwood
30, an unnaturalized Englishman
whose habitat is lurge coast cities,
and who Is credited with being the
leader of the trio; Steve Elech, 25, ol
Lo Angeles, driver of the stolen car;
und Rohert Duff,:' 17, of San Fran
cisco. ;
Although Eastwood and Elechnre
hard looking customers and credited
, with being very hard bulled, their un
doing la primarily due to tne fact thai
J.- J. McMahon, Ihe traffic officer,
can be as hard holled on occasion,
.'as . they make "em," nd dn this re
spect he was hitting " on all six last
night.
i 1 Search Bliirletl for 'Chugs
The three men In the stolen car
drove up to ihe Union sorvice station
next door to the Vinlnir theater at
7:15 last evening, and while East
wood pointed a' revolver at the at
tache In charge, the others rifled the
cash till of tl 8. . Then .they drove
away and disappeared.
Mr. nnd Jlrs. J. .1. Mc.Mnhon had
arrived from Jacksonville at the Vin
fng only five minutes before, when
MuC wi,.s summoned.
Aft he rushed out of the theater to
the service station he was joined by
Roy Parr, tne game warden, who just
hsntiened to be nussing by. The two
slate officers then Jumped Into Sic
MUhon's car. and after obtaining a
description of the holdup men's ouin
and the men themselves, started .at
once to comb the highway and side
roads fort ween Mi dloni- and Ashla:-id.
which they did without su'icvss. They
also phoned Charles Talent, traffic
officer Jt tiranm l ass, ami the po'ice
of Medford, Hold Hill and other
towns north .tad Moulh.'.
Returning to Ashlund they entered
the police .nation there while McMa
hon phoned to the Klamath Kalis
police, and he wits still at the phone
when Purr on looking nuiside saw a
'jewett car in which there was only
one .man. 'urn the corner. The cat
topped in front of a store while its
driver.. went Inside and wai In the acl
of purchasing an electric- light globe
needed for the car, when McMahon
and Parr entered,- .and the former
stepped up behind Hie man, who was
Klech, threw his arms abnjt him ami
both.' shouted "hands up." The sur
prised llloch complied and was hur
ried over io the police station.
Scared Man Confesses
There- is a large vault In the back
of tho police station and the prisoner
and McMahon were placed in there
and the door closed. Then peeling
off his coat the ferocious acting Mc
Mahon pretended that he was going
to administer the socalled third de
gree unless the prisoner told him
where the other men concerned in the
holdup, were, fclech, fearing that he
was In danger of getting ihe beating
of his life, then freely confessed and
said the either two men were walking
on foot to Medford, tweeting him to
rejolri them with the car after he
had obtained the light.
In the meantime Chief of Police
McNahb and the night police, and
Deputy -Sheriffs Forncrook . and
Cronemlller were on the scene.
Immediately following McMahon's
gaining the information as to the
probable whereabouts of the other
two men wanted, a pursuing parly
Continued on Pae Bt
ON HIGHWAY
FILM-S1AR ANNOUNCES
TO YALE ATHLETE WHO DENIES II
HOLLYWOOD, Till., Jan. 13 The
engagement of Maurice "Lefty" Klynn
furmer. Yale university football team
cuptaln, and now -motion ' picture
actor, to Miss Urace Darmond. also
of the screen, announced two days
ago by Miss Dnrmnnd. was yesterday
vigoiously denied by Mr. Flynn. The
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'PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 23.
Eugene Sleeker, also known lis
Ike Stecker.'who aided Oroviir C.
Hergdoll, millionaire draft dodger
to escape from his mother's home
here in 1920. surrendered today
! to government officials In the
federal building. He said he left
Bergdoll in Germany.
Stecker is held under $10,000
bail for trial on charges of aiding
! In Bergdoll's escape and of liar-
boring a fugitive from Justice.
He told officials his hair had
turned gray from worry.
4. A
STATE ACCIDENT
DENIEDJUNDS
Ways and Means Refuses to
Give Aid and $175,965 Ap
propriation Is Voted Down
Reducing Tax for State
Bonus Is Considered.
STATE HOUSE, SALEM. Jim. 23.
The vfiy4 and means committee voted
last night to suspend state aid to the
mute Industrial nrctdent com mission
for h period of two years. The com
mission placed a request before the
committee for $175.!ttif,. hut this ivhh
not allowed In spite of several laud
liory speeche.-i made for the commis
sion after the up pea ranee earlier .In the
evening of Commissioners Klkins and
Mar. hall, representing the department.
A Thfi question of reducing from one
to one-half mill the tax levy for the
state bonus nnd the commission was
let gy by fur future consideration.
The committee voted, without dis
seni to repeal the act which .makes a
continuous appropriation of J3U.Q00
every two years for maintenance of
the baule:.hlp Oregon in Portland har
bor. On motion of MeOallister the com
mittee lopped $28, Olid from the 1 8.
024 requested for the stale peniten
tiary, the action being tentative. The
governor's special requests for appro
priations for a revolving fund, pur
chase of land and Installation of fire
equipment were held up for future
consideration.
The request of the supreme court
and the supreme court library of $121,
350 and JiiO.OOU respectively, vereal
lowed. After a speech from Senator
Tooze In which he pictured the highly
dangerous condition of the state house
ha ernent to persons working there, in
case of fire, the committee voted to in
struct the secretary of state to pro
vide oVenings In the walls to serve as
fire escapes. . .
Governor Pierce appeared earlier In
the evening and explained the stute
tax levy and Its relation to the budget,
answering statements of State Treas
urer Kay made the previous night.
The estimates In the budget relative to
the state penitentiary, the governor
said, had been brought up to a figure
that would meet the anticipated popu
lation of 525. and he said Mr. Kay
knew this before he made his speech.
CROP LOSS LARGE
ROSEBUno, Ore., Jan. 23. Estl
muteH on the amount of broccoli to be
shipped from Douglas county during
the coming season vary greutly, but
it la generally believed that there
will be about 100 cars or one-fourth
of the expected amount. The freeze
during December, killed the greater
part of the crop In the north end of
the county, but little damage was
done in the Myrtle Creek nnd Riddle
vicinity where there Is a large acre
age. If the present warm weather
continues the first shipments will be
made between the tenth and fifteenth
of February, but if a spell of colder
weather Is experienced th croep will
h set hack a week or ten days. The
height of the season Is usually reach
ed the first or second week of March.
E
former football player declared he
hardly knew Miss Durmond and "cer
tainly never asked her to marry him."
After Mr. Flynn's denial of their
enKuiremeut, Miss Darmond charac
terized the affair as an "unfortunate
incident which has shaken my faith
in men Un ibly."
COMMISSION IS
ROSEBURG BROCCOLI,
NCOI I
UNTIL 1950
Bill Presented to State Legisla
ture Would Amend State
Constitution So No Income
Tax Can Be Passed for 25 j
. Years Farmers' Aid Urged'
STATE HOUSE, SAI.EM. Jan. 23.
No ln ome tnx could ie levied In
Oregon until after January I, IsfiO
under a re ol in ton Introduced In the
house this morning by Shelion of
Baker county. A constitutional amend
ment subject to the approval of the
people would be provided under the
resolution. .
STATE HOUSE, RALEM, Jon. 23
An appropriation bill calling for state
aid in the Hum of $300,000, for fann
ers In those districts where cold
weather has seriously damaged wheat
was introduced In the senate toduy
by several eastern Oregon senators
and representatives. The fund would
be administered by the state board fit'
control. No farmer could receive
over 600 bushels of seed wheat and
would sign a contract to pay the state
hack for the wheat from the proceeds
of his crop with interest at six per
cent.
Resolution introduced for consti
tutional amendment prohibiting in
heritance tax and Income tax.
Another resolution introduced to
prevent enactment of income tax law
before 1&G0.
Pai-sed house bill Introduced by
Multnomah delegation to remove 6.5
mill tax limit in Portland school dis
trict. Staples bill providing that the. com
pensation of appraisers of estutes
shall nut Vixoeed $fi a day was passed. ;
Following senate bills were Intro
duced today:
H. B. 63, Dennis, Taylor nnd. Hlt
ner Providing for normal school
ea't of Cascade mountains.
S. H. 64, Eastern Oregon senators
and. representatives Providing for
relief of grain farmers.
A. B. (15, Senntor I'pton and Repre
sentative Hamilton, Collier, Hurdick
Providing for pure water supply for
Rend.
S. R. tiO, Dennis Providing for
colonization of idle lands.
SENTENCED TO LIFE
LEXINGTON, .Ky., Jan. 23. A sen
tence of life Imprisonment was given
Aushury essinger a fourteen yeur
old hoy here today for the murder of
his aunt. Mrs. Una Wessinger. lust
j September. The jury deliberated one
hour and recommended mercy.
I The boy testified that he had fatal
ly wounded bis aunt with an axe be-
! cause he was enraged at the lo -s of a
pen knife. He also stj-ucU three of
her small children with an axe handle,
but they recovered. The hoy's mother
! collopsed In the c'ourl room.
State Legislature
Items for ToHay
STATE HOUSH.- SAUiM. .lnn3.
Senators Dennis. Taylor and Ititner
introduced a bill today providing for
the 'establishment of a state normul
school east of the Cascade moun
tains, the site to lie fixed by the
boards of regents of state normal
schools and the governor. The meas
ure would appropriate $175,000 and
levy un annual tax of one twenty-fifth
of a mill as a fund. I
' STATK HOUSE, SALEM. Jan. J3
Speaker Burdick loduy nunied Hep-j
resenlatlves Wheeler of Lane county
and McCailister of Marlon county, as
members of the committee to visit the
eastern Oregon state hospital for the
Insane this week-end.
He also named .Muiin of Pendleton,
and Collier of K In ninth Falls to go on
the committee to vl It the So'dlers'
home ot Ruoeburg the latter part of
next week.
STATU HOl'SK. HALEM", Jan. 23
Both senate and house adjourned at
noon until 11 o'clock Monday morn
ing. I
STATE HOUSE. SALEM.-Jan. 23.
The board of control and the budget
commission would be consolidated
under house bill No. 132, introduced
by Kilhnin, Multnomnh county, this
morning. ,
Two Killed In Slide.
nELLI.StiHAM, Wash., Jan. 23.
Two men were killed and several
others were Injured by an earth slide
at the Hydro-electric project of the
Puget Sound Power and Light com
pany on the Baker river, It was re
ported from Concrete this afternoon.
The county coroner van called from
Mount Vernon. '
Terrapins have brains of a human-like quality, declares Alex
Barber of Savannah, Ga., owner of "Toby' the only trained ter
rapin in the world. His pet is seen playing a toy piano. "Toby"
does lots of other clever things.
FRANCE THROWS
AN AWFUL FH
OVER U. S. DEBT
PARIS, Jan. 23. I By Associated
Press.) The chamber o: .-."putles this
afternoon was thrown Into an uprour
that lasted 25 minutes und the session
had to be susitendeil niter Uepuly
DeHjiirdin.i hud rfiJiUtfietf, bitterly the
action of the ohnmher In rei'uslng to
order the posting of Deputy Mnrln's
speech on the Inter-allied debts. It
was a scene of such disorder as hud
never, before been seen in the cham
ber. Deputy Desjnrdlns kept on shouting
that the governmental majority was
afraid to endorse Marin's theory of
justice in dealing with the Inier-allicd
debts because of "the deplorable ef
fect it had had on the American
senate." ,
Aa'tcr President Palnleve hud
jammed bis hat on his head as a sig
nal that the session was suspended
the deputies continued thumping the
deks, destlculatlng and shouting.
They quieted down somewhat, how
ever, and t Ire session was resu med,
Piemler Hen lot taking the ''ostium.
The premier's supporters applnud
ed him but the opposition greeted
hnn wiih cries ol' derision.
PARIS, Jan. 211. (Hy Assncluted
Press.) The- chmnber of deputies to
day rejected a proposal for. the
"affichage" or posting throughout
Krance of Deputy .Marin's war debt
speech by a majority of titi votes.
The right and center voted In
favor of posting the speech, muster
11. g 224 votes, while the whole of the
left voted against it. numbering 2IM).
There were a considerable number of
abstentions, the house normally com
prising 584.
An attempt to pass the affichage
yesterday was blocked by lack of a
quorum.
The left is the majority in the pres
ent Kren'cb clmmher ol deputies ami
comprises the supporters of Premier
I ier 'riot's radical hocialist govenmie.nl.
1 Tli'e eftect of the denial of tho
"affichage" Is to leave his declara
tions without the recorded approval
of the chamber, which such posting
would give.
E
. WENATCM15K. Wash., Jan. 23.
John Thomas, aiid 70. Medford, Ore.,
dropped d"acl this morning at tho
tireat Northern station at Pntepfts,
while waiting for the train. Death Is
believed to have been due to heart
failure. He hnd Just completed a
visit with his son, the Hev. Italph
Thomas, and was on his way home.
I Mr. Thomas, resided at 1507 West
Main and left a week ago to visit his
son. His sudden death came as a sc-,
vere shock to his relatives nnd manyj
rnenns nere, as ne was apparently
In the hest of health. Deceased Is
survived by his widow and the fol
lowing children: Itev. Italph Thomns,
Edwin Thomas of Salem: HeieTi, -
Elizabeth and John or Medford. Mr.
Thomas c-ame to Medford about five
years ago from Wenutchee.
2.1 Ik-low at Karanuc'
BAHANAC LAKE. N. Y.. Jan. 23.
The mercury fell to 26 degrees below
zero here last night. The bitter cold
was accompanied by a bli'.zurd.
IWSLL OBSERVE
ECLIPSE OF SUN
WAKIilNCJTON. Jan. 23. Impor
tant results are expected fi'om the
solar eclipse nbservat ions to be made
by astronomers and other scientists
from the-naval obr-orvniory1 Fieri "who
will view the pbeiiomeetioit from (he
vantage point of an mhio toot altitude'
on the airship Los Angeles.
The party, headed by Captain Ed
win T. Pollock, superintendent of the
observatory and Dr. tleoige 11. Peters,
astionomer and authority on the cor
ona of the sun, left Washington yes
terday for Lakehurst, X. J.. where
they will board the Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles will take a posi
tion In the path of ihe total eclipse,
probably a short distance at sea off
Long Island. The high altitude from
which the observations will be made
not only will be above any obscurity
of clouds, it was poin.ed out, but also
will afford a rarer and clearer atmo
sphere for the observations.
The navy department said It was
hoped by the still and motion photo
gniphic observations lo obtain Impor
tant additional Information as to the
corn position of the gn neons matters
Murroiiudiiig the sun and forming Its
corona. Data having it direct appli
cation to the study 01 weather con
ditions also may be derived, it was
said.
YK8KKS OHKF.ItVATOItV. WIL
LIAMS HAY, Wis., Jan. 2.1. Hy the
Associated I'ress. ) Itvislon of labor
will KUide the observations of the so
lur eclipse by scientlstK of tile country
tomorrow, Professor l-Mwiu II. Krosl.
director of Yerke.i observatory of the
t'nlvei-jlty of Chicago, said today a-t
preparations were made for observa
tions here.
Although conditions here were not
expected to favor te:ti of the Kin tein
theory of relativity, te.-its will lie at
tempted by parlies in the eitsl.
"Many American observatories will
have temporary stations in New York
or Connecticut where the weniher
promises better than farther we.il," he
said. . 1
During the last few years toliil
eclipyes of the sun have been of value
as furnishing Important tests of the
theory of relativity.
"It Is during the moments when the
sun Is covered by the moon that we
can get shots of stars whose orbits
nearly graze the sun: at other times
the stars are wholly lost in the bril
liance of the sunlight. Pictures are
taken with the same telescope of the
same group of stars at night, half it
year before or after the eclipse when
the sun Is nowhere near that part of
the sky.
"The distance between the stars In
the plates nre measuerd lo the one-ten-thousandth
of an Inch, or less, and
it has been found at Iwo recent eclip
ses, that the light of each of the e
stars was bent out of Its path bv a
very small amount, as expected by Ihe
theory. Thus eclipses have confirmed
the Einstein theory."
WESTEUALY, n. L, Jan. 2.1. At
the request of local authorities (lov
ernor pothler of Itliode Island today
IsHued a call for battery E. 243d coast
artillery, Khode Island Natlonnl
Guard to assist In preserving order
while the ecllpse la in progress to
morrow. 'Mnyficlil Conunt 1osl.
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 23. Recom
mendation that Senator Miiyfleld,
democrat, Texas, lie given his con
tested sent In the senate was voted
unanimously today by the senate
elections committee.
only formal action hy the senate
Itself now Is neces ary to close the
contest.
This will he asked for when the re
port Is submitted, In uliolll ten days.
FROM DIRIGIBLE
ST. LOUIS. Jun. 23. After 20
vears' litigation, Federal Judge
Paris today decided that Hubert
Hopkins, St. luls Inventor, and i
not Isaac Deniptit. an eastern In-
ventor, devised III 1904 an lutrt-
cato "totalling'' device for adding
machines. The decision in effect
upheld the claims of the Hur-
roughs Adding .Machine company
against those of the National
Cash Register company.
4
U.S. BIRO REFUGE
UP SPORTSMEN
State Game Warden Burgduff
, ,
Leads Fight in Legislature
Against Federal Migratory
0A D,t..n A O cijm.1
Dira neiUge W. O. riniey
Pleads for Measure.
.
STATK IIOl'RK, SALKM, Jan. 23.
The federal migratory bird refuge hill
now pending in congress would take
away from Oregon "and other states
their rights over game control and at
IN OREGON STIR
the same time would insure less protec- ?ho hlitrtffK also took a fling at W,
lion for wild fowl than now provided j, Horwl, superintendent of tho
by state law. Captain A. E. tturgh- Antl-Haloon league, because of a film
duff, state game warden, and others Hhowu by the league In churches and
declared at a hearing of the game oelore oln r assembiagOH
committee last night. The game com- : The film depicts supposed denlmg
mlttee's room overflowed with sports- between u crooked sheriff and a d cy
me n from many sections of the slate iv yiolslor.
io support tne ivimwoou. .jneinoriH-u; -cioavrr'si tfHWit rport '-in 'which
which would call upon congress not fhe' state officer claimed credit for
lo enact tho proposed law. mo'tof tne fines collected from boot-
, William L. Kinley. nationally known leggers, and moonshiners was hotly
bird expert, and W. H. linker, of the di-unssetl but nothing avus done about
Isaac Walton league of Portland, were jti
the only representatives on hand to '()nfl Hheriff started tri berate ihe
oppose the memorial. federal dry authorities, but ho was
Kinley declared that passage of the M.pjrei-Hcd.
migratory bird refuge bill was neees- Mr(,t .Martha Randall, of the worn
wary to provide breedings reserves in n. ,.pl(M;Uvi.. division of the Pcrt
vnrlitiiM Hiwlinna nf the enuntrv. Iturirh- 1 n 1 k..
"
duff explained that Oregon now had
114 refugees for game with a total
area of 14.206. 000 acres. Approxi-
in- Ml- 2 niht.AMO additional acres will
probaldy be placed In reserves, accord-
ing lo Burghduff. '
"The blojoglcal survey of the feder-
ui KovMi nim-iit-run "
power 10 cui uown oag minis, uwrmr-
ed the stale game warden. "It has not
done so. Tnder the Tederat law one
could take 140 Ulrds a day were It not
?'or the stute's own protective mens
ures."
Itnkcr charged thnt It was a spirit
'of petty lureeiiy feeling that pro
moies me memorial now oeing cum-
sldered." The federal government
could not take over land for refuges
without the consent of the state legls-
laiure. he explained.
Among those on hand with nurgh-
duff to suuport the memorlnl were
Knrl O. Hlmmons of Eugene, repre-
sentlng the States Soprtsmen's asso-
nation: I)r. Chester Moore, of the
Multnomah Angler's and. Hunters
club: Dr. John Olll of Lebanon, repre-
senilng Linn county sportsmen; V . VS.
McNenly of Klamath Falls: L.
Crowe of the Portland (.un club: W.
It. wanace or r,ugene, ami nen lh -
rls of the game commission
The came commission will likely
make its recommendation on the
memorial next week. .
STATE HOUSE. SALEM. Jan. 23.
Appropriations totaling SIX. 000 are
sought In house bill 117 Introduced by
Representatives Pierce, King, A. R.
Hunter. Collins, llumi. on. Cramer,
Wlnslow, Cowglll and Carkln. The
money, is sought for payment of
premiums to be awarded at the
Deschutes county fair, Oregon Inter
state fair, Ihe Tnlon Livestock show,
the Tillamook county Tatr, the Jose
phine county fair, the Jackson county
Industrial fair, the Coos nnd Curry
county fair, and the Klamath county
fair.
KEYSTONE. Neb., Jnn. 23. Co-
operiilion mid religious toleration are
receiving a thorough test In n tittle
church here, where both Culhollcs
mid Proiestniils worship.
in one end ut the edifice is the
Calholic nltar ut the; opposite end is
thu pulpit for 1'iotcMant services
AC! ADDDHDDI ATlrlM
null nil liUI ivinlluit I .
FOR PfiilNTY FAIR 8 AUTOMOBILES BURNED
rUKJjUUIHI rfl.lv Qjiii,
PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS HOLD
CHURCH SERVICES IN SAME CHURCH
OREGON DRY
11 IEMR
Sheriffs of State in Session at
Portland Decide to Ask Leg
islature to Abolish State
Prohi Office Held by George
L. Cleaver Judge Evans
Approves Action.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 23. Sher
iffs of the state in session here todny
decided to ask the legislature to abol
ish the state prohibition enforcement
office now held by George U. Cleaver.
ThPy ""!u""1 H -'"'"'
their belief that the local authorities
i-"n nforcs ihe u in eveiy pan ot
the state If the sheriffs and district
Sl-ri wX"or?.n!u,',lr 8'""'e f
'rhlV llu'n proceeded to narne a
committee to lay the matter hefore
tho legislature.
Circuit Judgo Walter H. Evans,
who was formerly 'district attorney
Jheie 10M the sheriffs the state would
do well to abolish all bureaus for
emorcement ,f special laws and turn
their duties over to the local author
ities.
"But the enforcement of any law."
be declined, "cannot precede public
0)jnon
mini hiiii-w ii:J4ii mil-ill, annwu
convention to indorse a bill now he-
fore tne legislature, regulating dance
hah , 8nm oommunltles. ,
"Kedeial piohlbltlon operatives
nave nei.n directed to ; work . with
county hherlffs and other duly eferted
law enforcement officers but ihey a-ill
,U)t opeialt on warrants issued to
uffc.erfi af tho state prohibition de
partinent,
said Tr. J. A. Unvllle.
le(t.ni .prohibition ditector, in his
a(I(lr0KH beforo ihe sheriffs yesterdny
afternoon.
STATF, HOUSE, SALEM, Jan. 23.
a h h, mull lit, nuil nmn-.lsed to innear
hfllI.fi lhe prohibition department In-
V(.H,lglitlllf committee yesterday
HflBrll.,on,.!l, tt- meeting was called
eKK.clHny fnr ,,e purpose. Clyde N.
Jonnston. former Jistrict attorney for
Lune c.l)UIlly fallud lo how up,
Th(J C(imllllltee voleli to subpoena
jonll(mn-
commissioner eaver himself -was
en nm, 0ffered to tell the com-
mtlR uhml, hiH dealings with Johns-
t(j) ,)t 0e (,un)Injtlee oe8reM to havo
ln(. ,W tace to face when each
oir,.H h, tniony.
,.,.,,,,. District Judge Ashby C.
rjieKson was culled as a witness hy
thu committee yesterday and all his
,..,,,..,. ,.,v,,i,i . fVnr Cleaver am! -
hp afccl., wlll'0y by him.
i M. uk-ta,,,, said that ns far as ho
knew Cienver alway.i co-operated
with Hie local officers of Multnomah
county.
REND. Ore.. Jan. 23. Fire of un
known origin lust night destroyed an
automobile warehouse and eight au
tomobiles which were stored In It.
The cars were second-hand machines,
and were valued at between 1400
and $!i(IO each.
iwi.. ...In, I la Ihmiffhl to hnve
saved a number of nearby buildings
which seemed threatened for a time.
Roy Fox owned the building,, which
was partly covered by Insurance. It
' was vultied at 11600.
Seats are arranged like those of a
i n Hi nail lusch so lli.'t tho backs face
either end of the building. Reversal
of the benches thus change - the
church fioin one denomination to the
other us desired. The church seals
ibout 7 5 persons. Tho two denomi
nation hold services at different
hour.