Medford
Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORI OUMiOX, SUNDAY. 'I-'KHHPAKY 'JJ, lOlil
Todav
By Arthur Brisbane
Chief Cajeme.
Valley Farmers Paradise.
One Powerful Swede.
Great Land, Fine Men.
Copyright King Feature! 8ynd Ine.
ni'DADOaRKOO.V, Xoiiom,
Moxi.'ii, 'VI. (), The t'lin'i'i't
ninno or lliis Vii(iii valley city
is Ciudiul Olippjinn, liniinrin
the memory of Olirrjjnii, form
er Mexican president, wliose
widow now lives here. But nil
the natives cull the eily ley its
old name, Cajeme, and Ilia I
name will last. It is that of a
Yiiipii chief, type of the In
dian of liiv'li inli'lllence and
powerful will. Ca.jeaie having'
arranged to marry a lieantil'nl
Indian rirl of the Ynt'iii peo
)le went nortli on a short trip
I AVhile he was poiie an aruiy
officer stole the jiiii's al't'ee
linns ami stole her.
Cajeme on his return ilid
v.'hat was necessary, according
to the Yaipii code, lie Inline, I
up the officer and lulled him.
found the ii i i- and killed her,
fought as Ion;; as he could,
then they hansed him. All
kinds of nationalities live in
this valley, I'nited States Amer
ieans, Cierinans, Spanish, and
they all like 'ajenie.
f
Millions that will sc
this
are ml crest c
tiwns." Tlii
in " lion m
is a real one.
Twelve years ugn this spot
ludcl only a railroad siding and
. one,smiilLhiiililiufr, It li.is
I'OO inhaliitants now, and one
hundred and twenty thousand
Acres under intensive cultiva
tion are irrigated from the
Vaipii river. Storage for enouel;
water lo irrigate nine hundred
Ihousand acres more r.'Otiltl he
built at a cost of only five mil
lion dollars. The Mexican jiov
erniuent doiihlless will do it.
'I'here may he somewhere on
earth a farniine; country as
pood as this hut there is none
heller. They liarvesl the rieei
crop in llccenihcr, plant when!
on the same land in January
and harvest that in June.
They ship hundreds of ear
loads of tomatoes and t lions-1
anils of tons of ereeu pens at
a season when the I'nileu
Stales does mil produce either.
You drive through eiht Ihous-
ainl acres of "ivrn pi'as. The I
full erown, hard, round peas
are shipped north hecause
coininerci.'il economy demands
il. Of the delicate small, iircen
peas fifty Ions a week are
packed in the Ympii Fruit
company parking shed. Two
hundred tons a week in the
fields are thrown aside, fed to
pies, horses, i.'ows and don
keys. You will see a content
ed linri'o standini; in front of
n small liarrelfiil of fresh peas.
The rice fields ami all other
crops are worked hy niacliin
cry and there is none of 111. ;
hardship of the old rice fid 1 1
days, dreaded hy slaves. The)
pens lire picked hy hand, 'i
thousand men and women pick-
inn one firent field this morn !
iM" I
Arthur Hermann and K. J. Sanl
run the lire mill for Itosenheri! !
Ilrnlliers and company, Kan hYan
rlsro. Throe thousand tnim ot
polished rice nre piled up In hai;s
In (he u rehouse. Seventeen thous
and tons have been shipped nhroud.
Kurope kcIs nil of this hlfth Krnil". j
Ioiik Krain rice In nhedlenre to,
public demand, which values np-
poarunces. The rice is hulled, llo'i
hulls burned In the furnace toi
produce power, the inner bran Is
irround olf when the rice is pel-J
ished pure Willie uuil Hie Hrenii'r
parl or lis vllnmin vaiii" lias noen
destroyed. One hundred pounds
or hik'h kiikIp rlie cosls three del
lais uud seventy five centn. Ilali'l
a pound of rice w ill leed a ninr. i
for u day. .
iContinut ou Tugo Tho
I
i
OF SOLONS
ES
Legislature With Important
Bills Still In Hopper
Dwaddle Away 40 Days
Record Grist of Meas
ures of No Consequence.
l.i:(;lsl.ATIVK AtTIOXS
Hills intriutucril in both
li(iues, 7 I '.
Slk'ii, ,1 l,y t;ovi-nor.
Others passed both housed,
TiO.
Killed, postponed nr with
drawn, IS:.'.
Kills ycl In lie iieteil upon
tiy imp ur In. Ill Ileuses;
Of these, lll linve passed
one, hiiuse. .Still in eonuiiil-
lees. 212.
Vetoed l,y r.oVernoi nne.
SAI.KM. inc.. Kid..
I,'f'..:,l ,,r Die new
.i.de unit iippnivnl if the Tu:il;t
lin tunnel cennuissiiiii nieiisure in
the Semite, .'lliil defeal of circuit
jtulKC's salary reduction and a
faveialile vote on Hie pawnlu ok-1
ers' code in the , house, murued
the -Hsl day of the (UeKiin len
islalure today. This was also the
first lav over the -Ill-day limited
u,.umI,, m, I lieeinnilli? of Hie time
when IcKielut.irs were f nnetloulni.'
"without cost to the taxpayers."
The pay day ol llie leK'siaioi"
tenninated last nlKht.
Alleuipts the past lew tlays I"
H-t a ileflnile time for niljouin-
inellt and to reilllesl Hover
Julius I,. .Meier lo en II a special!
session to complete the husines-i. !
ralh-d when both houses defeated
motions and resolutions to thlsj
effect. The lefilMlature held full;
sessions itodry. with the sena'e
eiinveniUK laic "Ihlo the afternoon.
In addition lo schedule committee
meetiiiKs loninht. Adjoui-nnieut ,
sine die of Itic assenildy Is placed
l.y some leaders Into the first
week of March, while many l' -
lleve it will be impossible to eom-j
plete the reitiiired work before ,
another wei U. j
The hydro-eleeliie eoniniission
bill and the untune district powei'o
bill, and in the senate the mill-
ties commissioner measure are lhe
three major admlnlslratli n power
proposals and have already been
approved by the opposite bouses.
The raelni; commission bill, to
permit horse raeinj; at fairs, sev
eral tax measures, and other bills
upon which a debate Is expeeled,
vver.. out over until Monday. An
other public benriiiK on the baf-i,,i-s'
cilo. missed by the senate,
was set for Monday nlMht.
lint few Important bills have
been passed by belli bouses of,
the IcKielalures, a review of the
session to dale reveals, of those I
approved and signed by the Kov-j
-.. tin. ItoiMie river clos-,
IliK bill, the l'ort of I'ortlan.l com-,
mission bill and the repeal of the!
slate judicial round'.. In addition
the legislature has ready for j
Meier's slellalllre the I 111 porta lit
free-text book bill, passed several
days a;o. the repeal of (he ceil If I- j
rate of neeesslly and public coii-
venience act. eiianuinu the name,
of Keosevell hii:bway lo I he lire-j
Kon coast highway, the major
,,r ibe eleclion cod,1, and!
the amended "Kasoline cowboy"
act. The governor to date has Is
sued no vetoes.
Many of the so-called promi
nent proposals have lioue down
to detent, either by beliiK voted;
down on the flour or Indefinitely,
postponed by committee action, j
These Include the old ane pension
bill, the state pame code, llie 711-j
ear limit railroad bill. Portland:
polii emen'e ami firemen's pension
bill, patent medicine sal.- reslric-;
lions, tax t'"r municipal brnils. i
increase in elementary school ;
teachers reiiuiremenls, abstractors' I
ri-Knlatlons. and certain of di.-trlclj
ei, oris. The Important r- appoint-'
mint system has not yet ln-eii
Introduced, nor have the leading'
lax program and Important appro, j
prialiiin bills.
The Mate bllililiUK code and!
certain of welrare cfimmllt' cs ;
were withdrawn rrntn considera -1
lion, while many others were ln-
definitely postponed. The latter
class includes lie- medical science'
bill, prohibiten referendum, crea-.
lion of tax jpervisinc bodies.,
the student iransportatlon pro-j
visions, r'-fund or market road;
tax motli-y to counties and others
i r i onlru ci-m:o I nature. !
ronsiib red hair throuirh the,
legislature by passaue In one of;
the houses are the three major
power bills, the tunnel commission, !
curbim: activities ot the em'r-,
Kt-ni'V board, old ai:e pi-uiion ln-j
terim sludy. oleomarirerlne bills, j
the departmeul of ncririillui .
state banklni; i ode. 111" barbel-;
,-, ,le nciril.iL-e ri u la I ii ns allow
ing five days beluecn sccnrirK II j
Mil"!' anil wodillm.-. Ibe Kiddle
lit. ilket 'road tax r- peal. comlllcr-
rial fi-h c-'de, the un fortn tratriei
law and llie i hanup of .Malheur
county's name lo s'innott iminty.
CONTINU
I iContlnued on Vane
May Succeed Legge
Assocttltal I'rtzti I'luilo
James C. Stone, vice-chairman of
the federal farm board, was consid
ered as the probable successor of
Chairman Alexander Legge of that
body.
HEAR! TO ASK
Torch Killer Would Shoot
Old Lady If M Had it
To Do Over Father Re
nounces Son Who Misses
Liberty and His Sweet
heart. SAN J'KAXl lSC'O, I-Y1. 'J 1 . (I't
('hallow A. Simpson, who con-f.-snil
lu- killed Mis. Alhhm C.'Iiu
hol 'i)(ililcs, ly burn I uk nnti
(-: t i 1 1 K hfM- to s;iitl .Lntlay Jic
will lilciul Kiiilty- and throw him
Holf nn tht mercy ot the court,
even if ft iiio.iiih penalty for hhu.
As ho nnnouiU'Od his (locislon
from his cell at tlto city prlsint,
little of his bravado dropped from
him and there was no oxpre.sHlon
of-regret for liis crime, other than
ohasrin ut the I(ism of his liberty
ami ".sympathy1' for his hwcpI
hoart, Anna hervick. Norwegian
maid in a ltiehmoml dlMrict
hotiHi'hnld.
Walker IVtblicoul, an attorney
who represented SlmpMon on pre
vious necasinnrt when he was ar
rested fur automobile theft, con
ferred with (be youth Idday.
t 'hiiiles Simpson, Sr., has Raid
ho will not pay for tin attorney
and does not care whether hlH Hon
is represented by counsel, so It
wuh considered doubtful whether
I'eddicord would defend the youth.
Captain Thomas Jloertltoern, in
charge of the prison, (lueslloned
Simpson today in an effort to
hrintf home to the youth it real
isation of his crime.
"Aren't you ashamed of your
self?" the captain demanded.
"Think of that little old holy who
was so kind to you. Think of
her hecKinn to you for meivy
with Ihe flames searillK her flesh.
Don't you fed sorry fur her now?"
Simpson pondt-red a moment
and his eyes filled with tears.
"Yes, captain, you're rlbt . It
must have been pretly terrible for
her." hi' answered.'
'lf 1 had to do it alt over
atK'iin, I would shoot the old lady
distend of hprnins her."
In the meantime eily authorities
leathered and assembled evidence
for a Krand Jury indictment chaiR
in(7 Simpson with Ihe murder.
Matthew lhady, dlstllet attorney,
said he would seek to have ati
indict in en t j ei urncd next Tuesday
niu'bt.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21. fT)
Italn which In places turned to
snow was Mveepins across the
southwest today bihiRfntf the first
moisture In w-eks to (tome drouKht
threatened areas und offering a
prome of relief to others.
The rainfall wnn th first tnean
ureable preciphation in Jiarts of
Kouthwest Kattsas since early win
ler.
WAS 1 1 1 N' ;T N. I'eb '1 1 . hVi
The Kendall bill to ili;ht"n tbe
embai L'o aualtisl proditett of t on-
Viet la bor ;,tnl make effective nil'
April 1. Hie ban on (:! nitub"
by forcd labor I'-nt :i Hie.l in the 1
Hi I if I ae was t-a-i'd today hy ,w
bouse.
The W cnlhrr
Oregon: (lenetally eioudy Sun
day and .Monda. rains exl rr ine
uorlbwel portion: fio change in
te in pern ttre; fi eh (riuth wind
offshore.
B Y WITHOUT A
Pit DT Q MEDPVi
UUUIll 0 HILUUIj
1 j
iVETS LOAN
iBILL OVER
IVETO SURE
Additional Funds Voted In'1
Sp.natp. tn Nullifv Presi
dent's Claim of Empty
Troncnrv Amnio Mnnpv
KMUMI J nillfJIV DIVIIUJ
On Hand For Payments,
Says Vandenburg.
WAS HI N't ITi N, l-'eh. 1' 1 . Ml
t.'tuifident of inaetiiiM llie veter
ans loan bill over the foriheomiu
Veto ii f 'resident HonVer. senate
advocates today made available
additional I'll ml h to safeguard
againsi eompla i tit t hat Hie cost
of the legislation eoultl not be
met.
Senator Vnndenhertr, Kepu'di
caii, .Mirbicau, told (be senate a.
reservoir of $7sr,0ti0.0in) already
was available in the treasury for
m-etitiK the obligations of the
loans. Iluwever, he obtained an
amendment to the n:i val supply
lull making an additional 1 1-,-IMIU.UOM
already voted to the K"V
crnmciil insurini; fund available
by July I.
'Humors that the president in
his v to message on the bill tuiKlu
declare an extra sen-iion of con
gress necessary to raise funds
for meet iti(r the ohlici'tion stirred
the advocat"eH to action.
In the debate. Chairman Smoot
of the senate finance committee
who opposed the veterans loan
measure told the senate he did
ma think the legislation would
involve an increase in taxes nr
make necensary an ei ra session
of cotmress,
Vnndenbei'K in proposing his
amendment to the naval bill said.
'a myth is Krowitmr up to the ef
fect that congress has authorized
loans w'thout adequate reservoir
for paying them."
VandenherK said. In his judge
ment, the loan hill, allowing world
war veterans to borrow half the.
face value of their adjusted serv
ice certificates would not involve
a bond hwue by the treasury nor
an increase in taxes.
The $1 1?, liOfl. 00ft whh h the sen
ate voted to make available on
.1 uty 1 was money appropriated
to the insurance fund in the vet
erans bureau would have become
available the hoKtnnint; of next
yea i
With the over $78.r,,lMHl,0O0 In
securities on deposit n the treas
ury for the adjusted service fund.
Senator VandenbeiK estimated this
would be more than twice eunuch
to meet the cost of the legisla
tion. L
CRIME PAL ON
HKI.KKKttNTK, . T a., l-'eh. LM.
(I'l-Thefr last Journey at an end,
Mr.-'. Irene Sehroeder, 22. and W.
tib-nii I'aKue, :t4, ermvlcted slayers
who are in die Monday moruint;.
arrived late today at Krw kvh w
prison, ftcene of I'ennsylvania elec
troeutious. The trip, made by mo
tor, was st a rted from Newcastle
earlier in the day with the couple
under heavy fcunrd.
The woman stepped smiling
from the Lawrence eojmty Jail at
N'eweastle while the Inma t es wit h-
in sang nyiiniK, 'in a person in inf
crowd about t he jail who said
"k"mhI bye, rone." M rs1. Schroiib-r
replied : "Kood hy, honey,"
Diijitie also was calm as be and
bis (jiiu woman companion climb
ed into the automobile to hcKin
the several hours drive in Helle
fonte, the last of many trips they
have made together, first as rob
bers and then us funlilves from
the law.
Speeding from N'eweast le under
ii cua rrl. t he rood 'tuned p.ih"
p.-i.ssed the place where t 'orporal
Caul was fhot In a. spectacular
pun battle: on, Dee. 27. IH2!i. I'uiil
w;ih slain when hi stopped the
automobile In which Mrs. Sehroe
der and Hague were fleeing from
fl Rrocery store robbery at Hut
ler. The Ktate'H instrument rif death
was ready to receive the first wo
man ever to b placed fn it. The
prisoners will be kept in the prls-
on rlia lb house until t hey are
taken to the chair, the woman
probably first, at 7 a. m.. Mon
day. 9
Mi. S' hroeder barb' h r five-year-old
Hon, Iionle. it last good
e at Newcastle this morning.
Her father. J.ineph Crawford, and
i bioiber-in-law. John S bnn del",
h-M N'- ' ast I- in an anlomobll"
for Itellef.uite the father naylng :
' want to be out ftcre with
Irene, and we are going."
SANTIA'IO, chile, b. , Pi
Ibe lYin-e of Wales arrived here
shortly after T p. in., corn.Wting
a flight fiotil Ailtnfojja.tu.
GUN i
A n n
LAST JOURNEY
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Critically 111
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(ASSOCIATED RHOTO),
SAMUEL H I UL,
l'ti:TI.Ai. Ore., l-'eb. L' I . I'T)
Samuel II ill, internationally
knevn as "the friend of kinns,"
ami famous as a road buiiiier
and pb lautbroplst. was In a criti
cal condition in a hospital here
today. He has been ill since lb
first ei" the month, and two days
aj;o n tiller wen t a major opera 1 ion.
The lni-.lliil said he spent a
"very bad" nlubt. Itelalives have
been notified of the ehancc in his
condition and it was sa'd a son,
.lames N. Mill of New York,
had b ft by airplane to be at his
father's bedside.
SEEK UTOPIA
TO PLEASE ALL
But Films The City Likes,
The Country Shuns Ho
kum Is 'Sure-Fire' With
Most Audiencr;- -Per 'Re
ducing AncF?lWAnimal
Crackers'.
1IOUAWOOO, fill., Teh. 21.
() phe manufacturers of notion
pictures would give n lot to know
the secret. If there Is one, of
pleasing all the people all the
time, In both city ami country.
A . recent ami noteworthy ex
ample of pictures in the latter
class Is the travel epic, "With
Hyrd at the South Hole." It play
ed first, us all pictures do, in
wlnit the industry call.4 "ace" the
aters, hut the reception It got was
aa chilly as that received by the
members of the expedition to Lit
tle America.
Owners of smaller (heaters
hooked It for us few duyH as their
contracts would permit, fearing
the worst. Hut the unexpected
happened. The film did a capac
ity business in nearly every neigh
borhood theater in the country.
Serious dramas about problems
In the upper strata of New York
or other large city society are as
successful I u one part of t he
country as another.
Small town audiences, however,
seldom enthuse over stories whose
charaelers roll out n broad "A";
they prefer representations of
persons like their neighbors.
Outdoor action romances ore
accepted in every locality, al
though out and out wild west pic
I nres never are shown lu first
run theaters lu New York or
other huge cilies. The appetite
of the fans of big theaterH In'llt
lle towns and little t Ilea I ers lu
big towns for stories laid In the
open and dusly spaces never seems
fully saiified.
The rule that there is no such
animal as a sure-fire picture has
been pari la Hy disproved of late.
"Hokum" will do II, the exports
believe after witnessing the almost
universal success of 10d Wynn'H
"follow the Leader." the Marie
Inessler-I'olly Moran farce, "Ite
duclng," and Max lirolhers in
"Animal Crackers."
T
BREAKS A JAW
MONTH KAL, I'eb. 21.
Phillip Sklnter. n waiter, report
ed at Montreal hospllal with a
broken Ja w. A customer, he ex
plained, ordered biscuits. The
customer didn't like them and
hurled one at Sklnter. It. landed
on the Jaw. Anyway, that'H what
Sklnter sniil.
ASTOltlA. Ore., Keh. 21. Wl
Marvin Hlbbard, 22, Aurora, Ore.,
pleaded guilty in circuit court here
today to l obbing a lorn I service
station while aimed with u dang
erous weapon. Circuit Judge Jf,
K. 'A m merman sentenced 1 i in lo
four years tn the penitentiary.
ASTOltlA, Ore., I-'eh. 2Lr-
i Thirty-1 wo A "tor in grocer have
signed the l'omnnn Orange agree-(gii-nt
run to nil butter fubstltutes.
1 ! .raSSf'. J I
MOVE 1FS
iDCflMO OMR
irLUIlO rvniu; wmm
GAY MECCA
Hunger Mad Throng Invade
Mexicali and Demand
Food Saloons and Re
sorts Close Beans and
Corn Rationed.
MKMCAU. Lower . Cal., Mex.,
l-'eh. 21. tl'j Hunger-stricken
men. women, and children, peas
ants of t he cotton fields, driven
from their work by a week of
rain, milled through this city of
the border todav with ii inemic- :
lug cry for food.
A carload of while corn, ship
ped in by the government, was
ti 1st ri buted from a railway plat
form. The supply was gone be
fore many of the clamoring hun
dreds received a ration and com
bined squads of soldiers and
police moved on the crowd and
drove them away.
(!iiv. )e Tejadii issued an ulti
matum requiring all ranchers,
bars, gambling halls, mi Ms and
other businesses to discharge
American employes and replace
them with Mexican help. Num
erous Americans were thrown out
of wtu'k by the order and Amer
ican owners of businesses in the
city were stopped at the border
and refused entry from Calexlco,
sister city In tho United States.
At Jlechicern, SB miles east of
Mexicali, an acute Hulluation de
veloped. Two hundred und fifty
men in u camp, reports said,
lived for a week on mllo maize.
The crowds wero almost entire
ly penniless workers from the
cotton fields. A week hro, work
stopped because of ruin. Most of
the peasants depended upon their
wages for day-to-day necessities.
The threatening crowd - whr In
st range contrast to the usual
groups of revelers found on the
streets of Mexloull, Tile city,
with about 1 5,000 population, is
normally u week-end retreat for
many front the United States, who
frequent the bars and gaming
tables.
Along the rough streets of dirt,
sqttads of soldiers find police
watched constantly to keep u
tense situation In check.
Kenrs of violence were agrgnvat
od by three Hpasmodie demonstra
tions which battalions of soldiers
quelled quickly. A shooting added
to the unrest.
An American, Pearly Matthews,
suspected of tin attempt to Hteul
food, fulled to obey a police com
mand to halt und wuh shot down.
A crowd of the hungry, gather
ing before a large grocery store,
demanded food and SOD packages
of beans were distributed. The
cry for "morn" Hpread like fire
and soldiers hastened to the sceno
to disperse t lie throng.
FOLLOWING QUIZ
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (I'l
K. .1. Adams, of Lugene, Oregon,
was appointed today as chief of
a Hpcclal hoard of hivest igat ion of
the federal trade commission.
Only recently the commission
made an investigation of Adam's
pari In the sale of (hi! municipal
light and power plaht lu Kugene
to I'. W. Chapman & Company,
New York tn vest in eu i hankers.
It learned Adams hail Interested
himself in the Industrial develop
ment of lingerie and was Instru
mental In getting the Chapman
company to take a part in a pro
gram for tho section.
ordinarily, officials nahl, Ihe
commission dnon not approve d'
negotiations with com pa nles in
terested In power development hy
its employees, particularly In view
of Ibe Inquiry the commission is
making Into public utilities. They
added, however, there was noth
ing reprehensible In Adams' part
in the Hale of the Kugene power
pla nt and t he promotion tday
followed.
The board headed by Adams l
concerned with fa 1st? und mis
leading advert Islng In periodicals.
E
TO RIDE SHORTAGE
HOKTLANH. fire., IM.. 21. (t
Although h h i. r t approximately
1 1 2.0HO, the amount of public
fundi' unaccounted for by Mrs.
Km ma Kowler, former city treat,
ui it. now In Jail, La Hi -nude will
meet all its obligations out of it;
regu la r income t his year. This
was t he nnnouricemt-nt made to
dn by K. 11. Cherry, i lly man
ager, who Was here with Carl
Helm, I'nlon county district nt-
ltor.y. checking up on Portland
angles of the case.
ON BORDER
Political Leader
94T' -"?k
'.'OB
AxsocUitrtt I'rt-sa I'httto
Count Romanones, liberal leader,
who was largely responsible for the
fall of the Berentjuet flovernment
in Spain.
ON II ISSUE
Democratic Leaders Fear
Disruption If Prohibition
Broached Now Dixie
Leaders Head Opposition
Hope to Pay Debts.
WASHINGTON, Keh. 2 1 . (!)
Persistent reports Hint Chairman
Itaskoh intended to bring up Die
prohibition Issue at the March B
meeting of the Democratic nat
ional committee stirred party lead
ers in congress today to send out
notice that any such move would
be opposed us out. of order.
"Members high In tho Uemoetoitrc
councils have said since Ruskob
culled the party meeting that Its
sole purpose was to present to
the committee n plan for erasing"
the half million dollar party debt
before the 1 it 3 2 campaign gets
under way.
Jlowever, reports have poured
In at Ihe capitol that the Demo
cratic chairman was preparing to
ask for u commitment of tho
party against' prohibition. Lead
ers in congress took steps toduy
to protest privately against any
move In this direction.
The antagonism to opening tho
prohibition issue nt the Murch B
esslon Is not confined to the dry
ranks alone. Some of the mem
bers of congress with wet Inclin
ations are prepared to send word,
ulso, to Itaskoh that they feel It
would be a mistake to stir up this
Ishuo so far In advance of tho
presidential ctimpalgn.
Southern Democratn are taking
the Initiative In the protest against
th prohibition commitment. They
have the active support of Sena
tor Hobinson. of Arkansas, tho
Democratic leader anil vice presi
dential Candida tn with Alfred 11.
Smith lu tho I!I28 presidential
race.
They contend the national com
mittee Is Wit bout a ui hoMI v in
commit tho party on Issues nnd j
that hii h authority rest solely j
with ihe national convention. I
Neither Itaskoh nor Jouett !
Shotise, executive director of tho
national committee, were hern to
day to comment.
It was conceded, that If nnv
national committeeman makes ai
motion on prohibition at the purjy ,
meeting it probably can not ho!
ruled out of order without a
thorough thrashing out of the i
sunjcei.
IS CHIEF
LEGAL LOOPHOLE
f'oilVAU.IN, Ore, Ili. 21.
UVt r.'liiff r police Ihnry Hobln
hoii om-ii nM ilrndlite to "n ln
(llrlmi'Mt charKlnK miiirpufmnr. In
office jti i-liniii roiirt here today
whon lilt iittornny. Arthur Clnrk.
flloit ti ileniuriT iillrKlitK trip In
dlclmnnt WiiM ImproiM'rly drawn
nnd othorw!HP IrroKnlnr.
,lndo (i. A. MUlpwortli (xrnntod
.1. O, HtcurtiH, HprHnl Htute- Invotu
IlK.'itor, n tit 11 .Mnrrli !i tn prfparn
ii lirh-f In jiriMvrr to tit., drniurror.
t'lnrk iiruil'd that .Ith'l Chum
liorH, who rxrniifd from tho Urn
ton county Jiill ii ml to whom ltuh
InHon win ncin tiilklni: ficvprnl
iliiy Inter, wn chnrKrd merely
with it mlHiti'incnnor. He hu UI tluit
ICohluxon, nn ili'puty xlicrlff, hud
no rlKlit to rc.'irri'Ht Chiunlicr tin
Ichm he In, cl ohHitvcd the Jit 1 1 brenk
nr hud n wiirrnnt fur IiIh arrpnt.
Kohlnxon'H Indictment followed
ti recent InvcHtlK'illun nf nllcKi'd
Ihiunr ynnsn In uiviiIIIb.
RASKOB PLANS
SHOWDOWN ON
LUi SIDE
DRY FARCE
SUPPRESSED
Senate Acts To Secure Full
Story of Wickersham
Findings Wisconsin
Pictured Sensationally
Milwaukee Sheriff Willing
But Intoxicated Rich
Talks Flayed.
WASHINOTON, D. C, Teh 21.
() The senate adopted with
out debate a resolution by Sen
nflor TydlugH, Democrat, Mary
land, tin opponent of prohibition,
demamlinK the Wickersham com
mission's reasons for withholding
any information as to prohibition
enforcement In the lti other states
and the District of Columbia.
Word camp from commission
headquarters that "less than half
the data upon which its conflict
ing prohibition report was based
hud been submitted to the sen
ate and that the portion trans
mitted was tho "less sensational"
part.
One commissioner explained this
as arising from "a natural in
clination" on the part of some
witnesses to "paint a rosier pic
ture" In public statements than
In private affidavits. The com
mission was requested In the pre
vious senate resolution only, fop
Its "non-secret" data. .
Meanwhile, a survey ot the ma
terial already before the senate
disclosed a bewildering variety of
reports upon conditions in the 32
states touched upon. Prohibition
enforcement conditions in six
states, were assailed as extreme
ly bad. Wisconsin was pictured
ns provided with a "flood .of in
toxicants." ' t
Eleven, of the states were de-
scribed an having" almost entirely
satisfactory ; enforcement, while
liquor available, but in an appar
ently diminishing quantity.
Reports to the commission' on
1 B states showed a confusing .dif
ference of opinions as to condi
tions, with all subjects to some
form of criticism as to conditions
under the dry laws.
Among tho states not included
In the stli'veys were several gen
erally conceded to be "wet" . In
sentiment, Including New York.
Maryland, Massachusetts and New
Jersey,
The most sensational report sub
mitted was upon Wisconsin, It
said "liquor has always been plen
tiful'' there and listed hotels and
shows near Milwaukee where It
said large scnle gambling was con
ducted "which police undoubtedly
do not dare molest." It cited cor
ruption among officials and the
permitted existence in some cities
of open "red light districts." The
report was prepared by Frank
lluckley, attorney for the prohibi
tion bureau before Its transfer to
the Justice department.
"The sheriff of Milwaukee coun
ty has the best Intentions In the
world," tho report said, "and fur
nishes nsslstance whenever re
quired. The latter officer, how
ever, la not regarded as depend
able because of being himself al
most constantly Intoxicated. Dur
ing tho Republican celebration at
Nippon two persons out of 20,000
were drunk, one ot whom was the
sheriff.
"Most towns anil cities through
out the slate contain their allot
ment of 'soft drink parlors' duly
licensed ns such by local authori
ties. Ueer, whiskey, or 'shine
may be obtained In practically any
of such resorts."
A report upon Oklahoma charg
ed former Governor Holloway, di
rectly with responsibility for lax
enforcement, adding that the at
titude of officials In some sections
was "vicious."
Tho Kentucky report told . of
widespread drinking among young
people while one witness charged
the wealthy classes wl'h "offen
sive" drinking.
A similar report of general dry
law breaking nmong the rich came
from Florida.
IIIIMIORO, Ore., Fb. 21 -()
There In nne chance In eighty
that n woman may ii'.t ns a Juror
In Ihe trial of Nelson L Howies.
Portland capitalist, and Irma
I.oucks, his former secretavy,
charged with tho slaying ot Mrs.
leone Howies,
Of n pnn'l of 80 names avail
able fur the trial, Mrs. Kva Meek,
, school teacher of North Plains,
Is the only woman on the list. A
special panol of 60 was drawn
I today In the presence of the de
fendant and defense and state
1 attorneys.
The trial Is set (or March 1