Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-02-09

the Maurice Good murder trial n spO
kane. pleaded guilty and was given I
suspended sentence OF I've to Is year.
in the state penitsntiary IN tie muir
der case trial she testified ror th'
state.
Charles A. Sullivan, formerly q cap
tain In the Seattle poliee department
who was suspended over charges thai
he had misappropEiated money. wa
convicted Of grand larceny. The jurJ
found that Captain Sullivan had mis-
appropriated a cheek for s555 sent Il
the city BY the government to pAy fol
care Of seamen.
Mystery surrounding the disappear
ance Of the thousands Of pounds Of
meats, vegetables and other stores
from the Puget sound navy yard ct
BremsFton during tie last few months.
has been cleared. yard officials de-
clared, with the arrest Of J. B. Pear
son, chief commissary steward. on .
charge Of theft.
Held up BY q pair Of robbers near
Roseburg. Ore. and relieved Of be-
tween $500 and $500. and forced to
drive through the night while covered
by the bandits guns until they reach.
ed a point three miles south Of Oregon
City, when the highwaymen left them.
was the experience Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Smith Of Sumner. Wash.. &C
cording to . report they made to sher-
III Wilson Of Oregon City. Ore.
Congressman J. Stanley Webster
will be named after March to sue
coed to the United States district
judgeship formerly held by Frank Rud-
kin, now circuit Judge. according to
word received by a high state Of
ficial from Washington, D. C. The
appointment would be deferred until
March 4, It was intimated, to avoid any
embarrassment that might be caused
by requiring Senator Poindsxtsr to
vote upon confirmation in the senate.
Wives have no right to show peace
officers where their husbands liquor
stocks are hidden unless said husbands
specifically authorised them to DO so,
Superior Judge Oswald Of Spokane
held In ruling out as evidence samples
of alleged intoxicating liquor seized
In q raid on the home Of AL Cham
payne. 1t had been shown that Mrs.
Champagne had telephoned the police
station and invited officers to go and
get the liquor. The court upheld the
defense's contention that Champagne's
constitutional rights had been violated,
as Mrs. Champagne had not been act
ing as authorized agent Of her husband
when she called the officers.
An appeal to the state Legislature
to reopen investigation OF the proposed
Columbia basin irrigation project in
eastern Washington. construction Of
which with gravity flow was recon-
mended by Major General George w.
Goethals Of the United States army.
was made in q letter received in Olym-
pia by Lieutenant Governor w. J.
Coyle from A. e. Wiltsie, secretary Of
the Seattle chapter Of the American
Association Of Engineers. Mr.. Wiltsie
asserted that General Goethals had
no opportunity to examine Q report on
the project made By willis T. Baehs.
lor. . Seattle engineer. and called
attention to . controversy waged
around q proposal to pump water Tor
the project which received wide pub
licity. Mr.. Coyle. turned the letter
over to the joint committee Of the
legislature on reclamation and irri-
CATION.
Mere than half ; million dollars. o.
more than half the total amount col
lectsd in 1919 from the 1-cent tax on
gasoline, was paid into the state treas
ury By one company, q report made by
Director Of Licenses Dibble shows. II
the present legislature Increases the
gasoline tax to cents gallon this
single corporation would collect and
turn In more than 100000 of rev
enues annually. This would indicate
that It sells about 100000 gallons Of
gasoline each year. Altogether 60 firms
made reports to the director Of licenses
during the past year. In December
their tar collection ran from Sc cents
to ese.aso. Fourteen companies turn
Cd in more than 500 in gas taxes, the
largest four paying $4,000. ssOss. S1i-
us and $3.50. respectively.