Evening star., 1926-06-17

According to the published accounts
of this speech, Mayor Kline had
threatened the employees with dis
charge if they failed to vote for and
support the Pepper Fisher ticket IN
the Republican primaries.
Brown testified that he wrote short
hand and that the quoted parts Of the
report of Mayor Kline's speech pub
lished in the Press were absolutely
accurate.
Mayor Kline. at the committee hear.
ing of Yesterday afternoon, declared
that he did not make the speech as
published in the Press. When pressed
however. as to whether he had said
this or that sentence from the pub
lished account, Mayor Kline said that
he didn't remember having said 1t.
hut would not. go so far as to deny
that he might have said it,
Civil Service i'm Effect.
"Do YOU have civil service in Pitts
burch?" asked Senator Reed.
Yes. SO fas as city employees are
concerned"
Did the mayor take oath to obey
these laws?"
Yes"
Were Mayor kline's activities
lesSened in the campaign after the
publication Of that speech?"
Il don't know
The witness said, however. that he
had attended meeting of employees
addressed by Mayor Kline about a
week afterward, and that he had left
out of that speech his statement that
he would discharge employees If they
did not support the Pepper-Fischer
ticket. The witness said he had been
in newspaper work since 1904.
When Senator Reed turned to his
questioning of Mr.. Wheeler he asked
him whether he had received any
fees for law practice outside of his
salary from the Anti-Saloon League.
No" said Mr.. Wheeler, i've given
my whole time to this work"
''ls 1t your only source OF hVeh'
hood
Yes" said Mr.. Wheeler.
"Whatever you have you have &C
simulated out of this salary? You
have received no requests or gifts?
said Senator Reed.
Mr.. Wheeler said that what he had
saved had come out of his salary.
Aided Framed" Officers.
Have you ever appeared in court
in the eases of any one accused OF
violating the law" asked Senator
Reed. did you sit in a murder case
in which man was accused Oh muir
der?''
Mr.. Wheeler said that he thought
not, but pressed further by Senator
Reed. he said that when the Anti
Saloon League felt that Federal
prohibition officer had been framed
it was the policy of the league 10
call the attention of the local off1clais
who must defend these officers to all
the facts in the matter.
''In what cases have you done tnls:
asked Senator Reed.
There was a case of young tel-
low ou, in Maryla nd" said Mr..
Wheeler. "who went to point out
some stills. He was intercepted later
nv bootleggers and attacked. When
they found later that they had not
killed him they filed charges against
him of assault. dragged him before
an official at . o'clock in the morning
where he had no attorney to represent
him"
whats his name?" asked Senator
Reed.
Welsh" replied Mr.. Wheeler. fe
said that Welsh was convicted ana
sentenced to several months imprison.
ment. Mr. Wheeler said that he had
called the Baltimore office of the Anti
saloon League when he knew the
facts and got the local league officials
to ask for an appeal in the case, and
finally Welshs term OF Imprisonment
was reduced to several weeks.
Held Case an Outrage.
I'VE felt that it was an outrage,
said Mr.. Wheeler. :.
Il wish YOU would confine yourself
to answering questions, said Sena'
tor Reed. out of patience with the ex-
nlanations given by Mr.. Wheeler.
I'VE are going to give you a chance
to answer fairly, but you must an
swer. There are other witnesses TO be
heard
Mr.. Wheeler said that there was an
other case where the Anti Sa loon
League had sought to interfere. where
a prohibition agent was up for trial.
the case of Heber Nations in ST. Louis.
The talk was, Wheeler said. that Ma
tions was not going to get fair trial
in 81. Louis and that there should be
a change of Venue. The case had gone
along, however. to point where IT
was about to come to trial. and MIR.
Wheeler said that he didn't think
Justice should be delayed and he call
ed the Anti-Saloon League office in st.
Louis to urge that it not ask for de-
lay.
"\ations was accused of accepting
brjbe from a brewer" said Sena-
tor Reed. "He was a State prohibi-
ton agent"
Mrs. Willebrandt Protested.
Mrs. Willebrandt assistant Attorney
General in charge of liquor cases. it
was brought out, had protested
against the efforts of the w. c. T. u.
and the Anti-Saloon League in st.
Louis to have the trial delayed and
cha nged to some other place.
1T was not Judge Ferris they OBJ
iected to-" said Mr.. Wheeler, They
objected to the environment and the
Jury" He was replying to question
hy Senator Reed as to whether Judge
Ferris was not one of the best Federal
Judges on the bench
Nations was tried and convicted,
wasn't he?" asked Senator Reed.
Yes"
Mr.. Wheeler testified that the Anti.
Saloon League had adopted policy