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Show SOLON CHARGED WITH SOLICITING A BRIBE. Olympia Printing 'Finns File Statements State-ments Against Louis Levy. OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 24. Three Arms have filed a written statement charging today filed a written statement charging that Chairman Louis Levy of the printing print-ing Investigation committee, appointed by. the. Legislature, had solicited from them 11500 as sonslderatlon for giving a favorable report on the letting of printing print-ing contracts last July. The firms signing sign-ing the statement are: The Metropolitan Printing company, Seattle; the Pioneer Bindery and Printing company,. Taooma; I and the State Printing company. Olym- pia. The charges were tiled with the committee, and pending their Investigation Investiga-tion Levy ' was retired from' the chairmanship. chair-manship. The committee will report to the House tomorrow. Levy, who is a . member of the House from Seattle. claims that the charges are made to dis-. dis-. credit his investigation, which, he alleges, al-leges, has unearthed corruption, and he claims' that two of the firms will recede from - the charges when called - upon to . testify. |