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"THIS paper standi for Rottburg and Douglat) County, flrtt. laat and all tho tlmo. "i'S,xJ, ...r 19 Newt and tht Rottburg Review. DOUGLAS COUNTY An Independent Newspaper, Publlahad for tht Boat Inttrett of tho Paoplo. ROSEBURQ. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1923. VOL. XI., NO. 297, OF THE EVENING NEWS. 1 .'o. I Consolidation of . V f m a n a I I II K II H S ML UUIluiiu SELECTED s Maimed Astrologer Crime Director to Go on Trial h GIRL ON STAND of Crime Plans One th Before Murder R'as Committed ie. Oct 17. Crlmlnologlat Lr deciphering further horo- Arthur toveii, m "" Mid tht twenty-six per- ithe were piannea wnan m- came unoer pianeiary in hk said the horoacopea ovell planned two baaaa of Bandon ana nonywoou, uid the diacloeurea In- Lit four iuvenilea were relied kfcute the "ordera" received tin. May aaia wax ine elved by Mrs. Ottlllia K. Bandon, who manlfettta kt In the innocence of rred Mien he waa under auapieion kg wife' death, and signed , wis sent oy nnur ioviii, ng she would be hanged to he ever discussed the Covell irnhMl Prm.) pHFITLL), Oct. 17. Proa- rors are being summoned I: We service in the trial of It'orell, maimed astrologer L director, who faces the for- 1 first degree murder near- ID' following the slaying of it-law, Mrs, Ebba Covell. imiLD, Oct 16. "He did 1 to kill my step-mother, but id lo be done." ifulve and tragic simplicity u adolescent girl can show, , OTell. 14, Monday related for Itimeallthe details of the of Mrs. Ebba Covell, for the lion of which her helplessly nude, Arthur Covell, faces pws following his confession of , and for which her brother, 16, must stand trial. Ing her story at tho home of Officer A. T. Morrison and 1. the girl admitted that .ehe h untruthful in certain details lestimony before ' the grand s matter of truth, she de bt had known of plans for the month before the crime was ll, the delay being due to Al- luctance to undertake the act fact that astrologically,:- the as not rlKht.' It Chief Witneaa. will be the state's chief wit- the trial of her brother, who not guilty Monday, and whose ks been set by Judge Kendall term of court. The girl Is large ate. Her blond hair is bobbed. attractive and cheerful, but ad- it stie is haunted by the hor- me murder. viewing a motion Dirt lire, the ' he must concentrate her at- cioseiy on the nlot or the scene murder flashes again before the declared, nnderstanria as. having gone to school of as. M science in Portland. September 3 "Riant." a little about it." aha then Pd. "The 'aspect' waa right for P"-r , tney said, to kill my ner. Alton will do anything for he likes. He liked m nnelo My uncle is a fine man on is s fine bov. fot see why thev should want e exclaimed uim,t n..t ,.. ""en told that she must take stand aeainnt her brother. eem to know everything '. I wasn't the first one to tell. "a. t Wouldn't huVA tnM t. V. It they told ma th. k.'rf l and they 'showed me that '' my uncle's nnip. 1 ,k.,,.k. """"'si-aitehood. would do . jiswered. "Out It bad I 1 to be dont. -. uncle wanted Alton to ! do it Allot hasn't a bit of nerve. He la slow In tome things, but when you get anything In bis head once, he knows It. He would not hurt anybody. though. He did not want to kill my atep-mother but It Just had to be done. Just why it "had" to he done Lu cille could not explain. She seemed to accept that as a fact. Her uncle told Alton, she continued that he would do the killing himself If be could, but being crippled was unable to and that It waa up to Alton. "I knew Alton did not want to hurt anybody," Lucille narrated. "He la an awfully nice boy. He didn't want to do It from the first, but he thought about It a long time. "Yea, we had the ammonia for a month. Alton tells me everything that he is going to do and everything that he lntenda to do. The night before my atep-mother waa killed I knew what they were going to do. I was afraid to tell about it. I waa not afraid of my uncle. I knew be would not do anything to me, hut I was afraid to tell my father. "The mormng my stepmother was killed my uncle was in the yard. I waa sent out of the house with ' the children. I did not eee Her killed. The children did not see it, either,' and we were with my uncle. Alton killed her in the kitchen. 1 don't think 1 heard any screams, but I heard a lot of noise like someone was Jumping. "Alton then came out and told me about what he had done. I went in and helped Alton pack tier out of the kitchen and put ber on the sofa, Alton waa pretty badly excited. I telephoned to my father, but I could not get him. My uncle telephoned my father and told him something terlble had hap pened, and when my father came Al ton went to the gate and met him. 'Alton waa really sorry for what he had done. After It was over. I was do ing the washing and Alton said, 'I am sorry I did it I would not have donf it for the world.' I said 'Yea, I am sorry you did It too.' " Incendiarism Denied. " When asked if Alton had done any other deeds of crime at the inatigation of his uncle, the girl aaid: 'No he did not do anything very bad. Yea, he atole some but not any more than most kids of his age steal. The things he stole" he took Decause it waa something he wanted for him self." The girl was asked if Alton set fire to the many houses which were burn ed at Bandon. ' "Oh. no." ahe answered. "He never set fire to any houes at Bandon. I am sure he never burned any houses, for Ha would have told me if he did. 1 don't know why my unxle wanted to kill my stepmother. It had to be done Uncle did not like her She waa quite a nice woman, but thoy did not like each other. They never quarreled because they were never together. Alton toon care of uncle. 'My father had a very bad temper and I knew what he would have done 1f I told him Alton and uncle were planning to kill her. T was afraid that my father would harm them, but I was not afraid of my uncle. I never would have told a word if the others had not told. I am sorry they did It. but I thought it would all pass over. Alton and my uncle I like very much." The girl was perfectly composed in her discussion of the murder. She lr not able to give any motive except that the crlple and Mrs. Covell di" not like each other. She saya Mrs. Co veil did not ever see any of Arthur's notes that she knew of. When some suggestion jwas maae li the girl about doing wrong and goine to Heaven, she said, 'Oh 1 never ex- neet to eo to Heaven. 1 nave, torn too many lies." SPECIAL TAX IS EXPECTED Lower River Road Districts Expected to Aid in Road's Completion LIU GEORGE IS PRESIDENT SETS QUCATION WEEK (Tiv Associated Tress. t CHICAGO. Oil. i;. Suffer- Ing from a cold aggravated by fatigue, Lloyd ceorce ;iau slight i Value of Educational System to Be Considered Between November 18 and 24 MONEY MUST BE RAISED Before Government Will Co operate It Demands Assur ance There Are Funds to Insure Completion temperatures today, causing the doctora to order him to bed and cancel all engagements for the day. He hopes, however, to apeak tonight at the Interna- tional Amphitheater at the stockyards. His secretary, Sir William Sutherland. In a atate- ment aaid, "We feel that with the example of Presideut Hard- ing and President Wilson before us we are under a heavy re- sponalbility to care for Lloyd George's health, lie hag been called upon to make many more speeches than expected and with much of the tour left we must be careful. IMPORTANCE STRESSED That through the consolidation of road districts in the lower limpquai river district and the voting of a i special tax the county court hopea to complete the Koseburg-Keedsport highway, waa the statement made to day by County Judge George Qulne. Under a law, passed by the laat legis lature, the county court. It is stated, has the right to consolidate dlstricta for any particular purpose. This consolidation made for specific cause doea not interfere with other dis trict activities, and except for the main project the district boundaries remain unchanged. Each dtsttct can carry on Ita own local work the same formerly, can work out local prob lems, .vote special taxea for work with in the district and can' function the same as in former years, and is af fected by the consolidation only in the way of voting a special tax for that purpose. There still remains approximately three and one-half miles of road to be completed the approximate coat of this aectlon being estimated at about 1175,000. The government haa agreed to match the county to the ex tent of $65,000 on this .section, but before spending thia sum demands assurance that funda are available to complete the wore. t : In order to be in a position to ad vise the government that the work will be finished, the county court must obtain funds from some other source. I'nder the new law seven districts have been consolidated and are being asked to vote a special tax, which it is estimated will raise approximately $40,000. The county will use enough of the market road money then to finish the contract and the road can be completed next year. It Is understood that there has been some opposition to the proposed tax on the grounds that the consoli dation would take away the rights of the districts to do local work and would efface the road district boun daries, throwing all of the region Into one large district. Judge Qulne states, however, that each district retains its boundaries aa formerly E! President Coolidge Says in Proclamation That Knowl edge and Freedom Go Hand in Hand (ITnlted Press.) OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 17. 4 The flood waters from the North 4 Canadian river which took a toll 4 of two lives and caused five mil- lion dollars damage in Oklahoma City, swept downstream, threat- 4 Oenlng smaller cities. The overflow here receded and many of the 15,000 persons driven from their 4 lowland homes when the city res- 4 ervoir broke, were able to return. 4 STEAMER CLRREMQS.T nrniinn itp nnnnrn The week from November 18 to 24 haa been set aside by presidential proclamation aa National Education Week and throughout the entire country the attention of the cltliena ,r llm nation will he directed to the Ij i importance of tho educational sys tem. Ill BeillllK waiutt hub ncra iui observance. President Coolldte haa issued the following proclamation: From Ha earliest beginnings, America has been devoted to the cause of education. Thia country was founded on the ideal of ministering to the Individual. It was realised that this must be done by the insti tutions of religion and government In order that there might be a prop erly educated clergy and well train ed civil magistrates, one of the first thoughts of the early settlers waa to urovide for a college of liberal cul ture, while for the general diffusion of krowledne, primary schools were established. This course was taken as the necessary requirements pf en lightened Bociety. Such a policy, once adopted, has continued to grow in extent. With the adoption of the federal Consti tution and the establishment Of free government in the states of the un Inn. there was additional reason for broadening the. opportunity for edu cation. Our country . adopted the soulhern Appalachian coutrlea, the extension work of the colleges and universities, the provision for teach ing technical, agricultural and me chanical aria, have marked out the path to a broader and mure widely diffused national culture. To Insure the permanence and continuing im provement of such an educational policy, there must be the fullest pub lic realisation or Its absolute ne cessity. Kvery American citizen Is entitled to a Uberal,education. With out thia, there la no guarantee for the permanence of freo Institutions, no hope of perpetuating self-government. Despotism finds its chief suit port In ignorance. Knowledge and ireedom go hand in hand. In order that the people of the nation may think on these things. It is desirable that there should he an innual observance of Educational Week. Now. therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge. president of the United States, do hereby proclaim the week beginning on the einhleeth of November, next aa National Education Week, and urge ita observance throughout the country. I recommend that the state and local authorities co-operate with the civic and religious bodies to se cure Its most general and helpful ob servance, for the purpose of more liberally supporting and more effec tively Improving the educational fa cilities of our country. In witness whereof, I have hereun to set mv hand and caused the seal of the United Slates to be affixed. Doue, in the City of Washington, thia twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord, One Thous and Nine Hundred and Twenty-three, and of the Independence of the Unit ed States, the One Hundred and Kbrty-elghth. (Signed) CALVIN' COOLIIKJK. (Seal) hy the President: (Signed) CHARLES K. HUGHES, Secretry of Slate. BANDIT TRAIL GETTING Ii Abandoned Car Found in Vancouver Similiar to One the Murderers Used FIND IMPORTANT CLUES University of California Able to Deduce Important Clues From Gun, Overalls and Other Articles (Ily Associated Press.) PORTLAND. Oct. 17. The steam er Claremont, disabled off the Col-1 principle of self-government by a free umbla river late yesterday with a (people. Those who wore worthy of broken steering geiir, sent a. radio this morning that she was proceed ing southward with a Jury rudder and is In no danger or need of as sistance, a o W1LLBE HALTED!: . I,., nf l.ul,ttf nl UeiUK lien wriw iv.miij.t , .... ucated. Those who had the duty and responsibility of government, imisi recesaarily have the education with which to dlschargo the obligations of citizenship. The sovereign had to be educated. . The sovereign had be- i come the people. Schools and uni versities were provided Dy tne van- i ous governments, anu tounueu anu fostered by private cnarity. unui lr buildings doited all the land. Willingness of the people to bear burdens of maintaining these in- I stltutlons, and the patriollc devotion or an army of teachers, who. In many leases, might have earned larger In- I conies In other pursuits, have made with d. Hut It haa only nt nrnserntinns!""'8 In oll"'r Pursuits, have r involving ?he " l'"''le 'mpllsh results ..?.!.. 'Vm which we may well be gratified (By AssnelaiMi Pre. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. A score or more of govemme with war fraud cases construction or caiuiniieni wmi . , . and can 'proceed with road programs ; probnbiy be halted as the result of a I ,, , b(, in exacuy uw m . "; decision yesterday Dy reoerm u observed the evidences I??. ZriltVZTSta ?atr of te8t rCm ,0t l broadening ".ion of the whole i.ju . ....-. " "-j'.C'i 'o lamp jMiei .... I educational system.' This has in allow tne roan . - "--i ' rl,.ded a recognition that education lower river uiBinti iu uu uuwucu , . M , . next year. I vote practically all available funds tol must Until the lower half of the oua hiKhway is finished, the cou court does not like to undertake the' cultural section may new project up the river anu win ae-i and deveiopeu. not end with the period oi Ump- the completion of the highway down, school attendance, but must be given ounty the river in order that the rich agrl-! every encouragemei- thereafter To ;e the' cultural section may be opened iip.lhis end the nlrht schools of tho clt- GARBAGE PILE KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 17. The skeleton of an infant was found yes terday morning in the sagebrush near the old Junk pile on the old Ft Klamath rnsd bv Sheriff Ixw, Dep uty Sheriff Cosad. and Phillips Mots-j chontiarker vesterday morning. The I remains were in a large wooden to bacco box and partially covered by a tiny shirt. The body had been wrap ped In a large curtain. On the bot tom of the box the following mes sage was Inscribed In pencil: "Ood . bless our little dsrllng. Mother and Dsd." h A .L - , nf the tlnv body raL '.r"n1 jut that i did not;,.''?.'T." .rr.t,; h.H been .bout i liiltcd Proas.) PORTLAND, Oct 17. Warning of another storm brewing off the Alaskan coast was sejit out hy the district weather office here. The fair weather which followed the gale of yestnrdnj will be short of duration, (he predic tion read. North Pacific vessels were told to prepare for a second wind snd a heavy sea. perhaps greater than that of yes terday. The first vesnel to cross the mouth of the Columbia liver since late Monday came In this morning. Sever al other ships which remained out a' sea during Tuesday's storm are ex pected to come In today in advance of I he new gain reirted i advancing southward. YREKA, Calif., Oct. 17 The fugitives suspected as the Siskiyou tunnel bandits are headed toward Crescent City according to a message telephoned here today from Medford by Chief Special Agent O'Connell of tht Southern Pacific Sheriff Breen aaid O'Connell told him the bandits had been teen aeveral timet on the Waldo-Crescent City trail. EUREKA, Calif., Oct 17 Practical- ly the entire western district of the Klamath National forest ia surrounded by armed posssmen, searching for the three men believed to be the Southern Pacific bandlt-murdtrera at Siskiyou week ago. A force of railroad spe cial agents arrived this morning and joined the Dei Norte and Hlmboldt county offloera In the search. - VANCOUVER, Wn, Oct. 17 A pos sible clue to the Siskiyou train rob bers, waa found In a alx-pasenger au tomobile abandoned here Saturday, two daya after the holdup. It bore a Washington license and fitted the description of the car aeen near tht tunnel after the holdup. 8peclal Agent P. E. Kelly of tht Southern Paciflo found tht car num bers filed off the aamt manner aa tht number waa filed from tht revolver found at tht scent of tht holdup. Ht expressed belief that tht robbers used the car found here. He aaid, ."The trail la getting hot." . An overcoat with a pistol In the pocket waa found on the street here laat night, loaded with attel nosed bullets which killed the tnginttr and fireman on tht train. ATTEMPT MADE TO fb"Ut the Tnnrrf' K... 'u.-J P"0 mow. Vv unci. ,.J n,. ."" 't for' month and Mn't she told her father Plans. Lucille then was I MJ' u,1 " P" over." re.ll. i " nrt ,n,n tnt ev "fo It and of course 1 did ',Z What II Iti Aa tt I :,r"b:,ore, re' pother, my father would hurt then . , . . "f her '.?'u"'a ln Mht Uiey BeT.r fn,,r riava old when it died. There is nothing to Indicate whether It died a natural death or otherwise, al though the sheriff is Inclined to be lieve that the child died naturally and waa placed there by Its parenta. Mo tscheai backer, who was hunting ln that vicinity during the week end saw the cigar box. and caught a glance of what was within through the awollen box. He reported to Sheriff Low. N. I. Towey. assistant coroner, brought the box and body to tho coroner's office this morning. There are few cluea which might ''.h the identity of the infant. Only a few bones and the skull of the smal skeleton had withstood the '"on"' the elementa. The coroner u. f"- sue an Investigation, however, as possible. , as fsr iw the ninoilllllllL M' luum ui I Along the Concrete " hMW ; if .y.'fLS-5Zr-i TAW ff 'iA . i'-T :-; 11 V 1 .ATI V ii ii , 7 aT A. at m I vJ i uj l: .n . .. MEDKOUD, Oct. 17. An attempt waa made on Sunday evening to burn the Merlin school bouse, a single story and basement structure, but ow ing to the early discovery of tne f lames and the energetic work of vol unteer firemen the building was saved from destruction. At about 8 o'clock In the evening Mrs. Grank Kusled, who lives about a block north of the school, discovered the blaze, and while she wi nt to call neichhors her husband went to the scene and with others succeetled 'lr putting out the fire befiire miah dam age waa ntised. 'The fire was rlearl) of mrendlary origin, coal oil havlna been poured on the woodwork around the basement window on tne norm This oil hsd run down onto the supply of wood piled In the basement and the flames, which had been kindled by the nid of dry fir shavings, ate Into the pile and burned through the false flooring above the wood Pile. The dam age amounted to only shout l", due to the fact that the fire was seen soon afler It had been set. No cluus have been discovered. SET OFF JUI JUJUlMir fAsso. Intel Press t AI.IIANY. Oct 17 limiting of the burglar alarm of J. W. Umafa gener al store at Peoria near here at 2 . . . .. . , ,mnA thm rvlfl. Orioca mis nio-nins i-m,- ..." xens who rap'urea to mm names of Hnbert llriire 1 and W. It. Hodge of Waterloo. A third man es raped In the midat of a hall of bullets. The rompanlon said his name wus Carl Smith. Chief of Police Back Chief of Police 1. S Ketch, who has hen anendlnir the Dsst few dsvs It Portland, where he went with Maur Ut Smith, a deserter from the marine corps haa .returned to this city hr resumed his official duties. 8AN FRANCI8CO, Oct. 17. Import ant facts pointing to tht Identity of tht bandltt who robbed tht Southern Pacific train a week ago, and killed four man, wert deduced from tht gun, overalls and otner articles oy E. O. Helnrichs, University of caut- ornla criminologist, it was announced thia afternoon. The txhibitt wtrt found at tht scene of the holdup and sent to Helnrlcht for txaminatlon. Bo yound tht fact that important cluea hat) been secured, tht naturt of tht findings wert unrtvtated. Piatol la Examined MEDKOUD. Oct. 16. Establishment of the ownership of the 45 calibre re- . volver found near the entrance of. tue Siskiyou tunnel while the attempted . hold up wbh in progresa IhsI Thurs day noon, was the chief aim of tho authorities working on tbe case today. The weapon, from which the nunr ber had been filed off, was sent to a gun expert of the Oakland, Calif., po lice department, in an effort to see If a microscopic examination would not aid In revealing tho numerala. The pistol was found by Rear tlrakemsn O. H. J. Ilenjamln of Ash land while the attempted rohbory was In progress, and while Benjamin wsn on his way to the Siskiyou station to spread the alarm. Postal Inspectors sorting and check ing tho damaged mall in the wrecked mall car, expect to finish their work todsy, and announced that In accord ance with governmental policy, no public statement would be made of the loss. A posse left at noon today for an other eurvey of the tunnel, where the robbery occurred, and to Inspect other tunnels In the Slsklyous. to which evi dence points, as being first considered by the banulls to stage their crime . There were no new developments the laat 24 hours In the search for the Siskiyou tunnel murderers and train robbers, but neither the Southern Pa- Iflc railroad, nor the federal author ities are eparing expense or effort to bring to Jmtlce the tigerish slsyers. More agents of both are scheduled to arrive today, to assist In the solution of the daring crime. Sheriff Terrlll and party spent Mon day afternoon combing the hills and canyons of the Slsklyous, with Its isolated homestead cabin and caves, as fHisslble rendovous of the bandits. The object of this Is to locate the place where the hamllla reduced the dynamite Into nltrogycerlne, known as "soup." The cabin whore the gun nvsacka weiej creosoted to thwart the piimult by bloodhounds, was located Sunday. Mails me Jones, a clairvoyant of con siderable Jackson county repute, an- andlnotinced today that she would offer Imr J her physic talents In the running in. hi. absence officer lieorge down of tne Danmta. .Manama jone ! 1 I D.tth has been serving on the lorce. (Continued on Tago 3.) 1. :