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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.)
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