AMMWWMMMl ClUCUVTION I WW I 0 4200 LEASED WIRE SERVICE F ' DOUGLAS COUNTY . q. , of The evening. Nswe and the ftoesburg Rtvlsw. Con' An Independent Newspaper, Published lor the Beet Intereet of the People. '. I. R0SEBUR0. OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1924. VOL. XI, NO. 296, OF THE EVENING NEWS. f : n n iimm o) In C o) c o) 5 r 4INAMAN CONVICTED OFMURDER lUIIUIM'" HIS PENALTY IN GAS nF NEVADA STATE PENITENTIARY ui i mi mm FIVE HE CARRIED P CHAMBER L uted for First Time in History of Country to Take the Life or a uonaemnea rruoner oemence or Russell Changed to Life Imprisonment . at the Last Moment LosON CITY, Feb. 8.-AI iz: i awards end doctors removed the of Gm ,rom ln """- hi bad been pronounced legally Miior D. A. Turner, an army .uert, was given the privilege of L H he could restore life to the Even now, more man xwo (i after death, I have more than Ln chance to restore life If you ptrmit," Major Turner told the La."l have hsd much experience Hydrocyanic acid gas esses and L pretty well whst can be done. Luriittd Prsa treated Wire.) tSSON CITY, Feb. 8. Gee Jon, utong slayer was put to death tais morning in the first leth- pi nwution In the history of fitted States, Official pnysl i ureed from obsertatlon kriivlndow of the stone death fcMr Ihat death ensued within Win and that It was paln- bur mlntes after the lethal gas tea introduced Into the chani- Qee Jon still was alive but he hot appear to be suffering:. Fhy- upreased tbe opinion that he lapsed Into unconsciousness In- I1T. it the end of six minutes physl- U observing him through the slow believed him dead. 'he Chinese was led Into the h chamber shortly after 10 a. m. epapermen acted as official fern: grouping themselves with hicians around tbe window of .the In which the condemned man trapped. e Jon was In the chnlr when arrived. Ouards reported he wept a little as he was placed e chair. Tbe captain of guards to him:: "Brace up," and after he disDlaved no emotion. rhen the gas was turned on be M his head and looked around u biasing sound of the liquid I irocvanlc icid being blown in from adjoining compartment of the it building. Then his head fell IM. 'It expression remained placid n the six minutes he continued breathe. Hla head rolled bach I tell forward periodically. The i al physicians were A. Huffaker, E. Hamer, and Major D. A. row, of tbe Vnited States Army ileal reserve corps. agreed that death ' ensued is an minutes. They withheld "r comment on lethal gas as a of execution pending more com ' 'laainstion of the body, buring the execution the witness ed smell the poisonous gas, ' H did not appear to have any rofol results or even bother any After the execution the chem- omered that SO minutes elapse ore the chamber was emptied of ' hot as hour passed before the Permitted to enter, the gaa was being pumped out or permeated the prison. . ADa PTATK Prison, Parson ret.. nee Jon. Chinese I slaver, faced d j the first eiecntion by lethal American hlfnr a'll last n'eht two men had been to die In this execution - -imi meeting of the state ot pardons It was decided, by tari Of 00Vennr QirH,h,M to silt , . . . ki-.. ." "nnnsonment tne r'""- or me other condemned . ...... nuneeii, an American f .,"10' wTlctd of killing his I V ,ndl,n lT th. v ro0, ,orn1 Justice M . . "uPfeme court bad tmpasloaed plea on be- kiu. b!"ln lne rr"- fc kl!t'r 0B th ford In the 14 t- f ,h ""y contended. Is i!?v 0!,t th ' p- r.L. h mw Russell kill I.A.' '' but ""H insisted wi ynt"rT asa that It was the mother " as tk. il.T i'tterdav is. . . - unirici juoge wno MlHtjBHFLOEi (Associated Press ssed ."ire) ALBANY, Ore.. Feb. 8. Ilorst Ruehllng. 2. sole survivor of the fatal dinner party here Saturday at which horae-pre- served beans, believed infected with botulinus waa eaten, waa reported recovering this morn- lng from illness which yesterday caused physicians to fear that presided at Russell's trial telegraph ed Governor Scrugham expressing doubt whether it waa a case of pre meditated murder. The governor concurred tn this doubt, while voic ing the belief that Russell killed the girl. The execution of Gee Jon waa set for 10 o'clock. The death cham ber was a little stone building In the prison yard. In which cells had been fitted for the condemned men. It was arranged for 'he Chinese to be strapped in a chair in tbe cell. The deadly gas. to be laporiced from a liquid solution of hydrocyanic acid was In another air tight stone compartment. Warden Denver S. Olckersoo had arranged for the wit nesses to view the execution through two windows. A rehearsal of the execution yesterday afternoon snuf fed out the lives of two cats In a time estimated at 16 seconds. A portion of the hydrocyanic acid was pumped In through the floor In the form of a fine spray. Tbe cats died, apparently Instantly and without pain. It was charged that Gee Jon and another Chinese now serving a life term, were sent from San Fran cisco by a tong to "execute" Tom Quon Kee, member of a rival tong. Quon Kee, an aged laundryman, waa shot down In his shop at Mlna, Nev ada, August 21, 1917. Gee'B accom plice, whose sentence was changed to life Imprisonment made a confession Implicating Gee Joif. but the latter denied he fired the shot. In the long legal fight to stave off the execution two appeals were made to the supreme court of the United States, on the ground that the leth al gas was "an unusual and Inhu mane" form of execution. The su preme court refused to hear the pe titions. Danger to spectators in the lethal gas execution at the state prison here today was seen by Major D. A. Turn er, U. S. A. Medical Reserve Corps', as be prepared to take charge of the medical details of the event. Major Turner said that be would, "If granted permission" endeavor to revive Gee Jon, the Tong slayer who waa named as the subject for tbe first lethal gas execution In the state. Warden Denver S. Dickerson, grant ed this permission. The Malor ex Dressed the opinion that lethal gas was not uniform, and wanted to demonstrate It. The hy drocyanic acid used in tbe execution. be exDlained. it may often De revivea by' science. The warden would not discuss the probable reviving of the condemned man. He said that ell medical arrangements would be left to the rjhvsictan. Major Turner planned to enter the leath riimher with a gas mask as soon as possible after the gas Is ad mitted. He said he had revived other men subjected to this kind of gas. Major Turner did not predict that th man would be revived but said that he thought the experiment should be msde. nr a vtuffaker. the orison phy sician, arrived later to aid Turner In his offieal capacity. The condemned man was reported to be bearing up better than was anticipated as the death procession prepared to start. he would meet the same fate as the other eleven present at the family reunion. A tele phone report this morning from the Ernst Relta home, ' near here said the boy was appar ently relieved. (Associated Press Leased Wire) Late today reports on the con dition of Horst Reuhllng were not so favorable as those first received this morning. At noon It was stated that his recovery was doubtful. After Many Hours All Persons Who Were Swept Away on Huge Ice Floes ' Reach Land. ELKS VOTE TO BUILD CITY PARK To Purchase Farquahar Island Site for Construction of Municipal Playground. FLEEING TO COST 20 THOUSAND mmediate Expenditure c $5000 to. Be Made in Pre liminary Step for Im provement of Park. The members of the Elk's lodge last night voted to purchase and Im prove the Farquahar Island site, be low the Oak street bridge and convert it Into a public park and playground. The immediate cost of this step will approximate an expenditure of five thousand dollars and before tbe pro ject Is completed a sum of $20,000 will probably have been spent. The offer of sale on the property has been up for consideration before the city and It was understood last night before the vote was taken that in the event the lodge did not accept the proposition the city council would doubtless purchase the site. However. when' the matter was put to vote It received an unanimous affirmative Twenty Person Have Narrow Escape When Ice Bridge Breaks Up. ALL ACCOUNTED FOR (Associated Press Leased Wire.) QUEBEC, Feb. 8. All of the 20 persons whose lives were endangered yesterday by the breaking up of a mile long Ice bridge across tbe St. Lawrence river, escaped, the auth orities said today. Five persons who floated for hours on tbe drifting Ice and who were believed to have been lost reached shore in safety. The missing -men and women were seen floating off in the darkness on a huge slab of ice. The ice craft, carried up-stream by the incoming tide. It is" believed, may have car ried its human freight to a point where the five could reach solid Ice connecting with tbe shore. Four of the missing persons are Mlsa Jeanne Gagnon, 21 years of age, of Lauzon; two sisters, named Halle, 20 and 23 years old, resi dents of St. David, a nearby village and P. Coutre, 32. l'o of St. David. Tbe name of the Mfth person, a man, could not be learned. At least 14 men and women were saved, mak ing their way to shoro over the crumbling ice. The flve three women and two men were not definitely accounted for by the searchers until after 11 o'clock today. A peculiar accident was responsible for their salvation. The Incoming tide sent tho Jagged block of Ice on which they kept pre carious footing, upstream to a point whore the St. Lawrence narrows and la spanned by the Quebec bridge. Tbe narrowed straits Jammed the ice together for a few brief minutes and tbe quintet jumped to the shore across tbe careening floes. 1 IS PUT INTO USE (Associated Prans Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, Feb. 8. The crip- I 1 . 1- 1 1 .1 1 ... i-BAn4 ).va t)iu , 7iii. i ,i,i i yieu vuuuifu 9 cuni.n u u aim iu & a. u.vo ,Bu u tuv.r lagt ,, of tne tat9 legislature, tentloa of Immediate action. . ,,, , , , p,,. The Improvements to be made will ,an(, Uat , h( whrn ,be ,,chool toard Include everything from the construe-1 recelved report of tne committee on ul """6 "v "'education with a partial list or enp tbe land and tbe installation of play ground adjustment. Tbe lodge felt that the step they have taken was justified from the standpoint of providing some suitable amusement facilities for the children of this city. The bridge will be the first con struction work to take place and will cost It Is planned to put In a bridge capable of supporting five tons PORTLAND, Feb. 8 Provoked by the Indifference of his wife. Louis A. Oswald. 40 stabbed her twice, then left their borne In Blairmonre. Alberta. , . He waa arrested here late last nlrbt on a telegraphic warrant from Blairmonre, charging him with at tempted murder. Oswald signed waivers of extra dition Immediately following his ar rest. o County Commissioner Edwin Wea ver spent the day In Roseburg. at tending to matters In connection with 1 his office. at present and later for heavier traffic. As soon as tbe land can be properly cleared steps will be taken to put in a modern children's playground. All the equipment which la usually used ' in this sort of thing will be Immediate ly Installed and the playground open ed to every child of the city.. Another Important Item in the im provement -work will be the opening up of an athletic field for use by the schools and city athletic teams. A baseball diamond, football gridiron and tennis courts will probably be in cluded In this project. The trustees of the local chapter will have direct charge of all tbe Im provement work. It Is announced that pled children entitled to tbe benefits of the act The law Is the first of its kind passed la tbe United States. It pro vides that crippled children who are unable to leave their homes shsll re receive instruction in their homes teachers under direction of the city school system. The local achool dis trict has set aside $1431 for the BROKE COLLAR BONE (Associated Prvss leased Wire.) LONDON. Feb. 8. The e prince of Wales broke his col- lar bone while exercising one 4 of his hunters at llillington Manor, near Ascott this morn- lng. 4 The prince was putting his mount over a fence when the horse fell throwing his rider heavily on his shoulder. Tbe prince got up and was remount- 4 lng with difficulty when his- equerry said: "I believe you've broken your collar bone." "Yes, I have," Wales replied. An express train, which was 4 stopped at Lelghton Buazard to lake the Prince on board brought him to London before noon. After receiving further surgical treatment, he returned to St. James Palace and went to bed. PUBLISHER OF PAPER GIVES TESTIMONY NEGROES DIE IN T S PRISON BEFORE SENATE GOMMITTEE Tells of Aid Given Leo Stack to Enforce Contracts Henry Ford Expresses Confidence in President Coolidge's Ability to Handle Situation Walsh Assails Secretary Denby. . Five Murderers Die in Electric Chair as State Inaugurates , New System. ONE WARDEN , QUITS New Prison Officer Throws Switch When Former War den Resigns Rather Than Be "Killer." (Associated Press Leased Wtrs.j WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 The names of 8llss H. 8trawn of Chicago and Atlee Pomerene of Ohio, to be apeoial counsel for tbe government In the oil lease cases were sent to the ssnats to day by President Coolldge for eonflr. matlon. , The nominations were forwarded to the capitol after the president had signed the Walsh cancellation resolu tion. In attaching his signature, however, he appended a memorandum taking exception to the language of the preamble which declares the leasee were made In violation of the law and under circumstances Indicat ing fraud and corruption. In a messsge of notification aent to the aenate Mr. Coolldge declared that In signing tha resolution he ex pressed "no opInlorPwIth reference to the facta which purport to be found In tho preamble of the resolution." (Aasoclatad Press Leased Wlra.) - WASHINGTON, Fob. 8. After a disagreement of its members over the trend taken by the oil Inquiry the senate oil committee decided to hold for Monday Its examination of William O. McAdoo. a larger bridge; work In Its 124 budget. E CHANGE IN NUMBERS faaoolated Preaa Lasiaad Wlra.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. Secre tary Mellon, ancwerlng another of the acrles of chsrges made In the general bond duplication contro versy by Charles II. Brewer, depsrt ment of justice sttorney, declared . ., Jii,.....n.. In Ivna and .'.), actual work will start as esrly In the number, on ,ome Dond. w ou spring as I. possible, plana an J u numbering ma- speciflrations being In the making t, hlnB ,0 , burellll of ngravlng the present time. , eqalpment aur(g the war. When the Mayor Rice waa present at the meet-rugh o bond ,,,., forced the bureau lug last night when the vote was ; aSTiog tbe war to expand Its equip taken en the matter and assured the!m(,nt iU(jdenly. new machines had to lodge of bis hearty support. He stated i be purchased and the treasury was thnt an effort would be made to put In! unable to oMaln machines of tho in a big trunk-line sewer to connect ' tame construction as those in use. with all the sewage pipes along the o river and to carry all city waste to' The gouthern Pacific company hes points below the curve In the river. ,tatloned a flaernan at the Oak The action of the lodge assures thel sirwt rrosning on account of the city of an Improvement which has! heavy traffic at that rolnt. This Is been neeesssry for a long time and an excellent tnn on the part of 'he real action Is looked for on the part, company as the danrer of passing of the order. tralra to tbe traffic was very great. (Aaaociated Press Leased Wlra.) HUNTSVILLE, Texas, Fel . 8. While Walter Monroe Miller, new warden at the Texas penitentiary here was officiating at the electro cution of five negroes early today, the former warden, R. F. Coleman, peacefully slept at hie home here be cause he chose to follow the dictates of his conscience. He resigned tbe post of warden last month when It became known Ibat he would have to act as execu tioner In all death sentences In Tex as. The state was searchod for a successor. Miller, former sheriff of Jobuson county, finally was decided upon. He accepted lu time to as sume his duties, which presecrlbed that he shall throw tbe switch at all electrocutions. "It Just couln't be done, boys," former Warden Coleman told news papermen. "A warden can't bo a warden and a killer too. The ponl tenliary is a place to reform a man not to kill biiu." Rut with Warden Miller, It was different. "Its a case of duty with me," he said. "I have banged several men while I was sheriff and to touch tbe button or pull the switch of sn el ectric chslr means no more to me than pulling the lever of the gal lows. At any rate. Its more humane the chair." Coleman Is now proprietor of a ho tel here. Ho had been warden for ten years, but his torms did not run consecutively. The five negroes were to be executed for murder. A last minute effort was made to ssve tbe life of one of tbe negroes. Melvln Johnson. An hour's stay of execution clemency was granted by t.i-n CnrnmluHinDfir Walter Sayles In order' to allow E. W. Love, his attorney, to get In telepnonic com munication with ActlDg-Governor T. W. Davidson. In sn sttempt to ob tain a reprieve. It ratieo. The other negroes executed Tere Charles Reyaolds, Elwell Morris. George Washington and Mack Math ews. The five negroes were the first condemned men to be cloctroculed In Texas. The law changing the legal mode of Imposing the death pena ty bv banging paswd at the last regular session of the state legislature. ; Com ti Portland Mr. B. W. Mates. Mrs. Brt O. Pstes and Mrs. J. F. Dlllard left this i morning for Portland In the formers ear to remain several dsvs. Mrs. B. , W Untce. who has been In Portland , for several weeks will return with I them. (Associated Press Leased Wlra.) I WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. William O. McAdeo will be heard by the sen oil committee Monday. Appearing at his own request he will explain fully his professional services with the Dobeny Oil com panies. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. James O. Lewis, one of the geologists employ ed by the committee in Investigating conditions at Teapot Doiuo, protest ed in a memorandum read to the committee against suggestions which he said had been made by Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana. He in sisted that when he accepted em ployment by tbe committee his "mind was open," with regard to matters under investigation and that be was free of prejudice which would have disqualified him from undertak ing the work. Frederick O. Bonflls, publisher of the Denver, (Colorado) Post appear ed as voluntary witness to tell of his efforts to assist Leo Stack to en force a contract Stack had wltb the 1 mid-west and other oil companies supposed to own acreage In the Tea pot Dome reserve before it was leas ed to Harry F. Sinclair by former Secretary Fall. "Mr. Stack claimed they had leased over bis head," aald Mr. Bon flls. "I entered Into a contr-t with him to help hliu enforce bis rights. The ! agreement was that Mr. Stack was to get the first I50.OU0 and tne re ru.lnder was to be Uivlded 46 per cent to Mr. Stack, 23 1-4 per cent to me, 23 1-4 to my partner and 7 1-4 per cent to my attorney, : II. H. Scbwartx." I There were rumors about the Sin clair lease, the witness continued which led him to send a reporter, ! Mr. Stackelbeck, to New Mexico to ! investigate. I "He brought back a shocking and astounding story." Mr Bonflls said. ! "It was one we hesitated to believe, j Ho was aent back to make further ' Inquiries snd wss csutloned not to I reveal his Identity berstise there might be great danger of bodily harm ! to him." The witness said that arter Mars I elbeck returned. It was decided to j publish series of articles In the ; Post. The first appoared on Auc ' ust 25, 1922 and copies were sent , to members of congress. The lease ! was attacked, "by analysis and i theory" he continued, and later Sen 1 ator La Foil-tie. rept Mlcan. Wis., ! Introduced his re.iolntlcn calling for ' an Inquiry.. i Mr. Bonflls said J. W. Zevelv. personal counsel to Mr. Sinclair, call ed on him In Denver to discuss the I matter and finallv Invited the wit ness, his psrtner. Stack and Schwartb ' to go to New York to see 8lnclslr. I "When we arrived there," he said, (Continued en page eight.) "Mr. Sinclair aald rather brusquely that he did not know why we came ' to see him, that our suit waa against tbe Mid-West and allies companies." "You have filed suit then?" asknd Senator Walsh. "Oh, yes. Suit has been atarted. against the Mid-West," was the reply. Mr. Bonflls told the committee that subsequently there was a meet ing at Kansas City at which a con tract was drawn. Under this the Sin clair Interests were to pay $250,000 for the stack rights and give those Interested In the Stack caae 320 acres in the Teapot Dome oil reserve. This money actually waa paid ever by the Sinclair people, Mr. Bonflls said. "Under the agreement," the wit ness said, tbe Sinclair oil was bound within 14 months which will expire March 15, next, to repurchase the 320 acres at a cost of 760,000 of the holders desired to sell. Doheny bad been much interested In Stacks' efforts to obtain the Tea pot Dome leases, but had suddenly for some unknown reason withdrawn. . After the varioua oontracts enter ing Into the original claims and set tlements had been read into the rec ord. Mr. Bonflls said Stack had an agreement with the Pioneer, Belgo and other companies to sell their claims In Teapot Dome to anyone he could get to buy them. He added thnt he thought tbe original plan also callod for Stack to seek a lease from the government for the whole Teapot Dome flold. Senator Walsh wanted to know ' what qualifications Stack bad to the lease. "He was prominent politically and socially In Denver," was the reply. "He ran for congress on the demo- , cratlc ticket, and had been here In Washington for some time with the Mid-West crowd and I think he had a good many qualifications for do ing this work." "Just what was It you were to do in the matter?" asked Senator Walsh. "I was to sea If we could not get some value for his contract. It was reported to my attorney to be a val id and valuable contract. 'Mr. Stack, v In spite of the contract, had been swept aside by the larger interests who were going to repudiate any ob- ligations to him." Referring to what he said waa tbe sudden withdrawal of Doheny from offers to get the Teapot Dome field, Mr. Bonflls said after both of these reserves hsd been leased, one to Sin clair and the other to Dohenv. "It looked like there waa some reason why Mr. Doheny Tiad thrown him (Stack) down and tbat there might be an agreement between these two oil kings, that one would take Tea pot Dome, and tbe other the reserve in California.". Before the committee adlourned until itomorrow, Mr. Ilonfls said that he had turned over to sen ator Walsh the report and evidence of "what Mr. Stackelbeck had found In New Mexico." The story was cut short by ad journment of the committee, whose members hurried to tbe senate cham ber to take part In the debate on the Denby resolution. Senator Walsh said before closing that It showed conclusively tbe unfitness of Secretary Denby to act as secretary of the navy. "Out of his month. Is he con demned." Senator Walsh ssid. "He had every opportunity to defend his acts and has failed to act. "A reat crime bss been committ ed. The very structure of otir gov ernment rests upon it foundstlon in view of the revelations made In con nection with It. There la but one way to restore that confidence which Is Indispensable to its stability and pernetul'y. namely, to visit upon the perpetrators the punishment Justly deserved. von willing, my colleagues, to I turn back these properties Into tha j keeping of Fdwln Denby? I am not. Are you willing to condone the flag rant falth!eines which has char acterized his administration of his j great office as revealed bv own i tatlmony before you? I am not. Are j you content tn let him down easy. i lest his senstniuties d orrenaea or