Roseburg news-review., January 12, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW MONDAY. JANUARY 12. 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. 2S9 OP THE EVENING NEW
KLAMATH
IN
WES
FALLS
COMPLETE- CONFESSION AFTER
SEVERAL HOURS OF GRILLING
Posse Closing in on Lonely Cabin Where the Actual
Slayer Is Believed to Be Hiding Two News
paper Reporters Are Real Heroes
of Thrilling Capture.
DEAH OV LUNNON
A BIT FOGGY
DONTCHER KNOW
(Aenrlited Pm Laad Win.)
LONDON. Jan. 12. London la
again fogbound. Th worst Tog In
' many yeara yesterday caused a
numoer of street accidenta and
otne deaths. Traffic atopped al
most entirely. Scores of omnl.
buaea were parked along tha
curbs.
There were numerous collisions
between buaea in w hich passengers
were injured. One bua waa over,
turned.
The fog In aome placea waa Im
penetrable for more than two
yarda, and lamps or flarea were of
little uae.
An airplane with passengers left
France in bright sunshine, but up
on nearing London found the land
invisible. The pilot picked up the
airdrome by the tops of the radio
masts which pierced tha fog aone.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Jan. 12. How two
Klamath rails newspapermen, commissioned as special H" 'nded safely, but the passeng
state agents by Governor Walter M. Pierce, made an! vSwlE MSfiXJSl
arrest and obtained a confession concerning the killinc! " took the airdrome staff some
lannarv A f n C.:l : .L iL r "5 i time to locate the machine.
j so.ai n-ivauii ui me roDDery or a cara
room, was revealed here today when officers arrested
two men and held them under a charge of first degree
murder.
A posse is now closing in upon a lonely cabin in
which the alleged actual killer , is reported to be hidden
and other officers in this city are searching for two other
members or the gang named in the confession which the
newspapermen obtained from John Taylor, 26.
Taylor is the son of a pioneer family of Jackson
county.
The two men who arrested Taylor and obtained his
confession, are W. H. Perkins, news editor of the Klam
ath Falls Evening Herald, and Tom Malarkey, a reporter
for the same newspaper. Perkins is also Klamath county
correspondent for The Associated Press.
One hour after the newspaper
0F; KANSAS
TODAY WITH
E
men had obtained Taylor's signed
confesHion, in the presence of Dis
. trlot Attorney William Ganong, Sim
Pate was in the county jail charg
ed with murder It was Pate, ac
cording to Taylor, who plotted the
robbery wJiich ended in the murder.
It was Pate who procured the guns;
tt was Pate who induced the other
accomplices to join In the robbery;
and It was Pate, losing his nerve
at the crucial moment, who re
mained at the door, refusing to en
ter the gambling house, leaving his
pals to enter and complete the rob-
' bery.
It was on Information procured
by the newspapermen that Pate
was first taken Into custody for
questioning Saturday afternoon. He
underwent a severe grilling, but
waa released from custody early
Saturday evening.
Working Independent of the sher
iff's office and other peace authori
ties, the two newspaper men, to
gether with Fred Morley, ex-con
stable, who was employed by them,
dug up evidence early last Satur
day afternoon.
Denied special commissions as
deputy sheriffs by Sheriff Burt
Hawkins, who scoffed at the idea
that they could aid in solving the
crime, the newspaper men got Into
communication with Governor Wal
ter M. Pierce at Salem and Induc
ed Ihim to telegraph them special
commissions as state agents, to
clothe them with the authority to
make the arrest.
With these telegraphed commis
sions tucked away in their pockets,
Perkins, Malarkey and Morley be
gan a wild all-night ride over the
mountains to a lonely ranch house
In the Applegate country, 12 miles
west of Jacksonville and 95 miles
from Klamath Falls, where, shortly
after 1 o'clock Saturday morning
they routed Taylor out of bed and
placed him under arrest.
He accepted his arrest as a mat
ter of course. All through the long
ride, through Jacksonville, through
Medford and back up Over the Cas
cades with the little car bucking
the snowdrifts, he chatted easily
with his captors, apparently uncon
cerned over his capture.
A 8 o'clock Sunday morning the
quartette arrived In Klamath Falls.
Desiring above all things to keep
the story for their paper, the news
papermen took their captive, not to
jail, but to a hotel, where for 12
hours he blandly withstood their
questioning.
Finally William Ganong. district
attorney, was taken Into their con
fidence and the prisoner removed
to his office. Here he remained ob
durate for another day and night
laughed at all attempts to wring a
confession from his lips.
Finallv. at midnight, closeted
alone with Perkins, he suddenly In
quired the calibre of the bullet
that bad klled Erirkson. Learning
that a bullet from an automatic
had caused his death, he suddenly
acceded to Perkins Insistent argu
ments and said he would confess.
He told of how they had plotted
the crime In a bootlegging drive; of
how they had sought to Induca a
certain underworld character to
join them in their outlawry; of how
the man's wife fashioned masks for
them and fitted them to their
heads after her husband had reit
erated his determination to "go
straight;" of how they had staged
the robbery and of the so-called ac
cidental slaying of Erickson; of the
wild dash in a small touring car
from the Bcene of the crime to the
snow-carpeted hills north of the
city where the division had been
made.
And then he told of the remorse
which came over him as he lay that
night In his hotel bed tossing and
tumbling In his sleep after he learn
ed mat trickson had been mur
dered.
After his story had been poured
Into the ears of the newspapermen,
Taylor relaxed and said he was
ready to make a signed statement
Malarkey, District Attorney Will
lam Ganong and his deputy, W. P.
Myers, were then called Into the
office by Perkins, when the story
was again told with the district at
torney serving as his own stenog
rapher. when the notes had been
transcribed a few minutes later,
Taylor, still possessed of the Iron
nerve and cold demeanor, took the
district attorney's fountain pen In
fingers which did not tremble and
signed his confession. According
to Jackson county authorities, Tay
lor had been a model youth until
he Joined forces with Sim Pate sev
eral months ago. It was then, of
ficers said, he started bootlegging
and moonshinfng operations and
got himself embroiled in minor dif
ficulties. Now and then he would
return to his brother's farm In the
(Continued from page 2.) I
PARIS, Jan. 12 Three rear end
train collisions occurred In Paris
railroad yards today during one of
the worst fogs France haa ever ex
perienced extending in a broad
atrip from Calaia to Paad, with Par.
ia Included In the wide territory
cover.. Nine persons were slightly
hurt In one of the collisions and in
all three the tracka were torn up,
causing interruption to service.
In the streets of Parla traffic
proceeded at a crawl, with many
Jam.
ANCIENT STATUTE FOUND
(AaoctatMl Preei Leeaml Win.)
NEW YORK. Jan. 12. A marble
head of Augustus Caesar, lodged in
hard clay under the Hudson river.
waa drawn up recently by a war
department auction dredge, it was
revealed today and will be exhibit
ed In a Fifth Avenue gallery.
The head Is of carrara marble
and weighs 60 pounds. The nose
and rims of the ears were broken
and the neck and chin were
knocked loose in Its passage
through the suction pipe.
It is thought that the head might
have been brought here about two
hundred yeara ago by sailors, us
ing it as Dallast,
(AsoeUted Tnm Uastd Win.)
TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 12. Gov
ernor Jonathan M. Davis of Kansas
personally appeared in court here
today to answer to warrants sworn
out by County Attorney Tinkham
Veale, charging him and his son,
Russell, with accepting a bribe.
The bond for each defendant was
set at $1,000 and a hearing was set
for Friday, January 23, at ten o'clock.
Governor Davis had not decided
whether he would attend the In
augural ceremonies this noon for
his successor. Governor-elect Hen
S. Paulsen. He had prepared a
brief address to be delivered as
retiring executive but his attorneys
differed In advising whether he
should attend.
The text of the warrant says:
Jonathan M. DaviB and Russell
did intentionally and knowingly
conspire together and did assist,
aid and abet with each other in
the receiving and accepting of a
certain bribe.
It further stated that Jonathan
Cute the case.
; The action la based upon evi
dence of witnesses who listened la
aver a telephonic connection In a
Topeka hotel last Friday to a
conversation during which. It is
alleged, Pollman paid the govern
or's son 11250 upon the delivery of
a pardon. Pollman had been at
liberty on parole for two years
and would have regained full cit
izenship automatically on April 1
next He was convicted of forgery
and was paroled by Governor Hen
ry Alien,
Accepting a bribe Is punishable
under Kansas statutes by a fine of
irom J2U0 to .1.000 or imprison
ment for from one to seven years,
or both.
The complaint was agreed upon
ana dratted at a conference in the
TODAY IN WASHINGTON
(Aeuciatrd Pnm Lceard Win.)
Senate and house meet at
noon.
Senate resumes considers-
tion of Muscle Shoals leglsla-
tlon.
Special house committee In-
vestigatlng the shipping
e board resumes hearings
Associated contractors of
America open three day con-
vention with reception of del-
egates by President Coolidge
at 'he White House.
President Coolidge's agrl-
culture commission reachea
e point of drafting recommenda-
tlona for executive relief of
the cattle industry.
.
THREE MEN KILLED
IN BIO EXPLOSION
(AencUtnl Pre Leutd Win.) e
LONG BEACH. Calif., Jan.
12. Three unidentified men
are dead and 18 are seriously
injured following a terrific
boiler explosion in the new
plant of the Southern Call
4k fn,.la V.ll.nn -AM........ . V. i A
IftEi"' ?!!'" L I moving One of The T injured
men Is unconscious and could
at which County Attorney Veale
and his assistant County Attorney
-elec Helm and his assistant and
Captain W. Smith, assistant at
torney general were present. It was
at first decided to charge the do-
M. DavhTas governor of
NEW WOMAN FASCISTI
CAnorlated Ftm Imd Wire.)
ROME, Jan. 12. Mrs. John Ad
ams Drake of New York City was
received yesterday by Premier
Mussolini, Mrs. Drake expressed
such enthusiasm for the Fascist
cause that Slgnor Mussolini au
thorized her appointment as the
first woman Fascist.
Mrs. Drake Is president of the
American Free Milk and Relief for
Italian Society. Her work both In
this country and Italy was honored
by the Italian government and
Pope Pius, by whom she was re
ceived In private audience.
SEVEN BURNED TO
DEATH IN HOME FIRE
(Aenrlatrd Fnm Uued Wire )
CALDWELL, N. J . Jan. 12.
Two women and five children,
negroes, were burned to death
when fire destroyed their two fam
ily houses near here today
did accept and receive by himself
and by one Russell Davis S 1250 un
der a certain agreement between
his son and Fred Pollman; that the
opinion, judgment and action of
the said Jonathan M. Davis would
thereby be influenced in this re
spect to wit;
That he, the said Jonathan M.
Davis would nardon one Fred W.
Pollman, who had been convicted
In a court of this state of an of
fense against the laws of the state
of Kansas In consideration of the
payment of $1250 to the defendant,
Jonathan M. Davis and Russell Da
vis as aforesaid.
TOPEKA, Kans., Jan., 12. -Jonathan
M. Davis, governor of Kansas
and his son, Russell, 28, were
charged with soliciting and accept
ing a bribe of $1,250 In payment
for a pardon, in a complaint sworn
out here today by Tinkham Veale,
county attorney,
TOPEKA, Kans., Jan. 12. Upon
his last day In office as governor
of Kansas, Jonathan M. Davis
today faced arrest along with his
son, Russell G. 28, on charge sot
soliciting and accepting a bribe of
$1250 for pardoning Fred W. Poll
man, banker.
County and state officers at a
conference agreed yesterday that
warrants would be sworn out and
served on the governor and his son
before the Inauguration exercises
at which Mr Davis would re
linquish his office.
Formal filing of charges would
be welcomed as an opportunity
"to clear bis skirts," Mr. Davis as
serted.
I do not believe there Is suffi
cient evidence to justify the filing
of a charge," he said. 'However,
if they want to file, let them come
ahead."
Ben S. Paulen was to be In
augurated governor today, County
Attorney Veale also retired. The
new county attorney, Paul Heinz,
ceptiug a bribe" but it was found
that a supreme court decision had
determined that It was now un
lawful to solicit a bribe.
PROBE LIQUOR CHARGES
(Aenclated Preea lessM Wirt. I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Arous
ed by published charges of liquor
drinking by members of congress,
Representative Tillman, democrat,
Arkansns, urged the house today
not to dignify them by authorizing
an investigation to determine their
truth.
BANDITS KIDNAP MAN
(AMncUttd Vreat Leaied Wire.)
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Jan. 12
Four men early today kidnaped
Nathan A. Bellls, 21, manager for
Katz drug store down town.
while he was driving home, took
him to the store where they forc
ed him to open the vault, stole
$12,000 In cash and escaped. Bcl
lis reported to the police.
U.
not be Identified.
The blast according to com-
pany officials, when a new
boiler recently completed and
Inspected was steamed up.
THIRTY-THIRD SESSION OF
OREGQN LEGISLATURE FORMED:
GOV. PIERCE GIVES MESSAGE
Senator Gus Moser Is President of Senate and Represent
tative Burdick It Speaker of House-
Taxation and Law JLnf orcement
Stressed by Pierce. V
REFUSE DECISION
(AancUted Pros Leufd Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. The
supreme court today refused to
pass upon the right of Warren
Worth Bailey, democratic candi
date for congress from the twen
tieth Pennsylvania district, for a
recount of ballots.
KOREA HAS BAD WINTER
fAMOcieted PreM Leased Wire.)
TOKIO, Jan. 12. As the Intensi
ty of winter In Korea Increases,
more than three million persons
are reported suffering from a fam
ine, according to word received
here today from The Associated
Press at Seoul.
Zenra reports received at Seoul
Indicate that more than 50.000 ex
treme cases of starvation exist In
that district alone. The peasantry
is attempting to stave off death by
living on tree bark roots.
Government relief measures are
SUPREME COURT wholly Inadequate, it is Inevitable
MAKES A RULING tho correspondent reports that the
sune ring will increase with the ad
vance of winter.
o
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. The
states have no authority to compel
a private carrier by motor vehicle
traffic to engage in public traffic
for hire, the supreme court decid
ed today in a case brought by the
Michigan public utilities commis
sion and others.
UPHOLD LABOR BOARD
CHICAGO. Jan. 12 Federal
Judge Wilkerson today for the
second time upheld the right of the
United States railroad labor board
to compel witnesses to appear and
testify before It. Counsel for J.
Maguire, the defendant, local chair
man of engineers on the Chicago
and northwestern railway repre
sentative of the brotherhood of lo
comotive engineers. Indicated they
wno issued the warrant, will prose-1 would appeal
LOS ANGELES WELL GROOMED
(AieoolitH Prree Leaftfd Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12. Los
Angelea men will be unusually
well groomed this week If the Na
tional Association of Dyers and
Cleaners has Its way. In opening
Its eighteenth annual convention
here today the association supple
mented the program of speaking
and discussion with a free clothes
pressing service. By putting razor
edges on the public's trousers.
gratis, the clothes pressing exhib
ition Is expected to serve double
purpose of demonstrating to dole-
gates the latest cleaner's equip
ment, while spreading among by
standers the propaganda of fre-
qnent cleaning and creasing
OFF TO A FLYING START - By BERT Q. bates
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(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
SALEM, Ore.. Jan. 12. The thirty-third session of the)
Oregon legislature was organized here today v i'h Senator Gua
C. Moser of Multnomah county, as preaident of the senate and
Representative Denton G. Burdick of Deschutes county na
speaker of the house. Neither had opposition.
Senator Jay H. Upton or Bend, who waa president or the
senate at the thirty-second session was named at a caucus last
night to call the senate to order. Ordinarily thia duty falls to
the oldest member in point of service, but this was Senator
Moser, who is to be president, so Upton was named.
Immediately upon the senate a call to order by Upton,
Senator Dennis nominated Senator Ritner as temporary chair
man and he was chosen. John P. Hunt of Wood burn, waa
elected temporary chief clerk, being nominated by Senator La
Follette of Marion.
As a commtitee on credentials, Temporary President Rit
ner named Senators Garland, Klepper and Johnson, Garland
having moved the appointment of such a committee.
uiarKe or Multnomah, moved the
appointment of a committee on per
manent organisation and Clark,
Tooie and Magladry were named.
Aa a committee to wait on Chief
Justice McRrlde of the supreme
court, Taylor, Eddy and Staples
were named, and after a short re
cess the chief justice was escorted
to the president's stand and ad
ministered the oath of office.
The decks were then cleared for
permanent organization. . Senator
Corbett nominated Moser for presi
dent and his election followed. John
P. Hunt was elected permanent
cnier cleric. Miss Elizabeth Braun
assistant chief clerk, the latter on
nomination by Banks. Albert D.
Goddard of Pendleton was elected
calendar clerk and M. D. Hardesty
of Seaside, reading clerk. Colonel
W. G. D. Mercer was again elected
sergeant-at-arras and chaplain on
nnminaUon by Magladry of Lane
and on nomination by Eddy of
Douglas,. George Wlllett of Cottage
Orove was chosen mailing clerk.
Thomas Bruce was elected door
keeper. None of these offices were
contested. '
President Moser appointed Sena
tors Strayer, Magladry and Miller
a committee to notify Governor
Pierce that the legislature waa or
ganlzed and ready to hear hia men
sage which It was believed, would
not be reached before 2 o clock
m. After the reading of the message
President Moser expected to read
bis committee appointments.
Senators Upton, Eddy and Rlt
ner were named a committee on
rules. W. F. Drager, veteran clerk
of the house, called that body to or
der and Miller of Umatilla, county
moved that the house proceed to
elect a temporary speaker and chief
clerk.
North of Multnomah county, nom
inated Melndle of the same county
for temporary speaker, and he waa
elected by acclamation.
Hammon of Clackamas county,
and Woodward of Multnomah coun
ty, were appointed aa a committee
of two to escort the temporary
speaker to the chair.
Gordon of Multnomah, nominated
Drager for temporary chief clerk
and he was also elected by acclama
tion. McCalllster of Marlon; Mott of
Clatsop; Cramer of Josephine;
Hunter of Union and German of
Multnomah were appointed by the
temporary speaker as a committee
on credentials.
As a committee on permanent or
ganization, Temporary Speaker
Mlendle named Rushlight, of Mult
nomah; Hamilton of Deschutes;
Wheeler of Lane; North of Multno
mah and Frod of Harney.
The house then recessed for ten
minutes in order to give the com
mittees an opportunity to meet and
report. Following the adoption ol
the report from the credential com
mittee Carkln of Jackson county
moved that Chief Justice McBrlde
of the supreme court be Invited-ki
administer the oath of office to thr
members and Carkln and Hsrr
mond were appointed aa a comn
tee to escort the chief jusUce wiU
In the bar of the house.
After the adoption of the conrmft
tee on permanent , organlzatlo
Hamilton, of Deschutes, nominated
Burdick for speaker, and Gordon of
Multnomah county seconded the
nomination. Burdlck's election waa
unanimous and he was escorted to
the chair by Hamilton of Des
chutes; Gordon of Multnomah and
Buchanan of Benton. .
The house then went Into exe
cutive' session to nominate the re
maining officers to make up the "or
ganization. Moser received 28 of the -30
votes for president of the senate.
Joseph voted for Senator H.
Brown of Marlon, and Moser
himself, out of courtesy, voted
for Corbett.
Corbett placed Moser In nomi
nation. He mentioned that the
senate haa before It much Im
portant business and that In Se
nator Moser was a young man.
though old In evirience. highly
capable of handl.i..: the work In
an effective and efficient man
ner. He called attention to Mo
wn long legislative record. The
nomination was aeconded by
Eddy and Klepper.
"Senator JMoser" aald Eddy,
haa the ability, experience and
poise neressary 'or this high po
sition. But." he added humor-'
ously, "I feel that I ought to be
perfectly frank with this senate
and take all of you Into my con
fidence. I want it distinctly ua
derstood that I am to be one of
the powera behind the throne-rone
of the 29 powera."
Senator Klepper spoke of his
personal admiration for Moser
nd declared he felt certain he
would acquit himself with cre
dit to himself, the senate and
the state.
After the vote Temporary Pre
sident Ritner appointed Klepper
and Flsk to escort Moser to tha
chair.
That I am deeply and sin
cerely grateful for this high
honor, Is needless to say." re
marked Moser upon taking the
gavel. 'This Is not a time for
peechmaklnr and I will be
brief. I think we are meetliur
today under most auaplecloua
conditions for a profitable ies
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