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Consolidation of Th Evtnlng Ntws and The Roteburg Rtvlsw.
VOL XXVII. NO. 65 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW TUESDAY. JANUARY 20. 1925.
VOL.XIL NO. 266 OP THE EVENING NEWS
5UHCU.l RECORD DRY
LIEMCElOREGON
REVEALS OFFICIAL HARDSHfPS
Unsympathetic County Officers Impeded Governor's
Clean-Up Campaign Moonshiners Carried on
State's Payroll Unexplained Checks to
Anti-Saloon League Head.
(Aaaoclatrd Prm Leaaad Win )
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.,
Jan. 20. Prohibition Investigating
committee lavl night in the closed
session following Its open meeting,
derldtd to have all meetings in ex
ecutive session during the inquiry,
with the exception that public
meetings will be announced from
time to time.
Newspaper men will be Invited
to attend all executive sessions,
but on the condition that they are
to make public only such matter as
the Investigators designate.
It was explained that the reason
cor this Is that the committee is
unwilling tor anything to be public
that would be contrary to public
policy or that might hamper the
state prohibition department In
the enforcement of law. This will
apply, for one thing, to the names
of operatives of the department.
An Invitation was sent to the dis
trict attorneys of the state to ap
pear before the committee.
W. J. Herwlg, superintendent of
the Oregon anti-saloon league de
clared today that no investigations
made by the league In any way in
volved a United States senator or
any other federal officer.
The committee will meet tonight
and the records of Mr. Herwlg will
be perused.
To Aid Market Roads
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore..
Jan. 20. Public hearing on the
house bill which would amend the
present market roads law will be
beld by the Joint committees of
roads and highways at four p. m,
Thursduy, according to announce
ment made by Representative Ford
chairman of the house group and
author of the bill. The measure
would give the highway commis
sion closer supervision over market
road construction in that county
engineer on a market road Job
would have to be approved by the
tommission.
More systematic laying out of
market roads through the various
counties of the state would be pro
vided under the measure. A main
tenance fund for repairing market
roads after once constructed would
be provided. i
Measure In The House
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 20. The
house committee on medicine and
pharmacy today reported in favor
of house bill 45 by Woodward,
Multnomah county, providing for
physical examination of children
In the elementary schools of the
state.
House bill 38 providing for re
peal of the six and five tenths mill
limitation In taxation In school dis
tricts of more than 100,000 was re
orted favorably by the committee
on assessment and taxation. The
measure was Introduced by the
Multnomah county delegation. It
Is designed for the relief of Port
land school district number 1. A
number of new bills were intro
duced at the morning session.
Representative Peirce. Coos and
Curry counties, has prepared a bill
which would limit a trailers' catch
on the Rogue river to two salmon
e, day. Sportsmen have compUln
ed that the commercial fiBhermen
who work nets at night descend on
the river to troll or to sell their
net caught fish to tourist fishermen
Tax would be levied on tax ex
empt securities on their inherit
ance under terms of house bill 70
Introduced this morning by Germ
an, Multnomah county. The rate
NEEDED FOR
rlaanrlatnl Prm Let 4 WIr )
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Thomas
A. Edison came out today with a
few simple Ideas for gun elevation
of American battleships at little
expense and also for getting work
out or tne navy a personnel.
Gun elevation could be obtained.
he said, at little expense by adop
tion of the Paravane principle.
The Paravane, he explained, was a
flirt nf lateral rudder or fin. by
which a battleship could be tilted
to alter the range of the guns,
much after the principle used by
submarines in diving or coming to
the surface. The IH.r.OO.rtoo sought
In the naval appropriation for gun
elevation, he regards as needless.
"A pound of mercury for each
ship, used with the apparatus, will
do the trick." said the Inventor.
He added that his plan bad been
would range from 1 to 12 percent,
depending on the amount Inherited.
The property qualification for vo
ters in school elections where tax
ation or bonding measures are to
be acted upon would be removed
by house bill 75 Introduced this
morning by Woodward, Multno
mah county.
Senator Staples today Introduced
a bill to do away with constables
in Multnomah county and place
all their work under the sheriff's
office.
Another bill introduced by
Staples today provides 15 a day
compensation for appraisers of es
tates.
Daily Grind of Bills
STATE HOUSE. Salem. Ore..
Jau. 20. The senate yesterday af
ternoon passed over the veto of
.last session the Dunn bill exempt
ling estates left to charity from ap
plication of the income tax. The
bill has special application to the
estate of Dr. Bernard Daly who
left a million dollar estate to pay
the way of young men and women
of Lake county through Oregon
colleges and universities.
The bouse adopted a. joint mem
orial calling upon Oregon's delega
tion In congress to ask for a three
cent a pound duty on cherries im
ported into the United States.
Bus and truck lines operating In
Oregon would be placed under the
public service commission and sup
ervised in about the same meas
ures as railways under house bill
No. 69 Introduced by Representa
tive Oakes, of Malheur, and Swan,
of Linn county. The bill fixes
rates paid to the state for use of Its
highways on a basis of mileage,
weight, and with relationship of
cost to the small car owners. It
would mean a total of between 10
and 15 per cent tax on the gross
income of bus and truck lines, ac
cording to Swan who points out
that the railroads of the state pay
ing the least contributes around 24
per cent in taxes.
The fact that a person was arm
ed with a revolver or pistol and did
not have a permit to carry the
same would stand as prima facie
evidence of Intent to commit a fel
ony under house bill 63 introduc
ed by Lonergan, Multnomah coun
ty. Finances Discussed Secretly
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.,
Jan, 20. The ways and means
committee held its first meeting or
the present session last night and
began its deliberations by barring
newspaper men from attendance.
This resulted directly from the
statement of one member that he
was going to make some drastic j
remarks on appropriations of state
institutions. Senator Deals made
tne motion to exclude the news
writers.
Governor Pierce appeared before
the committee and mentioned some
of the appropriations that be con
siders of most Importance, these
Included (41,000 for the conduct
of his office, 1100.000 to complete
the new state training school at
Woodburn, between $50,000 and
6110.000 to convert the old training
school Into a reformatory, 6200.
000 to build a new wing for the
eastern Oregon insane hospital,
funds for an industrial building at
the state ho9jltal in Salem and an
appropriation for new buildings at
the childrens farm home near Cor-
vallls.
The committee approved the
W OFFICERS
J, El
jsent to Washington and rejected on
I the ground that It would cause too
'much retardation of a ship in mo
tion. "Do vnn Vnnw what V. ...
needs down in Washington V he
laobnj . .
i M-y nncnt to nave a
fellow about six feet tall and with
a big taW BbOllt lph InMioa .rr.m
from somewhere out in a bark
woods county of Kentncky or Mis
souri for a civilian boss and make
'the navy officers work. You know,
the navy has good material, and
some fine fellows In It. but thev
,nuiit to have a driver to make 'em
work.
i ''I'm 7$ myself ni I work six
teen hours a day but. do you
know, I m almost djing of ennui
because I cannot git in more work
a day. '
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JAZZ GIRL SLAYER
MERELY FACES TERM
IN REFORM SCHOOL
(Aaaoclatad Prrm Lrasrd Win.) a
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.
Two more young guests at
the party at which Dorothy
ITingBon, 16 yer old matr.-
c!du danced 12 hours after
h j had shot her mother, were
urt'er arrest lodsy fj.ilug
thelrquestlonlng by the po-
lire last nit;: t. Tnty wre
fctrl' Kreuter, fv.'lug statutory
charges, and Catherine Moss-
man, booked as a ward of the
Juvenile court.
Dorothy Elllngson is sched-
uled to appear tomorrow
morning In Juvenile court for
her preliminary hearing on
the charge of killing her
mother. The decision reach-
ed yesterday to take her case
out of regular police court
channels will, it is said, prob-
ably result in her trial in
Juvenile court and a sen-
tence of Imprisonment lnare-
form school which will release
her In a little more than six
years, when she Is 23 years
old.
governor's request for an appro
priation tor his office, but cut off
si.uou, maKing me amount iu,-
800.
The governor said that out of
$35,000 allowed him by the session
of 1923 he had spent $34,995.
STATEHOrSE, SALEM, Ore.
Jan. 20. Sensation aplenty is
ion apieniy IS
Dromlsed bv the investigation ot
him Biiiirj ui uii tumuli uruu I I Ulflll
which began last night, but the
tioat nmr mav ha Koorrl hv tho,
comhiittee in executive session. L GENEVA, Jan. 20. Accusing
Some hints of what l to come l-0 Cec" of Chetwood of slander
were dropped last night. For;1"" the American people when he
mmnla Senator Hare naked wjalleged they were consuming more
J. Herwlg, superintendent of the
state anti-saloon league. If he neprraeniauve tstepnen u. rorter
could give the committee Inform-: of Pennsylvania today became the
ation about a conspiracy to trap,center t the most dramatic ses
a certain United States senator. jBlon In the International opium
The senator was not named. conference yet held.
"I can," aswered Herwlg. "andl The stern rebuke administered
will be glad to do so any time bv the head of the American dele-
you gentlemen want to Bubpoenalgatlon was followed by Lord Cecil's
me." Immediate withdrawal of his alleg-
And do you know aomething
about a gentleman named Weln- regret that he had been misled in
ateln " Hare asked. "! certainly to making an untrue statement.
do." Herwlg replied. I The conference had scarcely re-
He also said, he would be glad covered from the tension over the
to tell the committee a lot ot.Porter-Cecil incident, when it was
other things. "My cards are ou'aKan thrilled by Mr. Porter's ap
the table", he derlared. "Thepeai for the west to cease explolta-anti-saloon
league Is absolutely; tion ot tn8 ellgt opum anj by
committed to the state prohlbl- his solemn warning that the workf
non uepanmeni law.
He explained that the purpose!
of the department was to supple-! . umranim eni
ment the work of law enforce-ld't'Blr t" JmV h,s auJ .,0 be"
ment In those counties whoreic?u?e of Mr: ,Pr'er", P8ltln
prohibitions not well enforced.! chairman of the foreign relations
not In the counties where it is
enforced.
Kbtmnth and firant Worst.
Klamath and Grant counties'
came in for some rough
ment last night. Governor Pierce
declared Klamath county was ut- conference lontlnue to reveal con
terly without enforcement of the BideraDle -tation at the assump-
proniDltion law owing to tne (lon wnlrni acCordlng to cabled re
lack of sympathy upon the part In nimnn i a,h,., tn
of the county officials and that'tne pff,.ct tnat the mowing use of
he and Mr. Herwlg had paved, ,., and olner derivatives of
the way there by holding a series, optlm , , ijniteil Btates is due
of meetings with the result that , importation of the drug from
conditions are much better. Geo.
L. Cleaver said that when his
men went into Grant county,'
they found one ot the law
f tho law en.
lorrement onicers orunK.
After hearing Cleaver, Cover-
nor ntrruts, nerwi una iuepu
Holgerson, Polk county district
attorney. In an open Beseion, the
committee went Into executive
session.
The purpose of the executive
of the Investigation and to ar-'
range an orderly procedure it
The open meeting was called !
for that purpose, but did not suc-j.
were made and some difference
of opinion arose as to how the
body should proceed. Senator
Johnson stood Blone for sending
broadcast throughout the state
a call for anyone who had any
charges to muke against the pro
hibition department, and then
listening to the representatives
of the prohibition department
and giving them a chance to re
fute. All other members of the
committee were for first getting
the records from Cleaver, and he
was ordered ito produce these
forthwith. j
Cleaver's records and his re
port will be checked against re-
cords to be furnished by .the dls-
trlct attorney's association. The da at the trial of 12 Weehaw-
latter ha-e already been prepar-:),pn) policeman Indicted for pro-1
ed for 1 23 and Helgerson was hlbltion low violations, when two
requested to have them prepared: government dry agents testified
for 1924. These will show the that the senator had served as
amount in tines ana tne numoer
of prosecutions In each county,
for which the prohibition depart-'
ment Is responsible. Cleaver at
first objected to producing his
recoras or giving tne names 01
his agents without the consent
of the governor, declaring that
the governor la head of the de- 1923, he had given Senator Ed- cataclysm of Injustice."
partment. Hut he was Informed wards $3,800, which was to be
by chairman Garland, that the placed In escrow to he held for WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 Sen
committee would get them any- payment to Griffin for Scotch ator Edwards of New Jersey today
way. Cleaver said he would 00- whiskey to lie delivered to him. declined to comment on testimony
operate In any way he could. Griffin became susplcuoiis, given In court In Jersey City today
Cleaver declared that his re- the wltneo said, the deal did not bringing his nsme Ito the Wee
port was his opening statement ,0 through and the money was hawken rum scandal.
in the prob. I
(overnoi Pierre told the com
mlttee he wanted the most care-
ful Investigation to be made, as-
jertlng that "we have nothing to.
, ..,
PORTER CULLS
CECIL FOR SLUR
E
Charge That More Opium
Is Consumed Here Than
in India Resented.
BRITON BACKS DOWN
Bolshevism Fostered By
Exploitation Sharp
Jab Delivered by
London Press.
(AJSoclattd Man Wirt.)
GENEVA. Jan. 20. After to -
RIC1S
night's adjournment of the Jn.; implication oi income tax payments
temntinnni nninm pni,fon,.iHOI,le business men here have de-
Viscount Cecil told the press
r, ,,hiiMv ,. , j ...,. h
the present situation in the con-
ference critical and declared he
nni,i mn.. ho a,,,i,.
" " "V
P0' to aoousn opium smoKing
i - -
'ear8-
opium than the people of India,
atlon ae exnresBlni his nrofound
was threatened with bolshevlsm.
... . . ., ,
"""" " - "
.aeuutiiv.
British press Jabs U. 8.
LONDON. Jnn. 20. Scattering
treat-lcomment, Dy nrtsh. newspapers
on the .ublect of the Reneva nnlum
British India.
The Times today Insist that this
.m,i hin h
I -
l Is wholly unw
and that India is not the source,
i,h rfir,i .,f
'"; '
The Westminister Gazette yea-
' terday, similarly denying Indian
origin of the noxious drugs used in
(America and contending that Great
'Britain was Innocent of any part
, in the trade said:
"This Is the second matter upon
i which tho United States, being un
jable to enforce her own laws, has
""-njpted to restrict the liberty
of other peoples.'
-BETWEEN 111
(Aaanrlatod Preaa Iaanl Wire.)
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Jan.
20.
Senator Edward I. Edwards
nf New .Terser waa Ininllrnteri to-
dav in the New Jersey rum scan-
between bootleg liquor
buyers and William F. Griffin.:
alleged 'master mind" of the con-:
spiracy.
Charles Hurlburt, a general
prohibition agent under division-
l rhit u.rri,b i v vn,ii
tiirirf ih.. iv.nu. 11
returned. '
Lionel Wilson, another nt
corroborated Htirlburt's testl-
monr.
John Milton. prosecuting at-
noruey sam today, mat at tne(
ALLEGED SLAYER
T
) (Aaoclated Pna uwl Win.)
i MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 20.
Arthur Haufschild will be arraign
ed In district court today on the
charge of murder growing out of
the death of his 3-year-old son,
Ray, who died a week ago from
what has beeu ascertained to be
poison.
1 Haufschild was arrested yester
day ou a charge of murder follow
ing an investigation Into the death
of the child.
The child was heir to about 615,
000. left In trust for him by his
mother, who died In 1923. In the
event of the child's death, the be
quest provided the estate was to go
to Arthur Haufschild.
E
I
f Aaaoelatad Pna Uaatd Wit. )
! " ""iV Jan- Hlnce lnB
pay-
ments, out 01 an proportion to tneir
a,ctual neomrr. solely to boost
,',el,r "MU "cor,lln t0
Herkowltx, who is connected with
;h hni f Intornal revenue
-
This desire to boost credit, caus
ed some other persons to increase
their income tax paymeuts, since
publication of the figures, he said.
(AaocUted Treat Leunl Wire.)
MEDFOnD. Ore.. Jan. 20.
Safecrackers some time Monday
night entered the warehouse of
he Farm.Hureau Co-operative
Association here and attempted
to rob the safe. They knocked
the combination lock and handle
off the strong box but failed to
reach the money.
This I the third time in 3
years that the same safo has
beeu a target for robbers.
17-YEAK LAD SUSPECT.
(AiaocUtM Vrrm Ltunl Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 20.
Police today were holding Ueorge
Horn, 17, who they declared ad
milted robbing 20 homes in
Portland recently. They arrest
ed hfm when they found a cache
of alleged loot at bis home.
LAW USES LONG ARM
(Annrlatnl pn Wire.)
ELIZABETH, N. J., Jan. 20.
The police today announced that
a gun carrying suspect arrested
here Thursday, admits that he is
Ijohn K. Potter, who escaped
:, ..:', '. r.n. ur.n.
who escaped in
V " ".-.
Wash., where he bad been serving
. . .... -k-
"Vuh "J
blng a bank at Tacoma.
KAII.KOAI) .VKTKItAV DIK8.
(Aamrialnl Trem Lnurd Wire.)
ST. PAUL. Jan. 20. John!
at the Northern V
he'-e today. He completed
years continuous service
the rond this month.
vltll
BOOZE TRIAL;
IT NUY F
1 conclusion of the trial he would1
give verv serious consideration"!
to the question of presenting to
a Grand Jury the evidence Im-
pllcatlng SenaXor Edward I. Ed-
wards, offered In court today.
George Cutley, counsel for the
defense In his opening address
to the Jury said 'the present pro-
seeutlon was conceived In fraud
and Inequity," and ' bolstered Dy
hatred and malice."
Prior to the Federal prohlbl-
tion law he said. In this and in
other communities "were tran-
qull."
Pu
YEGGS PAY THIRD
VISIT IN A YEAR
Passage of the Volstead ActlTwo children perished and four
he asserted bad Introduced "m
The senator told The Associated
Preaa that he would reDlv In the
charges at the pror time and
added that any one who undertook
to quote him as commenting, did
so wholly without authority.
OPERATION OF
RAILROADS BY
0. S. IS COSTLY
26 Months Control During
World War Creates Bill
of $1,674,500,000.
FINAL REPORT FILED
Original Damage Claims
of Railroads Pruned
Heavily Without
Litigation.
(AancUttd Prm Inaed Wlal
.' WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Li
quidation of claims and counter
claims between the Federal gov
ernment and the railroads grow
ing out of the governments war
time control of the carriers has
been practically completed with
out litigation in any case, James
C. Davis, director general of rail
roads, announced today In pre
senting his final report to Pre
sident Coolldge.
With the original aggregating
t768.003.274 claimed as damage
by the roads taken over finally!
scaled down to
total credit of
1243.647. 19A for under-maintenJ
ance and other Items owned by! a crowd of more than two hundred
the government, the report! ex-service men. A delicious roast
showed, the government at thej tul"key feed was served by the la
same time collected $195,072,- t"a of the auxiliary, the meal con
295 for expenditure In excess of slating of turkey, dressing, cran-
requlrements, making the- net
cost of settlement (48,674,901.
Mr. Davis emphasised In his re
port that this settlement had
been obtained without a single
carrier going Into court on its
claims.
Mr. Davis calculated that the
m-.i . . !. ,
unci urfc i.vb( in mtj Buveriimviil
of Its war time railroad control
would be $1,674,500,000. For
the 26 months control the gov
ernment spent SI, 123, 600, 000
more than It took In as freight,
passenger fares and other in
come. The Interstate Commerce
Commission has figured that In
addition. It will finally cost
$536,000,000 to pay the govern
ment's guaranty of earnings
given the roads for the first six
months after release from feder
al control, while about $15,000
000, was said to be the amount
due short line railroads for de
ficits sustnlned by reason of the
governments control of the main
lines.
!4
(ABoclatrd Trna Lraatd Wire.)
VALE, Ore., Jan. 20. Bert
and Mellls Lawrence went on
trial here today charged with as
sault with Intend to kill. Ac-
inVif . iS.'.nii.i ed by ,he arani Jur' 'he Law-! Rudolph "I'zman and H. L. Epp
"'?,"; p ,7 irence Brothers caught Ralphi stein gifts from the post. Each was
Harvey near Ironside, which Is
30 miles from a railroad In the chnin as an appreciation for their
north part of Malheur county,! efforts on the membership team
and throwing a rope around his, which resulted In Umpqua Post
nerk and tossing the end over, making such a great gain,
a limb pulled him up until he The "circus court" which follnw
swung free from the. ground. "I was a riot of fun. With Guy
They are alleged to have held Cordon as "Circus Judge" and Bert
him there until his slruwles G. Bates as "persecuting attorney."
ceased, because of suffocatlun,!
then let him down.
1 ney repented this three times
according to the state's charges.
0
WOOL GROWERS ASSEMBLE
(Aanclatad Preaa Uaanl Win.)
HAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20
Wool growers from all over the
i nnen males were gathering here
today for the convention of the
National Wool Growers' Assocla-
tlon, which will open tomorrow,
The sessions will take up questions
of range, particularly grazing on
national forests, of marketing and
of tariff protection.
TOTS DIE IN FIRE
(AanrlaUd Priaa uri Wire.)
PROVIDENCE, II I., Jan. 20
other children were saved from
death by being hurled from a sec
ond story window In a fire here to
day.
0
Going to Conventlo
Sheriff Sam Slarmer will leave
tomorrow for Portland to attend
ins convention of sheriffs and
peace officers. He will remain un
til Sunday, and will also take In
the school to be conducted by Dr.
Llnville, federal prohibition direc
tor for Oregon for aw enforcement
officers.
HENRY E. DOSCH
BADLY INJURED
a) (Aaorlatal Prm Loan) Win.)
POTITI.AND, Ore., Jan. 20.
Colonel Henry B. PoscB, 84,
state commander ot the O. A.
R. and secretary of the state
board ot horticulture, suffer-
ed a fractured leg near the
hip yesterday when his heel
caught In a revolving door at
the First National Dank and
he was thrown to the side-
walk. He was taken to at
hospital.
POST
Feed and Social Occasion
Mark End of Mem
bership Drive.
"CIRCUS" COURT HELD
Members Pay Fines When
Arraigned Before "Cir
cus" Judge Stewart
Makes Talk.
The banquet held by Umpaua
Post of the American Legion at the
armory last night was attended by
berry sauce, mashed potatoes,
gravy, salad, pie a la mode, coffee,
bread and butter, and many other
delicacies. After the banquet Guy
Cordon, who presided, called upon
Commander E, n. Stewart, who ex
plained many ot the Important Is
sues to be brought before the Amer-
ican Legion oui-ina tne vear
- "" " " - -
ut. D1...1I umb jusl rtuuriicu
from Indianapolis where he attend-
ed the meeting of the national exe
cutive committee. Dr. Stewart is the
representative of the Oregon de
partment. He stated that one of the
biggest Issues before the organisa
tion at this time is the endowment
campaign, an effort to raise funds
to provide a steady Income for the
care of orphaned children and to
carry on the work of looking after
the needs of veterans and their
families. The legion will get square
ly behind this effort and expect
little difficulty In raising the need
ed amount
Ono of the main battles of the or
ganization will be waged around the
universal service bill, which Is be
ing presented to congress. A bill
which provides that In future wars,
that not only the manpower of the
nation, but capital and labor, indus
try and wealth will be conscripted
a well, and all of the nation's re
sources used In the fight Consider
able opposition to this measure la
anticipated from organised capital,
dui it la believed that the bill will
eventually be passed
O. M. Herrle, vice commander.
spoke briefly In appreciation of the
efforts that have been put forth to
make umpqua post the Uvest le
gion organization In the state.
Guy Cordon then presented to
given an attractive belt buckle and
legionnaires present were given
Sears-Roebuck fines varying from
64 cents to $2.98, and were kept In
a gale of laughter by the clever and
witty arraignments.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 20. The con
viction ot Arthur Covell, bedfast
(paralytic astrologer, who was sen
tenced to be hanged for conspiring
with his nephew, Alton Covell, mi
nor, to kill Mrs. Ebba Covell, was
affirmed today by the State Su
preme Court. Covell will have to
be taken back to coos county to tie 1
re-sentenced to death. Mrs. Ebbs
Covell, the murder victim, was the
wife of Dr. Fred Covell
brother
of the condemned man.
Alton Co
veil, the boy, wai found guilty of
doing the actual killing by suffo
cating the woman with ammonia,
and waa sentenced to life Impris
onment. Mrs. Covell met her
death September 3, 1923.
The supreme court also upheld
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OLDS
BANQUET
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS GON
ITIS OREGON MURDERERS;
COIIEIL PARALYTIC, MUST UK
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FERGUSON
DUCTED
INTO
GOVERNORSHIP
New Executive of Texas,
in Inaugural Address,
Asks for Team Work.
ADMITS OWN LIMITS.
High Ideals Voiced. With'
Pull Together Plea to
Further Progress
of the State ; ; ; ' ,
(AaucUtcd Praal Lnued Win.)
AUSTIN. Tex., Jan. 20. A iro.
man aits today In the seat of pow
er where since the birth ot Texas
only men have sat
A kiss bestowed on the state's)
oldest official bible, an oath to up
hold the laws, a promise to conse
crate her life to her state and Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson, of Temple.
Texas, became the first woman
governor ot the union's largest,
state.
The crowd pressing against the'
doors ot the house of representa
tives to see Mrs. Ferguson Inaug
urated was so great today that tha
governor's party could not enter
and the Inaugural waa delayed. Of
ficials In charge at noon were dis
cussing the possibility ot holding
the ceremonies In the stadium ot
the University of Texas. No one
could get in or out of the hall. At
tempts to clear the way within tha
hall so Mrs. Ferguson could enter
only added to the confusion. The
aisles were packed and every lnca
or floor space was covered. Spec
tators had commandeered seats set
aside for members of the senate
and refused to give them up when. .
that body appeared at the door ot
the house. Speaker Satterwhlto
tried In vain to make room to start!
the inaugural. . .
The lnvesture of the woman gov
ernor was a notable event A few
thousand of her fellow citizens
witnessed the simple. Impressive
ceremonies In the hall of repre
sentatives while from 20,000 to
30,000 stood outside.
0 great was the crowd attempt
ing to witness the Inaugural that
the governor's party was unable to
enter when it called at the door.
Six thousand persons jammed the
hall. Finally police reserves were
called and cleared a passage-way
so Mrs. Ferguson could get to tha.
platform.
As sbe came forth, Mrs. Fergu
son was greeted by a tumult ' of
noise and music. "The Old Gray
Mare" from Brownwood, which,
brought the mare herself Into tha
capltol, struck up "The Eyes et
Texaa are Upon You," as Mrs. Fer
guson, accompanied by her bus-
band, former Governor James il.
Ferguson, came out to the front ot
the paltform. '. .
Before "Ma took her seat the
band played "Put on Your Old '
Gray Bonnet."
Barry -Miller first waa sworn la
1 Lieutenant Oovernor. Then
Mrs. Ferguson, standing to the left
of Chief Justice C. M. Cureton.
with her left hand on the old Bi
ble which haa served for this pur
pose since the days of General
Sam Houston, took the oath.
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 20. Team-
work Is to be the motto of the Fer
guson administration, Governor
Miriam A. Ferguson declared In
her Inaugural address here today.
"Recognizing and freely admitt
ing my Inexperience In govern
mental affairs," she said, " I must
ask the advice and counsel of olh
(Continued on page six)
the conviction ot John Knight
Giles, of murder In tho second de
gree for the killing of a traffic of
ficer after Giles bad robbed a tend
er on the interstate bridge. His
conviction was obtained In Port
land about six years ago. The case
was appealed but Giles' attorney
never filed a bill of exceptions and
the case haa since hung fire until
recently set on the docket At the
time of the crime capital punish
ment was not practiced in Oregon.
Like Covell, Giles Is a student
though along different lines. He
he has delved deeply into phil
osophy and has embraced the doc
trine ot the superman. He was
sentenced to serve a life sentence.