CIRCULATION 5 .r
Anrtge tor the month of Septem
; her. 1923: '.M r V
Ciadaye only ........ . ... .8173
1 1 Daily and Sunday ....... .5502
In the City of Calem
- and elsewhere la
' Harloa and Polk Counties'
Nearly everybody reads
TIfE OREGON STATESMAN
- The. Ilome Kewtpaer - "
mm
SEVENTY-THIRD YEAH
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1923
"PRICE five CEirrs
siEtras
A-
For Second Time Kansas
C 1 1 y Castaway Drives
Giants to Victory With
uigamic uiout
RECORD-BREAKING
' CROWD SEES GAME
Babe Ruth- Walked Twice,
Singles Once and Whiffs
Another Time
'- NEW YORK. Oct. 11. (By the
Associated Press, i Cast perm
nently. it would seem. In heroic
mold.' Casey Stengel "Casey the
inmortal" smashed the f New
Tork Giants : to victory with
tome run drlte this afternoon for
t&e second time In three days ot
rtcoTd-breaking world's aeries
strife with the Yankees.
Lashed Into the right field
bleachers ot the Tankee stadium
lit. the seventh Inning. Stengel's
tlow broke up a hurling duel be
tween Art Nehf. southpaw star ot
the Giants, and "Sad Sam" Jones
of the Yankees, and rare "the
world's champions their sufficient
margin in a brilliant 1 to 0 trl-
. Drama' la Stirring '
The greatest throng that ever
paid its way into a baseball arena
55,000 frenzied fans massed
la the gigantic enclosure while
33,090 more swirled about the en-
t" rif.ft outside, saw Stenrel Ha-
L. :r the climatic blow that gave
j cia Mcuraw ana nis warriors a
2 to 1 adrantage in the most
s Irring basehn fims ot all
All world's series records for
tv -dance and gate receipts were
t ttered by that vast gathering
ia 1 1 ssiall's -greatest -am phitbe-
ter. " Actual paid attendance was
2,439, besides; 3,000 more? who
dii cot go through the turnstiles,
while the total receipt j were
1231,072,,, putting the three-game
figures beyond 1500,000 and prac
tically assuring for 1923 the first
cHIion dollar championship in
history. The r paid attendance
crcke the former record of 60,
211. established In a double head
er at the stadium late in the reg
cl r season, while the .gathering
ai a whole has but one superior
la size', la baseball, that Of a
i rxlmately 70,000 that witnessed
t: j dedication of the big struc
t:ra last spring. ;!
, Bow-Lrggrd, Lion-If earted
For a day; Stengel had stepped
t t or the limelight while Babe
r.ntlt rose to the pinnacle of famd
:a two circuit clouts that swept
t a. Yanks to victory in the sec
c ! game ot the third successive
t .3 straggle between these! Goth
an rivals, -.( .. ji .
Dut today "Old' Casey'J bow
1 isd but lion-hearted, j knew
:3.1a the call to glory that was
1 when his ninth, inning j home
rea gave ,the Giants their first
triaaph and again he answered
113 summons, u
Perhaps the setting today wax
ret so dramatic as In the first
caae, but Jht; mattered not to
Ccsey, for the result was just as
Active and gare to the veteran
a record that has no renewal In
world's series annals the feat of
waning; two games with two home
rc-s in a single contest. IM near
rt approach is the mark of
"Home Ran" Baker, - who woe
two games for the old Athletic
ia circuit blows, -but itt separ
ta Beries1911 and .
Pipp Again ' Injured
And so, stripping to its essen
tia the classic of 1923 In which
lae run punch o far has played
monumental role, the, score
'ands: " Stengel," -two Tlctories;
r.-ta, one. : : v " y- i- V.,
It was a heartbreaking .setback
fcr Jones, melancholy moundsman
r! the Yankees, who pitched ever
t : re brilliantly than did hU
-thpaw riral, Nehf, in triumph.
too. it was doubly disastrous
(Continued on page 8)
THE WEATHER
ItEGON: Fair;
LOCAL WEATHER ;
(Friday) "
'azlmum temperature, 74:
-islmum temperature, 43.
-rer, 1.1, falling..'
iafalU none.- . - '
' iosphere., - clear. vT? )
:1, northwest A " "
if
J
: "Giants 5 ;
AB B H PO A E
Bancroft, ss .'.3 0 0 2 6 0
Groh,, 3b ..J.4 0 0 1 6 0
Frisch, 2b .v.1.4 0 2 5 4 0
Younf, rf ...L4 0 0- 2 0 0
E. Meusel, If 4 0 0 1 p 0
Stengel, cf . .13 1 1 1 Q 0
Kelly, lb ...'.3 " 0 0 10 0 0
Snyder, c : . .!. 3 0 ; 0 5 0 0
Nehf, p . ....1.3 0 10 10
Totals,. . . . 31 1 4
' Yankees
27 15 0
AB R H
.4 0 1
PO A E
3 0 0
Witt, cf ....
Dugan, 3b . .
!.4
1 3
u
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
r 1
0
0
1
' 1
1
0
0
0
0
1
4
5
8
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ruth, lf-lb .
R. Meusel, If
PlPP. lb . . .
.1.3
:U
.14
.1.3
.'.2
..1
Mil
.Co
Ward, 2b . .
3 ,0
0 0
4 1
2 0
Schang, c . .
Scott, ss . . .
Jones, p ... .
Haines, rf . .
Hoffman . .
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bush, p
Totals ... .31. 0 6 27 9 1
Batted fori Jones In eighth.
: jTwo i base : hits. Dugan. Home
run,; Stengel. ! Double plays, Ban
croft, Frisch8 I to Kelly; Jones,
Scott to Pipp; Frisch, Bancroft to
Kelly. Left on 'bases, Yankees 7,
Giants 5. Bases on balls off, Nehf
3. off .Jones 2. Struck out : by
Nehf 4 (Jones; Witt. Ruth, Ward;)
by Jones three (Nehf, Bancroft,
Groh.) Hits off Nehf 6 in 9 Inn
ings;, of Jones 4 in 8 Inn
ings; off Bush 0 in one. inning.
Winning pitcher Nehf. Losing
pitcher, Jones, Umpires, Nallin at
plate. Hart at first, Evans at sec
ond, O'Day at third. Time -of game
z hours 7 minutes. ;
I .. -t.iV. i
BRITDrJ THRILLED
Lloyd George Speeds Thru
Canada to Keep Appoint
.. ment at Winnipeg
ON BOARD, LLOYD GEOROE'J.
SPECIAL TRAIN, Chapleau. OnL.
Oct,' 12. (By
Press.) On 'a
- i
the r ' Associated
1400-mile jump
from Niagara; Falls to Winnipeg.
Lloyd : George c war-time , premier
of Great- Britain, in i his tour ot
Canada today went through a re
gion little removed from prlmi
tire wilderness. ' Passing on his
special train to the north of Lake
Superior, he made' a tew stops at
isolated points where the log
house is still used and where big
game ' is plentiful.3 At Hudson
Bay company points Indians were
conspicuous, drawn up in silent
lines ; beside the train. - The for
mer premier enjoyed the experi
ence to. the full, with its fascir
nating scenery of woods and qpiet
lakes.' , . i ? :':', -
"It is like passing through . an
endless picture gallery by a first
class artist," he said. "Why there
should he slums in Europe when
there la so much wealth here, I
don't know." .
Peter B. Kyne. the American
novelist, has left the party after
having joined, it atNew York to
assist In the making of . arrange
ments, especially In the United
States. Although, there has been
no official word concerning a dis
agreement, it is understood that
Mr. Kyne left of his ! own will
when ' he and , Mr. Lloyd George
were found to hold different views
on the question of some speaking
arrangements in the United State.
Lloyd George will leave Winni
peg Sunday afternoon for Minne
apolis. " . ; '';."..
Tl
LOST if! i
Men. Believed Drowned Near
Reedsport Search Be- ;
ing Made for Bodies
REEDSPORT. Or". Oct. . 12.
Charles Snell of Reedsport, Char
les Small of, Marshfield , and an
unidentified man were believed to
day to hare been drowned on Ump
qua bar while attempting to enter
the Umpqua rlfer in a small pow-
boat on their way from Marsn-
fiM to Iceedaport. - The ooaxs
and gloves of two men have been
fodnd near the lighthouse at the
mouth Wt the Umpqua rirer.
Snell left Reedsport Monday in
fishing boat to buy a lifeboat
a
at
Marshfield. He f wan expectea
tirt TnesdaT r Wed
to
nesday.'' 'The new lifeboat he hid
bought was : found near tne ugw-
BY BIB WILDERHESS
LUBE
N
house today ;
LABOR RANKS
TO BE SOLID
SIMPERS
President of Federation Says
That Convention Has Giv
en Notice of Cleavage
From All Radicals
OFFICERS RETAINED ,
IN FINAL ELECTION
Dunn Was Not Regularly
tieqted Delegate Claim
in Gbmpers' Speech
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 12. (By
the Associated 5 Press.) Samuel
Gompers, re-elected unanimously
as president of the American Fed
eration of Labor jnst before ad
journment of the 43rd annual
convention here today,' declared in
his closing address, that the gath
ering had given : notice that a
cleavage had been made between
those loyal to organized labor and
those who. boring from" within.
had sought to stab the i labor
movement in the back. -
The results of this convention,
he said, will make for . solidarity
in the ranks of labor. J
EI Paso Win ,; I ,,
' - .- -; s ; - - ' " i f ,; v :
The convention came to an ex
citing close in a sharp contest for
the next convention in which El
Paso, Texas. won over Detroit,
Mich., 14.58S to 12.884. El Paso's
claims were urged by George L.
Berry of New York, president or
the Pressmen's' union, S who de-clao-ed
; that by , meeting at ! El
Paso the American Federation of
Labor would be of great help tu
organized labor in Mexico. James
Wilson of Cincinnati proposed De
troit.: Andrew Furuseth of San
Francisco' and James Connors d!
Chicago seconded El Paso.? Con
nors said that -the--weather would
be cold in Detroit when the next
convention Is held, aa it Js to
open the third Monday in Novem
ber, and added that Detroit had
extended no Invitation. . I
Officers of the federation were
retained. The vice, presidents,
who. function, as members of the
executive .council are; James
Duncan, Qnincy, Mass., .first; J.
F. Valentine, Cincinnati. ' second ;
Frank. Duffy, Indianapolis, third;
WjUIam. Green,: Indianapolis.
fourth; T. A. iRlckert, Chicago.
fifth: Jacob Fischer, Indianapolis,
sixth; Matthew Woll. Chicago,
seventh Martin F. Ryan, Kansas
City, eighth. Since the last con
vention W.i D. Mahon of Detroit,
resigned as fifth ; vice president,
and those following him in rank
had been stepped up one notch.
- " , , Gompers Sneaks .
Daniel J. Tobln, Indianapolis,
was re-elected treasurer,1 and
Frank Morrison, Washington, sec
retary. Peter P. Brady, New York
and Edward Gainor. Washington,
were chosen ; as delegates to the
British trades union congress, and
William Britton. New York. as
fraternal delegate to the Canadian
Trades and Labor congress.
- President Gompers, in his ad
dress, reviewing the convention's
work, referred to the expulsion of
William F. Dunne, delegate from
Butte, Mont. "This Is a conven
tion of Organized labor," he said,
"and any man who Is hostile to
labor has no right in this conven
tion I feel that the action taken
has clarified the atmosphere. I
think we have been entirely too
lenient towards those who have
been boring from within. I y
"Those men who meet at mid
night in 'the forest plotting not
onlyagalnst the government but
against ' the labor movement can
go ahead, as they please, but they
must do so outside the ranks of
organized labor." '' : ' i - ';
Gompers declared he had been
informed that Dunn had not been
regularly '; elected as a delegate
from the Silver Bow Trades and
Labor council ot Butte, to which
he ' was' accredited,: but ' that he
had solicited credentials on the
condition he would pay his own
expenses to the convention.
Mrs. Coolidge Visits Sons
. At Pennslyvania School
. WASHINGTON, Oct! 12. Mrs.
Calvin C.oolidge, wife of the presi
dent, left Washington by motor to
day for Mercersburg. Pa., to spend
the night and a portion of tomor
row with the Coolldge boys, John
and Calvin, JJr., who are attend
ing Mercersburg academy. It is
the first time Mrs.' Coolldge has
left the capitol since she took up
her residence at the. Whjte Honse.
PAN AMERICA
HAS PROMISE
OF GOOD WILL
Secretary Hughes Addresses
Women of Two Continents
at Big Conference
; WASHINGTON,' Oct. 12. Rela
tions between the Unite States and
Its sister republics to the south
.carried better promise of good will.
Secretary Hughes said here tonight.-
speaking at the Columbus
Day conference of the Pan-American
international women's commit
tee. ':
"I say this," he said, "after tak
ing into account the complaining
utterances that find place from
time to time in the press and the
criticism of. those mentors and
publicists who supply the , tang
which gives relish to our intellect
ual repasts.! . The, millenium Itself
would turn out to be a tame affair
if no fault could he found with it."
Fl GUILTY
OF WHITE CAPPING
Alleged Leader of Whipping
Gang Sentenced to Two
Years in Prison
AMARILLO, Tex., Oct. 12.--The
state scored' In its first case
in a series of indictments growingJ
out of a recent flogging here when
T. W. Stanford, alleged. Ku Kluz
Klaneman, was oday fould guilty
in district court on a charge of
white capping. His punishment
was set at two years in the state
prison. ', J. - i ;
Motion for a new trial was de
nied by District Judge Bishop and
defense counsel gave notice pf apr
peal. . , ;-
Stanford was the alleged leader
in a hand. of. men who, dressed
in klan robes and hoods, ordered
E. T. McDonald, railroad worker,
to leave this city and on a Jater
night took him to the country and
cave him a severe lashine. - Four
other, men are awaiting f rial 'onAbont rihe? dead woman's throat
charges of assault with a prohib
ited weapon. Sheriff Less .Whtt-
aker. and County Attorney Henry
Ford : are under indictments of
misconduct in office all growing
out of the flogging.
II-
IT KUliTll FALLS
Passing of Covered Wagon
Shows History of South
ern Oregon Country
KLAMATH FALLS, ' Or., Oct.
12. After a day of parades and
sight seeing visitors to the Klam
ath Falls railroad celebration
marking actual, construction on
the Eugene-Klamath Falls line to
night' revived the days of the
early west when (hey attended the
historical pageant1 "The' Passing of
the Covered .Wagon." . -r ; i
; Old time Klamath Indian scouts
who serred under Captain C. C.
Applegate ot Klamath Falls in the
Modoc war; Mike Weeks, Captain
Sly, iLionbeart, -t Brick Jim. Jim
Dewase, Jim Cowan and Charley
Cowin performed i their tribal
dances In regalia. j , i-
The coming , of . the .. ruiroaa
ushered in ,presctnt day,, develop
ments and a special engine -and
cars were driven across the .big
outdoor stage and, the most mod
ern logging devices loaded on t a
flat bar 1n record time with the
aid of a picked crew of Klamath
10ggers-.:-W:'iri'Ci:Ti-ir:- -1
Special , cars of :, ,excursiopiata
from Eugene and Medford cam
In with the Portiana . aeiegaiion
this morning. v s i,.. ; -j i.K'':t;i
Two California excursion trains
arrived one hour, after. the Portr
landore Lwith a big delegation of
San Francisco and Sacramento
businessmen. . ii4 : ' ; -)
Tomorrow visiting v, excursion?
ists and train for the conven?
tence' of the local people will go
to Klrk 45 miles north of Klam
ath Calls and the present termi
nus of the Facmc line., wnerw
silver pike , will be driven and a
celebration at the commencement
of work on he Klamath f Lake
lino to Eugene held.
jIany exroljj 5 ;
EUGENE, ore., Oct. 12. The
nrniimcnV it th TTniversltV of
Oregon tcjday. was 2195, which is
five more than ttiWijpji ep.r.oi
ment tor the fall term last., year,
according tox Carleton SpeU'cer,
reglstar. The 220 mark will be
exceeded in a few; days, hi; pre
dicted.
PA LIT FEATURE
FL AG WILL BE
PAINTED UPON
ENGINE 1028
Locomotive Whicli Carried
Harding to Portland Last
. Time to Be Memorial
SEATTLE, Octi , 1 2. Locomo
tive Nov 1028, which pulled the
late President Warren G. Hard
ing's train to Portland after his
last publje utterance in Seattle
July. 27, has been designated by
officials of the .Great ' Northern
railway as a memorial to the dead
executive.
At the direction of Ralph Budd,
president of the road, an American
flag has been painted on each o!
(he two cylinders of the engine
They will remain on the cylinders
as long as the locomotive remains
in service. X ,
it:.
POLICE SEDI
KILLED GIRL
New York Department Store
txecutive Found Dead in
Room By Friend
NEW YORK,4 Oct. 12. Police
f
tonight broadcast descriptions of
a man, believed to be the son of
a Montreal millionaire, who oc
cupied a furnished room in West
97th street, adjoining that ot Miss
Estelle Phillips, attractive depart
ment store - executive whose, muti
lated and almost nude body was
found today on the floor near her
bed. Police believe .the assault
was committed by a man who en
tered the room while Miss Phill
ips was asleep and strangled her
before she-could call for help.
, A handbag j containing . four
cents, found open at her feet, in
vestigators think, was left by the
aurderer to glTe the. appearance
U robbery as- the, motive, pf the
rime.t..A, towel . was knotted
and, there were evidences of a. des
perate struggle. - ;- s; ;
r Miss Kathryne Meitrla, friend
of the murdered . woman and an
occupant ot the same house, gare
the best description ot the suspect
after she had found Miss Phillips
dead when she entered the room
to arouse -her this morning. She
said she . was, awakened. ; shortly
after midnight by 'mothered,
gurgling sounds," from the direc
tion, of Miss Phillips room. Alarm
ed, she arose and lighted the gas.
She said she beard steps in the
hall a halt hour later. , Opening
her. door, she peered out and saw
the man starting down stairs. His
room separated hers from (Miss
Phillips'. -,' : -;-;! L
-. The man wore a cap and car
ried a suitcase, and an army over
coat on his. arm, she 31 said. '
Plaintiff Seeks tq Have
Mortgage Qiven Bertha
McDougal Set Aside
. Isobel McDougal yesterday fil
ed suit against, the lorn Hill Or
chard company Inc., ' Walter Mc
Dougar, Elliott McDougal and
Bertha McDougal his wfe. The
plaintiff eeelcs to have a mort
gage given to Bertha McDougal
for $15,000 set aside, oh't the
grounde that it was done without
consideration and with the ' In
tent of defrauding the plaintiff. ,
. Isobel McDougal wis granted a
divorce, from . Walter j McDougal.
November 15, 1922; , and ': was
granted $150 a month alimony
and $800 costs and tees. There
is now. a total due the plaintiff
of $1800 from Walteii VlcpougjU
she alleges. -."rf ..IViK.VRiVt
t - Before the divorce was granted
but during the time when marital
trouble- was- known to exist be
tween Isobel McDougal and Walt-;
er McDougal the holdings of the
latter., were lnoorporaed', by hip?
as the lorn Hill Orchard company.
One share was. retained by Walter
McDougal, 4 8 were in his father,
Elliott McDougal's name- and the
other share was and still is in-the
name. pf Isobel 1 McDougal. ;
' Latef ,tho plaintif f wad Induced,
to aigq 'a mortgage for $l.fiJ0
for supposed. indebtedness of WaL
ter McDoogalr to Is-sister. Ber
tha -"McDougat '-The! - plaintiff
claims tfce mortgage was without
consideration and aska
set, astt. ;,
WHO
SUIT FILED BY
''" 11 0111
ESCAPE IDE
IS IHDICATED
Redding Men Recall Seeing
Plane Near City Early in
Day Owners Warned
Watchers of Explosives
EXPLOSIVES SET. BY
LONG WIRED MAGNETO
Unconfirmed Report Says
Clew Found indicates
' Air: Route of Escape
, , REDDING, Cal.P Oct. 12. An
unconfirmed report received here
is that officers at tunnel No.j lS,
where, the San Francisco express
of the Southern Pacific railway
was held up yesterday, have a clew
that the bandits escaped in an air
plane. . j
This recalls two Incidents in
Redding which appear to give
foundation to the belief. One is
that early morning travelers yes
terday saw an airplane upside
down but apparently undamaged
on the east side of the state high
way at Chnrn Creek crossing, six
miles north of Redding. Last eve
ning the craft was gone.
- Machine Observed
, The second incident is that two
aviators in one airplane'landedion
the Placer street hill, west of Red
ding, about 10 . days ago. : Out of
curiosity, Arthur Thatcher motor
ed out to see the machine. ' The
aviators asked Thatcher to watch
the craft while they went down
town . for supplies. As Thatcher
accepted the charge, one , of the
aviators said: " c,;.;;;
"Don't touch the airplane as
there are explosives aboard." ;
The aviators were gone half an
hour:; Whin ,'they' retdrheg rthe
flew north -Hiits, Calif., -near
here the train holdup occurred
yesterday . ia . north '6. 'Redding. X
;w Wires Csecl ... y
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 2. Re
ports today from Daniel O'Connell,
chief special agent ot the Southern
Pacific company, who is investigat
ing yesterday's holdup of train No.
13, Indicate that the explosion in
the mall car -was set off by means
of a magnetic exploder, equipped
with long wires. ; ?y
Two men believed to have taken
part In the holdup boarded the
train as it was leaving Siskiyou.
One wore a duck hunting coat and
the other wore a slicker. : Each
apparently was not more than 30
years old , and of medium height
ana weignv-wfi.v rtrtt
'ill
Illinois V Man,' T Wo1 Sops
apd Assistant,' Held With
1 out Bail for Grand Jury
'J-. PANA, 111.. Ocj. .12. (By the
Associated Press) J John Tokoly,
proprietor of a soft drink parlor,
hfs two sons) Paul andi . Stephen
and Robert A Smith, a. chemist,
tonight were ordered held without
bond on charges of murder for the
grand Jury, by. a : i coroner's jury
Which investigated the deaths of
five men presumably from poison
ous whiskey here, Wednesday , and
yesterday. The jury returned a
verdict that1 the. men died aa a re
sult of drinking fusel oil in bever
age, sold to them by John Tokoly.
.TPholy with his son, Stephen, is
under arrest at a local hospital
where they are suffering from the
effects, of drinking the beverage
while : Pan! . has not , beep appre
hended and ' Smith left the city
this , afternoon, telling his wife he
was going to Pekin, IU..
.. The coroner's jury returned its
verdict this evening after hearing
the testimony of ,25 witnesses, in
cluding prominent businessmen of
Pana. J.Qhn Tokotl. who was one
of the witnesses, asserted . that
Smith . concocted ".the. alcohol nsed
n jthe whiskey." State's Attorney
Dowell said. Tokoly collapsed on
the witness stand, and was taken
to the hospital where physicians
said little hope was held for his
recovery.. '
V Three" more mem were taken to
the hospital tocfy suffering from
the effects of the poisonous liQuor,
bringing to six the number of per-1
Sons who are in a critical condi
tion as,' a result: of drinking the
beyerage. Doctors hold ot little
hope or their recovery - r:
BDGTLEGGEfl F.CES
CHARGE OF MURDER
BLOODHOUNDS IA
TO . fm :
OF HOIJUPBMI
. ... ". i .-.( ...... '..'.
Footprints Found Leading up Hill Nczr Sccno
of Robbery Tracks Led to Old Toll Rczl
Thought it Would Have Been Easy Fcr
Highwaymen to Make Get Away.
ASHLAND, Ore J Oct. 12. Bloodhounds worked today
in an effort to locate; the trail of bandits who-held up th.3
Southern Pacific train No. 13 in tunnel 13 af trie summit
of the Siskiyou mountains yesterday. Footprints were found
leading from the south entrance of the tunnel where tho
mail car was smashed to kindling with dynamite.
The trail was seen to lead up the hill from the point in
tne Drusn ciose to tne: tracK wnere a re led from the blast
set under the car and where the bandits set off the explosion.
Tracks led into the old toll road,! now abandoned, that uz:l
to cross the chain jof mountains from this point. It 'is z:.U
it would, have been easy fdr the train robbers to reach th3
highway to the north of the little station of Siskiyou, closa to
the north tunnel portal, where it is surmised they pcd
away in .an automobile. .
',' r . ".' ". "' " ' " 1 " '" The inquest of Coroner -John
MARSHFIELD
BOY
ADMITS
ILLIHG
II
Coos Bay Youth and Uncle
Indicted of Charge of
Murdering Stepmother
MARSHFIELD. . Or., Oct. 12.
Martin Corell, 16 and Arthur Co
veil, his uncle, a cripple, were in
dicted yesterday '. here today . on
charges of first degree - murder
growing out of the slaying of Mrs.
Fred Covell, wife of , a Bandon
chiropractor, at . her home two
months ago. Following the in
dictments and 'a onfe6sloir whch
Bheriff Ellinson said had been
made by Alton Covell, i Dr. Fred
flovell :4is released ;ironl3aIl
where, he -had been held , with jom
pUcity in f the prime,,', , ; f
According r to the story which
the officers said Alton Covell told,
he killed Airs. Covell, who was his
Stepmother, at the instigation find
wun tne am of Arthur , coveu, by
applying bandage saturated with
ammonia to her, nostrils and hold
ing her until she 'suffocated. The
motive, he is alleged to have said
was a general family j dislike of
Mrs. Covell.
Aldrldge' Blake( v Executive
Counsellor, and State Bank
7 ry Eyammer Deposed
. btKUiHQMA ,ljlTf Apptft ytrr
(By -the Associated Press.) Al
drldge Blake, the executive ' coun
seUor ond Dr. E. T. ..Bjrnum; '"'stata
bank commissioner," were' remov
ed : from office tonight .by Ooyef"
nor J. C. Walton. --u-y
. It .. wasj '; understood. hoFevtr,
that the executive . counsellor, had
broken ; wlth Governori Walton
oyer the.-lstfer's recent! policies,
particularly with regard; to his
military activities against, the Ku
Klux Klan. - V- : -
: ."Dr." Bynum's administration
has been entirely un8atIsfactoryf",
the executive declared in a com
munication to the bank, commissioner!.'-;
'' .. .
'Blake, told the Associated Press
that, he . would go tonight before
a special investigating committee
appointed by the lower : house of
the state legislature to Inquire in
to impeachment charges against
the governor; He declined to
make known his purpase Vand
likewise would make no statement
as to his removal. t y j
He declared he : would "have
something to say tomorrow."
.; Dr. Bynum is .before the legis
lative .' investigating . committee
now, members of his family told
the Associated Press when an ef
fort was made to locate' him for a
statement. v;; -,17 ff::'; i
PHYSICIAN FOUND GCTLTr.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 1 2.
Dr W.f Valentine, aged 19; , a
ploneert physician of this pity, was
found guilty by a jpry In federal
cour here;tpday on two counts of
an indictment charging jthe sale
of narcotics to an aloged drug
addict. Because of his ' age the
Jury ? recommended clemency! Dr.
Yflentine' .1 claimed that .. (he ' nar
cqUc was "part of'a cpursajof
treatmenj e had prpscrlhed,
iLWEifBii
STATE OFFliLS
1.
UP IM
Perl of Jackson county, held here
today, dereloped the facts al
ready known and responsibility
for the four dead trainmen was
fixed upon "persons unknown in
the" act of train robbery."
1 ' M:" Inquest Held
William Merritt of this place,
in .charge of train 13, told bin
story at the official inquiry. II?
told of the plight of his train in
the more than half-mile tunnel,
set In the heart pf the wildest part
of the "conntry traversed by the
railroad. . Sixteen of his passen
gers were injured slightly by fall
ing glass, when the (dynamite ex
plosion shattered the car window s.
It; was thought then that thero
had been a' failure of the loco
motive boiler. '.'.'."Mr." Merritt calri
ed his passengers as best he coul l.
H,' C. Mlcander. a civil . engineer
working for the Southern Pacific
who was with the conductor &t
the time, rah ; a mile downtht
track to White Point, where fc'
got aid from a.. work train crew.
The passengers; fwere in more dan
ger after the explosion than bo.
fore, since the aynamite charge
cut' the air brake lines, and a
the heavy equipment stood on a
grade, it might have set out ou
a ilong plunge, to a derailment.
Still at Liberty ',
, TREKA,, Cal., Oct. 12. Dan
dltp who yesterday murdered four
trainmen in the holdup of South
ern Pacific train No. 13 in a tun
nej , 17 miles south of Ashland,'
Or still. were at liberty tonlsht,
having .mcceeded for more thac
30 hours In dodging California
and Oregon posses in the wooded
fastnesses of the Slsklyons.
f AI Whitmore, a miner living on
the Klamath river, north ot here,
reported, to the sheriff's office
that .three men broke . into his
cabin last night in search of food.
Whitmore did not know at the
time that the train robbery had
been committed and he supposed
the trio were ordinary maraudets,
he said, ,i .,.
I It became known - today that
three .strangers spent several days
in the town of Hilts, Cal., and
vanished from there on the day
the . robbery took place. These
men were not known In Hilts and
their presence there has not been
explained.
, t. . , Jjact Taken
Bloodhounds today tailed' to
pick up the scent , of the desper
adoes. Other hounds from .Se
attle and Yreka are to be given
trials later. . ' "
, Contrary to first belief that the
bandits fled empty handed, it was
said today by W. G. Chandler,
special agent of the Southern Pa
cific company for. this division,
that they undoubtedly obtalnel
some loot from the mall car be
fore itt was consumed by fire
caused by the explosion of dyna
mite used by the robbers.. .
Two . j suspects s were detained
han tnAav . hnt iithnrltlfla !
mitted they have no evidence
against either of them.
William F.'Ounne' Hot
Allowed Seattle Tcmp!3
y, i v. . a, .-.
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 12.
William F. Dunne, who was re
cently expelled as a Butte, Uont.,
delegate ! to the American' Federa
tion of Labor," because of alleged
communistic'' activities, will not be
permitted to speak in the Seattle
Labor temple Monday night, ac
cording jto a decision reached to
day" by members of the house com
mit fee of the Seattle Labor Tern
pie association. tj
Following the meetln, F. B. Clif
ford of the Civil Liberties nnlcn.
who was making arrangements for
Punne'e appearance announced he
would file suit against the Labor
Tem'plq" assoclatlpii tor treach cj