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te SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS BHESS IS SI CflUSllED BV TIXES BENOIT M'CROSKEY OF i SALEM WINS CONTEST SALEM BOY ISi VICTORIOUS IX ORATORICAL CONTEST RUM VESSELS ARE ATOIHMGIHS II! F1IS0 Fl.".i SWELTERING HEAT GRIPS MIDDLEWEST; ONE PEAD 5IERCURY SEEN TO RISE 28 SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS TO VISIT CITY TODAY YOIKUTIEII : i(J sen jury EDWARDS WILL HEAD STUDENT BODY MANY STATE INSTITUTIONS WILL BE INSPECTED ! AXNUAL ELECTION HELD AT HIGH SCHOOL YSUD&Y DEGREES IN 20.MINUTES SEIZED BY GUARD rleed of Lower Rates of Tax ation Felt in All Indus r tries, Declared ' COOLIDGE STAND LAUDED '' ' - Mi Gloomy rictnr of British Indus trial Conditions Is Drawn ' By Ambassador Howard; : , Help Needed ) , ; NEW YORK. May i 22. Elbert II. Gary, president of the Ameri can Iron and Steel institute,, today ; told more than . a thousand : lead ers in that industry at (heir an nual meeting that while business conditions in the United States are good they are not entirely satis factory. d Discussing the "disease of bus iness' he listed as most serious impediments high taxation, war conditions, political interference, the timidity of manufacturers and selfishness. . Possibly the worst disease that. afflicts the business structure of the United States at least," he said "is the abnormal, unnecessary, timid and ill-possibilities on men I tal attitude of the managers them selves including ourselves. "High taxes hare become a ter ribly heavy burden in the United States. Business generally sorely needs and therefore respectfully demands lower rates of taxation.' While business men are-grateful for the relief already granted them and for the vigorous - ap proach of the problem by Presi dent VCoolidge and his cabinet, there is still a great need for ad tional relief to protect . Industry, : he said.- f j- ,.. j Industrial awakening - of China was predicted by Dr. Cheng Ting Wang high commissioner to Rus : sia in the present Chinese gov . ernment who said that the China of the future would- be industrial rather than agricultural as at the - present. ; . Great Britain must Increase her markets in the United States if . she is to meet her indebtedness to the Amermican government and maintain her position as this na tion's principal purchaser. Am- , tassador Sir Esme Howard i to ' night told the institute, adding " - that unless Eneland'n unfavorahle ; : trade balance with the United States is greatly reduced they will have to buy elsewhere. ' Equalization of British imports and exports, the ambassador as serted would tend; to restore the noraml flow of world commerce ana wouia be a great step toward the return of (hi world t.n normal. L Although the United States and f Great Britain are each other's best customers, he pointed out, the latter imports twice as much from America as she exports to this country. ! r" He drew a gloomy picture of British industrial conditions, say ing that on the whole the outlook is certainly depressing .and ; we - cannot yet see what side help will : come. v r "We" intendfHo meet our ' Just debts, but there may come a time when, unless the world situation changes for the better, unless we an return to something like pre war conditions of credit and trade it would be impossible both to make heavy purchases of raw ma- - terial from the United States and to pay the ' interest on our debt. It does not require a. high class mathematician to see that the purchases eventually! would have to be cut down." j i , LIQUOR SHIP IS SEIZED ISO CASES OF SCOTCH WHIS KEY AND BEER IS FOIND SAN FRANCISCO. May 22 One hundred and fifty cases of Scotch and 100 barrels: of Canad- agents when two alleged rum run- 4 ners were found i on the rocks near hero today. No trace of the ! crew of either ship was found. -'Most-of the seizure was taken from the : Pilgrim, the larger of the two boats. The 38-74 was given as the name of the Other : .craft.;.. U.,::;;; j :...;,; ,. , The Pilgrim Jg registered under the name of Enoch Olson of As toria; Ore., S with temporary head quarters in San Francisco. George Miller of this city is the owner of record of. the 38-74. but has not been located. GIESE TO HEAD COUNCIL OFFICERS FOR BOY SCOUTS ELECTED LAST NIGHT ! " C. -F. Qlese, local business ; man, was elected president of the Cas cade Council of the American Boy Scouts at a meeting held at the Gray Bello last nightT George Arbuckle ' was r selected ! as vice president; -H. c.l Chamb-ers, chair man of the court of honor; George Hug, education ; Rex ; Sanford. camping; and Dr. Henry E. Mor ris, business administrations i r The next -meeting of the coun cil will be held at the Giese Powers Furniture store on Court street- Monday night at - 7:30 p'clock. Annual Northwest Contest ' Held In Seattle; Oregon Boy Is Winner In Soutli j SEATTLE, May 22. Benoit Mc Croskey of the Universltv of Ore gon won the annual northwest or atorical contest at the University of Washington here tonight. . A 1100 cash prize was awarded. Mc Croskey spoke on "The Last Mile atone." ; .. i Other contestants were Donald Potter of the University of Wash ington and J. L. Simmons of the' University of Idaho. M Benoit McCroskey Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. McCroskey of. Salem and was graduated from the Salem high school. He is now In his. freshman year at the Univers ity of Oregon. ; j -- . . STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.. May: 22. Jack McGuire of the University of Oregon tonight won the Pacific coast finals of the na tional oratorical contest from a field of seven participants repre senting universities of the coast. McGuire is now: qualified to enter the national contest to- be held- In Los Angeles on June 5 j L , : "Better ; American ; . Constitu tion" was the subject of the ora tion. ; i j - ;;, , . . I ., FIELD MARSHAL FRENCH OF GREAT BRITAIN DEAD FAMED BRITISH WAR FIGURE PASSES AT AGE OF 73 Death Comes at Time His Military Strategy Was Subjected to Severe' Criticism DEAL; England, May 212. (By the Associated Press.) The death hero today of the EarJ of Ypres. who as Field Marshal French was a British world war figure, came at a time when his great reputa tion was somewhat under a cloud and i while a controversy raged over his military strategy, in France. The earl, who) was 73 years old, had been JH since March 19. when he underwent an opera tion for appendicitis in a private hospital in London. j The controversy concerning the Earl of Ypres has been before the British public particularly since he published his book on .the war en titled "1914." ; which Contained much outspoken and adverse criti cism of his subordinates ind some French generals and which did not except Lord Kitchener. The arg ument has been especially hitter concerning the battle of Le Cateau and General Smith-Dorrlen'B part in that battle.f f ! Just at the time of the opera tion on the earl, Smlth-Dorrien had published a book making a spirited defense igainst the earl of Ypres' attacks on him in con nection with the battle.! i It is considered a coincidence that a week ago in a public speech Lord Orford, formerly ?Hubert H. Asqulth,' paid a tribute ;to the five great men of the war. Lord Haig. Jellicoe. Kitchener, General Sir John Cowans and ex-Prime Minis tec David Lloyd-George, but made no mention of the earl of Ypres. This ; significant omission was much commented upon at the time The Earl of Ypres' command of the "old contemptibles," as Great Britain's first small expeditionary force to France became known, will, however; always be remem bered with gratitude by his coun trymen who will desire to honor h!min-his death. There is also the' memory of his long and great services to his country in many fields .of public endeavor. Includ ing his service as lord lieutenant of Ireland during the troublesome times after the end of the war until the creation of the Irish free state, I Jt was during this period that an attempt was made to as sassinate him. ; IjJEATHS FOLLOW CLOSELY LIVINGSTON, Mont., May 22.' Just eight days after he arrived home froni attending funeral rites for hisbrother at Roslyn, Wash.. James Brlggs, .pioneer resident of Gardiner, Mont., is dead from pneumonia. His body will be shipped this afternoon to the Washington town where interment will be made in the cemetery that received his brother's body less than 10 days ago. -Friday in Washington croiarr Weeks after several weeks illness departed for Boston to undergo a medical examination. : , - : .. canton tlAnvfir. nresided over a conference of representatives of coastal states called to discuss ob servation of Bea food. rioiav in fnndine of the Belgian debt was seen by treasury officials as a probable result, oi me over throw of the Brussels cabinet. - . John W. O'Leary of Chicago was elected president of the cham ber of commerce of the United state at the concludidg session of its annual convention: The Swift and Armour compan ies moved in the; local courts for rnmnitta n Virnirat Ion of the Pack ers consent decree while the gov ernment soucht the right to ap peal -from the recent decision u- .pending iU ... Two Liquor Laden Ships Fall Prey to Vigilance of US Coast Guard HUGE B00ZE HAUL MADE 150O Gallons of Whiskey, 57,000 Bottle of Imported Alo Found Labeled Lobsters . and Herring V NEW YORK, May 22 (By The Associated Press )-4VJgilance of the country's land dry forces working in cooperation with the guard's blockade of the : sea resulted in seizures of liquors from two vessels in the coastwise trade today. j ; The government's prize consist ed of 1500 gallons of whiskey and more than 57,000 bottles of im ported ale, seized; by Ta'ding United States customs officials aboard the steamship Boston and steam freighter Herman Winter, both owned by the Eastern steam ship company. , Customs officers said the seizure with a bootleg value of between $300,000 and $400,000. was the largest ever made from .vessels: in coastwise commerce. . No arrests were made and little information was given out con cerning the captures which were made by '37 members of the spe cial searching , squad of the cus toms service. The contraband was found in cases I labeled lob sters and herring. It was said that the government had established the fact that the shipment had been made from Boston for New York by an Am erican representative of an Eng lish liquor firm. The New York consignee, the federal men said, was not known. j i ' In addition - to confiscation of the contraband liquor, it was announced the ships owners : are liable to fines ranging from $90, 000 to $100,000. v r Since the coast guard's dry navy has patrolled the i mid-Atlantir. broken up three one-time prosper ous ana mnving rum rows and put a virtual stop to rum smug gling through Long Island. New England and New Jersey channels. me customs oiuciais.have kept a closer watch on all coastwise vah sels. i GOOSEBERRY SEASON NOW IN FULL SWING kOCAL LABOR CONDITIONS BEGIXIXG TO BE ACUTE , Many Workers Register But More Are Needed to Handle Fruit In Plants ; The local labor problem is already-acute with the gooseberry season on in full swing and the strawberry season coming on In force according to the statement issued., and calls are being sent out for more women workers. Many hate registered but more are needed, to keep things going, because With the increasing work the canneries are desirous of get- tmg'in' touch with women workers Practically every cannery is ex pecting a big strawberry pack practically every condition point ine in that direction. It is stated "that hundreds of barrels will be put through the piant nere while Libby, McNeill & Libby will be in Salem to take a heavy buy of berries. The strawberry, prospects J are ine greatest in the past years and it appears as if the losses to the grower are to be cut down from me results of the past few days, v FIRE THREATENS TIMBER ; QUESNEL, B. C, May 22. Fanned by a northwest wind, a forest fire more than 2 miles wide is sweeping toward about a mil lion feet of bridge timber cut in 1921 for the Pacific Great North ern railway about twenty miles north of here. 11 FORMER OFFICERS IN CZAR'S IMPERIAL' ARMY ENLIST IN WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD FIELD ARTILLERY iff -StJi - - O .v ; iT- J -Here is a roup of tormer of ficers of the late Czar's army who recently enlisted ; in ; the , , 146th Field Artillery Ileslcieat of tbe Sudden Jfot Wav Sweeps Over 1 Three States; New Records Established CHICAGO; May 22. The mid western section sizzled today In the grip , of a sudden and unex pected hot wave that rushed the mercury to record breaking levels for May In a score of cities within a few hours and held it near there until late tonight. But tonight the weather forecaster - promised "cooler" and rain. The heat which swept off the plains of Nebraska and attacked the middle west and northwest to day with a change of the wind, caused a jump. of upwards of 40 degrees in temperature within a few hours and thousands of peo ple who went to work in top coats and spring apparel returned to night with blossoming straw hats and all spare parts of attire car ried over their arm. f One death from heat prostra tion .was reported from Lincoln, Neb., and thunder showers tonight and early tomorrow promised to bring relief within a few hours. In Chicago the mercury hit 94, a new record for any May day utg to the 22nd, and equalling the record set May 26, 1911. ' At Milwaukee a rise of 28 de grees in 20 minutes was recorded and a new record of 91 degrees for May w,as set. Two new forest fires were repbrted in the upper penninsula of Michigan, but rain is expected tomorrow. Nebraska had temperatures above 90; Cairo, III., reported 95. a new record; St. Paul and Minneapolis had 97 and 99 degrees", while other parts of the state suffered from a wind storm, and Kansas City, Mo., had a temperature of 92. While the middle west sweltered people oi the. north border were hustling across the line to forget the heat and quench their thirst with tho arrival of permits in the Canadian cities to sell 4.4 per cent beer. THREE LIONS IN RACE FOR CLUB PRESIDENCY OHLING, MILES AND GIESE IN POLITICAL RING ; Delegates to District COTiyentiai ! in Longview Are Selected Friday Noon Nominations for officers for the year were made by the Lions at their meeting Friday noon at Ihe Marion hotel with the result that three Lions were nominated for the office of president. They are Merril Ohling, Ross Miles, and C. Bob Aiken. Dr. Harold M. Brown, and Dr. Chalmer C. George were nominated and practically elected to the office of first, sec ond vice presidency. Rufe White and Newell Will iams will race for the secretary ship, while John W. Orr will be treasurer. j Nomination for members of the board of directors were made and Lew Loun3ford. Gene Graben- horst, Roy Wassan, and Lloyd Reynolds were named. i Delegates to I the Lions District convention at: Longview were made. C. F. Giese, Martin tfer shetian. Lew ' Lounsford, John Rottle, Rosd Miles, and Floyd Rey nolds were elected. The alternates are Frosty Olsen, Guy L. Rathr bun, Stanley Lainson, Lion Fitz gerald and Dr.; Chalmer George. THREE DIE IN GAS BLAST tVlLKES BARRE, Penn., May 22 Three men were killed and five others seriously injured today by expdosion of gas In the wood Ward colliery of the Glen Alden Coal company. ,The blast occur red in the top red ash vein of No. 1 shaft at a point 1150 feet from the surface and one mile from the foot of the shaft. OREGON LOSES 4 TO O PULLMAN. Wash., May 22 Washington State college defeat ed the University of Oregon base ball team 4 to 0 here today, Wein garten pitching fine ball. He al lowed only four hits and received perfect support. Washington National Guard. In front are Lieutenant John M. Stoddard of Battery C, 146th F. and Sergeant Corts Jlamltsky MM IIM Ml, IllUf'll HI! l,' ' II II lll ll IIIIIHI I I II i 1 H IMiy f HHIIIHWWM I IIIHIIUM IH ! Practice May : ; Be Included As Required Work For Majors In OAC Classes Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, May 22 (Special to The Statesman) -One hundred and forty' students in sociology with their instructors will leave here Saturday morning early for an all day trip of inspection to the state institutions in and. near Salem. The party will travel by army trucks. Dr. Hector McPher son, head of the department of economics and sociology will head the party. .Governor Pierce will meet the party at the Willamette bridge on the west' side highway bstween 9:30 and 10 o'clock. The "short course" of instruc tion for the group will be begun by the staff of the school for the blind, followed soon after by addi tional deaf and dumb. After these preliminaries the governor plans, to send the whole ounch to the pen" and to f ami la rize them with the industrial plant and the general organiza tion of the place. : Other places to be visited are the hospital for the insane, school for the feeble mind ed and the industrial reform schools for boys and girls. M Dr. McPherson plans to make this "course of instructionf an annual part of the required i work for graduation by majors in his department, provided the state university does not successfully protest the course before the Board of Higher Curricula, i BIKE OWNER PERPLEXED HOW TO SET INSURANCE FIRMS UNABLE TO GIVE HIM APPLICABLE RATING Until Problrm is Solved Bill Mc Adams' Vehicle Will Con tinue Unprotected . "Bill" McAdams, well known special delivery man of the Salem postoffice, has a hard problem to solve, which he has presented to several of Salem's business men. Fact i3. Bill has. purchased him self a new bicycle and wishes to protect it against theft and acci-. dent. ' - i So far, he has found no firm or company willing to grant this pol icy, for one reason or another, and so his wheel Is unprotected. Bill thinks the new bike should be given some form of policy. I Local ; insurance companies are at a loss to give him a rate at reasonable cost. Other freak in surances have been granted in this city, but so far no one has given any on a new Indian bicycle .- : ; s RUSSIAN MENACE IS FELT FEAR OF SOVIET EXPRESSED BY NEIGHBORING LANDS GENEVA, I May 22. (By The Associated; Press.) The Russian menace hanging over the arms conference probably will be met by exempting; Russia's neighbors from the main obligations of the proposed convention for a two year periodj If. by that time, Russia has not adhered to the convention,-the conference can be reconvoked to examine into the situation created by this fact. This solution, - - emanating l from the French delegation was favorably received todavv by the jurists. The fears of states like Poland and Rumania are not soothed by the decision of the conference to day to eliminate Russia from the countries which must ratify the convention before it can be effec tive. They again declared it im possible to reveal the quantity of their own' armament importations while nothing waa known Of Rus sia's purchases abroad, j i Theodore, f E. Burton, United States, waa applauded today when he joined the delegates or other big countries in sympathy for Russia's neighbors. ! ! i " " J a former colonel In command of the 1st Russian Mounted Artillery Regiment. AH the .men served for Russia ; la pit "Wpr yar ' : " - " "1 . : ;C - y : Defendant in Poison Case Nods Assent as Youths Are Drawn in Jury j THREE MEN ARE ENTERED Defense Questions Prospective Jurors Loosely; Charges of Tampering Declared to I " be Unfounded CHICAGO, - May 22. (By the Associated Press.) Youth will be asked to judge age for the alleged slaying of youth In the Shepherd trial If the first panel of four Jur ors sworn in today is anycrite rion. t The three youtis now classed as jurors received the approval of 51-year-old William Darling Shep herd, who Is accused of -feeding typhoid germs to his foster son. William N. McCllntock, as readily as he nodded assent to the selec tion of one man of approximately his age. In 'keeping with his expressed intention to accept the first- 12' men tendered in order to stop talk of jury fixing, William Scott Stew art, defense attorney, asked only a few perfunctory questions of the veniremen. One other venireman was passed as temporarily acceptable to the state and another was questioned briefly. Grand jury investigation of al leged jury tampering and search for Robert White, missing witness, produced no thrills today, but the finding of the name of a man who confessed he was ; "fixed" In a previous trial, did. ; Suddenly Robert E. - Crowe, state's attorney,, stood up and whispered to Judge Lynch, who beckoned to Stewart of defense counsel, seized his judicial robes in his hands and hastened into chambers at the head of a line of attorneys and newspapermen. : It developed that Henry J. Smith, who was fined $1,000 after he confessed. he accepted a bribe of $1,000 several years ago, as a member of a jury, which returned a verdict of acquittal in a labor conspiracy -trial.", had- been, drawn in the special venire for the Shep herd trial. , Smith readily admitted his iden tity to Judge Lynch and was dis missed immediately without hav ing been called Into the jury box. James Callan, who Phillip. J. Bar ry, a venireman, said he had ap proached him and made state ments indicating that he was era ployed by the defense and wished to Influence Barry, if the latter were selected for jury service, was arrested tonight. He will be tak en before Judge, Lynch, trial judge. In the morning, charged with contempt of court. Callan. who was under indict ment a few years ago in connec tion with a murder -case, admitted that he had been retained by de fense attorneys as an Investigator and that he had met Barry in the crimidal courts building and had asked him if he were on the jury roll, but denied that he had at tempted to' influence Barry. GROUP 2, BANKERS MEET FIFTY-ONE BANKS REPRE SENTED AT WOODBURN WOODBURN, Or., May 22. Group 2 of the Oregon Bankers association had its annual meet ing liere today, most of the 51 member banks of Benton. Lincoln, (Linn, Polk and Marion counties being represented. Tne aaaress by F. E. Calllster of Albany, on "Unprofitable Accounts," drew forth the most discussion. R. M. Alton of Portland read a paper on Your Safe Deoosit Deoartment a Liability," and a short discus sion followed. After "Observations of a Rural Banker," by Mathlas Wilhelm of Monroe; there was a round table discussion on various subjects. FORMER MINISTER HURT REV. BAR G. LEE RUN DOWN BY CALIFORNIA TRUCK Word was received Friday that Rev. Bar G. Lee, former minister of the St, Paul Episcopal church here was reported to have met with a serious accident when he was ran down and crushed by a heavy truck. . Rey. Lee endeavored to halt the truck by waving his band and standing in front of it on a high way near Sacramento. The driver, mistaking -him for a highwayman, speeded up the machine and ran over the former Salem resident. Little hope is expressed for his recovery. He is confined at 2805 I street, Sacramento, Calif. LIVE WIRE KILLS BOY STEVENSON, Wash., May 22. Claire Klum, 16, was . killed in stantly here today when rowing with a friend in the flooded west ern part of town when he came in contact with a high voltage elec tric wire. His companion, Ray mond Lopp, was uninjured. :The Columbia river here is, about 18 feet above Its normal stage.- The wire ordinarily la a safe distance from Jh ground,?- ., -- , Deckebach and : fiageman Will Edit Clarion and Annual; Fay Wolz Selected Girls' Song Leader Cecil Edwards, editor of the Clarion annual, defeated Homer Richard, debator, by " a vote of 231 to 148 for president In the annual election for officers of the Salem high school associated stu dent body Friday. Edwards is a member of the Friars club while Richards is a Julius Caesar. In a three-corner race, Donald Deckebach, Julius Caesar, defeat ed Leroy Grote. Friar and Charles Hageman, K. O., for Clarion edi tor. Ross Harris won over Deryl Myers for editor of the annual. Harris belongs to the K. O.'s and Myers to the Friars. Vr Other successful candidates were Robert Kitchen, K. O., who defeated John Drager, Julius Cae sar, for athletic manager; Ezra Webb, K. O., defeated Kola Me Clellan, Julius Caesar, for Clarion manager; Martin Redding. K. O. won out in, the fight for forensic manager by ; defeating Kenneth Allen. Friar and Harold Tomilson. Fay Wolz, Phoenix, defeated Mar ine Glover, T.; N. ;T. and Josephine Albert, T. A. for song leader. 1 . The .officers will assume their new duties at the beginning of the 19 2 o-2 6 school year. ' The election clears away a hot political fight that has been waging for several days as the closing of the Dolls approached. ? . j . - DOROTHY ELLINGS0N TO GO ON TRIAL JUNE 15 CONFESSED -SLAYER OF MOTH EI IS DJKCLARED SANE Same Counsel to be Employed in Trial, Reports State; Girl 1 .;. Appears Thinner i HAN FRANCISCO. Mav 22. : Trial of Dorothy Ellingson, 17- year-oid confessed matricide, on a charge of; first degree murder toaay was set for June 15 by Su perior Judge -Harold Louderback The girl is accused of shooting her mother to death in their home on the morning of January 13. The defendant's plea of not guilty, entered at the instance of her first trial, interrupted -when a commission found Dorothy In sane, was permitted to stand. She will go to trial denying the charge against her unless she decides to change her- plea before the date of -trial, her counsel said. Attorneys' Alexander Mooslin, Sylvester McAtee and Walter Me Govern, who appeared for Dorothy at her -former trial, will continue to represent her, she told report ers. She asked that McGovern re place Mooslin as chief counsel Assistant District Attorney Har mon Skillen will act as chief coun sel for the state. Dorothy appeared in court with her counsel, her. father, Joseph Ellingson, and her brother, Earl She wore a veil tf or the first time since her arrest two days after her brother returned home to .find the mother dead from a bullet wound She appeared somewhat thinner than when she was taken to Napa state hospital for the Insane six weeks ago. ; She will remain In the county jail here pending her trial. ' - ' - REBEL TROOPS ATTACK BULGARIAN GOVT. AFRAID TO DISMISS FIGHTERS SOFIA. May 22. (By the As sociated Press.) A battle is re ported to be in progress eastward from Sofia . between 1600 troops and a band of insurgents. The .Bulgarian government is pertrubed over the insistence of the council of ambassadors that the 10,000 auxiliary troops which Bulgaria was permitted to add to her militia in order to cope with the recent disturbances in the country, bo dismissed. General Vulkoff, the war mln ister, told newspaper representa tives today that Bulgaria would be unable1 to suspend martial law until 'the country was entirely cleared of communists. BLACKST0NE MEN MEET FINAL GATHERING OF YEAR IS HELD AT THE SPA The final meeting of the year, was held at The Spa last night by the BJackstone club, an' organiza tion of Willamette university law students, who have formed them selves together for mutual benefit. The meeting was in the form of an alumni gathering and or special speakers was on the pro gram. Members of the organiza tion, who liave graduated from the law class were present, and each one gave a brief talk on experi ences in the legal profession since graduating from the school. The alumni members present tonight were Rev. Martin Fere shetian, Harold Eakin, Charles Elry, Kenneth Randall, R. Rad cliffe and Walter Denton. George Duncan, member of the senior class at the college or law, was th9 rrtf3idi2; .crncsr. - LV W. Peare and Arthur Co veil Give Lives in Forfeit : for Murders HANGING JS GRUESOME Old Wound Reopened mnd Neck Not Broken; -Thirty-three Men Have Died on Scaffold Since 1903 L. W. Peare and Arthur Covell are dead, their lives having been taken in -forfeit by the state for, crimes committed' many months ago. The double execution in tne bertillion -chamber of the peniten tiary Friday morning was grim in the main and grewsome in de tail.. - - Peare, the old mountainer com ing from pioneer American fight ing stock, was the first to pay , the penalty. Nervousness waa 1 evinced and a 'wlspered farewell - was given from the scaffold. 'I have nothing to say except goodbye to you all." he whispered. Turning to the hangman he re quested that the rope be made tight so that it would not slip. A short prayer . by . Rev. C. H. Bryant, prison chaplain, and the trap was sprung at 7:59 o'clock. At 8:11 o'clock he was pronounc ed dead. Prison Hours Calmest While confined to the Coos county jail Peare attempted sui cide by cuting his throat. While the wound had healed it was not strong enough to stand the sudden jerk and was opened, the blood coursing down his swaying body and forming a pool at his feet. Late Thursday night Peare told officials that the hours spent in prison were the most calm that he had ever known, he had gained weight and was ready to die. He professed belief in a Supreme Be ing but accepted no creed. . Peare's great grandfather, pris on records show, was a soldier la the Revolutionary war; his grand father a soldier in the War of 1812 and his father a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, Ha la 69 rears old himself.' V Delay is Caused vDelay occured before the exe cution of Covell, helpless paralytia who has spent the last few years in bed. It was discovered that ha had no clothing and a pair of pris on trousers, shirt and socks were brought up from the tailor shof and the condemned man dressed before placed in his wheel chair. He was carried up the steps of tha scaffold and strapped to a board Several prison officials were ne cessary to perform this task. Speaking clearly and in a cul tured voice, Covell said: "I wish all well. I have no ill will toward anyone. Goodbye to you all." A short prayer and then the crash of the trap at 8:32. o'clock. Covell's light weight was Insuf ficient to cause his neck to break and death resulted from strang ulation, attending .physicians said. He was unconscious and did not suffer. Death was pronounced at 8:58 o'clock, 26 minutes- later. Covell was 47 years old. t Bequeaths are Made J Peare's effects, consisting of a" few. dollars and -several cans of tobacco, were bequeathed to Floyd Hall and the Goldstein brothers of Portland, with whom he had worked in the tailor shop. His body was cremated at the etata hospital. Several letters were left by Cov ell, addressed to numerous per sons, including -one to Alton Cov ell, his nephew, who is serving1 a life sentence for the crime whicH resulted in the execution. None of .these had any bearing upon tho crime, prison officials announced. A written statement made Thurs day retracted '.shortly before the execution was designed to aid -the nephew and indicated that a third person was guilty of the crime. He. requested that his. remains be turned over to Mrs. M. E. Hecht. of Portland, who is believed to te long to the same cult. Covell studied astrology for tha last 15 years and was believed tq v( Continued on paga 8) NOTICE To Our Readers The Statesman carriers wf.1 call to make their monthly col lections today. i Your , newspaper boy is ju?t starting in business for himself. This is his first effort to le::i business and his success cr failure depends to a cossiirr able extent on your good and cooperation. 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