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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
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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. ! !
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J
a former colonel In command of
the 1st Russian Mounted Artillery
Regiment. AH the .men served
for Russia ; la pit "Wpr yar
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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)
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