EX-GOVERNOR GEER OF OREGON IS DEAD
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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR
Former Ex-Governor and
Republican Leader Dies
At Age of 73 Native
Of Marion County.
Portland, Or., Feb. 21. Theo
dore T. Geer, former governor o
Oregon, died here this afternoon
after several days' illness follow
ing a s'troke ot paralysis. He
served as chief executive of the
state from January 9, 1S99, to
January 14, 1903. He was born
in Marion county, Oregon, and was
a son of one of the state's iloneers.
His early life was devoted to farm
ing. Later he entered the political
field and served several terms in
the legislature before being elect
ed governor.
, Theodore T. Geer left his school
ing when 14 after being in the
public schools and In Willamette
university in Salem. Foe a year
he was employed with bis uncle,
Ralph C. Geer, in Marion county,
alter which he went to Union
county where he engaged with his
father in horticulture.
Followed Fonnine.
H returned to the Waldo Hills
In 1877 and began farming, but
In 1880 he was called to the legis
lature and for the forty-four ycari
following he was identified promi
nently with the political lite ot the
state. . '
His legislative service Included
terms in 1887, 1889, 1891, when
he was speaker ot the house, an.l
1893.
In 1896 he was named one of
the republican electors for Oregon
and in the following year carried
this state's vote for William Mc
Klnley to Washington.
A year inter at the state repuu
lican convention In Astoria ho wan
nominated for the office of gov
ernor by acclamation. His elec
tion followed.
After 19U3, he bought the Salem
Statesman, which he edited lor
two vears and then took the Pen
dleton Dally Tribune, which ho
edited until 1908, when he sold
his interests and came to Port
land. Theodore T. Geer was born at
Waldo Hills in Marion county
March 12, 1851. Herman J. Geer,
his father, was 19 years old when
he reached Oregon and a year
later married and settled at Wal
do Hills.
George Geer, hla first colonial
ancestor, settled In Connecticut
In 1630 and Theodore T. (Her is
alxth in the direct line of descent
from George Geer.
AMERICAN GUNBOAT
SENT TO TUXPAM
Washington, Feb. 21. The gun
boat Tulsa has been ordered from
Galveston to Mexican waters ana
is to arrive at Tuxpam today.
Dispatch of the gunboat was or
dered by the navy department at
the suggestion of Secretary Ungu
es, after state department advicefl
bad reported that American citl
lons at Tuxpam desired Increased
protection. No actual injury to
American nationals or interna
tionals have yet occurred.
lam n in
GEER DEAD MURDERED REPUBLICANS t 1S NAMED AS 01L 1 SLANDERSUJT SPECULATION
OF PARALYSIS pV" TO ATONE FOR LOSE TILT ON (P ISWELCOID INSINCLAIR'S
AT PORTLAND fj'f BLASPHEMY REVENUE BILL fiff BYVANDERLIP OIL CLAIMED
PROSECUTOR FOR
TOOZE CASE SENT
Whether or not it wishes to, the
attorney general's office will rep
resent the state at the trial of
Walter Toose. Jr., and J. M. Temp
lin, prominent McMinnvllle men
charged with contributing to the
delinquency of a minor girl. It
found this out shortly before noon
today.
To newspapermen this morning
the attorney general's office an
nounced It would not Interfere In
the Yamhill county case.
Shortly afterward the gover
tor'e office made a statement to
the contrary.
This afternoon I. H. VanWInkl.
attorney (eneral, waa interview-d.
Capital Mjom
1924
No. 45
' -a
Charles Beecher Warren of Do
troit, former ambassador to Japan
and memebr of commission thnt
arranged for the American recog
nition of the Obregon government
In Mexico.
Washington, Feb. 21. The nom
ination of Charles B. Warren of
Detroit, former ambassador to Ja
pan, to be ambassador to Mexico,
was transmitted to the senate to
day by President Coolidge.
Mr. Warren, who served as one
of the American commissioners in
the negotiations lending up to
recognition ot the Obregon gov
ernment, several times refused the
ambassadorship, but I'resldcnt
Coolidge i. ml Secretary Hughes In
sisted that he change his mind.
Mr. Warren long has been ac
tlve In republican national politics
and was a close friend of the late
President Harding. He made a
notable record at Tokio, where he
negotiated several agreements for
.better understanding between the
American and Japanese peoples,
including that for cancellation of
the Lansing-Ishii agreement.
MELLON DENIES ANY
ANTI-BONUS EFFORT
Washington, Feb. 21. Secretary
Mellon, replying to charges made
in an address here last night by
John R. Quinn, commander of the
American Legion, said he knew
nothing about any activities of
corporations "known as the Mellon
interests" engaging in a campaign
against the soldiers bonus. Mr.
Mellon added that he had not con
tributed a penny to any bucd. ac
tivity. Mr. Quinn, although declaring
"I suppone, technically, Mr. Mellon
has severed bis connection with
all private enterprises, ' asserted
business associates" ot the secre
tary has "coerced" employes to op
pose the bonus, and that throng.,
these channels the "Mellon for
tune is being used In part" to pro
mote a paid propaganda against
the compensation proposals."
"Are you. or are you not going
to conduct the prosecution?" he
was asked.
"The statute," Mr. Van Winkle
replied, "says that the attorney
general shall represent the state
when commanded to do so by the
governor."
"Then you will proceed?"
"It would seem so."
Previously, attaches of the at
torney general's office had said
their department had concluded
to have nothing to do with the
case It was said that no reason
could be found for sending a spe
cial prosecutor Into Yamhill county.
I its f ? f i louui Tf no onoi rarenis insurgents unue nun -Ls TL X
Youth Who Shot Parents
And Burned Sisters To
Death Talks Freely of
His Crimes.
St. Petersburg, Fin., Feb. 21
The burning to death of two sis
ters last year to atone for a "blas
phemy" against the "holy ghost"
when ho was 12 years old, and the
murder of his mother and father
Tuesday night as a sacrificial pen
ance for the killing of his sisters,
confessed by Frank McDowell, 10.
and his weird talo of "hazy spells"
and hallucinations during which
he believed his family aligned
with "the anti-Christ" stood forth
today as related details ot one of
the most gruesome murders in the
history of southern crime.
McDowell, held at Clearwater,
to await trial on charges of mur
dering his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M.. McDowell, who were sh6t
through the head, while they slept
Tuesday night, talked readily,
Confessing to the shooting of his
parents, McDowell further reveal
cd he had started the fire in which
his sisters, locked in their bedroom
perished on Februnry 13, 1923, In
the McDowell home, then In De
catur, Cia. The origin of the fire
had remained a mystery until clear
cd up by McDowell's confession
yesterday.
I In (I HiiUiiclnntlons
When he was 12 years old Mc
Dowell told officers, he blas
phemed the 'holy ghost." This oc
curred on February 19 and every
year, as the date approached, his
mind, he said, became "hazy," and
he believed his family to be al
igned with "the anti-Christ." These
hallucinations occurred annually,
ho said, until last year he felt Im
pelled to kill his sisters as atone
ment for his "blasphemous" sin.
McDowell, when asked what his sin
was, refused to answer.
After his sisters had perished
In the flames, McDowell said, his
mind again became clear and he
realized the seriousness of his
crime, but did not reveal to any
one what he had done.
Op Inst Tueaday, February 19,
the anniversary of his "sin," he
felt that he must kill his parents
as a sacrifice as penance for the
murder of his sisters. f
Heard Voice In Night
On Tuesd ay night, McDowell
told officers, he went into the bed
room adjoining that in which his
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
TRIPLE MURDERER
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE
Ephrata, Wash., Feb. 21. The
body of Owen Hudson, wanted
here In connection with the slay
ing of his brother and two neigh
bors late last month, was found
yesterday afternoon near Uluff
Lake, twelve miles from this town.
ndfcatlons wero that Hudson,
who has been the object of a bunt
since the slaying, had taken his
own life.
Moscow. Austria has gfven
soviet Russia recognition de jure,
It was stated at the governor's
office that the special prosecutor
had been requested by R. I. Con
nor, Yamhill prosecutor.
Plea Not Guilty
Tooze and Templln recently
pleaded not guilty to the charges
preferred against them, and the
trial probably will be held In tbc
near future. It was charged in the
Indictment that Tooze and Temp
lln staged a party In a McMinn
vllle garage at which liquor waa
served.
Mr. Tooze has branded his ar
rest as a frame up resulting from
his activities In recent litigation
in Yamhill county.
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21,
Insurgents Unite With
Democrats to Overrule
Decision of The Chair;
Stock Profits Taxed,
Washington. Feb. 21. A pro
posal to tax undistributed profits
oi corporations was rejected today
uy the house.
Democrats who previously join'
ed tbo republican insurgents ir
overruling a decision of the chair
that au amendment to the revenue
bill imposing such a tax was nut
In order, later opposed the amend'
ment Itself, their leaders express
ing fear the measure might be
changed sufficiently to permit
"reasons for a presidential veto."
The vote against the amendment
which will be offered by Kepro
sentative Frear, republican insur
gent, Wisconsin, was 170 to 51.
Washington, Feb. 21. House
republican Insurgents and demo
crats inited again today in over
ruling a decision of the chair that
an amendment to the revenue bill
proposed a tax on undistributed
profits was not in order.
Representative Frear, repuhli
can, insurgent. Wisconsin, author
of the amendment, appealed from
the decision ot Representative
Graham, republican, Illinois, who
was presiding, and after a sharp
fight, won 164 to 150.
Provisions of the revenue bill
relating to profits on corporation
stocks were further tightened to
day by the house with adoption of
an amendment subjecting earnings
on stock redeemed by corporations
in liquidation proceedings to regu
lar income rates rather than to
the 1214 per cent capital gain
tax.
An amendment proposed by
Representative Dickinson, repub
lican, Iowa, proposing to make
farmers and mutual insurance
companies exempt from tax, also
was adopted by viva voce vote.
An amendment exempting be
nevolent lifo insurance associa
tions "not operated for profit" wufi
adopted 98 to 87, on a teller's vote.
ENGLISH SHE
London. Feb. 21 (Fly the Asso
ciated Press) England awoke to
day to find the apparently hope
less deadlock in the dock strike
broken. Representatives of the
dock workers and employers, meet
ing at the minister of labor, arriv
ed at terms of agreement in the
early hours of the morning.
The terms will be submitted to
a conference of the dockers' dele
gates from all sections of the coun
try by the labor ministry tonight,
and should they meet with the ap
proval of the men, work will bo
resumed Immediately, relieving
the congestion which has prevail
ed at the ports for the last few
days. Indications are that this ap
proval will be forthcoming.
Tho conferenco last night was
secret and the terms of the agree
ment were not made public, but
It Is believed they provide for tho
extra shilling advnnce for which
tho men have been fighting.
Madrid, Spain. A message from
Avilia reports the loss ot a num
ber of lives In a collfssion between
two trains during a snowstorm
One of the trains is said to have
been demolished.
Egyptians Grant
New Concession to
Countess Carnarvon
Cairo, Kgypt, Fib. 21
(By th AvMM-iatoil Prrn
Tlie F-tryptimi government
has granted the Connie of
( nnianon n new conrcwlnn
ftr excavations at Tnt-Ankh-A
men's tomb, according to
lnformatirin from a nfijxin
a1ll quarter today,
(This, It norms probnblp,
vr on Id permit the resumption
of work nt the tomb by
Howard) Carter, who hen
been acting fur the countess)
n.Ml fl Hnh..i.
t,. bu. . V, ,77- ruimueipnia attorney, Das been named
by President Cooltdgo to act with AUee Pomereno. of Ohio In all
ST'S.-"1."? 'S,U l,cU0M arlBlng ,rora the oil lease scandal,. Mr
Roberta take, the place originally offered Silas H. Btrawn, of Chicago
whoa namo was withdrawn because ot his oil connections!
Dry Agents Held
For Murder Taken
To Gold Beach
Marehfield, Or.. Feb. 21. Paul
Mumpowcr and A. Neal, special
state prohibition agent), held on
a charge of murder in connection
with the killing of Lawrence
Hare, In Curry county, were tak
en today from the county jail at
Coquflle, in custody of Sheriff
Huntley to Gold Beach, where
they will be confined In Curry
county jail without hail. A pre
liminary hearing will be held
Saturday.
District Attorney Ren S. Fish
er of Coos county was asked by
State Prohibition Director Cieorgc
L. Cleaver and Attorney General
VanWinkle to defend the men.
He had planned to arrange for
bail of J2000 each, or If bail was
not availnble, to arrango with
Sheriff Huntley to have the men
held In the Coos county Jail pend
ing the hearing.
Word came by wire this morn
ing, however, from County Judge
Wood of Curry county, that charg
ee against the men had been
changed to first degree murder
from second degree murder and
directing the sheriff to have the
men brought to the Gold Beach
jail. The sheriff started at once
with the prisoners.
District Attorney Fisher said
Mumpower admitted to him that
he had ehot Hare, but claimed he
acted in self defense and that
Hare bad a gun. He said he and
VICTIM TELLS STORY
OF INSANE ATTACK
Seattle, Wash., Fob. 21 Joshua
Mummey, who yesterday was
brought close to death by axe
blows on his head, today said a
resident of the vicinity ot his
home at Seattle Heights, 16 miles
north of here, made the attack.
The name of the accused was
given to Sheriff James McCul
lougb of Everett, Washington.
Mr. Mummey, who Is 78 years
old, told a nurse In a hospital here
that the person he named was a
mad man and had a fancied griev
ance against Mr. Mummey and his
wife, who Is 70, and who has been
missing since thefr heme burned
down yesterday and her husband
was found lying on the ground
nearby.
Ills statement to tho nurse was
repeated by the patient to Dr. J.
Tato Mason, who repeated the
words as follows;
nal:
1924
Neal, and not Hare's friends, took
the wounded man to the Brook
ings hoepltnl where he died. The
shooting occurred when the
agenUi wero arresting Hare on a
charge ot violating the prohibi
tion law.
Fitdier will Investigate a report
that Neal is the samo man who
was selling I. W. W. newspapers
part of his time in this section of
the state. Feeling of Curry coun
ty citizens is reported to be arous
ed over the caBe.
COCHRAN CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS IN SECOND
Press dispatches announce the
declaration of George T. Cochran
of La Grande, that ho is to he a
candidate for tho republican nom
ination for representative In
congress from the second Oregon
district In opposition to N. J. Sin
nott. Thus Is fulfilled the prophecy of
Fred L. (iifford, grand dragon of
tha klan in Oregon, that ho would
put Cochran forth as a candidate.
No announcement has yet been
made of the platform upon which
Cochran will neck the nomination,
but his pronouncement Is expect
ed to reveal the "issue" which the
klansmen have promised to Inject
Into tho political situation this
year.
"When I went to bed Tuesday
night, I had carefully extin
guished a fire fn the fireplace. I
stayed up late to see that It was
completely out.
"Early yesterday my wife and
I wero awakened by someone
throwing a flaming mop, evident
ly soaked in oil, through the bed
room window, setting fire to the
bed. She Jumped out one side of
the bed and I the other. I ran
out the back door, my clothes
ariame. As I rounded the corner
of the house intending to run to
the duck pond and put out the
flames, this man struck me over
the head with an axe.
"The next thing I remember I
was lying partly In tha pool and
this man was going away, carry
ing a light. 1 recognized him
easily, as I know him, I do not
know any reason why ho should
attaok me.
, i
ddi mrrovTiT
i XLLllllX
Banker Declares Himself
Willing To Spend Sum
Asked To Bare Details
Of Star Purchase.
Now Vni-lr TToli 91 v.... i. a
Vaildeiiil). retired banker. In n .
Illv tnrlfiv tn Mm AA AAA ill.,.1
sun iueu against him yesterday
bV the ntvnpn nf tho Mnflnn -
declared he welcomed the suit and
expressed "the hope that it would
ub me lurerunner oi " court pro
ceedings that would make public
some of tho news that tho great
newsnuncrs did not rp fit tn
print.''
"I nm nrnnaro,)
as much as has been asked for in
these court proceedings in an ef
fort to make public this news" the
Is nothing this country needs so
uiucu ui uie moment as some court
nrncoml ntra tn 1 1 Iniml I... .1
juries and pressed by incorruptible
iMuoucuuug attorneys.
$600,000 Is Asked.
New York, Feb. 21. Rov D
Moore and Louis H. llrush, Joint
owners oi uie Marlon star, are
plaintiffs in federal court against
trunk A. Vandcrlip retired bank
er, for $600,000, alleging slander
and i Hjei as the result of the bank
er's purported utterances fn an
address at Osslning on February
12. Thrco separata causes of ac
tion, each asking $200,000 dam
ages, are cited In their petition on
nie today.
The papers assert Mr. Vaudcrlin
wickedly and maliciously charged
(Continued on Pago Four.)
SHOT IN BATTLE
Los Angeles. Cal.. Feb. 21. In
the receiving hospital where Pa
trolman Glenn E. Horn! last night
died of bui let wounds received in
n gun battlo with bandits who at
tempted to hold up a branch of the
Merchants National bank here yes
terday, Louis Parry, alleged ban
dit participant In the shooting af
fray, today was under treatment
for a gunshot wound In the chest.
Parry waa captured les than
twelve hours after the attempted
holdup when patrolmen and de
tectives, following a clew furnish
ed by a physician who said a
wounded man had come to him for
aid, closed in on their quarry and
cornered him in an apartment.
ihree ether men and a woman
who fell Into the net that closed
in on Parry were held ns material
witnesses. They gave their name
as George A. Mcllrlde, his wife.
Lucille, and Charlie Thompson and
liPon Lyon.
"The last I saw of my wife was
when I was coming out of the
house and she was lying on the
porch groaning."
Although nUhbors declared
yestorday that they reached the
burning homo in time to be sure
that Mrs. Mummy was not within,
belief that she might bavo been in
a small basement and been over
looked there began to gain ground
today among the Investigators.
Ttutns of the house-, by iH'-nff raked
over, bavo toppled In and filled
this basement, it wss rcoortcd.
False teeth believed to have be
longed to Mrs. Mummey, were
found tn tho ruins.
Dr. Mason Sfffll that the hus
band, despite six wounds on hie
head, a fracture of his left arm
and burns on both legs from knee
to ankle, stood a good chance of
recovering,
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Occasionally rain west,
rain or anow east portion tonight and
Friday. Moderate to fresh winds.
Local: Rainfall .13 Inch; max. 52;
min. 41; river 2.4 feet, falling.
nfTmo on trains and news
Uuil 1U STANDS iTVH OBNTH
Senate Probes Reported
Purchase By Attorney;
General Investments
Comparitively Small.
Washington, Feb. 21. (By As
sociated Press. ) A report that
Attorney General Daugherty has
bought and) sold Sinclair oil stock
la under investigation by the sen
ate oil committee.
Such a report was submitted by
special Investigator and waa
laid before the committee In ex
ecutive session. A check-up of
brokers' books to establish wheth
er it Is true is in progress.
Senator Wheeler. democrat.
Montana, author of the resolution
proposing an investigation ot Mr.
Daugherty'fl administration said
today that he understood informa
tion indicating that the attorney
general had dealt in Sinclair
stocks had been lata before the
president.
"Information came to mo
through a special investigator,"
said Senator Wheeler, "indicating
that Mr. Daugherty had dealt in
Sinclair oil stocks, and I under
stand that these tacts were laid
before the president.'
It now can be disclosed that this
information formed the subject
matter of last Sunday's conference
between Chairman Lenrooc and
Sonators Wheeler and Walsh, dem
ocrats,' of Montana, and Atleo
Pomereno, special government
counsel In the oil case.
What Mr. Coolidgo replied ts
not revealed. Both Mr. Lodge and
Mr. Pepper declined today to dis
cuss even the purpose of their long
conference with the president, and
White House officials remain si
lent.
Sold at a Loss.
The story as it has reached sen
ators is that the investments were
comparatively small and resulted
iltimately In sale of the stock at a
loss.
What nttltude President Cool
idge may have taken toward the
report that a member ot his cabi
net dealt in ollstocka remains a
mystery. Those who have discuss
ed with him refuse to make any
statement of his opinions or bis
intentions and White Houso offi
cials likewise decline to comment.
In soma other administration
(Continued on Page Kloven.)
New York, .Feb. 21. Express
ing willingness to appear before
the senate oil Investigating com
mittee In Washington, "If they
want me," but declining to dis-
cusb the Teapot Dome Inquiry un-
til he familiarized himself with
tho situation, Harry F. Sinclair
arrived yesterday from Europe
aboard tho President Harding.
He was met by members of bis
family and Colonel J, W. Zevely,
his attorney.
Mr. Sinclair was In a genial
mood, smilingly posed for photo
graphers and answered questions
of reporters on every subject by
Teapot Dome. When tho news
paper men came aboard bo sent
word that he had a "very sensa
tional statement'1 which proved
to bo a discussion ot the prospects
for consumption of American
petroleum products In Europe dur
ing 1924.
The old man gave assurances his
race horso Zov would meet Iptnard,
French champion, next summer,
although details of tho mutch
have not been arranged.
Washington, I. ( Representa
tive Henry Gsrlan Ilupre of Louis
iana died early today at his homo
here.