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Newspaper Page TextPARALYZED ASTROLOGER TO PAY PENALTY CITY EDITION Dally afaraga sat paid circulation for month andlng December 31, lilt 6366 Average dally dlaulbutloa t.lCt. Member Audit Bureau of Ctrculallnns. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 17 raw mm if I; JJM P ARALYT i C MURDERER MUST HANG Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Arthur Covell, Astrologer; Giles Conviction Sustained. Arthur Covell, bedfast paralytic and fumed as an astrologer, must die by the rope. Only action by the governor can' save bin. from the gallows. In the lower court for Coos county, Covell was convicted and sentenced to be banged tor con spiring with hta nephew, Alton Covell, a minor, to kill Mrs. Eb'ja Covell, wife of Dr. Fred Cov ell. The doctor fa a brother of the condemned man. Alton Covell, the boy, who was found guilty of doing the actual killing by suffo cating the woman with ammonia, was sentenced to life Imprison ment. The alleged crime was commit ted September 3, 1923. For years Arthur Covell has been a bedfast Invalid, and throughout the years that be has been in bed be has made an exhaustive study of as trology. This he has continued during the many months that be has lain on his cot at the state penitentiary . It will now be necessary to take Covell back to Coos county so that the death sentence can again be passed upon hira. The opinion of the supreme court was written by Chief Justice McUride and it af tiring the conviction of Judge John C. Kendall's court. Second Murder Case. Another murder case was die posed of today that of the state igaiust John Knight Giles, alias John Cyril Llard, alias Basil Halg. Giles was convicteu of murder In the second degree for the killing of a traffic officer after Giles had robbed a tender on the interstate bridge, his conviction being In tin court of the late Judge C. U. Gnu tenbein about six years ago. The (Continued on Page Nine) 10 LIVES LOST SOUTHERN FLOOD Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20. With the list of dead and missing stand ing at 10, railroad and motor traffic demoralized and a heavy property loss sustained, the crout of the flood, which has been acuU In several southern states since Saturday nigh, today was be lieved passing. In southern Georgia, where th menace and damage probably has been greatest, many streams were receding. No estimate of property damage was available. HUGHES UPHELD BY PRESIDENT Washington. Jan. 20. The Hughes' statement denying that the Paris agreement Involved the United States In European com mitments is held by President Coolidge to cover the Issue which has been raised by the Irreconcil able group In tbe senate. Tbe president holds no commit ments were undertaken by the United States under the settle ment and that Secretary Hughes has made clear the whole ques tion. All that remains, the pres ident feels can be considered as unimportant gossip. Mr. Cool idee previously has In dicated that he regards the Parts settlement as fair to the United States In that It recognized the justness of American claims for war da maces and imposed no obli gation beyond the receiving of payments. The Impression given at the White House today was that the president Is disposed to look upon the Hughes statement as the clos ing of the matter. Capital, PIERCE a Governor Suffers First Defeat When House Follows Senate Lead In Inheritance Exemption. Governor Pierce this morning suffered bis first decisive defeat of the session when the bouse, fol lowing the lead of the senate yes terday afternoon, passed the ve toed Dunn bill of the 1923 session exempting from Inheritance taxes estates left to established charities. The bill refers particularly to the Bernard Daly estate of about a million dollars, left aa a fund to ass let students of Lake county In getting an education In the state university, agricultural college 'and the normal school. Representative Pelrce and Shumway cast the only negative votes. The bill Is the second to be passed by the house. Woodward, Hamilton, Cowgill, and Hammond spoke in favor of the measure, Pelrce arising to oppose Its pas sage. The committee on medicine and pharmacy reported In favor of house bill 45 by Woodward, Multnomah county, providing for physical examination of children in the elementary schools of the state. House bill 38 providing for re peal of the six mill limitation In taxation In school districts of more than 100,000 waa reported favorably by the committee on assessment and taxation. The measure was introduced by the Multnomah county delegation. It Is designed for the relief of Port land school district No. 1. The property qualification for voters In school elections where taxation or bonding measures are to be acted upon would be re moved by house bill 75 Introduced by Woodward, Multnomah county. The whipping post may appear In Oregon with Its stalwart wield er of cat o nine tails. Robert C. Wright, a Portland attorney, has written Representative Bennett, Multnomah county, asking that he Introduce a whipping post law to be used In punishing mate nar cotic peddlers and persons who, carrying arms, enter building or public places with Intent to rob. Punishment would' not exceed fifty lashes. Bennett has referred to pro posed bills to the public health and morals committee of the house. "I do not think the punishment suggested too severe, but I fear that many persons would question the method," explained Bennett. OF DUNN BILL OVERR I DDEN Ma Ferguson Takes Oath of Office as Governor of Texas Austin. Texan. Jan. 20. (By Associated Press) A woman aita today in the eat of power where since the birth ot Texas only men have sat. A kiss bestowed on the state 'a oldest official bible, an oath to uphold the laws, a promise to con secrate her lite to ner atate and Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson of Tem ple. Texas, became the first woman governor of tbe Union 'a largest state. Team work la to be the motto of the Ferguson administration. Governor Miram A. Ferguson de clared In her Inaugural address here today. "Recognizing and freely admit ting rrfy Inexperience In govern mental affairs," she aald, "I must First Outpost of Whites in Valley In 1812 Located A historical secret, located in1 the bosom of time for more than a 1 century, has been probed and brought to light by Associate Jus tice of the Supreme Court Oliver P. Coshow In locating the exact spot on which was established the "Wallace House," the first outpost of civilization In the Willamette valley, according to Information just received by the chamber of commerce from J. Neilson Barry of Portland, secretary of the Trail Seekers. The Trail Seekers ie an association Incorporated for the purpose of ferreting out historic places. Incidents and localities of the past. This first American settlement in the Willamette valley, located in 1812 by William W. Wallace, as an official of the Astorlan expedi tion, was on tbe Bush farm just north of the dear school on the Oregon Electric but a short dis I BY THE SENATE Washington, Jan. 20 After re jecting a minority report, 42 to 28, the senate today adopted the majority report on Its oil Inquiry by a vote of 40 to 30. The report adopted was that drafted by Senator Walsh, demo crat, Montana, the prosecutor of the investigation, approved by all members of the oil committee ex cept five republicans. The minority report signed by five republicans held that Edwin Denby and Theodore Roosevelt were blameless In connection with the naval oil reserves. Adminis tration republicans voted solidly for the minority report, while the democrats and the republican In surgents opposed it. The repub licans who opposed the minority report were , Senators Borah, Brook hart, Couzens, Johnson, Cal ifornia; Norbeck and Norris. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 20. Ne braska's livestock may be placed in the same category as any other street vehicles. Insofar as traffic is concerned, under a bill introduced in the house of representatives by Representative M. H. Brown. Tm bill would require that all live stock whether being driven In herds or singly, at night on public roads, be required to wear warn ing lights' 'to bo displayed both lu front and rear of tbe animal. The purpose of the bill Is to pro tect motorists from running Into herds and to protect the livestock a well. ask the advice and counsel of others. Perhaps tbla will not be a bad Idea for others to adopt, even though tbelr training and learning may be more than mine. I shall endeavor to make this ad ministration a success by team work. There Is so much to do tbat no one mind can bring relief to the people. What Texas needs mora than anything else at this time ia a strong pull, a steady pull and a pull all together." . ' Progress In matters spiritual as well aa material are to be atrived for the first woman governor of the state, she said. The woman governor declared that many women will be Invited SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1925 tance from Salem, according to the discovery of Justice Coshow, who has spent considerable time in delving Into the matter, Mr. Barvy w rites. At thie post supplies were gath ered ruch as venison and other r.atural products which were pre pared and sent to Astoria for the support of tbe central establish- ment ut the expedition as there was not enough game near tbe mouth of the Columbia to supply the large number of Americans gathered at that point. The Wallace House was also the place v.-here extra men were lent when the number at Astoria was greater than could be maintaturd at that establishment, the Willain ette valley being called by them the "Garden of the Columbia." For a century or more, Mr. Bar' ry writes, the exact location of the (Continued on Page Nine) SENATE PASSES MEMORIAL FOR Without a dissenting vote the senate this morning passed the house joint memorial approved In tbe house yesterday memorializ ing the Oregon delegation In con gress to urge the establishment of a 8 cent tariff on cherries. The morning session of the up per house was brief and adjourn ment was taken until 2 o'clock. Senator Staples Introduced a hill to do away with constables In Multnomah county and place all their work under the sheriff's office. He explains that under the present system there are two constables In Multnomah county, each with a large retinue of sal aried deputies. Another bill Introduced by Staples today provides $5 a day compensation for appraisers nf estates. He declares that, particu larly In Multnomah county, ap praisers are paid exorbitant sums for work of very short duration and become a convenient politic al facto.. The Banks bill providing for an appeal to the circuit court from orders of municipal officers re voking licenses of soft drink es tablishments, hotels, etc., which were slated for third reading to day, was re-referred to the judi ciary committee for correction. New York, Jan. 20, Anothor $3,000,000 snowstorm swept New York today, causing the marshal ing of 417 plows and between 10, 000 and 12,000 shovelera to keep the main tnoroughfare open. Th snow was approaching a depth of 6 Inches before the full force whs in action shortly before daylight The work of removing the new fall was made more difficult by the fact that remnants of the lust snow storm, which cost the city approximately 13,000,000, re mained In some side streets despite the labor of the street cleatiinr. forces. PLAN TAX UPON EXEMPT SECURITIES Tax would be levied on tax ex empt securities In event of their inheritance under terms of houe bill 70 Introduced this mornin by German, Multnomah county. The rate Is set by the terms of the measure. The rate would ranc from 1 to 12 per cnt dependent on th aomunt inherited. On $10, 000 the rate would be 1 per cent: on $20.0g0, 2 per cent; on $Ji, 000, I per cent; on $40,000. 4 per cent; on $50,000, 5 per rent; on $10 000. 6 per rnt: $70, 0M, 7 ;i-r cent; $HO,00o, 8 pr reni; 90,000, 9 por cnt; Slbu.oun. u ier rent; $20n.tfj0. 11 per cut; 11 ftflrt f.flft 19 nn- jnMT i mm RESTRAINT ON SPECIAL COPS IS REQUESTED District Attorneys Urge Limit Re Placed Upon Pierce's Power to Name Irresponsible Agents. By HARRY N. GRAIN District attorneys of various Oregon counties visiting the cap- Itol building on one pretense or another during the past week have been drawing to the attention of legislators the fact that in the Introduction of corrective meas ures dealhig with prohibition en forcement they have yet made no move to remedy the fundamental evil of the existing system of en forcement by special officers. Abolition of the present prohi bition enforcement department will do little to relieve the abuses that have grown out of the system now In force unless some check Is placed upon the governor's au thority of Issuing commissions to special agents, the prosecutors point out. Some Idea of the number of spe clal commissions that have bean granted by Govvtnor Pierce dur ing his term of office may be gleaned from the fact that Fred L. Glfford, grand dragon ot the Ku KIux Klan In the state. Vfa terday walki-d Into the executive offices and flung 15 special agents' stars down on the gov ernor's desk with the declaration, 'We're through." Incidentally Clifford's action Is said to mark the severance of the last tlea between the governor and the klan. Promiscuous distribution of state stars to amateur sleuths, (Continued on Pane Four) PATCH HOLE ON Work of patching the hole In the hull of the Relief, river steam er that sank in the Willamette river a-t the foot of Court street during the cold snap in December waa started this afternoon. A ulv cr sent under the boat this morn lng reported that the hole in the bottom ot the boat measured 15 feet long and 8 Inches wide, one whole plank having been forced loose by the Ice an J later floating away. The diver went down again this afternoon, fastening a piece of canvas over the hole. A plunk will be fastened above the canvas, and the water pumped out. The ship was raised a considerable dis tance yesterday. Officials In charge of the project have stated that the Relief will probably be run to Portland unde. her own power. The engines will be clean ed a much as possible after being pumped dry, and the trip down the river will take place about Friday morning. Navy Needs a Driver to Make Officers Work Declares T. A. Edison New York, Jnn. 20 Thomas A. Edison came out today with a few simple Idras for gun elevation of American battleships at little ex pens? and also for getting work out of the navy's per mnel. Gun eI"Viition could be obtain ed, he siid at little expense by adoption of the paravane principle. The paravane, he explained, was 3 sort of lateral rudder or tin, by whle a b.ittk h!p could be tilted to alter the range of the guns, murh af'cr the prlnrii le used by ubmir.n In diving or coming to the suifitce. The $4,500,000 snutyV in the naval appropriation fur Kim elevation, he regards an needh p "A p'nn.d of mercury for eoeh rlih-. v:ith the appaintu will dii tlii 1 ir V " milA tfom lnaratin 0 mm Senator Edwards of New Jersey Implicated By Prohibition Agents CECIL OPPOSES OPI Geneva, Jan. 20. (By Aesocl ated Press) After tonight's ad journmcnt of the International opium conference Viscount Cecil of Chelwood told the press that ne deemed the present situation In the conference critical and de clared he would oppose tbe Am erican proposal to abolish opium smoking in the Far East within fifteen years. Geneva, Jan. 20. (By Associ ated Press) Accusing Lord Ce ell of Chelwood ot slandering the American people when he alleg ed they were consuming more opium than the people of India. Stephen G. Porter ot Pennsylva nia today became the center of the most dramatic session In the international opium conference yet held. The stern rebuke administered by the head of the American del egation was followed by Lord Ce cil's Immediate withdrawal ot his allegation and expressing hi profound regret that he had been misled Into making an untrue statement. The conference had scarcely re covered from the tension over the Porter-Ceri Incident when It was again thrilled by Mr. Porter's ap peal for the west to cease exploi tation of the east In opium and by his solemn warning that the world was threatened with bol shevism. Col. Dosch Fractures Hip Portland, Ore., Jan. 20. Col. Henry E. Dosch, 84, state com mander of the G. A. U. and secre tary of the state board of horti culture, suffered a fractured leg near the hip yesterday when his bell caught In a revolving door at the First National bank and he was thrown to the sidewalk. He was taken to a hospital. i saaaaajta ; -J V 4 1 He aided that hln plan had been sent to Washington and repected on the ground that It would cniifte too much retardation of a ship In notion. "J Jo you know what the navy needs down In Washington ?" he nfked. "They ouh'. to have a fel-I-jw about six feet tall and with a big Jaw about elKht Inches acrons from sonewhero out In a back moods county of Kentucky or Mis souri for a civilian bnm and make the navy officers work. You know '.he navy has go.d material, and some fine fellows in It. but they ought to have a driver to make 'em work. "I'm 78 myself, and I work six teen hours a day, but, do you know, I'm almost dying of ennui been ti ne I cannot get fn more work Am. " rnT"r IPDDP1? rT?XTTO ON TRAINS and NEWS I 1UUUU V111 New Jersey Senator De clared Link Between Bootleggers and Alleg ed Master Mind. Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 20. Senator Edward I. Edwards oi New Jersey was Implicated uJuy in the New Jersey rum scand.il at the trial ot 12 Weehawken police men indicted for prohibition law violations when two government dry agents testified that the sena tor had served as a link between bootleg liquor buyers and William F. Griffin, alleged "master mlud" of the conspiracy. Charles Hurlhurt. a general pro Itlbition agent under Divisiontil Chief Merrick In New York, testi fied that on November 14, Dili. he had given Senator Edwards $3800 which was to be placed in escrow to be held for payment for Griffin for Sotcli whiskey to bi delivered to him. Griffin became suspicious, tin witness said, the deal did not go through and the money was re turned. Lionel Wilson, another agent, corroborated Hurlburt's testimony. George Cutley, counsel for tbe defense, in his opening address t. the jury said the present prosecu tion was ' conceived in irauu ami Iniquity," and "bolstered by hatred and malice.' Prior to the federal prohibltim. law, he Baid, this and other com munities w.tre "tranquil." Passage cf the Volstead act. he assi-rted .had Introduced a cata clysm of injustice." Griffin took the stand and de nied that either ho or Senator Ed wards was involved In the rum con splracy. He admitted that Wilson and Hurlbut had left a sum of money of Senator Edwards stating that it represented a business deol. the nature ot which wan unknown cither to himself or the senator. Both ho and Mr. Edwards, he said, later angrily repudiated the deal on learning that Wilson and Hurl but sought to purchase whiskey. Arthur VnnTasscl. also a dry agent, Inter corroborated Hurl but'a testimony, declaring he had neon Hurlbut and Wilson in con ference with a man hollevert by him to have been Senator Edwards who Is president ot the Klist Nu tlonnl Uink of Jersey City. (Continued on P.-ige Seven J Albany, Jan. 20 Mrs. P. T, Long and Mrs. L. P. Evann, who resided near Lebanon, Oregon were drowned this morning when an automobile In wlilrh they were riding with their husbands went off a road three mile southf.int of Albany and plunged Into n drain ogo canal. Iloth husbands, who were riding in the front seat of the car, escaped. The women and their husbands were about 60 years of nge. The automobile failed to negn tlate a rlhi anulo turn In the road and went over tbe bank, go ing IntQ the water without over turning. The machine quickly .4tihnierged and the women, ritinjt in the rear seat, wee trapped, Ihe miHbunds managed to extri cate themselves, but were uuublc to savo their wives. Mrs. Long's body was recovered from tbe machine about twenty minuter after tho accident by Ifarry Bon hurt, but Mrs. Ivans' body had not been removed at n mtt. Long and Evans, bruised, but not seriously hurt, were PriiiiKht to Lebanon, Mre. Long's body was brought to Albany. re DRY AGENTS SAY EDWARDS BOOZELNK Limit Trollers Catch Representative Pelrce. Coos and Curry counties, has prepar ed a bill which would limit a trai ler's catch on the Hogue river to two salmon a da. Sportsmen have complained that the com morclal fishermen who work ne' at nig lit descend on the riwr during the day to roll or to "!! their net caught fish to tourist f tjt rman THE WEATHER OREGON: Unwilled, probably rain tonight aad Wadneadajr- Slight temper ature changes. Fresh aoutherly winda. Local: Max. 64: mln. 41: rain. .IT:, river, T.I: atmoa, cloudy; wind, aouib. lO STANDS FIVE CENT! OPEN PROBE Sensations Promised But Best Part Likely Not To Reach Pablic Eull Information Promised. The prohibition Investigating committee hint night. In the closed session following lia open meeting decided to have all meetings In. executive setwlon during the In quiry, with the exception that pub lic meetings will be announced from time to time. Newspapermen will be Invited to attend all exe cutive session, bat on the condi tion that they aro to mnke publlo only such matter as the investiga tors designate, for reasons of pub ic policy. The committee has issued a sub poena to George L. Cleaver, stats prohibition commissioner, demand Ing that he produce all the reo ords of the department. An Invi tation was sent to the district at torneys ot the state to appear be fore the committee. W. J. Herwig, superintendent ot the Oregon Antl-Huloon league, declared that no Investigations made by the league in any way in volve a United States senator or any other federal officer. The committee will meet tonight and the records of Mr. llerwig will be examined. Klamath and Grant countler came In for some rough treutmen. last night. Governor Pierce told how Klamath county was utterly without enforcement of the prohi bition law owing to the lack of 1 nyinpithy on the part of county of ficials, and how he and Mr. Her wig had paved the way there by holding a series of meetings with the result thnt conditions are much better. George L. Cleaver told how when his men went Into Grant county they found one of the law enforcement oi fleers drunk In Sci'ret Session After hearing Cleaver, Pierce, llerwig and Joseph Hclgeraon, Pollc county district attorney, In an op en seaalcn, tbe committee went In to executive session, barring both the audience and the press. Tho purpo.se of the executive ses sion was to outline the scope of tbe Investigation and to arrange an orderly procedure If possible. The open meeting was called for that purpose, but did not succeed. (Continued on I'uge Three) SHOALS BILL !E Washington, Jan. 20 Republi can Iiounc butlers definitely decid ed today to send the Underwood Muscle Shoals bill to conference. This deeittion reached at a meet lug of the republican steering cons ml t tee, put at rest reports tbat tbe measure mik-ht be sent to the house military committee. It was) Indicated that the move to send the bill to conference would be mad tomorrow. Tho resolution of Senator Norris ropublli-an, Nebruska, culling for an Investigation of an alleged power truMt by the federal trad commission today was referred to the interstate commerce commit too with Instructions to report It out within six days. . GRAND IuRYPROBT OF BASEBALL SCANDAL New York, Jan. 20. District Attorney Han ton today ordered an investigation of t'e hisuhall scandal In which "(,uzy" Dn'nn and Outrielder Jimmy O'Connell of the New York Giant'" were al leged to have attempted to bribe Infielder Heinle Sand ot the Philadelphia Nationals to "throw the game." Mr. lianton said the case would be presented to the grand Jury 1$ his Inves: igatinn showed proced ure to be warranted under a ep rial New York state law epeclfto ally covering baseball bribery Tile district attorney said he hn( received from Raseball Co mini iloiicr l.itndis a transcript of al the hrtwnony tnkro bv b lattsj OF CLEAVER'S DRY BUREAU 0