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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 193o
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Byron
Curse ofPharoah
Causes British Peer
To Leap to Death
London (AP) His mind harried by thoughts of the
pharaohs' curse and the recent death of his son, 78 year old
Lord Westbury Friday fell or threw himself to death from
nis Dam room window on the sev-
A Grewsome Tragedy
It is to be hoped that the five women who witnessed
the grewsome hanging of the first woman to die on the gal
lows in Arizona had their curiosity for blood lust satisfied
as the majesty of the law asserted itself along time hallowed
brutish lines, for the rope, when it snapped at the end of the
drop, severed the victim's head from her body. As these
were the first women ever to witness the ghastly tragedy
of the scaffold in Arizona, one worjjl think they would be
the last, but they won't be, for the female of the species is
frequently more deadly than the male.
Of course in these days of feminism, the traditional
sentimental aversion to the hanging of a woman is in the
scrap heap. The gentler sex have firmly established their
equality along these and other lines. They have not yet
demanded the right to officiate as executioners, but that
will logically come next, for they are already on the bench,
bar and jury.
This unfortunate 52 year old mother, convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence, of none too convincing character, of
having slain her employer, with whom she had quarrelled
frequently, to secure his money, may not have died in vain,
for the public reaction against the revolting finale of the
death drama may go far to abolish the death penalty in Ari
zona or at least substitute some more humane method of
entering the life eternal. It is strange how civilized people
tenaciously cling to barbaric customs.
Dodging the Tax
Every effort at tax reform in Oregon is bitterly fought
by those who want the other fellow to pay the taxes and
seek exemption themselves, which accounts for the court
proceedings brought against the new intangibles tax, de
signed to make those who have hitherto escaped pay their
share of state support.
Admittedly the intangibles tax is not perfect and con
tains defects. But these can be remedied as they material
ize in future legislative sessions. The tax is not a heavy
one, and is designed to lift part of the burden from owners
of real and personal property. Its object is to equalize tax
ation, by making those whose wealth lies in securities, in
stead of realty, contribute their quota.
Many technical objections are raised by the complain
ants, which of course the courts will have to pass upon. If
however the intangibles txr. is held unconstitutional, the
state will face a serious financial crisis, for in the expecta
tion of revenues derived from It, the state tax ratio on real
property has been materially reduced, and under the six per
cent limitation the base cannot be restored leaving a perma
rent deficit, just as happened when the income tax was re
pealed.
If the intangibles tax is nullified, one result is certain
to follow the adoption of an income tax, to relieve the
property tax now approaching the point of confiscation. An
income tax and perhnps a sales tax would transfer the bur
den from the farm to those best able to pay and provide real
iarm renet. 'ine property tax has broken down and n
methods of taxation must be invoked.
enth floor of St. James court,
His body crashed throueh a glass
veranda celling 100 feet below, and
knocked over a woman there. 6 he
was so badly cut by broken glass
and so alfected by shock that It
was necessary to take her to a hos
pital. Lord Westbury was dead
when he was picked up.
An Inquest Into the death was
held a few hours afterward and a
verdict of suicide while of unsound
mind was rendered. The dead man,
who was the third baron of his
name, had been In 111 health for
some time.
Lord Westbury for months has
worried over the strange circum
stances of the death of his son,
Richard BetheU, 46, who was sec
retary to Howard Carter, whose In
vestigations In Egypt disclosed the
treasures of ancient Tut-ankh-amen.
BetheH's death, while apparently
from natural causes, revived dis
cusstn of the superstitions of a
curse raatlng upon meddlers with
the tombs of the pharaohs. His
with the 10th death among those
concerned with the exploration of
Tut-ankh-amen's seDulchre. Carti-iv
chief disturber of the tomb, is still
alive.
In the very flat from which Lord
Westbury presumably Jumped were
several Imprtant , and exquisite
works of Egyptian art from the
Egyptian Valley of Kings, which
Bethell, who was his heir, had liv
en his parents.
ARIZONA HANGS
WOMAN FOR MURDER
Continue, from page 1)
ly Intended to commit suicide, but
was prevented from taking the poi
son by the vigilance of guards. An
investigation has been started to
learn the source of the poison.
The 52-year-old housekeeper, who
was convicted or the murder of Ma
tins, her employer, in Januarv. 1927
in order to gain possession of his
property, spent the hours preceding
her execution In the company of the
prlsson chaplain and a few friends.
until alter midnight she sat at a
card table and played whist with
two women friends and a woman
prisoner, while outside her cell the
death watch paced back and forth.
Occasionally she reached out to ca
ress a telegram which lay on the
table a farewell message from her
aaugnier, Mrs. Cecil Loveless.
During the course of the game,
Mrs. Dugan requested that her
guests" be served with orangeade.
Several minutes passed before the
drink was served, and the condemn
ed woman called to a guard: "Please
bring on the orangeade. I want It
now. Tomorrow will be too late."
Since early evening the kr hurt
been overcast, and a light rain was
pattering on the gravelled pathway
as the woman was led from her
ceil to the prison proper across an
open-space to the death cell. She
smoked a cigarette and joked with
guards as she marched along, and
as they neared the gallows house
she laughed and sang "f Don't
Know Where I'm Going, but I'm
on ray way,"
She kissed two of the guards who
leu ner at tne door of the death
house and said: "I love everyone
connected lth the prison. You
have all been good to me, and I
cant blame you for what the law
Is going to do to me." The guards
were more visibly affected than
to an execution. Six women. flvejwas "e woman who stood In the
Content to Vegetate
In his constructive speech before the Salem Chamber of
Commerce, Raymond B. Wilcox, president of the State
Chamber, pointed out bow Oregon, which a few decades ago
had an agricultural output greater than that of all the coast
states has dropped to the last place in the list because of
lack of the intensive development that characterizes her sis
ter states.
The Willamette Valley, with its five million fertile
acres, he pointed out, now produces less than half the agri
cultural output that Yakima Valley, with its 820,000 acres
of irrigated land, while other sections, such as the Skagit
Valley on I'uget Sound, the Imperial Valley in California
and the Idaho tracts around Twin Falls, Boise and Payette
are far more productive than the. Willamette valley because
tneir resources are skillfully exploited.
Mr. vvneox gave production figures proving how in
dairy products, in poultry and in other branches of agricul
tural industry, Oregon lags behind all, despite superior
natural advantages. He urged application of modern eco
nomics to the valley, with study directed toward agricultural
development and marketing, in which the cooperation of
Danker and business men of the cities must be forthcoming,
as well as their leadership.
The question comes down to one of leadership and Ore
gon is shy on leaders. Our population is easy going con
servative and individualistic. It is hard to arouse coopera
tive effort in any line. Tertians it is the climate, perhaps
though to a large extent is due to lack of leadership by Port
land, which though financial center of the state, has never
seriously cooperated in state development, as San Francisco
ana Seattle have in their respective states.
Nature has been too kind to the valley, and we have left
it all to nature. In the other states, man has been forced to
wards development of arid regions whereas our blessings
were showered upon us without effort. We need irrigation,
we need drainage and other things, but as we can get along
in a small way without them, we are content to vegetate.
MAN IN TRAINING
he said.
'I treat women like men. or at
I least I trv to. Vnil vt aW, lul
LI U 17 1 ill 1 IMP HID 1 w,ln lmm WV n U you try
lUn II UlVI A II 0 JUu!to " v " the
time."
Tepley was a cook In a Boy Scout
men's I sunimr ramp once and liked It. so
ne nimiipa in a cooaing Class at tne
university. He liked that course so
well he stayed hi the home econom
ics school.
"As far as cooking goes. I'm not
o hot on It. There Is nothing soft
about a woman's Job. It's Just hard
work.
Seattle, UP Invasion of
fields of activity by the women did
not find George Tepley without an
laea.
George entered the University of
Washington year ago with the
tnought, "too many women are in
Industry and too many of them are
training for men's Jobs."
So Oeorre started training for a
woman's Job.
He la the only man In the home
' economic department at the Unl-
Oeorta has learned about women.
I.OClflKR WIN
Aumsvllle Tuesday evening the
the local basketball teams will play
their last gamea of the season here
with (lervaw. They are worklna vera
hard to win a doubleheader.
of them invited to witness the ham.
ing. stood with heads bowed, as the
iiuwc was ntiea aoouc tne neck of
the condemned woman, and shud
dered as the steel trap clanged to
plunge the body Into eternity. The
sixtn woman, a prison matron, ac
companied Mrs. Dugan on her trip
u uie g anowi ana it was ner last
wish that the matron stav with
her until the end.
Mrs. Dugan was convicted of the
murder In January, 1027. of Mathls.
aged Tucson rancher-recluse, in or
der to gain possession of his nroD-
erty. The body of Mathls was not
found until a year later, when
searchers found It burled In a shal
low quick-lime filled grave at a
lonely spot on his desert ranch.
warden Lorenzo Wright created a
sensation a few minutes before the
Hanging by revealing to newspaper
men the discovery of what he be
lieved was a plot by Mrs. Dugan to
cheat the gallows by taking poison
before she was removed to the death
chamber.
Acting on a tip that the woman
had procured a poison dose, Wright
said he transferred her from her
prison cell to the condemned cham
ber about 1 a.m. A search of the
abandoned cell, the warden said, led
to the discovery beneath a mattress
of a 2-ounce bottle of a "deadly"
poison. The bottle, he said, bore the
label of a Florence drug 6tore.
Wright said the woman npparent-
shadow of the scaffold.
A telegram delivered to her In the
condemned cell revealed a hither
to unknown chapter of her early
life. The message, signed "Ada
Hostapple, Beattle, Wash.," read:
"I sympathize with you and have
the greatest admiration for your
bravery and grit."
"Ada la an old friend of the u-
kon days," Mrs. Dugan said. "Prob
ably you didn't know It. but I was
one of those who followed the gold
rush Into the Yukon."
Mrs. Dugan wlU be burled In the
prison graveyard. In a shroud of
white silk which she made herself.
Several weeks ago she purchased a
casket and paid an undertaker to
prepare her body for burial.
Her 83-year-old father. William
MsDaniels, of Crese, Calif., was un
able to grant her wish to be with
her during the hours preceding her
death. She refused to disclose the
name of her son, and the name
of her daughter was not revealed
until the message came from her
Thursday night.
IRENE BORDONI
STARS IN GREAT
COLOR PICTURE
The summit of achievement In
natural color photography Is now
to be seen at BUgh s Capitol the
ater, where Irene BordorU is star-
St 'A
ring In "Paris", adapted from her
phenomenally successfully stage
play of last year.
The technicolor process has taken
the motion picture world by storm
within the past few months. Some
of the most spectacular 6cenes of
Pans' have been made by this
process. They are dazzling; they
are gorgeous; and they are super
latively beautiful.
Paris" la witty, gay and enter
taining from the first scene to the
last: and not least among its tri
umphs Is the really wonderful skill
and artistry displayed In the tech
nicolor sequences. Literally these
must be seen to be believed, the
new technique In photography has
opened a fresh and boundless field
for dramatic settings and presenta
tions. In the cast Jack Buchanan,
the most famous of London comedi
ans, is Miss Bordonl's leading man,
and they are supported by a prac
tically all-star cast. This attrac
tion will play at Bligh'a CaDitol
Friday and Saturday, bringing
Everett Horton in his latest vita-
phone success, "The Sap."
CYCLE PLUNGES INTO
CROWD; 2 NEAR DEATH
Poughkeepsie. N. Y. tPt A rail
road official and a Vassar student
were near death here Friday of In
juries received Thursday night
when a motorcycle ploughed Into
a group of students and others In
front of vassar college, nve om
en. Including two students, were
less seriously injured. The oper
a tor of the motorcycle was held on
a charge of assault.
Murray Sullivan, of Salt Lake
City, general manager of the Salt
Lake City-Utah railroad, who was
here vlsitlnj his daughter, a stu
dent, suffered a fractured skull,
fractured left leg, left pelvis and
collar bone .and Internal injuries.
The daughter, Nancy Adair Sul
livan, also in the group, escaped
injury.
Marian Jay Wurts, Knglewood. N.
J., a Junior, suffered a fractured
skull. Her condition was described
as critical.
Cause of the accident, which oc-
cured at a point where the road
way is straight, was unknown.
Edward Terrell, the operator, told
police he was driving 25 miles an
nour.
RABBimfBEGIVEN
YOUNG PERFORMERS
(Continued from page 1)
Rabbit." the eighth episode of Tar
zan, the Tiger, the big new feature
production, "Paris," starring Irene
Bordonl, and vltaphone vaudeville
acts, sound news events and se
lected short subjects.
Admission to this "grand me
lange of entertainment designed
for Salem youths" costs only five
cents for any boy or girl not more
than 12 years old who presents the
Capital Journal coupon. The pro
gram starts at 1 o'clock.
CLUB ASKS REPEAL
OF CHARTER CLAUSE
(Continued from page 1)
Hollywood people to "lay oft" un
til the company has a chance to
show what It can do. He said that
in the conference with the water
company representatives Manager
Delaney laid that deposits for In
stallation of water service are not
required of property holders.
Gregory brought up the matter
of the fire alarm system. He
branded it "the bunk," and called
it "antique" and said It was throw
ing money away. There were plenty
of speakers who agreed with the
president, and the opinion seemed to
be that the money would better be
applied to completing the South
Salem fire station and Increasing
the salaries of firemen. This was
voted as the policy of the club, and
J. H. Vlcary, W. H. Henderson and
D. F. Eastburn were appointed a
committee to try to make the city
council see the light.
The "punklns" in the center of
several downtown street , intersec
tions were rapped by one speaker.
The club was entertained by mus
ical selections by five children,
David Smith, Bobby and Eleanor
Brazeau, Dick Stearns and Billy
DeSouza.
a physical standpoint as an auto
mobile. A good flyer needs a cool
head, good Judgment and proper
co-ordination of his mental and
manual processes. Consequently I
will vote In favor of a woman la
such a debate."
Gam Health, Strength Quick New Way
Mw Iroaixcd .mm oukn you new pertoa in
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Ugly pimples
Mlm inmni Barpnatnraclaar your
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NATURE'S REMEDY to rexulata an
trenirthenyoarelinilnatJvaenranH. Thea
watch tha tranafonnatkm. Try Nl ioataa
ci mere laaativea, OnlySS?.
i ne All-Vegetable Laxatlw
charter provision "a complete oroD-
osltlon must be submitted," and that
with all the necessary negotiations
ana probable court action years
would go by before anything could
be accomplished.
"I would prefer." he said, "that
the council put on the ballot the
question of repealing the present
charter provision. That will enable
us to act under the state law. which
Is not so cumbersome, and through
wnicn we can act Immediately upon
repeal of the city charter provision."
Church moved that the club at
tempt to get the council to do this,
and the motion carried without
dissent. As a committee to get the
matter before the council President
Gregory appointed R. J. Stumbo, N.
C. Burk and N. C. Hubbs.
Church told the club that Man
ager Delaney, Attorney Walter E.
Keyes and other water company
representatives had visited him dur-
lng the day and attempted to get the
INSTRUCTOR ASSERTS
WOMEN GOOD FLIERS
Oakland, Cat. (LP) When auto
mobiles came Into vogue, the abil
ity of women to drive them was a
matter of national moment, and
the debate has now shifted to the
question of whether or not a woman
can fly an airplane as well as a
man.
George Myers, who heads the fly
ing staff of the Boeing School of
Aeronautics of Oakland, has been
an army flying Instructor, a college
professor, and was one of the vet
erans of the transcontinental air
mall service, and Myers Is bold
enough to venture this prediction:
"I disagree with those who. think
that women cannot become com
petent pilots. Flying with the planes
we have nowadays requires no great
physical strength and an airplane
can be maneuvered as easily from
Plant Filberts
for Profit
Brlxnut buddded trees. Bar
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Walnuts, chestnuts, almonds.
A full line of fruit trees.
Plant now for bat results.
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an? sort, and it comes close
packed in the canon, like pow
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long way. A teaspoon ful in a
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White King Is good for the
heaviest 01 most delicate wash
lug blankets, dishes, or lingerie.
It is the satett, most economical
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