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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1924
NO. 284
Mesford Mai
BUNE
CHARGE ATTY.
GEN1 BOUGHT
OIL STOCKS
Senate Oil Committee Is Prob
ing Report That Daugherty
Traded in Sinclair Oil
Move to Oust Atty. Genl.
Grows Stronger President
Keeps Own Counsel.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (By the
Associated Press) A report that At
torney General Daugherty tins bought
and sold Sinclair oil stock la under
investigation by the senate oil com
mittee. Such a report was submitted by a
special investigator and was laid be
fore the committee in executive, ses
sion. A check-up of brokers' books to
establish 'whether it is trite is in
progress.
.Senator Wheeler, democrat, - Mon
tana, author of the resolution proposing-
an Investigation of Mr. Daugh-
erty's administration, said today that
he understood information indicating
the attorney general bad dealt in Sin
clair stock had been laid before the
president.
'Information came to mo through
a special Investigator,' said Senator
Wheeler, "indicating that Mr. Daugh
erty had dealt in Sinclair oil stocks, I
and I understand thut these facts
were laid before the president."
it jiow can be disclosed that this
information formed the subject mat
tor of last Sunday's conference be-
tween Chairman Lenroot and Sena
tors Wheeler and Wulsh, democrats.l
Montana and Atlee Pomerone, a spec
ial government counsel in the oil
case. .
. What Mr. Coolldge replied Is not re
vealed. Both Mr. Lodgo and Mr. Pep-!
per declined today to discuss' even the
purpose of their long conference with
the .president, and White House of
ficials remain silent.
The story as it has reached senators
1b that the investments were compura-.
tively small and resulted ultimately in
sale of the stock at a loss. I
What attitude President Coolldge
may have taken toward the report
that a member of his official family
dealt in oil stocks remains a mystery.
Those who have discussed with him
refuse to make any statement of' his
opinions or his Intentions and White
House officluls likewise decline to
comment.
in some other administration quar
ters, however, it is known to be the
view that no inherent wrong can be
established from the mere tact of a
stock investment by public officials,
as there Is no proof that confidential
Information was the basis for the pur
chase. Should a public accusation be
made, the defense is expected to fol
low these lines.
Officials who take this attitude fol
low the reasoning of Senator Elkins,
republican, West Virginia, who said
yesterday that although he Tiad
bought and sold stock ho wus con
scious of no wrongdoing.
His trading, ho said, had been on
the same basis as that of men en
gaged in all branches of industry, who
depend on fortunate Investment to
preserve and Increase tholr capital, j
Never-the-less many republican
senators are convinced that the public
will not. accept such an explanation.
IN BEND CALF CASE
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21. A ver
dict of not guilty was returned today
in the second trial in federal court of
K. E. Helleman, defendant in the Bend
"calf case."
Helleman was charged with signing
the name Ole Hanson to letters order
ing calves, and, when the calves were
unclaimed, buying them at reduced
prices.
A jury previously found Helleman
guilty of the charge, but he obtained
a new trial.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21. Herman
L. Roth, Hollywood attorney, was In
the county Jail today awaiting sen
tence for attempted extortion of hush
money from Arthur H. Sawyer, man
ager for Barbara LaMarr, motion pic
ture actress. A Jury In the superior
, court late yesterday convicted him
after a scant eight minutes' delibera
tion. He will appear next Monday
for sentence, at which time, he an
Egypt Grants New
Concession to Wife
Of Earl Carnarvon
i
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 21. (By
the Associated Press.) The
Egyptian government has granted
the Countess of Carnarvon a new
concessslon for excavations at
Tut-ankh-amen's tomb, according
to information from a'responslble
quarter today. -
, (This, Is seems probable, would
permit the resumption of work at
the tomb by Howard Carter, who
has been acting for the countess.)
. .
PHIPPS VOTED TO
Fl
WASHINGTON." Feb. 21. A chargo
that Senator Phlpps. republican, Colo
rado, had voted as a member of the
appropriations committee "to put
money into his own pocket," was
made in the senate today by Senator
Ashurst, democrat, Arizona.
The Arizona senator was protesting
against the reduction by the commis
sion from $765,000 to $515,000 for the
Yuma irrigation project In California
and Arizona. Asserting that the
Southern Sierra High Power company
now supplies electric current in the
dlNtrlct which could be served from a
plant to be erected in the Yuma pro
ject. Senator Ashurst said:
"One of the stockholders of this
company sits on this committee, how
did he vote?"
"I voted to cut this item out," re
turned Phipps.
"Ah, that's what I thought,", thun
dered Senator Ashurst. "You voted
to put money into your own pocket."
"I warn the senator, not to go too
far," said Senator Phlpps.
' "I don't care anything about your j
Warnings," returned Ashurst. i
Senator Phlpps said he would make
a statement in his own time explain
ing. , . - . "
Oregon News
in Brief
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 21. W. C. Cul
bertson. Portland hotel owner, was
this morning named by - Governor
Pierce to succeed Arthur C. Spencer,
resigned, as a member of the World
war veterans' state aid commission,
the change to become effective imme
diately. Mr. Spencer, Portland attorney, Is
resigning onaccount of the press of
private business matters.
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 21. Justice O.
P. Coshow of the state supreme court
yesterday filed with the secretary of
state his declaration as a candidate
for the democratic nomination In the
prlmnrles next May to succeed him
self. He was appointed by Governor
Pierce two months ago to succeed
Justice L. T. Harris.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21. The South
ern Pacific company has denied appli
cation of the Umpqua Valley Broccoli
association for a reduced freight rate
oi broccoli shipped from Roseburg to
Portland, according to Information re
ceived today at the offices of the pub
lic service commission.
It was contended by the petitioners
that the present rates are excessive
when compared with the charges for
water transportation between lowel
California points and Portland. .
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21. Direc
tors of the Chamber of Commerce have
decided to hear arguments on the Mc
Nary Haughten bill providing for 'an
export bounty on wheat Declsjlon
was reached yesterday to invite mem
bers of the Oregon export commission
league of other grain growers l& ap
pear at the general discussion of the
bill now pending before congress.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21. The
steamer West Nomentum, docked here,
sent a wireless call to summon the
harbor tire boat when fire broke out
on the vessel. The blaze was soon ex
tinguished, doing little damage. Fire
boat officers said the fire was probably
calmed by a cigarette.
T
LA
nounced last night, an appeal Willi
be filed. '
Roth, the evidence showed, threat
ened to file an amended divorce com
plaint against Miss LaMarr, naming
several prominent motion picture
actors as co-respondenta, unless- Saw
yer paid him hush money. H also;
threatened, it was testified, to file
with the complaint an affidavit charg-,
In Sawyer" and Miss LaMarr with in
timacy. J
GHASTLY CRIME
CONFESSED BY
MOLD BOY
.-,!.!
Murder of Parents and Burn
ing to Death of Two Sisters
Admitted By Frank McDow
ell Victim of Strange Hal
lucinations.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 21.
The burning to death of two Bisters
last year to atone for a "blasphemy'
against the "Holy Ghost," when he
was 12 years of age, and the murder
of his mother and father Tuesday night
as a sacrificial penace for the killing
of his sisters; confessed by Frank Mc
Dowell, 19, and his weird tale of
"hazy spells" and hallucinations during
which he believed his family aligned
with "the antl Christ," stood forth to
day as related details of one of the
most gruesome murders in the history
of southern crime. '
McDowell, held at Clearwater to
await trial on charge of murdering his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDowell,
who were shot through the head while
they slept Tuesday night, talked read
ily. Confessing to the shooting of his
parents, McDowell further revealed he
had started the fire in which his sis
ters, locked In their bedroom, perished
on February 19, 1923, In the McEo-rell
home, then In Decatur, Ga. The origin
of the fire had remained a mystery un
til cleared up by McDowell's confession
yesterday. v
Aligned with "Anti-Christ"
When he was twelve years old Mc
Dowell told officers he blasphemed the
"Holy GhOBt." This occurred on Feb
ruary 19, and evory year, as the date
approached, his mind, he said became
"hazy," and he believed his' family to
be aligned with "the antl-Chrlst."
These hallucinations occurred annual
ly, he said, until last year he felt im
pelled to kill his sisters as atonement
for his "blasphemous" Bin, McDowell,
when asliia "WEat'lhis sin, was, refused
to answer.
After his sisters had perished In
names, McDowell said, his mind again
became clear and he realized the se
riousness of his crime, but did not re
veal U anyone what he had done.
On last Tuesday, 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 sis
ters, he said.
On Tuesday night, McDowell told of
ficers, he went Into the bedroom ad
joining that in which his father and
mother' slept, without any thought of
violence. Ho dreamed that he wos
commanded by voices to kill his father
and mnthor. So vivid and realistic
was the dream, he said, that he awoke,
went into the adjoining room and fired
five shots at his mother and father.
Good Record In School
DECATUR, Oa., Feb. 21. Authori
ties and friends of the McDowell fam
ily who knew them while they resided
here, today advanced the theory that
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDowell, shot to
death in St. Petersburg, Fla., by their
son Frank, suspected he had started
the fire in which his sisters were
burned to death on February 19, 1923,
and had moved him to Florida In the
hope that his mind would be restored
to health In a ; new environment.
Young McDowell," according to rela
tives and neighbors, had been regarded
as "Queer" and an Infidel. He was a
close student of the works of Robert
G. Ingersoll, .' .
While regarded as peculiar,' young
McDowell Ib Bald to have made an en
viable record In the schools he attend
ed. He attended the Decatur high
school, the commercial high school in
Atlanta and Emory university as a
freshhian. He then went to Washing
ton, D. C., where he attended school.
After working a while in the congres
sional library, he returned to Decatur,
where he assisted his father in the
publication of the Dekalb New Era, a
weekly newspaper.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 George
L. Cleaver, state prohibition director,
said today that he was not disturbed
because notice had been filed that his
bond was to be cancelled. He said he
would be able to furnish a personal
bond.
"I suppose they are doing it be
cause they had to defend that $10,000
suit." he commented, referring to a
damage suit recently filed against him
by Mrs, M. Peterson, who alleged that
her home In Portland;had been illeg
ally entered by Cleaver's men.
After Cleaver had been Informed
recently that the suit was to be
brought he filed in court here a peti
tion in voluntary bankruptcy "to pro
tect his creditors,"
CHARLES H. IjEVERMORE,
BOK PEACE PRIZE WLN'XER
Dr. Levermore of New York City,
Secretary of the New York lat-e
Society and former President of
A del phi College of Brooklyn, N. Y
was disclosed as the winner of the
Bok prize lit a inA'eting at the
Academy or Music 'In Philadelphia,
At that time tile initial prize of
$50,000 was handed to him. If
the plan la upproved by a national
referendum he Will recelvt an udd
tflonni tht nun
L
ATTY.GEN1 INTO
W.TOOZE CASE
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21 Whether or
not it wishes, the attorney general's
office will represent the state at the
trial of Walter Tooze, Jr., and J. M.
Templln, prominent McMInnville men
charged with contributing to the de
linquency of a minor girl. It found
this out shortly before noon today.
To newspapermen this morning the
attorney general's office announced it
would not interfere in the Yamli'.ll
county J?ase,) , -la.. ir-, i,t,m
Shortly afterward, the governor's of
fice made a statement to the contrary.
This afternoon I. H. Van Winkle, at
torney general, was Interviewed.
"Are you, or are you not going to
conduct the prosecution?" he was ask
ed. "The statute," Mr. Van Winkle re
plied,, "says that the attorney general
shall represent the state when com
manded to do so by the governor."
"Then you will proceed ?".
"It would seem so."
Previously, attaches of the attorney
general's office had said their depart
ment had concluded to have nothing
to do with the case. It was said that
no reason could be found for sending
& special prosecutor Into Yamhill
county.
It was stated at the governor's of
fice that the special prosecutor had
been requested by R. I. Conner, Yam
hill prosecutor.
STAR CLAIM THE
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Uoy D.
Moore and Louis H. Brush, joint
owners of the Marion Star, are plnln
tiffs In federal court against Frank A.
Vanderllp, retired banker, for .$600,
000, alleging alander and libel as the
result of the banker's purported ut
terances in an address at Osslnlng on
February 12. Thrco separate causes
of Action, each asking (200.000 dam
ages, are cited In their' petition on
file today.
The - papers assort Mr. Vanderlip
wickedly and maliciously charged
Brush and Moore with bribing the
late President Hn.rd.ng Vto fail to per
form certain of hlfl official duties as
president and that the bribe cons.Ht-
ed in the payment to the lato presi
dent of $560,000 in the purchase of
the Marlon Star, which was more
than twice Us fair value."
The Vanderlip speech, it wap
charged, was an attack upon the' In
tegrity of the late president by Imply
ing ie sale of his newspaper was in
volved in the naval reserve oil lease
Investigation. '
It was further charged the Vander
lip statements accused the plaintiff
of "being financially Irresponsible
and Insolvent and not able to meet
their financial obligations and not
entitled to credit."'
In consequence, "the market .value
of the preferred and common stock
(of the newspaper) has been greatly
reduced and the plaintiffs have suf
fered great damage because- thereof.
The second cause of action was
based upon the charge that Mr. Van
derlip caused his speech to be printed
in the New York Tribune.
The third cause U based upon the
P
FORCES
STATF 10 TAKE
HAND IN CASE
AT
Murder- Charge Against Dry
Agents Who Killed Alleged
Bootlegger to Be Handled
By Assistant Attorney Gene
ral of Oregon.
' MARSHFIELD, Ore., Feb. 81.
Paul Mumpower and A. Neal, spoclul
state prohibition agents, held on a
charge of murder In connection with
the killing of Lawrence Hare, In
Curry county, were taken today from
the county Jail at Coqulllo, in custody
of Sheriff Huntley to Gold Bench,
whore they will be confined In Curry
county Jail without, bull. A prellml
nary hearing will be held Saturday.
District Attorney Ben S. Fisher of
Coos county was asked by State Pro
hlbitlon Director George L. Cloaver
and Attorney General Van Winkle to
defend the men. He had planned to
arrange for ball of J2000 euch, or It
ball was not available, to arrange with
Sheriff Huntley to have the men held
in the Coos county Jail pending the
hearing. .
Word came by wire this morning,
however, from County Judge Wood of
Curry county, that charges ugainst
the men had been changed to ' first
degree murder from, second degroo
murder and directing the sheriff to
havo the men brought to the Oold
Beach Jail. The sheriff sturted at
once with the prisoners.
District Attorney Fisher said Mum
power admitted to him that he had
shot Hare, but claimed ho acted In
self-defense and that Haro had a gun.
Ho said he and Neal. and not Hare's
friends, took the wounded man to the
Brookings hospital where ho died. The
shooting occurred when the agents
wore arresting Hare on a charge of
violating the prohibition law.
Fisher will investigate a roport
that Neal is the same man who was
selling I. "W. W. newspapers part of
bi.tiino iti this section ot-the state,
and feeling of Curry county citizens
Is reported to' be aroused over tho
case. . ,
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 21. Miles ' H.
McKeo, an assistant attorney general
of Oregon la en route today to Gold
Beach, Curry county, to assist In the
Investigation of the killing of Law
rence Hare, alleged prohibition law
violator, In connection with which
Paul Mumpower, and Ed Noll, state
prohibition agonts have been charged
with first degree murder.
Tho speclul prosecutor was sent In
response to telegraphic requests from
District Attorney J. c. Johnson of
Curry county and citizens of ' Ooid
Bench.
One telegram, received from Dr., J.
VV. Wheeler, a physician and James
D. Fay, chuirman of the chamber of
commerce, branded the killing as
murder and declared that Mumpower
and Nell wero under the influence of
liquor.
A telegram from District Attorney
Johnson says that the coroner's Jury
Justified the killing, but that the
county Judge, acting as committing
magistrate, has entertained informa
tion agulnst the prohibition agonts;
charging them with first degree mur
der and Issued warrants for their ar
rest. Johnson said circumstances are
such that ho does not feel qualified
to act. , , . , .
ED,
-LOS ANGELES. Fef). 21. In the
receiving hospital where Patrolman
Glenn E. Bond last night died of bul
let wounds received In a gun battle
with bandits who attempted to hold
up a, branch of the Merchants Na
tional bank here, Louis Parry, alleged
bandit participant in the shooting af
fray, toduy wag undo treatment for a
gunshot wound In the chest.
Parry was captured less than twelve
hours after, the attempted holdup
when Patrolmen and detectives, fol
lowing a clue furnlsh'ed by a physic
Inn who said a wounded man had
come to him for aid. closed In on
their quarry and cornored him in an
apartment. '
Three other men and a woman who
fell Into the net that closed in on
Parry were held as material wit
nesses. , They gave their names as
Goorge A. McBride, his wife, Lucille,
and Chnrlio Thompson and Leon Lion.
admission of Mr. Vanderlip before
the senate Investigating committee
that ho approved the copy of the
speech which was preaented to him
In tho office In New York February
13 by a repreaentatlve of the Asso
ciated Press and that the speech waa
later transmitted to the Associated
Press members.
GOLD
BEACH
Ex-Governor Geer of
Oregon Passes Away
At Portland Home
PORTLAND, Ore., Fob. 21.
Theodore T. Greer, former gov-
ornor of Oregon, born March 12,
1851, died here this aftornoon af-
ter Boveral days Illness following
a stroke of paralysis. He served
as chief executive of the state
from January 9, 1899 to January
14, 1903. He was born In Oregon
as a son of one of the stato'B plo-
neers. ills early life was devoted
to farming. Later he entered
the political field, and served
several terms in the legislature
be Tore being elected governor.
IVUOD.SEES
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Expressing
willingness to appear before the senate
oil Investigating committee In Wash
ington "if they want me," but declining
to discuss the Teapot Dome Inquiry
until he familiarized himself with the
situation, Harry F. Sinclair arrived
yesterday from Europe aboard the
President Harding. He was met by
members of his family and Colonel J.
W. Zevely, his attorney.
Mr. Sinclair was In a gonial mood,
smilingly posed for photographers and
questions of reporters on every sub
ject but Teapot Dome. When the
newspapermen came aboard he sent
word taht he Bad "a very sensational
statement," which proved to be a dis
cuBsion of the prospects for consump
tlon of American petroleum products
In Europe during 1924. '
I The oil man gave assurances his
(race Iioi-ho Zev would meet Iplnard,
' Frenoh champion, next summer, al
though details of the miitan Imvo not
been arranged. Increasing popularity
of small motor cars In France, Ger
many, Belgium and England the
countries visited on his trip la In
creasing consumption of Rnsollne and
other 'petroleum products, Mr. Sin
clair said, America, he added, will be
called upon for large quantities of oil
this year despite the mounting quality
of Russian oil going into the European
market. In his opinion Russlnn pro
duction, however, will have to be taken
more seriously than at any time since
1914.
HIS OIL LEASES,
!ES
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Edward L.
Doheny, In a statement to the Wall
Street Journal today defended his
lease' of the Elk Hills oil reserve and
explained his declaration that his oil
companlea should muke a profit of
100.000,000 from the reserve.
"There wero two hearings," he said,
"and only the latter seemed to attract
attention. It wns In the hearing pre
vious to my going to California that
I testified concerning the possibilities
of a 1100,000,000 profit from this
California lease."
Giving his impressions of the inves
tigation In Washington, Mr. Doheny
said: "It reminded me of old times
in the west when one of our dogs at
mating season Joined the wolves. The
wolves would surround our I camp at
night and I could hear my own dog
barking among those wolves as they
howled around ub. It seemed to me
i when I was on the stand In Washing
ton that I could hear the bark of my
own friends In the pack of political
' wnlvnn "
HUMAN HEART BEAT
by
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21. The sound of
human heart beats, broadcast last
night by station KSD (Post-Dispatch)
was heard In Marshall, Texas, GOO
miles by air line from here, according
to a telegram received by the Post
Dispatch today signed by Charles S.
Welch.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 21. That the
beating of the human heart may be
clearly audible to the ears of thous
ands who "listen in" to the broad
casting programs of radio stations
throughout the country was demon
III SUIT
WELCOM
tu
BY
Frank Vanderlip Says He Is
Prepared to Spend Over
$600,000 to Get News Be
fore People Regards .,- His
Action As One in Defense of
Country. .;,
NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Frank A.
Vun,lirlln l.unlrai. In Mnlu
today to the $600,000 libel suit filed
ugaiimt him yesterday by the owners
of tho Marlon star, declared be wel
comed the suit and expressed the
hope that It would be the forerunner
of "court proceedings that would
make public some of the news that the
great newspapers did not Bee fit to
print."
"I am propnred to spend quite as
much as has boon asked for in these
court proceedings in an of lort to make
public this nowa," the statement said,
adding that "there is nothing this
country needs so much at the mo
ment as Borne court proceedlng8 Ini
tiated by grand Juries and pressed by
incorruptible prosecuting attorneys."
The statement continued:
"Twonty-two months ago, in April,
1922, tho senate, by unanimous reso
lution, called for the facts in the Tea
pot 'Dome leases. That resolution was
ao framed that the red flag of sus
picion waa run up. - , ; -
"For weeks no answer at all waa
received and none was pressed for and
thereafter until quite recently ' the
search for the facts was made without
vigor. , .
"What wero the newspapers doing
for twonty-two months? What was
Senator Walsh doing?. It looks as it
somebody had been asleep .at the
switch or perhaps aBphyxiatea at' the
switch.!' At least no court proceedings
have yet resultod from the Teapot
Dome situation. . '
"Nor havo there been, so far as I am
aware, any court proceedings initiated
as a result of tho criminal misman
agement of the veterans' bureau. ' The
wholesale dishonesty there Is not a
matter of rumor; It is a matter of
official record In the committee pro
ceedings and proceedings of congress,
and Mr. Forbes nnd his' friends have
as yet encountered no court' proceed
ings. ,
"Thoro have been no proceedings
or even a thorough investigation ot
the alien proporty administration.
There are other directions in which
court proceedings would be admir
able. ....
"Congress today Is spending its time
solemnly and partisan! debating an
income tax measure. - it is like dis
cussing the size of a faucet you would
put In a barrel leaking between half
the staves. If wo can have honest
administration of the taxes that are
collected, the rate of income tax will
take care of Itself. . . ,
. "If this country were invaded by
an alien foe and I were a young man
I believe I would offer myself for its
defense. it has boon attacked by
something more dangerous than a
military Invasion by a forolgn foe,',
Corruption has attacked the cov.. '
mont at its heart. I heiinva t .m .
patriotic citizen and I propose to of
fer the same service In fighting this
danger that a young man should offer
In fighting a military invasion. I am
really enlisted In this matter because
of profound conviction. , - ;
..jr utmuuo nines no motives of
partisanship. I have boon a lifelong
republican. I believe that :thd: fact
are not fully presented to the. coun
try nnd even when presented are not
being acted on."
Comedy Fatal to Auditor
READINO, Pa., Feb. 21. A hearty
laugh resulted In the death of Emmet
Crowell, 64, In a theatre here last '
night. With a neighbor, Crowell waa
enjoying a comedy and laughed up
roariously. Suddenly he slumped in
his seat. He was taken to a hospital
where physicians pronounced hint
dead. v
BROADCASTED
strated when the heart beats of Pro
fessor R. B. Abbott of Purdue uni
versity, were broadcast last night by
station KSD of St. Louis.
Following a demonstration of his
microphone stethoscope, a request waa
made by those present that he broad
cast the beats ot hla heart by radio,
to which he consented.
In his' demonstration Professor Ab
bott walked to and fro on the plat
form before' the physicians and fluc
tuations of hla heart, like the ticking
of a clock could be heard plainly, In-
1 I'onn.n wi uiaiiiaiioiiitiB. Ill IHCHUt
he moved rapidly or slowly.