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NfRDFORD. OTJEGftN", FRIDAY, MAY 22, 192."
NO. 53
Woman Unable to
Excessive Heat Is
Killing People in
The Middle West
Visits of Three Vanderbilis
. - Has Washington Society Agog
Wear Short Skirts,
Awarded Damages
ail- Tribune
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PAY PENALTY
Governor Pierce Refuses Plea
of Mercy and Gruesome
Execution at Salem Is Car
ried Out Men Accept Fate
Philosophically Death Was
Long Delayed.
SALKM, Ore., May 22. Two exe
cutions, grewsomo in the extreme,
tuk place at the state penitentiary
early today when L. W. I'eare, 69
yea r old wuh hanged for the mur
der of Ilia wife and James Culver,
and Arthur Co veil, helpless para
lytic, swung to hlH death for inciting
the murder of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
( Ehba Covell of Ilnndon. Pea re went
through the trap at 7:59 and was
dead in eleven minutes. Covell, -strap-lied
to a hoard, dropped at 8:32
and was dead in 27 minutes. The
fall failed to brak his neck and
lie strangled to death. I
While I'eare was in jail at Co-;
quille, ho tried to commit suicide '
hy slashing his throat. When his
body shot downward through the
trap door of the scuffold today, the.
old wound broke open at the jerk
of the rope. From beneath the black!
cap the blood poured In jets and cas-'
ended down tho chest and limbs of.
the hanging figure. Then the body ,
hung quietly and old man l'care's
tumultuous life had ended.
Acconipnnled by Warden Dairy rn-J
pie and guards, Pea re entered the
execution chnmbcr calmly and walk-j
ed up the steps of the scaffold unas-i
slstert. . )
Asked If he had anything to say,
ho replied:
"I haven't anything, to say, ex
cept to .bid. you all goodbye."
To the hangman bo said: "Donf
be afraid to draw it up tight."
l.tfist night tho old mountaineer
said: "T have had trouble all my
life. The months I have been in
prison have been tho calmest I have
ever known. 1 have gained in
health and flesh. I want to die, and
right now wouldn't trade places with
any .other man here"
I
su-
Peare prof eased belief In
preme being.
" will soon know,"
he said
But he would accept no
creed. Hev. C. II, Bryan, the prison
chaplain, uttered a brief prayer as
Peare stood with noose and black
cap adjusted.
There was considerable delay In
getting the helpless Covell ready for
lia execution. Ho was wheeled in
In tho invalid chair at 8:30, removed
from the chair ami carried to the
trap. The services of several men
were necessary to strap him to the
boa rd .
"I wish all well," said Covell
in his calm, silky voice. 'I
h a ve n o '.11 will t o wa rd ' a n yon e.
Goodbye to you all." The .chap
lain prayed and the trap was
sprung.
Bcalh 1ong Delayed.
The noose appeared to bo scien
tifically adjusted, but n heavy board
was strapped to CovclPs back and.
. according to the prison doctor, this I
ma not auow ine winp mm m
necessary to break the neck. Co
vell died by strangulation, but ap
parently without suffering. Half a
" dozen physicians attended the body.
Though he welcomed tho minis
trations of the prison chaplain, Co-
"vell did not accept his faith. Be re
lied on n faith related In some way
to his study of the stars and the oc-
cult sciences.
Both men slept some during the
tcrdny and this morning both talked
- . - ...t., t. .,.. r,..t,i
of tho crimes for which they paid
tho penalty.
Crimes A TO Itelated.
Peare said that both ho and his
wife had been drunk for four days,
MURDERER
and thnt ho attacked hor, though not h,lvinR neen Fn0Vpd Ilt the nK Df 41
jntcnnlnit to kill hor. When he found (o K)vo yollner nlcn a chnnce (r)r pro.
that ho had killed her. he said, he niotlon 1)la carccr appurently was
calmly set about killing the cats, enjnd.
dogs and chickens, and tried to kill. '' llook MnkoH Fortune '
his horses, hut could not get ncar It happened that the Inspector Ren
enough to them.' Ho wanted to do crn( o( C(lValry wns Sir Oeorre Lurk,
this, ho said, because ho Intended to under whom French had served in In-
(Continued from page six)
W.G.
NEW YORK. May 22. A Wash
ington dispatch to the New York
World today says that with his eye
fix'd on the presidential nomina
tion hi ii?s. . n. McAdoo. is
holding a jeric.if political confer- The dispatch .iys that while pro
em es with democratic leaders thru-i nmincfd efforts are l,eing made to
out ihe ear. ' f'ivnr'e the eastern trip from politi-
11 due in New York todav for.cal at tifs-l'lieie. l,a. k of It Is tho
a week's visit the d:sp.itch vs. j well f,. an, led runeir that .McAdoo
after a consultation in Imlsvllle ( forces are lining up in an effort to
with lipvernor Fields and James P. abrogate the two-thirds vote.
ST. LOFIS. Mo., March 22.
(A. P.) The first fatality of
1 ULTt heie, occurred yesterday
when Charles Smith, -4 7, negro,
died at n hospital. The tem
perature registered 91 degrees,
the warmest May 21 in the his
tory of tho weather bureau
here.
LINCOLN, Noh.j May 22.
Tho first fatal prostration from
heat reported in Nebraska this
year occurred this afternoon
when Conrad lieei, GGt was
overcome while working on u
M issoui'i Pacific section gang.
The mercury throughout tho
slate was above tho 90 mark.
CIHCACO, May 22. A new
heat record for this date wiih
recorded at the Chicago wealhor
bureau today when tho tem
perature ro.se to 92.
4- 4
EARL OP YPRES,
HERO OF WORLD
Leader of England's "First
One Hundred Thousand"
Dies at Age of 73 After Pro
tracted Illness Eventful
Life Is Closed.
DBAI, England. May 22. (A. P.)
The Earl of -Ypres, better known as
Field M:ii5!h:il French, lilitish Wlirld
wur hero, died hero today, nged 73.
Rising to highest places and honors
in British military circles, tho Karl of
Ypres, often was characterized as "tho
luckiest man in tho army," and French
luck became almost proverbial among
the British soldiers. Later events,
however, caused a difference of op
inion as to whether the luck had been
on the soldier's aide or on that of tho
British army and the British umpire.
Perhaps the most Important event
of his career which had to do with
these two ideas was the historic battle
of Ypres In the World war, the winning
of which barred the channel ports
from the Germans and saved Kngland
from probable Invasion. It was at
Ypres that tho Germans first resort
ed to their deadly gas attacks, a form
of warfare that impelled the Rritlsh
commander to deplore the fact that
an army would stoop so low.
What was termed tho earl's biggest
" hj luck occurred In 1896
when tho British military authorities
decided to revise the cavalry drill book
as a prelude to reorganization of tho
mounted arm. At that timo he was
Colonel French, on the retired list at
fin If linv nnti Viurl linrm fnr livn vetit ra
Continued on Page Blx
LAYING PLANS
WAR.WSSESON
j w Ik iilwl
NOMINATION IN 1928
Brown, publisher and after unobtru
sive movements and conferences with
social friends only in Washington.
He visited with Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson and other friends.
YET OF POLE
" AIRFLIERS
Entire World Has Eyes On
Artie Regions Where Two
Amundsen Planes Are Wing
ing Way in Epoch Making
Effort to Circle North Pole
Above the Land.
LONDON. May 22. (A. P.) Tho
news that Captain Roald Amundsen,
after two attempts in previous years,
had finally hopped off yesterday
from spilzbergen in his long-cherished
attempt to reach . the north
pole by air, caused the greatest of
Interest here whore the Norwegian
explorer is prominently known thru
his previous record in arctic and
antarctic discoveries.
There was added Interest In tho
fact that Grettir Algarsson, his com
petitor who plans a polar flight in
a non-rigid airship, is still aboard
his vessel, the Iceland, In Liverpool
harbor, a waiting completion of his
"blimp" and- the conclusion of other
preparations before he can follow
Amundsen into the arctic.
Algarsson's principal object was
to carry the British flag to the north
polo before Amundsen could take
the colors of Norway to that top of
tho world, which Peary first reached
in 1909. Algarsson would have start
ed his flight early In May. . but be
came ill with influenza and subse
quently was delayed by tho neces
sity of making alterations In his
airship. It Js now expected that ho
cannot sturt his flight before early
in Juno.
Experts , who are familiar with
polar exploration are of divided opin-j
ion regarding Amundsen's success. I
There Is complete unanimity -in ' tho I
belief thatwtht; undertaking is ono ofj
extreme hazard. It is pointed out
that the very fine weather which
has been reported from the polar re
gions recently odds to the probability
of fog, the airman's d a ng o r o u s
enemy, because any warmth In tho
atmosphere above the arctic lee
fields is said to be almost certain
to cause evaporation and consequent
mists. !
There also Is a likelihood, experts
say, that Amundsen will experience
the greatest difficulty in landing In
the polar region. Although tho start
of the flight from King's bay was fa
cilitated by a smooth fall of snow,
which allowed the runners on tho
bottom of tho planes to move easily
over the surface, the snow aC tho
pole might be rough and frozen Into
hard hummocks, making landing
perilous. It is said that viewed from
tho air. hummoekv ice qften looks
smooth In the queer shadows of tho
long arctic summer day. imd that
the aviators might not know tho
danger of such landing until they
were too low to avert disaster.
. ,v o ,.
n.u , , . .
The Norwegian explorers nn.unc-
ed lnlen ion of not at emptlng to
lann at uie poie, unuor yml cannot persuade )ramwoll
most favorable conditions is approv- to com by hlmsol, i wi, issa an
cd by authorities on polar explora- or(,er t(J ee tml he doeB g(Jt here ..
tion hero. They say that in .the event McMahan tnl(1 C!rI,iam.
of a forced landing the greatest In tha affi(lavit of prejudice flram
dangor of all would have to bo well 8weal.g thnl he believes McMahan
faced a long trek over the ice on )B prejudiced against him and that lie
sklis to the northern tip of Green- believes ho cannot have a fair trial in
land, tho nearest land. Jjudge McMahan'B court.
In his earlier attempts to reach aon't know Frank Bramwell, in
the north pole, the American ex- fact i don't know that I ever saw the
plorcr, Peary, found open leads In man n my life," stated Judge Mc
the ice the greatest danger to sled Mahan. ' "I want to find out wherein
navigation of tho Ice fields, and even I am prejudiced against him and
his successful expedition to the polo wherein I cannot give him a fair trial."
was marred by difficulties with these Attorney Orahnm asserted that the
leads. I statute under which the aff'davit of
Peary's return from the pole was prejudice was filed Is a Washington
in lato April and early May. beforo statute and that It Is the practice in
the Influence of summer warmth, that state when an affidavit of proju
which reaches even tho polo Itself,. dice Is filed to merely transfer the
had begun to be felt in breaking up case and It Is considered the court
tho pack leo and causing dense fogs, has no authority to examine Into the
In lato May explorers say, conditions tacts set out In the affidavit as to
are almost certain to bo most dlffl- of l'reJ"'llcf- , '
cult. Tho dangers besetting foot ''What the courts in Washing on
I gions was demonstrated by the fate
.. i
I ?' " i ik.
, In 1882, when more than half of the
party, died of hunger within a short
march of a store of provisions,
is recalled that Captain Robert
F.
Scott, the English explorer, whom
yimunasen preceaca 10 mo soum
polo was for a long time storm
nouna in an ice nut ana aiea mere
within a short distance of a store of
provisions and fuel which he was
unable to reach.
However, the Amundsen expedition
is equipped so far as present hu-
man knowledge can equip It to meet
and overcome an dangers which It
may be called upon to. face.
NEW YORK. May 22. Scientists
,and laymen the world over today were
specuiaiing on tne nossuimty mat tne
second party of white men In history
might have reached the north pole.
If en ft VL-rmlH Ua tha firof
Wi' r.M, h.. i.e . .TL E.
siriil'inn
ti. v..Mh v. .
mne' nn' ,.f,.f,'rf. -
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(Continued on Paffs Six)
Society in the national capital is agog over tin; visit of three
prominent members of the V underbill family in Washington within
a few days of each other. First cume Mrs. George W. Vundt-rbilt,
closely followed by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr ; then came the Mrs.
(W. K.) V underbill, society dictator. Consequently the Mayllowcr
hotel, where all three took suites, has been the scene of many bril
liant social events. This is the latest photo of Mrs. (iconic W.
Vanderbilt, made in Washington-
TEST PREJUDICE
v
G.
E
Circuit Judge Mc Marian Insists
On Frethk Bramwell Ex
plaining Why He Made
Charge of Prejudice in Bank
Removal Case.
SALEM, Ore., May 22. Circuit
J'iBO mi:manan mis murnm mm
oiuney uranam. attorney or i-oriiano.
representing Frank C Dramwell, state
superintendent of hanks, that lie
n'J, Bramwe II in court to explain
h v t of prejudice against Mc
Mahan in the cnno or GeorBe Putnam
'against Bramwell. to compel Bramwell
malntlin ,e.1(lquarter8 of the state
hank,ng oonartmellt ln SnIenl.
f " enlightening In determining the
interpretation of such statute, said
JuKfl McMahan. "Hut this court of
'" V. u.j k i
,.,,.,. , , ' ... nf w..h.
ington.'
litn.rtri Aiinrnnv fnrnfin ftnnosrine
for tne gtat0 on relation c.f George
putnan. assumed the position that
tno court naB a right to Inquire Into
,.ne allegations of prejudice contained
D tna affidavit.
-f that Is your position we will
'fight H. stated Graham.
Grahum stated he would got Into
touch with Bramwell and endeavor to
have him here either today or to-
morrow,
I
Casualties of the
Air Service
IIARCKI.ONA. Spain. May 22. I Ity
.the Associated Pntss.l Two men. the
Pilot nnd oliserver of a military air
Plane flying over this city, were killed
today wiien their plane caught fire
and fell to the streets.
AFFADAvIT
P UN CAS
BELGIUM DEBT
SETTLEMENT IS
ALL OFF
Fall of New Cabinet Upsets
Arrangements for Paymen
! to United States France
to Announce New Deb
Policy.
WASHINGTON, May 22. A definite
delay in tho funding of tho Belgian
debt to the United States is seen here
In the overthroty today of the Belgian
cabinet, which had given assurances
that negotiations were to he begun In
tliQ' very near future.
While there has been no Indication
that the trip to Brussels of tho Bol
gian ambassador to Washington might
be delayed becauso of the development
it Is realized thnt elections must be
held and a new government must have
time to get its hearings before 'em
barking on an undertaking of such
magnitude as tho debt question pro-
sen ts.
BRUSSELS, May 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The recently formed
cabinet of Premier Aloys -Van Do
Vyvere was overthrown today hy u
non confidence vote In the chamber
of 73 to 98, with nine not voting. Vrtn
L)e Vyvere and tho entire cabinet pre
sented their resignation to the king.
Tho king accepted Hie resignation.
PARIS, May 22. (By tho Associated
Press ) The Kronch cabinet nt a
meeting today approved tbo prelimi
nary measures of Mnanne Minister
Calllaux for balanclnK the hudKet.
Details were not roveuled, but It Is
understood tho plnns Inelndo the levy
ing of additional taxation and tho
withdrawal of receipts from Germany
under tho Dawes plan, ho they may
bo devoted to payment of allied debts.
M. Calllaux reiterated that the
French Government had sent no noto
to Washington regarding France's debt
to tho United States.
t, ft,, ,.,. i,;n win , .,r,.Bl,nti
to the chamber of deputies Mor.Uhy.
Death Toll of
the Autpmobile
BKIRUT. Syria. May 22 An Amer
ican, Dr. Samuel T. Darling of the
Rockefeller foundation was among
three persons killed In an automobile
accident, news of which has been re
ceived here. Tho machine, carrying
members nt the mulurla commission
of the League of Nations, went over .
precipice while returning from a sur-i
vey trip. His home was In IWiltlmoreJ
The other dead are Dr. Norman
Lathing nt rSrent Britain nnd Mile.
Hckhoii. the French secretary.
Tho.se injured are Madame Dt'lmns.
wife of the French mernb'T f 'he
commission who Is In a serious con
dition. nni'0l)r. Swelli-ngrnhl of Mid
land, slightly injiiit-d.
AGAIN
LOS ANC.KLKS. May 22. Califor
nia's highest court has been asked to
leelde the high skirt mill of Myrtle
M. Kirsch. Miss Kirsch sued a Los
Angeles grocery firm for $iin,000
amages, alleging that one of the de
fendant's delivery automobiles had
struck and injured her in such a way
hat she has since been unable to
wear short skirts without great hu
mliitatlon and mental anguish. The
superior court awarded her ftfiiOO but
tho defendant company declared tho
imount too high and filed a plea with
he supreme court.
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IN FEW'S
One Man Drinks Toronto Foam
CtnirJilu 4nn Cmnn Uni ipo 1
OieaQliy TOr oeven nOUrS
and Never GetS a FllCker
Returns to U. S. A.
for Real
Article,
TORONTO, Out., Mny 22. Thou-
Ulliwlu nf A iiuirlfuna ni,nrn'e
honlnr have Batinfifiu" their curiosity
but not their thirst.
"rorKles foam" is mostly froth.
There is no kick In the four by four
beer legalized hy tho KorKusnn Kov-
ornment which went on sale yesterday,
Npw I leer's day."
After drinking steadily for sevmi l
hours on a wager to find out whether
the beer was Intoxicating, an Ogdena-
burg. N. Y.. pnrc.hed Pilgrim at Pros
colt. Ont. Insisted that hT wan still
DRINKERS KICK;
CI' I FIND MY
BEER
"platn sober." The 11 P. M. closing aire ward, William McClintock, with
provision of the law endod tho tCFtt, (typhoid permH, will be accepted by
All parts of the province reported the defense,
no Intoxication. Not one drunk was I Shepherd's attorneys said they
arrested n the city of Toronto.. would do; so. ta.-tinlt talk of defonso
"I'm going hack Borons the river tamperltiff with' Jurors and witnesses
whoto I can get some foal heor," mild which has been InveRtlgatod since
a yearning Uotrolter In Windsor. Robert White, state witnens, illsap
"1'vo boon drinking this stuff all day neared. and Phllln Barry., a venlre-
and there ain't no kick in It."
Anothor Detroiter said thnt pnrhnpR,
like old wlno, "Korgie's foam" would
Improvo with age.
' Wayne It. Wheolor. genoral counsel
of tho Anti-Saloon League of America
crossed the lino as an obsorver,- ho
said. For 30 minutes ho snid he sat
in a Fort Erie hotel with a bottle
before him on tho table, but didn't
drink.
"The whole thing Is a joke." he re
marked on his return to Buffalo. "It
was very apparent that this stuff
doesn't satisfy the fellow who wants
the real thing. It's Rale Ifl going to
result either in a weakening of the
present Ontario liquor law or In a
return to the sale of ovory type of
liquor. Uncle Sam w.'ll obsorvo the
experiment with his tongue In his
choek and continue to speed up law
enforcement"
Mr. Wheeler said he saw no one
who was "staggering drunk," but
several were a little wobbly. Ho
characterized the boor as "slop."
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
NEWARK, N. J., Mny 22. (Hy the
Associated PreHH.) Two robhora held
un William Koor. roproBontiitlvo of
Albnrt Lornh & Co. of Maiden Lane,
Mnnhnttnn, In tlio hnnrt of the Jowolry
dlHtrlct here thin afternoon and took
diamonds wlilrh Keur said woro val
ued at $100,000.
Wall Street Report
NHW YORK, -May 22. Tho closing ' tentative Jurors to ten, one lent than
was strong. Jersey Central soared had been obtained last Monday, when
ten points. American Can and Mack the trial opened. Seventy veniremen
Trucks sold around their record high havo been on tho stand.
prices. s . . ' ' v
Week end profit taking failed to Hanker Klcrtrd C. of C. Ileot!
halt the general upward movement of WASHINGTON, May 22.- John
prices In today's slock market. Mo- , W. O'I.eary, vice presidont of the Chl
tors, rails nnd merchandising stocks cago Trust company wns elected
gave tho best exhibition of group president of the chamber of com-
strength. Total sales approximated
l.RfiO.OOO shares.
WATER FROM FARM SPRING
CAUSED THE DEATH OF YOUNG MAN
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 22. Water!
from a spring on the farm of Mr.
n.i Mrs. -.tohn Luke, nine miles wost
Ml.M,nnvll,e, , 0in? Blyzed
hy Htate chemist Albert S. AVells. to
ascertain whether deposits of silicon
dioxide In tlie water caused the death the habit of drinking from It going
of their Bon. Morris Luke. April 3. to nnd from MeMinnvUle. Prelitjjl
W. S. Raker visited the Luke's nary tent shows the presence of sill
place following their son's death In con dioxide and a confirmatory
connection wlfh the Insurance policy annlynis I being made. Attending
and at that time the possibility that physicians said t$e boy died fr"m
the water may have been the cause tuberculosis.
M
VENIRE
IS
Offer of Defense to Accept
Any Juror Acceptable to the
State, Arouses Suspicions
of Dist Atty. Crowe Juror
Paid $1000 Bribe in Labor
Trial Is Kicked Out
CHICAGO. Mny 22. rroRrowi In
InhininhiR h Jury to try William Dar
Miik Shepherd for the muidor of hiH
wife's young millionaire ward, Wil
liam Nelson McClintock, was hIovv to
day. The expressed readiness of the
(defense to accept virtually any juror
t,MU'01't,, the P'oaecutfn caused
the state's attorney's force to question
veniremen more closely than ever,
At the luncheon recess no tentative
Jurors had been ndded to tho list.
no nmJr'ty were excused from Jury
capital punishment, ha n King upon
circumstantial evidence, or Riving'
maximum wcIkIU to the testimony of
a confessed accomplice.
Tho name of Henry J. Smith, who
was a Juror In the Simon O Donnel
tlncA $10oo. wns rccoKni7.ed in tho
venire list today by Stnto's Attorney
Crowe. He mimmoncd Smith to his
office nnd wlien the latter udniiitrd
ho was the man who was paid $.1000
in the old labor trial, .Smith was dis-
missed from the venire.
CHICAGO. May. 22. Tho , first
twelve men decided upon hy the stale
as a lurv to trv William Shenherd on
a charge of killing his wife's milllon-
man said he had boen "approached'
by a man who said ho was acting for
'tho defense. . ,
James C. Catlan, local politician,
named hy Harry, denied through his
attorney that he had made any at
tempts to "fix" a Juror. The attorney
said he would surrender Callan iu the
prosecutor.
While tho county grand Jury con
tinued its Investigation of White's dis
appearance search for him extended
to Miami, Flft., whero Robert K.
Crowe, state's attorney, was told ho
had fled. Miami authorities did not
find him nt a given address and de
tectives were sent on roads to Jack
sonville to intercept him should he
come that way.
White gave defense attorneys an
affidavit withdrawing an original
statement that Shepherd bad been
connected with C. C. Fnlman, head of
a small science school, before ho van-
Isbed, Arthur Byrne, a private detec
tive employed by the defense was re
ported to have told the grand Jury.
Byrno was said to have testified
that Whlto had told him his life had
been threatened and that the original
statement had been drawn from him
by intimidation.
The stato planned to uso White In
corroboration of Falman, who con
fessed he supplied Shepherd with tho
typhoid germs for a promise of $100,
000 from McCllntock's estate.
A different story of White's disap
pearance was reported told to the
grand Jurors by William Adams, blind
news vendor who said White" - told
him ho had been offered $26,000 and
a furnished bungalow' in Florida to
leave Chicago.
Adams said White told him ho In
tended refusing the offer. , ,
Meanwhile tho progress of selecting
a Jury has been backward. Two. state
peremptory challenges reduced tho
merce of tho United States at Us an-
nual convention today.
of death was suggested. Tinker la
Investigating it irom sclent mc im
pulse, the cause of death having no
bearing on the payment of the In
surance policy. '
It s said that animals have shun
ned the spring. Young Luke wns in
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