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VOL. XIU NO. 21, OF THE EVENING NEWS.
XXVI NO. 11. VA
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No successfully elude posse
iF75 OFFICERS AND 100 CITIZENS
Lion Surrender, to Veteran Guard of the Pen
Tell of Thrilling tscape ana rrwnea.iaiea
Plans of ConvicU Were Headed'
Towards the South.
V, . SALEM, March 29. Shortly after 1
P. Leased Wire.,; o'clock today, a now potto waa aont
ariS March zy OCV- oux rrom nm p.nii.nn.rjr 10 como
L1JV1, marm 1 the territory north of Aumtvlllo whore
Sve possemen and arm-the eteape(j convlcta were in hiding
U Mh-r. estimated to; yesterday, on the theory that the
.-.- men mignt nave aouoieo d.ck to tne
W (t least 1UU were lWO0je(i aectlon to await darkneta be
C In. Krushv. wooded fore making a getaway. The posse
Ue Drusny, .,, nopot t0 determine If possible,
y to the SOUUl Oi Whtre the convicts secured the .hot-
inward the Santiam gun and revolver which they are tup-
IUJ cu M nniH tft h eirrvina whin st in
it noon today tor the, Aumsv!iie ia,t evening.
aped convicts who are
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Urge, according to ad- 29inrilMon(1
the penitentiary. that the five convicts who escaped
indication points to from the state prison yesterday
i I tViree' morning and are Btill at large, have
:nce Ot at least inree, ..( joined forces or are oneratlnz
ifueitives in this area. In conjunction with each other,
Llore noon a systematic were contained In a report received
LT ill of the vacant buildinse1 a ne en'tet,r 10 'cl?c't
lrisible hidina place! In the' morning that the loot secured by the
Univille, where some of the convicts when they robbed the gen
Ititted a store during the eral merchandise store of Spier and
hlarted on the theory thatj Sons at Aumsville during the night
miiuuvQ lire yair ui ButKB,
Other articles secured were hats,
teh groceries, suoigun sneiis, iodscco
Cct'that the robbery of the an1 22-rl" ""ells.
entrance to tne ouiiaing was
gained by breaking the lock on the
rear door. n
WASHINGTON' D. C. WET
(Associated Press leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. March 29.
Aroused by charges that Wash
ington Is the wettest city in
the country, the capitol's police
officials again announced today
a relentless war on bootleg-
gers. Police Superintendent
Sullivan declared that rum
running, drluking and ganibl-
lug must go.
There will be no quarter," he
said. "The city Is to be swept
clean. If some of our more
prominent citizens fall Into the
net, they must Buffer the con-
sequences."
I TORNADO AND WINDSTORM
j CAUSES MANY DEATHS AND
MUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
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NEWS SCULP
M might consider some
Iqt lor s hiding place rather
the work of the convicts
eved definitely established
put Wirden Lilley found a
pair of convict's ihoes in An earlier report stating that the
this morning, and by thai convicts abandoned a shotgun In
of thinji taken. A complete i their flight from the store was
owed the following articles i found to be false. The gun found
was one belonging to the proprietor
of the store.
At 10 o'clock posseman reported
that they believed that they have
some of the convicts surrounded in
16 .hot. half dozen flashlight Pe ow0?' tween Aumsville and
L two flashlights four pounds' an,tiam rlver- "ve mlles 80utn'
k eight pound, of cheese, 151 A" t?ridSe9 ero the river are un-
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Resignation of Daugherty
Casta Doubt Over Future
Course of Inquiry.
MAY END IT QUICKLY
Republicans Denounce Attack
Mellon, Saying It Is Merely
an Attempt to Dis
integrate Cabinet.
BTTIEXTS HEIX8TATKI
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CHICAGO, March 29. A dozen persons were killed
and a hundred or more injured and a heavy property loss
caused in a half dozen states by the widespread snowstorm
of last night and early today.
Tornadoes, gales and wind as well as hail swept the
Mississippi valley from Minnesota ot Missouri and Kentucky.
Three towns in McCracken county, Kentucky Heath,
Maxon and Lamont were reported destroyed, although no
loss of life was reported.
Eight persons were dead in a tornado at Shawnee,
Oklahoma, three dead in southeast Missouri and a boy was
killed by lightning at Goffs, Kansas.
In the northwest a blizzard raged last night and early today 12 Inches
of new snow had fallen at St. Paul. The storm waa first detected off the
British Columbia ooast last Wednesday and swept southeastward until today
it had turned and headed northeastward. The highest wind velocity today
was 60 miles an hour at Evanivllle, Indiana. Today the storm was centered
over southeattern Iowa.
Thunderstorms were widespread throughout the affected states of Okla
homa, Texat, Kantas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky.
A hail storm with the wind driving 65 miles an hour occurred In Chicago
today.
Train service was delayed and wire service badly crippled by the storm
and radio for news-sending waa relied upon for a short time.
(AocUted Prees I,eaad Wire.)
PORTLAND. March 29.
Two hlxh school students,
Eluier Price and George W.
Story, suspended from school
ror membership in a secret fra-
ternity, today filed resigna-
I Hons from the organisation
with the school officers and
were reinstated by school
board officer!. ,
v ny Monday evening it is said
by scbool board officers that
all of the twenty-two boya bus-
pended yesterday from Lincoln
hlKh school and three from
Jefferson, will have resigned
from the fraternities and will
have been reinstated.
REGION PLANS
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GONFERENC
DEMOCRATS TO
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District Meeting to Be Held
in Roseburg Tuesday with
Many Present
BANQUET IS ARRANGED
Banquet and Fine Program
Arranged for Evening
Session to Be Held
in Armory.
lire brown coveralls, two or
of blue overaits, tv.o
ft, two black hats, two blue
black shirts, two boxes 12
woun mens loaded with
ft of cinned goods, eight or
Ktknivet, four pounds of to
B suits of underwear,
(knowledge that the convicts,
I of them are armed those in
f the chase are expecting a
lie with the fugitives momen
ts have advised the searchers
m cautiously.
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SALEM, March 29. With the
trail hot as a result of early morn
ing developments the search for
Hert 0. "Oregon" Jones, Ellnworth
Kelley, George Jackson, Cllve E.
Weekly and Tom Murray, five of the
(Continued on page three.)
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Goal oj Fugitive Convicts
From State Penitentiary
ek CsDvon. nnr. I i n . .....
r huntwl -""'"'""" ' rooaoiy iney already nave a good
I "rated criminals and sited rarho
Ek!v ""d11"- "r Win I Th Jon. v-,i
hitltlret from .h. nJS;m,ny crlmes ln xh eanyon district.
" not captured hern , . wn tourl8"' camps, and burglar
i iti fsstoMsot be,ore izlng homes and stores, and they may
many vMm . . " " "N reruge to wntcn tney
fc'oa d!.M7, tn' Cow had planned to go In the event of
fiafimoul Lul 'amou,em9Wcy, and veihaps it la still
Lj . "' IOr I" CimS. there. Storlo.! with nm.l.lnn. .k.r.
M n)bbd rl. f,'l'uentl!, ' "y may remain ln hiding for a lonir
P-re comm, l. ?y T'"lent per,x1 time while officers search
f 'Us and 7n ..,e country orer for them.
mjlu ere hunted down i J .vMany crlne" "e laid to the door of
. ud ,om, ,.!"' uromers, one or wnom,
iWios d(!ttlon. Milam, was only recently arrested at
'-Ted that leasf ,h Angeles, after being a fugitive
"o ewasfd Viaterd.. ' '0r ,w0 r"n-
I itemi.r? h., .T". ' The ,nre9 t""othera Milam. Dewey
f l! thel -goal Oreeo'n' ll reon). are alleged to
-una k!1t and ni . . . responsioie ror tne roooery
I trartlnii. of hundreds of tourists In Jrknn
P-Ton J 'ow and Josephine counties. They were
F Ps bovi ,:Z LA J f1"1"' ho' desperate and took
f-Wini! sr,d roaming ZZ Z 7 chh,,ce many of their rob-
rrmntc. v . "" over bcrlps Tn...i. ..... .
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Associated Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. March 29.
While a drive to force the retire
ment of another member of Presi
dent Coinage's cabinet Secretary
Mellon, is getting under way in
the senate, the resignation of Harry
M. Daugherty as attorney-general
has cast some doubt over the future
course of the special Inquiry, into his
conduct.
Tbre status of tho Investigation
was before the investigating com
mittee today with the membership
divided as to the desirability of con
tinuing the program, or ending it as
quickly as possible.
Chairman Brookhart expressed
the opinion that the objects of the
inquiry have been accomplished to
a large extent through Daugherty's
resignation, but Senator Wheeler,
democrat, Montana, the prime mover
in the Investigation, desired to pro
ceed "with the object of cleaning out
the rottenness we believe has been
disclosed around Washington."
The attack on Secretary Mellon is
described by some of the organisa
tions republicans and in others in
the cloak rooms as merely one step
In well defined plans attributed to
democrats and radical republicans
for disintegrating the cabinet one
member at a time. Gossip has it
that Secretaries Wallace and Hoov
er are next ln line, after Mr. Mel
lon, for the same kind of treatment.
Senator McKellar, democrat. Ten
nessee, Introduced a resolution for
Investigation of the legal qualifica
tions of the treasury bead, but de
bate on the-Hroposal was delayed
when Senator Wadsworth, republi
can, New York, objected to Immed-
(Continued on page five.)
T BE ELECTED
mrs
'" men.
were halted and
money and valuables. At
(APsnrlnted Press Leased Wire ) 4)
SALEM, March 26 A state
treasurer must be elected this
year, according to an opinion
written bv Attorney-General I.
H. Van Winkle today In reply
to an inquiry by Sam A. Kozer.
secretary of state.
When Governor Pierce ap-
pointed Jefferson Myers as state
treasurer to succeed O. P. Hciff.
he dated the termination of the
appointment for January 1, 1927
(Associated Prfle Uu4 Wire.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 29.
Nine persons dead, between 50 and
100 Injured, several probably fa
tally and property damage estimated
at hundreds of thousands ot dollars,
is the toll ot the tornado and wind
Btorms which swept parts ot Okla
homa, Kansas, Toas, Missouri and
Illinois late yesteraay and last night.
Eight persons were killed and
more than seventy injured at
Shawnee, Oklahoma, where 200
homes ln the best residential section
were destroyed. Four hundred stu
dents in a high school there narrow
ly escaped death or serious Injury
when they were dismissed only a few
minutes before the building was
damaged. The storm . traveling ln
a northeasterly direction, struck
Prague and Nuble Okalhoma, injur
ing five persons and causing heavy
property damage.
One death was reported In Kan
sas, a boy being killed by llghtenlnKJ was vis!
at Goff. Property damage running' storm wi
into thousands of dollars was caus
ed at Harper, Attica, Elks Kails, and
at Grlesfleld, where nearly every
home was destroyed.
Four persons were inji red at
Vernon, Texas, where considerable
property was damaged by wind
storm. Wire communication ln
some sections of Texas is said to be
badly crippled.
At Alton, Illinois, one person was
injured and several buildings in the
business district unroofed when a
storm Btruck there last night. Some
property damage was also reported
ln St. Louis. Heavy rainfalls were
reported ln Missouri, Oklahoma and
Kansas.
In a windstorm which swept through
southeastern Missouri early today.
PORTLAND, March 29. A freak
snowstorm hit Portland early today
Intermittently heavy flakes tell and
the skies cleared and the sun shone.
The snow waa melting at It Btruck
the ground.
CHICAGO, March 29. Scores of
towns and cities In the northwest and
Mississippi valley regions are virtu
ally isolated today as a result of
storms which have seriously crippled
wire communication and delayed
trains.
Damage to crops Is feared in some
sections of South Dakota and Michi
gan where temperatures foil to 16
degrees below freeslng in a raging
Candidates Are Rapidly Filing
Statements and Seek
County Offices.
MORE ARE EXPECTED
Others Being Groomed for
Races According to Glenn
Wimberly, Chairman
County Committee. .
The democratic party la to have a
good ticket In the field at the com
ing elections, according to Glenn V.
Wimberly, chairman of the demo
cratic central committee for Doug
las County. A large number of
candidates ' are already out for of
fice, and It la expected that there
will be more. Although there are
no contests at the primaries, It la ex
pected that the men nominated will
CHARLESTON. Mo., March 29.
Three persons were killed, fifteen
injured and many mlles of telephone
wires and other property damaged
blizzard that brought blocked roadB make a hard fight at the general
from drifted buow and hampered election ln November. It Is believed
transportation. tna' there will be candidates out for
Tho entire lower MisslsslnDi vallov nearly every office before the 'Dri
lled by a severe electrical ; mary election, as a number of candl-
hich severed wire connection dates not yet In the field are expect-
between pointB In Arkansas, Missouri, j d to announce themselves before
Kontucky, Southorn Illinois and:npru . me time wnon an state
Tennessee. ments must be ln.
Serious damage to telegraph and Rov. J. K. Howard, of Oakland,
telephone wires, lighting and power who served one term as representa
tions was reported from Arkansas tlve from Douglas county, while a
whore the Btonn apparently was resident of Glendale, has announced
worst. I himself as a candidate for the office
Chicago and St. Louis experienced of State eenator. Mr. Howard Is
trouble with wires radiating from j well known and made a good record
those centers. Facilities of the At
soclated Press, bearing their burden
of world news to nowspapers ln the
affected regions, were badly ham
pered. Dllndlng rain driven by a high
wind, caused numerous automobilo ac
cidents ln Chicago, but no one was
killed.
fArTciated Prosi Leased Wlrs.)
KANSAS CITY, March 26. The
"(Continued on page six.)
SECRETARY OF STATE COMPILES
LIST OF ALL CANDIDATES OF BOTH
while serving as representative and
will doubtloss rec Ive good support.
K). K. Goodman, of Oakland, a
farmer and school teacher, baa fil
ed a statement ann ncing himself
as a candidate for representative
from Douglas county. Mr. Good
man has been very active In county
politics for a number ot years and
has taken a great interest in the
activities of the democratic patry.
T. W. Morgan ot Looking Glass
has announced himself as a candi
date for County Clerk. Mr. Morgan
Is one of the best known farmers
of the Looking Glass vicinity. He is
a responsible and efficient man who
trapt)ini ,v ?ne ,lme they atopped a large num- 4 the date when Hofrs term would
k i"re. . Der Of car nn tho .n I i a. w i M. nnlnlnn in.
Ff Mlr.r Dlac . after a fair, and driving them to the dav the attorney-general holds
ran- They !, "lackwell Hills robbed men .nri wo- that under the law as It has been
foreit
Of men
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of
Again they visited
tourist previously interpreted by the su-
or oince w
os sue-
(Associated Pi i" Leased Wlr.l I Justice of the supreme court
SALEM, March 29. Secretary of i Harry H. Helt. Dallas.
State Kozer today complied a list ot ! Dairy and food commissioner: J.
all candidates of both the republl-: D. Mlckle, Hlllsboro.
can and the democratic parties who '. Commission of the public service
are In the field up to date for nom-1 commission :
Ination at the primary elections of District lying went of the Cat
May 16. The list follows: cade mountains: Edward Ostrander,
... I Portland.
"". . ; i , 1 JudKe of the circuit court, fourth
LONDON. March 29. John
Ellis, the official hangman of
Great llritaln has resigned his
Job but has not g'ven any rea-
son.
For over 23 years he has
held the position and dozens of
camr!.' ,long ,he highway and compel- preme court the term p
iie,f.,.. - '.' i"e occunants in Hrfvi. in thnir nf a deceased official, wn
uy lami . ni..i.. -r ----- . J( ,.u .u-
"rlct nhirh .r ,7 c," for a long distance on a censor is arpointeo o.es tun -w
.inrfi.- -'de road whero it,.. i, official, and that there is no un-
? tie, ... also charged that in noii!.. ro'nn. expired term to fill and that the
that his
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he.H ' . -t"-. IS ! ,h - . . 1" . - 1 l.o
Pat there pr 'r ' occupant, were .way and removed ccesor Is appointed to serve
r vepare . a of ,h .' Z.k,.m until another successor Is elect-
M Ken. a... . goods which were i.,, .m ! ed and qua'ifled means that this
ir"ts p.:.w'r baT. Weekley is the ,, m. wi.n must be at the next following
"Wed with ,1. "JlUnp and robbed the Glendale election. J
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ventlon:
State at large William A. Cart
er. Portland.
State congressional district, Hal
D. Patton. Salem.
i Second congressional district, Lu-
,.. I. Tha TtollnM
rT'lv" Johnn. V rncSe.. ' of circuit urLth
district: Department number 4,
! Ueorre W. Htapleton. Gresbam.
Judge of the cirrult court, sixth
'judicial dlstrlct:Gilbert W. Phelps,
Pendleton.
i Judge of the circuit court, seventh
I Judicial district: Fred W. Wilson,
HI
Sector, of president and vice-' Judirl.1 district:
United States
Dallas.
In congress:
W. C. Hawley.
president of the
Clenn O. Holman,
Representative
First district:
Salem.
Second district
La Grande.
Secretary of State, Sam A
Astoria.
George Cochran,
baker: O.. D. Mount. Uaker.
For ssiite senator:
Fifth district W. W. Cardwell,
Roseburg; B L. Eddy, Roseburg.
Eighth district Charles Hall,
Marshfield.
Crlpuen, Kor.er Casement and
Edith Thompson, the 1.-st wo-
man executed In England.
His fee ror dispatching a
criminal was fifty shillings and
another fifty shillings for good
conduct. The latter amount
was paid in consideration of the
fact that he was forbidden to
stay at a public house near the
scene of an execution and earn
i a commission for attracting
custom, as was the executinn-
er's privilege In former years.
! Ellis is a breeder of poultry
and it Is said that he It to de-
voted to hit birds that be geta
Thirteenth district A. H. Burton. ! . frlM(J t0 wrng the necks of
Knter.iPgr'jand: Robert E. Dennlson, , , wan(, , k,u.
has a great many friends In
county to work In his behalf.
Roy Agee a farmer living near
criminals, noted and otherwise I Wilbur, is out for county treasurer,
passed through his bands to I"" 'eo hns had considerable ex-
their doom, among whom were periencfl in county worn, naving
u.w.i as deputy clerk for many
'esrs under F. H. Lenox and having
also held a similar position in Cooa
county.
For county commissioner the
democrats have persuaded C. L.
Ileckley of Dlxonvllle to make the
race. Mr. Ileckley is a man well
known throughout the county. He
comet from a pioneer family, his
father, the late Henry lVckley, hav
ing been a atate senator from Doug
las county at one time. Mr. Beck
ley was born at Elkton and haa
spent practically his entire lite In
this county so that he Is familiar
with Its needs. He Is Interested In
agricultural affairs, and Is now pres
ident of the Pacific Wool Grower.
(Continued on page six.)
taaosess4i Association.
The American Leelon district con.
ferencs to be held next Tuesday, will
oe one or tne Dig events of the coming
wee, -me atate ot Oregon Is divid
ed Into several districts by the Ameri
can Legion, and the counties of Doug
las and Lane compose one of these
districts. All American Legion poBts.
within the two counties will be repre
sented ln the conference to be held on
Tuesday, and It Is expected that them
will be approximately SO official dele
gates, ln addition to 200 or more ex
service men, who will be ln atten
dance. The conference start, at noon, the
afternono session being devoted large
ly to a school tor post officers. The
afternoon session being edvoted large-
ot (j. j. Johnson, district committee
man, i
Matters pertaining to the varlou.
activities of the many pott, will be
taken up, and other business con
sidered.... These meeting, will be held
in Umpqua Post', club room, in the
armory.
At 6 o'clock ths veteran, will ap
pear In a parade headed by the Ump
qua drum corps. Thl. parade will
cover the main business streets, and
a number ot humorous stunts will be
Introduced.
At 6:30 approximately 250 ex-service
men now affiliated with the Ameri
can Legion will enjoy a banquet to
be served at the armory. The oan-
qtiet Is being prepared by Fred Helnt.
and promises to be a real feed. A
large number ot tickets have been
sold, and Legion members from all
parts of the county are making reser
vations. All who expect to attend and
ht have not notified the adiutant.
are aBked to do so at once, as places
will not oe available at the "banquet
unless arrangements are mado before
hand for reservations.
The banquet will be followed bv an
interesting program with Dr. E. B.
Stewart, the live-wire commander ot
Umpqua Post, presiding. The Ameri
can Legion Blue Devil orchestra of 13
pieces will make Its initial appear
ance, and will ulay a number ot selec
tions during the evening. The Kl
wanis male quartette will also give
several selections. Talks will be
made by i)tat Commander Fred Kid
dle, State Adjutant Harry N. Nelson,
District Committeeman C. J. Johnson,
and by R. C. Clary, manager of the
Pacific Legion. A representative of
the U. 8. Veterans' Bureau will be
prosent, and the commanders ot each
ot the visiting posts will be asked to
make short talks.
The ueiegates to the conference
will start to arrive about 9 a. m. Tues
day. The Klwania club has Invited
all of the visiting delegates to lunch
eon at noon and the Roseburg Coun
try Club has also extended Its hos
pitality to the visiting legionnaires.
Dr. E. B. Stewart. Commander of
Umpqua Post, Is urging all members
ot the post in Douglas county to be
present. Umpqua post haa tho repu
tation of being one of the llvest, moat
wide-awake organisations In the stnto,
and It It the desire of the post officers
that ln this conference that the visit
ing Legion men shall become ac
quainted with the enthusiasm and
spirit that has made the local post
foremost In Legion activities.
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