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VOL. XXVI
NO. 231 OP ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 130 OF THE EVENING NEWS
STOLEN ROSEBURG AUTO
ESTABLISHES ANOTHER
LEAD IN CONVICT HUNT
Passes Through Grants Pass With Three Occupants,
One of Whom h Declared to Be Kelly by Man .
Formerly Acquainted With Him When
He Lived in That City.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
GRANTS PASS. Ore., Aug. 19. An automobile
believed to have been stolen in Rosebutg, containing
three men, passed through here today, it was reported
to the police. One of the men was identified as Ells
worth Kelly, one of the escaped convicts, by an employe
of a local power company. Officers are following the
machine. -
A posse is today searching the hills adjacent- to
Grants Pass and the highway south of here.
The man who said he recognized Kelly, declared
he had known the convict previous to his being sent to
the penitentiary. Kelly formerly made his home here,
and his father is living here.
The sheriff's office places some credence in the re
port inasmuch as Oregon Jones, the fourth member in
the prison break, but who met death in the final dash for
liberty is supposed to have hidden in the hills near here:
for several weeks in a previous break. Officers believe j
supplies were furnished him by friends in the vicinity.
A 1925 model Chevrolet touring car belonging to
Gene Shrum, of this city was stolen this morning some
time between 7 and 8:30.
Whether or not the thieves have any connection
with the escaped convict' Ellsworth. Kelly, claimed to
have been identified in Grants Pass by ari employe of
the power company there, is not known, but it is pos
sible that the driver could have made the trip from Rose
burg to Grants Pass in the time allowed between the
theft of the car and the time the trio of men were sup
posed to have been seen in the, southern city. ,
The car was parked on Oak street at the side of
Churchill's hardware store, where Mr. Shrum is em
ployed, by the owner at 7 o'clock this morning. It was
, not missed until he went out to put a box in it at about
8:30 and police officers were not notified until 9 o'clock.
The elapsed time was sufficient, it is claimed, for
the car to have been driven to Grants Pass.
Telephone warnings were sent
out immediately upon notification
by local officers to points north
and south. The license number of
the machine is 178-338 and the mo
tor number 165497, and the machine
is of this year's make, painted a
dark blue, with Duco finish.
The key was not left In the car,
Mr. 8hrurn a'.a;es, but there was
no lock to prevent it being moved
In the event the thieves were able
to get another key.
1 Only a small amount of gasoline
was In the car, he says, probably
not more than a gallon.
Although there is no way of con
necting the thieves with the men
seen in Grants Pass, there is fur
ther no proof that it could not
have been their work.
St. Paul Says
His Body Is In
Minneapolis
St. Paul, the apostle, Is in Rose
burg today.
It's all right, though, he's safely
locked up in the city jail.
Last night he terrorized resi
dents of Oakland, but Sheriff Star,
mer brought him over here and
he's now confined with "the body
of a man who was sent to eternity
on the highway" In his custody.
What St. Paul's true name is and
where he's supposed to live can't
be found out, but he confidentially
admitted this morning that he was
only here in spirit and that his
body was In Minneapolis and Port
land. St. Paul held lengthy converse
over wireless this morning with his
body In Portland and couldn't un
derstand why questioners didn't
hear the voices on the air.
The famous man has stood the
turmoil and strife of the ages nret
tv well. He appears to be about
the age ot an ordinary mortal at
50 or 60. .
He stolidly refused to talk when
Dr. W. C. Belt attempted to ques
tion him for his sanity this morn
ing. He is big. brawny and ap
pears to weigh over 200 pounds.
Sheriff Starmer said when he ar
rested him he offered no reslst
nnce. The man's wrists were so
large that even the sheriff, who is
not so small himself, couldn't get
a eod grlo on them.
The man Is hooelesslv" Insane.
Just what disposition will be' made
of his case has not been announced.
THIRD
GOFORTH
BROTHER INT
T
lEugene Votes
Bonds to Bring
S. P. Terminals
TO WASHING
Man Under Name of George
Brown Stopped Monday
at Cottage Grove. &
X)
HAD MISSING GOODS
Checked Trunk on Ticket
to Kalama, Wash. Three
Barrels of Freight
Puzzle Officers.
(AaocUIrd Trrm Uurd Win.)
i El'OKNR. Ore.. Aug. 19. By
s vole of 4.036 to 394. a ratio of
j more than ten to one. Kugeneuns
yesterday approved at the . polls a
I propositi to bond the city for
! $15,000 for the purpose of pro
viding a municipal site for the
Southern Pacific IlKllwuy compa
ny terminals, to be located here.
The vote was one of the largest
ever cast In Kugene.
Articles of incorporation of the
terminal company, a $175,000
corporation organized for the pur
Ipose of carrying out the mandute
or the voters, as expressed In the
election were filed yesterday.
The Southern Puclfio company
ha agreed to locate terminals
j here for the Natron cut-off line
for the Coos Hay branch and for
the Shasta division of the main
line.
Car shops and a tie treating
plant are included In the term
'nal plans.
INEFFICIEMT.Y
WRITTEN OVER
STATE'S PRISON
'More Like Old People's
Home," Description By
Guard at Inquest.
HEARST BACKS
INST
WILSON
I
W
'S
E 6000 ON
BELGIAN DEBT
Interest Knocked Off Loan
During War, Lower. Rate
on Subsequent Loan.
remits so .Million
Special Terms, Pursuant to
Ex-President's Promise,
Will Not Extend to
Other Nations.
HYLAN
AGA
GANG
DISCIPLINE IS LAX
MEDFORn, Or?., Ang. 19 The
sheriff's office this afternoon at
two o'clock received a telephone
message from the sheriff of Jose
phine county at Grants Pass, say
ing that early this morning three
men had stolen a Chevrolet car at
Roseburg and headed south, and
that the last reports said the au
tomobile had passed Canyonville
on the Pacific highway, A rumor
credits the trio with being the
three escaped convicts from the
state prison, the sheriff's office
said. ,
According to tie telephone mes
sage, trace was lost of the car af
ter It passed Canyonville and Traf
fic Officers McMahon and Talent,
of this dislriet are watching the
highway for the car.
Sheriff Jennings upon receipt of
the message from Grants Pass
placed a guard at the northern city
limits and advised all county offi
cers to be on their guard.
Newman Defends Course.
PORTLAND. Aug. 19 Charles
L. Newman, at whose home the
three escsped convicts, Murrsy,
Kelly and Wlllos, remained hidden
all day Monday, last night defend
ed his action in not notifying the
authorities of the presence of the
fugitives.
He declared that tp have made
the s'ightest overt action would
have meant death for him and his
family.
When shown a statement from
Warden Dalrymple, criticizing him
for not turning In an alarm, after
the convicts left his farm for the
dash to Portland. Newman defend
ed his rourse with the following
statement:
"The warden has not yet Inter
viewed me In any way about the
operation of the convicts." said
Newman. "He has made no move
to investigate the circumstance
and yet he presumes to pass Judg
ment upon my action?. It is evi
dent that he doesn't check up mat
ters very carefully.
''I made an agreement with the
convicts when they left my place
that If my boy and the young fel
low from Monitor who were taken
as hostages were returned to me
alive within 2ft hours, ! wouldn't
turn In an alarm until the end of
that time. I had been protecting
my family and I didn t want my
' boy shot because I failed to keep
my word. Because I kept our
agreement my family has nothing
!to fear from those desperate men
now; If I had violated the agree
.ment every one of us might be in
danger.
"However, as soon as my boy re
turned within five minutes I
drove to New Era and from there
to Oregon Cilv as fast as I cou'd
to notify the sheriff. If I had It to
do over, I would do no different
ly." I
In regard to the contention that
the boys, once free of the bandits
In Portland, might have notlfed
the police. 'Newman declared that
his boy, who Is only 17, has been
used to obeying and that It was his
Instructions for him to return im
mediately. Mr. Newman asserted his confi
dence that the story which he in
duced the fugitives to dictate to
him was substantially true as they
remembered the Incidents.
j Mr. Newman declared that a
check of the speedometer on his
suto showed that the machine had
been driven more than 13 miles
within the city limits. The Wil
amette river was crossed twice
, with an evident purpose to confuse
the boys, who were also Incorrectly
I informed as to the place they left
the convicts.
"Tips" Keep Portland Cops Busy.
I PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 19. A
te'ephone message from a msn
who declared he was Tom Murray,
leader of the three fugitive con
victs, denylnr the truth of a pub
lished story that he and his com
panions had separated, was re
ceived this morning In the city
news room of a local afternoon
newspaper.
I "We are all together and In Port
land." was the substance of the
message. Efforts to trace the call
were unavailing ana po'ire ara un-.
crtain whether to regard the call I
as a hoax or definite word directlv
from one nf the outlaws. Some of
ficers, calling attention to Mur
ray'a love fy the dramatic and his
deMght at being In the public eye,
express the belief that the message
was genuine.
I The search for the convicts In
1 (Continued on page 2.)
Warden Overrules Efforts
of His Subordinates
to Keep Convicts
Under Control.
That the third Goforth brother,
who goes under the assumed name
of George Brown, came out from
the Reedsport country last Thurs
day night with his dead brother
Dave, and John, who Is now con
fined In the county Jail, following
fits recapiure yesterday, was defin
tely assured by officers this morn
ing. Proof of this angle of the case
came .this morning when the sher
iff's office was notified that Brown
stopped over night at a hotel in
Cottage Grove Monday night Ac
cording to information received by
Sheriff Starmer the man registered
at the hotel there Monday night
and checked out early Tuesday
morning. In time to catch Number t
16, northbound, with a ticket sup
posedly purchased to Kalama.
Washington, near his home town
of Kelso.
It is also stated that a trunk, the :
property of the three Goforths. was j SIX CANDIDATES OUT
rnecKeu on nrown s ticket, umcers
here have the key to the trunk,
taken when the two captured men
were searched Sunday. Ip... Al C t t
in a telephone communication Governor Al Smith Backing
with Kelso this morning Sheriff Tammany Candidal
fitarmor advised authorities thr
to hold rreirht and bHKguRe ship
ped to Kalama or Kelso. The
sheriff made a hurried trip to Cot
tage Grove thin morning In an ef-1
fort to aecure shipping receipts and
hold up delivery of any freight orj
exprens until It had been thorough
ly Inspected
Organizes Independents to
Support Mayor in New
York Primaries,
Pen Maker Waterman
Named by G. O. P.
Mnr.a.l prta Iaamt Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 19. Sweep
ing statements of a total absence
of discipline and control over con
victs, said by some of the witness
es to be directly responsible for
the break and killing of two guards
and a convict; Inefficiency and
friction among prison officials,
gambling and tnerrawanna (hemp
leaf) smoking among the prison
ers featured the second session of
the Investigation Into the escape
by a coroners jury here.
Summarized, the testimony tak
en from the witnesses, all but one
of whom are and were employed at
the prison at the time of the de
livery, brought forth these atate
ments: That no discipline, as compared
hh former administrations, exists
in the prison. Guards have little
control ovr the convicts and at
tempts by the deputy warden, prin
cipal keeper and other to discipline
prisoners have been overruled by
the warden.
Heads of the Institution were In
constant conflict, which was fully
known all around the prison and
that guards and convicts even were
betting at one time as fo whether
the warden or deputy warden
would lose his Job.
Bert "Oregon" Jones, killed In
the break of last week, and Ells
worth Kel'y, one of the fugitives
now sought, were occupying a cell
together, a I thou eh thev were part
ners In an escape a little over a
year ago and were known to be
constantly plotting another break.
Gambling goes on constantly
among the prisoners with the
knowledge of the warden and the
roveianr. and with the sanction of
fhe ward"", who ordered It con
fined to "the Island" and allows
convicts to order cards through the
office.
Three statements, all made by
employees nf the prison at the time
of the break, stand out In the test
Inwnv. L. T. Murphy, chape! ruard when
the ronvtrts escaped. aked by one
of the Jurr men whether the pri
son was nm as an Institution of
rfntm or punlhment, replied:
It I more like an old peonl s
hom " addlnr that he eirperfed he
would loe hi Job for criticizing
condlM"" at the prison.
Like Pltasur Resort
'8o long as the reform element
eontrols the running of the prison
ther w' be no discipline, and It
will be haven of rest and a para
(Continued on Page 8)
f AawnrUttHl Prcsa Iaurvl Wln.)
NEW! YORK, Aug. 18. With six
Three barrels of freight are re-, candidates formerly In the field for
ported to have been left by Brown mayor, the primary scramble Ifl
In Cottage Grove to -be shipped Bating hotter and hotter,
north .yesterday. This shipment The participants in the mayoral
will not have reached Portland yet ty race as shown by the nomlnat
and the sheriff's office Is making 'In petitions filed last nlaht are:
an effort to probe the contents of ? Democrat Mayor Johq K. Hylan
this shipment, under the aastimp-jfor re-nomlnation on his own lick
Hon that at least a portion of the ct, supported by William Randolph
goods Is property of John Goforth. 'Hearst.
Although officers are not certain' State Senator James Walker,
what the barrels shipped contain, j Tammany designee, supported by
they are working on a theory that governor Smith,
may develop as the most sensa l Republican Prank P, Water
tional angle In the case so far.- man, fountain pen manufacturer,
In the meantime District Attnr-I "regular" designee of republican
ney Guy Cordon announced this leaders; William Bennett and for
mornlng that little had come frnm Slate Secretary John J. Lyons,
the long conference held with the "insurgents."
Gororlh held In the county Jail, yes ! Socialist The Uev. ' Norman
tenlay. Thmnas.
Walter Wright, a brother-ln law i The Independent League, an a v
of the Goforth boys, and a sister ar- tlvn Hearst political organization,
rived here yesterday and were per- came to life yesterday at the Rlv
m It ted to talk with the prisoner, erside drive home of the publisher.
They claimed the body of Dave Resolutions were psssfd unanl
from the morgue and It was nhlp-1 mously supporting Mayor Dylan
ped last night to Centralla, Wash- ,ni repudiating the endorsement
Ington. where funeral services lllOf the Tammany slate given a few
be held. jdays ago by Deputy Register Ml-
O . chael McCarthy in the name of the
league. Joseph P. WHHcomhe,
FALL OUT OF TREE Mr. Hearst's secretary, was elect-
DDCAVC davc urAn e chairman. He branded as
DKLAKo BOY O HEAD "bunk" reports that the league
would put an Independent ticket In
the field, but declined to predict
(AancUttMl trtm ttrl wii.) i what his organization would do If
MED FORD Ore Aug 19 t -Mayor Hylan was defeated In the
Leroy Williams, H-year old son of mnj. September lfi. The elec-
' linn I at Vnt'Otn hoi1 A
Mr. and Mrs. h. Williams, lies
dangerously injur pi; u: - local
hospital with a fractured skull.
Senator Wslker hss come out
with a ntalfnrm which deciares.
among other things, for municipal
received yesterday as the re-uh (ownership and operation of transit
of a fall out of a tree. systems. Including buses, retention
The boy. It Is said, ws's cllmh- of the five-cent fare and more suit
ing among the branches when he ways.
touched a live electric wire, the i Mayer Hylan, running on his
rhock of which caused him to lose record nf eluht years, has charged
his balance and fall to the pave- .that both Wslker and the republl
ment below. fCnntlnited on page 7.)
Prison Break Made
at San Quentin
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19. The police here re
ported at 1: 15 p. m. today that aeveral prisoners had es
caped in a riot and jail delivery at San Quentin state
prison across San Francisco Bay in Marin county and
were on the bay in a barge. 'The police said that some
shooting attended the break.
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 1. Two convicts who tscspea In a launch
from th watarfrffnt gang at San Qusntin atata prison, Marin county,
today afttr slugging Guard George Grayson Into unconsciousness, wars
captured by th police of Richmond, Contra Costa county, north of
hsra, after being trappsd In a shrimp swamp.
(Aumrliteil Prns Uianl Win.)
WASHINGTON. August 19.
Hearing the personal approval of
President Coolidge, terms for
funding the llelglan war debt to
the United States have been work
ed out 1iy the debt commission of
the two countries after negotia
tions of unuBUnl brevity. Little
more than a week was required
to bring about an agreement on
the payment of the little King
dom's debt, which was estimated
at 1417,780,000 as of June IS,
1925. '
The funding plan agreed on late
yesterday came in the same month
that eleven years ago marked the
opening of the world war. The
terms provide for a remission of
Interest on the jni.7HO.000
loaned prior to the armistice and
for a part remission of Interest
on (248.000.000 borrowed for
reconstruction work.
The agreement, subject to rati
fication by the American congress
and the llelglan government, was
described as recognized by the
United States a welglhy morale
obligations, as a result nf assur
ances given the little country by
President Wilson at -the time of
the Versailles peace conference
and also the right of Helglum to
particular and special treatment
by this nation.
The terms call for complete
pnvment within 02 years.
The $171. 4N0.000 loaned dur
ing the time of actual fighting
with (lormany Is to be paid free
of all accrued of future Interest.
The Interest on the posl armis
tice di-hfnf $246,000,000 was
fixed at the lowered rate of :ii
per cent. Tho Americans agreed
to forego a part of the Interest
on this amount for the first ten
years and arbitrary amounts were
esliililinhed bringing a reduction
of nearly $50.0011,0110.
Wilson's Word Mmlo tiiHHl.
'The llelglans Insisted during
the negotiations that the pre
nrmlsllce loan should be consider
ed a debt by tiormany to the
United Slates because such a pro
posal "was accepted by President
Wilson at the peare conference."
The Americans', however, refused
In accept this agreement, but de
flared that "while no legal obli
gation rests on the United Slates
In the matter, there does still ex
ist a weighty morale obligation
as a result of such assurances
given which entirely differentiates
this sum from all debts duo us
from foreign countries."
.The funding program In rnn
seiiuence laid down for the pre
armistirn debt a schedule of re
payment cnlllng for llelglum to
pay $1,000.0110 and the same
amount In 1927 with Increases In
each of the next four years, when
the annual payment becomes $2.
900.000. The annual payment
then will continue at Ihls figure
until 19S7, when a final payment
of $2,2X0,000 will be due.
Concerning the post-armlsllre
loan, the settlement provides that
llelglum pay $1,4 70,000 as Inter
est and $1,100,000 on the prin
cipal for the first year. The se
cond year the lolsl payment will
he $3. 100.000 of which $2.non,
000 will he Interest. The charge
for Interest then Inrreaura sharp
ly In each succeeding year and
the payment on principal will de
crease until the end of the 10
vesr period. In the eleventh year
llelglum will psv $. 172. uno In
terest and $1. Htm. noil principal.
Thereafter pavments will t'maln
In excess of $9,0110.000 per yesr
until the debt has been llmilduted.
After fhe agreement had been
pronounced the Hclglans had no
comment to mske. Henntor Hmnot
of Utah and Representative llur
tnn, Ohio, the American commis
sioners, however, expressed the
opinion that the terms would
prove acceptable to congress.
Tha American commissioners
also made It clear that they con
sidered llelglum one nf the favor
ed nations among the debtor
grnun and that the funding plan
could not he looked on as a pre
cedent that might apply to either
Kranra or Italy.
President Toolldee exnressed
satisfaction whe advised that an
agreement had been reached on
the question. Mat night a radio
message from him to T)nnsld H
MacMIHen wishing the Arctic
(Continued r page 7 )
Anatomy, Blood
Same in Man,
Ape-Dr. Jordan
tAnocUtrd Prttt Leased Win.)
OAKLAND. Cat.. Aug. 19. Fund
amentalists who quote certain
dentists aa a basis for disbelief
In evolution quote statements made
before science discovered the true
relationship between body cells
and their ancestors, Dr. David
Starr Jordan, noted educator and
chancellor emeritus ot Stanford
university, declared in an address
yesterday.
Disclosure of the fact that each
cell In the body of man and ani
mals contains a plan similar to
that of Ita ancestors and that in
the nucleus of each cell the Quality
ot herdlty is imbedded, aald Dr.
Jordan, ia the greatest scientific
discovery In the last halt century.
Every scientific man believes in
evolution today. It la a scientific
fact that man and ape have the
same blood in their veins and the
same anatomy. Apes differ from
monkeys, however. This baa been
proved by injecting the blood of a
monkey into the veins of an ape.
The ape dies when this Is done.
The blood ot the ape, however, can
be Injected into the veins of a man
and It mingles with the man's
blood without ill effect."
ANDREWS TOLD
BY OFFICIALS
10
QUIT
CHINA
BOAT BOILER
BURSTS; OVER
THIRTY SLAIN
Excursion of Coates Thread
Company Workers Tumi
Into Shambles. ''
NEARLY SO INJURED
New Patch on Boiler Fails
Under Test Nearness ,
to Shore Reduces
Loss of Life.
Order Comes After Ameri
can Scientist Finds Traces
of Earliest Man.
MEDDLING ALLEGED
Charged With Attempting
to Stir Up Resistance to
Encroachments of
Bolsheviks.
(Aaoolatnl Pna Uutd Wire.) ,
NEWPORT. U I A... ioti.
steam that poured over (77 excur-
siuuisia aooara the steamer Macki
nac in Narragannsett Bay yester
day had clalme,! tha Hvab nr qj
sons today while 41 others were ao
uauiy acaioea that fear was felt
for their Uvea u... mnM
less seriously burned and one per
son was reported missing.
Merrymakers on the steamer
were Btartleit hv hi. .In aA,..j
land a aurglng of the decks about
minutes alter tney nad put out -
from Newnnrt fni, t , I
age to Pawtucltet. In an instant
a cioua ot steam enveloped the
vessel, crowds rushed for the rail-
Ina. Uianv tllmnori nvMhn., akll.
almost all of those below' deck
were neueved to have lost their
lives or to have been seriously
burned. There was no loud report.
aucn aa usually accompanies an ex
plosion, and the cause of the dis
aster rnmnlnut n , In.ln..
Conflicting reports aald the ship's
u.Fner imu oursi ana mat ateam
nines had Wn hrnknn An .fflilal
I Investigation was started.
most or tne excursionists were
from PnwtllVAt unA DMM
Ii. I., and from Attleboro, Mass. . '
Nfc'.UT PHUT T T A..M Tk.
death of three more victims of the
MacKlnac excursion steamer boiler
evnlnnlnn hpnn.kl tha ,. I n
dead to 32 at noon today with sev
erai auniiionai deaths expected momentarily.
(Aaanclstnl I'ma Uaml Wifr.l
UKCir, Mongolia, Aug. 19.
The Mongolian government has
ordered the third Asiatic expedi
tion of the American museum of
natural history, under the lea
dership of Hoy Chapman Andrews,
to cense Its exploration and scien
tific work and to leave Mongolian
territory alleging that Mr. An
drews has violated the terms of
his agreement with Mongolian
scientific organisations.
The Mongolian government
further alleges that besides car
rying out his scientific work In
the domains nf paleontlogy, geo
logy and .oology, Mr. Andrews'
expedition also has engaged in
topographical observation work
and has employed a number of
suspicious In a military senne
persons.
Mr. Andrews also Is accused of
carrying on political propaganda
and stirring up the Mongolians
ngaliKI Hie red bolshoviks.
No Surprise Hera
NKW YUHK. Aug. 19.- Kxpulxlon
of the Andrews' expedition from
Mongolia was not unexpected, offi
cials of the American museum of
natural history said today, since
Hoy Chapman Andrews, the leader,
recently reported "unusually diffi
cult conditions" In hia relations
with the territorial authorities.
PEKINO. Align! 19. Hoy
Chapman Andrews, leader of the
third Asiatic expedition of the
American museum of natural Ma
lory, believes that the expedition
haa round remains of the earliest
type of man yet discovered. Far
In the Interior of Mongolia among
sand dunes which ages ago form
ed the shore of a lake, since
vanished. Hie expedition discov
ered traces of humsn beings
which closely resembled the han
diwork of the Atlllnn man found
In Kurope.
Mr. Andrews believes that this
form of primitive culture went
from Kurope to Asia. He an
nounced his discovery today on
the eve of hla departure from
Peking to rejoin the expedition,
which la awaiting him about ItilO
mllea northwest of Kslgan, on the
edge of the desert. The expedi
tion hss covered a course of
about 4.000 miles across Ihe flobl
desert as far as the Altai moun
tains. The men who left the remains
uncovered by Mr. Andrews and
hia companions have been named
the "dune dwellers nf Hhaiiara-k
I'ssu." taking Ihe name of the
place their tracea were discover
ed. Among the dunea of the
vanished lake shore were found
an abundance nf Hint and Jasper
Implements and weapons and the
remains of fireplaces, with char
red animal honea and layera of
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NEWPOIIT, II. I Aug. IS
A boiling boiler explosion, whhh
brought to a sudden close the'
outing of a boat load ot 677 ex
cursionists as they were leaving
Now Port harbor aboard 'the
steamer MacKlnac, last night, had
taken a toll of 29 lives today.
The explosion occurred as the
MacKlnac. was passing the navai
training station in Nurragansett
Hay for I'awturket. .
Throughout the night and early
today Ihe death toll mounted. 1n
addition lo the dead, two wire
reported missing and 52 seriously
burned. Physicians at the nanU
hospital said they expected tha
death list lo mount to at lest
45 within the next few hours..
Days will psss before more
seriously injured are out of pim
ger, the doctors said. The .ma
jority of the dead and injiised
were trapped on the first -and
second decks when the boiler ex
ploded. Hrarcely a report was
heard aa the holler in the engine
mom gave way, the first warn
ing being clouds of esrsplng
steam with the victims which
were powerless lo escape. i-
The accident happened within
a stone's throw of the naval hos
pital, less than loo yards from
the shore, otherwise the casualty
list would have been trebled pas
sengers said today. . , ,
The MarKlnan was a one fun
nel steamer equipped with 750
horse power engines. Her gross
tonnage was 512 and her net ton
nage .She was 182 feet long,
2X.2 feet beam and 12 feet deep.
Hhe was built In 1009. The ex
cursionists, included many women
and children. Msny aboard were
employees of Ihe J. and P. Coa
tes company, thread manufactur
ers In Pswtucket. The company
had declared a holiday for the
outing.
A patch on the boiler, which
had been placed there Just before
lit departure of the boat, gave
way, exploding Ihe boiler and
throwing the passengers Into a
panic. Captain Thnmna McVey,
of Pawlucket, the skipper, said
the boat was traveling 15 knots
an hour, tin fullest speed, and
whs losded to its rapacity. In a
statement made to The Asaociat
ed Press shortly after the acci
dent. Captain MacVey ssld:
"I waa in the pilot house with
Pilot Thomaa and Quartermaster
Hpenard, when we heard a con
cussion, aft. This was followed
immediately by the hissing of es
raping steam and the entire vea
sel was enveloped with a steam
ing mist. Then the engines
slopped suddenly and 1 gave the
wheel a yank and headed It to
the bearh, where Its own momen
tum grouded It shortly after."
Passenger who described the
scene raid It waa one ot tretneo
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