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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 3, 1 939.
ALCATRAZ PRISON
BREAK PREVENTED
(Continued from page 1)
screamed the alarm. Hurried calla
v.ere sent to tne coast guara umi
the San Francisco police depart
ment. Prison guards ringed the Island
and finally sighted the five men.
I dimly outlined In the thickest fog
in many years.
Planned to Swim
The convicts stripped their pri
son clothing from them as they
ran, and Martin actually had oh
lained pieces of driftwood which
he was attempting to tie together
with his clothes.
The Incoming tide was just on
the verge of turning, making It
somewhat easier to swim the mile
to the mainland, but whether the
convicts knew this was problema
tical. "All of the men nre regarded as
ringleaders of the plot," Warden
James A. Johnston said. "It is a
mystery how they got out of their
cells, and any theory would he
wholly speculation."
Ho said they scrambled down
the western side of the island, to
ward the (lolden gate. Knur were
discovered In approximately the
same place, about midway be
tween the old wharf and the pri
son shop, where (luard noyul C.
nine was beaten to death during
a previous escape attempt.
The negro ran uwii" from his
companions when guards started
to shoot, and tried to rig Ills raft
from driftwood.
"It was the thickest fog I ever
saw," Warden Johnston comment
ed. "It had been very foggy all
day. These men probably bad the
Idea In their heads ror a long time.
It Is a constant problem on the Is
land, because probably all of the
convicts have the idea at one time
or nnother."
Past Attempts Recalled
The island, formerly a Spanish
prison anil an army disciplinary
barracks, has bad previous escape
utlenipts, beatings and sltdown
strikes since it was made a feder
al prison.
The first prisoners, Including
' "Scarface" Cnpone, former Chi
cago gang leader, were housed on
the Island In 1!)H4. Cnpone re
cently was transferred to the ter
minal prison at Kan Pedro.
' Warden Johnston himself once
was attacked and beaten by a con
vict In the prison dining room.
Normal activities of the prison
were suspended Immediately aft
er today's attempted break, and
till Inmates and cells wore lo be
searched thoroughly.
EVERY CONVICT ON ISLAND
LOCKED UP FOR SEARCH
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (AIM
More than 300 "hard boiled"
convicts wero locked In their cells
on Alcutrnz Island today for care
ful inspection as a result of an at
tempted Jallhrealt by five prison
ers. Director James V. nonnotl of
the federal prison bureau said all
normal activities would bo sus
pended at Alcnlraz pending a thor
ough search of every inmate.
lie sahl prison officials had "no
idea'V where Arlhttr (I)oc' Marker
and his fellow convicts obtained
the saw hlado with which Ihey
early oday escaped from their
colls nud gained the water's
edgo.
Kvory prisoner's clothing, shoes,
heildlug and cell will h( subjected,
he said, to close examination.
First word of the break reach
ed Ilennett when Warden James
A. Johnston telephoned from tbo
prison. Tho men were found
"nbohl III! or -11) minutes" later,
Itennett said.
Two of them had gotten Into
the water. The coast guard and
Kan Francisco police ' detailed
boats to aid in Ihe recnpluro.
Saw Angle Puzzles
'Mu some manner, we do not
yet understand, Ihe prisoners ap
parently managed to obtain a saw
and with It got out of their cell
and through tho exterior window
of tho cell block," Dennett declar
ed In n statement releiised to the
press.
"In Iho dense fog enveloping the
Island Ibey managed to elude Ihe
officer guarding (lie outside of the
cell block and reached tho shore
bernro they were apprehended.
"There was no evldrfnce they
had any help from the outside and
no boats wero found In Ihe vicin
ity or the Island.
"Dale Slauiphlll was shot In the
leg and probably not seriously
wounded. Arthur MDoc) llatker
received a wound In the log and
also ouo In the bend which may he
serious. William Martin's Injury
was apparently not serious.
Barker Very Notorious
"Doc" Marker was a member of
Ihe notorious Harker-Knrpis gang
unlit Jan. Hi, lu;ir, when the gang
was broken up by federal agents.
Ilarkcr, flurry Campbell ami
Harry Sawyer received life sent
ences for kidnaping F.dwun! O.
Ilremer, weullhy St. Paul, Minn.,
hanker, Jan. 17, 1IKII. Ilremer was
released by his captors after HI
days on payment of (2110,000 ran
som. Arthur's brother. Fred, and his
mother, known as "Ma" Marker,
did nol live to stand trial lor the
Ilremer kidnaping. Ilolh died of
gunshot wounds when (J-inen sur
rounded Ihelr Oklnwoha, Fla..
hideout. Ma and Fred ignored
the agents' demands to surrender
and fell In Ihe ensuing gun-baltlc.
Justice department records
showed Marker was arrested bv
(-men nt Chicago Jan. 8, MS, oil
the kidnaping charge. ltusscll
Gibson, an associate, was lutally
shot the same night In another
section of the city while resisting
nrrest.
Marker previously hail been con
victed of killing Thomas J. .Slier
rill, an elderly nighl watchman nt
St. Johns hospital, Tulsa, Okla.,
Aug. 26, 1921. He was paroled,
however, from the Oklahoma slate
penitentiary at McAlester, Sept.
10. 1932.
Stniiiphlll was serving a life
sentence for kidnaping Dr. Fred
J,. Meyers from Lccdy, Okla.. to
Cnnadlun, Tex. Ho was sentenced
Oct. 20, 1937, at Oklahoma City,
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Oe ELSE MAS
nnd wan oriKintilly "commiUwl to
Leavenworth. Ho wnH later trans
leireii to Alniitniz.
Others' Records Cited
nufiiK McCain was chawed
with having Jeopardised bunk ffin
ployes' lives and kidnapliiK bunk
employcK In an attempt to rob the
Idaho! National bank of Mabel,
Okla. Ho wan Henlnncefl at Dili'
lint, Okla,, on June 11, l!i:i5, and
was originally committed to Leav
enworth. He wan later transfer
red to Alcatraz where he tried to
assault another Inmate while pri
soners were lining np Tor the mid
day meal,
Henri Young was nervine: sent
ence for robbing the First. Nation
al bank of Mud, Wash. He was
transferred to Alentraz after be
ing originally committed on Dec;.
29, IM!, to McNeil IhIhihI peni
lentlary, Wash.
Martin was conv Icted for rob
bing a postal station in Chicago,
He wns sentenced at Chicago Nov,
!, l!);tti, and sent to Leavenworth.
On his siibsenuent transfer lo Al
uutraz be joined in (be strike.
SPRAGUE WILL ASK
LABOR ACT CHANGES
'(Continued from pace )
confirmation of Rdgar Smith, ap
pointed lo Ihe hoard of higher edu
cation hy ex-Governor Martin.
Veteran legislators viewed (he
slart of Ihe session hh oho of tin
slowest In their experience.
Fehl Makes Request
The legislature bus been peti
tioned by Karl II, Kehl, Medlord,
oue-llme Jackson county Judge,
to repeal tbo stulo law under
which ho was committed to the
state hospital.
Fehl alleged be had been "rail
roaded" Into the penitentiary nnd
later to the slate hospital for the
Insane on the testimony of three
physicians "employed for that pur
pose." lie asked that Ihe present act
bo substituted by a law creating a
sanity commission,
The belter pensions steering
commit lee, including Townsend
cltihs. (ictieral Welfare society nnd
other pension groups, said yester
day It would sponsor a legislative
bill providing lor a monthly gross
liurome lax on corporations and in
dividuals to finance pensions.
The amount of the lax "would he
adequate lo match money for fed
eral grants for material and child
weiiare. blind aid and old aue as
sistance."
Seventy per cent of tho receipts
would be used lor pensions, 20 per
cent for reduction of the properly
tax, and 1(1 ptr cent for schools.
Begins With Deficit
Tho legislature is bouimiinir with
an itctiinl l!t:i!)-ltl budget deficit of
OKI. I It! instead of a surplus of $N7,
M7H as staled In the budget prepar-
1 by (iov. Charles II. Martin. Iten.
C. C. Chapman, Portland republican
and member of Ihe house ways and
means committee, said todnv.
Chapman said ihe budget failed
to include SHU.osii in expenditures
provided by law. Including S!hi,it72 !
county lair millage, Js.innt for blind
students, lor the city of
Itandou, Sl.hSt! tor adjustment of
higher education millage and $f00
lor deaf students.
Chapman said (hat if the sani
tary authority, created by an lultta
live passed in November. Is given
$rlUMe, ihe deficit wuuld be Still,-
1 14!.
Tho ways and means committee
Is investigating the budget lo de
termine if it was ton conservative
In estimating revenues.
The interim committee on stnte
and local revenues held its final
meeting here today, but it will not
announce lis recommendations un
til it submits them to the leglsla-
Authorized Maytag
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Roseburg Dairy
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lure next week. However, It was
expected the committee would ad
vise against new lorms or taxation.
Alms at Tax Dodgers
A bill providing that delinquent
taxes must be taken from Insur
ance on buildings destroyed by
fire will be introduced next week
by Hep. 10. W. Khnherling (It.,
I'rjflrio city).
Khnherling said he knew of sev
eral instances where owners burn
ed their buildings to avoid Pay
ment of taxes.! ,
Ho also will Introduce a meas
ure rotjulring out-of-state stock
buyers to put up bond. This meas
ure, be siifd, would prevent Ore
gon cattle owners from having
worthless checks passed on , them.
JUGGLING RECORDS
CHARGED TO UTILITY
f Continued from page n
men I, of consolidated earned sur
plus by about. $i:tr,0i)0.0tM) In ihim.
In Ihe same year, the commis
sion charged, the company set up
Its accounts In a way which result
ed in understating a V.i'M loss by
about lf2,S00,lHIO.
Tlie charges relative to Ifl.'M per
tained to a registration statement
filed with the commission.
The commission said also Ihe
company had failed to disclose Its
rehiilonshlp to persons controlling
it, "or to slate material facts per
tinent to the possible existence of
effective control."
The company, it was charged,
also failed to state required infor
mation on ihe aggregate remunera
tion paid lo certain service com
panies and others. Another charge
tt'UH t he company neglected to
name the persona other than dir
ectors, oil leers or employes whose
aggrognto remuneration was more
than $20.01)0 in UK! I.
In addition ' misstatements
found In Ihe registration statement
for llt.'tl, the commission said, the
handling of accounts was mislead
ing in the annual reports for l!i:if,
urn; ami 1 !;:?.
RELIEF FUND SLASH
LIKELY TO STAND
(Continued from piise 11
trovnrU'd mpnmiro.
I lo nnd liin Id asHisdinf whlpR had
nicl Tor more (linn an hour with
Sponkor I lunkhead, Demoenilic
Loader Knyhurit, and ltM-ennnln-tive
MeOornmck (!., Mush.), chair
man of the democratic caucus.
Asked nhout Ihe meeting: after
ward in connection with its bearing
on relief, Hay burn remarked
merely:
"We are going to pass n relief
bill today."
Privately, administration leaders
admitted there wus Jittle chance of
persuading tho hoiiHe to put hack
the $ I r.tUHHUWO hut that every at
tempt would be made to forestall
any additional reduction.
liolumi said tho whips themselves
had "different views'' on the re
lief issue and would "use their in-
dividual .hnlirmoiil" on supporting
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with Major Hoople
U. S. PAT. OFF.
ntnotuliiiPnl in niif Hip fiiml
V i m V c- s nftii mn '
for WPA from Si 25,000,000, thei
amount
recommended by the np-,
propria lions committee, to the
$S75,0O0,O00 retpiested by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
CURB ON POLITICAL
ACTIVITY BACKED
(Continued from page 1)
like you?" asked Johnson.
"I mean local politicians." Hop
kins replied. "1 don't, think any-1
one has resisted politics In relief
more than I have."
Warning Issued
Johnson protested Hopkins was
avoiding his questions about
Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
As to the national situation, he
asked :
'-'How many warnings to WPA
emplovcB did vou Issue against po
litical activity?"
"About six or eight general warn
ings," Hopkins answered quickly,
and then added, "and a great many
other specific ones all over the
United Stales."
Senator Johnson asked Hopkins
how many persons had been dis
charged for political activity.
"I can't give you tho exact num
ber but It was between 100 and 20o
persons," Hopkins said.
ODD FELLOWS WILL
FETE ANNIVERSARY
(C'onl Inuocl from pago I) I
accepted into membership. Tfie
regular Initiatory ceremony will bo
performed at the meeting to be
held .Ian. 1!).
A telegram was received from
Joseph T. lOckley of Tort land,
grand master, asking for a special
meeting of the Hosebing lodge at
(i p. in. Saturday. The grand mas
ter will pav his official visit to tho
Myrtle Creek I.O.O.F. lodge later
in the evening, and a large group
of Itoseburg members plans to at
tend. The cars will leave the lodge
hall at 7 p. m.
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HITLER STEPS INTO
ROME CONFERENCE
(Continued from page 1)
going to any lengths then to real
ize them.
The fuehrer had a report of
the Chamberlahi-MuHHuiiui conver
sations last night. Informants said.
He was believed to have advised II
dace to give the democracies one
y:tr after learning through Von
Uaekensen of Ciano's report the
Iliitisb bad laken a firm attitude.
IL nUCE REFUSES TO EASE
DEMANDS, FRANCE ADVISED
PARIS, Jan. 13. AP)P re
ntier .Mussolini was reported au
thor! 1 a lively" today to have refus
ed to "retreat, one inch" from fas
cist colonial demands on France In
his talks with British Prime Min
ister Chamberlain In Rome.
dispatches to the French for
eign office said II duce flatly had
informed both Chamberlain and
the liiitlsh foreign secretary, Vis
count Halifax, he would press ac
tively Mulhm territorial demands
on France.
This Information, the Pome re
ports said, was conveyed to Cham
berlain before the reported deliv
ery of a message to" Mussolini
from Iteichsfuehrer Hitler urging
him to pursue his alms peacefully
for one year. ,
French officials, however, said
they knew nothing of such a mess
age, reported from informed Ger
man quarters In Rome,
Chamberlain Also Firm
Reports from Home to the Quay
D'Orsay said Chamberlain had re
jected an Italian suggestion for a
four-power conference among Brl-
. , . "' . ,...wl""""JI luu'
settle Mediterranean quest ons.
Tf , .... T,,.(lnV,
nrfimlni. h.l(, 1lfj uMlJnlill,
doubt Britain firmly sunnorted
French resistance to any territor
ial demands.
Mussolini, the reports said, In
sisted during his formal "appease
ment talk" witli Chamberlain yes
terday Italy's natural aspirations
in the Mediterranean must be sat
isfied. RUPPERT, OWNER OF
N. Y. YANKEES, DIES
(Continued from page 1)
a profitable business and he quit
the turf. He collected St. Bern
ard dogs that cost $5,000 a year to
feed. His succession of yachts
was climaxed by the "Yankee," a
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luxurious appointments.
Four Terms in Congress
At one stage of his career he
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nors. Tint It was as owner of the New
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ami was named for his father, the
founder of the Ituppert Brewing
company. He went through Col
umbia grammar school anil passed
examinations for admission to the
School of Mines, of Columbia uni
versity. Jiut at his father's re
quest he went Into the brewery.
Saw Few Ball Games
As a boy, he played baseball
with a neighborhood team but
never approached professional
skill. In spite of his Interest in
his own team, he customarily at
tended fewer games than fans
who bad' to pay admission. In
19:14, he saw the Yankees play
only four times. The reason was
bis passionate fear of defeat anl
love of victory. Any score closer
than 18-to-0 kept him in agony un
til the last man was out.
His respect for the law was pro
found and probably accounted for
his disinterest in campaigning
against prohibition. He sold his
racing stable reputedly because of
a speech Charles bvans Hughes
made against race-track gambling.
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Henry Ford and others.
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