La Grande evening observer., June 13, 1924, Image 1

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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING .NEWSPAPEREIGHT PAGES TODAY.
CITY
EDITION
The Weather
PORTLAND (AP)-Ow
gon Generally fair to.
night and Saturday,
VOLUME XXII.
LA GRANDE, OREGON?, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1924.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 212
&
Hunt's
Washington
Letter
(By HAltRY B, HUNT)
WASHINGTON (NEA Special).
Last but not least of the key
noters who will sound their clar
ion culls for the political buttle
of Jli4 comes William H. Johnt
ston. ,
Maybe you dont' place John-'
ston. He Isn't u senator, nor a
representative, nor a governor ,
nor even an assemblyman. He I
isn't, us the pliarsc goes, "In pol
itics." That is, ho doesn't as
pire to uny office.' He isn't run-
ninir for anvthlnir. ' Naturaltv he
is interested in things political,!
as we arc told ull pood citizens
should be, but his interest cen-l
ters around policies, not parties.'
Johnston Is the man who will.lm'ee. UtllCerS
cuii to order, in tho b. of l. u.j en gwei)t into Etprn-
audttorlum In I'lnveland on July lue;1 OWBpt I11W ijUJtll
4. the meeting which will launehl ' ltV DV ExplOSlOIl
the - independent candiducy "P
ltobert Lu. Kollutte of Wisconsin, t
The Cleveland mooting. It
should lie remembered, sturts off
us a ' conference," not a convel)-l
"." ., ; ,
occasion on which individuals ana
organlscatlons who believe that
both old parties have gouo to
seed and hold no hope for fu
ture growth, mn tulk things over
und decide whut Is to bo done
about it.
Aetually. It In a meeting calk J im , an, thmf, officers of Hie
to endorse us an Independent can- battleship Mississippi nre (lend as
didute, opposing both old part the result of a premature evphv-lon
tickets, - tlie fight progressive sen- turret No. 2 yeslrrduy during a
ulor from Madison, Wis. No. or- sham batllo lrai'lkt
gunlzntlon which will send dele-, 1 ,
gates, and' no Individual repre-l still nnolher unexploded charge
sentatlve who will ultend expects ) reported lodged in one of the
uny other result. Tho clement Mississippi's great 14-Inch rifles
of which the "conference" will but naval officers ashore say thai
bo composed uro of one accord virtually ull dunger of u repetition
us to the Identity of their leader. f yeslerduy's tragedy la past.
I.a Toilette's dominance over the court of Inquiry is being held
.Inly 4 gathering will bo more today In un effort to determine the
complete and comprehensive even CIIUI)0 or tlie disaster. No one In
thun tho dominance of Coolldgo uuthorlty will venture ' a definite
over the Ulevelund convention of opinion why turret No, 2 ran
June lu. amuck.
y Knslgn H. Ilonald Smllh, of Hpn-
The meeting will be called to itUne. Wash., wus today acclaimed
order by Johnston, president of the hero or the Mississippi explos
Ihe International Machinists un- 0n. He was the first to crawl Into
Ion, Jn Ills cupacity us chuiruiun
in, ti
' (Continued on Dura M
HIGH GRADE
BONDS A BUY
given out from the lr. S. K. New
' .Mexico, flagship of division 4 of the
HAHKON f'AHK, Muss. (Special) ru-t.
There is a bright Hpot In the Nearly a score more were injur
more or less cloudy business nut- (r by tlie flar'chack that carried
look according to lloger W. Bab- t hi terrific chtirce backwards thru
the statistician, who todny
predicts that wo will again see the
day when sound bonds will sell on
a basis.
"A detailed study of Invent ment
conditions made by assocluteH In
Bubson Institute shows thul Hv
investment market (ravels a broad
trend running between 3 ns v
low average yhdd to around 6 us
it high point," says Mr. Bubson.
imniiK UK' uini i v iiuiium-u ji-uib.
this swing tuts been repeated four'
Hint's and all indications are that
we Imve now started on the fifth
movement. Bund prices, for In
stance, wen- viry low In 1S75. good
bonds were then yielding 0.20 pM
cent. By 1XX0 the market had ris
en so that securities were selling
on a 4. Ull per cent basis. Klve years
later in I NXG we find that price?
have risen so as lo give un aver
age yield of about 4-30 per cent
and by we had good sound
bonds selling as high as to yield
34 per cent.
"Then the down swing began
and by t(5 bonds sold on a 4 per
cent basts. In IttIO they were
around the 4.3i per cent level. The
5 per cent bnsls was reached In
1316 and by lfl2f we found these
hunk1 good bonds selling on a 6.4
basis. We litive charted the bond
market since tyO against this pre
vious swing and the parallel be
tween the action of the investment
.markets of the late seventies and
the early nineteen twenties is re
murkahle. Bonds rone from th
b.4u per cent basis to 4.86 per cent
in the first five years of the pres-
ffnnttniied nn pag fi
Many Congratulations
Sent To General Dawes
SIAHIimA. O. (Ilv the AsiKin
leil lieneral liaww. in lil
rtrt inibllc iltln'ss slmv Ills nom
inal toll, tislny told S.tMltl nelghlnir.
mill rricmlM lie grntl'fully acccptiM1
the noniiiintiiin anil would ilo lil
hot.
.MAHIKTTA. Ohio. (Ily the As
socialed rressl Flooded with
hundreds of congratulatory tele
gmms und surrounded by his fam
ily and by rrlends of his boyhood.
Hri.V'dler General Dawes Is plan
ning lo leave. Marietta this after
noon or his home In Chicago,
where .preliminary plans, for his
parttclialtion in the Novemlier Ite
publican 4'ampalgn will be made.
He has been spending Ihe weel.
at Marietta, hut birthplace and boy
AUTO
FLARE-BACK
'TAKES TOLL
m
.
and 41
I ACCIDENT OCCURS -
QN DREADNAUGH a
'. ".)m"J.""f,nLI'n
" ,v
'14 - Inch i Shell
Expli des
Prematurely on Miss-
issippi, Off San Pedro
California.
SAN l-IODKO, Calif. (Ily llii' A
soclntetl J-'ortr-flv,' oil-
the gun filled turret In un effort
(to rescue the victims.
" Boinu from the gus.
lie suffered
KAN PHDItO. (AIM Three of
fleers imd 41 men of the buttle-
'ship - Mississippi were swept into
eternity Thursday on the Sun 'le
nient u fleet drill mounds off Hits
port, when a shell In one of the
14-Inch puns of the ship's No. 'i
turret exploded prematurely, ac
cording to semi-official Information
the breech of the gun Instead of
out through tlie muzzle.
Partial Ust of Dead.
A semi-official death list Issued
at 7 o'clock guve the following:
Kub. William O. MeUea, Kenuvo,
I'a.
Ted Carlyte Itugtin, seaman sec
ond class. Joplin, Mo.
Normun I,ee Barbee. coxswain, of
Han l-'ranclsco.
Furrls Carlton Hopkins, seaman
(Continued on now nl
BY THE JUDGE)
!ni" n i a ah nil
U Dili
BOYS PAROLED
I Ilia Kir lurmer muuy.
- sl.e of a nmn's thumb null and In
ItolpM-t Hunc and Marvin Ktoop.tHhnpc tis well us in general appear
found guilty yesterdny by the jury ance is like a skull.
of larceny of an automobile were!
given a five year sentence which
was modified to a parole by Judge
Knowles this morning. The boys'
will be required to report to I he j
court the first of every month dur
ing tlie next five years and wit h
any violation of the law they will:
be required to serve the full term
In the penitentiary.
With tho sentencing of Hand and
HI oop the court adjourned until
"Monday when the trial of Won"!
Sing and Mary Hlng, charged with!
the possession of narcotics is
scheduled. '
hood home, celebrating the for
tieth anniversary of his graduation
from Marietta college with other
surviving class members. .
He added nothing to u brier
statement that he had accepted Ihe
nomination ror vlce-presldeney.
Iliographk-al.
l-'ew men In America have won
the distinction in Ihe variety or en
deavors which have occupied Gen -
eral llawes. rounder und long dl-
reeling head or one vt Chicago's!
targest banking Institutions, he hits!
also been prominent tor his s-r- i
vices in the world war as a law-i
yer. author antl active rigun 1n Ihe
rotinclls or the Iteputtllean part v :
slnce the "gold" campaign in 1896.
(Continued ou page 6)
BANDITS
CHARLES G. DAWES IS
Dawes
L'liark'S ti. Danes, last night
accepted tho Itepublicaii nani
inntlnii for vice presidency after
Lowdcn, first nominated, posi
tively refused the liutior.
BE DEFENSE
CHICAGO (Ily the Associated
T'resa). i'repnrutlons ror the trial
on August 4 of Nathan 14. I.eo
puld, Jr., und Uiehurd l,ueb, mil
lionaires' sons, conressed kidnap
ers slayers of ltobert Franks,
school hoy, are being mado by
prosecution anil dofenso with in
sanity okpccUki to, ho. thu. Issut.
' Hetwrien now amt Ihe lime of
the trial. fixed Wednesday,
corps of alienists und psyehiiUristM
m ehaig
of lr. .unites wnunev
llall of Chicago,, will examlno the
youths In their cells without the
attendance of Jail guards or pros
ecutors by permission or thu sh'.r
irr. , ;
Allho.igh iltffense attorneys do
elnred they had been'' given In
sufficient time to prepute for the
trial, they will begin at once to
lay the groundwork for Its In
sanity plea, II was Indicate. I.
Meanwhile the prosecution con
tinues to iiuestlnn witnesses rela
tive to the mental status off' the '
uceused.
An Investigation or churges or
brutality by the police in uucs
tlonlng Waller Wilson, private
school Instructor, first questioned
arter young Franks disappeared,
has been ordered by the city
council. Wilson charges he wnj
bcalen Willi a section of garden
hose. (
Mayor never und Morgan Col
lins, chief of police, said they
welcomed the investigation ot tile
charges. ' '
Strange Hectic Found.
OAKLAND. Cal. (A l -- K.
Knowlin. a rancher at Haywaxd
Heiith. has found a weird beetle
that resembles a humun skull. lo-
.-II I f-xnerls have been unalile lo
classify the beetle and It lum been
sent to the Itniversiiy of Callfor-
. .. .. II lu I hi.
BASEBALL
I'ACII'M
COAST l.l'.AIil H
W. I.. I'd
Teams
Kan I'Vanclseo
Stiitllti
Vernon
Sticraniento ..
Hall Uike
I'ortland
ls Angeles
Oakland
...tl 'JS
....37 2
....nn 32
....112 S3.
...81 .14
... an 31
....an 37
....28 39
.li'.'l
.r.o'j
.52.'
.4112
.477
.4.', 4
.44
.418
(ll. the Asaoclaled l-ressl
!ciiiilorH II, Itccs 2.
At Hiieramento II. H. Iv
Salt Utke 2 I" It
Maeranienlo 3 7 2
lluitcrles: I'ondttr and l'eters:
CunMcId and Koehler.
Seals :, AiikcIm i.
At l.os Angeles U. H. K.
San Francisco 3 In I
I.OS Angeles I 8 I
Catteries: Williams untl Agnew:
Myers and Jenkins.
Ycrimu I. Onklainl II.
At Oakland It. M. K.
Vernon -.4 H 0
! Oakland
4 I
Mur-
Italteries: Thomas and It.
pby; r'osler and' Linker.
t
Dealers 0, Italians 8,
At Portland It
Hesttlt s
I'orl land t
H. i :.
9 I
10 o
Batteries: fjregg. Kleutsnd and
-K. IJaldwIn; Hchroeder, lledlcnt,
Ituchac and Luly.
INSANITY ID
ACCEPTED
BY GEHERAL
Republicans First Named
Lowden Who Refused i
. to Take Honor
BUTLER FAILS TN
HOOVER ATTEMPT
Supports of "Hell and
Maria jueneral Then
Romp Away With Vic
tory. : ,
MAItl-KTTA. O, (By the Associ
ated Ires-s) Urlgudier Qencmt
Charles O. Dawes Thursday night
accepted the nomination for the
vice presldenoy.
"I accept the nomination by the
Republican parly for the vice
presidency," he said in a formal
statement, when Informed ; of his
nomination by ihe- Associated
Press, . "I deeply appreciate the
honor conferred upon ine,"
CONVKNTION HA LL, Cleve
land, O. (By the Associated Press)
Charles G. Dawes or Illinois,
the "HU und Mrla" general, was
nominated for tho vice presidency
by Ihe Heptihltcan national con
vention Thursday nljjhl after It
onrc hud nnmlii tei It'iniil - 41.
Lowden, former, governor of lllfrii
lnols, and ho hud, refused lo'ueV
cept, tho place, . ; . . (
In a brief andspeclaeular fight
In whlt-h William Butler, rn.Hi
dent. CoolldffG'B campaign manager,
had said to Henator Iteed of Penn
sylvania "Jt - must be Hoover,"
and Henator Iteed had replied; "It
can't bo done, it, must be Dawes,"
the, Dawes supporters, after the
declination of' former Governor
Lawden of Illinois, marshalled
their forces- and put the general
across for the nomination.
Imileii ItcriittCHtf
Karller in the day Mr. Butler's I
f fnnntlnued on pagB S
Robert Aiken Will Be
Grand Junior Warden
ltobert Alken left for Portland
last evening -where he will be In
stalled us grand junior warden of
the A. I''. and. A. M. grand lodge,
now In session in tile Itosc City.
George T. Cochran, of this city.
Is now finishing his term ns grand
master, which will vry likely be
conferred on Mr. Alken two years
from now.
. . 'I
Late News Flashes
L GRANDK WINS THIRD.
PORTLAND (AI'). The American Legion Hlalcj
convention is holding business sessions today. Last
night in' the drum corps competition the Roscburg
post won first prize, Kugcne' second and La Grande
third.
SCHOOL HILL API'KALKD.
SALKM, Ore. ( AI')- Attorney General Van Win
kle today forwarded to District Attorney Meyers of
Multnomah county, a notice of appeal to the United
States supreme court from the federal court decision
against the compulsory public schpol law. . , ....
TO I'RKSS TRIALS. ,
KIIENSHURG, I'a. (AI') Charges of murder and
manslaughter against alleged klansmen and residents
of Lilly under arrest for alleged participation in the .
affray at Lilly, which resulted in the death of three,
persons, are to be pressed for immediate trial, District,
Attorney Weimer announced. TJie jury yesterday found
31 of the defendants guilty of affray and unlawful
assemblage but not guilty of riot. Eleven klansmen
and two Lilly residents were cleared of charges by an
instructed verdict.
PRIMARY OPPOSITION VOICKI).
SEASIDE, Ore. (AI). Opposition to the stale In
come tax law and the direct primary system for the .
nomination of candidate was voiced today by Edgar If.
Sensenich, president of Oregon Hankers' association, ,
! h Llit' .mmsoI alltd ul thn
"i--"" ' -"
today.
Ira
Driye For
November
JVictory On
v) . ...
Republicans at Cleveland
Perfect Organization to
Wprk' Behind. Coolidge
and .Dawes. '
fl,l;Vl:l,Al). (Ily the Assoela
Hil Tress) Itnlph Williams, of
rhaimmn or mm- lu-mibiicnu -
""'' initf. .. . .
CI.UVKI.ANl). O. (Ily Ihe Asso-
elated Press) A campaign lo elect
Coolidge . to succeed himself and
I Charles O. Dawes, of Illinois, vlco-
l,r""'1''l,lr' S' formally underway
llepubllcan national - committee.
Dawes was nominated on tho third
ballot last night arter Lowden re
fused the nomination, which he
received .on tho second ballot.
lloilgcM is Treasurer.
William V. Hodges, of Denver,
wns today elected treasurer of (he
Itcpumlrun natlnnul committee,
Presjdenl Coolldge's selection of
William Hutler, of Massachusetts,
lo be national chulrmun, wub rati-
Tied.
The thrilling lust act or the Kit.
publican' national convention was
enacted last
night beroro many
Tho crowds that Inf t
(empty seats.
I after the . howdun nomination,
ithtnktng the show was over, missed
(the surprise ending that was
,'nrougrtt about by I.owden's refusal
to accept ana ine simscguciu uom-
ination of Dawes.
OBSERVE FLAG
T
1
The King Day service nfll be
held tonight at eight o'clock In the
Klk's building Instead of tomorrow
which has been officially designat
ed as King Day in order to avoid
the Inconvenience to the mer
chants and others who work late
on Saturday nights.
The progrum is given under the
auspices of the local Klk'a lodge
but the eritlre public Is urged to
altend. A number of out of town
people are participating in the pro
gram n s well ns most of the Ktks.
The services have been arranged
not only with an eye to the fea
tures tending, to inculcate greater
love for the flag in the minds of
nil true Americans but also from an
'entertainment standpoint
ItiisslHiiH Preserve Aurochs,
MOSCOW, (AP) About. 200.00(1
acres In western Caucasia, where
the auroch or Kuropean bison still
survives, have been declared a na
tlonal preserve. The purpose Is to
afford these animals adequate pro-
tectlon.
rmonintr rtf .ihn'mavsnlinn ,
'
I
ONGHT
ED
SECOND
. arniiiiiv W I IW
Settling MarbleTitle , : n n nn rnu I n
I . " "J 111 I w
Final gamo In national marble cliaiiipUiu.sblp at Allunllo City
In which Gonrgo Ijenoxr Cantoiiville, iMd, (at right ) iamo out
' victor. Thomas Wright, Hprlngfleld, Mnw.. Is taking his tlo
. rent irootl-iiatiirtill-.
PIRATES DDWN
iiiniTinn .i-riii
Vlbll IHb ItAIVl
(By SCOOP) "
Dakor has a good buseball team
untl I hey proved It hitro yester
dayIn every Inning but tho first..
During the lust eight innings, l''os
bury, pitching ror the, visitors, ill
lowed tho IMrutea three hta nn,l
one run. 't he lono run1 wus moui-i
ly ami to inside imseDuti. imvisi
'""". '"rrwr. M,T""",
nam sacrificed mm 10 spoomi
base, a little teasing on the husM
euused tl passed bull Unit let liuvla
rench third und then, with Knight
at bat, u snueeie pltty brought
Davis across home. Davis started
ten feet from the sack as Koitzy
started to windup and Knight
tried lo hit it. The ball wns wide,
Knight missed out, so did Arnott.
Baker catcher, and as a result
tho pilfering of honiu was an easy
mutter. '
.Arter the Uuker boys had tried
to get a few runs In the first half
of the ninth the game ended, Lu
Grande- 7; Baker 2.
. Baker Kky-Illgli In First
Although the Idaho -Oregon
league tenth played excellent ball,
an I mentioned above, in tho last
eight Inning, they- went sky-high
in the first. Not. only did FoHhury
charter an airplane and do a rnpitl
climbing stunt but Arnott, Wool
urns and Jhites also Joined him In
his ascension.
In that 'chuf o tho - homo team
s:o're' six runs and put the game
on ice. ... ,.
l ive lilts lleljHil.
Clifford, first up, went to first,
lilt by a pitched bull. Peterson,
second on the batting order, con
nected with one of KoKity'a groov
ers .for three bases, scoring CHf
j ford. Davis went to first on Bates
'faulty handling of a grounder and
Peterson came home on a battery
error." While Peek hum was up
I uivis stole second and went In
thlrd on Peckham's single. Knight
contributed a single scoring Peck-
hum tiflcr Davis had made homo
on Woolums' error. Thelson gain
ed first on a fielder's ehoho that
sent Knight buck I o t lie bench
und then Helms, with a Itinly two
buguer, scored Thelson. 1 1 elms
reuched third on a pusscd ball and
came home on Arnotl'n error. Oar-
(Continued nn page 2)
Sixteen Cars Leave'
Track at Kuna, Ida.
Kl'NA, Idaho. (Hpeeial) One j
"hobo" wus slightly injured Thurs
day morning ut, 7:0 o'clock when!
it broken Journal piled Hi cars of j
I 'nlon .Pacific extra 5fy over u
L'O.foot einhiinkiuent about one .
mile east .of here, Wooden box
cars and steid coal cars were splin
tered and I uisted and some of
them stacked like Jackal raws In (
pile three deep. The Injured man,
with two other transient men, were
In a cur that wus turned bottom
side up and beneath two others.
Traffic on Ihe main line was
helil up more than nine hours,
while two wrecking crews and
scores of . workmen cleared Ihe
track- of Hie debris and repaired
approximately HUM feet of track
lorn tin I iv car No. J when the
I lirnknn Irmriiul li'l II M llffi dralf
along Ihe ground. '
MAIlKtrr l'OTATIONS.
POItTLANO, Ore. (AP) Live
stock, egga and butter steady. Hut
terrat (i'ortland) .lea.ly. Hotter.
'(.li.lut (ban r'runelscv) 44 Vi cents.
UP T1AII
CHOICE
BULLETINS
AIIMIK.V AT TOI'IIAMO.
HONUKOMI, (Al) Mciilen-
nuts l.clgli Wiulit mill liric Nelson,
with lliclr niccliHiilc Inns,, wlut
f'nnipll'leif. lite fllglit from lint
I'hoiiK Weiliii'Kilny, Hiit wnitiiifr at
'IVilriin Frocli liiilo-t'lilnn, for
l,leiilenniit lsiwell Huillli, wlin. wns
foiiiHl ilown Ik'Iwin'ii Hue unit Tou
ruiie. Nmitli lini,' unlcrcil n new
motor lo bo sent lit oncu froni Snl-
Hon. , ;
A'tTACK 1,AV
.0hti,AM). (AI-) Attaching
4iKcnntCiitliinulliy itf.ilie law gl
((l liij.i.jin. tlu-MgliMo w-Htl
!KK,, prowi iiloiM Into comities,
'niuirnevs ror for r CoiiiiiiIbsIiiii-
,.p n,ml, it,iM-rt. K. Kn'imm,
hrMl, cnglnti-i, anil Imllclcil bridge
I'ontriicliirs will llrgtle liuiMiriiiw
for the, dismissal of ImllctiiimtH
against Hie defendants.
Tlie Indictments were returned by
sHclitl grand Jury which Inves
tigated tho county bridge con
tract m. The Investigation was cim
duclcd under Ihe MiHrvlhloii or At
torney General Van Winkle. Mo
tions to iIImii.mh the liidlclniciils
Will be heard by presiding .lodge
I'axwell and Clmilt diidrxcs llewlll
and Staiileloii silting on the bench.
Gaston Dounici'Kii'c Is
President of France
VKIISAII.I.MS (Ali C.aslon
l-toumergile was tntlay elected
president of Franco by tho nation
al, usseinbly here.
JapancMc Capital In China.
TOKIO. (AP) About 7ru,li0,
l)(io of prlvstn ,np'in'S' capital is
invested In Miinchurla nnd Mongol
la, according to statistics publish'
ed by Ihe col on In I affair bureau of
Ihe Jspunesc government. This fig
ure does not. include the vast en
(erprtses or the Kouth Munc.hurhi
(tall way coin puny, lu which the
JapnncHf government Is the prln-
l'lm Hlmn holder.
Kiigllsh Vicar's hiiuyhler Held
Six or Ills Parish OHIces
PKTKUHOltOlIC.H. Hug. (AP)
Itev. .lohn 11. Troll, 7(i yems old.
retilly (tantiut. continue I o manngr
his vlcanige and vlllnge of New-
borough now thul his daiiKhter bus
married. lie will hnve to resign
and hns told the (llshop so.
Hr. Troll's daughter wns orgnn
Isl, cholr-mnsler, dlsl rlct vlnltor,
Sunday sehoid superintendent, dep.
uty sexton and eh
tlie prospect of all these i lull, -s
falling on to his own shoulders Is
loo in unit for Ihe aged vlrnr.
Company E Enjoying
Life At Camp Lewis
(Ily a (iuanlsimui)
CAMP hKWIS, Wash. (Hpeehil .
to Hie Observer by Mall) June;
II. We arrived In Camp IjjwIh
at 3 o'clock Tticsduy afternoon.
There were four special trains of
guardsmen (o leave Port land for
camp and ours was the last of the
quartette.
Kach man wss given a lick
which wn took and filled with
straw und wo wero also given
single army cols. We ale quar
tered In one or the barracks with
Company A. lKtfth Infantry, off
Med ford. Ore.
We were called out at' 5:30
o'clock this munilutf und took tuu
A SUCCESS
About $100,000 Worth of
Registered Mail Tak-; ,
en Jear Chicago '
ONE BANDIT IS
BELIEVED HURT
Officers of Several Coun
ties- Searching for Four
Automobile Loads of
Criminals.,
CHICAGO (By the Associated
Press) Aulhorltloti of several
counties are watchlnr -U roads to
day Tor trace of four automobile
loads of bandits, who robbed tho
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. raul
express and mall tralp last night,
carrying away registered mall es
timated not ojuMTdlw(r UM0G in
worth. " -4 , :', ( '
The offlcersiava fout-1 ;l, pif
of gogglea and a blood pv
the robbery seen, conflrn-iuc re
ports that one ot tho robbers wus
wounded. - - ; , i
The robbers overcome the mall
crew and guards by breakinff tho,
car windows and throwing in
chlorine gas bombs. ,
HOnilF.nY IH IKKCplBKI."i
CHiCAUO. (AP) l-'orty "poches
of registered malt containing bonds
and securities worn stolen from u
ClMigrt MtlwauHw train, by lau-
dlts lit Itoudout, in milei noHH bt
'hlcago al 10:30 lust night Cen
tral time. ,
The train stopped ' at Buckley
crossing two mites this side of I
Itoudoul, Herore it came to a stop -(wo
robbers covered Ihe engineer '
und fireman wllh revolvers. In ih
meantlmo thretf members uncoup
led Ihe locomotive., The robbers',
then forced tho engineer io drtvu
(tin locomotive to itoudout, ; two -miles
down the track.
The train was onroule from Chi
cago lo Ht, PUjiil und tho first stop
wns Milwaukee.
The band M n passed just back of
Ihe tender of thu train according
to Lawrence Henson, chief of the
rallrntid special agents. "As tho
train approached Itoudout the rob- i
Iti-rs pulled the airbrakes which
brought thu train to a slop," ho
says.
"Kour of the bandits forced the
door of the first car. They wero
met with a rain of bullets from
the malkclerks and guards but tha' '
robbers succeeded in overcoming
them, one bandit was shot, how
bud we ilo not know, ' Wo found
pool of blood on the platform
(CnntlnnM on oag R) '
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WAI.hA WAld.A, Wush. (By tho .
Associated Press) Ueorge Kdward
Whltrield, convicted of Ihn murder
of Anna Nnsko, near Vancouver.
Wush., wus h tinged here this morn
ing at 4:IiS o'clock. He was dead
at 4:44 o'clock. - - .
Whitfield slept part of the hlght,
and hud breakfast at 4:1ft o'clock
then walked to the gallows with a
firm step.
Ho left a stiitenM f3j- iuiK-u-
non declaring ho had no bitterness
toward anyone ana aosoiveu irom
blamo all who took part. In his
Itrlul. ,
minutes setting up exercises and
then marlo ready Tor chow. Tim
boys grab their mess kit and full
In ror ihe "feed" In beautirul man
ner. We hud. tomatoes, spuds,
peaches, ham, bread ami butter
and army coffee for breakfast nnd
Mpuds, pineapple and beef for bup
per. ;
A few of the boys bave: been
side to draw K. P. duty so fart but
they cumo alphabetically.
. .
. Kveryone slept like logs last
night after the night before on the
train, ; "
'
They have .several counters bi (
(Coutluuea on page fi),
WHITFIELD IS
HANGED TODAY