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FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR NO. 38.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1922.
ESTABLISHED 1866
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BODIES OF ALL OF
ENTOMBED
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Rescue Crews Break Through
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Wlvc in; neavy masses Are
Found Underground After
Air Shaft Is Drilled Down.
RUDE BULKHEAD IS
PnALfk. BY r'KlbOWt.Ko
Worker Several Davx Ijte cash drawer, leaving all checks un
vv oncers oeverai lays Laie tamoer with the safe.
In Penetration of Rocks;
Hard Fight Is Unavailing.
JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 18 All 47
of the entombed miners in the Argon
aut mine are dead.
Their bodies were found tonight
inside a rude bulkhead they had built
and stuffed with their clothing in an
effort to make it tight.
They had been dead, the report of
the mine officials says, for api.
ently several days.
The hard rock won out. Man could
not hew through it in time. Man had
tried with every ounce of human ener
gy, with every bit of human ingenuity
.ciuu aiuix, wun ail me vaiui ana uie
gift and the loyalty man knows and
failed by several days.
Down the rescuers went into the
4350 level feeling their way, fearing
gas. They sent back word that the
shaft was all right and the others of
the rescue men went in.
Then, some hours later, they came
upon a. bulkhead and broke through
it. The air inside it was foul, gas.
Air lines were run up. The air was
purified and the pitiful bulkhead was
discovered, cracks chinked with muck
covered gahardeens and coats and
bandanna handkerchiefs, and shirts
and shoes anything to keep out the
gas.
Break Creates Excitement
JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 18. After
twenty-one days in which the late
of its forty-seven victims had held
all of Jackson and the surrounding
territory in anxiety, .while rescue
crews have battled frantically with
caving earth and raging fire in ef
fort to bring from living death the
men entombed in the bowels of the
- earth slowly perishing from starva
tion, gas or fire, the Argonaut mine
may give up its dead or living, to
day..
Rescuers drilled a hole into the
Argonaut from the 3600 foot level of
the Kennedy mine shortly after 5 a.
m. this morning and a short time af
terward the 3600 foot level of the
Kennedy had been (connected with
the 4200 foot level of the Argonaut so
that the . first party 5f anxious hunt
ers could enter in search of thffr im
prisoned comrades."
Great joy was manifest wrien the
announcement wag made by E. C.
Hutchinson, president of the Ken
nedy Mine & Milling company, that
the passage was opened, and imme
diate steps were taken to guard the
safety of the rescuers who have gone
down into the still burning Argonaut,
not knowing whether they would en
counter flames, gas or flood.
First news from the exploration
party was that the great rush of air
from the newly made passage indi
cated there had been no cave in of the
mine workings. This strengthened
the hope that some of the men might
be found alive, but as the morning
progressed without news of the find
ing: of any of the victims or the
bodies of any dead hope again ebbed
Mining officials declared it might take
several days before the vieitims are
found, although an increasing body of
searchers took up the hunt as the day
wore on.
A hole large enough to admit a man
extended at 10:30 o'clock this morn
ing eight feet from the 3600 foot level
of the Kennedy mine into the Argo
naut, mine. The rescue crew of the
United States bureau of mines awalteo
the chemical analysis of air before
descending to tear out the rotted tim
bers and replace them with safe tim
bering. -No word had come through the hole
to indicate whether any of the im
prisoned MJorty-seven men had sur
vived the twenty-one day's confine
ment in the black depths of the smol
dering Argonaut fire trap.
Russians Agree To
Japanese Terms At
Chan Chung Parley
TOKIO, Sept. 15. Russian dele
gates to the Chang Chun conference
between Japan and soviet Russia have
accepted the Japanese proposals as
to the scope of the conference, ac
cording to word received here today.
This announcement was considered
as making agreement practically cer
tain.
Japan, under the terms of the pro
posals which Moscow has ' accepted,
will recognize the Moscow delegates
as representing both the Moscow gov
ernment and the Chita government of
the Far Eastern ' republic and Russia
will consent . to discuss all matters
pertainmg to jtusso-japanese relations (
as well as strictly Oriental questions
I MAN IS BOUND. GAGGED
BY THEIVES AT WAVERLY
Robbers Rifle Drawer; Take
$100: "Inside" Job, Says
Sheriff After Investigation.
Masked with blue bandana nandker-
chiefs, two bandits held up Walter
Powers, night watchman at the.Wa-
verly Country club, in the basement
of the club building1 at 3 o'clock Sun
day morning and took $100 from the
club drawer.
Powers was taken unaware by the
handits hath nt whom warn armed.
and was told to lie down on the floor.
When, he hid so, he was bound and
gagged. After the pair had looted the
They only succeeded in breaking the
HOD on me coiudiiuilivii, uuwcvw, auu
the police believe they were not yegg-
men.
Powers managed to free himself
after the pair had gone. He said he
believes they left in an automobile
Sheriff Wilson who investigated the
case yesterday expressed tne Deiiei
that it is an "inside job
TWO ARE INJURED WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO TRUCK
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Glen Munger and raul Otlll
Taken to Hospital; One
Man Has Bad Scalp Wound.
Glen Munger, of the Damascus dis
trict is in the Good Samaritan hospi
tal in Portland with a scalp wound
which may prove serious as the re
sult of an accident at the Southern
Pacific crossing at Clackamas at 8:30
o'clock Tuesday morning. Paul Still
of Eagle Creek was slightly Injured
and a light one ton truck In which he
was huling a load of hogs, was de
molished. Still and Munger were driving west
on the carver Damascus pavement.
A "split freight" was spotted on the
siding across the road, with 200 feet
of clearance for the highway. Th
men failed to see the approaching
south bound train number 23. The
engineer had just shut off steam to
stop at the station about 200 yards
distant and .was going about 12 miles
an hour when the engine struck the
middle of the hood of the truck. The
machine was thrown about 40 feet.
Only the fact that the engineer stop
ped the train suddenly prevented the
two men from being crushed between
the passenger engine and the standing
freight cars on the siding. The train
was brought to a stop in four car
lengths.
The two men were rushed to Oregon
City for treatment, and then removed
to the hospital in Portland. Still's
injuries are not serious.
F. D. Shank Will
Run Opposition
To Judge Cross
D. F. Shank, of Wilsonville, has been
nominated as the recall candidate to
oppose County Judge Harvey E. Cross
in the projected recall at the Novem
ber election.
At a closed meeting held in Oregon
City Thursday afternoon the Wilson
ville man, whose name has been con
nected with local politics before, was
chosen.
Shank is understood to have accept
ed and agreed to make the race. He
could not be located last night for a
confirmatory statement.
Plans for the furthertng of the re
call movement directed against the
county judge are understood to have
been discussed at the session and ar
rangements launched for the taking
of the necessary legal proceedure to
ward the placing of the issue on the
ballot.
Shank was picked as the candidate
to make the race out of a list of 15
men who were named by the commit
tee tentatively at a session held about
a week ago.
The recall committee is headed by
G. R. Hobbs of Mt, Pleasant and H.
F. Gibson of Barton is secretary of
the organization.
Klan King Kleagle
Of San Pedro Asks
Protection of Police
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15. Claiming
that members of the San Pedro branch
of the Ku Klux Klan have ordered him
to leave the state, Gus W. Price, king
kleagle of the so-called "invisible em
pire. ' has appealed to Chief Deputy
Attorney W. C. Doran and Under Sher
iff Gene Biscailuse for protection, it
was icarueQ loaay. I -
Price, according to Doran and Bis-1
from the San Pedro klan, called upon
him at his office and handed him a
letter. In the letter, he said, he was
advised to" leave California or suffer
consequences similar to those inflict
ed upon enemies of the klansmen.
tTice asRea permission to carry a
gun, but it was refused him. '
INTEREST FIXING
MEASURE NOT TO
GO UPON BALLOT
Judge Kelly Decides Bill Has
Insufficient Signatures to
Place it to Vote; Illegal
Names Disclosed in Suit.
LAW IS SPONSORED
BY J. F. ALBRIGHT
Fate of Two Other Initiative
Instruments Expected to
Be Similar; Text Given.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 19. The so-
called 6 per cent interest rate amend
ment initiated by J. F. Aibrighf of
Oregon City, will not go on the ballot
at the November election unless by
order of the supreme court.
This was made 'certain here today
when Judge Percy Kelly of the Mar
ion county circuit court, held for the
plaintiff in the suit brought by the
state of Oregon on relation of John
H. Carson, district attorney of Mar
ion county, to prevent 'the secretary
of state from placing the amendment
on the ballot. Judge Kelly's decision
followed the taking of testimony both
in the Prtland and Salem courts.
It was held by Judge Kelly that at
the tin?" the purported petitions were
presented to the secretary of state.
not more than 9535 of the signatures
thereon were attested, authenticate
or proved to be the signatures of legal
voters of the state in the manner pro
vided by law. In order to entitle the
initiative petition to be filed at least
13,261 of the signatures thereon' must
be proved in the manner prescribed
by law, Judge Kelly held.
Although neither Judge Kelly of
Judge G. G. Bingham have given any
intimajon as to how they will rule
on the petitions relating to the so-call
ed fish propagation amendment and
graduated income tax measure, local
officials predicted tonight that both of
these offerings will be enjoined from
going n the ballot. --The -fish propa.
gation amendment was initiated by G
G. Green of Oregon City, while the in
come tax measure was sponsored by
the Oregon state grange. Both of
these measures , were attacked in the
courts and decisions probably will be
handed down in Portland tomorrow
Phone Company
In Oregon City to
Enter Rehearing
A complete survey of the Oregon
City property of the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company is to be made
in connection with the rate rehearing
to be begun by the Public Service
Commission October 2. The commis
sion has prepared the distribution of
a series of questionairea designed as
schedule A, dealing mainly with the
finances of the company. The re
hearingis to be based upon entirely
new sets of data.
Stock Value Quizzed.
The questionaire is a lengthly one.
Its first heading is "Capitalization."
Under this head the commission asks
for a statement as of date of appraisal
showine oar value of amount of
authorized capital stock; amounts of
each issue and total issues; amounts
advanced each year since June 30.
1913, by customers or others for ex
tension of plant facilities: amounts
paid and payable to the state or any
municipality of account of any fran
chise or privilege other than the
right to bea corporation; copies of
all municipal franchises held by the
company, and also much information
in detail bearing on these general
requests.
Additions Are Scanned.
Another headine- is "additions to
value for rale making purposes.
Under this heading a statement is
demanded showing financial details
for each exchange in the state ,of
Oresron. Another statement is re
quested showing, by interstate com
merce commission accounts, for -each
year the gross additions, retirements,
resulting net additions and total net
additions since December 31, 1917, for
the utility property in Oregon.
Similar statements are -manded
relative to the telephone utility prop
erty exclusive of tell, in the cities of
Portland, Salem, Eugene, Oregon City,
Corvallis and Albany. Another de
tailed statement is asked concerning
the acquisition of the properties own
ed and controlled by the Home Tele
phone & Telegraph company of Port
land. Other statements are asked rel
ative to operating revenues, expenses,
deductions from net operating revenue,
Income statements and treatment of
depriciation of the Oregon property.
- - r - TVT'H 1T
XiaWie V Will iamCS
Wife . As Executor
The will of the late Archie L. How
ley was admitted to probate here yes
terday. His wife, Ella R. Hawley, to
whom the estate of $11,500 is left,
was, named as executor. - V,
TAX COLLECTIONS FOR
Taylor, Department Head,
Compiles Figures Showing
County Finance Condition.
Is the am? irt of tax collections for
any given month form an indication as
to the ease with which money is being
secured throughout the county, the re
cord of the Clackamas county tax de
department for August, ' 1922 should
foster considerable optimum, accord
ing to I. D. Taylor, head of the depart
ment. The tax collections for the
month of August 1922 more than doub
led the collections for the similar per
iod in 1922. - I
The total tax collection in the month
just past, according to Taylors fig
ures, amounted to $23,762.41. The col
lections for August 1920 were $1067.19.
A considerable increase over 1921 is
also shown, when the tax collections
for that month are $18,966.46.
A material increase in the payment
of delinquent taxes listed during Aug.
is shown, the figures for the month of
August in the three years being; 1922,
$2934.49; 1921. $1117.13; 1920, $1895.97.
These last figures are included in the
total of the tax collections which em
brace also the current amounts taken
in. -' - -
The tax roll under which collections
are being made this year is about
$14,000 less than in 1921, Taylor points
out in 1921 it was $1,512,127.60 as
against $1,489,401.17 in 1922. In 1920
however, the tax roll was but $1,197,
387.03 representing an increase from
$824,334.20 in 1917.
The indication, sayg Taylor, is that
when money is "tight" fewer delin
quency payments are being made and
the payments on the second half of
the year's taxes, due in October, are
not forthcoming during the early fall.
Heavier payments . during the month
of August, the tax man deduces, are
an index pointing toward a better fin
ancial condition . generally over the
country.-
WORK TO BE BEGUN ON
3 LINKS POWER PLANT
Activity on $0,000,000 Hydro
Electric Project Is to Be
Started at Once, Is Word.
Construction work is to be started
immediately on the Three Links pow
er project on the Oak Grove branch of
the Clackamas river, according to an
nouncement made yesterday by the
Hurley-Mason company, which will
have charge of the building of the
dam, pipe line and power house. A
total of $6,000,000 will be invested in
this site by the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company and its com
pletion will add 32,000 horsepower to
Portland's available electric current,
A 26 mile road is under construction
from Cazadero to the site.
Recall Charges
Against Cross
Will Be Outlined
Five charges against County Judge
H. E. Cross have been formulated by
the committee sponsoring his recall.
and will, in all probability, be incor- j
porated upon the petitions which are
to be circulated to place the recall on
the "November ballot. No announce
ment of the move has been made by
the committee and whether or not
other matters are pending, is now
known.
The first charge expected to be
listed against Cross, is that while he
went into office upon an economy and
reduction d'f taxation .-platform, the
warrant Indebtedness of the county
has increased from $350,000 to $450,
000 during his administration.
W'dow pensions Talked.
Cross economies, it is further charg
ed, have been made largely in the re
duction of the pensions allowed to the
widows and the poor of the county
Curt and discourteous treatment by
the county judge to petitioners before
the court is a further charge which
is listed.
The fourth charge to be placed on
the petitions is that the judge has
not kept faith with many petitioners
in regard to road matters. It is charg
ed that he has habitually appeased
delegations asking for road improve
ments by stating that the court would
take action as soon as he could get
out to the district and view the road
personally. The visits in many In
stances have never been made, it is
stated.
Children Are Sentenced
Charges are also made that as judge
of the juvenile court. Cross has sen
tenced children to the reform school
without hearing their parents, and
that he has passed sentence, or con
sidered cases while either the child
rens legal representatives or attor
neys were excluded from the court
room.
The move to recall Cross had its
inception about a month ago with the I tion was registered as a foregone con
formation of committee to under- elusion, as was the approval of , the
take the nrolect F. D. . Shanv oft measure bv President Harding.
Wilsonville has been named as the I
recall candidate. Petitions "for the re-j
call are expected In circulation in a
few days, it is understood.
OSWEGO WATER
DISTRICT LOSES
BY HEAVY VOTE
Project for Establishment of
New' Taxation Limit Is
Defeated; 275 Ballots Are
Cast in Heated Election.
NEW PROGRAM IS TO
BE BEGUN AT ONCE
Sentiment Favors Plan; Fight
Over Boundaries Is Said to
Be Cause of Disapproval.
The proposed Oswego Water district
was badly defeated at a special elec
tion held in that district Friday night.
Out of 275 votes cast, only 65 favored
the formation of a water district em
bracing Oswego, Oldtown and Glen
Morrie. Against the plan, 210 votes
were cast.
General sentiment in Oswego, it is
understood, favors the formation of
a water district, but the boundaries
presented in the present plan have
met with considerable opposition. It
is regarded as certain that a move will
be started in the near future fir a
holding of anither election, . the boun
daries of the district to be presented,
either to include only Oswego proper,
or a larger district on a more inclu
sive plan than the present affair.
William Boyd, H. D. Bickner and
T T On A . J Jts N
and will probably be candidates for
election as water board members at
the coming election.
The present water system of Os
wego is considered inadequate to the
needs of the community and eew facil
ities are the purposed of the change
which would permit the bonding of
the district for ten percent if their
assessed valuation and raise in the
neighborhood of $100,000.
Hall's Name to
- Be Upon Ballot :
As Independent
SALEM, Or. Sept. 15. The name of
Charles Hall of Marshfield, who was
defeated for the republicatiin nomina
tion for governor at the primary elec
tion last May, will go on the ballot as
an independent candidate at the Nov
ember election unless prevented , by
an order of the courts. This was an
nounced here tonight by Sam A.
Kozer, secretary of state, following re
ceipt of a legal opinion prepared by
Attorney-General Van Winkle.
The attorney-general held that the
duties if the secretary of state in
the present instance are purely min
isterial and limited to examining and
passing upon the firmal contents of
certificates of nomination offered for
filing, and that he is not authorized
or required to inquire into the eligib
ility of any person whose nomination
is so certified. x
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 15. Legal op
inion in Salem seems to be almost
equally divided - on the question of
whether Charles Hall has a consitut
tionai right to become an independent
candidate for governor after having
been defeated in the primary election
as a Republican candidate.
There Is a state law, an amend
ment by the legislature ot 1919, that
specifically would prohibit his becom
ing an independent candidate. But
Hall an his supporters pin their hope
entirely on the dubt as to whether the
law is constitutional.
The amendment of 1919 was made
as a result of A. M. La Follett of Ma
Hon county becoming an independent
candidate after having been defeated
in the Republican primary election as
a candidate for the state senatorial
nomination. The act expressly inhib
its a candidate defeated in the pri
maries from becoming a candidate at
the ensuing general election either of
any party or as an independent. But
the act has never been tested out in
the courts. Just now Hall's certificate
of nomination as an independent is in
the hands of Attorney General Van
Winkle to pass upon as to legality,
and after his opinion is given out the
case doubtless will be taken into the
supreme court.
LONG EIGHT ON TARIFF
IN SENATE CONCLUDED
WASHINGTON, Sept., 19. The
longest and bitterest tariff fight In
the history of the American congress
was to end at 4 p.m. today under a un
animous contest agreement for a vote
by the senate at that hour on the
adoption of the conference report on
the administration bill. Favorable ac-
The tariff, the first Republican pro-
tective measure in nearly ten years,
lhas been twenty modths and more in
the making.
FORMAL STATEMENT ON
RECALL MADE BY SHANK
Man Selected by Committee on
Move to Oust Cross Says
He Will Run in Novembe'
t
P. D. Shank of WHso-v;0
uy me recau coin id qV Y& X. --
aate to oppose Com -p1 . iarve.
E. Cross Friday ?aily stated
that he win make the race in the pro
jected recall this November.
Only one condition was attached to
the candidacy by Shank, and that is
that the committee which is sponsor
ing the movement undertake immed
iately the circulation of the petitions
necessary lor the placing of the meas
ure jn the ballot and secure the re
quired number of signatures within
the time for filing of the recall.
Shank, while he has not stated so
officially, is said to have expressed
himself confidently, regarding the re-j
call.
He was in the legislature Trom this
county two years ago.
As yet there Is no Indication of the
charges which will be used against
Cross' when the matter comes to ar
issue. The committee has been sil
ent upon the matter, charging only
inefficiency in road work, and court
treatment of petitioners on the part of
the judge.
RECORD MADE BY COWS
Jerseys oS Anton Malar Jr.,
Awarded 2 Gold Medals By
Cattle Club of America-
Two gold medals within two days
of each other is the remarkable record
made. In the Anton Malor Jr., herd at
Boring, Or, according to official re
port given out by the American Jer
sey Cattle club.
Faverne's Fairy's Firwoodeen Jun?
ior, 4 years old, sired by La Belle's
Oxford Lad, finished a record of 12.
121 pounds of milk and 706.42 pounds
of butterfat and during her test car
ried calf for 218 days, which qualifies
her for a gold and silver medal. Her
dam, Faverne's" Fairy,' finished two
day later with a record of 14,634
pounds of milk and 744.03 pounds of
butterfot ond carried calf 222'days of
her record, thus gave Malar his sec
ond medal in one month.
Fire Threatens
Episcopal Hall
And Print Shop
Fire believed' of Incendiary org In,
last night at 1'05 o'clock threatened
the frame building on 8th and Main
streets in which the Banner-Courier
printing office and tne Episcopal hall
are located. '
The building was saved. The dam
age was $2,000.
The blaze started in the small court
on the south side of the building next
to the Straight and Salisbury plumb
ing shop. The fire originated along
side the building, burned through the
outside, and ran up through the wall
to the upper story, where it burned
into the dance hall.
Conditions, the officials ' say, point
to incendiarism. Investigation after
the' fire was quenched, disclosed no
other probable cause.
The damage to trie print shop was
through water entirely and will run
about $750. $1250 damage wos done
to the building tnrough water, brok
en glass and the gutting of the hall
itself. The loss includes a piano and
fixtures which were burned.
A private dance had been .in pro
gress during the evening before, but
participants stated that there had been
no smoking on the south side of the
building.
The fire started at the same hour
six other incendiary fires Tiave com
menced during the past six months.
The early discoverof the blaze sav
ed the building. The alarm was turn
ed by special night officer's Ernest
T. Mass and Leonard Mayfield.
W.W. Woodbeck
Heads Democrat
Committee Here
W. W. Wood beck, Oregon City
newspaper man was Thursday elected
chairman of the Democratic Central
Committee at a meeting of precinct
men held here. Woodbeck succeeds J.
E. Jack, whose resignation was pre
sented to the committee. Jack s ill
health caused the action.
Woodbeck has been prominent in
Democratic circles in the county for
a number of years and was formerly
active in Minnesota politics.
Dr. C. E. Meissner was elected state
chairman.
John Bowland ware re-elected sec
retary treasurer of the committee.
Plans were made for the arrang
ing of a public gathering nere in the
Immediate future at which Walter
Pierce, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor will speak. The definite date
of the meeting, which is expected to
be held out doors, was not set
3 BUILDINGS BURN,
LOSS $11,000 IN
MKPLACE FIRE
of Abernethy Grange,
Dauchy Blacksmith Shop,
And Palace Garage Are
Razed Jby Morning Blaze.
LIGHT INSURANCE ON
STRUCTURE CARRIED
Oregon City Department Is
Unable to Give Material
" Aid to Bucket Brigades.
Damage to the extent of more than
$11,000 was done by a fire at 4 o'clock
Tuesday morning which destroyed
three building at Parkplace, two miles
north of Oregon City. The Abernethy
grange hall, the Palace garage and
the Dauchy blacksmith ship were
completely destroyed. All of the
ground.
The cause of the fire, believed to
have originated in the rear of the
garage, had not been ascertained this
evening. The damage to the grange
hall is about $6,000 covered by $1,000
insurance. The garage, including
loss of two cars and two trucks, was
$3,500, covered by $1,000. Damag of
$1500 to the balacksmith shop is cov
ered by $500 insurance.
Water Is Lacking.
Parkplace is without a water sys
tem and although the Oregon City
fire department was dispatched to the
scene of the blaze, nothing could be
done. The truck did not carry hose
enough to reach the Clackamas River
in order to pump water. Delay in
sending the truck was due to the fact
that permission from the mayor is
necessary to take the apparatus out
side the city limits.
The garage and blacksmith shop"
had just been recently opened. The
buildings which they occupied were
newly equipped. . The garage was op
erated by C. and W. Burkhart and the
blacksmith shop by Sam Dauchy.
Abernethy chapter of the state grange
owned thef haH, which was a separate -building.
The piano and some chairs
were saved.
Explosion Gives Alarm.
The fire set off its own alarm. The
explosion of gasoline In the garage
warned nearby residents of the blaze
but before any aid could be summoned
the entire block of three buildings was
in flames. The fire however was con
fined to the three structures and no
other damage resulted. Bucket bri
gades aided In the protection of ad
jacent residences.
The garage, shop, and grange hall
hare located on the rive road just south
of the new Clackamas bridge.
Draper Is Given
Two Year Term
In Penitentiary
' Lawrence Draper, Oregon City Mill
worker, will serve two years in the
penitentiary for robberies committed .
here about a month ago. Upon a plea
of guilty, Draper yesterday appeared
in the circuit court to hear from Judge
J. TJ. Campbell the sentence for the
robbery of the W. A. Long and T. C.
Miller residences.
The stiff formality of the court re
laxed somewhat as the 22 year-old
criminal rose to his feet. The judge
listened to a plea for leniency from,"
J. E. Hedges, associate counsel for
Draper. While the lad's 20 year-old
wife sat on the long bench in the rear
of the court railing, noticibly nervous.
Campbell turned his attention to the
boy.
Term Is Shortened.
Son", said the judge, "my first in
tention was to give you a very heavy
sentence. I have altered this. view. I
do not believe that anyone who has
committed the crimes which you have.
in the way that it was done, could be
quite normal, and am going to place
ou ' In" a position where you can have
medical supervision and come under
the observation of men who are accus
tomed to dealing with cases of your
type. It is the judgment of this court
that you shall serve two years In the
penitentiary."
As the sheriff rose. Draper without
a word turned toward the door. As he
passed through the railing, his wife
with a heavy sob, threw herself into
his arms. "v
Taken To Salem.
Draper was returned to the county
jail for a short period and was taken
to Salem by the sheriff's officials last
evening.
Draper had been apprehended by
Chief Mav and Chief Hammerle or
West Linn for two of the most casual
crimes in the history of local police
annals. The robberies at the Miller
and Long homes were committed with
austensibility no motive. The lad had
an income from his work at the mills,
and made no attempt to sell the loot
or dispose of it. Woman's wearing
apparel constituted a large part of the
things taken.
Draper is also wanted for a robbery
of the sam e nature in Portland. He
displayed seemingly no emotion over
the thefts, and did not seem worried
over the chance of apprehension in
committing the robberies. ,