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X 1'OKTLAXD. OR EG OX, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1921 PRICK FIVE CENTS LEADERS PREPARE TO RELIEVE IDLE Unemployment Confer ence Is Organized. TROLLEY1 LINE SNAPS; FOUR, ELECTROCUTED ACCIDENT OX OXE-M.W CAR IS FATAL TO SCHOOL. CHILDREN. WILSON PATIENTLY MRS. SOUTHARD IS PUT ON TRIAL FOR HER LIFE AMERICAN IS ACCUSED OF IRISH CONSPIRACY PLOT TO FVRNISH ARMS AND AMMUNITION ALLEGED. OREGON'S BEST, IS 3 MULTNOMAH BOYS WIN AS STOCK JUDGES T PLEA FOR PAROLE SELECTION OF JURY BEGUN AT TWIN FALLS. FIRST PRIZE CARRIED AWAY AT STATE FAIR. GARDNER W IE REGAN NG HEALTH DC FAR MEASURES TO BE STUDIED Harding Hopes Drain on 1 Treasury Will Be Avoided. 10 COMMITTEES FORMED World Look to Ainrrlrt lo Set Ex ample of Helpfulness to Workers. Says President. WASHINGTON. D. C Sept. 2. The national conference on unem ployment called by President Harding organized today and adjourned until October 5, when the ten sub-commlt-tees will present suggestions for emergency relief. Opening the session. President Harding declared the Industrial de pression was "a war Inheritance," adding that the results hoped for from the conference might extend beyond the United States. Asserting that there ought to be work for everyone, the president described the United States as "fundamentally sound, financially strong. Industrially unimpaired, commercially consistent and politically unafraid." Both the president and Secretary Hoover, chairman, emphasized the need for an employment programme which would not contemplate a drain on the national treasury. ltellef Committer Formed. Organization was completed with the formation of ten committee? to originate, study and recommend practical measures for meeting the emergency. These committees, of which the first five have named chairmen, will deal with: Unemployment statistics. Harry S. Robinson of Los Angeles, chairman; employment agencies and registra tion, Julius Barnes of Duluth. chair-' man; public hearings, S. M. Lindsay of New York, chairman; organisation, Mr. Robinson, chairman; emergency measures by manufacturers, W. H. Stackhouse. Springfield, O., chairman; emergency state and municipal meas ures and public works, emergency measures in transportation, In con struction. In mining and In shipping. Regrouping Is Slated. After the emergency measures and the collection of statistics are com pleted, the conference is to be re grouped Into committees whose func tions will be to recommend permanent measures by which the unemployment may be held to a minimum. "The Initial efforts of the confer ence," It was announced, "are being directed to meeting emergency needs of the unemployment situation. Si multaneously, an exhaustive study will be made to bring out facts concern ing unemployment. Estimates of the number of unemployed vary? from 3.000.000 to 5,600,000 and it is felt re liable data, as to the extent, geograph ical distribution and Industrial dis tribution are imperative before relief measures are put Into effect." While the work of the specialized committees Is being carried on, public hearings are to be held every day for the next week beginning tomorrow os statistics of unemployment. "President Qnotes Foreigner. In telling the conference members that they were destined to perform a world service, the president cjuo'.eu "a distinguished foreigner," as 'hav ing recently declared: "'Mr. President, our people are deeply Interested In the American conference on unemployment, because our problem if akin to your own, and your' relief In the United States will be sn added signal of hope from America to us and other peoples who are much depressed.' That remark of a distinguished foreigner emphasized our responsi bility," the president added. "If It be true that no citizen Is without ex ample to some one among his fel lows, which I believe to be everlast ingly true, then nations, great and small, are influencing others In all they do. "The Industrial depression which we are feeling Is a war Inheritance throughout the world. We saw hu manity stressed In that production which Is Impelled by nations desper ate In self-preservation. . , . From such a test there is Inevitable reac tion. . . . With the world In volved there la no escape for any of the world from the valleysof depres sion. Though we suffered less than many of those with whom we were associated, and less than any of those against whom we contended, it was Inevitable that we experience, the fever's aftermath and come to know depression before we could become normal again. Conditions Held Inevitable. "Liquidation, reorganization, read justment, re-establishment, taking ac count of things dono and aober con templation of things to be done, the Lftnrtlng of firm ground and fne open. sure and onward way all these are a part of the inevitable and he who think, they might have been avoided ' tl'uociudnil oa I'ag 1, Column I.) youngsters, Leaping From Burn ing Carrier, Have Lives Snuffed Out by Charged Halls. KINGSTON, Mass Sept. !. Four school children were killed today when a trolley pole came off a car which was carrying them to their homes, broke the feed wire and caused their electrocution when they Jumped oft of the car. The car was set on fire, but other children escaped serious Injury. Nine other children were held In the car, which was a one-man trolley of the Plymouth A Boston Street Railway company, by the motorman. He caught a fifth youngster as he tried to leap out. All the children lived In Kingston and were on their way home from school. The accident occurred as the car approached a bridge. The trolley pole slipped off the wire and broke the feed line, carrying thousands of volts. One end of the wire fell on the roof of the car, setting It afire. The other end fell to the bridge, charging the rails. The children screamed and rushed for Uie door. The motorman tried to hold them back, but four Jumped out. They came in contact with the rails and were electrocuted. The clothes were burned from their bodies. A fifth child had got to the door when the motorman seized him and barred the way, keeping the rest of his passengers within the car until the current was turned off. CHAPLIN VISITS BERLIN Glaring Light of Publicity Is Es caped by Film Star. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) BERLIN, Sept. 26. (Special Cable.) Berlin Is one place where popular American film stars can escape the glaring light of publicity. Charlie Chaplin has been here for three days and has not made the slightest im pression on the town. No one came to storm the train and the Fried richstrasse station was perfectly calm when he arrived. Not a single word about htm has appeared In the Berlin newspapers and, although he Is living in a hotel where a curious crowd usually pur sues celebrities, he goes In and out without anyone seeming to notice him. , "It's a fine town." said Chaplin. "Nobody knows me. It's great to be a human being once In a while and not always si film star." .., POLISH, LEADER TARGET Would-Iict Assassin Attempts Tuke Life of 1'ilsudskl. to LEMBERO. Sept. 28. (By the Asso ciated Press.) General Joseph Pil sudski. president of the Polish repub lic, narrowly escaped death by assas sination here last nlKW. He was en tering an automobile in City Hall square on his way to a theater after attending a banquet In his honor, when th:f e shots were fired at him. General Pilsudski was not Injured, but Count Grabowskl, who was ac companying him, was wounded In the leg. The president directed his chauf feur to drive to a hospital and, after being assured that Count Grabowkl's wound was not serious. Initiated on going to the theater as he Intended. He was enthusiastically cheered by the audience whan he entered. The would-be assassin attempted suicide, but was arrested before he could end his own life. EDUCATOR RAPS EUGENIST Darrlng Unfit From Marriage Is Held Revolutionary. NEW T.ORK, Sept. 26 A eugenic law forbidding the unfit to marry would breed revolution. Professor R. M. Binder of New York university told the second international con gress of eugenics today. A better course to pursue, he said, would "be to make the unfit fit. He also dis puted the assertion that men of genius usually are weaklings. "The eugenlat cannot seriously pro pose that only the fittest shall marry without laying himself open to the charge of utopianism," he said, "or, if he Insists, producing a revolution."' FUNERAL TUNE IS MERRY "Ain't We Got Fun?" Played; Whlskjr Left to Pallbearers. MONTROSE. Colo.. Sept. 26. Play ing "Nearer. My God. to Thee," en route to the cemetery today In the funeral procession for William Bala trorl, the tand struck up "Ain't We Got Fun?" returning from the ceme tery. This programme was In accordance with provisions of the dead man's will, which also provided that each of the pallbearers receive a gallon of whisky. BOND BUYING IS HEAVY Large Corporate and Individual Interests Buy Liberties. NEW YORK. Septl 26 Heavy In vestment buying of liberty bonds, credited to large corporate and Indi vidual interests, assumed Impressive dimensions on the stock exchange to day. Except the tax exempt SVi per cent Issue, which suffered a nominal loss, almost every issue was higher by about 20 to almost 90 points. Dealings were most extensive In the second, third and fourth 4 14s and in victory 44 coupon notes. Ex-President Stronger on Illness Anniversary. REGULAR EXERCISE IS W Days Evenly Divided by Work, . Sleep, Relaxation. HAIR NOW IS SNOW WHITE Evenings Passed at Home Heading and Writing; Bible Study Never Neglected. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 26. (By the Associated Press.) Woodrow Wilson fell a sick man two years ago today. Since then he has passed un dr the shado-w of death and out of the White House. , Thousands of Americana recalled the anniversary of the beginning of the ex-president's illness and won dered what he was doTTlg. . Besides following the ways of a re tired man with a lively Interest in the world's affairs, Mr. Wilson lives by the eight-hour day. He alms to have eight hours for sleep, eight hours for work and eight hours for relaxation, add keeps to the schedule pretty fairly. Appetite Is Vigorous. Seven A. M. Is abo,ut his rising time. He once again shaves and bathes alone and then takes some cal lsthenic exercise prescribed as bene ficial in restoring the use of nerves and muscles Impaired during his breakdown. He has breakfast In Mrs. Wilson' boudoir and finds that two years of Illness and slow convales cence have not affected his appetite. The morning papers never are neg. lected, and Mr. Wilson reads them thoroughly. Then comes the morning's work. The mail carrier, six days a week, delivers quite a packet of letters. Old friends write Informal friendly notes or discourse on politics. Schools and colleges ask donations, indivi duals for personal financial assist ance. Others discourse on the short comings, as they see them, of the republican party. Autograph hunt ers are numerous. Various men who think their ailment is the same as Mr. Wilson's want to know the names of his physicians. ' Wilson Works In Library. Mrs. Wilson invariably goes over the morning's mall with her husband; some letters are turned over to a sec retary for reply, most of them the ex-president answers, dictating to a stenographer. The morning's. work Is done in the library. The old desk and chair and (Concluded on Page 6, Column 8.) AND M 6W fct Ttt 0VE' - OoNT THEV cUD ITTlMU, : V,l ' ' 'i tM-iiiyid Alleged Slayer of Fourth Husband pts Jaunty Attitude In Courtroom. v S FALLS, Idaho, Sept. 26- O -ton of poison for the first time .oJ injected into the case of the state V ' xalnst Lyda. Meyer Southard, charged with the murder of her fourth hus band. Edward F. Meyer, which opened in dietrlct court here today, in the examination of a prospective Juror by William P. Guthrie, chief counsel for the defense, this afternoon. Attorney Guthrie drew from the talesman the statements that he bad formed no definite opinion as to the guilt or Innocence of the accused; that his mind was free of bias and that the state must prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt in order to ob tain a verdict of guilty. Then came the question: "Would you require the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that poison was found In the body of Ed ward F. Meyer and that such poison was administered by the defendant with intent to cause death?" There was a noticeable silence in the room as the talesman . answered that he would. The entire day's session was given up to the examination of prospective Jurymen and at the conclusion of the hearing about half of the panel of 75 remained for examination. When the list Is exhausted the entire examina tion will be gone over again by the attorneys for the defense, after which It Is expected it will be necessary to call a special venire in order to se cure the requisite 12 men to sit on the case. Mrs. Southard sat during the entire session beside her husband, Paul Vin cent Southard, a petty officer In the navy, who arrived from San Fran cisco a few days ago. She Is declared by her husband to be In good health and spirits, but Is noticeably thinner than at the time of her arrest. She chatted freely with newspaper men and others about the court room. . E. E. Collins, county prosecutor of Yellowstone county, Montana arrived In Twin Falls this afternoon and will be associated with the prosecution. Billings, Mont., was the scene of the death on July 6, 1919, of Harlan C. Lewis, third husband of the defend ant, and In the event of the state's failure to secure a conviction in the present case, he states it Is to be his Intention to" begin action of a charge of first-degree murder- against the woman, based upon the death of Lewis. Examination of the premises occu pied by the then, Mrs. Lewis in Bill ings at the time of the death of Lewis by Idaho authorities Is said to have disclosed evidence of an Incriminating nature, which evidence Is declared to have consisted in part of a quantity of poison material and which will be brought Into the present case if the court permits the introduction of any evidence against the defendant out side the case of the death cf Meyer. The work of selecting a Jury goej, steadily forward, with a wide variety of questions addressed by Prosecutor Stephan to the talesmen. The propo sition of circumstantial evidence is dwelt ifpon at length, as well as the (theory of reasonable doubt. Another (Concluded on ia&e Coiumn 2.) THEN THE PARTY WILL BE A A NICE GOY pl.rY GfXlAt. VH. WAV TWE WANT TO ANb WAIT UNYU VcSS., THE CftKE tE CVAM ! . . . kv a Try .ip nrv ."11 i vi ;r i r iit 1 1 iii 'lErr"- - jv i 1 1 r,t xf .1 1 1 cin L 1 1 1 tri f ill I rrtiiv.f mni. - I George G. Rorke, Georgetown Uni versity Graduate, Arrested and Released Under Bail. NEW YORK. Sept. 26. Charged with being engaged In a conspiracy "to furnish subjects of the British empire in Ireland with arms and mu nitions to be used against the British empire and to instruct them n the use of the weapons," George Gordon Rorke, a graduate of Georgetown uni versity, was arrested here tonight and released on $3000 ball for his appear ance in the federal court tomorrow. Rorke, a commission dealer in arms and ammunition, residing la Wash ington, D. C, was alleged to be Im plicated in the purchase and shipment of the 495 automatic machine guns seized by government agenta on board the steamship East Side at Hoboken last June. He was taken Into custody on a telegraphic order from Attorney Gkneral Daugherty. When arrested Rorke showed the agents of the department of justice a subpena, directing him to appear before the federal grand jury at Tren ton as a government witness In- con nection with the seizure of the guns. The complaint charges that Rorke and three other men not arrested have been engaged In the conspiracy since November 19, 1920. The arms were seized June 14 by federal agents on the ground that their shipment was being attempted without compliance with maritime regulations requiring that a manifest be obtained. The next day the Ho boken police attempted to take the arms from federal agents on a search and seizure warrant obtained by a man giving the name of "Frank Will lams," who claimed they had been stolen from him on June 11. Presence of the arms on the ship was not known to its owner, the ship ping board, or to Its managing op erators until they were Informed of the discovery. The East Side was loading for an Irish port when the seizure was made. By agreement of the Hoboken po lice and the customs authorities, the arms were later taken to a Manhattan warehouse where they were to re main until there was a judicial de termination of their ownership. ECCLES DEPOSED, RUMOR Shake-Up In Management of Ore- . gon Lumber Company Reported BAKER, Or.. Sept. 26. (Special.) It has been rumored here and Is said to have been admitted In high admin istrative quarters that David .C. Ec cles had been deposed as president of the Oregon Lumber company and as president of the Sumpter Valley rail road and that Roy Eccles of Ogden, Utah, a brother has been elected In his place. It also has been reported that Will C. Geddes, formerly a resi dent of BS-ker and who has been gen eral sale? manager of the Oregon Lumber company, with headquarters at Salt Lake, has been appointed gen eral manager of the Oregon Lumber company to succeed Charles T. Early, recently resigned.- According to the rumor the changes are the result of dissatisfaction In the method of handling; the affairs of the company by the formed officers. SUCCESS.. Display Is Greatest Ever Made in State. MAMMOTH BUILDINGS, FULL Practically Everything Pro . duced in Oregon Shown. OPENING CROWD BIG ONE Event Promises to Be Most Suc cessful In History of State Fair Organization. BY W. A. PETTIT. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 26 (Special.) The largest crowd, most numerous and attractive exhibits and the cleanest collection of amusement features ever seen here marked the opening of the Oregon state fair. This was the expression of thou sands who passed through the gates following the formal opening of Ore gon's greatest annual event at S o'clock this morning. When the clerks had checked up the receipts tonight, members of the fair board announced that the attendance was larger than on the opening day last year, and that the visitors apparently were better satisfied with the exhibits and other features than ever before. With a continuance of clear weather during the remaining days of the fair, officials predicted that all previous attendance records would be broken. A survey of the new pavilion. In which are housed the 17 county ex hibits. Is the greatest array of agri cultural, fruit, grain, dairy and timber products ever assembled under one roof in the Pacific northwest. Six teen of the counties are entered in competition. Marlon county's offering Is not eligible for prize-winning pur poses because' of the geographical location. v Hosd River Shows Fruits. The Hood River exhibit Is in charge of P. L Manser, and although occupy ing less space than some of the larger counties. Is one of the most attractive In the pavilion. As In previous years. Hood River Is featuring Its big red apples, luscious pears, berries and small fruits. An attractive sign sus pended In front of the booth calls at tention of visitors to the fact that Hood River apples are known In all parts of the world, and last year brought top prices In the eastern markets. s Yamhill county boasts of being the walnut-growing center of the entire west. This product Is featured In an attractive exhibit In charge of C. C. Jacobs of McMinnvllle. As mere side lines, there are Included in this dis play some giant pumpkins, squashes and small fruits. "Old Yamhill chal lenges the world when It comes tr diversified production," Is the way Mr Jacobs argues for the resources and advantages of his home county. Grains, dairy products, fruits and vegetables are featured In the Wash ington county exhibit. "We raise al most everything worth raising," said William Schulmerlch, when asked re garding the high lights of production in his county. His Interviewer took him at his word, the exhibit from this county being one of the most elaborate at the fair. Prase's Praise Is Bans;. James Frencn of Dallas, who hai charge of the Polk county exhibit, never allows an opportunity to sing the praises of the Inoffensive prune to pass. Although Polk county's exhibit features the green and dried prune. It also has on display a large quantity of attractive apples, pears, cherries, canned fruits and vegetables. The prune orchards of Polk county aggre gate 7500 acres, according to Mr. French. Individual potatoes, large enough to supply a meal for an entire family of six. are featured In the exhibit of Union county. This display was ar ranged and is In charge of IL G. Avery. Grains, grasses and corn, are other exhibits from Union county that are attracting much attention from visitors. Honey is the outstanding feature of the Malheur county exhibit. Stephen Cos: of Ontario has charge of this display, which also Includes grains, grasses, corn, pumpkins, apples and other fruits. Literature telling of the wonderful resources of Malheur coun ty is being distributed among fat visitors by Mr. Cox. " Bis; Pumpkins Shown. Columbia county, while having a diversified exhibit, points with pride to what is known as the Clatskantne pumpkin. This giant member of the garden family weighs more than 100 pounds. Is perfect In quality and ac cording to James H. Flynn f St. Helen Is typical of the producing re sourcefulness of the soil In that part of the state. Mr. Flynn Is in charge of the Columbia county exhibit. As paragus also is featured in this ex hibit. Wool, grains, grasses, melons and apples are the leading exhibits in the display from Morrow county. W. W. Sneed of Heppner has charge of this exhibit, and his resourcefulness al ready haa won Morrow county a num ber, of new residents. "We have room (Continued on Page IS, Column 4.) I Umatilla County Team Finishes Second, Marion Third, and Clackamas Fourth. STATE FAIR GROUNDS. Salem. Or.. Sept- 26. (Special.) Three Mult nomah county lads, John Fleming. Henry Meyer and John- Carlson, were the happiest of all state fair visitors tonight when It was announced that the Industrial club livestock Judging team of which they are members, had won the grand prize in competition with teama from 12 Oregon counties. The Multnomah County Industrial club team won In the contest with 1030 points, of which Fleming ob tained 360. Meyer 390 and Carlson 280. The Umatilla county team flnlsheJ second with a total of 1010 points In this team were Melba Callahan, who scored 355. Lee Monquisli 330 and Gilbert Whitseil 305. Bessie Bloom, Orval Lee and Dwlght Klrch er, composing the Marion county team, won third prize with an ag gregate of 985 points. Of the total score Miss Bloom obtained 320 points. Lee 350 points and- Kircher 315 point Fourth prize went to Clackamas county with a score of J"- This team was composed of WllSrler Harms, who scored 330. Roy Harms 305 snd Gladys Harms 340. The three mem bers of this team are of ono family. which established a new record in industrial club events In this state. Sherman county won the fifth prise, with an aggregate score of 930. Bon O'Leary scored 340, Dick O'Brien 275 and Lester Ducholts 315. First prize In the county juvenile livestock Judging contests Is a two weeks' sojourn at the summer school at the Oregon Agricultural college next summer. Second prize is 125, third prize $20, fourth prize (18 snd fifth prize $12. HIGHTOWER DEFENSE BUSY Lawyers to Go to Minneapolis to Take Depositions. MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 26. Floyd B Olson. Hennepin county attorney, was notified today that a committee of lawyers was coming to Minneapolis from California to take depositions for use in the forthcoming trial of William A. Hightower, accused of the murder of Rev. Patrick Heslin, Catholic priest of Colma, Cal. The commission, appointed by the court that will try the case, will take depositions as to the character and veracity of Edna (Mickey) Putnam known here a-! Mrs. Earl Caslanaugh. It is declared that Hlghtower's de fense depend larsrely on his alleged association with Mrs. Putnam. The woman, it Is declared, denies this as sociatlon. FAIR WEATHER FORECAST Period of Storms Over In North west, Says Mr. Wells. The period of storms that has pre vailed for the past week In some parts of the northwest. Is over for a brief time at least, according to the opinion expressed last night by Weatherman Wells, when he gathered all the facts before him and said "Fair weather tomorrow." The storms. he said, appear to have moved Inland. A phenomenal temperature of 102 degrees smote Los Angeles yesterday afternoon, according to reports re ceived in the local weather bureau office, making the movla colony easily the hottest place In the coun try. Phoenix. Ariz., reported a tem perature of only 100 degrees. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS TlM Weather. YESTERDAY'S Mszlmum temperature. 70 decrees; minimum. decrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly wlnds. Yereisn. Constabulary to be mobilised In northern Ireland. Pace 12. National. Tax revlslen bill la read In .enate. Psse S. Leader, prepare to relieve Irile. Pas. I. Arm. conference not a. hopeful a. when call went out. y. Sullivan, i'asa 5. American la accused of Irish conspiracy. Pass 1. Domestic. Four children electroeuted when trolley Una break.. Pas 1. Plan to blackmail Arbuckls charged by defense. Faxe 6. Strike vote sura, say Big Four leaders. Pas 2. Wilson patiently retraining health, rase 1. Suicide by woman who killed Mtas Hanan la doubted. I'asa 8. Gardner's escape related in letter suppoaed to be from fusltive. I'ase 1. Paclfie Northwest. Display at Oreson state fair declared best In history of institution. Pass 1. Mrs. Southard put on trial for Ufa. Pass 1. Three Multnomah boys win as stock Judses at stale fair. Pass 1. Mystery woman In Mahoney ease appeara to be alster of alleged murderer. Pasa 12. Brumfleld strikes at reporter's nose. Pasa . Spokane's business doing quits well, says Splllane. Page 8. Sports. Sun asaln to rise on amateur sports In northwest. Pass 14. Boxing commission to aelect matchmaker aoon. Pass 13. Yankees have firm trip on first place. Paso 14. Football double-header to open season her. Pise 14. Commercial and Marine. All wheat bids lower In local market. Pas 23. Increasa In visible aupply weakens Chi cago wheat prices, race 23. Liberty Issues lead advance In New York bond market. Paso 23. Marine. Three ships come to loan (rain. Fas 22. Lining of carriers of grain Is opposed.-' Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Hsrmonle ringing on phones studied by atate commissioners. Page 11. Opposition to exposition tax explained by league. Pago 16. Police probe of robber suspect's death la ordered. Page 10. One hundred and forty mora bankers visit Portland. Paga 10. Casey allM is started by murder defense. Page IT. Escape Whife Wounded Related in Detail. PRISON BARN HELD REFUGE Author Says He Is Outlaw and Swam to Freedom. GUARDS OFTEN NEARBY One Letter Is Addressed to Killtor and Other'ls Sent to Presl. dent. Seeking Clemency. i SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. St. Roy O. Gardner, the California mail-car rob ber, who escaped from the McNeils fland. Wash., federal prison on Srp lember 6, has written an account of Ms espe to George L. North, as sistant managing editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, In which he ad mits having been shot twice by the prison guards. The wounds, he said, .ire In the fleshy part of his right leg, four Inches below the hip, and in the left leg below the knee. Inclosed In his communication to Mr. North was a letter addressed to President Harding which appealed for a pardon and an opportunity "to prove to the world that a criminal can reform and be an asset to society, snd a good husband snd father." For two days. Gurdner said, he hid In the loft of the prison barn and nursed his wounds. He said he crept bark to the barn about midnight on the. day of his break from prison. Letters; Not Postmarked. The letters were delivered to the Bulletin In a stamped envelope ad tressed to Mr. North, and containing to postmark. The handwriting was tompared with that In a letter writ ten by Gardner for the Bulletin while he was In the federal prison and whs found to b Identical. ' In the letter to the president, which he asked ths. Bulletin to forward, Gardner said: "I am now confined to my bed suf fering from two bullet wounds." He asked that the president's an swer be forwarded to The Bulletin for publication. In his letter to North, Gardner de scribed his escape from the hall of bullets sent after him from the prison towers. Break Made at Ball Game. "On September 5, about 3 P. M.." the letter said, "we were watching a ball game and during the last half of the fifth Inning, I turned to my part ners and asked them If It was time to 'wreck' the ball game and they said "yes." I stooped and cut the wires in the fence and dived through. Two others, Bogard and Impyn followed. I suppose the other two lost their nerve at the last minute, because they failed to put in an appearance in ths race across the fields. "After running about 300 yards I turned and looked back to see how far behind the others were. I saw Bogard about 20 feet behind me and Impyn was dowa about 100 feet back. Wound Received In Leg. "I was hit the first time when about 200 feet from the edge of the brush, and I stumbled but did not fall. It went through the fleshy part of my right leg, about four inches below my hip. Bogard saw me stumble ami when he passed me he asked me If I was hit. I said yes, and told him to, go on.' He turned and started and after running about 25 or 30 yards, he spun around and fell on his back. When I passed him his mouth was wide open and I thought he was tak ing his last breath. "I felt awfully lonesome about that time. Seven rifles spitting at me and badly winded, with about 1 yards to go. "I was hit the second time when about 60 yards from the fence. That was when I fell the first time. That one went through my left leg below the knee and drilled my shin buns but did not break my leg. I got up and took a couple of steps to see if, my leg was broken, and It held my weight all right, but my foot felt like It was asleep. That was ths reason I fell the second time at ths fence. Fire Started Clone By. "After getting over the fence I ran about SO yards and dropped in tns brush, completely exhausted. In a few minutes the guards were running past ma and, Judging from their breathing they must have been 'all In,' also. Dr. Jento (the prison phy sician) stepped within ten feet of me and called to somebody to start a fire and smoke me out. A few minutes later the warden passed ms and missed stepping on my foot by about IS Inches. He started a firs about B0 feet away from me and then passed me again and started a fire about 60 feet the other side of me. "I fjgured that was no place for Dolly Gardner's husband, so I begs crawling back toward the fence that I had so recently Jumped over. I got back to the fence and laid flat up against it until dark. Fugitive Heads for Bnrn. "About dusk the warden and Dr. Jento came up and stood within 20 feet of me and the warden said one of the reportera wanted to know which one of the guards shot Impyn, (Concluded on Tags S. Column 1.)