2 THE MORNING OKEGONTAX. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922 mm is seized AT I rid MOT Denver Bank Guard Is Slain by Bandits. U. S. AGENTS OPEN FIRE LATEST PHOTOGRAPH OF NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF IRELAND. Terrific Battle Is Waged In Street While Loot Is Transferred by Armed Outlaws. (Continued From First Page.) tack compartment ol the reserve truck and he was shot by the leader of the bandits. Linton fell to the pavement, but managed to crawl to the sidewalk, where he lay during the course of the fight. After the escape of the highway men Linton was removed to the county hospital, where he died, without regaining consciousness. Employes and government guards employed at the mint were afraid to shoot freely at the bandits for fear that they might kill members or the reserve bank crew. When the work of transferring the currency from the guards' car to their own car had been com pleted, the bandits re-entered their automobile amid a rain of bullets from guards in the second story of the mint and sped away on Colfax avenue toward the civic center. Wounded Bandit. Polled Inside. As the car gathered impetus the leader of the highwaymen. Standing on the running board, turned to ward the government building as though to fire a final volley at the guards. As he did so Peter Kiedin ger, a guard who was on duty at the main entrance, fired with a rifle at the bandit, who was seen to crumple up on the running board, and who was pulled inside the car by the driver. Kiedinger is positive that he wounded the fugitive. The BWift-moving car forced a machine driven by A L. Bethke, assistant city attorney, into the curbing and against a fire plug, which was broken off. This did not check the speed of the fleeing car for an instant. Five riot cars, the first carrying Manager of Safety Downer and Po lice Chief "Williams, answered the first call from the mint. One of the police cars was wrecked In a colli sion at Sixteenth street and Court place, but the occupants of the car escaped injury. Money Property of Bank. The money was the property of the Denver federal reserve bank, the mint merely being a depository for it due to the lack of sufficient vaults In the bank building. Accord ing to K. J. Grant, director of the mint, a receipt for the money had been issued by J. K. Olson, cashier of the bank. Just prior to removing the money outside the mint, where the bandits obtained it. Manager Eurkhardt of the reserve bank later published a statement saying that the entire amount was covered by Insurance. Director Grant also announced that the number of every bill in the consignment was on record and that banks throughout the country would be warned to be on the lookout for them. Gunfire In Terrific. So terrific was the gunfire during the clash that more than 30 distinct bullet holes were counted In the transome above Hie main entrance to the mint and In the windows of the second story of the building, The granite walls of the government . building likewise were chipped where the bullets struck. Buildings across the street also showed the in tensity of the fire of the guards. Windows In various stores and apartment houses over the stores were riddled and many narrow es capes from bullets on the part of roomers were reported to police Headquarters. Misa Catherine Feist, an employe f a restaurant directly across the treet, declared that she was at tracted to the door by the shoot ing and wag emphatic in her decla ration that In addition to the bandits who leaped out of the car she saw two men hiding behind telephone poles nearby, who ap parently were Members of the gang. Youth's Account Thrilling:. ; Paul Clar, 17 years old, gave a thrilling account of the engage ' ment. He declared he was standing directly across the street from the mint when the bandit car, heavily curtained, drew up. He said: "Three of the men, all carrying shotguns, jumped out and rushed up to the guard standing nearest the reserve bank truck. I couldn't hear what they said, but they ap parently were telling him to open the wagon. He shook his head and then cne of the bandits struck him a terrific blow. I don't know whether it waa with his fist or a gun. The guard staggered under the blow and crumpled to the pave ment. "At the sound of a shot a num ber or guards came running from the mint and started firing. They were ahooting at the bandits, who began shooting back. One of the bandits remained in the car hunched down behind the wheel. Guards Begin Firing. "Just as I dodged behind a build ing the guards began peppering the front of it. I saw one of the bandits shooting at the lock on the door of the truck. The first sht shattered the window of the truck. Then I had to get around the corner to avoid being shot. "When there was a lull in the firing I looked out and saw the ban dits Jumping for their car. One of them sprang on the running board on the opposite side from the mint and crouched down. Another one jumped In behind the driver. Just as he did so a shot from one of the guards struck him in the face. I saw the blood rush out and the ban dit slump down in his seat as though he were hurt badly. The fourth of the gang Jumped in the rear seat and the machine tore up East Col fax. ( "The wounded guard was lying on the sidewalk in front of the mint The other guards ran up to him as I ran across the street. One of the guards had taken his coat off and was putting it under the head of the wounded man. Bandits Wear Overcoats. "All the bandits wore overcoats. They were big husky men, wearing white collars and looking like 'sports.' " Clar said when he examined the front of the building that sheltered him it was riddled with bullets. During the afternoon a suspect was taken info custody by the police but after a questioning of more than an hour ne was released. The only tangible clew that the police have on which to work Is a bloody sawea-otr snotgun which was picked up in the street about a half block away from the mint wlicfe it had been dropped from the fleclis bandit car. The sua waa r W0M . V x I r Uff "'. CV '! ' I 1i Kb- ,-',' . - t,:- I E OF ITI01S SCOUTED BY SLAV "Organized Impotence," De - dares M. Tchitcherin. STRAITS CONTROL TOPIC f Russian Minister Derides Pro posed Guarantees of league; - Ismet Is Less Insistent. Pacific-Atlantic Photos. TIMOTHY HEALY WITH FREE STATE TROOPER. loaded and the shells were filled with extra size buckshot. Roland K. Goddard, chief of the secret service In Denver, assisted by Roy A. Nelson, postal inspector, as sisting police in Investigating the robbery, declared after finding a number of bullets in the mint fired from the bandits' guns that they had used .38-caliber revolvers. Chief of Police Williams ' an nounced tonight that clews that might result in. the capture of the bandits probably would be obtained by means of fingerprints found on the bloody shotgun 1 dropped from the bandit car as it sped away from the scene of the robbery. "The gun was handled by several persons," declared Chief Williams, "but we have taken every print, and Ber tillon officers now- are classifying the prints In the hopes of identify ing at least one of the bandit ganjr." A theory advanced during the early investigation as a result of the finding of a door in an inner office shattered by a bullet, that possibly the bandits had had inside, as sistance from someone who had en tered the building under the .guise of a visitor, was abandoned late this afternoon when the bullet which went through the glass in the door was found. It was the Bame as the bullets found in the main entrance of the building, and proved merely to be one fired from the outside by the bandits. Police Guard AU Roads. Chief of Police Williams an nounced that Denver police were guarding all roads leading out of the city, but that he believed the bandits still were in hiding in Den ver. Orders issued to policemen by Chief Williams said: "Stop every car on every road out of Denver and make every man ac count for himself and shoot if you find the robbers." "The funds stolen in today's rob bery were not the property of the Denver mint," declared R. J. Grant, director of the mint, in a statement issued late this afternoon, in which he gave it as his opinion that two of the bandits were wounded. In formation bulletins issued to all time, for our men to distinguish between the bandits and the fed eral reserve employes and it was not until they ran for their ma chine and started away that our men could open fire. Four Declared in Gang. "There were at least four men in the gang and it was reported there were two or three men posted as lookouts. "They attacked as the men in charge of the money were about to place it in the wire cage inBlde the machine. They ordered the guards to throw up their hands. One of the men failed to do so. They shot him dead. "We have all the numbers of the bills. "We know that two of- the gang were wounded. One of them was shot in the hand. He dropped his shotgun and when we found It later it was covered with blood. Another one was also wounded. "An Investigation of the robbery was started immediately by fed eral secret service officers. Thus far It has extended to an exam in a tion of witnesses and the story of the holdup. No announcement can be made at this time as to clews. LOS ANGELES BANKS LOOTED WHAT CONGRESS DID AS ITS DAY'S WORK. Senate. Bill to enlarge debt refund ing commission in order that the minority may have rep resentation, offered by Har ris, democrat, Georgia. Ship subsidy debated, Borah, republican, Idaho, and Brook hart, republican, Iowa, speak ing in opposition. Announcement made that holiday adjournment will run only from Friday night to Tuesday morning. Nomination of Pierce Butler to be an associate justice of the supreme court favorably reported from judiciary com mittee by unanimous vote. House. Received annual appropria tion bill for department of agriculture totaling J38.031, 613. Adopted naval appropria tion bill in committee of whole calling for 325,000,000 with out record vote. ' Voted down amendment call ing upon president to enter into negotiations for associa tion of league of nations to assure peace. Three Men Get $2000 In One; Youth Gets $1000 in Another. LOS iCNGELES. Dec: 18. The Walnut State bank at Walnut Park, a suburb, was held up late today by three masKea men who escaped with between J2000 and $3000 In currency. The Southwestern State bank, on Western avenue near Sixth street, was robbed at noon by a youth who obtained 11000. A well-dressed young man, with his right hand wrapped in a ban dage, laid a check for 1000 and a letter before R. B. Brundage, the cashier. "You are looking into the barrel of a revolver in this bandage," said the letter. "I want you to OK this check, go to the paying teller with m and get the money." Mr. Brundage did as directed. He stepped with the man to the win dow ocoupied by Paying Teller J. Harvey Clark ajd directed the leiier to casn me cnecK, wnicn ne did, giving the bandit $20 bills. "I want you to ko with me." the bandit then told Mr. Brundage, and he walked the latter a block down the street, passing three policemen who stood chatting on the corner. "You can go now," said the bandit, "and thank you, you've been awfully kind." With that he disappeared around a corner and the cashier went back to the bank, calling the policemen on the way. The latter began immediate search for the ban dit, but .decided he had driven away in an automobile that had been parked near where he left the cashier. Sarah A. Moore, who died July 29, 1921, leaving - Anna L. Moore, a daughter, only $10 out of a $9000 estate, was opened in the probate court here today. In the complaint as filed it is alleged by the daughter that Homer W. Moore and Lena L. Moore-Walther, brother and sister of Mrs. 'Moore, by means of false statements alienated her affections. DEER SUICIDE IN PLUNGE Robust Buck Leaps 50 Feet Off Cliff at Estacada. Another sensational suicide, caused by plunging off a 50-foot cliff near the new dam of the Portland Limit & Power company at Estacada, com mitted by a robust buck deer, was reported to the state game commis sion yesterday. The body of the deer was discov ered, Its handsome neck broken, be low the cliff. No wounds beyond those attributable to the fall 'were found. The ground above the bluff showed no sign of struggle or chase. The deer's footprints were seen near the edge. FORTUNE GRANTED CHILD GJRL, 14, TO GET $20,000 YEARLY FROM ESTATE. Mother Complains She Is Unable to Support Youngster Out of Meager $50,000 a Year. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Dec. 18. Surrogate Foley today granted to Miss Mar garet Alicia Sparrow, 14 years old, permission to use $20,000 a year of the $350,000 of Income that has piled up from an estate of $3,400,000 left by her father, Edward Grant Spar row, Michigan lumber king, with headquarters in New York and Lan sing, Mich. The allowance was made upon application of the girl's mother, Mrs. Margaret B. Sparrow. The lumberman's widow asked the surrogate for an allowance of $24,- 000 for her daughter on the ground that little Margaret was growing fast and needed more than the mother herself was able to afford out of her income of $50,000 a year. The surrogate, however, thought that the $20,000 with the usual help from her mother, would enable lit tle Margaret to keep the wolf from the door for a year, at which time she will be at liberty to ask for a greater allowance.- Under the terms of Sparrow's will. Died in 1913, the town house in New York and an income of $50,000 went to the mother. Then, after a number of charitable bequests, the residue was to go eventually to the two children, the son, Edward G. Jr getting three-fifths and the daugh ter two-fifths. The son was 21 in 1920. When he is 30 years old he will receive his share. Miss Mar garet's income is piling up on her at the rate of $56,000 a year with 10 or 15 years yet to go before she gets all of it. Salem Reduces Fire Losses. SALJ3M, Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) Salem's fire loss in 1922 was less than half of that in 1921. according to a report prepared here today by the chief of the local fire depart ment. Thi3 year's loss was $S2,- 696.33, while for 1921 the loss was $152,000.73. HUGHES' PARTY SECOND Nationalists Lose Ten Votes While Labor Gains at Elections. MELBOURNE, Dec. 18. (By the 'Associated Press.) The allotment of "preference" votes for members of the federal house of representa tives in last Saturday's general elec tions shows the nationalists, the party of Premier Hughes, second in the standing, which is: Labor party, 30; nationalist, 28; country party and liberals, 17. In the last house the nationalists had 38 members, the labor party 24, and the country party and liber als 13. The figures for senate are meager, but Indicate an increase in strength of the labor representation. LAUSANNE, Dec. 18. (By the As sociated Press.) "Organized im potence" was the definition which M. Tchitcherin. the Russian foreign minister, gave of the league of na tions during a heater oeDaie De tween him and Lord Curzon this afternoon in a session devoted to the discussion of plans for control of the Turkish straito. The United States, Germany and Russia do not recognise the league, said Tchitcherin. "The. league Is not even able to control a single Polish general in Vilna. It i un able to accomplish anything In the Lithuanian dispute. What good are the guarantees of such an organization?" Tchitcherin declared - the allied proposals for the regulation of the straits were directed against Russia and put a premium on navalism and militarism. i These proposals," he added, "are designed to separate Turkey and Russia. It is an allied scheme which offers fallacious protection to Tur key, but grants passage or the straits to warships, which would ex pose Russia's south coast to attack, Tile project forces Russia to arm. and the guarantees are completely illusory for Turkey." Turk Less Obstinate, Both J Tchitcherin and Ismet Pasha offered new suggestions con corning control of the straits. Ismet was mild and accepted in principle most of the proposals made by the allied powers, but Tchitcherin was extremely hostile and demanded that tne Russians' proposals be consid ered at length in the subcommission a'ong with the new Turkish pro posals. Lord Curzon denied this request, saying it was impossible to continue the deliberations indefinitely. He as Eerted that concessions had been made to the Russians by providing in the allied proposals that no fleet shall be admited to the Black sea which is stronger than the strongest tavy possesssed by any Black sea power. - , - Tchitcherin repeatedly demanded further consideration of the propos als, which are diametrically opposite to the plans favored by the allies and the principles set forth by the United States. Curzon called attention to the tact that Ryseia and Turkey are far apart In their positions, and espe cially emphasized that it was Tchitcherin, not Ismet, who said the guarantees of the league of nations would be "illusory." Russians to Be Curbed. The members of the American delegation, Ambassador Child, Rear Admiral Bristol and Minister Grew, all attended the session, but made no remarks; they have expressed no opinion about the allied proposals. Lord Curzon refused to consider Tchitcherin's motion for the refer ence of the straits question to the subcommission for reconsideration and this subject will be taken up again tomorrow morning. ' It is ap parent that the allies are determined not to permit the Russians to delay the discussion further by advocacy of closing the Black sea, which is absolutely opposed to the view of the allies and the United States and even Turkey. OH (Msza04 Lipman, Wolfe's Christmas Sale of Pianos j Both prices and terms of payment greatly reduced as compared with what these pianos were sold at a year or two ago they are the same quality pianos and player pianos you buy them now at a saving of from $100 to $750 as you see by the group here listed provided you buy now, as the majority of these instruments are values that cannot and will not be duplicated. GRAND PIANOS formerly Kow Baldwin Reproducing Grand.. $3600 ?2850 Hamilton Reproducing Grand. 2500 Howard Reproducing Grand. . 2250 Ivers & Pond Parlor Grand. . . 1450 I vers & Pond Baby Grand. ... 1250 Baldwin Baby Grand . 1400 Suit to Break Will Filed. THE DALLE 8, Or., Dec, 18. (Spe- cial.) Suit to break the will of Mrs, Bend Church Gets Evangelist. BEND, Or., Dec.-18. (Special.) To fill the pulpit of the Christian church, Rev. C. R. Mathis, evangel ist, arrived In Bend yesterday from Baker. The pulpit has been vacant for several months. Phone your want ads to The Oregonlan, Main 7070. officers by the police department, however, stated that only one of the bandits had been wounded. The one known to have been struck is believed to have been the bandit who waa standing on the running board of the automobile as the ma chine sped away from the mint. "It has been customary for U3 to keep money at the mint merely as an accommodation for the federal reserve bank, our vault being bet ter suited for storage of the funds," Mr. Grant said in his statement. Fight Lasts Two Minutes. "When it becomes necessary to transfer funds the treasury wires us and upon the presentation of receipts from the bank we release the funds to them. The Instant the money leaves the cashier's window we have nothing more to do with the funds. "The men in charge of the money were employes of the federal re serve bank . and the money itself belonged to the bank. The Denver mint was not connected with the robbery in any way except that it occurred in front- of the mint and our employes tired on the bandits as they rode away. "The fracas lasted about two minutes. I was Interviewing an ap plicant for a position, when the alarm in my office, which is part of a general alarm system throughout the entire building, was rung. The indicator light board showed the trouble to be at the front door. "The robbers Were pumping lead into the front door to keep us In. About four or five of the mint em ployes ran outside in the face of the gunfire and shot at the bandits. Two or three shots were fired at them from the second floor of the mint and others fired from the first floor, fc was impossible, at tits CUft Menus are, always inviting Clift service is al ways thoughtful and courteous' Clift music is al- ' ways appealing. And yet, Gift rates are no higher. ; ' CLIFT HOTEL. GEARY at TAYLOR . SAM FRAK CI SCO Let "Gobble, Gobble" Be 1 our Ckriatmas Greeting 300 Fancy Live Turkeys to pick from on our turkey ranch at 100 Front St., 8. K. Corner Stark. 1 Xhe SavinaE Co Inc. Hazelwood Orchestra J. F. N. COLBURN, Director. TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME 6 to 8 and 9:30 to 11:30 1. "Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird". . . .Harold Weeks 2. "Kawaihau," Waltz.... M. Kealakai 3. "Apple Blossoms," Se lection. .Kreisler-Jacoby 4. 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