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; SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
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Samuel (Thurston Richard
sonj Widely Known As
Constitutional : . Attorney,
Drops Dead in Portland.
IMPORTANT, OFFICES .
HELD DURING CAREER
founder of Oregoiu Law
School Long Practiced ;
Profession in Salem I
Samuel iThurston' t nfchardsori,
iprominent! meailer of the Salem
Bar association, and -4 known
throughout th Kate as a consti
tutional lawyer, died suddenly in
Portland, early reerday whila
working in his new ..lay otflcea
fwhlch h was soon to opn in the
Chamter of Commerce building in
'that city. Heart ta.il ure is con
sidered the cause ot his deatn
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:IJ B OFFICE
i BfJ.lSKllllI
riuu 'i.'jj j 'Jjl j fO
Arthur Lewis, special othcer, with i. oanaeur,
state oKRUon,enforcement man, is in the Willamette
Valley sanitarium, near decth, and J. Ms Brown,. 42,
and Forrest Brown, 27, father and sonare Held in the
county aiTj tjie result brV a -dash Mtvottn alleged
t booze runrietf and officers near Salem at 12,45, otclock
this pioming J.jM. Brown wMshbl Lewis, is suffering
a gunshot wound, a i
TA W4fAJ?,canrre nfhe Riverside drive, about
one mile south of Sdem,w&enandefers party iaft
tempted' to intercept a 20-gallon delivery of booze,
uiuli i ujici uivwn uus uummea auempiing io maize
! to unknown carries:
v A lafgi i touring car with two, unknown occupants
appeared on the scene ot the expected liquor transfer
a tew moments prtorjo thi shooting, made a gel-away
ifrp tofficersdespite snots fired in an effort to haft
the' powerful machine, 5 'H f
At the time of the escape of the big car with its unknown
. occupants. Officer Sandefer and Deputy; Leslie Drew, had
?ns Brown away, from ;the car. in which Deputies
. Mike Moore." Fay Harnid. and Twis wom sittin &. i i
v J.; M'Brown, according to
.ute, uHuexurusn ,ana approaencu tne officers' machine evi
dently thinking that his 'son was trading with booze fcur
.chasers. 'r.',: ,:i':"l-. -i-u i-v ' - s s
-l ft;Wlffe-: is the stuff,',', Brown is said to haVc inquired.
At the same moment . n Ad rtvrf '
'alarm and to have fared, at Lewis, opening at fusilade withfi
'..id.caiiore aoiis army. model ; pistol and lodging a bullet in
th officer's left thiffh- Twia'foll anA totnnrAl A rr'i L.ti
panionvBrbwn fired'again at ithe pirOstxate man the bul
let entering the lower; abdominal" region. :AThi .wound; it
first thought ' seriou V was later reported by surgeons to be
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CIDEk USED
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BY. FIREMEN,
CITY SAVED
Famed Liquid Is Utilized as
Flame ' Quencher, When
Water Is Gone
L'ORIENT. France. Sept. 6.
Hogsheads and tanks of cider
pumped by firemen on burning
building ; today saved the village
ot Moustoir-Remungol from .de
struction. The fire had destroyed eight
houses and was communicating to
others when the water supply bei
came exhausted and the firemen
requistloned the cider.
All Fires Extinguished ?
In Oregon National Forest
. IinOD RIVER, Or., Sept. 6 ;
While smoke from a forest fire
northeast i of White Salmon,
Wash., could be seen here last
night, all fires In the Oregon na-
tional forest are out, and Stanley
C. Walters, chief fire warden of
the district, docs not expect any
further; difficulties tjnleis there In
a long period of drouth this fall,r
j Recent light i showers -have in
sured against any Immediate fires,
Walters said. '
Tht ilpod River district has
had but one serious fire this sum
mer. This, resulting from the
carelessness, of campers, burned
over halt a section of land In the
upper valley and for a time men
aced many ranch homes
.the of f icers, appeared out of
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De Valera Demands That
Camouflage and Hypocri
sy Be Put Aside
STATEMENT IS ISSUED
Imposition of England's Pro
posals, He Avers, Would
Bring War
DUBLIN, Sept, 6. On the ev
of a meeting ot.the British cabinet
at Inverness to act on the Irish
problem, Eamonn , De Valera
Irish Republican leader, today is
sued a statement In. which, arter
reiterating Ireland's I earnest, de
sire for peaces declared peace
could never be ; founded on make
believe. :
"Let us lay aside the camou
flage and put away the hypoc-
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Four Masked Robbers Re
move All Valuables and
Esca"pe,oundTw6' ' '
G.
Four masked men tonight held
Cp' the" Kansagf1 City Southern pas
benger train -No. 2, between
Bloombarg and Texarkana
and looted' the mart car of all val
uables. . Neitber-ithe ejeprcjs. car
nor the passenger coach ss was en.
tered.V i F. Wopdson. engineer, ot
Shxeveport, was struck over tho
head with the butt end of a gun.
Woodson's scalp was cut In pev-
eral pla? ds but his injuries are
not serious. KJ Moss, a4 negro por
ter ot Sbreveport, -was - shot in
both legs. PoFtal authorities de
clined ta make any' estimate of the
loot, - merely"" ftatlng that every
thing ol Taluo in the car was
taken. ''" " '-' -''" "
" About1 ft. mite'. north of Ttloom
burg the .b'andiW entered1 the cab
of the engine, and commanded the
enclneer to stop the train.
Two mair clerks resisted a ieoni
mand to open, the car., whereupon
a . small gas' bomb was thrown
through the transom, the gas com
pelling the " clerks to open the
door. V "' - . , . . ..
- .Meanwhile . Engineer, Woodson
had been btrock senseless, and the
porter shot. : . ;.v:.-., ' '
Fireman B.:T. Kyan of Shreve-
port t was made to . uncouple , the
mail car after1 which the bandits
took one pf the clerks, to the en
gine ab, two , bandits remaining
In the car MtaTtner other, clerks.
A-ran then-was made to the. out
skirts ot Teiarkana, the- car be
ing looted en route,
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? -SALEM, OREGON"," WEDNESDAY
ON VENUE
AT
10
A.
; ROSEBRG, Or., Sept. 6. Judge G. C. Bingham at 10
a. m. , tomorrow will give his decision as to whether Dr.
Richard M. Brumfield, alleged slayer of Dennis Russell, is
to be tried in the circuit court of an adjoining county or in
Roseburg, where he has resided and was engaged in busi
ness for more than 12 years prior to the filing of the murder
charge against him.
This was the anriouncementlmade by the court late to
dayj following arguments for and against a motion asking
for a change of venue. The motion was filed by Attorneys
Rice and Orcutt, representing, the defense, while a counter
motion Was presented by th0 district attorney.
BE S1LVERT
S1LVERTON, Oro., Sept. 6.
(Special to the Statesman.) A
rumor has arrived at Silverton to
tho effect that-the two unidenti
fied bodies of men fonnd drowned
at Pcmeroy, Wash., on Aug. 29
may be two of five boys who had
been camping at the Silverton
camp grounds for about two
months while working in the
sawmills.
Two of thesp boys left August
13 and nothing more was heard
V. 1 r i
Mrs. Alma Iuise Wurt7."ergar.
con fepspd murderess of her hus
band. Andrew Wurtxbergar. whom
she killed at Chomawa, while he
was sleeping early Sunday morn
ings yesterday waived preliminary
hearing when arraigned before
Just!.co of the Peace Blaine Mc
Cord of Woodburn and was bound
over to the Marion county grand
Jury which convenes here Septem
ber 14 on the first denree murder
charge preferre I against her hv
District Attorn-jy John 11. Carson.
In the meantim" she is being
held in jail wlthont bail and Eliza
Miles. t her nephew, who is said to
have been in the adjoining room
at the' time the murder was com
mitted is to ba avid under . 100
bail which he has so far been un
able to furnish. The case was tak
en to Wloodburu because of tho
Wylie Hubbard Victim of
Gun of Neighbor With
Whom He iQuarreled
COTTAGE. GROVE, Ore.. Sept.
6. Wylie Hubbard was shot and
kilc-d. on the highway ai Dorena.
Ore., near here today, and Frod
ThOHias, wsi arrested, charged'
with having committed Ch; deeJ.
Th two men were neighbors and
had loarreled. . accord ins t' a
statement by the siheriff foiiowin:;
n investigation of! the case They
met in' front of the Dorena po&l
oflco today and the. quarrel was
renewed, culminating in the shoot
Ing of Hubbard. In jail at Eu
gene, where he was lodge! by the
sheriff,; Thomas was calro. but de
clined to discuss the case . '
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SIT KILLED
MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1921
TO RULE
MOTIONS
from them. On the body of one
of the drowned boys a charge
slip of .Syrings & Banks was
found bearing the name of Lloyd
Dickenson. Mr. Dickenson, who
is one of the five boys, is still
employed at the Silverton saw?
mill. The .authorities are worfc
in? on the supposition that one
of the boys who left had a slip
belonging to Mr. Dickenson as the
five lived together and it is be
lieved that the two unindentified
bodies are two of the five boys.
absence from Salem of Justice ot
the Peach 1'nruh.
Woman Talks Utile
Mrs. Wurtznergar was taken
from her cell in the Salem c ty
jail about 1 o'clock yesterday and
taken to the office of the pherifl
where she was taken to the auto
which took her cud party of local
officers to the Woodburn court
She remained uncommunicative
during her freedom from the Jailj
Ralph Derrick, her Bon-in-law
went with her into the court
room and remained with frer dur
ing the proceedings. Her first re-
auest was that the reporters he
barred from the 1 earing. The re
quest was denied by Judge Mc-
Cord.
The report made by the coro-
( Continued on pare SI
OLDEST PIONEER
D
Mrs. Phoebe Burch,' Who
Crossed Plains in 1847,
Dies at Amity
AMITY. Or.. Sept. 5. (Special
to The Statesman) The oldest
pioneer of Yamhill county, Mrs.
Phoebe Burch, died at her home
here early Monday morning.
Mrs. Burch, commonly known
as ".Grandma' IJurch has a wide
circle of friends here and. many
relatives. She crossed the plains
in 1847 with her parents by ox
team and settled near Amity and
made ber home In this community
ever since. She -was 86 years of
age Funeral services were con
d acted by Rev. C. M. Rees of this
place and she was laid to rest be
side. Iter -husband in the Amity
cemetery, v ".
M. TODAY
PonoY
PASSES
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DRAWN FIRST
Application of Vernon, Ross
Is Plucked from Pile
By Governor
THREE ARE SALEM MEN
Joe McAllister, Jack Elliott
and George Cherrington
Are Lucky Ones
The application of Vernon E
Ross, 592 Williams avenue. Port
land, will be the first to be con
sidered by the World war veterans
bonus and loan commission, as a
result ot a drawing at the commis
sion's 'office yesterday in which
Governor Olcott, Secretary of
-ate Kozer and others participat
ed. Rosa was with the medical
department of the spruce produc
tion division. . He enlisted in Port
land December 11, 1917, and was
discharged from the spruce divi
sion January 28, 1919. in his ap
plication he asks for a loan of
The first 13 applications te be
considered were drawn from an
enormous pile that had been shuf
fled on a broad table in the com
mission's offices. Governor Ol
cott drew Ross' application. The
governor closed his eyes, circled
his hands over the table several
times and made tho selection blind
and at random.
Portland Also Second
Secretary of State Kozer was
asked to pull out the second appli
cation. It fell to Edmund Vanee
noo, 126 North Sixth street, Port
lard. Lieutenant E. C. Kiel, army
aviator now on forest patrol .w ork
in Oregon, had just brought Gov
ernor Olcott from Eugene by air
plane. Kiel was asked to pull the
third application. It proved to he
that of Harry W. Doolittle of
Homeriale. Ida., who was a lieu
tenant of Oregon cavalry during
th war
Don N. Upjohn, the governor's
secretary, several newspapermen.
Captain Harry Brumbaugh, sec
retary or the commission, and
Miss Louise Nealy, one of the
commission stenographers, were
others who drew names. Miss
Nealy drew the name of Reuben
Hi-rbert Tomlinson. 3G22 Forty-
ninth street. S. E., Portland.
Three Are Salem Men
nr the first 13 name. rfriiwTiJ1 extended to the public by the
:
(Continued on pare 61
HERMANS
PLAY ROLE OF HOST
TO VISITING CLUBS
, Hospitality will be extendetl by the Cherrians to all
boosting organizations that visit the state fair, either on
Tuesday, special boosters' day, or on Thursday, Portland day.
. A This was decided at the monthly meetimr held last
night at the Commercial club,
ly earned that the organization entertain at dinner Tuesday
lor Thursday at the fair grounds all members of boosting or
ganizations in uniiorm and
i l WY M. Hamilton, Chairman of a
committee that Conferred with the
tate fair board reported Mr. Lea
would appreciate the co-operation
k the Cherlans.in making Tues
day of fair week one of the bfg
days. To-aid the CberiransMr.
tiea promised one of the strongest
programs of. the week, which will
Include various races and an au
tomobile polo contest. -
j Indncements Offerr-d
L L In t. general- disco ssien -of plans
for Booster' day, Tuesday, Sep-
The
world
DEMAND MADE
OF OSBORNE
FOR BIG SUM
Portland Man Who v Drove
Deadly Pierce-Arrow Is
Asked to Pay $9900
Damages amounting to $9,900
are asked in-three tuits filed
Tuesday, , in The Marion county
circuit court against E. G. Os
borne, driver of the Pierce Ar
row car that crashed into the
Ramp car near Broofcs, July 2,
when Rudolph Samuelson was In
stantly killed "and Mrs. . John
Westley received injuries which
resulted in her death a few days
later.
The first suit brought against
Osborne is that of Robert Mal
comb Ramp, 3 years old, by his
father M. S. Ramp as guardian.
It Is alleged that Osborne was
operating his Pierce Arrow In a
carelea and reckless manner, fail
ing to keep a proper lookout.
Ramp car, the boy received in
and that in running into the
ternal injuries, bruises and lac
erations on his body. Damages
are asked for 13,000. .
In another suit filed against
Osborne, M. S. Ramp. alleges the
same careless driving, caused
damage to his Ford car, and in
juries to himself that caused hfm
to incur a hospital bill of 1105.
a doctor bill of $250, and a loss
of one month's.' time, J valued at
? J 00. Mr. Ram p asks for $ 3 0 00
damages and $900 more to cover
his personal expenses and dam
ages to the car. " . . .,
cNllie Ramp filed suit against
Osborne for $3,000. alleging that
In the accident of July 2, she re
ceived a cut in that back and
shoulders, bruising her body until
it was black and blue and caus
ing her great pain and nervous
chock. "
In addition io this civil action,
Osborne- will be obliged to an-
Bwer a charge filed by John Car
son, prosecuting attorney. for
reckless driving. This case has
as yet not been brought to trial.
Former Vice Consul to
Japan -Speaks Tonight
Dr. E. R. Fulkerson, vice consul
lo Japan during the Roosevelt
administration, is scheduled to
speak at the Jason Lee Memorial
Church, north Winter and Jeffer
son street tonight at 8 o'clock.
Dr. Fulkerson. has spent 20 years
of his life in the far. east, Japan,
China. Korea, Philippine Islands
and India, -and is thoroughly
familiar with life In all its as
pects in those countries. He is
n rorcenu speaker and has a
vitally interesting message for tho
man who is thinking on the great
world issues of the day. r The
lecture is free and an invitation
church to take advantage of hear-
ling Dr. Fulkerson. .
VOTE TO
when a motion was unanimous
also wives of members.
tember,i 27. It was reported that
the state fair board rather favored
a plan by which the Cherrians en
tertain visitors Tuesday morning.
and then again In the evening.
' As an inducement for Boosting
clubs to come to the fair on
Booster day. it was suggested that
prises be offered by the state fair
board, one lor .the best entertain:
ers of the morning, the second for
the best entertainment put on .by
(Continued on page 6.)
Statesman recelres th leased
wirs rcwTtf or.' ui Aiwaa
Press. Ura greatest and most r-
uanie press association u . vm
' PRICE : FIVE CENTS
Witnesses Report That Pcr-
sons on-Mysterious Beat
Exchanged Signals .With
Convict.
OFFICERS THRESH ABOUT
ISLAND IN VAIN SEARCH
Women Testify That Gard
ner Was Hit by Prison
Guards' Fusilade
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 6.
-Indications that Roy Gard
ner. California mail robber,
was- rnet by,, a launch and
spirited away- from McNeil'.
Island, following his ; sensa
tional break from the peniten
tiary at that 'place Monday
morning was strengthened
tyeserday by evidence secured
by, federal officers engaged In
investigating the escape. .
, Just a few moments before
Gardriermade : his dash a
launch is reported to have
passed the island in view of
the prison grounds. Witness
es assert that someone in the
launch.. waved, and that Gard
ner waved in return.
While this new phase is be-
Thomas Maloney and other of
ficials are confident that the
bandit has not been able to
get away from the island.
Statements of two women
residing near the prison res
ervation who said they saw
3ardrier fall during the fusil
lade "jof bullets from "the
guards' rif dies are regarded
by Warden iThomas Maloney
as confirmation of his theory
that the bandit did not escape
unscather, and probably is in
hiding on the island.
The seven hundred settlers
on thfc island have been warn
ed to be on the watch-out for
edibles, as Gardner is expect
ed to; attempt to obtain food
within a short time. .
Gardner wore the regula
tion gray prison garm when
he escaped.
TACOMA. WacnJ Sept. ; , 6 .
Tht Roy Gardner, California mail
robber, who yesterday afternoon
mane . a sensational break f rofn
the federal penitentiary on Mc
Neil island near, here, is seriously
wounded and lying in hiding be
neath the deme undergrowth of
a IGO-acre wooded' tract on' the
island is the theory, upon which
Warden Thomas Maloney ; based
final Instructions to his rmy of
(Continued on page C.)
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1 akocui s, rmsoo a
LOS aNOELES. 6t. 6. Lm An.!.i
today, took tfts epeninf tarn from :n
FraB'-Uc ittl. MrQnaldc Urtwl for
Baa Francfaeo, hnt he raa roola4 aarly
in iin vma inning oy &nfe,'h B
rrl saving srerwl' thrae timra in tha
firmt in nil). Lewis went mt tha ln
in tha iixth. flr EUiaoa bad battel (or
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