tUKJ u Li u u w u --r
M k-' a-l ii u i
WpfltTiPr "-IOREGOIM4-
- V CAAJ.I.V' Generally fair, continued
cool with -heavy frost i east portion; ; moderate
west winds. Thursday Max., 64; mia., 39;
rlyer, 7.1, falling; rainfall, ;04; atmosphere, part
cloudy; wind, southwest." I ' - f,-
STATESMAN, ADVERTISERS tell cold facts
facts that make buyers sit. up and take notice.
READ THE. ADS AS WELL AS THE NEWS
SEVENTY-FIFTH j YfcAR
SALEM, OBEGON. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 24, 1925
PRICE FIVE CENTS
i
f
HUG C01ES
TO Clf II
SHOWS IWFALL
Lease is Signed With G. V.
Guthrie For Grand Thea
tre; Management" Will
Change in September
JWO DAY VAUDEVILLE
PROGRAM IS PLANNED
r:.-
High-Class Roadshows Also
Listed; Archie B. Holt1 to
be New Manager
Linking of Salem withj th Hei
llg chain of theaters opteratjed in
Portland, Eugene, Seattl aujd Ta
coma . became knowf rhiirsday
! with the announcement thz Cal
Tin Helllg,: principal owner in the
circwlt-'thkt hears his nime, had
acquired he. Grand theaterj from
George V. Guthrie and wul4 open
a combination and seven-day
theater, including junior prnheum
TaudeTille two days a eel: and
high class road attractions.
ExtenslTe . alterations J and re
pairs will be made priori to Sept.
It when Mr. . Guthrie's lease .-expires
The,.entlre theater will be
remodeled, Its .seating capacity In
creased, other improvements made
r and a fine organ installed.
HeUig JRTcll Known
Mr. Hellig operate ohe Of the
largest circuits. In .the northwest
and nas bunt and. operated; more
than 20 theaters, duringf the past
30 years. He plans to offer jsaiem
theater lovers the same tlgi class
programs that he offers in his
other theaters. I .
t The theater wHl, be open the
! entire seven days of the week and
! ;& selected moving, picture .Will be
r offered five days a week, in ad
dition, to the vaudeville. Alljof the
choice .regular road - attractions
playing the Heilig circuit jrill be
offered here. j
Linen MiU Decides
-' i
Before -selecting," Sa
theater ite Mr. Heilig
em
as a
carefully
canvassed the field ;andj came to
, Jils decision after learning lot the
establishment of one linen mill
and; the, proposed erectlpn of an
rother and t larger one. jThis,,he
believes, will materialljj lucrease
the payroll bf ' the , city ; and! bring
many more residents to the city.
Archie B. Holt of SWeiji will
be manager of the new theater.
He - has been connected j with the
Guthrie and Bllgh theaters! for a
number of years and for the last
year and a half has been jmana
gerof the Pine Tree theajter. in
Klamath ' Falls, one of ! southern
Oregon's fine theaters. During the
' war'Mr'. Holt served fith old Com
pany m, 162nd infantry
T
Position on Liquor-;Running
is Stated by English
Ambassador
PHILADELPHIA, April 23.
Criticism of England's attitude to
ward the American rum running
and, narcotic problems and
foreign . policy as one j of
of her
"pure
- greed ; and selfishness" meie con
tradicted by Sir Esma llovard,
British .ambassador to Washing
ton, in an address here tonight
before the. society of the sons of
St. George. -. 1 ' i '
Sir Esme Baid he had heard, of
many s criticisms which jeither de
nied, to : the English people any
virtues at all or questioned; "Eng
lish professions of. disinterested
. ness" as a result of the jBritish
stand on the opium-liquor smug
gling Questions. He djsclaTed he
took no notice of the fist f ind of
criticism but he thought thatthe
recond was too Insiduous to. over
look. ; ' -."
f Disinterestedness in government
1 Sir Esme, believed couid!noi be ex
pected because "governments must
In all places and at all jtimes con
" aider first and .foremost the inter
ests of the countries they govern
and sot place first the interests of
other countries." :. j . I
' "I have no wish to fenter Into
any controversy over the Hauor
smuggling , question," Jhe j added,
"but I may say this, there Is no
decent' minded .man. - there Is! no
BRITISH LEEilTE
0EFE1S STMJD
JOoaUnue& ea yS S, ;
Portland Tobacco Men
Involdng Referendum
! iAgaiqst Tobacco Bill
Preliminary preparationto In-'
yoke the referendum on the , to-,
bacco tax bill enacted by the 1925
legislature jwere made Thursday
by Oscar T,oisen. secretary of the
Portland Retail Tobacco Dealers'
association,! and Lawrence Mc-
Sary, I Portland attorney. The n&
cessary papers will be filed today
and a ballot title requested of I.
H. Van Winkle, attorney general.
The two ; men conferred with
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state,
relative to ithe. number of names
that must be obtained on the pe
titions. Heretofore approximately
8,000! names were necessary. " If
the number must equal 5 per cent
of the total vote cast, about 20,000
names will1 be necessary. The
completed j referendum petitions
must be filed by May 28, the date
upon which the new laws become
effective, or else, the referendum
fails. ;
i The tobacco tax; according to
Its proponents, would raise be
tween; ISOQ.OOO and $1,000,000
for Ithe state during the next bi-
ennium. It was one of tne rev
GATHER TODAY
... i - : it' -- : -
Conference Opens With Ban
quet and Election at First ,'
Presbyterian cnurcn
High lights of the Older Boys'
Conference to be ( held In , Salem,
April 24r25-26, under the- aus
picesfof the YMCA, ' ; v
The finishing touches have been
given to the plane for the Older
Boys' conference, to be held here
:i (Continued ea psc 3)
FLAX US '
W BE OBTAINED
i '
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture Pamphlets to be Had
i in Salem ' '
Alt those interested in the pro
duction of flax -for fiber or seed
may obtain an interesting and in
structive bulletin issued by the
United States department of agri
culture, on application to the Sa
lem t Chamber.-of Commerce. A
quantity of, the pamphlets were
sent here by W. C. Hawley, con
gressman of Oregon., '
The booklets discuss thorough
ly all phase of the flax industry.
and enter in to the details of cli
matic conditions, peculiarities of
soils and other things relative to
the "crop. ': ? s- '
Diagrams and photographs point
out S important facts in the steps
of cultivation and manufacture,
and give a clear insight into the
industry, that will mean ea much
to, Salem in the future. Another
section off the bulletin la given
over to statistics on world produc
tion,' and to the history of the in
dustry,,-.- y -. i
Combined Men's and
.rt -
of University
Orchestra Is. Included In Program! Placing Eighty-five Musiciaa
on Stage; Excellent, Concert Is Offered Last Night
i By AUDRED BUNCH
Such a program as Salem has
seldom heard was friven last night
before a large audience when the
combined Men's and Girls' Glee
clubs and the college orchestra
of the University of Oregon .ap
peared in concert, at the j Grand
theater. . -.' '. ' , ... . . - ;
This is the first time , any uni
versity Jn the northwest; has sent
out la group of musicians In con
cert tour so large , in number.
There were 85 individuals :on the
stage last night. -
; Under the direction of Rex
Underwood, trfe orchestra opened
the evening's program which was
brimming from beginning to- end
withj the most beautiful ; and . mel
odious in j high class music. In
fact the whole concert! was no
table for its freedom from- stunts
or skits of any kind. And la col
lege! music, i, John Stark Evans,
the tlirector, seems to be Inaugu
rating Vv a . most -; commendable
standard. The audience was vast
ly, pleased; with every solo- and
ensemble number. they heard, and
clamored without stint for more.
But? Jit was only on " a few occa
sions that .on i a-progranv. so ex-
tensira encores' could be granted.
enue measures designed to relieve
a lack of funds available during
the biennlum, which shortage was
estimated at approximately
000,000. ; The other measure was.
the tithing bill. : j i :
When the referendum Is revok
ed upon, the tobacco bill,' ; three
such measures will: be brought be
fore the 1 voters. J The others ; are
the tithing bill, requiring ; self
sustaining state departments and
commissions to pay into the gen
eral fund 10 per cent of the fin
ancial returns, and the bus meas
ure. , -i
CASE ON TODAY
PORTLAND, April 23. The
Multnomah county state, fish com
mission controversy over, the sale
for $4,000 f 20 "acres ' of state
owned land on Eagle creek ;totE.
M. Ries through Carl D. Shoe
maker, retiring ... manager of the
fish commissions ia scheduled to
go to , the , state attorney general
through; the office of Governor
Pierce tomorrow. -1
Grandmother Said . to Have
Mistreated Other Children
in Her Carer i :
TILLAMOOK, Or., April 23.:
Testimony at the coroner's inquest
todav into the death of Sylvia
Louise Desca'mps, four old daugh
ter of Mrs. Cora MJ Descamps.
2049 WUlamette Blvd Portland,
and Peter C. Descamps of Wash
ougal, Wash., revealed that-vMrs.
Descamps' .four children had been,
subjected to ill treatment by the
grandmother oTer a long period,
j The coroner's Jury returned- a
verdict to the effect that Sylvia
Louise came to her death as a re
sult of punishment administered
by the grandmother, Mrs.- M. C.
Paton, who was accused -of hav
ing beaten the child so severely
with a strap that Bhe died a few
hours afterward. :' , '. "
1 Both Mr. and' Mrs. Descamps,
who have separated, : Mrs. Des
camps oldest.childU.Leroy.Warn-
er, 10; and Clarence Descamps, 3;
attended the Inquest., The mother
broke down when she lifted Clar-.
ence'g cap from his head and saw
the scarg of wounds said to hare
been inflicted by the grandmother.
I Sheriff Aschin declared i today
that Mrs. Paton's neighbors seat
a petition to the district attorney
asking that steps be taken for the
children's, safety: and mailed to
Homer Mason, county, Judge send
ing a letter, with the petition, i
MAN1 KILLED BT JJOQ
',., .t:. t-XJiJm i.M M if''
; I LEWISTON, Idaho, April 23.
W. L. Speer of Omak, Wash., was
fatally Injured and Jack Andrew,
Spokane, and Levi Patterson, Lew
iston, were painfully injured when
a log wentj on. a ."rampage in-the
Winchester mm. ; :
Girls' Glee Clubs
' 1 '
of Oregon Win Praise
However, from their own splendid
largesse,, orchestra and. glee clubs
in turn gave fully-and generoasly
The ensemble : singing in both
men's and girls' clubs, and in the
clubs combined, was characterized
by a freshness and clarity, and
great youthful exuberance. , There
was nothing. Jaded : about voices
like these that were heard last
night; and there was nothing, in
excess." 5 i-
r Frank, Jue's tenors solo "On-
awayv Awake Beloved,, though to
a degree c recitative number
brought out all the enthusiasm'of
the house, and exhibited a voice
that , has seldom been equalled on
a college campus... Salem can only
hope to hear more of Mr. Jue's
praiseworthy tenor some time-n
the future,' '"!.;;'
J The "grand finale" of the eve
ning came when, after numbers
by the orchestra, special violin
and, cello solos, numbers by the
glee clubs separately,-, and Jby the
glee clubs combined, with, only
piano accompanimeni-T-the entire
assemblage , of musicians came to
the stage for-the closing melodi
ous number "Land . of, f Hope - and
Glory. " -- - : t v-; ;
ILLlEfTIi
ASTIIC PEACE
EDOH
BY OQIJFIOENOE
i" I
Former Secretary Hughes
Addresses International
Law Society; World Peace
Ultimate Goal
CODIFICATION OF LAW
DECLARED GREAT HOPE
Growth
of
Ciyilizatiort, De-
pends; on Friendship,
i t .....
Hashes States
WASHINGTON, April 23.
World , peace I can be ultimately
effected dnly I through the clarifi
cation and codification, of interna
tional law ind this can be accom
plished only through a great con
ference t of J representatives of all
the nations, former Secretary , of
State Hughes told the American
Society of International Law here
tonight
Speaking1 on the development of
international J law, Mr. Hughes,
who Is president of the body, as
serted that the United States must
lead the way toward such a con
ference and reiterated his hope
that f the appropriate snpport of
the permanent . court of interna
tional Justice! by the government
of the United States will not.be
delayed much! longer." .
Position Outlined
In dealing with-international
law," Mr. j Hughes said, "we are
considering nothing that Is merely
formal, still -less what can be lm
posed,'-but
the growth of civiliza-
tlon itself
"When we
consider the dlspo-
4ition of
t is not '
violence within nations,
surprising that the pro
gress-" toward! International peace
has- been-so eligbt. But it Is pre
cisely beeaUsel we are dealing with
Civiliza tioln! Itself that we attain
Jhe greatest importance to the de
velopment I of - international law
which, mayj be;. deemed to be a rec
brd of the! judgments of the con
science ofi mankind."
i Example Is Detailed
He cited the relations of ; the
United States and Canada, as an
excellent example of peace between
nations ana saw in tnem instru
mentalities j'for directing the
thought of I nations to the facilities
of accord, land especially to the
obligations of -law, not imposed.
but expressed In principles and
rules accepted by voluntary ac
tions." ii
Ultimately, he said, ; the best
guarantee I of independence of
small states would be found in the
development Qt the law. "Through
world wide developments . of. the
law," MrL Hughes continued,, "we
may .hope to make measureable
progress to tK&t degree of ciTilizar
Hon which! wiil prosper the efforts
of conplliatlop in the area outside
the law: Will cultivate and at some
time rijakej dominant the spirit of
reasonableness in dealing. with the
cpnflicts of interest without which
all peace plans are idle dreams."
He cited. the experience, of the
nations, which participated in the
Washington disarmament conf er
enceand added that, this nation's
development bf international law
(Oootinwad ' on PMT S
0BT1
FLAX
(Portland Commerce)
After a twenty-year discussion on the subject of the pro-
j i!;1J ft j ii.
auction, :Oi. iiax ana me manuiacture ,oi trie same into, nnen,
Oregon faces' the. request of the .Willamette valley to put the
industry ion a practicable working basis, or cease to talk about
- Tn the personnel of the sixty odd bankers and -business
men from the Willamette valley that visited the Chamber of
Commerce Thursday was the strongest and most enthusias
tic aggregation of supporters, of the flax r and linen industry
that the! state has ever seen. They are 'endeavoring to get
Portland equally enthusiastic. They insist that the industry,
when it; gained the mechanical pulling operation, that was tri
ed out last year with success, surmounted the last economic
barrier of afvery difficult order, and has been brought within
commercial reach. ' ? I ' -
. Headed by such men as T. B. Kay, a lifelong textile man
ufacturer who is intensely enthusiastic, and the hard headed
banking fraternity of the Willamette valley towns, this group
argued that Oregon should take a positive; and a definite step
forwards They asked Portland to cooperate. .
The Chamber of Commerce, will endeavor; to enlist the
business! men .of . this community in a careful, thorough analy
sis of the entire situation and render all riossible help
Portland Commerce, from the current issue of which the
above is ; taken, is the newqrgaa.of the Portland. Chamber. of
Conimerce-f-5' ;
' So that is official. ' :
v Portland is exoected to do
By Monday, Salem is to
crn etrniirhf Hnwn triA linA fa
i And it will be the biggest thing that ever happened to
Viio ? onA Yia cnrrnTinrli n rfmntrV: - i i ?
I0P1I
i RESTORE
VALUE
France to Institute System
! in Hope1 of Placing Mbrie
x ; tary ' System on Firmer
Basis in Markets
CAILLAUX TO RELY. ON
i NEW PLAN FOR CREDIT
Millionairei . and Poor, to be
Placed on Equal Footing
In System
PARIS, April 13. (By The As
sociated Press. )-U:M. Caillaux's
fundamental! remedy to restore the
French treasury Is an Increased
income tax, bringing France up to
the level of the' American and
British rati A and ruthlessly, col
lected from rich land poor alike.
The new finance i minister served
notice on parliament today of this
intention. if
I Osdit Is Aim
His annoui cement came inciden
tally when the question .of voting
provisional credits to carry on the
public , business of France during
May and June was under discus
sion. M. Caillanx; put this meas
ure through the chamber in, a few
hours. It brovides ..for credits
amounting. to j 6,969,377.286
francs. Of this amount.l01,5o7,;
674 francs 1$ for the maintenance
of . the French occupation' troops,
j ' Maintaining the imperturable
calm. which characterized his reap
pearance, In French public life, M.
Caillaux attended . the : sittings of
both senate land chamber. It just
was five years ago today, that Call
laux heard Himself, sentenced - to
(Oonttonad en psg a.).
,total of 6257 to . Complete
i WorK I his bpnng; Rose-
I burg Leads State
C
There are
approximately 600
more girls than boys to graduate
in the Oregon high schools this
year according to figures complied
by J. A. Churchill, state super
interdent of schools. The total
enrollment ' for high ' school grad
uates this year is 5257, of which
2264 are boys and 2993 are girls.
; Roseburg leads all the A high
schools of : the state in the- per
centage of fcoys to girls, there be
ing 63 i percent of the graduates
boys this year.' Measurements
used by thei Russell Sage founda
tion in determining the efficiency
bf a high school is the percentage
of boys to . girls. Superintendent
Churchill said , Thursday. . " ;:
js Under- this measurement the
schools ranking next, in the ' per
centage of boys enrolled, in the
senior, class are Corvallis, 55 per
cent; Pendleton, 64; Dallas, 52;
Ashland and . Klamath Falls, 51
percent-each. i.j
a ii. ' 1 j.
-- V r . -
her rart. and will not. fail.
pass the $200,000 mark, and then
the clnriniis finish
Extremes in Weaither
Break Recbrds; East
! Swelters, West Cold
CHICAGO. April 23. (By The
Associated Press.) Middle west
states sweltered in record break
ing heat for April today while
Montana' was digging Itself out of
ajj record breaking "spring snow
storm. ' ' "
At the same time sections of
South Dakota 'and Nebraska were
heavily damaged by a severe wind
and rain storm' while parts of Tex
as was praying ; for rain to help
the cotton crop. j
Almost every. variety of weather
catalogued by ther weather bureau
was found today in some section
of the country much of it unseas
onable' for that section. i
The soaring mercury broke heat
records for April 23 at Chicago.
where it went to .86 at 4. p. m., and
at Milwaukee where it reached 84.
Danville, 111., reported, an. official
reading of ,9 i.' Twij heat prostra-"
tiona were reported from Milwau
kee, while St Paul, which report
ed 80. degree temperature at noon
alsp reported .two. deaths in Hen
nepin county, attributed, to the
heat, , .:. .
Largest Amount Yet is Turn-
' ed in Yesterday, by .s
Workers
Workers on the subscription
fund of. the. proposed, new linen
mill ; here .to cost. S 6 40,0 00 went
the strongest yesterday and turn
ed in the largest amount in the
history of tbp move,' A total of
22,9 00 was ' reported. Thursday
noon for.,- the past' twenty-four
hours work. " "
f The total of - 175,130 is now
pledged: to ... the": workers towards
the $300,000 quota for Salem.
Never before has sucn an optim
istic feeling been shown, and It Is
expected, the $200,000 mark will
be reached . by the next - meeting
Monday noon. ".- . . " )
( Workers,: are going over the
field . and interviewing prospects
who wanted : to think , the matter
Over, and the. reports made to T.
M. Hicks,, president, of the Cham
ber of Commerce, who presided
at the. meeting, are encouraging.
Each. member of .the different
committees was called upon for a
report of the prospects he had in
mind and the number of calls he
planned to make before the next
meeting.' It is eaf e to say that the
$200,000 mark will be "reached.
Jehn K. McNary expressed an
optomistic viewpoint when he
stated,' the' project is going along
as fine as could be expected. Sa
lem people do not act qqickly on
a matter of this kind, but want
time to think the matter over be
fore acting. I feel satisfied., that
the next three weeks will find the
project finished, j TT t i
: L.t.-Col. W. B. Bartram felt. as
sured that , when the Salem 'quota
was filled the; project would be
met with a ' friendly spirit, be
cause Portland was waiting to see
(Continued On pf 2) ' ',
FUfiD DRIVE IS
REACHING WK
Last. Installment: of Answers by '-
Murdock Given in Statesman Today
'"Eminent White -Mahat ma.' Completes Engagement In Salemt
( v Bondreds of People Astounded by I'sycjiic Phenomena.
Salem wijl bear witness to the
fact that Thursday of the current
week.;wae the one" day, when the
female of the species came into
its, (or her) own. This most. cer
tainl was evidenced, as, many
eye-witnesses will attest; by , the
crowds which besieged ,the Bligh.
theater at the matinee ' ci,yen for
ladies only by Murdock, "the Emi
nent White Mahatma' " Long be
fore the doors were opened, the
crowd began to collect, and quite
some time before the performance
began the box office , was closed
and several, admissions refunded
to those who" could not find stand
ing room. JA rough estimate by
Manager Prank Bligh and - Miss
Serenae Ferguson, cashier, was
that in the, neighborhood oj 200
ladies were turned away. , ;
f Males. were not only very much
out of place, strictly de trop, but
just naturally excluded during, the
myrtle's afternoon-performance.
And it was. well, for had one of
the sterner : sex, so labeled, even
so much as projected the tip ot
his . proboscis Into the sanctified
realm ..of ., the. , "poweresses. that
were" during Murdock'a answers
l I2illl3t2 gerieg J Ij dubtfil
Nebraska and South Dakota
each reported heavy damage last
night and early today from a !vio
lent wind and jj rainstorm followed
by a steadily rising temperature,
which, at Omaha, reached 89 de-j
grees." At Houston prayers were
being offered for rain for.the cot
ton crop, while In the western part
of the state .i. was raining v j ,.
I Indiana and southern Michigan
each were in the grip of the hot
wave, Indianapolis reporting a
temperature of. 8S degrees and
southern Michigan - temperatures
ranging from? 87- to , 89 degrees.
Through most of the unseasonably
warm weatheif areas storms were
expected tonight with cooler weatb.
er tomorrow.
Butte. Mon
sent .word to
the
sweltering people In the middle
western states that it was blanket
ed tonight with 17 inches of "snow
which has patly paralyzed trans
portation, telephone and telegraph
facilities in the city and surround-
Ing territory;
SMUGGLING OF
ARGED
Russians Believed to Have
Sent Explosives, lato
Sofia District
SOFIA, Bulgaria, April. 23.
(By the Associated Press.) -Trav
elers returning from the provinces
report quiet ? throughout Bulgaria
but at Black sea ports numerous
discoveries of dangerous explos
ives have been maae. ine ex
plosives are believed to have been
Imported from Russia, i'tU!
i A careful ; watch is being kept
along the Bulgarian coast by mo
tor boats and!! seaplanes as further
attempts to . land arms apd
nitions are feared. 1 I ""
mu-
; The allied; ambassadors having
granted ? Bulgaria permission to
increase her. army, the enlistment
pf soldiers is being carried on
(OontiBnad on pag S)
POSTAL ! SERVICE
PW EXTEfiSIO'l
Two More
Telesraph Lines
From Portland nd.Une.
From Eugene Added j
Two ! additional telegraph pines
from Portland to Salem and new
line to Eugejjie from this city aire
to be installed to j the j already
capacity lines of the! Postal Telegraph-Cable
- company, according
to the announcement made j yes
terday by T. C. Waters, local man
ager... .) .T' ,- ''!;.'; U-,:.!. uy. Mi.
He states that this is a part of
an extensive program In which his
companyxhas recently laid t the
world's greatest cable, extending
(Cootiantd on 6) :
-U ;
if even the phyebic marvel himself
could' have , foretold what might
have happened the intruder. No,
we were not present, being the
opposite to ;the so-called "weaker
sex," but gleaned out Information
from , the lady reporter who tells
us that it "sure was some after
noon." V ... jU '' '. ' I
Murdock completed his engage
ment at the Bligh last night and
leaves this Morning for Albany,
where he will remain for eight
days. Should he return to Salem
one does not have to be possessed
Of his far-famed gift of prophecy
to presage jl capacity . houtjes for
mm. . j i i ' j
, - Here are the questions . and
Murdock'a answers, which, will, be
the last to appear in The Oregon
Statesman until he Returns, .pre
ceded by a letter from the mystic
' "Dear' Sir. With my perform
ance" Thursday night I concluded
almost. wonderful engagement In
Salem and I beg to extend my sin
cere thanks to you and ypur staff
f or . the - excellent cooperation you
have given- me In publishing each
day a limited number of questions
0BEG0I! J0.IS
flFTEfl TRAVEL
Southern Oregon Highway
man Placed in Celt. Last
Wight; Married in Ohio as
Albert. E.ElIis
PRISONER ADORNED WITH
HEAVY WON EQUIPMENT
j' ;; r i ;
Oregon. Boot, Shackles zni
Handcuffs Eliminate Pos
sibility of Escape
''Oregon" Jonea .was placed in
cell, at the penitentiary at 9
'clock, following- nearly 13
months of freedom after his dar
ing daylight escape with five other
convicts the morning of March
28, 1924. During his absence
from the prison he has traveled
in many states, including Maine,
Florida and Cuisa. Jones remain
ed; only one month la southern
Oregon following his escape, he
said, hiding in the iSbkiyous about
37 miles from Granta.rasa. -i
.iieavjiy .snackiea , ana teinerea
to Deputy Warden J. V. Lille,
Jone3 .was , taken from the Shasta .
Limited.. An ."Oregon boot" was
attached to one ankle while both
feet were hobbled with a short
heavy chain. A. pair of handcuffs
completed the equipment. Ko
trouble was had between Sacra
mento and Salem, Deputy. Warden
Lillie said. ; -ii
Ii i ; Married In (leveland
Jones had with him a marriage
certificate showing -that under the
name of Albert E. EUIs he was
marred to Helen Hensby In Cleve
land, Ohio; August 7, 1924, about
five months after his escape. lie
remained- in Cleveland for several
months,, working as a truck driver.
He' had a letter of recommenda
tion, written j by himself and
signed by an official of the com
pany which employed him, certify
ing to his Integrity for a period of.
14 months, from October, 8. 19 23,
to December 24, 1924. while ht
was in the Oregon prison and dur
ing his absence. ' ,
' Upon returning to the coast
Jones and. another ex-convict by
the name of Edward3, stole an
automobile and drove as far north
as Roseburg on April 2. this year.
Returning to Sacramento the twp
men attempted. to dispose of some
of ; the accessories and were ar
rested. Jones and Edwards
"matched" td see who would take
the blame and Edwards lost. Ed
wards pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to serve 60 days for
petit larceny : while Jones was
given. 30"days for being In bad
company,", Jones said the Judge
remarked. : ...
Destroys Telltale Prints
j While being finger-printed Jones
watched his opportunity and rn
moved the ; paper j continlns nis
iorlnti. substituting :, another j r-t
and signing them. with the nana
he was using Albert E.
Tha nrlnta that, would identify
him were torn up and placed in
a waste paper .basket, he sail. i a
krhmiitiii fnr Jnnes. one tell
tale print was found and from this
his record; was, learned tnrousra
the California state bureau of
Identification. He had served but
two. weeks of his sentence when
his true identity was learned and
the Oregon authorities notified.
, Jones was quite genial upon his
return, pleasantly greeting War-
(Continned on Pg 6)
THURSDAY
ilRWASHINGTOn
Operation of the packers' con
sent decree was ordered suspend
ed by the district Bupreme court.
Former Secretary Hughes and
other notables address the Ameri
can society of international law.
"... " " " . "
Hearings on the Nickel riata
before; the interstate conacrca
commission. .
'
General Pershing delivered the
principal address on a Fan.Am
erican program broadcast fron a
local station.
The navy department announc
ed department of anti-aircraft ar
mameot and oida puLlic data ca
recent tests.
. ; ;
The order of dismissal . c-T ra
ciflc Mail company's ir.jur.ct; .
Suit wa3 eifcScd by Jurt!r i:;;:
In he dbtrjci sc?vcu:e f. . ",