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SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug. 11.
(Br Thet Associated Press).
ju uuuaiioo was given uera iu-
day by Secretary Weeks after a
conference with President Cool-
Idge that he might not return to
Ills post in the fall.
Learlng his residence alone fori
the first ' time since early . In , the '
spring, the war secretary con
ferred for a half hour with the
president. Ue described the Tlsltjdatory on Justice Small ustaia
as sodaL r ' . I (the demurrer.'! The case came up
Mr." Weeks skid his return to
Washlngton depended consider
ably upon his complete recovery
of health. Although looking well,
he still is under physician's care.
vAs a result of . the serious 111-
ness of the secretary and the
probability jot his retirement, sev-
'as a possible successor. Including
Charles D. Ililles, rcriubliean na
tlonal committeeman from New
Vork. and Dwieht Daris of Mis.
souri, now acting secretary. ' , J
Mr. Coolidge delved into the far
eastern situation at a luncheon (
conference with Charles R. Crane. 1
former ' minister to China. He j
considers affairs in China a real
problem and the necessity of. nanl
Ing an ambassador to Japan also
Is giving him considerable study,
Mr. Crane said this government is
In a positidn for leadership In I
solving the far eastern difficulties.
' The name of William C. Boyden j
af Chicago and William Bullitt fiaajr night.
"Louisville, both lawyers, are' uh-i
derstood to be under consideration I
for appointment "to Tokro. " I
- -Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge wilt leave
White Court Thursday or Triday "ana on the bankand led offic
to spend the week end with CoL ials to believe that he, had been
John Coolidge; father of thepresi- frowned." Late into fhe aight of
dent, at Plymouth. Vermont. They Wcials, aided by some 30 boys from
will return here early next week, the school, dragged the 'creek for
i The president" will kola himself hIs body and it was not until Sat
in readiness thereafter to depart uriay night when part of his be
for Washington at anv time- ai- ?ongings were: found in the brush
though he has hot made any'defi-j
nite plans so far for returning to I
; the capitoL
.-CO-EDS MEET, RESTRAINT
LIST OF MDONTS" PUBLISHED
ON BERKELEY ; CA5IPUS
' BERKELEY, Cal., ' Aug. -1 1.
(By Associated Press.) The 1000
op more women freshmen expected I
to enroll in the University of Call-1
fornia this week, besides return-ingxo-eds,
will soon learn that the
women's executive committee has
ocen active during, the summer
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in outlining a campaign to, pro-1
mote intellectual pursuits rather
than frivolities, the committee let
it.be known today that it will not
tolerate,
! Coming home from dances after
1 o'clock ' '"
EntertaiMne -mascuiinft - friends.
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Jlose rolled helow the knee:
TVv
v vmwb who 4itiw w , waw
lipstick, i J '
All extremes in dress and con
duct, i
Indulgence in cigarettes. -;
Petting parties.'
j Drinking intoxicants. ,
; Notice will , be served " on all
women students that violations of
tho code will mean trial before
the women's eommltUe.
WOULD INCREASE TAX
WASinNGTON 'IS ASKED TO
I R.V1SE STATE TAX ON GAS
I .SEATTLE. Aug.'. 11. (By As
sociated Tress.i Speakers v at a
meeting here today of the -King
County legislative delegation dis
cussing, plans for annexing of
Stevens .Pass "nignway in the Cascade-
mountains to the state roads
program urged an increase tax
from 2. to 3 cents a gallon on gas
oline in Washington.
StcwartJ Johnson, 'chairman of
the Chelan county commissioners
i said Mihe state is biz enouxh now
to support to ortcven the high-1
ways across . the highways. It
j should adopt not only the Stevens
Pas but also, "the, Naches Pass
highway to the south. An Increase
of the tax on gasoline to. 3 cents
. would ' rateo tha money for this
purpose; M - ; ; , : ;X
. Edgar Wright of Thurston coun
,t, "organized a state roalletwcE.'n
Harper and Grays Harbor.
BERRY VENDOR Kl COURT
rOKJI "VIT1I RULING
Thr !a n law In Drpsrflrn that
proT,de8 at Btrawberrie8 be sold
to the public. T in standard size
boxes. But that law " does , cot
state that the boxes must be full
when sold. This was the grounds
on which a demurrer was issued
in the complaint against JL T.
TerriU. . : staligfl b
Brazier C. Small, lusUce oI the
peace. Terrill was charged with
"unlawfully j selling j f produce
(strawberries) j la less : than the
quantity represented.' A'demur
rer was filed, declaring t bat the
fruit ' had been sold in standard
size boxes and that was alf that
was required by the law. ;
Under-the statute, it man-
la the Justice court yesterday att-
ernoon.
RUNAWAY BOY RETURNS;
In famished condition
, OF "OttAP OI1MAX
Eapeheaded n1 Barefooted SUte
a. raining bcuool ia& Oives
Up Freedom
VBoreheaded. barefooted and
nearly exhausted from lack of
food, Howard f Ohman," Inmate of
the state training school for boys.
Bare up his fight ; for freedom
Monday night and voluntarily re-
turned to the state school shortly
after 1 o'clock Tuesday morning.
H9 had obtained no food-except
berries and little f rait taken
r6la orchards since his escape
Ohmsa disappeared Friday eve-
nInS from 'a group of 22 boys who
were wimmins- In the creek be
lowi lheschook" Hisrlot'sis; was
Pome distance from the school did
o''11 finally determine that he
had run away.
&rZZ$rtt&&
a letter to his mother, narrating
with pathetic boyish earnestness
how 1 lonesomenes3 "had compelled
him. against his will, to "break
rules,"; but promising his mother
that he would never again attempt
to ' escape. ' : ; ...
The period of his freedom was
spent chiefly in the brush south
of the city. The tattered shirt and
pair, of old trousers which ho wore
tied on to his body with rope when
he returned were found on . the
yesterday. He had. gone as - far
las Jefferson when weariness and
I calmer deliberation influenced his
return to the school. He had not
broken into, any homes and had
nt tolen anything on - his trip,
be told officials. Ills destination
en his home in Bandon.
I The loss of his honor credits for
fels month will be his only pun
ishment. Superintendent Gilbert
declared yesterday. - Qhman was
I tent to the schoo) from Bandon.
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POTATOES UNDER : BAN
CROP . WILL ; RK , PROTECTED
FROM COLORADO BUG
, A protective quarantine against
potatoes shipped7 - into this state
eral - counties In Oregon win: be
levied within-the next two weeks
as a protection against I m porta
tin into the Willamette valley of
the . Colorado potato bug, it- was
announced yesteriay by C. 'A
Parks, quarantine" orricer of the
state board ot horticulture. .What
Oregon. counties will" be Included
In the restricted district "was not
announced
S The quarantine will require that
all shipments of potatoes from the
restricted areas be certified by, a
state inspector . indicating that
they have been run over a Silting
"rfen- waree -from the beetles.
and have been " packed In new
acks.;-' . . ; w - -
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state board Ijasf been requested to
levy- the quarantine against the
counties of Malheur-Umatilla,
Wollowa, and. Morrow. Announce
ment ol the, quarantine awaits the
approval - of Governor, pierce who
has been absent from the cUy on
k trip to eastern Oregon. Tbo gov
ernor will return today.
FARi.lERS DECREASING
ACREAGEREPORT SpS
KEDUCTIOX OF OVER, A MHj
WON ACRES IS NOTED " '
Over 25
Million Acres of Land
Now in Idleness In Soathi
and West " ' ' ' .:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (By
Associated Press. )--Survey by the
department of agriculture showed
that the , number of fams.in'the
United-Stat as decreased 1,200,000
acres, or. lone-third, of; one per
cent. -: -; . t -
. "The idle " acreagef exclusive of
summer (allow was estimated' at
2 5,0 0 0,0 0 acres. : Enormous acres
of Mle land were reported in the
southern states, Michigan". Wis
consin, Montana, Washington and
Oregon,, reports from. 14 states,
each averaging a million acres. "
v.The ..largest , acreage of i new
Tand brought into cultivation was
In the dry farming areas of the
great plains and was estimated at
1,000,000 acres. :
A" large part of the area aban
doned 'for. cultivation was turned
into pasturage,, indicating increas
ed livestock raising. Pasturage
Increased, in - eastern Washington
and California. .The decrease in
the number of farms is believed by
tha department to he -Sue, partly
to consolidations. , It was general
in southeastern Idaho and eastern
Washington'. ; I v '" '
The . decrease in crop "acreage
was reported greatest in western
Georgia, southeastern Alabama,
southern . Mississippi, i western
Maryland,' Pennsylvania,' southern
New York,. Michigan, southern Il
linois, -western Kentucky, 1 Mis
souri, eastern Oregon and tfrasa
lngton. ; ': . ' 1 :. .. t
Increases in crop: acreage were
reported through the great plains
region from - Montana td eastern
New1 Mexico and . in Texas, Utah,
PLANE DIVES'! IN RIVER
PILOT ESCAPES i SERIOUS IN-
URY IN 10O FOOT FALL i
WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 11.
Captain : D. A. Difiori, Spokane
aviator! narrowly escaped, death
late Monday ( When the plane he
was piloting crashed Into the Mis
soula iver near Rivulet, Mont
Difiori extricated himself from the
wreckage a dnmade his way safely
to the I shore. His injuries are
slight. Engine trouble caused the
plane to nose dive 100 , feet to
earth.-! He was hauling water pipe
to the Independence Placer "com
pany in the " Clearwater ' district,
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BRAf.lVELLv FILES RETU1
PAPERS ATTACK POSITION C?
LOCAL PUBLISHER
Prank : C.', Bramwell. state s'a-
perintendent of banks,' has file 1
returns and" a demurrer to tte
alternative vwrit of , mandamus ia
the ' circuit court, in the case . of
the ' State of Oregon in the rela
tion of George Putnasv demand
ing, -the' return of state banking
headquarters' to Salem. . The 'pa
pers -were filed yesterday, j -' -
;.- In'-ithe: demurrer, BramweC's
attorney .declares that the relator.
George Putnam, is without legal
capacity to maintain, the proceed-i
ings and. that there is another acT
tiont pending between the same
parties for the same cause.1 It Is
also declared - that the writ of
mandamus does not state or con
tain facts sufficient to constitute
a cause of action against Bram
well, or entitle the relator, td re
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: The case was started some time
ago when i Bramwell moved - the
banking headquarters from, the
Salem office to, Portland. ; It' is
declared by Putnam that the
move i was ' entirely unauthorized
and that it was done merely to
accommodate the superintendent.
. The action has been carried on for
a number of months, and a short
time ago resulted in the assess
ment of a- fine of S50 arainst
Bramwell when he was charged
with contempt' of court in that he
did not appear, in court to show
reason why he, filed a motion for
change of venue and a declaration
that udge L. H. McMahan was
prejudiced, against him. '
The case ; has been f appealed
fromv the" circuit to the supreme
court,t " -v
LIBERALS DEFEATED-'
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(By 'Associated Press. )4-The lib
eral . government" of New f Bruns
wick, headed by P. J. Venicot went
down to defeat In the provincial
elections - today at - the : hands of
tha conservatives, led by-Hon. J.
B." M. Baxter in a repetition of
the landslide of June 25, when
the - Nova Scotia liberal govern
ment was swept out of power,
SMOKE ? HINDERS r SHIPPING
SEATTLE. Aug. 10. (By As
6ociated - Press.) Smoke from
hundreds' of forest and brush
f ires near here today made navi
gation difficult, the maximum via
ibility i on .lakes and Puget .Sound
being ! 200 yards. No blazes of
major; importance were . reported
in King county. -
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YEOMEN STATE FIELD
WORKERS MEET HERE
FORTT REPRESENTATIVES, TO
GATHER THIS WEEK
Foar Large - Joint Meet logs Are
i Being. Planned; Session to-.
-End" Saturday
'More than 40 representatives of
the field department of the Broth
erhood of American Yeomen of
the state of Oregon will gather
la Salem next Friday4 and Satur
day, Including the state officers
and other active 'members' of the
order throughout the state. Fri
day, afternoon and evening will be
devoted to registering and mak
ing preparations for the main
meeting of the ' convention that
convenes Saturday morning" at. 8
o'clock in the fraternal hall. State
Manager J. H. EjellHjf Portland
will preside at the meeting. .
t One of the special features at
the meeting will be to unite the
entire field force of the state and
state officers of. the society in a
state-wide membership " campaign,
the outcome of which will be a
visit to the entire Oregon force
to the homecoming conclave next
spring to Elgin. I1L, , where the
Yeomen's $5,000,000 children's
school home has recently been es
tablished. Plans are already be
ing worked out for . the Oregon
delegation to make the trip in an
auto caravan. In addition to this
trip, plans will be perfected for
four large joint . meetings in . the
state this tall, where large class
adoptions of new members will be
admitted into the order, and also
the conferring of the Rhadaman
thfis degree of the society on more
than 150, candidates now waiting
for this. supreme degree. x
Satsrdy night the state off 1
cenC'.ffelfl workers and many
other merabers from all parts of
the st ate. .Will, raetf wjth... Salem,
loa&a in ciass meiisg, mo uo
gree staff) of Sllverton exempli
fying the degree work, .assisted by
the Salem guard team.
Uliiaa' representatives irom
Salem will be C. E. Albln. state
master of accounts tor the society,
and A. L. Bones, district mana
ger. . '
SAAR TO HAVE NEW STAMP
BERLIN A- new postal stamp
with ' the picture of the Virgin
Mary will be' issued in the Saar
district, the Catholic Germanla re
ports. The engraving will be
reproduction of the famous paint
in the chapel of Bliescastel on the
Saar. ' ; ' i ' "
Similar stamps previously have
been issued on different occasions
by Bavaria, ' Hungary and ' ' the
Duchy of Lichtensteln.
LIKE RAIN!
Willi '
andiireeii Jokds Are
Lute Savage, Guard,' Seriously Wounded; Tom Murray, ELUwcrlh
Kelly and A. S. VVjUlos Force Auto Driver to Take Them to Polk
County; Posse of Sjevefal Hundred Men Are on Trail ,
LABOR COUNCIL . MEETS
DELEGATES TO STATE FEDER
ATION AUTHORIZED
The Salem Trades and Labor
council , is sending James Turner,
president, and S. B. Davidson,
business agent, as delegates to the
State Federation of , Labor In
Marshfield August 24. The mat
ter of financing the delegates oc
cupied much time 'at the labor
meeting last night. C. W. Brant
was elected trustee to succeed Roy
Blodgett, who recently moved to
Bend. Several of the local unions
reportde that they were senditg
one or two delegates to the Marsh-
field me -ting. j
Dr. John E. Long, chiropractor,
appeared before the council to ob
tain support of organized labor
looking toward a change In tpe
law that will permit men coming
under the workmen's compensa
tion act to go to a chiropractor if
they desire and not be compelled
to seek the services of a member
of the medical fraternity. Dr.
Long stated that. bills sent to the
ttatelnrlustrlal accident comrqls
6lon - lor' " tttot vices rendered' by a
member of the drugless healing
fraternity were not being recog
nized . and the workmen were
forced to pay for treatment where
as bills' Tendered by the medical
men were allowed. . i!
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CHERRY ASSOCIATION li
POOL RETURNS MADE
GROWERS RECEIVE 11 CENTS
POUND FOR RFLIT !
Marion Braad Products Command
Higher Prices Than Others'
l' I-
Through East
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Market returns received by the
Salem Black Cherry Growers' as
sociation indicate that the grow
era will this year receive slightly
more than 11 cents per pound, for
the fruit packed by the associa
tkn. -it was announced yesterday
by O. E. Brooks, manager. The
association price is from 1 tol
cents more than was paid by fruit
brokers during the season .
Marion brand cherries packed by
the association brought from' 30
cents to a dollar more on the east
crn markets than any other cars
In competition with the local cars
from any district.' The only ex
ceptlon to the consistently higher
prices received by the association
was a car shipped from 'Hood
River with the cherries faced in
the boxes While none of the asso
ciation cherries were so faced. ;
In one combination car carry
ing partly Marlon brand cherries
of the association and other tars
of a competitor, the Marion brand
brought 70 cents higher than the
others. In one of the cars ahlpped.
74 boxes were stolen en route and
in another shipment a few; boxes
were missing when. the fruit, ar
rived at Its destination. These
constitute outstanding claims jln
favor of the association and when
these are collected there wlll .be
tu'nre money for distribution to the
groyers above the 11 cents.- j
Of the seven cars shipped by
the association two were ssnt to
New i York; one went to Boston;
lnoo Pittsburgh, and two-'to
Chicago. Fix cars of Lamberts
were sent out and one of Rings.
About. ISO ton were packed in alL
In addition, to the yield of the
association members tho pool also
packed several lots for, outside
growers, charging them a 7& jer
cent commission. !
SllHTIXG HOARD WANTED !
SEATTLE. Aug. 11. A meeting
i In FortUnd Fri.lar.to organize a
or boird for tiic AniTkan Hail-
way a'ciaUoa was iinaouaccl
i here today.
: ;tlan Prison
In a concentrated riot at the Oregon sUte prison this
evening, James M. Holman and J. Sweeney, two guards, were
shot to death and (Oregon) "Bert Jones, notorious prison
breaker and highwayman was killed. Lute Savage, another ,
guard was shot and seriously wounded. Three other men are
known to have gained liberty in a dash over the walls in a
hail of bullets from the rifles of guards. The three men who .
have escaped are Tom Murray, Elsworth Kelley and James
Willos. They commandeered an automobile and at the point
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of revolvers forced the drive to take them across the bridge
and into Polk county. A posse of several hundred guards
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and citizens are on their trail..
Prearranged plans were carried into effect at 5:55 o'clock
when a break was made for the
w -
secured. Oregon Jones led the
had killed the two guards..
The quartette worked in
noon, going to "their cell at
when theother convicts went
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in one cell, none of them being locked during the dinner
hour, they cut a hole through
lowered themselves over the
Warden Dalrymple, who
back to the office for some
them up, saw Murray in the
key's office, but was cut off by
who entered from the south
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with knives fashioned from files.
No guns are Mept to the office.
and Warden Dalrymple dashed for
his home, obtaining a double-
barreled shotgun, opening lira as
the men came over the wall. One
is believed to have been shot with
buckshot. .
Entering the turnkey's office,
the convicts overpowered James
Nesmith, turnkey battering him
severely. Here they obtained four
rifles and several revolvers. "
Going Into the yard the convicts
opened tire upon the north tower,
killing Holman and Sweeney.
Jones" was killed while coming
off -the wall on the outside, be
lieved lo bar been shot oft the
wall' by John Davidson, another
guard. : .
After Jones dropped, one of the
escaping cnen was seen to hang
back, reluctant to follow the oth
ers. It Is thought he was the one
shot by the warden as he was seen
to waver. .
Proceeding to the state hospital
the convicts commandeered a yel
low taxi belonging to WOey.Zinn
and kidnapped an attendant from
the hospital named laets. They
proceeded across the Willamette
over the Marion-Polk county
bridge..
Shortly after 7 o'clock while
the bodies of the two guards were
being removed from Post No. 1,
the tower Just north of the main
entrance, the convicts in the north
wing staged a demonstration by
whistling, shouting and shaking
the bars of the ceils.
' Crowds gathered at tbe end of
State jtreet but wem kept at
distance. , Word of the riot srrrcad
rapidly and, within a short time
hunJrcd of persons had gathered
in' tbe -vicinity or the prinoa. '
AU thrf mn at liberty are
darr-rronr, !;, .-ij.- nrnl dp 1 fsr
in datb upon the gallows if they
fire ranjht. It Is believed they
will not be taken ali. Arnel
posses were eroj l-lv f v! Is crtty
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prison arsenal and guns were
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attack and was shot after he
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the yard as usual In the aftcr-
the supper hour but remaining
to the dining room. Crowded
the roof and using spliced ropes
front of the main building.
had gone to his dinner, came
letters, and just as he picked
yard. He dashed far the turn
two of the escaping .convicts
side. The convicts were arcd.
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Immediately and marshals la the
various towns notified. Word of
the escape was broadcasted from
the Oregonlan tower. with de
scriptions of the men.
Jones, Murray and Kelly were
members of the group of fits con
victs who went over the wsll la
a daring daylight escape Marci
:S. 1924.
Jones, the dead convict, was re
ceived from Josephine countr .
Jan. 20. 1922, to serve 20yWs
for assault and robbery following,
a aeries of highway robberies Jn
southern Oregon.
James Willos, alias Burns, was
received from Umatilla county
April 13. 1924, to sene evea
years for burgiarly. Us has prior
records la San Qneatia and the
Oklahoma, reformatory.
Torn Murray waa received froci
Lane county Dec. 31, 192?. to
serve 20 years for assault with a
dangerous weapon and larceny. l!j
has prior records in San Qoictln,
Nevada," Sacramento and ' Port
land. " '
' Ellsworth Kelly wa rf-Ivtd
from Josephiue county under 20
year sentence for aKV.ag a pr!.ion
er to escape, lie i rrciTf I
Jan. 20, 1923. Murray kt! KpI:
were Implicated in the Hor' sc?
bank robbery In 123.
Tracey and Merrill
..On Monday. June V, 1002, at V
a. m. orcorrVd th faxoai M rtV.l
Tracy break at tl:r f)r-., :,
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irunnl, Preu'k H. IVm II. S. !".. T.
Jow enil n. T. Tir'nnj,
i"in' ncd U.-ri v Ttnry. f :
rriirr at ttt'a ?;.:'c V
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