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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1925)
DID YOU KNOW THAT ' SALEM CANBE MADE THE WORLD SEEDiCENTER, BRINGING HERE IVIILUONS ANNUALLY mm ten i r I . " 1 SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAB SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS U LZ3 Tiro) IV J v j - . - 1 .. . ; - .v .... - - ! J i mm mm i Driver of Commandeered Automobile Released; Pos se Scouring District ATTENDANT ' IS I ROBBED Convicts Take $410- From C. V. i Ivitts; Taxi Driver Disrobed . and Tied; Escape Prom: ' ' ' Bonds Made 1 : Posses scouring Polk county lor Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and James Wlllos were recalled about 10 o'clock last night as fast as they could be reacnea ana ais- . I I patched for the Pratum district, J eight miles east of Salem, when I after Z. J. Zinn, taxi driver whose automobile had been comman deered by the escaped convicts , notified the prison that he and C. y V. Ivitts, former atendant at the I state hospital, had been fobbed i and tied up about two miles' from the school house at' : Pratum Neither had been harmed. Until this time the convicts were be wii7mI. J-. 'ihJujHrPnik Willamette over tnei Marion-Polk i lieved to have fled across the vo. ... r. . . .. K If, 1T "a Baa. tne aospitai stall yesieraay ana . had packed up his belongings ana . called the UxL When it arrlT piacea nis uBg.6e, . . three convicts came up. . Menap ing the driver and the passenger tilq meir guns, me ir.u yucu in. i ind ordered Zinn to "step on . me oraer was ODeyea. How the reporja came In tht me laxi neaaea across ine oriage b not known, but several people stated that they had eea .the taxi going west on the Salem-Dallas highway and that it was one of the fellow cab vehicles. The Zinn (Continaad on pag S) .DOPE RAID CUTS SUPPLY 1 ' " '! DRUGS NOW SCARCE SINCE , LID IS ' CLAMPED DOWN CHICAGO, Aug. 12. (By The Associated Press). Half a hun - dred narcotic addicts whose sup- ply.ot narcotics has been cut of f as the result of raids last Monday night in the Chinese quarter, to-i day applied at the federal building I Coeur D'Alene and Clearwater na for relief asking tp be Sent 'toltional forests Jn Idaho and west- state or federal Institutions fori cure. li ' ' The raids, conducted by federal officials .and the' police,; preceded the arrest of Colonel Gray Beach, narcotic chief here, and three of his agents who were Charged, with 'exchanging narcotics for stolen merchandise. 1 ; The narcotic addicts declared that conditions were '"terrible" since the raids,' telling federal of - ficials that some narcotics , had jumped from $35 to 1200 an ounce and stating .that they must navel relief. J . I Many of the addicts will be sent to county jails throughout - thel state. - NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB TRISOXER KAII GUILTY OF ATTACK, SHOT TO DEATH SCOBEY. Miss., Aug. 1. Sid ney Townes, negto. who was be ing held in connection with the deaths ot Jacob, McMullen, ' 65, .farmer, and Mrs. Mary Long. 70, was taken from Sheriff Will FroeV here late today by a mob of ap proximately 75, and shot to death. The negro was suffering from werimi.! Wound. ifHotH with a shotp.in h i m wtrMniipn 72.Hn the middle pi tne njgne ne turn v ymci u i iuu luau nuicu, vv v-u .ie was taken froralthci sheriff by the mob whose members shot him many times. t The mob is reported to have formed Bhnrtlv after the death of Mrs.' Long, which occurred thi afternoon during the ; funeral of Jacob McMullen. Townes, a giant in stature. quarreled with his wife and mir- sued her into thM MrMnlien farm house vesterdaT " nurlf th me. ire he is alleged to have attacked McMullen and Mrs. Long. Instant lK killing the aged man who wasUn artificial ailk factory in the a orother of Mrs. Long. - A. W- SEFTON IS DEAD; EhD COMES SUDDENLY PRINTER AN D t NEWSPAPER MAN CALLED BY DEATH' Complaint; That He Was Not Feel Well Is Followed by Sudden Death A. W. Seftbn died at his home. 535 North Nineteenth street, at shortly past 6 o'clock last evening. Death , came suddenly and unex pectedly. He, ; had been at The Statesman composing room, where he was employed as a printer, at shortly before; 6 o'clock. He was not feeling well, and after putting on a substitute to do his work for the. night, went home on his1 motorcycle. He put up his ma- chine and started into the house, waen- ne leu ax me iroat entrance and soon expired." ;'. ! Anthony Wtyne Sef ton -was 60 years old June 24. He had fol- lowed his trade of orinter In manvl - " - 1 newspaper offices throughout the country; lie was at one time em- j ployed in the government printing! office at Washington. He was a good printer, j He had also -worked on several newspapers as reporter and city and managing editor. He had been five and a half years In Salem, employed most of the time in The Statesman office, I He is survived by his wife and small son, Wayne Edward, aged 6.1 His mother is living in Los An-1 geles. his brother Fred at Yon-1 colla, Ore., and there is a brother -', - The body is at the TerwiUIger J tin narinra hnt thA timfi ZrTZ ' r-nV: ' W- t - Tt . h ' t'nanMni n.nn nf which e aa one of the oldest Uembers in the cduntry ja point i pt service. Mr. Sefton had .complained of . . f . fAW an(j nad consulted a physician, but I Ws 8udden taking off, In the very activities of life,! was a painful Uarprise to his friends and a gteat shock to his near; relatives, who may be, assured of the sympathy of the Salem public. r FIRE HAZARD REDUCED FAVORABLE WEATHER HELPS IN COMBATING BLAZE SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12.-- (By The Associated Press). Fav orable,, weather conditions lessened today the immediate forest' fire hazard" in the Pacific northwest and aided materially-in control measures. However, there is still imminent danger it the wind sbltU or warm weather returns. "Reports from the .Kaniksd, ern Montana showed the less serl- "lou&v The .Robe fire, the most serious in the Kaniksu reserve, has I been trenched on a 10 mile front- I aga and is expected to be under I control in three days. . The fires in the Clearwater and Coeur D'Alene forests are in un- 1 merchantable timber. In the Lolo forest under the I supervision of I the headquarters at 1 Missoula, Mont., the wind drov the fire beyond the control lines. The seventeen mile fire near Libby has been trenched on one side and great progress has been made in Us control: . a fire in the Cq)um,hia national forest in Washington is threaten ing 5,000 acres of replanted for f.l!IaI -J? S xaaima inoian reservation. SLUMBER IS DISTURBED PRACTICAL JOKER VISITS CAPITAL EXCHANGE Some practical joker dast" night disturbed-the honest Elumbers ot Henry Steinbock, proprietor of the Capital Exchange, 342 North Coin- tierciai. neanng a iieuv led In a hurnr-UD call to the police i I . L investigation ny raai jounsan. memDcr ot ae pome lcuuiu iir of the city council, rtveaiea mat scneone had tossea a gunny saca onoose fciass asainu ie uwr. Tuesday night,; according to Steinbock., someone - broke his front window and made away with I several pairs of shoes. Hearing breaking glass, he the-sound ot I eurmlsed that he had another vi3- Ror and notitied the ponce - ! , American interests have opened I Federal District of Mexico.; .Slight Shocks Felt Through out Entire State; No Dam age Reported TREMORS . CAUSE FEAR Hundred? of People Rush to Street When Buildings Ar Shak en; Gallatin Valley Rocked BOZEMAN, Mont., Aug. 12. (By The Associated Press) A slight earthquake shock was felt at Bozeman at 7:50 tonight.1 .v . .u ,v.l I I HHI II IN 1 1 .lit, I II V I r 1 1. LUB I . . . ' ... . . the cupboards. Electric lights swung on their hangings and I there were, other, visible signs of I the temblor. People rushed from their homes to the street and the! more nervous and j timldc i were afraid to return. Other parts of the Gallatin valley experienced slight earth movements about the I same time,' and at 2:30 o'clock this morning shocks were felt inl Manhattan, Logan and Three Forks. In the latter town plaster and at Stanfield, 805 cubic yards - , , . .v .,lcrv,i a irr nn some of the buildings and i there I were other evidences of the quake, fMannatuV Logan- atd Three rorks are the towns which were In the path of the earthquake of June 27, and where the greatest damage was done. ; School build- ings In the three towns were so damaged that a aUte-wlde cam- paign for funds to. repair them in time . tor tne iaii scnooi term is i now in progress. ' ; ! ; .GREAT FALLS, Mont, Aug 12 (By The Associated Press). A slight earthquake shock, was felt here tonight at 7:50, o'clock. The tremor did no damage and was not noticed by many persdns ia the city. INSPECTION TO! BE MADE BREMERTON, Wash., Aug. 12. Rear Admiral J. A. Hoogewerff of the Puget Sound navy yard, I 'announced, today that Assistant Secretary of the Navy T. D: Robin son, will visit Bremerton Sept. 18, on an inspection trip. HAVING THE GRANDEST TIME! WISH YOU WERE HERE!" MORE PAVING PLANNED FOR HIGHWAY PROGRAM BIDS COVERING 30 MILES TO BE OPENED SOON Construction Estimates on Three Bridges to be Considered in Portland Sealed bids will be received for approximately 30 miles of high way construction in Portland Aug ust 27 by the state highway com mission. " This includes the Sutton Lake- Florence section of the Roosevelt highway, 6.15 miles with 108,500 cubic yards of excavation in Lane county; Hereford-Mill Gulch sec tion of Baker-Unity hiKhwar. 12.45 miles of grading and 170, 000 cubic yards of excavation and 2.5 miles of crushed rock on the Eagle Creek-Emigrant Creek sec tion of the Baker-Cornucopia high- wy In Baker county; Bend-Lara Butte section of Thn Dallea-naH- ' w w fornia highway. 9.05 miles of I grading and 94,000 cubic yards j0f excavating in Deschutes county and the paving of approaches to Dairy Creek bridge, on the Tuala tin. Valley highway, in Washing ton county, .24, miles. Bridges over Hunters ; creek. (near Gold Beach, 465 cubic yards excavating and 80,000 pounds of metal reinforcement la Curry county; spanning Umatilla river at Echo, 1200 yards excavation and liu.ooo pounds of reinforcement stell, both in Umatilla county, are on the program. A rest room at Emigrant trail. 27 miles southeast of Pen- dleton, to be of log construction two stories and 40tby 50 feetl la Pwnnea, PRUNE PRICE ANNOUNCED sOUTHEkX GROWERS SIAKE SCIIEDTJEE OF PAYMENTS SAN JOSE. CaLAug. 12. The schedule ot first payments on the 1925 prune crop, payable to grow ers upon delivery; of their fruit, was announced tonight bv the California . Prune and Apricot Growers' association as follows:1 Sunsweet brand, cents per pound: Grade 20-30. 12; 30-40, 7; 40-50, 5; 50-fO. 5.; 60-70, 4; 70-80. 3i; 80-90, 3; 90-100, 2; 100-120, 1; 120-up, 1. : Equality brand: Grade 20-30.' 11 : 30-40, 7; 40-50," 5; 50-60, 4; "60-70, 4; 70-S0. 3U; 80-90. 2; 50-100, 2V4; 100-120, 1H: 120-up. IV. PRISON ESCAPE RECALLS TRACEY-MERRILL BREAK FIRST DEATHS RECORDED SINCE RIOT IN 1003 ! ! Desperate Prisoners Kill Three Guards in Break From Prison Walla . 1 The e8cap at the state prison !ast night is the first accompanied by violence since that of Harry ixacy ana David Merrill, which occurred the morning of June 9, 1902, when three guards Frank B. Ferrell, S. R. T. Jones and B. T. Tiffany, were wantonly slain. Tracy was 27: and serving 20 years and Merrill 31 and serving 13 years, both for assault and rob bery committed! In Multnomah county. i With 165 Inmates of the prison they started for work In the foun dry at 7 o'clock Farrell entered the room when the "two -convicts I suddenly appeared with rifles in their hands and in possession of iro.Tcrs. r rreu wu oi aeaa. Two other guards outside the door heard the shot and saw him fall. Frank Ingram, "a life-termer, at tempted to wrest the rifle from through the legj The other two guards were armed only . with clubs and gave the alarm. j ine two convicts snot through the window of the foundry killing Jones on Post 2.r. Tiffanr. who I - was on the wall, dropped to the ground In order to get a shot at the men. and failing in this went outside the wall." After the two (Continue4 n vf 6) EXTRA PROVES POPULAR 4c:(Hl fX)PrE OF- STATESMAN SOLD; BOY INJURED A special edition of The Oregon Statesman carrying a detailed ac- count of the, riot at the pen I ten- tiarr in which two Kuards and one convict were killed, was on the street snoniy alter 8 o ciocK last night. j Nearly every newsboy in the city was on jthe street and in a short time 2,000 copies had been sold, with more in demand. Ow- tog to tjie necessity ot printing the slogan section the demand for ad- ditional copies could not be filled. One newsboy was reported as being knocked .down and bruised The lad. according to reports, Was not seriously injured and was taken home In the machine. The accident, had not been reported to the hospital late last night. SPECIAL TRflFFJC OFFICES FIBED State and Commercial Held in Need of Protection During Rush -Hours FINANCES ARE LACKING Provision May be Made in City Budget of Next Year; Safety Zone Plan Said Impossible City officials and members ot the police committee and police department are unanimous in the I opinion that a special traffic Offl-j cer should be stationed at the! in- tersection of state and Commercial 8treet8 to direct trarf ic during rush houra and 8Uch 4Q off Jcer wUl stationed there as soon as finan ces of the traffic department per mit. Mayor John B. Glesy declared fact that the budget approp'rlaUon u Ptn emDlovment of extra man is the onlr obstacle to Immediate operation of the plan I an if . irri...i, v.l luia UK,.t-ui vauuu. w overcome before the first of the year an effort will be made at that time to have an appropria tion for this purpose incorporated in the new budget, he declared. - "I am fully aware ot the danger at that Intersection and am willing to do everything possible to secure proper traffic direction by a spe cial officer,"-the mayor salj.j- "If it can be done we will recognize the nollca department so that a man from the nresent force can be assigned to that Joh, but it seems doubtful if that will be nnsaihia hsotm. nil .r thai man are needed in their present tlons. I hava nersonallT InTestl- gated the situation st the Inter- RPrtinr. nd KoIIavo that thr la no question of the need of special traffic direction there.' cIt counciI made 8Q effort to BOme of tae conge5tion b provldIng .afety on con,. ' ilu. , tUm , put, motor Tehlcles "io paM standing street cars while ! they were receiving or discharging nas- sengers. This would have avoid ed part of the difficulty which now exists through the blocking of traffic by the street cars and the consequent traffic jams which often extend for a block In each direction. The council was forced to abandon the attempt, however. when an opinion of the state at- torney general held that, it waa In direct violation to a state law and S. Tf . . ;?.V T,r The state law of 1921 prohibited a motor vehicle from passing any street car on the right while It was receiving or discharging pas sengers. The opinion of the at- (Coatiaaa4 an paaa S) CQOLIDGE DESK CLEAR PRESIDENT SPENDS A- QUIET DAY AT BWAMFSCOTT SWAMPSCOTT, Mas.. Ai. 12. (By Associated Press.) Spend ing one of the quietest days since his arrival here just seven weeks ago. President Cool Id ge waa ablelhibited by the law. The only to clear up his desk considerably I solution yet found is for them to preparatory to his departure this week-end for his father's home at Pltmonth V! - I Michael Gallagher of Cleveland.! a bituminous operator, visited for a few minutes with the executive at White Court on his way south for a vacation. On leaving White Court Mr. Gallagher declined to discuss either the anthracite situ- ation or the charges of the United Mine Workers officials that some j bituminous operators are violating the Jacksonville arreement. lf rt.ll. a j - . r, UMMgnfr aaaro ne naa notl"'" "'r fierce in gOV discussed coal affairs with the president. - I h-j . t.alnr Ik. .-. r ernor General Wood of the Islands. Although he did not take up Phil Ippine questions in detail with the exeVutive. Mr. Fairchlld later de- dared strongly against the giving of independence to the Islands, i Dr. and Mrs. C.'W- Richardson of : Washington. were JunrVon gnests. --o rtefinj:' date In.i brpn Bet iior the presidents departure forMs regular law enforcement of Plymouth, but It is considered I likely he will leave on Friday. Two tarda and Oonuioi" ; Shot to Bsaffi Break; Threa Prisoners Esoana James Holman, John Oregon Jones, Convict, Are Dead; Murray, Ellsworth and Kelley Escape Two guards and one convict last night and two other guards wounded, one seriously, when four convicts (escaped from the state prison, three of whom are still at liberty, all armed and desperate men. The J. M. Hofcnan, guard; John Sweeney, guard; Oregon Jones, convict. Wounded: Lute Savaee. guard, shot beneath the heart. i James Nesmith, turnkey, and believed to have a broken jaw. h Escaped : Ellsworth Kelley; James wounded. HEAD-IN PARKING PLAN i I IS EFFECTIVE TUESDAY PADiTIXO OF WHITE MARKS - i MAY BE DELAYED Truck Drivers and Motorcyclist Raise Voices in Protest Against Change j ' The new city ordinance provid ing for head In parking in . the downtown district will go Into ef fect Tuesday, August 18. regard less of whether the white guide lines authorized by the ordinance have been painted on the streets by that time, it was announced posi-keS.terdayv by Mayr Jhn ' jnwiuciiauiucm Peen instructed to paint the lines I and the work will be done as soon I" Possible, but any delay in ae- compnsning mis wora wui not ei fect the starting date ot bead in parking here. i If the lines are not completed by Tuesday Rome leniency will be extended to motorl&ts in their cat culatlon ot the 45 degree angle required by the ordinance. It was said.1 but as soon as the white guides have been painted strict adherence to the provisions of the law will be required. ; Protest since the enactment ot the new parking regulations has come chiefly from truck drivers and motorcyclists who are faced with a difficult task in parking, according to the new restrictions, Motorcycles are equipped with 8tajlds on the rear wheel that " most lrnoosslble for tnem to park wlth thTfront wfleel nt th. n.K ma la sidecar attachment will be forced to push the heavy machines oat into the street as the motorcycles do not hare a reverse gear. The problem which confronts trock drlTcr ,B more difficult. tnaer tne ordinance they are per m it ted to park for a limited time backed in while loading or unload ing freight. If they back in ac cording to the old style of drawing up a few feet and then backing in I they rill take up the parking I space of several cars, which is pro- I ! (CaaUaaa par .) UUflVlU I btAKUH MAUc I i I MILITARY UNITS CALLED OUTj j .GOYERNOR7 RETURNS I ! . ! PORTLAND. Aug. 12. General mobilization of all state forces, except the militia, to assist la the 1 March for the convicts who ea- j caped tonight from the pen i ten ti I ary at Salem, waa ordered br Gov- .l Aa I-1. to mm ernor, in Portland to attend meeting, canceled all engagements; iirt.i.f,i,.'kll..-l.).4.... I i rt,..v . . I riTlawl waa t ho I nent on the fatal shooting ot the - 1 state's most famous recent eon- 'ct. Hell not give us any more trouble." I Giving the lmpreloa that the national guard would be railed out If the condition warranted, th.9 governor le bj:i;Tej mllitsry units would not be necessary, un- j 'Ida's could not adequately cope with the situation, Sweeney, Guards, and were killed about 6 o'clock Dead: badly beaten about the head Wfllos; Tom Murray, believed .The four men had been working In the prUon yard with other in mates and were sent to their cells about 5 o'clock. When the men went to snpper tha quartette re mained in the cell house and con gregated in one cclL cells being left unlocked until after sapper. Working with increditable speed the men cut through the top of the cell and gained the roof. Sev eral pieces of rope, carefully spliced, were ; utilized In the de scent from the root of the mala bo tiding to the yard In front. Warden A. M. DalrvmDle had . V. V4b&&V w uua HAIL-1 ing for dinner in order to get some letters ha had left on his desk. As he picked these up be saw Murray in the yard. Hla first thought was to see to the arsenal In the turnkey's office but hla en trance was Intercepted by two of the escaping convicts who entered from the south side of the build-- Ing. Finding himself cut off the warden rushed froni the office for his home to obtain a shotgun as no weapons are kept la the office. By doing so he thought to get tbo men when they attempted to leave tne prison yara. Upon obtaining rifles and re volvers from the arsenal alter beating James Nesmith, turnkey. the four convicts opened tire upon Sweeney and Holman on Post No. 1, the first tower north of the en trance to the prison. Shots were fired promiscuously, one striking Lute Savage beneath the heart as ne came toward the scene of bat tle. Holman was shot with a rifle in one leg and was killed by a shotgun tired at short range, tha charge tearing away a portion, of his arm that he had thrown up to protect hla face. That the range wu anon. - was eTiuem uvux lua wound, which, tore away a portion ot his face, striking him jost above' the Hps and between nose and eye., A portion of the wadding from the' shotgun stroll was removed from hla brain. ' . Sweeney was shot through the right eye, the bullet from a rifle striking while the eyelid was raised, leaving no mark upon his face. Savage was taken to the Salem hospital, where he was pronounced getting along as well as could be. expected late last night. Unless complications set in there is every reason to believe that he will re cover. Nesmith was removed to (CVatiased aa paga 4) ' STREETCAR RAILS OUT XOBTTI SODIER ROUTE PASS 1NO INTO HISTORY . Wltli all but a few remaining feet f rail removed Wednesday the Summer stre'car 1'rc ban passed Into history though traf fic will be partially obstructed un til the loose brick are. rem dtp d 1 - lmBd th ravl f tha fAtitof nf a I th tr wn'a,i rlfte Pce by the raiU and of I ' .w. 4 r..wuu ui the city the, firnt bit ot r month pavement that they hsTe known for th last few years. The entire street from Chercekcta to Market will be cleared of detris In day or two. 6ee-5l mctVi-art the citr touncll Granted ibVa'.rcctoar com- Mt urn eyiuy.S; oi tiT15J up - i"18 Sumner street bandociz: It at jteeati.