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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-
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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
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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
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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
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The body is at the TerwiUIger J
tin narinra hnt thA timfi
ZrTZ ' r-nV: ' W- t
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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
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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
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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-
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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 !
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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
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I IS EFFECTIVE TUESDAY
PADiTIXO OF WHITE MARKS
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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
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I MILITARY UNITS CALLED OUTj
j .GOYERNOR7 RETURNS
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! 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....
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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.