The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 15, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 15, 1925 '
PRICE FIVE CENTS
INGESTIGATION OF FATAL
PRISON ESCAPE IS MADE
1'S
ARCTIC EXPEDITION IS.
PRESIDENT NOW MAKING
GAS PRICE SLASHED
ELLINGS0N GIRL STATES
BOY KILLED HER MOTHER
P0SSES.HD 110
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PREPARING FOR' FLIGHT
VISIT WITH HIS FATHER
IS FELT SEVERELY
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FORMAL INQUEST IS STARTED
BY COUNTY CORONER
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR
COOLIDCE IS WELCOMED AT
JDDIY LA MARR ACCUSED BY
CONFESSED MATRICIDE -
l-TRST HOP NEXT MONTH .
BIRTHPLACE IN VERMONT
EDUCATOR'S
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TRIBUTE1 19 WRITTEN
Administration o f Agricultural
College Hectare Educational '
Circle Has Lost Great
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CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 14.-
News of the death , of President
Campbell of the University of Ore-
jn brought a deep sense or sor
row to the administration and
'staff of the .Oregon Agricultural
college. . Expressions of regret at
the loss of his services not only to
the jUniversitybut to the cause of
higher education In the state were
heard on every hand, for though
he was known to be ill his death
came as a distinct shock. j-'.
"We at the college feel a dis
tinct loss exceeded only at the in-
' stititlon that will remain a living
monument to his work as educator
and administrator," said W. J "A.
.. Jensen, executive secretary, j "I
know I speak for President Kerr
now convalescing in Seattle from
a serious- illness,! when I say that
he ield Dr. Campbell in great per
sonal esteem. As head of the Uni
versity of Oregon in the days
when It has grown from meager
beginnings to a great state center
of learning, Dr. Campbell showed
great wisdom for great and untir-
! Ing devotion. The success of the
university has been purchased at
the expense of the best years of a
life jot devotion to the cause of
, education in Oregon."
President Campbell, for 23 years
president of the University of Ore
gon,! died at his Home on the cam
pus I Friday morning i at 9:45
o'clock. - He had been failing
slowly for the past week, follow
ing a rally in which he had-so
improved as to be able to ride
about the city " in the university
invalid car. v-
1 Mrs. Campbell was nearly pros
trated with grief. For many
months she has kept to a faitu
that! her husband would recover.
Dr. Campbell's illness started in
the winter of 1923, as a case of
intestinal flu. Two years ago the
president arose from his sick, bed
to address the student body of the
university during a student union
drive,4 and following this some
'time later serious complications
set in. and he failed steadily, .
. Funeral arrangements have not
been made. 1
The story of the life of Dr.
Prince Lucian Campbell, president
of the University of Oregon,; is al
most a history- of higher educa
tionin Oregon for' the past 35
years. He was president of the
state normal school at Monmouth
from: 1890 to 1902, the institu
tion from which he took his de
gree before entering Harvard, and
for the past 23 years he has been
the chief executive of the Uni
versity of Oregon.
President Campbell came of a
long line of teachers and minis
ters, t He was born at Newmarket,
Mo.. Oct. 6, 18(51, the son of Rev.
Thomas ' Franklin Campbell and
Jane Eliza (Campbell) Campbell
His parents took him to Montana
when he was four years old, and
in the fall of 1869 he -came to
Oregon, his father having accept
ed the presidency of Christian col-
lege.j Monmouth, ; later the state
normal school. For the past 56
years President Campbell has lived
in Oregon, with the exception of a
PAY CHECKS ARE UNSEEN
NEARLY HALF OF CITY EM
PM)YEES OWE TO BROKERS
:
SEATTLE, Aug. 14. A check
of City Comptroller Carroll's of
flee here today disclosed that more
than 2,000 city employees out of
approximately 5,000 never see
their ( bi-monthly warrants. In1
stead, agents of loan concerns go
to the comptroller's office - pay
days,; and collect the warrants of
employees who owe . their com
panies money. The city em
ployees, to get their money, must
go to the loan agent and take
what' remains after he has de
ducted his interest.
One agent takes 642 warrants
issued to men in the municipal
street railway department. The
same agent controls the pay war
rants of 193 policemen and 353
firemen. Three other agents. In
eluding a woman, collect 812 war
rants twice a month. .
It was stated that the loan con
cerns receive 36 percent Interest
a year on money borrowed. The
maximum legal Interest "rate in
ashington is l per cent a month
Probe, to Re Continued Monday;
. Penitentiary Investigation
j ; Ordered " I :
For ; the purpose of establishing
the cause of death of J. M. IIol
man and John Sweeney, guards
and Bert Oregon Jones, convict,
a, formal inquest was held at tbjc
Rigdon mortuary last night; Only
the testimony! j of , the doctors. Dr.
W. Carlton . Smith and Dr. ;G. E.
Prime, was ttken at this j tim4.
Hoi man was identified by Edwin
Jacobson, a
Sweeney; by
brother-in-laW and
Jim Lewis, deputy
sheriff and life-long friend.! Dee
Jones Identified the body of the
convict as that of his brother. 1
Holman was killed by a gun
shot wound in the face and also
received iwounds in the right arm
and one leg, the testimony showed.
The jury was also" interested in a
shoe taken from1 his foot "which
showed signs of having been cut
by a knife. A pocket knife with
a blood-stained blade, was j taken
from Jones after his death. j ; j
Sweeney was killed Instantan
epusly. by a rifle shot In the right
eye while Jones met his death by
a ruie snoi a Dove nis right ear.
He also received a severe j flesh
wound across one hip. i'' i
Through agreement between ii
T. Rigdon, coroner, and John Hi
Carson, district attorney, the in
quest will be continued Monday
at which time witnewua in thi
shooting ! and ! participants In th4
affair will be called before the in
vestigating body. " Another In
vestigation has been ordered bv
Governor Pierce to learn if earei
ieasaess or me - present prison
system can be held responsible for
tne tragedy. !
Members' of the coroner's lurv
are Frank Durbln, Sr., Charles
Arcnerd, Ralph Thompson, George
w. nana. Joohn Siegmand and
A. T. Headrick.
AIR H0B0 HAS APPEARED
STOWAWAY ON WING NEARLY
CALSES PLANE CRASH
LOS. ANGELES. Aue. 14 J-
The Associated Press). -The jlind
uafcKuse oi a. passenger traini may
be good enough for most hoboes.
put wnen Jack Richman found
himself up against It for
tation at Las "Vegas, Nev., today,
he grabbed the wing of an air
plane and beat the best railroad
time into Los Angeles. The plane
Jack "flipped" as it was taking
off was piloted by Maior C. C.
Moseley, head of the California
national guard air force, and the
weight of him hanging on the
outer e;dge of! a wing nearly sent
tne snip into a disastrous sideslip.
either Major Moseley nor Ser
geant Chestnut JVood, accompany
ing him, saw their uninvited pas
senger until they were well off the
ground and were having difficulty
in coaxing the craft onto an: even
keel. When they' did glimpse at
him, they motioned him to crawl
In toward the fuselage. He obeyed
and 7 thereby, Moseley , related.
saved them all from a crash.
The wind tore Jack's shirt to
shreds before the plane alighted
at Griffith Park airport here late
today, so Major Moseley made him
a present of an army shirt. Then
they noticed that the aerial hobo
had not forgotten, during his ride
on : the wing, to tie his bedding
roll securely to a strut. Jack told
newspapermen he was 17 years
old and had left bis home in! Mil
waukee July 7 to "beat his way'
to .the coast. He added that to
day's adventure was his first ride
on an airplane.
FIRES ARE REPORTED
YAKIMA, . Aug. 14. Several
small forest fires which have been
burning timber. In . the Rainier
national forest area east of the
Cascades were reported by forest
rangers today to be under control.
The rangers: said a light snowfall
in the hills had helped to check
the fired.; -Lit
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AGED MAN KILLED;
YAKIMA, ' Y Aug. 14. Curt
Heath, an old gardener was killed
here tonight when he was knocked
to the payment by an automobile
driven by E. W. Stephens, j The
Impact i fractured Heath's
and he died instantly.
CHINESE IS HELD
! skull
SAN j FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.
Charlie Wong, Chinese, j arrested
here recently on advices from Ab
erdeen. Wash., today was ordered
returned i to Aberdeen :to face a
charge of conspiracy In the alleged
importation of narcotics. Wong
is in custody under $5,000 bond.
Dutch Anderson, Pal of
"Prince off Bandits,1!-Kills'
Man: and Wife
ONE SUSPECT IS TAKEN
Police Arrest.' Companion of An
derson; Mr. and Mrs. Ben
' Dance Dead as Result
of Shooting , !
MUNCIE, Ind., 'Aug. 14. (By
The Associated Press). Charles
One-Arm" Wolfe, said to have
been one of i the companions of
George Duiifh" Anderson, who
late today shot and killed Ben
Hance and his wife because they
Informed police last January of
the whereabouts of Gerald Chap
man, notorious mail robber, was
captured by local police at 10:25
tonight driving through the city.
MUNCIE, Ind., Aug. 14. (By
The : Associated Press). Gerald
Chapman's pal tonight wrecked
vengeance on I the informer, who
caused the arrest last January of
the notorious: mail robber. Ben
Hance, the informer, and his wife
were shot to death by George
Dutch" Anderson, who was con
victed with Chapman of a million
dollar New .York mail" robbery,
who shared his prison sentence
and who subsequently escaped
from Atlanta: - with him. ' While
Chapman and Andefson were In
hiding at Hance's home last win
ter Hance informed police authori
ties and Chapman was surrounded
on the streets of Mnncie last
January IS and captured. Ander
son was not trapped when the de
tectives closed' in on Chapman last
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BOUQUET i GIVEN JONES
COMPLIMENTS PRESENTED TO
'"" VICTIM s OP SYSTEJr .
When the body of Bert Oregon
Jones started for its final resting
place in Grant) pass last night, in
charge of Dee Jones, a brother,
one lone bouquet of daliahs rested
on the casket.! The floral tribute
was received at the mortuary late
in the afternoon.
Attached to-the bouquet was a
small square of common white
paper and on this, written in red
ink, was the following:
........... I- .......
: "Complimentary with :
: Sincere Sympathy to Ye ;
: Brave and Noble Victim :
: . of the System!', :
The message was signed by R.
R. Graves of Salem, whose name
cannot he found in the city di
rectory. 1
SOME DAY HE'LL GET DOWN TO THE ROOT OF IT!
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MacMillan Party Declared Ahead
of Schedule; One Plane
Damaged
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. (By
Associated Press.) Notwithstand
ing the delays encountered by the
MacMillan Arctic expedition, the
nevy department believes it has
a good chance to complete its mis
sion of ; surveying a large unex
plored section of the polar sea.
The party is ahead of schedule.
Admiral Eberle, chief of naval op
erations, said today, and unless
unforeseen difficulties are encoun
tered, should be ready for explora
tory flights from Axel Heiberg is
land by Sept. 1. .. !
The admiral pointed out that
the expedition had; not expected
to undertake its first flights from
Etah- until August 15, but due to
the unexpected speed with which
its three airplanes were assembled
there the flights had been begun
more than a week ahead of flat
date... ' ! i
Two dispatches received today
from Lieutenant Commander Byrd
commanding the navy section and
one addressed to the National Geo
graphic society told of the damag
ing of one of the airplanes during
a storm, yesterday, temporarily
putting It out of, commission.! The
other two planes planned to go to
the west end of Flagler Fjorde. a
little more than 100 miles west
of Etah, on Ellsmere island, to
establish a supplementary base for
use on the route to Cape Thomas
Hubbard, on Axel Heiberg island.
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CONS Hill SEEN
Killers Believe to Have Stolen
Car In Klamath Falls;
. Watchman Tied .
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Three men, believed to be the
escaped convict-murderers from
the fcfate prison, stole a RuicKfe
dan in Klamath Fall at2 o'clock
this morning, broke- into garage,
held np the night, wntchman. tied
him ami placed, him itfthe stolen
car, and drove nt of the city In
a northerly direction. The watch
man was released near Shipping
ton. The men were all armed with
revolvers. No accurate descrip
tion of the men is jet available.
although they caMiady resemble
the escaped convicts.
This information was received
by A. M. Dalrjniple, state prison
warden, at 2:45 this morning,, A
close check Is being made on the
incident . with hope that it may
lead to future developments. It
Is declared that Murray, Kelly and
Willot could have reached Klam
ath Falls 314 mile from here, if
they obtained an auto here and
doubled back on their trail.
Stay at Home to be Brief; Grave
i of Youngest Son Visited
j by Party I
PLYMOUTH, Vt. Aug. 14 (By
The Associated Press). Laying
aside the cares of his office, Presi
dent Coolidge was back again to
night in the hills of Vermont for
a brief visit with hia aged father.
An eight hour motor trip
through rainstorms and over slip
pery roads brought the president
from the summer White House in
Swampscott to his birthplace.
Arriving here late In the day he
found his father, critically ill six
weeks ago. waiting for him in
front of his modest home. This
sight was one of the several that
touched the executive on an event
ful ; day's ride. Earlier he had
stopped sear Camp . Devens to
greet his son, John, a corporal in
the, citizens' military training
camp, had visited the grave yard
at ; Rockingham meeting house
near Bellows Falls, Vt., where his
great great grandfather was bur
ied, and bad dropped in at the
home in Proctorsville, Vt., of his
aunt, Mrs. Sarah Pollard. i
; Immediately after his arrival
here, Mr. and. Mrs. Coolidge, ac
companied by Colonel John Cool
idge, the president's . father, went
to the cemetery. where their young
er son, Calvin, was buried a little
over a year ago. There they re
mained for a brief time. .
, The sadness occasioned by the
visit to the graveyard was allevi
ated in a measure for .the presi
dent by the appearance of his fa
ther, dressed in best clothes. Col
onel Coolidge not only greeted his
distinguished son and daughter-in-law,;
but showed them around his
place, pointing out a number of
late improvements. '
! Until the visit here Monday of
Secretary' "Mellon and Senator
Smobt of Utah to discuss the Bel
gian situation, the president in
tends to keep - affairs of state
shunted to the background and
give himself over to rest and re
lotion.; ; J -r;.
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PRISONERS MUST WORK
INMATES OF COUNTY JAIL TO
! BE EMPLOYED ON ROADS
SPOKANE. Aug. 14. County
jail prisoners hereafter will be re
quired to work on the roads dur
ing their terms, it was decided
this afternoon by the board of
county commissioners. They also
Will be employed in clearing coun
ty land and sawing wood, which
will be used by the county or be
sold. ; "Lazy husbands" who un
der the law may be arrested, and
forced to work, while the county
pays their ! families 1 1.50 a day,
heretofore have- been allowed to
remain idle in jail. !
Widespread Reduction Is
Announced .by All Whole
sale Oil Companies
FURTHER DROP IN VIEW
Independent Plants Follow Two
Cent Cat; Stock on Hand
Two Billion
Gallons
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. (By
Associated Press.) A widespread
reduction in gasoline prices
throughout the eastern seaboard
was Initiated today by the Stand
ard Oil company of New Jersey,
which cutv wholesale quotations
throughout its territory one cent
a gallon, the second reduction by
this company within a week.
Similar action waa taken by In
dependent companies in the terri
tory, including the Texas com
pany, Sinclair Refining company
and the Gulf Refining company.
The Atlantic Refining company
lopped off two cents from its re
tall gasoline price in eastern
Massachusetts, bringing it to the
level of the other companies.
Owing to excessive' gasoline
stocks on hand, the oi) trade ex
pects that further reductions will
follow today's price changes, the
Standard - Oil company of New
York being mentioned as the next
largest distributor that; will lower
its quotations shortly. jThis com
pany reduced prices two cents a
gallon recently but its quotations
are now three cents above those
of companies operating in other
eastern territory.
Gasoline consumption last year
amounted to 9,000,Q99,469 sal
Ions and statistics for the first
six months this year indicated the
total for 1925 will approach 11
billion gallons. Stocks of gaso
line on June 30 were ! calculated
at 1.695,000,000 gallons.
MURDER SUSPECT HELD
CLUES FOUND TO MYSTERY
OF BODY IN STRAW PILE
DES MOINES, la., Aug. 14.
(By Associated Press.) Des
Moines officers tonight arrested
a man suspected of being connect
ed with the murder of; a woman
whose body wa found partly
burned in the ashes of a straw
stack at Carlisle. Iowa, a few
days ago. They also announced
the discovery of Janette Miller,
who has been staying at a small
hotel here, has been missing since
the day before the straw stack
via seen to burn. Her descrip
tion practically tallies with that
of the body found In the stack.
police said. j
Miss Miller's traveling bag and
other personal effects have been
at the hotel since July 23.
The following- night j residents
near Carlisle -saw the straw stack
flame up and saw a car hurry
f rom the - lighted area A few
days ago the body of the woman
was found.
I
County sheriffs office workers
refused to give out the; name of
the man held in connection with
the case, saying that they were
planning to arrest two other men
end at least one .woman before
making the man's name known.
These arrests may be expected be
fore tomorrow noon, the county
officers said. The unnamed man,
although denying connection with
tqe crime, was said late tonight
by county officers to have "let his
tongue slip," on two or three oc
casions during an examination he
was subjected to and they believe
from these "slips", he may know
more about the murder of the as
yet unidentified woman,' than he
ha3 told.
POWER BOAT CAPTURED
LIQUOR DECLARED THROWN
; OVERBOARD BY RUNNERS
PORT TOWNSEND, i .Wash..
Aug. 14.-(By Associated Press.)
Fog' iras responsible for the cap
ture of the power boat M-10 by
the United States coast guard cut
ter Areata and rum-chaser 265,
today, after a gun battle In which
15 shots were tired off Everett.
The boat was alleged1 to have
been taking advantage of thick
weather to bring a cargo of liquor
from -British Columbia to Puget
Sound when the fog lifted as she
was paiaing Port Townsend and
the patrol boat gave chase. The
M-10, which authorities said was
owned by Pete Marinoff, of Ta
coma, was running away from the
265 and had reached a point out
of range of the patrol boat's guns,
when tio Areata came on of the
port of Everett enj boro down oa
her. -
Superintendent -of State Hospital
- Is Called to Stand by
by Defense
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14.
(By The Associated Press). Dr.
Fred B. Clark, superintendent of
the Stockton state - hospienl " for
the Insane, testified today that
Dorothy Ellingson, when' ques
tioned by himself and her attor
neys, denied killing her mother
for whose murder last January the
1? year old girl is on trial. '
"I did not do It. Jimmy La
Marr killed her." Dr. Clark, who
made. an examination of the girl
last night, quoted Dorothy as say
ing when he was placed on the
witness stand, by the defense.
. Dr. Clark testified that the girl
was hesitant in answering ques
tions propounded by hint during
the examination, but after a slight
nervous demonstration said: -;
"He did it."
The doctor then told her. that
they doubted her story and that
they considered it strange that no
one appeared to know La Marr.
"That is because he was a hop
head. . He did not associate with
my" musician friends or call on my
parents because he was not of
their world." Dr. Clark testified
Dorothy told him last night.
Dr. Clark also told, the jury
that the Ellingson girl was suffer
ing from dementia praecox at the
time of an examination previous
to her first trial. .
Over strenuous objections by
Assistant District Attorney Skillen
the defense succeeded in entering
the full transcript of the jury's in
sanity hearing which found Doro
thy insane.
The girl's statement written but
unsigned, at the state hospital for
the insane at Napa where she was
under observation for a month,
also vras introduced as evidence
over objections by the prosecution.
This -statement blamed La Marr
for the .actual shooting of her
mother. .
MRS J..P, MORGAN DIES
LONG ILLNESS IS FATAL
WIFE OF FINANCIER
TO
GLENCOVE. N. Y., Aug. 14.
(By The Associated Press). Mrs.
J. P. Morgan, wife of the interna
tional banker, died at noon today
in her Long Island home from a
"cardiac collapse." after being ill
of sleeping sickness for two
months.
No relatives were at the bed
side. Mr. Morgan. Informed at
his Wall street office that his
wife was very ill, left before noon
by train for Glen Core. He was
met at the station and rushed by
automobile to the Morgan country
home at Matlnecock point on East
Island. He reached his home
three hours after his wife's death.
A doctor and two attendants
were at the bedside when Mrs.
Morgan suffered the cardiac col
lapse. ' Mrs. Morgan was stricken with
sleeping sickness July 14, while
attending church services. Sev-
jeral days later it was announced
: she had passed the crisis and was
sieaauy improTins. om me nerer
entirely emerged from a state of
coma.
A corps of specialists attended
her following her attack, and Dr.
J. J. TIerney. chief physician In
charge, several times used blood
transfusions In an attempt to re
new the patient's strength. He
also resorted to forcible feeding.
AUTO RACES ARE DENIED
USE OF STATE FAIR GROUNDS
REFUSED. BY GOVERNOR
Request for the use of the state
fair grounds for Sunday automo
bile races on August 30 was de
nied Friday by Governor Pierce.
G. Hutchln, of Medford, signing
himself as assistant managing di
rector of the national automobile
racing classic association, offered
$500 cash In advance and 25 per
cent of the net ' profits. "The
state fair grounds are not avail
able for Sunday automobile races,"
the governor's reply read.
FIVE BANDITS SOUGHT
HIGHWAYMEN MAKE GET.
GETAWAY WITH S7,000
WINNIPEG. Atg. 1, (Can
adian Press.) Search for five
bandits who held up Dick Shaw,
cashier of the Winnipeg electric
company here today, and escaped
with hia car anad IS7.47S In pay
roll mosey turned to the Ameri
can boundary tonight. Royal
Canadian mounted rolice were
okrpatehed to pat'rl .the .b rr.Ur
ard provincial polic were wa-ch-'.st
all roads lead In r tntn iv.p
United States. .
Three Escaped Convicts Be
lieved Hiding Within Ten
Miles of Salem
WOMAN MAKES APPEAL
Warden - Dalrympie Is Pleaded
With to Spare Murray's Life ,
If Surrender J Ne- -gotlated
Four shots were fired in the
vicinity of the Klag ranch near
midnight this, morning. Captain
Frank Ixwla, of the Portland po- ,
lice department, reported to the
penitentiary. Deputy, Warden J.
W. LUlie, with headquarter at
Silvertoa, was notified and, xuea .j
were rushed to the scene. The
King ranch is located in the Union
Hill district, from which guards .
were withdrawn Friday la order
to help guard the unnamed can
yon la which the three escaped
convicts were thought to be hiding.
Posses searching for a trio of
armed convicts who escaped from
the penitentiary Wednesday night
rested on tneir guns yesterday and
are waiting for a military Moses
to lead them to their quarry be
lieved to have been located in the
wilderness about 10 mites due east
of Salem. Tourists ' hate been
warned to keep away from the
district bounded by Shaw, Sublim
ity and the Wlllard church. Sev
eral narrow escapes from promis
cuous firing have been reported
here. 4
The three convicts, Tom Mur
ray, Ellsworth Kelly and James
Willos are believed to be in an un
named canyon between the Drift
Creek canyon and the Pudding
River canyon, seven miles south of
Silverton and three and one-half
miles southeast of the Willard
church. It will be necessary to
place bet ween. 3 00 and. 400 men
in the field to properly box the
canyoa. An effort may be made
to take dogs through the canyon
If some-one will offer themseKes
for a probable sacrifice. There
have been no volunteers so far.
owing to the density of the under
brush.
A new element was Injected In
the pursuit with the appearance
of a young woman with bright red
hair giving the nam of Billy
Bruce, of Portland. She called at
the pentlentiaiy office to bargain
with Warden A. M. Dalrympie for.
tne life of Murray. In exchange
for persuading him to give himself
up she asked for lire-lmprlaon-ment
instead of banging. - Tba of
fer was rejected by the warden
and later by W. A, Delxell, private
secretary to Governor Plsrce. -A
request to jom the possa was de
nied and ahe left the nenitentiarT
for Silverton with the remark
that she was going to don a bright
areas and-plunge la the under
brush In search of the convicts.
Portland police ofricers identi
fied MUs Bruce as a pal of Ida
Chase, said to be a well-known
police character who recently re-
ceiTea a stirr municipal sentence
for bootlegging and is also undtr
(Coatia 4 pac I.)
DRY CONFERENCE HELD
REORGANIZATION OF LIQUOR
FORCES IS SPEEDED UP;
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.(By
The Associated Press) With only
two weeks remaining before the
whole prohibition, reorganization
plan Is to come Into effect, Assist
ant Secretary Andrews today be
gan speeding up his conferences at
the treasury with state directors
and division chiefs who have been
sammoned here from all parts of
th country!
'A half dozen or more of the dry
officials conferred' with: Mr. An
drews today and. he has an en
gagement to tee about a score of
them tomorrow. He hopes to con
clude the conferences Monday and
to announce the appointment of
the hew administrators later in the
week.
The assistant secretary has not
desired to complete selection . of
me new orricials belore conferring
personally with the present olHc
er so" as to determine Just how
and where they could fit Into the
the conferences have afforded hir.u
new machinery. At the turn? time
opportunity to give th-ni h!s own
Views as to efrectire muns of en
forcing the law.- - - .
Very unsatisfactory reports rs
to enforcement in mauy- jl. rt
havecotae to tie prohibition f. :
marshal and one cf the fir-:
of rhe 2t j.ew r...1ni,:rau,r.:
hava charge ia ti.la countr -I
Porto Rico and I!air::i w;.; :