The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 16, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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THREE SECTIONS
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. SEVENTY-FIFTJI YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1925 ".'
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:. I Escaped Killers -
MANY RUMORS ARE RIFE
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Roseburg Story Scouted; Convicts
j May Prosiblyjlave Escaped "
;! From Beseiged Ke ,
I glon Said
; Dusk last night ushered Jn the
fourth night since the riot at the
state prison resulted in the death
j of J. II. Holman and John Sween-
y, guards, Bert Oregon: Jones,
conviet,- the wounding of Late
Savage, guard and James, Ne
smith, turnkey, and the escape of
Torn Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and
-James Willos and as far as the
posses are. concerned they are
about; as close to a real clue as
' they jwere when - the manhunt
, started. The first 'strong lead has
yet to be received and while the
missing desperadoes are believed
to be hiding in an unnamed can
yon eight or nine miles east of
Salem, it is admitted that, as far
us any proof has been offered the
trio might be 100 miles away. '-
A cousin' toi Ellsworth Kelly,
i Tom Kelly, a Portland taxi driver,
' occupied a place ia the limelight
, yesterday when it was . learned
t that he had drawn $25 and quit
his job Thursday morning with
the intention, he said, of visiting
i h sick mother near Turner. Later
he wrote his employers asking
- that keys and the 'remainder of
the money due him be forwarded
to the Eden Home apartment in
The Dalles U , u
Luke Dillard, driver for a truck
; operated by the'4-S Lumber com-
- pany, reported that when his ma
chine ; reached a ridge on the Sil
. verton-Suhllmity highway three
miles 1 from Sublimity, he saw a
'. man on another ridge. He left
, his truck but the man disappeared
la the brush. He , followed ; but
i coud find no .trace.. .After Keep
ing quiet a few minutes he said
'e heard a man whistle three
times. ; -.; U.?r'; V
i From Roseburg came the report
that, a man suspected of being
Ellsworth Kelly had been taken
'at Oakland. J. V. Starrett, parole
officer. Immediately left the hunt,
visited the governor, obtained
permission to identify the . sus
pect, and left word for the war
den that he had gone.. Roseburg
:s his? former home. . Fingerprint
classifications received later i in
the day failed to resemble those
,on file at the prison as belonging
;to Kelly.
; Lute Savage yesterday was able
to receive a visit from a repre
sentative of The Statesman, the
first t Interview since he, was
wounded. Savage declared that
he did not have a revolver, as was
believed by nearly all the guards,
He was eating dinner when the
shooting started.: he said. He
made; his way to the garage and
after seeing Holman come down
to the foot of the stairway inside t
the tower at Post No. 1, where
the two guards and one convict
were killed, he thought he could
make! bis way .into the tower and
obtain a gun as the trap door was
open.; Five or six shots were
fired at him before he was hit, a
half-Inch beneath the heart, he
(Contiaued on pf 3.)
INDIANS RULE CUSTOMS
WHITE MEN FAIL TO INTER
FERE WITH TRIBAL RITES
K SANTE FE. N. M.. Aug. 15.
"The j Great White Father" at
Washington smiles when young
Indian braves who violate tribal
traditions are punished by appli
cation of the "ceremonial slap."
1 i The Pueblo . Indian chieftains
have the right to regulate tribal
customs, costumes and affairs.
M This in effect Is the ruling of
Federal Judge Colin Neblett here
today when he dismissed charges
of assault and battery preferred
against a group of Taos pueblo
Indian chieftains by two young
bocks who were punished for ap
pearing at ; tribal dances in the
garb of the white man. ?:
. The punishment was adminis
tered last winter after the two
young men, who had just returned
from a government Indian school
Insisted on wearing their j newly
adopted clothing; in - defiance of
their tribal governors., ' '
! .The "ceremonial slap" consists
: of lashing an Indian's blanketed
back with a rope or bridle.
; White men's clothes may be
worn at tribal dances, accordin g
to rules of the Pueblo, provided
the seat ot the trousers is cut out,
a l white cloth wrapped about the
, waist ana moccasin soles are
placed on the '.'store shoes;" .
MIS
ATTACKS MADE BY WEST
! IS, ENTIRELY REFUTED
PRISON WARDEN TAKES PART
IX PLACING POSSES !
Charges That Dalrymple Did Not
Participate- In Manhunt
! Are Not True
While Oswald West, former
governor, was deep In untroubled
slumber and hla euconscious
Governor ..Pierce : and Warden
Dalrymple to participate in a con
vict hunt, , Warden Dalrymple
spent more than four hours in the
heart of the district in which the
three convicts are belieted to be
auk-rounded, it became known! last
night.. :- 'f': -.'. -V..
r Since Wednesday night Warden
Dalrymple has scarcely, been away
from .his, office and' has 'had only
ft few hours sleep obtained in short I
naps ai nis oiuce. . lie juas, wna i
the exception of the. four hours, I
beenon duty jdayund. night, i ;
jFeellng the need of some fresh
air 'and' anxious to observe! the
work of ' the , posses first hand.
Warden Dalrymple left the office
incharge of W.J A. Delzell, private
secretary to Governor Pierce and
about 8 o'clock Friday night made
an; automobile , lour of the entire J
district, returning to the prison
shortly after midnight. j
and take a hand in the hunt but
I feel that my place is here at the
prison, the warden said." I
The fact that' he was out ou the
hunt explains the attitude taken
when Informed of West's chal
lenge and why he paid such little
attention to It. ; . j '
Dalrymple Discharge Denied
TOLEDO, Or., Aug. 15 War
den Dalrymple of the Oregon' pen
itentiary waa not discharged for
cause while serving in a subordi
nate position at that institution,
as stated by ex-Governor West in
Portland, according to. C. W.
James of Toledo,1 ex-superiritend-ent.
Mr. James declared today
that Mr. Dalrymple resigned of
his own will.
BANKS AIM AT STINNES
GERMAN FINANCIER ANTAGO
NIZES POWERFUIi GROP
BERLIN, Aug. 15. (By The
Associated Press). Pay day to
day at the Aga Motor works, one
of. the industrial .units owned by
the late financier, Hugo Stinnes,
who ceded to the magnate's Oldest
son,' Edmund Stinnes, in his set
tlement with the family, found
the company's strong box a half
million marks short of the amount
needed, to pay ! the thousands of
workers. Edmund, who seceded
from the. family council because
be. preferred to conduct his own
enterprises, still was locking
horns with the group of powerful
hanks which Is withholding
credit. ';' ;H . ;; ;!.:.; .
' Edmund upset the bankers to
day by announcing a gift of 2,
000,000 marks worth of Aga Mo
tor works shares to his employes
as a mark of his earnest desire to
keep the plant going and as evi
dence of his wish to relieve the
present situation by dispensing
with his majority .holding, j
'i fTbe gift to the workers Vepre-
sents one-half, of Edmund's pre
vious holdings and while popular
comment views the young Jndus-
trialist's action as being prompted
by humanitarian motives, there is
strong feeling that the maneuv
er Is an advertising ooage, pri
marily aimed ; at, the bankers
who are attempting . to discipline
young Stinnes, by refusing him
credit, for which there Is ample
security in the Aga works, i
PIERCE PAYS TRIBUTE
SUCCESSOR TO CAMPBELL
. . .
I FROM OUT OF STATE
Tribute to the late P. tt Camp
bell, president of the University
of Oregon, was paid yesterday by
Governor Pierce. i .
"He was my warm personal
ftiend. i I knew him .Intimately
and well for a third of a'century,"
the governor said. "We went into
the; Masonic lodge together and he
was chosen president and I orator
of our Scottish Rite class. He was
af hard student, a clear thinker,
and always displayed a wonderful
degree of tact in dealing with peo
ple; of all classes. r, He, was ama
ana sympameuc. ana true as sieei
to & friend. Oregon has lost one
of its most important characters,
vfno always stooa ior tne, .very
highest type of Christian Ameri
can citizenship." vj
It la understood here, because
of the Importance ot . the position,
te! vacancy will be filled j by a
man from; outside the state.j
-i , BULLET KILLS GHtl
SEATTLE, Aug. 15 Mrs. Edith
Goethals, 17 years old bride, died
here today from a bullet ' wound
received in : pistol practice with
her husband at his parents' home
near Bothell Tuesday,-.;- "-- -
GIBES AT FOREIGN
POLITY CI
Ridicule Expended Against
United States', Program
Highly Resented
SPEAKERS ARE' RAPPED
Rear Admiral Huse ! Declared
Critical Comments I About
i
Army and Navy Are Un-
becoming Visitor
WILLIAMSTOW Masa Aug
15(By The Associated Press)
rviticlum nf allec-ed ridicule of
tais country's foreign policy and
crjtjcai am unfriendly comments
on tne army and navy by speakers
at the Institute of - Politics now
holding its fifth summer session
here.'.w.-v, made at an institute
conference today by rear admiral
Karry M. H. Huse. USN, retired.
of Washington. He. told the 300
members and assistant members
of the institute present that their
laughter and applause; at such
comments was "surprising" ana
that "we should not be here on
thf, defensive against our own
country." ; ;. . 4 ' "
Admiral Huse made reference
to a lecture given here last night
by Dr. William . E. . Rappard : of
Geneva, member of the permanent
mandates ; commission f of -"the
league of nations and this drew a
response from Dr. Rappard in
which he declared he had no in
tention of throwing discredit on
the army; or navy and was sure
that no unfriendliness would arise
out of the incident.. '.
The statement of Admiral Huse
was as follows
"In the past few weeks consid
erable ridicule has heen aimed at
the policy of the United States
(Continued on par 3)
MORGAN RITES SIMPLE
FUNERAL OF WIFE OF FINAN
CIEIl SET FOR MONDAY
GLEN COVE, N. Y.. Aug. 15
(By the Associated . Press. ) The
funeral of Mrs.' J. P. Morgan, wife
of the international banker, which
will he held Monday at St. John's
church at Lattington, Locust Val
ley, N. Y., will be characterized
by the same simplicity which
marked her entire life. Only mem
hers of the family will be present
and the simple ritual of the Pro
testan Episcopal church! will be
used, ' ' i .,; . -; .... .
Services will be conducted by
the Rev. Charles W. Hinton, rec
tor of church which Mrs. Morgan
attended during the past several
years. Interment will be in the
Locust Valley cemetery in che
Morgan family plot, i
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- THIS is Y W
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RESERVE OFFICERS ARE
BACK FROM TRAINING
LAST TWO WEEKS ARE SPENT
AT AMERICAN LAKE
Officer Impressed With Apparent
Poverty of Regular Army
Equipment
Local members of the Officers
Reserve Corps returned to Salem
last night after a two weeks' en
campment at Camp Lewis, on
American Lake. Col. Carle Abrams
who was with the group, stopped
off In Portland and will return.
nere m a few days. - ThoBe who
arrived in . Salem last night are
Lieutenants Cecil DuRette, Oleson,
W. E. Vincent, all of Salem, and
Lt. Carr, of SUverton. They are
members of the 382nd Reserve In
fantry.
"All officers in attendance at
the camp were deeply Impressed
ith the . poverty of the regular
army equipment," Lt. fVincent
said last night., "There is not suf
f icient ammunition to put on army
problems, and the organizations
are pitifully, undermanned.- - Ths
sole mission of the regular army
at the present time,, aside from
necessary training, is the training
of citizen officers . and soldiers.
and in spite of the lack of equips
ment, they are doing wonderful
work." ;
During the encampment the
Officers' reserve cores trained
with the regular array organlza
tiotos and with the seventh and
fourth Infantry. In the opinion
(Continued on ptx 5)
DEBT' QUESTION RESTS
DEADLOCK "NOT FEARED IN
BELGIAN NEGOTIATIONS
WASHINGTON, Aug.1 15 (By
The Associated Press) While the
American and Belgian debt com
missions have reached an impasse
officials of this government have
by no means, abandoned hope that
negotiations can be carried to
successful-conclusion.
The conference between Secre
tary Mellon and Senator Smoot
and President Coolidge. at Ply
mouth, Vt., Monday, is expected to
clarify the situation, and to make
it possible for the negotiations to
be continued Tuesday. v..
wAlthougVTKe1iextniove rests
with the president, there are in
dications the Belgians will have
to modify their proposals mate
rially if any agreement satisfac
tory to the American congress is
to- be had.
SHENANDOAH ON FLIGHT
NEWPORT, R. I.. Aug. 15.
(By The Associated Press). The
dirigible Shenandoah passed over
this city Just before midnight. She
left Newport in the early, after
noon to engage in mooring ex
periments with her mother ship,
the Patoka. The ship is again
anchored here., hut It could not
be learned whether ithe airship
would lie up here for the night
ANOTHER UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
JANY VIEWS EXPRESSED
ON EVOLUTION QUESTION
GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE
SENDS LETTERS TO PRESS
Statute Placing Ran on Teaching
of Theory Is Praised and '
Ridiculed!
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 15.
(By The Associated Press).
Comment ranging from the high
est praise down through the ridi
culous to the unprintable is found
in - letters received by Governor
Peay on evolution from the Unit
ed States and foreign countries.
The governor tonight opened to
The Associated Press a ma&a of
communications, little of which he
had read, dealing with the action
ot the state leglslatare in passing
the Butler bill, barring teaching
of the theory ot evolution from
the public schools aad with his
approving it. . j .
Peay's only comment was: MI
want the country to know what
kind of people are in it."
Excerpts from soma of the let
ters in the file made public by
Governor Peay follow:;
William Jennings Bryan:
"Please accept my cordial con
gratulations on the great service
you have rendered in signing the
anti-evolution bill. The Christian
parents ot the state owe you
debt of gratitude for saving their
children from the poisonous in
fluence of an unproven hypo
thesis that gives man a jungle an
cestry and chills his spiritual aa
ture. The south is now leading
the nation in the defense of Bible
Christianity. Other states, north
and south, will follow the exam
ple of Tennessee."
J. H. Ragsdale. Fort Myers
Fla.: "It would be to order
tail for i Scopes from ! Sears-Roe
buck and send him to the woods."
Walter White, Dayton, Tenn.
(Scopes' former superior): "I am
of the opinion that this is the
greatest step Tennessee has taken
since the saloon was abolished."
The Right Rev. James Baxton,
bishop of Tennessee, Protestant
(Continued on pas 6)
LONG FLIGHT PLANNED
-" , -
DIRIGIBLE MAY MA ICE TRIP TO
HAWAII, CHIEF BAYS
HONOLULU. T. H.. Aug. 15.
(By Th Associated Press.) Rear
Admiral William a. Moffett, chief
ot the bureau of aeronautics aavy
department today, said it was not
only possible bat probable that
one of the dirigibles, the Los An
geles or the Shenandoah would
come to Hawaii in October. The
admiral made this statement after
an inspection of the new mooring
mast that the navy has erected at
Sisal, Oahu Island. . I
Regarding a report ., that the
trans-Pacific might be extended
to Guam, if the planes successful
ly negotiated the trip from San
Francisco to Hawaii. Admiral Mof
felt said no planes had been built
for an attempt to fly-to Guam.
"77F R
Ul
FI ARCTIC Plffi
MacMillan Party Now Se
curely Located Between
Etan and Cape Hubbard
VOICE' HEARD BY RADIO
Iowa Operator Picks Up Bowdoln
on 16 Meter Wave; Signals
Received With Un
usual Intensity
WASHINGTON. Aug. 15. (By
Associated Press.) An interme
diate base has been established by
the MacMillan Arctic expedition at
Flagler fjord on Ellsmere Island.
between Etah, Greenland, and
Cape Hubbard, said a radio to
night to the National Geographic
society.
The message forwarded by
Arthur A. Collins of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa, added that direct voice com
munlcation had been established
with the - expedition, be having
picked up at noon today the voice
of John L. Reinartz chief of op
erator aboard the Bowdoin.
The voice came in oa a 16-meter
wave length and is said to be the
first ,tlme that voice communica
tion has been achieved by an ama
teur on such a wave length and
at such a distance. The voices of
the Bowdoin personnel singing.
"America," also were heard "very
clearly," said the message.
After the voice test was com
pleted, a code message stated that
Lieutenant Schur and, Aviation
Pilot Bennett, navy fliers, had suc
ceeded in making a landing in
Flagler Fjord In the NA-1 and
NA-3, dropping Into that norrow
neck of water late yesterday and
establishing a provision depot at
the head of the fjord.
The new base will be used as
a mid-way stop on the "shuttle"
(Contiaued on pr 5)
MURDERER MUST DIE
Alleged killer of girl,' 21,
SENTENCED TO DEATH
CHICAGO. Aug. 15 (By The
Associated Press) Raymond Cos-1
teno was condemned to die for
murder here tonight, chiefly upon
the mute evidence of a blue ban
dana handkerchief found in the
victim's throat.
Raymond, who is not yet 21
years old, was declared guilty 0f
tne murder of 19 year old Made-
line White, whoso body was found
one morning a month ago stuffed
-
unaer an apartment house porch.
Costello was with the rlrl the
STB
0
night before her death and a hand- 8pecially conatructed cbln on the
kr-huf anff. in t,.- ..Icruiser'a cun deck. The casket is
a gar was identified as helonrinr
to him. . -
Much ot evidence hinged about
the handkerchief. State produced
half a dozen witnesses to identifv
th niece of rinth r.fn-.
while Costello himself as well .
his narents and athr ffn. -it
nesses denied that he owned it.
PACKING PLANT BURNS
LOSS TO HAMMOND COMPANY
IS SAID OVER MILLION
CHICAGO. Aug. 15. (By The
Associatea tress j. nre of un
known origin late today gutted
the six story cement structure of
the G. H. Hammond and company,
meat packers, in the heart of the
stockyards district, causing dam-
age estimated by firemen at uo -
ward of $1,000,000.
The fire started on the second
floor after the plant had heen
closed for the day. but while sev
eral hundred employes, were still
in the building. The employes
left without " excitement while
dense smoke filled the structure,
making - it difficult for the fire
men to locate the source of the
flames, " which may ' have started
from spontaneous combustion in
the butterlne store room.
BLAZE DAMAGE IS HIGHUy- - rnnk wuiiams. driver ot
INLAND " STATES SUFFER BIG
LOSS FROM FIRES
SPOKANE. Aug. 15. F I r
fighting in the forests of western
Montana, northern Idaho and
eastern Washington has costlcideat had enabled them to dls-
1300.000 so far this year,-II. R.
Flint, fire specialist of the for
estry, service, said here today...
Fires , this . year have burned
through. 4 0.0 00 acres of national
forest In the district, but only
per cent has gone through virgin!
timber,- the balance having been
burned over in 1910. The g6v
emment spent ISO. 000 In fighting
fires and . the- lumber companies
the remainder qf the ucaey.
Mr Vl'n eKtlm ttii 1n
' - - - - - ' - - - -
caused by the fires at '$(00,000.
ACHING TOOTH FORCES
COOLIDGE TO SEEK AID
RESTLESS NIGHT IS CAUSED
BY THROBBING MOLAR
Two Trip Made to Dentist; Nap
ia Hammock Witnessed!
by Hundreds
PLYMOUTH. VL. Aug. 15.
(By The Associated Press).
Toothache, which took him to the
dentist twice today, almost spoiled
the first day of President Cool
Idge's over-Sunday Visit here with
his father.
The president lost no time.
after a restless night, in motoring
to Woodstock. IS miles away, to
look np Dr. J. R. Jewett. a friend
since college days, who. removed
a crown that caused trouble and
put In a temporary filling. Late
in the day, Mr. Coolidge again
went to his office for treatment.
Aside from the two automobile
trips to Woodstock, on which he
was accompanied by Mrs. Cool
idge. the president remained in
and near his father'a home, leav
ing the yard only twice and then
to visit the nearby grave of his
younger son. Calvin.
On one visit to the cemetery.
President and Mrs. Coolidge plac
ed a wreath on their son's tomb,
and found that a tourist, hundreds
ot whom are passing through the
hamlet dally, had laid an Ameri
can flag on the grave.
Throughout the day a crowd
stood behind a "dead line" a hun
dred yards from the Coolidge
home, hoping to catch a glimpse
of the president. For a while
after lunch he sat on the porch.
then took an hour's nap In a ham
mock, in plain view of the sight-:
seers.
Still wan. hut apparently recov-
ered from
hls recent illness, 'the
president's father spent most of
the day visiting with his son and
daaghter-ln-law.
The president and , Mrs. Cool
idge plan to spend a quiet Sun
day, In the aTternoon they will
attend services in Union church.
just across the road from the
family homestead, which will be
conducted by the Rev. John
White, an Episcopalian.
! On Mondav. Secretary Mellon
and Senator Smoot will be here to
discuss the Belgian debt situation
with the president. . He probably
111 : return - te-Swatapscott Tues
day.
I
LEGATE'S BODY ARRIVES
FUNERAL SET FOR MONDAY
FOR A3IBASSADOR
HONOLULU. Aug. 15. (By
pie Associated Press). The body
ef Edgar Addison Bancroft, late
mbaMdor t0 Tokyo, arrived
ucro Utt mxumo i
ruler sslgned by the Japanese
tovernment to return the body to
I-U.J c
I su"
I t The late ambassador lies In
draped with the stars and stripes
iwmie iwo Japanese manors are on
continuous watch as a guard of
hon0r Ja,t outside the cabin. At
frBt t the cabin Is a heap of
I white ribbons which were at-
tached to more than J00 wreaths
I sent aboard the Tama at Yoko-
ham a by prominent residents and
officials. .
A large, wreath paying tribute
to the services ot Mr. Bancroft
was placed on the casket by rep
resentatives of the' Japanese
chamber of commerce of Hono
lulu. Other wreaths were numer
ous. The Tama will sail for the
mainland at 8 a. m. tomorrow.
! .
1 CHICAGO. Aug. 15. (By The
Associated Press) At the Fourth
Presbyterian church here Thurs
day afternoon. August 27, funeral
l services will be held for the late
I Edgar A. Bancroft, am oassaaor to
Japan, who died in Tokyo two
weeks ago.
ASSORTED LIQUOR TAKEN
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ANTIiPROHlBITIOX DRINKS
WORTH 910,000 SEIZED
i SAN , FRANCISCO. Aug. 15.
(By Associated Press.) Assorted
liquors valued at more than
$10,000 were seized by sentries at
Fort Scott military reservation to-
the truck which was transporting
the liquor was arrested on charges
of volating the national prohibi
tion laws. The seizure came when
el a! wheel of the truck came off.
toppling the machine into a ditch.
Prohibition -officials said. the ac
I cover a landing 'near the fort
- luted by liquor smugglers.
! 'HOLE IN ONE MADE
251 1 BELLING HAM, Wash.. ' Aug.
15. E. W. Purdy. local, banker,
has joined the select "hole in tme'4
- circle. . Purdy is the third mem
ber ot the Bellinshsm golf club
j tq attain f!s distinction and the
I f iirst to make "little Jerf." which
' Vn t In nn rnVa " irt A.l.
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)aas 125 yards.
PRISON ESCAPE
EHTSiie
Calm Investigation Made
After Excitement of Pen
itentiary Tragedy .: ;
MANY REPORTS WRONG
Guns . Are Banned ' Inside ' of
Prison Proper; Guards Receive
-From Locked Steel
Cabinet
BY C. K. LOGAN
With the first excitement of
the tragedy at the prison last week
subsided and routine matters once
more taking their course it is now
possible to make certain explana
tions that will clear away con
siderable misunderstanding "upon
the part of the general public.
In the mind of the average
person every guard at the prison
is constantly armed with either a
rifle, shotgun or revolver. This
impression is erroneous.
When a guard reports for duty
or to relieve another guard he
reports to the turnkey's office and
obtains his firearms which are al
ways kept In steel cabinets and '
under lock. Immediately upon
obtaining his equipment the ar
senal U re-locked and he goes to
whatever post he may be assigned.
The relieved man goes directly to
the turnkey's office and places hi .
personal armament under lock. No
guard leaves the institution with
firearms unless lt Is to guard pris
oners, relieve any outside man cr
go to the rifle range for practise.
At no time is there a gun In
the front offices occupied by th
warden, book-keeper of the turn
key. Guards stationed la the
main building are without person
al protection and lack guns ef
any kind. This applies to the
turnkey, any other who happen
to be about the onter building and
in the chapel, the large room just ,
Inside the main building from
which the cell tiers are extended
north and south la large wings.
Thee guards, as far as protec
tion, for themselves or prevention
of an escape are as helpless si
the casual visitor.
An investigation was made int
routine activities at the pen i ten
tiary Saturday. It was found im
possible for one man -let alone
four to step from line while going
to supper as is stated In Interviews
with Oswald Weat, former gover
nor, published In Portland papers.
At mealtimes all convicts ars
lined np in the yard and marched
to their cells where they are lolk
ed in and counted. When this Is
complete a gong sounds and the
cells are automatically unlocked
from the chapeL- The men then
go to the dining room. Upon com
pleting the meal they are returned
to their cells. locked In and again
counted. This count Is made six
times a day, before and after each
meal. It has been customary to
permit convicts to remain in their
cells if they did not wish to eat.
None of the four men concerned
in the escspe Wednesday. . night
have been cell mates nor have
four other known desperate ehtr-.
acters celled together. When in
the yard every effort Is made to
prevent them from communicating
with each other and they are sep
arated at work. Warden Dalrym
ple said.
Plots are continually being
hatched and in nearly every In
stance are blocked. Some of these
have peen well prepared and along
toward completion when discovery
has been made. Nipping of these
is considered routine business and '
the public is not aware of them
Th only ones that the public
know about are those: that r
(CatSa4 pat t.)
FIRE DANGER LESSENED
EIGHT CHILDREN ARE CAR
RIED FROM BURNING HOTEL
: BATTLE CREEK, Mich.. Aug.
15. (By The Associated Pre).
-rEight 'xhildrea lmpriont(l hr
locked doors were carried lironRh
flames and smoke la a dari.ig res
cue from Labell Resort hotel at
Gall Lake. 14 miles west of hr.
when the hotel was loully de
stroyed by fir late lojv.
! James MJlne, 7T. acd blind, of
Grand Rapids, .was rescued by
means of a mire cable. C. W.
Dunkley of Chicago, ;orting edi
tor of The Associated Pre, cen
tral division, and A. L.- fi ji.; !
lag. orchestra leader of t'ue rr ;: t
dance pavilion, .foujcht thtir v..y
through firs up a bnrninp t-ur-way,
bound the cahle srr.;' '.
Milne's body and lowered hii t
tle ground. Th hHdi n )
been locked in the trim 1 - r -rsrerts
acJ w?re f-plr; v.:
lire .broke out. Alter tru'
ofwn ooors i.reoea carriea aa
them to safety. The darr.rj
CiUcaUi 'al JS. CCO.
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