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lie rl rl . MM i s- t SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1925 . PRICE FIVE CENTS I r r1 a ID).: 3 ft i-Q h y y i 1 V Z3: ESCAPE IS PROBED AT 1 ES TAX REDUCTION BILL IS PROMISED BY PRESIDENT FIRST PA YMEXTS : FOR 1920 W ILL BE EFFECTED, SAID Tower Guard Says Others ftt J'a- J II! f O . '. raiiea to miu rum . in single-Handed Fight . I Coolidge Declares Relief on Both Normal ana Surtaxes i - ' i - - F 5 - Ate ia View " : PLYMOUTH, Vt., Aug 17 (By the Associated ! Press.) En- DAVIDSQN TAKES STAND actment; of .a tax reduction bill UCkUIC JlitlCU ii) WJ1CU IUSI llttj- mentj ot the new year are due, was promised to. President Cool idge 4 today . by administration financial, leaders.' Substantial reductions in the Income rates, both surtax and nor mal, la well as elimination ot many ojf the miscellaneous taxes Turnkey Peelaredo Hare ITad Revolver In Table i Ksrape Of Desperados Is Told t In Detail VI - o is m i YOUNG MURDER TRIAL IS OPENED; DENTIST CALM CLUE; BIOS STAY Posses Will Be Kept on Duty 'Until Information Re ceived, Pierce Says 1 ' YOUNG IS APPARENTLY NOT WORRIED OVER OUTCOME " Wife Declared Murdered by Gas And Body Incased ! Cement Cistern FOOD THOUGHT OBTAINED Two Heavily Armed . Men With Growth of Beant Demand C: ad From Home In ' Mt. Angel District Two bloodhounds from Eugene 'were received last night and were taken by Norman Myers, prison guard, to Silverton in an automo- bile and thence to the Kline farm near Mt. Angel. An effort to work , the dogs was made but later aban- doned until daylight. ; That James Nesimith, turnkey, had a revelver in';a drawer of a table beside which j he-was stand ing when Tom Murray, escaped convict entered the Jof flee shortly before & o'clock Wednesday night and threatened the, lives of three men In the office with a stilleto, and that both, he and Peter . J White, andther guard failed to come to bis single-handed .battle with Murray, was the testimony offered this afternoon by. John Davidson, veteran guard, when he appeared . before th$ coroner's jury. -Davidson told in detail how he knocked away Murray's hand which held the knife and then kicked" him in the abdomen, - The old guard related tow he dashed for PoatTfo-1, "obtained a rifle, heard Holman say. he was shot., and, then. went.. outside W order to get at the convicts who were filling the tower door and window with lead and steel: . "No,; I never looked to see how bad Holman was hit," he said. "I didn't have time tot any. guard: I was keeping my eye on the convicts.".' . . i " j Seeing. Jones come from around the corner of the wall, Davidson said he "cracked" him and that he fired several shots at the fly- were declared possible after a conference today between the ex ecutive, Secretary Mellon, Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the finance committee, and Represen tative Tillsoh of Connecticut who win be the republican floor leader next session. " - Estimates of the treasure were presented by Secretary Mellon and the tax 'program began to assume definite- shape. Mr. Mellon made no "definite recommendations but Chairman Smoot and Mr. Tillson later declared for' a cut in the surtax, applying on incomes of 1 2,0 do j and "over, from' the max imum; of 40 per cent! to 20 or 15 per cent. They also, proposed a reduction of the normal rates from one to two pet cent on in comes; of ?4, 000 and: under, from Excepting the receipt of j the usual number of clues which when investigated have borne no fruit, the manhunting situation last night occupied the status that it . presented Wednesday night when three convicts escaped from the penitentiary after killing two guards and leaving their ' leader dead. , National guardsmen . will j be kept on duty as long as the pos sibility remains that the trio are in hiding. Governor Pierce an nounces. . Sunday tne governor spent several hours in the district in which, the convicts are still be lieved to be hiding, chiefly be cause no contrary reports have been received. Possemen were caiied Monday to two miles west of Mt.- Angel where the young son of A. T. Kline four tb three per cent on incomes I nad reported to his father that Deiween, ai.uuo ana, s,uuu anaitWo men had come out of the from 6 fo 5 per cent on incomes brush through a hopyard and to the house where they asked for food. The frightened youngster gave them some bread. Both men, he said, had several days growth i bt whiskers on their faces and Were heavily armed means "committee e -all 4hat l-p- A epcrt fnnn .Monitor, seven uier tna(u amuusi. i - . l i... . . . Early action on the tax reduction bill which be the major domestfc issue before, the next .congress tis predicted on the plan of Chairman Green jot the house i ways and committee together lrt October tor consideration of the measure. President Coolidge will leave to this committee and treasury ex perts moat of the work of drafting exact terms of tax legislation. If the committee has prepared its bill by the opening of congress In December, Representative Till- son said today he would give it the . same right of way on the house calendar, believing it can fee sen to the senate by the first of tne year. This Would leave two. months for action "by the l miles north of Silverton, was re ceived in the morning that four men had stolen an automobile be longing to Lawrence Jacobsen Investigation showed that the car was taken by Mt. Angel men and i according to word received by the sheriff's office last night they had been apprehended. (Continued on page 8) L PROGRAM IS CONSIDERED I SEATTLE, Aug. 17. Election of officers and its program for the ensuing year are to be disc ing convicts, and saw one throw genate!and for ironine out of dif- nssed at a meetlnS ot the board up nis nnq as mongu urn uau ncii htwiin tlmt hwi. ).. house, been hit. Davidson, said he had been Btationed'in the turnkey's office from 5:15 until 6 o'clock for the last nine months by C. M. Charl ton, former; principal keeper, who told him that" he did not need a Although the payment .due March 1 15 is on incomes of this year, it is the plan to make the income? tax reduction retroactive to this; year. Changes In miscel laneous rates would' become ef- pf directors of the Washington chamber of commerce here Wed nesday. D. O.1, Lively, manager of the chamber announced today. M'MILLAX PARTY VIEW VAST AREA OF FROZEN LAND Navy' Planes Carry ' Supplies to New Stations en Ellee mere Island LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17. (By Associated Press.) Examin ation of . prospective Jurors to hear evidence in the case of Dr. Thomas Young, a dentist, on trial charged with suffocating his wife, Mrs. Grace Grogan Young, with a heavy dental gas last February and sealing her body in a cistern beneath their Beverley Glen cabin, occupied the first court session at the trial here today. The panel Is expected to be com pleted tomorrow. The dapper dentist sat through the- proceedings calm and unruf fled. He exhibited but a mild in terest in the wrangling of the de fense and prosecuting attorneys as the latter outlined the major contention that he killed the wom an and sealed her body in the crypt, assisted unwittingly by Patrick Grogan, Jr., her 18-year old son, who mixed the concrete for the dentist to pour over the body. ' - Further the , state held the killing was the dentist's first move to gain control of Mrs. Young's $1,500,000 estate, bequeathed her by her late husband. Patrick Grogan, known as the "olive king." Dr. Young's interest rallied In termittently as the prosecution on repeated examination, asked the prospective Jurors If they "re tained any conscientious opinions against the death penalty." Young's attorneys lost their first court move when they failed at the opening of . the trial to gain, a continuance on the grounds that they were, not supplied transcript : ot ' testimony of the grand jury hearing which indicted their , client. . The court over ruled the motion. A large crowd craned their necks to see the little bespectacled dentist, but thinned out later as the attorneys settled down to the task of selecting the Jury. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (By Associated Press.) A vast un charted stretch of Arctic mountain country has been traversed by aviators of the MacMillan expe dition in a flight to deposit sup plies at their new base pn Elles mere island. i Navy men aboard one of the airplanes reported they had seen many square miles ot Jagged snow- covered peaks, never, looked upon beiore by man. Deep valleys di vided the towering ranges, and in one place there was an uncharted lake, frozen over. . ' The area thus explored was in the northwest section ot Elles- mere island, known to geograph ers heretofore only in general out line. The excursion 3IOTOR COMPANY FILES DOVER, Del., Aug. 17. A char ter was filed at the state house to day by the General Motors Trust corporation. The concern, which will "deal in motor vehicles of all kinds, was capitalized at $16,000,- 000, represented by 160,000 shares with a par value of $100. UNCHARTED NORTH NOW CONQUERED BY AIRPLANE 61 W DEBT STARRETT AND HUBBARD RESIGN PRISON OFFICES MB PAROLE OFFICER AND GUARD HA Nil IX RESIGNATIONS : Coolidge Announces That Settlement Is Looked for at Early Meetin; I Warden i and Governor Refuse Comment; Guard Vacancy Declared Killed SKI Convicts Force New Era Family to Hide Them and Monitor Men All Day CONFERENCE ' IS HELD Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot Present Views to Execu-jhad been filled at the penitent!- The resignation of J. V. Starrett, parol officer, and George Hub bard, guard, became known Mon day. Governor Pierce refused to I rrQpr: fQg iuuiiucu uvu i lie rnituiiiuu vi Starrett (while Warden Dairy m pie announced that the other vacancy 9:30 live; Terms Declared Stated Killers Compel Boy to Drive Thrna To Portland; Death Is Threat- .' . - rued If Alarm Is - Turned In plored territory was made yester day by one of the two planes which deposited supplies at Saw yer Bay Just north of Flager Fjord. One plane developed motor trouble but got back safely to her station at Etah, Greenland. Commander Byrd was in the plane which swung northward to explore the interior ot Ellesmer Island, and he described the trip today in this radio message to the navy department: WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (By Associated Press.) Announce ment by President Coolidge at Plymouth that the American and Belgian debt commissions may reach" an agreement when they re sume their sessions tomorrow was Into the unex- taken here to mean that the chief Starrett was appointed parole officer by Governor Pierce about three months ago. taking the place of George I. Smith, who died In rAlAHj a v - J by death! was not filled for several Four men kidnapped from months, it is expected that there I Monitor early Monday morn win be delay in naming the new ing were held captive at tht 7 I T v T -A Before coming to Salem Starr- "ome J0.nn ewm". ai Mew tra, Between urejyon 30 ett Jived at Roseburg. where he was identified with the Ku Kiux I City - and Canby until 7 Inef w v nrV tXf 1i A rl executive had authorized a settle- the warden are intimate with the w,-iUwa' ow " ment which he was satisfied would overnor though there has .been the escaped convicts forced be acceptable to the Belgian par- considerable friction between tht one 0f the men and the Son of was considerable speculation here Newman to drive them to regarding which man would I Portland where they lelt the eventually be removed by the gov- automobile at Tenth and ernor. , 4 ne resignation, generally I ... ,. . . UnrlPI-Btorw. In h.r. nnnnt. I VV SSninglOn Street ed. does mot come as a direct re-1 9:30 and 10 o dock. suit of the riot at the prison last , I i . - i Hubbard, according to test!- me mysiery ravine east.oi mony of; several witnesses tbetor I here was telephoned to the me coroner-, "quest, ra led to rire penitentiary ' shortry after had ample opportunity. He had midnight by Sheriff Mass, of llament and the American con gress. " j Before Secretary, Mellon and Senator Smoot of Utah, represent ing the American commission went to Plymouth to confer with between . Word of the escape from Mr. Coolidge, senators and others were told that the commissions were quite far apart in the nego tiations and that some concessions "NA-3. Schur and Sorenson, would he nK.,-MrT tn an arre iNA-i, Bennett ana tsyra. ieiiimn 1 ji.ian ai iums p. m., ror cannon 1 while some details of the pro- Fjord. At midnight ran into fog nosed agreement remain to i be 1 1 knA lna 1nn, inc .mil.. - I . .... , . : - wW. - v u4 1 nui arii ti 1 bum iiii irpasinii w svikias.- . . a base. Mountains completely cot- gained today at the treasury that snai hour. . re f rom 1 i s ft nvirvrv report from the Newman boy ereu.wuu jog ana so impossioie 1 it might be possible to dispose or , niH ntu a vi,vi unan his arrival from Fort- 10 61 er mem. sal ot tnem in a single situnc. Mr. i mn,i-1 v. w. ,w ,v i 1 j m. t fwu-u Duwa uven r - m ..-..v. ijui.naac wnue.toe regular man i . --j .:v ja1v, if luc I . ....... k starrett. according to those in I they divulged the presence of close touch with ihe situation, is the desperadoes before the employed at the prison for j Oregon City, who received the Sawyer bay. Landed at 12:15 and located break in Ice large enough to beach plane. There was mouth of great glacier near us and Jagged cliffs. The appear ance of Cannon near us was water aroppmg a tnousana reet into a bowl. We had to wait for clouds and fog to clear. Then scum ice formed In places during wait. Finally at 4:15 a. m. weather cleared sufficiently to start for Cannon Fjord. :, "Two planes took ' otf, but Schur. in NA-3 landed! and sign alled that his motor had devel oped a knock that made it danger ous to attempt to get over the mountains. He was Instructed to turn here early - tomorrow - and meet the Belgians at 3 p. m. PLYMOUTH. Vt.. Aug. 17. (By Associated Press.) The stand of the American govern of the nrison. and has madA T.rl- Mv reiumea. I n A a s a 1 ous promises to them, including According to ine story iota ment on terms for refunding Bel- representing himself as a personal h,v younjr Newman and relay. termined at a conference here to- Starrett. iwould be the next war-to th penitentiary, ion day between President Coolidge den. . This information was also Murray. Ellsworth Kelley anl and Secretary Mellon and Senator I given to ; several employes of thejnp Willow with the four ui wku. lUliBVUi mklUUUlE EUirUV, 1 i. 1 Bl- What terms the administration leged. 'This and other acts are would be willing to accept was I said to have stirred up consider- not disclosed, although the state-1 able discontent, and the results ment was made that the president I were far! from harmonious to the expected an agreement to be I administration. reached when negotiations be tween the Belgian mission and the (Cratiantd e pS ) GOLD STANDARD SOUGHT Honitor men, crrived. at the Newman heme-shortly after 5 o'clock Monday morning.. They kept inside the house all day. forcinir the Newman. CENTENNIAL IS OPENED family to feed them. At 7:30 o'clock last, night they took one of the four men First White Settlement Honored 'In Celebration . BOOKWORMS! gun for if there was a disturbance fective bnon enactment of the law there would be ample opportunity - !"!- to obtain one. from the arsenal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. (By The turnkey is given the prerogat- the , Associated Press.) While 1 ve of having a gun at hand, J treasury bf f iciala have! aa yet fixed uaviason saia. - i upon nb program of tax reduction uaviason nas oeen ai tne prison f0r recommendation to congress for the last five years and has had their studies of the situation con nearly .20 years experience in Tince Uhem that government prison work. Target practice for J finance! will at least bear a reduc guards was held twice a montlujtion.ptithe surtax td20 per, cent ne sam. wing at a a 3-4 men, and of the maximum tax to 5 per the guards are good ahots and the This iwould represent a cut ot remainder poor, he said.. Holman was a poor! shot," he " said, while Sweeney vafied. Hubbard, guard on duty at Post No. 7, to' the pouth of the entrance, was also a poor snot he said.! Davidson Is nicknamed "Slaughterhouse John'' by the convicts; J as he shot "Tiger" Johnson at Walla Walla and an inmate of ; the Oregon prison. bullpen named Ogle. ; ; ' James R.' Carey, head chapel (Coatisato. pc ) ... ; PARKINGj CHANGE TODAY AUTOMOBILES MUST BE HEAD- ON TO CURBING . one. of per cent from the normal and take 20 per cent otf the max imum 4 surtax, . the present rate being forty per. cent. These of course are not final figures and It may be that an even- lower reduction? In the surtax will be proposed.! ' "T:.- -'!'" ' EGG 1 RACE CONTINUES HANSEN '. PULLET TAKES LEAD IN EGO LAYING CONTEST , Watch your clutch today! ' This is the warning broadcast by the Salem ' police department with head-on parking going into effect today. The machines must be parked at a . 45-degree angle and parallel to. each other. The police again caution motor ists against coming out from the curb without making sure that the traffic behind is in the clear. Attention is called to the point of law that holds that traffic in the street hastthe right of way over 1 that, coming, from the curb. Work of placing the white marks marks will begin Wednesday and will take about 16 days to eom- . plete, according to Walter Lowe, street commissioner. ; - TAC0MA,- Aug. 17 Eggs are the mlleposts by which a thrilling race , Is! being measured at the western! Washington : experiment station at; Pnyallup, near Taeoma. Hansen; puilet No.: 43 has taren the lead jover several hundred Dirds entered in me annual egg laying fcontest conducted by the station ;and is now making a bid tor a nevr world's, record. With 76 : day of the contest year : re maining this pullet already has laid 2 St eggs and is now four eggs ahead of the famous Lady Jewell's mark a this stage ot the race. Lady Jewell holds the present record, j , ... ; : V- The Hapsen pullet recently, laid an egg' for 88. consecutive days and then, after a 'day's rest, en tered the final spurt which her backers ; believe will carry her on to a new record. ' : ! STABILIZATION OF FRENCH CURRENCY DISCUSSED VANCOUVER, Wash.. Aug. 17. Vancouver's centennial celebra tion was opened tonight by Mayor which one is not known here (Coatiaa pf Allen who welcomed the distln- ATTORNEY IS DISBARRED guisnea visitors ana declared the I . ; t . . ; - - exposition open to the public. Rer. SUPREME COURT FAILS TO F A. Lavlolette offered Braver. I nctTJtsE mnir nrnsiox Mayor Gibes of Longvjew.i Mayor Baker of Portland, Representative I OLTMPIA, Atig. 17 (By the WILLIAMSTOWN. Mass.. Aug. 17, (By Associated Press.)- France is determined to revert to the gold standard, Robert Masson of Paris, French banker, said to-' nlrht tn lit fifth lAf.tnra mt thm institute of politics on the "peace Crumpacker of Oregon and Gov Ass6ciated .Press) The strpreme. problems of France." , Whether f Pierce of Oregon gave brief Lonrt to, thm .nrs!te4; -v. . . . 1 . I laiKS. conrratnlatinr Vinmwr. " - standard or stabilize the frane at nd the committee in charge on 110,1 of w' wlnthrop, fieaUle the successful efforts to celebrate I attorney, for a rehearing in dls- the centennial of the first white I barment settlement at Vancouver. - . IMQ t ... .v. . . . a new but lower value was yet to be decided. , ! "In either case we must begin by stabilizing the currency, and the preliminary measures are the final balancing of the - budget proceedings Instituted ' against him and entered an order. - the St. Elmo hotel. The city the court. handed down Jane 24. exposition opening cere-1 which the president is determined J council assembled at 7 o'clock and Mb w&lch Wlnthrop was suspended, proceeded to the grounds for the monies. I After the formal opening, the pageant, i "The Coming- of the WbUe Man," was iven. It Is Ue work ot local talent, written v. Dwlght Parish, who is also the UKT tNFUriCtRS MEET airectorv 1 The celebration will to see through; an increase In tax ation to attain that object which is being voted; a careful financial policy, avoiding an increased pub lic debt, and making provisions for its reduction; a settlement Of the international debt . question and a continuation of habit ot thrift among the public. All this Is either done, being done or likely to be done In . the near future. Practically the exchange will be stabilized - or will fluctuate be tween narrow limits." from practice of law la this .state for. one year. He was charged with unethical . practices In con nection with Seattle police court cases. ' I close Saturday. TIMBER LAND IN DANGER t , ' v-.--. ..1 1 . . . FIRE BREAKS OUT XEAR RAIN. ANDREWS HOLD CONFERENCE ... WITH DISTRICT CHIEFS '.' MYSTERY NOTE IS SENT - ier,! reports state WASHINGTON.. Aug". 17. I By Associated Press.) HaTing con cluded 'his individual conferences with .the prohibition "direction rfilaf. .. ji ...... DISAPPEARANCE OF YOUTH UUXMFIA, Aug.. 17 (By As- ant Seeret.r, .v. INVESTIGATED BY POLICE jciated Press.) Meager reporU treasury will meet practical all i . mi ine BUl xore,t- ' tomorrow ia a general SEATTLE. Ana-. 17 Bv the offices late today that a forest LonfrnJ . " " ' Rener1 iuoruud Prena l PolitH- deteA. I fir bad broken out In. the hold-1 . a. . . i - , I , . ... ... I ' m wiu "tj ifiinr'j i ro m tlve were assigned to. Investigate In of tBf Fir Tree Lumber com. I those arranging for meeting, the fighting crew composed ot com- the absence of John Cahay. Jr 23, when his family reported here tonight that he had been, missing tour months A note, .addressed to his. two sisters which read; "It you want to see your brother go to a house on the Bothell highway about 400 feet beyond the city limits," was received tftdar. The "note was signed with the Initial -S. The Bothell road run north out lot the Seattle city limits. purpose is to have a dlscu'lon or the whole prohibition enforcement company iemployee. and. organ-UUoama 0'a the eve o The o,: ized to combat the blaze, it waahn, if , ,u i I v 1 i it icurgaiuza. la- . . .. ,. I , .V . A . A report was received from Dis- Th . . ,' trict Warden Robert Coomb, that th'e genera! VonferVnce was the Quilcene fir, on Hood Canal thft 30 or the 70 cb7e" would be placed on a patrol gasis and Mate dlreftor, oal J"n., a.. by Thursday unle-s unfavorable trA k ivT. weather conditions' developed. I rii- today with .the statement-tin it mediate danger that the Quilcene wa. intended to' present all cf t " fire- woald continue to spread officers except the .director seemed passed, Coombs said. Hawaii. Tor t P! at, V 1 - a k-- I " ' - - i s