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j WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1 1925 SEY-W1LLS 60 KOT YET FIXED IIP ; Negro's Manager Fails to ; Post Bond to Guarantee ' Bout in New York YXBW jYORK. Aur. IS (By Associated, Pretss.) For a time ' today there was a fight on for the ht-avywelgtat championship of the . But Tex HicKard. promoter, and , Jack Kearna, manager of the chamrion. Jack i Dempwey, al . bouRh they agreed with each other in a legal document and posted J25.000 each, signifying good will, failed, to attract the third of the necessary triumviate, Paddy. Mollins, manager of Harry '"Wills, negro challenger. " f 'Rickard and Kearns, in writing. agreed to stage a bout wherein Dempsey would defend his title on or before July 4, 1926. Of course i JKearns only agreed to produce iDemppey. !' ; : , Rickard placed in the handi of Xh New York state athletic com mission a check for 123.000 as, a . guarantee of a promoter's good faith.- :l' . : !' .-;.- ivearns; nueu a cnecK tor 000 with the commission as his tart of the contract. It was made out to Rickard guaranteeing that (Dempsey would bo produced. ; Kearns; returned to. good 4tand i ,lng by the commission and fmhie ' idiately obtained ; his license in Nw York state long denied him r All shook hands for the last rmind i was coming. Rickard and Mullins sparred in ' a ; corner; outside the meeting! 'room, Mullins ducked and visit-' ed the commission. ; ' Reporters were ordered away 1 from . the commission's executive ; chamber while Mullins put an end ' to the fight that was all but de- elded .uron by refusing to con j tribute his $25,000 to the general ; fund- j ;-' . j t Chairman Farley of the Com ' mission explained to' reporters j that in case Penipsey failed to j appear as scheduled by Kearns. Mullins would receive the $25,000 t?haVthe chanjpfon's manager had placed .for! forfeit but as the heck to-as made out to Rickard there was some question ai to how Mul Mins Wiuld be able to obtain the money. Mr. Farley explained that these details wonld be taken care pf in .the near future. ; -,. j Mullir.a, although he question? cdt the poHsibili.y of the $23,000 coming his way, Jiad altogether another argument; H3 insisted , that if Dempsey "rau out" on the infttch, Wills should be recognized an cnnmwion. ro, no. trie con minion ta?. ana lartdy left wita otft sign it it papers cf any sort. ' nuiniis loiu , newspapermen that he would huve to be offered .pbmotnLiis more .than Kearns' check to Rickard for f25'.0u0 be fore he towk out his pen for action, : I THREE OLD SOX Kerr, Collins and Schalk Survivors of Old Flag Team i ' V".. i ? t i ' 'fey- i - V 1 ' -y'r 7 a few daya to "enjoy the rest. according to C. A- Baker, who tald that discipline, in compari son with that of other days, was lacking. Most of the guards should be on the farm, he said. J. W. Lillie. deputy warden just in from the man hunt and who was recalled from his vacation, said he was unable to enforce dis cipline as he wanted to but that "the public wouldn't stand for it." James Xesmlth. turnkey Injured by the escaping convicts, appeared with a bandaged bead and the aid of a cane. He said he had a small gun In a table drawer but was cut off by Murray and his knife. He stalled for time in opening the arsenal and received a blow on the head from a heavy cuspi dor., M. W. Miller, the principal keeper, told of being in the dining room when the riot broke. : ' They searched every place to no avaiL " 5 SEATTLE. Aug. 18. (By the Associated Press.) That the three escaped slavers from the Oregon state penitentiary. Tom Murray. Ellsworth Kelley and Jas. Willos. are headed for this vicin ity and plan to visit the parent of Murray, who live on Bainbridge inland, in Paget sound west of Se attle, was the belief expressed by police here tonight. All roads, into Seattle were heavily guarded and sheriffs dep uties went to Bainbridge island to be n readiness to close in on the convicts should they appear. LONGFELLOW CLUB NOW BEING ORGANIZED HERE "(Continued from page 1) KILLERS' TRAIL Wallace Carson, Bill Vieco, Ed LOST BY POLICE! v,esc0, Fred Bernrd, nd Iot oi oiners. It Is estimated that there, are (Continued from page 1) 1200 men In Salem and suburDs.tne ngnrs oi w -" " who are eligible for membership! tltndino'us aa compared with the with the Longfellow club, and the idea la to Invite all of them who' are willing to fraternixe and help along the great chorus for the rights of tall men. No one seem ed to know till lately that they had any rights. This movement' was started. In a vague way. some time ago In the east. It wa boosted at the recent meeting of the International Ro tary clubs at Cleveland. Ohio. But it remained for Marshfleld. Oregon, to start the movement in an organized way. Marshfleld Longfellow Club No. 1 of the Tall Men's association 'as started there, and from that club many ethers ar being organized. The Isreailtes chose Saul for their king because he was the tall est man among all the tribra. But that was a long time ago. and it has remained for Oregon to start and foster a movement to respect common garden variety. V 1 100015 ' f ' The White Sox team which is now threatening the Athletics and Nats in the American league scramble has but three men on it, who played on the championship team of 1919, and came out clean in the washing of the Black Sox scandal that followed the world's series that year. The three are Manager Eddie Collins, Catcher; Ray Schalk and Dickie Kerr, who has just been re-instatcd after a voluntary absence because of salary differences in 1922. , . ; V 1 1 BASEBALL; I By Aniociated PreM- I'acific (.'oast; .League Salt Lake 4; Portland 2. Oakland 10; San Francisco C Sacramento 8;. Seattle "3. Onl4 three games scheduled. St American League ; Louis 7; Philadelphia 6. Washington 7; Cleveland 4. New York 5 ; Detroit 2. ! Chicago 4 ; Boston 2. . i I - National League Cincinnati v 7-11;. Phil. 5-10. New? York 7; Chicago 1. Boston . 6-5; St. Louis 2-2. Pittsburgh 1,1; Brooklyn .4. LIQUOR OWNER FINED the day guard at No. 1 Post for the last two years, told the Jury that there had been a marked Im provement in the discipline in the yard in the last year and that no fights' had occurred within his vision, something that used to be of common occurance, J. R. Carey, head chapel guard, was returned to the stand and re tracted the statement that Jones and Kelley, had not celled together. For the past month, he said, they occupied No. 26 with Murray in 29 and Willos in 35.. An improve ment in the system of the chapel Is being worked out by Principal Keeper Miller, he said. The inquest will probably be concluded this afternoon with testimony being : oflfered at ,1 o'clock. ! , 'bank- CAUPt:.NTKH ASSKSSKU llS POLICE COURT $100 FIGHT IS HAP.D TENNIS i i. - r - -. . ; 81 XT KEN ! ' COXTEXDKRS RE- aiAix, ix i:.ttle fo:: tiiow; . trwivcw tin t a V v '. 1. (By-1 Associated Press.)- Slxteen contenders, five British stars and 11 Americans remained in the- battle for the national women's tcnnla crown today as u result " of . complstm, of second round play in the tharapionshlp tournament at the wejt side club. . r Five Californlana, led by the present national champion, Miss lCelen jWIIls.and six eastern start composed ithe American rauks ir this fntetnatlonal battle which saw all the outstanding title riv alp come through decisively in the fecond day of competition. , .MIsj Wills and Mias Elizabeth Ryan, the Californian who ha; come back from a long stay ii England to become the champ IptiXforemoet threat, both figure.' injtwo victories today with the 15 year ota title Holder giving tUf mere, impressive -exhibition. ,M'i3s 'Wills flashed the best net attack she has shown ince. beconi ing champion, when she quickly I tit out Mrs. Anna Fuller Hub- b rd ot Boston 6-1, 6-0. : R00ME 1)RMKR FUNERAL : HELD S.UJttI MAX DIES IX PORTLAND SL'XD.VY t - - - 'The 'many friends , of Samuel Roome, who has several times been la charge of the American Railway Express company, office in; Salem,' have received word of hie death in Portland Sunday fol lowing a second operation for caincer. Few person in the Wil lamella valley are said to have a wider acquaintanceship. For "more than 39 years Mr, Roome ' has been connected with the American and Wells Fargo express companies ju Portland and other Oregon cities. Funeral services were held in Portland yesterday. V ventilating system installed in the hall of the London county council I rnabls each member to regulate the condition of the air in r Ills, immediate vicinity. Using' gas for fuel, an Illinois I inventor's device employs a jet of 1 eteam and cleansing chemicals to ' wash automobiles or, under pres- i aura, to remove grease and even General lack of discipline, jang ling between officials and gambl ing among prisoners was the key note yesterday of testimony of fered before the coroner's jury probing conditions at the state penitentiary that .culminated In the death of two guards and .one convict and the escape of three others last Wednesday night. The allegations were made by several guards, the prison chaplain and an ex-principal keeper. "Discipline is "very lax, ; and those in charge are too busy furn ishing entertainment to run the institution." declared Rev. C. H. Bryan, chaplain. "There is wide open gambling going on in the "dog house" on the "Island." Sun- lays are desecrated with baseball games and poker is a favorite pas time. - I tried to preach, but could not run in competition with the baseball games. Twice' I visited the governor and he promised to top the gambling. Many of the convicts are using the hemp flow ers, 'which has the same effect upon kt he men as the loco weed has on livestock. The convicts realize that they are injured by such a break as occurred last week and would, welcome strict discipline. Playing cards made their appear ance about a year ago and have been a source of much o the evil." otieimircc cfDUC Dllll P; M- vjiaruon. lornier principal a u qui too r in m uwii-m; keeper, related that the men re- A fine of $100 was yesterday assessed against I!.. E. Carpenter by Police Judge Mark Poulsen af ter Carpenter had pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing intoxi cating! Rkjudru A motion , by City Attorney; Kowitz to dismiss a sup plementary charge Ot transporting liquor : was taken under consider at Ion by the court for later de- ttston4 j -. r . -: Carpenter was arrested by P lice, tVe night of August 8. and has since been held in the ' tty . jail. His attorney at first announced intention to enter a plea of not gu ltytd the twd. i charges'-first tiled of botn possession ana irans porting liquor. Later, through his attorney. Carpenter pleaded gulltylto the charge of possessing the liquor and Kowitz . moved to dlsml3s tne cnarge oi iranspona Judge! Poulsen declared vester d:iy that he would 'not rule upon the prosecutions motion, untu Carpenter madgme move to pay hi $100 fine. Ca rbea ter was a rrested by Traf fic Officer Edwards who found In his car five 'five-rgallon cans of loganberry jijlce and a 100-pouftd sack (if sugar. v . the lucky men acting as efa" for the game. . How are you going to main tain aisctpime with so many ac cessories?" he asked. "The disci pline is miserable and shows Ice cream, baseball games and radir are too much." Mr. Charlton was principal keeper for 14 month? and has had between 10 and 12 years prison experience. He was dismissed a little more than month ago. ". . - or five administrations , under which he worked at Uie prison "the discipline of the present is the slackest, was the opinion express ed by L. T. "Pat" Murphy, who said that his. testimony would cost him his job. Convicts had boasted to him that "they could take a cannon on wheels info the institu tion." and that others would "tear the dump down and throw it out me windows." lie admitted that there was gambling among the i mates, and that speculation wa1 rife with both guards and convicts as to who would lose thetr loh the warden or the deputv warden. The Institution, he declared, tws ' wiu tieupte s iiume or a sum mer resort." He criticized J the system of permitting the men to take bundles to their cells, and - - 1 a - a . m u:cifrea mat ine convicts were galplng ground daily. W. H. Gardner said that some, of the convicts did about as they pleased and that there was fric tion between the warden,' deputy warden and parole officer. This was common gossip among guards and inmates, he said. ."With the church element and soo minsters running the pepi- tentiary It is a haven of rest and a paradise for convicts" he de clared. reported the stop had been made at Tenth and Washington streets. 'Get out of here," were Mur ray's parting words. "Don't squeal, remember! We might be right behind you. And Leslie and Wilde "got." The return trip was made by way of Eighty-second I street. Safe at home again, the entire Newman family started in the car for Oregon City, where the sheriff was notified and the news broadcast. 1 It was the sheriff who telephon ed Warden Dalrymple at the pen- I itentlary and It was the warden who notified the Portland police just a few minutes before mid night. ; Local mobilization was then started. All available patrolmen ana oincerg were ordered to re port to headquarters. Rifles, ad ditional revolvers and shotguns were distributed. Downtown Portland was quickly I divided into squares and into each square went a group ot police. SAFETY atyour. SEVERAL PERMITS ISSUED BY j CITY RECORDER Building permits for the; erec tion fcfi commercial structures whose Value totals $47,000 have been issued recently from the-of flee of'. City Recorder Poulsen. The Western Paper Converting company secured a permitjfor the construction ot the first wing of its new $100,000 plant at' Front and D! streets to cost $35,000. Thej Valley Motor company se cured (permission for the erection of a one-story brick store at 244-250-25C North High street to cost $6.00(j. V -V ; :;vVv; A pfermit was issued to George C. Wih to erect a two-story con crete store building at 160-166-172 South I Liberty street to cost $6,000. WARDEN GIVES . PRISON VIEWS (Continued from page l)' ' tered on the books. Convlcta re sort to pitching peblea at a crack ir no qther opportunity Is afford ed for "gambling, he said, Until the present supply of hemp Js used up there , will be trouble from - the ttse of mcrrt wanna by the convicts, , he said. '--. Guards may have talked among themselves and even to the' con--victa of lack of discipline, but so far none have been men enough to come to him and make any aug gestlona : for lmprorement, de clared Warden Dalrymple. . Nomas J. Myers, who has been celved their regular tobacco al lowance and then on a strip of rather isolated land near the mill race, known as the "Island," gath ered In a large building commonly called the "dog house," and ex changed the tobacco for metal chips,-with which gambling was enjoyed. The winner can cash In his checks, receive tobacco and then get credit for this on the penitentiary books at 10 cents a can. he charged. He estimates that there are 150 unemployed men engaged In thia pastime, with 'NEW FALL Cantilever I v Shoe JUST IN JOHN ROTTLE 415 State Street Men are put in the bull pen for . St 1 3 -J'.r -jJ W D HUG STORE Dyspepsia Tablets i Perhaps you ate a little too much or you were hurried while eating. It you have a box of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets handy you wil soon be relieved of that unpleasant feeling. Indigestion, nausea, dysrep sia, sour stomach and other dis- turoances or tne digestive or gans are promptly. corrected by the Use of Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. 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