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salem, Oregon, Thursday morning, august 20, 1925
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Coroner's Jury Fails to Place
v Responsibility for Fatal
1 Prison Break
"Vf DEAD GUARDS PRAISED
. '
i Bolman , and Sweeney Said
Have" Met Death in Cour
ageous Performance of
Their Duty
Lax discipline, the responsibility I
J which is not fixed, together
h ssTerar contributing causes,
afly with the I construction of
the Institution, is the findings of
the coroner's Jury late Wednesday I
aiternoon following a complete in-
vestlgation of the Oregon state
penitentiary and its government,
following the death two guard.
and one convict and the escape of
three others about 6 o'clock In the
evening ot August i t ' -1
J. M. Holman and John Sweeney.
guard..; came to their death, in
tbe coarageous performance of
their. duty in attempting to pre-
' vent the escape of their murderers
from the institution and their un-
fortunate death was occasioned by
f their faithful adherence to their
oath and duty as guards, the sup-
' A'plemental verdict and report reads. I
Uf. Iiljert Oregon Jones, one of the four I
ptslcBnvict. who were connected with
J.Tj'tbe riot, was killed by a guard
wmie anempuug m, nope. w i
jury t find, the aeaa convict ana
Tom r Murray. Ellsworth Kelley
-uu . - : I
aible for the
death
of the two
r' ? , ' . NT.
Contributing causes , to the ac
currence under investigation are
listed by the report as a lack of
sufficient number of guards in the
chapel to enable frequent and care
ful Inspection of the cell houses ?
proper supervision of the prison
ers entering and leaving the cell
houses;: the presence of the arse-1
nal within the penitentiary, and
the absence of a tower or other
guard post at the front of the
main bailding. n I minntfes after he opened, his busi-
i Warden A. M. Dalrymple, whenlness yesterday mornings t;
on .the stand, told the jury - that I He said that the - man had sev
a' request for $15,000 with which erai days growth ot beard and
to construct the tower above the
main entrance of the penitentiary,
" and for other improvements was
denied by the 1925 legislature and
- a,wu Hum iub nuiuuui ro
; quested ..for maintenance was
aihfH! from the oattma td r.
Irements for the biennium. ?
The Oregon State penitentiary
is a dangerouv. place for m-1
pioyewva (menace io ni jocauij
in general and another, break is
lmmineiii is ine opinion ot rani
JS. Frye, who appeared before the
coroner's jury Wednesday after-
noon. Frye has been chapel guard
for nearly three years. He adV
mitted that printed rules demand -
ed enforcement and that the of -
ficlals had never Interfered withoblei while making a run to
their administration. Guards, he
said, were under the impression
that they were supposed to get by
as easy as possible without caus -
ing trouble and that they never
made any complaint to the warden
or deputy unless there was a flag
rant violation of the rules. j !
Discipline In the yard is good
and while there had been occas-
lonal trouble the men in reneral
did what they were told to do,
Asa Fisher, yard captain for the
(Comtiancd s pf )
ROBBER TAKES B00TV
fT) ELECTS
PAIR OF SHOES;
ATS IT FOR THE DOOR t
t.o; .
treat under a fire of shoes and
shoe-fitting paraphernalia, an ua- "uuu,r- aaiem, is m me ure
Mentlfied hobo secured a free pair on PtJ &tl here with scalp
k ,4. wounds and other injuries and
he anneal in m inut tr was
1 fitted fnr natr of ihoM. said he
; would take them, and carried hlalDrul4 the result of an auto-
declaratlon out in a literal man-
ner. U t i
.....J . . v.
.wi
I a screw driver In the clerk's face
and told him t .t1k m nn.lIHK me opposite airecuo
As an accompaniment to his com
mand, the hobo made a wild break
for tbe door, followed closely by
more or less accurately thrown
shoes, hurled by the clerk. The
thief had, however, disappeared
when the shop keeper reached the
street.; j -i ' I '
Patrolman Olson, who invest!
gated the theft, said It was prob -
ably carried out by an auto-hobo.
XMWAJlAJUX nXAV AltrUlXLtSJJ
I
olympia, Aug. 1 9, The ap -
pointment of Dr. Harold E. Colver
s. 8Ule supervisor, oleology. was
announced today by the director
er conservation and development.
SEARCH FOR KILLERS IS
CARRIED TO NORTHWEST
- : t : 'M
I MAST REPORTS RECEIVED
FROM VARIED I QUARTERS
Portland
Police Continue
to
Comb 1
City; Grants 1 Pass
Sends Out Posse
I
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 1$.
(By Associated Press.) With! the
manbfnt Tom Murray. James
nuw( ua juwwona neuey, con
vlcts rwho escaped from the Ore
son state penitentiary centering in
a halt dozen different places in the
Pacific northwest, Portland police
tonight I were continuing j the
search here. : . !. -;
It was here late; Monday , night
that I the three - killer-fugitives
were hast seen only to, disappear
despite . the -thorough combing
given! the city by law officials in
what j has been declared by, old
police heads as the moat nreten-
tious criminal search ever made
in Portland. t I
r.,0ntl a - .t.A.i
" ! ? ? ' ? "
Posse, whch went out to seek tne
three escaped convicts, is reported
5 Jaye been, seen, on the -Pacific
highway north of that city retrim-
!!fW"aVinff;Unrrered Ty
'rc! th Tne n
which the men were reported to
have.heen riding -was not to v be
ton thoagh side roads were
searched. , f- t
A lineman, working along-the
highway, reported the trio, of
which! he said he recognized one
as antes Willos from pictures
which he said he
Us James Willos from pictures
I which had appeared in the pa-
per. Ah automobile had been
stolen from Roseburg a short time
before and the officers believed
wat U might be the same one. It
had i left the highway, however.
' when ; the posse got there and it
was;, decided that the automobile
was jrun into the brush
and
abandoned.
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SEATTLE, Aug. J 9-( By 1 As
sociated Press.) -A barber report
ed to i police here tonight that he
had shaved a man answering the
description of f James Willos, One
of the; three escaped slayers from
the Oregon state prison; a' tew
I had. been walking fast as he was
perspiring heavily. The barber
identified the man as Willos
through a picture published in a
i iwcBf newspaper.
FIREMAN DIES IN WRECK
cultJsW. mTitrrcv '"; m
TRUCK AND CAR FATAL
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i TACOMA, Aug. 19. One man
I was killed instantly; one seriously
injured .and Jtoar others sltehtlv
I injured this afternoon when a fire
I department truck from the United
1 States! veterans' hospital. Ameri
1 can Like, collided with an auto-
Camp- Murray.
I Horace Davie, 40, of South TaV
J coma, driver of the truck, : was in
1 tantly killed when-the truck over-
j turned in a ditch bordering, the
camp ! Lewis highway. . Clifford
Pharnes .received a fractured
skull and his condition Is criti
cal, 3tt - was reported.
CdLvIL E. St .Antolne," medlpal
offlfr. charge at the hospital,
niou nuiug on iue uuck ana
is believed to have been seriously
injured., r v j,." ; j
saiLem j BOY is INJURED
CLARENCE COLYER, 17. HUB
f IN AUTO ACCIDENT
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OREGON CITY, Ore Aug. .19
"nce Co 17 eon ! ot
I Enos Toder. Yoder sUtion. and
I "re members of his family are
""OWlO; accident t, which- occurred
aeari !Pnb Monday hlght ..when
Colyer in a- light bug attembted
or a truck and was strdck
by ! neJir r lT
PIONEER DIES Irj AU
...
IDAHO MAN IS KILLED WHEN
CAR ROLLS OVER HILL
LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 19,
William H. Zumwalt, pioneer i of
jthe Grangeville section, was kUled
boui 11 o'closX tonight whenUn
aniomooiie m which oe .was nam
wai mi chad am an mhanVTnent
U.,r h tnrx t th Inkttn hill
I hiehwav. The ear turned' over
1 several; times and Mr. Zumwalt
I was brushed nbQUtthe,che8t,.;He
I was-rusaed to Lewistoa but died
I within a few minutes after Teach
ling the city.
KJDra DEATH III
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Six Convicts- Make Daring
Escape in Motor Launch;
Machine Guns Used .
TOWER GUARDS ACTIVE
Shipping Clerk and Guard SeTere
ly Wounded By Prisoners in p
Attempted . Escape ;
. ' From Walls
: RICTOIOXD, Cal Ang. 20.
(By the Associnted Press.) B. O,
Miller, civilian shipping clerk of
San Quentln prison, died here
early this r-irnlnfc from Injuries
received lien six prisoners In
their attempt to break from the
prison waterfront gang yesterday
afternoon beat hhn with bricks
and M oik-s.
SAN QUENTIN, CaL. Aug. -19
-(By Associated Press. ) Six
convicts of the state prison here,
taking B. O. Miller, prison ship
ping clerk along as hostage, es
caped in a small launch from the
water front gang of the prison in a
hail of Jbullets from two guard
towers today, and were captured
later at Malate Point on the Con
tra Costa county shore, three miles
southeast of here.
Miller Is hear death in the
Standard OH company hospital at
Point Richmond - from bullet
wounds received when the tower
machine guns were turned on the
launch, and Guard George Gray
son, who was slugged down by the
escaping men, is In the prison hos
pital, also in a critical condition.
Paul Luce, one of the escapes
serving ten years from Los An
geles, sustained a shattered arm
from machine run bullets. He Is
(Con tinned a par 2)
BRIBERY. IS CHARGED
ATTEMPT SAID MADE TO IN
FLUEXCE EXTRl' OFFICER
PORT ANGKLESr Wash., Aug
19. 7 By -Associated Press.) As
a result or his attempt, to onoe
United States immigration officer
W. H. Yeager, Mike Sokos, local
business man is facing deportation
and bribery charges in Seattle to
day. t , '
Teager cited Sokos to appear
before him and furnish proof Of
his legal entry to the United
States. Sokos offered him money
and , told him to "forget it.1
Teager told him to go get more
money. ' Then he got two wit
nesses and had them and when
Sokos returned and gave him the
money he was immediately arrest
ed and taken to Seattle.
J
SPECIAL COMMITTEE IS
NAMED BY MAYOR GIESY
TWEXTY-FIVE CITIZEXS
SE-
LECTED OX BOARD
Engineer for Appraisal of Salem
Water Plant Will Be Recom
mended Soon
A special committee of Salem
business men was appointed yes
terday by Mayor J. B. Giesy and
M. i Hicks., president. tf tht
Chamber of Commerce, to consult
with the special water committee
or tne city council witn rererence i
to the purchase ot the Salem
ter nlant. The two committees
iii mppt in the nar fntur siid
recommend an engineer to make
an appraisal of the property. The
water company will also select
an appraiser and the two men will
appoint a third if necessary. The
nominee of the joint city commit
tees must have the approval of
the city council. , . ' i
Twenty-five men. were appoint
ed on the cltitens committee se
lected yesterday. They are: F.
G. Deckebach, chairman. Dr. H
H. Olinger," Edward Schunke, D
J. Fry, Sr., U. S. Page, T. A,' Liv
esley, W. S. Walton. D. W. Eyre,
C P. Bishop, August Huckestein,
T. B. Kay, George Grabenhorst,
Dr. B. L. Steves. H. O. White. Dr,
E. E. Fisher, R. J. Hendricks,
George Putnam, A. A. Lee, George
Wills, Dr. W. B. Morse. T. N. Barr.
oeorge Vlck. I. A. Greenbaum, W. I
Staley and Harry M. Hawkins. I
Thia advisory board will meet I
wun me special committee oi tne I
in. ... ... ... . ..
cuy council, ot wnicn ueorge wen-1
deroth is chairman. i I
RIVER FUND IS GRANTED
HAWLEY'S REQUEST FOR'AP -
PROPRIATION GRANTED I
Congress W. C. Hawley, after!
his recent trip of inspection down
tne wiiiameue river, wrote a
statement of facts to the war
pariiuent m u .awiionai auoi-
1L.1 J J 1 A. 1 VV 4. I
meui oi -iw.wuw oe maae ior ineM0nsed opposition
improvement oi tne river. , He re-
ceived yesterday the following tel
egram from General Harry Tay
lor, chief of engineers, war de
partment, Washington, D. C.r" '
"Twenty thousand dollars alott-
ed Willamette river above , Port
land and district engineer author
ized to proceed with work recom
mended." s
This means the cutting of chan
nels through bars, the construc
tion .of wing dam. and other im
provements to maintain a navi
gable depth of water from Salem
to Portland the year round, and
includes the reconditioning of thel
dredge "Mathloma."
SEATTLE WOMAN DIES
SEATTLE, Aur. 19 Mrs. Carol
Goff Palmer, wife of State Sena
tor. E. B. Palmer of King county,
died here this mornine. after a
year's illness. x ; " -
UNLOAD OR SINK!
FRENCH DEBT PARLEY IS
TO BEHELD NEXT MONTH
SECY". MELLOX ANNOUNCES
CONFERENCE PLANT
rAccrued Interest on Belgian Loan
Is Canceled by Joint
Committee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (By
Associated Press.) -A , terse an
nouncement from Secretary Mel
lon that a French commissioner
empowered to negotiate a plan for
,una,n tneI" nation's war debts
- w nuum u
Wa-lf"iiemop rouowea today on
neeis oi me ueigian settlement
wade yesterday. , Otherwise there
wa9JIno official stafement on the
'un,d n,K BUnatlon, though pcncUs.
r"" - 'a "u? were aepi
subject. ,
Members of the American debt
commission expressed convictions
that the Belgian settlement had
been in a way associated with the
rench approach. , butt there was
considerable variance of . opinion
as to. its effect upon French and
Italian sentiment. !
. Large sums, ot Interest accrued
and to accrue, were thrown off tbe
Belgian account in that agreement
and loaas made during the actual
fighting were made subject to no
interest charges because of under
standings that nation's representa
tlves had With Iha PngMant
Wilson. The Belgian cabinet and
parliament and the TTmtd nt.tM
congress must yet ratify the set-
tlement to make It valid, but the I
it . . . . .. i
impression grew today tnat tnese I
rauiicauon. were regarded in re-
sponsible quarters 'as being as
sured, i
Fri . .
nrSSSSSiTJZ
have the approval oX both senate
and OOU8 before It can become
lenective remains to be developed.
Most of the leaders are away from
WashlTl p-trn htit thnta nn ttis
rround an rpr mtitIi. th.f th-
terms Belgium when sent
to the canitol with the wMrht of
de-jthe administrative, .nnroral h
-
Mna them. wiU encounter no pro-
r r
There is left now owing to the
United States, as a result ot warj
lending operations, approximately
12.0S4,23S,393, the Belgian set-
it..
(Coatiaaad froa sag S)
POLAR SHIP SAID SAFE
STEAMER ARCTIC, REPORTED
LOST, REACHES HARBOR
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 111..
Aug. 19. (By Associated Press.)
Tne Canadian steamship Arctic
which has been unheard from for
the past 20 days and Its where -
abouts unknown, was reported an -
chored with all on: board safe in
Etah harbor, Greenland tonight.
A wireless message from the
MacMillan shlD Bowdoln at mid-
night tonight reported the location
of the Arctic. I
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BOILER
EXPLOSi
Four Missing, Eight Others
May Die as Result
of
Frightful Burns
SEARCHING PROBE MADE
Disaster Said Directly Due to De
fective Boiler on Ship; Gov
ernment to Make lavcutl-
gat Ion
NEWPORT. R. I.. Aug.' 19. I
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seven persons had lost a fight for
life 24 hours after they had been
enveloped in a flood of steam let
loose when the boiler, of the excur.
slon steamer Mackinac exploded
as she steamed througn Naragan
sett bay. Four other persons were
misslnr and eight of the; more
than a hundred injured were not
expected, to survive their burns.
Tbe death list grew by the hour.
Every attendant at the naval hos
pital where most of the victims1
were taken was on duty and work
ed ceaselessly. As many of the
patients as could be removed were
taken to the Newport hospital
where 25 volunteer nurses many
of whom saw overseas service.
ministered to their needs
Thi disaster the worst
in
Rhode Island waters since the
sinking of the Larchmont in 1907
with between 125 and 175 on
board, was the direct result of a
defective boiler. Assistant ! Attor
ney General Oscar A. Heltzen told
the Associated Press tonight. It
was a coincidence that George Mc-
yay. captain ot the Mackinac also
was captain of the Larchmont,
which sank after being rammed
by a schooner during a blinding
snowstorm. !
The Rhode Island attorney gen
eral's office will continue its in
.a.itonn (. rf.f.rmfn whether
mlvht'a riUaater TVdersl 8team -
vestlgation. United SUtes Sen
ator Jesse H. Metcalt asked Sec
retary of Commerce Hoover to
start an Immediate inquiry.'
"When the state investigators
inspected the Mackinac's exploded
boiler they found it was an old
. - M
one detenoratea oy wear ana
thinned down in certain nlaces,"
said Mr. Heltzen. "What occur
red at the time ot the explosion
I was a rupture of the plate in the
I cross drum extending from the
1 right hand side of the tire box to
1 the center of the boiler alongside
I of the longitudinal seam.
I "The longitudinal seam was
I very thin and the opening was six
or seven Inches .wide, extending
. - i
upward to the rear of. the drum.
It asserted (hat from time to time
the boiler f had been subjected to
extensive repairs by tbe addition
nf now hnlta and nitchea. -'
"The repairs may be evidence
h th holier wa in a weakened
condition. Tt has been. Intimated
i
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PLL1NGS0N TRIAL STOPS
tLLIrtUauiliniHU fUr0
JURY TO TAKE CASE TODAY;
INSANITY IS PLEADED
. SAN .FRANCISCO, Ang. 19.
(By Associated Press.) The El-
llngson murder ease wa. adjourn -
ed at 4:30 o'clock thia afternoon
until 2 o'clock tomorrow after -
m . m. .a. m S ;
noon witn tne conciuamg irsu'iiunmisiuoa reve.aiea tnat ap-
ment of Walter McGovern. chief
counsel for the defense, still nn -
iinisnea. roiiowms me cob-
elusion of McGovern . argument
tomorrow, Harmon D.
win
61 Will
chief prosecution counsel
tbe state.
, Superior Judge Harold Louder
back then will read hie Ins true
tlon. to the jury of .even women
and five men. Tbe
Wor? II
before 4:30
will go. to the jury
o'clock tomorrow afternoon Dor
othy Ellington.. 17 year old con
fessed matricide, 'who has. both
""u,lwa "i"' "wui
motner io aeatn in tneir no me
here on the -morning of January
13, ha. retained her composure
thu. far in the- trial. She wa. not
called on to testify. -
The defense based Its .case al-
most wholly on the plea of tem- from Natal to his home. He was
porary insanity. This was 4n sharp about half a mile from his place
contrast to the defense set op sev- when Mansfield suddenly emerg
eral months ago when attempts ed from the brush and fired
were made by Dorothy's counsel! Provincial police, royal Canadl-
to shift the murder guilt to one! an mounted police and a number
"Jlmmie La Marr; who police
claim., is a myth, and also to es-
tablish a case ot suicide
William W. Murphy., associate
counsel tor tbe prosecution, open
ea tne argument, saetcning
highlights and stressing Dorothy's
signed confession. Murpij. was
j fallowed by AleianJer v Mooilia,
assocUte counsel tor Ilia Je.'ense
iiiu u aiiuiuc MtuvTtiu, ;
ATTEMPT TO REACH POLEi
BY PLANE IS ABANDONED
MCMILLAN PARTY VICTIM OP
IXCIJ5MENT WEATHER
Explorations to Be Confined
to
Nearby Land; Secretary
Disappointed 1 .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (By
Associated Press.) A victim of
unusual weather, the MacMlllao
Arctic expedition was directed, to
day to abandon its efforts to fly
over the unknown polar sea. and
to concentrate upon supplemen
tary explorations and Investiga
tions1 In Greenland. Labrador and
Baffin Island.
The action was taken by the Na
tional Geographic society, spon-
Af tna A VVWayf I f ti awttl I Via a a.
. . . .,.,
contributed the plsne, and person
nel and was based upon recom
mendation ot Commander Donald
B. MacMillan. leader of the expe-
ulutenant Com.
mander Byrd, in command of the
ow ' BAliAti rs m slna1 at (1 An t tt
was assumed by the navy that
Commander MacMillan had not
submitted his recommendation
without consulting and obtaining
his assent.
Secretary Wilbur confessed him-
iff 4frnV1 n laa nnfn t a1 that I
f!" rfrVy disaPpo,n;e1,
the expedition could not complete
us miseion oecause me umor-
seen barriers, but he appreciated
that considerable valuable know!
edge had been obtained. Whether
another attempt will be made next
year to explore the polar sea, he
said, could not be determined so
long in advance, as much would
depend upon detailed reports and
" I
ers MacMillan and Byrd. I
Comntander MacMillan realis-
ing the futility of attempting the
mission InS-Ke face of uncommon-
ly early encroachment of winter,
with only a few day. left for oper-
ations. did not hesitate to recom-l
mend to the society the modlfica -
tion In plans. This was received
in a message , Monday night and
was followed by a conference at
hhe navy department yesterday lnH were In the car. The motor-
ll accept; me oi me iaer
a repiy to a request ior a report
from
Commander Byrd, but as
none j was received today, an
nouncement of abandonment ot
the polar sea flight yaa made.
Before the day was over word
was received from MacMillan ot
additional difficulties through vir
tual destruction b yfire ot one ot
the wings of the NA-3. The NA-2
had previously been damaged by
I rough weather, and thus only one
plane was left in service. The
speed with which tbe wing can be
renlaced will determine lrrr
the extent of subsequent flights
planned for regions rfarther south.
LOAN SHARKES FLAYED
i . -
BUSINESS MEN RALSR FUND
TO COMBAT FRAUD EVIL
I SEATTLE, Aug. 19. Ten
I thousand dollars t hare been
Pledged by a Seattle business man
I to oreaa tne "loan snarks " hold
on city and county emnlovees.
I Om Kahln rminisl tnm tit.
better; business bureau announced
heretonirhL The donor r.nn...J
led that his name be kept secret.
"There are no strings attached
to the, offer Kahin said. "The
money Is Intended to be used a.
the foundation of a mutual loan
! association of county and city em
ployees."
1 The! pledge was made after an
I a .
proximately 1500 city and county
j employees signed over their pay
cuww io money lending agencies
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RANCHER SAID KILLER
I i
ORKER FIRED ON
FROM AMBUSH; POSSE OUT
I
FERN IE. B. a. Aug. 19.
George Whiting, provincial gov
ernme,,t road forn who wa.
I .ii.v.i. n.. . . . ,
'"iiiiwi iu m aaooiing ai-
iray at .Elk Prairie yesterday
when Jesse Mansfield, a. rancher,
fired UDOn a road rrw wa .ht
iaeaa .from ambush ., about 5
0 clock tonight. Witnesses said
1 that Mansfield, who since Tuesday
oas oeen & rugitlve in the moun
tains, did tbe shooting.
At the time Whiting was shot
he was traveling in an antomnhil
I of armed eltizena were surround
Ing-Mansfield -tonight.-'
; FOUR PLANES ARRIVE
- 1 SEATTLE, -Aug.-19. Brlagina
tneirour new training planes to be
I used at the' Sand Point flld nar
here the.lSSlh ..CouUs. - wiih
I-ieutepant T. J Koenlg la com-
inand i returned to Seattle today
- i tiuu nuweu tieia, md uiego
THREE KILLERS
BELIEVED SEEH
Convict Trio Are Thought to
Be in Spokane; Accord
ing to Reports . .
AUTOMOBILE : DESERTED
Three Men With Rifles ' Seen
Changing Tire, Run When
Observed; Police Are
Rushed to Scene
SPOKANE. Aug. If. (By the
Associated. Press.) Twa automo
biles loaded, with policemen -were
rushed to th Garden Springs sec
tion of Spokane .tonight .when a
street car motorman reported that
he had seen three armed -mea.
"SW'rif escr!p ?f th.e
caped Salem convicts, changing a
tire on an automobile at the Hide
of the road. -
The car man reported that whn
lnem tn ran OTer ,
r
doning their, machine,
. tnrel Mul rlflM
He said
He made
tae report tQ tne j,, lhortIy
fore midnight and said tbe aban
doned car was en a road Juu In
side the city limits.
SPOKANE. Ang. 20. (By the
Associated Press.) No trace, of
an llltnmnhll rnntilnlnr thrajt
arined meB WM round br tne po.
lice In a search shortly after mld-
nirht followinr
street car motorman late last night
that be had seen a car near the
west city limits containing three
men, answering description, of the
three escaped Salem convicts.
A street car inspector repotted
to the police that the men had
I abandoned the machine, but the
motorman later declared taey had
I stopped at the side of the road and
'-'"' '
i w t io
I vouce snortiy before midnight and
I by the time the police reached the
scene no trace of any machine was
found.
VICTOR S. LAVSON DIES
EDITOR OF CHICAGO NEWS
VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE
CHICAGO, Aug. 19. (By As
sociated . Press.) Victor F. Law
son, editor and publisher of the
M-nicago ews. died at Bis
hom her tonight after an illness
of.two.dJ' . ' 1
mv. uwton naa suirerea rrom
heart attacks In recent years from
OTer work a ot myo-
carditis with acute dilation, which
came yesterday proved fatal at 10
o'clock tonight. His nearest rel
ative, his niece.. Mrs. Clarke N.
Tavenee of ' Chicago, .summoned
when it was. plain his illness had
become grave, was at his bedside.
Mr. Lawson would have been 75
years old next month. - - -
Victor Fremont Layson gained
fam fortune by his foresight
anticipating the success of a
low priced newspaper. His Chi
cago Dally News was the first
western paper to make a success
as a penny sheet.
He later gained hosts of friend,
in the newspaper business when
his foresight again came to the
froat and enabled him to supply
hundreds of publishers and .mail
during the paper shortage of
er newspapers with print paper
time days.
war-
Mr. Lawson was one
ot the founders and always a lead
er fn tha affair nf thm liuwl,tul
P""- " " vi-
I nmilf nTrvatAa f aAfva..
wav vva W VWyV lain V
news gsthering.
STEAMER CRASHES BOAT
- ONE MAN DROWNS IN COLLIS
ION ON COLU3IBIA RIVER
PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 19 r
(By Associated Press.) A wire-1
less message received here tonight
by the Federal Telegraph company
from the steamer Admiral Schley
reported that .while crossing out
from the Columbia river at 8:30
o'clock the steamer struck a fish
ing boat. ,.
The' message said that one of
the .two occupants of tbe boat ap
parently was drowned, but that
the other man had ben picked ap
by anoiher fishing boat.
The names of the two fbherrnen -were
not obtained.
When struck, the fishing boat
asn the fairway and the net
became caught In the Admiral
Schley's bom-. The Schley, mas
ter reported that after tbe collis
ion the steamer , was stopped and
lifebuoys thrown overboard. Th
man who was saved swam to the
life buoy, to which he clung catll
rescued, but the other r.aa' wn
seen to sink.