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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1925)
TlfficGOSTATisMAN, SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1023 IT ES r HKEHHIS 60 Negro to Be Guaranteed $100,000 by Fitzsimmons K for Title Joust . NEW YORK, Aug:. 19. (By ; Associated Press.) -Paddy ilul ' linn, manager of Harry Wills, re-i- reived word today from Floyd Fitzsimmons. Michigan City, pro; moter, that he will arrive in New 'York Saturday with $100,000 with which to assure Wills' end of- the purse la a bout with .the heavy weight champion. Jack Dempsey. Fitzsimmons is reported ;to have Dempsey's signature to a contract. Jack K earn s. "Dempsey's manag cr. and Tex Rickard, New York . i . 1 An 000 each to bind an agreement whereby Kearns would produce ; Dempsey toi defend his title in i "bout to a decision on or before July 4. 1926. ;: . ; Mulllns, however, refused to de posit a like amount with the New York state' athletic commission, de mandlng that his boxer be recog ni zed as champion in case Demp sey refused to appear. Moreover Mulllns argued that the agree ment between Rickard and Kearns failed to mention Wills. 36 NOW DEAD FROM BOILER EXPLOSION (Continued from page 1) - i. Li ' .,." .. 1 BASEBALL" By Associated Prets . III Pacific, I , 1 Salt Iiaie 294: Portland 9-9. (Second game, 1 innings.) - ' Seattle 10; Sacramento 0. - Los Angeles 5; Vernon 0. Oakland; 6; San Francisco (10 innings.) 5. i. : American St. Lopis 9; Philadelphia 8. Washington 12; Cleveland 8. Chicago 3; Boston jl.' -V Detroit 4; New York 3. . ji National Philadelphia 5; Cincinnati i. Boston S; St. Lout) 4. Brookjyij 8; Pittsburgh 7. -ew Yprk 7; Chicago 6. ! BISHOP STORE ROBBER - HELD IN CALIFORNIA HORACE WHITE SAID TO A FORMER CONVICT BE TWO NEAR DEATH IN -SAN QUENTIN BREAK (Continued from page 1) Deputy Sheriff Will Probably Make Trip to San Rafael For Prisoner , also in the Standard Oil hospital. The condition ot Miller and Luce was not discovered until the' launch was trapped by a Contra Costa sheriffs posse in a shrimp swamp at Maiate Point. The con victs sighted the posse while still former con- som distance from shore and at- state prison tAmnteri tn turn about and put jinto the bay stream again. A dep uty sheriff who had stationed him- " - "ir the use of jhydrostatla or hammer tesu ' Only one-of the victims wa3 kill ! ' I i - : I ( ' ed instantly by the b'ast of the steam, lie was Joseph Levalle, of Central Falls, a fireman. The others succumbed from ' burns or from inhaling steam. " ! Newport mariners tonight all the death list was extremely low In view df the fact that more than Horace White, " a in tho flropon is being held in San Rafael. CalJ charged with having robbed the Bishop clothing store here on Feb-j 8e, QD a ferry which had just ruary 28. He is also said by city. t f ,he Doint however. (sent several shots across the bow of the little craft, and It turned shoreward again, straight under the guns of the waiting possemen. lata Point when he was informed At that time the boat could not be seen from the Contra Costa side and Buckley mounted a bluff nearby to act as lookout.; He soon sighted the launch, and the posse rushed to the spot for which it was headed. .The best available prison In formation placed the number In the water front gang at 19. and it is understood that most of them participated in the break, j The convicts evidently tried to shield themselves by forcing Miller ' to police to have been responsible for robberies in Milt City. Scio and Albany. He is said by Cali fornia police to have made a con fession to holdups. It is hot known on what charge he was picked up in San -Rafael. Ia robbing the . Salem store, White is said to have hidden him self until the place was closed for The convicts were taken without a struggle All of the prisoners, both Inside and outside the walls were locked up Immediately after the break to the attorney general depart ment tyiat j an - inspector should have determined this condition y 700 excursionists w'eie.'on board j The disaster has virtually crip pled the! pawtucket ! police force 17 policemen being aboard as guests o the company. Of this number Patrolman Henry Dickin son and plner Whitker are dead and .Davfd Burns is missing. ! Severa-l other policemen are- in the hospitals suffering from se vere burfis. ;;-' 1 . : !, ". Wheni the Mackinac was dock ed at Sup livan's wharf by a navv ies.;". twot guards were ' placed - oni board tq keep everyone off the: vessel pending the federal investl-j Sation 4 . ; -. j '.. r ; -; the night, then taken $40 from the! Warden Frank J. Smith went in- till and made his way out of the front door. ' White; according to prison ire cords, was received there in No vember, 1923, from Tillamook county on a charge of larceny. j He was released in January 15)23. 1 1 j accompany them, and the distance from the launch landing to the guard towers was so great that it was difficult for the tower marks men to distinguish between the rioting convicts and their host ages. ; ; An airplane, supposedly pressed Into service by Warden Smith, fol lowed the convict launch across the bay, swooping down and cir cling within a few hundred feet ot it when the guards gathered it in. The airplane then returned to the prison, dropped a note to the ground and then quickly flew out GAR PUMPING OIL? , Our New McQuay Norris Ventilated Oil Ring j is guaranteed to stop oil pumping u p mr 'bill- SMITH & WATKINS of sight.: , m ' . Two guards commandeered & fishing boat Immediately after the launch put out from the prison point, a ad followed the fleeing convict, craft to the scene of its capture, arriving but a few feet behind their quarry. The aa 'Francisco police boat arrived about the same time, cutting off all chance of the convicts making their escape good. GRAND NEW 1111 TODAY FRIDAY llll TODAY COURT ATllIGH STREET rilOXE 41 EVERYMANS WIFE He is also said to have served a term in the Missouri state prison. The police department, junable to spare a man make the Cal ifornia trip for the fugitive. turned the message over to Sher iff Bower who will probably send a deputy to return the man here, It has not been decided yester- l day what action would be taken on the case. Sheriff Bower point ed out that if the ex-convict was returned to Salem and then chose to plead not guilty here, the police would .' have no, evidence upon which to secure his conviction. Until further word is received concerning the evidence available for use in his trial, officers here are taking the matter under ad visement, but have indicated that they will probably return the man. ( side the prison enclosure at once The course of the boat was fol lowed easily after it cruised out of machine run range, by Held glasses which were kept trained on the craft: by gnards on the walls. The San Francisco police were notified by telephone and sent a police boat at once with a shotgun squad aboard. Another call was put; in for the Contra Costa and Richmond officers and a ' posse quickly formed on the Contra Costa shore. M. J. Buckley, a corporal of the Oakland police department, was motoring with his wife near Ma- Oregon Pulp & Paper Co. Salem. Oregon MANUFACTURERS Sulphite and Manila Wrappings, also Butchers Wrap pings, Adding Machine Paper, Greaseproof, Glassine, Drug Bond, Tissue, Screenings and Specialties. EWatf ruwir. wTEin hhtrbwt rawunsou iV vViT v .W DOROTHY PHILLIPS s R05EKT CAIrt ' 0A'Cr UA y Also I VWJSV V 1 -When I fV-3 HTnWs A Dumbbells DPPL. ' 1 liT.f NEWS PERSONALS Dr. Tully. new pastor of the Presbyterian church, is to visit Crater lake before coming here to accept his new pulpit, he has' in formed friends here by letter. He W expected to arrive in Salem the first- of next week. Loyal Warner , is 'to return ; to- daV from a trip to Crater lake He has been absent at his post at th YMCA since .Saturday. F. F. Davenport of Silvcrton was a Salem visitor yesterday Toncy Liverman was in the city yesterday as a visitor from Auins vine. . ! , E. C. Hobb, member of the Corvallis Rotary club, was a vis itor at the noon 'luncheon of the Salem Rotary club yeslerdav. ; '; . W 1 ' 1 i " THURSDAY 1 '. ( ; rFRiDAY 1 ; ' - anssw ' w a k w a w M mm - m w I i1 V . " WITH, v . ;: - i "X-'.y j" JACK ' J. ''V.V. . 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