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rrv SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 22, 1925 PRICE FIVE CHNT3, luwi- .yUhilli lo-: IPfll ill . . - . . - - .. . . .- Leader - of Escaped Convict- Killer Is Surprised In Hotel Room SPECIAL ELECTION DEHS CONSIDERED City Council to Give Definite Decision at Meeting on September 1 Appropriation Measure "Worry Of ficials; Crowding of Ballot 3Iay Cause Defeat of Bills YOUNG CASE ADJOURNED LEGAL TANGLE CAUSES HALT IX WIFE MURDER TRfAI PORTLAND, Ore., Atiff. 22. (By Asso ciated Press.) Tom ; Murray, leader of the convict trio which escaped from Oregon state penitentiary a week ago; last Wednesday,? was captured at Centrailia early this morning:, ac cording to word received by the Portland po lice from Centralia. - 1 . i Murray was said to have been captured in a room in the Savoy hotel, Centralia arid to have surrendered without a fight. He was surprised in a hotel room by the mayor, the' chief of po lice and citizens." - ; r ; i;7 :H"c"''";- -rt ;-V , "Hie jig is up. I'm Murray all right,! he Was said to have declared! The Portland police first' received the report from a Port lander , who said he had taken part : in the capture. They 'checked up with the Centralia police' who confirm ed the story, j : "X ' :: . About the same time, it was Reported, that a posse was on the trail of James Wfllos and Ellsworth Kelley near White Salmon. Wash. , The latter re Krt was unconfirmed. BULLETIN 1:35 A. M. t PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 22. '(By Associated Press.)- An Jtinconf irmed .report was. tele phoned to ihe Portland police fetation this mo nuns that Tom Murray, one of, : the , convict vhp escaped from the Oregon stale penitentiary about 10 days ago, had been: captured at Centralia. The source of the call was being traced by Port land police. ANOTHER LANDMARK ... IS SOON TO DISAPPEAR A. C. ROSS IS REMOVED FROM FISH COMMISSION BYSTANDER SHOT WHEN EDITOR FIRES AT JUDGE HAYES AND VEATCH VOTE TO REMOVE MASTER WARDEN CARL C MAG EE IS HELD FOL- LOWING FATAL SHOT Veatch Declares More Wan Mad Solely In the Interest of , Harmony -' Fistle Engaeeinent "With Judiel Leahy, Old Enemy, Termin ates in Death FIRST METHODIST CHURCH HERE TO BE REPLACED Modern Building Planned South Liberty Ry Dr. B. L. Steeves on LOS ANGELES. Aug. 2tJ (By Associated Press.) -Attorneys for both sides at the trial of Dr. Thomaa Young, a dentist, charged with murdering his wife and con cealin g her body In a cistern, be gan arguments on :; a legal con flict here late today over Alleged statements the dentist Is said to hare made to his' office nurse (ew minutes before he made1 three purported confessions which he later repudiated . ' Court " adjourned" until I next Tuesday when Judge - Edwin . P. Hahn. e.pe.cted tojrule n :the argument. .-. .w: . '". --j , The battle started wnen , Mrs. Dorothy Mahan. : formerly'; Mies Leopold, the nurse, was question ed by the district tatornejr ' and told to relate the private conver sation which she and the dentist had a few minutes before the Pur potted confessions were- made. She is said to have persuaded her employer to confess.. Before the argument, thej nurse identified a lethal gas appliance. with which the dentisa is charged with suffocating his wife, and the court allowed her conclusion that it was the identical appliance whlch was missing -from Ybune's dental office alter -t,he alleged crime had - been,, committed; GERMAN PAPER IS iOLD - A motion to restrict the number of measures to go on the ballot at the special city election in October was allowed to carry over and the council adjourned without action of any kind at the. informal ses sion last night to consider the spe cial electron ncasures. Judication-; were that the meas ure to call; a special election will pass without difficulty but that a hot fight will be waged at the next regular meeting of " the council September 1 when : the question again comes up of what measures will be chosen for submission to the people. ' . .. The problem. It was indicated, is that . appropriations are ' badly needed for street Improvement the construction of new bridges, and the purchase of additional fire equipment, but it is feared that it all three 'measures go before the people at once with appropriations asked in each case, all of the rev enue bills will be hilled. Whether the question of an ap propriation to initiate an investi gation looking toward municipal ownership of the city , water sys tem would be submitted to . the voters was left open for further consideration. .Its backing, how ever, was much less secure In the council; than-are the other rev enue measures. .' "Personally, I am satisfied that if we load down the ballot we will lose all along the line," Mayor Geisy declared in his opening statement in which he urged co operation: among council mem bers in the selection of measures PORTLAND, Aug. 21- (By the Associated Press. ) Albert C. Ross, master fish warden since Jply 1. 1924, was removed by a 2 to 1 vote of the fish commission in session here today, and Edison I. Ballaugh of St. Helens, Or., ex state representative, was by a sim ilar vote appointed to fill the vacancy. Commissioner J. S. Hayes of Bay City moved, the dismissal of Mr. Ross and John C. Veatch, Portland, chairman, added his vote to that of Mr. Hayea for removal W. T. Eakin of Astoria voted against the removal of the master fish warden and also against the appointment of Jlr. Ballaugh. Little discussion preceded the vot ing. Charges were placed against Mr. Ross , and no grounds were stated for his removal, Mr. Veatch declaring the action to be solely for harmony and the good of the commission. "Mr. Ross has known the situs tlon for some time." the chairman sand, "and has preferred to be re moved rather than resign while In charge. " Is not that right, Mr, Ross?" . , The warden answered in the af firmative. ' , . v The fish trust has won,, was the only comment that Mr. Ross would make, other than - to say that during his tenure of office he had never been asked by. the gov ernor to perform any act J that could be interpreted as of a politi cal nature. . Expenditure of $100 to make a fishway through the falls of the Siuslaw river was authorised. The game commission will also spend1 1100 for this purpose. ' THREE MILLION MARKS PAID FOR STENNIS ORG AX The former site of the Salem Laundry company on South -Lib erty has been purchased by Dr. B. L. Sleeves of Salem who will erect at once a modern one-story building, it was announced yester day. The property Is one of the oldest landmarks 'in Salem, the old building having once, been the Methodist church here and one of the oldest buildings in the city. The property was sold to "Dr. Steeves; for a ! consideration of SU.OOa. : The church organization moved to the site now occupied by the denomination at the corner of Church: and State in 1876 which was the year that construction was started on the new building which is being used today.' , Tne old church building was erected In 1850 at a cost of $8000 wnich at that time represented a large expenditure. Inspection -of some of the beams show that they .were carved with a broad axe from trees by hand, and it is known that, the minister and congrega tion shared In much of the work of erecting the church. '. The property was purchased by Dr. Steeves from the Frederick J, Hurst estate through the Graben horst real estate firm . 1 t (Co tinned oa pax 5) - BSIDfiEcFimnS HEEDED EAST LAS VEGAS. N. M., Aug. 11. (By Associated Press.) I Carl C. Magee." Albuquerque editor and storm center of New Mexico i politics, shot and killed John B. Laasatter, a state employe, in a hotel here tonight, when In a fight with former District Judge D. J. Leahy, his political enemy. he drew a revolver and fired suddenly. Lassatter was a bystander. Magee fired two shots after he had been knocked to the floor by IS n COMPLETE New Commanders of Prohi bition Force to Take Of ; fice September 1 SIX NEW MEN APPOINTED Eleven Former Slate Director are Promoted to Higher Posts; New ' System Is Praised WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. (By Leahy, the first shot striking Las- Associated Press.) The field PAPER MAN ' SUICIDES C. A. "WATTS, "OF VANCOUVER, TAKES LIFE WITH GUN EARLY START EXPECTED BRIDGE-OF.THE-GODS ON WALLA WALLA, Aug. 21. Indications for an early start on the work of building the new Bridge-of-the-Gods across the Columbia river from a point near Cascade Locks to Stevenson, were reported here today by T. O, Web ster, Benton-Franklin inter-county bridge, which has taken over the down river project. The cost is estimated at $565,000 part of which will be obtained by bonds on the Benton-Franklin , bridge, About 1125,000 remains to be subscribed. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 21 C. A. Watts, secretary ot the Centennial corporation and office manager for the. Columbia Paper Mills company committed ' suicide at 5:30 p. ra today by shooting himself with & 32 caliber revolver. He had driven to the centennial grounds and was seated in his automobile" when. he eommiited the act. No reason was given for the deed. Mr. Watts was active in civic matters. A widow, one small daughter and the man's parents survive. satter aad the second wounding Leahy in the arm. Leahy was the district judge who tried Magee in two cases, both of which gained national .publicity. Leahy walked - into the hotel, witnesses of the shooting said. and immediately approached Ma gee and began purameling him. Magee was taken into custody by Sheriff Lorento Delgado ot San Miguel county but nq charge had been filed against him early to night. - The political feud between for mer Judge Leahy and Magee reached its crux In July, 1923,' When a jury in Leahy's court con victed the Albuquerque editor of criminal libel In connection with publication of editorials attacking former Chief Justice J. W. Parker of the state supreme court. . Magee was sentenced to prison by Leahy but was pardoned; by- the then Governor James F. Hinkle. before he commenced his prison term. Because he criticized tn other editorials Leahy's court while the other charges in connection with criminal libel case were pending. Judge Leahy hailed Magee into his court on charges of contempt in July, 1924, and sentenced him to three months imprisonment and the Albuquerque editor served a day and a night in jail before Gov ernor Hlnkle again granted him a pardon. , In the contempt case the enmity between Leahy and Magee reach- TWO. NAVY. PLANES WILT TRY TO SPAN PACIFIC AIRMEN WILL LEAVE SUNDAY ON HAWAIIAN FLIGHT Non-Stop nop to Ilad Will be Record Breaking Event; Planes Ready cram- RHEDI BUST Water Tank at Ban Plumb- ins Shop Explodes When ; safety -yaive oucks 1 Ttme of Accident Forestalls r t slbU Loss erf Lire; Office Em- , ; ploy iWky FaUla : ... daaa -. . (CBtiavl pm ) CHAMP'S BROTHER HELD JOHN DEMP8EY ARRESTED BY LUNACY COMMISSION WRECK VICTIM DIES BAKER, - Ore., 21. (By the Associated' Press.) C C. Gin grich of Lane. Kansas, who was injured when his automobile over turned on the Old Oregtm Trail, $25,000 In subscrip-1 Wednesday, died at a Baker hos- tions coming in this week. 'pltal today LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21. John Dempsey, brother ot William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, cham pion pugilist, was arrested here tonight on a warrant issued by the lunacy commission at the instance of his wife, Edna Dempsey, charg ing him with excessive use of liquor and narcotics. He is being held under observation in the psychopathic ward of the general hospital. Dempsey was arrested last night on a drunkenness charge. - commanders of the nation's reor ganized prohibition . army were named today and given ten days In' which to bexin formation ot their staffs In preparation tor an intensive campaign to dry up the United States and its possessions. The new command made up of 24 federal prohibition administrators who will assume full charge Sep tember 1, and one chief prohlbl tion investigator was organised chiefly 'from among the old dry officers, only -six new men being appointed. Eleven ot the former state directors, five divisional chiefs, the chief of general agents. one assistant divisional chief and one general agent were promoted. This came as a surprise since Assistant Secretary Andrews of tne treasury, the prohibition field marshal, had declared in announc ing bis plans for reorganization that the dry regime would be made up principally of big busi ness or military men in an effort to put fresh life Into the enforce ment organization. Explaining the retention of so many of the former officials. Mr. Andrews said today that he had concluded after meeting them that it would be "a great mistake not to give most of them the chance to operate under a system, that I feel wHl -grre more power and ef ficiency to the field enforcement of prohibition It was evident that the assistant secretary had made some progress with his original plan "before de- cldlng-to teep-majrof the" farm er officers as five of the new men appointed were former army of ficers and one a railroad official Seven of the executives were named only as acting administra tors because Mr. Andrews said he had not yet determined on the men who "may meet the requirements" In those districts. He expected. however, that after the new ma. chinery begins working, some ot those given temporary assign ments "may demonstrate their ability to render the service Outstanding in the announce- (CaUan4 frost psgs S) SAN DIEGO, Cat.. Aug. 21. (Bv the Associated Press.) On the first lap of their historic dash WINDOWS DEI 0 US H ED across the Pacific two PN-9 sea-I - planes, convoyed by two TS-1 planes. wUl Uke off from San Diego harbor at 6 o'clock Sunday moraine 24 hours later than originally Intended. Announce ment that minor final adjustments and tests of the Hawaiian night planes will be absolutely necessary bfore the PN-S's could bo off for San Francisco and that the coastal flight therefore had 'been postponed from daybreak tomor row was made late today by CspC Stanford Moses, flight project com mander. '." i Captain Moses declared that he anticipated no delay in the de parture ot the Boetag. scheduled to take off from Seattle at day break tomorrow for a non-stop flight to San- Francisco. I Flying with Commander John Rodgers Sunday in the PN-9, No. 1, flagship of the Hawaiian squad ron, will be Lieut. G. C. Schild hauer. alternate pilot, and Henry 3. Cocklln. navy aeronautical en gineer, in addition to the regular flight crew a total of seven men. In TN- No. 3. piloted by Lieut. Allen Snoddy and Arthur Gavin. will go Capt: Stanford E. Moses, flight project commander. Both the PN- planes win carry about half the amount or gasoline they will take on the Hawaiian flight and, barring strong head winds. should fly thronrh the Golden Gate, about I p. m. The PX-i'i with a limited gaso line supply, are due to land near San Luis Obispo between 10:30 and 11 a. m. Sunday. They Im mediately will re-fuel and take off for San Francisco. ; arriving , be tween 1 and 2 p. m. On the San Diego-San Francisco flight the destroyers Meyer and Corry will act as patrols, the Mey er being stationed in the 8anta Barbara channel and the Corry 20 miles north ot San Luis Obispo. The Boeing will bare two de stroyers for. patrols, the McCawley being stationed off Cape Blanco and the William Jones off Cape Meares. --'.. Nine barographs, six of which 111 be used on the Hawaiian v An explosion that shook band ings six blocks away demolished thv rear end of the T. M. Barr plumbing shop, 114 South Com mercial street yesterdsy afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. The bursting ot . a hot 'water task caused Ike blast which blew out every window "In the shop and totally, destroyed a large lathe. Damage J., placed by Mr. Barr at approximately $2,500. It Is said that so Insur ance covering an accident 'of this nature was carried. No one was Injured In the ex plosion although Irene "Plaree. em ployed la the office, was slightly cut by a piece ot plate glass which crashed from the froat windows. The fact that the blast occurred after 5 o'clock saved several lives a a number of men were working oa the lathe and In. the shop a tew momeata before the explo sion. About 15 workmen are em ployed la the shop. , The cause of . the blast U be lieved due to the failure ot a safe ty valve on the tank to operate, although according to the men la the plait, it haa been functioning properly. The tank was of about 150 gallons capacity, and was used to furnish hot water, to the Valley Grill, next door. It was heated by coll la a grate in the furnace and was operated' nor mally at a pressure equal to that of the city water system. It was placed lengthwise on the floor un der a large lathe. . . The force- of the explosion com pletely demolished the lathe and rrpped s hole 20 feet square la the floor,. Pieces ot the lath wen hurled through the roof where -a hole about three -feet rn diameter was torn. Some idea of the enor mous ' force accompanying the blast may be obtained from - the fact that a piece of the lathe TRAIN CRASH IS PROBED .hot eompTetely through a 3x14 inch joist in the celling. The force (Cmtiasc4 !( RAILROAD AND PUBLIC SER VICE COMMISSIONS ACT NOT YET BUT SOON! i BLAST TOLL IS NOW 46 EXPLOSION ON SHIP ONE OF MOST FATAL IN HISTORY BERLIN, Aug. 21 (By Asso ciated Press.) The -AlRemeine' Zeitung which was controlled by the late Hugo Stinnes has been sold by the banking syndicate which is liquidating the affairs of the; Stinnes family, to Walter Sa linger, a well known operator In print paper and Dr. August Web er who jhas political affiliations, fori 3,000,000 marks. The names of the buyers and the price were announced by the bankers tonight. The general belief la that Dr. Weber and - Herr Salinger i were acting in behalf of the Prussian government which ; desires the Stinnes plant for a public printing Office. It Is said to !. be . the In tention of the government to con tinue the newspaper as a non- political organ. : DRIVER IS BLAMED SEATTLE, Aug. 21.-i-At a cor oner's inquest here today Alonzo M. Parks, Berry ranch proprietor and driver of a car in which two women ; were killed Wednesday when It was struck- by an inter; Urban train, at White River on the i Seattle-Tacoma1 route, wa3 held responsible for 'the accident Testimony showed that there was an unobstructed view ot the tracks In both directions from the pot of the accident. ' ' . , DAMAGES f AFFIRMED OLYMP1A, Aug. 21. The su preme court affirmed the Yakima court In-awarding Hugh Mc0innls a verdict of $600 for personal In juries received when he fell into a light well of an apartment house In Yakima on the evening Of Sep tember 26. 1923. The courts held that owners, L. C. Keylon and Ed ward B. Luckri, were negligent 1n that they had . not kept a light burning to light the passageway so that it would be safe for ordinary use. - - ; ; NO FIRES REPORTED PENDLETON, Or., Aug. f 21. With wheat ' harvest ; practically completed lor 4925 crop, one of the oddest records ever. mide In this count v seems : assured. The record is that during a whole bar vest season, which has been very dry, not a single fire In standing wheat has been reported td local insurance men. j NEWPORT, R. I.. Aug. 31. (By the Associated Press.) The death of Edward Donovan ot Paw- tucket tonight brought to forty- six the total of deaths resulting from the explosion ot a boiler on the excursion steamer Mackinac Tuesday evening. ! The deaths of three others to day . were recorded and as the hours pass, it is expected : that others will be added to the toll. The forty fifth victim to sucenmb to his frlghtfal brurns was Peter Borsay of Pawtucket. He died SALIDA. Colo Aug. 21. (By Associated Press.) With but one person out of tour score of In jured remaining In a hospital, three separate Investigations were In prospect tonight into the col lision of two fast Denver ft Rio Grande Western railroad trains nesr Granite late yesterday when two firemen were killed. It was announced late this afternoon at the Denver & Rio Grande hospital here that Mrs. Ed . Hoffman of Omaha was 'the only passenger I whose condition nrevented lesving the hospital, and her speedy re-1 MANSLAl GilTtJi Yl-ttDlCT of the explosion twisted all the walls of the shop, aad a huge timber, nearly two feet square and about 35 feet long crashed from the roof, demolishing machinery and supplies en the floor of the plant... - . : . t Serious danger of another aad more disastrous explosion was averted by the rire department when - malBs connected -. with the broken gas lines wera diseonnect- (Ciian4 ra i) " " INDIAN WOMAN IS GUILTV l covery is looked for. J. W. Taughtenbaugh and Chas. E. Phelan, firemen, on the two trains, were killed. Both men lived In Sallda. Taughtenbaugh's body was not recovered until to day, since It RETURNED BY ASSIZES PRINCE RUPERT, B. C Aug. 21. (By the Associated Press)- Edl Loot, and Indian woman on trial for thewitchcraff murder was wedged under I of Moccasin, an Indian boy, here the plled-up locomotives. Immediately after his body was brought to Salida it was announc ed by the coroner that no Inquest into the wreck would be held be- early tonight. The other deaths leans other . investigations would today were Bessie MulHn and Wil liam Robinson also of Pawtucket. Both the naval and Newport hos pitals house a number ot critical eases aad "physicians there said there are several who are' noy be yond all medical skill, so horribly were they scalded when the boiler j'on the excursion steamer exploded las she steamed through Narragan sett ba yon the return trip to Paw tucket with almost 700 excurslon- i lsts aboard. - i take the place of an Inquest. The railroad company has started an Investigation of the collision, two investigators of the Colorado state public utilities commission arrived here this afternoon and the Inter stats commerce commission' is sending an investigator. ' Failure of one train to receive orders . to stop at Granite was blamed by officials of the Denver & Rio Grande Western for the dis aster. , BIBLE STUDENT ENJOINED Y0UHG STRIBLING WINS TEACHING OF BOOK IN PUB. LIC SCHOOLS DISLIKED CEORGL1 BOXER TAKES BOUT ON TECHNICAL. KNOCKOUT EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio. Aug. 21. (By Associated Press.) A temporary Injunction restraining the board of education from per-. milting teaching of the bible In the .public schools here was grist ed today in common pleas court. Application for the Injunction wsa made by R. H. Perry, af tax payer. f A demurrer to the action filed PHOENIX. Ariz.. Aug - 2L- (By Associated Press.) You eg IStribbllng of Georgia won teeh aicbal knockout-over Jack Lynch. ! Preacott. light heavyweight ; In the ninth round of a scheduled 10 rouad bout here tonight. Strlb- bllng weighed 143 and Lynch FENDLETON HEAT LOWER PFTvniJFrrnv fie. Inr ti by City Solicitor Harr7 Brookaw. The , PeBdlton . as lass was orerrnled. Hearing on mak Ing the injunction permanent, wilt I be-held before schools open the middle of September. A course In bible stady recently wii itJded to the study In' the 'public school here. noticeable today -when- the maxi mal record was 98. two degrees less than on TherMay. A- lively breeze- that came tip from' lis west la the morning hours had developed into a real dust storm by evening. March 1923, was found guilty cf manslaughter in the assize court today. The Jury added a recom mendation of mercy.; Edie was the last ot five to be tried in the case, three .were acquitted and the fourth, E!x Alex was. yesterday found guilty. Sen tences are to be fixed at the con clusion of the present sitting ot the assizes. : Moccasin was tied hsnd .sad foot and left to freeze to death on the Ice. ' - - v ' ADJUTANT POST FILLED - . . DISABLED VETERAN. PAn.R HEADED BY NEW M AN - . CINCINNATI, Aug. 21 (By As sociated Press.) John W. Mahaa, national, commander of the Dis abled American Vetsrars .of the World War. announced here Uta today that V. IX Corbry, Misaoula. Menu." has been appointtd assist ant natloaal adjutant, la ptace of Joseph Loos,. Cincinnati, who re signed. .- Corbly is editor cf the MiyouU Sentinel, a daily newspaper. He served with the marine enrps. rr ond division, throughout tfco rr and was severely .voit::ie;l. is action. ' Cortly was rebatiiitatt-.i by the UnlteJ Eute Yfttrai.V. bureau and was r.raduatd i;h honors from the school of Journal ism at th I'DlTfrsIty r.t 'tartar .. "CorbJy wl'I hare char-e rf t 3 Disabled- American Vc. Weekry at the national t " r ters la Cinclsaatl," salJ -, i