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j CENTRALIA; Wash., Aug. 22 (Br The Associated
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Press) Tom Murray, one of
from the Oregon State penitentiary on the afternoon of Wed
nesday, "August 12, is under lock and key, in the local jail.
He was caught as he was about to attempt a holdup of some
local store where he hoped to get sufficient money to enable
him to travel east as he had agreed to do when separating
frorti James Willos and Ellsworth Kelly
woods near White Salmon, Wash.
The story of the capture
who lives at the Eden Helm
streets, Portland. ', ' - -
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1 i 'I had been arrested in Portland," said .Carson, and was
charged with vagrancy in police court. They gave me sixty
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days but suspended sentence in order that I might get out
Jf town and stay out. I went!
jcouver, Wash.
"There I met Tom Murray.
where Murray was about to board the 6 :45 p. m. fast
I for Centralia. Murray told me who he was and asked me to
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help him get away. We planned to go to Tacoma and stage a
stickup. i -:- '-. ' . ! 1 j .
i "WTiile we were on the way here Murray told me that af-
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1 ter he, Willos and Kelly arrived in Portland shortly before 10
o'clock Monday night, they immediately drove in an automo-
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bile to The Dalles and then crossed over to White Salmon
where they have been hiding in
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f At about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon (Friday) Mur
ray and Willos had a fight. There was an old baggage car
near the station there and' Willos wanted to get intc it and
get isome clothes. ! Murray objected but Willos was an' old
railroad man, got in just the
Murray demanded to know 'why in hell did you goin there
for; and Willos replied 'to hell
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There was some more words and then the three agreed
to split. Murray was to go
to stay at White Salmon for a
selves with Willos as leader.
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f "Instead of going east,
soni came down the river and
met him. ." '- "!
"I veant to say right here
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feet gentleman as Murray. I j would not have turned him in
but for the fact that he declared I was a menace to! society
and; a lot of such stuff as that, I made up my mind that I
would turn him over to the
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here I took him to the Savoy
ve 'planned to do a stick-up here. I left him in the hotel and
called upon Charles Pilling, member of the 'night police force
and hired him to aid in the
bluff, but a part of my game.'
nert mayor of this city, and
My. next move was to
return, to the hotel, go to our
room, tell Murray that every-;
thing was all right and to
come ahead. We go -down
stairs and I introduce him to
Pilling and Barner and then
S tell them they are to assist us
4Jhe stick-up and everything
Captured
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three desperadoes who escaped
yesterday
in the
is told by Phillip Carion, 26,
apartments,! Fifth and Main
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across the. Columbia
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I was in the railroad yards
freight
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the woods and brush.
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saine and when he left the car,
With you'.
east and. W illos and Kelly were
time and then hit out by them
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Murray for some unknown rea
;went to Vancouver where I
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that I never , met such a per
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authorities so , when we arnveq
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hotel and we got a room. Then
stickup. Of course, thisi was all
. Then I called on Geotge Bar
hired him to be taxi-driver.
is all right, hot to fear.
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"Just at that point. Pilling
and Earner J stick their guns
in Murray's ribs and, (quick as
a 1 flash" he i tumbles and ex
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claims: 'Pretty clever!
"That was all he said.
He
went silent from then on and
did not say another word, bu
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Escaped GonvictKillers
In Hotel
Slever Ruse
I could tell he was doing some
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mighty tall thinking. Because
of this I will try to get him
out of here on the 3 o'clock
train this morning to Port-
land where he - can be kept
in safety."
Murray was taken to the lo
cal jail and locked up, under
heavy guard. He ate a hearty
supper, but refused to talk or
make any comment on what
had happened.
: George Earner, mayor
of Centralia, gained nation
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wide reknown during the
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'noted Armistice day riot at
Centralia on November 11,
1919, when four Legion men
were shot down in the streets
by members of the I. W. W.'s.
SPECIAL ELECTION
City Council to Give Definite
Decision" at Meeting on
September 1
Appropriation Measure Worry Of
ficials; Crowding of Itallot
May Caumc Iefet
of Bills
A motion to restrict the number
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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' eight to consider the spe
cial election measures.
Indications 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 ot 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 itVJs feared that if
all three measures go before the
people at once with appropriations
asked in each case, all of the rev
enue bills will be killed. -
Whether the question ot 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 f opening-
statement In which he urged co
operation among council mem
bers -in the selection of measures
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It was Barner who captured
Frank Everts, when the band
it was running amuck. Bar
ner had fired every shell in
his gun but attacked the
bandit and - disarmed him.
Everts was later lynched by
a mob of citizens.
Mayor Barner is an over
seas veteran.
It will aiso be remembered
that Centralia was the scene
of the, capture of Roy 'Gard
ner, nationally notorious
train robber, prison escaper
and highwayman. In this
case the capture was made by
Louis Sonney, marshal of
that city. A large reward
was offered for Gardner's
capture and Sonney, on re
ceiving this, turned it over to
A. C. ROSS IS REMOVED
FROM FISH COMMISSION
HAYES AXD VEATCH VOTE TO
REMOVE MASTER WARDEN'
Veatch Declares Move Waa Made
Solely in the Interest of
Harmony
PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (By the
Associated Press.)' Albert C.
Ross,' master fish warden since
July 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,1 Or., ex
state representative, was by a sim
ilar vote appointed to fill the va
cancy. Commissioner J. S. Hayes of
Bay City moved the dismissal ot
Mr. Ross and John C. Veatch,
Portland, chairman, added hls-vote
to that of Mr. Hayes for removal.
W. T. Eakin of Astoria voted
against the removal of the master
fish warden and also against the
appointment of Mr. 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 ot the
commission.
"Mr. Ross has known the situa
tion 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 pf office he
had never been asked by the gov
ernor to perform any , act 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 authorized. The
game commission will also spend
$100 for this purpose.
WRECK VICTIM DIES
BAKER, Ore., 2 1 ( By the
Associated Press.) C. C Gin
grich, of Lane, Kansas, who was
injured when his automobile, over
turned on, the Old Oregon Trailj
Wednesday, died at a Baker 'hos
pital today.
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the bandit's wife in an offer
in an effort to aid her. Son
ney and Mrs. Gardner formed
tne baroner rilm company
whirh wns aitnpri in make
Gardnr'a frPenm Th.. film
company never actually oper
ated. Sonney and the bandit's !
wife later started on a vaude-
viHe circuit, but this too failed
sT? a Wtff M AW ta CASlttw K 4 1 fM A I
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in Jjeavenswortn prison toli'ciency to tne neid enforcement
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75 years after having
successf ul in a break from j
McNeil's island. He is one of I
.. ram M
from the Washington federal
penitentiary.
BYSTANDER SHOT WHEN
EDITOR FIRES AT JUDGE'
CARL C. MAGEE IS HELD FOL
LOWING FATAL SHOT
Fistic Engagement With Judge
Ieahy, OKI Enemy, Termin
ates in Death
EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M.. Aug.
21. (By Associated Press.)
Carl C. Magee, Albuquerque editor
and storm center of New Mexico
politics, shot and killed
John
B. Lassatter, a
state employe, I
in a hotel here tonight, when In I
a fight with former District Judge
D. J. Leahy, his political enemy,
he drew a revolrer and fired sud-1
denly. i
Lassatter was a bystander.
Maeee fired two" shots after he
had been knocked to the floor by
Leahr. the first shot striking Las-
satter and the second wounding
Leahy In the arm. Leahy was the
district iude who . tried Mageel'riy ionignu- xne otter deatns
In two cases, both of which gained
national rmblicitT.
Leahy walked into the hotel,
witnesses of the shooting said,
and immediately approached Ma -
gee and began pommeling him. tare are several, who are noy be
Magee was taken into custody byl"l U medical skill, so horribly
Sheriff Lorenzo Delgado of San
Miguel county but no charge had
been filed against1 him early to-
night. ;
rrh- iiM,ai r.nri uio.n frtr.
mer Judge 'Leahy and Magee
reached its cm In Jnir. 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 sentences to prison ny ieany
but was pardoned by ' the then
Governor James F. Hinkle. before
o coiniwnceunuprwuKi
Because he criticized fn otheT
editorials Leahy's court while the ' .rXT-.. uTl VS
.. . ivld today -in common pleas court.
other charges in connection with! .
Judge Leahy haUed Magee Into
lita court on rfcarres of eontemnt
in Jnlr.l9?4 and sentenced him
to three months Imprisonment and
the Albuoueroue editor served
day and a night in Jail before-Gov-
ernor Hinkle again granted mm
a. pardon, s t . ,
In the contempt case the enmity
between Leahy 'and Magee reach -
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New Commanders of Prohi
bition Force to Take Of- j
fice September 1 j-
SIX NEW MEN APPOINTED
Eleven Former State Director! are
Promoted to Higher Pouts;
New System jla
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Praise!
WASHINGTON. Anjr.iM. (Dy
Associated Presa.) Tbe field
I commanders of the nation's reor
ganlzed prohibition army were
named today and given; ten days
in which to begin formation r of
their staffs in preparation for an
intensive campaign to dry up the
United States and its possessions.
The new command made up of 54
federal prohibition administrators
who will assume full charge Sep
tember 1, and one chief prohlbi
tion investigator was i organized
chiefly from among the old. dry
officers, only six new men being
appointed. Eleven of 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 the
treasury, the prohibition field
marshal, had declared iq announc
ing his plans for reorganization
I that the dry regime jwould be
made up principally of! big bust-
ne88 or military men In an effort
to put fresh life into the enforce
ment organization. i
Explaining the retention of so
many of the former officials. Mr.
Andrews said today hat he bad
nclof d r en;thn
to give most ot them the chance
t f nnArita nnfa efai
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feel wI1j more power and ef,
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secretary had mad some progress
wun nis original pian beiore de-
elding to keep many of the form
I er nff lror a flua nf i nw n.n
appointed were former) army of
c" nJ railroad. of flcUl,
I Seven of the executives were
named only as acting administra-
I tors because sir. Andrews said he
had not yet determined on the men
who "may meet the requirements':
In those districts. He j expectedi
however, that after the new ma
chinery begins working!. 'some of
those given temporary' assign
ments "mar demonstrate their
abI1Itr to render the BerTice !
' Outstanding in the announce-;
(Conttaa4 from if S) i
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BLAST TOLL IS NOW 46
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EXPLOSION .OS SHH ONE OF
MOST FATAL IX HISTORY
NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. Jl.-p-
(By the Associated Press.) The
death of Edward Donovan of Paw
tucket tonight brought to forty
six the total of deaths resulting
(from the explosion of a boiler en
I the excursion steamer; Mackinac
Tuesday evening.
- The deaths of three others to-
I day were recorded- and as the
hours pass, it ia expected that
others will be added to the toll.
Tn l0"y "h victim to succumb
to his frightful bxurns (was Peter
orsay ot rawtucket. He died
tdy were Bessie Mullia and Wll-
I m KODlnson also of Pawtncket.
loom me navai ana Newport nos-
I Pt nouse a number of critical
cs and physicians there' said
I ere they scalded when, the boiler
"on the excursion steamer exploded
ne steamed through Tsarragan
f ba yon the return trip to Paw
tncket with almost 700 excurslon-
uta aboard
BIBLfc STUDENT ENJOINED
I TEACHING OF BOOK IN PTB.
LIC SCHOOLS DISLIKED'
I EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, Aug
2l. (By Associated Press.)A
temnorarr iniunction restraJnlnr
the board of education, from per-
I rnittinr teafhin nf th- hiM In
(tlJk WIlKlu . . M r
wa de P tax
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A uemurrer to ine action iuea
br City Solicitor Harry; Brookaw,'
was overruled. Hearing on mak
lag the injunction permanent .will
neia Deiore acnoois; open tne
j middle of September. A course in
I bible study recently wss added 'to
1 the study-in itbe public school.)
Ihere.
on-fttop Hop to IUaa! Will 1
Kerord Ureaiing Event;
Planes Beady
SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Aug. 21.-
(By the Associated Press.) On
the first lapof their hIr,f d9n
planes, convoyed by two PN-"
planes, will take off from 1 San
Diego harbor at ft o'clock Sunday
morning. 24 hours later than
originally intended. Announce
ment that minor final adjustments
and tests of the Hawaiian flight
planes will be absolutely necessary
befora the PN-9's coald hop oft
for San Francisco and that thel
coastal flight therefore had been I
postponed from daybreak tomor-1
row was made late today by Capt. I
Stanford Moses, flight project com-1
mander. I
Captain Moses declared that be I
anticipated no delay in the de-
parture of the Boeing, scheduled I
to take off from' Seattle at day-1
break tomorrow for a non-stop I
flight to San Francisco. .
Flylng with Commander Johnance covering an accident of this
Rodgers Sunday in the P.N-9. No. I
1. flagship of the Hawaiian squad-1
ron. will be Lieut. G. C. Schild-1
hauer. alternate pilot, and Henry I
S. Cocklin. nary aeronautical en -
gmeer, m addition to tne regular i
ingnt crew a total of seren men. I
In lNT-5 No. 3. piloted by Lieut
Allen Snoddy and Arthur Gavin.
will go Capt. Stanford E. Moses,
flight project commander. Both
the PX-9 planes will carry about
half the amount of gasoline they
will Uke on the Hawaiian night
and. barring strong bead winds.
should fly through : the Golden
Gate about 1 p. ra.
The PX-7's 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
Conry will act as patrols, the Mey
er being stationed In the Santa
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. r
- Nine barographs, six of which
will be used on the Hawaiian !
. (CoBtinaed pat S)
TRAIN CRASH IS PROBED
RAILROAD AM) PUBLIC SER
VICE COMMISSIONS ACT
SALIDA. Colo., Aug.. 21. (By
Associated Press.) With but one
person out of four score of In.
Jured remaining . in a hospital.
three separate investigations were
in -prospect tonight Into the col
lislon of two fast Denver tc Rid
Grande Western railroad trains
near Granite late yesterday when
two firemen ' were killed. It was
announced late this afternoon at
the Denver ft Rio Grande hospital
here that Mrs. Ed Hoffman of
Omaha was the 'only passenger
whose condition prevented leaviajt
the hospital, and her speedy reviaiAASLALUHTfc.it wuujiut is
eoverr is looked for.
J. W. Taughtenbaugh and Chas.
E. Phelan. firemen on the two
trains, were killed. Both men
lived in Sallda. Taughtenbaugh'a
body was not recovered until to -
day,' since- it was wedged under!
the piled-np locomotives.
Immediately after his body was
brought to Salida it was annoenc -
ed by the coroner, that no inqaest
into the wreck would be held be -
cause oiner mvesugations wouia
take the place of an, inquest. The
railroad .company has started- an
investigation of the collision, two
Investigators of the Colorado sts te
public utilities commission arrivted
here this-afternoon, and the Inter
state commerce commission ' Ji
sending an investigator.
Failure of one train to receive
orders to . stop at Granite was
blamed by officials of the. Denver
4b Rio Grande Western for the dis
aster, i
YOUNG. STRIBLING WINS
GEORGIA1 BOXER TAKES B0CT
ON TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT
PHOENIX. Ariz.. Aug 21.
(By. Associated Press.) Young
Stribbling of Georgia won a techr
nlchal knockout over Jack Lynch,
Prescott. light heavyweight : to
the ninth .round of .a scheduled
10 round bout here tonight. Strib
bling weighed 1C3 ' and .Lyach
15. " ; :
PENDLETON HEAT LOWER
PENDLETON. Or., Aug.. 21.-
The heat in' Pendleton ' wax' lasa
noticeable today ,when the maxi
mum record was 93. two decrees
less than on Thursday. A lively
breeze " that ': rams tip frnratfc
west in tLe t.iorninR hours had
developed Inio a real dust storm
by evening. ' . .
Water Tank at Barr Plumb-
. ing Shop Expiodeswhen.
satety vaive sucks
WINDOWS' DEMOLISHED
Time of Accident ForevUJls Ptw
albla Loss at Life; OffW Em-
' pioye Cot" by Fallli .
Glass
An explosion' that shook build-
Ings six blocks away demolished
the rear end of the T. M.'-Barr
plumbing chop. 144 South , Corn-
merclal street yesterday afternoon
at 5:30 o'clock. The bursting of
a hot water tank caused the blast
which blew oat every window In
the shop and totally destroyed a
large lathe. Damage to placed
by Mr. Barr at approximately
112.500. It is said that no lnsur-
nature was carried.
x0 one was Injured in the ex-
nlosion although Irene Pierce, em-
ployed in the office, was slightly
eat by a piece ot pUte s!aM which
cr8hed from the front windows.
The fart that th bint occurred
after 5 o'clock saved several live
as a number of men were working
on the lathe and in the shop a
few momenta before the explo
sion. About 15 workmen are em
ployed In the shop.
The cause of the blast Is be
lieved due to the failure of a safe
ty valve on the tank to operate,
although according to the men la
the plant, it has been functioning
properly. The tank was of about
ISO gallons capacity, and was
used to furnish hot water to the
YU GrtU'llnft door l
heated by colls In a grate In the
furnace and was operated nor
mally at a pressure equal to that
of the city water system. It wav
placed lengthwise on the floor un
der a large lathe.
The force of the explosion com
pletely demolished the lathe and
rJDP 0 .ire ia
the floor. Pieces of the lathe wert
hurled through the roof -where a
hole about three feet In diameter
was torn. Some Idea of the enor
mous force accompanying tat
blast may be obtained from th
fact that a ' piece of the lathe
shot completely through a 3x14
inch Joist in the ceiling.' The Torce
of the -explosion twisted all the
walls of the shop, and a huge
timber, nearly two feet square and
about 35 feet long crashed from
the roof, demolishing machinery -and
supplies on the floor of. the
plant. . .
Serious danger of another and
more disastrous explosion was
arerted by the fire denartment
broken gas lines were disconnect-
(Coatinv4 ea pit )
INDIAN WOMAN IS GUILTY
I KETLKAKIJ Dl ASSIZfca
I PRINCE RUPERT, B. Aag.
121. (By the Associated Press)
IDdle Loot, and Indian woman on
trtal for the "witchcraft" murder
of Moccasin, an Indian boy, here
I March 1923, was found guilty f
l manslaughter in the assize court
1 today. The Jury added a Teconi-
lmendatlon ot mercy.
p. Edie was the last ef five to be
i cried in tne - case, tare were
I acquitted and the fourth. Big Alex
I was yesterday foand guilty. Sen-
I fences are to be fixed at the con-
I elusion of the present sitting ot
f the assizes.
s Moccasin was tied hand and
foot and left to freexe to death on
the? ice.
ADJLTJANT POST FILLED
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DISABLED VCTERANSV PAI'jat
HEADED nY NEW MAN
CINCIKNATI, Aug. 21(By As
sociated ress.) John W. Mahan.
national omraander of the Dis
abled American Veterans of the
World War. announced -here late
today tbatV. D. Corbly, Missoula.
MonL,'.has beetx appointed assfk
ant national adjutant In place of
Joseph Loos, Cincinnati, who re
signed. Corbly is editor ot the MIs.ouIa
Sentinel, a daily newipaper. lie
ttrrred with the marlA cofps.'rrr
ond division, throagiioat the war
and was ten rely Trevsti in
actios. Corbly vu rehab!1'.cate 1
by the United 8latca Vcterar..'
Dnreau and war graduated with
honors from tho school of Journal
ism tfce TnivcVsity, of Mor.tara.
."Corbly will h;re cLarre cf tho
Disabled , American . Vetcrar . '
Weekly at the natlotal bead---r-ter
la CtnclnnaH," Bill I'.zl ,
(Cvatiastd ta pr 5)