The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 23, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextSIM iiiiiii 1 SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR. SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS ' :; i . t j'' Si 1 J- I A M 11 H ZZj 4 j at i if ; '1 IIWDEATH CELL Handcuffed Between Two Officers. Convict Leader Returned;to Prison 3 MAN HEAVILY - GUARDED Bandit Still Attempts to Maintain 1 Jaunty Air;' Cell Reserved for Condemned Men Occupied , j V llandcutf ed' between two of. fleers, Tom Murray, convict-mur derer, was placed In a cell at the penitentiary shortly ,, after I 1 'o'clock Saturday afternoon ' 235 hosrs after he and two other con Mcts escaped - about 6 o'clock' In the? evening of A6Tit 12 follow ing; the killing of two guards and the; death of their! leader. Mur- InnVaut "tWMtVAil" anil VpTlt hi ey directed toward .the ground Xor the- greater portion of - the time. . i . " I ' - Murray waa. placed in one of a row of ceils reserved for condemn ed men on the east; aide of the north wing cell .house and, almost Leneath 'the hole through which he and his companions made their escape. As an extra precaution a special heavyseel screen has been placed around .the cell to prevent anyone from' passing any thing through the bars. An arm ed iguard. is constantly on watch. The automobile carrying the Y-Kr '"JTw ;Uon.hoteI.After. being- in. this lo iem was accompanied severalL-iu.- c vr others . containing i officers and toWPermen.; The trip began at w.m..uw.BMujw and ended at 1:12 o clock in the afternoon, pwing to the alippery , .. " 1 " " eav rain.no effort traa made to kjake it a atoeedy trip. One palr f handcuffs were rorn by ; the prisoner While he aras heaviiy, manaciea to j. ; h.i carey, tneaa cnapei guard ana Felix Herriford, deputr sherirt of wvm couniy.- sningipn. I goodwill- because of his commer Murray smiled aa !hawaa greet-Icial attainments, but was respect ed by score of , newspapermen, officials and photographers. Sev- eral photograph were' taken. For the most' part he, kepi- his eyes directed, toward the ground, but raised his head to exchange greet ings with one of the female fed eral prisoners: - - The -party escorting the prison - er was met at the head of , the stairs by "Warden A. M. Dalrymple and taken to the office, which was crowded, with waiting newspaper men.' "Da you want to talk with these peo pie ? Warden Dalrymple ask ed Murray. -! i ;'; V "I haven't anything to say and it wouldn't . do any good, but If they want r i to talk to me, all right."; Murray replied. .1 No Questions were asked and he was lead away to his cell. Murray complained about" ' the handcuffs cutting his wrist and the pressure was released. Murray refused to comment upon bis two companions in crime. Ellsworth Kelly and James Willos. tuuutu v.quwont;u ; concerning mem pj j.-. w. Muiie, aepuiy war den, after, .he was placed In his cell .. 'jl t ; ' ; The wounds received by Murray, one In the hand and the other In the forearm, are light and ; are healing nicely as are his burned hands.:. y ! There was so demonstration by the prisoners, in the penitentiary. ' (Ceatianed a pt( 3) MURRAY'S 40THER IS ILL 8UFFltRs! STROKE tHEN' XX F053IED i OF. CAPTURE PORTLAND Aug.- 22--(Bys sociated; Press. )--Tom: Murray's mother fainted when .deputies f rom ,Sherif r Starwich's office viJ - ited her at herBalnbridge home, near ; Seattle .this-afternoon and informed Jjer of Jier son's capture, according tot a telephone message received vby Chief; of Police Jen kins from tarwlch." ; The message furtheraaid that Mrs. Murray had ;beea unable to alk slpCe,- a,nd iflUtf doctor.aay w condition fa serious The Seattle dettp, wr Wt o Mrsl, Murray witlJa. message torreformzof the rules of the that members of the Portland pHUnIted States senate, the Seattle lice aepartinejit ttiM; 71 chamber of. commerce today bean pay her expenses if she" wants i "mrt) tte-.Salca. pecl STROKE PROVES FATAL ' TO CHINESE MERCHANT HOP LEE CALLED EARLY SAT- URDAY AFTERNOON' Reliability And - Integrity Knows Throughout Entire Willamette Valley .V:' ; By WILL CARVER "No Buy Today4-Hop Lee.' This was the last business ac tion of Hop Lee, wtell known Salem Chinese, who', when, he be came 111 yesterday; lef this word to explain why for the first time 1Q nearly 40 years his "office" was not open. -'. ;' ' ' Hop Lee will he missed . by hundreds of Salem and Willam ette valley residents who have had personal knowledge of Hop Lee's reliabitiy and integrity at various times during the two score years of his residence hef ej ' A story of Hop Leemust .be something more than a mere sketch of his life and of his death. It. must show something, of his In fluence upon the Chinese popula tion of the city when at one time tne colony numbered well over 200. With George Sun, H, . L. IJQle' and, Bvin ? h a member of the group i. that coun seled their bretnern during tur moil and peace. Did a. member of his race, fall foul of the white man's laws or become ill or need other assistance. Hop ..Lee. with tnege other three fiow liTing wa3 ready to , represent Chinatown's Interest in the matter.. Now; there Is, no Salem China town.' Perhaps 30. . is a total of the city. Chinese population . at present. ' . J i Hop Lee 8 lirst laundry was. lo cated on South Commercial across from the present site of the Mar- cation for nearly 15 years, Hop 8treeC geTeral yearg ago ne w ataIn forced to move ,becausl of tfle ectIon of modern 8tructures. The. laundry Hop Lee passed from Salem when a few years ago he entered the commission business specializing . In poultry and s eggs. Hop Lee (he always objected to being called ''Mister") owned several hop yards land farms as well as Salem residence property. He not only enjoyed -.Salem's I ed because of the popularity of his family.: Hop Lee's, children at tended Salem schools and as they graduated took their. place In the business and social life of the city. - Here is an instance of the why of Hop.Xee'a popularity.; Several week ago a local farmer visited 1 Lee and asked , that the Chinese merchant ; purchaser his flock of hens. Knowing, that - the farmer was in need of money, Hop Lee told him of; a better .market in another. town, although this cost him a commission deal. ; Hop ' Lee was affected with ' a stroke of apoplexy ; Friday night. He died at a Jocal hospital at 1 p. m.. Saturday. j He is survived by his wife and nine children. The; children are: Elsie, Ella; William,, Albert, Isa bel, Leslie, Kay, Loren and Clif ford. Mrs. Hop Lee and daughter, Elsie, are now in Stockton. Cal., from which point : the daughter had expected .to leave t for Hono lulu, Hawaii, where she has ac- cepted a position in the island Kbooi system. The remains are at tne Rigdon mortuary, the funeral announce ments to be made later. LAND I LEASED FOR OIL WASHINGTON SYNDICATE HAS TAKEN MANY OPTIONS , KELSO, N Wash.;-Aug. 22 Dor sey Hager of. Seattle today record sanL of aeVeV of lind west ed 86 oil leases covering thou southwest of ; Castle. Rock where a syndicate headed by Hager and B. A. Garber, bo.th of whwm were Montana oil operators conducted extensive surveys and examlna tions last Tear. The- leases were I uken in October 1924 and, most 0f them run for a period of, one year, and provide . i that drilling must start within two miles of the tract of ground within a year's time. DAWES TO BE IN SEATTLE SEATTLE. Aug. 22. After communication with Vice Presi dent Dawes, who is - coming to crac coast in a campaign to arrangements for him tor speak - lre tt cir-t cl septe-ter 5. in rm files ! FOB lIBHin Construction of Pfant Will Go on! Livesley and Hicks Sign Papers CAPITAL IS $640,000 Stockholder Will Meet to piaenss ; Plan.; ( ouipauy Will Con trol Entire Output of j New Factory The construction and operation of Falem's second linen mill is to go forward as planned. The ar ticles of i incorporation of Oregon Linen Mills, Incorporated, the company: to own and operate the proposed mill and subsidiary mills, filed its articles of incorporation yesterday. The Incorporators are E. M. Page. T. A. Livesley and T. M. Hicks. The first meeting of the stock holders is to be held at 10 a. m September 24, at the Salem Cham ber of Commerce rooms. This meeting lis being-advertised, the law requiring notice of 30 days to stockholders. . ' .The new company Is to have wide powers..- It Is to- have the power of planting, growing, buy ing and selling flax and flax seed; to purchase, grow, thresh, ret and scutch the -flax and separate the fiber therefrom; to prepare the fiber and tow to spin into yarn; to weave the yarns into linen fab rics.- and .to bleach, finish and market the same. All other usual powers are giv en. including owning real estate and machinery and doing all sorts of business necessary to the oper- (Continued n paga 6) ESCAPE TO BE PROBED GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES COM MITTEE TO INVESTIGATE MARSHFIELDAug.22. (By Associated Press.) Governor Pierce announced here this morn lng that late; today he will name John Thomson, Crater Lake park superintendent, .Jefferson Myers, former state treasurer, and "Adju tant General White of the Oregon national guard a commission three to investigate the recent jail break at the Salem penitentiary. The commission will be asked . . ' 10 maxe recommenaaiions regara ing a new prison which .Governor Pierce endorses. jVV,.. ' T CILLERS WEARY "Thank God Its Over," Kel- ley Exclaims as He Climbs in Waiting Car BOTH MEN ARE STARVING Details of Escape Given Re luctantly by. Two Escap ed Convicts ; DENY GUARD SHOOTING Kelley U III After Having Gorged , Much Rich Food Following Days of Near Star vation ' i PORTLAND, Or., Aug, 22. (By Associated Press.) "Thank God I'll get a good night's " sleep tonight," said Ellsworth Kelley, as he and James Willos, recaptured con victs, were brought into Port land tonight in a big seven passenger automobile with H. Christopherson, Multnomah county deputy sheriff,' at the wheel. The two desperadoes, dead tired, looked anything but man-killing fugitives from i state prison. They were in deed sleepy and after Cascade Locks was passed on the ride from Hood River, Kelley ask ed- permission of Constable Edward Goss, who occupied the rear seat with the cap tives, to recline. Within few moments - after his head touched the back' cushion he was sleeping soundly..' Kelley waa uncomfortably ill The men said they had not eaten a warm meal since they left Sa lem. Last night their spoils from the Lewis store iir Bingen includ ed a quantity of those rich. cakes of the chocolate' eclair type; Kel ley gorged on these, with- the re sult that it rebelled. ; When the party of officers ar rived at Hood River at 7:05 m. from the White Salmon dis trict where the two ex-convicts were recaptured late - today ' they reported that they were somewhat alarmed over Kelley's physical NOT YET BUTSSOON! PERILS OF FROZEN ARCTIC DESCRIBED Correspondent of Geograph ic bociety bives Impress ions of North AIR VIEWS -ARE TAKEN Conditions la Arctic Zone Call j for Every Resource Known to Man; . Ho Declares M. O. Williams In lk follovinf dianatrh transmitted hj Th Auociated Pma, AUynard Owns w iluarat. widely known writer, describe tha part la of tha Arctic- to lko wba inrada ita ehariad circle afloat, afoot or oa the wine. (By May Bard Owen Wil- liamv ataff eorreapondeal . of the Ceo- graphic Society.) ABOARD THE BOWDOIN, Mac- Millan ArcticExpedition, Pandora Harbor, Greenland, Aug. 21. The Arctic, as I hare just seen it from an airplane, is the same cruel Arc tic only more so. Sledging is hard and dangerous. but the dog motor provides a cheery companion. The dog can live off the country and be-used as food in an emergency and an airplane cannot. - The canoe (known as the kyak) is a fragile paper shell that takes an agile- In dividual to manipulate. , l?ut it protects man who cannot swim in water so cold that death would re sult from the attempt. A sealskin -tupik. the Eskimo's summer cottage, is frail, but it can weather a gale. An. igloo, the Eskimo's winter bungalow, is dark and gloomy enough, hut it is a welcome haven from cold and storm. . . . ; ' Under the conditions we had (Coatiaaad pf 6) CHURCH UNITY IS ASKED UNION SOUGHT FOR NORTO . AND SOUTH METHODISTS SPOKANE. Aug. 22. By a unanimous vote, the Pacltic Ger man Methodist Episcopal confer ence meeting here today, favored the unification of the southern and northern branches of the Methodist Episcopal church. The Rev. A. J. Loeppert of Chicago, field secretary of the board of education of the charch said that the conference must eventually be merged with the English speaking church, but no action was taken. DEATH SENTENCE TO BE ASKED FOR 3 CONVICTS SPECIAL SESSION OP GRAND JVRV WILL BE CALLED District Attorney Carson Carr for - Meeting Wednesday at -10:30 A. M. I Indictment for murder In the first degree of Tom Murray, EUs worth Kelley and James j Willos will be asked of the Marlon coun ty grand Jury by John A. Carson. district attorney, who has called for a special session 10:30 o'clock Wednesday rrrornlng. Murray was captured at Centralia. Wash., about 1 o'clock, Saturday morning and the other two about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Regardless of who fired the shots that took the lives of J. M. Hoi man snd John Sweeney, guards, the evening of August 12, under the law all those participat ing in the escape from the peni tentiary are equally guilty and are liable for death sentences, i For the first time in the history of the country and probably the state, two women ! will sit on a gTand Jury which ;will be called upon to render a verdict that will result in death on the gallows The two women, both housewives. are Mrs. Mabel Settlemeier, Wood burn, and Mrs. Grace Nelberg, Stayton. Other members of the grand Jury are Arthur Girod, far mer, route 8, Salem; George Keech, mayor of Stayton; i Selas Roda, Gates; L. W. Potter, far mer, route 5, Salem, and Fred E. Mangis. Insurance, Salem, i No effort wUl be made to In vestigate the circumstances sur rounding the escape from the penitentiary other than that which develops In connection with testi mony directed toward the con victs. ' fvTATPQM ft w nrnr-? nperr EXTRAS ARE ON STREET BE FORE ANY OTHER PAPER Within 45 minutes from the time the flash of the capture of Kelley and Willos reached the Statesman office at 5 o'clock Sat urday afternoon the second "ex tra" of the day was on sale on the streets. A similar performance showing how promptly and dependably The Statesman furnishes the news wat the appearance of The Statesman extra, giving details of the cap ture of Murray and being sold on the streets of Salem at an early morning hour nearly two hoars ahead of the Oregon Jan "extra.- The first word of the escape of Murray.. Kelley and. Willos, with the account of the murder of J. M. Holman and John Sweeney, guards and the death of Bert Ore gon Jones, convict, with full par ticulars of -the escape and the wounding of two other guards waa also. carried by a Statesman . "ex tra." . i The entire press run of 3500 'extras" was sold within a short time of the. issuance last night while more than 2000. copies of the other two "extras" were sold The Statesman also issued an ex tra giving th details of the death of President Warren O.? Harding, and was the first paper in Its' ter ritory with the news of the pass ing of Samuel Compers. ANDERS0N-MAY;BE'G0NE ALLEGED SLAYER RELIEVED TO HAVE STOLEN .SHIP PENSACOLA, Fla., Aug. 21 (By Associated Press.) --What is believed te have been a successful attempt at escape from the Unit ed States by George (Dutch) An derson, alleged slayer of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ha nee of Muncle, InL. was reported here tonight i by Aviation Pilot Burton Brown Bar ber, "who with Lieutenant Brox ton Rhodes.- returned from an all day flight over the gulf coast in search of the schooner Ida GJ re ported stolen : Wednesday . from Guliport, Miss. ' Barber stated that Chief of Jor lice Byrd of Gulfport suspected that it waa Anderson and his com paaions who made away with the vessel, a 55-foot, . two masted schooner yacht belonging to Dr. J. W. Gaston of New Orleans, ; LAUNDRYME.V MEET SEATTLE. Augv The Wash Ington Las dry owners association closing a convention here today selected - Spokane for the 192 convention. J. F. Crook. TTer.ton. was advanced from: vice presldentn. was proceeding also -under fcer to president. . HURRAY, WILLOS. AND. KELLEY ARE ALL TAKEN ' WITHOUT: SHOW OF RESISTANCE Trio Who Shot WayJ From State Prison. Killing Two Guards and Leaving Loader Dead MURDER WILL PORTLAND. Or., ciated Press.) The 1 convicts who shot their way out of the Oregon state penitentiary on the afternoon of August 1 2 came to a successful end today when Tom Murray, leader of the gang, was captured at Centralia, Wash., on a tip furnished by an in formant, and Ellsworth Kelley: and James Wil los were surprised and taken without resistance by a posse of Multnomah county officials. Murray waa returned to the penitentiary today and lock ed in solitary confinement. Kelley and Willos are being brought to Multnomah county jail and will be sent to the penitentiary tomorrow morning. All three will face charges of first degree murder. The capture of the trio was affected largely through the aid of Phil Carson, ex-prisoner at Kelly Butte rock pile. Car son, ordered from Portland by a police judge Friday after noon, met Murray-at Vancouver when the two boarded a north-bound freight train late Friday. Murray admitted his identity and planned with Carson to hold up some place at Centralia. He also told the informant that he, Kelley and Willos had been hidinjr in the woods near White Salmon, Wash., and that he and Willos having quarreled, he had left his companions. maucc DCirau ncuu run FIRST DEGREE MURDER NEW MEXICO EDITOR KILLS BYSTANDER DURING FIGHT Stormy Trtrel Is at Liberty on Bond of flO.OOO; Judge - Starts Fight EAST LAS VEGAS. N. if., Ang. 2. (By Associated Press.) Carl C. Ma gee. Albuqnerqne news paper editor and stormy petrel of New Mexico politics, was formally branded as the slayer of John B. Lassetter. state highway employee In the Terdlct of a coroner's Jnry here late today. Magee shot Lassetter, a bystand er. In a light with nis Diueresi political enemy, former District Judge Darld J. Leahy. In the crowded lobby of an East Las Vegas hotel last night. A charge of first degree murder was filed against him toaay ana he is at liberty under, 110,000 bond. The coroner's Jury said that Lassetter "came to bis death by reason of a gunshot wound on the left side of his neck, caused by a bullet fired from a gun In the band of Carl Magee.", The verdict made no finding as to culpability. : Magee left for his home In Albuquerque after he bad posted the appearance bond. In firing three shots after he had been knocked .to the floor by Leahy, Ita gee wounded Leahy In the arm. Lassetter was shot when he Interfered In the fight. The Albuquerque editor was ap parently suffering little from the (Ctiaa4 a pa I) TV0 STEAMERS CRASH UXr.R AXD OIL TANKER RAM; M OXE IS INJURED - . NEW YORK. 'Aug. 22 (By the Associated Press.) Two crippled steamers were limping baflc Into Port tonight after a collision two miles off Point Judith. R. 1. '.Distress cal la-cent out at :0 o'clock tonight reported that the oil tanker Harvester out of Provi dence. R. L, for Porth -.Arthur, Tex had been rammed In the rear by the- British, steamer Rosalind, New York to Halifax. The first calls asked far. assis tance for the Harvester which was said to be taking water rapidly, but; later messages reported that the damage to the ship was above the . water line and that she was continuing to New York under her own Bteatn. The Co-tklind uliho-iu'-x ' her bow was rDorted to ba slot . own power to u same port. BE CHARGED August 22.-(By Asso 0-day hunt for the three w-jaron - amr Centralis off i- " cials laid a trap and Murray was captured without trouble. Information that the trio had been about White Salmon, having crossed to the Wash ington side by the Hood River ' toll bridge, coupled with the report that a store had been looted and an automobile stol en at Bingen, Wash., resulted in despatch of a posse com posed, of Deputy Sheriffs Christopherson, Rexford and Jackson and Constable GIosk, all of Multnomah county to that locality yesterday morn ing. About 4 o'clock this after noon, the four officers, driv ing along the Glendale-Yaki-ma road, saw where a mach ine had recently been driven from the road into the brush i of a deep canyon. Leavinz their machine the four offi- cers slipped quietly down , the. canyon and. found two men eating lunch. The two were surrounded, covered with rifles and ordered to surren der. They obeyed without show of resistance. Kelley and Willos had few comments to make and refused to dis cuss their cases. That the notorious trio who shot down two prison guards and seriously wounded sever al others in a sanguinary bat tle at the time of their escape should be captured without the slightest resistance cams as a distinct surprise to pescc officers. Carson, though a man with something of a "record" himself, rendered the officers a notable service, for it was by -his strategy that Murray was ' captured without bloodshed, and it waa through information that he had wormed from Murray that the local officers wee able to follow the trail of ihj other two outlaws into Klick itat county. Four men i artirlatrd ia tr . break or Ar.u t 1 2. TW re tnc,,an4 Y' with a seTtn year sentence. Jor.s a t) - r 1 billed lT a guard.