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CRISIS PER
D'Autremont Boys May
Be Under Arrest in Alaska
Men Giving Names as A. Erickson of Detroit and J. Martin of
Los Angeles Are Being: Held Pending Investigation
' for dime of Robbery and Brutal Murders
Brazil and Spain Urged to
Jake Part in League
Negotiations
DANGER SEEN TOO LATE
JUNEAU. Alaska. June ll.(By Associated Press.)
Two men whom federal officers believe to be Roy and Hugh
D'Autremont, two of three brothers wanted in connection
with the robbery of a Southern Pacific mail and passenger
train near Siskiyiu, Or., and the murder of four members of
the tram crew, in October, 1923, are being held m jail here.
A third man, believed by officers to be the third brother, Ray
Charles, escaped as the arrests were being made.
The two arrested gave their names, as A. Lnckson of De-
troit, and . J. Martin of Los An-
PnilUirTC I AY Dt AHC Iicelea. The third suspect was
m h h a - mm, a mm m m
Entrance of Germany . into Conn
ells Believed Responsible
for Kxisttng Condi
tions of League
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GENEVA, Switzerland, June 11.
(By Associated Press.) While
active diplomatic negotiations will
fee begun immediately in an effort
to prevent Brazil and Spain from
resigning from the League of Na
tions, league . officials are begin
sing to realize with regret, that
the loss of both countries may be
the price that will have to be paid
for the admission of Germany to
the league. Germany's admission Is
expected to take place at the Sep
tember assembly.
The Brazilian document an
nouncing that country's resigna
tion from the league council
points to the dangers which ahe
looming up before the league. As
for Brazil's Intentions, it says she
will let the great powers assume
the responsibility they seek, and
remain faithful to American ideals
"without which the world would,
never succeed in terminating the
race of armaments, or in obtain
ing the reign of peace on earth.'
"Without these ideals," the
communication adds, "the world
-wil never have the force to punish
a war of agression as an interna
tional crime and to substitute ob
ligatory arbitration for the vio
lence hitherto followed."
To confine the permanent seats
of the council to the big powers,
Brazil declares, is a frontal attack
on the. pacific alms of the, league
- "which wai created to make jus
tice prevail in International Tela
"ions not through aubservance to
&e stronger cowers, whose arro
gance 1 It was ldded designed to
curb.
' Copies of the document have
been dispatched to all members of
the league. It emphasizes that af
ter the noble idea arose in Amer
ica of uniting the nations in a po
litical organization to prevent a
repitition ot such a world catas
trophe. It says that only those
knowing the inner history of the
peace negotiations can tell what
were President Wilson's motives
for compromising on some of his
14 points so as to achieve forma
tion of the league and sacrificing
the present to lay the foundation
for a future in which lnternatio
'r peace would be more secure.
"The continued concentration of
the leaeue iu the hands of the
great powers," it. adds, "means
the league will be dominated by
'force, thereby ceasing to be an In
atitutlon designed to achieve s
reign of Justice for all peoples for
Its universal character and per-
(Cbatinl n pax 7.)
STILL' OPERATORS HELD
ASTORIA COl7rlJ3 PACE TERM
IX COUNTY JAIL
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PORTLAND. June 11. (By A
p.) Mrs. L. B. W illiner and Jas
Ftookes. both of Astoria, were
found guilty of charges of main
taining a still on the farm of Jas
Galloway, between Svenson and
Knappa. on the lower Columbia
river by a jury? in federal judge
Bean's court today, Oalloway had
previously pleaded guilty. Sen
tence will be pronounced Tuesday
morning.
Friday
In Washington
i
Farm relief debate engaged the
senate.
Representative .Britten of Illin
ols requested a department of jus-
41c inquiry into the Chicago pit
xnary. '
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Comptroller General McCarl de
clined to pay for oil and gas used
privately owned vehicles by pro-
Irrigation constrttctlon charges
totalling $27,466,371 trere.wrttten
;Ofl by aew legislation, toe interior
.. department said. - K -
tv Chairman Reed of the senate tn
vestigatlng - committee said : evi
.dence , showed the Pennsylvania
primary . bin reacbetf TX,2:yt25
FOR DARING ESCAPE
TWO TIME LOSER FOUND IN
HIDING BY GUARD
Prisoners Bore Hole in Roof and
Slide Down Rope to Tailor
Shop
j An attempt of three convicts to
scape from the hospital ward of
the Oregon state penitentiary was
frustrated at 3 o'clock this morn
ing when guards found Don Hall,
two-time loser hiding in the prison
tailor shop. .
Fred Blake and Lee Duncan,
companions of Hall, were said by
officials to have returned to their
cots when they discovered that
Hall had been apprehended and
that their escape would be impos
sible. Guards declared that the
convicts apparently had planned
to board a freight engine which
enters the prison yards between
midnight and daylight.
Investigation showed that the
three convicts bored a small open
ing In the wooden roof, through
which they had Intended to lower
themselves Into the tailor shop by
means of an improvised rope.
Hall, who was the first to descend,
attracted the attention of chapel
guards who went to investigate.
When found he was crouching
beneath a table in the tailor shop.
He was returned to the hospital
ward but later transferred to the
institution bull pen.
Hall was received at the prison
from Jackson county December
29, 19&5. to serve 10 years for
jail breaking. He previously had
served time in the Oregon pen!
tentiary.
Duncan Is under 35 years sen
tence for seven counts, including
jail breaking and robbery. He was
received from Douglas county
May 20, 1925. Duncan was pre
viously involved in an attempt to
escape from the prison while em
ployed in the machine shops.
Blake was received at the pris
on from Umatilla county to serve
12 years for robbery while armed
ith a dangerous weapon. He
was paroled two years ago dui
later returned to the institution.
Search of the hospital today re
vealed a dummy revolver. All
three of the convicts denied ownership.
known here as Dick Allen of Santa
Fe. N. M.
The arrests were made by Wil
liam Carsters, a deputy United
States marshal, and Harry A.
Pryde, , a former deputy.
Albert White, United States
marshal here, declared that a com
parison of pictures and handwrit
ing indicated the two men in jail
to be the D'Autremont brothers.
White said that they were em
ployed fn a pool room at siskiyou
In 1922 and 1923.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11.
The holding up of a Southern Pa
cific mail train and the killing of
three of the train crew and a mail
clerk at the entrance of 'Siskiyou
tunnel in Siskiyou canyon. Or.,
was one of the most dastardly ex
amples of train banditry in the
west. The engineer and two oth
ers of the train crew were killed
as they tried to resist, while the
mail clerk met death when his
car was dynamited Jn a vain search
for loot. The bandits fled empty
handed. Four roughly dressed men, work
ing with a murderous fury, perpe
trated the holdup. Later some
discarded clothing was found near
by and ownership was traced to
the D'Autremont brothers, 'who
had disappeared at the time of the
holdup. Vaiious rewards total
ing $15,000 were offered for their
capture.
Since then the arrests or one
or more of the D'Autremonts has
been reported in many places. Re
cently the postoffice department
sent out new circulars describing
trie men, even telling the personal
likes and dislikes and -other inti
mate details of their habits and
manners.
IIS SOUGHT
FOR RANCHERS
McNary Relief Bill Tom To
Shreds by Opponents
of Measure
PROMPT ACTION APPEAL
Gooding of Idaho and Others
Equally Prominent Not In
Sympathy ith the Mc
Nary Slate
VERDICT AWARDED CO-ED
BATTLE CREEK GIRL GIVEN
LARGE JUDGMENT
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., June
11. (By Associated Press.)
Miss Louise King, Battle Creek
college co-ed was awarded $50,
000 'damages against Arthur B.
Rich, prominent Battle Creek
youth, in circuit court today. Rich
now is. serving a life sentence for
an alleged criminal assault upon
Miss King.
Miss King sued for 3100,000,
alleging permanent physical in
jury as a result of her experience
with young Rich on the golf links
of the Battle Creek Country club.
following an automobile party
more than a year ago.
REPORTS HELD ABSURD
WILLIAM LEEDS DENIES HE
AND WIFE ESTRANGED
CHICAGO. June 11 (By Asso
ciated Press) William B. Leeds
Jr., son of the tinplate million
aire, and Princess Xenla, of
Greece, his wife arrived here to
day from opposite sides of the
continent and retired, to a hotel
suite,' after denying any reports
oi an estrangement, xne re
ports current while he was in
California and she in New York
were- described as ."absurd," each
explaining they were "utterly in
love" ana intended going on a
second honeymoon.
PORTLAND YOUTH JS HELD
WALTER ALFRED IS INDICTED
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
? SEATTLE, June :il.- (By As
sociated" Press.) Walter Alfred,
Portland, V Ore., a University of
Washington student, was charged
with manslaughter , here today.
He ,4rov6 an; automobile which
collided with :a. "maehine of FranY
C. Kllbourn Everett, Waslu, here
Jung l7ffi-f5SlMffl'v-i,.lL.:
PORTLAND, June 11. Copies
ot indictments against the three
D Autremont brothers were wired
Albert White, United States mar
shal at Juneau by Harry V. Reed,
chief deputy marshall here today
following the request that the in
dictments be furnished on belief
that two men captured there were
the missing brothers.
JUNEAU. Alaska, June 11.
(By Associated Press) Charges
of being fugitives from the state
of Oregon were filed here today
against two men declared by of
ficials to be Ray A. D'Autremont
and Hugh D'Autremont, two of
(Continual on pje 2.)
WASHINGTON, June 11. (By
Associated Press.) The McNary
farm relief bill, nearing a vote In
the senate, was loaded down fur
ther today with amendments. Sen
ators Caraway, democrat, Arkan
sas, and Lenroot, republican, Wis
consin, opponents of the measure,
proposing changes that will be
passed upon along with those al
ready offered and others still to
be presented.
While opponents were striking
at the bill with amendments, pro
ponents were attempting to stem
the receding tide of support with
verbal argument. Senators Rob
inson of Indiana, Gooding of Ida
ho, and Howell of Nebraska, re
publicaas, and Shipstead, farmer
labor, attempting to stem the re
ceding tide of support with ver
bal argument. Senators Robinson
of Indiana, Gooding, Idaho, and
Howell of Nebraska, republicans,
and Shipstead, farmer-labor, Min
nesota, urged friends of the farm
crs to rally around the measure
and save agriculture. The demo
cratic side was aroused by Senator
Robinson, Arkansas, democratic
leader, who charged that cotton
had been included in the provis
Ions of the bill mainly as a bid for
the support of senators from cot
ton growing states.
He has offered a substitute bil
proposing a ? 200,000,000 fund to
be used to aid cooperative mar
keting and the export of surplus
crops to which he expects to draw
the support of most democrats. In
the midst of todoy's debate Sena-
ELECTION COST
SLATE STUDIED
More Than MiHion Expended
by Republicans in Pri
mary Campaign
PEPPER TO TAKE STAND
Vare Expense Account Not Ex
pected to Exceed $7 1,000
According to Recent
Estimates
(Con tinned on pat S.)
GUNMEN PROBE SOUGHT
SENATE ASKED TO INQUIRE
INTO CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON, June 11. (By
AP.) In the midst of the senate
inquiry into primary elections, the
department of Justice was asked
today to investigate the reported
activity of gangsters and "well
known gunmen" on behalf of a
woman candidate in the recent re
publican primary in Chicago.
WASHINGTON, June 11. (By
Associated Press.) Evidence
showing expenditures of at least
11,312,000 .in the recent republi
can primary campaign in Pennayl
vania has been presented to the
senate investigating committee.
This was made a formal matter
of record today before the commit
tee by Senator Reed, democrat,
Missouri, the chairman, and Sena
tor La Follette, republican, Wis
consin, after Joseph R. Grundy, of
Bristol, president of the1 Pennsyl
vania manufacturers' association
and -Senator Pepper bad been
heard.
Attention was called that this
total took Into account none of the
expenses of the organization ot
Representative S. Vare of Phila
delphia the successful candidate
for the senatorial nomination ex
cept the personal contributions of
$71,000 reported by him.
Mr. Grundy, who conceded that
he was "the angel" of the Pepper-Fisher-Smith-Woodward
coalition,
testified that he had loaned $300,-
000 to the coalition organization
and in addition had become Joint
maker with W. H. Folwell of Phil
adelphia oii- a note for $20,000
which was discounted at the corn
exchange bank in Philadelphia.
Despite these advances, the out
side contributions to the coalition
committee totaling $125,000.
Grundy said that organization had
a deficit of $100,000.
Senator Pepper told the commit
tee that the expenses of his own
campaign committee might total
$125,000 as compared with contri
butions of between $82,000 and
$84,000.
Taking all of these totals of ex
penditures and adding to them the
$306,000 which W. L. Mellon of
Pittsburgh, nephew of Secretary
Mellon, testified last night hed
been expended in 30 counties in
the western part of the state, the
committee reached a total for the
Pepper-Fisher - Smith - Woodward
ticket of $1,046,000.
. Previous testimony has been
that approximately $195,000 was
spent on behalf of the senatorial
'Continued oa paga 6)
MODERN STATESMANSHIP
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Accident Commission1 Is f
Put Under Fire by Board
"Monopolistic Tendencies' of State Industrial Accident Com
Mission Are Rapped at Meeting of Committee )
Appointed by 1925 Legislature I
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PORTLAND, June 11. (By Associated Press.) The
Oregon state industrial accident commission came under fir
today at a meeting of the committee appointed by the last
session 01 legislature to investigate industrial compensation.
A. V. Hemming, representing the industrial accident commit
tee which in 1924 conducted a campaign against the alleged
monopolistic tendencies of the state commission and Walter
W. Pearson, representing the insurance exchange of Portland
and the Oregon insurance federation, appeared before the
legislative committee and charged
CLASS DAY EXERCISES TO
BE HELD THIS AFTERNOOj.
that the state commission with
monopolizing the industrial acci
dent compensation of the state.
They declared that the records of
the commission are- secret and in
accessible and that the employers
who contribute to the commission
are unable to examine the records
of any kind.
In the 14 years of the accident
commission's existence, it was
charged there has been but one
audit of its books, aside from an
inside audit and this one audit
was secret. It was urged that an
audit of the commission's busi
ness be made by outside persons
once each year and that a report
be made for the benefit of the
public instead of having a confi
dential report made by the com
mission exclusively to the govern
or. It was pointed out that the peo
ple of the state in 1924 voted 2
to 1 against the maintenance by
the state of a monopoly of the
industrial accident business. In
addition to his oral criticism of
the accident commission, Hem
ming submitted two written state
ments to the legislative commit
tee, one of these was an answer
to the' statement filed with the
committee by the accident com
mission some time ago, and the
other criticised what was describ
ed as the commission's methods
of business and secrecy. ,
Pearson also submitted a writ
ten statement.
The legislative committee has
decided to bold another publie
meetin gin September, after which
it will go into executive session
and prepare its report for the
1927 session of the legislature.
STRANGLER NOT FOUND
SAN FKAXCT8CO POLICE SEEK
SLAYER OP WOMAN
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11.
By Associated Press.) Ten de
tectives and 50 policemen today
were assigned to attempt to run
down the mysterious strangler who
killed Mrs. Lillian St. Mary, 63, in
her rooming house last night and
warnings were Issued by authori
ties to San Francisco women to
admit no strangers.
Today passed without a clue of
value, although two persons, a
street car conductor and a. neigh
bor woman, reported to police
that she had seen a burly man of
middle height in the vicinity of
the St. Mary house yesterday about
lite time the aged woman "was
choked to death. Police say the
description of the man tallies in
some respects with descriptions of
the dark skinned slayer who
strangled Miss Clara Newman, a
wealthy spinster, February 20.
STEAMER NOT GROUNDED
NORTHWESTERN GOES TO
PORTLAND FOR REPAIRS
Reports that the river steamer
Northwestern, operated between
Portland and Salem, had ground
ed on a gravel spit near Wheat
land Ferry, were declared by Fred
W. Karr, operator of the line, to
be without foundation. The ru
mor was circulated here Friday
afternoon.
The Northwestern has proceed
ed on to Portland where the an
nual summer repairs will be
made. It will be laid up a little
oyer a week, It is said.
In ihe meantime the Salem Nav
igation company will operate . as
usual, using trucks- to take care
of its freight business.
THREE PERSONS KILLED
STORM PLAYS HAVOC WITH
ILLINOIS TRAFFIC
CHICAGO, June 11.- (By -AP.)
-Three persons were killed in a
storm 'which swept northern Illi
nois late today and 20 others were
hurt here "when lightning struck
a street , car -at, Cicero, a suburb,
during a lieavy rain and electric
storm. , .
, A few miles west of Roctford,
two linemen ere tirowned during
a cloudburst -which, caused - the
Pecatonica irifer ,to overflow Its
banks and Hood ,tlie surrounding
area,- " A woman waa r reported
killed by lightning at Freeport.
COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES
AT WILLAMETTE OPENS
Senior Breakfast to Be Held This
Morning; Awards Take Place
at 2: SO O'Clock
Commencement activities at Wil
lamette university will be started
this morning and wUl continue
through today, Sunday and Mon
day. The1 first feature of the pro
gram will be the senior breakfast,
to be . helid this morning at 6:30
o'clock at Spong's Landing.
This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
the Class Day exercises will be
held. At this time letters and
sweaters for tennis and track, sen
ior awards and Collegian "C" gold
pins will be presented. The sen
ior class through its president,
Ronald McKinnis, will present to
the university two new drinking
fountains; one in the men's sec
tion of the gymnasium, and one in
the women's section.
The seniors will offer a one-act
play, "The Step-Mother." The cast
Includes Louise Kaufman, Clair
ence Oliver, Susie Church, and Fil-
mer Carter. Each of the other
classes will present a stunt.
The annual reception of Presi
dent and; Mrs. Carl G. Doney to
the alumni, seniors, trustees and
faculty will be held this evening
at 8 o'clock. The reception wlU
be held In the parlors of Laus
anne hall
Dr.. Doney will deliver the bao-;
calaureate sermon Sunday morn
ing at the First Methodist church.
At the university chapel a feuh
ion and farewell service will be
held Sunday afternoon at, o'clock.
The anniversary meeting of the
Christian! associations on the cam
pus will be held Sunday evening
at the First Methodist church.
Rev. Paut E. Edwards of Portland
will be the principal speaker. 1
Seniors, together with members
of the board of trustees and of the
faculty, will meet on the campus
at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning
and will inarch to the First Meth
odist church for the commence
ment exercises, which will begin
at 10 o'clock.
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Hon. R. A. Booth of Eugene, for
many years actively interested in
the institution, will deliver the
commencement address. The de
gree of bachelor of arts will be
(Continued oa p(e 6.)
girl Killed by truck
FRACTURED SKULL FATAL;
DRIVER IS ARRESTED
PORTLAND, June 11. (By As
sociated Press.) Muriel Mc
Laughlin, aged 13, was fatally in
jured today when a truck driven
by Paul Henry struck her as she
alighted from a street car. The
truck knocked her to the pave
ment and! dragged her for several
feet. Her skull was fractured, re
sulting in her death a few min
utes after she was taken to the
hospital. I j
The driver of the truck waa ar
rested on a charge of reckless
driving, with bail set at $506,
pending in inquest Into the girl's
death, j .' .. ' j
The girl's father, John S. Mc
Laughlin Is traveling freight and
passenger agent in Portland for
the Illinois Central railroad. fl
Today's fatality was the seven--teenth
traffic death In Portland
since January 1. .
DORIS DEATH
STARTS!
Inquest Called to Ascertain
Facts Connected
With Raid
BULLET WOUNDS FOUND
James Angela Brought to Local
Hospital for Medical Treat
ment at Expense of
the County
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NAGEL SAID IN ENGLAND
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PORTLAND .EMBEZZLER CON;
TINUES TO ELUDE POLICE
PORTLAND, June 11. -(By As
soclaled Press.) -After eluding
police in several parts of this
United States, Arthur. Nagel, lit
dieted by a grand Jury on a charge
of larceny by. bailee, is being
sought in England, If he is Ap
prehended there he will be re
turned 'jto c Portland . to , face
charges of embezzling $10,0 QO, Qg
this amount Nagel is charged with
having defrauded the clothing
firm of W. Glickmaa of S7.000,
The . First National bank Is said
to have lost $3,000 on a personal
check. Nagel cashed - just before
his departure, ,. ,
A coroner's inquest in connec
tion with the death of John Ka
borls, who late Thursday was shot
and killed by C. C. McBride. state
prohibition agent, during a raid
of an alleged moonshine farm lo
cated near Broadacres, will be
held here today. The inquest will
be conducted by Lloyd Rlgdon,
sounty coroner, assisted by District
Attorney John Carson.
Witnesses summoned to testify
at the inquest Include a number
of state prohibition officers, ranch
era living in the vicinity of the
killing, and some women who were
living in the house . occupied by
Kaborls and his companions. The
women told the district attorney
that they lived in the state of
Washington and desired to return
there as quickly as possible. The
women agreed to remain in Salem
until after the Inquest.
James AngeluB, companion of
Kaborls, who feld after being
wounded by the prohibition offi
cer, was located in a house some
distance from the scene ot ' the
shooting at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning and was brought to Sa
lem for medical treatment. .He is
in a local hospital. He suffered si
bullet wound of the leg and bled
profusely. ' Upon his arrival her
he waa unable to bear, his weight
on the wounded leg and. waa cam -ried
into the hospital. Physicians
raid he suffered considerable from
loss of blood and shock. -
It developed yesterday that Ka
borls, alleged leader of the moon
shine gang, was shot twice. Oae
bullet was from the revolver car
ried by Officer McBride, while the
other bullet was from a rifle. The
bullet fired by Mr. McBride en
tered the chest and proved fatal.
The other wound was of. a super
ficial character and probably waa
inflicted by one of his companions
who was shooting in the direction .
of Mr. McBride.
Officers who returned from.tha
jcene ot the shooting yesterday
said they had not been able to lo
cate Chris Angelus, who escaped
after his brother was wounded.
Officers said that this member of
the gang probably . had gone . to
Portland. The police there have
been notified to arrest him on
sight. , . 1 k
Both William and Joe Brown
are now in the county jail in con
nection with the raid and result
ant homicide. William Brown waa
arrested Thursday night at the
scene of th9 shooting, while Joe
Brown was arrested yesterday at
the home of a neighbor. ' Officers;
said that Joe Brown had not been
connected with the sale ' of the
liquor, but that he would be held
pending further investigation.
In addition to 5 J gallons of
liquor confiscated by the state pro
hibition agents Thursday night.1
the officers yesterday found 40
gallons of the product hidden away
lna shed near the home of the '
moonshiners. , This liquor also waa '
taken by the officers and later
brought to Salem. It is being held:
as evidence in the office of Sheriff
Bower. '
. Although practically all ot yes
terday was devoted to searching
(ConUttOAd a pmf 8.). . ' :
SALEM MAN IS HONORED
E. ECJUTAIC OF SILVERTCtf? 13
v NAMliD DIRECTOR
, PORTLAND, June 11. (AJ.) ,
Funeral arrangements have un-r
dergone aa. much change in the
last 20 years as the simple things
ot everyday life, .it was pointed;
out at the 23rd annual convention
of Oregon -funeral directors' asso-A
elation here today.
; Officers chosen for the year
were: President, Earl Wbitlock of
Klamath; Jails; first vice presi
dent," E, B. Webb, Salem second t
vice president, Leo GoeUCh' ot'
Portland; 'secretary, Clen . Macey
ot McMinnviile, and treasurer C.
W. Jtenkle of DaUas. ;7 W; ;
Directors lected were B. O.
Swink, 11 E, : Osborn and ' C. E '
Wilson of Portland; XL 8. Hughes
of Astoria and B. Eckman ot U- '
verton. . .. , "' ' 1 .