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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1927)
COLUMBIA FIRES GET CREW SWEEP " THROUGH VAfciTAl$LE STANDS OF TIMBEK Fighters With Keinforred Nam 7 bers Fail to Stop Rag ,V , lug Flamea PORTLAND, Aug. IS. (AP) Whipped into fresh fury by a strong east wind, forest , fires in the Columbia national forest in Washington, and in other districts, too,, made rapid adrances today In the face of reinforced crews of fire fighters waging a losing battle to- sa,ve a mill, homes and valuable stands of timber already In the flames. Three logging bridges were des troyed by the Rock creek fire which crossed westward over the ridge t and surrounded the re maining buildings of the Aryan and Allen Logging company. , Fifty men were fighting des perately to keep the wall of flame from advancing on the mill flame from advancing on the mill, only a mile and a half distant.: and homes of the settlers and mill worker were threatened with destruction. The Aryan and Ailed company owns the mill. At the Hemlock ranger station on the eastern end of the Rock creek fire. 200 men were att tempt ing to check further inroads in ; green timber but with little hope of success, i A portable pumping outfit haSl been installed on Trout creek ; and the buildings of the ranger station were kept saturat ed. - ,. (; ' -p. . - Another crew;i 17Q.,men was on the Little WhtieJSalmon, where the, fire was out? of control and eating rapidly into valuable tim ber. - .-'! Fires in the Green river and Siouxon districts also were given fresh Impetus by the wind and were, out of control. Rangers re ported the latter tire was a "pock et' and difficult of access.' - In the i Mount Adams district fires on Squaw butte and Hungry peak were j reported under con trol. Thre hundred men were fight ing a fire that was burning fierce ly .tonight' on the logged-off land adjoining Camp No. 1 of the Ost rsnder Railway and Timber com pany. A heavy stand of green timber was I threatened. The fire is southeast of Silver lake and about 14 miles north east of Kelso. Another tire was burning south west of Silver lake on land logged by the Ostrander company last year near the Pacific highway south -of Castle Rock. Logging operations of the com pany have been discontinued and camp and mill crews are engaged in battling the fires. Small .fires which spread from the Rock creek fire and across the lower part of the Wind river valley late: yesterday were com pletely extinguished today, the United States forest service here has been informed. All crews had to be -removed from the Siouxon fire district at once, before the advance of the flames. Replacement .for the ranks of fire fighters were sent today from Portland. It was be lieved that; the Siouxon, Gumboot and Look Out mountain lookout stations will be burned. Instru ments have been removed and the houses abandoned. Spauldlng lumber dock and 'back Onto Commercial street to'Cheme keta.'TjNiera.an officer wa eaUed and the arrest .'made f The ma was later identified by Sackett as the man who he claimed had attempted to open the till. He wore a blue suit and light cap, all practically new clothing, and had several dollars in silver change at the time of his arrest. The saw had been concealed in his shoe, apparently, and was not found at the time or his arrest. DM 'S HUH S JAIL DELIVERY EFFORT FOILED BY SERGEANT (continued from page one) was trailed by C. E. Oliver, States inan reporter, down through the &SU Daily Departures Only motor stage service to San Francisco, California, and sojuthwest .cities wUh 3 daily schedules. Serves 4 all inter mediate points stop-overs if desired Great responsible sys tem ' protects you cares for baggage. Finest glass-enclosed cars. . reclining chairs, - heaters. Leave for- Albany, Corvalllfl, Roeeburg, Bfedford, San . 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The op timistic statement of Herbert Hughes, manager of the Buhl Air craft' company, Marysville, manu facturers of -the "Miss Dorln" plane, tha the big gasoline tank when empty .would support the plane gave new hope to the anx ious relatives, j Only this two aunts of Miss Doran, Mrs. William J. Hamilton, knd Mrs; Elmer Gonsler appeared toi have given up hope. Mrs. lousier, who refused to sleep dur ng the night, was virtually forced to her bed to keep her from col lapse. The father, William Doran, Sr., stoically continued to harvest on his farm near here with only the terse statement "I want to for get it all until some definite in formation is received." Confidence in the ability of Auggy" Pedlar appeared uni versal among relatives, and those who have discussed the flight al most continually since the takeoff. Typical of the confidence felt by many was the statement in Cairo, Mich., of one small school boy, a former pupil of Miss Doran. "Aw, she's all right," the boy said. "She'll snap out of It all right, I know hew" w.. . ERE WAY OUT OF JAIL Notorious Gangster and Bandit Leads Pair fn , Dash for Freedom ! We certainly do progress in some ways. It was only two or three years ago that it didn't mat ter if silk stockings had liele tops. PITTSBURGH. PA.. AUG. 18. (AP) Two convicted mur derers, one a notorious gangster and payroll bandit, shot their way to freedom this afternoon in one of the boldest dashes for lib erty in the history of the Allegh eny county iail. - In their wake, as they dashed from the prison in the downtown section of Pittsburgh, their guns roaring they left two wounded guards and endangered many ped estrians. They were aided in their bid for freedom by a two gun man who supplied the con victs with pistols. The three es caped in an automobile parked near the jail. The convicts who escaped were Paul Jawarski, a well known fig ure in the "Flathead mob," no torious mine payroll holdup gaug, and Johu Vasbindor, convicted of having murdered a man when his request top a quarter was refused. Both were awaiting execution in the electric chair. Early in the afternoon an un identified visitor, called on Jawar ski. As they talked,' separated by an iron grill, Vasbindor stood nearby. Suddenly the visitor, a two gun man, drew pistols and covered the prison office force and guards. He tossed, guns to Vasbindor and JawarskL The lat ter immediately 1 opened fire. wounding John Han Ion awl Harry; Kieger. guards. Each was shot in tne arm. Then began the sensational dash for the main door leading to Ross street, facing the Allegheny county courthouse. Their guns barked as they advanced to the last barrier. Coming to the main gate they met a woman visitor. She was brushed aside and as the convicts' guns barked in the direction of the door guard the woman faint ed. Other guards, attracted by the shooting, rushed for the gate. By the time they arrived Jawar ski had opened the iron barred door with keys taken from a book keeper and was outside. As they reached the street thler co-con spirator, a gun In each hand, continued firing to cover the re treat. The shooting continued until the convicts and their companion rounded a corner, boarded the au tomobile and disappeared. Jawarski, said by police to be wanted in Detroit for the slaying RAUID CITY. S. D., Aug. 18. fAP) Preparations for a trip by President Coolidge to Yellowstone National park next week virtually were completed here tonight al though no announcement has been made. j i ." ffi 3 1 1 of" a ooliccman. was V arrested shortly after the Coyerdate Tob4 bery a few months ago ' when $102,000 was stolen' alter the bandits blew up an armored car with a mne planted under the highway. His confession result ed in. the arrest alsoot Joe Wc- koskija a Bentleyville. Pa., farm er, and recovery of some of the loot. Jawarski confessed also to a number of other payroll robber ies of the "Flathead mob." Term ed for "the chair," when he was tried for the murder of a payroll guard and was convicted of first ing himself a "squealer," hcT ask- degree murder. COOLIDGK TO YELLOWSTONE SIC IT-ER ESS sfc--f -tm- -si. PREFERS A VESSEL Navigator Who Flew to Ha waii in Aloha Likes Steamship Better WHEELER FIELD, Honolulu, Aug- 18. (AP) rPaul Schluter, who navigated the airplane Aloha to Honolulu, said today his avia tion experience was limited to his ride with Martin Jensen, the Aloha's pilot. He has had plenty o experience as skipper of a steamship and he likes that kind ol transportation best. . Schluter says he plans to fly again but not over bo much water. .wWe"caine ;so low jottce,,' said j the navigator. "tht5"ouT wheels touched l the water. 9 That's too near the ocean for me. -1 wast to be at least -ten feet above it and .still better, on the bridge of a good steamship." Schluter displayed aa blister the sise of a dime on the palm of his left hand worii there by his long siege at pumping gasoline by hand. He was still somewhat cramped from the position in which he sat during the long flight but said he was otherwise feeling "pretty fit." He .said: "I wasn't in the best of condi tion to start 'the flight. I was abont twenty pounds underweight and was not feeling very well. Then, too, I hadn't slept for a couple of nights because of worry over the compasses." Jensen also had a difficult time because he hadn't time to install an oil pump and was forced to bit in the cockpit and blow through a small tube into the oil tanks gating: .the entire iripi" forcing oil Into the, motor. . " COOLIDGE VISITS OLD 5 SOLDIER OF VERMONT (Continued trm pf 1.) chair, alongside of him sat there for a quarter of an hour, just the two of them talking spiritedly and laughing now and then,', ap parently as some old ' humorous incidents were recalled. The president with Mrs. Coo lidge and their son, John. Tame here to see' what the government is doing toward rehabilitating for mer service men of the world war and for the sick of those who served in the Spanish-American and Civil wars. . F.or upward of half an hour, tha president walked about the hospi tal which is set among the lulls here in one of the most beautiful sections of South Dakota. Both the president and Mrs. Coolidge seemed to be most inter- ested- la the J&ecnpational therapy section where; tne men are taugnt to do various things. Mrs. .Coo lidge stopped and looked; for. sev eral minutes while Dan Eggleston. blinded In the war, did some bead ed work, picking up the right col ors by a system of slots he had worked out. . .. As they left this section, the president was presented with a straw fishing creel, made by one of the veterans. Mrs. Coolidge was given a large rag rug decorat ed with yellow tassels and John was presented with a hand tooled, leather collar case. CORPS SERENADES ; , 1 Salems Capital Post American Legion drum and: bugle corps, state champions and possible con tenders in the national contest next year, serenaded the Oregon and Elsinore theaters Thursday evening,' complimenting the Bian- hagement on the successful opening of Greater Movie season. r Glean Economical Efficient Electric cooking at a lower cost. You spend lessitime when you use a Monarch Electric. A range that I rep resents the greatest achievement in electrical science. 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