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Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, May 31, 1933
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DH VET SLASH
Tempering of Cuts Offered
By Administration Does -v
- ' Not Halt Attack ,
Other Senators Stand With
Oregonian; Douglas is
. -Held Responsible
WASHINGTON, May 30. (AP)
An announcement that the ad
ministration was preparing to an
nounce Increases In compensation
to veterans with service-connected
disabilities . tailed to stem a bi
partisan attack In the senate today
npon the regulations effecting cats
in veterans' benefits under the
economy aet.
Senator Byrnes (D., S.C.) an
administration spokesman, an
nounced In the midst of the debate
that, President Roosevelt had di
rected the veterans aministratlon
to modify - the regulations that
hare been denounced as too severe
and that certain increases in com
bat disability benefits would be
made public shortly.
This did not deter opponents of
the regulations, however, and half
a dozen amendments were propos
ed, to be fought out tomorrow.
Argument so Long
Vote Is Delayed
The 1550,000,000 Independent
offices appropriation bill, carrying
1493,000,000 for veterans or a
little more than halt of current
expenditures, was the vehicle for
the debate. The talk lasted well
beyond the usual quitting time and
staved off a vote.
Byrnes' statement was made af
ter Senator Steiwer had criticized
the regulations, which he said cut
pensions for Spanish - American
war veterans from 1124,000,000
to $41,000,000.
The South Carolinian said he
did not know the extent of the in
creases, but assured his colleagues
some raise would be.pjada.
Steiwer and Senator Walsh (D..
Mass.) attributed the "severity"
of the veterans cuts . to Budget
Director Lewis W. Douglas rather
than Frank T. Hines, administra
tor of veterans' affairs, whom
Walsh said was "out of sympathy"
with most of the regulations.
"New regulations will not
help." said Steiwer. "if you permit
a budget director to dominate the
situation and say we must have
savings of four or five hundred
million dollars a year."
Senators Xot Willing
To Leave Matter to F. B.
Steiwer, Walsh and others held
most of the "injustices" of the
regulations could be corrected by
executive orders, but others were
not willing to take this chance and
continued to offer amendments.
Senator Cutting (R., N.M.) said
he would propose a change seek
ing to limit to 25 per cent the
amount that could be cut from
world war veterans' compensation.
Steiwer complained that depen
dents of Spanish war veterans
with 90 days' service, under pres
ent law, were allowed $30 a
month for the widow and $ tor
every child nnder 16 but under
the regulations the widow is re
duced to $15 and Is allowed $5 for
one child and only $3 for others
nnder 18.
Families were limited to $27 a
month ".regardless of their sire,
he said.1
Declaring the president had
availed himself of power to make
cuts greater than expected, the
Oregon member appealed .to Mr.
Roosevelt to correct what he term
ed the "many injustices" of the
rerulations.
He said the economy law was
backed by the National Economy
league which In turn was "con
nected with Wall Street" and with
"J. P. Morgan interests.
IN STANFORD DEATH
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CaL,
May 30, AP) - Her head
bashed, Mrs. Aliens Thorpe Lam
ton was found dead today in a
bathtub at her home on the cam
pus here. :
Her husband, David A. Lamson,
sales manager of the Stanford
University Press, was questioned
several hours by authorities and
finally taken to San Jose on an
open charge, pending runner in
vestigatlon. i
An autopsy this afternoon re
vealed Mrs. Lamson's skuii naa
been crushed, as If by a blnnt 1s
atrumsnt. near the back ; of , the
crown of her head.
In view of this fact Earl Ham
ilton, underahetift of Santa Clara
county, and In charge of the in
vestigatlon, said "w are pretty
sura It's murder. ; '
Mrs. Carol Greene Wilson,1
editor of the Stanford University
Review and ; a close personal
friend of Mrs. Lamson, gave her
personal opinion that Mrs. Lam
son had died from slipping and
hittinr ; her head on a j faucet
handle In the bathtub. Mrs. Lam
sou, she said had not been very
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strong lately.
They're Off Today to Talk iot
- Uncle Sam at Economic Parley
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Host momentous of world conference since the one at Versailles aft
er the war is the economic conclave net for Jane in London. Sec
retary of State CordeO Hull, left, heads the delegation. With him
go James XL. Cox, right, of Ohio, and Senator Key Pfttman of Ne
vada, center. Representative McReynolds of Tennessee and Senator
James Coozens are two other members, the latter accepting
a place Tuesday.
Reverent
Paid to Dead as City
Observes it's Holiday
Day Quiet one With Gray Skies and Sunshine;
Cemeteries Hallowed Spots; Formal
Services Held in Afternoon
GREY skies with the sun breaking through at intervals
greeted Memorial day for Salem; and the color of the
sky marked the mood of the
though many cars were observed bearing people to cemeter
ies where graves were decorated. Public offices were closed
and flags flew at half mast until
French Okeh
On 4 -Power
Pact Coming
PARIS, May 30 (AP) The
chamber of deputies gave Premier
Deladier a free hand by a vote of
434 to 135 today to sign Premier
Mussolini's four-power peace pact
if he wishes to do so.
In chamber lobbies it was un
derstood the cabinet had decided
unanimously to sign the Mussolini
plan, and it was expected this
would be done before the end of
the week.
ROME, May 30 (AP) Pre
mier Mussolini's four-power peace
pact will be initialled Thursday in
the premier's office at the Genesla
palace, it was expected today.
The signing will be done by the
French, British and German am
bassadors and possibly by the
Italian premier himself.
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HIGHER FISH PRICK SET
ASTORIA, Ore., May 30 (AP)
An official report, described by
striking fishermen as "a Joke,"
was submitted by the state Doara
of arbitration today In hope of
ending a fishermen's strike which
has kept about 4,000 Oregon and
Washington salmon netters off
the Columbia river since May 1.
The arbitration board recom
mended establishment of a scale
of prices for raw salmon slightly
higher than the latest oner oy
packers and slightly lees than the
demands of the nsnermen.
Members of the board said they
were certain. Inasmuch as packers
had Indicated their acceptance of
the schedule, that any fishermen
now going on the river will be
afforded full .protection oy state
authorities.
RANKIN FLIGHT FAILS
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 30
(AP) Dick Rankin, Portland av
lator, escaped with minor Injuries
todav when his airplane crashed
nose-first Into the ground as he
was attempting to fly It off the
ton of a speeding automobile at
an amusement park here. - The
nlane burst Into flames as . it
struck the ground. Rankin, daxed
from belnr thrown against the
steel -tubing of the cockpit ana
suffering face . lacerations, was
nulled fiom the biasing wreckage
and taken to a hospital, wnere nis
condition was reportea noi ser-
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BEESOX. 26, MAY DIE
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore May
30 (AP) Harold Beeson. about
29. of Eugene, was critically in
jured 'here 'today when an auto
mobile in which he was riding
Tribute is
citizens. It was a Quiet day.
noon when they were raised
oto full staff.
The formal exercises were car
ried out according to program,
and many people turned out to
join In the observance of the day
The morning was given over to
visitation of cemeteries and put
ting flowers on the graves of sol
dier dead. Brief services by the
G. A. R. were held at the veter
ans' circle. A guest of the day
was Past Department Commander
Chambers of Portland. In the aft
ernoon at 1:30 the customary
ceremony of dropping flowers on
the flowing waters of the river
was carried out by the W. R. C. at
the Willamette bridge, with many
on hand to witness the service.
Promptly at 2:30 the parade in
honor of the day started to move
up Commercial street. Swinging
over to High street the march
halted at the court house square,
Wreaths were laid at the foot of
the soldiers monument by the
O. A. R-. W. R. C, daughters of
veterans, and auxiliary to V. F. W.
A squad of Company B fired sa
lute to the dead; the Salem drum
corps sounded taps; and the ma
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Report Called "Joke"
Air Stunt Cracks Up
Klamath Smash Bad
Prescott Is Honored
crashed into a telephone pole.
Physicians said they believed his
injuries would prove fatal. Al
Johnson, 40, of Klamath Falls,
was driving the machine when It
left the highway. He received
head . and shoulder injuries but
was not seriously hurt.
' LAUD BANKS' VICTIM
MEDFORD, Ore., May 30
(AP) A monument erected to
the memory of George J. Pres-
cott, Medford constable, was un
veiled here today in the course of
Memorial day activities.
Prescott was shot to death
March If when he attempted to
serve a warrant on Llewellyn A.
Banks, former editor and orch
ard's t.' Banks was convicted of
second degree murder tor Pres-
eott's death. A tablet on the mem
orial, reads in part: "Erected by
the citizens of Medford In honor
of George J. Prescott, who gave
his life in the discharge of his
duty."
HUMANE WORKER TAKEN
PORTLAND. Ore., May 30.
(AP) Mrs. F. W. Swanton, CO,
general manager of the Oregon
humane society for the past 13
years, was round dead at her
home here today. Physicians said
death was apparently due to cere
bral hemorrhage..
i The body, was found after Mrs
Swanton's nleCe, Miss Leota Smith
of Portland, had called at the res
idence of Mrs. Swanton, planning
to go with her for a Memorial
day visit to a Portland cemetery
Mrs. Swanton continued her ac
tivities up to - the time of her
death despite serious Injuries suf
fered In an automobile accident
two years ago. . : V-
HIGHER PRIGE
ON SILVER IS
F.R. may Pick Wadsworth as
New man on U. S. Group
Leaving for London
Stabilization of Exchange
Rumored as Only Major
Hope From Conclave
B OBJECTIVES OF V. S.
CONFEREES AT LONDON
WASHINGTON, May 80
(AP) Here are the
chief alms the American
delegates will carry with
them to the world mone
tary and economic confer
ence In London:
1. Stabilised currencies
to end uncertainties and
form a sonnd basU for In
ternational trade.
2. Lowered tariffs and
other trade barriers to re
vive commerce.
8. Increased price for
basic commodities, particu
larly wheat and silver; pro
duction control agreements
on surplus agricultural
products.
4. A world-wide program
of government - sponsored
public works to provide em
ployment. 5. Credit expansion
through central bank ac
tion with a view to reviv
ing private Industry and
creating Jobs.
WASHINGTON, May 30 (AP)
On the eve of its sailing, the
American delegation to the world
economic conference received in
structions today to seek an im
provement in the economic status
of Bilver.
Simultaneously with a disclos
ure that Senator Couzens (R.,
Mich.) had consented to accept a
place on the delegation, the house
foreign affairs committee ap
proved a measure urging that
America's spokesmen at the con
ference work for stabilization of
monetary exchanges and seek an
international bi-metalllsm agree
ment at a fixed ratio between gold
and silver.
Lending emphasis to today's
action in the house committee, the
senate several weeks ago also
voted that the delegation be urged
to seek an improvement In the
price of silver.
Morrison of Texas
Is Latest Addition
President Roosevelt tonight an
nounced a delegation of six men
for the London economic confer
ence and a staff of advisers and
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Germany Warns
League to Keep
Out of Jew Row
GENEVA, May 30 (AP)
Germany refused today to aecept
an unfavorable League of Na
tions report on her treatment of
the Jews, and In diplomatic lan
guage Informed the league to
keep its hands off the question
Despite this position of the
Berlin delegate, the league coun
ell referred Jurlsdicial aspects of
the issue to a committee of jur
ists, with the understanding that
the matter will have a complete
airing.
Germany's treatment of the
Jews came before the council In
petition by Frans Bernheim,
who described himself as a Ger
man Jew residing In upper Sile
sia.
City to Pay Bond
Money Tomorrow
The city of Salem will meet its
June 1 bond payments of princi
pal and Interest aggregating
39592. SO promptly. City Treas
urer C. O. Rice announced yester
day. Of the total. $5000 is prin
cipal and $3712.50 Interest on a
$100,000 Issue drawing four and
one-half per cent Interest and the
remainder, $880, Is an Interest
payment on a $16,000 fire equip
ment Issue drawing six per cent
interest. If a new tax turnover is
received soon, as expected, anoth
er warrant call will be made.
Chinese - Japs in
Armistice Talk
TIENTSIN, China. May 31.
(Wednesday) (AP) C h In e se
and Japanese negotiators were re
ported to nave held Informal con
versations today In Tangkm where
they expect to draw up an armis
tice ending 8ino-Japanese hostil
ities. Chinese reports said formal
negotiations In the ' coast city,
about 25 miles east of here, would
not begin until tomorrow. Chinese
delegates, under heavy guard.
passed through here yesterday, on
their way to Tangku. -r fy:
TRAGEDY IRS
RAGES; MEYER
BREAKS IRKS
Billman, Jordan, Spangter
Die as Indianapolis Cars
Pile Into Walls
104.16 Miles an Hour Aver
age for 500-Mile Classic;
Beats 1932 Pace
SPEEDWAY. Indianapolis. May
30 (AP) Death took the wheel
of speeding race cars today as
Louis Meyer, 29 years old, of
Huntington Park. Calif., rod to
victory In the 600-mile automo
bile race over the Indianapolis
motor speedway. Joining rank
with Tommy Milton as the only
man who ever won the race twice.
While the cheers of 100.000
spectators were proclaiming Mey
ers in triumph, three young men
lay dead and one other was ser
iously injured, victims of two tra
gic smashups. The victims were
Mark Billman, 30-year-old Indian
apolis driver; Lester Spangler, 27-year-old
Los Angeles driver, and
G. L. Jordan. 27, of Lafayette,
Ind., Spangler's mechanic, who
succumbed to injuries when
the two cars, traveling at ter
rific speed, crashed over the
retaining wall on the treach
erous turns of the 24 mile brick
track.
Meyers rode the S00 miles in
4:48.00.55, for an average of
104.162 miles an hour, breaking
all records. He eclipsed the per
formance of Fred Frame of Los
Angeles, winner of the 1932 race.
who won that event at an ave
rage of 104.144 miles per hour
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AKRON LOSS HELD
WASHINGTON. May 30.
(AP) President Roosevelt
stood wtih uncovered head In i
driving rain at Arlington am phi
theater today to lead the nation
In Memorial day services. Re did
not make an address but his sec
retaries " of war and navy,
George H. Dern and Claude A.
Swan son, rededlcated the govern
ment to the cause of peace.
At the president's wish, there
was especial mention of the more
than 70 men who lost their lives
recently In the crash of the air
ship Akron.
The tragedy was compared by
Secretary Swanson to other dis
asters "which have marked all
progress."
"The pioneering has always
been great," he said, "and must
continue so. Yet it Is a necessary
risk in the interest of an advance
otherwise impossible."
Mrs. Roosevelt accompanied the
president. They stopped on their
way back to the White House at
the Potomac to witness a brief
special service on the banks of
the river in memory of the Ak
ron's dead.
A miniature replica of the air
ship, loaded with wreaths was
launched on a Journey toward the
sea by officers of the Fleet Re
serve association. A bugler sound
ed taps while the tiny craft float
ed away.
Firm Stand for
War Debt Pay to
Be Held is Word
WASHINGTON, May 30. (AP)
Strong indication came today
from the White House that on the
question of war debt payments due
the United States little more than
two weeks hence President Roose
velt Intends to stand pat.
Word has come from reliable
sources that Mr. Roosevelt Intends
to handle the war debts problem
himself and that the American
delegates sailing tomorrow for the
London economic conference' will
carry with them no Instructions
for dealing with that troublesome
problem.
The chief executive has not de
viated from the stand that he ex
pects the debt payments to be
made on June 15, when due. Con
fidence as been expressed in ad
ministration elides that at least
partial paymeniwill be made when
the time comes.
Here's Fish Yarn
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Tri "Rnn Wrtrl1 f Idwlop Into a riot. Deputy Sher
JLO Deal VTUllli: m Newell Williams reported
8 AN DIEGO. May 30 (AP)
Titus Alexander, Los Angeles ci
ty employe, caught a nice mess
of base at Moena dam May t.
but be could not eat them. Ex
tremely depressed, he explained
a sneeze bad ectapulted the low
er set of his store teeth Into the
lake. James H.. Brown of Santa
Ana, Calif., eanght a fine string
of fish last week. In one big fel
low he found Alexander's teeth.
Alexander was back at the lake
today,, teeth and all. "They're as
i good as new, he said.
104 Miles Hour
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Louis Meyer, winner In 1928,
above, broke all existing marks
to win the ftOO-mlle Indianapo
lis race Tuesday : Fred Frame,
below, who set a new mark la
19S2, cracked np early in yes
terday's race bnt luckily escap
ed death.
MAY PRECIPITATION
TOTALS 4.41 INCHES
The month ending today has
fallen short of being a record
breaker in point of rainfall but it
has proved one of the wettest
Mays on record, figures obtained
from the weather observer nere
yesterday Indicate. Total precipi
tation for the month has been
4.41 inches, of 1.93 inches above
the mean average for the month
and only three clear days have
been recorded.
While the bulk of the rainfall
came early in tne montn wun
nearly one - quarter Inch falling
the first two days and three
quarters Inch on the third day.
precipitation was recorded on 22
of the 30 days to date. The last
heavy fall was .42 Inch on May
23.
Maximum temperature for the
month so far has been 79 degrees,
recorded last Sunday and Monday.
The minimum, 38 degrees, occur
red on Msy 28.
EARTHQUAKE FELT
PARA. Brazil, May 30. (AP)
Dispatches from the region of
the Oyapock river, boundary be
tween French Guiana and Brazil,
said today an earthquake destroy
ed a number of dwellings in the
interior of French Guiana. The
shock was - reported to have
thrown the Inhabitants In a panic
Vi i
Sheriff's Office Quells
Ihieai of
Low hop yard wages resulted
In a strike at the Bens ranch near
the Newberg bridge 'yesterday
which for a time threatened to
npon his return from the ranch
last night. Notified that 25 strik
er! abetted by a group of agitat
ors from Salens and Portland were
threatening non-strikers, W 1 1-
llams and Deputies Bert Smith,
Warren Richardson and Leo Zle
llnskl rushed to the Bens yard
early la the afternoot.
They found the strikers and ag
itators muling about and making
many demands, the chief of which
was for a wage Increase from the
prevailing IS cents an hour to 25
cents. The strikers and sympathis
ers, estimated at between and
frKSK
wh not found
11 Desperate Prisoners who
Tuesday Make Captive and Hostages of Three
Women Picked up In car; Warden Unhurt; Escape
Gained With Smuggled Guns
Two Governors Join in Wild
Oklahoma; Desperadoes Split up; no Clues Found to
One Gang; Prisoners Shielded From Gunfire by Using
Officials as Protection
LANSING. Kas., May SO (
with death during; a mad
aen iurK xratner oi tne slate penitentiary and two guards
were released unharmed tonight near Welch, OkLa, but the
convicts and five others who escaoed todav remain! at
large.
' Search for Prather's abductors centered in the Picher
and Welch, Okla area but the other five convicts were
unreported along with two 17-year-old girls and a woman
held by them as hostages.
Fear grew hourly for the safety of the women, Mrs.
Alberta Dood, 38, Kansas City, Kas., who is partially par-
oalyxed. her daughter, Louise, and
COULD
WASHINGTON. May 30 f AP)
Commander Charles E. Rosen
dahl, who first commanded the
Akron for the navy, testified in
the joint congressional Inquiry to
day that deductions from weather
data available April 3 would have
led him to avoid the New Jersey
coast where the navy's great aid
cruiser met disaster.
Making his first official ap
pearance In the investigation.
Rosendahl said he did not believe
Commander McCord was in pos
session of all the weather Infor
matlon that was available that
day.
"There Is onW one other de
duction to which I cannot sub-
scrlbe that the commander gave
wholesale disregard to the infor-
matlon he had." he said.
YrA s. Harde-tv. a Washinr-
tnn onnaultlnr nrinwr. filled
ith several other witnesses to
day, charged that Inherent weak
nesses of construction and design
were responsible for the crackup
He told the committee Dr. Karl
Arnstein, designer of a small
model of the airship, had never
designed a ship before and assert
ed that the navy was Influenced
otherwise than by merit of design
in awarding the contract to the
Goodyear Zeppelin corporation.
Army Planes Go
North to Show in
First Maneuvers
SEATTLE! May 30 (AP)
Thirty-five planes of the general
headquarters staff of the army
air corps. In grosps of from
three to eight, descended on Se
attle today tor the first general
air maneuvers ever held in the
Pacific northwest.
Under the command of Briga
dier General Oscar Westcrrer, as
sistant chief of the air corps, the
officers and men were greeted
by a reception committee headed
by Msyor John F. Dore. Vlth W.
W. Conner, a vice president of
the National Aeronautic associa
tion, assisting him.
A number of the planes passed
over Salem on Tuesday, flying
In formation.
Hop Yard Riotl
70 in number. Included the same
men who participated In the un
employed . demonstrations in Sa
lem last winter, Williams said.
Temporary Scale Agreed
Upon at 18)4 Ceata Hoar
Forsaking their activities as
peace officers, the deputies turned
arbitrators and after an afternoon
of wrangling, effected a-tempor?
ary compromise agreement for a
wage of 13 cents an bour. The
Portland aad Salem agitators
took down signs they had erected
declaring the Bens yard "unfair
to labor" and. promised Williams
they would go home.
That further trouble might de
velop this morning was Indicated
by statements of the agitators
that they planned to bring 200
men from Portland to "force" ac
quiescence to their demands.
Broke Kansas Prison Early
Man - Hunt; Trail Leads Into
AP) Threatened frequently
ride with six convicts. War-
Miss Cloris Wears of Hi?gias,
Tex. They were seized in thir car
by the fleeing desperadoes and
later the car was found abandon
ed. No trace of thera has beta
found.
M. J. Wood, ho was forced
from his car and saw the convicts
drive away with his wife, daugh
ter and Miss Wears, maintained a
grim vlsil at the Kansas City,
Kan., police headquarters.
Convicts Reroute Jovial
An Whiskey Does Work
Prather credited hi? release to
a bottle of whlkev which tha
convicts had obtained, eauslnr
?omZ rlil Bdn to
'"'""w uuw iuj uiuKgiea mio
the prison twine plant the fire
arms they used in making their
break: for freedom.
He said the desperadoes, appar
ently led by Wilbur Underhill, ac
cused of murders in Kansas and
Oklahoma, frequently threatened
to narm him during their tig-tag
night in several commandeered
cars over seldom frequented roads
during which thy held up and
robbed a Parsons. Kan., dairyman.
Tense but hopeful, Mrs. Kirk
Prather had waited for word of
her bnsband's safety during the
,uu6 uku umuwea Ills B-
auction and that of the guards
during a prison baseball game this
morning. Then came a telephone
call from her husband to tell her
of his safe release.
Warden's Wife Weeps
As Good News Comes la
The elation she expressed even
as she wept was matched by that
of Governor Alf M. Landon of To-
peka who quickly made plans with
Governor W. H. Murray of Okla
homa for one of the most wide
spread manhunts In years in the
two states to run down the flee
ing convicts.
A wild man-hunt occupied Kan
sas and Oklahoma tonight as Gov-
ernor Alf M. Landon at Tope V a
and Governor Murray at Oklaho
ma city as the two made plans
to capture 11 fleeing desperados
who earlier In the day had kid
naped Warden Kirk Prather and
two guards and escaped over the
walls of the Kansas penitentiary.
Wounding one guard and drag
ging the warden behind them
1th a wire around his neck, the
armed mutineers forced two oth
er guards into a car to act as
shields and drove madly away.
The break was .made in the
prison yard during an exciting
Decoration day baseball game be
tween American Legion teams
from Leavenworth and Topeka
with the score tied 2 to t.
The warden, A. L. Laws and
John Sherman, guards, were tak
en from the prison by the fag!
tlves. Partly Paralysed Woman
Taken by Banditeers
Mrs. M. J. Wood, partly par
alyzed, her daughter. Lou le. IT.
and Miss Clarice Wears. 17, were
taken by one group of prisoners
hen they abandoned an open
touring car a few mtles from the
prison. They forced the woman's
husband, M. J. Wood of Kansas
City, Kas., from the car and com
mandeered it.
Apparently the convicts separ
ated and were using two cars Ose
series of reports indicated tomo
of them, holding the guards n
the running boards, ran a gaunt
let of police and county author!- .
ties all afternoon, driving as far
west ss Lawrence.. Kas., tnntiac
southward to Baldwin City, and
then east toward Gardner. An
other report placed a fleeing car
west of. Lawrence.
Harvey Bailey, notorious con
vict suspected of Implication in
the St. Valentine's day massacre
la Chicago, and Wilbur Underbill,
slsyer of a Wichita. Kas.. police
man. were believed to be the rfafr
leaders of t? sn aping conricta.
PrUon oA'Sasl -quickly forcw 41
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