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FUFJD ALLOTTED
Twenty Millions to Cover
- initial - Costs; ; Bids
Already Called
New Town to House 1 7,000
Workers Will Rise on :
Washington Side r'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.
(AP) A twenty milliou dollar al
lotment for . third $iant power
development on the Pacific coast
topped te list of projects that to
day received the go-ahead .signal
from the public works administra
tion. -
The money will be used to be
gin construction of a dam and hydro-electric
p 1 a n t at Bonneville,
Ore., on the Columbia rirer. Al
ready a power and irrigation dam
is being built at Boulder Canyon
on the Colorado river, and an al
lotment ba been made from the
public works fund for a $63,000,
000 dam at Grand Coulee, also
on the Columbia river, in Wash
ington. It was estimated by public
works officials that the Bonneville
allocation would provide work for
17, 000. men with between 300 and
500 to be given Jobs within 45
days.
The total cost of the Bonneville
dam was placed at 131,000,000
In addition to giving employment
and making the Columbia navi
gable to the Snake river, it will
be designed to aid flood and ero
sion eontrol. '
The Bonneville estimate takes
Into consideration the construc
tion of the dam and six units of
the power plant, but more power
units can be added subsequently
as needed to supply the demands
for power. j
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 29.
(AP) A call for first bids in con
nection with the construction of
the $31,000,000 dam across the
Columbia river tv "Bonneville has
already been made, Major Charles
' F. Williams, in charge of the
United States army engineer's of
flee here, disclosed tonight.
The bids, Major Williams said,
are for borings along the site of
the main dam from the Washing
ton side of the Columbia river to
Bradford Island, on the island,
and along the site of the power
house structure that will span the
south channel of the river and
join with the Oregon shore.
The bids are scheduled to be
opened October 9 in the office of
the divisional engineer. Colonel T
M. Robins, at Saa Francisco, and
It is expected work will be started
within ten days after the award
ilng of the contract!
j While Portland. Vancouver,
Wash., and other cities in the
lower and mid-Columbia ttctlons
of Oregon and Washington staged
impromptu celebrations today as
news of the allotment was receiv
ed, word came from Cascades,
Wash., that residents of that com
munity held a mass meeting last
night and voted in favor of plat
ting a (ownsite on the Washing
ton side of the dam. project.
The new town, the Cascades
residents said, will be called Bon
neville, and they will attempt to
have that name given to the post
office. It was reported that a large
amount of property has been
bought up in the vicinity of the
proposed townsite and several op
tions taken. i 1
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 29,
(AP) Exploding tear gas bombs
and swinging riot sticks, state
trooper tonight ended the second
riot and third disturbance at the
103-year-old eastern penitentiary
within the week.
. The uproar caused by the teloa
population of "long timers' con
tinned, but all tires bad been ex
tinguished and all the convicts
were safely behind cell bars,
i Tonight's rioting started with a
free-for-all fist fight among the
convicts during the late recreation
period. It was renewed after the
felons learned through the so
called "grapevine system" that the
board of prison trustees was meet
ing to tlx responsibility for Tues
day's violent outbreak and the
hunger strike which followed. ;
The men howled and rattled the
cell bars and tinware until the up
roar could be heard for blocks.
Mattresses were fired In a num
ber of the cell tiers.
Jews Observing
Atonement Day
Today Is Tom Klppur, or the
day of atonement; for Jews the
world over. Celebrating this, one
of the most ancient and respected
of Jewish holidays, Jewish mer
chants of Salem are closing their
stores today. Many Salem Jews
will spend the day In Portland
where special services are being
conducted in the synagogue, ;
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Entries Pouring in
For Salem 's First
Big Bridge Tourney
Much Enthusiasm Aroused Over Series Which
4 Will Open Tuesday Night: Classes to
' Have Large Registration Also
TSLEPHONES -at the Marion hotel and The Oregon
Statesman began to hum yesterdav as scores of nersons
interested in contract bridge, called to make further inquir
ies about Salem first bridge tournament, which starts next
Tuesday night at the. hotel and runs each Tuesday night
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STRIKERS Ml HILL
E,
Officers Helpless; -Pinchot
Confers With Roosevelt
Over Difficulties
i (By the Associated Press)
In the third offensive within a
week, nearly 3000 striking coal
miners made a. "big push" into
Clairton, Pa., yesterday, storming
gates of the Carnegie Steel com
pany plants and virtually took
possession of the town as depu
ties stood by helpless.
As governor Pinchot of Penn
sylvania arrived at Hyde Park for
a -conference with President Roos
evelt relative to settlement of dif
ficulties in the strife-torn area,
the president announced that
agreement had been reached by
NRA officials to bring mines
owned by the steel companies un
der the terms of the coal code
hour and wave provisions.
At Clairton the strikers charged
the plants were using coal im
ported from the south due to
the. mining "holiday" In Fayette
county. Strikers ripped clothing
from some workers, roughly han
dled others, and shouted threats
as police stood by, fearful that
intervention would cause violence.
Since Wednesday the strikers
claimed 10,000 persons had
joined them to shut down plants
of the Weirton Steel company at
Weirton and Clarksburg, W. Va.;
and Steubenville, O.
Ford Motor company officials
declined to comment on reports
that pickets from the eastern as
sembly plants might make a
drive on the huge Detroit plant.
There was no comment on the
walkout and closing of the Ches
ter, Pa plant, or walkouts at
the Edgewater, N. J., and Rich
mond, Cal., plants.
Coasts Butter
Producers Ask
Program Share
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 29
(AP) The Portland produce ex
change tonight wired Secretary df
Agriculture Wallace,, asking thit
Pacific coast dairy and creamery
Interests be given consideration
in the government program if
purchasing butter to remove tl'e
surplus depressing the dairy " in
dustry throughout the country.
The wire was sent after word
reached here that the govern
ment has already started buying
butter In the east.
The government will spend
$30,000,000 to take the surplus
off the market, it was said, and
the butter and cheese purchased
will be distributed through relief
agencies.
FEDERAL AID NEEDED
PORTLAND, Sept. 29. (AP)
Leslie M. Scott, chairman of
the state highway commission,
disclosed today that a plan to
build the Wilson-River and Wolf
Creek roads as short - cut routes
from Portland to the sea, with the
aid of federal funds, has been dis
cussed by members of the com
mission as an early possibility.
About 18.600,000 to $9,500,000
would have to be obtained from
the federal government in order
to complete the routes, Scott said.
Of this amount, 30 per cent would
be donated by the government,
and the state would agree to re
pay the remainder. -
Scott emphasized, however, that
the commission has taken no ac
tion yet in the matter. ;
J AX SEN IS VICTIM
FOREST GROVE, Sept. 29.
(AP) Henry Jansen of Gales
Creek, was seriously wonnded in
the Wilson River country near
today. Police said he was acci
dentally shot by John Huntly of
Portland, who mistook him for a
deer.
r: FOSS IS TI-RASTJ-IER j
BEND, Sept. 29. (AP)
Lutheran pastors of the Oregon
circuit and laymen of the church
met here today for their -1933
conference, and elected the Rev.
P. C Burkland of Portland, to
head the circuit for the coming
UTOJ
weeics.
Uniformly expressions were fa
vorable to the tournament and
scores, of bridge players an
nounced they were going to en
ter. To each inquirer the fact was
stressed that the play is for all
persons who like contract, not
for "experts or tournament-experienced-
. players, inasmuch as
Salem has less than a dozen play
ers who have ever played in any
tournament.
Reservations were also numer
ous for the bridge classes which
are to be conducted each Tues
day afternoon: Beginners' classes
at p. m. and advanced classes
at 3:30 p. m. The classes have
no direct connection with the
tournament inasmuch as partici
pants in one do not have to take
part in the other, although a
number of the advance class stu
dents have already indicated they
will play In the tournament.
In charge of the classes and
the tournament is Mrs. William
H. Quinn of Portland, a Culbert
son Instructed teacher, and her
associate, Miss Bette Harrild. The
Oregon Statesman is sponsor here
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CHICAGO, Sept. 29 (AP)
Mules in a hotel lobby, bands
tooting on street corners, blue
and khaki over-seas caps -everywhere
the American Legion was
in town tonight.
With the avalanche of Legion
naires only started, hotels were
crowded and police worried
about traffic congestion. The Le
gion's prediction of the "world's
greatest -convention" appeared
headed for fulfillment.
Although most of the delegates
concentrated on merriment, cen
tered at the world's fair grounds,
until the convention opening on
Monday, the more serious busi
ness of the conclave also was
started.
Pledged to guarantee the rights
of the veterans and the taxpayers
alike, Watson B. Miller, chair
man of the Legion's rehabilita
tion committee, set up his head
quarters to hear suggestions con
cerning veterans relief and dis
ability payments most pressing
of the .convention programs.
Miller indicated that demands
for immediate payment of the
bonus would be of slight import.
Prominent Bank
Leader Suicide
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30
(AP) Frank H. Schrenk, presi
dent of the North City Trust com
pany and chairman of the nation
al depositors' committee seeking
to reopen closed banks, was found
dead in his office early today. He
had been shot In the mouth and
police said he had committed sui
cide. No reason was advanced for
his act.
Shortcut Road Talked
Human Deer' Wounded
Lutherans Meet, - Bend
a C. C. Worker Killed
year. The town of Puget Island
was selected as the 1934 meeting
place. Rev. Burkland succeeds
Rev. R. Bogstad of Eugene, as
circuit president.
Rev. P. J. Luvaas -of Eugene,
was elected vice - president, and
Rev. Salverson of Canby, secre
tary. Rev. Carl Foss of Silverton,
was elected treasurer.
The churchmen were to adjourn
their meeting tonight, Western
Oregon churches, especially those
In Silverton, Eugene, Canby and
Portland, were well represented
at the conference.
TRACTOR CRUSHES HIM V
BAKER. Sept. 29. (AP)
Dan Temple of Burns was fatally
injured, today when a tractor
overturned on him at the Murder
er's Creek camp of the civilian
conservation corps. He died
short time later. , - - -
Temple, who was operating tie
tractor at the time "of the Acci
dent, sustained a fractured skull
and other injuries. Temple is sur
vived by his widow Gertrude
Temple.
: PRUNE DRIER BURNS
ROSEBURG, Sept. 29. (AP)
.The first prune drier tire of
the season occurred last night
when the R. E. Strong drier, lo
cated two miles east of Myrtle
creek, was totally destroyed with
Its contents of about 200 bushels
of prunes. -3
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CHICAGO
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REDS SNIPE AT
BATTLE ENSUE!)
Four Killed. 25 Including
One American Wounded;
Outbreak Sudden
Communist Demonstration
Honoring Leader Slain
In Mexico. Cause
HAVANA, Sept. 29. (AP)
Soldiers and communists turned
Havana's broadest avenues into
battlegrounds late today, sending
to - morgues and hospitals four
dead and 25 wounded. Among the
wounded was Joe Gibson, 46, an
American newsreel photographer.
Six of the wounded. Including
Captain Hernandes Ruda, of the
army, may die. Gibson was one of
several photographers taking pic
tures from the roof of a hotel.
Five shots struck him in the leg.
None of the other photographers
was injured.
Scattered shooting -Still re
sounded through empty streets to
night and students said unknown
persons were tiring haphazard
from speeding automobiles.
The clatter of machine guns and
the firing of rifles and pistols re
duced uptown Havana to a scene
of the wildest disorders as stu
dents and ABC radical members
Joined the heaviest army forces to
patrol Havana streets.
The early outbreaks of shooting
centered along Relna street, where
communists were reported to have
sniped at the soldiers from the top
of the anti - Imperialist league
headquarters at Reina and Ger
vasio streets.
The communist demonstration
was in honor of Julio Antonio
Mella, a student leader killed in
Mexico in 1929, whose ashes were
brought here this week in tin
boxes.
Early reports indicated one
army captain and four soldiers,
including one machine - gunner
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ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. 29.
(AP) A resolution urging con
struction of the proposed Colum
bia river-Puget Sound river -canal
as a federal project was adopted
here today by delegates to the an
nual meeting of the Northwest
Rivers and Harbors congress.
More than 100 delegates from vir
tually all northwestern ports were
here for the session.
Such a canal, Its advocates said,
would provide an inland water
way from the Snake river to Skag
way, Alaska.
8. M. Wilson ( Seattle was
elected president of the organiza
tion and Seattle was selected as
the site for the 1934 session.
Other resolutions adopted by
the congress included those re
questing the government to allo
cate funds for authorized rivers
and harbors projects In the north
west for which allocations have
not yet been made by the public
works administration; recom
mendation that the public works
administration allocate sufficient
funds to build the $33,000,000
Puget Sound-Columbia river canal
project, to develop commerce to
the northwest, and to furnish ad
ditional entrance to Puget Souad
in case of war.
FIVE KILLED WHEN
SEATTLE, Sept. 29. (AP)
Five persons, three men and
two women, all of Tacoma, were
killed tonight In a terrific colli
sion between an automobile and a
stage coach In ' Snoqualmie pass,
seven miles west of the summit,
The crash was the worst of the
year in western Washington.
The dead:
The Rev. Ralph C. Sargent, a
Baptist minister.
Dr. George Diehlman, a chiro
practor.
Katherine Diehlman, his wife.
J. E. Tuttle.
Mrs. J. E. Tattle, his wife.
Two small boys and several
others were Injured when the
heavy bus, traveling eastward,
crashed into the automobile, com
ing west over the pass.- The auto
mobile, . witnesses said," swerved
across the road into the path of
the bus.
All of the dead were passengers
In the automobile, which was
smashed to pieces. -
HID CHOCOLATE WINS
PARIS, Sept, 29. (AP) Kid
Chocolate, world's featherweight
champion, scored a technical
knockout over Nick Bensa in the
final round of a 10-round match
1 tonight that almost precipitated
a riot.
PROJECT
CAB. BUS COLK
Decides to Try
Mayoralty Ra ce
id
i v-
Joseph V. McKe, who made a
i name for himself as acting
mayor of New York following
the resignation of Jimmy Walk
er, last night announced him
self as aa independent candi
date for the office. He hit hard
at alleged public waste while In
the mayor's chair previously,
and his fate as a candidate will
be watched ail over the nation.
War on "Bossism" in Both
Parties Declared on
City Hall Plaza
NEW YORK, Sept. 29. (AP)
Joseph V. McKee, scholarly for
mer aldermanic president, and
acting mayor after James J.
Walker's resignation, finally
jumped into the mayorality fight
today as an independent demo
crat, dedicating himself to war
on "bossism, both democratic and
republican."
Ending two days of uncertain
ty, he assailed John F. Curry,
"boss"- of Tammany hall, and
John H. McCooey, Brooklyn demo
cratic leader, and called Fiorello
H. LaGuardia, fusion candidate,
a "poor compromise by a faction
of would-be bosses."
With McKee, mortgage bank
er and former uniTersity profes
sor, entering the three-cornered
race, Tammany backers of Mayor
John P. O'Brien, - and fusion
strategists began formulating
plans for a campaign which prom
ises to become one of the bitter
est in the city's history.
McKee's candidacy was made
known on the plaza of the city
hall, Interpreted as a further ges
ture of defiance to Tammany and
the city administration. A few
feet away, Mayor O'Brien, refus
ing to comment, sat with the
board of estimate.
ROOSEVELT LAUDS
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 29
(AP) The nation was told
tonight by President Roosevelt
that spiritual values must be held
ust as hlh economic values "ir
the task we all face" of gaining
better times is to succeed.
From the pulpit of the Hyde
Park Methodist Episcopal church,
celebrating its centennial, the pre
sident related to his neighbors
the history of religion in this sec
tion and praised the churches of
America for doing their part in
relief work
He called upon local communi
ties snd the churches to continue
their relief work.
"Last winter when I first went
to Washington," he said, "I heard
a lot of people say we could just
let the government take over the
nroblems of the nation. But that
is not the American way of doing
things. . .
"I took the position mat xne
rovernment 1 as a responsibility
to take care of the people, but It
is to be exercised only if the lo
cal communities have done all
they could and that proved insuf
ficient. -
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BEND. Ore.. Sept. 29. (AP)
The suggestion that the bar
and press of Oregon unite to op-
nose nassare of laws tnat wouia
make crimes out of acts not bad
in themselves was advanced by
Claude S. Ingalls, editor of the
Corral lis Gasette-Times, in an ad
dress before members of the Ore-
gen State Bar asociatlon at their
annual convention here today.
About 200 attorneys from ev
ery part of the state-were here
for the meeting, whlck-will close
tomorrow night. ': .
Annual reports were submitted
today by Arthur IL McMahaa of
Albany, president of the associa
tion, and John Guy Wilson, sec
retary. ' -v ,
M KEE ANNOUNCES
MAYOR C1DH
M1UES
US
PISES
REFORM OF LAW
VERDICT FOUND
ISCHELGASE
Jurors Believed Agreed at
Early Hour Friday Night
But Make no Report
Eleven-day Trial is Ended
With Lengthy Charge
By Judge Vaught
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 29.
(AP) The Charles F. Urschel.
kidnaping trial Jury was reported
unofficially tonight to have reach
ed a verdict after less than two
and one-half hours deliberation.
No verdict will be announced
before 10 a. m. tomorrow, how
ever as Federal Judge Edgar S.
Vaught asked that he not be dis
turbed after 5:30 p. m.
The jury, at 7:45 p. m., had re
turned to its hotel from the fed
eral building and its members
were lounging in several groups
In a half dozen rooms. The bailiffs
In charge said they had been giv
en strict orders to keep their in
formation secret until tomorrow.
and no official confirmation of
the verdict report was obtainable
elsewhere.
After being given the case at
10 p. m., the Jurors spent more
than an hour at dinner. They were
instructed to report at 10 o'clock
In the morning.
Judge Vaught said today he
would pass sentence on any per
sons convicted In about a week.
Ended after a nerve-wracking
grind of 11 days for both the fed
eral prosecutors and the defense,
the case was given into the Jury's
card following an exhaustive re
view by Judge Edgar S. Vaught in
a charge that required almost an
hour to deliver.
The case was the first major
test of the federal "Lindbergh-
kidnaping law for which the maxi
mum penalty is a life - sentence
and was an important factor in
the government's fight against
crime.
For two days attorneys for
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HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 30.
Saturday (AP) President
Roosevelt early this morning sign
ed the agreement governing hours
and wages in the troubled bitu
minous mines of western Penn
sylvania operated by the iron and
steel companies.
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 29
(AP) The plane carrying Don
ald Richberg, counsel of the NRA,
with the coal agreement was re
ported landed at Albany tonight at
9:30 t. m.. after President Roose
velt had directed a search for his
missing aide.
The army plane shot far beyond
its goal in going to Albany. With
Richberg more than two hours
late, Mr. Roosevelt had called
upon the army to search the coast
line.
Stephen Early, his secretary, re
ceived word at 10:30 p. m. that
Richberg had landed an hour pre
viously at Albany.
Unknown's Body
Found on Beach
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sept. 29.
CAP) Coos county officials
were trying today to identify a
body found on the beach near
Coos bar last night. It was be
lieved the body, on which no
identification .marks were found.
might be that of either Walter
Smith, It, of Hauser, or Jess
Ownsby, SO, of Leneve, who dis
appeared last July while fishing
off the rocks.
OAL CODE SPED
BY NATION'S CHIEF
Deposit Insurance Topic
At Bankers'
Marlon and Polk county bank
ers listened to detailed discus
sions of necent banking legisla
tion and developments of the NRA
banking eode, following a banquet
at the Marlon hotel last night.
We are going through the
most important and critical year
in the history of banking," C. C
Colt, president of the State Bank
ing association, stated In a gener
al Introductory remarx. x be
lieve we will find the principles
to. be sound and the administra
tion just.- '
Ted Cramer, secretary of the
State " Bankers association ex
plained the NRA eode for bankers,
federal reserve board regulations
relative to interest rates bank may
pay, differentiation of time and
savings deposits and developments
and general scope of bank deposit
Insurance. " "
gome 60 bankers were In at
tendance and as an outcome of
the meeting. W. G. Vassal of the
Polk County Bankers association.
fiigitives JOet Sherif
GoFree:
Commerce High
Beats Franklin
In Year Opener
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 29.
(AP) Commerce high school de
feated Franklin. 7 to 0, here to
night In the first game of the
Portland interscholastlc league
1933 football season. The Penmen
scored the lone touchdown four
minutes after the start of the final
period, on a four-yard pass, after
a 3 .-yard pass had carried them
to the nine-yard line " and three
line plays had gained them fire
yards.
It was officially estimated that
15,000 fans turned out for the
opener.
War Department Gives Okeh
But Public Works Fund
Not yet Allotted
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.
(AP) The war department to
day approved plans of the Oregon
state highway commission for
constructing a bridge across Coos
bay at North Bend.
This is one of five bridges
proposed by the highway com
mission for the Oregon Coast
highway.
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sept. 29.
(AP) The announcement from
Washington that the war depart
ment had approved specifications
for the Coos bay bridge on the
Oregon Coast highway was greet
ed jubilantly here today by the
chamber of commerce, highway
association officials and other
civic leaders who classified the
project as the most Important for
southwestern Oregon that had
ever been proposed.
The allocation of federal public
work funds now is necessary.
Word from Washington had been
awaited anxiously since August
13 when final plans were ap
proved at a joint meeting here of
the Coos bay port commission
and state highway officials. Only
minor changes were recommend
ed in the initial plans and it was
believed then that no difficulty
would be encountered.
The Coos bay span will be 5200
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PACKERS OFFER TO
SELL SAKS PROFIT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. -.'
(AP) Meat packers and other
large food companies today Joined
in the effort to transfer farm
surpluses to the tables of the
needy by promising to sell their
products to the farm relief ad
ministration without profit.
George N. Peek, administrator
of the farm act, said the food
concerns pledged their coopera
tion almost Immediately after he
approached them and that they
had promised to furnish as much
of their particular products as
Harry L. Hopkins, the federal re
lief administrator, might desire.
President Roosevelt has esti
mated that 175,000,000 would be
spent to buy food and clothing
for the destitute, although farm
act officials say more money may
be expended If the campaign con
tinues over any considerable peri
od of time.
The money will be supplied by
the government, part by the re
lief administration, and part by
the farm administration.
Session Here
appointed Bower of Monmouth,
Walker of Independence, and Ris
er et Dallas, -as a committee to
work with Marion county in draft
ing a NRA banking code. .Leo
Page, .acting . chairman . of. the
meeting, said he would appoint
Marion county members later.
-The NRA banking code becomes
effective 19 days after signed by
President Roosevelt. The blanket
code adopted by' the American
Bankers association may be modi
fled sectlonally, but all modifica
tions are subject to approval at
Washington.
. Cramer informed the bankers
of the status and contemplated
developments of bank legislation
In congress, based on knowledge
he gleaned at the American Bank
ers association meeting , in - Chi
cago.-: - ' V W;-'
National banks' and state banks
that are members of the federal
reserve system will be permitted
to pay only I per cent Interest on
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Manhunt tonti
COOS BAY BRIDGE
PUS APPROVED
noes
uracer Kidnaped as
r Men Escaped Says
Well Treated
Clark Caught at Gaiy ,
On tip; Success
Spurs Search
HAMMOND, Ind., Sept. 29
(AP) Haggard, hungry and
weak, Sheriff Charles Neel of Har
rison county, a captive of tour of
the 10 convicts who escaped front
the Indiana state prison Tuesday,
was freed near here today, and
several hours later James Clark,
one of his abductors, was captured
here.
Neel was forced to hide by day
and stumble through woods by
night for three days as his cap
tors sought to elude the hundreds
of police, militiamen and deputies
who tramped northern Indiana
counties. 4
He was released at 3 a. m., near
Hobart and made his way to Gary
where be identified pictures ef
Clark, a bank robber; Walter Die
trich, participant in the same rob
bery; Joseph Fox, Rerving a life
term for bank robbery, and John
Burns, serving a life term for mur
der, as the men who held him pri
soner. Clark, stating he "was glad to
get It over,' was arrested here to
night by Hammond police who re
fused to reveal the tip that led te
the apprehension. He was riding
in a taxi which police trailed tor
several blocks.
He was the first of the ten des
peradoes to be apprehended.
The freeing of Neel and the ap
prehension of Clark spurred the
hunt in Lake and Porter counties
for the others at large. From
Michigan City, where the prison
ers made their escape Tuesday af
ter tricking guards, a posse was
sent out to aid state police and
sheriff's deputies.
The search for another group
of the convicts turned to Ohio as
authorities received a report that
six men believed to be the escap
ed convicts were seen in an auto
mobile passing through a western
suburb of Cincinnati. A few hours
earlier an abandoned automobile
near Brownstown, Ind., netted'
searchers five pairs of prison uni
form trousers as clews to follow
the trail. -
Neel told a story of hardship
but added that the four convicts
treated him with as much consid
eration as possible. He had not
eaten from the time he was ab
ducted until he arrived at nearby
Gary late tonight. 4
Neel was abducted just after be
had delivered a prisoner at Michi
gan City. The convicts stormed
out, shooting and clubbing their
way. Two guards were injured and
a cierK was snot.
Four of them forced Neel into
his own automobile and drove
away as the other group of con
victs halted a' tourist's car and
headed toward Chicago. The tour-
ist was freed later in the day.
HOSPITAL EMPLOYE
E. O. Martin, attendant at tbe
Oregon state hospital for tbe past
fire years, was arrested last night
on an assault and battery charge
preferred by Dr. R. E. Lee Stern
er, superintendent of tbe hospital,
as result of an altercation which
Martin allegedly had last Sunday
with one of the patients. The pa
tient. Carl W. Benson, is said to
be about middle age.
Martin, arrested lust as he
came to the hospital to turn In
nig Keys last night, told the ar
resting officer. Deputy Sheriff
Williams, that the patient tackled
him and that he, Martin, had tox
slap the patient to make him
Quit, Martin posted $50 bail.
Subordinates at . the hospital
said last night they knew vir-
tually nothing about the case.
Benson was not hurt much, sus
taining a black eye and bruises.
according to best advices.
Martin will likely appear in
justice court this morning to en
ter plea. . v,. " . v- ; v
Church Drafted
For Courtroom
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Sentt 2i.
(AP) A church was com.
manaeered ior a court room re
cently in the trial of a man ar
rested for drunken-driving. The
city hall was filled with persons
taking their examinations) ' for -drivers
licenses, so Judge G. N.
Bolt commandeered the Methodist
church, In which he la an elder.
The Jury trial was held In tha
Sunday school room .
HELD FOB ASSAULT