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CITY EDITION
Dally average bi paid circulation for
month ending-March II. Xl2,
FAIR TONIGHT
And Wednesday; moderate temperature)
light northerly winds.
Local: Max.. Bl; ruin., 17; rain, none)
river, 2-6; atmoi., clear; wind west.
6719
Average dally distribution 7059.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 83
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1925
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THOMPSON IS '"L' SAYS TESTS COUNCIL NI : l "'"" FRENCH FUlT 'POSSE AFTER
SENTENCED f:Qp REVEAL JAZZ HTOifffly A- OF FINANCING OUTLAWNEAR
MOMBDUD 1LJSM UllPpNG M ' IMRODUCED GfiANTSPASS
Former Cashier In State
Treasury Office Pleads
Guilty at Unusual Ses.
. sion of Court. - . .
Clarence W. TLompson, former
cashier in the state treasury de
partment under State Treasurers
O. P. Holt and Jefferson Myers,
waa last night sentenced by Judge
Percy R. Kelly to two years in the
state penitentiary tor larceny of
public funds, but was paroled I
from the bench. The sentence was I
imposed after Thompson had
pleaded guilty tu the charge of
larceny of public funds for which
he was recently indicted by the
lfarion county grand jury.
The plea was entered, aentsnce
passed and the parole granted at
- a court session held after dinner
last evening, with only the court,
the defendant, his attorney and
witnesses, the district attorney
and a newspaper reporter or two
present. Asued this morning if
the procedure of holding a specif !
court session In the evening for
the purpose of hearing a plea nnd
passing sentence were not un
usual, the defense attorney replied
that It was tiot. He added Iha.
ctuch a course was quite common
in the days when Judge Burnett
presided over the circuit court
here.
No recommendation was made
by District Attorney Carson eithe:
for or against the parole.
Attorney John H. McNary, in
applying for parole for his client,
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NEW EFFORTTO
FREE SHEPHERD
Chicago. April 7 (By Associat
ed Press) William Scott Stewart,
counsel for William P. Shepherd
announced today he was express
ing to Springfield to the supreme
court of Illinois a petition for
writ of habeas corpus for Shep
herd. The latter Iff In jail await
Ing arraignment, sot for April 9,
on a charge of murder of William
McClintock.
"As soon as an Investigation was
started by certain powerful inter
ests,' Mid Stewart in his brief In '
support of the petition, "dissatis
fied with the distribution of the
large McClintock, estate and said
investigation was called to the at
tention through the press, of cer
tain worthless scoundrels, who the
evidence shows, were conducting a
fake school and diploma mill and
the activities Included the black
mailing of citizens, there was
some talk among these people
concerning- the possibility of claim
Ing the existence of a letter tr the
school written by William D. Shep
herd. Inquiring about a bacteriol
ogy course."
The petitioner alleges that a
prewpectivo witness for the defense
was rhned down a fire escape by
seven detectives and adds:
"The Mate's attorney at the pres
nt time holds at least four people
In custody at the various hotels."
GIESY TO VETO
CURFEW CHANGE
Mayor John B ulesy said today
that he will veto the curfew ordi
nance that Wi, passed last -light
ny the city council. The new mV1
nance changes from until Id
c'clock the hour at which minors
until 18 year old must be off the
ttreeta unless accompanied by par
ents or guardians, and ths reiw.i
given for it was that It is Imp-wi-ellile
for boys slid girls attending
theaters or basketball games i)
be in before 10 o'clock. The may
or faro:- making a classification
of agea so that the 9 o'clock hour
woutd be maintained for young
children.
Vnder the prrent act the 10
o'clock hour Is fixed anyway for
the summer months and the mnjr
says he is at a leu as to the r
on for tbe council for changing
the ordinance at tills time of ;a
Lx Prosecution Attacks De-Comnnttee Scks Further P 'i.. Proposed Voluntary Levjr
j ll, fense Effort To Prove Information and H0W9 "ft On Capital Has Teeth
I ffUMl Dorothy Ellingson Not Ordinance Over; " Two pi ... r- - ' To Enforce Collections
I !ftgfiYP I In Right Mind. Hour Plan Passes. ' I If Need-Arises. -v
Bert "Oregon" Jones, escaped
convict who is reported hiding In
wilds of Josephine county.
IS
AS
"Blossom Day" in this section
of the Willamette valley has been
set for next Sunday, April 11. hy
the Salem Cberrl&ne, officially in
charge of the arrangement for the
day. .At that time thousands uf
fruit trees, principally prune trees
win be In full bloom, and in addi
tion visitors invading the section
will see tulips and other Dutch
flowers blooming by the acre. Pla
cards marked "Blossom Route"
will direct motorists when they
come within the blossom zone. In
addition side trips have been ar
ranged for through grounds nf
state Institutions which also are
coming Into a wilderness of bloom.
Decision to name blossom day
for next Sunday was reached by
the council of nobles of the Cher
rians last night.
The official route has been fix
ed to include the famous Oak
Grove, Liberty and Rosedale dis
tricts, the visitors by this route
passing the W. F. Franklin tulip
farm, and the Oregon Bulb com
pany's planting will be passed on
the Pacific highway from Port
land. Plans also have been made for
.s&uing 6000 postal cards of invi
tation, theso to be distributed
through the business district this
week for mailing to friends.
Sign committee C. S. Hamil
ton, chairman; O. L. Fisher anJ
X. B. Kugel.
Automobile committee F. G.
Delano, chairman; F. G. Myers
end Lee Canfleld
Auto committee tor Old Peoples'
Home H. R. Worth and Herbert
Stiff.
Committee to assign Chcrrians
sreclal duty Z. J. Riggs, ch.iir-
nan; Paul Stege and William Mc
nilrhrist. T. A. Raffoiv. state traffic '.f-
fioer, will be asked by the Cner-
nans to assist on Blossom day in
'Mrecting traffic.
SEND DELEGATE
Instructions have been receiv
ed by local VMCA authorities to
nominate a Salem boy to become
a delegate from the United States
to the International YMCA boys'
conference In Switzerland next
summer. The conference is to be
gin August 10 at Lake Neuohatel
situated In the Burnpse moun
tains, which are part of tie Alps.
Boys from 32 countries will at
tend the conference. Twenty will
attend from the United States.
Each delegate will pay his own
expense, which are estimated at
between eix and seven hundred
dollars.
The leag'ie of nations head
quarters at Geneva will be visit
led, as well as the countries.
France. Germany, Austria, Hun
gary, Poland and Czechoslovakia
The affair wjjl be over in time
for the boys to return to school
next fall.
The official language of -the
conference will be English.
The conference Is the second
one of Its kind to be held, the
first being staged a year ago. The
purpo-e Is said to be to create a
friendly International spirit, the
Idea being that morn can be ac
rompllshrd with young .mimln
than old ones.
Secretary Kelts his1 announced
that all applicants for the nomi
nation hould confer . with him -n.
the near future.
LAl'll II I'llft IIAV Catton. a prosecution alienist, was uu uru.uance, ai.u iuL l jl
rH.l I III 111 II IH I introduced at the sanity trial toJtatement was made by Alderman U if ft JMV . JllJf kl iWil 1
SAl EM. ASKED TO
' San Francisco, .April 7. A
written account of an interview
between Dorothy Ellingson, the 17
year old matricide, and Dr. Joseph
Catton, a prosecution alienist, was
Introduced at the sanity trial to.
day and contained a test Intended
to demonstrate that the girl un
derstood all the proceedings and
was capable of making a rational
defense.
The statement, signed by the
girl, quoted her as saying she
would rather stand trial for mur
der because otherwise she "might
have to be sent somewhere and
have to stand it later the quick
er the better." The girl added
that if necessary she could go into
court and defend herself.
Moral Sense Normal
The former "jazz girl" who
killed ber mother in a quarrel over
late hours and wild parties, was
quoted in the statement as declar
ing she "certainly knew" the dif
ference between right and wrong
and understood what it meant to
take a human life.
With the resumption -of the
Banlty hearing, this morning, Mrs.
Mary O'Shea, a jailer, was called
by the state. The witness -said
the girl always had talked ration
ally and coherently since the Im
prisonment in the county jail.
The girl once said, according to
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TOP IN FINANCIAL
T
Salem Is in the best financial
condition 'of any city in the Pa
cific northwest, and Is the only
city In the states of Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Nevada mark
ed as having the best sates oppor
tunities, according to the April
sales and credit map of the Bab
son statistical organization just
received here.
It is one of five cities In the
went so marked, including the
Rocky mountain region, the only
other cities in the entire section
so marked being San Francisco.
Los Angeles, Biebee. Arizona, and
Great Falls, Montana.
The only other Oregon cities
that are mentioned on the map
are Astoria, Portland and Eugene,
all being put in the same class on
the map this month as leant fav
orable for sales opportunities. In
dicating business conditions con
siderably below the level of those
existing here.
This map, which goes to every
financial agency In the United
States, a year ago contained
mention of Salem. The chamber
of commerce got busy and since
that tlme this city's rating has
appeared every month, this month
it being given the highest rating
in the entire Pacific northwest,
with San Francisco and Great
Falls being tbe two nearest rivals
in the same class.
COURT REFUSES
TO KILL APPEAL
The supreme court today. In an
opinion by Chief Justice MrRride,
denied a motion for dismissal of
appeal and affirmation of judg
ment In the case of Oxman ft Har
rington, contractors, against Bak
er county, appellant- This was a
case in which the plaintiffs sued
the county for about $37,000, de
claring that contrary to contract
the county had required them to
widen and change the lines of a
portion of Cornucopia highway.
The court allowed them $26,000
aad the couaiy appealed. The
motion for dismissal is said to be
based mainly on technicalities.
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No report was made by the or
dinance committee of the -olty
council last night on the head'
on parking ordinance, and the
statement was made by Alderman
Rosebraugh, chairman of the or
dinance committee, that the com
mittee had not yet taken action
on the ordinance.
The council passed the two
hour parking ordinance, which.
as soon as the ordinance Is signed
by the mayor, will supplant the
present one hour limit and sub
stitute a two hour limit. The or
dinance was amended In commit
tee of the whole to extend the an
gle parking requirement to a
wider area than now required,
Parking Zones Chanced
By this amendment parking at
an angle will be required by the
present hacking In method
Commercial street from Trade
street to Center etreet Instead of
from Ferry to Chemeketa;
High street from Ferry to Che
meketa instead of from State to
Chemeketa; on Court street from
Front to Church instead of from
Front to High; on Chemeketa
from Front to Church Instead, of
from Commercial to High, and on
State street from Front to Cot
tage Instead of from Front to a
point SO feet west of High. Here
an exception is made for that por
tion of the south side of State
that lies between th west curb
line of High and a point on the
south side of State which Is 30
feet west of the west curb line of
High street.
The reasfB fnr making the ex
tension from High to Cottage on
State street is that the new Elks
temple will soon cause a conges
tion of parking in that district.
, Protests Are Heard
Although head on parking wae
not taken up for discussion two
citizens, F. W. Jobelman and a
representative of the Chambers
furniture, were heard against tbe
measure. Chambers opposed it on
grounds that it would cause in
convenience for trucks loading or
unloading In front ot stores. Jo
belman said he represented the
B"Kh estate, which controls three
hotels in the city, and the taxlcab
men. all of whom he said were
opposed to head on parking. He
declared that straw vote at the
Bligh hotel was tour ' to one
against It
Other ordinance bills passed
last night were an amendment to
tbe curfew ordinance, extending
the time to 10 o'clock at night,
and an ordinance providing ir
the issuance and sale of 120,883
city Improvement bonds.
The ordinance bill to prohibit
the selling of cigarettes and to
bacco within 250 feet of any pub
lic school building was killed by
adoption of an adverse committee
report. A bill was Introduced to
correct the assessni'-ts for the
paving of the alley In block 21.
Louisville, Ky., Apr. 7. A pe
tition asking receivership for the
local unit of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan alleging that funds
had been "misappropriated, dissi
pated and squandered" was filed
in circuit court here today by Dr.
W. H. Morgan and A. J. Owens.!
insurance agent, recently suspend
ed by the atate Insurance commis
sioner. Not less than $20,000 has been
collected by A. D. George, kleagle,
and A. W. Hohman, secretary and
treasurer, the petition alleged.
No report of the funds collect
ed as Initiation fees, dues, and
through gifts t the local order
has been made, to the member
ship at large, the petition de
clared.
Statement made by klan
agents declared In the petition to
have been "fraudulent and false"
were responsible for the stem ber
ship enrollment of S000 in tbe
county.
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W -5 4
WWTtsjiw rii "an cxMfit'jnmm-A
Camden, N. J., April 7. Tne
Saratoga, the woild's greatest fnd
Bwiftest airplann carrier, was
launched at the New York Ship
FREE SERVICES
It- is unethical for architects to
do something for nothing, accord
ing to a reply fi:ed by F. H. Mor
rison, in cticuit court in bis case
against the city of Sllverton to
collect a fee for services allege'l
to have been performed In draft
ing plans or estimates for the
proposed new Sllverton city inll.
. Morrison do. lie that he entered
into competition to draw estimates
as a soliciting architect, declaring
in his reply, It is considered un
ethical for architects to draw such
estimates without compensation
atrd he states It Is a violation of
ethics for any architect to enter
into competition hy solicitation.
He further avers that the city
ci Sllverton knew that this wa
an unethical practice and If It
didn't know it: It could easily have
found It out. Consequently be In
sists on having hip fee.
The defense nf the city is that
Morris! on was one of a number of
soliciting architects asked to pre
pare estimates prior to the mattr;
of the cost of a new city halt being
rut, up to the voters of the ;i ty
BALLOT TITLE
IS
Attorney General Van Winkle
today completed ballot title for
th. referendum of the legislative
act directing to the general fund
of the state 10 per cent of the
proceeds of self sustaining boards
and commissions. The title, which
wll appear on the referendum
petitions, follows:
"To transfer to the ntate gener
al fund for the payment of gener
al expenses of the state ten per'
centum of the receipts of the
state, boards and commissions
therein named, constituting prac
tically all of thoHA supported by
and, collecting fees, licenses and
taxes, and to deduct the same
from the revenues available for
suck boards and commissions."
BATTLElHiPTREGl
COMMISSION NAMED
Governor Pl'-rco today appohit-
-d the battleship Oregon commu-
r.ion, tinder an act nf the 1 925 lc?
Islatute, which will have charge
i t tbe old man o' war when It Is
brought to Portland, Including t.ie
administration ot the lls.000 an
nual appropriation for its main
tenance. Tbe members of the rem
mission are:
Cora A. Thompson, Portland
past president of the General Nr.
tlonat Auxiliary nf the Hpanlsh
War - Veterans; La re Manning,
Portland, who served on the Or
goa during the Hpanlsh war; Col
onel Carle Abrums, Salem, pa
state rommander of ths Bpan'ah
War veterans; Howard C Ws;
dell, - Rosebnrg, past state com
ma a tier of ths Spanish War V
trans; Colonel U. O. Warrilow,
Portland, commander of Scout
Young Camp, HpanUh War Veter-aaiu
building corporation yard at 1 : 1 S
p m. today.
As the newest addition to .
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Construction of a community
building on the Salem auto touitsl
camp grounds for this season is
now apparently assured. Tbe city
council last night granted a re
quest "of the park board fur the
lianst'ir of S1000 from the park
hoard to the automobile park
for the purpose ot erecting the
building.
The council lost night gran It J a
license to H. H. Robertson to oper
ate the Belleview hotel, wIulIi
three weeks ago was temporarily
closed by the police after the conn
cil had withheld the granting of a
icense.
City Attorney Chris Kowitz
called the attei.tion of the con i-
til to a luw enacted by the ll)2ri
lcgiulature requiring inspection of
to mint camp grounds by the stale
board of health and said tills
would be necesuary fur the Salem
grounds.
Sewer Petitions Favored.
The city attorney was iiiHtmc
ed by tlio council to cull the at
tentlon of the Southern Pacific.
company to the condition of Us
eroding on Market street.
The sewer CDmmlttee of th
council recommended the grun'.Iii:
i pennon lor sewers t accui,!
uiodate blocks 3S and 39, eW..
ttrcet, Idlewine addition, and tl;c
city engineer v.-as instructed
draw plans and specifications fur
them.
The street committee reported
favorably on a petition for t.i
paving of 17th street between Kj:
ry and Uellevl-jw, and North Win
ter from Market to South. It r.
ported unfavorably on a petition
or property owners for a nut
claim deed to property on High
t-treet between Leslie and Mill
streets; also unfavorably on Hi
petition of property owners f r
the vacation of a part of Linco'n
street, ror the re-pavlng of Nort
Summer street the committee roc-
ctnirtjtrndcd concrete pavement and
the removal of all the old black
lop.
Gravel Bids Received-
Bids were received on sand an
gravel and on cement for the vea
son's paving program and were re
ferred to the street Improvcmt-;,
committee. Bids alBo were
reived for a new paving plant foi
the city which, it Is declared, vill
be necessary If the ctly Is to con
tlnue to do Its own paving. Ui;
were received from five roncenii
langfng from 4i90 to 72H7 for
various Classen of machines an
(qulpment. All the bids were r
ferred to -the street Improvemen
committee.
The following sidewalk m-nlii
tlons were adontcd and referred
to the street committee: Went
slde of North Fourth between Co
lumbia and Grove; North Flfi
between MadlFon and Columlri
lllRhli.nd avenu-j between Hazel
and Maple av -mien; Capitol I,
tween Fairgrounds road and Hun
street; east side cf Fourteenth be
tween Chemeketa and Center,
Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr. 7. (By
Assoc! sled . Press) Thirty
former Cincinnati policemen rn
rural dry agents entered pleas of
guilty to federal jury liquor gnfi
indictments In federal court
day. Six of the indicted men hi
sieatiea guiuy Saturday.
Paris. April 7. (By Associated
Press.) The government's n-fw
Inanclal bill, embodying the pu
lsions ot the proposed capital
levy or force loan was Introduced
n the chamber of deputies this
fternoon by- Finance Minister Dc-
Monzie. The measure was agreed
tu by the cabinet this morning.
He usked lta immediate reference
to the finance committee and a re
port on it before the end ot tbe
day. i
The government s financial plan
also includes regularlzation it
the currency situation by raising
the limit of the bank bill issue yi
the Bank of France from 41,000,-
000,000 to a total of 45,000,u0u.-
000 francs and Increasing the
limit ot advances by the bank U
the state by four billion tones.
Two Sessions Planned.
M. DeMouzie asked the cham
ber to set aside two afternoon sit
tings for examination and discus
sion ot the finance bill and the
chamber agreed to this request
owing to the extremely important
nature of this bill and public an
xiety "which must and will be re
insured." "The government will
be at the chamber's disposition to
morrow" said the finance min
ister. It was announced that both Pre
mier llerrlott and Minister Fi
nance DeMonzie will appear at
once before the finance commis
sion. Then In an atmosphere still
heavily charged with suppressed
excitement the chamber turned to
the discussion ot woman suffrage.
Ha Enforcement Teeth.
The mechanism of the system as
explulned by the finance minister
after adjournment of this morn
ing's cabinet meeting is Intended
to afford property owners and
capitalists of Km nee a chanco to
come forward ami contribute pro
portionately to fietr wealth to the
renovation of French finances.
It contains provisions obliKlng
them to do so If they refrain from
voluntary subscription.
It is a plebiscite on the ques
tion of the free voluntary contri
tuition, each according to hit
means or constraint," was the way
M. DeMonzie put It. "It the
French capiltulnrs understand the
system and patriotically responn
to the call of the government
will work without the slightest
anoyance or Interference In pi I
vate matters. On the contrary. )i
they make constraint necessary, it
will be resorted to."
COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles, Cah, April 7 The
tin mml coronation of Kins; Base
ball, was tlio center of attraction
In the sport world tndny ns the
102S Parlflc conit lenRoe season
opened in four cities on the cir
cuit.
In Los Angeles, the Portland
Bunvcre and the Angel were slat
ed to cla.th In the Inaugural game,
whllo the rest of the circuit open
ed with Vernon at Halt Lake City,
Seattle ut Han Francisco and Oak
land and Hacramento at the Cali
fornia cnpital.
Harry A. Williams, president of
the lei true, wns optimistic In his
uutlook for the uccesj of the sea
son and a;rld that everything Indi
cated a bnnor year.
STATE WILL PURCHASE
47 ACRES FOR PRISON
Under an apiJioprlutlon act
the 1925 I.Tlsiulure the aUie
lionni control is ready to pni
chase fof the uj of the state pen
itentiary a tract of 47 acres "t
i.nd adjoining til) prison ground.-!
at M)0 an acr;. Carle Abrnm
necrctary of the board, was au-h'tr-ised
yesterday ( close the opt'.on
on the land. The tract la ni v
owned by Qeortte Savage.
The land will be used for farm
ing purposes. The recommenda
tion of Governor Fierce and War
flen Dalrymple that the land he
bought caused much debate In the
ways and means committee during
Iha legislative session.
Fugitive Convict Hiding
In Josephine ;:. County
Wilds . In Disguise of
Hunchback, Claim.
Medford, Or., April 7. In for v
mation was rKcIcd by the sheriff-
nffA Unnrltv ihai famim
Jones, no tori oOa desperado and
caped , convict from the state)
prison at Salem, la biding in the
wilds of western Josephine cuun
iy, disguised us a hunchback t;nd
wearing a full set ot whiskers anil
horn rimmed fpectacles. Deputy
sheriffs fully armed have been
?ent to search f r nlm and effect a
capture it possible.
According to Deputy Sheriff
Forn crook, Jons had a pad on hie)
back that gives him the appear
unce of being deformed and haa
been recognized by people who
know him, and who reported the)
matter to the authorities. .
Milam Jones, a brother of Ore
gon Jones, who escaped from the
county jail at Jacksonville 18
months ago whllo awaiting trial
for highway robbery, is believed M
be In the same vicinity.
Oregon Jones, serving a 20-year
sentence for highway robbery, es
caped from the penitentiary at Sa-
till, illOltll AO, ifil, MUll VlUltMft
capture. He wai regarded as a
desperate man. - . ,
Milam Jones, brother and part
ner In his crlm?s, was arrested at
Los Angeles and brought back In
to this county o await trial. He
escaped ten days later. Dewey
Jones, another brother, and you us
eei of the family. Is serving a 20
year sentence at Salem.
SET FUNERAL OF
T
Portland, Or., April 7. The
funeral of Archbishop Alexander
Christie, of the Catholic arch
diocese ot Oregon City, "who iie4
yesterday, will be held Wednes
day, April 15, at 10:30 a. m. from
St. Mary's pro-cathedral here, it
plans suggested today are ap
proved at a conference ot prelates
cf the archdioceji tomorrow.
The consulte.- will select an ad
mlniHtrator to carry on the work
ut the archbishop until a succes
sor Is appointed by Rome, and
will send formal notice to the Vati
can of the deatn ot Archbishop
Christie. They will also decide
upon what memorial services ara
to be held.
The archbishop's body will lie
In state at St. Mf.ry'a, Monday and
Tuesday of next week. Special
trvlces were heid today at Cain
ollc churches here.
The consuiiur-t who will select
the administrator are Monsignor
A. Hildebrand, the Kt. Rev. J. H,
Black, the KtKUt Kev. A. Lane,
the Kev. J. C. Hughes, the Rev. W.
A. Daly and th Rev. G. F. Thomp.
eon.
TENTH MEMBER OF
Ji; Wade, the tenth member of
the group of local men accused of
cunti Uniting to the delinquency of
four minor girls by giving them
liquor and by other acta, was ar
rested by police today afid his
bond placed at fsoo when ho waa
arraigned In )utlci court.
Aerorrilng to the complnlnlng
witness, a 14-year-old Sllverton
girl, it was to Wade's room that
he wae taken .luring the early
morning hours after ahe had been
left for several noma In the Kelzer
school to sober up from the effect
of a booie pnaty.
Escaped Convict Cantrht.
Walla Walla, Wash., April 7.
William Tucker, convict, who ?
caped Sunday, aa captured hat
night near Pendleton and return
ed at once to the penitentiary ia
Walla Walla.