c
CIRCULATION
Dally average net pala circulation for
month ending June 80, 1926
aprtal
FAIR IN EAST
Cloudy In west portions tonight. Tues
day fair, continued mild. Gentle west
and northwest winds.
Local: Max,, 75; mtn., 51; rain, none;
river, -.7; atmos., part cloudy; wind, NW
6729
Average dully distribution 7089.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 159
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY dlfy
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BODY FOUND
IN RIVER IS
IDENTIFIED
Father Suspects Foul Play
Caused Death of Frank
Barrett, 18 -Year -Old
West Salem Boy.
A nude body, Identified as that
of rranklin Alvin Barrett, 18, was
found lodged In a sandbar 6 miles
north of Salem late Saturday
morning. Although no scars could
be found on the body, belief was
expressed by his father, William
y. Barrett, that the youth mlRht
have met with foul play. No trace
of his clothing was found, point
Ing to the probabllty that he did
not drown while swimming. It Is
tnted that bad blood existed be
tween the dead person and "cer
tain other parties." The sheriff
and coroner of Polk county are
Investigating the case.
Young Barrett Is said to have
recently been released from the
Polk county Jail nt Dallas. He had
been missing since June 20.
The body was found In abou
10 inches of water. Discovery was
made by Walter Gorth of "West
Balem, who was going down the
river in a motor boat. Coroner
Keeney of Polk county, who ex
amined the body, stated that it had
been In the water approximately
two weeks. It boro scratches and
bruises, which wero thought 4o
have come as a result of the body
passing down the river with the
current.
The Barrett home In north oC
"West Salem, and about half a mile
from the place where the body
was found.
Identification was made by
means of an amber-colored setting
In a ring worn by the victim, and
a broken tooth.
lie was buried in the Odd Fel
lows cemetery at Independence at
I o'clock this afternoon.
HALT TRIAL OF
CookevMe, Tenn., July 6.
AI") John II. Neal, represent
ing John T. Scopee, charged with
violating the Tcnneraee law
against the teaching of evolution
theories In the public schools, pre
sented a petition to Federal Judge
John J. Gore here this afternoon
asking that the Tennessee etate
courts be restrained from contin
uing the prosecution.
The petition was based mainly
on grounds that properly rights
of the University of Tennessee are
Involved, this university partici
pating in land grand federal
funds.
Judge Gore retired to study the
petition and prepare his decis
ion. FORMER KLAN DRAGON
CANNOT ESCAPE TRIAL
NoblesvIIle, Ind., July 6 D. C.
Btevcnson, former grand dragon of
the Ku Klux Klan In Indiana, must
go on trial as head of two co-de-fendnnts
on the chnrge of murder
Ing Miss Ma-lce Oberholtzor of In
dianapolis, Judgo Trod E. Mines
ruled today.
S$)ecial Election To
Name Directors for
Project Is Proposed
rians nro heir made for calling
the special election for selection
of three directors of tho new
drainage district In southeast Sal
ient at the earliest possible mo
ment under tho law and under
present outlook the election will
be called for either July 39 or
July 30, the time of day to be set
later, but probabbly at 2 o'clock
la the afternoon.
Tbe school board will be asked
to (ire permission tor the use of
Mutt a J Jeff
Due lis alem
Next Monday
Oh! Boy!
Mutt and Jeff will be lu Salem
next Monday. These two famous
characters, knewn rrom Tumbuc
too to Oshkosk, are making thsir
famous cross country trip in their
flivver, as every reader of The
Capital Journal knows, and Mutt
and Jeff fans have followed their
progress across the country eager
ly. They will land right in the
middle of Salem, slap bang on
Monday cveaing next, simultane
ously with the appearance of The
Capital Journal, and hundreds of
newspapers throughout the coun
try will at the same time carry
the graphic details of their adven
tures while In The Capital City of
Oregon.
The two famous boys will have
a real time in Salem.
Watch for them.
N
REMARRIAGE OF
ALL DIVORCEES
New York. July 6. (A. P.)
Asserting that 50 per cent of di
vorces are obtained probably by
fraud or collusion and that the
divorce rate in the United Statd,
is increasing faster than that of
any other country, the Snnctity t-f
Marriage association will ask the
New Orleans triennial convention
of the Protestant Episcopal church
to forbid the re-marriage of di
vorced persons.
The Episcupal church sanctions
the re-marriage of innocent par
ties In divorces based on infidel
ity. The association in starting
a move for the repeal of this canon
attacks it as unscrlptural, as our
trary to tho praevc of the Hariy
Christian church and as illegal in
regard to church law. The canon
compele this innocent parly to
produce court reaords to prove In
nocence.
The association's president ie
the Ilev. Mllo II. Gates of New
York and its executive committe-
includes among others Bishop
Manning of New York.
It was Bishop Manning's strict
adherence to the canon in ques
tion that precipitated In 1921 the
controversy between him and the
Ilev. Dr. Tercy Sticltney Grant
who wished to marry Mrs. Philip
L-ydig, twice a divorcee, once from
W. K. I). Stokes. The engagement
waa broken May 26. 1924, and
shortly afterward Dr. Grant re
signed from the pastorate of the
Church of the Ascension and re
tired. NEGRO REFUSED HAIRCUT
STARTS TO BURN TOWN
Glendale, Cal., July 6. Because
Clendale barber drew the colar
line and refused to trim his hair,
Jesse Riley, a negro truck driver.
tried five time to burn down the
Doran street scnool house hen
iccording to an alleged confession
in the bauds of i.ohce today. Burn
ing down the school house was Ms
idea of a fitting revenge on the
community at large., officers aid
he explained. The five fir?a
caused damage estimated at $12,
"(00. Riley fa in jail awaiting ar
raignment on a r'inrge of arson.
STETSON APPOINTED
MINISTER TO POLAND
Swnmpscolt, Mess., July 6. (A.
Formal announcement was m-ie"-
here today that John n. Stetao.l
ir.. or rhil ldelohla had heen an
minted mlnir.tor to Polnnd.
tho Ii I rli moil il school, which Is In
the district, for the meeting. The
election will be In the nature of
a meeting and not a system of
formal balloting such as Is used
at a regular election.
The county clerk under the law,
calls the election within 30 days
after the order Issued by the
county court and the meeting
must be advertised tor at least 10
days prior to the date for which
It Is called.
43 KILLED IN
COLLAPSE OF
L
Last Body Thot Removed
From Wreckage of Bos
ton Night Club; Most
Are Identified.
Boston, Mass., July 6. (A. P.)
Tho list of dead In tho collapse
of the Pickwick club building Sat
urday will probably remain at 43
Fire Chief Daniel Sennott Bald
this afternoon after firemen bad
removed the debris from that part
of the dance floor which was still
standing. This work was ordered
by Mayor Curley after be visited
the ruins early today and found
contractors' laborers working only
in the excavated part of the
building site.
The forty-third body was taken
from tbo wreck of the once gay
night resort, early today, just BO
hours after tho throng of "night
before the fourth" revelers were
flung down and burled with the
collapse of tho building.
Search Work Slow
All night long tho search had
gone forward. Under the concen
trated glare of dozens of are lights
an army of men had patiently,
brick by brick, stick after stick.
worked their way down through
the mass of debris, pausing now
ana again to lift another un
fortunate.
By this morning, they had found
them nearly all, those about w,hon
this early morning life had cen
tcred. The body of Miss Ella
Cauley was brought out pitifully
oruiseu. In. her dross, they found
tho money for which she had
smiled away the broad bandylngs
of the guests that she might real
ize her hope of marriage and a
home. Frank Tillo and Neddo
f innagan, who had won man'
local ring battles, were found
Inspector Benjamin Alexander of
tho Boston police, who had
thought to add another arreat to
tne several made at the club, died
In the wreck. Some of tho hodies
found were of persons paying their
visit to the club, others wero of
habitues.
One man, his wlfe'B picture In
me pocKet over nts heart, was
round In the dead arms ot another
woman. Occasionally a worker
picked a bottle of splits.
whisky, unbroken by force that
wrecked so many lives.
There are several untouched
pockets In the debris that may
hold bodios. Early last night the
oiscoveries came In quick succes
slon so that .the total of known
dead rose rapidly from 19 to 37
Then the work was more difficult.
It took Borne times an hour to ex
tricate a body after It was found.
Great masses of foundation stone
had to be lifted by derrick. At 4
this morning the body of a woman
was found and an hour and a half
later tho body of her companion
was taken out.
Probe Is Started
Most of the bodies have been
Identified by tho throng which
has besieged tho mortuary ever
.since the catastrophe. At no time
have the streets about the scene
been clear of watcherH. Ycster
day. the police shot one man and
arrested three others whom they
said they found looting the cloak
room in tbe club.
Tod.iy city, county and Btatc
open Investigations to determine
the cause of the disaster, which
with the possibilities of one excep
tion, Is the worst that Boston has
ever known in the toll of life
Timothy .1. Harry, proprietor-
manager of the club, has not been
seen nor-has his body been found
The authorities want to question
him. The floor manager, James F,
Glcnnon, died with his guests.
SAWMILL SHUT DOWN
SHORTEST IN YEARS
I'.'itiantl, Or., July 6. The
l'ourtu or July shut down of saw
mills this year of the west const
waa the briefest in year accord
ing to telegraphic reports receiv
ed here today by I ho Loyal Le
gion of Loggers and Lumbermen
from various districts. The re
port Indicated that 90 per rent
of the fir sawmill resumed rut
ting Monday morning.
The report ehow, however.
that logging la comparatively In
active, and more than 60 per
cent of the fir camps operating
today. The labor turnover at tho
mills v one of the lightest in
ye&ri.
DANCE HAL
BOAT SERVICE
TO PORTLAND
NOT TO CEASE
Northwestern Taken Off
Run Temporarily But
Will Resume Schedule
When Shoals Cut.
Definite announcement that the
Northwestern, river steamer oper
ating between Salem and Portland
will not run for a period of 10 days
or two weeks, was made this morn
ing by Fred Karr, head of tho Sa
lem Transportation company, which
has been operating the Northwest
ern since the first of the year. Knrr
tttates that unless the level of the
river sinks considerably lower than
It Is at present the channel should
be In condition within two weeks'
time 80 that the boat can be
brought through.
A crew of 10 men, under the jur
Isdlction of the federal govern
ment, have been working on the
channel of tbe Willamette river
below Salem since May 9. It
stated that If they had begun soon
er, of If a larger force had been
kept on tho Job, tho run of the
Northwestern up and down the
river would not have been Inter
rupted. Itlvermen state that there
is plenty of water in the river If it
Is directed Into tho right places
the difficulty being that it spreads
out at a number of points, form-
continued on Pago Five)
F
E
SET FOR TODAY
Cheyenne, Wyy., July 6. (A.
i-.; reuerai juugc r. make Ken
nedy today tet 2 o'clock this aft
ernon as ;he time for hearing
counsel on the court's decree dis
missing the government's suit in
equity for cancellation of the
Mam moth Oil company's lease on
the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve
Before the question o the de
cree is taken up, however, Own
J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene,
government oil cuunsel, will pre
sent a petition to reopen the trial
to permit the presentation of ad
ditional testimony relating to tne
Continental Trading company.
Ltd., and the conditions through
ft is alleged that certain liberty
bonds founds their way from Har
ris y Sinclair to former Secretary
ot the Interior Fall.
Mr. Pomerene intimated ihxt
should the petition be granted the
government would be able to pre
sent testimony of Canadinn wit
nesses not available during tho
trial here lar.t March.
Commander H. T. Stuart, U. S.
N., the govern n en ts representa
tive in the Too pot Dome receiver
ship, and W. L. Connelly, general
manager of the Mammoth Oil com
pany, nrc bee for the hearing.
VATICAN ROBBERY
IS STILL MYSTERY
Rome, July 7 Tho pope Is tak
ing the keenest Interest in the in
vestigation of tho robbery of tho
treasury of St. Peters Friday night,
when thieves escaped with precloiiH
objects valued at moro than one.
million lire, but Irreplaceable be
cause of their significance to the
church.
A storm of Indignation Is found
In nil circles of Italian llfo at the
audacity of the crime. Minister of
the Interior Federsonl has taken
personal charge of the police in
vestigation. The robbery was con
ducted on Vatican territory, which
is not under the Jurisdiction of the
state and thus the activities of the
stite authorities are causing an un
usual rapproehmenl bctwoen the
secular And state officials. The
pope Is awaiting with anxiety the
results of the police Investigation.
Although the police have nmnt-
d more than 20 persons. It Is tt
?t they have not found a tangible,
clue. i
Fl
RENCH RUSH
F
Non-Combatants In Taza
Moved to Safety Owing
To Hostility of Tribes
Once Friendly.
Paris, .lulv fi. fA p no
Fl'enCll Cllhillpt. tnfl.1V nolnxlarl n
new commander in chief of Fren:'i
forces in jMorocco to succeed
Marshal lyautcy. but the nunc
Will be wlthflpl.l Until Intn LuiLrhl
so Marshal Lyactey can be in-
xormeu iirsi.
. Fez, French Mcrocco, July 6.
(A. P.) It wan officially an
nounced today that the French
have removed all women and chil
dren from Taza, as a precaution.
Sunday night the French admiUM
reverses on tho front near Taza m
the war with Abd-el-Krim's Rif
fians. The women and children were
evacuated loot night because d'
tire dangerous etiuation through
the present Lo.stility of Moroccan
tilbes, formerly friendly to tho
French.
iHowever, hopo waa expressed
thtit tile defeats of Abd-el-Krim'H
attacking fontcs Sunday would re
store confirisseo. in the tribesmen
and causo them to resume a
friendly atlituda toward tho
French.
Riffs Are Defeated.
Tlje French severely dofeatei
Abd-el-Krim's tribesmen in two
engagements yesterday. Tho IUf
flans attacked near Ain Ma Tout
and KUfune. They lost heavily ot
the first and were routed at the
second place
The French captured all tne
nnns nnd munitions or the attack
ing tribesmen.
These (juccoskos, French officials
said, have produced an excellent
effect on some of the Moroccans
whose loyalty to the French hav
been doubtful of late.
Lvnntev Relieved.
'Paris, July 6. (A. Is.) Su
preme command of the French
forces opposing the Riffians i.i
Morocco is to be taken from Mar
shal Lyautcy, the governor gen
era! and entrusted to a general
who will leave trance Immediate
ly for the front.
This decision wnlcb is Buhjeol
to ratification by tho cabinet to
day was reached at a council of
war held last night under th
chairmanship of M. Pninlevc, tho
premier and war minister. The
step ifi taken. It Is explained, to
allow Marshal Kyautey freedom !n
carrying out his admtnlatraMve
and political duties.
The man selected for tho pont
(Continued on Pago Fivo.)
Shanghai. July 6 (AP) A
Chinese, about to attack a munici
pal const a hie from behind, was
uhot nnd killed here Saturday eve
ning by a nailor from the United
States destroyed MacIlflCh, who
camn to tho rescue of tho con-
Htabl.
The shooting occurred during
trouble nt one of tho cotton mills
involved In tho present strike Hun
dr'eds of Chinese itfucmhled outside
th mill had threatened to burn It
unlrns somo of their comrades who
had bf!trn arrested wero released.
A constable then arretted one of
the leaders of the mob who wan
urging tho coolies to advnnce on
the mil). A companion of the ar
resting lender, was nbout to spring
on tho back of the constablo when
ho Was shot by on American sailor
whose name wan given ra Jm.lk,
The foreigners In tho mill who
witneied the entire affair natd th
action of tho American An Dor
averted what promised to be a
moflt Arrlous situation.
Hongkong, July fl (AP) The
police have been authorised to nr-i-pftt
nnd detain any one unemploy
ed or np pen ring to have Irregulnr
employ men t. The police captnln
;md tipti inlendent are empowered
to order such pemong to leave here
immediately. ,
UN
1
DANGER ZON
Institutions All
Within Budgets
During Half Year
Superintendents of all the state
institutions were able to operate
their institutions during the first
six months of the present year, or
the first quarter of the biennium,
within the appropriations granted
them by the 1-925 legislature. Thif
indicates that all the institutions
have a chance to go through th
two years without calling on the
emergency board to authorize de
ficiencies. Tho reports were made
today at the July meeting of the
board of control.
A particularly good showing
was made by Warden A. M. Dal
rymple of tne mate penitentiary,
who reported that his expendi
tures for the six months were
$8(j50 Ices than he could have
spent and still remained within
the appropriation The appropria
tion granted the penitnntiary y
SENTENCED 10
7 YEARS IN PEN
C. C. Conlcy, negro who held U)
tJio night Southern Pacific uRont
at Turner a few nights ngo and
robbed tho depot of $13.33 after
binding the agent and depositing
him In a box car where he was
found several hours later, waa to
day sentenced by Judge Kelly to
serve seven years In the state peni
tentiary. Con ley today pleaded
guilty and waived time for the
pnsslng of sentence. He is an ex
convict from the Nobraska state
prison. '
In a partial report made Friday
the Marlon county grand Jury r
turned eight true bills and three
not true bills.
Harry Block of Salem was in
dicted on a charge of possession of
liquor. His bond has been fixed nt
$1000. Other indictments were:
George Miller of Valaetz, for
lewd cohabitation.
John Andrews, Lester Dixon
and Henry Johnson, for operating
a still near Mount Angel.
Paul Muno, for possession of a
still.
Henry A liters, for burglary of
the Willamette grocery company,
James Raker, for assault nnd
battery with Intent to kill, on the
person of John Anderson, who was
employed by Raker. Roth live at
Rroadacrcs.
Paul McKay, forgery of a check
for $4fi.
Not true bills were reported In
the case of Wilbur J. Chapman, ac
cused of Indecent exposure; H. L.
Staple, accused of failure to pro
vide for his wife, and Kmil Wilke,
charged with powsesslon of a still.
James Raker was arraigned to
day on the charKO of assaulting
John Anderson with Intent to kill,
ploaded not guilty and his trial
was set for July 22.
Paul McKay was arraigned on
tho forgery charge, but asked fur
ther time in which to make his
plea.
E
London, July (J (A. P.) Fur-
uign Secretary Chamlrlain today
oi(i mo wKisn oi commons ihit
ireat Kritain lias sent no note to
(tussla regarPng recent events in
China but that the Hritlsh gov-
rnment raserved full liberty to
take whatever action It might
think was required."
Ie was referring to reports
that Hritaln ml.ht. break diplo
matic relations v ith Huwda h;
aiio of alleged soviet inMueri'v
n tho present, Chinese troubles.
COLOMBIAN CITY IS
REPORTED DESTROYED
New York, July 8 A onbh-Kram
ecelved by the consulate Reneritl
of Colombia today reported tbe
destruction by fire of a large pari
of the city of Mnnlnnles, 110 mllo
northwest of Rogotn, capital of
Colombia. The commercial section
of the city was wiped out, the
cable aid, with ft loss estimated
at $20,000,000.
the legislature was $350,000. The
perenpita expenditure at the pris
on for the month of June wtti
$21.72 lees, it is said, than at any
other time since 1916.
The board of control granted
leavo to W, J. H. Clark, superin
tendent for the adult school for
the blind In Portland, to make a
trip east in August in an official
capacity connected with the D. O.
K. K. order of the Knights of
Pythias, which will pay his ex
penses on the trip. Ho will take
advantage of the opportunity to
visit several institutions similar to
that Oregon institution of which
he is the head.
Mr. Clark said he expected to
enter into a contract with tl;e
Portland school board whereby his
institution will do all of the piano
tuning for the Portland schools.
250 LOSE LIVES
Chicago, July 6 (AP) Tho
roll of holiday fatalities through
out tho country mounted today to
the 2IiO mark, with uuto accidents
and drownings at tho head of the
list, without tho Boston cnbarnt
tragedy In which 43 perished.
While tho Fourth of July passed
with remarkably few deaths from
fire works nnd explosions, tho ab
normal traffic in the suburban
country led to an unusually long
list of dead and Injured.
Moro than 400 were Injured In
the slates which eported the
heaviest death tolls.
Illinois reported 57 dead nnd
more than 100 Injured.
Other state totals follow: Mas
sachusetts 49, New York 20. In
diana 13, Ohio 29. Missouri 2, Con
necticut 8, lthodo Island 0, New
Jersey 3, Pennsylvania 6, Vermont
2, Minnesota 8, Iowa, 4, California
10, Colorado 3, North Dakota 2. '
Marshficld, July 6 Madeline
Dcnnlson, seven, shot nnd killed
her four year old sis tor, Dclpha
May, Into yesterday, because Dcl
pha May slapped the baby who had
been left In Madeline's care, while
the pnrents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Den n is on went berry picking.
POLITICAL FEUD FATAL
TO THREE OFFICERS
Corpus Christi, Texas., July 0 -
(A. P.) A poit:cul feud of Ion.;
standing between two factions s
hellnVOfl tn h;t'm tnunlrnrl
shooting here last night which tik
the lives of three peace officer,
and wounded two other men. Paul
McAllister, a deputy state game
commissioner and former police
man; C. M. Ilisljce, constable; it.
II. Bledsoe. fKnuly constable. wi:-e
killed. HuliiH Mat Murniy of
Three Rivers. Texas, and George
Uydcr of San Diego, Texas, nrc in
a hospital qcrfousiy wounded.
Die rive men appear to hav
met by accident nt lhe entrain-'
to a road h niso near th(l city and
there the shoot'ng bfgan. McAl
lister was killed on the spot. Mled I
soe nnd Ilisliee died several hourf
later.
Kidnaping Story of
Federal Officer and
Aide Is Scrutinized
ChiiltumioKii, Trim., July 6.
(A. P.) Hhurif t Turn SulTiinn this
morning bcKun an lnvcxtlKntlon
Inlo tho story told by Dr. W. I).
Mnson, local vctorlnarlnn nnd
J,awronc( Itownmn, nllcKi1'! feudist
nnd nldo ot federal prohibition of
ficers, that thny had been kid
naped on SlKnal mountain and
kept captive, for 10 days. TI16 two
men, who riimippeared on .litno 23
without trace, were found yester
day morning hy Jim Thomas,
mountaineer, who wan hunting
stray hoga, handcuffed and tied
10 a tree In tho wilds nbout IB
tulles from C'hntnnooga.
Ilowman nnd Manon wer In ft
aerloua condition as a result of
their experlenre. Ilowman stated
that while driving along th road
iPDAMfl IIIDV
uimnu Jim i
EXONERATES
FOUR OTH
Charges of Contributing
T o Delinquency oi
Minor Girls Made; Jef
ferson Man Held.
Seven of the 11 men who wer
investigated by the Marion county
grand Jury on charges of contrib
uting to the delinquency of n
minor girl during the months of
March and April by giving her
liquor were today Indicted by
the grand jury. The other foui
were net indicted.
The seven men who were in
dicted were William Cook, John
Belton, Bert Peary, Rudolph Har
ris, Mac Cartluw, Jess Wade and
Clifford Willnrd.
The four who were not indicted
were Frisco Edwards, Walter Gil
Christ, Percy Ditmar and Dick
Schnckmann.
In the case of Wade the accu
sation assumed more serious pro
portions than the giving of II-.
quor to the girl, it being charged
that Wade and the girl, who le
snld to be only 14 years old. spent
the night together in Wade's rojm
after a certain joy ride.
The various offenses occurred
In the cose of Belton and Peary
on March 20, in the case o Har
ris nnd Cartliew on March ?.S, and
in the eases of Cook, Wade and
Wlllard on April 2.
The alleged giving of liquor to
the girl took place ench time, ac
cording to testimony offered in
Justice court, on Joy rides that
originated at Dreamland skating
ring at the end of State street.
While nt least four girls were in
volved, nil of them minors, only
one was named in the cjiarges
made nnd In the indictments that
were brought by the grand Jury
today.
The grand jury also today re
turned a bill of Indictment
against S. A. Pease, who la
charged with the unlawful pos
sesion of a still. Joo Polley, who
was charged with the unlawful
possession of a still, was not in
dicted. The grand jury did not Indict
Perry Sehrumm, who was accused
of maliciously and wantonly kill
ing a dog.
OIL WELL LITERALLY
SWALLOWS INVESTMENT
Los Angeles, Cal., July 6 The
singular sight of a wild cat oil
well which not only refused to pro
duce oil but swallowed the 115
foot steel derrick and machinery
with which It was dug was at
tracting attention today on th
SheU company property In Domln
guez field near here.
Christened the Ileyes Number
22, the obstreperous well started
spouting gas, water and mud on
July 7 last and at the heluht of
Ma eruption expelled between 30,
000. 000 nnd 40.000,000 cubic feet
of gas dnlly. It was an 8 Inch hole,
360il feet deep when the blowout
occurred but the const nnt uprush
of water and gas steadily enlarg
ed the opening until a few days
ao cave-ins bejran nnd today noth
Ing was left of the outfit by an
Irregular crater one hundred feet
deep Into the maw of which had
sunk the tannled wreckage of der
rick nnd mac hinery.
at night they wore set upon by
five men wearing tow-sacks over
their bends, overpowered And
taken into tho woods. The men
had heen lured to tho mountain by
a fnkn telephone message and
were returning when nttneked.
Their disappearance wna discov
ered the following day when
Mason's rnr was found on tha
mountain with bloodstralns on the
running board and containing the
hats of the vanished men.
Posses Immodtaately took up tha
search nnd combed the mountalna,
ncludlng the place where Bowmaa
a f Mason were found, bearing
out tha statement of the rlctlmt
that they had been moved to a dlf
(Continued on rase Five)