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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 194
PIERCE AND
DALRYMPLE
CHALLENGED
Former Governor West
Dares Warden and Gov
ernor To Go With Him
In Lead, After Cons.
Portland, Or., ug. 15. (A. P.)
Oswald West, former governor
o Oregon, today ie.su ed a chal
lenge to Governor Walter M.
Pierce and Warden Dalrymple of
the state penitentiary for the
three to enter Drift creek canyon
where poasumeu believe three es
caped convicts are in hiding.
West's challenge was a sequel to
a statement he gave to a Portland
newspaper Thursday, in which he
criticized the warden in connec
tion with the escape of the prison
ers Wednesday night when two
guards and another escaping con
vict were killed. Governor Pierce
defended ths warden against
West's attack,
"Around the rim of the canyon
are several score men and boys of
the guard ordered to keep the
murderers surrounded," said
West's challenge, "They may
shortly be ordered to enter the
canyon. Some of them likely will
be shot.
"Now hero ifl my proposal to
the governor:
"I ask him and Dalrymple to
meet me at Pratum school house
tomorrow or Monday morning fit
o'clock.
"Each will arm himself with a
rifle or revolver as he' sees fit. I
shall station myself in the center,
with the governor and Dalrymple
on either side. I will proceed ahead
of them 50 yards. We will scour
this canyon thoroughly, or at least
for three days If we do not find
tho convicts sooner. Each man
will take a blanket and some sup
plies." Governor Pierce refused to com
ment today on Oswald West's chal
lenge to the governor and Warden
Dalrymple of the state peniten
tiary to join htm in a man-hunt
for the throe convicts who escaped
from the state prison Wednesday.
All the governor would say was
that he might deputize West and
force him to go which he said he
believed he had the right to do un
der the law.
FORCE OF 5000
Teutan, Spanish Morocco, Aug.
15. (AP) Five thousand rebel
tribesmen surrendered uncondi
tionally to French and Spanish
forces which captured the Sar
ear heights position.
The prisoners constituted the
entire Rlffian garrison which
held the formidable and strategic
Sarear upland. The surrender Is
believed to have ended the Franco-Spanish
military problem in
the region where the two armies
have joined forces.
The victory was celebrated by
the commanders of the French
and Spanish forces which partici
pated In It, Colonel Freydenberg
and Oeneral Rivtelme, when
they breakfasted toeether at
Huatl.
WALKER SIGNS TO FIGHT
SHADE SEPTEMBER 29
New Tork. Aug. 15 Mickey
Walker, world's welterweight cham
plon, signed a contract today with
Tex Rleknrd, Madison Square Oar
den promoter, to defend his title
against Dave Shade of California
at the Tankee stadium September
39.
Walker's contract was filed with
the New Tork state athletic com
nlsslon today1 and thereby halts
pending legislation against htm for
his dilatory taotlcs In answering
the Callfornjan's challenge. The
contract was signed by Walker
hlmffelf, the commission refualnv
to recognize Kearna a the ehnm
plon's manager until KPirn clenr
hlmwelf with the commission over
tft Dempeey controversy.
Cap
INFOltRS
Witnesses Against Gerald
Chapman Murdered By
Members of Gang; Man
Dying Gives Names.
Muncie, Ind., Aug. 15. (A. P.)
Vengeance trailing those who
testified againsc Gerald Chapman,
bandit condemned to die for the
murder of a Connecticut police
man, struck down Ben Hance and
hi6 wife near bore yesterday. The
Hances were shot to death on the
Anderson-Muncie highway. In a
dying statement Hance laid the
crime to the door of George
"Butch" Anderson, pal of Chap
man, and diaries (One Arm)
Wolfe of Muncie.
It was at the Hnnce home that
Anderson and Chapman lived after
their escape from Atlanta peniten
tiary and after Chapman attempt
ed the robbery of a New Britain,
Conn., mercantile establishment
which resulted in the slaying of a
policeman. Hance was one of the
principal witnesses against Chap
man followins hie arrest here.
Just what occurred on tho hlgh-
( Continued on Page Five.)
Syracuse, N. Y,, Aug. 15. (A.
P.) Robber who forced an en
trance into the home of Albert
Sobey early today carried away a
small Bafe containing nearly $50,
000 In cash Jewels and securities.
The family had been absent only
an hour visiting a friend.
Burt, Iowa, Aug. 15. AP)
Bight bandits wrecked the safe
of the First National bank here
early this ' morning and escaped
with $15,000 in bonds and cas.i.
Eight explosions were required
to wreck the safe. The bank
building was damaged also.
Bank officials er.id the loss
might reach $20,000, but was cov
ered by insurance.
Portland, Or., Aug. 15. James
Messens, 34, a cook, died today
from a bullet which robbers fired
at him when ho refused to hold up
his hands at their command early
Wednesday morning In the .iold
up of the restaurant where Wes
sons worked.
Two men, thought by officers to
be residents of Portland, arc
sought in connection with the
crime.
FUNERALS HELD
Funeral services for J, H. Hol
man and John Sweeney were held
here today. Some 200 friends and
relatives attended the services of
each of the guards who were slain
In Wednesday's outbreak from the
state penitentiary here.
Services were held for Sweeney
at 2 o'clock this afternoon; for
Holman at 10:30 this morning.
Holman's remains were sont to
Dallas for burial. Sweeney's body
Is to be laid to rest In the City
View cemetery hero.
FREEZING WEATHER
EXPERIENCED AT BEND
Bend, Aug. 15 For tho first
time sliree lent winter the tempera
ture her this morning touched
the freetlng point, according to the
hydro-thermograph at the office of
the Deschutes national forest head
quartern.
Kreeslng point was reached at
5:15, the needle remaining at that
degree for approximately 15 minutes.
T TO DEATH
BY AVENG
YEGGS CARRY OFF
SAFE CONTAINING
$50,000 CASH
rati
Murray Not In
Auto But Sleuths
Failed to Find Out
If officers of the law, hot on the
trail of a woman, her sick hus
band and her sister, fail to find
any trace of them when they are
innocently narked in front of
Skaggs' grocerv store for half an
hour following the alarm, how
long will it takj tho same officers
to catch the three outlaws who
broke out of the state penitentiary
Wednesday evening?
The qu&Hion was raised by Mrs.
Rex Kcene, of this city, this morn
ing when she came forward and
declared herself to he the woman
yesterday suspected of taking
Murray through Salem in the back
of a Hupraobile car.
FOR KELLY AT
Roseburg, Or., aur. 15. A man
suspected cs being Ellsworth Kel
ly, escaped convict, who was pick
ed up at Oakland this morning by
0. R. White of Portland, is being
held in the Douglas county jail,
pending further investigation. Al
though th-3 officers are inclined to
believe that the suspect is Joe
Sanders, jas he claims, his like
ness to the wanted convict is so
complete, that officers are con
tinuing their investigation before
releasing him.
The man strikip "y resembles
Kelly in the photf . ph furnish
ed by officers and his scars com
pare closely with thu description,
while his weight and height are
almost identical. He is missing
two teeth In front, however, while
Kelly is supposed to have a full
set of teeth, and he gives his age
as 45, while Kelly is 28.
The circumstances under which
the suspect was picked up, added
to the suspicion directed towards
him. Prior to his apprehension,
he was seen going from house to
house in Oakland, early In the
morning, begging food. He had
five bundles of sandwiches with
him when arrested. - He called at
the hotel where White was stay
ing, and the Portland man was
immediately Impressed with the
likeness. He followed Sanders as
the man gives hie name, to a black
berry patch, where after a survey
from a short distance he felt the
comparison sufficient to warrant
an official Investigation. Deputy
Sheriff Burdette Leas of Oakland
was called and nfter a look at the
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WHERE POSSES ARE SEEKING
Tha March for tha conviote today la centering In an area oblong in ahape, about 7 mllea long and
6 miles wide, extending In a general southeasterly and northwesterly direction from tho Wlllard Bchool
to the Union Hill school.
A marks th approximate point where fus fugitives abandoned the automobile and disappeared Into
the brush.
p Tha Mcllheny farm house, reported entered by one of the convicts Thursday night,
g Tha King farm, near where shots wsre reported heard last nltlit.
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925
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"I don't Geo bow it was they
didn't catch us," she said this
morning, "if they thought we had
Murray with us. I don't think
they're very apt to catch any of
them if they can't do better than
that."
She was taking her busband,
Rex Keens, to Waconda, she states.
Her sister was also making the
trip in the car.
"We had him covered up in the
back of the car, just like the re
port said. It did look suspicious
all right.
"But what I don't see, though,
(Continued on Page Seven)
BE BURIED AT
Eugene, Aug. 15 Funeral ser
vices for P, L. Campbell, president
of the University of Oregon, who
died yesterday morning at his
home here, will be held next Tues.
day afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
main auditorium of the woman's
building of the university.
The body will lie In state earlier
in the day, In the alumni hail of
the women s building. The fun
eral services will be open to the
public.
Six clergymen will hav4 charge
of the services. These will repre
sent the state at large, the city of
Eugene and the University of Ore
gon. Bishop Walter T. Sumner,
Episcopal church of Portland, and
W. O. Eliot, Jr., Unitarian church
of Portland, will represent the state
at large; Dr. E. V. Stivers, Christ
ian church of Eugene and Dr. E.
C. Sanderson, president Eugene
Bible university will represent Eu
gene and the president's own
church; Rev. Henry W. Davis,
head of the United Christian Work
on the university campus and Rev.
Bruce J. Qiffen, will represent the
university.
The ministers will meet Monday
to arrange for the principal ad
dress and other details of the ser
vice. The services will be simple. In
accordance with the wishes of the
family.
Interment will be In the Hope
Abbey mausoleum, south of Eu
gene. Al stores and business houses In
the city will close Tuesday from 3
to 4 o'clock during the time of the
funeral.
DALRYMPLE
I
Present Warden Only
One In Recent Years
Who Does Not Take
Com maud of Forces.
Warden Dalrymple has scarcely
left his office since the prison de
livery of Wednesday evening, bul
declares that his proper place is ut
hie desk where by telephone he
can give such an-ections to the
man-hunters as are possible to
give. The warden did not leave
the office today to attend the fu
neral of J. M. Holman, the slain
guard, who was a brother of the
warden's wife.
Mr. Dalrymple Is the only war
den, at least in recent years, who
did not personally take command
in the field of a man hunt. Law
son, Stevens, Curtis, Benger, John
Minto, Murphy, Stelner, Lewis
and Smith, all personally directed
their forces of pursuers, while
Harry Minto vas killed on duty
by Otto Hooker, an escaped con
vict, and Compton killed a fugi
tive, Frank Wagner, In an ex
change of shots in Clatsop county.
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PIERCE TRIBUTE
Because of the educational im
portance of tho presidency of the
University of Oregon there Is a
general belief In the state, tt Is
understood, that the vacancy left
by the death ot President P. L.
Campbell will not be filled by an
Oregon man. but that his successor
will come f-om outside this state.
Paying tribute to President
Campbell, Governor Pierce said
today:
"He wna my warm personal
friend. I knew him Intimately
:and well for a third of a century.
Wo went into tho Masonic lodge
together and he was chosen presi
dent and I orntor of our Scottish
Rite class. He was a hard stu
dent, a clear thinker and always
displayed a wonderful degree of
tact in dealing with people of all
classes. He was kind and sympa
thetic and true as steel to a friend.
Oregon has lost one of Its most Im
portant characters, who always
stood for the very highest type of
Christian American citizenship."
CONVICTS
111
Li RANGE
Watches the Pursuit
Within the Walls
A. M. Di.livniilt wnrdi'ii of tin
prison, who hits been challenged
with (jlovci'iior Pierce, hy former
Governor West to participate In
ihaii hunt.
ORENCO OFFICIALS
Portland, Or., Aug. 15. City
officials of Oreuco fu a statement
published here today take issue
with charges which have been pub.
lished concerning the financing or
their town. The statement de
clares that al) bonds Issued by the
city were duly authorized. It says:
"Stanley Myers, district attor
ney of Multnomah county, admit
ted yesterday in the presence 01
Commissioners Parsons and Mc
Gee and City Attorney Schulder
man of Orenco, that he had been
nihil n former, as to the amount of
city bonds printed and outstand
ing. "Since broadcasting the alarm
ing news that three printing
houses In Portland were under
stood to have printed $990,000
worth or more of Orenco bonds,
the Investigators nave been unable
to substantiate their claims," said
the r.tatement.
"The city of Orenco has bonds
outstanding only to (he amount of
$64,000. Ample provision has
been made for the payment of in
tereet and the retirement of all of
the bonds of the city. There has
not been printed or Issued $1,050,
000 of bonds as the alarmed In
vestigators erroneously published
In the papers, the total amount la
sued since June 1, 1925, being
but $G0,O00."
The statement also declares:
"As to the value of the security
behind the outstanding bonds of
the city, It will be Interesting to
know that Just a part of the prop
erty within the city lias been val
uod by competent and reliable ap
pralsers ( Messrs. Henry B. Reed
and Whitney Xj. Boise) of Port
land, Or., at approximately $950
000."
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San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 15.
More than a dozen persons were
seriously Injured, at least one per
haps fatally, when the llcalusnurg
steam train of the Northwestern
Pacific railroad crashed Into the
rear of a San Rafael electric two-
coach train a mile outside the
Saulsallto yards today.
The rear car of the electric
train was telescoped to half ltn
length by the engine of tho steam
train. Pour cars were attached to
the steam train. The two trains
woro proceeding to Saunallto to
catch the ferry for Han Francisco
The most seriously Injured wiia
A. II. McKnew of Kan Anseimo,
Marin county, who suffered a
crushed leg and other Injuries. He
Is rrporleil dying at the general
hoHpilfil at lus.
RIOT IN SING SING PRISON
Otwlnlng. N. Y., Aug. 18
Bight prisoner wore locked up
in aolltary confinement and two
were ln the honpltal todny as a
result of a riot In tho Sing Sing
mess hall which threw the prlsna
Into an uproar for several minutes.
m MUM) IN MANHUNT
M IN ESCAPE IS REACHED
Mir;
rnKfiwA
DEFEND ISSUE
$550,000 BONOS
"SI
DDTfiP rpTTtT7i -T?XTTC! ON TRAINS AND NEWS
IVIITSNOI IB!
Neither Taxi Driver Nor
Asylum Employee Mix
ed Up In Prison Get
Away. Hy Ifnrry N. Crnln
The escape of Tom Murray. Ells
worth Kelly and James WUlos from
the penitentiary Wednesday even
ing, which was accompanied by
tho slaying of J. M. Holman and
John Sweeney, guards and Bert
'Oregon" Jones. convict, has
brought about the usual crop of
wild rumors and "reports" that
havo featured every prison break
and man-hut of recent years.
Special writers, principally from
Portland papers, spurred on by
eager editors constantly demanding
something new for tho various edl
tions, have been magnifying mole
holes Into mountains, expanding
paragraphs into columns, and selz
Ing upon every conceivable excuse
as justification for nn "authorized
story," have so confused and mis
led the reading public that few
porsons outside of thoso Immediate
ly in touch with the pursuit of the
fugitives understand the situation
at all.
Status Unchanged
As a matter of fact tho status
of the chase was the same this
morning as It was when Murray,
Kelly nnd Willos disappeared In
to the brush two miles east of
Pratum about 7 o'clock Wednes
day evening after tying tho taxi
driver, Zinna Zinn, nnd his pas
senger, C, V. Ivltts. to n tree, so
far as actual information as to
their wheren bouts was concerned.
The belief that the trio Is In hid
ing in the dense undergrowth along
Drift creek canyon Is nothing more
than a theory Inspired by tho cloee
proximity of tho canyon and the
fact that it would mako an Ideal
of water, berries, sweet corn and
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New Vork, Aug. 15. New
lost ono of its stur attractions ln(
nlRht when a Heavy colonial ciocn
In Mayor Hylan's private office at
the city hall cashed to the floor,
narrowly missing the mayor. A
15-pound weight splintered the
flooring.
The mayor was sitting In bin
chair, leaning nualnst the wall di
rectly under the clock, when a
... A rr hr.
VISIlOr Was ailllOUin:uu. v.n m
moved the chair to hie desk the
clock fell.
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Lob Angeles, Cal., Aug. 15.
(Ai) a gang o-" four men broke
Into the Hollywood home of
Jack Dcmpeey, hcavywelg'it
chamnlon last night, spent con-
slderahle time on the lower floor
while the flKhtrr was in bed
above and finally wero routed by
the Dempscy dogs. Nothing W98
stolen Dempscy said.
Dempscy and his wife, Estclle
Taylor Dempscy, film actress
who had retired when the In
truders broke the back door to
gain admittance, woro at a loss
today to explain the rnld, in view
of the fact that nothing v
stolen nn't that loot apparently
was net the housebreakers' ob
lect.
Ths prlie fighter heard the
noise below stairs and rose to go
down and Investigate but Mrs,
Dempsey, who said that sho fear
ed a plot to injure tho champion
would not permit him to carry
out his purpose.
Then the watchdogs upstairs
were unleashed and as Uicy raced
down the stairs, barking, the In
trudcrs, four In number, fled.
FAIR WEATHER
Tonight and Sunday; warmer in inter
ior, light northwesterly wJnds.
Local: Max, 75; min., 4ft; rain, none;
river, -1.9; atmos, clear; wind, west.
STANDS FIVE CENT
Pursuit of Escaped Pris
oners Just Where It Be
gan 60 Hours Ago All
Clues Fail To Locate.
Pursuit and pursued had this af
ternoon apparently reached a stale
mate In the manhunt for Tom
Murray. Ellsworth Kelly and
James Willos, convicts who escap
ed from the state prison Wednes
day evening.
After more than 60 hours of
continuous searching in the brush
and woods east of Pratum, where
the fugitives wore last seen, and,
watch on the part of police offi
cials throughout , western Oregon
Warden Dalrymple and others in
charge of the search this after
noon admitted that they are no
nearer to a capture of the desper
adoes than they wero when they
began.
Lftals Peter Out
One by ono the few leads that
have been reported and have de
veloped have been cast aside aa
worthless, and the hunt was being
continued h. the Pratum and Drift
creek neighborhood on the theory
that the men are still in biding
and wafting for the enthusiasm nnd
vigilance of the pursuers to subdue
before making a break from cover.
Nothing more has been heard
regarding the report that four
shots were heard last evening in
the vicinity of the King farm.
bout two miles cast of where the
convicts entered the brush, last
evening. Tho report of a garage
robbery and kidnapping at Klam
ath Falls by three men last night
is discounted as having no bearing
on tho chase, and the officers be
llcvo It extremely doubtful that the
man held at Oakland, Oregon, by
citizens this morning when he ask
ed for food, Is Ellsworth Kelly.
Pa t rol A rou ml Region
This morning the posses set
about to nmlnlaln a constant vigil
Ln tho Pratum and Drift creek;
region until such tlmu as they are
satisfied that the convicts have es
caped from that neighborhood.
The guard forces nre being detail
ed Into shifts so that a maximum
force will be constantly on duty,
and allow sufficient rest periods
for the men v.ho have been going
with little sleep and food for three
days.
The posses today number about
100 men. as near as can be esti
mated. Captain Hutton has &
force of national guardsmen from
Sllverton on duty. Captain Paul
Hendricks is in charge of fl de
tochnient of 20 men from Salem,
four Portland police officers re-
aln on the scene, and there are
eight guards from the prison. Four
state forest rangers and six deputy
game warden . also Joined the hunt
this morning.
Tho scene of the hunt todny la
an area oblong In shape, about 7
lies long and five miles wide.
principally along Drift creek nnd
about 9 miles due east of Salem.
Mr. Him. today denied the re
port puimsned yesiernay inai ma
convicts aluo took $35 from him.
"They did not take any money
from me," he unlet.
Silverton, Aug. 5 Possemen
seeking Tom Murray, Ellsworth
Kelly and James Willos, convicts)
tvhn PHPfliirri from tho Oregon rrls
on at Salem Wednesday night to
day were stilt running aown re
ports of suspects seen at various
places, while a strong cordon was)
gunrding a canyon ntnr horo In
which officers believe the fugKlvca
took refuge.
One posse went to the ranch
home of Mis. Roy King betwoon
viniAs T..int nni TTnlnn Hill, where
the woman reported they had seen
two men run through tneir garuen
No trace of the rusuives was iuuim
llttfcklns Joins Posse
Deputy Sheriff Hnsklns of Uma
tilla county, one of the enptors of
Owens nnd Hart who murdered
Sheriff Til Taylor has joined the
posse here. Ho wm wo ot
the original captors nTfinitt Wll-
i.. An.i hollnvn the ltlm wltl de-
Iflort Murray find Kelly at tho first!
opportunity nnd go it aionn.
Willos, snld Hrtftklns. was for
merly expert rifle shot for nn In
tern.Tttnnnlly known gun manufao
ic-jntinued n Seven)
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