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Newspaper Page Textm i hi li t ti e: D tl V P 71 b d t PAGE , FOUR Capital jLJournal Salem, Oregon An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday at 136 S. Commercial Street, Telephone 81; News S3 GEORGE PUTNAM, Entered as second class SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier 10 cents a week. 45 cents a month, $5 a year In advance. By mall, In Marion and Polk counties, one month 60 cents, 8 months $1.25. 6 months $2.25. 1 year $4.00. Elsewhere 60 cents a month, 5 a year In advance. FULL AVI It 10 ASSOCIATED lKKSS SHKV1CH The Associated Press In exclusively entitlari In Dm nun fnr nnhiin. tlon of all news dispatches credited una paper nncj also local news published herein. "Without or with offense to friends or foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." cynoN. Intolerance II. L. Mencken, author and magazine editor, who it was reported was requested to leave Dayton, Tennessee, where lie was reporting the Scopes trial, because of his criticism of fundamentalism and the conduct of the trial, says: One of the master delusions ot the American people la to (ho effect that they are In favor ot free speech. They nro actually almost unanimously against It. It would he difficult, Indeed, to find any record of a free people who went to greater trouble and expense to put It down. Under cortln archaic Oriental despotisms, perhaps, It lias been more violently comhated and suppressed, but surely never under the forms of self-government. And where In the United States is the enmity to it most Implacable? Precisely in those areas where the people take most pride In their undiluted Americanism. Intolerance, which has ever been the curse of humanity, seems on the increase as the constitutional limitations adopted to curb it are being nullified more and more by legislators and courts. Democracies, enforcing the tyranny of the majority, are just as intolerant, perhaps more so, as autocracies, utilizing intolerance for the perpetuation of privilege. Disagree will the mob on any conlrovertial issue, and it will want to lynch or at least boycott, just as the mob stoned or crucified 2000 years ago. The fact that one is entitled to his day in court, or to an honest expression of opinion does ;iot appeal to the rank and file. It requires high intelligence and great poise to concede the other fellows rights and opinions when they differ from the majority, an intelligence even more than Ii the conservative and hence the suppres sion of tree speech and the limitations ot a tree press m what is perhaps the freest of The Con's Story The story of the prison battle and escape as written by Murray and signed by Kelly and John VVillos, and given to their forced host, makes good reading, even if it is more or less typical ' con talk, colored to suit the fancy of the with a grain of salt. In many respects, the convict's narrative is confirmed by the investigation now in progress by the coroner. Neither account reflects much credit ment and both prove that in the convicts had all the best of It seems incredible that such an escape could be made and bo little interference experienced from officials who watched the break in progress. Planting A recent survey of the Yakima valley by the Department of Agriculture declares that the farmers of that section have shown poor judgment in selecting their crops for planting on the basis of relative profits for the previous year, thereby producing much to sell when prices are low and very little when prices arc high. If prices fall off one year the next year little is planted of that crop and so the growers lose the benefit of the price recovery. Conversely, high prices one year result in an overwhelming production of the fnvorcl crop the next and selling values hit the toboggan. This situation is not confined to the Yakima valley, but exists so generally in agricultural sections that many of the shrewder farmers make it a rule to plant those crops of which there was a surplus the year before, knowing that the majority will plant those of which there was n shortage. As a general rule the farmer who specializes in certain diversified crops, year in year out, beats the game. One Wife on Approval By Violet JOI IINKY'S i:m Cynthia's dinner with Noel Ourd tier was fur from beinjr a fni'ri's, in his opinion. He had counted on being nhle to convince her that he niu) unite wrniiK In her decision to eo hack to her hilfhand. Hut nil of his ar;;umontrt wlmp unavullinfT. Ami what if he tell you that lie doesn't want you':" he demand ! lit 1:1-st. "I thm'i know," hhe answered Rlnwlv. "I -nh. I tn aure that he won't do that." (inrdner only r.i1M hU eyt'hro quizzically, ihnimd hl.i nliuM and changed the Kiihjrrt, Ah soon an fhe reached the hotrl nsrain Cynthia 'phoned the hospital and mieeeedrd I" i;eltltiK .IhnV nurse. "Oh, Mm. Lehimt, I'm o Bin-' you 'phoned!" the tfirl exclaimed "I tried so hard to teach you ear lier In the t'Vonlm:, 1ml at the lintel they nid you were dining with a Mr. Gardner and that they didn't know w here y o were. W'Ul y o u como to the hospital nt onre. please? Your hu.land had n Klkht turn for the wortp this evening" Cvii thin flew out to the b! reel and took a taxi, heing the driver to hurry na (nM nn po.Mhle. Jim worse! And thinking she had cal lously none off with Noel Gardner and didn't r.nnt to he dlMurhed! At the hrrpttnl she wan taken straight to hla room. 'Dearest," she murmured, kneeling- bslde his bed, "I'm so sorry they got things mixed nt the hotel I wanted to leave word" A touch of the nu rue's hand on her shoulder stilled her. In Jlm'e eyes a .fli. expression inai me could not rend, but he mulled faint ly and touched nor hand. "Stay here," he whispered. A few days later he had Improv ed enough to Ilaten to her explana tions jumbled though they wore, ho wna satisfied with them. "It would have been my fault If I'd lost you, dour," he told her. "I Editor and Publleher mail matter at Salem, Oregon to It or not otherwise credited In and poise lacking in the radical nations. his fellow convicts,. Ellsworth desperados and to be taken on prison officials or manage the battle of wits and daring, it. for Profits , Dare didn't realize the mtMako I waa makliiB by letting; Mother rule our affnirfl so completely. Hut while she and I were traveling toucher somehow I boraino coitsc'ous of It. "And I knew then, too, that I never could he happy without you. I wanted to come hack, nml yet 1 wanted to let you fln,l out for your elf whether you ically wanted me. nr come one ehe." "Hut the letter I wrote you. about Noel Cmlnei what did you think when you read that?" "That 1 had nut Mill) loo Umg. I realized that It wasn't fair to let you find out all alone whether or not you cared for nie. Thai was the reavon lor my telegraphing you a n,i mo letter that made you tell ihem 1o ko ahead with the op eratton nml not wait for me?" I ii at a one from my sister naying that you mid Noel tinrdner h.nl Kone away together. I Rave up then, breathe I thought you really didn't care fur me." Cynthia drew a long breath of relief nnd held hid hand tight In both her own. "1'vo been a nlll v Utile fool, Jim dear, but 1 know better than to be one iiR.iln." rho whispered. "I'll try to understand your mother belter. and not mind when she Interfere." 'She's not itoiMff to Interfere so much after this." Jim answered. f yon don't mind living here, 1 can make n.y headquarters here In .San -Tam-tsc Instead of at home. Tell me. would you like that?" Oh Jim. I'd love It!" ehe ex claimed eagerly. "f I pouid Just have you all to myself " That's what I feel If I could Just have you ell to myself no old friends of your girlhood bobbing up well, that's nil I'd want." And Cynthl i smiled, though there were happy tears In her eyes. Kven though Jim's family even yet didn't approve of her, she was sure that he did. Bhe wiw ni longer on approval? THE K.ND FUGITIVES TELL STORY OF ESCAPE (Continued from Pace One.) an open, long-bla6ed paring knife. Then Jones came in. Jones did not bother Slaughterhouse and Slaugh terhouse did not kick Jones. Jones seemed to Jose hie head for a minute, and Instead of letting the turnkey go ahead and open the case, knocked him down with a blow of his fist. "Jones was unarmed as yet, and the guncase was locked. Jones ran over to a deck In the corner of the turnkey's office and looked for a slxshooter In the drawer. "in tho meantime the guard In No. 1 tower began shooting blind into the turnkey's office. The turnkey ran out at this time, hold ing his jaw. I grabbed a heavy spitoon and crashed the lock on tho guncuse. handed a 30-30 rifle, fully loaded, to Jones. Jones wan excited and began emptying tho gun ut tower No. 3 through the window. Another Gun F.mptled "When he emptied tho first gun he picked up another one and did the same Ihvng, but did not regis ter a hit. Jones was running wild. He expected to be killed, and was apparently making- hla last stand. He wa.s shooting wild. "Nobody wosuurt up to this time Jonea and tover 1 were the only ones that fired, except one shot I fired at towor 1, but I saw no one. to shoot ot, just fired at random. I' took two six-shooters, a 38-ape-cial Colts nnd a 32-20 Smith &i Wesson. Jonea took his sawed-off shotgun, loaded with buckshot, and ran back out on the lawn. When we e;ot out on the lawn Kelly and Wlllos were standing with their hands In the air under cover of five guards armed with guns, just outside tho Iron fence, and also covered by the guard In the DUMB DORA BARNEY GOOGLE fO -TGK.TS REQUSS.Ts PROM OlNeiMNATi ST. PAUL BOSTON! M6WJ ORLEANS. . ' ClJ5l ANV) . PITTSOn6tA.' ;eeiJit fails, tr. waym. SAM FRANeiSCO. SCATTtB ftMVnlND . 0GN!ER AND NEW VORK ORlM TIlG Total number of "Ti'CKer sold to Mhos To V jifsl SMSK PIU6? MUTT AND JEFF HOW ABOUT r n, 'I HOTfTOWB,-BOT t ffoSTTCAM'T I TlW su,i.H uooKiNO "--N I WBU.0.50E., X'M FEHJNiij A -DATE. ' STAND TtWSNPl t'L-LwWT , ' 3oE 9 TUB OMW ONB MUClA BCTTEa -Do TOO I C.".V-?T- r VJAMr UNTiU SOAE. , VJ WHO'S CAUAO ME SIMCE. 1 ' -l STIU- WAKI T U TOUGWT, l.HEAtACH& r- o"ttVe-QCrV$ CAl-U ' f yJB. Got HACK OOV ) 7 To QO .H Cora? " -mew i'u wako. A I 3t cwptuis teM.isiG,r- 1 I y ) Someplace? ft "1 " J-s. -TUB. MATTEft WITH LSoKNOItf. ?c&ikj7 auu tab. -boss? JXIau. 25?a? Jm' UpsV ' 1 NcfrA, CAI-U ' ; VOCATION 'jjfj3 .0' mi P,i SrWi..t., in.- cZ - ' V ( ' B'B CUVC NOy U 3 BTOlMUP FATHER " T" oTgMcMang CI9U ot Jnt i. Htur Sv.cc. I.,:. M'it I . q ,a ?i 0,,-r.i. ri,i,i. ( .'-T ""'a ) II , - ' '!!, r7r"ff AioP iNiel wa makv pkkfors Am& scoria? i'm tall for a 1UTT, t MACS up MVV BvjT (THAT S JW 'T' 1 SHUD Virt CAT , I ,mA.,1!0W TvlAiirHT t liiAi - I UlD BuX V. (M AV 1 - A(Ut) T0CAV r PRovdD CHILVS t UJloT TO THC STvjDlOJ Asa SLPP1 MS Ar- J IMARy SMb UJHAT AW y-SV Vj W mmy to satisfaction uAVoutfy i(oco6MT0 fMt Acxati AV I Bvxklj -V ABofiABufi chiU)" , yiy s-C? l 'h tHax Had th J ukg a sk veAR o,MJp ft .vr THav HcuD Aa im &n( I LMJ . . I . . ; . THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON bullpen, tower No. 7. No idiots were fired from tower No. 7. "The only thing which kept the guards from shooting them woj that guard Pete White was stad fng between Willos and Kelly. His being there was the only thing which kept Wlllos and Kelly irom being shot down in cold blood, aa a deputy warden told White to get away f rom then nnd also told the guard to hoot them. Newman interrupted to ask why was Pete White between them and the answer was: Pete White Unarmed "Because Peter White did not want to reo a man shot down In cold blood, lie (Pete) came over voluntarily. Ho was unarmed. When Jones nnd I ran out of the turnkey's offico the guards that had Kelly and Wlllos covered ran for cover. AVIlloa and Kelly were etlll unarmed, with their hands In the air." (Newman asked; "Were you shooting when you came from the turnkey's office?") Murray answered: "No, I was not, but I would not swear about Jones, but ho did not hit anybody. I threw Wlllos a .38 Colts. Tho guards had run for covor, scattered towards the trees and tho garage. Shelter Found Behind Tree 'The warden, deputy warden or turnkey did not know whero they were. There wasn't any shooting Kolng on right here, owing to tho fact that the guards were seeking cover, and wo all ran, Kelley, Wil- los and I, across the lawn to tower No. 1. 'No. 1 tower was not shooting. and I got behind an oak tree, and I told him to come out and throw his gun down or wo would smoke him out of there. Instead of doing so he kept himself covered as well as he could behind the walls of his tower and tried to get a shot at us with his rifle. As It was his life or oure, I shot him In the head with tho .32-20. He fell dead and I made a run for the steps leading up to the tower. Wlllos was TttECA ,"TVISR9 SuotETEA, GCT WAT oi.w q:ooy ExvnessioN offa soya. , FA X AllT OONNA 6Vl VOO AWM Tilt Ult' SSLL. ANOHAEt IOO OOO TICKCTS f AWHM f SOMtOMS S AT '-i 1 OPEN F O RUM Contributions to This Column must be plainly written on one side of paper only limited to 800 words Id length and signed with the name of the writer. Articles not meeting these specifi cations will be rejected. To the Editor: I was so deeply impressod with the Statesman'! account of Warden Dai's midnight ride through Aumsville, Stayton aud Sublimity that I have been prompted to write a poem to com memorate tho ovent. In my at tempt I got only as far aa the first verso which took him to Aums ville. The verse is as follows: . The night was dark and dreary And the owls wore iu tho trees. When tho warden sped to Aums ville With his pun between his knees. I am, however, unable to get him any further than Aumsville, so I am asking that you kindly have Harry Grain or fioine of tho other boys in your office complete tho poem by adding sufficient verses to Eet the warden through Stayton and Sublimity and back to Salem without his getting hurt. right behind me. Neither Willos nor Kelley had fired a shot up to this time. Just as I went up the firts two steps of the tower stairs Guard Ilolman, who was conceal ed behind the iron fence, shot mo through tho left arm.. Just as ho shot me Willos shot him with a pistol. (Story was interrupted here while there was an argument as to who killed him.) "Kelley didn't have any gun un til we got inside of tower No. 1. We had to go through tower No. 1 and drop from the way to gain our liberty. By the time we went through this tower the bullets were coming fast from the outside of the iron fence nnd In the garage, flvo or six shooting at us on the way MR. 60OGL6. Ml NAtAB. IS BOB O'&ONHEU. FOONI SAM ANTONIO 1VJB MAD A WHCIAL TtlP VJ? Hcne t& sea v x. att TMe S.WWJ. HOMS. WlTU M KX A PUBUQ SxWUlvTlCN Tn 6616 Will VAf ALL ANO . i PRCftAfSW BUY Alt "m TICkET VOvV SoT OM HAMO If your offico force is not equal to the ocasion you might have Jim Llun or Louis Lachmand do It. It would be well, however, to take 't up with them late in the afternoon when the muse Is more likely to be on the job. In order that the warden may at least be ready for the funeral, in event Murray Is captured and hung, I am submitting for his con sideration an epitaph which was used for a gentleman, of similar name, who was hung in this vicin ity in early days. This touchiug tribute wae as follows: "Here lies Murry Who died In a hurry, As they did In tho days of yore: Mo fell through' tho trap into the coroner's lap, And struck for the golden shore." OSWALD WEST. Portland, Or., August 17. 1925. through. I picked up Guard Sweeney's (of tower No. 1) rifle. We all dropped to the ground out aide. Jones, Willos and I were on the ground, and I called to Lute Savage, who was standing In the garage, to come over to where we were, as we wanted him for pro tection from the bullets from the other guards. He wouldn't come, so I took one shot at him with my pistol. Whether I hit him or not I don't know. Jones Shot In Side About this time Jones was shot in the side somewhere. (There was a little argument about where ho was shot.) About that time Willos and I started-for No. 2 tower, along1 the side wall, as this was the best SPABKt LOST TW 6i3 RAce CAftTy r I route for our getaway. Kelley stopped to shako hands with Jones. Jonea said: "Tell the boys to play careful and not make It more than one.' Jones then took the gun and fired a load of buckshot through Holman's head, who was sitting up against the wall. Made him uncon scious of what was going on around him. (Murray Interrupted here to tell Newman that they were telling him the God's truth.) Mur ray said: I want my mother to read it.' "Kelley then picked up the shot gun, which was empty, and follow ed Wlllos and I past No. 2 tower toward the Insane asylum. (Newman asked him what No. 2 tower had been doing all this time.) . "No. 2 towor was deserted, and someone wearing a dark suit was running; toward the insane asylum ahead of us. Wo thought it was the guard from No. 2 post, although we would not swear to it, as we were not sure. We never did notice any shots coming from' No. 2 tower, and ho could have shot at us when I shot at Lute Savage. We rushed toward the insane asy lum, commardecred an automobile and from then on the public knows just as much as we want them to know. We haven't harmed no one and intend to harm no one as long as they don't stand between ourselves and liberty. (Signed) "TOM MOKRAY," "ELLSWORTH KKLLY, "JAMES WILLOS." "P. S. The last we saw of Jone3 he was sitting on the ground, fully conscious, and unable to walk, and if Slaughterhouse Davidson shot him he must have walked up on him and shot him like a dog, giv ing him no chance. Newman nsked them If they could make any individual slate-! nient and Murray said: "No, this goes for all of us. We all vouch for it." Newman asked Murray: "What! do you think of Dalrymple as a (VAM-I SHOW-D NOT' voyl PSSl I'M TMLKINd Tb , Ml "ST; TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1925 warden T" - ; "He's as good a man as could bo in tho position. He's had a hard time during his administration, and he has made the beat of a bad Job." , Wlllos was asked: "What do you think of Dalrymple as a warden?" "According from what I havo learned from other prisoners who have asked for a chance to make good, he was all right." Newman asked: "Is he a good disciplinarian ?" Wlllos said: "Yes, sir; absolute ly." Kelley was asked tho same ques tion. "I think he is very level headed, and I think he uses more common sense than some of his subordinates." "What do you think of his ac tions in the last showdown?" "No other course to follow,' said Willos. Newman asked Murray: "Was the break executed as planned ?" "No, we planned ot slldo down tho rope, go into the turnkey's of fice, put the turnkey and any other civilians who might bo thero in front of us, march them straight towards No. 1 tower, using them as a protection, as Insurance against being shot at against the wall, disarm the guard In No. 1 tower, taking him with us if neces sary, go to the prison garage, take one of the fast prison cars, and use that for our getaway." Newman asked: "You didn't ex pect any shooting?" Murray: "No, at least we didn't expect any guards walling for us out In front. We had no intention of killing anyone." Newman: "Do you figure some one Informed on you?" Murray: "Wo don't know just what to think, but wc believe some one had the wronj,- tip." The escaped convicts put their fingerprints in ink alongside the sign a lures. I5y Chick Young By Billy de BecK By Bud Fisher I nough." Adr.