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Newspaper Page TextPOURS OVER 677 EXCURSIONISTS CIRCULATION Daily average nek pala circulation (or month ending July 31, 1925 o A FAIR WEATHER Tonight and Thursday, except foggy along coast. Light northerly winds. Local: Max., 85; mln., 62; rain, none; river, -2.0; atmoa., clear; wind, south west. 6722 A vera go daily distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 197 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1925 DDTnti mrmTTi ni?ITO ON TRAINS AND NEWS t. ivivyu iuiujii jjnn& stands pivb oenth EAM aljtldBiiiirEal Gap EXPLOSION OF BOILER FATAL TO 34 More Expected To Die From Injuries Suffered When Excursion Boat Blows Up. Newport, R. I., Aug. 19 (AP) Live steam that poured over 677 excursionists Aboard the steamer Mackinac in Narrngnnsett bay yes terday had claimed the lives of 34 persons today while 41 others were o badly scalded that fear was felt for their lives. Many more were less seriously burned and one per son was reported missing. Merry makers on the steamer were startled by a, hissing sound and a euig'ng of the decks about 15 minutes after they had put out from Newport for their return voy age to Pawtucket. In an Instant a, cloud of steam enveloped the vessel, crowds rushed for the rail ing, many jumped overboard, while almost all of thoso below decks were believed to have lost their lives or to have been seriously burn ed. There was no loud report, such as usually accompanied an explosion, nnd the cause of the dis aster remained a mystery today. Conflicting reports Bald the ship's boiler had burst and that steam pipes ha-j been broken. An official Investigation was started. Most of the excursionists were from Pawtucket and Providence, R. I., and from Attleboro, Mass. Throughou. the night and early today the death toll mounted. In addition to the dead, two were re ported missing and 52 seriously burned. Physicians at the naval hospital said they expected the death list to mount to at least 45 within the next few hours. Many Near Death Days will pass before more seri ously Injured are out of danger, the doctors said. The majority of the dead and injured were trapped on the first nnd second decks when the boiler exploded. Scarcely a report was heard as the boiler in the engine room gave way, the first warning being clouds of es caping steam with the victims which were powerless to escope. The accident happened within a atone's throw of the naval hospital Continued on Page Ten) NEV STATIONS Portland, Or., Aug. 19. (A. P.) Names ot tho 16 new stations which will be established on the Natron cutoff when that railroad la finished between Kirk and Oak Ridge were announced today by the .Southern Pacinc. The new stations will be located t advantageous points along the line where patronage best can be served nnd their names were se lected by the company In conjunc tion with the United States forest service, as the line for much of the distance lc through the forest reserve. Forort service officials have delved Into the history of the various points and they recom mended names of Indians and some early settlers for many of the stations. neginnlng at Kirk and proceed ing north the names of the sta tions will be: Jlojana. Lonroth. Chemult, Paunlna. Tonkin, Kotan. Umli, Slmax, Koyce, I'lantnn. Aberncthy, i.'iuzatte. Frailer, Fields, McCreedie Spring and Phior, the latter being the first station out of Onk Ridge. Royce takes the place ot Odell t the lower end ot Oucll lake, where a hotel will be located and a large settlement already has been started. The station at the upper ed ot the lake and Just east ot the summit of the Cas cades will be known as Planton. The new names have been adopted official!? by the Southern Pacific and ae being pieced m all the maps o.' the new line. Gravel) Barbara tie Marr, of the screen, is gravely ill in Los An geles from a throat infection and other troubles, which have caused her to lose 100 pounds in weight. I Washington, Aug. 10 (AP) Gold production In the United States and its possessions during 1924 was 2.528,900 ounces,, valued at $52,277,000, the largest total In any year since 1919. It was $543, 000 greater than the production in 1923. i ' Silver production for 1924 was G5.186 ounces worth $43,822,814 or 7,930,784 ounces less than the 1923 production. Hurenu of tho mint figures Is sued today showed California, which turned out 633,021 ounces of gold worth $13,085,700 was the leading state in gold production while the Montana silver output. 13,688,728 ounces worth $9,171,447 was larger than that of any other state. The Philippine Islands were cred itcd with gold production of 82, 562 ounces, valued at $1,706,700. Colorado gold production was 420, 858 ounces worth $8,699,900. while Alaskan gold production was 303, 553 ounces worth $6,275,000. ADVENTURESS SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR PERJURY Boston. Aug. 19. (A. P.) Mrs. Ida M. Blcnkenburg of Tul a, Okla., who sought to prove a claim to the estate of Lotta M. Crabtree, known ns the world'" wealthiest actress, on the ground's that she was her daughter, was sentenced to six months In Joil to day for "wilful and corrupt per jury in attempting to deceive the court nnd obstruct Justice." Mongolians Order Scientists Out; Found First Men's Flints I'rga, Mongolia, Aug. 19 (AP)- The Mongolian government has ordered the third Asiatic expedi tion of the American museum of natural h' story, under the leader ship of Roy Chopman Andrews to cease its exploration and scientific work and to leave Mongolian ter ritory, alleging that Mr. Andrews has violated the terms of hl agree ment with Mongolian scientific or ganizations. The Mongolian government fur ther alleges that besides carrying out his rclentific work In the do mains of paleontology, geology and Koology, Mr. Andrews' expedition also has engaged In topographical WW mm L1VJ BY I NTEREST Settlement Approved By Coolidge Provides For Remission of Interest Must Be Ratified. Washington, Aug. 19 (AP) Bearing the personal approval of President Coolidge, terms for fund ing the Belgian war debt to the United States have been worked out by the debt commission for the two countries after negotia tions of unusual brevity. Little more than a week was re quired to bring about an agree ment on the payment of the little kingdom's debt which was estimat ed at $417,780,000 as of June IS, 1925. The funding plan agreed on late yesterday came in the same month that eleven years ago, marked tho opening of the World war. The terms provide for a remission of interest on the $171,780,000 lonn ed prior to the armistice and for a part remission of Interest on (Continued on Page Bight) BY PRESIDENT Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 19. (A. P.) President Coolidge Is enjoy ing his stay in this isolated hamlet and has postponed his re turn to Swampscott. It ifl prob abls, however, ihat he will be back at the summer White House be foifa the end of the week and may leave here today. The excellent' weather that has nrnvnllcl ainc. thpir in'HviiL h.l" greatly added to their enjoyment outdoors ol hikes, motor trips, etc. Although somewhat shut off from outside world, the president is keeping in touch with govern ment affairs by wire and mail. Secretary Sanders who remained at Swampscott w in daily com munication with the executive and is keeping him posted on Import ant development. Mr. Coolidge ixpreesed satisfac tion when adv!sed that an agree ment had been reached on the Bel gian debt question. Last night a radio message from him to Donald B. MacMlllan wishine the Arctic explorer "good luck" also was made public. CINDERELLA SIGNS TO VENTURE UPON SCREEN New York, Aug. 19. (A. P.) Mary Louise Spa, whose career as the adopted daughter of a New ork miilionai; came to a dra matic end last week after basking in the limelight of front pages for two weeks, today embarked upon a venture into the land of foot lights and the silver screen. Mary signed a contract with a theatrical nnd moving picture agent who plans to film tho kalei descopic history of her adoption. observation work and has employ ed a number of suspicious In a military sense persons. Mr. Andrews also Is accused of carrying on political propaganda and stirring up the Mongolians against "the red bolshevlka," Peking, Aug. 19 fAP) Roy Chapman Andrews, leader of tho third Asiatic expedition of the Am erican museum of rmtural history, believes ih;it the expedition has found re mill iis of the earliest type of man yet dincovered. Far In the Interior ff Mongolia among sand (Continued ua .face Bevea). BELGIAN WAR DEBT SCALED Total Absence of Discipline In Prison Blamed for Break By Witnesses in Probe Escaping Convict Trio Suspected of Robbery at Irrigon Pendleton, Aug. 19 Three men, claimed to closely re semble Murray, Wlllos nnd Kelly, accompanied by a wo man, were seen In Umatilla laht night, according to re ports reaching here. A store was rojiorioil robbed during the night nt Irrigon, near Umatilla. Tho sheriffs offiee in vtorklng on the cane nnd fingerprints round will be examined. FREED CONVICT B E The Bishop Clothing Btore here was robbed on February 28 by an ex-convict of the Oregon state prison who also burglarized stores at Albany, Scio and Mill City, ac cording to information received by local police this morning from San Rafael, California, whore Sheriff J. J. Keating is holding Horace White, released from the peniten tiary here January 9, 1925, and who Is said to have confessed to the Jobs. The man who burglarized the Bishop store here hid in the store before It closed, after that time stealing $40, and then making his way out through the front door. No details of the alleged admission by White are contained In the tele gram from the California sheriff. Because It Is Impossible for Police Chief Mlnto to spare one of his men at this time to return White to Salem the telegram has been turned over to Sheriff O. D Bower, who will sen-1 one of his deputies to get the ex-convict, Plans had not been made this morning as to who will make tho trip or how soon the deputy would be sent. The telegram from Sheriff Keat Ing reads: "Horace Rny White, re leased from state prison January 9. 1925. number 8819, admits burglarizing Bishop Clothing com pany at Salem. Got $40. Also nd mits burglarizing at Scio, Albany and Mill City, Oregon. Do you want him? Will hold for your answer." Penitentiary records give the man's nome as Morris White, sen tenced from Tillamook county to nerve not to exceed 18 months for the larceny of personal property. lie was received at the prison on November 9, 1923 and was releas ed on January 9, 1925 at the ex plratlon of his sentence. He is 31 years of age and a cook by occupa tlon. Prior to his term In the Ore gon prison he had served from November 10, 1910 to April 29, 1912, In the Missouri reformatory. Sheriff Bower was uncertain this morning as to the disposition of the case, pointing out that if White was returned and then chose to plead not guilty here the police would be without evidence to se euro his conviction. He declared that he had not decided what reply would be mode to the telegram but said that his office would prob ably return the man to Salem, WASHINGTON KLANSMEN SECEDE FROM ORDER Yakima, Wush., Aug. 19. Or ganization of a national body to be known as the Allied Pa linns Patriots of the United Slates w.m innounced here today by the fil ling of articles of Incorporation !". which form-r le;iflf-rs ot tup Kit Klux Klan figure largely. V. A. Rogers, wbo ha been klan v.?;.- Iser, is listed as president ( r tf( corporation, which prjios 1 ; carry on an ducatlcnn! riinv,ip.l;;n. and Wayno JViver, n : rotary i the local klan nft'irv is now tnry of the P.itnns Prtr-lot;' an-! Ia1Ir rio!re p'cU: I: Hi fall to l u-i fjr governor under klau nusiic:'. Is one of tlm trust i.i. It In thf inteutfm to hold a millonnl rnn veiilton of the new urdur in 191 at Yakima, UTj Witnesses In Coroner's Probe Testify Regarding Inefficiency and Friction At Penitentiary Jones And Kelly Permitted To Room Together After Previous Get-Away Gambling a Regular Feature Sweeping statements of a total absence of discipline and control over convicts, snid by some of the witnesses to be directly responsible for the break and killing of two guards and a convict, inefficiency and friction among prison officials, gambling and merrawanna (hemp leaf) smoking among the prisoners featured the second session of the investigation into the escape by a coroner's jury here. Summarized, the testimony tak en from the witnesses, all hut one ot whom ure and were employed at lhe prison at the time of the delivery, brought forth these statements: That no discipline, as compared wkh former administrations, ex ists in the prison now. Guards! have little control over the con-1 vicls and allcmpis by the deputy warden, principal keeper and oth ers to discfpltnc prisoners have been overruled by the warden. ljeads of tho inHtitulion were In Constant conrnct, which was fully known to all around the priron and that guardu and con victs even were belting at one time as to, whether the warden or deputy warden would lose his job. Bert 'Oregon Jones, killed in the break of last week, and Klls- worth Kelly, one of the fugitives now sought, were rcupying a cell together, although they were part ners in an escape a little over a year ago and were known to bo constantly plotting another break. Gambling goes on constantly among the prisoners with the knowledge of thd warden and the governor, and with the sanction of the warden, who ordered It con fined to "the ifiland" and allows convicts to order cards through the office. Three statements, all made by employes of the r-rfH,m ttt the time of the break, stand out In the testimony. L. T. Murphy, chapel guard when the conv'cts escaped, asked by one of the jurymen whether the prison was run as an Institu tion of reform or punishment, re plied: "It Is more l'fce an old people'.n home," adding that ho expected he would lose hfs Job for criticiz ing conditions at the prison. Reformers Blamed. "So long as the reform clement controls the running of the prlmm there will be no discipline, and it wiK be a haven of rest and a para dine for the convicts," was the statement of Wright Gardner, from whose hands a shotgun was Hhot by th0 escaping convicts, In concluding his testimony. Hev. C. II. Uryan, Methodist minister and prison chaplain for the past four years, declared that tti administration in so busy fur nlshlng entertainment for the con victa that U has no time to run a prison. It wa Ttev. Bryan who first voiced the charge that gambling is gorng on openly and cnnstnnlly among thp convicts with the sanc tion of the warden and with the knowledge of the governor. "Did you Bay tho governor knows that gambling Is going (Continued on Page Four) Murray Or Phones 3 Safe Portland, Or.. Aug. 19 (A p.l ; telephone nupage from a man u ho declined he was loin .'liuiay. leader of the three fugi .ivf? r .nvicts, denying tho truth of . m;iilih?(I story that he and his ' i.i;. n':i.i!i had separated, was re c Ivi ; tlilfl morning in the city tir-w.i room of a local afternoon .1 Wl'Jlp'T. We nro all together and In t'oi't land," wjm tho substance of the, nr-HS'igo. Kffortn to trace the rait were, unavailing and police .11 1 P!i( (.!'. in whet iier to regard Hi : r 1' a ho. x as definite word 1...LI.V iioni juc of the outlaws, dome officer, calling a tU ft Hon, to nFlii) WIIWF y J JV, s J J" ; CONVICT SLAYER OFFERS SERVICES Gilford Stilwcll, guard at tho state prison hero back in the eighties when his marksmanship was the bane of convicts who sought to escape is ready to return to hie old Job and it necessary to carvo a few extra notches in his gun in addition to five already there. In a letter to Chief of Police Minto today he wrote: 'I have been here at rafrduio, In the hills. fr some time and have been shootrng rabbits, etc., and can shoot as quick and as true as I ever could. Now, It you need or want a man like nip on the wall, I am ready and willing to come and stay and help till things settle down, or as lor.g ar, I am needed. 'It looks to me like they need ed someone who will and can shoot and who will and can hit. "You can reach mo by phone .it Kairdale via Tillamook Head Fraternally yours, "GIM-'OUD STIliLWUI.U" Stillwell was on tho wall In one fit the famous breaks during tho eighties and succeeded In halting tho escaping men with gunfire. His accuracy with a rifle was well- known at that time. COOLIDGE VISIT TO FATHER ENDS TOMORROW Plymouth. Vt., Auk. 19. (A. P.) i'rci(lcnt CooliilKc'a stay ol tbe home ot li is father hero will end tomorrow. Accompanied hy Mrs. CoolldRc ho will motor to Northampton, Mans., whore Mrs. CoolidRc'n mother. Mrs. Grace I. Goodhue lives In tho two family Iioiibo In which the president resided before hp hecamo vice-president. After an overnight stay in Northampton as euesta ot Mrs Goodhue, tho president and Mrs. CoolidRO will continue on to Swnmpscott, nrrlvlnB at the sum mer Whlto House probably fri day afternoon. Father Faber Dead. Portland, Or., Aug. 19. Fnthoi ..... Inn u. m fttnnlntn n St. Vincent's hosptial, died today following an operation 01 severu days ano. He was 68 yenrs oil and had served In Orccon mission: for 0 years. Tho priest was i native of Luxemburg. Joker Fugitives In Portland .Mm ray's love lor tho dramatic and his delight at being in the public eye, express the belief that the message was genuine. Tho floureh for tho convicts !n Portland continued, with police tody facing another day of alarms and "hot tips" that all ended In nothing. Local police scoff at the report from Centmlla, Wash., that a truck driver had been fired on by thrco men In a roadster. "If that had been Murray, Kel ly and Wlllos, they owuldn't have wasted a bullet," snid one officer. "They would "Imply havp stopped (Continued oo face Seven l BRAMWELL'S REPORTED I N MAM OFFICE F0RD DRIV1NG BELONGS HERE TO 0LYMP1A Judge Skipworth Says Only Question Is Wheth er Court Has Right To Define Branch Office. 'The act of the legislature cer tainly intends that the main of fice of the stato banking depart ment be maintained in Salem. There is no question about that. Tho only question I can see in this case Is whether tho court has a right to say just what constitutes a main office and a branch office, and bow much of an office must bo maintained In Salem to make It a main office." With this declaration. Judge G. II. Skipworth, of Eugene, sitting here In the case of the state, on relation ot George Putnam against Frank C. Bramwcll, stato superin tendent of banks, to require Dram- well to move tho etalo banking department back to Salem, gave the attorneys 20 days In which to got their various briefs before him. Eavlv Decision Promised 'When 1 have your authorities I assure you an early decision In the matter, said Judgo Skipworth. The cose was up before tho Lane county jurist on demurrer directed against a peremptory writ of man damus requiring B ram well to show why he should not move his offices back to Salem. The argument went only as to the legal phases of the writ; whether the relator had legal ca pacity to sue; whether tho action was barred hy a preceding pending tion; and whether the writ stated facts sufficient to constitute a cause of suit. Question of Fact Early in the argument the court points out that the question might resolve itself Into a question of fact, one that could not be de termined on legal Issues only, that question of fact being to de termine whether Bramwoll had actually moved his main office to Porllnnd, or whether he was ony maintaining a branch office there arc the statute of 1925 permits him to do. Counsel for the relator Insisted that It must he admitted on all sides that 1J ram well was not main tnlnlng the main offices here that the office he maintained here was only a subterfuge and that the records, employes and the main office generally had been trans ferred to Portland since the pas- sngo of the section giving the superintendent tho right to main toln a branch office there. "The superintendent of banks has moved all of the office to Port land," declared Allon Carson for the relator. "He keeps one em poye here merely to toll people who call that the office Is no longer In Salem, to answer the telephone for tho samo purpose and to read ri rend mall to the Port land office.' State Defends Move District Attorney Carson who (Continued on Pago Seven) IN FALL CASE Washington, Aug. 13 (AP) Tho federal government today dropped entirely the origlnnl con spiracy Indictments returned here against Albert II. Fall, E. L, Do heny, R. L. Doheny, Jr., nnd E. F. Sinclair In the oil cases. Tho indictments were dismissed some tlmo ago on a technicality and new ones recently were return ed covering the conspiracy charges Government oil counsel today with drew their appeal from the court decision dismissing the original charges. Bribery Indictments against Fall and the two Dohentes also were thrown out by the court nnd the government's appeal from that por tlon of the court's decision stands. The bribery chnrge Is not covered In the new Indictment Other Places Reporting Escapes Are The Dalles, Grants Pass, Tacoma And Seattle. Three men armor) win era ami uhn h.n,i luan n. . an old Ford touring car bearing an Oregon license were seen last night at nn auto camp in Kebo, Wah Ington, according to word received at noon today by Warden A. M. Dalrymple of tho Oregon state prison. The message came by tele- Phone from n mnn nt nPann n. '. - ----- - vii-feuii vity who gave his name us Green and who ucciarea that his Information came from n tnnHat uhn v,.i ped at the Kelso camp. When the tourist saw the trio they were standing nt th hnnt a creek In the camp washing. They were beard to remark that they were going to Olympla and from there to Shelton, Washington. Olympla, Wash., Aug. 10 ( AP) Informed over the long distonco telephone by Warden A. M. Dnl ryniple of the Oregon state nrlfion. at Salem that the throe desperad oes who effected their escape last w cunestlay were probably headed toward Olympla, Chief of Polico C. if. Hansen and Chnrlea Jackson, sheriff of Thurston county were nastily organizing posses at noon today to guard roads leading Into Olympla from the south. Tlcnthcl For .Seattle Seattle. Wash., Autr. 19 Th three escaped slayers from tho Oregon state penitentiary. Tom Murray, KlLsworth Kelly and Jnmea WIIIok, nio headed for this vininitv and plan to vif it tho parents of Murray who live on liulnbiidga island in Puet Sound, west of Seattle, was the belief expressed by ponce nore. All ronds to Seattle were heavily guarded and sheriff's deputies went to liainbrldge Island to be In rendi ncfls to close In on the convicts) should they appear. Near Grants Puss Grants Paws. Aug. 19 AP) h An automobile believed to have, been stolen In Roseburg, contain ing three men, passed through, here today. It was reported to the police. Ono of the men was Iden tified as Ellsworth Kelly, one of the escaped convicts, by nn em ployee of a loeol power company. Officers are following the mai chine. AKo Nenr Tnoonia Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 19 Taco ma police officers early Wednes day were notified that three mea believed to be the trio who escap ed from the Oregon prison last Wednesday night nnd hired on a truck 10 miles north of Centralia at midnight. Tho report came from peace of ficers at Chehalis, who stated that Charles Taylor, a truck driver for a Puyallup telephone firm, notic ed an automobile roadster stand- (Continued on Page Seven PRAISE FULLER T By WILL CARVER "ThMo la one Individual wh deserves mui-h credit In tho man nor In which ho aided In tho hunt for tho convlrtB," asserted Deputy Warden Wilt Llllle, Wednesday while busy at tho penitentiary a slstlnff In clearin up work ac cumulated during; the past weak. "That man Is Jim Fuller, act ing chief of police of Sllverton. Fuller was on tho job for practical ly the entire time. He never failed to provide men and equip-, ment when called upon and In addition to this carried' on the regular duties of his department." Warden Dalrymple, guards and newspapermen connected with th soar.'h for the three killers all comment favorably upon Fuller', effort to keep men Interest ed In tile hunt nnd to nulntnlit guaro oulyoata.