POURS 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.