Capital journal., August 21, 1925, Image 1

CIRCULATION
Dally average net paid circulation for
month ending July 31, 1926
6722
Average dally distribution 7090.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 199
THREE PRISON
GUARDS QUIT
UNSAFE IS
Lack of Discipline Report
ed as Reason for Resig
nations for Experienc
ed Men at Penitentiary
With luck of discipline and
general conditions existing which
make employment at the Htate
penitenliary unsafe, according to
testimony of guards and others
before the coroner's jury investi
gating the break of August 12. in
which two guards and one convict
were killed, at least three guards
have resigned their positions at
the prison 6inee the break it be
came known today.
iteportu that they had tendered
their resignations because condi
tions at the prison make a similar
escape and killing likely at
any time could not be verified to
day. Attempts to get in touch
Willi nil of them were unavuilin:;.
The three who have resigned
arc:
Clair A. Baker, wall guard, who
testified before the coroner's jury
that discipline is entirely lacking
among the convicts and tint
the prisoners are running the in
stituting I. W. llubbuni, guard ou towel-
No. 7 at the time of the break,
who testified that he had two oi
the convicts covered with his rifle
In tils ward but did not shoot be
cause they were (-Handing with
their hands up.
Henry L. Foust, guard, wlm
was off duty In the guards' quar
ters at the time of the break.
Koust, according to those who
have talked with him since th
escape, ran from the guards' quar
ters when the alarm was first giv
en and across to the garage where
Warden Dalrymple was crouched
In waiting ben nd some oil barrels
Koust. it Is sa':, asked the war
den tor the shotgun he had in his
hands so that he could take after
the fleeing convicts, but was told
by the warden to stny where he
wan or he would get shot.
Koust, who m en ex-service
man, handed In his resignation
the mornlnz following the break.
Hubbard resigned last Saturday
and Baker quit the morning fol
lowing his appearance before the
Jury.
Today the warden said he hai
not given out anything regarding
the resignations because every
time anything of that nature
printed In the newspapers he Is
deluged with applications for job:
REAL ESTATE
Miami, Fin., Aug. 21 John Go
bet, wealthy Daytona real estate
dealer is being held Without ball
here today following the recom
mendation of a coroner's jury yes
terday that he be detained In con
nection with the death of Miss H,
B. Hunt. Testimony was Riven at
the Inquest Indicating that Gobel
poisoned the woman and had con
fessed to one of the officers. It was
also Intimated he later attempted
to bribe County Solicitor Kobert
R. Taylor, Jr., and Deputy Sheriff
I. A. Shor.
Dr. Grimes, who attended the wo
man before her death, said she
kept saying: "Why did he do It?"
and repeatedly mentioned Gobei.
"When the woman began to cry
stating Gobel had poisoned her.
Gobei said, "don't mind her boys,
That hoi alibi she's a doper."
Deputy Sheriff Latham testified.
Ho added that the girl put her
arms around Gobcl'a neck and ask
ed him "why did you give me thnt."
But Gobel only pushed her away,
t-itcr the witness said, when talk
ing with Gobel, about the case he
aid, "I'm sorry I did it. I'm sorry."
DEATH ROLL REACHES 43
Newport, n. I., Au?. 21 The
JWacklnle ,!e.ilh toll mounted to 43
touuy when Miss Bessie Mullin of
rautucket died at the naval hos
pital. Hospital authorities expect
that at leajit five more will suc
cumb to bursa within U nut fw
bourn
Capital.
TEXTE OKS
Ki USE
TO BE KEPT
Few Changes Likely In
School Books New
Ones Cost Just As Much
As Those Now In Use.
Predictions that few changes
would be made in the textbooks
in use in the schools of the atate
were made here this noon by
members of the state textbook
commission, meeting here to solve
the problem arising from the re
fusal of hook publishers to furnish
books except nt an advance in
priors.
After thoroughly canvassing the
books and prices offered by all
companies bidding for the text
book contracts members of the
commission said that a comparison
of the prices revealed that it would
be cheaper to retain the old text
books, even at the advance in
prices of from 10 to 90 percent
asked, than to substitute an entire
new set of texts.
It is likely, members of the
commission Intimated, that some
substitutions may be made, as
they feel 'that a saving can be ef
fected by substituting modified
texts In some subjects.
Formal action to reeslabllsh the
texts now in use in the schools
as standard for at least another
year is expected this afternoon.
The morning Bession was given
over to a discussion of books and
prices and the hearing of argu
ments by. some forty book sales
men who were allotted five min
utes each to discuss the merits of
their bonks.
Opening of bids and prelimin
ary organizations occupied most of
the day. Tentative selections
were made of the suhjjects that
will be adopted for the two and
four year periods but these were
being revised today as the commis
sion got down to the work of
considering the books available In
each subject.
DCHHY'S FATE
RESTS WITH JURY
Ran Francisco, Aug. 21. fAP)
Walter Mc(Jovern of defense
counsel in the trial of Dorothy
Ellington, 17 year old confessed
matricide, completed his final ar
gument to the jury an hour after
court convened today after hav
ing been halted by adjournment
yesterday. A recess wastaVn un
tin 2 p. m., when Harmon Sklllin,
chief prosecutor, began the final
of the scries of concluding ad
dresses to the Jury.
Sklllin announced that he
would talk for about two hours,
thus making It possible 'or the
case to go to the Jury today.
Mcfiovern made an impassion
ed plea that the youthful defend
ant be spared the ordeal of the
penitentiary.
Yesterdav's Scores
Salt Lake 11; Portland 6.
Oakland 6; San Francisco 4.
Vernon E; Los Angeles 9.
Sacramento 5-3: Seattle 8-5.
NOW
Want Prison Siren
To Warn Country
Of Convict Breaks
Coming as the result of the
prison break of last week agita
tion has been renewed for the In
stallation of a big electric siren,
or some oilier suitable warning
signal at the penitentiary to sound
the alarm in the case of escapes.
Such a signal, It is pointed out,
would have given warning to the
entire countrysldo for miles
around when Murray, Kelly and
Wlllos made their break and
would made It almost Impossible
for them to have gotten away
leafing a clear trail behind them
that could have been easily and
quickly followed. With such a
signal sounded, It is pointed out,
guards and attendant! at the state
hospital would have had time to
arm themselves and bead oft Uie
fuel Urea.
L1NJ
Pioneer Church to
Be Torn Down For
Business Block
Announcement was made this
morning of the sale of the build
ing and site on South Liberty
street, formerly occupied by the
Salem Laundry company. The
property has been bought by Dr.
13. L. Stoeves of Salem. The pres
ent building will ne torn down and
a new, one story building erected.
Work will begin Immediately, Dr.
Steeves stated ths morning. The
property sold for $16,000 and
measures 42xS0 feet.
With the tearing down of the
old building, one of the most his
toric landmarks in the city will
pass out of existence. Originally
n Methodist church, it was one of
the first churchtm to be built In
Salem. The church organization
IE
E!
Zeigler, 111., Aug. 21. (A. P.)
An unidentified miner was se
verely Injured and several auto
mobiles were battered by flying
bricks and clubs today as approxi
mately 150 minors passed a picket
line nt the Dell & Zollcr mine No.
1 here, where a "wild cat" strike
1b in progress.
Guns were in evidence but no
shots were fired. Most of the min
ers got safely past the barrage of
missies and went to work In the
mines. About 200 men composed
the picketing party.
Sheriff Henry Dorrls at Benton
hastily summoned every available
deputy and constable to have them
at the shaft at 3 o'clock this aft
ernon to protect the men when
they quit work.
The streets here today were
crowded and the fcclin;; was tense.
Adjutant General Carlos Black at
Springfield was notified of the
outbreak but no troops were ask
ed. D. A. V.
QUIT POSITIONS
Clncinmti, Ohio, Aug. 21 Ray
mond A. Lasance, national adju
tant of the Disabled American Vet
erans of the Wolrd War, with
headquarters here, has resigned his
position, held since the D. A. V.
was organized five years ago.
Joseph Loos, osslstant national
adjutant, and Miss Alvora Wels,
Lasance'n private secretary, also
have resigned.
While neither Lasance nor Loos
would comment today, It wan said
that John Mahan of Montana, na
tional commander, had attempted
to oust Loos and that Lasance had
resented his action.
The offices of national adjutant
and assistant national adjutant arc
not elective. It Is probable that
the national executive committee
of the organization will be sum
moned to act upon the resigna
tions. Construction of a guard tower
over the front gate to tho prison,
appropriation for which has been
asked at two sessions of the legis
lature, is also again being urged,
sponsors of the plan pointing out
that a guard In such a tower could
have prevented both of tho last
two breaks, which were made
across the front yard.
In this tower, It Is suggested
should be housed tho arsenal
where It would be nasesslhlo from
both Insido and outside the gates
but only through a trap door and
stairway locked and controlled by
the tower guard.
Another advantage of such a
tower, It la explained, la that It
would allow of closer Inspection
of persons passing through the
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1925
which erected It was the same or
ganization that now uses the First
Methodist church on the corner
of Church and State streets, hav
ing occupied the present building
since 187b, the year the old church
was moved to Its present site and
the new one erected. '
The old church building was
put up in 1850 at a cost of some
$8000. Much of the work was
done by the minister and members
of the congregation. Inspection
shows that its beams were hewed
from trees by hand, marks of the
broad axe still showing after 75
years.
The church organization Itself
was first started In 1831, with 15
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HELD IN JAIL
Los Angeles, Cal.. Aug. 21
Charles E. Downs and Joseph F.
Fltzpatriclc members of the Los
Angeles city council are held In
separate jails here today
charges of accepting bribes, while
District Attorney Asa Keyes 1b
preparing the cases to tnko before
the county grand jury later In the
day and also to probe the work
ings of a great suspected city ball
graft ring.
The pair, elected to the council
for the first time at the last elec
tion when the city passed Us new
form of charter government, have
both made statements, according
to Keyes. One of these, attribut
ed to Fltzpatrlck, Is a confession,
Keyes said.
A third man. Jack Murphy, Is
charged with being a go-between In
the alleged deal In which the
councllmen are said to have ac
cepted a bribe of $1000 each to
support a franchise to the Tun
nels Transportation company,
which planned an escalator for the
new Second street tunnel here.
While the county grand jury Is
considering the cases, the city conn
cil also will meet and discuss the
matter when, It Is exected a reso
lution will be approved, suspend
ing Its two accused members.
NAVAL BIRDMEN
READY TO FLY
San Diego, Cal., Aug. 21 Flying
two PN-2 and two PN-7 planes,
the San Franclsco-Hawall flight
naval aviators who have been here
for several weeks making arrange
ments for the aerial voyago are to
leave San Dlero at six o'clock to
morrow morning, ror San Francis
co. y
Commanding the flight tomorrow
will be Captain 8. E. Moses, pro
ject commander, who Is going to
San Francisco to supervise final
details. One of the PN-9 planes
leaving tomorrow and that to be
used In the ir'ands flight Is to car
ray Commander John Rogers, In
command of the Hawaiian filers
and Lieutenant B. J. Connell, pilot
and second In command, with their
crew and the second Is to carry
Lieutenant A. P. Snody and Lieu
tenant Arthur Oavln, pilot, with
their crew. Captain Moses will
make the trip In Lieutenant Snody's
plane.
The two PN-7 planes that are to
accompany the Hawaiian filers to
San Francisco "re to be flown by
Lieutenant A. Crlnkley and Lieu
tenant L. W. Curtin. All told,
there will be 24 men on the two
planes.
JAP WATCHES CRACKSMEN
STEAL HIS OWN SAFE
Seattle. Wash., Aug. 21. M.
Yamaila, proprietor of a dairy
here, early today watched three
men load a safe Into an automo
bile truck and depart, lie thought
they were moving a trunk from
a hotel next door. The box Wis
found In the outskirts of the city
looted of $1000 In ensh and ev
eral hundred dollars In negoti
able papers. The mte was Yama
da'a and u taken from hie U-
tk.
tjomrnal
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P
I HEADS
List of New Administra
tors For Districts Se
lected; Each Carry Sal
aries of $7500 Yearly.
Washington, Aug. 21. (A .P.)
The new prohibition army will
be captained in large measure by
tne tiume men who now command
Undo Sam a enforcement squad'
rons.
Out of 24 new district admlnls
trators named today by Assistant
Secretary Andrew of the treasury
all but six already are in the serv
ice.
Although he had announced a
campaign to induce practical busi
ness executives to lend blood to
the organization. General Andrews
said today that after investiga
tion he had decided there were
many now in the enforcement
machine who should be given a
chance to make good under the
new plan that is to become opera
tive September 1. Four of tho six
new men taken Into the service
are, like General Andrews, former
army officers.
To Demonstrate Ability.
In several districts acting ad
ministrators only were chosen be
cause the general said, he had
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Paris, Aug. 21 CAP) Sound
waves from a human brain hnvc
been picked up by a radio receiver
on a four to 10 meter wave length
The experiment Is described by
Professor Ferdinando Cazzamall,
head of the department of neuro
logy and psychiatry at the Uni
versity of Milan, In an article pre
pared for tho forthcoming Issue of
Revue De Metaphyslque and re
viewed by LeMatln.
As a result. Professor Cazzama
ll forsees the transmission of sound
waves from one brain to another.
He says he operated with highly
excitable persons or those suffer
ing from nervous disease as well
as the ooted Italian medium, Stg-
nora Maggf. The patient was shut
up In a perfectly Insulated cabinet.
The sounds he heard through the
receiver ranged from signals akin
to ordinary wireless signals to
whistling of soft viola, or cello
notes.
Professor Cazznmajl says he Is
led to believe that tho waves sent
out from the brain of one person
under certain conditions might be
picked up by the brain of another
person under similar nervous men
tal or hypnotic stress.
Mist nt. Portland
Portland, Or., Aug. 21. Rain
which fell here this morning
amounted to .01, according to fid-
ward Wells, district meteorologist,
who does not expect any more rain
to fall In the next 24 noma. Van
couver, Waah., Is the only other
point that reported rain this
morning.
FEDERAL
APPOINTED
Honorary Consul of
Haiti Fails To Smuggle
Booze Past Customs
New York, Aug. 21 (AP) Eu
gene Lellowe, honorary consul of
tho republic of Haiti at Manches
ter, arrived on the steamship Nick
erlo from Port Au Prlnco accom
panied by twenty-six largo and
weighty pieces of baggnge.
A customs agent asked fur the
keyn to the trunks.
Hlr," anid Mr, LeBoHso, "I nm a
diplomat. I claim exemption from
customs examination."
Hir," replied the agent, "I sus
pect that yoii have llnur hidden
among your shirts."
"('erf jinly," assented the honor
ary conpul, "ull the ambassadors
bring In lirjuor.'
Jtut, you sir," tho examiner
pointed out, "are not sn ambassa
dor nor even a minister but n con
sul and aa honorary , ftosaul at
that."
King Wounded In
Shoulder Is Report
Brought By Tourist
I -rfC"
ft
PORTLAND MAN
JUMPS 10 DEATH
Portland, Or., Aug. 21. Charle:-
A, Meissner, 30, a nephew of John
A. Meiasner who hue a real estate
office at H21 Gpsco building here
committed suicide soino time last
nighr by leaping iron) one of the
windows of the Oaeco building in
to the light shaft betweeu that
structure and an adjoining build
in g.
"Excuse excessive headaches
and HI health," was the meswigc
scribbled on a card bearing bin
namQ and address. Windows on
the shaft were open on the fifth
and seventh floors, indicating that
ho may have plunged from either.
The body was discovered this
morning by a shipping clerk ami
examination Indicated Meissncr
had been dead several hours. The
body was mangled almost beyond
recognition by the fall.
Melssner recently came here
from Los Angeles,
T
AT A STANDSTILL
Portland, Aug. 21 (AP) Po
lice today aro still searching for
the man who Wednesday night,
representing hi nisei fto be Ells
worth Kelly, escaped convict, at
the point of a gun forced T. T.
Harrell to drive him about the
city, but the officers do not con
nect him In any way with the real
fugitives, who shot their way out
of the Snlem penitentiary more
than a week ago.
The hunt for the criminals, as
far as Portland 1" concerned, Is at
a standstill, with office lacking
a single tangible clue as to the
course pursued by the bandit trio
nfter their spectacular arrival here
Monday nitfht In a commandeered
auto from New Era. The convic
tion with police Is growing that
they doubled back on their route
to the south on tho same night.
Mr. LeUosftc bowed to Authority.
"That trunk contains liquor," he
said, "and so does thnt case."
They did hold liquor 240 bot
tles of chompalgne, vermouth,
whiskey and a precious morsel, a
five gallon keg of best Haitian
rum.
"! abide by the laws," the consul
protested to Edward Rarnes, as
sistant solicitor at the customs
house. "I Just brought this In for
otno of my ft lends. They did not
give me tho money to purchase It.
I thought it was quite regular.
Never before has my baggage been
searched."
Mr. Karnes fined him $1 200, but
offered him Immunity If he would
give the names of his friends.
"No," said Mr, LeKnsse, positive
ly. "If a crime has been committed
X alone am guilty and I alone will
pay tta yeaalt'1
PPTPT? TWRTTT? mTMf G ON TKA1N3 AMU NEWS
rRLKjlU lllrviiili OJlilNlO STANDS F1VQ CENTS
ti i
I ATTEMPT TO POLICE THINK
KILL ALFONSO MURRAY MAY
THWARTED REPEAT TRICK
Censorship Prevents De
tails of Effort To As
sassinate Spanish King
Who Is Wounded.
New York. Aug. 21 (AP) The
censorship in Spain, which has
been Imposed upon feature stories,
local, foreign and national news
and headlines, apparently Is pre
venting for the moment the truth
or falsity of a circumstantial story
related by a traveler arriving at
fendaye, Franco, from Santandcr,
Spain, of an attempt to assassin
ate King Alfonso at Santander last
Snlurday night.
Recently there have been other
reports of plots against the life of
the Spanish monarch and an offi
cial statement Issued In Madrid on
June 10 admitted ono plot. This
was the finding of a bomb on Die
railway track between Saragosn
and Barcelona over which Alfon
so was to pass. Tho explosive
was discovered before the king's
train arrived.
Several persons were arrested
and wero Bald to have confessed
participation in the plot.
The story of tho traveler at Hen
dave was to the effect that a taTl,
well dressed man put his hand In
bis pockot as tho royal auto In
which tho king was approaching
ncared him. A suspicious move
ment In changing his dark eye
classes 1.0 clear glasses was noticed
by tho secret service men, who
took him into custooy.
It was asserted In Barcelona, ac
cording to the traveler, that the
khic had been wounded in tne
shoulder, thnt the Duke of Mlran
da had been killed and tho king's
chauffeur wounded. He aiiueu
that there was no attempt to hide
the fact that there was a plot
against Alfonso In several cities
participated In by forciRners nnn
that the police were taking extra
ordinary precautions to protect the
monarch.
T
Colilfleld. Nev., AlK. 21. (A
p.) Tlic southern Nevada des
ert was shaken twice today ny
....i-ilmmiki'B. tho BhnckR awaken-
InK eleeperfl hero and rattling
dlBhwi. The dlfiturliiinccs were rc-
....ii,i n. fur north n MIna, ru
inilca from Ooldfield.
Berkeley, Cal., AiiR. 21. (A.
p.) An earthquake centering ap
proximately 200 miles trom llerk-
nlnu w,!a rennri'pd todaV on 111'1
fielsmoKraph r the University of
(,'alltornla. The movement sinrien
nt 3:15 a. m. and enden it j:j
a. m.
M'QUILLAN FAILS TO
PAY HIS WIFE ALIMONY
New York. Aug. 21 (AP) Su
preme Court Justice Dike In Brook
lvn todav sinned an order requir
ing Hugh McQuillan, pitcher of
tho Olants. to show cnuse why he
should not be held In contempt for
failure to pay his wife !00 tern
porary alimony which was due
AtlRUSt 1R.
McQuillan has been under sus
pension without pay by the New
York club for two months because
of his failure to keep In proper
playing condition.
MARQUERITE CLARK UNDER
KNIFE FOR APPENDICITIS
New York, Auk. 20. (A. P.)
MarKuerlto lark, a screen and
ntane favorite a few years ana, Is
rocoverlntr from an operation for
appendicitis here.
Just after returning from a trip
ahrond wllh lior husband, Harry
Williams, she waa rushed to the
hospital Tuesday.
Her ulster, Cora Clark, and her
husband snld she was entirely out
ot danger.
netor, nor Illness her husband
had glvtn his consent for her re
turn to lb tomo.
CLOUDY AND MILD
In the west portion, fair and continued
warm In east portion tonight and Satur
day; light southerly win da,
Local: Max., 80; mln., 05; rain, nono;
river, -2.0; atmofl., part cloudy; wind 8W
City Searched For Clue
That Fugitives May Be
Holding Family as Host
ages To Cover Trail
According to reports from Port
land a purl of the Portland pulico
lorce la working on the theory
that the three escaped convict
killers, Murray, Kelley and Willos,
have, under the leadership ot
Murray, pulled the same stunt
which Murray has three times
ueces.'.fully pulled before that is.
have intimidated so mo Portland
fatuity and ac living in quiet in
a private family, with the family
held as hostage under the point o
a gun.
Jt is the belief ot these officers
that when Murray believes the
stae Is set right, ho will do as ho
has done before, commandeer the,
family automobile, take ono or two
members of the family as hostage.
and quietly drive out of Portland
to whatever destination he sec3
fit.
Theorv Beine Checked.
It is known that Rome of tho
Portland officers detailed on tha
case are working on this theory
and checking up on all possible
fain' lies where tsuch a situation
exists..
These officers are poaitlve that
the trio made no effort to get out
of Portland the night they landed
there. They know thnt Murray
has a wholesome fear of stool
pigeons, as he was turned In by -
stool pigeon when apprehended im
Portland following his robbery ot
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HAWAII LIKELY
IN NEAR FUTURE
Honolulu. Aug. 21 (AP) Mall
and pasHenner service by air from
San Kronclsco, Ios Angeles and
San Diego to Honolulu will be an
accomplished fact In the near fu
ture, near Admiral William MoN
fett, chief of the bureau of aero
nautlcs, navy department, said In a
statement Inst nlRht.
The prediction was made Just
prior to the rear admiral's depart
ure aboard the President Taft fop
Snn Francisco. Moffott said that
the proposed flight from 8an Fran
cisco to Honolulu Is the most Im
portant event in naval aviation
since tho world war, "It Is even
more Important than tho round the)
world flight becnuse In mnklng tho
night to Hawaii we have definite
things In view for the naval ah?
service," he said. "If the planes
fall this time another attempt will
follow very soon."
Regarding dirigibles, Moffett
said, unless the secretary of waff
has "changed his plans since t left
Washington one dirigible will cer
tainely make the trip to Honolulu
In October. I hear they favor it
becnuse I want It demonstrated
that airship service can be estab
lished between the main land and
these Islands. We would sail from
San Diego traveling nt n speed of
a hundred miles per hour and
would make the Journey In a day.
As plans now stand wo would ro
tuin by way of Portland, Oregon."
He said ho was convinced that
Honolulu Is destined to become one
of the biggest American naval sta
tions.
New York, Auk. 21. (A. P.) i
John I). Miller, president of th
National Co-opernUvo Milk Pr,
duccrs Federation, said today
eoiiRiewlcnal Investigation may l'
asked to determine the causes (0
the removal from of flea ot Dr.
Henry C. Toylor, chlct of the bu
reau of acrlcuUurnl economies.
Dr. Tavlor resinned at the r
nuert of Secretary of Agriculture
Jtrdln.
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