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Newspaper Page TextSEVEN SOLDIERS KILL Y BURSTING GUN CIRCULATION Dally average net uula circulation for month ending July 31, 1925 6722 Averago dully distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 201 IMPERFECT SHELL CAUSE Bursting of Howitzer Kills Seven and Injures 20 to 30 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Jtockford, ill., Aug. 21. - (A. P.) Six soldiers are reported dead, one died later, and between 20 and 30 injured, many serious ly, by the bursting of a howitzer In the Eighth infantry (negro) regiment area at Camp Grant this afternoon. The identified dead: Captain Osccolia Browning, commanding the howitzer com pany, eighth infantry. Corporal Henry Williams Private Bon Anderson, Herbert Durant and Del mas Campbell, all of Chicago. Unconfirmed rumors place the total death list as high as 14. Fifteen of the injured men have already been removed to Ilockford hospitals. The accident occurred just as the men were completing their morning's firing on the Camp Grant range. A defective shell is blamed for the tragedy, Charlie Wright, negro, Chicago, one of the injured, died soon after be was taken to a hospital, in creasing the known death list to seven. Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 21 CAP) Fretl Nlchol, Dayton manufacturer, was arrested by detectives today, and is said to have admit ted to them that he Is the blue masked, blue robed phantom bandit who on August H, held up and robbed employees of the North Dayton branch of the Dayton Savings Bank an 'I Trust company, escap ing with $2S,0i)0, polico announced this morning. Nichols Is president of a local manufacturing concern bearing his name. Ho told detectives that he had turned ?-"bner because of financial difficulties. He said he was compelled to raiwe money; that he conceived the Idea of rob bing the bank and purchased the Hue material of which his robe and manlt were made and the gray kid gloves which concealed his bands. The clew which led to Nlchol's arrest was tho prt-.iehco of his adopted daur Titer, Ml.-w Helen 8am met, an employee of the bank, at thi time of the holdup. Methods employed by the robber were so weird that until the detectives start ed investigating the Nlchol clew mey had nc information of which to base thrli Investigations. Mrs. Ni'hnl had no intimation that her huflbnnd was under sur-. velllanco until Inspector Yendesi and the detectives searched the Nichol home today and found the bidden money. The loot was con cealed in Nichol'a bedroom. He took only bills of high de nominations. COUPLE FOUND SLAIN x IN AUTO BY ROAD Hastings, Neb., Aug;. 24. (A. P.) The bodies of Clarence Yager, 30, and Mrs. Lawrence Bird, both of. Hastings, were found huddled down In an auto mobile about one mile eaBt of here this morning. County Attorney Walter M. Cror.' said he was con vinced they wore shot to death. - STAR RUTH BREAKS WORLD PAGING RECORD Cleveland, Ohio, Augr. 24. (A. P.) Star Ruth broke the world's record for seven-eighths of a milt la tbt 2:10 pace at the grand cir cuit meeting here today, stepping It in 1:45ft. Thie lowers the time of 1:40 8-5 held Jointly by Brook Tolo and Mlaa Cur Mofcot BUSINESS MAN CONFESSES 10 BANK ROBBERY G aoital MAY ESCAPE ' W10SE Murray Liable To Swing:, But Conspiracy to Kill Must Be Established Against Other Two. Hy Hurry X. Craln Last week it was, "will they get them?" Today comment and speculation of the public regarding Tom Mur ray, Ellsworth. Kelloy and James Will oa, the convicts who shot and killed two guards In their dash for liberty over tho walls of the state penitentiary and who are now awaiting trial in three death cell.-; at the prison, concerns the fate In store for the desperadoes. "Will they hang?" is the all ab sorbing query today. It is no established fact that they all will. Hanging in Oregon necessitates a jury finding of guilt to the charge of first degree- murder, and then It can be sidetracked for life imprisonment by recommendation of the jury, or by Intervention of the governor. Tho governor ha already publicly stated that he will not intervene. Murray Likely To Swing Murray, leader of tho trio, can hardly escape "stretching the hemp," as he expresses It, in the opinion of attorneys and others who are familiar with all of the angles of the escape and the evi dence against him. Murray has admitted on at least three occasions that it was he who killed John Sweeney, and there has been ample circumstantial evi dence uncovered to substantiate this allegation. Except that he may wish to stall for timo In hopes of gaining an unguarded moment when ho can attempt another breale, or cheat the noose by tak ing his own life, it is entirely pos sible that Murray may plead guil ty. "They can hang me, but I am through doing time," Is one of the statements he has made since his capture. Kcllcy nnd WHIos Hut with IColtey and Willos It Is different. Already they have set the wheels nf the defense rolling with pleas that they did no kill ing and Intended to do no killing. The task for the prosecution Is to establish by circumstantial evi dence that one or both of them fired shots that resulted In the death of one of the guards, or to prove a conspiracy to kill existed between the three. It Is no capital offense to break from the prison, provided there Is no killing, nor conspiracy to kill. The present case is not parallel to the murder of Sheriff Til Tay lor during a jnll delivery at Pend leton, for which three paid with their lives unless It can be estab lished that Murray, Kelley, Willos (Continued on Pago Seven) County Court Talks Of Oiling to Conserve Macadam Highways Oiling macadam roads to con serve paving costs on county high ways Is a matter of keen interest In the minds of members of the Marlon county court, In connec tion with the carrying out of the five-year highway program and Market Ron! Engineer Scott of the stato bigbv.ay commission per sonally waited on members of the court today extending an invita tion to them to accompany him on a trip through eastern and central Oregon to view the results ot oil- ins of macadam roads in tbosi sections. Engineer Scott has just return ed from such a trip with mcnihere of the court for Washington coun ty and the states that they ex pressed themselves em surprised and pleased with the results ob tained In torn- ot the eastern Ore gon counties. 'Washington county has a prob lem largely similar to Marlon oounty," stated Bcott. "A rathsr I re Let Cat Lick Your Bald Head and Grow Luxuriant Hair Now York, Aug. 24 Licks by tho tongtio of a cat baa grown hair upon tlio onee bald pa to of Ituriolph Alth mis, (10 year old retired drug gist of Jiast Elnihurst, lie says. ....For years lie applied vari ous preparations designed to promote hirsute activity, hut none worked. A few months ago Ills cut, Mike, started licking tho shiny bead when Altlians look his afternoon nap. Kvcnlually ho began to lick uiicn Altlians was awake Now his head Is covered with a growth n quarter of an Inch long. "Ir I were younger,". Alliums says, "I would buy a tuiuo lion and train him to do what Mike does.' TO LURE WEALTHY New York, Aug. 24 (AP) As the result of what he regards as attempts by women to lure him, and other plots. Max Phillips wealthy collar manufacturer and polo player Is being closely guard- er on his 700 acre estate near Ea- tontown, N. J. Elgh armed detectives are on guard. Phillips carries a pistol. Watch dogs give warning if a stranger approaches. Meanwhile three women, pre sumably detectives, and a male de tective, are out on bail after being arrested on Phillips complaint. The purpose ot the plots, he says, lt to weaken Ills control of the Phillips Jones company, which makes Van Heus?n collars. The hounding has persisted for months at tho Insti gation of a New York banker, he says. The women were arrested on hi estate Friday night after detective." In his employe had listened to his conversation with them by mean.- of a telephonic device He says the women tried to lure him aboard a yacht and tako n trip to New Eng land with tho Intention of having him arrested for the violation of the Mann act. VETERANS AND KNIGHTS CELEBRATE AT CHAMP0E6 A crowd of Spanish-American War veterans and members of thv Knights of C-jIumbus of Mt. Angel met at Cbampocg, Sunday, for a nlonlc dinner and general cele bration in commemoration of the services of the Spanish-American wnr veterans. Thero were some 500 men. women nnd children at the path cring, which Is an annual affair. Judge Peter H. D Arcy of Salem ind Major Hotchkiss, United States marshal, were the two main speakers of tho occasion. Judse D'Arcy spoke on the subject, "Champoeg and the Early Settlers of the Oregon Country," Major Hotchklss' subject dealt with the services of veterans of various dense population in many rural sections, heavy mileage of road and not enough money to pave all of the roads it would like to pave. In Washington county there arc 200 miles on the market road pro gram and residents of the county will listen to nothing but concrete paving. It they had (100,000 a year available tor paving It would pave about three miles annually of concrete or 30 miles In 10 years of their 200-mile program, "The court consequently le giv ing serious consideration to the oiling of macadam at a preserva tive of roade." County Commissioner Smith Mates that In the Donald district the oiling proposition Is meeting with great favor and they are con sidering the levy of a special tax for that purpose. Engineer Scot eays that experi ments carried on In Washington county show that a macadam road unolled, carrying an average traf- aOontlnuad on Pact Seven). SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, ' AUGUST 24, 1925 Irum. UVI WILLOS ID KELLEY FEAR HANGINGNOW Companions of Murray In Prison Break. Nervous And Anxious To Deny Part In Killings. There is a striking contrast in the demeanor of the three slayer convicts, Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelley ami James Willos, who shot their way out of the Oregon pen! tentiary on the evening of Au gust 12 and who were returned tu the prison Saturday and Sunday. His capture without the tiring of a shot, and the two nights and days he has spent in solitarv con finement in a dentil cell since his return to the big house have doni nothing to break the spirit of Mur ray end, prison officials said this morning, he Is apparently resigned to the fact that he will likely hang tor the slaying of John Sweeney and Milt Ilolman, guards. Murray has not yet displayed even a trace ot nervousness, say the guards who have watched over bim constantly cilice nis reiuio. Pleads Innocence Not so with Willos and Kelley. particularly the latter, who hno (Continued on Pago six) MINISTER DEAD Montreal, Aug. 24 Arthur Hall-ly-Dlanehard, United States min ister to Haiti since 1914, wok found dear! In hfH bedroom nt the Mount Itnyal hotel early today. Mr. U.iilly-Rlanchard arrived In Montreal August 19, but his pres ence here and been unknown to the American consulate. He reg istered n from Rochester, N. Y., although his home woh In New Or leans, Lfi. Itlg baggage bore Wash Ington. D. C, labels. A night watchman discovered the body. Tho coroner's inquest tills morn ire remitted in a verdict of tdeath by natural enures. Mr. Ballly-Hlanchai d wao born New Orleans October 1, 1855, and had been connected with the diplomatic service of the United States since 188&, when he been me private secretary of the minister to Trance. During his 40 years qX. service he held several popts of responsibility, having been charge d'affalrs at both Parle and Tokyo previous to his appointment aw minister to Hayti In May, 1914. In 1912 when he was secretary of the American cmbnvy at Paris where he had previously been charge d'af fairs, Mr. Bailly-Wanchard was transferred to the embassy at Tokyo and this transfer was said to have been the real reason for the. reslgnatlJn of Robert Paeon, then ambassador to France. Short ly after his arrival at Tokyo, Mr. Pailly-Pl.inchard became charge d'affalrs and represented the Unit ed States at the Japanese capital during the difficult period of the exchanges regarding the California anti-alien legislation. PAROLE VIOLATOR GIVES HIMSELF UP Edward Williams, 27, who de clares that he Is a parole violator from Newark, N. J., walked Into local police headquarters Sunday night and gave himself up declar ing that he had been converted to religious faith find wished to be returned to clear his name. Ac cording to hie story to police he was arrested at Newark on a charge of non-eupport, but was re loosed on the promise that he would pay hin wife $25 a month and would not 'rave the state. Pol ire of N'-wark were notified hy teleji'iph iat fiipht. Pending their rply Williams will be held In the chy fail, lie has airrptd to waive extradition. He was Introduced at headquar ter by ft oaptftln ott Ui SalrftUon our j s C i CURBED, BUT NOT BROKEN 5ff? v Avyr i5r XHfi tr ' -; . m ft! J2g: tl m: , "" ' fit - iv.-'li w.t.-)Stj, 7 Tom Murrav. snanncd as he return to the prison Saturday. who called: "Stay with it, kiddo, don't "Alright girlie, I won't," DAWES TO VISIT COAST; SPEAKS l"1.tr.n..r Alio- ? V I P f. P IPJ 1 - dent Charles G. Dawes will attend the diamond jubilee on heptemner 9 of the ndnrsflfon of California to statehood, nnd will discuss hir. advocacy or rewnmu ot the senate rules In several adrcswes on tht ,'acific coar early next monin. .....mo fn- fl n n a r a 1 Dawes' visit to the Pacific coawt were definitely completed today. for some time, In response to invi tations from lricnus on trie coast. stay of from September Ti to Sop- ifiiiuer i:. inn visns nave ijeen arranged as follows: Septembe r 5 neat tie, speaks .H light. (Continued on Page Rnven) Kelley and Willos Talk Freely About Break From Prison The silence of Tom Murray, re turned fugitive from the ppnltcn tlary, as to details of the flight ot h!nm-lt and his two pals was In strong contrast to the eagerness of Ellsworth Kelley and James Wil los, his partners, who were cap tured near Goldendale, Wash., late Saturday afternoon. Both Kelley and Willos talked freely ot their break, and both ap peared anilous to minimize their part In the killing ot the two guards, whereas Murray frankly admitted killing John Sweeney, and appears resigned to bis fate, "We spent the first night out near Pratum, as the papers stat ed,'' said Kelley. ''They got'on our cold trail once. "We hcatJt on around Hllverton way. but bad to keep moving to keep under rover. For three or four days we were wltliln a three nr ffiur.mil radlua rtt Htlvertin. i "Tbea we went on the Monitor, was a.sccntlinc the steps to Murray is seen smiling up at give up." Murray called back. TWO JAPANESE AIRPLANES WELCOMED TO MOSCOW Moscow, Auk. 24. (A. P.J Two Japanese airplanes on a llii;ht fnm Tokyo to London, ar rived ot Moscow yesterday. The soviet officialo extended a warm welcome to the airmen. The flight which bewail on July 2f ia ( lirM of the kind ever attempted h .1 Mpancno. The long del.iy wn caused by had weather but tho aclual fly ing time was 02 iioui'H bolwiM ii Tokyo and Moscow, a distance oi i'.i:p'(ixim;.tely fi.SOO miles. Ml BRYAN FAVORABLE If Miami, Fla., Aug. 24. (A. P.) Mrs. William Jennings Hryaii announced today she would give immediate consideration to the Philadelphia Kecord'n proposal for a national memorial to Mr. Bryan. Her flecrutnry said she hnd not learned of the project until today when n new pa tier informed her.i She Indicated that, a definite an nouncement ml;: lit be mads durin:: t ho day. and then on to the Newman bouse. Auto Left on West Side "Where did tho Newman boy leave us In Portland? "Why, It was at Tenth and Madison street, I think. On the west side, yes. Oh, yea, I know evory street In Portland. "Yes. we put all tho guns In a sack rifles and pistols. "Wo walked over a bridge the steel bridge, I think It was to tbo east side, and mado our way on out to Kenton. "We ditched tho rifles throw them Into Columbia slough hut kept tho pistols. Murray had one and Willos had tho other, a .88 upeelal. "Wo hopped a freight In Ken ton yaids, hut It went tho wrong way so we had to get off and bop another. Wo didn't wasto any time In Portland. We rode the freight to Hood Illvcr, stayed there ad day, went to The Dalles, jtUoatlnueA on ia fourl PRICE THREE CENTS STANDS FIVE CENTS .1 tho warden's otttce upon his a girl in the woman's ward 8 CENT FARE ROLLEYS REASONABLE Tho complaint of the House wives Council oy Portland, attack ing the reasonableness of existing street railway f.iretf of the Port land Kleciric Pjwrr company, wan dismissed in an order of the pub lic service commission &tturd;y. The order was accompanied by au elaborate analysis of tho testi mony introduced at the hearing in Portland, June and 24. ''We aie unahit! to find any evi dence to support the allegation -jl the complainnn'. that the manage ment of tlio defendant utility is extravagant or inefficient," de clared Mm finding of the.cununin siou. "An analysis has ln'cn madi of tho street railway service in Portland, and tho following tabu lation ehows ilto allocation of the eo.t of service to each average revenue passenger carried during the year of 1 1 1! I . "Maintenance of way and struc tures, .52 of a ont; maintenance of equipment, .50; wages of mo tormtn and conductors, 2.75 ; wagen of carhousn employes, .lil; superintendence of transport ation 10; other ( ran.s; ortation expenses, !l7; power, .19; traffic, ..'I; wngeH of general officers, .05 ; (Continued on Pago Ten) 7 HA Cairo, Enypt, Aug. 24. (A. P.) 'I'll o seven men principally concerned In the aHHUBto'natinn of Hlr Lee Slum, sirdar of the Kgyp tian army nnd governor gencinl ot the ud::n, have paid the ex treme penalty tor their a-t, which caused such a sensation last No vember nnd which had euch far reaching political consequence. They wore sent to tho scaffold yesterday and were hanged at 40 m I mi I n Intervals, the hoisting of a black flai! ench timo notifying the crowdn on Is I do the prison walla Uiat the trip had. faU,n. FAIR TONIGHT Tuesday fair and warmer, light south easterly win da. Local: Max., 68; mln., 4!; rnln, .01 ; river, -l.ll; atmoa., part . cloudy; wind, aouili. GOVERNOR S m COMMITTEE BEGINSWORK Entire Day Spent At Prison Inspecting Plant And Interviewing Em ployees and Prisoners. Colonel C. G. Thomson, man ager of Crater Lake national park, named by Governor Pierce on hie) committee to Investigate condi tions at the state penitentiary, this afternoon announced that ha had declined to serve on the com niisslon, Coloucl Thomson had nothing to say regarding his re fusal to servo. Jefferson Myers, one of the oth. er two members of tho committee, wheu Interviews,, aver the tele phone from the penitentiary this afternoon, said that the committee would continue with its investiga tion even though Colonel Thom son hud declined to serve. The full and complete investiga tion ot conditions at the Oregon state prison promised by Governor Pierce with the nppointment ot Colonel C. G. Thompson, superin tendent of Crater Lake national park; Brigadier General George A. White, adjutant of the Oregon national guard, and Jefferson Myers, former etnto treasurer by appointment ot the governor, started hero this morning. rh inquiry was occasioned by the re cent prb-.on break. Stating that no limitations hnd been placed upon them by the sovernor members of the investi gating committee thlB morning nald that their probe would be all embracing In its scope, and would extend Into conlrlbutlng causes of the break a well as general con ditions. They Intimated that rec ommendations for alterations ami improvement at the prison will be contained In their report. The com ml I tee spent the entire d:iy at the priron liiKpeotlnr; tho pl;mt nnd Interviewing employee; and prisoners. They said they had no Iden how lor.s It would take them to complete their work. Warden D.-li yniple has an nounced that work will begin the n,-ar future on Ine construction of a guard lower over the front gate, in which will l:c boused the prison arsenal. The tower will command a full view of the front of the; prison and a guard stationed in thai piflillon would have been able to hertd off both nf the sensational escapes In which Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelley nnd Pert "Ore- tContlnueil on page Sevenl OF SOI JOS Portland, Or.. Amy. 24. Dr. J, A. IJnvllle, federal prohibition d rector for Oregon, on his arrival today from Washington, D C, announced that he had been of fered the position ot flret snaiet ant federal prohibition director for the new twentieth district and the alternative of continuance In. the service In Portland. hlnville said definite unmiunca merit ot nppoinlmen:) would not be made from Washington before Wednesday. A Seattle diemtch late Satur day carried a prediction from a, political writer clcso to Senator Jonr, Washington that Frederick A. Ilaxeltine. out going director would become awiitttnnt director In charge of enforcement and that I'invllle would become as sistant In charge ot permits. Hoy C. Lyo assumes the dlreo tornhip of district IM September 1 under a nation wide reorganisa tion by the tieacury department. HELEN WILLS CHAMPION Forest llill, N. Y., Aug. 24. Mlss Helen Wills won the national women's tennis title for tho third successive year when she conquer ed Miss Cathlcen McKnnc of Kng land today In a thrilling three Mi nutou -, i-tt, -a.