SEVEN SOLDIERS KILL
Y BURSTING GUN
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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.
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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
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CURBED, BUT NOT BROKEN
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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.