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FAIR AND WARMER
Tonight and Wednesday. Light variable
winds. '
Local: Max., 78; mln., 45: rain, none;
river, -1.6; atmos., clear; wind, south
west. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 202
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MURDER OF
NURSE VEILED
IN MYSTERY
Additional Portions of
Human Head Found In
Marshes Near Rich
mond Are Identified.
Oakland, CaL, Aug. 25 (AP)
Positive Identification of portions
of the dismembered body found In
the EI Corrito swamp as those of
Mrs. J. J. (Bessie) Lorcn, Oak
land nurse, was made today by
Mre. Loren's mother and brothers
In Oakland.
This announcement was mode
about noon today by Under Sheriff
W. M. Veale of Contra Costa coun
ty after he had shown the family
another section of human scalp
covered with blonde hair found
about 11 a. m. today In the swamp
close to where a woman's severed
car and tongue, another section of
scalp and a lower Jaw bone previ
ously were found.
The attractive young Oakland
nurse was last seen on the night
of August 19, when she left home
telling her mother and brothers
she had an appointment with Slier
Iff Frank Barnett of Oakland.
Scalp In Sunmp
Mrs. R. H. Ferguson, mother of
Mrs. Loren and William and Rob
ert Ferguson, brothers of the miss
ing nurse, today, turned over to
Contra Costa county officials
strands o hair retrieved from a
bathrpbe belonging to Mrs. Loren,
who live j with her mother and
brothers in Oakland. These will be
examined by Dr. E. O. Heinrich,
Berkeley criminologist who will
endeavor to establish whether they
tally with strand of blonde h.-iir
on the portions of scalp found In
the Mvanip.
I'umphig Suamp
Work of pumping out the swamp
along the EI Cerrito river will get
under way today under direction or
Contra Ccsta county authorities. A
powerful g.ifioline pump will be In
stalled and the marsh drained suf
ficiently to facilitate the work of
searchers for other portions of the
dismembered body. The search
will continue wMle the pumping
In in progress. The water ranges
In depth from a few Inches to sev
eral feet. The marsh Is several
miles in extent. Under Sheriff W.
M. Vcalo said bulkheads or dykes;
might bo erected to expedite the
draining.
Mrs. Loren's mother said when
her daughter left home she was
wearing a diamond ring valued nt
$1000. Two fingers of the right
hand of Mrs. Lorcn had been am
putated at tin Joints, Mrs. Fergu
son said. Searchers todny were
concentrating on finding the mut
ilated hand.
EUROPE TO PAY
SAYS MADDEN
Portland. Aug. 25 (AP) Mar
tin if. Madden of Chicago, chair
man of the appropriations commit
tee of the house of representatives,
today predicted that the nations
of Europe which are Indebted to
the United States will pay their
debts In full.
" . Mr. Madden Is in Portland to ad
1,: dress the Western States Taxpny
p rs" conference In session here.
IJ "Every country In Europe that
3 ewe us will pay In full they've
rot to pay us," he declared, "But
t as regarding Interest on that debt,
there's another question. In fund
ing these debt, we are allowing
the debtors to pay us 8 per cent
lor the first ten years and per
cent after that, white our govern
ment Is paying from 4 to 4 per
cent on this money.
"So youi ace, we will lose some
$100,000,000 a year Interest. But
Europe Is poor and we will have to
contribute that much towards the
International return to normalcy."
FRENCH DEBT TO ENGLAND
NOT SETTLED AS YET
London. Aug. 25. (A. P.)
There will be no igreement t
this time of France's debt to
Great Britain, Joseph Calllniix,
French finance minister, ' an
nounced this evening. M. Calllaux
.aid ho would return to Paris
Thursday with .new propositions
lor hU colleagues "to look at."
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SLAtR OF
2
Kansas Sheriff and Ne
braska Officer Killed
In Efforts To Arrest
Holdup Suspects.
Colby, Kan., Aug. 25 (API
Authorities today had found no
trace of two young men, who yes
terday shot and killed Sheriff Sam
Pratt, of Thomas county and then
crossed the Nebraska line and kill
ed Edward Clark, North Platte
traffic officer, after running gun
fights with posses of the two states
The slayers are believed to have
committed a series of holdups In
western Kansas and were making
their escape in a motor car when
they encountered the officers.
Sheriff Shot Down
Sheriff Pratt, learning that the
men were headed in this direction
took a posse of six men and block
aded the main highway north of
Colby with a large motor truck.
The pair traveling at a high
rate of speed, stopped at the ob
struction. As the sheriff started
for the car, a volley of shots rang
out: Pratt fell, fatally wounded.
The men then made a run
through the blockade amid a rain
of shots. Their enr was disabled
and they fled on foot to the home
of Doyle Crawford, where they
commandeered his small touring
car. They escaped over the line
into Nebraska.
l'capc Second Time
Across tho line, they encounter
ed a squad of Nebraska officers,
who had been notified to watch for
the fleeing men. In a gun fight
that followed, Edward Clark, traf
fic officer of North Platte, was
slain.
Posses from the two states took
up the trail of the slayers today.
PRiSONPROBERS
Governor Pierce today received
a report from the special commit
tee investigating conditions at tut
state penitentiary and contribut
ing cases of the recent jail break.
The governor declined to comment
on the contents of the report
which was not made public.
Jefferson Myers, chairman of
the committee, delivered the re
port to the governor. Adjutant
General White, the other working
member of the commission, left
for the cast this morning, indicat
ing that the inquiry is completed,
at least for the present.
Myers stated that the commit
tee had learned some facts which
they felt should be given to the
governor at once, lie declared Ur.'
committee wanted to sec the peni
tentiary turned into a "successful
institution."
"There arc only about 15 suc
cessful prisons in the country," he
said. ''Why shouldn't we go ahead
and make a sixteenth? We don't
need a new prison. The prison le
all right as a prison, but it ought
to turn out something other than
derelicts. And it ought to be made
self-supporting."
POSS
IIS
OFFICERS
QFAGTS LEARNED
Dairy Depot Yeggs
Caught In Act Give
Battle to Patrolman
An attempt to burglarize the
Fairmount Dlry depot at 910
South Commercial street was frus
trated shortly after 1 o'clock thi
morning when Night Patrolman
Wlntersteen discovered three men
in the act, gave pursuit when they
fled and exchanged revolver fire
with them bsfore tney disappeared
About ten shMs were fired In ail.
but as far aa Is known none of
them took effect.
A sledge, steel Jimmy and crow
bar which the burglars Intended
to use to opn the large safe in
the dairy depot were found on the
sidewalk where they were dropped
Willos Signed
Confession of
Shooting Guard
Deputy Sheriff Sam Burkhart,
who visited the home of Charles
Newman, New Era farmer, yeeter
day to serve subpoenas on Newt
man and Leo Wilde to appear be
fore that body which opens Us ses
sions here tomorrow, brought back
with him the original of the now
famous document in which Tom
Murray told the story of their get
away and the slaughter of the
prison guards who met their death
in the escape. To this document
are added the signatures of Tom
Murray, James Willos and Ells
worth Kellcy, with their finger
prints attached to show the au
thenticity of the signatures.
While James Willos is insisting
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BY PRESIDENT
Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 25.
(A. P.) President Coolidge be
lieves that there is propaganda
being spread with the purpose of
embarrassing his economy pro
gram. One Instance of opposition, In
his opinion, Is the report emanat
ing from Washington that tho
general staff of the army believes
the military establishment is suf
fering as a result of the economy
policy. $
Another Instance Is the specula
tion that the Leviathan might be
withdrawn from trans-Atlantic
service.
The president, it was said, today
expects constant opposition to his
efforts to decrease government ex
penditures but is determined that
it shall not be effective.
Reports that the general staff
Is alarmed at the president's re
trenchment policy should not be
taken seriously, Mr. Coolidge be
lieves, as the general staff should
be able to provide a fair degree of
defense on present appropriations,
and it would be a reflection on the
general stnff to make It appear
otherwise.
The army at present is spending
close to $300,000,000 more than
twice annual expenditures before
tho war, according to the presi
dent's calculations, and this
amount should be sufficient, he
believes, for all legitimate activity.
iNOT LOCATE
ICE
London, Aug. 25. With the
whole world following through
newc dispatches the peregrination!
of the Prince of Wales on his
South AmcricRL trip, the llritish
postotfice is unaware of his where
abouts, according to a squib in the
Daily Express.
The paper Kays a company of
school cadets encamped in the
country recently received a mes
sage from the prince to which they
filed a reply e:prc-sing loyal and
dutiful greetings, the message be
ing Addressed to "II. It. II. Prince
of Wales, H. M. S. Repulse."
The postofflce returned the mes
sago with the endorsement "ad
drops unknown."
by the men In their flight. Aside
from theee no further clues were
found by four officers who were
rushed to tho scene. The toolw
had been stolen earl I or In (the
evening from a tool house nt the
J. Fisher h'ome at Oak and South
Commercial streets, not far from
tho scene of the attempted bur
glary.
The two Jobs last night com
pleted five burglaries that have
been perpetrated here since Satur
day night.
According to the report of Offi
cer Wlntersteen he was r-alking c
block and a hr.l east of the dairy
(Continued on Pat Four)
that he killed no one on the man
hunt, this letter over hie signature
and fingerprint, contains what lf
considered tantamount to a con
fession on the part of Willos that
he shot Guard Holnian. While the
letter was written in Newman's
handwriting and is purported to
be the statement of Murray on
behalf of himself and his com
panions, It is subscribed to by
Willos, himself, both in his hand
writing and by his fingerprint.
Tho portion which contains ref
erence to the killing of Guard
Holman follows a statement by
Murray that Murray had shot and
killed a guard on tower No. 1, pre.
(Continued on Page Four)
HELD AT PORTER
With a clinic held todav at
Porter, a email town northeast of
Siiverton, the Marlon county child
neaitn demonstration begun its ac
tive permanent program here, it
was stated thiti morning by Dr.
waucr lirown, head of the local
demonstration.
"Our work up to this point has
been largely of a preliminary na
ture," Dr. Brown staled. "We
have now come to a place where
we lay the foundations for a per
manent county health unit."
Thirty-eight children had been
booked by the local committee for
examination at tho clinic. The
clinic was in charge of Dr. Stelln
rord Warnec Tho clinic itself is
operated largely on the came basin
as earlier ones. Today's clinic wan
the first that has been held for
somo two wci&
A number of members of the
staff, sent here by the Oamraon-
wealth fund to get the local
demonstration established, have
left within tho pant few wuks,
having completed their prelimi
nary work.
The headquarters of the demon
stration staff will be moved into
ts permanent home on High
street within n few weeks. The
hoime next to tho high school
bui.'ding has been secured through
the Salem school board. As soon
as the staff gets well established
in Its new location a grand open
ing will be held, Dr. Drown stated
this morning. The general public
will be invited to the opening and
an idea of the work of the demon
stration will be given at that time.
S.
LAM TO REST
St. Helens, Or., Aug. 25. Fu
neral services were held hero to
day for Mrs. Mary K. McUrlde,
wife; of Chief Justice Thomas A.
Melirldo of the Oregon supreme
court. The ritee were held In the
Methodist church with Itev. 8, D.
Johnson conducting tho services
The pallbearers, all nephews of
Mrs. Mcllride, wore Dr. W. Ii
Morse of Salem, Fred Caples of
Columbia City, Or., John Woods
of Long Uaach, Wash., Lorinp
Adams, Edwin C. Giltner and P.
C. Patterson of Portland. Tho In
terment was In Denr Inland ceme
tery, near Mre. Mcllride's old
home. ,
F
BLAZES OUT AGAIN
Bt. Louis. Mo., Aug. 25. (A
P.) Chinese long warfare blazed
forth here today when a policeman
dangerously wounded Long C hoo
ey, member of the Hip Sing tong
and former king of Chinatown.
Ronton. Aug. 25. (A. P.)
Boston's Chinatown w"ns outward
ly caljn today, under the eyes of a
neon of patrolmen sent Into the
district as a result of the shooting
last night In which three Chinese
and one whit man wr wounded.
BANDITS LOOT CARSON FLEES f PARENTS TO
EXPRESS CAR lEil TO CALIFORNIA AID CONVICT
M SANTA FEiJfl FORJAFETY DURING TRIAL
Messenger Wounded, Reg
istered Mail and Other
Loot Taken ; Make Good
Escape,
Santa Ana, Col., Aug. 25. (A.
P.) Robbers who looted the com
bination mail and express car of
Santa F train No. 75 between
here and Sun Diego lust night
after shooting and probably fatally
wounding Elmer Campbell, U2-
ycar-old oxproas messenger, today
appeared to have made a clean
getaway , with three pouches of
man ana other loot of undeter
mined value.
Campbell was found lying in a
pool of blood on the floor of the
looted car when me train arrived
here -at 8:47 p. in. and Conductor
David I. (J il in ore noticed the mes
senger did not open hie door as
usua to receive more mail and,
express. At first it was believed ,
he had been beaten as well as shot,
but later examination revealed
that a bullet aparcntly fired down
at him through a ventilator on
the roof of the car, had lodged in
the. base of his bruin.
Mail Sacks Binned Onen.
A rupe ladder hanging down
from the roof on the outside of the
car showed hoy an entrance was
effected nUer the shooting. A pane
of gluus hud been broken out of
the side door near the ladder and
the dour thus unlocked from with
in. Inside all was confusion, "it
looked as Miotic-, we had been
through a wreck," Conductor Oil
more said.
Of the nine mail pouches car
ried by the tra'n when It left San
Diego, only six could be found in
the car and these had been ripped
open. Letters were scattered all
about. The express strongbox had
been opened and looted.
A check by postal and express
company officials and in Los An
gele3 and San Diego failed to re
veal any sizeable loss but it wan
admitted that inasmuch as one of
the missing pouches contained air
mail the loot mny yet prove to
'have been considerable.
Carefullv Planned.
All avaitaUo evidence indicate !
the robbery had been carefully
planned in detail by men familiar
with trains and particularly with
express and mull shipment rout
ings. They apparently knew that dur
ing the 40-milt run from Ocean -side
to Santa Ana no one woul.l
be near the express and mail car
but an elderly messenger, and thai
they had just about 45 minutes in
which to work unhampered.
County, fedcal and private In
vestigators working on the case
believe two or mure men boarded
the train when It 8 topped at
Oceanslde, that they climbed to
tho rof and waited until the train
was well under way and that then
one of them took aim at Campbell
th rough a ven 1 1 tutor while his
companion or companions clamb
ered down the rnps ladder ready
to break In as soon as the shot
was fired that put Camphnll out
of the way.
Mnde Good Escape.
After the robbery the men are
believed to have jumped from the
train when It flowed down to four
miles an hour nt San Juan, 30
miles from hirre. Basing their
theory upon th i nre with which
(Continued on Pane Seven)
Rumor Dalrymple
May Be Superceded
By Jefferson Myers
Persons close to the administra
tion and familiar with the policies
of Governor Pierce as regards the
stato penitentiary and Its conduct,
saw In the comment of Jefferson
Myera regarding the report of the
special committee named to Inves
tigate conditions at the priflnn, a
stronn Intimation that Warden A.
M. Dnlrymple would be superseded
as head of tho Institution.
'lt the report contained the
recommendation Jhat Myers Inti
mates, that the committee desires
to ace the penitentiary turned Into
a 'nurcftiwfi.l Institution,' It Is logi
cally to be Inferred that they do
not consider Dalrymple a success-
, J, '""-''j Informer On Tom Murray
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"''Xhlrti H Car Express Files No
'; 'kt Claims For Reward.
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fit , i'STA
Lillian Gifih, of screen fame,
whose third romance seems to
have faded out. Jt was thought
she and George Jean Nathan, tho
critic, wero to wed. Now conies
the news she has gone to Holly
wood, while Mr. Nathan, who was
to write her scenarios, takes a
position In New York.
CATTLE RUSTLERS
E
fiend, Or., Aug. 25. What mny
result In the uncovering of a
cattle rustlers clique according fo
officers, was started yesterday
when sheriff's deputies visited
the John Ilclfrich ranch, onr-
mlle southwest of llrothere to nr
reel Vnrny (Punk) Robinson am1
Ralph Whaley charged with steal
Ing a calf. The complaint a
signed by Kenneth Thompson.
Crook county cattleman. .
While seeking the men nt 'b'
Helfrich ranch (ieorge Riokoe
and L. A. W. Nixon, sheriffs dep
uties uncovered what seemed !o
indicate nn nltempt to conre.il
evidence of slaughter of cattle
Stokon returned to Rend for
search warrants nnd while in
town picked up the t wo men,
Robinson and Whaley, who are
said to have hn.uht In a load of
meat from the hig: desert ranch.
Having arretted the men nnd
lodged them In the county Jail.
Stokoc returned to the ranch
where he had left Nixon.
Search of the ranch which had
been rented by Helfrich to Mrs.
M. M. McKinlcy, Recording to of
fice!, revealed a number of hideM
on which the bramta had been
mutilated and two on which
brands while faint Bad not been
flcst royed. These two wer.!
brought to Rend and the cattle
men to whom they belong wen;
notified. They live In Crook coun
ty but until they Indicate wheth
er they will sign complaints
agnlnftt the two men, Robinson
and Whaley, their names are be
ing withheld by officlata.
full warden, nnd It Is likely that
they have recommended his re
moval," said ono stato official who
Is generally credited with being In
the governor's confidence,
Ilo pointed out that tho govern
or had publicly announced that he
would abide by tho decision and
recommendation of the committee.
In some quarters tho name of
Tom Word, former sheriff of Mult
nomah county and Inter a federal
secret service operative, was fre
quently mentioned as a logical suc
cessor to Dalrymple., Word Is a
demncrnt and his entire life has
been given to work with criminals.
(Continued on Para Baven)
Medford, Aug. 25 rhillip Car
son, the young man who trapped
Tom Murray, escaped convict, at
Ccntralla, Waah., last Friday and
who entered a claim for tho $1000
reward offered by Governor
Pierce, left Ashland this morning
on his way to the south, according
to local police.
Travel stained and weary, Carson
dropped off a freight train In Ash
land last night and called on Roy
Parr, deputy game warden, asking
for food and perm lesion from
Southern Pacific officials to con
tinue his trip by freight. Curson
was given a meal, and while no
official permission was given him
to continue his journey, the police
declare he left for the south on a
freight train early this morning.
To the officers Carson Intimated
that he was going to remain near
the Mexican border for a time.
In a statement to Roy parr.
previous to his departure, Car
son said he was not fleeing from
tho state through fear of trouble
but was called to California on
business. Ho branded as false re'
ports that Murray's capture was
due not to him but to the activl
tins of the authorities at Centra
I in.
No atlonipt to bring Phillip C.iv
.son, Informer on Tom Murray
back hero for tho trial of Mur
ray and hts partners, EIImvoi th
(Continued on Pngo I''our
UNCLE SAM 10
Hwunipscolt, Mass., Aug. 25
(A I') Further indications that
tho federal government will make
no move to prevent suspension of
anthracite operations next Tues
day wero given today at tho sum
mer White House, President Cool
idge has been assured that (here
will be sufficient fuel to meet all
needs of tho public even If the
mines should close down and It
waa Indicated that the govern
ment would confine its activities
to assisting in the provision of an
adequate Kitj-ply.
The president Is receiving no new
official Information regarding the
anthraclto situation, although he
In keeping tabs on developments
through tho press. Ilo followed
with particular inteit'st tho recent
conference of New Knglaiid gov
ernors and rejoiced it the slatC'
ment made by John Hays Ham
mond former chairman of tho coal
commission that there Is no danger
of a fuel shortage.
Kver since that It became ap
parent that anthraclto miners and
operators would bo unahlo to ngrec
on a new wage scale, Indications
havo boon given that tho ndmlnls
tnition would tnko to hand the
controversy. If suspension should
develop, It Is probable that Mr.
Coolidge will keep In touch with
tho situation through Secretaries
Hoover and Davis and other offi
cials in close contact with the In
dustry, but Is not likely to call
representatives of either the op
orators or miners hero for a con
for en ce.
Postal Clerk Suicide
Honolulu. Aug. 25. John R
Nichols, a postal employ at
Schofieid barracks, shot and Kill
ed himself with an army revolver
yesterday In tho sub-pontorilc
while officials wero checking up
Nichols nccounU, tho Insured
malls. His homo was in -Lorain.
Ohio.
Vesuvius Eruntint?.
Naplcn, Italy, Aug. 2fi. (A. P.)
Alt. Vesuvius has resumed ex
Iraordlnary activity, the volcano
erupting great quantities of ashes
and lighting up tho whole country
side at night. Authorities at the
volcanic observr.tory, however, ex
pressed the rpinlon thnt no great
danger it imminent.
Murray's Father, Mother
And Sister Promise To
Stay With Him To End;
Grand Jury Acts.
Heavily guarded by offi
cers from the penitentiary
Kllsworlli Kelloy. ono of the
three convicts who shot their
way out of tho prison here
recently, was taken by auto
mobile from the prison to the
point In the brush near I'rat
uin, eight miles cast of lieie,
this afternoon in an erfort to
locate the shotgun which (he
convlctH say they threw nway
there on the night of the es
caite. The authorities are working
on ilie theory that thin min
ing gun Is the one with which
Guard Jlolmaii was killed.
While condemning him for his
career of crime that culminated In
the killing of two prison guards
when he nnd two other convicts
shot their way out of the Oregon
penitentiary on the evening oC
August 12, the family of Tom Mur
ray, who leu the break from the
prison, will stick to him to the end.
Mr. and Mrs. James Murray
and their daughter, father, mother
and sister respectively of the des
perado, gave him this assurance
when they visited him this morn
ing In the death cell of the prison
to which he Is confined, according
to Deputy Warden LI I ley, who ac
companied them to tho ceil.
They remained with the youth
ful bandit for 20 or 2i minute.
Murray, the deputy warden said,
seemed principally concerned with
comforting his mother, and smil
ed and laughed and told them not
'"to worry," und "to forget all about
It."
I'pon their arrival from their
home at Fort lilakely. Wash.,
near Sc.it tie, tho members oC
the family first went to Interview
Governor Piereo, and when Inform
ed that lie was out of town wont
directly to the prison.
When Mr. nnd Mrs. Murray left
the penitentiary they asked per
mission to visit Tom Murray
again this afternoon for a short
time and were advised that they
could do so. They had not regis
tered at any local hotel, and at
tempts to locate them were un
availing.
;i-and .Jury To Act
While Murray was visiting with
(Continued on Page Seven)
SINCLAIR GUIS
GASOLINE PICES
New York, Ai'.g. 25. (A. P.) i
lU'dui'dons in thu urlco of gnsoltne
rmiKi:K from two cents a gulton
lo a linlf cent huve been an
nounced by the SliK-Wiir Oil & lto
fining company nnd Standard Oil
compitniea. The two-cent cut waa
innile by the Sinclair company lu
middle western states to meet a
similar announcement by tlio
standard Oil of I ml hum last night.
The Sinclair company also postid
a cut of a cent In the price oC
kerotiene tn the same territory.
The Standard Oil company of
New Jersey dropped Its price hnlt
a cent a gallon on gasollno
throughout Itn entire territory.
Tills was the fourth reduction an
nounced this mouth by this com
pany. The new prico will bo 16
cents a gullon In Now Jersey, Bal
tloro and Washington, D. C, and,
17 cents in other pnrta ot tho ter
ritory Including Maryland. Vir
ginia, West Virginia and North
ad South Carolina.
The Tidewater company, tha
(lulf company nnd others cut gaso
line a halt cent In their territory.
GET $.1,000 W ROBBERY
Danville. III.. Aug. 25. -Floyd
Itee.l, vice-president, nnd Earl
Jlyrant, cashier of the American
nto bank of St. Hcrnico, Ind.. 40
les fouthenst o: lioro, wero ncin
early todny enroute irom
,.. ln,1 with IhA ill. 00
lyroll of the Chicago, Milwaukee
ot Pmii rriifnnil. Kive masked
men In A motorcar held up the
hnnl: officials taking them into
cornfield. The robbers shot the
tha bankers' car full
lot hole.