C apilBOaUouLnial
CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution for the
month ending May 31, 1829
10,284
Average daily net paid 9,913
Mrmbtt Audit Bureau of Circulations
FAIR
with some cloudiness tonight and
Friday, warmer tonight Gentle rar
lable winds.
Local: max. 69; min, 50: win 0:
river 3.5 feet; part clear; west wind
42nd YEAR, No. 147
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1929
PRICE THREE CENTS S?5?.S?.4WS
turn man meate
IElL
MAN HUNT FOR
ESCAPED TEXAS
PRISONERS ON
Three Guards at Prison
Farm Kidnaped and
Barracks Unlocked .
Five Recaptured Early,
Balance Scatter Along
Brazos River Bottoms
Brazoria, Tex. (JPh-Twenty-nine
of the 43 convicts who kidnapped
three guards and escaped from the
demons prison farm here Thurs
day were still at large this after
noon. Five were captured shortly after
the break, two of them being shot.
seven were taken near Retrieve
farm, east of here, and two were
takn Into custody near Sweeney.
Brazoria, Tex. (fPt Five of the 43
convicts who kidnapped three
guards and escaped at the demons
state prison farm, early Thursday,
had been recaptured at noon.
Two of them were shot by a cattle
man who had been aroused by a
negro whose car had been confis
cated by the convicts. They were
not badly hurt and were returned
to the i 'son farm.
Posses with bloodhounds were
ran Kin tt through the Brazos bottom
lands Thursday afternoon, on the
trail of the fugitives.
Brazoria, Tex., (ffh Forty four
convicts kidnaped three guards at
the Clements state prison farm near
here early Thursday and escaped.
A few hours later three of them
had ben recaptured, two of them
after they had been bhot by a cat
tleman living In this vicinity of the
farm. The others are believed to
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FIRE THREATENS
OIL TANKS NEAR
STATE SCHOOL
The acroech of lire truck sirens
and clouds of black smoke rolling
skyward drew a crowd of several
hundred people to the oil storage
plant or the Willamette on Bur
ner company In North Salem. Jus!
south and west of the state school
for the deaf at 1:30 o clock Thurs
day afternoon.
As near as the firemen could de
termine the blaze started from i
flame under a boiler used to heat
the oil In pumping It from the tank
cars Into the storage tanks, or from
the tanks Into the tank trucks. The
attendant, firemen reported, had
Just lit the fire under the boiler and
went out to turn the flow of oil on.
When he returned to the pump
house it was a mass of flames.
The damage was confined to the
pump house.
The plant Is operated by the Cap
Ital City Transfer Co.
HELD IN SLAVERY
Athens. Oa (IB W. D. Arnold,
owner of a peanut plantation, was
held under 10,000 bond on peonage
charges, here Thursday, after Claude
King, 28, father of four children,
had told officers an amazing story
of being held several years on Ar-
nolds plantation, virtually as i
slave.
King declared that on one occa
sion, he rsn away from the planta
tion an tried to arrange for the
escape of his family. He was caught
by two negros in Arnolds employ,
according to his story, brought back
to the plantation and beaten with a
strap for punishment.
King and three of the plantation
negroes are held as material wit
nesses. John Vanover, one of the
negroes, said he was flogged by a
white man while Arnold held a gun
upon him.
generaTpetTlTn
ELECTED JOACADEMY
Paris. IP Marshall Henri Phll
rppe Petain, commander-in-chief of
the French armies in 1917, was
elected Thursday to the French aca
demy by unanimous vote.
His election among "the immor
tals'' fills the gap In military repre
sentation In the academy caused by
the death of Marshall Foch. Mar
shal Petain will occupy the chair of
Marshal Foch.
Good Evening!
DON UPJOHN
OFFERS
Sips for Supper
Wa nntifp thov hav xnirtal men
ingitis in jail in Portland. Now if
he can only be kept there.
When the call went out for every
visitor to take something to the
luncheon at the Scotch picnic our
old friend John Marr decided to
take his brother, according to ad
vices we have from Damon, the food
peddler.
The Rev. Stover spoke to the
local Lions recently on "The
Human Atmosphere." It seems
that the old halitosis auestion
will not down.
We wu rstand a. rush has start
ed on local hardware stores for 300
foot tape lines, so a man will know
how far to move his car under the
new downtown parking ordinance.
Under the new plan business Is
already stagnated, as now a man
must rush out every hour, and drive
his car y around the block be
fore going back and completing his
purchase while under the old sys
tem he could move It a couple of
feet. All this takes time and en
ergy and is exasperating to the
clerks.
Us and Roy Burton almost had a
tmashup this morning, starting our
cars around the block together and
both trying to make for the same
parking hole a block away.
Mayor Tom Livesley would have
made a hole in one out at the golf
course yesterday if he hadn't made
it in two.
Only 5200 bales of hops left in the
state, boys. Better hurry up and
buy your bale now if you vant to get
on another batch before hop picking
time.
Leave it to us to be always boost
ing our home industries.
Now that Mrs. Hoover has served
tea to the wife of a colored con
gressman no doubt the south will
swing back solid for the democrats
at next election.
Perhaps Charlie McNary will re
fuse to cut his Commercial street
wild oat crop to keep the market
stabilized.
BOULDER DAM
ORDER EXPECTED
Washington (JP) Information at
the White Kouse Thursday indicated
President Hoover Friday would is
sue the necessary order to place
the Swing-Johnson Boulder Can
yon dam act in full effect.
Under terms of the act a six
months' period was provided to per
mit negotiations with a view of
Colorado river basin states forming
a seven-state compact.
This lime will expire Friday. No
agreement has been reached and
the law now provides that the states
may proceed with a view of estab
lishing a sir-state compact.
Arizona has been the dissenting
state. Recent conferences in Wash
ington failed to work out a plan
acceptable to it.
400 CANDIDATES
FOR FARM BOARD
Washington (Pi More than 400
names have been tubmltted to
President Hoover for the eight
places on the federal farm board
Some members of congress have
suggested as many as four names
each, while large numbers have been
received from farm organizations
and individuals.
The l esident is giving coiv itera
tion to all and he has arranged to
take Secretary Hyde to Virginia for
a week end fishing trip to discuss
the situation.
Heflin, Jr., Denies
Use of Drugs Caused
Crash; Was Drinking
Washington (UP) James Thomas Heflin, Jr., son of
the democratic senator from Alabama, denied to the United
Press Thursday he had used narcotics as chanted by Wash
irrgton police. Heflin, waiting in the bondsman's office to
be callerd next door to police court
to face the charge, said:
"I drank about a Dint of grain
alcohol mixed with two part of
ginger ale at a party with some
boys and girls In an apartment
Wednesday and that's all that was
wroni with me when I ran into
RECESS TAKEN
BOTH HOUSES
OF CONGRESS
Only Senate Finance
Committer Handling
Tariff on Guard
Vigorous Debate on Pro
hibition and Debenture
Closes Special Session
Washington VP) The Senate
finance committee stood guard in
the heat of a Washington summer
at the deserted capitol Thursday
to toil over the mass of figures in
volved In the pending tariff meas
ure while the other members of
congress enjoy a vocation.
For two months the committee
with hear witnesses and work over
the voluminous tariff measure pass
ed by the house and then the sen
ate will return August 19 to be
gin sonsideration of this last rec
ommendation of President Hoover,
remaining to be acted upon at the
special session.
The .ecess was taken last night
after a day of vigorous debate in
the senate revolving principally
about prohibition and a few hours
of discussion in the house over the
adbinistratlon proposal to postpone
the maturity date of the $400,000
French war supplies debt.. The lat
ter was approver by both chambers
before adjournment.
The senate prohibition debate
hinged on the resolution of Senator
Jones, republican, Washington, pro
posing appointment ox a joint con
gressional committee, as requested
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YOUTHS FOUND
DEAD IN AUTO;
KILLED BY GAS
Klamath Falls, Ore., (flV-MIlford
McMillan, 21, and James Parkinson,
21, were found dead Thursday in
the back seat of their sedan. Physi
cians who examined the bodies said
the youths were victims of carbon
monoxide gas. The engine of the
car was running when the pair was
iound.
The weather was unseasonably
cold last night and the two men
apparently decided to close the win
dows of the car and leave the motor
running to obtain warmth. The poi
sonous fumes from the engine over
came them as they slept.
McMillan operated a trucking
business In the Bly region and was
prominently Identified with the log
ging industry. The couple had come
to Klamath Falls to attend a car
nival. About 2 ajn. they drove up to
Bunnell s auto camp ground and
stopped. It is thought they intended
to have a short sleep before start
ing out on the long drive to Bly.
PAY $4000 FOR
SHOTS ON SUSPICION
Noblesvllle, Ind. (IP) Firing at
three men they thought were rum
runners, cost Charles Gooding, for
mer sheriff, and his deputies 4,-
000.
The money was paid as damages
to the three men wounded by the
officers. Harry Butterworth re
ceived $2,000 and Herbert Ncwlin
and Wendell Hessong $1,000 each.
Hefsong now is serving a prison
term for writing threatening letters
to wealthy persons here.
Suits against the former officers
were filed by the three men and
settlement made out of court.
truck at Seventh and Pennsylvania
avenue.
"I was driving across Seventh and
Pennsylvania avenue when the cop
flashed a stop sign against me,"
young H?llln said.
a1" (Concluded on pin 11. "column 7
Mrs. Gann Wins
Place at Head
Of Esme9 8 Table
Washington, (jP Mrs. Ed
ward Everett Gann, the offi
cial Wee-presidential hostess,
whose social rank was dis
puted several - weeks ago,
Thursday Bight will be hon-'
red guest of the dean of the
diploma tie corps.
She will be seated on the
right of her host. Sir Esme
Howard, the British Ambassa
dor. She will outrank diplo
mats, cabinet members and
senators. Sir Esme baa Invit
ed about 40 guests. In honor of
Vice-President Curtis, Mrs.
Gann and Mr. Gann, to the
last entertainment at the em
bassy this summer.
A social secretary at the
embassy said that the am
bassador baa not yet made
known any decision as to
where Mr. Gann shall be
placed. Vice President Curtis
will have the place of honor
beside the hostess. Lady Isa
bella. WEALTHIEST OF
EX-BACHELORS
DIES AT RESORT
Yonkers. N. Y. 0P Alexander
Smith Cochran, chief owner of the
Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet
company, In Yonkers, died at 2 o
clock Thursday morning at Saranac
lake, where he went last Friday to
regain hU health. j
Mr. Cochran, once regarded
the richest bachelor in America, was
a philanthropist and his benefac
tions were many, rie was a yacnt
ing enthusiast and fifteen years ago
built the Vanltie, a contender for
the honors of racing S.r Thomas
Upton's Shamrock. He was the
husband of Ganna Walska, whom
he divorced.
Mr. Cochran was about. S3 years
old. He had a residence in New
York city, a winter home In Calif
ornia, and In 1916 purchased a mil
lion dollar estate in Colorado, in
former years he spent much time
in Europe, mostly in Paris.
Wide publicity came to Mr. cocn-
ran through 4its short-lived romance
with Oana Walska, piisn prima
donna, who later became the wife
of Harold F. McCormlck of Chicago.
Mr. Cochran and the singer were
married secretly In Paris in 1920.
The wedding was a great surprise
on both sides of the Atlantic tar
Mr. Cochran, the former, "most
eligible bachelor" had become known
as a "confirmed bachelor."
In less than a year there were
rumors that the romance had been
shattered, with stories of prospec
tive divorce suits by both. The pro
ceedings finally were instituted by
Mr. Cochran and he was granted a
decree by the Paris courts in June,
1922 . The grounds upon which the
divorce was granted were not made
known tefinltely, nor was the finan
cial settlement made by Mr. Coch
ran to the singer.
RUMRUNNERS
VESSELSOUGHT
Windsor, Ont., Wj United States
customs officials Thursday were
seeking a gang of rum runners from
east side Detroit whom they accuse
of attacking a customs patrol boat
No. 4104, off the downtown water,
front of Detroit Wednesday morn
ing. Several shots struck the prow
of the patrol boat but none of Its
crew was nit.
Running fight ensued as tlx cus-
toma men returned the fire and
started In pursuit. The rum-runners,
keeping up their fire, escaped Into
Canadian waters when tile patrol
boat abandoned the chase at tne in
ternational line.
The ram boat was described as a
mahogany-colored craft with a wide
white stripe above the water line.
"This particular boat Is the most
dangerous on the river," Walter 8.
Petty, acting collector of customs at
Detroit, said. "Once we have cap
tured It a lot of our troubles will be
over. We have enough men and our
boats are fast enough to do that,
SINCLAIR LOSES
$200,000 DAMAGES
Denver. Colo. U" Upton Sinclair
widely known socialistic novelist,
has lost the first case ever brought
in a United States court where the
tubject of a biography based a suit
against a newspaper on a review of
the book.
Sinclair-ful the Rocky Mountain
News of this city for 2O0,0OO. claim
ing that Rs review of a book by
Floyd Bell entitled "Upton Sinclair,
a study In social protest," had in
jured him to that extent.
SEVEREST HEAT
WAVE IN YEARS
SIZZLES LAND
From Coast to Coast, Ex
cept Northwest, Hot
test June Weather
Fatal Electrical Storms
Fail to Bring Relief-
Many Prostrations
New York (JP) From coast to
coast, virtually the entire country
Thursday continued in the grip of
the severest June heat wave in years.
In the east, disastrous electric
al storms that caused many deaths
brought a drop of 20 degrees In tem
perature at some points but the
mercury again began a steady climb.
On tl.e Pacific coast, from San
Francisco south, and In the mid
west the highest temperatures for
June in years were experienced.
In New York the temperature rose
to 92 degrees, the Highest in the
weather bureau's annals for the
date, and but flight relief was af
forded in the late afternoon by a
brief thunder shower.
The electrical storm was espec
ially severe in Pennsylvania where
lightning bolts killed four persons,
put power lines out of commission
and damaged barns and trees.
Temperatures In the storm area
dropped ten to twenty degrees but
alter a few hours started to rise
again. At Reading the temperature
dropped from 97 degrees to 65 but
in the next two hours climbed again
to 74.
The temperature at Newark, N,
J., rose to 94 degrees. In upper
(Concluded on page 11, column 7)
CHOLERA BREAKS
OUT IN FLOOD
STRICKEN INDIA
Syhlet, Assam, British India (IP)
Acute distress prevailed today
through the Syhlet and Cachar dis
tricts where flood waters were ris
ing two feet daily and communi
cation with the tea gardens was
cut off.
The suddenness of the floods
created a panic among the villag
ers living along the riversides, they
being forced to abandon their cat
tle and property and flee to the
hills. The Dhalabt valley was flood
ed and at Bhanugach the trolley
line was broken and a number of
deaths were reported.
To add to the terrors or tne
flood cholera has broken out over
an area of 5.500 square miles pop
ulated by 1,750.000 people. Thou
sands were starving in Kan man -ganj
where an area of 1,068 square
miles was affected and cholera was
at Its worst.
The resources of Syhlet were al
most exhausted with its women
making house to house collections
and even servants contributing. The
relief committee operating from ten
centers needed as a minimum ten
lakhs rupee (about $2,000. Sir
Laurie Hammond, governor of As
sam wired his personal contribu
tion. CONTRACTS LET
FOR 162 PLANES
Washington (P) Contracts for
12 new airplanes for the army air
corps. Involving an expenditure of
approximately $3,000,000 were a
warded Thursday by the war de
partment. Nineteen of 'the planes, of new
pursuit type, were ordered from the
Boeing Airplane company 01 Seat
tle, Wash.
Of the remaining 12 planes, 42
will be Curtlss observation planes
and 28 will be Curtlss attack planes.
Two others, bl-motored three-seated
monoplanea of the observation
type, will be manufactured by tne
Pokker company of Ha'brouck
Heights, N. J. The remaining plane
will be a two-seater pursuit type
manufactured by the Berliner-Joyce
Aircraft corporation of Baltimore.
The war department al'o announ
ced award of a contract to the
Douglas corporation of Santa Mon
ica- California, tgor tne construe
tlon of 20 army advance training
airplane to cost 260.000 for use
of national guard units.
The planes will be equipped with
Liberty motors and one plane will
be assigned to each national guard
aviation unit to be slavered early
n the fall.
BISHOP CLEANED
8EK ROB K
Gambling
gta KB 9
IN BUCKET SHOP
New York (AP) New
printed lengthy accounts of
James Cannon, Jr., bf the Methodist Episcopal church, south,
leader or tne anti-amim lorces
chairman oi tne Anu-aaioon league'
legislative committee at Washing
ton.
The transactions were with the
now bankrupt brokerage firm of
Kabie and Co., the oil leers of wnich
are under Indictment for using the
malls to defraud. The firm's books
indicate that between August 14,
1927, and April 30, 1928, Bishop
Cannon with an Investment of $2,
500 bought and sold stocks at prices
running into five and six figures.
Had he closed his account before
the firm's books were seized he
would have made $6,100.
So far he has made nothing and
is out his $3,500. The ledger shows
purchase of $158,254.92 and sales of
$66,000 In one month alone.
The World, which printed a fac
simile of the ledger sheet carrying
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IDAHO BANDITS
GET STIFF TERMS
FOR KIDNAPING
Lewlston, Idaho UP) Three men
who pleaded guilty to abducting
Lieutenant Governor W. B. Klnne,
were sentenced to terms ranging
from 10 to 15 years, and the fourth
member of the gang, the "baby"
was sentenced to serve one to 26
years.
District Judge Miles Johnson ar
ranged the sentences so that the
five members of the band, who con
fessed their part in the robbery and
abduction of Klnne and two other
men, would not have a chance to
"get together" again for a long time.
The sentences Imposed follows:
Albert Reynolds, 20, Metaline
Palls, Wash.. 12 to 25 years.
Prank Lane, 21, Red Mound, Wis.,
11 (4 to 25 years.
Gnglof Snysland, 21, Tolna, N. D
10 to 25 years.
Robert Livingston, 18, Alabama,
one to 25 years.
The fifth prisoner, George Nor
man, 37, Seattle, who was said by
members of the band to have been
their leader, although not Involved
directly In the kidnaping, was sent
enced to serve one to two years as
an accessory after the fact.
POCKET VETO
KILLSJ79 BILLS
Sacramento. Cal., (JPh- At the
stroke of midnight Wednesday night
Governor C. C. Young dropped his
pen with the termination of the bill
signing period, after affixing his
signature to 18 more bills, bringing
the total for Wednesday to 40 and
the number for the entire legisla
tive session to 891.
When the time limit for acting
upon the measures had passed. Gov
ernor Young still rjad before him
179 bills which died by pocket veto.
Arrtfmg these were 53 senate bills
and 126 which originated in the as
sembly. A total of 1106 bills were
sent to the governor by tne legisla
ture, this number being one less
than those submitted at the prev
ious session. Governor Young signed
898 bills at the former bill-signing
period, or seven more than were
ratified this year.
LONE MADUATE
GETS CLASS HONORS
Lancaster, Mass. iPt The Lan
caster high school class of 1929,
consisting of John Samuel Gilmore,
Is to be graduated Thursday night
in the town hall. Indications are
for a capacity audience.
The occasion of John Samuel be
ing the lone star or his class is due
to the fact that all hts former clas
mates are graduating from other
high schools principally in Leomin
ster and Clinton.
After an overture by an orches
tra, and invocation by a local pas
tor, John Samuel will read the class
history. The Lancaster girls' glee
club will then sing, after which Gil
more will read an essay on chem
istry. Later he will present the class
class gift which will be accepted by
the chairman of the school com
mittee and then will be presented
with his diploma.
The exercises will conclude with
a reception by the full clas mem
bership, John Samuel Gilmore himself.
62? K SB . flB
In Stocks
fitt (&H iSfX afl?
York newspapers Thursday
dealings in stocks bv Bishop
m the democratic party and
QUIZ SKIPPER.
ABOUT WRECK
OFTHE LAUREL
Portland. Ore.. OPV Thoroughly
rested from the experiences of his
more than 80 hour "last watch"
aboard his charge, the wrecked
steamer Laurel, Captain Louis John
son today was quizzed for more than
three hours in the offices of Cap
tain N. H. Anderson, marine super
intendent oi the uuaicer Steamship
Line.
After Captain Johnson emerged
from the office with Captain An
derson, he told newspapermen that
ne was reeling fine. Captain Ander
son said that no official statement
concerning the wreck had been pre
pared. An Investigation Into the wreck
was being conducted by United
States Steamboat Inspectors Edt
hoffen and Wynn. The investiga
tion will probably last for several
days.
The Laurel in the meantime has
been declared a total constructive
Joss by underwriters and will be
abandoned as soon as such action
can be undertaken.
Most of the survivors of the Ill-
fated craft have reported to the
local office of the Quaker Steam
ship Line and are ready to go back
to sea, with the exception of Rob
ert Haley, oiler. Haley has been
wrecked on the northside of the
Columbia river three times, he said
and added: "I ain't going back."
pigeonhf.ro
ofwar dies
Washington, WV-Offlclal Infor
mation has been received by the
war department from Fort Mon
mouth. New Jersey, telling of the
death there of "President Wilson,"
one of the army's carrier pigeon he
roes.
The report was of a formal char
acter and was carefully filed In the
archives with the birds record in
Prance, which shows that the pigeon
was bred In Prance of unknown
pedigree and was considered of great
vitality ana speed.
He saw his first service with the
tank corps in 1918 and was later
used in the Meuse-Argonne often
sive. During Intensive action No
vember 5, 1918, he was liberated at
Grand Pre with an important mes
sage. Twenty-five minutes later he
arrived at his destination twenty-
five miles distant with one leg shat
tered, his breast pierced by a bullet,
but tne message still intact on
ligament of the torn leg.
The bird will be stuffed and
mounted for display at Port Mon
mouth.
MAY McAVOY TO WED
Los Angeles, (LP) Wedding bells
will ring next Wednesday for May
McAvoy, screen actress. She will be
married to Maurice G. Cleary, In
vestment broker, at the church of
the Good Shepherd in Hollywood,
the Rev. Michael P. Mulllns, "movie
chaplain," officiating.
Youth, Unaware That
Brother Had Drowned
Finds Body in River
Independence The body of Patrick Henry Flyh, four
years and six months, accidentally drowned in the slough
north of here, was also accidentally recovered by a brother,
Henry Flyh, 15, who discovered the remains while swim
ming and- in ignorance of the little fellow's death.
The family, which is a large one, was engaged in the
hopyard. rrf workln. In two- a Mtab.
panics e" oua,u
was with the other and his absence
was not noted until evening. Un
aware of the drowning, Henry Flyh
went swimming In the slough and
felt something, he first believed to
be a sack or an animal, with his
feet Reachlni Into the water he
brought up the body of his brother.
The Flyh family came to In
dependence from Lincoln county
CONFESSION OF
KILLING MADE
BY PROFESSOR
Accused College Prof
Makes Damaging Ad
missions to Officers
Admits Killed Girl Be
cause She Kept Beg
ging for Cocaine
Columbus, Ohio IW The Colum
bus Dispatch, in Its final edition
Thursday, says Dr. James B. Snook,
deposed state university profess sr.
has confessed to the murder of.
Theora Hix, co-ed in the college of
medicine, whose body was found on
the New York Central rifle range)
here last Friday.
The Columbus Citisen, in its final
edition, says it is reliably under
stood that officials have In their
possession a complete confession
Iron. Dr. Snook.
Columbus, Ohio OP) A corps of
Investigators continued hammering
at Dr. James H. Snook Thursday,
fessor. real clues to the killing of
Theora Hix, co-ed in the college of
in the hope of gathering from th
deposed Ohio State university pro
medic line.
The din of questions began latv
yesterday. There was a brief re
spite for breakfast Thursday. Then
the barrage was resumed witn tn
be-spectacled Snook weakened and
distraught and responding Inco
herently. Miss Hix's mutilated body was
found on the New York Central
rifle range here last Friday. Thsj
following day. Dr. Snook, who ad
mitted he occupied a north; id
love nest" with her, was arrested.
Snook, according to investigators.
has admitted he was with the girl
Thursday night, the night she was
killed; that he gave her a key to
their room which later was found
In his possession, and that on Fri
day he burned some of the girl's
Concluded on pag 10, column fl) .
TOM MIX LOSES
VALET IS HELD
Portsmouth, N. H UP) Cal Fry
dcndahl, valet of Tom Mix. motion
picture actor, was arrested Thurs
day, after Mix had reported to ths
police U' a a bag containing cash
and securities valued at $75,000 had
been stolen from a private car in
which he is traveling with the Sells
Floto circus.
The circus gave performances here
Wednesday and Mix told the police,
that on returning to the car after
the night show he discovered that
the bag, which was hidden In a sec
ret compartment under his berth was
missing.
Frydcndahl was arrested after an
Investigation and was held on sus
picion. No trace of the missing bag
or its contents was discovered. Mix
told the police that the bag contain
ed $7,100 In cash and $35,000 worth
of Liberty bonds. $35,000 In credit
slips, $4,000 in bankers checks and
several thousand dollars worth of
other securities. The motion picture
actor said that a Jewel case contain
ing diamonds valued at $65,000 was
overlooked by the thieves.
,ilomst,,VM on the Kiuvr
farm north of Independence. Be
sides the parents there are surviv
ing five brothers and one sister,
Frank 17; Harry, 15; Bona Belle.
13; James, 11; Michael. 10 and Fos
ter, two.
Funeral services will be held trcn
the Kecrry Chanel Priday morning
at 10 o'clock with Interment In the
I. O. O. F. cemetery.