In
C apitelmJoiiirnsil
CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution to? the
month ending Ji'ne 90, 1928
10,243
Average dally net paid 0.851
Member Audit Bureau of Glrculttlons
PAIR
Tonight and Friday, but cooler.
Moderate westerly wind.
Local: Max., M; Mln.. tt; no
rain: river, -1.4 feet; over.ast; aouth
wind.
42nd YEAR, No. 170
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929
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8 SLEEPING
PASSENGERS
DIE III WRECK
Train Plunges Through
Bridge Into Swollen
Creek Near Denver
Victims Are Trapped in
Berths of Pullman In
Raging Torrent
Denver, (fiP) Trapped In a sub
merged sleeper of the Chicago Rock
island and Pacific railroad flier, in
a creek made a torrent by a cloud
burst, at least eight persons were
dead following a wreck Thursday
near Stratton, Colo. Searchers who
sought recovery of the victims re
ported that possibly as many- as
fourteen were in the car. One report
said twenty were dead.
Led by Coroner Orln P. Penny of
Kit Carson county, workers Thurs
day drilled through the top of the
submerged sleeper as waters started
to recede. Eight bodies had been re
covered at 2:30 p.m.
Other searchers were dragging the
flood waters of the creel and nearby
bodies of water all of which form
ed a lake after the cloudburst, seek
ing other bodies.
From an airplane which was sent
with reporters to the spot, the
wreck presented a scene of a heap
of coaches tossed like huge black
sticks, and rearing In grotesque
positions over several hundred yards
of track. v
One sleeper, that one that was
passing over the bridge when it
collapsed, was smashed into two sec
tions, hurling some of its sleeping
occupants into the waters of the
Hooded stream.
The huge concrete abutments of
the bridge that sent the coaches
plunging In all directions were
smashed like glass by the terrific
Impact of the coaches against them
when the rushing water beneath the
bridge had done Its work of under
mining. According to a report received by
the Denver Post from its Stratton
correspondent, the train plunged
through a weakened bridge and two
of the pullmans of the all-pullman
train were submerged In the creek
bed. First reports stated that twelve
persons were known to have been
drowned and there were reports that
this number probably would ln
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DEVASTATING
FOREST FIRES IN
WASHINGTON
Spokane tTP) Whimsical winds
Thursday governed devastating for
est fires In two counties north of
here, although 150 men were fight
ing the blazes, which already had
consumed two mills, 400 acres of
standing timber and 1,000,000 feet
of cut logs. The total loss was more
than $100,000.
Forestry officials said the fate of
at least one large logging camp, a
summer resort, and valuable stand
of timber depends upon the wind.
One of the fires Thursday, burned
up through a canyon eight miles
north of Colvllle, Wash. Its flames
had men :ed the town Wednesday
night, after razing two saw mills
valued at $30,000, but a shift In the
wind .changed its course after 300
acres had been seared.
Lumber and timber worth $70,000
had been devoured, but fifty men
were checking the fire Thursday,
Fire Warden John Jugent reported.
In Pend Oreille county to the
eastward, 100 men were believed to
have stemmed a surge of fire which
licked up 200 acres of standing tim-
her on Indian creek. Cut logs to
talling 1,000,000 feet had been bad
ly damaged. The fate of more
valuable yellow pine depended on
the winds. Neither fire threatened
ft town Thursday.
YOUTH WALKS INTO
PLANE PROPELLER
Portland, U" Ted Wolssenberger,
M, Spokane, lost hla right band and
reoelved aerJoiu Injuries about the
shoulder lata Wednesday at 8wan
Island airport when he walked Into
a wing-propeller of a tri-motored
plane.
The plane, owned by the Mamer
Air Service, was being warmed up
for take-off to Spokane when
Wolssenberger walked Into the right
wing propeller.)
Good Evening!
DON UPJOHN
OFFERS
Sips for Supper
The mere presence of poison oak
a a tramp In the country may
cause serious results, says a bulle
tin by the state board of health.
In that event we suggest driving
the tramp out of the country and
getting rid of the trouble at the
source.
Delegates to these conventions no
more than get together before they
begin quarelling about their next
meeting place. Aren't they ever
satisfied?.
A young woman was telling -us
that freckles are the hard
est things she knows 4 to get
off her face. Evidently she's
never had any fried egg dry on
her upper lip.
Down In Marshfleld a cat was
born with human hands and a
great to do has been made over it.
From some letters we receive we've
known of a lot of cats with human
hands around here.
TROUBLE IN SOUTH SALEM
Joe Baker and Arch Shumaker
own a cherry tree between them
standing on the dividing line of
their property on Lafelle street with
an agreement each to pick his cher
ries right up to the line. This
year Arch started to pick his cher
ries and yellow Jackets from a nest
on Joe's side drove him out of the
tree. They left it up to Charley
Cannon to arbitrate and Charley
decided Joe put the yellow Jacket's
nest, in ,ie tree on purpose to keep
Arch from the cherries. But what
we can't figure out is how Joe is
going to get his own cherries.
Ivan Farmer accused us attain
this morning of going around with
the top of a sock - down over our
shoe. Well, doggone It, Ivan, half
the girls in town go around with
out any socks at all, and we guess
we have a right to have ours down
over our shoe If we want to.
"Scotty" the 1 circulation man,
says that Bud Stutesman's Idea for
holding up socks without garters
is the bunk. Scotty's recipe is to
turn the top half of the sock down
into the sock and shove the sock
onto the foot that way. He cays
wiu noia against all odds.
And Charley Bishop hopped
us this, morning for these garter
less recipes saying his garter busi
ness has dropped off 25 ner cent
since we began giving out advice
on the subject.
There's even sadness in trvine
to oe a public benefactor.
ATTEMPT TO KILL
MIKLAS FRUSTRATED
Vienna, (P) An attempt against
tne life or president Mlklas of Aus
tria was frustrated Thursday with
the arrest of a man giving his name
as Anton Leitner, a tailor's ssutant.
Lletner was stated by the police
to have admitted he was seeking to
ambush the president near the gate
ox the foreign office.
The man loitered near the gate
with a loaded revolver In his pocket
for some time. Finally his suspicious
actions caused a police investigation
and he was arrested.
It was first thought that he was
planning to assassinate Chancellor
Steeruwltz.
MODERATOR NAMED
Albany, (LP) Dr. A. W. Lewis, pas
tor of the Bend Presbyterian church
was elected moderator of the 39th
annual session of the synod of Ore
gon here Wednesday at the opening
01 an eigni aay convention.
Prohi Agents Settle
For Damage Done in
Raid Upon Convent
Los Angeles (UP) Dry raiders who broke into a con
vent of Mexican refugee nuns have been compelled to pay for
the door they battered down,-District Attorney Buron Fitts
announced Thursday.
An apology has been sent the sisters and the Rev. Jose
TVttwl nulir nf th. Church of
Our Lady of Ouadaloupe. in whose
school the nuns teach. Pitta said.
The raiders, led by Sergeant O.
L. Cluldera of the district attor
ney's office, had no search warrant,
it waa admitted. Captain Clyde
Plummer, head of the office's liquor
squad, asserted the officers went to
the suburb of Belvedere, where the
convent Is located, solely on a "tip"
from a Belvedere constable that a
stiU waa In operation at an address
on Plsher street The constable In
sisted he meant a grocery store,
but didnt know the correct address.
DOUGLAS POOL
PRUNES BRING
FAIICY PRICES
Rosenburg Bids in Big
Tonnage at 8 Cents
for 30-35s
Association Disposes of
2,318,250 Pounds in
. Strong Market -
Roseburg, Ore. VP) Sale of 2,
318,250 pounds of prunes to Ros
enburg Brothers and company, was
announced here by the Douglas
County Prune Growers' Coopera
tive association. The prunes were
purchased at the association price
of eight cents for 30-35 Italians and
cents for 30-35 Petites. The buy
ers also presented an agreement to
purchase all listings made prior to
0 p m., Friday, July 19-at an ad
vanced price of 8 14 cents for 30-35
Italians and 8 cents for 30-35
Petites.
The sale of the prunes followed
some keen bidding and price Jock
eying by several buying concerns.
Buyers' were paying 7 and 714
cents the same time the association
made its price of 8 and 8'& cents,
and declared the price too high and
no bids were received.
Rosenburg brothers, however,
took an option for one week on the
pool at tile association price, and
then paid $500 for an extension of
one week. During that period oth
er buyers boosted the price to 814
and 834 on several purchases outside
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HOYT TAKES. OFF
FOR ALASKA IN
PURSUIT PLANE
MltcheU Field, N. Y. (AV-Captain
Ross O. Hoyt, refueller of the army
endurance plane Question Mark,
took off for Alaska in a single seat
er pursuit plane at 2:38 p. m. day
light time, Thursday in an attempt
to make a flight of 8,460 miles
quicker than such a Journey was
ever completed before.
Captain Hoyt planned the flight
to demonstrate the - feasibility of
extending the present pursuit range
of army ships by increasing horse-
power and fuel capacity. The plane
has a high speed of 180 miles an
hour, but his schedule calls for av
erage flying speed of only 140.
The schedule also calls for re
fueling stops of one hour at Min
neapolis, Edmondton, White Horse
In the Yukon, and Fairbanks, Alas
ka, both coming and going, and
a six hour stop at no. e, Alaska
the point from which he will start
back.
IDENTIFY SKELETON
FOUND AT ESTAGADA
Oregon City, Ore. W The fkel
eton found on East Mountain, near
Estacada, July 7 by two university
of Oregon students, has been iden
tified as that of George GulUck-
son, 31, son of Mr. and Mrs, John
Gulllckson of Wood burn. The man
left his home in Canby three years
ago. Clothing and several articles
in his pockets provided Identified
.ton, the coroner said.
, Receiving no response at the con-
vent, the squad forced Its way In,
frightening the nuna. Childers said
the raiders retired at once with apol
ogies. The raid. It became known has
been ufider Investigation since June
13 when Father Oultterrea notified
the Right Rev. 3. J. Cantwell, bish
op of Los Angeles and San Dleg6,
of It The bishop had Isadora B.
Dockweller, prominent Los Angeles
attorney, bring the matter to Pitta'
attention.
Other Girl On
License Causes
Switch in Brides
Bin Moon tain, Mis, (IP)
G e r i e, Colonel Smith'
near hoosoboy, t going to
marry Uia and all becauaa
of a mistake of the colonel's.
George waa to have wedded
Hannah. When the colonel
started for town the other
day Georre asked him to get
the marriage license. The
colonel compiled.
"1 hope yon and Lisa will
be happy together." said
Colonel Smith as. he handed
George the legal docoment.
"Lisa?" exclaimed the
house boy, "I told you Han
nah, Colonel."
"Well, I'll get the license
changed," replied the colonel,
"but It wlU cost yon 13."
George considered the mat
ter a moment, then declared i
"Boss, 111 Jut keep this
license there ain't S3 dif
ference In them gals."
MORRIS GEST
TELLS OF WRECK
IN COLORADO
Denver, Colo. (IP) Morris Gest,
theatrical producer, a survivor of
the Rock Island wreck near Strat
ton, Colo., was quoted In the Den
ver Post Thursday in a description
of- what Gest termed the "most
frightful experience of my life."-
"I was sleeping in my stateroom
in the rear of the car when the
crash occurred," the Post quotes
Gest. "I was thrown oufof nqr bunk
and I found myself kneeling on the
side of the car. which, somehow,
had become the floor. The car was
on Its side. Above me were the win
dows. The early morning sun was
streaming in. The glass had been
smashed."
Gest, the Post story said, clamb
ered out the window to the side of
the car, part of it submerged but
his side of It resting on the bank
at an angle of 45 degrees.
"The car In front of mine had
completely disappeared," Gest con
tinued. "The one in front of that
was completely smashed. The one
next to the baggage car was hang
ing on the opposite bank.
"My car was tilted on its end so
that I was about even with the roof
of the car back of us.
"People were pouring out of the
coaches. I climbed over to the roof
of the car behind me and lowered
myself to the ground.
-'I wondered why I wasn't excited.
My attitude was that of an observer
rather than a participant In a fear
ful tragedy.
"Any minute now the screaming
and hysteria will begin, I thought
to myself but to my amazement I
was mistaken."
Gest said that most of the pas
sengers behaved with heroic calm.
YING AND WIFE
WILL RETURN
San Francisco (IP Ylng Kio,
Chinese vice consul here, and hi
wife, from whose baggage approxi
mately $500,000 worth of narcotics
was seized, are going back to China,
July 31. .
Confident that charges of opium
smuggling filed against them would
be dropped, the couple made reser
vations on the liner Korea Maru
They have promised leaders of
San Francisco Chinatown, how
ever, they will face trial in their
native land on charges similar to
those brought against them here.
It was said. Ylng Kao has been
recalled by his government.
Preliminary hearing of Ylng Kao,
his wife and Suen Foon, chancellor
of the consulate here, who was ar
rested with them, has been con
tinued until neat Monday because
customs officials are awaiting fur
ther Instructions from Washington
before proceeding further as the
case involves diplomatic technical
ities. DETROIT STRIKERS
CLASH WITH POLICE
Detroit Mich., U Fifteen men
were Injured when 700 striking em
ployes of the Murray Body corpora
tion and 1400 of their sympathizers
clashed with police reserves called
to the plant to disperse them. The
15 Injured men were arrested.
A squad of mounted and motor
cycle policemen rode through the
packed mobs of workers who quit
work Thursday morning In protest
against wage adjustments which
they claimed reduced their pay from
ten to 34 percent
Two company officials were in
jured In a minor disturbance Thurs
day morning.
CHINESE CRISIS
CAUSES GRAVE
APPREllBISIO;ii)i
Hoover Keeping Close
Watch on Events as
U.S. Interests Involved
Nanking and Moscow
Regimes Too Poor to
Stand War Expenses
Washington Vfi With mingled
feelings of apprehension lest war
be imminent In the Orient and hope
that armed hostilities may yet be
avoided, tne Washington govern-
ment is keeping close watch on the
rapidly developing controversy he
tween Russia and China.
Press dispatches and consular
advices from Manchuria are being
given detailed study In a search lor
the proper Interpretation of the
action of the soviet union In break
ing off diplomatic relations with
the Nanking government and what
it may presage.
While It was pointed out that
war, would not necessarily follow
and' circumstances were cited
which were regarded as virtually
compelling an amicable settlement,
it was generally agreed that the
diplomatic rupture had served at
best to add considerable gloom to
the outlook.
With Americas extensive far
eastern interests necessarily In
volved, the state department has
kept In constant touch with tne
situation since Its Inception a week
ago Thursday In the seizure of the
Chinese Eastern railway by , the
Chinese. President Hoover nil
self has followed developments with
an Interest Induced not only by tne
gravity of the situation, but by an
(Concluded on page 11, column 7)
ROBBER SLAIN
IN ATTEMPTING
THEATRE THEFT
Portland. Ore. un Identified by
his finger prints as Douglas E. Le
one, 35, once arrested in Los Angeles
as a suspected robber, a stocky,
sandy-haired bandit rested In the
morgue here Thursday, dead because
he made a drunken attempt to rob
the Portland theater. Leone waa
shot to death late Wednesday night
by two policemen after he had
traded shots with them in an at
tempt to escape with '4000 he had
taken from the theater manager.
An usher in the theater saw Le
one nans through the unguarded
entrance as the last show was in
progress. He made his way to the
manager's office and tne usner
caUed police.
Officers arrived as Leone was
leaving the safe-room with the mo
ney he had forced the manager to
give him.
Reeling through the door, Leone
opened fire on the policemen as
soon as he saw them. More than a
dozen shots were fired before Leone
was struck. The officers were unin
jured. The bandit died before he
could be taken to a hospital.
Police records here indicate that
Leone was arrested In Los Angeles
In 1926.
GERMAN FLIER
' ORDERED BACK
Berlin, (LP) Wolfgang Von Oro
nau, the German aviator who set
out on a mysterious flight from List
Auf Sylt, presumably bound for the
United States, was ordered by the
government Thursday to return to
Germany immediately.
Oronau landed at Reykjavik, Ice
land, Wednesday night after a flight
of 1000 miles from the Island of
Sylt He undertook the Journey In
a Domler Wal twin motored flying
boat the type used by the Spanish
aviator, Ramon Franco, In hla
trans-Atlantic flight to South Am
erica. Oronau is one of the directors of
the government flying school which
is under the supervision of the mm
Istry of transportation.
Reykjavik, Iceland, (IP) Ger
many's mystery flying boat, a huge
Dornler-Wal two motored machine
believed to be bound for the United
States from Sylt Island In the North
sea, waa being refueled and over
hauled for the next leg of It Jour
ney, presumably to Oreenland, It
arrived here at 1:32 pjn, Wednes
day night.
GOVERNORS SPURNmm
(trs em en ea erg bb ns xs
Wickersham Plan Of
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Y LAW CHANGE
New London, Conn. (AP)
conference Thursday refused to go on record as officially
approving or disapproving recommendations for reforms in
prohibition enforcement made in a letter from George W.
Wickersham, head of President Hoover's law enforcement
commission to uovernor namum
D. Roosevelt of New York. The let
ter was presented to the conference
Tuesday by Mr. Roosevelt
Eastern Point, Conn. (LP) It is
neither the constitutional nor
moral duty of the states to take
over entorcement of the Volstead
act within 'their borders, Governor
Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland de
clared In a statement concerning
the proposal for division of enforce
ment functions between the state
and federal governments laid be
fore the governors conference by
George Wickersham.
"It Is time for the country to
realize that the 18th amendment
imposes no obligation on the state
to enforce It, ' he suid.
"The amendment gives the state
concurrent Jurisdiction with the
federal government in that regard,
he continued, "but whether the
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PREMIER DOING
BEST TO SPEED
CUT IN NAVIES
London m Premier Ramtay
MacDonald told the House of Com
mons Thursday afternoon he was
doing his utmost to expediate naval
disarmament negotiations with the
United States so as to be able to
make an announcement on the
subject before parliament rises at
the end of the month. The premier
said, however, he was not sure this
would be possible.
The prime minister's statement
arose from prodding by Winston
Churchill, who wanted to know
whether MacDonald would make It
clear that "before' any Important
decision of policy reversing the na
val program for the present year"
"parliament would be Informed and
given an opportunity of expressing
Its opinion.
"Certainly not," replied the prime
minister. "The government . will
take Just the ordinary powers of
government In that respect. The
government will exercise its Judge
ment with full knowledge of Its re
sponsibilities to the house and be
yond that It Is lmposflbls to go at
the moment."
MacDonald characterized as "f
most unworthy suggestion" a ques
tion by Churchill whether It- was
to he understood that "a most
grave and Important decision of
this kind Is being withheld until
parlament was separated?"
FAMOUS CIRCUS
OPERATOR DEAD
West Berlin, N. J. WV-Chartes
Forepaugh, one of the founders of
the famous Forepaugh circus, died
Wednesday at the homo of his
daughters, Mrs. C. W. Matlack.
Fifty years ago he and his late
brother Adam were among the best
known showmen in the world. With
four other brothers and a sister, all
of whom are dead, they took the
Forepaugh circus all over the United
States and Europe.
Charles Forepaugh achieved Indi
vidual distinction as a lion tamer.
He is said to have been the first
trainer to place his head In a lion's
mouth. Originally, he and his bro
ther Adam, were In the horse trad
ing business in Philadelphia.
SAYS WICKERSHAM
LETTER A FEELER
Meredith, N. H., H) Miss Ada L.
Comstock, president of Radcliffe
college and the only woman member
of President Hoover's national law
enforcement commission, believe
that the proposals set forth by
George W, Wickersham, chairman
of the commtavlon, to the governors'
conference at New London, Conn.,
regarding prohibition enforcement,
are "Interesting and worthy of care
ful consideration."
She suggested that the Wicker
sham letter probably was In the na
ture of a "feeler" to find out what
the country thought about the plan
and said sh considered It probable
that similar questions would be rais
ed by the commission's spokesman
to obtain Uie benefit of the views
of others.
The 21st annual governors'
DEPOSITORS OF
CLOSED BANKS
TO GETMONEY
Atlanta, da. (LP) Bank failures In
two southern .states during recent
weeks have reached a total of 28.
The closing Wednesday of 15 Insti
tutions in southern Florida followed
the failure of five banks In Birm
ingham, Ala., during the past
month. Two of the Alabama banks
subsequently re-opened.
The usual summer financial de
pression, accentuated by the effect
of the Mediterranean fruit fly and
quarantine was blamed by bank of-
iiciais lor tne failure of 23 Florida
banks within the past two weeks.
Officials of the Citizens Bank and
Trust company of Tampa, whose ten
branch houses were among the in
stitutions closing, announced its de
positors would be paid in full. .
The First National bank of Tam
pa where most of the failures re
sulted, received (1,000,000 by air
plane from Atlanta, sent by the fed
eral reserve bank here. Officials of
other solvent Tampa banks said
plenty of funds were on hand.
State Comptroller Ernest Amos
was optimistic In his view of the
situation. He declared that al
though there was financial depres
sion to a certain degree all over the
state, "this Is the dark hour Just
before the dawn."
The closing of five banks In Bir
mingham Is being Investigated by a
grana jury, a sensation was caused
by the death of two bank officials
Immediately prior and following the
closing oi iwo oi tne Danxa.
Dr. A. W. Bell, president of the
wooaiawn savings bank, was
d rowed In the Coosa river, and John
R. Wallace, cashier of the Avondale
Bank and Trust company, died from
a bullet wound the day before the
bank closed.
I T0 14 YEARS
FOR BRIBERY
Los Angeles, (IP) Harold "Buddy"
Davis, chief deputy to former Dis
trict Attorney Asa Keyes, Thursday
was sentenced to serve from one to
fourteen years In San Quentln for
accepting a bribe.
Davis was found guilty of having
accepted $7500 to "ease up" on the
prosecution of Ed Rosenberg, a de
fendant in the conspiracy trial,
which followed the collapse of the
Julian Petroleum corporation.
Previous to Davis conviction,
Keyes, Rosenberg and Ben Oetzoff,
a Spring street tailor, were found
guilty of having conspired to pre
vent a sincere prosecution of the
same Julian case.
Keyes and Rosenberg are In the
county jail awaiting the result of
their appeal to the verdict while
Oetzoff, paroled, appeared as the
chief state's witness against Davis.
Coincident with the sentencing.
attorneys for the defense, filed no
tice of appeal.
California Heiress
Strangely Disappears
From Country Home
Fairfield, Soland County, Calif. (AP) Fifty men re
newed their search in the hills west of here Thursday for
Miss Irene Wolfskin", 65, heiress of a wealthy pioneer Suisun
valley family, who disappeared under mysteiious circuni-
stances from her ranch here Bun -
dav. A lame reward was offend.
The searching oartv. which In
cludes Matthew and Ney Wolfskin,
brothers of the missing woman,
was to be augmented Thurtday by
a corps of private detectives, hired
at the Instance of a Los Angvles
bank In which Miss Wolfskill hia a
deposit of (600,000, telegrams to
Sheriff John R. Thornton, from J.
W. Bachman, trust ofllcer of tho
,cii:;ia
RUSH TROOPS
Tor,iAi;ci:iniA
Soviet Severs Diplomatic
Relations With China
and Closes Embassies
Chiang Calls Conference
Hoping for Peace, Bu
denny Heads Russians
London (IP) The Daily Mall
Thursday published a report from
its Peiplng correspondent of rum
ors In Chinese quarters there that
Soviet troops had been repulsed In
an attempt to cross the Amur riv
er, which forms the northern boun
dary of Manchuria.
Peiplng, China UPl Japanese
News agency dUpatches from Har
bin state that Russian forces are
being massed at Pogranlchinaya,
and Manchull along the Siberian-
Manchurian frontier.
The transportation of Chinee
troops to the frontiers also was re
ported -Jlng rushed.
The office of the Russian consul-'
ate-general In Harbin has been
closed and the staff Is preparing to
leave.
Riga, Latvia P The celebrated
Russian General Budenny, a bril
liant cavalry leader, was reported
In Riga Xhursday to turn been re
called from vacation. He was said
here to have four objectives.
The first was to concentrate a
powerful air squadron on the Man
churian frontier, the second to re-
(Concluded on page 10, column 4)
BANDITS STEAL
$22,000 FROM
TWO COUPLES
Chicago Pi Three robbers, latet
Wednesday, stole $22,000 In Jewelry
and money from Frederick Orabner,
race horse owner, Mrs. Orabner
and Mr. and Mrs, Ruel J. Seigel
their companions.
The carefully planned and wen r
executed robbery took place while)
the Orabners and Selgels were re-
turning from the Arlington pars.
race track.
Orabner, owner of "Windy City,
winner of this year's American der
by, had Just turned off the crowd
er main highway onto a gravel road
to evade traffic congestion, when
large sedan, bearing three men.
blocked his path. Two men, bran
dishing pistols, got out of the car,
entered the tonneau of the Orab
ner machine, where the women
were, and ordered Orabner to drive)
on. The robbers' car followed
close behind.
One robber stripped Jewelry from,
the women, while the other robbed'
the men of Jewelry and money.
Warning the party to make no
outcry, the robbers directed Orab
ner to drive back onto the highway,
still crowded with hundreds of ma
chines. Selgel, despite the pistol
prodding his . back, managed to
open the car door with his foot
and when the traffic procession,
was halted by a train, he leaped
from the car and ran toward a bus,
"Has anyone got a gun?" he cried.
"Duck your heads! It's a robbery!"
The two robbers Jumped from the
car, pistols in hand, and pursued
him, but made no effort to firs.
They then Jumped Into their own,
car, which was close behind Grab
ner's and were driven swiftly away
down a side road.
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"an, revealed.
The wires also dis
closed Bachman was enroute h:re
to aid Sheriff Thornton In tho
hunt.
The disappearance of Miss Wolt
ikill is regarded by authorities hero
as one of the most baifltng in
northern California history. Lr.ia
.wn by her maid, Miss Wolfjkill,
who has lived In ecluslon on Iwr
Concludedon' pass lireolumn