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Prowler Breaks
•Into Nininger’s
And Steals Cash
Famous
Are (
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N E W YO UR. Feb. 5 . _ ( U N ) ~
’ W illiam E. Knox, eommlaaloner
• of the ph bile bankers committee
■hot and killed himeetf Friday af­
ternoon in the offices of the Bow-
, ery Savings Bank the »280,000^-
000 Instltntlon of which be waa
president.
,
Associates of the , nationally
r known banker and authority on
{finance for the masses said he
A prowler last night broke into
Nlnlager's end stole approximate­
ly ,1 0 In »liver oat of th4 two
ca»h registers. according to . a re­
port made to the police thle morn­
ing. The prowler broke a re *r
window in order to gain entrance
to the store.
It. is believed to have been the,
w(Wk of some youth, as only
money wan taken and no attempt
was made to break open tlfo safe
Aa fa r as know, no merchandise
was stolen.
J
Is Forced to Retreat One
Hundred Sixty Miles
■ to The South
FREFARR FOR BATTLE
. had been informed by specialist
I that be suffered from an inenr- Cantonese
able disease. He had been des-
I pondent fo r the past two months.
Knox’s snlclde caused the mas-
QUINCY. HL. Feb. «.— The end | stvo
doors o r the Bowery Savings
to a gang terrorist was forecast j Bank, opposite the Grand Central
frpm Southern Illinois
today,
' station, to swing shut at the
when Carl E arl qnd Bernard Shel­ I busiest ppribdinf the day.
ton, gang leaders of the dominant
I t took plaee between one and
faction I mob rule, were sentenc­ | two
p. m. in the office of tbe
ed to ,5 years In the federal pris­ I president’s secretary.
on for mall robbery.
Knox’s self-inflicted
wound
I terminated In his «5th year a
QU IN C Y, III., Feb. 5.— (U N )
{career that began on the old
— The three Shelton brothers,
Bowery as Horatio Alger. Jr.,
leaders of the southern Illinois
knew It and reached a peak of
Shelton gang, were found guilty I success that was beyond even
toUny of holding np a United
{that optimistic tale spinner’s
States mail messenger nt Co II lns-
rosiest dreams.
m llle, 111., early in 1 *2 » .
Tbe m nltl-m llllonalre banker
The brothers— Carl, E a rl and
was born in 8trabane. Ireland,
Bernard— have been connected
and came to New York a nine
w ith vicious guerrilla -warfare
year old emmlgrant boy. Be had
existing between the Birger and
already made up his mind, to be
Shelton gangs for thsk past y e a r,[
a banker, but he landed bis first
in which nt least 12 person», in- j Job as office boy In a publishing 1
eluding two mayors, bnvs been hopse.
His duties allowed him ’
killed.
| to attend public school. They al­
The Jury, which was out* about so made good books available. *
five hours, found them' guilty A fter eight years with the pub- ’
Are Massing Their.
Forces Preparatory to •
'
Determined Attack
Says She N M e d ti
to Complete ]
Education
V E R M IL L IO N , 8. D.. Feb. 5 .4
A pretty 19 year old co-ed o f tile
University of South Dakota win
captured today as she attemptskt
to rob a bank bare. The girl,
Miss Marian Meyers, readily eoa-
fessed her plans, saying that stye
needed the money to continue bar
education.
She was apprehended by in
night watchman ns she waited in
the bank for tls doprs to op«*,
to surrender. Ska bad . aa eleg-
tric d rill with the cord too shaft
to reach the nearest electric lig f t
plug. Tbs girl had entered 0 e
bank through a roar window.
on sll fonr connta of-Aho indict­ Ushers, Knex quit bis Job
ment which charges them w ith: 1
and (
took a lekeer one. Junior clerk
1— Assault on a mail messeng-1
with the Bowery Savings Bank. f
That was in *1285. Not until 1
2— Assault and robbery of a 191« waa Knox elected president
m ail messenger.
of the bark.
3— Concealing stolen mail prop­
erty.
4— Unlaw ful p o s s e s s i o n of
stolen mail property.
Immediately a fter the verdict
was retarded tbe defense filed a
motion for a new tria l, charging
that Edward Moore, a recruiting
agent, who testified for the gov­
ernment, perjured on tbe stand. Gorgeous Funeral. Result of
Weeks of Work to be
Judge Henry safcl be would
Held
•
hear arguments on tbe new hear­
ing today and. tbe sentencing of
TO K IO , Feb. 5.— From the Chl-
tbe men wonld come nt that time. | I yoda palace, ancient mont-encir-
I t was understood that the Jcled home of hia ancestors, the
Sheltons face a maximum of 26 {body of Yoehlblto, 122nd emperor
years imprisonment.
| of Japan, w ill be taken Monday
The conviction was based sole­ | night to its last resting place.
ly upon the testimony of Charlie { W hile
the
imperial
family
Birger and A rt Newman, a gun­ keeps vigil In the room where the
man for Birger, who told how the I body rests nt the palace, Toklo Is
Sheltons planned tbe robbery, quiet in anticipation of tbe two Kiwanis Club Listens to En
tertaining Address by
executed it and then divided the day period of mourning, begin­
money nt Birger’s home.
[
Banker
ning at midnight Sunday.
Newman, claimed the Sheltons
A monster pavilion baa been
forced him to drive 'them to erected tn *th e ShlnJJuku Imper­
H errin in order to establish an ial gardens and there tbe cere­
alibi.
, monies of the dead emperor will
The tria l of the three tall and be held beginning at aix p. m.
rather quiet gangsters whose
A ll Is In readiness for the fun­
name« have become terrt/r words eral which Is to cost «1,500,000.
throughout southern Illinois, was
Yoshlto Is to be burled at the
drab despite the fact that a num­ new imperial mausoleum at Asa­
ber of United States marshals kawa, a village SO miles north-
and St. Louis 'detectives were In 1
I west of Kwanto.
the
courtroom
as
protection I Although the body w ill leave
against any outbreak.
I Chlyoda palace at aix o’clock, it
will not arrive at Asakawa foi*1
I burial until dawn, February 8.
The solemn service of the Shin­
to funeral w ill begin nt 9 p. m.
Four oxen, costing »150
each,
bave been trained In Toklo for
tbe last week to draw the hearse.
| Following the ceremonies at
Sbingnku, the imperial party,
body built by Herwlck Body accompanying tbe late emperor’s
.works at Portland. I t 1« adver­ body w ill entrain nt a temporary
tised to be the finest private railway station built nt Sennda-
< touring car In America, costing gaya. This station and tbe one
built nt A u k a w a corn «170,000.
»18,000.
Hlrohlto, new emperor of J*p-
The Inside Is all hardwood fin­
ished and quarter oak finished -an win not accompany his fath­
In natural color. There are many er*« body to Sblnguku gardens.,
cupboards and compartments, an bat «111 preced it, going a differ­
Ice chest and refrigerator and a ent route.
I t ie understood the Empress
kitchenette w ith both gas and
electric stoves. An
enameled Dowager Sadako w ill make her
sink with marine water pump, home at the impérial v illa In Hay-
food pantry, clothes press ''w ith nma wher her husband died.
large m irror for dressing, a desk
and book case, and private sleep­
ing compartments In the re *r, the
McTIGUB VS. SHARKEY
RANK COINS
same as a pull man berth, are
KALU G A ,
Russia,
(U P )> -
N EW YO RK, Feb.
(U N )
some of the features of this au­ Workmen demolishing a stone ov­ Mike McTlgue, who showed Paul
tomobile.
*
en In a peasant h at here came up­ Berlenbnch the way out the other
Dr. Marcell Is enfoute to Cali­ on a collection of rare colr.s, the night. Is *11 set now to humble
fornia where be w ill spend some fourth most precious collection of Jack Sharkey.
Boxing experts, hodevsr, do
time.
old money in the Soviet Union.
Several coins which had become not share MCTigue’s confidence
Grant and Wheeler counties almost extinct were inclnded. The In bis prowess and he probably
may spend «76,000 thia year on collection has been placed In a w ill crawl through the ropes n
Mitchell-Dayville road.
museum here.
short sader in the betting.
iKIWH®
Blast in Toledo Congrega
tional Church Provee to r
TOLEDO, O., Feb. 5.-— A b l« t
wbleh wrecked the Congregation­
al church here
today,
claimed
two llvep aMl probably fatally In­
jured a third.
The bodies of Clyde W ilt and
wife, who was the Janitresa of the
church, were recovered in the
ruins, Mrs. M ary Fitzgerald, al­
so a janltress, was severly burned
and I f is feared the may die.
Last year W allowa county re­
ceived «22,500 grazing fees from
W allowa nfctional forest.
Roseburg — Liberty Theatre
Installs new Tellers-Kent pipe
organ.
.
Confessed Slayer of Biga­
mous Wife to Spend
Life !Z>hind Bars
Circuit Judge Sherman
E.
Smalley passed sentence upon
the bond salesman and social
worker who recently aided auth­
o ritie s in unearthing the dismem­
bered parts of his bride's body.
Ip his confession Coffey ad­
mitted that while he and his
bigmous wife were camping on
the Wisconsin side of the Missis­
sippi river last October he killed
Mrs. Hales with a baseball bat
while she slept, dismembered the
body with an axe and knife,
placed tbe pieces* In his car and
drove to a woods near Platteville.
Wls„ where he dug several shal­
low graves.
Portland Baptist Minister is
Sent to Asylum
Local Collegians Defeat the
Aggie Five, 44 to 27,
in Fast Game
Coolidge Republicans And
Insurgents Join and De­
feat —
Democrats
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V
WAS POLITICAL MOVE
Democrats Peel That They Have
Gained Home Valuable
Campaign Material
W A SHING TO N, Feb. 6.— W ith
Coolidge republicans and insur­
gents voting together to defeat
the demand» to euforce Imme­
diate tax reduction, the project
was smashed in the senate to­
day.
Democrats believe, . however,
that they gathered some valuable
political amunltion, for use in
1928.
' Senator Harrison, Mississippi,
democrat, had offered a resolu­
tion as expressing the sentiment
of the senate for Immediate lax
reduction.
Republicans united urtder Nor­
ris, Nebraska, insurgent who In­
troduced a resolution favoring
use of the surplus In retiring (he
public debt.
This republican substitute vas
In a rough and speedy contest
which was bitterly fought every
inch of the way, Ashland normal
defeated the O. A. C. Rooks, 44
to 27, at the local armory last
night, and thus evened up the
Over a Million and a Half
score of last month when the
Has Been Reported
young farmers nosed out a one-
on by Committee
point victory over the locals.
Coach
Hughes’
basketeers
USEING A FREE HAND
showed flashes of dazzling speed
and kept the visitors on the de­ Governor’s Statement That His
fensive practically
the entire
Plan Will Fix Finances
game.
Accepted
It was rough going from the
very start, and Ted Kinney. Nor­
SALEM. Feb, 5.— (U N )— Bill«
mal Guard, was disqualified on
and*
recommended appropriations,
personal fouls before the first I
aggregating «1,500,000 were fav­
half was over. Johnson substitut- I
orably reportad at the last meet­
ed for him and played a tena­
ing of the legislative ways and
cious game, although he gecame a
means committee of the Oregon
bit too combative In the final
legislature.
half.
A1 Marske was high point win-1 A t a meeting of the commit
I approval of huge sums of money
ner for the locals, with 28 scores
to his credtt.
Butterfield and in a free handed manner Indi­
Caldwell made six points each, I cated that the members took
Kinney, 4 points, Ramsey 2, and I Governor Patterson at his word
when he said his financial pro­
gram, if enacted, would tend to
restore the state to x t sound
standing.
The appropriation recommenda­
tions Included:
1— Approval of the University
of Oregon request for «605,000
for new buildings.
2— Favorable recommendation
on a bill providing «800,000 for
j I the erection of a new state office
I building in Salem.
s J S— Approval Of the board o r
11 control program, asking for 224,-
.{6 5 0 for the new eastern Oregon
11 hospital at The Dalles in addi­
c tio n to the «100,000 provided In
Miles with 6 .points was high
point man for the visitors, with
O’Brien second with 5 points.
Other point scorers for the Rooks
w*re Hart, 4; Cordy. 3: Torson,
4; Drager, 9; Johnson, 2.
The Rooks will play Company
C of Medford in the Medford sr-
• t - 'n v
PORTLAND, Feb. 5.— (U N )— '
Rev. W alter G. Jones, Baptist
mini st er , charged w ith' violation
I of the Mann act, was declared
' Insane here today by Dr. W lliam
insurgents and one democrat.
Biease, South Carolina, luipprrt-
t in g it. Then the R a rr tto -r rSao-
lutlon as thus revamped, was
adopted 62 to 28, seven demo­
House, mental expert, and waa or­ crats going to the administration
Rleaae,
dered committed to the state hos­ side— Ashurst, Arizona
South
Carolina;
Bruce,
Maryland;
pital at Salem.
Rev. Jones waa arrested In Los Glass, Virginia; Smith, South
Angeles a few weeks ago on a se­ Carolina; Walsh, M o n t a n * ;
cret indictment returned by the Wheeler, Montana.
Portland federal grand jury. He . By this action the senate
waa charged w ith transporting' thwarted the most serious threat
Had the
Mrs. Pearl Lee, a pretty «em ber «1 an extra session.
Of his PoPrtland
congregation, {democrats won out In their de­
from Portland to Fort W orth, mand for immediate tax reduct­
ion a filibuster would have been
Texas, for Immoral purposes.
Appearing in federal court for set up at once to block all of
his preliminary hearing. Rev. the remaining appropriation bills,
Jones entered the plea of Insanity. so that the president would have
Dr. House was appointed by been compelled to call an extra
Skirmish Over Managers
Judge Bean to examine the min­ session of congress in the spring
Expected to Oome to-a
ister and report to the court. Re­ to get appropriations for routine
Head Soon
sult Sf the examination was made government expenses after July
public this afternoon,
“ His insanity is organic,*’ Dr.
House said.
Brights disease he
Astoria — Northwest Pulk &
explained, is prim arily at the
bottom of the trouble. Mrs. Jones Paper company contracts for
w ill' return to her home in Mo­ preliminary work on »3,000,000
plant.
desto, Cal.
What is Wrong With This Picture
A J?*
CHAQUE
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g.-.. ««suaw-aGp
0 the bill which created that ln-
r {stltutlon.
is
IHk
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Agricultural college to cost »619,-
! 000.
These two bills are now
| lu the hands of a sub-commla-
I slon which will probably return
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 6.— (U N )
The skirmish
between George them to the committee as a whole'
Young, youthful conqueror of for action at a meeting celled
Catalina Channel, and his moth­ for Saturday morning,
er, over his choice of managers, i The demand for favorable ac-’
I tion on the university program
had subsided tonight when Mrs.
| was lad by Representative Bron-a
Jean Young departed for San
augh, who was ably supported^
Francisco to join her son.
Mrs. Young was accompanied by Representatives Collier, Fish-'
by the swimmer’s aunt, Isabell A. er, McReady and Senator Bell.
An appropriation of »375,000
Young, who came with her from
With which to construct new li­
Toronto and by her attorney.
The mother left here a f t e r brary at the university was ap­
Young last night refused her of­ proved without serious opposi­
fer to meet him at Santa Marla tion, but when the university
and have a heart to heart talk members pressed their demanda
about his business affairs. Young for an addition of «130,000 with
claimed that a contract to appear which to construct an Inflrmacy
that
Institution,
Senators
at a San Francisco theatre pre­ [at
vented him from making the jour­ Strayer and Staple objected, but
[ they were not heeded.
ney.
A fter a dull day in the senate
Mrs. Young’s, capitulation was
the result of a last minute deci­ the members adjourned at 2:55
sion. Yesterday afternoon her until 10:30 Monday morning.
attorney said that the was 111
and that she had only «40 be­
tween herself and want.
Railroad Stock
Reaches New High
æ
1
4— A recommendation In favor
t of appropriations for armories
In six Oregon cities at a combin­
ed cost of »132,305.
I Following the action of thq
I committee In placing the stamp
I of approval on these appropria-
I tions, Representative -Bnehanan,
la member of the money appor-
I Honing committee, took the floor
{and presented two bilia covering
| new buildings for the Oregon
Native Head of 1
Columbus Indi
List
N E W YO RK . Feb. 5.— (U N )—
Wheeling a n j Lake Erie railroad
M EXICO C ITY. Feb. 5.—-(U N )
stock soared to new heights in I— Twelve persona, Including tbe
W all street today, constituting a
native heffd of a Knlghta of Col­
virtual “corner” and squeezing
umbus group, have been killed in
out scores of bearish traders with
the last 24 hours In clashes be­
losses running Into millions of
tween federal troops and Inanr-
dollars.
| rectlonlsts.
John D. Rockefeller and L. F.
A religious worker was one
Loree, who were credited with
of seven executed nt Puebla, ac­
responsibility for a similar flurry
In tbe m arket a week ago. were cording to the newspaper E l Sol.
completely out of the picture« as All were accused of plotting
bears who had played the market against tbs government
Four rebels and one federal
short scurrlen to cover on de­
officer
were killed 1» a clash a«
mands that they deliver on their
tbs oattla town of Papayo, state
contracts.
»
Today’s sudden rise, brokers of Guerrero.
A dispatch to tko aewapaper
said, indicated that the road waa
wanted aa a connecting link with Tnlversal from Chllpaaetaoo. state
other lines seeking a consolida­ of Guerrero, rays that a r m «
tion of eastern railroad proper- agrartaae are terrorising the
tie« In the con) mining areas of country around Moesltlan, sti
West Virginia and Pennsylvania. of Morelos.