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♦ > Grants Pasa—Gateway to the Oregon 5= VOL. XIV., No. 2.37 vim GRANT« PAMH, JOHEI'HINE COUNTY, ORCGON, M — Chicago Youths Change Plea Through Counsel—Surprise is Occasioned by Action — Their FatekNow in Hands ol Court-mentality Test Wednesday Chicago. July 21.—(A. P.l- The fate oj Kathan lAopold, Jr., and pilchard Loeb, Indicted for the kid- naplng and murder of 14-year-old Robert Franks, rested today "in the mercy of the court", when a plea of "guilty” was mude in court by Clar ence 8. Darrow, chief counsel for the boys, and affirmed by them after they had been warned by the court of the consequences of such u plea. The decree of punishment, which may vary from au Indeterminate prison sentence, a life sentones. In carceration in an asylum or death, will be determined after the hearing as to the boys' mentality, which Is to start on Wednesday. The chang ing of the plea nt not guilty to guil ty was a great surprise to the court. Chicago. July 21.—(I. N. ?.) — The shocking details of the crime, one of the most sensational In his tory, began unfolding on the after noon of May 21 last, when a work man, crossing an obscure road on the outskirts of Chicago's Routh Bide, found the body of Robert schoolboy. Franks, 14-year-old plunged Into a muddy culvert, Die- appearance of the boy had become known, hut his parents, having re ceived a letter demanding *10,000 ransom, with full Instructions as to how It should be delivered, declined to believe the body that of their son, and It was not until late in the after noon that It finally became known that Robert Franks had been bru tally slain. The sensation the discovery of the body caused was heightened when two Instructors at Harvard School for boys, an exclusive Chicago insti tution. where Robert Franks was a pupil, were taken Into custody with in a short time and subjected to the most rigorous questioning, during which they steadfastly maintained utter ignorance of the boy's move ments the afternoon he disappeared. Authorities have agreed that only for the fact that In Nathan l-eo|>old'H haste to deposit the body of young Franks and return to the rented au tomobile which was used to convey it, he dropped a pair of horn-rinimed glasses the crlnio probably would have entered the list of unsolved mysteries. Those spectacles were traced to lhe shop from whidi they were sold, and the buyer was Identl- fled by members of the optical firm as Nwthan F. l«eopold, Jr. On -May 29 l^opold was taken Into custody on the strength of this fact. Richard Loeb was arrested quite by accident. He was known to have been an Intimate of I-eopold's and police wanted to know what he could tell of l-eopold's movements on the day the crime was committed. Suave, smiting. Intelligent, both Ixieb and Ia*opold amazed their queetloners with the estent of their knowledge. Their ready replies to questions and the accurate dovetail ing of their statements had almost freed them until the alibi was reached. Then the super-intellects with which the boys have been cre dited reached the cracking point. They had denied that the glasses found near young Frank's body be longed to I<eopold. The youth ad mitted he had worn such a pair, but Insisted they were at his home and he had abandoned their use. They denied that either of them owned a portable typewriter of the kind used by the kidnaper when he wrote Jacob Franks and signed his name as "George Johnson,” In de- inanding 110,000 ransom. They said that on the afternoon In question they had been riding In one of the Leopold automobiles. At night they "picked up” two girls, later leaving them and then driving to the I^opold home, because Dickie Loeb was the worse for wear as the result of too much gin. And then tbo fabric began to crack. Sven Englund, chauffeur for the I^eopold family, read these state ments In the morning newspaper de livered at the I-eopold home and went immediately to the office of States Attorney Crowe, where he re luctantly told officers that I^opold was not telling the truth. "The car he said he used was In the garage and undergoing repairs on the afternoon of May 21,” he said. Confronted with this statement. Richard Ixieb, picked by questioners as the weaker of the two, leaped to hla feet. His face turned pale and he was tense as he shouted: "Did that --------- say that?” Then with a little more question ing. the words came tumbling from the frightened youth. He confessed the plot which, starting In the mind ('Continued on page Two.) Chicago, July 21.—(A. P.) — 'Pilota winging their way back and tyorth across the United Staten in the air mall service had covered 5,364,- 810 miles up to May 31, a distance done In 58,262 hours, according to Luther K. Bell, traffic manager of air mall service here. It is a general average of nearly 9 2 miles an hour. The names of 41 fliers who have given more than 100 hours' service to air mall are contained In a report from Mr. Bell, with the veteran E. Hamilton Lee, Hazelhurst headquar ters, leading In number of hours. His total LMay 31 was 2,387 hours and 36 minutes for a distance of 201,205 miles. He was appointed to the air mall in December, 1918, and at present has the "run” between Ixtng Island and Cleveland. To Pilot William C. Hopson, Omaha headquarters, went the hon or, however, of having flown his plane the greatest distance. 'In 2,236 hours and seven minutes ser vice he covered 221,876 miles. Ho now follows the air path between Chicago and Omaha. Hopson Is a Hill City, Kansas, product who en tered the air mall service In April, 1920, after a long record In civilian and army flying. Only n few hours separated Lee and James H. Knight for first place. The pilot who has made enviable records In night flying and staged his memorable race with death had given 2,311 hours and 58 minutes to the service when' the compilation was made, in which time he had tra veled 211,095 miles. Knight is an other Kansas man, born in Lincoln, who first entered the air mail ser vice in June, 1919. He resigned May 20, 1920 and was reappointed In October, 1920. His is the Otnaha- Cheyenno route. Others who have served more than 2,000 hours, namod according to rank In hours, are James P. Mur ray, headquarters Cheyenne, Chey enne-Omaha run: William C. Hop- son: Frank B. Yager, headquarters Cheyenne, Cheyenne-Omaha run: Warren D. Williams, headquarters Cleveland, Chicago - Cleveland run: Edison E. Moulton, headquarters Reno, Reno-«Elko run: Wesley L. Smith, headquarters Hazelhurst, Hazelhurst-Cleveland run; L. H. Garrison, headquarters Omaha, Chi cago-Omaha run, and Harry O. Smith, headquarters Omaha, Chey enne-Omaha run. All the foregoing pilots 'have cov ered between 181,000 and 200,000 in Iles. MOMMY, JULY 21, 1024. ICHRONOLOGY OF frank « murder May 20—Robert Franks,* 14, dis appeared while on the way home from school. May 21—Young Franks' nude body discovered stuffed Into a muddy cul vert on Chicago's south side. May 29—Nathan F. Leopold and Richard Ixieb arrested. May 30—Loeb and Ix'opold con fessed to the kidnaping and ransom of Robert Franks. June 2 — Loeb and Leopold ar- ralgned before Justice Caverly In criminal court and pleaded not guilty to charges of murder. Bound over to grand Jury. Ball denied. June 5 — Indictments charging kidnuplng for ransom and murder returned against Loeb and Leopold June 27—Coroner's jury held the youths responsible for kidnaping and slaying Robert Franks. July 21—Youths enter pleas of guilty to charge. Cavea A WHOLE NUMBER .WM. VESSEL SINKS AND 1AKES 57 LAPS TO DEATH TENNIS TITLE HTEAMER FOUNDERS OFF GOTO INLAND ON JI LY II — NEWS JUST IN RICHARD« AND HI NTER DEFEAT FRENCHMEN IN OLYMPIC CONTEST ONE MEMBER OF CREW SAFE U. S. GETS CHAMPIONSHIPS Firemun Picked I'p by Trawler and Tuken Into Port—Ship Carried No Wireless Overdue Boxing and Swimming Excelled in by Americans—Williams and Mrs. Wightman Win Doubles ¡RATI-LÔM I/EOPOJ/P^] ♦ ♦ FARM BUREAU GETS OFFER Grain Companies offer to Sell Their’ Entire Holding* Los Angeles, July 21.— (A. P.»—Jack Dempsey's right arm is out of commission as a result of an auto accident, when his car was hit by another going in the opposite direction. His right elbow was dislocated, the neck ligaments were strained, abrasions were suffered on the right knee and his scalp was cut. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Tokio, July 21.—(A.P.)—Fifty seven persons were drowned on July 11 when the Nippon Yusen Kaisha freighter Matsuyama Maru founder ed off Goto island. The liner was several days overdue. Today's re port was the first news of the fate of the vessel, as she carried no wire less. The ship carried down all her officers and crew except one fire man who was picked up by a trawler and brought to Kobe. PIERCE FIGHTS PACIFISM ♦ RICHARD CONNER SAYS HE IS FRAMEUP VICTIM ♦ ♦ > ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Vancouver, Wash., July 21.— Richard Connor, held in jail here for the Tacoma authori- ties, declared today he is the victim of a frameup and that he knew nothing of the death of his wife, whose body was found Sunday in an abandoned well near Greendale on the Roy road. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Governor to Try to Make Mobilization ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Day Big Success GROWING GRASS IN MAN'S EYE Minneapolis, July 21.— (A.P.)— Salem. Or., July 21.—(Special) — REYEALED BY DOCTOR'S KNIFE Thirty-six grain companies of the WITH AND BRAKES ONLY RULES northwest today offered to sell their FOR MOTOR TRAFFIC IN PARIS Governor Pierce, despite a large ♦ entire holdings. Including 1062 coun Paris, July 21.—(A. P.)—The try elevators in Minnesota. North Prefect of Police of Paris is now and South Dakota and Montana, to issuing permits to drive motor cars the American Farm Bureau federa at the rate of 4,000 a month. tion. The police department is consider- ' Ing a new regulation of traffic that i will relegate all cars driven into CAVEMAN PICNIC SUCCESSFUL’ congested Parl"for mere pl,"u.re 7 the le.88 parts of the town. At 1 present all regulations are disregard- Saturday Night and Sunday Provide ,ed. The chauffeurs say that other- Big Time for Members | wise there would be no possibility number of pacifist protests received at his department during the last few days, has announced that he would do everything in his power to make National Defense day, Septem ber 12, a great success. 'T am in no sense a militarist,” said Governor Pierce, “but I do be lieve in being prepared for defensive war. Danger of attack cannot be allayed by the methods of the paci fist.” Plans for National Defense day are being formulated under the su pervision of a general committee named by Governor Pierce. Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of Oregon Agri cultural college, is president of the committee. Each county in the state will join in the movement, which is sponsored by the war department. On National Defense day all land forces will be called to the colors to test their ability to mobilize. The American Legion, Grand Army of the Republic and other veteran and patriotic organizations will be re quested to participate in ceremonies to be held in connection with the mobilization programme. Olympic Stadium, Colombes. France. July 21.— (A.P.)—Vincent Richards and Francis T. Hunter of the United States today won the Olympic men's doubles tennis title, defeating Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon of France. The United States yesterday won the boxing and swimming championships. R. Norris Williams and Mrs. George Wightman of the United States today won the Olympic mixed doubles, defeating Vincent Richards and Mrs. Marion E. Jessup, also of the United States. The two young American tennis stars. Miss Helen Wills and Vincent Richards, captured the Olympic sin gles crown Sunday and clinched an other brilliant international team triumph for the United States. Miss Wills, playing with the calm and steady assurance which marked her victorious progress all week, de cisively vanquished Mlle. Emilienne Vlasto, a French girl of Greek par entage, in the women's final. 6-2,6-2 but Richards was forced to battle through a hard five-aet match under a broiling sun to take the measure of his young French rival. Henri Cochet. 6-4, 6-4. 5-7, 4-6. 6-2, fo! the men's title. Gloucester, England, July 21.— (A. P.)—Instead of allowing the grass to grow under his feet, a farm laborer here allowed it to grow in one of his eyes. While working in the fields the laborer got something in his eye. which he was unable to remove and as the result of increasing pain, vis ited a hospital. After examination of the eye the surgeons decided to make an incision and discovered a green blade of grass an inch and a half long laying between the tissues. Les Tourelles, France. July 21.— The grass had grown from a seed I (A. P.)—The United States has won which was also removed from the the Olympic swimming crown. The eye. The operation was declared ! Americans scored more points than successful in every particular. ever fell to any country at any Olym pic meet in the history of the games. The women and men swimmers Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ernst returned today from a trip to Portland and and divers from the United States Vancouver. They were accombanied totaled 217 paints. The Swedes north by Mary Durham, who will were their nearest competitors with visit Portland relatives. On the re- 58. The men and women of America turn Mr. and Mrs. Ernst were ac- accounted for 13 first places out of campanied by Mrs. Harry Clapp and 17 events in which they competed, daughter. Harriet, who will visit 1 finishing one. two. three in four of Mrs. Clapp's mother. Mrs. Benjamin, them. of moving about In Paris. The dri Members of the Cavemen will ' vers depend entirely on their wits never go on a picnic again to rest. j and their brakes. Speed regulations for the member that came back from I were forgotten long ago, but it is Cave camp last night feeling fresh j [said they will come into use again and pepful missed out somewhere. when the new code of rules has been It simply was not a day for rest. completed. The first annual picnic went over big with fully 100 people present. There was something doing every CHEMISTS SEEK SUBSTITUTE FDR AIXXVHOL IN FAVORING« minute from the time the first cars Madison. Wis.. July 21.—(A. P.) got there on Saturday afternoon un til the last cars returned this morn —Tests are under way at the Uni- I versity of Wisconsin in an effort to ing. The chicken dinner served hy the discover a substitute for grain alco- organizatlon yesterday was undoubt-j hoi in flavoring extracts, according edly the high light of the picnic. I to Prof. H. A. Schuette of the uni- Chickens — 50 of them—had been varsity chemistry department, Re- purchased and these were fried in ' search work on the project has been halves in a huge kettle of boilingj In progress several months, grase. In addition, there was ice' The problem on which the uni- SITS ON DYNAMITE AND IS AMAZED AT SYMPATHY cream and cake and everything else [ varsity is working is to find some 1 solvent for various oils used in fla which would be needed to make a Visalia, Cal.. July 21.—(I. N. S.) voring extract. Alcohol is declared meal complete. —Earl Wortman, who has been to be the most satisfactory substance The campfire on Saturday nlrht fighting forest fires ground these Bucharest. July 21.— (A. P.)— Premier Bratianu has recently an- was a most enjoyable event. The thus far discovered because oils of parts, can't understand some people. After several months of negotiation, nounced that the government has no lemon, orange, peppermint, spear Cavemen's quartet swung into action Only the other day a few sticks intention cf resigning, but the best and Ole Hanson got his radio to mint. almond, wintergreen and oth of dynamite—just fifteen or so— the two strongest opposition parties Unformed opinion seems to be that er popular oils used in extracts are working, with the result that the be«t chanced to explode while he was sit in the Rumanian parliament have i there will be grave risks of internal orchestras on the Pacific coast were not soluble In water. ting on them and gave him quite a finally reached agreement upon a disorders if the government at- enjoyed. Very little sleep was se little ride in the air. common program. These parties are tempts to hold on for many months cured on that night. People were quite solicitous the Transylvanian Nationalists, un- more. The best guess at present The next day there was little life when he landed, expecting to see a der Jules Maniu, and the Peasants seems to be that the Liberals will around camp until late. When the hospital—or—morgue—case. ) under Dr. Nicholas Lupu. While the stay until the autumn session of par- other Cavemen began arriving from Four Bandits Rob Employe of Ken "The dynamite didn’t hurt me. new group, which will be known as liament. and that they will then at- ton Bank Near Portland town, a horseshoe pitching tourna but the hard ground where I landed the National Peasants party, under f tempt, with the approval of the king ment was held, with several claim kinda knocked me out.” Wortman 'the parliamentary leadership of Mr.' to have General Averescu. a former Portland. July 21. — (A.P.) — Four ing the championship. Sam Baker said, much to the surprise of his Maniu. will control at present only i Premier, and Counmander-in-Ch'lef and Clarence Winetrout provided a armed men today held up the mes would-be mourners. about 25 percent of the voting of the Rumanian army during the senger of the Bank of Kenton in an little excitement by staging a wrest strength of the Chamber of Deputies, World War, form a stopgap govern ling match in the irrigation canal at outlying Portland business district, its strength in the country is enor-j ment in order to try to keep out the and escaped in an automobile with the camp. Honors went to Clarence Transylvanians and the Peasants. mously greater. $2090. They forced the messenger’s and his two assistants. In an election that freely express-) The program of the new National car to the curb with their car and forced him to hold up his hands, Governor Takes Action in Promotion ed the preferences of the voters it is I Peasants party has been skilfully of Worthless Stocks believed the Nationalists would! drawn up so as to make a strong ap taking the money which he had col have an almost unanimous vote in. peal for foreign support, not only lected from the bank's customers. Salem. July 21.—Declaring that it the new territories of Transylvania, | political, but financial. This pro The hold up was four blocks from Gene R« mx I and Alan .MacCauley Are the bank. The robbers escaped in has come to his attention that mil Bocovina and the Banat, while the' gram. while maintaining completely Arrested Today an automobile bearing a Washington lions of dollars in practically worth Peasants could undoubtedly count ¡intact the present constitutional sys less stocks and bond have been sold on a substantial majority in the Old, tem, favors a federalized form of license. in Oregon, that men in high positions Kingdom and in Bessarabia. In oth-[ government, similar to Switzerland, Hearings were being held this af have lent their influence to the sale I er words, the new "bloc” would pro as against the present centralized ternoon for Gene Reed, of Grave of such securities, and that there bably have an overwhelming parlia- form in which the new territories Creek, and Alan MacCauley, of ---------- i are reports of officials having re , mentary majority, in spite of the are dominated by the Old Kingdom. Fruitdale, on charges growing out of Discharged Employe Returns — ceived commissions on such sales, fact that It would place the govern Complete freedom, not only in the alleged liquor (raffle. Reed is Shoots Helf After Battle Governor Pierce appointed a special ment of the country largely in the ory. but in practice, is to be granted charged with the sale of Intoxicating to all racial minorities, regardless Vancouver, R. C., July 21.— (A. committee to investigate. hands of Transylvanians. liquor, the officers having been The present Liberal party govern- of creed or religion; the term of mil- working on the case for a long time. P.)—E. C. Cordingley, accountant, j He declares that any persons found MacCauley is up on two charges, the discharged two weeks ago by the Pa-' guilty will be prosecuted. The mem ment. however, representing as it'itary service would be reduced; and possession of a still and the sale of cific Great Eastern railway, today ( bers of the committee are Oswald doos the financial and industrial In-, the financial and economic status of Intoxicating liquor. The officers visited the office, attacked Robert ' West, chairman, L. J. Llljeqvist. and terests of the country, and strongly j the country would be drastically re supported by the Crown, the Ortho-! organized so that the foreign capital raided MacCauley's place some time Wilson, the assistant general mana George Black, all of Portland. ago and located a still but were not ger, and after a running battle with | Small investors, says the gover dox church and what is left of the necessary forRumania's economic de- .'." t be JI velopnient would be attracted to the able to locate the owner of the place the officers of the company, shot and j nor's statement, are declared to have ¡old land-owning aristocracy, will j country on a just and safe basis. been victimized. killed himself. [difficult to dislodge from office, < until this afternoon. RUMANIAN OPPOSITION PARUES GET TOGETHER IN COMMON PROGRAM AFTER LONG NEGOTIATIONS BANK MESSENGER ROBBED BOND SALES WILL BE PROBED LIQUOR HEARINGS ARE HELD ATTACK MADE ON OFFICER
