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Prediction. Occasionally
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v ifv Seventeenth Tear.
Weekly Fifty-Second Year.
, MEDFORD, OKKGOX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1922
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EX-OREGOM
MA
CASTOR
HERB WILSON, CONVICTED
Of MURDER, ESCAPES
FROM LOS ANGELES JAIL
Master Criminal, Formerly Pastor . at Brownsville, Oregon,
With Two Cell Mates, Makes Sensational Getaway in
Early Morning Hours Wilson's Pal, The Mouse' Pre
. vents Minister From Murdering Assistant Jailer Three
Men Hold Up Mail Automobile and Escape Jailer Badly
Beaten and Boy Shot in Getaway Armed Posse and Fly
ing Police Squad in Pursuit Never Taken Alive Is Belief.
IOS ANOEhKS, Oct. 17. Herbert,
Wlliinn, known by police and fede-j
ral operatives uh a "iniiHtcr criminal" j
convicted of murder of hfs pal, Her-'
ben Cox. eseaped from the county !
Jail here today with another con
victed murderer, Adam Ward and
Ciuido Spignola, held in connection
with robbery of a number of oil sta
tions and chain grocery stores here.
The trio outside the county Jail
held up a postoffice employe and
taking his automobile . from him,
escaped.' The jail, break was care
fully timed for just before 7 o-'ciock
when the guns had been taken from
the guards just ' before changing
ah'fts. The jnll breakers beat up
thu night turnkey, Henry Furrier,
after having held . up two inside
guards. .
Squads of uniformed officers, the
flying squad and scores of deputy
sheriffs were called into the man
hunt, prepared to shoot at sight In
thfc belief that . the escaped trio are
the" most" deHperate' fugitives that
local police have been called to deal
with, they any. V .
The jail breakers were armed with
revolvers, , evidently smuggled in hy
a friend.
Roy Is Wounded.
Investigation revealed that only
three escaped. Furrier's injuries ne
cessitated the taking of three stitches
in his head. Many times since Wil
son's arrest, reports have come to
the authorities that friends of the
former evangelist were planning to
deliver him, and it was current jail
gossip that he never would permit
himself to be taken to San Quentin.
Thomas Forno, a twelve-year-old
hoy, playing in the street in front of
the county jail, .was wounded by two
stray bullets fired during the jail
break. His Injuries were not consid
ered critical.
Adam Ward, one of the jail break
ers, was also known as Adam Iilnzyfc
and convicted here September 15 and
sentenced to life imprisonment in
connection with the murder of Nancy
Wheeioek, an aged woman who was
strangled to death.
Spignola, the third of the jail
breakers, was arrosted in Seattle in
connection with the robbery of a
Standard Oil station here February
27 last of $83,000. He was tried and
convicted and sentenced to one to
fifty years in San Quentin penile n
tiBfy. "The Mouse" Prevents Murder.
The start of the jail break was a
request by Spignola, known in the jail
ns "The Mouse," to Elmer Condon,
one of the assistant inside jailers, to
open the tank of the third floor to
take some soiled laundry.'
As Condon opened the steel door,
Spignola leaped out upon him and
pinned his arms against his body.
Wilson also leaped out and jerked
Condon's pistol from the holster.
Wilson was about to shoot the pin
ioned guard when "The Mouse" in
terceded. "Xo, no? Don't add murder to
this," he exclaimed.
Wilson nnd Spignola then ran
down the stairway to the first floor
where they encountered Henry Fur
rier, the night turnkey. He was
struck four heavy blows on the head
nnd . knocked unconscious. Harry
Glaze, another assistant jailer was
encountered and the jailbreakers
PUBLIC HEALTH IS ENDANGERED BY
WHOLESALE DRINKING OF MOONSHINE
CLEVELAND, Oct. 17. Widespread
drinking of "moonshine" has become
an Important public health problem, 3.
H. Doran, head of the Industrial alco
hol and chemical division of the fed
eral prohibition commissioner's office,
told the pure food and drug section of
the Public Health association in ses
sion here today.
An analysis of illicit liquors shows
that the essential difference between
moonshine and aged in wood whiskies
Is In the aldehyde content, he said.
forced him into a closet. The jail
breakers took the keys from Furrier
and unlocked the two doors in front
of the jail and then locked them be
hind them. They ran east to the vi
cinity of the federal main postoffice.
then leaped into the automobile of a
postoffice employe fiatntd story and
sped away.
Alarm Is Syread. t.
Glaze, breaking from the closet,
reached a telephone and spread the
general alarm.
Wilson, recently convicted of the
slaying of his companion, was being
held in the county jail pending an ap
peal in his case.
A clergyman nnd singing evange
list, Wilson hails from London, Ont.,
and at one time held a pastorate in
Brownsville, Ore. Ho was arrested
here early this year by federal of
ficers investigating the robbery here
March 3 last year of ti mail truck .In
which a large quantity of valuables
was taken.. The trial by. federal and
state officers led through a series of
other mall robberies and department
store burglaries throughout the
country. ' , ' ' " : .-'-
Last April -while Wilson and Cox
were confined in the county jail with
Kddle Farrell, also known ns Eddie
O'Drien,. held in connection yvtth the
looting of a mail truck in Toledo. O..
of nearly a million dollars in cash
and valuables. Sheriff attaches heie
received word of an attempted jail
break.
Murdered Jail Mute.
Teputles were stationed at every
possible means of egivsa from the
jail and when the attempted break
occurred. Farrell was first captured
in the corridors of i court room
building near the jail. Deputies hear
ing a shot, rushed onto the bridge be
tween the jail and the court room
nnd found Cox wounded and dying on
the floor, and Wilson standing over
him. ,
"Herb did it," Cox gasped before he
lapsed Into unconsciousness . and
death.
Farrell was sent to Toledo to face
trial by federal authorities, Wilson
was tried by state authorities on a
charge of murder and it was upon
this count that he was convicted and
was awaiting hearing of an appeal
when he escaped today.
REPORT CONDITION
IN THRACE GRAVE
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 17. By
the Associated Press.) Twelve hun
dred French troops left Constantin
ople today for Adrlanople wjiere a
serious situation is reported by the
evacuation of the Greek army.
The movement of such a large
number of French, troops into the
capital of Thrace is interpreted here
as signifying that the allied command
regarded the situation as grave.
The despatch of these troops
though It is outsldo the terms of the
Mudanla convention , was taken-as a
precaution.
"The effects of the aldehydes on the
human system appear to be very harm
ful," Mr. Doran declared. "These are
eliminated only by fractionating In an
alcohol drum or long ageing In wooden
barrels. Many Illicit liquors are found
to be contaminated with salts of zinc
and copper.
"Casual surveys of the press must
impress everyone with the vicious
character of the illicit liquor. Its use
is sufficiently widespread to become a
matter that vitally concprns the public
health."
Giant U. S.
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AIRMAN BREAKS
ALL RECORDS IN
SPEJUpRY
U. S. Army Lieutenant Startles
Aerial World By Hying
248.5 Miles An , Hour
. Flight Without Wings Even
More Sensational.
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., Oct. 17
Acrnautical engineers and army
oiwl imuv avliai.1. .it UnlfVl.lirn tflalll'
were speculating today as to what
might bo the next unheard of aerial
feut. They came hero s week ago
prepared for surprises, but none had
expected to see n human being plunge
through space at nearly 400 feet a
second, nor had they expected to see
an airplane flown virtually without
the aid of wings.
This was the performance yester
day of Lieutenant H. L. Man shun of
the army who on Saturday won the
Pulitzer air clusstc. Fly tug a Curtiss
army biplane, with which he was vic
torious Saturday, Lieutenant Man
ghan yesterday traveled one kilo
meter at the rate of 248.5 miles an
hour, surpassing by moroj than 32
miles the previous official record and
making the distance 2 8 miles an hour
faster than any unrecognized mark
previously recorded.
The pilot's great speed was even
surpassed In teh opinion of some of
the engineers, by his "flight without
wings."
During the Pulitzer race Lieuten
ant Maughan's pylon work startled
many of the pilots on the field. At
more than 200 miles an hour, he
would tilt his machine on one side
for a considerable distance then com
plete the 120 degree turn upside
down. Thjs aroused speculation . ns
to the distance a machine might be
flown on its side, a position in
which the plans had little or nothing
to di with keeping It in the air.
Lieutenant Maughan believed this
might be developed and demonstrat
ed by a flight across Selfrldge'field, a
distance of about a mile, that under
conditions a plane' might be flown In
that position for a much greater dis
tance than usually Is reuired In mak
ing turns. It appeared that the
speed of the powerful motor was suf
ficient to pull the machine through
the air and at the same time hold It
aloft. The feat probably will have
an Important 'bearing on future wing
designs. It was said.
The plane, built by the Curtis cor
poration, mounts a 4 00 horsepower
Curtiss engine and Is similar in de
sign to the machines that finished in
the first four places in the Ptilitzer
trophy race.
WOLGAMOT CASE AT
SALEM DISMISSED
-SALEM. Ort. 17, Special to Mail
Tribune) The supreme court nt
Salem today dismissed the Wolgamnt
prohibition law esse from Jneknrm
county on stipulation because of the
defendant's denth.
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Supreme C'i, Holds
Bonus Money Goes
To Veteran"s Widow
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 17. Bo-
uua claims of mon entitled to
state compensation under the
terms of the Oregon bonus law
automatically revert to the
widow or nest of klb of the vet-
eran.' the state supremo court
ruled In an opinion handed
down In the case of Margaret
Crane, administratrix of the ns-
slate of Kred H. Crime, vs. the
state bonus commission.
Mrs. Crane sought puymont of
(her buiunnd's htvnitJtsluiM to his
estate, lint hnr plea was 'denied
'by lbo Marlon .county circuit
court. The supremo court sua-
tallied tho-lowor court in rofus-
lug to order the claim paid to
Crane's estate, but held' that
Mrs .(Crane. widow of the vet-
eran. Is entitled to the bonus
money.
PITIFUL STREAM
REFUGEES FLEE
FROM THRACE
ADIifANOPLE, Oct. 17. (fly Asso
ciated Press). Thirty thousand Graks
and Armenians have passed from this
city to the west since Saturday and
the road between here and the Maritza
river Is an unbroken line of men( wom
en and children with ox carts, cattle
and camels.
Through a steady downpour of rain
they are plodding toward their un
known destinations, driven forward by
the nameless fear which has gripped
tho whole populace of eastern Thrace
since the government's bulletins were
liosted on Saturday, announcing the
terms of the Mudanla armistice, which
provide for occupation of the province
by the Turks within 45 days.
The members of the allied missions
stationed here declared the extent of
tho refugee exodus Indicates that the
Turks upon their entry will find east
ern Thrace almost uninhabited.
Tho procession has been orderly but
the misery of the refugees is ulready
extreme, and pneumonia will claim
many victims if the present inclement
weather continues.
When, on Saturday, the Greek civil
authorities attempted to reassure the
people by stating that the Turkish gen
darmerie would not arrive for 15 days,
the Christian, Inhabitants simply re
fused to believe them. Nearly all the
Christians In Adrlanople gathered up
all they could carry either on their
backs or on ox carts and as soon as
possible were off. t
Meanwhile from tho countryside a
similar exodus is under way and every
road leading to the Maritza Is jammed
with humanity, cattle and wagons.
This whole flood converges upon a
single road as It approaches the Knra
gatch bridge across (he Maritza.
The refugees believe that if they can
reach Karagatch they will be safe
from the Turks. This small village,
which is just across the boundary, will
be in neutral territory until the peace
conference decides Its fate.
Although the railway Is moving a
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Burned at San Antonio Today
GOMPERS GIVES
LABOR'S VIEW TO
AMEROLEGION
Organized Labor's Attitude
Toward' War Is Outlined
Before Legion Convention-
Red Cross Head Speaks
Foreign Heroes Greeted.
.CONVENTION HAM,, NEW OR
LKANSl Oet. 17. Hy Associated
lres). The American Legion nt a
long session today heard Its aspira
tions and aeblovementH praised by &
dozen speakers, including dlstlnirulsh
od visitors from Kuropean nations, and
selected" San f rnnclsco ns its 11123
convention city.
Kenasnw M. Landig, baseball com
missioner, ami Samuel Gontners, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, sat on tho platform with tho
legion officials. Mr. (iompers was the
principal speaker of tho morning ses
sion, Mr. Rompers reiterated the attitude
of the American Kedoration of Labor
"in peace or In war."
Thiit position, he declared, had sot
chunked uluce 1917 when' Amei'tejt'was
about to entor tho world wnr4ind an
extract from the federation's official
pronouncement at Hint tiipi was read
to the convention. It said:
"Trade unions of America In nation
al conference assembled In the capital
of our nation, hereby pledge ourselves
In peace or (n war, in stress or In
storm, to stand unreservedly by the
standards of liberty and the safety and
preservation of tho Institutions and
ideuls of our republic.
"In this solemn hpur of our nation's
life, it Is otir earnest hope that our
republic may be safeguarded In Its un
swerving desire for peace . But
should'our country be drnwfl Into con
filet, we offer our services to our coun
try In every Held of activity to defend,
safeguard and preserve the republic
of the United States of America
against Its enemies, whomsoever they
may be."
An Impressive ceremony marked the
opening of the session when the silken
colors of national headquarters of the
legion were brought to tho platform
and the convention stood with bared
heads. ,
Grand Old Man
Hanford MacNIder introduced 'Mr.
Compels as "the grand old man of
labor," than whom ho said, "the
legion had no better friend."
Mr. Qompers said It had been one of
his great endeavors to promote the
spirit of comradeship between the
legion and tho federation. ,
After presentation of the national
colors to the delegates at the opening
of the morning session, Commander
Mac.Vider presented John Barton
Payne, national head of the American
Hed -Crete.
Mr, Payne said the Red Cross was
"not a cult" but "the heart throb of
the nation, without creed or color."
Commissioner John T. TIgert of the
federal bureau of education then ex
tended greetings to the legion. He
endorsed the legion's rehabilitation
and hospitalization program. Tho men
who came back from JYnnce, . Mr.
Tigert said, were disillusioned when
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Plane Crashes in
Streets S. Antonio,
Aviator Is Killed
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 17. Uw-
tenant Walter A. Hull. 27. was
crushed to death at 9:10 a. m.
today when his alrpluno felt 500
feet. The nvlator was flying over
tlta southern part ot the city nnd
the machine crashed at the inter-
section of two paved highways.
Halt, whb occupied a single-seater 4
machine, was stationed at Kelloy
Held, ; .. - . , -,
Ho was inanlod, his wife re-
Hiding hero. ,
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VLADIVOSTOK IS
NEAR CAPTURE
BY B0LSH1VIK
TOKIO, Oct. 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Special dispatches
from Vladivostok report that city In
imminent danger ot luvaslon by so
viet troops. Members of the Vladivo
stok "white government" have board
ed a steamer ready to depart. Gen
eral lUetericbs, commander ot tlm
"white" army la reported to have
retreated to the Uusao-Chlneso bor
der. . '
PEKING, Oct. 17. (By tho Asso
ciated Press.) Troops ot the "red"
army representing tho Fur Eastern
republic of Siberia supposedly have
crushed tho "white" or so-called Kap
peliirt Siberian army on the edge of
the. northern Maucliurtan border, ac
cording to official information from
Harbin rocelved by the Chita agent
here.
The reports say the Chita troops
defeated the antl-sovlet army ot Gen
eral Dieterichs in a battle Immedi
ately west ot Nlkolsk. The red In
vaders then occupied Nlkolsk and la
ter advancing westward, entered
Grodekova.
Five thousand Kappcllsts In 130
trains retired to Progranltchnlva, on
the Manchurian frontier, where ttiey
were disarmed by the Chinese.
By thesis, successes the "reds" are
reported holding the railroad north,
and west of Nlkolsk with the "whites'"
separated.
VIOLINIST S DAUGHTER
WHEN SHE WEDS
CHICAGO, Oi-t. 17. Her father's
promise of $100,000 if she remained
unmarried until she was thirty was
an inducement to Josephine Kryl for
six years, but six years remained
when she met I'airl Tnylor White, a
music composer of Botn. A mes
sage signed "Mrs. Paul Tuylor White"
nnnounced that Josephine hnd
broken her part with hr fnther.
Six years uko, Josephine, then 18,
wag a promifdnK violin student under
the tettttfatie ot 1ay, and her sis
ter, Marie, then 16, was an accom
plished pianist. Their father, Hohu
mlr' Kryl, himself a noted musician,
hnrt grpitt umbltlon.1 of rnrpers for
his daughters, so ureut ihjit he exact
DBIEC-2
BURNS, SIX
ARE INJURED
Grant Gas Bag, First to Cross
United States, Fatte in
Ffames at San Antonio
While On Return Trip
Texas Norther Causes Dis
asterBag Totai Loss.
SAX ANTONIO. Texas., Oct. 17.
A Tearas "norther" which came whtst
llns down today was primarily the
cause of the destruction of the giant
dirigible C-2, pride of the atr sen-tee,
and the serious Injury of several oe
cupttuts, A sudden gnst of slnil
threw the big envelope of tho rtlriil
Uue. against the doora of the. bangftf
at 'Brooks field, resulting to u ex
plosion which left the aircraft a mass
cl smoking and tangled wreckage.
The Injured are Afaj. H. A. Strauss,
commander, sljghtly brnteeet Ser
geant A. D. AlbresbA, engineer,
broken leg; Major John MacD.
Thompson, eighth corps area head
quarters, broken arm; Captain Belson
Watlker, aide to Major General John
L. it 1 lues, bruises about the torn; Be
Butnes, reporter, broken arm; Ser
geant dlarry Bills, broken leg In giv
ing aid to those In the car. Lfeuten
uno . A. Anderson, pilot ot the. C-8 .
was unhurt. " : y' ''
Ordered Oli lRlblo Hack 1 1
At the time of the accident the
dfrfglblo was being maneuvered from'
the giant hangar built for ' the ill
fated Roma, lleallxlng that ttk euiH
rent of wind caused by the "norther"
made further advance hazardous to
the safety of the C-2 .Major Strauss .
had just ordered the dirigible track
luto the hangar. At that time. It was
about one-half clear of the hie doors
Just at this juncture the wind
struck the bag a violent blast and a
small portion ot the fabric, to which
waa attached one of the galto tapes,
tore out. A second rope guide snap
ped under the added strain and a
third ropo guldo pulled loose. The
gmt ot wind swung- the big bag; np
wartls and to one aide, where It
struck on tho concrete door frames.
When the air mingled with the hy
drogen gas with which the bag was
filled It probably Ignited. However,
there were electric wires on. the dw
which may have caused the spark, .
Lioutenant Anderson said. The gaso
(fne Ignited when the. bag exploded so
that almost instantly the dirigible
was a mass of flames.
Passengers henrd the hissing at the.
gas and a few moments later the gas,
from some unknown reaso'n, became
Ignited, going tip in a flash. .
The bag burned and the er Slop
ped to the ground, throwing the pas
sengers to the concrete floor.
iPoIlce ambulances and emergency
ears and physicians rushed to the
scene.
Kn ltouto East
CfffCAGO, Oct. 17. The C-2 was
the first craft of the dfrfgfble type to
complete the trans-conilnental trip
over the United States. Starting
from Lnngley Field, Newport News,
Va., at IZ:25 a. m. September 14, the
ship made air history by ttytng to
Rosa Field, Arcadia, Calif., with only
six stops en i'oute, reaching the Pa
cific coast at 6:58 a. m., September
23.
LOSES $100,000
BOSTON COMPOSER
ed the, same promise Usm eeh 1
remain single until thirty when
f tOO.000 each would be their reward.
The rule was so rigid that no
youiiK men were to b entertained, to,
the Kryl home.
Last week Josephine, who hni
signed, contracts for European ap
pearances thin winter with various
symphony orchestras, said she had
an appointment with a dentist and;
loft tho Kryl rcildence. Her message
from Uoston was the first word her
father received since.
H told Marts if she contemplate
association with any of the young
men ot her acquaintance, tho ruio
irovwninsr the Krj'f parlor would be
cancelled.