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ES; KILLED M PRISON BREAt
; Oregon jon
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THREE DEAD
IN GETAWAY
Bloodiest Prison Tragedy Jn
History of Pacific Coast Is
Enacted at Salem Pen
Ellsworth Kelly, Jim Murray
and James 'willos, Heavily
Armed, Pursued by Posses.
BALUM, Aug. 13. Two guards and
one convict were sliot doud, und an
other" guard perhaps fatally wounded
In a break at tho Oregon penitentiary
about 6 o'clock last night that wilt
doubtless be recorded as one of the
bloodiest prison tragedies In the his
tory of .the Paplfic Coast. , .
- The dead are: - , "
I J. M. Holman, 55 years old; guard:
John Sweeney 59, guard.
"... Bert (Oregon) Junes, escaping con
vict. ,
' .. Lute Savage, another , guard, re
ceived a bullet through Ills body thut
entered just below the heart. .
IS Hh worth Kelly, .Jim Murray and
Raines Willos, all desperate men, are
at large, all heavily armed, and pur
sued by posses of deputy sheriffs, po
lice officers volunteers and militury
troopers of the ' Oregon . National
Guard commanded by Maj. Tom Ril
yea. .' iThe National; Guardsmen re
ported at daybreak by order of Gov
ernor Pierce, and -It was the Gover
nor's request 'that Rllyea be in com-,
mand: Murray is severely " wounded
from, a charge of buckshot fired by
Ww-dcn A, ftU.JJuJryniplo,.
" The shot that'lcllled Uhitrd Sweeney
was fired from tho .turnkey's office
VherO tho break centered, while Hul
man was shot from thu yard with a
shotgun.. Half a dozen bullet holes
are lu the north window of the office
In line with .guard position number 1
whore the guards were killed.
Jones Killed by, DuviMm.
"Oregon" Jones, notorious from
previous breaks, was shot dead by
John Davison, 65-yoar-old frontiers
man and veteran prison guurd, slayer
of tho desperato "Tiger". Johnson at
Walla Walla : penitentiary several
years ago and whose unerring rifle
about three years ago ended the life
of Jim Ogle, robber who killed J. N.
Burgess and George Pcrfnger of Pen
dleton in -the Cluremont Tavern hold
up In Portland Jn November, 1032.
Because of his grim record as a guard,
Davison was hated by the more des
perate class of convicts, who gave him
the soubriquets of "Shouting" Davi
son and "Slaughter House John."
There Is a bifbf irony in the fact that
"Oregon" Jones and not John Davison
Is dead, for the veto run guard was one
of tho first men altackod by the es
caping desperadoes, but Davison al
most paralysed Murray, their leader,
with a kick in the ubdomen, then
ran for his rifle,. which he used effect
ively -a fow minutes later.
Break ut Dinner Time.
The break started about 5 minutes
before 6 o'clock. Murray, Jones,
Kelly and Wlllus were working in the
yard when the supper call was sound
ed. Instead of going to the dining
room, the four went to their celts, lu
ter contriving to got--together. The
count at this time of tho day Is made
as the men leave tho dining room, not
as they enter, which accounts for the
fact that they were not missed. They
went to the north Wing of the building
on the east side and worked their
way to the top of the fourth tier of
cells. This is near tho roof, Hero, with
knives doubtless made from files, they
cut through six boards and the tin
cover of the roof. On the roof they
made their way to the west end of the
building and by means of ropes stolen
from somo of. the buildings - and
spliced together, lowered themselves
to the ground in. the front yard, slid
ing down the ropo between the two
front windows. , By a peculiarity of
architecture this point cannot be seen
from either guard Post No. 1 or No.
7, which guard the front premises.
This Identical means of escape has
been used before, once several years
ago by Jeff Baldwin, a notorious chur-
N (Continued on page si.)
AGAIN. BUT
LOS ANOELE8, Aug. It. (A. P.)
An earthquake shuck not heavy
enough to be genxally perceptible,
occurred hero about 6:15 o'clock I his
morning.
BUTTE, Mont., A'lg. U. (A. P.)
A alight earthquake ihock was felt
6000 Barrels Beer '
Valued at $100,000
Seized in New York
NEW YORK. Auk. 13. (A.
P.) Throe carloads iff beer were
seized (uduy by prohibition offl-
eialu. bringing to 6,(1(10 barrolB
tho amount ueized wllhln the
past thirty days by ukoMh In
their activities against what Pro-
hlbltion Director Merrick term-
ed a tidal wave of Incoming beer.
Tho beverage seized during
fr the thirty days was estimated to
ho worth 1 00,000.
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SANDEFER GAVE
ALARM IN PEN
Former Dry Agent in Jackson
County Fired On by Convicts
But Escapes to Insane Asy
lum Warden Dalrymple
On the Job.
SALEM. Aug. 13. taoine one hun
dred and twenty-five posHcmen aro
this morning combing tho swampy
country in the vicinity of Pratum,
olKht miles east of Salem, for some
trace of tho three convicts who fast?
night made their escape from the
Oregon penitentiary after' killing Jwo
guards "' and seriously woundVg an- j
other, . .
The. -men. were last- seen entering1
the. brushy swamp along Pudding
river, two miles cast of pratum, by J
the taxi driver and his passenger)
whom the fugitives forced to drive
them that far. -
ono of the trio is thought to bo
seriously wounded and all are heavily)
armed. Farmers throughout the en
tire section have been warned and
aare joining the search. -v
Tho posses are under the general
direction of Doputy Warden LIHey
and Major Tom Hllyca of the na
tional guard. All have been Instruct
ed' to shoot to kill any of the three
on sight.
Officers are confident that the men
are still in the vicinity,, arguing that
Murray Is apparently In no condition
to travel and that his companions
would probably bo loathe to desert
their leader so early In the chase.
An ex-convict In a large automo
bile was seen Just outside tho prison
gate last night by Warden Dalrymple
Just about the time the break . oc
curred. 'Vhoro is a suspicion that ho
Wtts in collusion with the escaping
desperadoes and that he intended to
hasten them away . In the car. The
warden believes .they were trying to
locate the automobile when he
opened fire from the garage. - ft 1
Tho first clue as to the where
abouts of tho fugitives was obtained
today when information came that
tho Standard Oil distributing station
at .Stlverton was broken into during
tho night by tho lock being shot off
tho door. The place was ransacked
and a small amount of money was
taken from a till.
Sandefer In Action.
Additional details of the escape
were related at tho prison today.
One of tho first guards to rush to
the relief of post No. 1 was 8. B.
Sandefer. He, however, was off shift
and unarmed. Ho found Holman
and- Davison in the - post, Holman
wounded and- Davisou using Hol
man's gun. ' Sandefer asked for a
gun and was Informed" there was no
other to be had. Holman asked for
' a doctor and Sandefer Btnrtod run
ning to the state hospital oh the
nearest place to get a physiclun.
(Sandefer was formerly special dry
agent in Jackson county and well
known throughout southern Orcgen.)
i I heard a bullet whizz past me,"
said Sandofer, "and looked back.
1 Here carne tho three of them and I
speeded up. They must have fired
five or six times at mo. I reached
t the hospital and gave tho alarm, but
(Continued on Mge nix.)
NO SERIOUS DAMAGE
here at 7:5(1 last night and 3:16 this
morning. There was no damage.
III;I.;NA. Mont.. Aug. 13. Helena
and vicinity shaken at 3:80 this
morning by a slight earthuuako of
about the same Intensity as one laat
night at 7:50. : No damage is reported.
BREAK AT SAL EM
; Last Resting
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The grave of William Jennings Bryan is in Arlington National cemetery, ncarthe section
shown in this picture. The Arlington amphitheater is in the foreground, at the right is the mast
head of the ill-fated battleship Maine, marking the resting place of sailors who died when the Maine
was Mown up. Arlington is across the Potomac from Washington, D. C.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NliVV YORK, Aug. 13. IU. S. liu
reatt .of Markets) 38 cars received
from California and 17 from New
York by boat. Sonic in mixed cars;
market Blightly stronger. California
Uartletts In boxos, 4!) cars. Host, $2.(0
to $3.05; Komo i'tincy. $3.10 to $4. 20;
ordinary, $2.35 to $2.50; poor, $2.(10 to
flH -rliie.- $1.50.10' $1.95; mostly $2.25
to $2.45; average, $8.88.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13. 27 cars pears
from California- arrived. Thirty-six
cars on track Including broken; 2(
cars sold. California Uartletts, 10.751
boxes, $1.50 to $3.15; mostly $2.00 to
$2.50. ' i -
OUT THREATS TO LEAVE
HER HUSBAND'S HOME
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BEND, Ore.,'' Aug. 13. After re
peated threats that she would "some?
duy disappear Und that It would do
no good to 'look for her," Mrs. Mary
Davis, 50, wife of B. 1. Dnvls, butter
maker for the Central Oregon Farm
ers Creamery, left her home herft and
was last 80011 'disappearing over tho
hill to Iho. rear of her house at 10
o'clock yesterday morning. '
Her huHbandt on arriving Jioitie at
7 o'clock last evening, found a note
which road:, "Don't look for me, it
will do no goud.M . .
Davis at, once started a search for
his mlKsing wlfo, believing she may
huvo attumptodi to destroy hornelf us
a result of Illness of month's duration.
Neighbors - trucked the woman to
within BOO feot. of the Deschutes riv
er, where they lost the trail. The
search Is continuing.
Released From, Jail,
Convict Kills Woman,
Then Kills Himself
STOCKTON, Aug. 13. (A. 1'.) K.
PedroHa, of PitlHburgh, tal., clnHed 1i In
fli-Hl day of freedom from I he Contra
CoHla county Jail liy Htabhiiiff Mi-m.
Madorla Kiguerd to dnath hint niKhl
with a hunting knife In a local morn
ing hnuHO and then plunging the knife
into ItllnHelf. , PedrriHa died on Ihe
way to the lloHpttal. No chuho for
the murder and miicldo could he
learned by the police.
Mra. P'lguern haa been living here
with her three children, her liUHband
being in. Mexico.
The Noted Dead.
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. IS.-After 2fl
yearn as keeper of the lighthouse at
Nohh Head, Wash., Alexander Per
Himen, M. died at his post of duty hint
night. - J. . i v
The veteran lighthouse keeper bad
been In the United Hlatea for 44 years
and was continuously in the federal
Hervlce after his arrival front Finland,
first as an Interpreter at Kills Island
Inyulgratlon station, later as keeper at
Tillamook rock light house, and since
that at North Head.
Ills health had been falling since bis
wife took her. life two years ago by
plunging from the cliffs In front of tho
light, house. : .
Place of William Jennings Bryan
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PRIES T TURKEY
DISCARDS WIFE
Of TWD .YEARS
Kemal Pasha: Finds Latife (
Hanoum Too Assertive for
Domestic Felicity Latter
Flees to Wealthy Father
Divorce Is Decreed.
CONSTANTlNOPl,K. Aim. 13. (A.
P. MuBtHpha Kctnal PdHlia, proal
dent of Iho Turkish republic, haH din
carded I Ik wife, U'ltlle llannum.
An official slatcmcut uays I hut the
president deckled to Koparato from his
wife and has issued a decree- pro
nouncing a divorce effective from Aug.
No reasons are given officially for
the divorce, but public'rumor has been
busy for somo lime concerning the re
lations of tho presldont. Tho dlvorco
Is attributed In somo nuni'tors to a
tendency to masterfulness by Madam
Latife und Ho her deHlre to mix In
matters which her husband considered
oulsldo of her sphere. A serious dis
agreement beeanio evident two wooks
ago when Madam Latlfo loft hurriedly
to rejoin her parents. All tho commis
sars for tho Turkish government wero
present to hid her audlou except tho
president.
Mustapha Kemal Pasha was tmir
rlod January !!!), 1023, to Latlfo Hun
mini, daughter of Motiaameron Cliakl
Lloy, a' wealthy merchant of Smyrna.
The daughter Is said to huvo brought
bim a dowry of one million Turkish
lire. A few months Inter Madame Lat
lfo, known as a bcllovor in women's
rights, was proposed as a deputy to
tho Turkish parliament from Constan
tinople by women of that city who
wero indignant over the unsuccessful
proposal of tho Deputy Ballh liffondl
to make niarriago obligatory.
SPROULE PLANS RAIL
EXTENSIONS TO MEXICO
NEW VOHK. Adff. 13. WIIIIhim
fiproulp, presldrnt of tho Southern
Pat'lftclc mild UnXny on hl return
fro innbrond thtit If ronrlltloim fn M"X
tro rt'inuln ffivoriihln tho 1B00 nilleH
of rtillrotid (ho coin puny l hullrtln to
iioiiftf't iho wi'Mt '0iHt of tho I J rilled
HlHtoH tut tut north as Portland, Orn.,
with Mnxico (,'tty, would he opened In
the fall of 192fi. Work iif phr('ln
Ihe inoiintttlnM Ih It f I or carried out Hiid
when eoniilfted thn line will he one
of tho moHt plrtiirowiue roule In the
world. .
t ffprp'n A Sew Odlego Vuh
, CHICAflO, Aug. 13. (A. P.)
Hlrhard Hurt, of tireut FuIIh, Mont.,
announced toduy thut a new require
ment for Initiation Into the Montana
club of North weHiern uiilvernity, dn
inan thut the iippllcant travel to
coIIpro from his native tale In a
callle car.
BASEBALL SCORES
At 1'hlladelphiu
St. ouis : fi 13 I
Philadelphia '. 4 0 1
-Gaston,' Van Gilder and Jlurgruvc;
AVulberg, Jlarrlss and Cochrane, , ,
At Washington. First Game.
Clnvelund , ':
Washington ur
(Jhle and U Kewnll; Jiiu:hury,
sell and Hevereid, fUel., ..
0 0
Hus
; IJelrolt-BfiKinn postponed, rain,
' New Vork-ChlcaKO gaiuo poMlpoitetl,
rain. ' '
NATIONAL ...
At PltlHbUI'Rll ,
Now York 4.7.1
IPIltuliuiith ., 1 5 1
j Orconflol(i and , Snyder;. AUliidgc,
AduniH, 8heelian anil Stullli.
LET
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W. C. L U. F
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SALEM. Aug. 13 The state hoard
of control today approved contracts
let by tho W. C. T. II. farm for chil
dren near Corvullfa for a school build
ing 'to cost, about $-15, UOO and a. cot
tage to cost a contract, price of $14,
: r. J . 7 ;t . The state appropriated Sllti.ouit
for the school building, and the excess
cost will be paid by Ihe W. C. T. JJ.
L. N. Traver, of CorvalllH, was award
ed tlie contract to build- tho school
building and lleckert und Son, of Cur
vallls the cottage. - - - - - -
DYING 1. 1 OPERATOR
REFUSES TO QUIT POST
j PITTHBUHGI1,- I'a., AuK. 13. Vilv
ing death from. a Kiiddmi HIiiphk yen
Iciday, KavatmitKli .IikioIih, ntRhl tele
K-aph operator for the PltlNliurgh and
luko l-Jrio railroad Ht MonoiiKahela,
peal' here, threw on tho iimI kIrikIIh
lo Htop alt trirlim u few inlnttteH be
fore he felt aeroKM IiIk key, dead from
an aliai-k of arule liidlRoHtlrn. Trahm
on' tho rilvlHlon were hailed for marc
than an.' hour ( until nniiher operatur
could bfVHont to man the wire.
lOnrller In. the nlKhl JacobH had
summoned a phyHlclan, but had du
ollii'-d lo leave IiIh p')Ht.
Wall Street Report
Nl'iW YORK, Aug. 13. The closing
was strong. Mack Trunks soured lo
2UH In the final hour. DuPoni Jumped
seven polnls and New York, Ontario
and Western Common and Preferred,
Westlnghouse Air Brake, Klsher Body
and International Khoe sold Z to 5
points higher. , - ,
f Buoyancy of tho high priced Indus
trial shares and revival of activity and
strength In the Public UtlKtU fea
tured today's stock market. American
Cn, Oenerul Klectiic and Muck
Trucks ull surpassed their previous
1H26 high records, but spottlnesn de
veloped in some of tho lower priced
nldustrlfll Issues. Total sales approx
imated 1,250,000 shares.
Home Canned Peas
Fed to Chickens
With Fatal Results
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KUGIiNK, Aug. 1.1. Mis.
Ityrd Land of Crenwrll openrd
a can of home canned peas for
4 her supper hint night, but they
didn't look Just right. After
4 an refill consideration nhn do-
4 i-rded not to put them on the
fr table.
f She threw them Into the
4- chicken pen.
Seventy-five young chickens
and one old hen died after eat-
Ing them.
Darrow Flayed by Judge Raul
ston and Attorney Stewart
and His Suppression Asked
Million and a Half Placed
As Financial Goal.
DAYTON, Tenn., Auff.' 13. (A.1 P.)
OrganlKutlon of the William J. Bry
an Memorial Ansouiatfon hero last
night was marked by dpnunolatlun of
Clarence Darrow by A. T., Stewart,
proHocutlns attorney in the Heoncs
evolution trial, and a dental by Jurigo
John T. RaulHton, who presided at the
'toMwrlng,'" of chargeH by Mr. DaVrow
(luit.Uie sJudKo haii lined' the trial lo
further UIh political Intereata.
Tho aHNociatlon, formed for Hie pur-pone-,
of erecting . a fundamentalist
school here lu memory of Mr. Bryan,
aet as a goal the raising of one and a
half million dollars for buildings and
flv emillfons for Iho endowment of
Iho proposed Institution,
Mr. Darrow, who sorvod as a de
fense attbrnoy In tho John T. Hcopoa
trial, was denounced by Mr. Stewart
as "the greatest menace present duy
uivlllzaUon has lo deal wllh."
"J do not believe there would bo a
fjerioiiH clash between religion and
science, " the attorney said, "If It were
not for the1 OodlesH Darrow and his
ilk Kpi-eadlng their propaganda and
trying to dostroy faith lu the Bible.
Mis doctrine Is a curse. Unless the
people of thlH land suppress him,
more evil will be done."
. Judge Haulston declared that Mr.
Darrow'n statement that he had used
hlH fundameltallst beliefs to further
his political Interests wus "without
Justification."
, "If I seek re-election," ho said, 'It
will bo wholly on my record, as Judge
and I don't believe Mr. Darrow's sar
casm cuii prejudice the minds of the
people againat mo.
"Mr. Da now now refers to me as
being Ignorant, and Intimates that I
am unworthy of the office which 1
now hold. , I prefer that tho latter
question lie referred to tho pooplo In
my district rather than to him."
To Kill 4000 Head
of Pattle Infected
' With Hoof Disease
. HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 13. (A. P.)
Uxlcrmlnatlon of all livestock In' tho
foot and mouth disease Infected area
south of Houston began today.. , ,
Firing suuads expected to kill and
bury by tonight, 'A OH head of callle.
Tho work will :ontlnno until all the
cattle Jn the quarantine zone are slain.
Tho number Is estimated al. between
;i,000 and 4. 0(1(1. . Most of thorn aro
range cattle which will have to; bo
rounded up, but there aro some dairy
hords slated for slaughter. ,
None of tho cattle slaughtered to
day havo Iho disease, bul they are In
an area where they might have ben
exposed to tlie contagion.
KLANSMEN THROW
ARE ROUNDED
' READING. Maoa., Aug. 13. (A. P.)
After racing over the roads from
four different barracks, a strong force
of state troops mobilised hero today
and slumped out a Ku Klux Klan riot.
Before their arrival, several tear
bombs had been hurled, a score uf
Klansmen and antl-Klansmen had
been fired ant two alleged Klansmen
wore arrested. , . ,
All
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DRIVE
FDR
AN
MONKEY S
SEARCH FOR
CONVICTS IS
SAD AFFAIR
Precious Hours Lost by Hap
hazard Pursuit of Salem
Murderers Amateur De
tectives and Excited Citizens
Join in Chase Three Sus
pects Seen Near Silverton.
SALHM. Aug. 13. With nothing
seen, heard nor Indicated as, to tho
exact whereabouts of Tom Murray,
lOllKworth Kelly and Jamos Wlllus,
convicts who succeeded In making
their escape from the Oregon atato
penitentiary hero last night after kill-
j Ing two. guards and .wounding an
other, since 8 o'clock last evening
.when they deserted the taxlcab they
'had commandeered and disappeared
Into the marshy lands near Pratum,
(eight miles east of here, the man hunt
this afternoon had settled down to. a
.waiting game. .
Home of the possemen, craving ex
citement, were getting restless and
were drifting back to their homes, al
lowing somo order to shape Itself In -tho
conduct of tho search . which .
throughout the night and morning
was more or less a haphazard and de
moralized affair. ' f i .
Just before noon newspaper reports
from tho section where the search In
going on estimated that between J 60 -,and
200 armed men were participat
ing In parties of front -three, or jt our
J.up t'o twenty, most of them operalfng
, independently and
wltrr no - -genera-t
I supervision. ' '
. Warden Dalrymple had: five met!
j headed by Wright Gardner,, prison
guard and experienced woodsman, on
j the ground' operating under the di
rection of his office,
j Cieorgo h. Cleaver, former State pro
I hlbltion cbmmtsstonor, and four men
wore conducting still another ca.ni
. palgn; 1 l "; . ;
Added to all of these Innumerable
groups of fur m ois and other volun'
teers seeking excitement were wan
dering hero and there, but no clews
were reported, - . - : '
Aboht. 10 o'clock this morning Dep
uty Warden Lilly left for the scene
of the hunt to see If some more ef
fective organization could not be ef
fected that would co-ordtnato 4he ef-'
forts of all and try to eliminate some
of the volunteers. ' i 1
Prison authorities looking back over
the previous attempt of Murray and
Kelly to escape, this afternoon ex-,
pressed tho opinion that the fugitives
would likely adopt the same tactics
they used upon the former occasions,
lie In hiding during daylight and trav
el at night, also doing their foraging
for food under the cover of darkness
by robbing country stores oi. raiding
farm houses. , , - . ,
According lo these calculations' the
convicts are not yet sufficiently hun
gry to. risk Bhowingtthemselveif,' but
will likely do so as soon as it becbriies
dark enough for thein to travel uafo
ly tonight. . ... (
"WITH STATIC TOKMI3 ft&AfV 81L-. :
VKUTON, Ore., Aug. 13. Three men,'
believed to be tho fugitives from' the
penitentiary,; wore reported .to, have
been seen to vanish Into tho brush
at a point botweon Hllverton and Pra
tum at 10:30 today. A possee. Investi
gated but did not find the men. ; Dep
uties from tho sheriff's office in .Port
land wore In the posse.' . THoy are ac
companied by W, K Gardner, a guard
who was with Guurd ilulmar) when ho
was slain last night. This group tn
day Is working out the Boo us Mills
and Mount -Angel districts. , "'.
Belief that tho bandits inny doubTi'
back to tho railway front- the densely :'
timbered Waldo Hills has been' ex
pressed by officials. '" ' !.;
Italnlng hi Portland. vMt'v f
PORTLAND, Aug. I 3. A; ; P.-
Breaking a drouth of (11 days, a llgltt. ''
ratn started falling hero shortly be tor's "
3 o'clock this afternoon. ' f'"'
TEAR BOMBS BUT
mi
UP BY STATE POLICE
' Acting Chief of Potlcs Frank 61nck
and other .members of the Reading
force stated that they were affected
by the tear gas bombs when the ar
rived on the scene. The bombs. Chief
Slack said, had been hurled Into tho
crowd of antl-Klansmen. tihota were ,
also fired Into the same crowd, other ,
policemen said. No one was hit by
the shots, but scores suffered the
temporary discomfort from the tasv
J