Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 18, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto " o CO Medford mail Teibune o Weathef Year Ago Maximum .., -..; Wi Minimum ...-5-I Prediction l'alr Maximum yraterdujr .. . 83 Minimum today St Dtlly Twentieth Year. fklr Flftj fourth Yw. . "M'EDFORD, OliKC.ON, TUKSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1925 'fiO. 127 ESCAPES MOTOR m Band in Dfin I Murray, Kelly and Willos Step . Frorh Stolen Car at Corner of ijshtiv'.and Washington Streets - 200 Policemen to Corjib' Citsr- Tom Murray Is No'VSeverely Wounded. SEATJEAug. 18. A police- man'i'rtprtedi'Jhat he saw In Seattle '" today 1 three roughly dressed men answering descrip. tions of a trio that escaped Wed nesday from the Oregon peniten tiary at Salem. They were travel ing in a car with an Oregon license. This car sped south on one of the principal streets. PORTLAND. Aug. 18 (A. P.) Portland today was the unwilling , center or the greatest manhunt it has ever known. Hastily recruited police, some of them on vacations, many of them in their beds, were ordered out to scour the town for Tom Murray, Kllsworth Kelly and James Willos, desperadoes, . who casually alighted from an auto mobile somewhere In tho downtown section at 10:30 last nicht. They had learned, through C. 1..! Newman, who; with Ills family, was P.) MIhk GcilruUe ljtlorlo was ro ,kcpt prisoner in his homo all day yes-1 turned , ;to . Boulogne this- uftornoon terday near Now Kra by tho fugitive - aboard il'n' ttig-'IHMai'lnlo nfler li-r trio, that.no one. of the bandits, grown , case-hardonedund rocKleH by tlioir experience since tlioir prison break last Wednesday, intended to bo taken alive. - ; Chief of Police Jenkina personally superintended the throwing out of guard lines to all the main roads leav ing the city and on all bridges. Railroad officials havo called out their special police, and each yard is heavily guarded to prevent escape by Kndcrlc for half an hour: that route. J "1 never suw any swimmer, man or A dozen detectives are searching woman, attempting to swim tin? chan roouiing houses in the hope of un-tncl get off the French shore o fact." covering the hiding place of the trio. Thero will be little rest for the en tiro police bureau until the trio Is captured, Chief Jenkins declared. All reliefs will be ordered out and will work double shifts, lie said. VOKTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 18. (A.1 P.) Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and James Willon. the three con victs who last Wednesday shot their getting lonesome." , way out of the state penitentiary. Miss Vera Tanner, u member of last leaving two guards und one of their year's British Olympic swimming companions dead from gunshot team, slipped Into the water and swum wounds last night entered Portland alongside the American girl. The two In a commandeered automobile. Two girls kept up a running chatter for hundred Portland officers under the !a few minutes and then settled down personal supervision ot Chief Jenkins to u fust pace. Tho stroko reached today are making an extensive search 27 to the minute. Miss fciderle coin of the hotels for the three escapes. I plained of slight stomach trouble after Tho dush to Portland by the con- j she hud been two and a half hours vlcts followed their seizure of an in tho water. "I can feel that beef uutomobllo In Monitor oarly yestcr- stew yet," sho said, referring to her day morning and tho kidnaping of morning's breakfast, the owner and his three companions.) Just then the liner Capo Polonio, Tho convicts roinalned hidden all bound from Buenos Aires to Bremen, yesterday at the home of C. L.. New- passed, raising largo rollers In which man, father of one of the kidnaped both Miss Kdcrlc and Miss Tanner boys, between Oregon City and New rollicked. Mlsa Edcrlo waved to tho ' Era and last evening forced New-' passengers aboard tho liner, tho sight man s son, Leslie, and n lriena oi, Newman to drive, thorn to Portland In Newman's machine. They warn ed Newman that both of the hos tages would be killed if any. word of their flight should bo divulged. Newman Is Liberated. When they arrived in the Port-, land downtown district they loft tho automobile with their guns con cealed If a sack und liberated young Newman and his friend Tho authorities did not learn of tho outlaws' presence here until young Newman had returned to Ore- gon City, fifteen miles south ot hore,: and gave tho alarm, I Tho convicts intonded when they! appropriated tho car In Monitor, to drivo through to Portland before 'Continued on Page Eight) "CINDERELLA" AS NEW YOnK. Aug. 18 (A. P.) Edward W. Browning, whoso adop lion of Mary Ijoulso Hpns was nn nulled recently, fled from a roor garden early today, when chorus girls kissed him and shoutrf, "Oh, there's my Cinderella man." . Tho millionaire renltor. who was dining on the roof, tried to retreat when two doxen girls circled his table and asked Mm to adopt them, Then a fttond Ingenue circled hla neck so strongly that it was a mln-i World's Record for Radio Message Is Made . By MacMillan CHICAGO, Aug. 18. (A. P.) Nbwb of a world's record In short wavo transmission about 12,000 milos was received from tlio MhcMIIIrii expedition today by the Zenith radio station. It read: "Paul McGce of WAP on board 8. S. Peary tonight heard and worked station VAK, New Zea- land and 1AP, Mexico, at 4:45 A. M.f August 15, on 37 meters. nearly half way around the world. 4 "MacMillan sent his comuli- nients to the people of New Zen- land from the top of tho world, loss than 12 degrees from the north polo. McDonald." After Record-Breaking Start, Gertrude Ederle, 18 Year Old Mermaid, Forced to Abandon Swim, Due to Ad verse Weather Conditions. uoi;i,ot;Nlj, Kruncc. Aug.lS. (A unsuccessful aujmpt . to swim : the Kmrllsh Channel. "When sho was taken uboartl tho tug from the water she asked fur a ako of chocolate and ate it. She then lay down in the tug's warm boiler room and slept like a baby until alio was aroused at Boulogne. "Old BUI" Burgess, the veteran who accomplished the channel crossing in 1911, said after he hud watched Miss Just as Miss kdcrlo cunio abreast of the tug JjitMarinic, about half a mile off Cape Grisnes, the jazz band aboard struck up a lively tune, "Mlirch of the Allies." Tho swimmer looked up and smiled and shouted: "(live inc 'Yes, AVo Have No Banan as'." Al (en o'clock Miss Kderlc shouted "Send some one in with inc. I'm oi wnicn Hpneareu io onocr our up. Miss Edcrlo had been In trouble for an hour, but took courage from the cheerfulness of her friends and kept doggedly at her task, until she sud denly turned In tho water towurd llelmy, with a look of pain on her face. "Gather her in," yelled Jabcz Wolfe to the Egyptian swimmer. Bobbing as sho was taken aboard Miss Edcrlo said she swallowed too much salt water during tho previous w nine when tno sea was enoppy, that her stomach was causing her 8eat deal of pain. . ... o'a UOVEH. England, Aug. 18. (A. P.) Gertrude Ederle was compelled abandon her attempt to swim tho 1 English channel this afternoon owing to adverse weather conditions, AMERICAN GIRL FORCED TO QUIT CHANNEL SWIM DROWNING FLEES FROM GIRLS PURSUE ulr before her arms could bo prkd loose. Other diners took up her cry, "won't you ndopt me, Mr. Browning?" As he sought to leave, another chorus girl took him by tho arm and Induced him to dunce, but he sonn broke away as the orchestra played "if That's the Kind of a Olrl You Are. Karl Carroll, a Broadway producer, was the causo of tho publicity and a: manifested anxiety of girls on his which he was riding firne'1 over In J--i payroll for adoption. ditch near To Wo, N. L. W payroll Yank Soldiers Disproving the idea that no','Tn warfare lias made the soldier of fortune a romantic tlung ol the past, the seven Americans shoY;orrc world war heroes, arc risking their lives for 10 cents a day to fight for France in Morocco. A?" thcm havr fought in the uniforms of several countries.. I'licy arc, left to right: (seated) A. II. Wcllcr, Kilmuml I.. Gros, Charles Sweeny, I.t. Col. l'urkcr, Lieut. Col. Kerwood; (standing). Major Pollock, Graham Million, L. C. Holdcn. Sweeny, son ol a Seattle millionaire, has been in Mexican, Ecuadorian, French, American .and Polish armies; in the latter as brigadier-general. SALEM POSSE IS CALLED OFF, NOW , UP TO PORTLAND 8AI4KM, Ore, Aug. 18. Tho man h u nt for Tom M urruy, El Is worth Kelly and James Willos, escaped con victs, came to a d ra mat Ic close in this vicinity early this morning just as the possemen were standing ready to go over, the top In tho first real live duo 'of their 1 '20-hour search . The word to disband und return to their homes land posts of duty came to tho speclul officers, prison guards and National Guardsmen as they were uwuitlng dawn at tho A. T. Kllno farm two miles west of Mount Angel, where a lli-yeur-oltf son of tho Klines had reported that- two roughly clad und heavily uTtned men had come out of 4 he brush, asked him for and received food and disappeared yesterday after noon. Dogs had been- rushed to the scene and everything was set for tho posse to take to tho trail. Then came the word from Portland and the hunt ended. Today the normal routine has been resumed at the prison, the guards are all back at their posts, and Warden Dairy m pie announces that from now on ho will havo to rely upon the Work of the Portland polluo officers and other pulnts'to capture the criminals. Those who led tho posses are today principally puzzled as to how tho con vlcts lay for at least throe days with in the posse lines und left no truce of their presence. Among prison offiHnlH the signed statement is generally dismissed with a wave of the hand as a typical "con" story, but neither they nor any of tho former prison heads hero aro in any manner Inclined to scoff at the nerve und tho daring of the trio. Murray, they ugrec, has established his claim to being one of the cleverest and nerviest convicts ever to escape hero and thoy predict that he will never be taken1 ultve and without a buttle unless cuptured by surprise. Wall Street Report NEW VOHK. Aug. 18. Tho closing was strong. Motor und Accessory shares were buoyant In the late ufter noon trading. IMerco Arrow Prior Preferred soured 14 points a ltd Includ ed In gains or 0 to 6 points were Plerco Arrow Common and Preferred White Motor, Klsher liody, Air Re duction, General Electric, Ann Arbor and Pittsburgh' and West Virginia. Htoek prices swept forward to now high levels toduy the leadership of the railroad Issues, a dozen of which attained new peuks for tho year. Trad ing again was featured by tho spectuc ulur advances In a number of high priced specialties. Sale approximated 1.700.00U shares. Death Toll of the Automobile GItAND FORKS. N. I)., Aim. Is. A. 11. Bkinner, 39, New York anthro pologlst, touring North Dakota col I lecllng Indian rellca for the Hcye foundation of Now York was killed last night whon the automohlls In of Fortune Fight for sLii ' rmm i ' ' I ''ti fj I IS IRE COVERED BY GUN BUT SOT AWAY Testimony at Salem Hearing I - Willrte bnows Keny, ana wwos etftrl im Vfi-l in Din in l'teM oiooa in lara in nam view , , , . . of Guards, Who Refused to Sh00t ' KALEM, Ore, Aug. 18. Kllmvorth k'pllv Mini J ut n oh WIIIoh. two of tho convictH who eKoaped from tlio Oregon stale prlmin hero in tho break last WedneHduy, btood for three or four mlnuteH in plain view of the guardu In both tow era number one and acveti and during that time both guarda had their gutiH trained on tho pair, but lg- no red tho plea of other guarda and fulled to ahoot. Thia waa tho sworn: tcatlmony of five guarda before a cor- oner'n jury whlrh convened yeHtorday i at the order of Coroner Lloyd Itigdoti and Diairict Attorney John II. Oii'hoii. to Inveatigate fully the clroumatanccM Hurrouudlng the death of two guardH and ono convict and the citrape of Ihree dOKperate crlmlualH In tho dar ing break of hint Wednnnday. It wiih hut nnc of the aenaallonal dhu'loHurcH yenterdiiy which among other ihingH indieutetl that "Oregon" Jones and KIlMvortli Kelly bad been permitted to cell togolher. that John DavtdHpn, prltiun guard trapped In the turnkey's offlne. was expected to carry ' a gun but did not have one on the ; day of the break, ami that (luard Noh- i inltli, a Iho in the turnkey's oTfice nt the time of the break, had a revolver within caay reach, but failed to get It 1 for uk although he had plenty of; Unto to do ho, KtntemcntH that if the guards in towers one -and seven had shot sooner the break might not have been huc eeawf ul en me f ro m Robert ( 'ra wf ord , Peter While, t.'liarles MeKlnloy, K. C. Charleton and S. B. Sa lull for. While HoltlH l p Tho. fluard White teHtfflcd that he waa In the turnkey' nTflec when Murray ruHhed In hramllHhlng a knife and tell ing him Unit if he failed to obey in HtruetlotiH he would "cut his heart out." When Murray noticed Ihivlnon and NcHinllh In the office on the other aldo of the room he turned to cover them and White, who was standing near the door, fled and ran lo tho front of the building. There he found Kelly and Willos coming down the rope. After finding that he could not get out of the gate to get u gun. While went back to whero he two had reached the ground und putting IiIk hand In hln pocket us though he had a gun. ordered the two lo put up their hands. They did and for aev erul minutes stood thus until Jonea came out of the araenul and told them toget their guns. Questioned by Dint riot Attorney f'arson, Whlto declared that he had noticed both guard towers and that Holmun In number one and Hubbard In number seven both had thoir guns trained on the two convicts In front of him. "I wuiittwt Ihntii tn -hhrtnt mn T stuped back a few tTet to give (Continued oo Pact Eight) Dime a Day HUNDREDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO 'U'. PRESIDENT KUGKNK, Ore, Aug. 18. lliinilrocla nf fflnnrlu nf Prltinn T . fit mi llintl president of tho University of Oregon, w'! 'e Friday, AtiKunt 14, patted by lll8 bler t0(luyt bidding him ood. by- T'10 body of tlio preHldent lay in 8tute thH mtomoon in Aimi.nu.nii before tho funeral aorvico, sot for 3 o'clock. I Flowers Bent by friends from nil ! parts of the stHto wore placed about of tho president during htB lifetime. The simplo casknt wuh pluccd In the center of tho room, near the onnt wall. AnrrtHM thn i-fimn ttirno hiiHkntH Flllnd to overflowing with tho riowera of hlfi . univerully, the rhryKantheimim, Hnnt out a gulden glow about tho qiiiol place. ' The many uiotirning frlonds paKsoi up the heavily carpeted Htuira, entored tho room from thn Htmth portal and patmed atowly and reverently hy the open bler. 1 The president lay iih If quietly aHlecp. Mia features Heeined Binutler, , nlore delicate than in tho dnyH when he whs robust and ncllve. The face is that of a young man,, with delicate lines Infusing into It the kindly spirit, the generous nature and appealing personality that characterized . tho president when he was living. Following the services (his after noon Interment will he In tho Hope Abbey mausoleum, where private burial will be hold. HELEN MLS WINS IS MAD I'VIKKHT UAM. N. Y Aug. 18. iA. P.) Miss Helen Wills or Uorkoley. Cal., the national champion, scored two triumphs fnlay In tho women's championship tennis toiirnantont. Paired with Miss Mary K. Urowne, she won her first round doubles match from Mrs. Molla U. Mallory und Miss Marion VVIIthims. X-fl. after de feat lug Mrs. C. H. Hubbard of lioston In the singles, ft 1, 0-0. Wire Report on the Pear Market NKW YOIIK. Aug. JS. ta 8. tin reau of Markets.) Pears: A lubaina, one ear; California 34: New York 1 ft hy boat. Market slightly stronger. Home arrived mixed cars. California ltartlettH GO ears bent U.firf 3. 0B; few $3.IOrll.3M: ordinary M0 $2.0: poor III. IfiW 2.3U: ripe in over rlpo S LOO 3.10; moHtly K'Jir, rt. 'J.nr.i average $2.r7; Washington Marl leltd one ear. fHnrKrado $.HUi 2. 1 6 av erage $2.01; choice $1.702.00; av erage il.92. CHICAGO. Aug. IS. (U. H. liurenu of Markets.) Pears: 1H cars from California, one from Oregon. Thlr. teen cars mild and 002 boxes of Cali fornia Dartletls brought from $1.00 to $3.10; mostly $2.35 to $2.65. Speedy Baseball Secretly Changed Says John J. McGraw NKW YORK, Alls. IS. (A. P.) John Mctlraw of I ho New York 4 (limits hi id tniluy that the hull now used is much slower Hum tho kind with which Iho season was started. McC.niw said that tho owners secretly reached an HRrncincnt that tho hall In use was too lively ami that sevoral chaiiKes In its construction wore ordered. Ho culled intention to f tho largo numlier of uiniill scoro Kanies during tho hist month to show (hat (he hall la lint as fast as It used to lie. . ON JEWISH RIOT Two Killed 60 Injured When Mob in Vienna Attacks Del egates to Jewish Conven tion Police Do Effective Work Guards Increased. VllflNNA. Aug. 18. The police of lnnnii will protect tho world Zionist congress now holding Uh fourteenth HOHSion hero. Deputy Police Chief Tauss said today following tho -anti-Semitic rioting last night lit which two persons were killed and between &U and ttn injured. ' The. , poller urc confident that they havo plenty of re serves to cope' with any emergency. The fdtuallnn has been (iite( today. "It will be the pride of tho police to" redeem tho pledge Riven by the Austrian government for the absolute security of tho coiigreHs," Tauss said. Another pollco official today do dared: "lOveryono hero knows that wo can not affor da civil war In AiiKtrla le cause tho t'zechs would make It a pro. text to walk Into Vienna." The trouble broke out last night and fierce flub ting eiiNued In the tiYioKholLsplntx between (he police and members of the I lakenreuzler of HwiiHtlka organ Izal Inn., An ai)tl-Henilllc proteHt meeting called as a. dentotiNlratlou against the holding of the Zionist congress hero had boon forbidden by tho police but the organizers placarded the city, urg ing realKtance, Procetednns moved through the hI reels headed by men carrying C rosso h and Including IisikIh of . girls, with banners proclaiming Vienna a Christian city. The Jews left the streets at an' early hour and atorea and cafes put up their shut tors. Hollers tdaKhed with the police guarding the meeihiK place of the congmHH. Numbers of policemen were dragged from the) r horses and trampled under food. The police In turn Flashed at tho rlnlora wllh their swords, driving back the crowds hotdegiiig them. Many women were knocked down and tram pled In tho hclcc. The" second band of demonstrators rushed the brldgea leading to Iho Jew ish dlslrlctH, but these were amply protected, and tho attackers wore forced lo content themselves with shouting ribald hours and threats. The disorders continued until after midnight. Tho police reported 100 arrests. Concealed weapons wero found on man yof those detained. Most of the Injured receiving hos pital treatment, wore suffering from sabre gushes. Of the Iwo fatal enses, one suffered a fractured skull and tlio other waa trampled to death. During the demonstrations, the riot ers called for the resignation of tho government. The rioters are threat ening to start fresh trouble tonight with relnforcementrt from tho pro vinces. Henlamln and Tobins lluerger, Bel gian dolcRiitos to the Zionist congress, while drlvlnir fro mthe nlatlon last nk'ht were rimgved from their taxi chI. atoned and beaten up. Their as sailants finally released them, but It wliH necessary to take both to a hospital. WORLD mm MEETING BF ME CONVICTS DECLARE THEY WILL NEVER BE TAKEN ALIVE BY PURSUERS POHT1.AND. ore., Aug. 1 8. (A. p.) "11iIk Ik imlK'in Htiil I'm K'llMK to tuko II If I'm cnrncrnl or knurled ovnr hy soma hull's Run," lutld Klls worth Kelly. Iho mornso nenibor of Iho honrtlt trio who Invudcd 1'ort lunil liiHt nlKht. tla'nindo this wmortlon lo Charlos Newmur? whom they yesterday forced 3 CONVICTS TELL STORY OF ESCAPE Murray, Kelly and Willos Give ; Out Statement and Sign It With Finger Rrintjj When Staying at; Farny'House Near Oregon City Praise Dal rymple, Spore Davidson. POItThANlX Oro.t Aug.f IS. (By the Associated Prss.) A vlvhl ac count of how they made their daring break from, tho Oregon penitentiary last Wednesday was unroldert by the thro escaped convicts, Murray, Kelly and Willos. while they held C. I. New man captive In his mnniner home near Now Kra. Four others, lawrence Ja cobs. Leo Wilde, Joe Lien to and Otto I Lurht, also were held prisoners with Newman. They had been kidnapped j In Mopltor early In the morning when Hid convicts commandeered Jacobs j automohile. Tho story of their brenk was given to Newman who frequently question ed them concerning minor details of the break. At the conclusion of tho narrativo, tho. threo convicts signed tho statement and made their finger prints in Ink on tho margin of tho page, Tho story as told by Murray was as follows: , r ' . , "It was our Intention to null tho break Just a stickup, wq, meant to get the. guns from the turnkey, walk. ;ubvui wp.tr".open ihtf 'gaiov.V. eUje-so through tho tower.' As 1fc"whs"flvo guards were wafting with guns at the gate. They wero off regular shift and on special duty. I and Jones wero the first to slide down the rope, and wo went to tho turnkey's offlco. Had a Knife Only i ;- "1 "had a knlfo only. Jones hud nothing. As I went Into tho turn koy'a office Dairy mplo and two guarda en mo out. I lot them pass mo. They wero on tho run. Dairy m plo says as ho passed 'It's Tom Mur ray.' Ho mado no effort to stop mo. -Ho seemed to try to get away from me. Ho knew wo were making a break and I did my best to intimi date them. The guards wero unarm ed also. 1 He (Dalrympe) ran through the front gale and over to his house. Vv'horo ho went uftcr that wo do -not know. "'Right In Iho turnkey's office thero was (Slaughterhouse Davidson and tho turnkey. I knocked tilaughterhouso down wllh my fist and left him lying on the floor, begging for mercy. Ho was squealing like a pig, and 1 hock ed the turnkey over to the gun cano with an open, long bladod paring knife. Then Jones came In. Joncslid not bother KlnughterhoiiHO and Slaughterhouse did not kick Jones. Jones seemed to Ioho his head for a minute, and Instead of letting tho turnkey go ahead and open Iho cne, knocked him down with a blow of his fist. ... Tones Not Armed "Jones waa unarmed as yet, and the gun ense was lucked. Jones ran over to a desk in (lie corner of the turn key's offlco and looked for a six shoot or In the drawer. "In the meantime tho guard In number one tower began shooting blind Into the turnkey's office. The turnkey ran out at this time, holding his Juw. I grabbed a heavy spittoon and crashed the lock on the gun case, handed a 30-30 rifle, fully loaded, to Jones. Jonen was excited and beaan emptying the gun at towor number one through the window, "When he emptied the first gun he picked up another one and did- the same thing, but did not regNter a hit. Jones was running wild. Ho ex peeled to be killed and waa apparent ly making his liuit stand. Ho was shooting wild. "Nobody wns hurl up to this time. Jones and tower one. were the only ones that fired, except one shot I fired at. tower one, but I saw not one in shoot at. Just fired at random, I took two six shooters, .3K special Colts and a 32-20 Hmlth and Wesson. Jones took hla sawed off shotgun, loaded lo set as hnnt to them In hts homo hear Now Krs. Ho cxhllilted n. small worn bit' of newspaper containing a deadly "drug. He carried It In - his shirt. 1 "Hlaoklo (James Willos) - and' I havo agreed to reserve our last shots for ourselves," volunteered Tom Mur. ray, leader ot the desosrado gang.