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NO. XXI
hum MANUFAC
Helen Wills Wins
National Title for
3d Successive Year
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London Wedding Breaks News That
Miss Grace's Betrothal's Ended
New Cure for Bald
Heads Proclaimed
By N. York Druggist
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1V1JMJjT UTOU 1VJI AMj
TURER
BANK
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SOLDIERS
KELLY NEAR
BANDIT IS
CAPTURED
Sensation Caused in Dayton,
Ohio, When Fred Nichol
Confesses He Is Phantom
Bandit Who Robbed Trust
Co. of $28,000 August U
Daughter Gave Tip.
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 21. (A. P.)
Fred Nichol, Dayton manufacturer,
was arrested by Duyton directives
today and is said to have admitted
to thein that he Is the blue-masked,
bluc-robed phantom balullt who on
August 14, held up and robbed em
ployees of the North Dayton branch
of the Dayton Savings ltnnk and
Trust company, escaping with $28.
00(1 police announced this morning.
Nichol is president of a local man
ufacturing concern bearing his name.
Ho told detectives that he had turned
robber because of financial difficul
ties. He said' he was rumpollcd to
raise money, that ho conceived the
Idea of robbing the bank and pur
chased t lie blue material of which
his robe and mask were made and
the gray kid gloves which concealed
his hands.
Tho clue which led to Nlchol's ar
rest was tho prescneo of his . adopted
daughter, Miss Helen Bainmet,.. an
employe of the bank at tho time ut
the holdup. Jlethods employed by
I the robber weiiT'su. weird that until
the detectives slurred Investigating
the Nichol clue they had no In
formation on which to baso their
Investigations.
While the "phantom bandit" was
being sought by police In automobiles
and by an officer of .MoCook field in
tin airplane. Nichol told huw he was
driving aimlessly through the coun
try surrounding Dayton.
His purpose, he said, was to throw
Ills pursuers off Ills trull. Then, ac
cording to his confession, ho pro
ceeded back to Dayton In his auto
mobile, druve to his home, greeted
his wife and concealed ihu plunder.
Mrs. Nichol hud no Intimation
that her husband wits under surveil
lance until Inspector Yendez nnd
the detectives searched the Nichol
home today and found the hidden
money. The loot was concealed in
Nlchid'a bed room.
lie took only bills of high denomi
nations. A feature of tho robbery was the
robber's threat to dose the seven
employees in the huge vault on the
main floor of the Institution, close
the door upon them and leave them
to their rate. I
I The frightened employees of the
bank, five men and two girls, iin-iud- j
Ing Miss Sammct, tho adopted daugh
ter of tho manufacturer, pleaded
with the bandit fur mercy. Ilu then
locked only a grating of the vault, i
walked Into the directors' room near I
tho vault, counted the money nnd
loft.
Nlehul's place of business Is across
tho street from tho bank.
!' Another feature of Nlchol's arrest
Is tho fact that while Miss Samniet
furnished the key which made it
posslblo to unravel tho mystery, she
did nut know that tier foster-father
was under suspicion.
Spokane Man Resists
. Hold-Ups, and Is Shot
SPOKANE. Aug. 24. (A. P.)
Jasper Gruell, n 1 ( whh dangerously
wounded last night when ho resisted
two men who ordered iilm to "put
up hln hands." Ho struck nt one
when tho other opened fire. Grucll
returned the fire from his own
weapon and Is hcllovcU to have
wounded one.
EIGHT BRITISH MISSIONARIES ARE
KIDNAPPED BY CHINESE BANDITS
SHANGHAI. Aug. 24. (A. r.)
Inquiries as to tho whercubouts and
welfare of tho eight British mission
aries kidnHpcd by Chinese, bandits on
August 6. have thus fur beoj) fruitless.
O The party, Including Uishup Morrell
of Toronto, and five women, were
taken while at a hnlldny resort, but
details of their capture are lucking.
They are being held by tndlts in
the province of czeehuan, where com-
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Helen Wills.
FOKKST HILLS. N. Y., Aug. 21.
(A. I.) Miss Helen WIIIh won (he
national wojucn's tennis title for the
thfrtl successive year when who eon
uuercd alius Cathlecn Mr Kane, of Kng
land today In a thrilling three set
mateh, 3-ti, 0-0. t-2.
$45 MORE TO
Daylight Burglar in San Fran
cisco Threatens to Slug
Thomas Mitchell When Wife
,Says She Has More Money
and Bandit Takes It.
KAN FKANCISCO. Aug. 24. f A.
P.) A lone daylight burglar after
entering the a part men t of Mr. aiirl
Mi-h. Thomas Mitchell early today,
locking Milehell in a closet ami .strip
ping t he rooms of X 1 2tM in jewelry
and $2W In cash, was nhoiit to slug
Mitchell with n clubbed revolver when
Mrs. Mitchell, still in bed, screamed:
"Don't hit him, plea.se! l"vc got some
more money."
Then the holdup Kent stayed his
hand. "Dish it out, then.' ht! growled,
"and he quick about It."
.Mrs. Mitchell took her purse, from
under the pillow, emptied it of $43
which she tossed to the unhidden
guest, who thanked her and departed.
Police are searching for him.
Wall Street Report
XKW YORK, Aug. 21. Iternate
periods of heaviness and strength
characterized today's stock market.
An nut hurst of strength in tho early
trading lifted mora Until thirty Is
sues to new peak prices for the
year, hut subsequent profit-taking
and hear selling, apparently based
on the theory that the market was
entitled to at least .a "technical ro
neflon" brought ubout sharp declines
from the earlier high levels. Today's
total sales approximated 1 , 4 T U , 0 0 0
shares.
IH'KNOS AlllFS, Aug. 21. Prince
of Wales battles senorftas at the races.
nmnWitlon rncllltics at. promt rc
very unrnlinhlc. It In wilil hrrc Unit
the ruptured ml.HMimuirlrH wore mttonK
thoHc whiiimI by the Hritltfh connulHte
tu Ir.'g-c KKecliuan tluvmn tho rfcent
trouble.
CVdvleeR from Szecliutin to the
London office of t lie Church MlHpion
nry Hoeiety luAt week A11 Ril merem
if the captured pnrty were reported
ment fronOheir captors.
GIVES BURGLAR
SPARE HUSBAND
KILLED BY
GUN BURST
Practically Entire Howitzer
Company at Camp Grant,
Illinois, Wiped Out When
Defective Shell Explodes
Death List May Reach H
Dead Mostly Negroes.
JIOCKKOHD, 111.. Aus. 2-1. (A. P.)
Seven Holdicrs are reported deud
and between 20 nnd 30 injured, muny
seriously, by the burtting of a howit
zer in the Kighlh infantry (necro)
regiment area ut Camp Cirant thi
afternoon.
The Identified dead:
Captain Osccolla llrowninff, com
manding the howitzer company,
Kighth infantry.
Corporal Henry Williams.
Privates iten Anderson, Herbert
Durant and JJelmas Campbell, all of
Chicago.
Unconfirmed rumors place tho total
death list as high as 14.
Fifteen of the injured men have
already been removed to ltockford
hospitals. . .
The accident occurred Just as the
men were completing ttieir morning's
firing on the Camp Orant range. A
defeutive shell Is blamed for the
tragedy. ,
Charlie Wright, negro, Chicago, one
of the injured, died soon after Jio was
taken to a hospital, increasing tho
known donttiJiat to seven;...
American Iragur.
At IJetrolt It. 11. K.
Washington 4 8 3
Detroit 13 10 ' 0
Kcuthcr, Uregg, Ballou and Scvc
reld: Wells and Woodall.
At ChlcHgo H. II. K.
I'lilladclplLla 1 ! 2
Chicago 3 7 I
Quinn. Waibcrg atid , Cochrane;
Lilankcnslilp and Hclialk.
At Cleveland H. 11. K.
New York 1 7 2
Cleveland ft 1 3 I
Hnyt and Bcngough; Miller and L.
Scwell.
At St. Louis II. II. IS.
rtoslon u fl 0
St. Louis 4 S 0
Huffing and Having; Vangildcr and
Hargravcs.
Notional.
NEW VOltK, Aug. 24. Pittsburg
defeated New York. II to 2 ill the
fifth anil final game of their series
today, lliercby taking a lead of sin
games In tho National league race.
At New York K. H. IJ.
Pittsburg H n 1
Now York 2 7 3
Krciner and Gooeh; Dean, Wisner
and Snyder.
lillOOKLYN. Aug. 21. (A. P.)
Ten Chicago Cub players, nlno of
whom wero on the bench, were sent
to the club houso by Umpire Wilson
in the third Inning of tho first game
between Chicago and Urooklyn to
day. At Urooklyn n. H. E
Chicago 6 17 0
Urooklyn 13 10 3
Jones and Hartnett, Churry, Gon
zales; Grimes and Taylor.
Second game: It. H. E.
Chicago a II 1" 2
Urooklyn 0 6 1
Hush ii ml Gonzales; Ehrhardt, Oes
chger, Jlubbell, C'untrell atid Taylur.
At Philadelphia It. II. li
st. I. on Is II 17 3
Philadelphia 5 8 I
Haines and O'Karrell; P n a r c e,
I'.i'lls. o'Nell, I'Tlberg and llcnllne.
Second garnet It. II. E.
St. Louis 0 12 1
Philadelphia 4 " 2
Helnhard and Vlek; King and Wil-
son.
At Ilowton ' It. H. K.
Cfnelnnntl 'I 1
Bonton .1 ? 0
C. MHyH, Honton nnd Wtngo, Krou
ffcr; Graham and UlbHun.
Bryant Favor DaytOn Idea
ATLANTA, Oft.. Ang. 21. A. P.)
The wWow a n 4 ton of William Jen
nings Bryan heartily approve the pro
postil to build ft fundamentalist school
ut Dayton, Tenn., as a memorial to
the commoner, and will, give their
support to the erection and malnto
Qce of the Inititutlon.
0ff'm Ilk
h2W: iff 4
A cablffrrs"'! rnm London announcing tlic cnmiiin tnarrmyr. ol
Sir Michael William Sclby Bruce, ail venturous .Scottish liaromt, in
Miss Doreen Dalzicl Grccnwall, was the first intimation New York
moiety had that the engagement of Sir Michael. and Miss Eumieline
Marion Grace, daughter of President Eugene G. (iracc of the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation was at an end. A. J. Green, secre
tary to Grace, has now confirmed the breakini; of the engagement..
KLAN MAY
AD
FIGHT AGAINST
coMr.Miirs. (ihiti.. auk. 2 1 (A.
P.) Led hy Ir. Miium W. lOvana.
imperial wizard, urand d ratlins and
tltuna of the Ku Klux Klan were ar
rlvins here today for their annual
inuethiK t Hui-keye Lake, a resort i
near here, ntaitinK tomorrow.
Virtually very Htate and the eoun-.
try's lunula r and territorial ponscs-1
hIoiih will he represented, accord Ihk
to Fred W. (iallatit. peiHonul repre-,
suntative of Clyde W. Osborne, Ohio,'
grand dniKoll. j
Those who have, arrived lncltidu
1 Inrry A. Thompson. CrisLohal, (.'anal
Zone, Imperial repreHentatlve; I. M.j
I'hillipH. JaekHonville. Kla., K''nd j
dniRon; A. (J. r.lKKerHtaff, Imperial
repreHentatlve of the Iowa realm, and
Ih-uwn Ihirwood, I'orl Worth, Texas,
former imperial klalck.
While the program ishows discus
sions will center around organiza
tion toplfs, Ohio leaden Hy the
modertiiHt-funda mental 1st i-ontiovpi sy
will come In for a major share of nt
tentlon with this state's repn-Henttt-tlves
urging that the KvernlnK h'tily
of the klan lake a militant stand
against "intellectual Christianity."
The first phase of the work of the
klan, say the Ohio representative,
"that of arousing t ho American coii
ticlnnce to the importance of pre
venting any Influcnco not typically
American from obtaining a foothold
In public affairs." has been accom
plished siici-essf ully.
The second objective, they asserted.
Is lo take up the fight for funda
mentalism In religion along tho lines
laid down by William Jennings llry
an. This stand will he supported by
representative from I ho mlddlewect,
Hout h and sou t h western slates, but
may he opposed by the New England,
New Jersey and New York grand
dragons and titans, according to the
Ohio spokesman.
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
KAN FHANCLSCO. Aug. 2.-( Fed
eral Htate Market Newn Hervlco.)
Apples, boxes California (i raven
steins, beat. $2.5013; C grade, 11.76
Alexanders, $2.26ty4.&0; I'ear
nialns. fancy. $2.25$ Z. 50.
Pears liartletts. 11 2.25 ; No. 2,
$1,606 $1.75 box. O
EVOLUTIONISTS
RAIN OVER STATE,
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Aug. 24.
Klamath Falls was clothed with a
light frost at dawn this morning, the
first. oT the season. According to re
ports from the office of the agricul
tural agent, crops will not suffer any
material damage.
I'KNDLIlTO.V, Ore.. Aug. 21. The
long drouth in Umalllla county was
bnilien .Saturday night and .Sunday
morning when rain fell in the amount
of .54 of an inch. The precipitation
was doubly welcome because f the
fact that harvest is pracl ica My over,
while; range la mis were In nt;cd of
moisture.
UOSICHimG. Ore., Aug. 'ii. The
last car of green prunes from I ho
I'mpuiia valley was shipped this
morning, making the Ittth for the sea
son. It was expeclcd (hut there would
be lT or more cars but the heavy
rain of Saturday effectively halted
picking as well as softening the fruit
so much as to prohibit Khlpment.
EN ROUTE 10 BEND
SA I., KM, Ore, Aon. l! 1. 11. A.
A IhcrK of Sab-hi, wli'i Iff I bis home
here recently for a short trip to Mend,
ore., has not been heard from since
his depart m e from here uud has dis
appeared. In ihr opinion or bin wife,
Mrs. II. A. Albets. 'When be w:ts last
seen ' h' was wearing laded green
trousers, a dark blown felt hat, a
black, rout and a heavy gold chain
ucrosjt the fro til of his veM . lie Is
about fi.'i years of age, Ik llht com
plexion d and bits gray huh.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
HAHTINCH, Nrfc .. Aug. 21 (A. I.)
Tho hodlen of I'larcuce Yaker. 3't,
and Mrs. Ijiwrence Mlrd. both of
Hastings, . were found huddled down
In bn automobile about one mile east
of hero this morning. County Attor
ney Walter M. Crow said he was con
vinced they were shut to dcuth.
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MOW VOKK. Auk. - I . I A.
l.icks hy tln IntimH' of it
i itt have ki'iimii hull on lli niu'i
IkiM i.iI of ltu.l..ll.li .Mlh:ilis.
i;n-yai -id. I ii'liri'd ih lim-i-,1 of
lliisl l-:i itih ii r:il . li- .;nvs.
l-'ur yt'iirs he applli'il ;ui,,us
prrpiiriiliinis ili'sir.ni'il tu pruiiioti'
hii-Kiite ai'livily. but iimiic wiirkeil.
A lew niiiiilhs nf;ii his ml, .Milie.
slnrteil iit'liini; the shiny heuil
when Allhiins Iniik his iit'lerniion
mip. l-;vi'lilu;illy he Iii'i;:iii to
I it-k lien Alth:iiiM was awnl;i'.
Now bis lii'.ul Ik cnvniMi Willi
a Kriiivth a iiiai-ti-i- ut an inch
lung.
"if I were .I'miUf-i'i"." Alliums
says. "I ivimlil buy a lame linn
iiml train him tu du wh.'il Mike
dues."
STARTS, WARDEN
Colonel Thomson, Gen. White
and Jefferson Myers Begin
Investigation of Salem Pen
itentiary - Prisoners Inter
viewed and Plant Inspected.
' ' KAIiltf!, Orp.Aurf. SI. ChIhiiH
C. (i. Thomson,' MiprrhiU'iuli'iit of
( 'niter lake niillmuil pn lit. Humeri
hy iivrimr IMeriT on his coin
inltli'i (o Invest iKiitc iiiitllf Inns ii L
Ilu .stair peiiilriillarv, lliis nfter
iiooii aiiii(ini-e(l hut he I mil tlr
I'll tied In ki re on (he rotnints
hlon. Colonel Thomsoii liinl nolh
Iiik tu say t'eKurilliiK Ills refusal
lo M-i've. ;
SALKM, Ore., Aug. 2 1. The full
and complete Investigation of condi
tions at the Oregon state prmon prom
ised by Governor I'ierce with the ap
pointment of Colonel c. G. Thomson,
superintendent of Crater lake national
park ; Hrigadier-Genera I George A.
White, adjutant of the ( rcgou tia.
t ienal guard, nd Jefferson Myers,
former slate I rea surer by appoint
ment of the governor, started here
this morning. The inquiry was occa
sioned by tin recent prison break.
Stating that no limitations had been
placed upon them by the governor,
members of the investigating com
mit tec t his looming said t hat their
probe would be a II -cm bra dug in its
scope and would extend Into contrib
uting causes of tilt break as well as
general condlt ions. They In I limited
that recommendations for alterations
and Improvements at t he prison will
be contained in (heir report.
The committee spent the entire day
at I he prlKim Inspecting the plant ami
Interviewing employes and prisoners,
They said they bad no Idea of how
long It would take them to complete,
their work.
Warden I alryniph has a nuounced
that work will begin In the near fu
ture on l he construction of a tower
over the front gate In which will be
housed the prison arsenal. The tower
will command a full view of the
prison ami a guard stationed In that
position would have been able to head
off both of the sensational escapes In
which Tom M ui-ray, FJ Is worth Kelly
and Mert " n cgoti" .(ones figured In
the last year and a half.
The warden has also announced
that t he steps leading nto guard
lowers Sii, 1 and No. 7 from the front
yard are iobe removed ami entrance
to these posts wilt only be possible
from outside the yard. It was up the
steps 'f lower No, I that ,M urray.
Key ttlid Willos made their way out
of the yard after shooting the guards
on that post.
I ust a I la I ion of an alarm siren for
Use In case of flit m e breaks fs being
seriously considered, the warden said.
U. S. IRIS GO
KWAyPSCOTT. Mass., Aug. 2 1.
fA, P.) Two marines of the special
detail assigned to guard the summer
While I louse were found asleep at
jjhelr posts of duly early Oils iornlng.
i nsrges neglect or duty have
hcriOprc ferrt-d afnst them and Caa
tain Adolphus Andrews, the presi
dent's naval aide, has ordered un Investigation.
P ! SON PROBE
BEG NS Ai
BREAK DOWN
ASKS MERCY
M Never Fired a Shot Says
Third Member of Convict
Trio Willos Worried, But
Tries to Keep Up Nerve
Murray Calm and Smiling,
Shows No Concern.
SALKM. Ore.. Aug. 21. There la fi
striking contrast In the demeanor of
the three slayer convicts, Tom Mur
ray. Kllsworth Kelly and JuniPa Wil
los, who shot their way out of tho
Oregon penitentiary on tho evening of
August 12, and who were returned to
the prison Saturday and Sunday.
His capture without the firing of a
shot and the two nights ami days he
has spent in solitary confinement in a
death cell since his return to the big
house have done nothing to break the
spirit of Murray and. prison officials
said this morning, he is apnprenlly
resigned to the fact that he will likely
hang for the slaying of James
Sweeney and Milt llolmau, guards.
Murray has not yet displayed oven n
trace of nervousness, say the guards
who have watched over him constant
ly sluco his return.
Not so with Willos nnd Kelly, par
ticularly the latter, who has taken ev
ery opportunity to plead his Innocence
of any shooting. His first statement
as he reentered the doors of the prison
yesterday were: .
"I never fired any of tho ahols." --
I had nothing nt all to do with tho
shooting."
Kelly Is so nervous that prison of
ficials look for him to collapse com
pletely al any time.
Willos HenlcH Shooting
WIMoh, who with Kelly was captur
ed shortly after three o'clock Hatut
day afternoon as they wore eating
luncheon in a little covo along the
Gohlendnlc-Yakima road In oustern
Washington, by Deputy Sheriffs Jl..
Christofferson. Peto Rexford and Joo
K. Jackson and Constable Kd Gloss,
all of Portland, showed more coinpns
ture and bravado than his companion,
but was visibly effected by the pros
peel of hanging. Me, too, has protest
ed innocence of any capital offense.
Their homecoming was in sharp
contrast to the return of Murray Just
after noon Saturday, when auttnno
blle.s containing a hundred or more
curious people were clustered about
(he gate and the wardon'a office was
cvrowderi with officers, reporters and
photographers.
Accompanied hy their four cantors
In an automobile. Willos and Kelly
were returned to the prison yesterday
morning Jl after 10:30 o'clock. The
warden, a handful of his subordinates
and two newspaper men were tho only
ones to greet them. Neither had more
than a few words to say and they
were "dressed In" at oiieo nnd placed
In solitary cells In the north end of
the ceil house that are reserved for
condemned men. ' '
Their cells, like Murray's, are dou
ble locked ami covered with screens
to prevent anyone passing anything
In to them. Day and night a guard
passes back and forth before them. . .
All Knt Well
lletween Murray and Willos are Iwo
vacant cells, and another unoccupied ,
cell separates WIMoh and Kelly. .
All three of the men have eaten well
and slept well. Deputy Warden Lllley
reports.
While they contemplate and brool.
over the events of their Imntedlatn
past nnd future. District Attorney
John Carson ami his Assistant Lyle
Page are devoting their entire time to
weaving a chain of evidence In suit
port of the three indictments of first'
degree murder that will' bo asked -of.
the Marlon county grand Jury when
It convenes here in special sesMlou,
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock...
llow exhaustive will be the Impiiry of
the grand Jurors, Carson was tint prc,
pared today to say, but he expects
their deliberations to extend , over,
three or four days.
With their report the trial Judg
will be asked to set the dale of llo-h'
trial as early as possible.
10 SLEEP WHILE
Lieutenant J. F. Wright, In charge '
of the detail; inspected 'inrd post a
early this morning and It Is under
stood he reported that one marine
hint left his postjiud that another was
asleep on duty.
The detail of 18 mnrtnes has kept
u 24-hour watch on White Court this
summer, aiding the secret servlco In
protecting the president.
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