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PAGE THREE WARD'S OCTOBER FREED UNHARMED T RELIEF PROBLEMS 3IEDF0RD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1932. CHICAGO, Oct. 11. (AP) Some what unnerved but otherwise un harmed, Norman B. Colllna. Chicago banker, was back at hla home today alter having been freed by kldnapera who released him, and escaped a trap police set for them. No ransom money was paid. Collins, held captive for 13 boura, was set free when the five men who had seized him and hla wife yester day morning near their home la p trlcl&n WUmette apparently became alarmed at the headlined activities of officials Investigating the affair. Mrs. Collins had been released earlier. When ehe returned to her home, she found a note thrust under the door, directing her to drive "along a designated route In northwest Chi cago, with ,the ransom demanded, $5000. Operatives of the secret six, Chi cago anti-crime organization, were enlisted, and Alexander Jamie, head of the body, dressed one of his men in Mrs. Collins clothes, placed him In her car, and sent him on the course outlined by the kidnapers. In the rear seat was another official, armed with a machine gun. and other officials were disguised and planted along the route. The kidnapers did not appear. Following his release, Collins went to a drug store where he telephoned his wife. Jamie said the abduction appar ently was the work of Inexperienced kidnapers. 4 (Continued from Page One) GET? IN FEDERAL PEN (Continued from Page One) . tenoed to serve a year In a federal road camp, and paroled. The court said that leniency was extended to Trlplett because "you did not take the stand and testify to thlnga that were not true- The district attor ney admonished Trlplett to "stay awav from pool halls and taxis" in the future. In the cases of Merrill Burnap and Uoyd Seaton, Klamath Falls youths and taxi drivers, also found guilty, the court declared "Judgment will be reserved until a later date, as the court desires to make further in quiry relative to their mistaken loy alty of youth to this nefarious con spiracy, when they took the stand and testified to things that were not so.' In the case of William Gllmore, 60, of Klamath Falls, the court asked for facts and recommendations from the district attorney. It was stated that Gilmore's connection with the liquor conspiracy was minor. Gllmore was arrested In California last week, and entered a plea of guilty. the solution of the unemployment and relief problems. Communilty Chest officials confer red yesterday with Judge Lamkln and Mayor Wilson, both of whom are anxious to have the necessary organization perfected for the hand ling of these problems, and a defi nite program for action will be pre sented by Hamilton Pat ton. chairman of the Community Chest budget committee, based on the establish ment of a central agency through which all relief work will be cleared. Centralization Urged In their meeting yesterday, direc tors of the Community Chest strong ly recommended the centralization of all relief activities. Harry G. Moore, manager of the Association of the Unemployed, re ported that his visit to Klamath Falls over the week end had been convinc ing of the necessity for centralized organization. "In Klamath county," stated Mr. Moore, "all of the relief work has been placed under one head, and their organization has been functioning for over a year. The results of their work there can easily be seen, and, although Klamath county's problem Is possibly much worse than In Jackson county, they have accumulated sufficient supplies to satisfactorily handle the problem, There are over 800 families being supported by the county organiza tion there at the present time." Mr. Moore also stated that those In charge of the relief activities In Klamath county will be glad to give those Interested in the problem In Jackson county the benefit of their experience in handling relief work. W.Q.T.U. Conclave Opened In Salem SALEM, Ore., Oct. 11. (AP) Reg istration for the state W. C. T. U. convention numbered 120 early this morning, officers stated, with the opening banquet set for 6:30 o'clock here tonight at the First Methodist church. The present political cam paigns are adding Interest to the out come of the sessions here. ! L TS (Continued noid fage one) checkup today on the details of this story. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 11. (AP) Elmer Schultz, 23, shot and killed himself as he sat at the breakfast table with his wife today, police de tectives reported. He died instantly from a bullet wound In the temple. Police said Mrs. Schultz. 18. told them her husband carried a revolver when he came downstairs. He did not speak to .her, she said, and she knows of no reason for the act. She said they had not quarreled. They were married a year ago and Schultz had been steadily employed. WASHINGTON, Pa., Oct. 11. (AP) The body of Simon 8. Baker, form er president of Washington and Jef ferson college, was found In a field two miles northeast of Washington by a pipe line walker today. Police said he apparently had committed suicide. Dr. Baker, who disappeared In Pittsburgh yesterday, had been shot once through the left temple. His left hand grasped a pistol. County Detective W. B. Dlnsmore said Dr. Baker apparently had shot himself about 8 o'clock last night. The aged educator had brooded since he resigned as president of Washington and Jefferson last year. The school was his alma mater and he had headed It 10 years. APPLEGATE GOAL MISSED BY LADS KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Oct. 11. (AP) Two adventurous Salem lads. 12 years old, picked up last night near Keno as they were enjoying a roast dftck shot with an alrgun, awaited the arrival of their parents here today. The boys, Georee Barham and Ed (rar Teste, slept soundly In the coun ty Jail here last night after state police had discovered them camping on the highway. They bad run away from home Saturday. At Crescent lake they wete told to look up Lloyd Low at Klamath Falls." They lost the address, how ever, and never learned that Low was the sheriff of the county. 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