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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1933
l Every Morning Except Monday
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Editorials
oh the
Day's News
lly KIIANK JKNKINS
GOVERNOR ARTHUR BKLIO
niau. ol Now Mexico, aged .
dropa (load In Ma hotel room at
Allmquorqua Immediately
dollvarlug n sddress to Ilia Btat.
Hunkers association.
Hoart lallura. the papers toll
, brought on. probably, by tha
alight excltemunt accompanying
leo dsllvory ol bli peech.
a a a
-VS TUB aamo day. Dr. Henry
Uauxialo. prosldont ol tha Car
negie Kounclutlon lor Advance
ment' of teaching and loriuor proa
Ident of tha Uulvorslly ol Wash
ington, dies auildenly In Baallta.
Hoart dlanaaa again.
H
BnT disease, aa ol couraa
ran know, la tne wtAui.
eauaa ol death In thli country.
Why? Probably because of tho
kind ot llfo wo American lead
pood, high tension, norvoua
train.
Wa pay for F.VRRYTII1NO In
Iba long run. and heart disease la
the prlca wa pay lor tha kind of
Me wa load.
a a a
DKATH. within tha paat couple
ol daya. haa been choosing
heavily Irom among tha wall
known.
King Lardner. famout humor
lat, paaaea t home In New
York In tha 48th year ot hla lite
till a young man.
1IKAKT DISEASE, eompllcated
In thla Instance by olhor allmeute.
la given by the doctor aa the eauae
of death.
a a e
ONE of tho complicating nil
menta waa t a b r o n I o I .
agalnal which ho had lought lor
ton years.
In all these ton yoara, with
doath hovering always over him.
ready to swoop and atrlka at any
moment, ha went ahead cheerful
ly with hla Job aa a humorist,
making millions laugh.
It takoa real courage to look
douth atnadtly In tha ay end
rank Joke. .
Thla writer, for one, ADMIRES
courage Ilka that.
e a
CO FAR, In the nowa ol one day,
we have t
death at retail,
At Tamplco. oil town on the
east coast of Mexico, death Is
dealt out at wholesale by a sud
den hurricane swooping In from
the Carrlbean. A, those words
are written, estimates clicking In,
off tha wlrea Indlcato a total of
some five thousand killed or se
ver o4y Injured.
Imagine tho entire population
ot Ashland wiped out, and you
can get some Idea of the Tamplco
disaster.
e e e
AT THIS season of the yoar, tho
tropical part ol the east coast
of North America ia never free
trom tjie fear ot hurricanes. Yet
people continue to live there.
The town ol Tamplco, destroy
ed In a lew moments w'lthout
warning, will he REBUILT.
K takoa more than tha loar ol
death to keep people from living
where they want to live.
AS A matter ol net, the fear of
death haa NEVER dotorrrd
anyone really worth while from
(Continued on Page Four)
SHIPPING MAN WHO
BAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 20.
(UP) Genrgo Flood, 70,
wealthy shipping man, was mar
ried here tonight to Aida Rojas,
19. She la a niece ot Alvaro
Rehnllnbo, Colombian o 0 n u 1
general here.
Will Rogers Says:
SANTA MONICA. Sept. It
Editor The Klamath News:
, Iowa Farmers Holi
day Association will
strike "If the Presi
dent don't guaran
tee passage ot the
F r a g e r mortgage
refinancing b 1 1 1."
How In the world
can Mr. Roosevelt guarantee
what congress will do? There
Is not even a fortune teller
would da'ro predict.
It's a tough time for any
ono group to start making
demands, for I think you will
find this fellow feels he owea
allegiance to the eater aa well
as the raiser. The farmer de
serves a profit, but the guy
Hint's not eating deserves a
menl more.
I can think of nothing mora
unpopular than a strike of
anything. Yours,
POWER PROJFP;;
AT BONNE...
31 Million Appropriation
Established by Public
Works Administration
Complete Power Layout
Included In U. S. Plans,
According to Reports
FORTLAND, Sept. 26. (UP)
Expenditure ol $31,000,000 at
Ilonnevllle on the upper Colum
bia river tor a high power dam,
navigation facilities and two
48,000 kilowatt power houses ll
assured, tha Journal waa In
formed today by Ita Washing
ton, D. C. correspondent.
Tha public works administra
tion advised Senator Charles L.
McNary that 120.000.000 will be
made available Immediately.
Formal action by tha public
works board la expected Thurs
day. President Approves
Tie plan, approved by Presi
dent Roosevelt, covers complete
locks and dam for navigation,
Ix unlta of power houae foun
datlona and two complete elec
trical units.
Actual work will begin fol
lowing expenditure ot $3,650,-
000 for relocation of highways
and railroads, and $780,000- far
purchase ot land In the reser
voir area. It la expected.
The division army engineer
haa estimated construction muy
begin in 4 5 days and be com
pleted by June 30, 1836. First
work will be excavation on the
Oregon aide preparing lor di
version of the river and the
building of cofferdams in the
main atream.
Kftfiinntra Given
Rurveye and completion ot
drillings on tho Oregon side will
cost about $.100,000, roads and
bridges to the damslto will re
quire $3K,0U0, and housing of
wornnum' tlOu.OOO.
Ho confident was General
Charles II. Mnrtln that tho fight
for the dam had been won that
he made arrangementa to leave
tof Portland tonight,
MKIKK PLKASKD
SALEM, Sept. 20. (UP)
Governor Meier today expressed
his gratification at approval of
tho Hunnevllle powor dam by
ITesiiienl Kooseveit.
'This will relieve unemploy
ment to a wonderful extent. The
great thing we are striving for.
howover. Is cheap power that
will attract Industries to Oregon
and dovelop commerce and man,
ufocturlug. whether two units
will furnish sufficient power so
that it can be produced cheap
enough to effect this need la
matter I now have under con
sideration." '
Shasta-Cascade
Wonderland Will
Meet in Redding
Plans are being made by E
B. Hnll, president ot the Shasta
Cascade Wonderland assocla-
tlon, for the third annual rally
and convention to be held a
Redding, October 5.
Earl Reynolds, chairman of
the rhumbor ot commerce unit,
Frank Jenkins, chairman ot the
newspaper unit, Vincent O'Brien
chairman of the local communt-
ty advertising, and members of
tho Klamath county court are
expected to attend.
The convention will open with
an executive , meeting ot tho
hoard of directors, October 4
The following day varloua com
mlttoea will hold aesslons be
fore the goneral assembly at
4:30 o'clock. In the evening
the annual banquet and ball
will bo held. The following day
a special trip to Lassen nation-
nl park will be arranged with
the newspaper and chamber of
commerce units guests of tbe
Lassen Park Camp company.
At the annual meeting, re
porta ot tourist travel through
the Wonderland district are
made and compared to previous
years. The association Is com
posed of members from cities of
northern California and south
ern Oregon.
Members from Klamath Falls
Interested In the furtherance ot
tourist trade . and travel are
urged to attend the meeting.
Colorado Ratifies
Wet Amendment
DENVER. Sept. 26. (UP)
Colorado officially ratified the
21st (repeal) amendment to the
United States constitution today,
Fifteen dolegates to the. state
convention met In the senate
ohamher of the capltol and went
through formal gestures required
to express the more than two
to one wot vote the people cast
Sept. 12.
ACTIIKSS TO MARRY
LAS VEGAS. Nov.. Sept. 26
(UP) Anita Rarnes, 24, firm
player, and Vic Kropff, 10, Los
Angelen air school operator, were
married today by Justice of th
Peace p. II. Springer. ,
destruction In Storm .
..ea Described
Airways Pilot
lly JACOUF.S TI'ARMA.VD
United I'rrse Htaff Correspondent
Copyright IUH by United Preaa
TAMl'ICO. Mexico, Sept. 26.
(UP) Floods and Increasing
threat of epidemic added to the
misery and destruction of this
hurricane stricken coastal city
tonight when a first-hand sur
vey confirmed earlier reporta of
terrlflo damage and heavy loss
of life.
Eighty bodies have been re
covered from the debris of a
large part of tha city, which
was devastated by the hurricane.
More are being taken from tbe
wreckage every hour.
' Moat lluusee Fall
Every wooden house In Tam
plco waa damaged and three
fourths of them were destroyed.
I saw appalling misery and
damage when I arrived here
from Mexico City by airplane
nd landed at the flooded air
port. The wounded and sick
are counted In the hundrods
more than 1000 In all.
The flood which followed the
terrific wind storm on Sunday
Ight and early Monday drowned
many. Greater damage and loss
Bulletin
OAKLAND, C.I., Sept. a.
(UP) William Wallace, 2ft, Los
Augelra, a steamship steward.
waa near death toniunt alter
wounding hla mother-in-law, crit
ically wounding a taxi driver and
kidnaping Jamra K. Moffltt, San
rTanrtaro banker.
Dortora feared both the taxi
driver. Itoy Newatrom. and Wal
lace would died of gunshot
wound.
The steward, apparently erased
by liquor, hired Newstrom's call
and drove to the home of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. J. E. Mus-
grave. He demanded to aea his
estranged wife.
I'll kill her," police said be
shouted.
He fired through a door. Mrs.
Musgravo waa wounded by fly
ing glass.
Newstrom atU'ninted to disarm
Wallace. He waa shot In the
stomach.
The steward then fled down an
alley and commandeered the car
In whl.h Moffltt, board rhair-
l of the Crocker bank and
president of the lllake, Moffltt
and Tonne Paper Co., waa riding,
"Hut on It," Wallace shout
ed Co - tlte ohaojltmr, - ICdgnr
Krniirh.
When Wallace began shooting
petfrntrianft, police anid.
Kraueh etopped the car. Muffin
and Kraueh grappled with Wal
lace. Wally ItliMlgrtl, a service
station attendant, ran to aid
them.
Wallace then fired a bullet In
to hla own neck. Investigators
said, to end his one-hour reign
or serror.
German Newsmen
Banned by Russia
In Reprisal Action
MOSCOW, Sept. 26. (UP)
The 8oviet government handed
tha German embassy a sharply
worded note tonight blaming a
serlea ot Insulting actions by
German authorities" as respon
sible tor Moscow's order today
expelling all German newspaper
correspondenta Irom Russia.
The Soviet note was forward
ed to the German charge d'at
fairs. Frits Von Twardowskl.
by Foreign Commissar Maxim
Lltvlnotf, In reply to a protest
filed with him earlier in the
day by Von Twardowskl.
Lltvlnoff declared that the
aystematic persecution of rep
resentatives of the Soviet press
(in Germany) and a series ot
Insulting actions by the German
authorities" had necessitated the
Soviet reprisal. The note added
that Instead of duplicating the
persecution In Germany, the
Soviet 'government preferred to
expel the Germans.
The Soviet order demanded
that all German correspondents
throughout Russia leave the
country within three daya.
Sheep Killed When
Struck by Truck
Twenty-five lambs were killed
from a band of aheep one mile
east of Keno this morning when
a loaded logging truck and
trailer driven by Austin Hyatt
drove into the band while round
ing a curve.
The truck was going down
grade and waa unable to stop
before running Into the sheep.
according to a report filed this
afternoon In the sheriff's office
by Doug Pnckett, owner of the
truck.
Mussolini Speeds
Earthquake Relief
ROME, Sept. 26. (UP) Pre
mier llenlto Mussolini tonight
speeded relief work in the earth
quake devastated gone of cen
tral Italy.
Motor trucks carrying rollot
supplier rumbled along the
mountain highways carrying
fond and tents to the hundreds
of homeless. II Duoe Instructed
federal officials to cooperate
with local authorities In rushing
relief to the panic stricken area,
A check on the dead and In
jured continued, with the un
official list mounting to 20 dead
and upwards ot 60 Injured.
By Reporter, ;
After Surveys
ot life Is threatened by (till ris
ing water.
1 saw sections of the city
once a busy and thriving port
In which there are about 900
United States cltliens flooded
to a depth ol ( to 10 feet.
All homes were destroyed In
these sections.
Situation Orave
Tha entire city la without
light or water. The situation Is
serious from a sanitary stand
point despite every effort of the
comparatively small military
forces fighting desperately to
avoid epidemic.
Looting Is a constant menace.
Seventeen convlcta escaped when
the prison blew down. Two of
them already have been shot
and killed by soldiers. Others,
I was told, are desperate crim
inals. -
I heard the usual stories ot
looters being shot under the mil
itary law In effect here, but
none of them were confirmed.
In the public buildings 1 saw
scores upon scores of wounded
and sick. '
In the streets boat and other
(Continued on Page Eight)
ESCAPED CONS
NEAR CAPTURE
11 Break Indiana Prison,
Hurt 3, Kidnap Sheriff;
Eastern Cons Rioting
j
CHESTER. Ind.. Sept. 26.
(UP) Sute police tonight be
lieved they had cornered six or
seven of the 11 convicts who
shot their way to freedom from
tbe state prison at Michigan City
thla afternoon.
A posse ot state police, Gary
officers, prison guards and cltt
xens converged warily about a
point midway between Chester
and Gary where the car used by
the escaping life termers had
broken down and they bad taken
to the fields. Sheriff Charles
Neal of Harrison county, kid
naped by the convicts at k the
prison, "waa a hostage with the
men believed surrounded.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.. Sept.
26. (UP) Eleven convicts
fought and tricked their way to
freedom from the Indiana state
prison today.
They kidnaped two men. one
of them a sheriff, and wounded
throe persons In carrying out
their detailed plot.
Warning Sent
Warnings were sent out Im
mediately to all cities In north
ern Indiana and Illinois. Squads
ot police were sent to guard
every highway In an effort to
recapture the convicts, who tied
In commandeered automobiles.
Scores of city firemen and vol
unteer American Legion men
(Continued on Page .ight)
Los Angeles Wins
Coast League Flag
By Beating Seals
Rv CSITF.D PKES8
The Los Angeles Angels, with
seven-game lead over Holly
wood, cinched the Coast league
nennant last night by winning 9
to 6 from San Francisco, inert
are six games left on the Coast
league schedule.
Hollywood kept Ita pace by de
feating the Missions 10 to 6.
The Angels victory vas
easy affair. They went Into the
lead In the second when Lillard
homed, but the Seals made tour
runs In the third. Los Angeles
scored once In the fifth and tied
the score with two more In the
sixth. They added another In
the eighth, and tour more in the
ninth to two In that Inning for
tbe Seals.
Seattle defeated Portland t to
S In an afternoon game. Oak
land eked out a 10 to 9 victory
over Sacramento.
Officer On Way
To Return Indian
Requisition papers for the re
turn ot Eddie Downs, lendoclno
county California Indian who
escaped from Folsom prison and
was apprehended In Klamath
Falls on Sunday, have been Is
sued and a guard from the
prison was scheduled to arrive
In Klamath- Falls today to ' re
turn the prisoner.
Downs escaped from prison
on July 28. Warden Smith of
Folsom, who filed requisition
papers In the office of the gov
ernor of California, said that
the Indian was located through
a letter that he recently wrote
to another convict. He was
sontenced to the penitentiary up
on conviction on the charge of
larceny of an automobile.
Articles Filed for
Hotel Klamath Falls
SALEM, 8ept'. 28. (UP)
Incorporation tilings at the cor
poration commissioner's office
today Included the following
Hotel. Klamath Falls, Inc.
Portland. Stockholders, H. A,
Wormser, William Duvall and
Fred D. Fletcher. Capital stock
will be 160 shares no par value,
DAVID LAMSON
SENTENCED TO
HANG DEC. 15
Prisoner Makes Speech
Protesting Innocence of
Murder of is Wife
Supreme Court Appeal
Expected to Put Off
Execution On Gallows
SAN JOSE. Sept. 26. (UP)
David A. 1 Lamson, handaome
young Intellectual, today was
sentenced to be banged at Ban
Quentln prison next December
16, on conviction of murdering
bis wife, Aliens.
An appeal to tha state su
preme court, to be taken by his
attorneys, was certain to cause
postponement ot tha data set
tor bis death on the gallows.
' Lamsoa ,8 peaks
In a brief speech ol less than
100 words, Lamson Insisted be
fore a crowded courtroom that
he loved his wife and waa Inno
cent of her death.
' "I know that - under the law
you have no alternative but to
pronounce the death sentence,"
Lamson told Judge R. R. Syer.
"But I want the people and
you to know that I stand here
with a conscience clear and tree
ot guilt, before God.
"I loved my wife. I waa a
good husband to her.
"That Is all."
Judge Syer, who had denied
a new trial, then read the death
aentence:
"It la so ordered, adjudged
and decreed that you, David
Lamson, be forthwith taken by
the sheriff of the county of San-
Clara and delivered to tbe
warden of the state prison at
San Quentln and there within
the prison walls on Friday, tho
5tb day of December, be
banged by the neck until you
are dead."
Lamson, hla face white, atood
erect and stared at a white
wash et wall aa. tha- Juaga- read
tho words.
Gas Station Man
Runs When Cons
Demand Car Key
MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Sept.
26. (UP) Joe Pawleskl. 41.
proprietor ol a filling station
across the street from the main
gate of the Indiana state prison
described tonight his thrilling es
cape from bullets ot two ot the
11 convicts who escaped today.
I was standing beside my car.
In tront ot the station when an
automobile loaded with escaping
convlcta dashed out ot the gate,
he said.
'Two men were running along
beside It. . They came over to
me. Both of them had guns-
big, blue, long barreled onea.
uive us the keys to your
car or we'll blow your brains
out,' they yelled.
I didn't wait for an more
commands, but started to run,
keeping the keys In my pocket.
1 nave a neignoor uvinr a
block away who always has a
gun at his home and I started
tor his house. -
"One of the convicts started
ahootlng atme while the othet
screamed, 'Give It to him. give
it to him.' "
Cuban Reds Hold
Pow Wow Against
Policies of U. S.
HAVANA. Sept. 26. (UP)
Thousanda of communists and
labor union radicals flocked to
tbe waterfront today in a howl
ing demonstration against "Unit
ed States imperialism."
They carried hundreds ot red
tlags and banners bearing the
slogan: "Down With Imperial
ism!" and demanding the abro
gation ot the Piatt amendment
to the Cuban constitution, per
mitting the United States legally
to Intervene In the island's af
fairs In the event ot prolonged
disturbances.
The demonstration waa held
i the occasion ot the return
to Cuba of the ashes of the late
Julio Mella, a Cuban student
slain In Mexico and whom the
radicals have martyrised. Aside
from the banners, shouts and
general exuberance of the throng
the demonstration was orderly.
Goat Leaves Auto
On Portland Trip
SALEM, Sept. 26. (UP) Will
someone please bring Allot Go-
den' goat back?
Goden hasn't seen her since
ha started to move hi family,
household good and the valuable
milch goat from Sllverton to
Portland. Upon arrival at Port
land, Goden found the goat's
crate open, a chain broken, and
no goat!
FOHD WORKERS QUIT
- DETROIT, Sept. 26. (UP)
The Ford Motor company an
nounced tonight that It had
closed Its Chester, Pa., plant be
cause of a strike of 200 workers
on the final assembly Una.
They're Planning
to,'.. -rW Ta. J V S . 1 T. '
J C3
f .;(v;l
These three determined gentlemen, shown la "huddle making
plans to convict the Oklahoma gang of alleged kidnapers, are today
plotting the doom of George (Machine Gun) Kelly, who waa cap
tured yesterday In Memphis, Tenn. They are charlea F. Urachal,
left, kidnap victim who paid $200,000 for hi release; Joseph B.
Keenan, center, assistant U. 8. attorney general In charge ot Uncle
Sam'a anti-crime war; and Herbert K. Hyde, U. S. district attorney
for Oklahoma. Keenan and Hyde
Kelly Capture
Ultimatum To
Underworld
Br ARTHUR F. DEGRETK
United Prea Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. (U.R)
The capture of. George (Machine
Gun) Kelly, desperado, in
Memphis, Tenn.. Is the federal
government's ultimatum to the
underworld that kidnaping la an
"extremely unsafe business, 1.
Edgar Hoover, cblet ot tbe bu
reau ot investigation of the jus
tice department, said tonight.
- His eyes heavy trom loss of
sleep, the 38-year-old director
of the government's man-hunters
was at hla desk as usual all
day cleaning up details of the
case.
Kelly' capture means eome
thlng to the underworld that the
average person doesn't under
stand." Hoover said in an ex
clusive interview wlth the Unit
ed Press.
"The criminal fears death
more than anything else."
"At heart they are all rats
dirty, yellow rats. A gangster
will kill you. oh sure. If he has
a machine gun and you are ab
solutely helpless. They like to
think they are above the" law,
But they actually operate moat
of the time with one eye on the
electric chair.
Hoover revealed that a 36
year-old graduate of a Washing
ton, D. C, law school, led the
party ot federal agents and po
lice to the' small apartment In
which Kelly, hla wife and con
federate were arrested.
"These men had a special
reason for wanting Kelly,
Hoover explained. "We believe
he was one of the gaug In the
Kansas City Union station maa
(Contlnued on Page Eight)
Assault Charges
Filed on Hunter
Held in Med ford
Arthur Poston, 64, Qreen
sprlngs mountain resident. Is fac
ing a charge ot assault armed
with a deadly weapon In Jack
son county following his attack
on Elton Jackson, game warden
with the state police department
here.
Poston I being held In Jail at
Medtord tor hearing Thursday
upon failure to raise $1,600 cash
ball. His son. Hallls Poston. 19.
charged with hunting without a
license I also being held in tne
Jackson county Jail, according to
game officials.
Poston is alleged to nave
struck Jackson over the head
with his gun on Parker moun
tain Sunday. Upon failure to
produce hunting licenses, Poston
threatened Jackson and then
struck him while the game offi
cial was confiscating tne hunt
era' runs, the report said.
Poston was reported ny tocai
officers to have been an active
member ot the good government
congress of Jackson county. He
la heina reoresented by Tom En-
right, attorney ot Medtord who
defended other members ot the
congress in recent political trou
ble. Fire Prevention
Week Scheduled
SALEM, Sept. 26. (UP) Fire
prevention week In Oregon win
be October 8 to 14, Governor
Meier announced today In a proc
lamation.
The governor's proclamation
Is In accord with a recent na
tional order by President Roose
velt. - Firea In the state last
year caused 39 deaths, 21 In
juries and damaged millions ot
dollars worth ol property, tne
governor said. 1
Hibbard Burial to
Be in California
The body of Frank Hibbard,
who M'led himself at Merrill
Sunday, was shipped to Eureka,
Cnl.. yesterday for burial.
The Klamath Funeral home
had charge of arrangementa.
I
Kelly's Doom -
tt
received death threat from Kelly.
AIDS DAUGHTER
Kidnap ; Suspect Blames
Machine Gun Kelly for
Charles Urschel Crime
By SA-M D. HALES
United Preaa Staff Correspondent
OKLAHOMA CITT, Sept. 26.
(UP) Visibly affected by the
capture of her daughter and
desperado son-in-law, Mrs. Ora
L. 8hannon aobbed a atory of In
nocence at the Charles' Urschel
kidnaping trial here late today.
At first unmoved, the Texas
farm woman broke into tear as
aha blamed her daughter' hus
band, . Machine Gunner George
Kelly, captured today at Mem
phis, and Albert Bates, Denver
gangster, lor the $200,000 kid
naping. Courtroom Relieved
The mother-in-law of the ter
rorist who has bombarded wit
nesses and officials with death
threat made her weeping plea
to a guarded courtroom visibly
relieved by word of the capture
ot the Kelly.
With testimony punctuated by
homely phrases, tbe farm wom
an sought not only to show that
all of the Shannon family. In
cluding her daughter, were com
pelled to aid In the extortion
but also to exonerate Harvey
Bailey, accused aa the master
mind of the crime. '
Bailey, described "as the most
dangerous criminal In America,'
still waited in the wing to
make hla own dramatic defense.
Among the spectators who fol
lowed I the farm woman's story
closely . was big. handsome
Charlea Urschel, tha millionaire
victim.
Daughter Shielded
In an about faca from her hus
band's testimony, perhaps as a
result ot the daughter'a capture,
Mrs. Shannon took pains to
shield the red-haired Katherine
Kelly. Shannon had blamed her
aa well a her husband in his
testimony.
Mr. Shannon Insisted she was
told Urschel was a "drum
friend" when he was taken to
the Shannon larm where Kelly
had a garage.
Ted Gillenwaters
Goes to Portland
For Armory Meet
T. R. Gillenwaters, attorney
for the Klamath Falls armorv
committee, left tor- Portland last
night to attend conference
with members ot the public
work advisory board on plans
tor tne new armory to be built
here out of federal, state and
local funds.
It Is believed this conferenco
will be the last required to put
the armory under construction.
Meetings will be held today and
tomorrow and final approval of
the project Is expected to be
announced by the board Friday
afternoon. . -
R. E. Bradbury, secretary ot
the local armory board, is now
In Portland working with fed
eral representatives on the plana,
Press Time
ALBANY, Ore., Sept, an,
(IP) Discharging his rifle
whllo crawling through a
fence, J. R. Wyatt, Albany at
torney, waa near death in a
local hospital tonight.
EUGENE, Sept. 80. (IT)
Robert Mills, 18, waa In a
Kugrno hospital with a broken
shoulder tonight because the
Gorman trench he was climb
ing over in a dream, turned
out to be the window In au
unstalra room. The accident
happened at his home In Cot
tage Grove. He waa asleep
when he walked "out" of the
house.
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KELLY NABBED
IN TENNESSEE
Notorious Outlaw Taken
by Federal Authorities
In Raid on Appartment
Wife Arrested With Him;
Both Plead Not Guilty
In Jail Arraignment
Bv JAMEA R. ncm ii
United Preaa Staff Cormpoodrai
jiajirnia, Tenn., Sept. 26
(UP) George (Machln n..i
Kelly, sought In soma ol tha na
tion's most daring crimes, was
in Jail here tonight, still the
boasting, defiant outlaw who
rode a trail at tstror through
the southwest.
Kelly, who earned taw aabn.
quet ol "Machine Gun" for his
ability to write bis name in bal
let boles across a roadside sign
board, surrendered peacefully
early today In an unobtrusive
suburban apartment.
Says He'U Get Oat
Tou can tell tha rU vn
be out ot here before long,"
snarled the desperado to news
paper men from hla cell In jail
tonight Police Chief Win D.
Lee and Inspector W OittHn
stood within earshot.
Arrested with Kelly were his
modishly clad 24-year-old wife,
Katherine Kelly; J. R. Tlchenor,
30, owner of the apartment aad
S. E. Travis, 26, brother-in-law'
of Tlchenor. .
"They got me all light,
commented tbe prisoner. "But
keeping me la another matter.
"This ceM Is a bit crowded."
he said to tha police, chief.
"Hardly room to swing a cat.
"But that makes little differ
ence; I'll be out before long."
Plead Not Guilty
Bond was set at $100,000
each tor Kelly and bis wife,
Katherine, when they wera ar
raigned in Jail tonight on
charge ot kidnaping Charles F.
Urschel, wealthy Oklahoma City
oil man. Both pleaded not mil.
ty. ....
J. R. - Ttehenor- anil B -
Travis, arrested with the Kellys.
also were placed under $100,000
bonds on charges ot harboring
fugitives. They entered not
guilty pleas.
Kelly will b returned to '
Oklahoma City where the outlaw
and hla wife are the only lugi-
uves irom mass indictments re
turned In the bizarre kidnaping
case In which Charles F.
Urschel, multi-millionaire oil
magnate, paid $200,000 for Ma
release. . .
An armored ear will move the
prisoners from the city Jail to
the Federal building.
uetecuve Sergeant William
(Co? tinned on Page Bight)
Little Girl's Tip
Leads to Kelly's
Capture by Law
OKLAHOMA CtTV Sonr.
WV-The tip that led to the ar
rest in Memphis ot George and
Kathryn Kelly came from a 12-year-old
girl, Geraldine Arnold.
daughter ot a' man whom the
Kellys had used aa a contact
here, who had been taken
about the country with tha
fugitives as their little daugh
ter. District Attorney Herbert K.
Hyde disclosed this afternoon.
The girl arrived here on a
train from Memphis last night
and gave federal officers suffi
cient Information to make she'
6 a. m. raid today.
Federal agents were concen
trated in Memphis trom Birming
ham, Ala., St. Louis and Chicago
to make the capture.
Hyde said the little girl had
been traveling with tha Kelly
and giving Information to the of
ficers for several days, but that
the Kellys themselves prevented
their earlier capture because
they changed their minds too
much."
Here Is Hyde's story ot what
happened:
"Kathryn and George Kellv
picked up three hitch ' bikers
somewhere In Texas about 16
days ago, a man, his wife and hla
12-year-old daughter. They took
the three to a tourist camp and
fed and clothed them.
"The Kellys decided the man
could make contacts with law
yers as they wanted to select an
Oklahoma attorney to defend
Mrs. Ora L. Shannon, Mrs. Kel
ly's mother. ,
"The man, Luther Arnold,
suggested John Roberts of Enid,
(Co. tinned on Page Eight)
News Flashes
NEWPORT, Ore., Sept, U6.
(UP) A 13-year-old girl who
caught cats, tied strings around
their necks and watched them
starve to death waa sent to
the children's farm home at
Corvallia today by County
Judge J. J. Kalthcr.
KKW YORK, Sept. 20. (UP)
Possibility of the New York
stork exchango being moved
Irom New York to New Jersey
was eliminated late today when
Mnyor John P. O'Brien vetoed
the tax measures which had
rnusrd Wall street leaders to
plan the removal.