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VOLUME 20. NUMBER 19!)
SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY,
AUGUST 13, 1925 ■ PRICE TEN CENTS
TWO GUARDS AND ONE CONVICT KILLED
IN DARING ESCAPE OF DESPERADOES
FROM PENITENTIARY AT SALEM, ORE.
Escaped Prisoners Heavily Armed and Will Not Be Taken
Alive Is Belief—Guard Used to Protect Men from
Hail of Bullets—Commandeer Taxicab
BERT JONES, NOTED DESPERADO, ONE KILLED
Convicts in Cells Cry “Harrah,” and Give Cat Calls as
Desperate Dasli for, Freedom Is Being Made—First
Escape of Violence Since Tracy and Merrill
SALEM, Or., Aug. 13 (/P)—J. M. Holman and John
Sweeny, guards in the Oregon state penitentiary, and Bert
Jones a convict were killed; Lute Savage, guard, is expect
ed to die, and James Smith, a turnkey, suffered a broken
jaw, when three convicts escaped from the penitentiary in
this city this morning, following one of the worst riots in
the history of the instituion. One of the escaping convicts
is believed to have been wounded.
Ellsworth Kelly, James Williams and Tom Murray
escaped in a taxicab commandeered from the State Hospi
tal, four blocks from the prison. They were heavily arm
ed and it is believed that they will not be taken alive.
The quartette entered their cells from the main yard,
but did not go to supper with the other convicts. They
cut a hole through the roof and dropped to the main yard
by using a spliced rope. Warden Dalrymple saw Murray
in the yard from his office window and attempted to lock
# up the arsenal, but was cut off by two of the convicts, who
entered from the south door. Having no gun in his office,
Dalrymple rushed to his house outside the entrance where
, he secured a shotgun and returned. In the meantime the
convicts took four rifles and several revolvers, and leaving
the building opened a barraagc upon the two guards at
Post number one. They killed Holman and Sweeney, and
firing promiscuously, one shot struck Savage beneath
the heart. Jones was killed by John Davidson, a guard, as
he dropped from the wall. The trio kidnapped an atten
dant, C. V. Ivitts, and used him for protection against
the rain of bullets. They then released him.
While the bodies of Sweeney and Holman were being
removed from the tower, the remaining convicts cried,
> ‘‘Hurrah!” and gave catcalls, whistled and shook the
bars of their cells.
Jones, Kelly and Murray, with two others escaped
from prison March 28 of last year. All five were captured.
Jones was the last brought back this March. Jones was
sentenced to prison for 20 years for robbery, while Wil
liams was serving a seven year sentence. Williams serv
ed time in San Quentian and Oklahoma. Kelly was serv
ing twenty years for aiding a prisoner to escape. Mur
was serving twenty years for bank robbery. He had serv
ed time in San Quentin and Oklahoma. Yellv was serv-j
land.
This is the first jail break with violence attending
* since Harry Tracy and Dave Merrill killed three guards
in 1902.
TAKE CLOTHING OF VICTIMS
Zina Zinn, the taxi driver, telephoned the authorities
that the prison convicts had left his cab near Pratiun,
eight miles east of the city. They took the clothing of
Zinn and Ivitts, and left them tied to a tree. Their lives
were threatened aad they were cautioned against notify
ing the prison as to their whereabouts. Ivitts had been'
fired from the hospital and had packed his belongings and
^ had placed the luggage in the taxi. Zinn said that Mur
ray was wounded.
Governor Pierce gave the officials authority to call
out the militia if necessary. He said, “Thank God Jones
was killed. He will not give us any more trouble.”
SELF-SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL
PRISONS URGED BY OFFICIAL
P* -
TACOMA, Aug. 12. (ZP)—Luther C.
White, superintendent of federal pri
sons, when here recently to inspect
McNeil Island penitentiary, said fed
eral prisons should be made more self
ssupporting. He pointed out that the
federal prison population had increas
ed largely in recent years, and that
the burden on the taxpayers could be
aleviated by the establishment of pro
per industries.
He announces that a canning plant
would be put up at McNeil Island
that the prisoners would raise
'nnd can enough vegetables to supply 1
themselves and other government in
stitutions. He added that the prison
ers would receive some money for
their work and would be taught use
ful trades as far as possible.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
WAR FLOTSAM DRIFTS ASHORE
PORTHCAWL, Glamorgan, Wales,
Aug. 12. (iP)—Attached to some wreck
age, a brass plate has been washed
ashore here which belonged to the
American coast guard cutter Tampa.
The Tampa, with heavy loss of life,
was sunk by a German submarine in
British waters, September, 1918.
“Smile with Nile” Saturday night.
MESSAGE SAYS
CUTTER BEAR
IS ALL RIGHT
ODUNA WIRELESSES THAT SHE IS
568 MILES NORTH AKUTAN
ON WAY TO SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 (/P)—A wireless
message wras received here today from
the freighter Oduna stating that the
U. S. coast guard cutter Bear, which
was reported ashore near Cape Prince
of Wales village yesterday, is all
right, and hah succeeded in getting
back to deep water again.
The Oduna wired it was proceed
ing to Seattle, and at 6 o’clock last
night wras 568 miles north of Akutan.
The cutter Algonquin is returning to
its post at Unalaska.
Bear Safe—Going to Nome.
SEATTLE, Wn., Aug. 13. (£>)—
Captain Dodge received a message
mesage from Covell. commanding the
Cutter Bear to the effect that the
“Bear was floated off the shoals at
2:15, the morning of August 12, and
proceeded to Cape Prince of Wales,
a small village, where she is safely
anchored in seven fathoms of water.
The only damage done to the vessel
w’as the loss of the shoe under the
keel. The Bear is not leaking. As
soon as weather moderates we will
proceed to Nome. I have sent a wire
to the Algonquin, which is coming to
our assistance, stating that she is not
needed.”
CLAIMS MADE FOR INSULIN
IN NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS
VIENNA, Aug. 12. (#>)—At the last
session of the Austrian Medical As
sociation investigators reported, and
others corroborated, that the adminis
tration of insulin to non-diabetic per
sons resulted in a very intense and
healthy stimulus of the appetite, en
abling emaciated and convalescents to
eat three to four times what they had
been eating and resulting in a rapid
increase in wreight.
In some cases the accumulation of
fatty tissue was so great that it was
found necessary to decrease the doses
soon after the beginning of the treat
ment to prevent desugarisation of the
blood beyond the normal degree. This
is considered as welcome news
for those engaged in the treatment of
the early stages of lung affections as
wrell as unsightly thinness.
YUKON PIONEER
MEETS DEATH IN
HELLGATE RAPIDS
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DESCENDING LAIRD RIVER IN
SKIN BOAT WITH LOAD OF
FURS—DAUGHTER SAVED
EDMONTON, Alta., Aug. 13. (/P)—
Thomas Smith, a Yukon prospector
was drowned yesterday, and his 15
year-old daughter narrowly escaped
death wlien their skinboat capsized
at Hellgate Rapids. They were de
scending the Laird river, from Fort
Laird, in the Northwest Territory.
The girl made a pair of oars, righted
the boat and went on with six skins,
all that remained of the cargo.
Turkish President Sues
for Divorce from Wife
CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Aug.
13 ^pj—The government of Turkey
announced that President Mustapha
Kemal had issued a decree effective
August 5, divorcing his wife, Latife
Hanoum. She left the Angora capital
two weeks ago to join her parents,
her father being a weathy merchant
of Smyrna.
FRONTIER VETERAN QUITS
AFTER POLICING 38 YEARS
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. (/P)
—Thirty-eight years of faithful
service as a member of the Los
Angeles police department were
culminated recently with the re
tirementof Chas. W. Moffatt, a
colorful figure in early West
ern frontier life. Moffatt rose
from patrolman to inspector of
detectives.
In the 69 years of his life he
has been printer, newspaper re
porter, miner, sheep rancher,
broncho buster, Indian fighter,
prospector, poet and author of
outdoor life. He was in Alas
ka during gold rush days. There
were 87 members of the L03
Angeles police force when he
entered it. Two years later he
assisted in forming the first de
tective division. It consisted of
plain clothes men.
The veteran’s secret hobby i
is cultivating the flowers and
shrubbery that surround the old
fashioned house in which he has
lived for nearly 40 years.
GARFIELD SAYS
STRIKE VALDEZ
CREEK IS GOOD
SEATTLE, Aug. 13 (^—Charles
D. Garfield, who recently returned
from a trip to Alaska; told the Mining
Club regarding the recent gold strike
in the Valdez Creek district: “While
reports just received do not indicate
it is a bonanza proposition, they are
very favorable, and undoubtedly the
result will be to encourage prospect
ing in Alaska.”
ife told of many successful opera
tions in Alaska this summer and said
the situation is best in several years.
Eastern capital has entered in to
many mining ventures in the North
west, which local capital had ignored
and is making good returns.
RUSSIAN WOLVES
CAUSE HUGE LO$£
MOSCOW, Aug. 12. (JP)—Destruc
tion of livestock by wolves during the
last year entailed a loss of 4,000,000
gold rubles. During that time, statis
tics show that 52,000 horses, 50,000
cattle and 25,000 other animals were
devoured by the wolves.
FORD MAY MAKE SNOWPLOW
TO AID WINTER AUTO ROADS
HAILEL, Ida., Aug. 12. (JP)—Auto
mobilists of Idaho are led to believe
that Henry Ford soon will put upon
the market a rotary snowplow that
will make winter automobiling possi
ble in man sections where winter tra
vel hitherto has been limited to skiis
and snowshoes.
For two years Ford employes have
been experimenting with a rotary
plow, which was worked on a tractor.
It operates much the same as the
great plows used by western railroads.
Last winter 80 miles of mountain road
leading through high passes to a lead
mine, which Mr. Ford is developing
in the Sawtooth Mountains, was kept
open for motor traffic despite deep
snows.
HOWARD BUYS MORE THAN
$10,000 WORTH EQUIPMENT
While in the states recently Sena
tor Bartley Howard purchased about
$10,000 worth of machinery and equip
ment for the Chickaloon coal mines,
in which he is interested. Mr. How
ard will start operations as soon as
the spur to his mine is completed.
“Smile With Nile” Saturday night.
TEMBLORS TWIST
DWELLINGS IN
MONTANA CITY
SLIGHT SHOCKS FELT IN LOS
ANGELES AT AN EARLY
HOUR THIS MORNING
BOZEMAN, Mont., Aug. 13 (/p)— A
sharp earthquake shock was felt at
7:06 this morning, which rattled
dishes, caused electric lights to swing
and rocked the buildings in the city.
People rushed from their residences
to the street too timid to return for
some hours. Shocks were felt at
Manhattan, Logan, Three Forks, Great
Falls, Livingston and other citie3.
Plaster was knocked from the wali3
in some of the buildings at Three
Forks.
Logan and Three Forks were in
the path of the earthquake of June 27,
where the greatest damage was done.
Slight Shock in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13 (/p)—A
slight earthquake shock was felt in
this city at 6:15 this morning. No
damage is reported.
SANTA CLAUS LATE
IN THE FAR NORTH
FORT SIMPSON, Northwest Terri
tory, Aug. 13. (/P)—Residents of this
far north post recently had a sec
ond Christmas celebration. The first
mail boat of the season, the Pioneer,
arrived bearing 42 pouches from the
“outside.” It was the first mair
since last fall. Though six months
late, the Christinas packages provid
ed a gala event for the white set
tlers.
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COAL COMPANIES
MAY FORM BIG
CONSOLIDATION
LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 13 (IP)—
J. E. Johnson, secretary of the Haz
ard Coal Operators Exchange, an
nounced plans today for consolidat
ing the Kentucky and West Virginia
coal mines into a §500,000,000 com
pany, producing annually about 150
million tons of fuel.
He announced that he was waiting
for the returns of questionnaires in
the hands of operators, ft is said if
the merger goes through it will great
ly reduce labor troubles as well as
the cost of operating.
HEAVY TRAFFIC JAMS
IN BERLIN INDICATES
RECOVERY FROM WAR
BERLIN, Aug. 12. (TP)—Heavy vehi
cular traffic in Berlin belies the idea
that the city is still in a more or less
| paralytic state from the effects of the
war, according to a traffic census
recently taken by the National Zeit
ung at Potsdamer Platz.
Crossing this square, the center of
traffic in Berlin, approximately 1461
automobiles, 1,261 bicycles, 300 street
cars, 162 busses and 179 sundry ve
hicles were counted in one hour. Sub
way tunnels from each of the eight
tunnels of the Platz have been propos
1 ed as one means of relieving the traf
fic congestion.
French Aviator Makes
Tour Europe Countries
PARIS, Aug. 13 (IP)—Capt. Arra
chart, French aviator, completed a 3
- day airplane tour of Europe today. He
i left Paris Monday, flying to Constan
tinople; on Tuesday he flew from
Constantinople to Moscow, and from
. Moscow to Paris.