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01.. XXI'. So. 904, OF Ita. . J REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, MM AUV 17, 1033.
VOX. X, No. 818, OK THE EVENING NEWS.
lETS WILL WAGE WAR
Act and Permit Brew "Drys Dared Out in Open
In Challenge Issued by Enemies of Prohibition.
nipvpr.ivn O:. Jan. Id. A
fction-wide fight to decide the wet
rii dry qUOSt'OIl, Willi vicicmuu mo
ntral battleground, was Inaugurat
,... n,i!v with the launching at
i .inn k.r tlm Vntlnnnl Asnoclfi-
ne ciwmiB n. - -
i,a Against the Prohibition Amend-
It'll! Ul v. , n-- -
. vniatonri net. while the con-
iltutional loyalty convention to force
jedience to mo vuhicbu uc u
other assembly.
CLEVELAND, O.. Jan. 16. A
ht to repeal the Volstead act and
nnit the sale oi .s.i'J t'i voul urci
nil light wines will be carried to the
ters of Ohio this fall under the
inns of the referendum law, accord
t to Captain William II. Stayton,
j. io- vtno nresldent of the Na-
fcmal Association Against the Pro
nation Ainenuiueiu.
i)...nin! vL-ilt he circulated and a
nrmia campaign waged to deter-
.... .i.otTTpr nuhitc oninion nas
langed since the act become effec-
ora ,lnrlner the drvs to fight
on open ground." Captain Stay-
said. "We feel that pumic opin
Viao undergone a change, and we
,v nnme tn the home of the Antl-
iloon League and Into a state that
is drv before the national amend
frnt, to determine whether we are
fcht'or wrong. If opinion has chang
I in Ohio, we will proceed In other
lies. No brewtrs or distillers will
' tnage our campaign. It will be In
t hands of business and professlon
Ijinen who have seen the error of
t Volstead act and who are looking
1 if a law that will correct Its evils."
Captain Stavton said his organization
his more than 2r0.000 members, 5.
00 of them in Ohio.
fwASIllVGTON. D. C. Jan. 16.
M diminutive senate page, preceded
hf Senator Frelinghuysen, of New
Jfrsey, walked Into the senate cham
ber today hearing a bundle of papers
a"Ut which his arms were barely
ale to reach. There was a buzz of
c:ument, but no revelation of the
nature of the bundle, until the senat
or a few minutes later submitted to
... a (jiiiiuii tai I JiiiAi c
(1. IS, 000 signatures of New Jersey
lizens. who were appealing for
ii'ilifiration of the Volstead act.
The senator said that It came from
I" anti-dry league of his state.
WASIIINCTOV n P Ton 1i
Inforrement of the nat'ional' probl
em act would be transferred from
' treasury dpnurlinni in Ilia ila.
fcrtment of justice, under a bill In-
Hlucen lodav lv Kenntnr U'Iucf
'mocrat, Utah. The measure was
erred to the judiciary committee
ithout discussion.
The bill also would transfer the
ret service division rf (h Iru..
Jry to the justice department, which
would be charged with suppross
counterfeiting and other crimes,
Flerting the president and mem
rs or his family and performing
f" """T varied functions now dls
W .irsed by the treasury secret serv-
WASinvoTO.V, n. C, Jan. 16.
.'mproveij methods of prohibition
lrs.John T.McBee
Passes Away
5J". John T. McUee passed awav
'he family home yesterday, Jan-
I'.lh. after an Illness of many
m!! Mra- Mr"''e was 74 years,
noni' and 12 davsof age.
'-"- K. Searls McBee was born In
"""'. III.. October 4, 1847.
'TOSfe,! 1ne ,,,,, )n ,8-2 an(,
.d near Hutteviile, Oregon. In
h i , ""' IO uougias county
f ' l""-nilr 18, 1870 was mar
is , ,"hn T' McBw- To this union
n r i.iiir. n were born all of whom
t f. n ne Piceptlon of one.
1 - 1 1 tn nim ,
i-i aj IIHr ueain is ner
, lir', ,,hn T. McDee, and five
t I. "alter, Sherman. and Josle
tile r.f .
M ifle "'"cnway. Addle McHee,
It i ii, '"'ira KarKer, Diiiard.
Ill Kran,,,hll'lren, Ruth, Don
s', i ,Varre" PfHer. One sister.
, una Arrlngton of Crescent
L, a'o "urvive,. The relatives
lii.. D " ,ide tul he end.
l,..h n tep-sister, Mrs. Eliza-1
I ho . ? . Shpr")d, Oregon, and.
Vr. . ',r'vna!, nd neighbors.
a member of the
?, ,'' ',iurrh l Diiiard.
Irl ""rv-" IU be held at!
noma -, . .
ti s , " "rncsway, January 18,!
Civil r. . "u,,l ""I IOIIOW 1111
il Ren1 cemetery.
OVER THE ENTIRE NATION
ACAIN8T VOLSTEAD ACT
lleveland is to be Battleground of Fight to Repeal Volstead
enforcement are being worked out by
the treasury In line with the admin
istration's policy for more efficient
conduct of the 18th amendment, it
was said today.
Efforts of the treasury, it was ex
plained, were aimed at strict super
vision of liquor withdrawals to pre
vent alcohol obtained for ostensibly
legal purposes being diverted to bev
erage uses and means of combating
forgeries of permits and prescrip
tions. Forged prescriptions for liquor,
one official declared, was becoming
"a serious problem" and plans were
under consideration for perfecting a
non-forgeable prescription blank.
HAYS WILL AID
THE MOVIE INDUSTRY
NEW YORK. Jan. 17. The mo
tion picture Industry could afford to
hire Will Hays, resigned postmaster
general, and pay him $150,000 year
ly, because he Is expected to co
ordinate the industry, its sales to
theaters, and other details, so that
he will save for the movie Industry
several times his salary. The In
dustry is now suffering from large
companies duplicating their sales to
thousands of theaters, and also from
theaters contracting for more pic
tures than they can display and pay
Ing only for those they do display.
IRISH HAIL BIRTH
OF A NEW NATION
DUBLIN, Jan. 17. Irelnnd Is
slowly realizing Its position as a free
state. The Irish provincial govern
ment iiepresentatlves are conferring
in London today on an equal footing
with the British cabinet relative to
handing over the reins of govern
ment to the Irish statesmen. Ten
thousand British troops will be
evacuated within a week, and sixty
thousand, the total occupational
troops, will be gone before spring.
The Irish press hailed Dublin castle's
surrender to the Irish yesterday as
the birth of a new nation.
NARCOTIC AGENT
GETS OUT ON BAIL
SEATTLE, Jan. 17. A .B. Haul
er, federal narcotic agent, is out on
ten thousand dollars bail pending a
hearing Saturday morulas on
charges of giving morphine and Yen
Shee to an 18-year-old girl addict.
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POINCARF MINISTRY
FAVORS CONFERENCE
PARIS, Jan. 17. The new Poln-1
care ministry will endorse the Genoa i
economic conference, according to!
advices from the Quay d'Orsay to
day. They will recommend the con
ference when they announce the
ministry's policies to the chamber of
deputies on Thursday, and Polncare
will propose hlmseir as enter aeie
irnte to the conference. He will In
sist that the economic parley consid
er the Russian guarantees, imposed
as an attendance condition, as the
conference's Initial business. This
is regarded as a concession lowaru
the Russians on rmncares part.
AGED WOMAN WARS
ON THE HE-VAMPS
uinvrTtc KPttlNT.S. Ohio. Jan.
,t vir. inrv McFadden. aged 80
years, appointed acting mayor while
Mayor Brown spends me winter ,
Florida', announced a policy Includ
ing war on male vamps, enforcement
of the curfew, strict prohibition en
forcement, and harmony with the
council. '
COLDEST SNAP OF
WINTER IN PROGRESS
The coldest snap this winter Is
sweeping the northwest today. The
temperature Is generally expected to
fall to 20 d-grees and below to
night and Wednesday. Many dis
tricts of Oregon are covered wltt
snow and Ice. Snow to a depth of
threfl to six Inches followed high
westerly winds In the Puget Sound
territory. Eastern Oregon and ash-,
ington points are warned against j
zero weather.
CASHIER RELEASED
ON $20,000 BAIL
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 17. Arthur
Melninger, cashier of the Night and
Day bunk, who disappeared follow
ing the closii of the bank by the
stale examiners, who found an al
legvd shortage of three quarters of
a million, was brought here after his
arrest at Ilellevllle, Illinois, and re
leased on $20,000 bail.
WALLACE FREYER
SHOT IN LEG
Stray Shot Fired By Doug
Tapp Believed to Have
Struck Uncle.
DOCTOR IS SUMMONED
Sister of Injured Man and Aunt of
IK'ad Man Went to Cubln Yester
day Mother of Douglas Tapp
At Cabin Where Son Was Killed
Wallace Freyer, uncle of Douglas
Tapp, who was killed by C. M. Young
Sunday night, was shot In the leg,
evidently by the stray bullet fired by
Douglas Tapp in the fight preceding
his death, according to word brought
out hy W. H. Levins of Elkton, who
reached Roseburg this morning. Dr.
Walnscott of Oakland was called in
to the Freyer cabin to attend the In
jury and Freyer's sister, Mra. Sarah
Hutchinson of Eugene and Douglas
Tapp's mother, Ora Tapp, and her
two sons, Johnny and George have
gone to the cabin.
According to Mr. Levins, Freyer
was so drunk that he did not even
realize his own injury until the next
morning when Mrs. Tapp reached the
scene. The bullet plowed through
the fleshy part of the leg leaving a
nasty flesh wound but doing no ser
ious Injury. Airs. Tapp telephoned
her sister, Mrs. Hutchinson at Eu
gene and she reached Oakland yes
terday evening and went out on the
stage with Dr. Walnscott.
Mr. Levins bears out many of the
statements made by Young who sur
rendered to the officers following the
shooting. Young and Hughes were
seen going to the Freyer cabin on
Saturday evening and It was also
known that Freyer had been drinking
heavily for several days. Only a short
time ago, Freyer called up Mrs. Lev
Ins and In a maudlin manner began
to talk with her. Ills drunken speech
was full of oaths and Mrs. Levins
hung up the receiver refusing to lis
ten to him.
People In the vicinity believe that
Tapp carried a quantity of moonshine
in with him when he escaped from
the federal officers. No one In that
vicinity knew that Tapp was hiding
at the Freyer cabin, Mr. Levins stat
ed, but now they are certain that lift
carried the liquor in with him and
left it with his uncle who proceeded
to consume as much of It as possible.
When the news of Tapp's death
was first heard. It was rumored that
he had been killed by revenue offl
fCnntintied on Page Six.)
A
M ib.thl point Wm lrltoM ,
CREW ON SHIP ON
PROFIT SHARING PLAN:
j NEWPORT NEWS, Va Jan. 17 .
After signing lht officers and some
1 of the crew on a profit sharing hauls
the wooder steamer, Corvallis, left
today for Cuba with coal as cargo.
. The officers and men are sharing pro
tits and will receive a small flat wage
i and take chances with the operators
lu making a profit on the voyage.
TESTIMONY STARTS
(N FATTY'S TRIAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17. The
taking of testimony in the Arbuckle
trial is to start this afternoon. There
was no session this morpiug. The
prosecution and defense deHlre to ex
pediate the hearing.
THOUSANDS ATTEND
FUNERAL OF OKUMA
TOKlO. Jan. 17 A hundred thou
sand people gathered at the funeral
of Marquis Okuma, one of Japan's
oldest statesmen, who died a week
ago. The funeral was elaborate,
costing nearly a half a million dol
lars it Is estimated.
Germans pleased
with appointment
"BERLIN, Jan. 17. The German
government announced Its approval
of the American government's selec
tion of Representative Houghton, of
New York, as ambassador to Berlin.
The appointment at Washington will
probably be announced shortly.
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PORTLAND AGAIN
IN GRIP OF WINTER
PORTLAND, Jan. 17. The city Is
again In winter's grip wllh snow on
the ground, following an Incipient
silver thaw yesterday. A cold wave
In the eastern part of the state Is
predicted -for tonight.
TONGMAN FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
PORTLAND, Jan. 17. Dan June,
Hoy Sing tongman, wus found guilty
of assault with Intent to kill by a
jury In the circuit court early today.
June was accused' of complicity in
the attack upon Lee Wong, an aged
Sirey Sing tonginan. Into whose body
six bullets were fired August 1.
Wong recovered. The police are
seeking Albert Wong, alleged accom
plice of June, who fled.
BURCH TO FACE
HIS SECOND TRIAL
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 17. Arthur!
Biircli, the Jury 111 whose trial dls-;
agreed after 7i hours of balloting, j
will face trial for the second time on
March 27th. Both sides expressed
satisfaction with Judge Reeves' de-1
eiston. I
Mrs. E. P. liiundell reft for her
home at North Bend today after
visiting a few weeks in this city
with her mother, Mrs. 0. W. McAl
lister, and sister. Mrs. Enrl Agee,
Dangerous Curve
AMERICAN BEAUTY
REPRESENTS U. S
NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Lillian
Russell, the American beauty.
sailed for Europe today with her
husband, Alexander P. Moore, I'd 11 or
of the Pittsburgh 1-eader, as a spe
cial agent for the government to in
vestigate Intended Immigration to
America and report to Secretary
of Labor Davis on their return. They
will seek to learn why passports of
delinquents are vised.
10
E
E
Highway Bridges at Drain and
Oakland to be Linked To
gether to Span River.
PLANS ARE BEING MADE
Court Appropriates Sum of $8000 to
ltulld Bridges mid Make lin--pitivenientM
Lending to Popu
lar Similiter ltesort.
A bridge to replace the Lone Rock
ferry will be built during the com
ing summer, according to an an
nouncement made today by County
Judge Qulne, following the comple
tion of plans providing for the pro
posed structure. The Pacific high
way bridges at Drain and Oakland
are to be removed this summer and
new structures built by the highway
commission. By constructing suit
able piers these two bridges can be
linked together and are of exactly
the right size to span the North
Umpqua at Lone Rock. The bridges
are of 15 ton capacity, and although
not heavy enough to meet require
ments for Pacific highway traffic,
are suitable for travel on the Rock.
Creek road. Both bridges are prac
tically new and are In good condi
tion. When they are rebuilt all
worn parts will le replaced and a
bridge as good as new will result.
Measurements have been carefully
taken and the detailed plans for the
structure are now being prepared.
The task of tearing down and re
building the bridges will tnke only a
very short time, and as soon as the
weather will permit, the hardest
ta.sk, that of constructing the new
piers, will be started.
The new bridge will cost the coun
ty lesH than $51100, it is estimated,
and will serve the purpose for many
years to come. The county court has
agreed to appropriate the sum of
$000 for the road from Glldn to
Rock Creek, of which sum $5000
will be spent on the bridge. As the
road Is level throughout almost Its
entire length, the remaining $3000
will accomplish a great deal In the
way of constructing a good surface.
For many years the county has
maintained a ferry at Lono Rock,
but during the past few years travel
to Rock Creek has become so heavy
that a bridge has become a necessity.
This year is expected to see even
heavier travel to the popular resort
and consequently the court desires to
construct I lie bridge as soon as possible.
REGULATION OF
AND FREICHT TRUCKS IS
CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL
S. P. Representative Appears
Ordinance Requiring Franchise of Motor Truck Lines
Operating Freight Trucks In or Through City.
The Jitney and truck problem tn
Roseburg Is boglnning to greatly agi
tate the city council, and it is ex
pected that a new system of regula
tion, license and possibly franchise
will be worked out at some future
date and applied to the "for hire"
cars and freight trucks operating In
the city.
For several weeks the council has
been discussing this problem but
there has been a hopeless division
itid consequently there has been no
action of any 'kind taken up to t ho
present time. Some of the council
men favor the continuation of the
luesent ordinance, with, however, a
higher bond and a lurger license.
Others maintain that the bond la
high enough to cover a property loss
and that the city is not concerned
In personal damage as the person In
jured has access to the courts to set
tle claims for any personal damages
sustained.
'At the present time the bond Is
fixed In the sum of $250 and the li
cense Is $10 per year. In the event
of property dnmago caused by a
jitney driver who falls to settle such
claims, the city has the right to col
lect the bond and settle the claim.
Soveral of the councllmen have
advocated changing the bond to $2.-
500 but others have pointed out that
the men who are driving Jitneys for
the most part would be unable to
furnish a bond In such a large sum
of money and consequently would be
unable to continue In the business
which undeniably Is well patronized
by the people of Roseburg.
It Is practically certain that there
will be license placed upon trucks
hauling freight within the city. At
the present time heavy trucks operat
ed by transfer companies and Indi
viduals are required to pay no license
fees and In spite of the fact that they
are operating over the streets and In
places have caused considerable dam
age to the pavement, no fee has been
required of them by the city. The
council Is practically unanimous In
the opinion that these trucks should
be required to pay an annual license
to the city, but the method of apply
ing an ordinance containing these
provisions has not yet been decided
upon. There Is a question as to
whether or not delivery trucks handl
ing foodstuffs and various articles
from the stores of the city should be
licensed, or whether the regulation
should apply only to freight trucks.
It Is a rather difficult matter to draw
a lino of distinction nnd this Is a
mat tor which must he worked out be
fore the council makes any change.
At last night's meeting, Alvln D.
Wick, representing the Southern Pa
cific company, appeared with a copy
of an ordinance which be asked the
city to adopt, requiring truck rom-l
panles to procure a franchise. Thej
ordinance would repeal the present!
regulation the rlly has In effect and
would require all companies operat-1
Ing trucks and jitneys, either entire-j
ly within or pnrllally within or even ,
through the city, to hnve a franchise,
French Now Believe
"Bluebeard" Landru Was
Clever German Secret Agent
PARIS, Jan. 17 Did "Blue
beard" Landru actually assassinate
and then burn the ten women and
one boy who disappeared after mak
ing his acquaintance or was he only
a German spy whose alleged victims
wwro his accomplices and who are
hiding away to escape French court
martial? The question has been raised again
since the conviction of Landru on all
eleven counts and despite the fnct
that he has been will, need to the
guillotine. It bus ruined wide cred
ence since his attorney, the famous
Moro-Glafferl, in leaving Landru's
cell, declared:
"Landru has made astonishing
revelations to nie. I cannot say what
they are until the ease conies up on
appeal, but they are revelations that
will crenle a sensation throughout
the world."
The "spy" theory to count for
the disappearance of ten of "Blue
beard's" fiancees whs raised shortly
after Landru's arrst. Ills mysteri
ous comings and goings at the villa
at OamliHls. where tie Is supposed to
hnve killed most or bis victims, had
long led many nf the Gnmbals villag
ers to rselleve that he was a German
secret service agent. They even wnt
so far as to declare that the smoke,
JITNEYS
and Asks City to Adopt New
for which a specified sum might be
required by the city.
Mr. Wick pointed out that the
freight trucks are entering into di
rect competition with the railroad
company and are using the highways
which have been built at great ex
pense and are rapidly breaking them
down without returns. The competi
tion Is plainly unfair he stated, In
that the railroad company Is a heavy
taxpayer, maintaining costly car
shops, and operating valuable equip
ment within the state, while the
trucks have little at stake and pay
no tax other than the license fee and
gasoline tax.
The city of Newberg, he stated,
has adopted an ordinance similar to
the one proposed and a revenue of
$4480 Is being realized yearly.
The council entered Into a dis
cussion of this ordinance and a defi
nition of the terms, license and fran
chise. License, It was explained, Is
a fee required for the purpose of
regulation, while a franchise Is the
sale of the right to use the streets
or other property belonging to the
clly. After a short discussion the
matter was placed on the tablo until
a future meeting but later In the
evening was discussed jaln when a
further question regarding Jitneys
was raised.
That the franchise system would
completely eliminate the freight
trucks was the general opinion ex
pressed. It was stated that should
nil of the cities along the highway
adopt the franchise ordinance, the
ratos to freight trucks would become
so large that truck hauling would be
prohibitive. It was also held that
freight rntes are altogether too high
and the automobile trucks should be
allowed to compete until freight
rates are reduced to the proper level.
It was the opinion of the councllmen
present thut the railroad company
can, if It will, haul freight much
more cheaply than motor trucks, and
that If It will reduce Its freight rates
to the proper level the trucks will be
forced out of business as they will
be unable to operate at a profit.
AlthoiiKh the ordinance will be
considered, It waB evident from the
expressions Inst night that there will
be little opportunity of Its passage.
Letters were read from various
cities answering the requests of City
Recorder Whipple for Information re
garding charges for Jitneys in those
cities. Medford has an ordinance al
most Identical with that of Roseburg,
charging licenses of $25 for Jitneys
carrying less than 10 passengers, $35
Tor jitneys carrying more than 10
passengers and $50 for freight
trucks. Salem has a new ordinance
under consideration. Grants Pass
has a straight $25 license with no
bond and Corvallls charges a $10
license.
The council will probably consider
this matter more thoroughly at Its
in xt meeting and will tuke some offi
cial action in providing a different
svstem nf regulation and license.
seen coining from Landru's chimney
was a signal to German aircraft.
W. 0. W. Install
New Officers
Oak Camp No. 125. Woodmen of
tiro World, held Installation of offi
cers Monday nlht. E. N. Ewart, P.
C. C, was the Installing officer, as
sisted liy E. W. Madison, of Grants
Pass. The following officers were In
stalled for the ensuing term: II.
1 Cari lck, Pi C. C: Frederick Porter,
C. C; Fred A. Fields. A. L.: D. 8.
i llouser, Banker: M. M. Mllh-r,
Clerk; A. L. Bloom, Manager: M.
Fickle. Escort: A. A. Schloeman,
I Watchman; John Dell Hess, Sentry.
1 Following tho Installation a line
banquet was served under the direc
tion of Mr. Schloeman, an exper
ienced caterer. Initiatory exercises
followed the banquet and a class of
four were Initiated. Neighbor S. E.
Eddy, of the Medford ramp, assisted
hv E. C. Sllllman of th same camp,
E. W. Madison of Grants Pass, and
C. E. Wilson, district manager of the
W. O. W., assisted In the Initiation
ceremonies.