WEATHER MM MEW' Every dollar that yaw apvnd wisely for dvartia Ing paya you a "stock dividend" of not laaa than 100 par cant 4a addition tn Ita currant earninga, . -m yesterday I! CMDd Thrly. DOUGLAS COUNTY An Independent Newspaper, Published frtha Beat Interact of tha Peopla k I M II 1 - r " . ... ne ROSEBUD. W XXV.NO. 1". tlWis IfJ DECREASING ROSEBURQ 0RKC0N, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 192S. VOL. Xl NO. 1M, OF THE EVENINQ NEWS. MuviISTOGET L of Mountain Believed 7 ii Have Passed many Suffer Hardship Whips are seared Are Homeless King timanuel Visits Catania Assist in Giving Re- . lief to Stricken nr 1'nltPit Press.) TANIA, Sicily. June z". me Uve flood of lava nowing iroiu -Ive craters or Mount tins nns a Two more tiny townsHips Jn completely seared from the lie fartn v me fiery Jinum the nieht. The railroad station ,Hme was submergea dui ire entertained that the more lant cities mit-tit be spared. fresh explosions ana erup- nffur. however, the worst may Th lava Is rormm-r a crust mcinc more slowly. iestmetlon of the little villa"? nte bes-an this morning, "l no went down In names as tne nt mapscs, resembling a Ria nt toward them. Kino Emmanuel Arrives. kr June 20. (Dy A. P). King Emmanuel has arrived at Ca- assist In rclievlnpr the distress bc-raids made homeless by eruption. : and Santo Spirit.) arc re-le-r-cyed. Wtrtt Believed Over. AMI. June 20. (By A. P). I latest reports from the fc'Aitricken by the eruption tx&na, rives rise to the hope fc" firy of the mountain may k-a its period of greatest tloa 1s generally regarded "call y unchanged with the "treara of lava slowly but r upon Unguaglosaa. lOTth the heavy smoke and ruin an airplane occasionally way, reporting back to the fii Tillages the progress of the L molten stream la traveling "I yards an hour, and unless iracle happens, Llntruaglossa mder during the night. Con ' it l a lava bed 800 yards I nearly 30 feet deeo. Un Threatens Vlllagea. torrents of lava, diverted e central stream, threaten the of Randazo and Bronte, from many tourists make the of Etna, Francavilla. Castlg- ram and Flumefreddo. The clearing the threatened towns carried out with the greatest "d admirable organization. Be Is necessarv to Inrincn the r! inhabitants in .h.n.inn ifcni,. homes but their removal la 1t With SVmnnthv ntiH iflnrl. Airplanes are being used for ume to watch the nmrress "inra ana speeial signalling nave been etshlihoH at vi. tratealral points, giving confi- PPl In the fact that oemt nrntArtwt 1 units Of the Bert Pross with " nave been dispatched to DOmele wonAMM mA fond and shelter for them. " Ncw Craters Oniiori. '"ream of lava on the west- menaces the Glarre OB the F.tn. r.n ... i , . .axnn.T. Al. fmng vn canolocrists wi-r (Br Associated Pres..) . SAVANNAH, Ca.. June 20. Deserted streets, dark and ailent, guarded over by the police, early today stood out In marked con- trast over the stormy scene a few hours "before when a mob of over 2000 assembled before the Jail where Walter Lee, negro, charged with criminal assault up- on a white woman, is being held. Several persons are In the hos- pital. Oscar C. Parkr was the only person killed as far as is known. He was shot in the stomach In the onrush of the mob. a) Eatabliah Military Rula. ATLANTA, Ga.. June 20. Gov: emor Hardwick signed over an order authorizing the adjutant general military rule at Savan- nan where the mob threatened to capture the negro from the Jail in the event the situation de- manded such action. FOUR ARE IIUJIJHED III POIU FIRE COUNCIL HOLDS BUSK MEETING Regular Session on Monday Postponed and Council Met on Tuesday Evening ARGUE STREET AFFAIRS Floed Street Residents Want ContractottForced to Finish Work at Once Water Company Suit Looms - (By United PreasO PORTLAND, June 20. Two firemen and two policemen were injured in an early morning fire which destroyed a large dairy barn in the outskirts of the city. The firemen were bumped from the fire-truck when It struck a railroad track en route to the blaze. The policemen were burned while attempting to lead horses from the barn. Eight horses perished. E Item "......r, Innmired of t bowever iJ'i'T, T.or for the fifth congressional district, the (By United Press.) CHICAGO, June 20. A farmer's union, organized like the great labor unions of the country, are the only hope of the American farmer in his fight for a "square deal," Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, told the National Wheat Conference here. TRADE AGREEMENT Hv United Press.) TOKIO, -June 20. Negotiations be tween Japan and Russia, looking to a conference to discuss a trade agree ment between the two countries, may result In Japan conferring informally wllh the other world powers, securing an undprstandlng with them on the subject before entering the formal conference. An agreement with Rus sia and Foreign Minister Uchida was indicated. WOMAN IS KELDAS MATERIAL WITNESS (TtT AMWtttcd PreM ) PORTLAND. June 20. Mrs. Ernest I-enox of Only s arrestxd by city detectives here ami Is being held fur Sheriff Chrisman nf The Dulles. Her detention Is being based on the state ment that she Is mid to have made the authorities that she beheved her husband shot and killed Peter J. Agi- dius, Ortley farmi who was for.ml fatally auot near his ranch home last Saturday. She said she has beeu a cook for Agidiua and had planned lo nave Agidiua takej her to Hood lUvvr to file a divorce suit. She believed her husband beard of the plan and waylaid Aidlus. As the city council meeting on Monday night was postponed because of the reception given the visitors from Coos Bay, a meeting was held last night to dispose of the large amount or accumulated business. A. J. Wlllard appeared before the council on behalf of the residents of Floed street. The work of ma cadamizlng this street has been drag ging along for several months and has not yet been finished according to the plana and specifications, he claims. The recorder was Instruc ted to serve notice on the contrac tor that the work must be com pleted within the next ten days. I A petition from Cobb street resi dents asking that they be allowed to build their sidewalks out to the curb line was met with an over whelming remonstrance which re lieved the council of taking this matter up for investigation and the petition was denied. J. W. Draper asked that he be granted a.n increase In the allowance for burning rubbish at the dump grounds. The work is increasing so that he is required to devote a great deal of time, .to H. . he states. The committee on Current Kxpense and Accounts, was Instructed to investi gate and report at the next meet ing. The city treasurer asked the city council to request the banks to furnish security for th city funds placed in the banks. It Is the pur pose of the council to ask the banks to give bonds in equal amounts to the funds deposited as security, the city being given as assignment on Children llnve Great Time at Magic 1unar ttrouM llusiiieu Muh'h lcturv to lie Feature ThU livening. SEND YOUTH IS HERO Risks Own Life and Saves Six Men Badly Wounded by Explosion EODY HURLED INTO AIR Grasps Box of High Explosive With Lighted Fuse and Leaps From Truck Explosion Tears Eye From Socket. IT LOADING YARDS REMOVED (Ity Pnlted Pre.s.) CHICAC.O. June 20. "Mrs. a) Frauds Thompson." aged 32 years. Identified as the smiling, a) blue-eyed girl bandit who killed Richard C, Teseiu, was unmakt-d as a man by physicians today. Two physicians made an exam- filiation disclosing one of lheej e strangest cases of masculine and ! feminine personalitiea ever! brought before the Chicago po- BUSINESS ill'. w t Residents of North Roseburg Petition Council to Force Removal of Stock Pent . :. IS DEFENDED The prisoner, now records a) as Fred (I. Thompson, has been the legal "wife" of Frank Thomp- son for 13 yeara, "she" told the a) police. 4 Yesterday was another good day at Chautauqua, particularly for th youngsters who bad a fine time ut the Magic Lunar circus in the after noon. In the evening a musical pre lude was given by (Juy Marrlner am; I Leslie Taylor, of the Winnlfnd Wlndus company. This was followed by the reading of "Six Cylinder Love" by Miss Wlndus. Miss Windui is a clever reader and the story which she had selected was one which proved of great Interest and amusement to her audience. This afternoon Princess Te Ata tai company presented a program of Indian legends, folk songs and dances. This entertainment brings to the music lover the value of the Indian music and the contributions of the American Indian ?n art, mu sic and drama, and it not only In teresting but eaurattmal as well. Tonight this company appears In a short prelude followed by Jamie Heron, who Is known as the "lus lness Man's Poet." Mr. Heron durlig the war was called upon by the gov ernment to visit each of the ship yards and manufacturing plant i where he spoke to the workmen lr. an effort to create better organiza tion. He lies been a student of ousinesg problems for many and his message tonlrrht will deal these bonds which the banks will! with business questions. T (By United Presa.) SPOKANE. June 20. Leading the field by more than 500 rotes, Thomas Corkerv. former state legislator, is 'assured of the republican nomination rount Indicted. State Senator Charles Mvers Is running second. The demo cratic nomination was an easy victory for Judge Sam B. Hill, having a wide margin over H. C. Harris, his only opponent. . ii un it! th f( - ., . -t vi inene ran De urai THcMe,.! . .. H, i ll" luruiou oemg to irreinu- . , ' Tun among vnsi Zl. !T "nd hf- forming m, , ! of i . . " "n '.mgttagiossa, T Bovine 1ntr,rA O.i , 7"hr no Inr.ahit-rf In In the direction of safety for the nw lit Immoni. j . .' 1 1 . . .i .. - u hon fhev started and ,., . . it ., i i . thm nmnle were ti.nted the wealth nf the loaded with household treasures but id.. 'met o, th. ,t(lr gtrnm he V nOI,Pd H Wl" tii. ratner form a be allowed to retain in their own vaults. Mayor Rice states that the city Is being "held up" on plumbing bills and hereafter the work of digging up ,and repairing sewers will prob ably be done with common labor. The mayor stated that recently while repairs were being made to a sewer be had occasion to watch the work and that three men were assigned to the Job and the city forced to pay wages to all three. In spite of the fact that one man could have done the work In less time than was re quired bv all. The committee was Instructed o hire laborer to die th ditches and do other work of this I kind necessary In the future and see if the excessive costs cannot be elim inated. The council was informed that fie city attorney Is takln; up with the public service commission the mat ter of a crossing at the footbridge leading to tlmpqua Tark. Councilman Shambrook states that because of the water leaking from watermalns under the Deer Creek bridge, the fill Is settling and that the sidewalk Is breaking down. He advised that the water company be required to build new mains around the bridge and that a suit he Insti tuted to collect damaiee for the settling of the fill and the break ing of the sidewalks. The street committee was authorised to "make an Investigation and take the aetlon deemed necessary. ' Mayor Rice reported that the three-cornered parking In North Roseburg has been seeded and the Standard Oil company has offered Its cooperation In caring for the park. The ordinance providing for an alley way In Plork 29. from Oak to Washlnrton streets between Rose and Jackson, was read first and second times, and the current ex penpe and acconnts committee was Instructed to interview the proper ty owners and see If they are still willing to stsnd the expense of this alley as orlglnallv agreed iiDon. A number of Imnrovement ordin ances were placed on first and second readings and several were passed Including ordinances nrovld Ing for the paving cf the alley In block 61. Cobb street from Roberts smith and the court house alley. Tomorrow Is the big day at chnu- tauqun. Thaviu and hi? eiporl'ion band will give both the afterntoii and evening program. lit the eve ning the band will be e-:iia!pil by George Smith, baritone, l.itl'un Cum- minga, dramatic soprano, Maxim I) roil I. tenor. gradually along the road these have been abandoned. The fury of Etna has not abated. The country has been laid waste and presents a desolate spectacle. The lava kai anrriiH almost to the sea at In thi. ik..iin. nnini hi-tweeii Meiilna ana Taor- affwtin. ...I -a tntoi-vonine villages have ne homelands renders been obliterated. 1 ,' " difficult and dell- After a short cessation last night 1 ttmA . womsn re-me now or lava mtn --nion her rlnevard do. ! sironrth this morning from several i, ," ho' life had been new fissures, one of which is nearly a. L" '"'"'"Ion. that Its j two miles around. At one point on f av.ii. nd Its .the eastern slopes of the ftonntain the -r T;.; -ndcavored to ' stream Is a mile and a half wide. Most "a, bVh rushed be-' i of the population of Olarre have -ttr J,?, ""traced ,,! ynri moved down to the seaside town or caii nt,hc -,., ,,, the remainder are ready a.-ilM' amoved it was ' to lave at a signal from the ws''rs r af Lk.: r""n. outside the town, .u- " n ,i, Thev were met In Port- '" o .v m B0ns. eruption is visible irom i"'"' ' , ; ,. Vr .nil'Mni C. A I-k- ' 'Mhe f,Jrhab,,,,nU l"" ind Fred Loctw.ni drivel 1 has Ml 1 '"""'"n and miles distant the flame, can be een wood u u lowly travel-1 shooting into the air. o Koab jrg. H M. Prarson who resides In Winchester was In thla cltv today visiting and attending to nualneeu. . c Vr. and Mr. Oliver Lockwood of Indiana, arrived In Rosehurf yes- terri.v to attend th summer lib their eons. a and here Frel Outweighed fifteen pounds. Ilnlph Hand, the Cottage (iiove trappier, was defeated In" his home town last night by Hilly Kdwards, the 1 7 !i- nnnnil lumrrnl trnm Miucnurl U'hn iinul Iiuail.lni.1f t., .nM w ili.a-n 1 1.. I smaller man. after fruitless efforts to win a victory with other holds and after losing the first fn!l by a toe hold In 31 minutes. Within the same period of time. Edwards gain ed the other two falls, one In 17 minutes, the other and final one In about one-half that time. In gaining the first fail. Hand made a great struggle aga!n.it st? nerlor weight and strength, over coming those disadvantages by greater skill and quickness. He wrle eled out of every body and leg hold that the Easterner damned on him. responding with toe holds until the 'if th one forced his bulky antagon ist's shoulders to the mat. During this .period of the contest, Edwards msde no great effort to use the terrible head-lock whch has marked nearjy all of his victories evidently considering It more cred itable to him. In view of his greater weight and strength, to win by a dif ferent method. Ills loss of the first fall, however, caused him !o ihange his tactics. When the second period of the strurnle opened, he Imme diately gan working on Hand's head, and the Cottage Grove man.1 tfter gsmelr freeing himself of three niintshlng hold in that region, waa forced lo his shonlderi. The third period was a repetition of the second, except that Edwards. "fter wearing out Hand with a srl-s ! if head-locks, pinned Mm to the mat " Ith a yehoevtne. Tie MX crowd nrerent "beod" the victor severwl 'Irani for rubbing his knuckles In Hand's eyes and again when he Tiroaelv rolled f the foul ,lmlts RENO. Ore., June 20. While the Uvea of six men hung In the balance 19-year-old Charles llranch risked his own life as a sacrifice tc save theirs, snntchlng a box of burning fuse and high explosives from under the seat of the automo bile truck in which his companions were riding. A moment later he was hurled in to the air by the explosion, suffer ing terribile Injuries, but his com panions escaped, two with only minor hurts, the others unscathed. Tonight the boy was in a Bend hospital. Despite the fact that his flesh la pierced In lnnumerabl" places by bits of copper wire and that one eye was virtually torn from ItB socket, the. youth may recover, physicians said. oung Hranch had been working in the road construction camn. of his uncle, A. H. Taylor, road con tractor, on the Redmond-Sisters highway, four mlleB from Red mond. At 6 o'clock In the .fetter- noon a truck load of supplies was nearlng camp. Laverne Taylor son of the contractor waa driving and L. B. Taylor. Branch. Mike Kelly and three other laborers. were on the truck. A box containing a dosen foot electric detonators each made up of a number of fulminate raps and lengths of Insulated copper wire, and also a quantity of fuse was un der the seat. How tha fuso became Ignited la uncertain. Jump) Out With Explosive Branch saw the spark progressing toward the explosive. With opportun- ye'irs i,v to iumn and save himself, he Ignored the easy way out. He called to Laverne Taylor to stop the truck reached under the aeat, grasped the box of explosives and Jumped to the ground, his body was Interposed be tween the explosives and his com panions. Only a yard away from the truck, he was in the act of throw ing the box from hltu when the ex plosion came. So great was the force of the de tonation that L. B. Taylor was knocked unconscious by helng thrown for a distance of IS feet. Kelly was slightly wounded by a few bits of flying copper wire. These two were the only ones, asldo from Branch, to suffer from the explos ion. llranch was placed In an auto mobile and hurried to itedmond for first aid. being brought from there lo the hospital In llend. Branch ond his mother came to this section a few weeks ago, from their homo in Kiuiun law. Wash. CHICAGO HEATWAVE IT Al Creason Appears Before Council and Claims That Loading Yards and Corrals Are Clean and a Benefit (By Pnlted Presa.) CHICAGO, June 20. Five more deaths were caused by the heat wave. bringing the total to Is In . the last .hree days, it was reported here. The mercury continued around 90. HELD IN EVERETT The stock yards, owned by George Kohlhagen and located In North Roseburg came In for considerable discussion at last night's council meeting, where a petition asking for their removal was read. The petition signed by approximately 50 people, claimed that the stock yards are a nuisance aa they cause a disagree- able odor In that neighborhood and that tha noise of tha stock confined there is very disturbing. The coun cil was requested to take steps to force the removal of the yarda. Al Creason appeared before tha council and claimed that the load ing yards are a great benefit to the city, and that they may cause aome. particular annoyance to the residents In that Immediate vicinity they are of great value to the city aa a whole. Heretofore, he stated, stockmen In loading stork hsd to drive through the residence districta of the city to the railroad stock yards In the south end of town. In driving tha rattle through the streets lawns were damaged end the atreeta were lit (Bv Associated Press.) - EVERETT. June 20. Peter Aschen- brenner Is being held here for Port- land officers on the charge of attempt ing to aerraud aa Insure, with bis bail (..,!. atock COn,ing from the aouth 'Ixed at $3,000. Aschenbrenner say a i hoi,er. are driven to the railroad and - o TQADDTOSIZE OFT In order to accomodate the huge locomotives which are now being put In use along the coast, the turn table In the local yards Is being rebuilt and will be made much longer. Workmen have already started cutting away the cement work and It Is expected that the new machinery will be Installed aoon. The "Big Mikes" which the Sou'h ern Pacific is now using tr the blgsest locomotives In th& world and will be used on heavy freight hauls reducing the number of trains by m.Mng each train longer and heavier. Because of the size ef these great engines additional facilities are being provided all aloiis the line. EXCKAKbt MtMBtHS i CD INTO RMMIPTRY UU IIIIU WIIIIIIliwi iws he knows nothing of the charge. Firebug la Captured PORTLAND, June ill. An Everett dispatch says that Petor Aschenbren ner, held there, haa confessed to set ting fire to the Bozanta apartments here Monday morning, In a plot wllh his slster-ln-low, Mrs, Margaret Larov, the proprietor. The latter is in Jail here. ANTI-ALIEN BILL SACRAMENTO, June 20. Governor Richardson today signed the allen-inti-cropplng contract measure direct ed against the Japanese. TBYffiir L' in E An effort was made Monday nlghl ihortly before midnight to burn the house of Ed. Newby city marshal it Yonralla. Mr. Newby has been giving some alleged bootleggers of that locality a hard run latelv and it Is believed that they are respon sible for the effort to destroy his homo. He heard them while they, were engaged In piling dry gra-ii at one side of the house and rati out of doors. One man ran to a car and drove away, hut the officer got between the machine and tha oilier man, who broke and ran down tha itreet and out of sight. The officer not being fully clothed followed only short distance. OFFICERS FAIL TO LI yards, while from the north and east stockmen drive their stork to the new lo-trilng yards In North Roseburg. This Is an Industry which should be given support, Mr. Crea son said. Douglas county should be producing more stock for market than Is done at present and only Inck of suitable facilities prevents.' He stated that Mr. Kohlhagen has built a fine sralehouse. which was badly needed here and that the load-' Ing yards have a concrete floor and are kept very clean. Mr. Creason also atated that tha corrals are- of great benefit to the farmers. Many are still driving teams he states, and have no place lo lenva them within the city as the ordin ances will not permit them to be tied within tha city limits. Conse quently Ihey must either go to some' barn, or leave the team outside of the city and walk to the business district and carry out their purchas es. The newlv built corrals, how ever, give them a place where they ran leave their teams while making purchases. ,' It appeared to be the general concensus of opinion on the part nf the council, that the loading yards are an advantage as long as they are kept clean and sanitary. The ani mals confined there temporarily are no more noisy than tha automobiles chasing around the city wllh their murriers open, Councilman Seely stnted. The committee on health and po lice was Instructed to make an In vcs Cation and report at the next meeting. (Hv luted Pre-s.) . NEW YORK. June 20 Zlmm-r-man and Forehay. one of the leading members of the New York Stock Ex- of the mat to escape dl'aster from t change failed today. toe hold. At the conclusion of tb bonf. Edwards addressed tbe crowd with words of hirh praise for Hand's slll'v and gsmenesa and frankly admitted tht h" was forced to ns i he head-lock because he couldn't throw him with any other hoid. To ('llfortila f.eorr Trnnibo of Ptitherlln. wn a Rnsobiirg visitor for a few hours today. Mr. Trnnibo will leave Sat urday for Oakland California, where be expects to reside permanently. I Oral officers have been unable to get any Information to enable them to locate Mr. and .Mrs. Kussel Fiske, California tourists, who are reported to hsve disappeared after leaving Myr tle Creek a few days ago. Chief Ketch this morning received a telegram from C. P. riske of Venice, ( al.. believed In be a brother of the missing man. In which further Information la re quested. Mr. and Mrs. Fiske were her daughter, both parties being In soparate cars. Mrs. Havsvsg reported to the Spokane police that the Flskes picked up a transient at Myrtle Creek and that she hsd not seen them since that time. Officers have b'-cn trying to locate them or find some trace, but hava been unable to do so. -o Merle ftnrk llettirns Merle Clark who hos h-n mak ing hla home In Weed, Callfornl. returned to Roseburg and will be permanently located here. APPPLE GROWERS UNITE PORTLAND. Ore., June 19. Repre sentatives from the apple growing dis tricts or the Pacific Northwest met and decided, by resolution, to embark upon a policy of co-ordination of all producing sections. The resolution opens tha wav to a federation of apple growers, similar in scope and purpose to the California fruit growers' ex change that has accomplished wonder ful things for the producers of the slate. . The meeting brought together 415 -delegates from the apple orchards of I Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon tana and British Columbia. The meeting went on record for a more standard method of local units with creation nf such organizations where not already established Imme diate co-ordination between units and those to be formed, and establishment of uniform grading as well as' co-ordination for all export business as well as for domestic sales. Isaac D. Hunt, of the Port lane chamber of commerce, presided and he was directed to name 'a committee nf 15, with himself as chairman, by July IS. to prepare a traveling wllh . Mrs. HsTsvag and "-taueu P'"" " -rainuuo . iii 'mien-sis si wit- plan of opera tion may be used In marketing the Northwest crop this autumn. The funeral nf the late Mra. Luk Bonnln was held this morning from the mdcrtaklng parlors. Rev. C. II. 1'11'on. pastor of the Christian church, officiating. A large number or sorrowing friends and relatives were present and there were many beautiful floral tributes. Interment took place In the . O. O. F. cemetery. 1 V 1, 1 1 v. i :! SI r I f-