Father m LEASEO WIRE SERVICE D Provide Our Patron with th Big Event of th World Far in Advanc of Other Publication. l-i st. s- .tK-'i : v Consolidation of Tti' Cvonlng Now and th RoMburg Revlsw. jg ri J Q j 5- .J J An Independent Nawapapar, Publish for the t InUrMl f th Paopl. VINO. 101. OF ROSEBURu ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1924. VOL. XII, NO. , OF THE EVENING NEWS. Hffl NAVY justice Curtis Wilbur Klifornia Lourt is Lfted" by President. Ldy to accept I I . LJ Will C.n tr. ooiiagc i " " . C n A (tar hmeton u"n 4 ...... Was Been Confirmed For the Office. Press Leased Wire.) p.vriSCO. March 14. Lrui D. Wilbur of the Cal kpreme court today prepar .iHi the ermine of his of- lke up the weightier dutleB ;t 01 secretary ui mo uaj. the office by telegraph last Ite Wilbur responaea, ac- porifolio. surrenaerea Dy penby last Monday. He fnr Washington as soon Ljistment is confirmed by 'nl Coolldge's summons to krtla jurist was terse: to be me man l neeo brr, me presmwui iei- '1 am araiung you io- L. answer. Itiolnuies justice nuour itrept the appointment rone to Washington as In confirmation as pos- i iiml that be would not i lie California supreme k utll he had been until secretary. Chief Jtvor many years has lam leading: lawyers and liVJornla and a leader In and Sunday School ru graduated from the tiia Naval academy in has never lost a love for yesterday before he was of- UTy portfolio he declar es alwava been some- ny blood that responded to of the sea and a love for for ships, for salt air is make-up." Boonsboro, Iowa. May 19, s educated In the public tnat place and of James- rr his graduation from the my, he came to Call- uitht school for one year d an attorney's office to in l ssn he was admit- bractice. In Los Angeles as Judge of the superior organized tho Juvenile and drafted several bills r formed the basis for Cal- uvenile court law. elected chief justice of the supreme court in 1922 af- served as associate ius- ls a brother of Dr. Ray 'bur. president of Stan- Tslty. jstlce Wilbur's appolnt- :ly before last midnlcht fr he had spent a trying ' supreme court bench. ' confessed himself tired after he hart ftnnminra1 lance of the Dost. Until 'iri after midnight, he was "7 scores of friends who to his home to congrat- WCISCO. March 14 dunned by man as a bard luck. Is a number as- !h the principal events In -urus Wilbur, who was 'ast night to be secretary rv- As evlrtenno that thA Uini is the bunk" us hA re- night. Judge Wilbur ex ' married on the thlr- took his hrlrfa In llva at l'rd street at l.os Arugetes. mirea to the practice of ' thirteenth Ha wna In. f "ic as chief Justice of vr'-me court on Januarv as appointed secretary of " Jiarcn 13. rGTON. March 1 4 The of Curtis n. Wilbur. of the California su t to be secretary nf the to the senate todav by ' "OlMte. ItiHaa U'llt...r F"! the Caiiinnt nnmt after " f. Kenyon had de M'POintment Ka..... .A h. r-d "essential nnalifl.. a naval L, . " ""rial;, UUIII f hee-n considered also in ''a the altnrnn.ran. belief prevails that if OPEN TRDu t:t AT SALEM j g Q x (Aoclnted Prcan Ieaied Wlre.l . SALEM. March 14. Milton Keyser and Ralph Knight who told Police they were Rose- 4 burg business men were re- leased from jail this morning A PANDORA OF CHARGES under bail of $10 each. The men are accused of liquor law violations and, police said. were taken Into custody while in the company of Rertha Copeland. reported to be want- ed by Portland police on a larceny charge. Keyser and Knight said they met the woman in Portland and knew little of her. Local of- fleers had been notified by Portland police to be on the lookout for her, and the fact that the Roseburg men chanced to be In her company was re- sponsible for their arrest. GIRL STAMPS HER FATHER TO DEATH Mother Urges Daughter on and Then Claims She Was Hypnotized. WANTS HEALER HELD 'Healer Evangelist" Is Said to Be Cause of Peculiar Slay ing and Mother Says Girl Not to Blame. (AeMocIated Tress Leased Wire.) TAMPA, Florida, March 14. The story of a 16-year old girl who stamped upon her father until he was killed while the mother, accord ing to the girl, urged her on, marked the second peculiar slaying in this vicinity within the last few weeks. The girl, John Eva Win chester and her mother, Laura Eva Winchester, are held on a charge of murder in connection with the death of John Edwin Winchester who was killed last Wednesday at Seffner, Florida. The other killing was at St. Petersburg, Fla., last month when Krank McDowell, 19, shot to death his father and mother while they slept. A year before, accord ing to bis story, he set fire to the family residence at Decatur, Ga., causing the death of two sisters. John Eva Winchester described tho killing of her father, declaring that she "stamped him dead." stop ping at Intervals to see whether he was still alive, while her mother held her arms and threatened to kill her if she attempted to stop "before the old devil was dead." According to officers Mrs. Winchest er said: "Jesus made me do it and 1, queen of the ITniverse made John Eva do my bidding." Sometime later Mrs. Winchester was quoted as having said she had regained her right sensos ar.d de manded the arrest of Raymond Rlchey, a "healer evangelist. ' "I was byDnotizied." Mrs. Win chester told officers. "Richey did it. He Is to blame for the death of my husband. I was under his pow er. It was his Influence that spur red me on and directed my wild Im pulses." She said her daughter was not lo blame. I Allegations of Corruption Against Daugherty Are Made Today. TESTIMONY STARTLING Former Department of Justice Agent Relates an Amazing Story of Collections For Jesse W. Smith. Tunvrv iukt ix wreck 4, (Anotnt.1 rp Tensed Wire.) WORCESTER, Mass., March 14. Thirty to forty persons were reported seriously injur- ed in a wreck of a Worcester to Providence - expreas train at Whltius, Mass., this afternoon. ROSTON. March 14. A New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad train leaving Worcester for Providence today was de-railed between River dule and Whitlns muttons. At the New Haven offices here It was aaid that several passeng ers were reported injured. h-t " . . . I . resign, ail r Place In ik. ki-.. ... lauiifct more acceptable Mrs. E I. Johnson I A.-oclntcd Prem Leed Wire) PORTLAND, March 14. Stephen I,. Seroigln. former president of the National Rank of Jherldan. took the stand in his own behalf In fed eral, court where he is on trial charged with irregularities. He sketched the history of the bank, which he had founded, and told of bis banking methods. One of the Indictments aealnst him was that be had transferred personal property to the bank's name and that he had used the bank's money to pay the taxes on It. He had admitted he had done this but said that the transfer had be-n made to facilitate his handling of his ' property, and that he had never ' h.H a iw.nm tn nick out lust how vments naa Deen perty .nd of his v"re in t . . 1 had a chance to pi n zZV' ,OT . much of the tax pa M' after business and on the bank., pro, (Associated Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. March 14. Another Pandora's box. brimming over with allegations of corruption in the department of justice, was opened today before the senate com mittee investigating attorney-general Daughtery. Gaston 1). Means, former depart ment of justice agent, announcing that he expected no quarter and would give none, related an amaz ing story of collecting money for the late Jess W. Smith, Attorney-General Daughtery 's "bumper and friend" of intimidations calculated to prevent his testimony and of es pionage of senators. The most Bensational of Mean's testimony. If one sensation could be assessed as greater than another, was a charge that he (Means) in February, 1922, received in the old Rcllevue hotel here in Washington one hundred thousand dollars from a representative of the bouse of Mit sui and company, which he paid over to Smith, and which he Bald wis for the purpose of stopping government prosecution of the Stnndard Aircraft company against which the war de partment was claiming overpay ment aggregating $6,000,000. On behalf of Smith, Means furth er alleged he had received large sum of money which he turned over and which he said were for tho pur pose of guaranteeing that there would be no "prosecution for tho transportation and showing of the Carpentlor-Dempsey prize fight films in interstate commerce," Replete with details of his activ ities, Means told a story alleging that for the Information of Presi dent Harding, through Smith and W. T. Underwood, ho had conducted an Investigation of Mellon in connec tion with liquor permits in New. York. "He slipped through our fingers the first time," Means said, "but we got him." The office of Senator La Follette, Means testified, had been ransackel by his agents soon after the senator from Wisconsin began agitating In vestigation or the Teapot Dome scandal in an effort to "find some thing damaging." Senator Caraway, democrat Ar kansas, Means testified, also came under espionage after he began at tacking Attorney-General Daugh erty and Mr. Harding. Senator llruce of Maryland also a democrat and newly elected Means testified, came under espionage, but Means didn't know much about it. Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon tana, interjected Into Mean's testi mony at that point that he under stood five men were "checking up on him in Montana and Senator Rrookhart, insurgent republican of Iowa, chairman of the investigation added that he understood he was being looked after, too. A great deal of Means' testimony today turned about the aircrtft cases. He was assisted In his pre sentation by Captain H. L. Scalfe. a former investigator of the depart ment of Justice, who since be- left the department has been agitating congressional investigation of the subject. Means emphasized that he gave Scalfe a fully clean bill of sale In the affair and did not connect him In any way with the corruption he alleged. "Scalfe wouldn't know how to collect money," Means said. The prize fight rums were urn shown in Washington. Means testi fied, at the home of E. R. McLean, the publisher and central figure in the Teapot Dome inquiry. President Harding. Secretary Hughes and oth er notables were there. M-aat testi fied, consulting his records. Mean went Into d-tall as to how the noney was brougni to .urn mj the messengers In payments on the, prize fight film "deal" saying he had I as much as six or sev.n tjousand j dollars" In hand at one tlmo in that ""lie was pressed by Senator Moses nri mher committee nvmbers to. estimate the aggregate of these "collections." .... "Oh. :i0.000 or $40,000," ho re plied, "maybe $:.0.00." t the committee broke up. Sen ator A.-hurst told Means that while he might be under Indictment, b hsd rendered "great service to ,ru1h" . .. .v. "If the first time Ire seen the (continued on page three) E M FROM SENTENCE (Associated I'res Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, March 14. Presi dent Coolidge has commuted from one year and one day the sentences of Dr. Edward A. Rumely, former owner of the New York Evening Mail, S. Walter Kaufman and Nor vln R. Lludhim, who were sentenced after conviction for defrauding the alien property custodian during the war. o PRICE OF OREGON PRUNE advanced DEICR T PLAN OT Attorney General VanWinkle Says Democratic Delegates Cannot Be Doubled. ISSUES A STATEMENT National Committee's Pro posal Cannot Be Followed Out in This State, Says Opinion Today. Message From Paulus in New York Today Says Demand Is Increasing. PRICE OVER 7 CENTS Further Advances Forecasted Within -Coming Week by Growers Man Who Is Pushing Product. SALEM, March 14. Oregon prunes of the 40-50 size have advanced a full cent in price on the New York mar kets aince Tuesday and buyer are today scouring the market with offers of 7 cents a pound, according to ad vice received by the Oregon Grow er Cooperative association today from R. C Paulus, general manager of the association, who has been in the east for several weeks. The telegram received from Paulu states that the New York market, which stood at 6J cents a pound de livered on Tuesday of this week, had last night advanced to 7J cents, and that there were few prunes being of fered even at that price. "The chain store activity In New York has taken up all of the sur plus," Mr. Paulus reported. A 7J New York price of prune is equivalent to 6J cents - f. o. b. Port land and the association, this morn ing acting upon this advice, notified its custOineia of an immediate ad. vane in it price of 40-50's to 61 cents f. o. b. Portland, and forecasted further advances within the coming weok. Announcements that tne associa. 'ion now ha only 4.500,000 pounds of prune on hand was also made this morning. (Associated Press T-eased Wire.) SAI.EM. March 14. A recom mendation of the democratic com mittee that the number of delegates nt large to the national convention be doubled and half of them be women can not be followed in Ore gon according to an opinion written by Attorney-General Van Winkle to day on inquiry by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. While the proposal Is not thor oughly clear in the minds of Ore gon officials. It would apparently have the effect of Increasing the Oregon delegation from 10 to 14. A prepared statement Issued from tho attorney-general's office rela tive to his opinion says: I II. Van Winkle, attorney-gen eral In an opinion addressed to the secretary of state discussed the rec ommendation of tho democratic na tional committee that in order that the opportunity may be afforded to the various states to give adequate representation to women as dele- rates at large to the democratic na 'ional convention, without disturb ing the prevailing party custom there may be elected from each Ftate four delegates at large for each senator in congress from auch state with one half vote each, and that one half of ihe number of dele ?ste at large shall be womeu. He held that such recommendation Ib too Indefinite nnd uncertain to au thnrlze the secretary of state to act upon it since no authority is vested In that office to decide upon such inbstltution. and no other resolu 'Ion or order of the national demo- ern'ic committee has been rocelved authorizing the same. "It was further hold that since Ihe constitution and statutes or Oregon provide that In all elections luthnrtzcd by the constitution, un less otherwise provided by law, the nerson or persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. It would bo possible for Ight men or eight women lo receive the highest number of vote for del egates at large to the democratic nnlional convention, thus defeating the purpose of the proposed change. "Therefore, the secretary of state should be governed by the definite allotment mentioned in tho call for a democratic national convention. I. o. two delegates and two alternates for each I'nlted Slates senator and (wo delegates and two alternates for each representative In congress, tin former to be elected In the state at lurge and the latter In the respective congressional districts. BOYS AND GIRLS ON WILD PARTIES ft j (AsmvMateri Preas !.aa?d Wlr.) s PORTLAND, March 14. Five young men are under ar- rest, four others and a women are being sought and six young 4 girls, three of whom have been attending a local high school. are in custody of the JuveuH 4 court, following Inveatlgntton of reports of "wild parti's" at the home of a woman who la alleged to have furnished the ' COVERS 4 young persons with Intoxlcui- 4 Ing liquors. The district at- torney'a office announced that probably a dozen girls bad participated In the parties at which liquor was given them and Improper dance were stag- 4 ed. NEWS-REVIEW IS TOP OF LIST Circulation Figures Given Out for Northwest Shows Rose burg Paper ts Leader. ENTIRE FIELD CANYON IS DIG ATTRACTION Large Crowds Visit Armory Last Night to See Roaring Mine Camp of '49. Roseburg News-Review Pub lishes Paper for Every Family Residing in Douglas County. 1 REPEATED TONIGHT German Marks Used as Me dium of Exchange and Many Are Successful in Winning. Last nlKht waa a big night at Happy Canyon. It waa a bigger night tbau the commutes from the Anion can Leelon Drum Corp and the Itoseburg Uod and Cun Club had an ticipated. The armory was packed to -apaclty and German niarka were fly ing In all directions. Every conces sion was busy from eight o'clock un- II after midnight and the Slippery Julch dance hall wo a "seething nnss of humanity." If last night was a big night then NEW FEATURES FOR NEWS-REVIEW A contract was signed this week with the MrClure Feature Syndicate fur several top notch features to d"lltht the reader of The liosebure News Review. The next aerial story to appear In this publication Is titled "The Half-Time Wife" and Is one of the best newspaper ae rials ever written. In addition to this tory "The Clancy Kids," drawn by Percy Crosby, famous "Life" artist, will appear each day. "Movies from Life" by Gluyaa Williams, vhleh appears In "Life" and many of the larger dallies of the country, ha also been secured. Thl llne-np give the News-Review the best list of feature obtainable. WATCH FOR THEM! arm is made TO WDER 3 MEN LOS ANOKLKfl, March 14. What Sheriffs men declare was an attempt to murder three persons by dynamiting an inn on the beach boulevard between here and Venice was frustrated late last night when deputies seized Joseph J. Lanilt. business man and Frederlrk Tate. explosive expert. In the alleged act jnf placing a high explosive bomb be i neath the building, according to the I Los Angeles Times. ! Karly today Lanilt confessed: the (Times quotes authorities as saying I that he hired Tate to make the bomb and hi'Ip him place It In the ! hope of murdering bis wlfo, moth-;er-ln-law and brother-in-law, all of whom were to pass the night at the ' Inn. he would fall holr to his wife's ino.000 e-tate and the 1150,000 'fortune of her mother and brother. ! VANDERLIP CANCELS TALKS (Assoclnl'-d l'rs Ia4 Wlra ) NEW YOICK. March 14 Frank A Vaml'-rlip tnday rnncelb-d speaking 'nem-nments f'r tonight and tumor , row and took an afternoon train for Waslilr.rtun in re?pons to what his ! secn-tary had been a sudden call. The secretary described the matter as of Mne:it !mp"rtnnre" but would not divulge I's nature. . For a long time the New-Revlew has told It advertiser that the cir culation of this paper, based upon the population of the city and coun ty, la in a class all by Itself, the out standing feature being the fact that every evening more than 4200 pa pers are printed (machine count and aworn circulation), which Is sufficient to place a copy of every Issue in every home in Dougtaa county. The 1920 United States census give Dougle county a pop ulation of slightly less than 22,000, o, counting five to a family, the regular Issue of The News-Review I ample to give every family a copy. The remarkable fact that thla paper stand in a clasa by Itself In matter of circulation compared to popula tion of the city and district It serves, I shown in an unbiased sur vey ef the newspaper field In the Northwest, comprising Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, Issued by the proprietor of Golden West Coffee. This survey. Just off the press for Closset TJever was gotten out for the express purpose of abowln retailers all over the Northwest Coast what I being done to educate the coffee-drinking public to the merit of this product, and no thought given to the phase of the matter that la developed regarding comparative circulation of tha newspapers named in the report. However. Oolden West Is ad vertised In .15 publication through out the Northwest, having combined circulation of 758,879. The survey shows that The News-Review, pub llsbod In Roseburg, whose popula tion, according to 1920 census, 4, 381, ha a circulation greater than any paper' in the entire Northwest lonigiu win oo bikw i ::-,,, , ,. . ,4 nn or less. side delegations wi I be presen t to ,or exception of Kugene,' participate In the Days o 49 mlu Ing n one has a sworn clrcu. camp and make It a regular rip roar- Ulon of 4 m ,he reBl(1,nl, ot Ing affair. t the town being given as 10.693. In The Slippery C.ulch dance ballthla ,one tnBlauce tne circulation ihow with the Million Dollar lleauty j overtps that of the Newa-Revelew Chorus dolled out In spankin' neWbv 01y 3!)gi out the population Is ivernlls, rolled knee-high was a n,oro tmn double that of Roseburg. "darb." The hard boiled cowpunchor, since the survey was made the New crew of Iluppy Canyon had front 1 Review has added almost 100 name seats for the show and the balcony to Its growing list. as filled with spoctalors. A new! Th0 loading newspaper of Astoria, ihow will be presented tonight ndwUn B popUiation of over 14,000, mother bumper crowd Is expected. s j 0u0 cop, , &ay VM than the Hr.ppy Canyon closes Saturday nlgbtj News-Review. The leading dally at midnight. paper at LaGrande, which boast of Fifty cents cash admission will bea population of nearly 7,000 souls, charged at the door tonight. Five hus a circulation, according to the hundred thousand marks will be survey, ot ubjiut two thousand less :lvon In exchange for the admission I than The News-Review. The sur fee and this Happy Canyon currency Ivey Indicate that without any poa can be used at all of the games on the slide chance for doubt, this paper I inai.tn M.rl. will noi tin accented ot the only one in an me juripwei tbe door for the admission price. All those who were lucky enough to fill up their Jeans with winnings last night will have an opportunity to re ceive value received tonight and to morrow ulght. On Saturday a coun try store will be held at which tho marks will be redeemed. The coun try store's stock will total nearly $3000 and the articles range from ba con and ham, to shoe and auto tires. Those with surplus winnings can visit the store and stock up tho family larder for the noxt few winters. Hharrard's Syncopators In real cow boy costume provided the Jan for tbe Slippery Uulcb dtnen hall and these peppy youngster will be on hand again tonight to liven things up. The ballyhoo parade at five o'clock yesterday evening was witnessed by large crowds. Lead by Daniel floone In his coon skin derby and a long fox hide draped over hi houI- lers. the Happy Canyon Old dray that eutlrely cover it field, and is therefore recognlied by the people backing the product advertlaed aa an advertising medium occupying a unique position In the newspaper world. Not only do theae people see the truth of this fact, but aome of the big firms of the Fast are consistent user of spare in these column, rec (Coutlnued on page J.I TiCKETSflEFOR ST. PATRICK BULL The annual St. Patrick' ball, one of the most enjoyable eventa of the winter season, will be an event of Friday evening at the armory. Tbe Mare band and the American Legion Iilg Four railroad organizations have Drum Corps paraded the main street sponsored tne oait in years past, uu Hdvertlsing the big show. Cowpunch- tb. lr entertainment has become fa r .., mni.. in,. included I raou. This year, as an innovation. In the parade and the L mpqua Valley I entire charge of the big oione was nunctured frequently with dance ha been turned over to the I-adlcs Auxiliaries lo the Dig Four, and they are planning aome unique entertain ment for the large crowd whlrb at tends annually. Ticket sale for the ball will start tomorrow, when a committee of la dies will canvass the business district lllng tbe tickets. A good sale Is an- Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Faye of 'iriln spent the day In Roseburg at tending to business and visiting with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Faye were j formerly residents of this city. blank shot from one of their pis tols. A brand new set of concession are being arranged tonight and It Is ex pected that the new attractions Willi be an Incentive for a large at-i tend.-ince. Tin horn aamblors. touts, dance-1 hall girls, bar fibs, a Chink, and all 1 tlclpated as the ball la always well the other "makln's" necessary for a supported by the business people. Days of '49 scene were there and will and the ladles will no doubt find a be there again tonight. It la worth ready demand, fifty cent of anyone' money to eoi 0 ' so much pep and enthusiasm dls- Drawn On Jury played in an evening and then there H. J. Jones of this city, has been is always that chance of "winnln'i drawn on the federal Jury and will sumthln'." leave for Portland on March 17.