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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.