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Aw gather S5n( I DVERTISING fits A netvs of every business that needs customers to do business with. VIEW DOUGLAS COUNTY a The ftoseburg Review. An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Beat Interest of ths People. ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 31. 1924. VOL. XII. NO. 120 OP THE EVENING NEWS P-''' ...iidatlon ol The Kw.. . !,, ll SH ARISES; .. iirilTAI i HWRIAL; taw; L.im Aeainst Any -. Inisnitv for De- (L Plea in Case. HANGS HEARING Lsions Taken Up by Impt to Decide If ridence of Alienist Is Admissible. L,J Pr leased Wire.) iniv .11. The state Led 'the final stase of ils ,, ieep out of the court the opinions or alienism mental responsibility or iinnli). Jr.. and Richard Lben the afternoon session todar. Ls Marshall, legal expert. state's attorney startea ai , tn aiim un the results stent which he had pre- to Judge John It. Caveny Kit a day and a half of kite was maintaining that Lr hr alienists couid be Ec!r on the question of In- M problem u aamuiea decided only by a Jury on rf not ftliltv. -lease was resting on Its ion (bat a condition of dtwaie short of insanity j tor consideration in :n at punishment. . riert crowd that has yet A tor ttia trlnl Ht meplerl re lava court room, tut io hiadrai or so who ralsl got past the EttDarro started the of tie defense after Mr. ummetl up in a :eac. ' ! neter seen such en- forthe death nenattv an ta." said Mr narrow ihoiigbt hanging would rntne or murdtr I would m I hare no ruch fecl- Wi have hpen (tna Yi f C said Mr. Darrow. '! were decided before hew what the niin,i was '" appropriately what it it. serasea were read with no ' but to pile up law books, ' !Kkiv .in ,1 .1... . - . uu lllitl. 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" .vM ,,',rJ ' mltira. ail'linr CHARITY NOT THE ONLY . THING STARTED IN HOME; PAPA PADDLES PROGENY . ( aoclated Pre I.eaed Wire.) LOS ANGELES, July Si Crime crushing, like charity, begins at home, according to ths burglary report turned In yea terday by Peter Speleos, propria tor of a ehoe ehining atand. His till was looted of S61 last Sun day, but police detectives had hardly begun to run down their clews befors Spelos received a special delivery letter, contain ing $61 which read aa follows: 'Mr. Proprietor: Please accept money enclos ed taken from your store Sun. day by my boy, as I found him with it and went to the bottom of It and gave him a very good thrashing which he won't for. get." It waa signed "his father." (Aaaoclatcd Press Leased Wire.) KIRKWALL, Orkney. Islands, Scotlund, July 31. The United States army world fliers who ar rived here from Drough, Eng land yesterday have postponed their departure for Iceland until tomorrow because of adverse weather reports received from the patrol boats. The dispatch set forth 'that the flight was called off when the pa trolling destroyers reported a heavy fog ans ra:n along the 500 mile coast. Lieutenant Lowell 11. Smith, the flight commander, waited until the last minute be fore deciding to abandon today's get away. The hop is Buch a long one that it would require an early morning start to Insure the arriv al of the ' airplane in time for them to fill their tanks in. fair daylight. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) LOS ANGELES. July 31. C. K. Lewis is under arrest on a grand larceny charge today as a result of his alleged skill. In purchasing oil well machinery for a hun dredth part of its market value. ' His oil well bargain is alleg ed to have been the purchase for $110, representing unpaid taxes of oil well equipment ln tho Whit tier district valued at $100,000. lie was restrained from moving the machinery off thiB property by a court order pending inves tigation of the "bargain counter" The sales are said to have been made possible by the fact that the county assessor Is not request ed to notify the owner when a tax sale of personal property which includes oil derricks and machin ery is ordered on account of de linquency. il WILL BE BUILT A fine improvement is to be made In the half block between Main and Kane streets and on ItouRlas according to Henrle An drie, the owner, who is preparing to construct a modern two-story apartment house at the corner of Kruelas and Kane streets. In ad dition to completely renovating and remodeling the Roseburg Apartment House at the corner of Douglas and Main. Mr. Andrie ls now building a concrete garage building on the rear of the lot Next year he ex pects to tear out the annex to the apertment house on the Bouth side and will extend this- garage build ing through to Main street. The removal of the old wooden struc ture will do away with the fire hazard now existing, and will give the apartments a much better ap pearance. The main part of the building has already been remodel ed inside, and as soon as the old portion Is torn away, the owner expects to Improve the exterior. On the Kane and Douglas street corner arrangements are being made for a new fireproof apart ment house to be 150 by 40 feet In t? "J"1 ,wo ",r'p ln height. This building will be of reinforced "crMe wi" "utco finish, and "l be modern in every particular. hlnce acquiring the old Van Houten house, now known as the Kos-burg partments. Mr. Andrie nas made a number of very sub ntial improvements, which are not only beneficial to the proper ty, but are in line with the gener- ,(U"ficat,on and Improvement rsmpaiKn being waged in the city. I o : . , MKMI1KILSHIP liKVIKP i d wire.) t J Associated Pres. was held tnd.v CLOSE FORESTS IT , Thirteen National Reserves Are Closed to Campers 1 by Authorities. ARREST VIOLATORS Fines Assessed When Ne glect Starts Big Fires Few Blazes Burning in Oregon Forests. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) MISSOULA, Mon., July 31. Due to serious fire danger, 13 of the 24 national forests in dis trict number 1 of the forest ser vice compromising western Mon tana and northern Idaho have been closed to smoking or camp ing, District Forester Fred Mor rell announced today. This is the most extensive use of author ity to close national forests ev er exercised by the forest service it was stated. SAN FRANCISCO, July 31. The arm of the law reached out today for a second time to check the far-flung fire in national forests in California when P. W. Wechmann of Cordelia, pleaded guilty ln Qulncy, Plumas county, to neglecting a camp fire in the Plumas national forest and was fined $150. A few days ago Hen ry Shut was found guilty ln a Weaverville court of arson in a national forest. The big fire on the Hutchinson lumber company plant near Orovllle, is now trying to break into the Plumas nation al forest after having crossed the Fall river several times. Ther-wee old fire in Baullste canyon In the Cleveland nation al forest had assumed such pro portions today that Paul G. Red dington. United States District Forester, announced that he would leave San Francisco for the scene, at the last report it had spread over 8,000 acres of timber and brush, and was sweep ing toward Thomas mountain. In the Tahoe National forest there is a new fire near the little settlement of Forest and 175 men are on the fire line. The fire near Floriston In the same forest had been controlled on the west side but Is still racing along out of control on .the east side. The forest hill divide fire in the Eldorado National forest, has flared out anew and has jumped the middle' fork of the American river Into the Tahoe National forest. There were three fires raging In the Klamath National forest out of control today. One ls ln the Hear creek region and the others are In the Goose Nest canyon, east of Yreka. A fire ln the Greenhorn mountain region ln the same forest is said to be under control. MEDFORD, Ore.. July 31. The only forest fire in Jackson county today is the one on For rest Creek in the Applegate dis trict, which has burned over 500 acres of mature timber and is not yet under control. H. H. Rankin forest supervisor, returned today from the fire lines and said he believed the fire would be con trolled before tonight. The local federal forest service today sent supplies to Klar.iath county for men fighting a large fire on As pen Butte Lear Klamath Lake which is the first serious fire thus far this year in Crater National forest. I TOWED TO PIT ASTORIA. July 31. The oriental freighter West Jena of the Columbia Pacific Steamship company was being towed Into this port by the tug Oneonta after reaching the mouth of the river In tow of her sister ship, the West ' Niger, at 10 o'cloek today nine days out from Dutch Harbor. The West Jena was disabled at sea and towed Into Dutch Harbor by the Revenue Cutter liaida. BRYAN WRITES LETTER WASHINGTON, July 31. With out commnt the war department today made public a letter from Governor Charles W. Bryan of Ne braska, the democratic vice-presidential nominee, praising the work of the citizens military "training ramp throughout the country. It wrs dated March 7. 1924. to consider the applications of representatives of the Rochester New York Times Union snd the naltlmore. Maryland Evening Sun for membership, a vote be ins; taken. The applicants failed oi election AGCOUN FIRES Difficulty oj Conference Is Declared Over, New French Security Proposal Accepted (Associated Press Leased Wire.) LONDON, July 31. The mem bers of the experts committee of the Inter-allied conference after examination the proposals submit ted by the French experts yester day as a compromise plan to end the conference deadlocked over security for the Dawes plun German loan declared their belief today thnt the French proposals with minor alterations, would probably be acceptable to the con ference. The French proposal was ac-' cepted unanimously by committee! number one of the conference while an amendment put forward' by the Ilritish members this I morning was drawn, both thej French and Ilritish delegates con-, gratulating each other on the1 happy turns of events. One dele-i gate said. i "The great difficulty of thej conference is now over." ! The Inter-allied reparation con ference took a new lease of life today when the experts Bsembl- ed to consider the new French' proposals presented by Premier Herriot yesterday. The Rrltish partlciprnts ln the conference view of the French plan was the greatest effort yet made to bring about a settle ment of the conference so the Dawes plan can be put into oper ation. They are of the opinion that it will be a great step for ward to a final settlement. The plan was laid before the PIERCE IS SiE (Associated Press Leased Wire.) , SALEM. July 31. At nn' exe cutive hearing today Larond M. Pierce, was found not Insane -nx; speciul lnveStigutor for Goveruori Pierce, was found ot Insane byi Dr. W. H. llyrd. Pierce wus ex- amined as to his sanity on Die strength of a petition filed in the county court here by Mrs. Dolly Quartler of, Portland, known as "Queen of the bootleggers." Her charges against Pierce came af ter Pierce had been arrested In her apartments in Portland at an early hour in the morning, and answered to charges of disorderly conduct In Portland police court. Mrs. Quartier was not present at the hearing. Pierce, who has been absent from Salem for sev eral days, returned yesterday and gave himself up. Attorney Gener al Van Winkle last night notified County Judge Downing that Pierce was In town and ready to voluntarily appear at any time fixed by the court. TELEGRAPH WORKER DIES (Associated Press Leased Wire.) SALEM. Ore., July 31. Ellis K. Jones, about 32, died at a local hospital early this morning from injuries received Tuesday after noon near Hafrisburg when as a member of a Postal telegraph con struction crew he fell from a pole. He sustained a fracture of the skull and failed to regain con sciousness. His home was in Mc Minnville. i , ,j MEN AND WOMEN IN J&av: IAJ19 riftPO f SEKoreiTA fSWlKCA IcxJEDEff J&to: JACK DEKFfEY g MRS?. CHARieJ it SENXTT. Jack Dempsej, world's champion heavyweight, dislocated bis right elbow and suffered strained ligaments of the back, abrasions on ths right knee and cut on his head when his automobile waa sldeawlped and overturned by another car at Kan Juan Caplstrano. Cat. Luis Angel Flrpo. "Wild Bull of the Pampas." who has reached New York to fight Harry Wills, was temporarily detatned on Ellis Island because of IrrearUr lartUe la his passports. Then he was allowed to land. Miss Ulanca Lourdes, a stately blonde, who waa well acquainted with Flrpo, but whom be denied bringing to the United States, was deported to Havana, U destination named In ber passport. Mrs. Charles 11. tentf, famuus New York society leader, hss offered the Prince of Walrs her palatial It-room bouse on Long Island during the International polo matches In BeptamDer. The estate contains experts at noon. After consid ering it for an hour the commit tee adjourned until 3 p. m. One of the points of the French proposal provides for a board of arbitration calculated to make a declurution of default on the part of Germany by the reparation commission mjtcli more difficult to obtuin t ll a ll now. Another provides for setting up machinery to tuke care of detects which might develop in the working of the Dawes plun and still another establishes guuruutees against Germany maneuvering out of pay ments of kind. According to a French semi-official source, the proposal also provides for the evacuation of the Ruhr in successive steps as the se curities issued under the plan are floated. PARIS, July 31. Germany's total reparation in rash and mer chandise Is given as 8,405.932,000 gold marks in a revised provision al statement of the reparation commission as of June 30, pub lished today. About one-third of this amount consisting fur the most part of bookkeeping credits for cabins, ships, submarines, etc., remains undistributed. The statement shows a revision in a number of credits because re-valuution of Germany pay ments confidentially downward. There is no allowance for the costs of the American army of oc cupation. (Associated Press Leased Wire ) SAN FRANCISCO, July 31. Charles A. Matthews, Jr., former deputy; provisional treasurer of Ontario, Canada, is tinder arrest hero us a fugitive from Justice, it was announced today by ' United States immigration authorities here. Matthews was arrested in San ta Clara, south of here last night under the alias of George Gray, and was brought to the city pris on here. Matthews admitted his identity today both to the police and to the immigration authori ties he would make no further statement. TORONTO. Out.. July 31. Charles A. Matthews. Jr., former deputy provisional treasurer of Ontario, is wanted here on charges of alleged graft In connection with government purchases. BOY ELUDES OFFICERS Earl Roth, a young boy brought to RoselMirg from Reedsuort by Miss rns Pitch ford, local juven ile officer, for incorrigibility, N gMnf; the oflfcers considerable trouble. The boy slipped away this morning and eluded capture for several hours, und this after noon caught the stage and got to Camas Valley before he was locat ed, fie has been giving much trouble at Reedsrort, and his case has been taken up by the juvenile court- lt.91K01 NEWS OF THE DAY. sue acres. FORMER ONTARIQ OFFIGIALWANTEO BRITISH FLIER IS AGAIN LOST A. Stuart MacLaren, Com mander of English Ships, and Party Missing. WIND AND FOG BAD r i c : c I vuaai vuiLcia sweeping jca in Search of World Navi gators Have Been Missing 3 Days. ABOARD U. S. COAST GUARD CUTTER ALGONQUIN, July 3L (By Wireless to The Associat ed Press. Via St. Paul Lslund) Although no word has been re ceived from A. Stuart MacLaren, English around the world flier, and his companions, from Petro pavlovsk, on the south-eastern point of Kamchatka peninsula, whero the English aviator was Inst reported, it ls believed by of ficers of the Algonquin that Mac Laren has been delayed in con tinuing his flight on account of high winds, heavy fogs and rough seas, prevalent at this time or year. . r ABOARD IT. S. GUARD CUT TER, ALGONQUIN. At Atka. ls lund. July 31. Repeated efforts by. wireless ln all directions have failed to obtain any word of Ma jor A. Stuart MacLaren since a party under his command arrived at Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka last Thursday on a circumnavigation of the world. Endeavors to learn something of the whereabouts and welfare of the British party, which was tly- 1 In ln one plane and which left ; Culshot. England, March 25, have been energetically carried on for .1 days by the cutler Algonquin, Hnida and Ilajote, composing tho Bering Sea patrol ot the United States Coast Guard. According to Information re ceived by the cutters the steamer Thinpval of the Canadian fisher ies patrol, was at Petropavlovsk when Major MacLaren and bis companions. Flying Officer W. N. Plenderluith and Sergeant An drews, arrived there. Aboard the Thiepvol was Lieutenant Colonel L. E. Broome of the British ser- vice who was to fly with Major! stop scheduled after Petropavlo vsk. The Thlepvnle has a wireless set whose sending radius has been rated at 200 miles, and it hns been thought that even If none of the cutters cunie wllhln the ru dio reach of her she should never- i thless have been able to send out j some word by a commercial ves i sel passing her vicinity. I Fogs and rain have been pre vailing In the northwest Pacific ocean and the Bering sea waters I which are covered every summer I by the coast guard Bering sea pa- trol In carrying succor to tho j people of southwestern Alaska. At the village on Xazan bay. i Atka Island, the dentist of the Algonquin pulled fifty teeth from 80 natives. Results were pro- nounced good. IS CIVIL WAR VET PORTLAND. July 31. William Monroe Ilendershott, newly ap pointed commandant of the Ore gon Old Soldiers Home at Rose burg, lives nt 725 East Twenty second street north. He Is a native i of Ohio and served during the civil war In company C, 159th Ohio reg iment. Mr. Ilendershott came west in 1MW. and located In Walla Walla. He Is a counsin of the late Miles C. Moore, last territorial governor ! of Washington territory. Mr. Hen-i ! dershott came to Oregon ln 18S2 ' and has resided ln Portland since 1H!8. He formerly followed his trade as a harnessmaker. has been in the hotel business nnd the fuel business, and has served as bailiff : of the federal court. j The new commandant and Mrs. I 1 Hendnrshott. who will be the new i matron at the home by vlrute of her husband's position, are the ' parents of six children, three girls and three boys. Mr. Ilendershott was for four I I years commander of Lincoln-Gar-j I field Post. G. . It. He Is (he sec-' , ond democrat to hold the soldier's '. heme pot, the first having been ' W. W. Elder of Stayton. who ser-j veil for 12 years following his Bp- pointment by Governor Chamber-! .lain. ! Miss Agnes Pitcliford. county Juvenile officer, returned today from Reedsport where she was called to attend to official busi ness, ACTRESS' PRETTY NOSE BE INSPECTED BY JURY, SEE WHAT POLICE DID (Asset-luted Press Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, July 31. A grand jury will view the nose Miss Rosetta Duncan, comedienne, says was broken by Charles Widlock, Cicero policeman, July 4, when her brother, Harold, waa arrested for a traffic rule violation. Widlock was held to the grand Jury on a charge of assaulting with Intent to kill and hie bond was fixed at 11,000 by Magistrate Henry G. . Will lams In Evanston yesterday. Miss Duncan tsstified she was beaten by the officers when she attempted to "joke" about her brothers' arrest, but they and thojr witnesses said she became abusive and kicked, bit and scratched them. (Assoclated Press Leased Wire.) BISMARCK. N. D., July 31. Senator Robert M. La Follelte and Senator Burton K. Wheeler, cuudidutes for president and vice president respectively, will have the Bupport of the non-partisan league of North Dakota in their campaign in this state this fall. ThiB was decided on at a con ference here last night attended by representative members of the league, who voted by acclamation In favor of the action. In a separate meeting farmer labor party supporters also en dorsed La Follette according to Lh. Hi Walker, chairman ot the party in isortn iia.oia. 0 i SALEM, July 31. August Schuky, who yesterday was hailed as the happy pnrent of triplets three husky suns, today ls an Irate citizen looking for a practic al joker. Mr. Schuky advised the Capitol Journal office. In emphatic terms that the triplets are "bunk" and that he is looking for the man who gave the Information'to the newspaper. The newspaper was misinform ed over the toleplibno. A party, representing himself as the of fli'inifiiir iihvHifinn telenhoned lho nHWg to ,ie pBpl,r. The pa- per took It In good faith und printed it ,ln goad faith. T (Associated Press Lcassd Wire.) LOS ANGELES, July 31. Ex tension of the movement within the motion picture Industry to wipe out salacious films and put an end to misleading titles and sensational exploltutluns of films was announced today In an action of the West Const theatres which control more than a hundred mo tion picture theatres on the Pacif ic coast. A resolution declared that they "would not produce or promote the production, distribution, ex hibit or promote the exhibition, or aid In uny way whatsoever, the production, distribution or exhibition of any picture salacious In character or title." (Associated Press Leased Wire.) DETROIT. July 31. In an effort i to "get away from all this birth day stuff" Henry Ford disappeared from Detroit yesterday on the oc casion or his 61st birthday. His business associates professed to i ,.ki ..t 1.1- .K.i.u.luiiil, HAPPY PARENT IW SEARCH FOR JOKER and It was said he had driven to!0'' olll',r organizations which have an iinanniHiiiccti nesiinauon io avoid birthday callers. Mr. Ford recently was pronounced in excel lent health. BUTTERFLIES MUST HAVE THEIR LIQUOR (Am-lHt'il Press Leaned Wire.) LONDON, July 31. Male but terflies like to cet drunk while! female ones shun liquor and are; perfectly content with water as a; 1. Iha fH.ifiv.rv of Viiii.i logist Suit lie kept all sorts 0f , butterflies In his whe-screened garden and exposed several bowls! containing either pure water or whiskey or different brands The males invariably took to the liq uor bowls and sipped so long that they fell oft the brim and rolled on the ground. E1N EXCHANGE SETS PRICES Prune Organization Fixes Time Limit for Affilia- ' tion of Units. - MEMBERSHIP GROWS California Prunes Given Favor in Quotations by Buyers Meeting to ' Be Held Aug. ll.' (Associated Press Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, July 31. The prices for the 1924 Oregon prune crop as announced yesterday by the newly organized North Pacif ic Cooperative Prune Exchange snow a rise ot three quarters of a cent tn the quotations on 30s and one halt cent 40b. The 1924 price schedule follows; 30-40s Die; 40-0b 7 3-4c; 50 GOs CJc; 00-708 6c; 70-UOs 5c; 80-90s 4c. The newly organized North Pa cific Cooperative Prune Exchange, which has started oft with approxi mately 50 per cent control of the dried prune tonnage ot the Pacific Northwest, has announced Septem ber 1 as the final date that new lo cal units can join the exchange to handle the 1S24 crop of prunes. Accordingly, during the month ot August, there will be a concen trated membership drive among; Oregon prune growers. In order to form all additional needed local unlta and to Increase to the maxi mum the membership of the nine local units already federated. ' Latest estimates indicate that the newly organized Exchange al ready has signed up about 12,000, 000 pounds of prunes, Included In the following local units: Polk county, Yamhill, Marion, Lane, Eu gene Fruit Growers, Dundee, Sprlngbrook, Scotts, Mills and f or est Grove, Clarke county. Wash., with pbout 8,000,000 pounds of prunes has endorsed the central -marketing plan and is expected later to federate with the ex change. '"' Also, It Is expected that there will be new local units rormed, or existing locals will be enlarged to Include many.' additional prune growers in Douglas, Clackamas and other Oregon counties. In addi tion, some of the nine original locals were hastily organized, and it Is certain that the membership will be largely increased. With al lowance for all theso factors. It is expected that the new exchange soon will incrtuise Its control to at least 30,000,000 pounds ', JThls will represent at least 60 per .cent of tho 1924 prune crop. Exchange officials hope for next year to In crease their tonnage to 75 per, cent or Ke per cent. The exchange officers and eHreo. tors, elected at the organization meeting held at the Portland chamber of commerce on July 28 and 29, Include well-known prune growers from the leading prune districts of the state. W. L, Tay lor of Scotts Mills is president and Dr. E. P. Dixon. Dundee, Is vice president. Additional directors are Henry Voth, Polk county; Kenneth Miller, Yamhill county; M. R. Ad ams, Marion county; L. N. Miller, . Lane county; M. H. Harlow, Eu gene Fruit Growers Association; and John F. Forbls, Washington county.- At this organization meeting Portland was select-d as business headquarters; and M. J. Newhouse was chosen manai- .;. It -was de cided that all local units mlfflit re tain their pfiine tru'e names,- but that all sales would be made only through the central exchange. All local units In the exchange were asked to close their first pool by September 1. On the day following the com pletion of organization, tbe ex change announced the following opening prices for prunes: 30-40s, ut 9c; 4O-50S. at "Jc; 50-6OS, at 6)c: 60-70S at tic; 70 80s. at 5c, and SU DOs, at 4c. These opening prices probably would have been higher hut for recent quotations put out announced prices which average S cents per pound lens .for Oregon prunes than for California pruues. This announced cut In prices, which growers state ls below cost of production, has stirred great public Interest, and is causing con cern among those Kiowers who had previously been k rsuaded to sign up with pools ami various buying concerns. The directors of the North Pa cific Prune Exchanre will meet on August 11, at which time an nouncements are expected regard- Ing exchange prune grading rules, P-m regulations sales plan, to private packers, and nn adverta- Ing program. Here From Oakland T. I). Davis of Oakland -waa a business visitor In Roseburg for a short time today.