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ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1924.
VOL. XH.
NO. 124 OF THE EVENING NEWS
CTnniiniini
) bumi nu i
II CAUSE
nan Participation Said
ml to Allied Conference
L Alienist in Franks
i. c Ymilha
king "77
lentaUy Uweaseu.
GIVES RULING
st forJuryTrialOver
J Doctor's Testi-
Iony Is Silent
;rowe Objects.
t4 PTMI I""1 Wlre
ICO, Aug. 5. Judge
Caveriy mis iiriui
. . nn i nai u
apmi a .
D difference what defini
te word "insanity- was
r alienists on the witness
1? still would iuiivw ic
.u ftlinnia suoreine
tpi luc - -
id acaln overrnled a de
r State's Attorney Crowe
hearing naa ream
- (..pit trial.
r boys are presumed to
, said the judge: "They
iepted responsibility and
r Ihlng to be determined
crounus iur iiiiukuiiuh.
in are sane so far us this
nacarned now. The su-
feurt has said it is manda-
me to hear any evidence
kilos.
It? ruled three or four j
kd I will not be continu-'
tailed upon for rules up-,
milter now tnat 1 nave
it.
bn not make any differ-
'M court what tne floe
Mr nnn nf the other alien-
Ik about sanity or insan
do I care for other def-
ihu that which has der
ate! before me by the
iprtme court."
auaney Crowe object-
mat Dy me court.
r.ilil Mt ho anfiafln.1 with
k'KMtnl . racAfla nf a fatt
rl he went over the
mi ni8 associates.
LlCO. Auir. 5. Dr. Wll-
j of Hntttnn Mna onp. t
liltrist testifvtuir for thai
It the hearing tn Heter-l
icunment tor ltlchard Lo
Nlthan F. Lennolil Ir .
(napping and murdering
mum, testified todav
Crime "wa the rltrnct
if Loeb's diseased motlva-
Silll IQat the ohsnrvntlnn
ywths in the court room
Ifiraid his opinion from
ioni tnat tiiov in
M diseased."
Rumination of nr. Healy
ii itoDert h. Crowe, state's
y. leeklnc tn hri nut n,.
l . ..... .. .. . n "
cniiaisn compact be-!
Lob and Leopold and the
( Pon sueeestion of the
Iwame silent, the witness '
in a low voice for the
the stenoRrnpherB only,
natter or which of the
' the fatal blow with a
wl remained the puzzle
'rial when Dr. Healy on
saminatlon after a 15 mln
"tence to his notes of ex
'" aid that he had not
-i hlfh killed the Franks
J did not know,
he outset Mr. Trowe and
r,.8' Darrow, chief coun-
me defense, (tot into an
t0 hon was meant
Oowe asked-
Richard Loeb"'
ihould be apparent hf this
nom we m(..(n ,,y .,)1(,k , ,.
,A m""' Richard Loel..
. . m'n Nathan f. I.eo-r-
"id Mr. barrow. "Hut
th?.," Ri"b" Loeb.
HarH, r' '-"'POia.
I,' (.,',"h"r. ,!'laininK the
Is fhiMish
b'o an,;.. en-
f ,'c Out ome of tv, .ui
t?n,.h "ad and
vh'w v,,-1 r:r,a,n rte-
kc ,. ,t ' -0 began
far, ;h:; ;'. ot 15 Tear,
axwiatin. . . oearan
' n ,1"r ,olk
i.., ... U" -"-cl(!on. Ur
Delegation "jit In" With Allies in Matter of Putting
Uawcs rian inio Action Air seems to Be
Strained Cordiality. '
(Associated Tresa Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Am?. 6. Premier
MaoDonuld presiding at plenary
sessions of the Inter-allied con
ference at noon today, formally
handed to the German delegation
the protocol embodying the pro
gram of the conference of putting
the Dawes reparation report Into
effect. lie asked the (Jermans
to study the report and be ready
to express their opinions tomor
row. The first meeting of the Germ
ans with the delegates of the in-tar-allied
conference was strictly
formal, held in an atmosphere of
restrained cordiality. Chancellor
Marx and bis colleagues were
seated at the foot of the horse
shoe table, with Prime Ministor
MacDonald at its head, the
French delegation to his right
and Frank B. Kellogg, the Amer
ican ambassador and Jamea A.
Logan, American representative
with reparation commission at
the left. The Americans did not
participate actively in the pro
ceedings after the conference.
Ambassador Kellogg and Mr. Lo
gan both said the Germans had
expressed the greatest desire to
get the Dawes plan working as
soon as possible and tbat the
German chancellor and his col
leaguea seemed to have come to
Loudon in a reasonable frame of
mind for reviewing the work the
conference has done.
The session was limited to the
brief welcoming address of the
llritlsh prime minister and the
reply of Chancellor Marx.
(Assoclnted Tress Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND. Au. 5. Con
struction on the new pavilion for
the Pacific International Live
stock building, which' was de
stroyed by lire recently. The
structure is being built by Grant
Smith and company, and must be
turned over completed to the di
rectors by October 25, as the live
stock show opens November 1.
The new pavilion will be 3400
by 200 feet, with a seating capac
ity or 7,000, and will cost $350.
000, the amount of insurance car
ried on the burned building.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
NILES, Ohio, Aug. 6. Four
persons are to face charges to
day as the result of arrests in
connection with street clashes be
tween several hundred supposed
members of the Knights of the
Flaming Circle and the same
number of Ku Klux Klan mem
bers here tonight.
Two combatants were reported
to have been bruised and beaten.
TACKLES PROBLEMS
(A'Hoclated Press Leased Wire.)
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug.
5. Denouncing with impartiul
vehemence both militarism and
pacifism the executive council of
the American Federation of La
bor today refused to become in
volved in t National Defense Day
controversy.
The executive council of the
American Federation of Labor,
whose endorsement of the La Fol-lette-W'heeler
candidacies and
platform was accepted by the re
cepients yesterday, launched to
day into its announced campaign
of participation in all national,
state and local elections of 1924.
The council has picked its
presidential and vice-presidential
favorites next It will scrutin
ize the records of aspirants to
congress with a view to Bwing
; ing the votes of labor to such
i republicans, democrats or inde
pendents as may have won the
fating "friendly to labor."
Members of the executive coun
cil announced this morning they
expected from the committee
some time today a report and
recommendations concerning con
gressional candidates "which
would be of greut public inter
est." o
DEATH ENGLISH
I'll
PROBED
Whole Story of Defense
From Mexicans Told in
Letter to Sister. '
SAYS SLAYER KNOWN
Mrs. Rosalie Evans' Sister
Has Letters Which She
Thinks Will Convict
Guilty Person.
(Assoclnted Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. -Mexican
authorities have made a
number of arrests in connection
with the slaying of Mrs. Rosalie
Evans, a British subject, near her
plantation, it was said in official
reports received here today.
LONDON, Aug. 6. The news
papers today comment indig
nantly on the murder of Mrs.
Hosalie Evans, widow of a Brit
ish BUbject in Mexico.
The Times assumes that the
government will aoandon its in
tention of sending an envoy or
recognizing the Obregon Kovern
ment until ample satisfaction is
forthcoming. The Dully Mull says
the outrage on n not be tamely
passed over, adding:
"Both the United States and
ourselves are deeply concerned In
seeing proper retribution exacted
from all the participators in the
crime."
The Dally News denounces the
slaying as "bestial cruelty, the
result of human greed in the
lowest form."
SUN'S RAYS MAY HEAT
BOILERS OF INDUSTRY
SAYS FAMOUS SCIENTIST
Associated Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Future
generations may use the aun'a
rays for fuel in two ways
should the coal and oil new
available run out, according to
Wm. A. Noyea, assistant pro
fessor of tha department of
chemistry University of Chica
go. Tha rays may be used to
charge storage batteries or to
build up some compound which
may be burned, he said.
The use of mirrors has the
disadvantage of being available
only on sunny days Professor
Noyea stated. He stated that
at noon each square inch of the
earth's surface receives enough
heat from the sun to heat one
pound of water one degree In
26 minutes and a square mile
receives tha same energy in an
hour which could be obtained
by burning 300 tona of coal.
Replacing coal by the sun's
rays might be done only to a
limited extent, he said.
AVIATORS IKE
T FLIGHT
Two Remaining Planes
Take Hop Along Coast
of Iceland Today.
CONDITIONS GOOD
Clear Weather in Glacier
Region Overcomes
Disadvantage of
Strong Gale. .
KILLED IFJ WRECK
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
MEDFORD. Aug. R. Percy
Straiton, a mail carrier from Ash
land was instantly killed and his
wife seriously Injured when the
car In which they were touring to
Berkeley, was knocked off the
highway at Le Mtiyne, near Duns
niulr late yesterday, according to
a telephone report from Ashland
today. The two Stratton children
Kenneth and Marporle, In the
car at the time, escaped serious
injury. According to the Ash
land report the car which ran In
to the Stratton car was not iden
tified. Mrs. Stratton Is now tn the
Dunsmuir hospital suffering from
serious internal injuries, but is
expected to recover.
normal In imaginings and ideas
that led up to the crime, I am
forced to conclude Loeb has a
thoroughly diseased mental life,
an abnormal split personality,'1
said the doctor.
ab.
n his patho-
J m.-H "nt abo'it
-hi' ' "r;hiBk!"' ot a
hi , aM,i tht
iJZ V"""1 h! mon-
' yalt mentally ao-
,r s it'i'mwiwiMimi m mm
Wmk
v
KStgAEBES"? K. LOFT"-.
TOOTH IWIPORTANT
(Associated Press leased Wire.)
SALEM, Aug. 5. An aching
official tooth today held up the
state's business.
The August meeting of the
state board of control was schedu
led for 10:30 o'clock this morn
ing. Hut States Treasurer Jeffer-
MEXICO. CITY. Aug. 5. The
belief of the Mexican government
that robbery was the iirliicinnl
motive for the killing of Mir. Ho-
salie Kvans. the British subject,
is reiterated in a foreign office
bulletin. Officials previously had
expressed disbelief that the crime
was the result of the agrarinn ag
itation which aimed at forcing
Mrs. Evans to consent to the div
ision of her hacienda, the legal
proceedings in which had becoino
an incident between the Mextcun
and British governments. al
though this possibility is conced
ed. The foreign office bulletin
echoes the expressions of Presi
dent Obregon in calling attention
to the energy with which the fed
eral and state authorities are
pushing the inquiry into the case,
and endeavoring to run down the
assassins.
HE WAS SHOT AT
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 6.
The story of how Mrs. Rosalie
Evans, a gun in her hand, mount
ed guard on the roof of her half
burned ranch home near San
Martin, stute of Puebla. Mexico,
and, backed by a handful of fol
lowers, held a thousand natives
at bay. was contulned In a letter
from Mrs. Evans to Mrs. Daisy
son Myers Informed Governor 1 1'ettus, her sister here, made pun
Pierce and Secretary of State Ko-I lie today.
xer that he had a hopping, throb- The death of Mrs. Evans at
bing molar and had to go to a I the hands of a Mexican gunman
dentist, and as far as he was con- J is an object of concern to the
cerned state buslnes could wait. governments of Mexico, the I'nit-
"Which tooth is It" Mr. Myers ed States and Great Britian. She
was asked. I was a British subject.
"This'n here." answered the 1 The letter, dated June 3, said
treasurer, drawing back his am-1 in part:
pie lips and lngerly Indicating! "This Is Tuesday and Saturday
with his little finger a front nib-II sat on the roof with firing
bier that Is already Inlaid with . around me wondering If I would
gold. "The darn thing is settln' lever write any more. ,
me crazy." "Saturday night they roamed
The board meeting will be held ! about' and never attacked the
Carl H. Rheder, of Chicago, was
arrested last night at Yoncalla.
and was bound over to the grand
jury under $250 bond being charg
ed with taking a shot at another
tourist who cut into the road
ahead nf the Chicago man and al
most ditched his machine. The
young man, driving a car In which
membeis of Ills family were pas
sengers, says he wus traveling
along tho highway, when another
tourist, Harry W. Welnsteln, pas
sed him going In the same direc
tion. The latter, according to the
story, pulled In too close and al
most crowded Rheder off tho road.
Rheder Baid be fired two shots In
to the air to frighten Welnsteln,
but the latter went into Yoncalla
and procured a warrant for the
young man's arrest. He was tak
en into custody by Deputy Sheriff
Daugherty and arraigned before
Justice of the PeHce Brown, who
held him for the grand Jury for
assault with a dangerous weapon,
and fixed his bail In the sum of
$250. Owing to an error In mak
ing out the comiiilttmant papers
i bv omitting the amount of the
bond, the young man could not be I
released today, although his fath
er is prepared to post the amount
of the bond whenever the arrange
ments can be made.
Welnsteln was fined $10 for
reckless driving.
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WANT SEASON t'LOSKI)
some time this afternoon.
CONDITIONS FAVOR
THE MELON CROP
house. We hear they marched
on San Martin and requested the
colonel to arrest us. He said he
would be waited an order from
Mexico City. Meantime I got a
telegram to Mexico City through
Valentia.
"You see the house being burn
ed In the middle in a way helps
(The hacienda
Conditions regarding the tomato
and melon crop are very favorable
this year, according to all reports.
that while I Ik. vielii Us to defend it.
would be short In both of these was pariinuy nurnea ann looieu
crops, -the higher prices more than hy federal troops on December
overcome the shortage. At Dlllard26) But the nights are dark and
the Btands along the roadside are ou have to watch closely. e
doing a land-office business from ! are on'y five altogether, and so
.,. r -r .o. ' divide the night.
r..H he.tw' ,nrt within a week or I "Sunday they guarded all
i.. m... .h minn. .in Ki.dn ,avenues. but the g,
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
MEDFORD, Aug. C- Hugh B.
Rankin, supervisor ' of Crater
Lake National forest and also
president of the Jackson county
ame protective association Bent
the following telegram today to
Governor pierce:
"The Jackson county gnme pro
tective association is strongly In
favor of closing the deer season
until forest fire conditions are
Bafe."
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
REYKJAVIK. Iceland. Atlg. 5.
Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith. In
the Chicago, and Lieutenant Erik
Nelson in the New Orleans arriv
ed here from lloefn llornafjord,
on the cross-Iceland lap of their
around the world flight at 2:15
o'clock this afternoon. All the
fliers were feellns; well and their
machines were in good condition.
The army filers had to fight a
gale that rose to a velocity of 40
to 60 miles during their 310 mile
flight. In the afternoon the wind
attained a velocity here of almost
70 miles from ' the northeast,
causing anxiety for a time as to
the fate of the plnnes.
The airmen uocompllshed 'the
flight In four hours, 58 minutes.
In view of the high velocity of
the wind there was a general re
lief when the cruiser Richmond,
lying outside Reykjavik harbor
sighted two specks in the dis
tance above the rough Iceland
const.
Lieutenant Wade and Sergeant
Ogden who lost their alrplnne
Sunday after their forced landing
near the Faroes, stood on the
qunrter deck Of the flagship eag
erly watching their former com
rades approach.
' HARNAFJOlA, Iceland, Aug.
B. The American army airplanes
nn their world flight hopped off
from llornafjord at 9:16 o'clock
this morning for Reykjavik, nn
the west coast of Iceland.
The United States Cruller Ral
eigh, which has been on station
here attending the fliers proceed
ed to sea. with her destination
probably Iteykjuvlk, where Lieu
tenant Lowell II. Smith, the
flight commander, will decide up
on further plans for the flight.
In the got-away the Chlcnuo
with Lieutenant Smith and Lieu
tenant Leslie P. Arnold, his mech
anic, took the air first. Lieuten
ant Erik Nelson and Lieutenant
John Harding. Jr., in the New
Orleans, followed a moment la
ter. They circled the harbor for
a moment, waved farewells, and
then headed alotur the Iceland
coast toward their destination.
At 10:25 o'clock the filers
passed Sknftnres. 70 miles west
of llornafjord, flying In a Btrong
gale. ,
It was the best day since the
Rnlefgh arrived, with the sun
shining brightly over the glaciers,
and no trace of fog. From the
north came a stiff breeze, which
it was felt might somewhat Im
pede the progress of the planes,
but the reports from the destroy
ers Btatloned along the route in
dicated excellent visibility with
a generally calm sea.
"NOAH'S ARK" TO HARBOR
STUDENTS OF SCIENCE IN
HEART OF THE PANAMA
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. A
Noah's ark" laboratory In tha
heart of a tlx square mil jun
gle has been opened by scien
tists right In tha world's great
est maritime highway. Or. Davis
Fairchlld, chief plant explorer
of tha department of agriculture
has sent his colleagues her
word of the inauguration of thia
scientists' paradise, Barro Colo
rado island, Catun Lake, Pana
ma Canal.
Barro Colorado Island Wat
formed when the valleys about
It were flooded by tha impound
ing of th waters of the Charges
river to form Gatun Lake. It
retemblea Noah's ark, in that
tnere gathered as tha waters
rose nearly every form of ani
mal life In th vicinity, seeking
escape from the rising flood.
Half a dozen well known
acientistt inaugurated tne re
search work thia summer.
COUNCIL STOPS
RIVER BATHING
i Old Ordinance Prohibiting
Bathing Below Sewer .
Outlet Revived. "
STREAM IS POLLUTED
County health Officer Ad
vises Council South
Umpqua Is Unfit
for All Uses. '
PLEASED WITH MEET
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. B. Pres
ident Coolidge is gratified with
the results of the London confer
ence upon the Dawes plan and
believes prospects of settlement
forecast a further stimulation of
business conditions in this coun
try. This Improvement would be re
flected, In the opinion of the
president, in all business us well
as the export trade since he be
lieves the Dawes plan would es
tablish a stable economic condi
tion in Europe. Settlement of
the reparations problem would
not, he believes, Involve any
change In the present tariff pol
icy of the administration.
ABOARD U. S. RICHMOND.
(via wireless to the Associated
Press) Every precaution la be
ing taken by the naval patrol to
guard the two remaining United
States army airplanes In their
short flight, scheduled for today,
ulong the south coast of Iceland,
from Hoefn llornafjord to Rey
kjavik, preparatory to the hazar
dous hop to Greenland.
The V. 8. Raleigh will remain
at lloefn llornafjord, where the
New Orleans, piloted by Lieuten
ant Erik Nelson, landed from
Kirkwall, Scotland, on Saturday,
and the Chicago, commanded by
PARTNER OF WHEELER
APPOINTED MANAGER
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO. Aug. . G. Simultan
eously with the announcement of
the appointment of James 11. Bald
win, a law purtner of Senator
Wheeler, as manager of the La-Follette-Wheeler
campaign In Mon
tana, Representative John M. Nel
son, national director of the La
Follette forces, emphasises that the
effort to elect the presidential elec
tors would In no way be consoli
dated with any campaign for state
offices.
No one In Montana, Mr. Nelson
added, would be uuthorUed to
speak for tho La Follotte-Wheeler
campaign except Mr. Baldwin and
his lieutenants.
Mr. Nelson Bald he knew noth
ing of the organization styled the
"I.a Follette progressive party of
Montana," which reported yester
day to have considered circulat
ing petitions to have the name of
Governor Charles W. Bryan of Ne
braska placed on the ballot under
that .of Senator La Follette.
0
ASKS BIG DAMAGES
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
DETROIT, Aug. 5. Warren A.
Ayers, a tool muker who charges
that he engineered the deal
whereby the stock owned by Hor
ace and John Dodge was sold to
the Ford interests In 1919 for
$26,000,000, filed suit today in
the Wayne county circuit court
against the Ford Motor company
for $500,000. Ayers in his peti
tion claims that he worked tor
six months negotiating the sale
and then had to return to his
trade in the Ford plant without
a commission.
(Continued on page 6.)
NO SIGNBOARD ADVERTISING
EUGENE. Aug. 5. About 200
Irl slintied i names of business men who have
Hi. in Binned a nltilge to abstain from
come on the market. Both crops, " '-. returned, SI e continuing roadside signboard ad-
are of excellent quality, and about , when shJ ? reached the lega- verging have been turned Inlo
ten days ahead of the usual ea-jt,on (hey to)(I h(r my t,...Rr;, m ! the chamber of commerce by Ihe
1 -M , An H Loeb. mother of
Agel Faced Dickie' Loeb. on
trwa be for Judge Caveriy. In Cht
eao to determine what shall be
bis fata, with Nathan Leopold. Jr,
Z.aA n"1:dCT f Kobart Pranks,
Pleaded to be allowed to go to the
Hfn.2 ,on- Physician
, T" to t,rml . declaring u
I ?ei frou bean discos ,
son on account of the continued
dry weather. It is encouraging to
know that the ranchers, south of
this city are not Joy-killers, but
are most optimistic, and feel that
they will close the year's business
with a substantial profit.
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BANDITS STEADFAST
t..j Knnn ,oi,-o,i .n,l that Mrlhifhwsv beaut if leal Inn cominit-
Cummins was at the American tee of the chamber. Professor
embassy. We are cut off from ! E. E. DeCou Is chairman of the
San Martin they guard that committee, and he states that the
road. But we are so armed they , campaign has been very success
so far have not dared get us here. fui.
If Mexico pays so little heed, how when the business men now on
lone will it last? 'vacation return to their establish-
"My spirits have continued m(.nt, here, the list of names will
high until today. I begin to fearDP nillth greater, according to Pro
they are deceiving Cummins f "f j f 0Bor .( oil.
Modesta was quite nopetui. JlR rtiyn tnat but a very few
(Associated Press leased Wire.)
GRAND JUNCTION. Colo..
Atlg. S. Three fugitives, hidden
In the abandoned tunnels of the fr,,.n0, ralm, i from th- fl -Ids ,,, ,h, mIinv wh haJ ncil yvi
'' aaiasavr "' acaav mus . H Tl 1 1 Hiri W" Writ' Kill IIIUIlllC'l .. a 1 at... ..- .T tail.
I day. made no effort last night ovr inoo men. Strange conn-; ".n, " " , "' 1 ,,' , , rv.r
to break through the nag of of-1 try. It was true, but they did " ,. .,.nn
flcers on guard outside and plans ', dare p.. mr bridge. In the JP " ' " ' .
for forcing chlorine gas into the frori, ,Tenu. back of our r- '"""".."jV, '','"T
mine were again being considered M '" signboards that hide
by authorities early today.
(Continued on page 6.)
beauty spols.
SHIEKS AND SHEBAS IN
HOLDUP GANG TAKE LOOT
IN OVER 40 "PARTIES"
(Associated Press Leased Wire.!
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5
Eight youths and a trio of bob
haired girls, all of th eleven
under 21 years of age, are In
custody her today a bandit
suspects. Police allege they
participated In more than 40
holdups and robberies, includ
ing the robbery near here last
Friday of Betty Blyth, motion
picture actress, who lost several
diamond rings and a fur to
youthful highwaymen. t
The gang operated In an au
tomobile officers relate, the
furs and jawelry obtained In
each holdup going to th girl
members of th crowd, while
the money paid their cabaret
expenses. Jewelry and furs
valued at $4,000 were recovered
In connection with th arrests.
NOTII'ICATIOX SET
(Associated press leased Wire.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. B. Gov
ernor Charles W. Bryan of Ne
braska will be formally notified
of his nomination as the demo
cratic candidate for vice-president
by Senator Pa' Harrison nf
Mississippi at the University of
Nebraska memorial nilara on
the night of August In, ine week
after John W. Davis U officially
anurlsed of his nomination as the
democratic party's choice for
president.
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DAVIS "STAY8 HOME."
Bathing in the South Umpqua
river Inside the city limits will be
prohibited by order of the city
council, because of the contamina
ted condition of the stream. An
old ordinance, prohibiting bathing
below the south Rosebarg sewer
has been resurrected by the coun
cil, and Instructions given the city
police to see that it is enforced.
The ordinance has not been in
operation tor several years, and
few councllmen knew that It
existed, until their attention was
called to it by City Attorney Wlm
berly. .
The action resulted from the re
port of Dr. W. C. Belt, county
health officer, who submitted the
following letter to the council at
its meeting last night. i
"Your attention is Invited to the
dangerous practice of bathing In
the Umpqua river during the pres
ent low water and the condition
of concentrated sewage in the
river.
"Reports from the State Board
of Health shows this water to be
highly contaminated and it la
recommended that an ordinance
be passed to close the river to
bathing purposes in the city limit
during the present extreme dry
weather.
"Immediate attention should al
so be given to the present outlet
of the sewers In the city, they
should be cleaned out and allowed
to flow Into the river. Tbo sewage
could be 'treated w Ith chemicals .
which would modify tho nuisance
and render the condition 'more
sanitary. Chloride of lime could be
used, but It would probably re
quire the permission of the fish
commission. Unslacked lime in
liberal quantities scattered abuut
the outlets would do much to re
move the present menace to the
public health.
"Respectfully.
' "W. C. BELT."
The council, after a little discus
sion decided to act upon the ad
vice of the county physician- and
was preparing to adopt a new, or
dinance when their attention! was
called to the old law by City Attor
ney Wimberly. Ab the condition
Is already taken care of In this
law the council merely instructed
the marshal to see that Its pro
visions are enforced. I,.
As the council's authority 'doet
not extend outBido of the city
limits no restrictions have aa yet
been placed on the other bathing
places. Samples of water taken be
low the Soldiers Home and at the
Forks of the river, however, show
great contamination, and bathing
is dangerous at both places, and
In fact any place downsream from
Roseburg.
A report Is now being procured
on the water above Roseburg to
determine whether or not It Is
polluted to such an extent as to be
unfit for bathing.
The recommendation regarding
the sewer outlets Is also t being
carried out and sacks of lime are
being used to prevent any danger
from that source.
(Assoclnti-.l Press leased Wire.)
I.I1CI ST VALLEY. N. Y.. Aug
6. Having no pressing engage
ments on his calendar, John W. Da
vis, democratic presidential can
didate, remained at his home here
today, spending his time resting
and giving attention to his corres
pondence. FOI It ARE KILLED
(Assoclnti'd Tress I.efld Wire.)
MOUNT OOI.L. N. J.. Aug. 5.
Four persons were killed today
whi n their motor car was struck
by a train at New Lisbon, N. J.,
near h re.
Fe d By run of Camas Valley
suffered an accident this morning
whin a stick pierced his eve. He
will not lose the sli'tit, although
the injury Is a painful one.
CIGARETTE SMOKERS
IN FEDERAL COURT
(Associated Tress Leased Wire.)
EUGENE, Aug. 5. Prosecu
tion of two more alleged cigaret
te smokers wns begun in federal
court In Portland yesterday, ac
cording to word to local offlclnlB,
when Miller E. McGilchrlst, fed
eral prosecutor filed information
charging H. G. Casey and F.
Barker with smoking In the for
bidden areas of the Salt creek
watershed In the Cascade Nation
al forest.
The men are emnloves of the
Southern Pacific on the Natron
cut-off.
AWAITING SPEECHES.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. B. Com
pletion of the campaign plans of
the republican party will await the
acceptance speeches of President
Coolidge and John W. Davis, the
democratic nominee. Party lead
ers here say they will eot regard
the campaign as definitely under
way until they have an opporun tr
to assess the reception of the
speeches by the opposition and th a
public.