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WEATHER BTVTfr TT ' When you put off advertising you put off growing Highest Yesterday , 51 Lowest Last Night 43 Rain tonight and Sunday, mod trate temperature. Z&&E&k Consolidation of Th. evening Newt and Th. Roeeburg Review. D Q LJ C5 L AS COUNTY An Independent Newspaper, Published rer the Beet Interests of th People. Rose r 1 mm li' i VOL. XXVII. NO. 59 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW SATURDAY. JANUARY 24. 1 925. VOL. XII. NO. 270 OP THE EVENING NEWS ECLIPSE OF SULEIO iraEnTINTERtWISL luri DATA SCIENTISTS SECURE ML dirigibles Used for Observations and Photographs of corona taken Conditions Were Ideal According to Reports From the Airships. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) Dreams of astronomers of seeing a total eclipse of the sun under ideal conditions were realized today in New York and New England. In Michigan and Ontario and at Niagara Falls, how ever, clouds and low visibility frustrated scientific tests. Especially in New York City, witnessing its first total eclipse in JJ9 years, was the spectacle magnificent. When the j ui miamgni at ui a. m. was accom pamed by the beautiful wo-hr f tk. .1 thusiasm, watchers on skyscrapers and hilltops applauded and Excellent scientific observations wm marls V j Til" .'n5.-.Clenhstl Comeil and Ya,c' aImo ' the center of the totality area and also aboard the navy dirigible, Los Angeles, sky ship named for Los Angeles hovered over the island of " l ' , "7 ana .tent word DV radio through the heavens that the results of its trip were excellent. First reports of the results of scientific tests concerned the radio. At Yerkes observatory Iron Mountain, Michigan, a 'aThT?8" "lvolum and clarity of the radio was noted. At Waterbury, Conn., a marked departure from direction of the lone wave was apparent. The Radio Corporation of America in New York reported that its tests showed that a short wave length follows the sun and that static is not entirely a local condition. The eclipse averaged four seconds later than astrono mers had calculated. It was five seconds behind schedule at Cornell, three seconds at Vassar, and five seconds at Yale. Scientific observations were characterized as the most suc- HmnfeVerimad1 bf ?r- E- E- Free' who hcaded Pay ' East Hampton, Long Isalnd. The weather bureau m the temperature. A drop of two degrees was reported at Shadow bands were noted at Yale one minute before and rfTv 1 1''.' ,0tah,y- Jupiter' Mercury nd Venus were clear at Yale but no comet was seen. ell rIm"? ' &Tx mje! UP, air an armv PIan Mitch- ''rf,1'1",?1''.!00!;-'""" of the racing shadow. ,'" onuuiu urvriop priecilYi Thfl frfal PORTLAND COUPLE HURT 4) Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee. of Portland, were injured this morning. Just before twelve o'clock, when their car skid- ded on the slippery pave- ment about fifteen miles south of the city and turned turtle in the ditch. W. H. Brooks, a tourist from On net) A county California, who had been visiting In Myrtle Creek, was on his way to Roseburg at the time of the accident, and arrlv- ed at the scene shortly after the car went over and brought the Injured parties to this, cliv Mm. 1a-c was suffering consid- ernbly from the severe shock and was carried into th h'o.. w pnai. nor injuries which con- slst of numerous bruises are not of a serious nature. Mr. Lee was cut unon the fnro. head. Dr. E. B. Stewart a called and attended the In- juries. COOUG e sysr OUTLAWING WAR:! mm mi AS JI ST A ItHMt MAIL ASHLAND S s EXCITING GAME Participation in World Court Necessary Says Presi dent in Talk Today. 5LVX (AMot-litat Pre Jim4 Wirt.) LOS ANGELES. Jan. 2 The congressional dlsputo over post office employes' salaries has had Its effect on the highwaymen of Los Angeles, according to the police, whoso records today Include the stranee exnerl- enco of E. J. McOormlck, a mall carrier. Mccormick was overtaken on a dark! , street by a prosperous-look- Ine gunman who forced hlra I .oral Team Outclassed hv -j FROM ROSEBURG MAINTAINS SECURITY Responsibility to End War I3 National One and All Agencies Must Join in Promoting Plans. ...Lh..!,...),!,. - 1 ri-iuise msieu 10. feet clrcie of darkness JM mtotnlffioJt OCOBd" 88 8cien,,8t8 diameter with a rim of flashing: ,, i,.ht -,,, A 75-nillewind from the nnrth ul ""M during which I encountered as this plane took ,2"" . rrescented off When It reached lw "ceilinir" I ove a f"n,nslle Pattern on of hlrtC: 16.000 .TS ovL ftSL " fields, .roadways and the keeosie the alr.hln-. .h i 8"!"8 .OI "("ngs. recorded 18 degrees above zero. During the period of totality the fliers reported, when the moon's rellected circle of darkncHS was rushing along beneath them, sur rounded by ordinary daylight, the mercury dropped to 20 degrees be low zero. "Awful, inspiring, tremendous, grand, beautiful," were some of the adjectives the airmen used in de scribing their experience. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 24 Tho total eclipse of the sun was successfully photographed at the Yale observatory, every thing working to perfection, according to a program, according to the Yale astronomors. The features of the heavenly spectacle were clearly visible. ) Professor Ernst Hrown of the Yale observatory, said that total-1 ity was four seconds late on the 1 average, totality was 5 seconds Bally beads, dancing like drops of liquid to topaz stmng on a sparkling thread, hung in the sky for Just a moment before the eclipse became tolal. As they flickered out the shadow bands flared forth weirdly, heralding the (Continued on nge 1 CAkocIiW Pnm Uawd wire.) POUTLANd, Ore., Jan. 24. Colonel Sylvester C. Sim- mons, 84, a pioneer of 1854. who came to Oregon with his parents from Missouri in an ox team, died here tmlav a For 26 years he has been custodian of the city hall. -He went to school at Bethel institute In Polk conn- ty. In 1859 he married .Inlln A A. Burford. herself a pioneer of 1852. Three years later he was drawn to the eo1,i a fields at Salmon PJver. Idaho. 9 out Defore long became a stage driver. For some years he drove stages In the employ of the w uregon stage comnanv nml H. W. Corhett. part of tho time on the night run be- tween Albany and Eugene . From this job he went In- to the trucking business in Portland at which he cottln- ued until appointed custodian of the city hall. He Is survived by his son, C. C. Simmons, and two daughters. Mrs. I. B. Piddle Itlon which saw of Roseburg and Mrs. Manuel Zlegler of Portland. Mrs. Simmons died about five years ago. e The flag on the city hall was been placed at half mast. Funeral arrangements are to be made later. . Mrs. Riddle, daughter of Mr. Simmons, left last night at 11 o'clock upon receipt of word that her father's condi- tlon was not Improving, and is In Portland today. Mr. Kiddle will leave tonight to attend the funeral services. PASS SUPPLY BILL WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. The nnnual army supply hill carrying t332.180.000 was passed today by the senate. bills that are to furnish tho is sues will have been introduced. The fish, game and port meas- late at Ithaca, three seconds late!'"'9 scheduled for Introduction at Poughkeepsle, and 6 seconds ("ie time prior to next Saturday. Important Legislation Is .Up for Passage by Solons During Next Week; Fights Predicted (Aoci.tl rn Lut wiro.) MtT 0f the session of 1923. Briefly. STATE HOUSB. Salem. Ore.. 1 these recommendations nrire the Jan. 24. By the end of the coming creation of office of slate director week the setting will be pretty 1 of land reclamation, plnclng the well fixed for the big grappling J attorney general's office at call of matches of the legislative aes-i'e director; placing the state en sion's latter days, and most of the ,Kn,cr under the reclamation dl- These will provide that appoint ment of members of the fish ana game commissions and the port of rector as Tar as engineering data Is concerned, giving the director authority to employ district man agers, that districts asking state aid sunply data relative to pro ductive and nonlrrlgablo area, empowering stale officials to re quire minimum of 30 percent of (Amrctat! Prtm Ltejed Wlrv.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. The administration's stand In favor of American participation In the world court was reaffirmed today by President Cnolldire In an ad dress delivered at the White House to delegates attending the natlnnnl conference on the cause and cure of war. This step, the president char acterized as the next move that should be taken by the United States toward outlawing war. lie suggested also that the na tion and the world should "turn the light of more Information and better understanding upon tho problems of diplomacy." Meantime, the president declar ed, the United Slates should In the Interest of peace continue its readiness to associate itself with whntever measures necessary to maintain security, but should avoid the danger of a "super-government." "If the lesson of this last and greatest war shall be lost, then In deed will this experience have been almost In vain," BRld Mr. coniidgo. "it Is for the genera- and survived to devise measures of prevention. If we fall in this, we shall deserve all the disaster which will surely be visited upon us because of our failure. Every organized move ment to keep alive the realization of war's destructlveness serves a helpful purpose." The responsibility to end war was described by the president as a national responsibility. "That question must be answer ed by us Americans for our selves," he continued. "There may he temptation at times to Inquire whether others have played their part, but our responsibility Is for ourselves alone, for doing the part that falls to us because our place in the world. I believe that, just as the arm ament conference was a timely and convincing co-operatlnn on the political side, so the Dawes plan was a similarly timely and ef fective effort for rehabilitation on the economic side. I believe that the next step to hold up his hands. When he began to search his vie- tim, however, the man saw ho woro a mall carrier's uniform. "Oh." he said, in tones of deepest sympathy, "you'ro a mail carrier?" putting his .pistol Dacc i his pocket he walked away without taking a cent. KMTM ills E KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan. 24. Vigorous protest against the establishment of tho propos ed game refuge in Klamath and Jackson counties was voiced by Riamatn county sportsmen at a mass meeting here last night. Following the general meeting, the Klamath Sportnmen's Asso ciation with but one dissenting vote, urged that the bill now be fore the legislature be defeated at this session. A petition signed by approxim ately 750 of the leading sports men or tnis section will be for warded to the legislature, pro-, testing against the game refuge Hard Fighting Visitors From South. PASSING IS POOR Roseburg Boys Show Weak ness in Passing and Fol lowing Up Shots Girls' Team Wins. COOLIOGE TAKES A WHACK AT SHIEKS . Anrt.tl r-iwa Lacd Win.) 4 WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. President Coolldge doesn't think much of the prevailing styles In college student ap- 4 pare), particularly the wide 4 flowing trouser legs and sua- 4i penderless waistlines. e 4 Three niembera of the e American Whig Club of Prflnceton called on Mr. 4 Coolldge today to ask him to speuk before their society, and when they had presented the matter, the president in- quired of them If they wore suspenders. They admitted they didn't and Mr. Coolldge told them thut when hlfl son came home 4 from Mercersburg Academy 4 4 similarly arrayed be prompt- 4 ly advised blm to get some suspenders and hitch up bis trousers a notch or two. : nniWIUIITTFF flf UUIIIIIII I I LL Ull SCHOOL SITE IS DISCHARGED .2 CENTS PER LOAF 4 ' (AMockttd Prns Land Win.) i4 BOSTON, Jan. 24. Bread at two cents a loaf went on ,4 sale In Itnstnn torinv. linked A Roseburg freBn at tho Fort 8trong buk- Tl (Anoriatcd Pnm r.Mpd Wir.) I)NDON, Jan. 24. The favored political topic of the possibility of former Premier Asqulth becoming a peer Is revived today by the Daily Exjjress, which prints a re port that the liberal leader has decided to accept the honor. If this prove true the paper says. It understands that the title Earl of Oxford will he revived for him. The tllle heeamn extinct In 1853 with the sixth Earl, descendant of the famous Tory statesman, Rol ert Harley. The Roseburg high school bas ketball team was defeated by the Ashland basketeers by a score of 23 to 10 in a hard fought game last night. Both teams "ought at top speed dur ing the entire contest, but the Inexperience of the piayers, coupiea witn an appar- ery, Boston, It was sold in 16 ent overanxlousness in the first j ounce loaves at the army half, gave Ashland a good lead, a, quartermaster sale stores. The game started off In whirl-! The price, according to the wind fashion. Roseburg foughtjO quartermaster department Is hard to get the jump, but in their what It costs to make the endeavors to start the scoring, bread. constantly overshot the basket.' Ashland annexed the first twoj ) baskets before Roseburg scored. Marske, Ashland forward, proved an able marksman, and dropped In qulrft shots with remarkable acuracy. The first quarter ended with Roseburg on the small end of a 7 to 4 score. In the second quarter Rose burg rallied, and annexed two 1eautlful field goals. Perrln blocked an Ashland play which with remarkable smoothness, was working down the field for - a basket, and then he and Jost INJURED BY BANDIT VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 24 An armed stranger entered the Prior of I Street branch of the Bank of Mon treal here today, occasioned a shooting In which Teller C. E. Draper wounded Bookkeeper K. E. Elated In a leg and went away afoot with $1200 of the Institutions money In his pocket. Draper handed the Intruder the money when the latter threaten ed to kill the manager of the In- (Aaoctitrd Pro Uwd Wire.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan. After a week of eomparative- .Kb i. , J..... . t" .Z . ' took a sudden drop in Klamath Selecting Grounds for New School Building in Hands of School Board. TWO IN THE OFFERING Eleven Acres in West Rosei burg and Present High School Grounds, In cluding Elks Island. and colder weather. winch we may well take is bv wav .stitullon. T. Tt. H James if nrnn. of participation In the permanent er did not stop shooting and start tiununuen on page fi. ) paying. GIRL WITO SLW MOTHER REMORSEFUE. late at New Haven. The experiment of chanlng an cranh and e?enhon III Z iPnrtland commission be "taken I nl in a district asking aid to be I' Professed Hrown .aid " " governor and vest-1 f"r " 8 ?, 'lttl" ' CPi.Ar2'r-l "" "ld- led In the legislature. A canvass ' lfctory to director requiring " c"n"'uon" .7" of the members of both house, , J engineering establishment of ClVrhu, clouds' took on 'byeuC,m,l T TT ZX'Zl? 1 n ith veto of the governor If the "'"us o ue n"iu in noejance un- colors. Some prom nences were . " . til determination is i fish and game bills pass and reach " nermmaiion is reached The corona appeared to be of 'the executive. Possibly the same 1 hp'hpr Jra nage needed, re the minimum tvM the nrofessor mv be e rp'atl to the port I mission of all interest, bonds or the minimum t)pe, the professor 1 payments now due the state, re. , , . , . i tv. ...- v.. K, ' : P1! of Interest guarantee In state It would be several days, Pro- The governor has been ap- constitution. iesso urown siaten, Dcrore tne re- illun,n' mtn ,,w,,v,ni ui in sults of the observations and the IP1"1" on these measures. The scientific success of the photo-1 nature of this proposal has not graphs Is determined. been divulged. Feeling over the It wl'l be several weeks before three pending measures. Is a trifle It will be determine whether any- j chaotic at present and introduc tion or the bills tr they attempted to take all his present authority from the governor, will be the slg- snn'a !nal for counter measures to place phfn- ;the appointive poer for all thre 01 tne discovered. pass thing new has be the professor said Not a cloud screened the Ing of the moon before the disc, and all the attendant omenx Bally beads, the shadow icommlttees In the hands band, and the pearly corona, werejstate board of control, observed by thousands who filled Among other Important leglsla trets and house tops In the tion to be Introduced the coming northern section of the metropolis. Iweek will be several Irrigation .Mercury. Jupiter nd Venus bills, of particular inport will be a wer as clearlv visible as at ;brsce of measures designed prl nlght. Oreen. itold and scarlet rol- marlly to relieve the Warm ors splashed the horlion, adding ISpHngs project, to the grand spectacle. Bearing significantly on rec- The corona of the sun was per- lamatlon on Oregon Is the set of feci. recommendations filed Thursday The shadow of the total eclipse In the senate by Senator twvis and stole across the snow covered icomlng from the special commit landscape visible about two min-'te. appointed bv Governor Pierce Utes before and after the totality. I The program or the ner. six : days Includes the power meas ures that are to be introduct' by Senator Joseph. I The fight looms In the house In the next few days over the Banks license revocation appeal bill which has passed the senate. During the last week the Inves tigation of the prohibition depart ment has the renter of Interest. I A strike at the prohibition de- Ipartment is contained In the North bill which would deprive the department of Its 25 percent share of proceeds from fines and turn all of the funds over to the county treasurers. I One of the big measures of the season so far was that Introduc ed In the senate yesterday bv a large number of eastern Oregon members of both houses which would appropriate f.1oo,fino as a tunn to furnish seed wheat to farmcYs whose winter wheat cmns jto study th, subject, under author )nare bvea (r0I, lh Hi ;3R T ;'-TSv sc:u.-:..s,'-i J .-'- . -.1 1 close of the ouarter Robert nile.ilr., Roseburg forward, tossed a long shot from the center of the floor. In the meantime the Ashland short passes were being made with telling effect, and the vlsi tors hod brought their score up by four points, so that the frame ended 1 1 to 8. Ashlnnd profited by the brief session between halves and came hark stronger than ever. The Roseburg team was soon loft hopelessly behind, and annexed only one point on a free throw In the third and fourth quarters. ferrin at guard played an outstanding game for Roseburg, nnd only bis ability In breaking up Ashland's well timed plays prevented a more serious defeat, .lost also played a good guard ing game and was good on floor work, but was poor on his pas- (Continued on pate 2.) light snow began falling late this morning. Local predictions were for more snow ! BEND, Ore.. Jan. 24. A light annwfnlt l.v nn t V. n nHn..nJ , 1. 1 R'"UUU ,h. . j,.k, t. ..ll morning, but was melting fasti L:r"y"" As a final climax to the delibera tions of the school site committee, which has had the location for a new school building1 under con sideration for the past several weeks, a vote was taken at the meeting held last evening on two distinct locations that had been pro posed, one in West Roseburg and the other the present high school grounds. The vote stood: For the Wost Roseburg ground 26. For adding the new building to the present high school 13. A majority of thirty votes was required to carry either site, there fore neither of the two sites were selected. A motion was then made to dis solve the committee of forty-flv representative citizens and place the matter In the hands of the lo cal school board for final disposi tion. This action met with the ap proval of the majority of the com mittee and it was discharged from further service. The school board will now take the responsibility of selecting the much talked of site. They have at tended each committee meeting and are familiar with the subject from every angle and It is sincere ly hoped their decision, whatever It may bo, will meet with general approval and dismiss the matter from further consideration. What Is best for the public schools ot having disappeared entirely on downtown pavements at 8 o' clock. Snow began falling again about 10 o'clock. unaccompanied by wind PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 24. A heavy snowfall commenced falling in Pendleton at 7:45 this morning. It rained heavily last night and with the ground wet and warm, the snow was melting almost as fast as it fell. To Visit In Portland Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Nichols, of this city, are spending a few davs in i-oruanu visiting with menus. Republicans Shut Off Talks About Nomination of Stone for Supreme Court; Democrats Riled WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. Repub lican leaders invoked the senate rules today to shut off an Incipient discusr.lon in the opening of Attor ney General Stone's nomination to the supreme court. When Senator lleflln. democrat. Alabama, one of those who have advocated further investigation of the matter, sought to speak. Sena tor Curtis of Kansas, the republi can leader, made a point of order that such a question could be dis cussed only In executive session. ate had decided to postpone con sideration of the nomination until next Monday Renator lleflln agreed to let the matter go over until that time. There was no public announce ment of what had occurred In the executive session, but HeMIn an nounced later that ho would press his effort to have the discussion on the nomination In the open. At the end of almost an hour ihe - .' m unr uf ami the senate proceeded with remlar President Cummins upheld the I hnulm... objection but Senator lleflln con- u i understood Senator Walsh tended that he wanted to correct democrat, Montana, brought up the a statement in the New York World i nronosed new indictment .nin.. sldered by the board and due ac tion taken at an early date. A committee consisting of Clay The snow wis ?"br- IM7. "? "r .,, nun, n rju,uit-u fl L .lit- IIUIl meeting of the committee to look into the site question and bring be fore the general committee con crete details of various sites pro posed, had their report ready and It was placed before the gathering. One renort dealt with the Bellows-Casey tract. Including the Wal lace property, one with the Bellows properly alone, the other taking In 100 feet of the Casey sgrove and Bellows land, and the present hlgo school site. The committee hsd taken up the sites separately and in each in stance the approximate cost of the land and improvements were spe cified. The members made no recommendations regarding the dif ferent parcels of land In West Roseburg embodied In their report, hut had they done so would prob ably confined It to the Bellows tract alone which seemed the most logical purchase of all the West Roseburg property visited. Mr. Bel. lows had offered his land at 1730 per acre, a most reasonabe price admitted by all, and the total cost of this site was summed up by the committee as follows: 11 acres at $7!0 per acre $8,250 Paving Chanmsn streets l.RSS Extending Paving Corey Ave. 2,200 Sewer Improvements 240 Draining ground . 560 Ithat he was opposing Stone's con flrmation because he was an attor ney for J. Pierpont Morgan. Wllh Renator Overman, demo crat. North Carolina, Senator llef lln said, he opposed Mr. Stone only because of his arguments before the supreme court in the Ownbey case, which Involved a litigation af fecting the Morgan estate. "That's right." said Senator Overman. Senator Watson, republican In diana, objected to further observa tions of that kind, but Senator I Iteed, democrat, Missouri, took up I the argument of the other side and President Cummins ruled that Sen ator Henllne could answer the newspaper story. Objection again was raised, how- jever, and then the La Kollette In-j I surgents and some others, includ ing Senator Bora'h, republican. Ida ho Joined with tho democrats In an 'effort to go Into executive sesnion. This was explained as a move to I avoid technicalities. It being plan- Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon tana In the discussion. The gener al opinion was expressed, how ever, that this should be consider ed separately from the nomination of Mr. Stone. TRIED TO BEAT UP 1 EDITOR; FAILED Toinl ..114.135 Dorothy Elllngson, sixteen-year-old Ban FYanclsro girl, who slew ber mother when the latter reproved her for gay parties, confessed th crime without showing any emotion. She showed no remorse antil a picture ot aer mother was sbowa bar b tbs Coroner. (AwocUtM PrM LnH Wire.) PARIS, Jan. 24. The once popu lar pastime of beating up the edi tor was tried unsuccessfully by the son of the militant communist Itappoport last night on Camille Aytuard, director of the conserva tive newspaper l,a Liberie, M. Aymard, after receiving a blow on the chin took his assailants cane ned to open the doors later so the from him and handed him over 10 discussion could go on In "open1 the police, but refused to press executive session." I charges sgainst him. The motion to close the doors The elder Itappoport Is ssld to carried. 37 to 3. I have been h'ghlv amused over the After It had been pointed out by ' article to which his son took of a number of senators that the sen-1 tense. 1 Ullllilng the present high school site In this city, which has been discussed and clnlmed to be a more economical way of dlsnoslng of the question, the committee had also gone Into this matter thoroughlv. Realizing that It was the opinion of many members of the committee that an athletic field should be had In conjunction with the school site the sub-committee hsd Investigat ed the cost of a temporary and also permsnent hrldire to the Elks' Island. A permanent structure was estimated at I 000 and a tempo rary hrldce at .150. It was express ed that the Elks would turn over the land ss sn athletic field nnd play ground with the understanding that the upkeep be borne by tho district or students. Their report was ss folows: Purchase of Wlllett property $9,000 Estimated cost permanent bridge (1.000 Total 117.000 If a temporary bridge waB con structed the foreeofng total would be reduced to 19.350. Other pronerty had been Investi gated, Incltidlnr a part of the Casey holdings, but the two outstanding features of the committee's report were as stated above. The Casey land, owing to Improvementa and (Continued on page I.)
