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An Independent Newspaper, Published for tha Beet Interesta at the People.
Consolidation of The Evening New and The Roteburg Review.
VOL. XXVII. NO. 68 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. 278 OF THE EVENING NEW8
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COMMITTEE
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CLEWS JOBS
NOT IN ACCORD
Majority favors Retention,
Holding Him Honest,
But Meddlesome
EDDY LAW'S AUTHOR
Acted -at Behest of Pierce,
Who Declares Herwig's
Organization Not
Bossing Job.
(AxvUted PrfM M Wire.)
STATE HOUSE. Salem. Ore.,
Feb. 4. Following another ses
sion todny, called for the purpose
of receiving a final statement In
' writing by George L. Cleaver, state
prohibition commissioner, the
joint legislative committee which
has been investigating the state
prohibition department will turn
its nttenlion to framing its report.
At a session yesterday afternoon
Governor Pierce, W. J. Herwig of
4he Anti-Saloon Irfagne in Oregon,
and Mr. Cleaver testified that the
senatemcmbers and one of the
house members of the committee
are said to favor retention of the
state prohibition department, and
four members of the committee
representing the bouse indicated
Ihey would file a minority report
favoring repeal of the act.
Committee members have indi
cated that the report will include
censure of Cleaver for political ac
tivities, and for lack of care in
lelection of employes, but would
give him a clean bill or health bo
far as honesty was concerned.
Eddy Author of Law
The testimony of Governor
Tierce yesterday brought out the
fact that the act creating the state
prohibition Meparlment was writ
ten by Senator Eddy: that it was
modeled after an Ohio law, and
that the law was enacted at ad
vice of Koy Haines, of Washing
ton, I). C, head of the national
prohibition department, who nt
the time was visiting the Oregon
legislature. Senator Eddy took
charge of the legislation. It was
shown, at the request of Governor
Pierce.
The governor denied that the
nnti-Salnnn League had anything
To do with running the state de
partment. "The prohibition department is
not run by Ihe anti-Saloon
League," he said. "I run it. True,
1 have consulted with the antifa
loon League and with friends of
prohibition."
In his talk at the public hearing
Monday night. Governor Pierce
had referred to a large number of
prosecutions resulting from S1.5U0
in state money turned, over to
Weinburg for his anti-Saloon
League investigation. Senator
Hare questioned the governor
about, this, reminding him that
previous testimony showed that
not a single prosecution had re
sulted .
"I can't recite a particular
case," answered the governor,
,"but It opened up the Yflmhlll
case and other cases in the " Wil
lamette valley."
LAIY ASKS CAI. WHAT
KI.M OF DRESS O. K.
,
fAwvUtpd rniv taMt Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.
President Coolidgo has refer-
red to theJnaugural commit
tee a letter from a perplexed
woman asking his advice on
the proper dress to wear for
her desired participation in
the inaugural parade. The
letter recalled the presidents
emphasis on a simple inau
gural program
Too Much Intellect, Not Enough
Judgment, Verdict of Psychologist
on Confessed 7-Year-Old Poisoner
pn. Ml ir) I Alsa actually believed she had
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. 4 killed her sisters and an adult
If seven year old Alsa Thompson j who formerly took care of her,
did not kill her twin sisters In and that she had mixed deadly
Canada two years ago by feeding I positions for alrous other chll
ttiem ground glas. she certainly j dren nnd adults.
fl.lnk ohe AA nrrordinr to alif ll- A!n' f.thar Ruaaetl Thflmn-
l.i. who Ifnve examined her at the
pv. l)pat hie hospital, where she ry as absurd and impossible. I "hallow grave here today a quar
s l.elng held today a. a ward of but member, of the famllr with er of a mile from' Messa drive,
the Juvenile court. which she has been living Insist near Santa Marbara Avenue. The
Pr. Edwin H. Williams, after she tells the truth and cite alleg- PHre homicide squad Is Investl
nucstloning the girl at some ed Instancn of pol.oning lately gating.
length. charterlredher as "an attempted br the girl. A fireman i Records of missing children are
abnormal child of a high Intellect- told the police he was sure the being checked at poltc. head quar
tisl type." but 'born with too preserved peaches that made him ra. Among these are two sisters
much intellect and not -nongh sick had been "treated" with sul- May and Nina Martin, aged re
Judgment." He said that while he phuric acid !v little Alsa. and spectlvely 12 and 8 years, dsugh
would not attempt to pass Jndg- even the fact that one member of . ters of Mrs. I'aul Ituus, of this
ment on the truth or falsity of ihe family temporarely lot his Iclty. who disappeared the night of
Alsa's "confession", to the police vole was attributed to the child's I August 23 last. No trace of them
ilouday night, he was sure that skill as a poisoner. I has ever been discovered.
a, '"MvrnsiTV cam,
!' ...... a a-n'lj.V A.
sn W JllMfc ".linn ivr..
reu. J " Ore., Feb. 4.
a 20-year old
Unive. ,irl here Monday
of her duction by three
-oung men in an automobile,
officers today scouted the tule
after checking up on the case. 4
The girl has admitted that
she was not seized and fore-
ed into the car, and denies
that anaesthetics were used
on the ride. It is still ad-
mitted however.that she rode
with the young men to Cot-
toga Grove, though she got
out' of the car beyond the
city limits .of that city. In-
stead of being dropped to the
4 pavement as she told before. 4
4
NEUNER IS .APPOINTED
George Neuner, well known
Roseburg attorney, was yes-
terday appointed regional di-
rector for Klwanls In the
southern Oregon district. Pis-
trlct Governor Jim Snell made 4
the appointment, naming hiit4
4 as one of the three new direc-
tors In the northwest Mr.
Neuner has been active in Kl-
wanis affairs both locally and
m the district and the mem-
bers of the local club are
highly elated over his ap-
polntment.
WASHINGTON, Feb. .4. Con
presfilonul action on the annual
navy supply bill carrying a pro
vision requesting President Cool
Iduro to call a world disarmament
conference wan completed today
and the bill sent to the White
House.
The senate accepted the house
amendment to the arms confer
ence proposing eliminating the
words "authorizing" the president
to coil a conference so that It
reads: requests" him to act.
An Investigation of the wheat
flour and bread Industries was
asked In a resolution introduced
today by Senator Carron, repub
lican. Arizona.
President Coolidge's disposition
to" place responsibility for enact
ment of agricultural legislation o1
corurress Drought assurance irom
republican senate leaders today
that an earnest effort would be
made to press farm measures
basrd on the report of the BKri
cullural commission..
Senators Watson, of Indiana,
assistant republican leader, and
Mr Nary, of Oregon, ranking re
publican member of the agircul
tural committee, discussed the
situation today with the presi
dent; ;
With the Interstate commerce
commission next ncheduled to ap
pear before ' ft, the house com
merce committee heard today the
proponents of the Gooding bill
who will rest their case with the
hearing.
If the committee reports favor
ably on the bill Hugh H. Williams
of Santa Ke, N. M., member of
the New Mexico corporation com
mission predicted, it would pass
hn hit it an nnrl ha nnnrnvffi liv tflfl
president. The passage of the bill ;
he contended would not injure I
the railroads or the country.
"Railroads, he declared "ate
frightened at any legislation thfy
do not write themselves.
XO MPLAIXT FII.EO.
No complaint has yet been lodg
ed against Roy Carver of Reeds
port, who was arrested here Mon
day evening In company with Ada
Gardner. 14-year old Reedsport
girl. The girl's parents are in
the city and haw been in confer
ence with the officers, but as yet
no formal action has been ttaken.
son. rh.nrirli.rld lha child', sto- '
QIMBHTHHK
FINED; F
Diner Ousted by Cook
Comes Back With Gun
and Threat to Shoot.
PAINTER IS PROFANE
Tirade1 Against Bill Collec
tors Leads to Laborer
Objecting to Swearing
Before Waitress,
Donald Wingfield, an employe at
the rock quarry near Carnea, paid a
fine of $2ut In the city court today
after pleading guilty to two charges,
assault, and drawing a revolver.
Wlngfleld's announced plans of
shooting up the Uneeda Lunch
restaurant on Front street, were
blocked by Nightofficer Rausch,
who put an end to the disturbance
and landed Wingfield, and Joe
James, a local painter before the
city recorder. James was fined $5
for assault and battery on Wing
field. It appears that late last night
Wingfield. who admitted to Record
er Whipple that he had had enough
liquor to make him feel happy,
went to the restaurant and ordered
a T-bone steak, and was enjoying
the repast, when Joe Jumes made
his appearance upon the stage of
action.
Now Joe James Is a painter, who
has been struggling against the
tide of adverse business conditions.
Inclement weather makes the paint
ing business a bad risk anyhow,
and the first of the month rolls
around too frequently for comfort.
When some of the city merchants
fTed to get action on their "R. 8.
V. P." letters they consulted with a
bill collector.
James never did like bill collect
ors anyhow, and by the time he ar
rived at the Uneeda Lunch his
thoughts regarding the members of
that profession had crystallized in
to language which would make an
army mule blush.
After entering the restaurant he
found an audience for his well punc
tuated tnle of disaster, and pro
ceeded to unllmber a vocabulary
which would make a cross word
puzzle fan green with envy.
Wingfield halted his business of
masticating a choice cut of tender
T-bone and proceeded to give James
a free leclure upon the evils of in
dulging in unlicensed lingulstical
outbursts in the presence of la
dies. James resented any Intrusion
upon his oratorical effusions direct
ed at the lineage, direct descent
and physical makeup of bill collect
ors, and a general argument of a
more or less vociferous nature
Started.
The party of the third part, A. P. 1
Watts, the chief cook, came out of,
his culinary department and tie-
manu mat oruer oe restored. James
under the suasion of the cook's
butcher knife, ceased further oral
comment, but Wingfield still In
sisted upon expressing his opinions.
atts backed up his orders with
further Instructions to Wingfield to
depart, and finally succeeded in
et'lnff him outside,
While Wing-
tM? and Watts, commonly known
'Slim" continue their discus
sion, James came out. and proceed
ed to strike Wingfield.
The latter decided that he would
need a gun to continue proceedings
so started for his room, announcing
that he would return armed and
ready for business.
About three hours later he reap
peared with the weapon in his over
coat pocket, and yelled at Watts to
come on out. Nightofficer Rausch
was waiting for Wingfield. and
nromptly "covered" hat gentleman.
I Wingfield was at first disposed to
argue the matter with the officer,
but a second straight look at the
I weapon held by Rausch convinced
i him that the affair had gone far
enough. 1
When arraigned before City Re-
jcorder Whipple ho entered a plea
or giimy to an assault on watts,
and was fined linn, and entered a
like plea to the charge of drawing
a revolver, the fine being the
same.
CHILD MURDER INDICATED
IX)S ANGELES. Pal.. Feb. 4.
Rodles of two children of unde-
lermlned age were found
In a
RESTAURANT
GAS JUMPS 2 CENTS
(AwncUtax! tnm Uwrd WtM.)
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 4. Gas
oline prices were advanced two
cunts here yesterday making the
price to the consumer twenty one
cnta, including the three cent
state tax. The rise Is effective
today.
SMALL I"OX KKPOKTKD.
Two cases of small pox were re
ported by the county heal t a unit
in Koscburg. One of the cases
was brought In by a family mov
ing from Spokane, and the other
Is believed to have resulted from
that. All exposures are being
checked and an effort will be
made to prevent any spread.
PIERCE SHORN
OF CONTROL OF
THEGAME
Resolution to Consolidate
Bureaus Also Curtails
Governor's Power.
BLANK A IS DOOMED
Universities and Monmouth
.Normal Ask for Money
Farm Relief Bill
(Becomes Law.
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore.,
Feb. 4. The house this morning
passed house bill 198 transferring
control of the state game commis
sion from the governor to the
state board of control. Eleven
votes were registered against the
measure.
"For years the sportsmen have
felt that the game department
should be In the board of control,
as it would prevent the game de
partment being made a political
football," declared Kirkwood,
sponsor of the bill. "I want to as
sure you that the sportsmen over
the state and others are for the
bill."
Kirkwood pointed out that the
governor had suggested placing
the department in the hands of
the board of regents of the Ore
gon Agricultural College. "The
agricultural college people Inform
ed us that they were not In a po
sition to do so, nor did they want
to," said Kirkwood.
Reduce State Boards
With the amendment that the
state boards investigating commis
sion shall be composed of five in
stead of seven 'members, the reso
lutions of the commute has de
cided to report favorably on the
Tooze consolidation resolution.
This resolution sets out s.jleflnltn
plan of action for the commission.
The amendment removes from the
commission the governor .and the
attorney general, who were pro
posed as ex-officio members. It
leaves two to be elected by the
senate, two by the bouse and a
fifth to be chosen by the first
four. The findings. of the commis
sion would be reported to the leg
islative session of 1927.
To Abolish Blank A
i ne nouse yesterday aiiernoon
tttltipieu 1IVUB1T JUIIIL irouiii,,.,..
number six which would amend
the state constitution so as to pre
vent the practice of swearing In
voters at the polls. To vote, one
would have to be registered six
(Continued on page eight)
BOARD
Officers of Army and Navy Shrink
From Telling Truth, Lest They Be
"Punished" by Loss of Easy Berths
(AatrxHftM Prm Lnwd Wlr.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. The
controversy among army and navy
officers over the value of aircraft
took on new ramifications today
when Representative Perkins, re
publican, New Jersey announced
that three navy officers had re
quested the house aircraft com
mittee not to summon them be
cause they could not give their
honest views for fear of being dis
ciplined. On the army side, the row al
ready has resulted in a request
from Secretary Weeks that Briga
dier General Mitchell, assistant
j chief of the air service, explain
certain statements he made to
'committees In congress in support
of increased aviation facilities.
General Mitchell declared that
I certain officers were afraid to
! "tell the truth" about aircraft
; through a fear of being disciplin
ed "Indirectly, through transfer
to less favored posts."-
Representative Perkins would
not reveal the names of the navy
officers who asked not to be sum
moned, but he said that one of
them bad declared If he testified
CAL TO CALL ON "MA."
(AnocUta! ?nm Lud Win.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Presi
dent Coolidge reiterated to the
Texas delegation in congress today
his desire to visit Texas probably
within a tew months after ad
journment of congress.
CONTRIUI'TIOXS TO I.FXJIOX
IKI1 ITUH.K OX TAX ltETl'KN
(AaoeUttd PrfM IMmA Wire.)
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Ken. 4.
Contributions to the American
Legions endowment fund for dis
abled men and the orphans of
veterans may be deducted in com
puting Income tax returns, accord
ing to a ruling by David 11. lllair.
United States Commissioner of It
ternal Revenue, received at legion
national headquarters here toduy.
American Legion officials re
gard the ruling as Important as
the legion is carrying forward a
campaign for its $5,000,000 en
dowment fund In 12 states and
purposes to extend this activity to
every state.
RUM SHIP TAKEN
AFTER RESCUE OF
SAILORS ADRIFT
(Aaocbted Prm Leunl Win.)
ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. 4. With
nine survivors of the abandoned
steam schooner Caoba aboard and
with the schooner Fescawha at the
end of a ten inch hawser, seized as
a rum runner at sea yesterday,
the coast guard cutter Algonquin
came into port here today.
The Caoba survivors had been
picked up by Pescawha which was
later seized by the Algonquin.
Officers of the- Algonquin an
nounced that one thousand cases
of whiskey were aboard the Fes
cawha. which Is the first liquor
running craft captured at sea and
brought into the Columbia river as
a prize. The Pescawha had picked
up Captain Sadwlg and eight men'
of the Caoba at noon yesterday
several miles off Gray Harbor.
Five hours later the Algonquin ov
erhauled the schooner after a
long chase, took the Caoba's men
aboard, placed a prize crew In
charge of the schooner and start
ed for port with her.
The rescued sailors were warm
In their praise of the master of
'he Pescawha.
"The skipper met us as we came
aboard with a bottle of whiskey
and a tumbler. We bad as much
as we wanted then and after a
while," said one member of the
crew.
While none of the crew of the
Caoba was injured all were suffer
ing from exposure and extreme
exhaustion. They had not slept
since Suturday night
The Algonquin came across the
Pescawha while cruising about
looking for the lifeboat in which
the Cuobas men were adrift. Two
small sails were picked up ahead.
They were at first thought to be
the life boat, but proved too large.
When It became evident to thoso
on board tho schooner that the
cutter was trying to overhaul
them, the sailing vessel put about
and started running straight for
sea. It was a long, stern chase,
a race with darkness, for night
was falling rapidly giving the
schooner a chance to escape.
She hove to Just a the cutter
was preparing to send a shot
across her bows.
OHIO RTI KENTH POISONEn:
INVKSTKJATIO.N OltlU Jtl.D
(AwK-iuted I'lfM LfuM-d Wire.)
COI.UMHU3, Ohio, Feb. 4.
Discovery of strychnine in medi
cine laued to Ohio state universi
ty students, two of whom died in
the last four days, today resulted
in the ordering of a thorough In
vestigation by President W. O.
Thompson.
COI.UMIIUS. Ohio, Feb. 4.
Ohio stale university officials late
today appealed to the Columbus
police department to assist in un
ravelling Ihe mystery surrounding
the poisoning of a number of uni
versity students.
In explaining this actlfn. the of-
what he believed "well, Guam Is
a long distance away."
He said the request had come
to him as chief examiner of the
aircraft committee. He also de-
clnred it would be an "outrage"
should General Mitchell fall of
reappointment as assistant chief
of the air service and tbus auto
matically revert to the rank of
colonel. Pending his reply to Sec
retary Weeks' request for infor
mation about his testimony, a de
cision of the general's reappoint
ment is held In abeyance.
"I propose If possible." Mr. Per
kins added, "to determine to
what extent terrorlzatlon prevents
officers from telling the truth to
congress."
The house aircraft committee
was Informed today hf Represent
ative Perkins, republican, New
Jersey, the committee examiner,
that ha had been told a month
axo that plans had been made to
discipline Rear-Admiral Moffelt,
chief or naval aviation and llrlra
dler General Mitchell, assistant
chief of the armys air service, for
i their testimony on the air ser-
i vice.
CANYDNV1LLE
HAS LOWEST TAX
J.EVY IN COUNTY
Roseburg Second to Can-
yonville in Rate of Taxa
tion Among Cities.
RIDDLE IS HIGHEST
Rate Varies From Six Mills
to Forty-One Mills
Tax Statements Now
Being Written.
Canyonvllle pays the lowest tax
of any municipality in "Douglas
County, Roseburg Is second, and
Riddle is highest, according lo the
tax roll summary prepared by
County Assessor Frank Calkins.
Canvonvllle's levy Is only 6 mills,
which raises a tax of tl 68.28 all
that is needed to support the city
government during the year.
Roseburg's tax of nine and one-
half mills, raise 135.474.33. on a
valuation of $3,784,140. The other
cities of the county In order or
tax levy are Drain, valuation
8264.090, levy 11.9 mills, tax,
$3,023: Reedsport, valuation
$566,240, levy 13.3 mills, tax $7.
530; Sutherlin, valuation. $438,
660. levy 13.7 mills, tax $6,009
.64; Yoncalla. valuation $157,390,
levy 17 mills.tax $2,675.63; Glen
dale, valuation $268,610, levy 21
mills, tax $5,640.81: Myrtle
Creek, valuation $214,830. levy
21.9 mills, tax $4,704.78; Oak
land, valuation $317,650. lovy
26.1 mills, tax JS.290.6U; Rlddla,
valuation $131,510, levy 41 mills,
tatx $5.31.91.
Roseburg residents will pay
on a total levy or 43.2 mills, of
which only 9.5 mills are city tax,
refuting the statement that resl
dencs within the city Is costly.
The city tax paid by Roseburg
people Is lower than almost any
other municipality of Its size In
the etater. The city charter con
tains a provision that Ihe levy for
cltv purooses cannot be over 10
mills. The remainder of Ihe 43.2
mills Is made up by state and
countv tax and school district tax.
The state and county tax combin
ed Is 20.1 mills, and the school
district tax Is 13.6 mills.
The state tax. outside of spe
cial funds, amounts to a levy of
6.44"inill8. while the county tax.
! aside from special funds, is 3.682
mills. The special funds, wnicn
make up almost one-half the
county and state levy, to he exact
9.97 mills, are general school, li
brary, roads and bridges; market
roads, bond redemption. Interest
on bonds and fire patrol.
The Port of ITmpqua tax levy
Is 7.6 mills, and the high school
tuition tax levy Is 1.6 mills.
With the excoptlon of nine dis
tricts every school district In the
county has a special tax, while
37 out of 75 road districts havo
voted special road taxos, which
will total $81,029.12.
Persons residing outside of
municipalities mav estimate their
tax levy by taklgn the countv
and state tax of 20.1 mills, and
adding the special levies for
school snd road purposes, and
multiplying their assessed valua
tion by this fljrure. Residents of
cities must add- their cltv levy
leaving out the special road tax,
unless one has been voted for
special work within the city.
The Intel tnx to he raised Is
$1 170.116.71. less $46.39. to be
collected from other sources, leav
ing $1.170 073.74, extended upon
the tax rolls.
This total Is segregated as fal
lows: total state and county tax
$670,130.01, Port of I'mpqua spe
cial tax $42 059 31. Fire patrol
tax $15,974.07. special high school
tuition $21,300.48, special city
tax $78 910.69, special school tax
$216,720.26, special union high
school tax $43 910.24, apoclnl
road tax $81,029.12, surveyors'
fees $81.93.
The tax rolls havo been com
pleted hv the assessor and have
been turned over to the tax col
lecting denartment which Is now
preparing the statements. This Is
the enrllest that this work hafl
been done for many years. Many
statements have already been pre
pared and will be sent out In
about thee weeks The collec
tion of the tax will start about
March 1. according to Deputy
Sheriff Charles Roberts, who la In
charge of the tax collecting de
partment. flclals said, thev were Inclined In
the bellefthat the strvchnlne was
administered Intentionally nnd not
secidentally as was at first be
lieved. W. Ward Is spending a few
davs In this city attending to busi
ness matters and visiting with
friends.
I.KfiIsr,ATOR ixhiCTKn
O.N KXCKHS FKK CIIAUOE
(AaorUtrd Pra, Uued Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 4.
4 Phillip Hammond, repre-
senUtive in the state legi-
lature from Clackamas coun-
ty, was secretly indicted by
the Federal Grand Jury here
yesterday, charged with ae-
cent ing an excessive fee ad
.an attorney for drawing up 4
an application for Insurance e
under the nationul war risk
e act. He came voluntarily to-
day to the office of Assist-
ant't'nlted States Attorney
Stearns and furnished $1,000
bond. Arraignment was post-
poned until after the legis-
lature adjourns.
Hammond was accused qf
accepting a fee of $100 when
the law at the time the ap-
plication was made provided
for a fee of 13. 0. The case
Involved was the aplicatlon
of Thomas and Mary J. Moo-
ney of Clackamas station, for
Insurance for their son, John
L. Mooney, who died at Camp
Fremont, Calif., June 27th,
1918. The parents received
$3 96 insurance each June 11,
1924.
SAYSH.S. TRADED
(AjaocUtd Pn. LMcd Win.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. With
out undertaking to dUcuss direct
ly Secretary Hughes' reply regard
ing the Paris reparations agree
ment, Senator Johnston, republi
can, California one of the lrrecon-
clilableB, asked the senate today
to consider "the grave and Import
ant questions which has been pre
sented by what has happened In
rorls."
"From that conference," he said,
"two important questions come to
us that some time, some day, by
some senate and by some Ameri
can people, must be decided."
The first and foremost question,
Senator Johnson added, Is present
ed by the possibilities that may
come out of the action at Paris,
while the second Is the question
of the power of the executive
branch of the government to de
termine without the consent of
congress what should be
done with the debts or the nation.
"I am more than deeply con
cerned with the possibilities that
may come from what was done by
the United Slates at Paris.- me
California senator continued. . "I
recognize the position of the secre
tary of stnte: Inelther question i
It nor criticize It. I take It that
when the secretary of state says
that when the United Rtates Is
neither legally or morally bound,
he stresses his present Intention."
The senator added, however,
that administrations change and
that he felt one "ought In the con
gress of the United States to ren
der what service he can in avoid
ance of perils that may lie ahead."
For five years, he said, he had
trod the rough road against for
eign entanglements.
"I shall continue," Jio said, "to
travel the roUKh road of the de
mand that America live her own
life In her own way without en
tanglements with Europe or
European nations."
The California senator then de
clared that for 2 1-4 percent of
speculative reparations, America
had rlsKYd the amity and good will
of European nations.
"We have traded Bmlty and
good will for preplexlly, confusion
III will and hostility," he said.
"That Is what we got at Paris for
21-4 percent of something that may
never be paid. That Is the price
we got for changing America's pol
icy. If we did change It, as Europ
ean statesmen say we did."
George Chenoweth anil Fred Mc
Court of Oakland were business
visitors In Roseburg for several
hours today.
Forbes and Thompson, Looters of
Veterans Bureau Fund, Sentenced
to Prison and Fined $10,000 Each
(Aanrlstrd rrr tifl Wlr..)
CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Charles It.
Forbes, former director of the
veterans bureau, and John W.
Thompson, wealthy St. Louis con
tractor, today were sentenced to
two years imprisonment In Fort
Worth penitentiary and $I0.uu0
fines by Federal Judge Ueorgo A.
Carpenter.
Th-jy were found guilty by a
Jnry January 30. of conspiracy to
defraud the government In tho
allocation of veterans hospital
contracts and received tho maxi
mum sentence,
.r-i. ..... .r,..,. m Hn Aav
jatay of sentence for the filing of
an appeal anu aeiense counsel in
dicated tha case will be Immedl-
jately appealed,
I Thompson's partner In the al
leged conspiracy, James W. lllack,
SLIDE FREES
COLLINS FEET
BUT PENS HIM
Cave Explorer too Weak to
Dig! Self Out and Burial
Alive Threatens Him.
DRILL MAY BE USED
Advice and Offers of Aid
Pour in as Attempts
at Rescue Co on -Continuously,
(AaocUtM ma Uunl Win.)
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 4. A
slide in Sand Cave this morning
left Floyd Collins, S5, foot free for
the first time since he was Impris
oned Friday morning when a
boulder wedged his legs where
rescuers were unable to reach
them, but Collins was left walled
In behind rock which fell from
the side of the cave.
This Information was brought to
the mouth of the cave, by Boy
Cooksey, a negro engaged In res
cue work.
The rock barricade probably can
be cleared away this afternoon,
Cooksey said.
Collins called from the other
aide of the rock slide that his feet
were free, but said he was too
weak to work his way out, Cook
sey declared.
John F. Col Ins. Crlnnle Creek.
Colo., miner, wko volunteered aid,
also aaid he had talked to the im
prisoned man, but had been unable
to see htm because of rock block
ing the passage. John Collins,
who Is not related tq Floyd Col
lins, said that It was his first trip
In the cave and that ha did not
know the slide was a new one.
Cava May Become Tomb
The rock which nowblocks the
passage fell from the ide of tha
cavern, according to cooksey,
who says It was the same disturb
ance which left Collins' feet free,
although the cave victim still Is
caught in Ihe hole where Irs has
spent 124 hours. Whether It will
be a difficult matter to .release
him after the new accumulated
debris can be cleared away was a
matter of speculation.
Progress made during the night
4h removing atones, cave ooze and
other matter from around Col
lins' body as far down as the calf
of his leg and the work of widen
ing and deepening the passageway
leading from the entrance mny
have been responsible for the slide
it was stated. The slldo, which
now bars progress, was described
by Ewlng Ashley, who was with
the rescue party which discover-
ed the debris, as one rock about
the size of a soap box with an no
cumulation of earth and small
stones surrounding It. -
Ashley haBl re-entered the cjve
wlth Iron hooks and rope with
which It is hoped lo move the rock
and clear the passage way.
Pen Two Feet Thick ... -
Another trip Into the cave re
vealed that Collins may have been
(Continued on page 6. .
iii-VEAH oi.n ;noof
hi. AIM HV MOTH Kit OF
I.VYKAIt OLD IIHIOK
fAnM-l.tM P tjmi Win.)
! WALTERS. Okla., Feb. 4.
a. George lllrk, 19. who
several months ago eloped
with Cora Forrest. 15, was
shot and killed today by his
brides' mother, Mr. A. II.
Forrest, as he returned to
her home with the girl. Mrs.
Forrest Is In Jull.
also of St. Lottla, died two years
ago, as did Charles F. Cramer,
veterans' bureau counsel under
Forbes, who was involved In the
conspiracy by Ellas II. Mortimer,
the fifth conspirator, who became
the government's chief witness.
(V)I xtv mi'itT Mij-rrs.
The county court met today In
Its regular monthly session and
spent practically the entire day
attending to the usual accumula
tion of hills. Among the great
list of hills was one for $4 80, re
presenting hountle. paid on 4S
coyote scalps. This Is the first
payment made for over a year,
the court having discontinued lha
bounties last year. The new
bounty order, however, has result
ed In many of the animals being
killed, and good results are being
olituiued.