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Review WEATHER Let business just Highlit' Yesterday . run along and you Lownt Last Night . Cloudy tonight and Wsdnes- day, moderati temperature. Consolidation VOL. XXVII NO. . o'HOSEBURG REVIEW 7;:w.' rf. aw i m KLAMATH NAN IS BADLY CUT BY FARMHAND (Aanelated ITmi Lrurd Win.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 17. John Cole man, prominent rancher who ran for sheriff at the primaries last May, is near death today at a local hospi tal with the back part of his skull cleft and his face hor ribly cut from the blows of a hay knife. Coleman was . attacked this morning at his ranch by a man declared by police to be Gus Yorden, an employe on the ranch. According to Coleman, Yorden attacked him with the hay knife fol lowing a misunderstanding over the work to be done about the ranch. After being struck with the huge , knife, Coleman lay on the ground uncon scious for some time-before members of his family came to his aid. He was rushed to a local hospital for medical treat ment The physician in at tendance said that the rancher stood three chances out of four of recovering, j A corps of deputies from the sheriff's office left this morning for Coleman's ranch with a warrant for Yorden's arrest It is thought that the man might have fled from the farm. T PR! SLIGHT DECK fAMrjcUted Vrrm laid Wire. CHICAGO. Feb. 17. Persistent selling of wheat on the part of commission houses tumbled down prices at one time today to five cents a bushel under yesterday's figures. Or the downward plunee of prires-Muy wheat touched $1.79: 3 4 a bushel. 73-4 cents under yesterday top level. CAPITALIST KILLS IFI ST. PAUL, Feb. 17. Thomas A. Wann. Sr.. retired capitalist and prominent socially shot and killed his wife and then committed sui cide In their apartment here early t ml a y . Beau Brummels Are Urged to Grow Bushy Whiskers if They Seek Favor With Young Damsels fAnr1at4 Prm LwH Wtr ) LONDON. Feb. 17.Yoong men seeking fafor with girls are ad vised to grow bushy whiskers like rave mm nxwt to wear. Arthur Ponsonby, member of parliament, writes in the h'mpire Review, con tending that the modern male is Inclined to become efflmlnate. "The whlskerless young men of today are dominated by the girls, and willingly' aubmlt," writes Mr. Ponsonby. "How the young men are dom inated is most notable In cafes and restsurants," he writes. "In of Thi Evening Nlwl and Thi Confesses Poisoning Eleven BUFlGLAnT CASE Confesses Poisoning Eleven 4 " Authorities ara hi Tea tl gating the strange story of Alss Thompson, Beren-vear-old Los Angeles girl, who confessed to tha poisoning of eight persona and tha killing ot three others. Her twin sisters were victims ot the alleged poisoning. She said she killed them because ''she liked to see them die." I (AaWocUUd Pra UuMJ Wirt.) EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 17. The first passenuer, freight and tele graph station to be added by the Southern Pacific railway company on Its Natron cut-off line Is now in operation at Westfir, according to announcement here today by L. L Graham, district freight and pas senger agent of the company. Max J. Miller, relief agent of the company, is teniorariiy in charge of the new station. WOl'IJ) 8AVK OHKi)" I (AnWH-Utw, Preiw Loiacd Wirt.) si AThiiiuusK;, isaiem, ore., w Feb. 17. Senator Upton to- day introduced a . Joint me- mortal calling upon congress to enact legislation for the transfer of the battleship Oregon from the Bremerton navy yard to Portland Har- bor. The memorial asks the government to maintain the ship at Portland as a nation- al historic museum. Favorable report on the bouse bill introduced by He- preventative Tucker of Linn county providing for a state board of motion picture cen- sors haa been decided upon the house public health and morals committee. A minority report will likely he presented by Re- preventative King. 1 the old days one would see a man tenter, followed by a girl, shy and i demure. 'Today yon will see the girl stride in with an air of mastery and assurance, her brlmless hat crushed over her eyes, a long algarette holder suspended from tier lips, and behind her trots the little man. She orders the meal, e,nd If there Is any swesring to he done at the waller, she will do It. I "None of the bewhlskered gent llemen of the old school would ! permit anything like that would they?" Roiiburg Review. S. P. COilY ILL CONTINUE SPUR ONE BLOCK Abraham Spur to Be Ex tended From Washington Street to Douglas. TO VACATE STREETS Coen Lumber Company Will Be Given Short Sections of Street to Add to Their Yard. The extension of the Abraham spur track between WaxhfnKton and Douglas streeU lfl being pro jected bf the Southern Pacific com paoy, and at ttn regular meeting lant night the city council authoriz ed the preparation of an ordinance granting the company a franchise. The spur will occupy tho extended portion of North Pine atreet an far north as Douglas street, giving space enough to spot about ten cars. At present the team track accommodates only about three cars.. The extension Is needed. It Is stated, to give room for more cars to be unloaded, and to prerent con gestion. At the present time the only team tracks are located on Sheridan street in the block by the flour mills. When carloads of wood. fed, or other matprials are being unloaded there, the big trucks completely block (he street. It Is possible to spot three cars at a time on this, track, while there are often ten or more waiting to be unloaded, so that the conges tion In the yards Is oftentimes a problem. The extension of the Abraham spur, which serves the Metxger warehouse was proposed two yearn ago. but as no money was included In the budget to do the work, the extension was nod mad'L Tho money is now available, however, and it Is proponed to make the (Continued on pa;e 2 ) I DOUGLAS ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW BONG TRIED IN Floyd Harris on Trial Charged With Robbery of Home at Yoncalla. GOODS ARE LOCATED Truck Used to Carry Away Bedding and Other Articles From the Wamsley Home. Circuit court was busy today try inc the case of The State of Ore gon against Floyd Harris. The case of L. L. Ne'iderhelser, against O. S. Hrown, resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff In the full sum asked for, the jury being out only a few min utes before bringing in its report. The Jury In the Harris case was drawn last night, but the examina tion was not completed until somo tima after court had convened thin morning. ' .The cace Is one In which Mr. Har ris Is Indicted for burglary. The state's case Is substantially to the effect that James Wilson and Floyd Harris were employed In an ; orchard near Yoncalla and that i when they first appenred they had no blankets. A few days Inter they had two good blankets, which were later claimed to be the property of J. C. Wamsley. Mr. Wamsley was away from his home, visiting In Ohio, and It was discovered that his house had been robbed. In making1 an Investiga tion It was found that a truck had been driven up to the house and that an entire load of bedding. linen, clothing, tools and many oth er articles were taken away. The tracks of this truck were plainly followed and the impression clear ly copied. Officers found a truck, bearing the same tires in Lost Can yon, and Identified the truck as the property of Don Neves. A search was made of Harris' home and some of the articles were found, although they were not all located. Harris and Wilson escaped Into the hills and eluded capture for a year, when Harris was finally taken Into custody. Neves maintain ed that he had no part In the case, and that If his truck was ued It was entirely without his knowledge. Although his place was searched upon the first visit of the officers, nothing w-as found, but the next time, out In the open, a tool box (Continued on page eight) L TO RATIFY CHILD IT; rAswwtttMl frM Tand Win ) RTATKHOITSE. Salem. Oregon. Feb. 17. The Oregon legislature has refused to ratify the child labor amendment to the federal constitution. Thfs was by a vote of 20 to 10 In the senate late yesterday on the Zimmerman Joint resolntlon. The defeat fol lowed a fight over two proposals. The first was over house bill 42. which proposed to refer the ones tion to the people for a vote of re commendation on which the le gislature might act on the reso lution, tint the bill failed by a vote of IS to 12. The second question fourbt out was over the resolution Itself. Senator Eddy, attacking both the Mil and the resolution assert ed that to refer the question to the popl would be a sidestep ping of dutv by the legislature snd he branded as sbsitrd the Idea of rferrlnr It to the people slnre fMltire of the smendment befor" the legislatures of the Fnlted St was alresdy assured. Eddv emphaslfrd the hsrdhln which the amenHnient would work on the farms. He admitted that CIRCUIT COURT COUNTS TUESDAY. FEBRUARY Ml . . AltllVCKLK MAKItllvS. (AanrUtnt Trm lurd Wlr,.) HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Feb. 17. Koscoe (Fatty) Ar- huckie. one time motion pic- ture comedian and later dl- rector, will marry Doris Heane, of Pasadena, who haa played comedy leads in the films, about Waahlngton'a birthday In Pasadena, it was announced here today. A dl- vorce was recently obtained from Arbuckle by his first wife, who was Mints Durfee. Ar;ilTElt IS NAMED. A--UtM hia turd Wire.) CHICAGO. Keb. 17. The v three day old daughter of Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Lotur- worth and her husband. Re- presentatlve Nicholas Long- worth of Ohio today waa named "Panllna." The de- cislon was reached by the parents after discussion to- (lay as they celebrated their nineteenth wedding annlvers- nry at the hospital, where Mrs. Longworth Is being car- ed for. I EITGENK, Ore., Feb. 17. Eu gene's annual' automnbllo show, a three-da v event, opened Its doors today. The decorations, programs and showings thin year are said to be the most ambitious yet at tempted at the annual event in Eu gene. Each evening of the three-day event, a style show and fashion pageant will be presented ' and special feature numbers will liven the program. ICE f AawvUtM Vrrm iht Wlr ) ElTGENK, On.. Feb. 17. For the first time all candidates for the 1925 varsity football team of the University of Oregon reported for spring practice yesterday. Heretofore, only punters and cen ters have been working out, but a general call brought out more than GO candidates during the last afternoon session. Virgil Earl, athletic director of the university, will coach the line men until tho successor to Hart Hpellman. who resigned last wepk, can arrive to take charge of his line huskies. A successor to Spf-ll-man wit) be named Wednesday evening. IT ' one element of people behind the bill was philanthropic and humane In Its Intentions, and had in mind the welfare of the child, particul arly th poor children or those of worthless parents. However, ha accused the American Federa tion of Labor with being behind the measure for selflnh reasons, mainly to remove the competition of young persons In labor. ' "The feiWation of labor, M said Eddy, "would say to the youth of the land: "You shall not earn vour livelihood ' The amendment Is a stroke at the American home, for It breaks tip the family and shifts the burden of responslblltv upon the widowed mother, ft ruins chsracter, for there Is no mnr ureful elements In the edu cation of any boy or girl than to learn to work, to learn Industry and thrift. The time would come wnen the farmer cotildnt have the help of his 17 year old son In rnlslng his crop without a per mit from the federal rovprnment, ; Klghtv seven out of 100 bovs do not finish hfrh school, and this amendment would drive them Into I Idleness and crimo. j An Indipindint Niwipapir, 17. 1925. OF PORTLAND MAN S BELIEVED H ASTORIA. Ore.. Feb. 17. Astor ia police have flashed the word along the lower Columbia river between Astoria and Portland iu be on the lookout for 11. T. Scr lo ner, Portland soda fountain sun plies salesman, who disappeared Sunday night from the river steamer Lurllne of the Harkins Transportation company fleet. I Scribner left a number of notes Indicating that he committed sui cide. Scribner boarded the steam- i.. ci i t v. tr. ..v. .v....v.l considerable nervousness and was last Been dodging in and out ot his state room after midnight, about the time ihti Lurllne left Cathlamet, Wash. The notes he left clearly Indi cated suicide. One was addressed to the master of the Lurllne one to the Mutual Life Insurance com pany, one to the purser of the boat, one to the clerk at the Clyde Hotel, Portland, and one to Mrs. H. T. Scribner, box 65, Selby. Cal. - . ' o LEAP TO SAFETY MARSHFIELD, Ore., Feb. 17. Mrs. M. A. Brown, by Jumping through a window with a baby In her arms escaped serious injury in a fire which routed occupants of Albert Merchants apartment house In North Marshfteld early today. An oil stove backfired and set fire to clothes hanging nearby. No one was hurt and the properly loss was small. IRRIGATION DEBTS ILL (Aoc!itl Pi-PM Imw) Wirt.) BEND, Ore., Feb. 17. Coupons of the Ijetichutes municipal Im provement district commonly known as the Tumalo irrigation project, which were due January 1, 1925, have been paid as presented to the llend office, according to R. S. Dart, deputy county treasurer. The coupons presented at the New York ofTice have not been paid but will be paid when presented at the Bend orffre, Mr. Dart said. , Clyde McKay, county treasurer of l)eschutes county. Is In la Grande, Ore., on business. BILL IS APPROVED WAS1IISOTON. Fob. IT. Af tre adillng 12.000.000 th senate comoprce committee today ap proved the rivers and harbors bill authorizing total expenditure of more than $40,000,000 for con struction, repair and preservation work throughout the country. EIU MILLS IS DEAD ranrta P txal WHO CHICAfiO. Feb. 17. Oscsr t (itimhlnnky former president of the Daniel lloonn Woolen Mills I company, dropped dead today. On ithe announcement of his death, 'quotations on the company's stock j fell to 2 cents per share, lleolh 'waa dus to heart disease. i iv m mi REPORTED SUICIDE Publlihid Mr the But Interests at VOL.XIL FUNERAL SERIES HELD THIS ; AFTERNOON AT MOUTH OF SHAFT IN WHICH ENTOMBED MAN IS HELD Father of Collins Consents to Services and Burial ot Boy in Cavern Amputation of Legs Was -V Only Way of Releasing Body From y the Huge Boulder. W" (Associated Press Leased Wire.) .,1! CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 17. Tha body of Floyd Collins will be left in his natural tomb and this afternoon at the mouth of rescue him, but in vain. His aged father, Lee Collins consented to the arrangtknent, after Dr. William Hazlett of Chicago, had himself examined Collins and pronounced him dead. Seven friends of Collins crawled down the tunnel to identi fy him as members of a coroner's Turner, the acting coroner.' Everything has been done man's ingenuity and modern Collins. "No more lives should be sacrificed in further attempts to remove hia body." .. ' . ' w Dr. Haxlett came up the shaft at 12:20 p. m. and said lie had identified Collins through a gold front tooth. He an nounced that Collins had been dead between three and five days when he was reached. Magistrate Turney said he had seen and rcognized Collins and felt confident there was no way to re move the body without grave risk. H. T Carmichacl, in charge of the shaft operations, announc ed this afternoon that he had ordered the cement to be used in sealing the entrance to the tomb in the lateral of the shaft. ' Temporary arrangements were being made to hold funeral services at 2 p. m. Asked if the shaft would be filled up today, he said that it would be an impossibility to replace all the rock and dirt that had been taken out of there in a single day and also that so many workers had gone home there were not enough left to fill it in one day even though the task should be attempted. A staff photographer for the Chicago Tribune, John Speger, also made the trip and secured a photograph of Collins which revealed his head and shoulders and the position in which he met his death. Looking down Sand Cave rescue shaft in which scores of volunteers labored for 1 1 days and nights to save Floyd Col lins, Rev. C. K. Dickey of the Cave City Methodist Episcopal church this afternoon conducted Floyd's funeral. A choir of eight women from Cave City sang three hymns and the boulders were placed back upon his tomb and sealed, leaving hm still locked in nature's arms as he was caught 18 days ago. The services around the mouth of the shaft began at 2 o'clock after M. E. S. Posey officially announced abandonment of all efforts to remove Collins' body, and Lee Collins, his aged father, had agreed to let him be buried where he lay. Hov. M. Dlckoy offer 1 a nraver and spoke briefly on Floyd's ad- venturenus life as a cave explorer. Mrs. Ma Withers of Cave City sail "We Shall Understand It Ilet ter llye and Ilye" anil the choir sanir "Nearer My God To Thee." Followed by "Aleep in yesus." Just above Collins besd In the sloplnic elKht foot drift of the na tural Hand Cave . tunnel, cement and boulders were to be placed In position and the tunnel sealed. Then the twelve foot lateral lead ing from the rescue shaft to his rock prison was to be filled back List cf Portland Ball Players Who Have Signed for the 1925 Season Is Made Public Today; (AnnrUtMl Prta UumI Win.) POltTtAND. Ore.. Feb. 17. PreildTt Thomas i,. Turner of the Tortland bsscball club wss bark hire today from Philadel phia and gave out the list of players who had signed their con tracts. I'raetlcslly all of tho tossers have signed, or are as good as signed. The only real holdout Is Hhortstop Johnny Jones, who wants 1 1 SflO. more than he receiv ed with Brooklyn last year. The list of players who have signed follow: Catchers Crosby, Rowland and Woodrlnsr. l'ltchers Kachae, Hasty, Mar let it run down the People. NO. 290 OF THE EVENING NEWS hu funeral services will be neia the shaft which wa dug to jury, including Magistrate Clay that could have been done and machinery have failed," said Mr. ' '' i ........ In snd finally tha six foot square shaft, C5 feet deep, was to be fill ed. ; ; ' Gathering on the brow ot tha little hill looking down upon tla mouth of Sand Cave and the res cue tunnel, Hev. Mr. Dickey closed the services by resdlng the com. mltal and the parson dropped a handful of earth from the bill down toward the shaft. Floyd's aged father, bla step mother, three brothers snd sister (Continued on page six) tin, Eckert, Yafrlson and a young left hander named Artmau. First baseman Thomas. ' Second baseman McCann, Short atops llunnefield and 8tutx. Third baseman Rlconda and Tommy. Outfleldors Rawllngs, Sherllng, Lewis. The plsyers who hare not sign ed sre: Poole, Jones, T.everent. Deca tur, Hums, Winters, Pllletts. Keefe, Chsrlle High, Benton and Itay Kohwer. Not all of these men can be classed as holdouts as several ot them are expected to sign.
