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Newspaper Page Text. . Ammmjt"" J n-rv - ALLTHE NEWSTODAY WEATHER BY Highest Yesterday . 61 ASSOCIATED PRESS Lsweit Last Night , 4 Fair and colder tonight. Satur I LEASED WIRE SERVICE day fair. DOUGLAS CPU NTY 'An Independent Newspaper, Published Ter the Best Interest of the People. Oonsolldst' f The evening New and The Roeeburg Review. VOL XXVII NO. 86 OP ROSE,. SUBMARINE AND AIRPLANE WILL DEFEAT FLEETS!! Rear Admiral Wm. Sims, Retired, Vigorously' Opposes Mitchell. TALKS .OF GUNFIRE Says Anti-Aircraft Guns v Cannot Be Used Effec tivelyPlans Will Not Be Success. (Auoclatni Pro Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Rear Admiral William S. Sims, retired, today vigorously opposed before the house aircraft commlttoe the creation of a unified air service as "urged by Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant army air chief. The admiral endorsed the build ing up of a powerful air force by the United States, however, and declared the airplane "will play a predominant part" in the next war. Couple the airplane with the submarine, the admiral said and an enemy fleet cannot exist, "un less steaming a zig zag course at full speed." "If a fleet comes up against ours with more airplane carriers and can command the air, I don't see how we can win," he added. "If there is anything I know about in the navy, it is gunfire, and after making all calculations It is a piece of good luck if an anti aircraft gunner hits an airplane. "You'll fire the guns, of course, and the noise will relieve the ten sion." In opposing a unified air ser vice. Admiral Sims said that the navy needed naval officers famil iar with the navy tactics, operat ing Its aircraft. "The air force from the shore out." he said, "must be commanded by the navy and I think with the submarine and aircraft properly de veloped, not necessarily excessive ly, we can protect ourselves from an enemy coming' across the sea." Asked for his opinion of the recent report of the special navy board which held that the battleship re mains the first line of defense, the admiral replied: "I wasn't much rmpressed with the report The day after it was issued the secretary of the navy is sued a stntement heartily approv ing it. but the opinion of the sec retary on a highly technical mat ter like this doesn't amount to much." "The finds of the board were Just what a lot of people thought thev would be." The recent bombing tests or. the battleship Washington, the admir al added, likewise did not impress , Aim. For some unknown reason, he said, the distance at which depth charges were exploded had been kept secret. "Would our navy be in first class condition for battle If we put the on blisters and elevated guns?" asked Representative Perk ins, republican. New Jersey. "I don't think so,' 'answered the ad miral, adding that depth charges like those used against the"Waah- lngton probably would have blown I the blisters off. "As I understand the special board's report," asked Perkins, "the battleship remains the back bone of the navy, is that right?" "Yes. it Is, hut Its broken," an- (Continued on page H ) Abby Rockefeller Money and Will Live in a Modest Apartment With Lawyer-Hubby MOTtatM Pr- win-.) i one of the richest youngsters In NEW YORK. Feb. 27 A bride r1H VI Akh .., t v... and groom-to-he. Abbv Rockefeller, : Ml" Abby' 7' h4d and David M. Milton.' Jr.. are hunt- ;eMr1Iy eit eek which she ing a modest apartment some- 'mleht squander. Her total allow where near Park Avenue and Six- ance was 30 cents but she was tteth Street, but "not" on the ave- taught to save JO cents and put nue Itself because rents are too ex- i 'he other dime In the Sunday pensive there for a granddaughter school collection plate, of the richest man In the world None of the Rickefeller children and her lawyer sweetheart. had more than two dollars a weeJc The couple are going to live which they might call there own within Milton's modest income, before they were 15; before and Atiby will manage her own house- since that time they have been re- hold, do part of her evn house work and keep a budget. They : will do without a car at first but : penalized or rewarded them by hope to have one later. And Abby ;the accuracy of the accounts will be able to do all of that, her which he always audited, father, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., ! Later Abby has had a large al said yesterday through a spokes- lows.nce, but she was compelled to man. because he had trained his provide her own clothes, entertaln riaughter and her brothers to know ment snd travel from It and keep the value of money, so that thev the accounts. So that now her fa nlight "meet the problems life will present when they must act for themselves. , While she was being envied as ft ,o -J-.'EW 'l?t. broilH IS (AanrlitM no Usatd WIN.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. i George Neuner was nominal- ed by President Coolidge to day to be United Stntts Dis trict Attorney for Oregon. Mr. Neuner Is In Portland this week and while there will probably make arrange- ments to take over the work of Mr. Coke. It Is thought that the transfer will be made at once, as Mr. Coke is an- xious to engago in the work with the law firm with which he recently associated him- self. JUNIOR PLAY IS A High School Class Presents Excellent Light Comedy at Antlers. PARTS WELL TAKEN Actors Portray Characters With Great Realism Settings and Proper ties Very Good. The play "The Hottentot", pre sented at the AntUia Thci;-- 'st night, was a decided success from every standpoint. The play was given by the Junior class of the Roseburg high Bchool before an audience which completely packed the theatre. The plot in itself affords a de lightful comedy. Sam Harring ton Is a house guest at the Gil ford home, which is located In a community in New Jersey where good horses are the main topic of interest. Sam is greatly in love with Peggy Fairfax, a sister or Mrs. Gilford's, the younger being a great horse enthusiast. Sam has the misfortune to bear the same name as a great steeple chase rider, and is confused with him, so that this mistaken ident ity leads to many humorous situ ations. "The Hottentot" is the fastes and most vicious race horse in the community, and Sam, because of the belief, that he is a great rider, Is forced to ride the horse, or lose the respect of the object of his affections. He Is intensely afraid of horses, but in the final act rides "The Hottentot" to a finish in the big race and, of course, wins not only the honors of the victor, but the hand of the young lady as well. The play Is full or good lines, and humorous situations, and the large crowd was kept in throes of laughter. The cast was exceptionally well jrn8en throughout, and each actor iiuriiucu ins or ner pari in a most excellent manner. Morrill Rltter.-as Sam Harring ton, played one of the leading roles, Miss Thelma Olmstead. as PW Fairfax playing opposite him. Both had long, difficult speaking parts, but entered Into the spirit of their respective parts in a most excellent manner. The other characters were Mr. and Mrs. Ollle Guilford, portrayed (Continued on page 2 ) Knows Value of quired to keep accounts of their ex- pendltureg by their father, Who ther feels that she is self-reliant ."knows the value of money," and I Is able to astume the responsIDIII-, ties of a housewife. SUGCESS ROSEBURG SLEUTHS HIRED TO SHADOW EACH OTHER IN CASE Detectives Followed Detec tives in Effort to"Secure Dope on Mrs. Stokes. NEGROES WERE HIRED Detective Says of Stokes Operative Tried to Buy Testimony of Two Colored Men. MMnHatrd Trtm Leased Wire.) : CHICAGO, Feb. 27. Isadore Shapiro, legal associate of Samuel Untermyer of New York, was summarily expelled by Judge W. N. Gemmlll from the latter's courtroom during the trial of the stock and conspiracy case today. Shapiro formerly represented Mrs. Helen Kllwood S'.okes in her con test of the divorce suit of W. E. D. stokes. New York millionaire, now on trial. Shapiro had heen seated In the front bench chatting with Mrs. Stokes. Suddenly as former Assistant States Attorney Charles S. Whar ton was being called to the stand. Judge Gemmill shouted sternly: "Will that man In the front row leave-the court." During recces Judge Gammill explained t'jut Shapiro was order ed from the room because he had been continuously talking and laughing with Mrs. Stokes or her woman companion and that his I demeanor had Interfered with the eourt's attention to the case. He added that in permitting Mrs. Stokes In the court room he had overruled objections of the de fense. CHICAOO, Feb. 27. Ttow dcleo tlves shadowed dectectlves In con nection with the contested divorce suit of W. E. D. Stokes, New York millionaire was related today in the Stokes conspiracy trial. Stokes and three cithers are fhnrvaA wltti conspiring to defame his estranged wife. Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes of Denver. Edward W. Altz. head of a Chi cago detective agency, formerly re tained by Stokes to obtain evi dence against Mi's. Stokes, was cross examined. Altz. the state contends was also commissioned to watch the movements In Chicago of detectives and counsel employ ed by Mrs. Stokes and by Hal Illll ig, named by Stokes as co-respond ent in his suit for divorce. Altz admitted his operatives had shadowed I. Shapiro, of NewiJournnient of the state legislature. York, associated with Samuel Un- termyer of New York and Louis Dannenberg, detective. In the net of cashing a check believed to be for an amount larger than $100. Shapiro and Dannenberg ere iin - derstood to be representing Mrs. Stokes. After cashlnr the rhpflr accordlng to what Altz Identified as the report of his agency Shapiro and Dannenberg visited two ne - groes who had been approached as possibles-witnesses for Stokes., One of them, he said, was Mrs. Annie Jphnson former housekeep-j er at the Everlelgh club, a resort of years ago. Mrs. Johnson tcstl tied for the state that Stokes had asked her If she could Identify a picture, agreed by counsel to be a photograph of Mrs. Stokes as that of a former Inmate of the Ever lelgh club. Altz was asked by J. J. Healy of defense counsel If he had suspected that Shapiro and Dan nenberg intended to "bribe the wit nesses, to stop their mouths or tell a story favorable to Mrs. Stokes." An hour after this testimony was given Shapiro appeared In the court room and conferred with Mrs. Stokes. This Is the first time any of Mrs. Stokes personal conn sels have been In the court room, "Th. MimmA .a 1 ,11. -1 .1 . un. titr, mi in . . He Identified a report that he! was Instructed to keep Shapiro Dannenberg and the witnesses nn-j der surveillance. Altz testified to listening In on a telephone offer from R. E. Hestbrooks. former arslstant state's attorney, retained by Stokes to work with Mrs. Stokes for a re-; talner of $-i00. "He offered to sell out?" asked Mr. Healv. "Yes." said Alts. ' . Mr. Hearly questioned Altz to show that he sought honest infor mation. You received. Independently of iMr Stokes and from several soiire. es. Information that Mrs. Stokes had been an Inmate of the Ever Jelvh club, and was known by no-; torious women "Yea," said Alts. "But you didn't accept any of them without checking?" 'I regarded them only as leads," said Altz. Alt! said one of his Informants was a drug addict, a woman whom he "would sot believe on oath.' h." NEWS-REVIEW FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1925. SCULPTOR WAS IIIST (AHOcUttd Pm Leased Wirt.) ATLANTA. Ga., Feb. 27. H de mand for the appointment cotumlttee of sculptors to pass on the wftrk done upon the Stone Mountain memorial and conduct an audit of the affairs of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association, was today before Hol lins Randolph, president of the as sociation, after the passage of a resolution by the Atlanta chapter. United Daughters of the Confeder acy. Although the resolution was a letter from the Georgia division of the organization, urging him tor submit the difference between the association and Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of the memorial, to the heroes of the confederacy for ar bitration. ' Meantime the search for Borg- lum and Jesse Tucker, former sup erintendent of work at the Moun tain, Is being made over a half dozen states. They are sought on warrants charging malicious mis chief for the alleged destruction j rles a corrupt practices act by them of models for continuing: strictly limiting campaign the work of the memorial, follow- s expenditures of congresslon lng the discharge of Borglura as al candidates as recommend scuiptor of the monument. , ed by the senate campaign funds-committee. NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Bculp- tors of New York appeared today to be divided into two camps in their opinions of eventB connected with Gutzon Borglum's dismissal as sculptor of the Stone Mountain memorial. William J. Robinson, a sculptor of note, said that a movement was being organized among RorgTbrn's friends and fellow artists to assure adequate protection of his inter ests. "If Borglum never does another stroke of work on Stone Mountain he has already to his credit some thing greater than the Egyption pyramld8." said Mr. Robinson. "Dut his friends will Be that things tectives he had beet asked by are put right and slop this cruel-I Richard (l)lck) Hotaling to mur flxlon of genius by a group of lit- Ider the latter's sister-in-law, Mrs. tie two-by-four men. I was In At- 'Fred Hotaling, centered today in a lanta recently and talked many jsearch for Al Reels, reputed gun people, so I know the inside of man. this affair. , - "This is largely a Ku Klux Klan matter. Antl-Klan talk in Atlanta Is perhaps not the most tactful thing in the world, but Rorglum was never a man for tact." The view of tho other camp was expressed by Augustus Lukeman, who said he considered Borglum's conduct -"unmanly and undlgnl- I ",,u " """ ;Proach on the art of "culpture. re- E Senator B. L. Eddy returned home last night following the ad The session this year was conserv- atlve. Mr. Eddy states, there being (an apparent tendency to vote down j any radical movements or fights 1 against the powers of the governor. lThe legislature voted down all nro - posed expansions of the educational i svsteni. including the .Tunfnr f'nl- lege plan, free text books and kin - jdergarten, the only educational bill !approved being the Ashland Nor- mal. Representatives Hercher and Fisher are expected to return home tomorrow. Both are driving home. J Mr. Hercher went to Coburg Uxlayjof the outstanding figures In the to visit with friends before return- Ing to Dlllard. Provision Is Made for Special Elecetion to Be Held on Sept. 8 Should Tax Measures Go to Voters SALEM, Ore., Feb. 27. If the referendum Is Invoked against any of the revenue producing measures enacted by the legisla ture including the cigarette and tobacco tax. a tax on rronm earn- i Ings of corporations and the pi-o- . 1. . i, . . iniiiii mm Hei i -flu p "O ri 1 n g SialP commissions shall nay 10 percent ! of their revenues Into the state general fund, the election will be held September 8th, and at the 'same time nine measures sdopted i by the legislature for reference to the people will be Toted on. 'This was provided for in a bill passed at the close of tho cxecu- tive session last night. The measures which would be:. House bill No. 215 by Hales acted upon are: ' providing for Western Oregon Senate Joint resolution, No. f, ' normal echool at Seaside, by Dennis - amending constltu-; House Joint resolution No. 2,' tlon inhibiting levying of income or Inheritance taxes until 1940. House Joint resolution No. S by Huchanan providing that If va cancies occur In the office of Vnlted States Senator or any elec- tlve office of state, district, roun- ty or preainct, they shall be filled at the next general elertlon, pro vided such vacancy occurs mor than twenty days prior to any general election. House Joint resolution No. 8, by woodward repealing section 35. article 1. of ttat constitution pro- Ivldinff fin nr Imtirlnnnmant fnr FATEOF POSTAL KLi BILL PJOW RESTS -! iiiitii nnm innr i WllulUULIUlit (AanrUtrd ITm Unl Wlrr.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. the fate of the postal paV and rate increase Mil now rests with President Coolidge, the senate having Joined the house in approving the con- e ference report virtually Bub- Btituting the house bill for the measure previously twice i approved by the senate. Administration leaders be- lieve the bill will receive President Coolidge's approval. Effective as of Januarv 1 this year, postal employes would receive an average sal ary Increase of about $300 annually under the bill, which by new postal rates to go in effect April 15 next, would raise about $60,000. 000 04 the 168.000.000 re quired for the pay advances. As a rider." the bill car- !GHT 111 in PLOT (Associated Ptfn Lcurd Wlr.) SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. Police investigation which was started when Ralph p. King, for- mer policeman in HawaM told de- . Reels according to King was one of the two men who had accepted $3300 provided by Hotaling to make possible the removal of Mrs. Fred Hotaling. The other suspect, Lou Madison, was arrested here yesterday. Madison has confessed he and Reels had accepted the $3300 from King but they had no intention of harming Mrs. Hotaling. Hotaling, wealthy clubman and amateur actor oi wiue reputation, itiudj I eiifi uivu inn (.-iiiiviiHiiiu that an investigation will dis prove aft of the talcs and accusa tions made by King and Madison. "The entire thing Is so absurd jKleppor. T"oe and Zimmerman and fantastic that it is utterly use- Senntor Fddv spoke In favor of less to deny anything," he declar- 'the hill, declaring It was a step to ed, "and, sight must not be lost of Ward party restoration and party ilia mi, wiai ii. rt na i nun iiidud possible the capture of King. According to the confessions credited to King and Madison by the police, King, 'out of a sense of , Rratltude to Hotaling, had agreed to find two men who would mur der Mrs. Hotaling because she qnce had caused Hotaling to be as- isaulted by an unidentified and ap - pareniiy nireo inug uuring one oi the bitter legal battles which have; 1 raged over the Hotaling estate of approximately $4,000,000. With the search for Reels being pressed In the southern part of the state. Interest now is concentrated on the meeting of the grand Jury I Monday night with Hotaling, one situation, appearing voluntarily and at his own request. any person who shall bring Into the state or harbor any negro or mulatto. llouio Joint resolution 19 by committee on resolution, author izing Issue of bonds by Clacka mas county tor refunding pur- Senate Joint resolution No. 16 "tor Fddv Mseladrvs bill was re by Johnson, providing for appoint- i cnr-ldered ami nsss. d ment of a commission to make' f'"""' w- D. Mercer, who Investigation Into relation to the :'nr """"V vers has been sergennt melho.l. of zr.A tma- I l srms of the state senate and I tlon. Senate Joint resolution No. IS, 1 by Hall amending constitution to permit Curry county to vote on !a funding bond Issue. by the Multnomah delegation authorl7lng Portland school dis trict to levy $iin,oi)0 above Six per cent tax limitation, beginning with 126. House Joint resolution No. ,1, by Collier permitting Klamath county to Issue bonds for refund ing purposes. The eastern Oregon normal' school bill was expected from the provisions of the special election bill, beeause Senator Rltner !- Ired that thla should not he voted on until the general election of Ifttfi 'S LEGISLATURE End of Session Last Night Marked by Songs, Stunts and Refreshments. TRUCK TAX PASSED Armory Blls Passed but Pierce Serves Notice That They Will Be Vetoed. (A-oeiated preas Unl Wire.) SALEM, Ore.. Feh. 57 rw Ron s thirty-third legislature, which has been In session 46 davs adjourned at 10:50 last -niglit. Some of the members immediately started for their homes; others were leaving today. Songs, stunts and story tolling marked the clos ing or me session and after the final gavel fell tho memhers an. Joyed a social session when wives or me- senators served coffee and cake. The last day was marVoH Ku . deal between senate and house re sulting In the passage of measures to insure the license tax upon au tomobile busses and trucks and to raise the license tax on neddlers trucks running Into the country five miles or more beyond cltv boundaries. The house finally agreed to senate amendments to the former measures, house bill 413, which sharply raised the fig ures over those In the bill as Its passed the house. The senate In turn agreed to pass house bill 21. the peddlers bill, as the houso had amended It. Itoth these measures men went to the governor. Assailed by Butler, Joseph, finr- ismi ami otner senate members, tho Jackson county plan, which was substituted for the original Jackson county pre-prlmarv elec tion bill, went down to defeat In the senate yesterday afternoon by vole o jn TO J 1. The measure nrnvMmi fnr . OREGON 3RD HAS ADJOURNED, nrlmnrv assembly of precinct com-K"1 Pfb"bly complete the surfac mitteemen of ihe u lillc-al nrtli ",lB J""1""- according to County the aisemhlv to rocinn.end to the j volp , cnoce of the nrlmarr candidates. Senator ruinn of Jackson county explained the measure and It was i tnimedlatelv attnckpil hv tn...nt, :nonPStV. Governor Pierce lodny announc ed that as ft as thev reach him sll armorv hills pissed bv the leg Islnture will be vetoed bv him. "Due to the failure of the legls- ptnre," hn said, "to provide suf- flclent revenue, I shall bo obliged to veto all srmorv bills passed at jthe late session I cannot ftp prove i mtprnpriHuons wnicn exceeii avnlt able revenue disapproved bv the Joint wavs and cans committee, efforts having: been made to gH new armories nt Cottsire Grove. Forest Grove La Ornnde, Astoria and Portland, and (also an sdditlonnl appropriation 1 for the srmorv at Sllverfon. Yes- terdav the armory bill began to I pei'r In Independently on tho ways nnd means committee. The first to come was Magladrv's senate bill number 2:"7 providing for an nrmnrv nr i nringe ,rove anil nrier n hnrd fight bv Mnglsdry and bis Its great Importance. There Is Bandon-Slxeg river sec friends It failed lo pass. Later In a question however as to how "on ot Roosevelt Highway to John the day. the Forest C.rove nrmory !mU(.h money the bureau will have Ilaknnson, Oakland, Ore. He bid bill film, along end passed. Hen- available-, and consequently no $S1.5 on one proposal, $114,870 on stor Dennis, who had promised to promises' can bo niado at this time, another, bo.lh bids being lower dron an armory hill for La Crnnde "rhe government will remove the than' the nearest competitor. If none of the others were pushed, isllilea on lis section, whether nnv! The award was held back a Ihcji brought un his La Grande ar mory pin anu it passen also, ras ssge of these two bills created svmnnthv for Magladrv nnd Cot tage (Irnve, so on motion of Sen- for the last several sessons Its chsnlaln also. Is made permanent chaplain bv a resolution Introduc ed yesterday by President and passed. Mnser Spesker Ilurdlrk announced the , appointment of R. H. Canler, Port land: E. O. Pstes. Seaside; and J. H. Prlscnll, Klamath Falls, as his Hull fishermen and twenty-four on" "Pm ln B '""a" ta,e ' appolptees jm the commission j Icelanders were lost In the fishery i'ees uprooted and houses unroof named to studv reforestation and j steamer Field Marshal Robertson 1,1 " parts of tho country, mnk" recommendations for laws snd news has reached here that A tregedy occurred near La on Ihe same to the next leglsla- lihe Icelandic steamer Lclfcrhopar Rocbelle, where only four men out tore. lis lost with 40 hanili?. all Iceland. ' crew of 18 were rescued from Ashhv C. Dickson of Portland was toilay appointed bv no, ;Tnor , t1l mm fl .1,llll,.nol elrnnlt court bulge for Multnomah conn- t tv. The appointment is under senate hill number 81 of the sea R'r.n of ia?3 which was passed by the legislature yesterday over the veto of the governor. Among measures passed by the (Continued on page 2 ) VOL. XII. NO. HOLD-UP ITi Mrs. E. Schroder of Wilbur was heldup and robbed last night of $55 just a short dls- tunce north of Edenbower. She was on her way north when she noticed a car stand- ing beside the road. Two young men were in the car ar.d two .were standing beside it, Bppar- ently making repairs. As she neared the machine one of the men apparently stumbled and fell directly in the palh of her car and she was forced to Jam on the brakes suddenl to pre- vent striking him. As tho car stepped he Jiimpefl on the running board and held her un. seizing her purse, which contained $55. He took out tho money and then Jumped off the car waving her to go on. He did not take a diamond ring e which was also In the purno. Mrs. Schroder immediately re- ported the occurrence to Huso- burg officers who telegraphed a description of the men to points north and south, but no trace of them nas yet oeen found. ON COAST EXPECTED Bureau of Public Roads Of ficials Make Inspection of Project LITIGATION FEARED Court Action May Be Necessary to Settle Claims of Contractor County . Will Be Involved. The bureau of public roads looks with favor upon the Reedsport road project, and if money Is available Roadmaster Floyd Frear, who has returned from the lower Umpqua country after making a trip of in spection over the western end of Ihe Umpqua highway In company with a number of officials of the government bureau. C. H. Purcell, district engineer of the Bureau of PublUr Roads, tf. R. Hall. C. E. Elliott, and R. A. Farm er all offlclnls In the federal bur eau, and several engineers, were In the government party which made a thorough Inspection of the pro ject. Some difficulty Is b;?ng experi enced over last year's work, Con tractor Knudtson claiming that his ;m"n removed a greater amount of trncK I,1Hn ne was given crenu tor, nun iiiui im in Y-niiiit-ii iu mum money. A settlement will be made out of court If possible, but there Is: 'tt l"lblllly that litigation which ' , .,., . ROAD ... ...... w. ....vv. must go, too. Htate mgnway re develop. The government officials ,n?),r Kn(, said the matter will made a careful cheek of the work. be takn up wlth the public ser in order to delermlne the amount vlre cmm,,0 at once and as of rock removed Ioon M g, the improvement According to Mr. Frear, Mr. Pur- .,,, k i-ii i-a,i ,"i,-u iiiiiin'-u an ueiiiK very anxious to see the road corn- ipleted snd favors finishing the Job:n(-,,'d uPnn, hls mo'1"-: before starting any new work. I Coos snd Curry counties furnish 1 He stated himself as having a ,! ii,,,t In il. ., ,i other work Is done or not, Eighty Men Are Lost in Fierce Gales Sweeping the Coast Along England; Many Vessels Damaged IH'LL, Eng., Feb. 27. Eighty four men are believed to have been Jost In th fierce gains which nave swept tne Icelandic fishing grounds the last four days. Fourteen men went down with the Hull steam trawler Scapa, six iers. SARRFnornO, France. Feb. 27. Seven persons were killed and fifteen Injured here yesterday when the workshop In which they were employed was crushed by a wall blown over by a high wind. PARIS, Feb. 27. "Charlmngne's 27 OP THE EVENING NEWS CONTRACTS FOR ROAD IRK ARE AWARDED TODAY State Highway Commission to Spend Thousands of Dollars on Roads. . NO NEW HIGHWAYS Refuse to Name New Roads and Will Hold Funds to the Established . Highways. ( AMoclatcd PrM Leued tVlrc.) PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27.- Contracts for hundreds - of thou sands of dollars worth of road work were let today by the state highway commission. . The offer of the Paciflo Tele phone & Telegraph company of a park of 3.6 acres of land near Vlento In Hood River county was accepted by the commissioners. Chairman William Duby an nounced to a Linn county delega tion that the commission is still committed to the policy of naming; no new state highways, holding; this classification down to roads that have been named state high ways by the legislature or desig nated so by former commissions. The bidding on road and bridge work was livelier than for months. There were from six to fourteen bids received on each project ad vertised. Commissioner H. B. Van Duzer explained that the presentation ot the park of the telephone company was to make up in part for tho company's having to cut down a large number of fine, old trees along the hlghuay near Yeon's cut off In Hood River county. The commission had planned to maka a state park where the phone em ployes cut down the trees In No vember, 1923. At first the highway commission was going to sue for damages, but when the company offered to buy a tract of land suitable for park purposes some where along the Co lumbia River highway, it was de cided to forego legal proceedings and allow the corporation to work out Its plan. The new park, which was offic ially named Vlento Park is eight miles from Hood River and four miles from Mitchell Point I. E. Oakes of Vale, asked that the commission designate the Jor dan valley market road as a state highway. , County Judge Moses of Benton county, asked the body to have plans prepared. to fill the new road between Albany bridge and the paved Corvallls road. He also asked that the commission take j steps to eliminate the two grade i rallrnaa crossings on mw i"i"i- (.oivninn lliKiiwaj ami jnvo ..... near Philomath. r,-. ,,, crossings Is very ' dngeroua. Highway Commissioner Malnne declared and tne omer The following contracts for 21 'nK " naming uin.m .. miles of surfacing anu rrsuriBcins I (Continued on page 8.) I oak" five centuries old and one of the largest and most ancient trees In the forest, of Fontalnehleau, fell a victim to yesterday's violent form. The gale continued today land, according to the weather man, the end Is not In sight. Tho fate of the famous oak was the stranded Spanish steamship CrlsMnladtueda. I Seven members of the life sav ing ststlon corps were drowned when their boat capsized while trying to reach the steamer on Monday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morgan npent the day at Myrtle Creek and Kiddle visiting with friends.