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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.