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Newspaper Page Texty - allthekevstc:ay WEATHER BY Highest Yesterday 56 Lowest Last Night 33 Fair tonight and 8unday. ASSOCIATED LEASED WIRE SERVICE vv DOUGLAS CPU NTY )a Consolidation of The tvenlnjs. New and Tha Rosebura Ravlaw. An Indtpandant Nswspapsr, Publlahad Mr tha Baat Interests at tha People, VOL. XXVII NO. 87 or 'ft. ' REVIEW ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 28. 1925. VOL. XIL NO. 2M Of THE EVENING NEWS m PRES. EBERT Uf GERMANY 10:30 THIS A. M. First President of German Republic Succumbs to . Attack of Peritonitis. PERFORM OPERATION DIED .News of Death Came as , Distinct Shock to Berlin irs Who Had Received Re . ports of Improvement. (AMrlttcd Press Utmi Wire.) BERLIN, Feb. 28. Friederlch Ebert, first preaident of the Ger man republic died at 10:15 this .morning from peritonitis which followed an operation for appendi citis fire days ago. The former saddle maker, whose skill In ruidinr tha infn n),ii. through the frist turbulent years of j fight the physicians to save their patient and the patient's de its existence, was acknowledged d i . poiicm s ae even by his bitter enemies, made aj! . aeatn. But there was another group, perhaps not so I1b1, atla., .- I-...- 1 faSaiaii II t- a la - f""' "" lor "" " sys - tem had been undermined hv n attack of Influenza hern h. . the od-I son wnicn naa spread throughout his system. .1 Around hla bedside when the end came were his wife, their daughter, Amalle, and her husband. Dr. Wllhelm Jaenecke, and their sole son to survive the war, Friederlch, Jr. State secretary Melsner was the only other person present aside from the doctors and nurses. The political attacks Upon the president which increased the trials rfif the office and the efforts to connect him with the Barmat . loans scandal added greatly to the burdens Imposed upon him &s chief executive of a new republic. Putsches and threats of putsches and the jibes of the monarchists who could not bear the idea ot a working man succeeding the Ho henzollerns had helped to' under mine his once rugsed constitution. But the firmness with which he managed the political crisis aris ing from the tangled party sys tem and the simple dignity with which Frau Ebert met her duties . as first lady of Germany disarmed many of their sharpest critics. There probably was not another leader In Gerany. his enemies ad- , mltted, who could have succeeded where he did, and hla death four months before the presidential election produces more confusion in a political situation already bad ly muddled. President Eber was the first of all the patriotic Germans to forget party lines when It became neces sary to check the extremists, elth er In the radical or conservative camps. He frequently brought curses upon his head from the one side or the other by approving measures which they, according to their viewpoints, deemed either reactionary or too radical His attitude won the confidence of the ambassadors and ministers accredited to Berlin and he was a powerful factor In bringing about acceptance ot the Dawes plan which promises to calm the storm that has raged about reparation payment for so many years. Herr Ebert started life as a sad dlemaker, but years of experience as a labor organizer nd official of onions, together with his wide training In practical politics devel oped him even, as his admirers pointed out, the late Samuel Gom pers was developed In America. His lack ot early opportunities was compensated for b7 the train ing he won In the world of af fairs. He was described as no dreamy theorist but a hard headed, tactful leader, who made a gallont fight in behalf of the German re public and the German masses-un-der heartbreaking conditions. Death came to the president In the West Sanitarium. The public received Ita announcement through the half-masting of flags on the foreign office, the American and British embassies and the govern ment buildings along tba Wilbelm straae. The news came as a shock to the! Berllners. as the morning Bews-T par-rs published bulletins lndlcat-' Ing a marked Improvement in Herr Ebert's condition and the crisis waa snposed by many to have been passed. - ' i A meeting of the cabinet was1 called for today and the relchstag will be convened on Monday. when It will probably arrange a flew election data In anVanra nf k. uhii.u fn. i.. choice of a regular successor to Herr Ebert will relieve the chan- rellor of the republic from carry- Inr on the "residential dut e In addition to his own office. The president's death comes on the eve of the national day i.f mourn- Ing, set aside to comm .norate Germany's losses In the wor'd war. (Continued on pact I.' OIO KILLED HIS CRIPPLED DAUGHTER TO (Associated Press Leased Wire.) DENVER, Colo., Feb. 28. Love for his daughter who during her life of 32 years had never "grown up," coupled with a desire not to "leave her burden on the community," led Dr. H. E. Blazer of Englewood, a suburb, to put his daughter Hazel into eternal sleep by administering chloroform last Tuesday, an investigation revealed last night After the spirit had risen from the cramped, deformed body of Miss Blazer known for miles around as "Hazel, the little child woman," Dr. Blazer swallowed a poison concoction which he had designed would make him in death, as in life, Ha- WVm nn.... .... ! I ..... . . viumugn, nowever, ine quicat ministrations of a physician counteracted the poison and at midnight last Tuesday it was believed Dr. Blazer would recover. Hours later when other members of the family were asleep, he slashed his throat with a razor. Once again medical skill intervened and staved off death. But the thoughts of the doctor were with his dead daughter and despite constant vigil kept over him, he schemed another suicidal attempt. It was more noison and it.;. physicians may have arrived too Early today it was said at only a "fighting chance" to live. A ' it ... n '"enciiy community was " - uiy, am equally vigilant I . .. . . ' prepared " "wwney naa prepared . - WRTES FDR 1GAZIIS DESPITE (Amx-tatKT rrni Uurd wire.) I WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Sac retary Weeks today told the house aircraft comm'tteo that Brigadier General Mitchell, assistant army air chief, had directly disobeyed President Coolidge's order in writ ing magazine articles without ob taining the approval of the war department. The General, Mr. Weeks said, had the articles published with out war department approval, de site the fact that President Cool ldge had written him cautioning him against it. After the 1821 tests Mr. Weeks' said, the secretary of the navy ob jected to several articles written by the general and In order to prevent further controversy with the navy he was ordered to sub mit further articles for approval. Last fall, the secretary con tinued, Mitchell went to the White House accompanied by a repre sentative of the Saturday Evening Post to discuss with the president some articles he proposed to write. The president Informed Mitchell he had no objection to me articles provided they were passed upon by the war depart ment and later wrote Mitchell cautioning him against publishing the articles without permissfon. They subsequently were pub lished, Mr. Weeks' said, without being submitted to the war de partment. Mr. Weeks explained he had Issued the order regarding Mit chell after the secretary of the najry had objected to the artlclea on the 1921 tests as "reflecting on the navy." "Then there was a case of muzzling?" asked Representative O'Sulllvan, democrat, Connecti cut. "No, It wasanot," answered the E LL County Judge Quine and At- ( torney Neuner returned last ! night from Portland after neeln 'h the state high- J commission ana Bureau of J' Roads. They found the bureau greatly Inter- e,fl ,n ,ne Reedsport road. n,lou 'he pro- 1 COI"P1,e at an early da'''- Tn" bureau stated that sufficient money will be appro- Pr'ated to surface the road, making It suitable for year- ItlUnd travel. Money Will also be aDDroDrlated for the THI-r i of I road. If the funds can ! fund available, although " definite promise could be w mane, owing to tne fact mat the bureau does not yet know the exact amount of the funds which It will have for dlstrib'i- tion. w Ei HER MISERY late. his Enclewood hon thai ka L.j ' eaeerlv - watchinir th l,u 1. I the officers of tha law Tfc. " 1 Be a formal rharo.. nt . I i TfT'saFa -Lii ITCHELL LID6E ecretary. "What was it?" "He might have printed every thing he wrote if it bad been aub nitted." "Then there Is no muzzling?" "No." , "Didn't you tell General Mit chell you were going to remove dim " asked Representative Prall, democrat. New York. "I did not, I never told him any such thing as that." "Didn't you threaten to order him away?" "I did not."' The war aecretary then added that neither he nor the president had the authority to make Gen eral Mitchell resign. Secretary Weeks added that he wished to state "emphatically the war department bad not muzzled either General Mitchell nor any other officer to keep tkem from telling the truth" to congression al committees. He read the war department order on that subject made public yesterday and said If any officer did not know be was permitted to give his personal views, "he must be a timid aoul. "I wish to emphasize this point." he repeated, "as there Is abso lutely no basis for any charge of mulling." The discussion shifted to the question of war department ap propriations and Mr. Weeka testi fied the department had asked for approximately $280,000,000 for the next fiscal year and had received $239,000,000. The air service allotment, he said, bad been curtailed from $26,600,000 to $18,000,000. The ordnance bureau was reduced 13 percent more than the air service. "How many first class planes have we?" asked Representative Prall. "What is ytir definition of a first class plane, one built this year?" countered the secretary. Prall gave a long definition. "Then every machine in the list Is a fighting machine," answered Weeks. . "You wouldn't say that?" "That is what the chief ot the air service says." "Does he know?" Mr. Weeks answered by Baying that Major General Patrick was well Informed about the aircraft situation except in regacd to Ja pan. "Has any other officer been aboard to obtain such information besides Mitchell?" "I don't think so." "Is he the one man who knows more first hand Information from Europe?" "He knows more of the per sonal observance. He didn't get much from Japan Asked whether he meant to give the Impression - that wehave l.SM servlcebl airplanes, Mr. " "Oh. no.' "Then lS2 Include alt " "Exactly." He added that tha army has 82 "servlreahle" planea and 764 classed as In sloraga. LQNGWORTH IS;fiDSEBUflG defeated WORK ON BANK E John Tilson of Conn. Wi)l - Be Republican Leader ! During Session. ! DECISION IS MADE s Caucus Held Last Night Favors LonkwortK for Pocition Democrats Caucus Tonight. (AancUtal Prcai Loued Win.) WASHINGTON, February 28. Nicholas Longwnrth ot Ohio will preside aa speaker of the bouse In the sixty-ninth congress and John Q. Tilson of Connecticut will be republican floor leader. The present majority leader was selected by republican members-elect In the house in caucus last night as their candidate for speaker on the first ballot by a vote of 140 to Ss. The caucus decision is binding on the major ity members and hla election to the speakership is certain. Martin B. Madden ot'Ullnouf. for whom the 85 votea were cast, Immediately offered a motion by which the selection of Mr. Lo.g- worth waa made unanimous. The choice of Mr. Tilson was by accla - mation. SPEAKER G9TH CONGRESS Other selections by the caucus -reat grandson of Andrew Jackson at which all but tan of the 234eventh president ot the United republicans qualified to attend States. were present, included Renresenwl Andrew Jackson, the fourth of ative Hawley of Oregon aa chair - man ot the caucus and Represent ative Sweet of New York as aec retary and Representative Vestal of Indiana as republican whip, post he now holds. Democrats elected to the new house wilt caucus tonight to select their candidate for speaker, with Representative Garrett of Ten nesee, the party leader, as a cer tain choice. Upon his defeat when the house organizes, he will au tomatically continue as the min ority leader. a, " w LEAVK8 TODAY. (AaMidatMl Prcai Ltased Wln.) CHICAGO, Feb. 28. Char- les G. Dawes left here today for Washington to take the oath of vice-president next Wednesday. w His party was confined to Mrs. Dawes, their children Virginia and Dana, Mark Woods of Lincoln, Neb., a life-long friend, and a few close friends, mostly associ- ated with him in the Central Trust company, which he leads. DOUGLAS NATIONAL BANK BUILDING AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN REMODELLED l-f 1 .'-" r- - -C urn. BY MEDFORD 25-9 (Aanrlattd hn Uued Wlra.) - MEDFORD. Ore., Feb. 28. .Med ford high school de- feated the Koseburg high basketball team 25 to 9 last night In a rather slow game. The locals used secor.d string men In the second halt. The visitors although showing a strong defense, were weak on offensive play. wi EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 28. Coburg high school defeated Pleasant Hill 25 to 20 and Larane overwhelmed Thurs ton 41 to 16 in the elimina tion contests here last night praparatory to the county hoop championship game that will be staged this even ing. EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 28. Eugene high school basket eera defeated the Albany high achool hoopsters here last evening by a score of 21 to 6. The game was slow throughout. EUGENE. Ore., Feb. 28. Playing a listless game here yesterday afternoon. the University of Oregon fresh- man quintet defeated the Gresham high school five by a score ot 26 to 11. ' EUGENE. Ore., Feb. 28. University high school of Eu- gene defeated the Cottage Grove high school basketball team here last evening 23 to 14. . 8EEK MISSING MAN (AancUtrd rnm LnuedVlm.) NEW YORK, Feb. 28. The 1 missing persons bureau today be- Kan a search for A. M. Jackson, !1'08 Angeles, brother of the miss- Ing man, requested the search. He informed the police that his broth- wrleing from New York on aUanuaiy 8, said he was about to enter a hospital under an assumed name, for an operation. He used the false name, be said, to spare the family the expense ot funer al In event he died. T in d vvim EXPECTED TD DIE (AanHitnl ftia Ud Win.) SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 28. The condition of Mrs. Walter M. Pierce, wife of Governor Pierce, had taken another critical turn today, It was said at the executive oflce. Mrs. Pierce has been In III health tor more than two years. At one o'clock It was stat ed that Mrs. Pierce could not outlivo the day and that death might come at any minute. L DIG WILL START MONDAY Remodeling of Douglas " National Building Will ' Require 5 Months. HAVE CLASSIC ONES Bank's Officers Have Made Careful Study in Deciding Upon Plans New Style Vault Coming. Work will start the first of the week on the remodelling of the Douglas National Bank Building. The tenanta of the building are moving out today, and on Monday the workmen will start the task of stripping the exterior and gutting tne interior. The remodolllng is to ben on such an' extensive scale that It is in effect practically new construction, aa the building will be changed throughout, and when completed will have no resemblance to its present style. J. H. Booth, and other officers of the bank, have spent many months In careful study before finally adopt ing the plana for this Improvement Tbey determined to make this Building a memorial to the progress gf this strong financial Institution, which has had such an Important bearing upon the growth and de velopment of Roseburg and Douglas county. Mr. Booth, personally, has devot ed a great deal of time to the study of banking buildings, parti cularly aa to the interior arrange ment to secure the greatest effi ciency and safely In the. conduct of the bunking business, as well as to give the greatest amount of accom modation and aervice to tha -patrons of the bank. Work will start on Monday, and It is expected that It will be com pleted in four pr five months. Knighton and Howell of Portland, are the architects, and the con tract has been let to A. Pajunen of Portland. Scott Brothers, ot this city have the contract for the heat ing, Denny-RPnton Clay and Coal company for the face brick, and the (Continued on page 5 ) DF.CIDIXO GAME TONIGHT (Aanrtatnt rnm Lnurd Win.) SEATTLE, Feb. 28 Unl- vnraltv nf flrnrnn'i nnlntpl la at to play the University of Washington In crucial North- ern section Pacific Coast in- 4 tercollegiate conference game here tonight. If Oregon wins the team will close the season tied with O. A. C. for first place. 4 KEVNER APPOINTED UO.NFIILMKD BY SKNATH . a (Aanetatod PM IMatd Win.) WASH1NOTON, Feb. 28. The nomination of George Neuner to be United S te w District Attorney of Oregon 4 was confirmed late yester- day by the senate. IXAVGUBAIi FORECAST (AancUttd Fna Uaapd Win.) W WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. "Fair and rather cool wea- ther", was forecast by the weather bureau today for President Coolidge's lnaugu- ration.' L E DIET Measure Is Negative Rather Than Mandatory, Say Foreign Experts. USE IMPERIAL DECREE Provision Made to Invoke Parts of Measure by Imperial Order Aimed at U. S. (AancUtnt Pna Lnwd Win.) TOKIO, Feb. 28. In the opin ion of foreign experta who studied the alien land law introduced In the Diet yesterday, the measure Is negative rather than mandatory Inasmuch aa It Is applicable In some cases only by Imperial de cree. Each essential article con tains a provision for Imperial de crees.. , n effect, the law leaves In the hands of the minister of home af fairs, the decision as to who may hold property, excepting in the case of those nationals whose countries have statutory provi sions against ownership ot 'and by Japanese. Aa translated by a foreign di plomat considered expert In the Japanese language, the main pro visions of the law are: Article- 1 the right of pos session ot land, within the empire, or allies or corporations which prohibit or Impose conditions or 1 llmltatlona upon possession rights with respect to land held by Ja panese subjects or corporations, may be prohibited or Identical limitations or conditions may be Imposed there on by imperial de cree. "Article 2 If more than one j halt of the officers or share bold- , era of of Tee employes of Japanese or foreign corporations is com posed of aliens or If more than one half of the capital or voting I power of such corporatlona is owned by alien persons or cor- porations, such corporation In ac cordance with Imperial decree shall be regarded as being of na tionality of such aliens or alien corporations and conditions of previous article shall apply mu tatis mutandis. "Article 3 subdivisions of for eign countries possession special rights of legislation with respect to land for. the purposes of the application of this law, be re garded as states or countries." The succeeding articles exempt military areas from foreign awn ershlp while article six provides that alien holders nf mortgages or other Interests In land who are made Ineligible to hold land tin der the law. shall dispose of their holdings wllhln one year, but In cases where the holders are Heirs or assignees three years for dis posal will be allowed. The law Is so framed that ex perts are of the opinion tha. It will be Impossible to define It un til Imperial decrees establish pre cedents. There Is a general be lief that such decrees will protect enormous property Interests of foreign, educational, charitable and religious organizations. DAWN-DUSK (AnHa!M prrm fsanf Win.) MACON. Oa.. Feb. !. Tha flrat of the dawn to dusk filers from j Selfridre Field. Michigan, to Ml-1 ami, Florida, landed here at 4:15 eastern time. i o- CAN USE HOR8ES WASHINGTON. Feb 2 The house today passed and sent to ' the senate a resolution authcrlzlng I the use of 250 armv hnrsea from Camp Lewis in the parade at 8r.it- ne next July in connection with the thirty alxth triennial conclave of Knights Templar. N NTRQDUCED JAPANES BILL FOR 111 RELIEF IS HOT PRACTICAL ONE Dickinson Plan, Substituted ' for Capper-Haugen Bill, , Is Attacked. MAY CAUSE A FIGHT H. C. Taylor Says Measure Is Clever Camouflage and Will Not Meet Farm Aid Needs. (AasMlltcd Praai Learnt Win.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. The Dickinson co-operative farm mar keting bill, substantiated by tha house for the Capper-Haugen bill was described today by Chairman Caray of the president's agricul tural conference as the "cleverest pleca of camouflage ever drawn," Appearing before the senate agrcultural committee be said it waa drawn by Henry C. Taylor. chief of the bureau ot agricultur al economics, who, he said was an antagonist of the conference and would stir up "one of tha greatest fights ever seen In Washington, If enacted Into law. The Dickinson bill would pro pose to extend aid to farmers without the regular provisions ot the Capper-Haugen measure. It will be just a step toward killing anything that may be done In the future. Chairman Carey declared1 "The bureau of agri cultural economics which will be given all power by this bill has this power now. The bill merely provides two Junkets annnallv to Washington for fifty members on an advisory council. They will be - paid 125 a day on these trips. The bill also gives four other men $10,000 a year to give advice which the head of the bureau of agricultural economics can veto." Declaring he "resented" the at titude of Mr. Taylor for "abusing a member of our conference," Mr. Carey said he did not believe the bureau should have any control over marketing organizations. The Capper-Haugen bill waa In line with the recommendations of the agricultural conference. Senator McNary, renubllcan. Oregon, expressed the opinion the bill would be a step forward. u you want to kid the farmers aome more," Mr. Ca.vy concluded. "give them this bill, some mush, a sugar-coated attempt to kid them along." Senator Johnson, farmer, labor, Minnesota, also described the Dickinson measure, as 'advice" and declared, "we farmers axa tired of having mush shoved down our throats," Replying to Senator KendrlcV. democrat, Wyoming, Mr. Carey said he preferred no legislation this session rather than the Dick inson bill, which he said, would prevent enactment of conserva tive legislation later. Defending his measure, Repre sentative Dickinson, republican, Iowa, said It would build from the bottom up 'by giving good advice all along the line." The effect of the Capper-Haugen bill would be compulsory regula tion which would "set co-operative marketing back twenty five years." "Does the government want to assume full responsibility for the farmers?" he asked, or stand by and give advice, so the farmers may best help themselves?" "Who Is back of this bill?" Sen ator McNary asked. "National milk producers gener ally are In support of It," Dickin son said. Opposition to both the Dickinson and Capperllaugen measurea waa voiced by Walter Peteet, secretary of the national council of co-operative marketing associations, who declared the co-operative organiza tions were opposed "to any kind of board here to supervise our af fairs." He Insisted there was no emergen :y In the present situation of the farmers. Charb-s Barrett, a member of the president's agricultural con ference declared the Dickinson bill Is calculated to stir np the biggest row ever between the department of agriculture and the co-operative board If there la one." John D. Miller, prestjent of the National Co-operative Milk Pro duri'rs' Association, supported the Dickinson bill, declaring "we don't want to surrender one lota of our power to control our organiza tions." J. N. Kehoe, vice-president of !he Burley Tobacco Growers Asso ciation opposed both bills. C. N. Holman, aecretary of the Milk Producers' Association de nied that the bureau of agricul tural economics, had anything to do with the Dickinson bill and said (Continued oa page six)