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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)