TODAY'S CIRCULATION OVKR
4,200
AND STILL CROWING
Th. WEATHER
Highest Yesterday. 61
Loweit Latt Night . ,. 32
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
Consolidation The Evening News and The Roseburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Best htterest of the People
ROSEBURG, .OREGON, MONDAY. MARCH 23. 1925.
vol. xxvi'. no. ir
SEBURQ REVIEW
VOL. XII
NO. 7 OF THE EVENING NEWS
TOTAL IN bLT
PROPERTY-LDSb ,riGREASES
AFTER RECHEGK OF STORM
Additions Make Death Total 826 at Noon People of
Storm-Swept District Turn Bravely to
Rebuilding of Towns and Relief
of Sufferers.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Mar. 23. Din of saw and hammer furnished
the dominant note in the tornado stricken district of the middle
west today as rehabilitation work became thoroughly organized.
At the same time re-survey of the litter of ruined towns, death
of injured and re-checks of casualty total increased the death
list by more than a score and added millions to early estimate
of the total damage.
Addition to the death total, all from Illinois placed it at
826 at noon.
Most of the new names resulted from death of injured, al
though a dozen were added to the list from Bush, Illinois,
through a revised report from the town's one physician, who
fixed the Bush list at twenty. The death of six of Murphy
boro's injured and four of West Frankfort's were reported and
the McLeansboro total of forty was reduced to 33 by a re
check. The early estimates of $3,000,000 damage at Murphys
boro, center of devastation, were doubled after a re-survey of
the ruins. '
Life workers in the southern Indiana storm field went
grimly ahead with their duties, getting about in skiffs in some
placet because of flood waters from the Wabash and Black
rivers.
Insurance companies estimated
the property damage In southern
Indiana at $3,000,000 and the pol
icies held by the victims at $1,000,
000. Red Cross workers discovered
hundreds of persone Injurtd by the
tornado who had never reported
the fact. 8ome of these were found
to be In a serious condition. Too
dazed, or too busy to pay attention
to their own ills at first, they ap
plied for treatment after the early
excitement was dispelled.
City after city around the strick
en district announced formation of
definite relief organization and
the fixing of money on the quotae
. to be raised. Detachmente of hun
dreds of volunteers taking their
own shovels and hammers marched
into the ruined towns prepared to
clean up and turn a hand at build
ing. Cardinal Mundeleln arriving
home here from a pilgrimage to
Rome set in motion a plan for aid
from the Catholic churchee.
Doctors announced that the
epread of Tetanus virtually had
ceased and attention was turned
especially to blocking possible out
breaks of typhoid.
CHICAGO. Mar. 23. Saddened
by the final tragedy of Its greatest
tornado disaster, the burial of Its
dead, southern Illinois and In
diana today turned undaunted to
the mammoth task of rehabilitat
ing, through which It Is planned
every survivor of Wednesday's
catastrophe will be returned to the
same conditions that existed be
fore the territory was Iain In
ruins.
All Injured have received medi
cal attention and all homeless
have been provided with tempor
ary shelter, It wan announced, as
plnns got under way for a virtual
rebuilding cf the stricken areas. A
colossal task faced the agencies en
gaged In reconstruction work as
arrangements were made for com
plete surveys of the storm terri
tory. It was anticipated that farm
ers would be required to clear
hundreds of acres of ruins, restore
thousand of shattered homes, re
build factories and establish new
systems of sanitation.
Aid Destitute Families.
Providing destitute families with
means of making a living was an
Immediate need of receiving atten
tion. Committees from several south
ern Illinois counties will meet this
week to select a Joint body which
will direct all special relief work
after surveys have been made of
the needs of the disaster.
Henry M. Paker, head of the dis
aster relief committee of the Red
Cross, announced that his organiz
ation hopes to rehabilitate every
community effected by the atorm.
He also stated that an emergency
unit of the Red Cross had been f
tahll"hed In every strlrken town
and that temporary relief to the
Injured ad homeless hsd been ful
ly taken care of.
With funds for the storm suffer
ers being raised In all parts of the
country through appeals In
churches, newspapers, by radio
and many other agencies, the na
tional heaadquarters of the Red
Cross In Washington announced
appropriation of $30,000 to au-
ment similar funds being raised by
local chapters.
Red Cross on Hand.
James L. Fleser. vice-chairman
In charge of domestic operations,
who returned to Washington from
St. Louis, reported that Immediate
demands and emergency require
ments had been met, but that
permanent relief presented an
enormous problem. Mr. Fleser
called the tornado which caused
more than 800 deaths In B states,
"the most serious In the history of
Red Cross disaster relief opera
tions."
Hand In hand with reconstruc
tion will go sanitary rehabilita
tion and mores to protect the
health of the sufferers and to
guard against epidemics. Particu
lar attention was paid to the water
supply. Chlorine was supplied to
many towns and well water was
Inspected and unsafe wells con
demned. A. F. Dappert, assistant Illi
nois sanitary engineer arrived at
Murphysboro with his staff to take
charge of sanitary work. He said
that the water supply was not up
to standard, but that the depart
ment had the situation under con
trol there as well as In other
towns. Medical units constantly
were Inspecting; all parts of the
territory to prevent any outbreak
of disease.
Epidemic Danger Remote
Danger of an epidemic In In
diana was said to be remote with
the arrival of additional medlcaal
supplies. Including anti-tetanus
serum and the advent of Btate san
itary officers. All water in the
Indiana area also was being chlor
inated. Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, Chica
go health commissioner has ar
rived at Carbondale, the south
ern Illinois relief center to aid In
the fight against disease. Dr.
Dundesen said that the greatest
(Continued on pago six)
THOUGHT WIFE INTRUDER
SHOOTS HER IN SLEEP
(AwnrUt-d Pn. Iaw4 Win.)
PITTSBURGH. Kan.. Mar. 23.
Ten children were made mother
less early today when Antone.
Belello of Capaldo, near here, shot
and killed his wife as she walked
j In her sleep. He thought she was
an Intruder.
FROST DAMAGE SMALL
MMoriiM hN lm4 Wirt.)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 23
The heavy frost here last night
pwbably did no considerable dam
age In the opinion of E. Wells,
wVather forecaster. Wells said he
had received no report regarding
fruit trees.. Some plums and a few
peaches may have been nipped, he
said, but few cherries are far
enough along to frost.
DEFER RICKARD SENTENCE
MovwtetM Pre t4 Wire.)
TRENTON, N. J., Mar. 23. At
(the request of defense counsel.
Federal Judge Dodlne todsy defer
red for one week iinpotltlon of
sentence on Tex Ttlckard aid oth
lers eoavlcted last week of Jeop
lardy in interstate transportation of
'films In the Dempsey-Carpentler
filht. ,
TABULATED LIST
OF INJURED AND
DEAD IN STORM
(Awaristtd ma Uurd Win.)
CHICAGO, Mar. 23. Today's
casualty table revised to Include
changes from several Illinois cities
struck by last Wednesday's torna
do and storm, at noon was as fol
lows: ILLINOIS
Dead
Murphysboro
West Frankfort ...
Oe Soto
Corham
Parrlah
McLeansboro
Carml
Hurst
Enfield
Bush
Total
Grand Total
174
826
Total Injured
Total Casuaitiea
2930
3756
DENY TOLL RIGHT
TO SERVICE MEN
(AatocUted Tnm Letreft Wire.)
PORTLAND. Ore., Mar. 23.
Permission for the central Ore
gon Automobile Service company
to collect tolls at three locations
on The Dalles-California highway
between Bend and Klamath Falls
will not be granted by the county
court, according to L. Antles,
secretary of the Bend Commercial
Club and Clyde McKay of Bend,
representing the state motor asso
ciation, who were In Portland to
day after attending a hearing Sat
urday In Klamath Falls, where the
court heard protests to the appli
cation of the stage company to es
tablish toll gates. Antles and Mc
Kay were among the protestants,
being delegates from the Bend
Commercial Club.
PATIENTS DEPORTED
(AaorMnl Prws Leaied Win.)
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 23
Eighteen patients from the state
hospital for the Insane left here to
day for deportation to eastern
statea and foreign countries.
AIRPLANE VIEW
X rrankfnrt III nftr
iThe picture w taken from an
Grayville 4
Croesville , 1
Total 652
INDIANA
Indiana .. 109
Tennessee 33
Kentucky . 18
Missouri , 14
r'vl"!ws
I
TO TAKE EFFECT
ON APRIL 15TH
- i
Rates to Be Advanced on
Practically AH Classes ,
of Mail
POST CARDS 2 CENTS
Mailing Cards to Take Ad
vanced Rates Changes
Made Also in Money
Order Rates.
New postal rates will be put
In force on April 15, to provide
revenue for meeting the Increase
In pay granted postal employees.
All employees of the postal ser-;
vice were granted wage increase,
those regularly salaried at 31,800
being advanced to 32,100, ap
proximately the same rate of In
crease being given in all lines.
In order to meet this addition
al cost, the government has pro
vided for a change In postal rates,
effective on April 15, and copies
of the new schedule are being
earnestly studied by members of
the force at the local post office
in order that they may familiar
ize themselves with the new pro
visions. One of the most radical chan
ges, and the one which will affect
the greatest number of people, is
the provision requiring two cents
postage on private mailing cards.
The government's one-cent card,
however, will still go at the same
rate, and becouse of thiR fact the
post office department is printing
up a huge quantity of these cards
as many of the large busmen'
firms, particularly in the east, are
buying these cards In great lots,
rather than pay the additional
postage on their own private
cards. The local post office in
anticipation of the rush, has Is
sued a requisition for 30,000
(Continued on page 1 )
eras
OF DEVASTATION IN TORNADO WAKE SHOWS
tk "RUrlr Mnn.u," kt r.ae
airplane and transmitted by telegraph.
QUAKE DESTROYS TOWN
V AK-btl PreM Lnred WltO
PEKING. Mar. 23. Consu-
lar reports received here to- I
' day confirm earlier reports
,e received from Shanghai tell-
ing of the destruction of Tall- I
fu In an earthquake. The town I
Is located in Western Un-
nan province. No estimate
was made of the damage, but
no foreigners lost their lives
' In the disturbance which took
i place on March 16.
KLAMATH LAD IS
KILLED BY GUN
(Aj)cUtd Trtm Lresed Wire.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Mar.
!3. Willie Bowen, aged 14. was
shot and almost Instantly killed In
the hills near Keno yesterdaay
when a shotgun he had been using
to hunt rabbits, accidentally dis
charged. The full force of the shot
struck the lad In the throat, sev
ering the jugular vein.
The boy had been rabbit hunting
with Alfred Lindquist, a neighbor
hoy, and had crawled beneath an
old homesteader's cabin to rest.
'The gun had been leaning up
'against a rock. It slid Yiff the
I rock and went off, striking the
boy at a distance of a few feet.
The dead youth was the main
support of a widowed mother. He
Is survived by six brothers and
sisters.
MILL WORKER IS
CRUSHED BY LOGS
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Mar.
23. Alvin A. Llndoman, aged 30.
transient mill worker employed at
, Lamm's mill. Modoc Point, was
crushed to death between two lops
at 2 p. m. yesterday while mov
ilnc logs In Klamath Lake along
side the mill. A co-worker. James
Driscoll escaped when the logs be
' Ran to roll. Lindeman wan unmar-
ried and is survived by parents
at Sleepy Eye. Minn. He has
been working In Klamath mills for
the past 4wo years.
SALEM ATTORNEY DIES
- AiKMlat4 hw IwH Wire.) -
SALEM, Ore.. Mar. 23. A. O.
Condlt. an attorney of Salem, died
at a Portland hospital Sunday
morning. He was a member of the
law firm of Condlt and Olover.
The funeral will be held from the
First Presbyterian church tomor
row at 2 o'clock.
TKia is nne nf the cities where the denth trill was heaviest.
FINAL SUMULW
DEISM
CASE IS GIVEN
Attorney for Woman Who
Is Suing to Collect Loans
Concludes Case.
BLACKMAIL IS DENIED
Says Charge Was Built Up
to Frighten Woman Out
of Court Countess
Objects.
(AawUM'rrM UsJfJ Wire.)
LONDON. March 23. Mrs. Do
rothy Muriel Dennlstoun had her
last Innings with the jury today,
when Sir Kills Hume-Williams
summed up her demand that her
former husband, Colonel lan Ons
low Dennlstoun, repay sums she
alleges she louned him before
their divorce and make some pro
vision for her maintenance in the
future.
Sir Ellis' argument, of which
the keynote was his plea to "di
vorce these remarks from the
emotional atmosphere which has
surrounded this case," was in
sharp contrast with the summing
up for the defense last Friday by
Norman Illrkett, when he charac
terized Mrs. Dennlstoun as "heart
less" and a "traltoress". The ac
tion, Sir Ellis said, was a simple
one, based on the specific sums
the wife had advanced Colonel
Dennlstoun or paid out on his be
half, and on an agrreement for
malntennnre which he contended
the defendant had made orally at
the time of the Paris divorce In
1921. . .. -
Counsel contrasted Colonel Den
nistoun's present circumstances
with those of his former wife,
who, the attorney said, had made
many sacrifices to provide him
with funds, when he was down
(Continued on page 2)
HAVOC WROUGHT
'' A- t'pyrlh'-
SHEPHERD ATTEMPTS
DISCREDIT FAIMAN
'
4 (A-wliM Pna Uurd Win.)
CHICAGO, Mar. 23. Wll-
Ham D. Shepherd's fight to
be released on ball continued
today as hla attorney's sought
to discredit C. C. Faiman,
whose confession to the
states attorney resulted in
the Indictment of Shepherd
and Faiman on a charge of
murder In connection with
the death of William N. Mo-
Cllntock. Shepherd's foster
son.
Faiman who la head of the
national University of
sciences, the schpol where
Faiman has said Shepherd
went to him for Instructions
In Inoculation by typhoid
germs the ntethod by which
It Is- charged he and Faiman
killed the orphan millionaire
and promised Faiman 1100.- e
Oftfl when Shepherd should
obtain the McCllntock estate,
continued his testimony at the
bail bearing.
MERCURY AT 22
IN MID-COLUMBIA
(AssocUttd Preta Uued Win.)
HOOD WVF.R. Ore., Mar. 23.
The coldest temperature since Jan
uary prevailed last night over the
mid-Columbia. A minimum tem
perature at higher altitudes drop
ped to 22 degrees.
There was a heavy frost and the
ground was slightly froien in the
lower VBlley. No fruit except apri
cots, which are not grown com
mercially here, was In bloom and
no damage will result. Strawber
ries had not begun to bloom.
ONE-ARMED ARTIST I
WILL PLAY CONCERT
(A-ocllted ma Uuad Wire.)
VIENNA, Mar. 23. Richard
Strauss has composed a concert
for a piano and an orchestra espe
cially for a one-armed Viennese
pianist. Paul WlttgenBtcln. It is
entitled Parergon to the Sym
Phonln Domestlca, the latter sym
phony being one of the Strauss'
bests received musical offerings.
Wittgenstein will give the con
cert lis premiere next winter at
j Dresden with Frill Busch. general
musical airerior 01 toe uresueu
opera, conducting.
SENATOR TOSTUDY
SHIPPING PROBLEMS
(AmWatmt Pre !.) Wire.)
WASHINGTON. March 23.
Senator Jones, republican. Wash
ington, will sail Saturday for
South America to spend a month
In Ilrasll, Argentina, Paraguay,
Uruguay and possibly Chile, study
ing shipping conditions. He will
be accompanied by his wife. On
his return here late In May Sena
tor Jones, who Is chairman of the
senate commerce committee will
begin drafting a shipping hill de
signed to separate the functions
of the shipping board and the
fleet corporation.
He discussed shipping problems
today with President Coolldgc.
iu'skiix to ii:i i:m)
hom ing titi.k ix ji nk
f AMrwbtM Pre IaH Wire.)
SEATTLE. Wash., March 23.
The I'nlverslty of Washington In
tercollegiate rowing champions
twice In succession, will defend
Its title on the Hudson River June
17th, regardless of the result of
the annual race with the Uni
versity of California. April 11 in
Oakland estuary, It is announced
here today.
POLICEMAN 8USPENDED
Awiclt1 PreM I.mwn1 Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Mnr. 23.
Chief of Pollre L. V. Jenkins to-
lay suspended Patrolman ltlanch-
nnl for thirty dnys, pending an In
vestigation of Hlam-hard's act Sat
urday night In entering the home
of David Ji'oulkes on false Infor
mation from a pollre operative,
who made a mistake In picking
Foulkes' home for one In which
he had Informed the officer liq
uor would h found. Chief Jenkins
said the officer had made a mls-
Uake In entering the house, but
that Illam-hard s act In striking
Koulkes' son could not be over
looked, and for this set the sus
pension order was IssutT
United States Fleet Prepares
for "Battle" Against Enemy;
Climax of Program Wednesday
AMtrUtH Frew feared Wire.) I
NAVAL IIASK. San Pedro. Cal.,
March 23. Iiawn today saw the i
combined United Stales fleet pre
paring to put to Bf-a for two days
of practice runs preliminary to '
Ihe climax of Hie year s gunnery j
program forre practhie erhed- 1
illed to be held next Wednesday
about seventy miles from this '
port. .
Fone practice Involves a test i
of the effectiveness of Ihe full
gunnery powers of the main bat-1
He line of the navy and comes
closer to tie actual reality of a
great iisval bailie than any peace
time practice undertaken by the
fleet.
HEEDSPDHT
BOY
SHOOTS SELF IN
T SUNDAY
21-Year-Old Mill Worker
Ends Life in Home Oc
cupied by Brother. " "
MOTIVE NOT KNOWN
Friends Unable to Ascribe
Reason for Suicide of
John Thomas Was
in Good Health.
John C. Thomas, 21-year old mill
worker at Reedsport, killed himself
yesterday afternoon at the home of
his brother, the motive for the act
being undetermined. Tbomaa shot
himself through the heart with a
.22 calibre rifle which he obtained
at the home of s neighbor.
The young man was employed as
a mill worker at the Johnaon mills.
and apparently waa In the best of
health. He was a strong, healthy
young fellow, and was In good
spirits up to the time of taking his
own life, according to all Informa
tion gained by Coroner Ritter.
From all that could be learned It
waa found that the young man
went to the home of a neighbor
shortly after 1 o'clock and while no
one was watching took down an
old, rusty .22 calibre rifle which
had been hanging on the wall un
touched for over a year.
He then went to the house
where His brother had been living
alone, apparently streched himself
out upon the bed, pUced the mux
xle of the gun over his heart and
pulled the trigger. He used a .22
j short cartridge, a number of the
shells being found In his coat pock
et upon examination of the body.
His brother, returning about 1:30
p. nt. found the body still warm, so
that It is believed that the act was
commltteed about 1:15 In the af
ternoon. No notes were left and nothing
could be learned that would show
the motive for the suicide. Coroner
Ritter was called before 2 o'clock
and went to Reedsport at once,
reaching there about 9 p. m. He
made a thorough examination and
Investigation, but no one waa able
to ascribe a reason for the young
man's taking of his own life.
' The bullet cut off the large art
ery, so that In spite of the small
calibre of the rifle death was al-
! most Instantaneous.
I The young man leaves his par
ents, who reside at Canary, Ore
gon: three brothers and four sis
terB.The body was taken to Oardl
ner and will be moved to the famh
ly home at Canary for Interment.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST JAILED.
(AaorUtxl Pre LauM! Tire.) '
WINNIPEG, Mar. 23. William
Elder, a Christian Science practi
tioner of this city convicted . ot
manslaughter March 14, waa today
sentenced to four months in pris
on for the death of i)oreen Wat
son, 12 years old. The girl died
of diphtheria on November 22.
-n. .
H UinI,I HF.MIS KINGS
OVKIl THK RADIO.
Radio fans In Roseburg will be
Interested to hear that Harold Re
mls, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Ilemls of Itoseburg. sang recently
from station KGO at Oakland,
California. Ills accompanist was
Mr', lllanrhe Hllllgus Rice. He
writes relatives here that he ex
pects to sing again from the same
station In the near future.
ISSUES PROCLAMATION
WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. Pres
ident Coolldge issued a proclama
tion today Inviting the 48 states
of the union and all foreign govern
ments to participate in the inter
national exposition to be held in
Philadelphia June 1 to November
30. 1928.
The signal "commence firing"
sent out by the flagship after the
"enemy" string of sea and air tar
gets has been located by scouting
planes and the dreadnaughts have
defended themselves against a
torpedo attack by destroyer squa
drons will unlensh a catnclysmie
hall of sieel projectiles fired sim
ultaneously from aome twenty
four 1it-!nch guns, seventy-two
12-Inch guns, twenty 10-Inch gum
and other smaller sea weapons.
Tons upon tons of metal will be
hurled more than ten miles at the
targets within the spare nf a few
minutes. The fleet's swift steel
knockout punch will be demon
strated on a canvas adversary.