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Newspaper Page TextROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, TUESDAY, MARCH 31. 1925. DOLLAR DHIlfE Rum Runners of m Coast ' I STARTS HPHIL7 Revenue Officers Wage War With Liquor Traffickers Off Atlantic Seaboard SIX FARM HOME Dire Necessity Exists at W. C T. U. Home For Additional Cottages. MANY TURNED AWAY Xommittee Forced to Re fuse Admission Although lnvtTIII UJUUIC11 Will Become Delinquents. The Dollar Drive for the benefit " of the Children's Farm Home, at Corvallls, conducted by the W. C. T. U.. has been set for the date of Tuesday, April 7, and the coopera tion of every organization and club In Roseburg to make this drive a success is being asked by the local union, and those Interested In the work of this greatly n'eded Institu tion. Committees are to be ap- . TMlillted to solicit parh hflma In lha city, to canvass the business dis trict and to present to each Individ " nal the importance of properly ex pending and improving the home facilities so that more children can be taken in and kept from becom ing delinquents. the Children's Farm Home is im perative. Children are being turn ed away, as the home is already crowueu neyonn us umiiea capac ity and there Is no place to care for those for whom admission is Voted an appropriation to aid In are not yet available, and will not be procurable for some time. The Dollar Drive Is heln hold for the purpose of securing funds sufficient to start construction nt once on a new cottage so that some of the ap plications for admission which now .'(mint Ha r.l,wt,1 niav tin uivinnliul and the needy children riven a suit able home. The Children s Farm Home Is an enterprise mothered by the Oregon -.W. C. T. U. to Drovlde In a stoud of cottages on a farm near Cor vallls, a real home, love and care, ,; to the homeless, dependent children , of Oregon. The home is Prolos- mil, iu iib amiiiiiiBii m um, urn win - .1 v I - w - . V VE mOes off Long Island; midnight, gray fog on the Dosom ox a sea almost aa piaeia as a lake. Utter silence around the vaguely-defined power-boat in which three men were but indistinct shadows aa they crouched forward, eyes trying in vain to pierce the surrounding opacity, ears (training for the first alien aoand. Oat of tha Bight cam aoma tMng Attfarant thaa th Up of mlsr acaiaa. tit teutt a "putt poU. ibyOtmlo aid swelling the aaaatatakabl sola of aa approach tar motor. Ob of tin trl in th noway boat Bttrmd aad whispered. "OS U starboard, I make it J (faSnfc wa can head thus. Saddam acttrtty then; a motor apen; tb rear of an sxmnic: a watt foam kicking suddenly forth twoaath the bow, aad the power boat was racing toward the tall gala aound. Than was bo further (or silence, ths staccato of their ewm motor would at one to th araarry beyond ham In tha loggy Bight, A few mtnate of tease pursuit, with the sjnlsi ot tha mo tar ahead growing sbotw distinct, though at times al most lost tn tha closer crackling of itha poewr boat s rapid exhaust. Quarry Overtaken At ant something faint, scarce ly aa . outHns; thaa a darker ! blotch la tha foggy night took aaaps ahead 41m other motor oat, Oeetas with all tha speed that coald be coaxed from its motor. Cat the aarsaar was taster, was awerhaullBg with ce natality. "Let 'em hay it," cam the tars command and a daszUng gleam of light shot athwart tha gnarry, disclosing every detail with the brightness ot day. It hewed a light motor launch, lew aad rakiah, haiH tor (peed, with a crew ot twe, aad in tha hand of each at these twe, as they faced the ea-eenUac power-boat, gleamed Bistil They ware armed. Gun Playl The tight beam cam from the , hew of the pursuer, where ona ot the three mea stood with aa aleo rlo flashlight la his hand, his arm extended far to his sida a wis precaution for he knew that the desperate pair ahead would shoot direct for the bull's-eye. There waa not fifty teat ot open water Between tha boats when the Quarry opened fire. It was the fellow In the atom, his arm rising and fall ing aa he pumped hi automatic The shots rang louder than the ex hausts, but the bullets went wild. He waa either a poor marksman or the blinding tight Is his aye In terfered with his aim. No response came from the power-boat, but the steady light never ter a moment tailed to cover the fleeing craft. And all the time the distance laaseaed until net tea feet ot water separated tha two boat. Thaa resistance ceased. Gun dropped from the hand of the pair and, aa the power-boat slid alongside, two disconsolate flgnrea slumped Into their seats, kaowlng the game was up. see A scene (ram a "merle" Not at all. Just an Incident of night along Rum Row; another bootleg ging craft fallen afoul of the Rev enue. There were fifty case of Scotch tn the captured boat. The cargo, a ataunch motor launch confiscated and two indictments tor violation of the Eighteenth Amendment, made not a bad night's haul for the Prohibition Enforcement officer. Smuggling in it rosiest English days and gun-running into Cuba before the Spanish-American War fade Into mediocrity when com pared with this twentieth century battle between the United States Revenue service and the rum runners. Nights of desperate deed eS shore find their way but seldom into the press. Regula tions ferbld the Revenue man de tailing hi experlencea, and seldom I the rule violated. Only oo cas tonally la the ban lifted and then. Ilk war censorship, there Is deletion of name and places. Such 1 the Incident described above, an accurate account but with Identities, perforce, withheld. And just such incidents com- prise the nightly life tor It Is night time only when the rum runner pUe hi trade along the Atlantic Coast. Speed launches range the coast wi thin the twelve mile limit, for "international law prevent the molestation of the suspicious craft which lay to be yond the danger mark. Revenue activities are within the law the penalty which government must pay in enforcing the iawa it makes. The prohibition enforcement offi cers, in their speed-bosts may pjke Into aheltered coves, intercept any landward bound cargoes, take any action deemed necessary, just so long as they do not trespass be yond the twelve mil limit. During the day It is peaceful along the coast, but aa night falls Rum Raw takes on feverish ac tivity. Craft ot an description, from lumbering tramp steamers to rakish yachts, rouse out of day time drowsiness. Case after case of wet goods come up from the hold to be piled along the rail, there to await the speed boats of the Inshore smugglers. If It is a aark night and a comparatively calm one the chance of active trade are good. Desperate Stakes The old lure of gold 111 gotten gold, but gold, nevertheless will assure brisk activity. The nun runner Is a desperate gentleman and tha pay is high. Tha Revenue men. on the watch, know that; know well that they must be ready to fight for their lives at any time. The rum-runner may surrender his cargo of liquor without a battle, but he hi far mora likely to Indulge in a desperate gun-fight rather than see his boat and hi profit fall Into the hands of the govern ment. Smuggling by Air Nor is the smuggling confined to sea craft. Not king ago a sea plan was caught In the trade. The machine had allpped out to Rum Row under cover ot darkness and had taken aboard twenty-five cases of whiskey. Then, still pro tected by the night, R hummed its way shoreward and came to rest in a secluded spot near Blue Point, Long Island. But a Revenue launch had caught the hnm ot the motor tn the air and had followed on behind. Locating the landing spot, tha word went forth to tha coastal watchers. Just as the whis key waa being transferred from the eeaplan to a waiting truck, the government men arrived. They surrounded the quarry in si lence and then, at a given word, a glaring ring of flashlights pierced the night. The smugglers, bUnded and startled, offered no resistance, and whiskey, seaplane, truck, pilot and several huskies were corralled by the law. Another big raid was pulled off on the Long Island coast not long ago when a Revenue squsd on shore surprised a gang of rum runners at work loading contra band liquor into two trucks. Circling through the darkness, the officer tn charge of the squad, placed his men at strategic points, and. at a given signal, the beams of a half-dozen flashlights wore thrown upon the perspiring work era In the glare ot the light, the smugglers were taken completely by surprise and aurrendered with out a shot being fired. In the space or the few seconds, the Rev enue squad had aix men In cus tody and had seised 6.000 cases ot Uquor. Bribery Stopped Night after night, as tha prohi bition force combs the coast line, the rum-runners are beginning to realise that the business is grow ing riskier. The old days, when whiskey-smuggling was merely a matter of getting the cargo off the coast, loading It Into any sort of a tub and taking it ashore, are gone. Members of the prohibition en forcement squad who made smsll fortunes by accepting bribes from the bootleggers are rapidly being weeded nut, and under Director R. Q. Merrick, Federal Director of Prohibition of New York, and other divisional directors, the per sonnel of the prohibition force ts toeing the mark with a discipline reminiscent ot war time days. "It Is a real war on a small scale tn which uur force a engaged." ays Director Merrick. Rum Bow has become a strong-hold of the enemy, but we are striving to be a determined 'defending army "f dry officers. It ts no uousual thing for our men to take four or five truck-loads of contraband Uquor IP a single night. Sixty-five to tev. enty trucks seised a month is no unusual thing. Flashlignt Him First "The prohibition enforcement of ficer's life is a hazardous one. He la dealing with desperate men; criminals who will not hesitate to use their weapons to escape. They know they face confiscation ot their cargo and their property whether a power launch or a truck and Imprisonment. Naturally they will fight. "Fortunately we are seldom called upon to use our own guns. We blind the rum-runner first and generally can bind him afterwards before he has had a chance to open up on us. There Is a certain amount of psychology in that. Every Revenue man carries a flashlight as well as an automatic He uses the flashlight first. A beam ot light, coming out ot the darkness and enveloping a fellow who is trying to escape from the law is disconcertlrg. It momen tarily blinds him and It places him at the disadvantage ot not knowing how numerous are bis assailants or how soon a pistol shot will tot low the light beam. He is an ex cellent target and he realizes it and generally givea up. 'Flash light bim first,' is the motto wfjich we follow." MOTHER-SLAYER WILL BE TRIED FOR HER SANITY (Continued frt'-i page 1.) "WILLARD HALL," ths Admlnls- .... trstion Building at the Chit ' drsn'a Farm Home. gladly care for children of every faun ana no luiin and la absolute ly non-sectarian in its character. The farm will provide room for from sixteen to twenty cottagee win. a i-aimuiijr ui iwt-iuy cniiuren and their caretaker for each cot tage. Three cottages are now com pleted and because of the great need are housing 81 children. Ten . collages at this time could be filled to capacity with pathetically needy cases. It is the aim of the farm home to 'Send out each child equipped lo be a good, intelligent citizen and self- supporting. To this end they strive to give them yie best all around education they can command and to teach them the dignity of labor by actual experience and aneclfie training. The constantly Increasing calls from every court in the state hav ing juvenile dependency Jurlsdic- uon not only proves that the home ia commending Itself aa a valuable asset, but also that such an enter prise is greatly needed. Not a tenth of these demands can be met by the farm home for lark of rapa city. More than two hundred have been refused admission the past year in spile of the fart that the child selection committee In so re fusing Is painfully aware that many in lurnn 011 r.-iii-u win Become lie- Unquents for lack of proper care. All funds collected from the phil anthropic people of Ihe slate In the Dollar Drive, Kill be used for build ing and Improvement. The money I win oe used rnr extending and Im proving the home. Increasing rapa city and efficiency. The nmlnlen- am-.- rjipi-iisi's are niei ny me al location from the I'nrlland com niuiuiy cnpni, me lunii rrom me late ot 116 per month for each rhlld, the produce raised upon the farm and the sfieclflc gifts which are received from fi lemls of Ihe en terprise. Linn county gave 2.1 1 .acres of ground and one of the cot tages at Ihe home. The Dollar Drive w ill iloubllcim j enable Ihe management of the, home to afford entrance to at leat a portion of Die great number of -ehlldron for whom the protection of the institution is so greslly need-; cmi. itosewiirg anil imugiaa county i people In Ihe past have resMmtletl whole-heartedly to Ihe rail of iae W. C. T. U. for support for this home, and with the dire necessity whlrh now exists In mind there Is no doubt but that the Dollar Drive will be a moat successful campaign lu this vicinity. tention that Mis Elllngsnn is In sane. "Her fnlntlng spoils," he said are not surprising In one In her situation. Nhe stands accuned of murder, and reacts under the strain by going into a panic, very much aa a child when subjected to a severe scolding or threat ot punish ment after a serious offense. A youngster caught playing with matches after repeated warnings. for Instance, reacts when caught much as does this girl." ARE RAISING. FUNDS (AaneUfnt Vrrm IhwI Wlir.) SPOKANK, Mar. 81 . "flood progress." has been made In rais ing funds for construction of exten sions of the Oregon, California & Eastern Railway In Central Ore gon, a permit for which has been asked of tho Interstate commerce commission, Itnhert E. Slrahnrn, president of the road, declared In a newspaper interview here. LARGE ATTENDANCE PLANNED AT CONTENT Patrons of the Rose, Pennon and Fullerton schools and others Inter ested In the advancement of educa tion are urged tn attend the Kl- wanis championship spelling con Ing at the 48 cent level with buying price of hutterfat at the same level for Portland delivery. In the coun try bids for cream range all the way from 48 to 43 cents. PORTLAND, Ore., Mnr. 31. Cat tle, none sold early: receipts 140. Hogs and sheep nominally steady; no receipts. GERALD CHAPMAN, i ' men "ni camera men on tha yacht NnTnPiniIrPftnk' met Wood on the Chetac which 1NU 1 UKIUUS LKUU, sailed from Cadiz, Spain, 19 days PLACED ON TRIAL!8- nen reached quarantine. Leave For Forest Grovs I Mr. and Mrs. James Foster, Jr., I left this morning for Forest Grove to spend a few days. During the ab sence of Mrs. Foster, who Is em-j ployed as stenographer at the Chamber of Commerce office, her place will be taken by Miss Max ine Oreglow. PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 31. Eggs weak to cent lower. Current receipts 2Bc: pullets 23Ji2lc; firsts 24 J St 25c: henneries 26 27c delivered Portland. Putter ntea.lv Kvlrs enhes ollw I examination 4c; standards 46c; prime firsts I nBrTouf ,nl answering questions 45c; firsts 44c: undergrades noml-158"a"n,(l1v 8aid- ne, haa . fAMoebtcd Fnm Lceied Wire.) HARTFORD, Conn.. March 31. Walter E. Shean. son of a weal thy Springfield, Mass., family, the states principal witness aguinst Gerald Chapman, charged with the murder of Patrolman J nines Skelly during the looting ot a New llntnlii store last October. took the stand today for cross- Shean obviously I DR. OWENS-ADAIR I VISITING AT HOME OF , i MRS. NANCY PARTY' nal: prints 4Kc; cartons 49c. Butterfnt steady. Pest churning cream 46I&47 net shippers track In sone one, 4Kc delivered Portland. Poultry firm: scarce. Heavy hens 2Sc per pound; light 23c; springs nominal; hlg roosters ltic; ducks. White Pekln 25c; live tur keys 2.1c; dressed turkeys 33$ 36c; geese 16c. Onions steady, 3(r73 25. Potatoes steady. I1.6nffi 1 fiO. Nuts steady. Walnuts No. 1 28 Ifi33c: filberts nominal; almonds 20ifi26c; Brazil nuts 121ft 15c; Oregon chestnuts nominal, Chapman, known to him as Waldo W. Miller, by the latters telepho nic appointment. "Chapman told me he was a friend of George llrowns." said Shean. At the point Frederick J. Groehl, chief counsel for the de fense brought out that llron n was a known "peter man" or safe blower, who now Is in the federal prison in Atlanta. Shean said he met Ilrown four years ago and knew him for eight weeks, when Ire disappeared. He had not seen him1 since he said. Yet he admitted, he had accepted Hops steady. New clusters lflfff ! 1 ""Pmnn in friendship, although 17c: fitglges lr.fi lSc; old crop i " Knew Hrown was a crook, nominal. Shean admitted he had trouble t'asrara bark quiet. New peel t over a stolen bond case. Joseph 7(!TSc per pound; Oregon grape Marshall, a Springfield care book root 4r. - maker, he said, told him hat he had 100. QUO worth ot stolen CHICAGO. Mar. 31. Opening : bonds and asked Shean to help wheat prices which ranged from 1c: him dispose ot them. Shean said test tn he held at the high chool ' ,w"n" lo lr dvn,, MV It 4t he stalled" Marshall until he had auditorium on next Friday night. I 10 nd Julv 11.36 to 11 37 time to telephone the department The contestants are putting in w"e ,oUn ,.by.. n"V"r v "'lfI , Ju" u. ' aSh",gt0." ,0 ln' n,o.,. h,. f ... .!, chnnges within limits of about 3 1 form that bureau of the stolen event anil some regular spell bind-1 T"'"' nd then by a headlong j bond offer. A government oper ers are expected. The judges have'r,"n"e to 'ar yesterday s i atlve called on him, but Shean .I.K..I. iinii ut-Kit-i-ieu u xvi iiHrsnails After opening unchanged to c address and the bonds never were off. May ! 07 to f 1 0T. the corn j recovered nor was .Marshall ar market tumbled to f 1.02 for May. i rested. a break of fie and then reacted, Shean partly contradicted a fea ahout le. lure of his direct story yesterday. Oats started a 3-8c tower to 1 art- This occurred when Grohl aked vanre. May 40 3t to 4H, and later I Shean snrcuKtinilly If he had touched 3!)c. I "gone Into the New Britain l.ur- Prnvlslons showed losses of gry with Chapman on a burning nearly he In some rases. dvslro to help the government." 0 1 Shean answered: I "1 went Into the burglary to ,ge all Ihe money I could get out 1 of It." been selected a pronouncer and Fri day night will be a big night for the students and parents and those who believe that better spelling should be encouraged. The Klwanls Club plans to mske the "bee" an annual affair and will givo a gold watch to the champion speller each year. o PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. SI A lower trend In outside rgg maikets has prevented any efforts to get prices up on the locsl exehsnge. Trailing is brisk with receipts lib- NAMED BEAR RIBS (AOT-Utrd Pma lywnl Wlfv.) WASHINGTON. Mar. 31. The 1 name of Itesr Rlhs was bestowed I neon President Coolldge today bv j the Indiana of Kenel district of North Pskols. In recognition of the cltirenshlp rlKtils granted tn ersi nut values are generally a " " -" , n-,.-.,.i i,,itl.. 1V...11-., . . . ... . . ... L.m. k m ki.. A ii..ni..n.. esispcu itijurv near Dovllne rem nown. r.xtrss sre posteu on 'V.', In an auto ar.-l.leni nn'.h. w. nn wra k 1 1 it(i wntn np ' HAS NARROW ESCAPE MONKOK. Iji., Mnr. 31. J-nae .aMky, motion picture producer and other film men narrowly Orlfan. fire, but no one wait hurt. t'd mrbolineum on your fenr poitn and ttmbrra to prenervt the wood Sold by Wharton Uroa. ..... a i. .. nnolif I, trt-h thai In. (lain. 1ho imm Mil etHirt tO N c nis net. alihough 2:. cents Is the white men's way. after peace had i car turned over and ca.Kht heat prl.e offered the shipper byl'lrst been br,ieht about between local firms. i'he Indians and the white men. Hlornge has been active during I ".We know that ltiar Itlhs was Ihe pat week with a large part right," the letter from the Kenel of the heavy receipts finding their Indians said, "and because be was wav in their coolers. a tar sating, progressive man we Dr. Owens-Adair, one of the; country'a lealling authorities on the subject ot eugenics, and the t author of Oregon'a sterilization ' law, is visiting at the home of Mrs. ; Nancy Party, her chum since pio-. neer days. Born in 1840, Dr. ; Owens-Adair crossed the plains ; with her parents at the age of three ' years, in the train led by Hon. ' Jesse Applegate. her own father I being the captain of the huntera. The little three year old girl made much of the trip carried upon the i back of the pioneer leader, who j piloted one of the first trains of i covered wagons to the Oregon ' country. I Married at 14 years of age, she was a mother at 16 and a widow ; at 18, able neither to read nor : write. At that age she started school. Later she set up a mlllln- ery establishment In Roseburg. and , while engaged In this business took j up the study of medicine, recelv- j ing ner degree and opening up a practice in Portland. Her early efforts vere devoted to eugenics and she Is the author of the lending books of the coun try on this subject, and Is con sidered an authority. At the age of 86 years she is In Roseburg visiting with her llfe-long friends and attending to important busi ness affairs. Her home Is now on her 500-acre Grand View farm near Warrenton where she keeps In close touch with the big lssnes of the day. maintaining her fight for a higher plane of living and for control of the deg: aerating factors; o CLAIM HOSTILITY (AanrUtco Pma Uwwd Wire.) WASHINGTON. Mar. 31. The public works department of Wash ington wss accused of "manifest hostility" toward Portland. Ore., and Vancouver, Wash., tn briefs filed by those cities today before the Interstate commerce commis sion. The briefs were In opposi tion to an application of Columbia river grain growers for rates to Puget Sound equal to those main tained to Columbia river ports. LIMIT GUARD PAY (lanraM rraa lmd Wtrr.) WASHINGTON. Mar. 31 Act ing nnder direct Instructions from Ancltles rrM IMnl Wlr TAMPA. KIs.. Mar. Sl.-9'ormer ! While Ihe undertone of Ihe local now give you Ihe name Pear Ribs Lieutenant Osborne Wood, return- butler market ronilnurs firm, a bv which you will be known to our ed to America today to try "win I mixed feeling Is shown In rube tribe." hark the fortune" he saidjhe had values oh tho egrhang. Standards I The letter was signed bv An- lost "among the gambling resorts are a half rent er for Ihe dsy tolne Claymour. by hla fingerprint of Kurope." ; at 4 renls while prime firsts areimark. Jovlth psdeer and Plus Wood arrived here this after UP a half at 4f. rents. shoots First. Accompanying it noon aboard the Temorangle. prl-1 Other grades remain steady anrtjwss a pipe aud beaded tobacco ,vste jarht of 1). P. lavis. wealthy I unchanged. Print price ar hold- bag. 'sportsman. A party of newspaper j OSBORNE WOOD rkOME I President Coolldue the war depart- tment will advise national guard organisations In ajich of the ststes that federal pay will be limited during the present fiscal year, ending June 30 to 48 ,rmory drills In place of the usual 52. o Her Monday Mr. and Mrs. Vlrril Woodruff were visitors In Roseburg Monday afternoon anil transacted business. Tbey are resident of Melrose, , The Woman Who Entertains Well There 'a something indescribably fine about the woman who entertains well. From the cheery apearance of her home to the service she so deftly affords everything is so natural yet so chartningly different. Such splendid hostesses, once very rare and belong ing only to the idle classes, are now to be found every where. They grace homes in every walk of life mak ing them happier through the many friends they attract. Advertisements keep these women ahead of the commonplace. Advertisements tell of the newest and most delightful things. Advertisements announce new -customs and practices. They tell what the world ap proves as correct. The woman who entertains well must read the ad vertisements. Not only to keep pace with progress but to learn how to do so on a limited purse. For advertise ments are more than harbingers of style they are an nouncements of economies that may be practiced safely. READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS TO KNOW WHAT IS NEW. WHAT S CORRECT AND WHAT IS ECONOMICAL ' .