ROSEBURG 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 ' .