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Th. WEATHER Highest ttmp. yesterday S3 Lowest temp, last night 45 Unsettled, probably occasional rain. tonight and Sunsay, mod erate temperature. TODAY'S CIRCULATION OVER 4,2 0 0 AND STILL CROWING Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Best Interest of the People ROSEBURG. OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIL 4. 1925. ' VOL, XXVII NO. HOF ROSEB VOL. XIII NO. 18 OP THE EVENING NEWS fo)A fiV'fuiAfoiry n n rv n !T1 fin a WW IaJZaXUvJUO o 1 ire I I Ml GIRL FROM HOSt SCHOOL WINS SPELLING BEE Miss Carmel Newland, of 8th Grade Wins Match Offered by Kiwanis. ELEVEN RECEIVE $5.00 Prizes of Gold Pieces Given to Best Spellers in Each of Four Grades of Respective Schools. To Carmel Newland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley Newland, of Went Roseburg. goes the honor of being the champion speller of the city, and as a prise she has been presented with a beautiful gold wrist watch and $5 In gold. Miss Newland, a student at the Rose school, won after a gruelling contest In which thirty-three con testants from all of the grade schools of the city were entered. Her strongest opponent was Gladys Hargls. of the Benson school, who went down only after she became so exhausted and tired that she made her fatal mistake upon one of the easy words of the list. "I am confident that neither of these young spellers would ever have gone down upon any of the words contained In the spelling book or the supplemental list If it' had not been that they became soi tired that victory was merely a I matter of physical and mental en-j durance," declared L. L. Crocker j the pronouncer, following the com-' pletlon of the contest I The spelling bee was opened with a 15-minute concert and program , provided by the 8th grade of the penson school. Miss Ellow May Wilson gave a whistling solo, the members of the 8th grade sang the "Anvil Chorus" and Stewart Step-1 bens played a cornet solo. j The spelling contest was conduct ed as an elimination match, the contestants first being spelled down by grades, the winner In each grnde then being entitled to com pete in the finals. To each of the grade winners In each school prizes I of $5 in gold were awarded. These eleven winners were as follows: Fifth grade Fullerton. Irene Clark ; Rose, Warner Eugene Brown; Ben- son. Kathryn Crocker. Sixth grade ; Fullerton. Ruth Sargent; Rose, i Mildred Koenig; Benson, Eugene Covert. Seventh grade Fullerton, Margaret Myers; Roe. Euleta Lnn genberg; Benson, Merle Branch. Eighth grade Rose. Carmel New land; Ren son Gladys Hargis. These eleven winners were then matched In the final contest. Ex citement and nervousness took sev eral of them, and the sympathy of the crowd went out to several of the disappointed youngsters who took their seats In a flood of tears. The two eighth grade contestants were the last on their feet, and Tor nrnrlu half an hnnp Iho -nrrl a wAnf back and forth. The two spellers were In direct' contrast. Miss Newland was slow, deliberate and cool. Studying each word carefully, stopping to be sure of each letter as she spelled evenly and steadily. Miss Hargis was quick and snappy, r.nnn.iin k I fore the word had hardly left the lips of the pronouncer. But at last ' tired and mentally exhausted byi"'" cou.ery at narnan, the long strain she went down, the nfar 1K8",en'J when 'nllng en word "ovary" being the stumbling fnebroke down Details of the "e" Instead of an "a", thus ending the contest , .n:.,T: T h ; packed to caDacltv br the Inier-t ested special president of the Klwanls clu5 i which sponsored the event, prd-l ed -er the program, and the judges were Dexter nice B. W. I Dates and Foster Butner. to whom were refered all questions arising In the conduct of the match, and whose authority was final. There was little question, however, as the contest was conducted In a man ner which left no room for ques tion. The prize awarded Miss Newland was beautiful white gold wrist waten. hand engraved. The spel!ig contest has done more. It Is believed, to stlrsjlfte, four men ai reported to have mnln event bote last night, but on the part of the student of fhe been Injured. the Jurtgi declared the match a grade schools of the city, an In-1 I draw. The decision was ve. r un- terest In the subleet than aiT? other Mr. and M. J- C. Doyle were popular with the fans, who ap fei" thing, and for weeks the stu- among the ltore In HoseburiB peered lo figure De Laney had d-nts of the respective schfsols have been devoting all of thTr spire (Continued on page Indian Chief is y -a , , I fX tip EES oJO'E S'EjCAlOjfCUV Clifford Hendricks, wealthy New York sportsman, haa tiled snlt for divorce against "bis wife, Mrs. Ida May Hendricks, who now Uvea In Los Angeles, naming Joe Secakuku. a Grand Canyon guide, a ( tespondent. Sccnkuku Is a chief of the Hopl Indian tribe, a Carlisle Indian School graduate and a noted athlete. ilia tribal name la Chief Yellow Feet, and he Is rich. FALLING CAGE IN II SHAFT KILLS SEVERAL! ' r i Gear Breaks Allowing 4-t Story Cage to Plunge ! Down Mine Shaft. ; MANY ARE INJURED' " m Seventy Miners in Elevator When Accident Occurs and Over 20 Be- lieved Dead. (AMocUtrd tTMm La1 Wln.) BERLIN, Aprll '4. A serious accident. In w hich It is reported !n!" ,nJ.an', Vr killed or !?)"r'1,' """"'"'I hl morning at 'ag.t5!!Ia'?,n't..l0 I?"""" ""J1 uu iuv mmu wmi win uiphr- i .Zijghi ?c ,he ,,re pa,ro1 emci- The township, ar, scattered . T h 6 b en rPCOVfirert from ; throughout forest reservations In " 11 are 15 .t.f... including Montana 30; - UU ml"in- New Mexico 30; Idaho 22; Ari- EMENt rTy. April 4. - I r "hk.0 At noon tonay 63 Jt ih mf.n who ,an IB "JlnKton i 18. CaU were thm ca(?ft wh)cn f(,n rly i,I, ' 'NeVad 6 W 0m h,v n h t here, were reportvd badly hurt, 4 J were slightly Injured, while 15 suffered no harm. St-ven to nine of the men are still missing and It U assumed they atv dead- I LONDON, April 4. A Ilerlln dispatch to the Exchange Tele- graph says that 18 men were kll- led at the Rtlnnes mines near Ks-.a - yen by the fall of a race. Flftklns. Omaha. In the ten round yesterday and last nlgik from southern points Injlv iJhe s alls. tate. They; I are from Klamath Co-respondent It BILL HART WILL JOIN BIG CONCERN (AMOciatrd ProM liml Wire.) HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. April 4 With the definite announcement yesterday that William S. Hart wouia mane nis second return 10 the screen under the banner of nlfed Artint, that organization pas preparing today for a series conferences. neKinning next onday, at which still further enlargement of the group will be considered. Since Its organization about five years ago under the leader ship of Douglas Fairbanks. Mary Pirkford. and Charles Chaplin, I nited Artists has grown to in clude Norma and Constance Tal madge. Rudolph Valentino and now William S. Mart. In the face of this groth, however, accord ing to Joseph Schenck, chairman of the hoard of directors, the or ganization finds itself unabhe to I maintain a regular schedule of re- J leases, and ts faced with the - necessity of enlarging its mem- ocrsnip in orner to ouua up us aggregate production Hart who twice has withdrawn f rnm net ivp wnrlf int he film will m.e.b".:!t.u'hi8. '.'..TS J." .a.'?.r5: ! i uitj umuiiimiiu mini runii ui in . early nineties, according to ten- , tatlve plans. SUB-DIVISION OF TOWNSHIPS STARTS (AMttUtM Ptms Ld Wlrt.) WASHINGTON, April 4. In , terior department surveyors, in 1 tend to begin soon the snb-dlvlston : of 223 townships within the na- uojihi Mirems, wi purpun iwiiir DELANEY DEFEATS OMAHA PUGILIST MMnrl.tM PnM I... Wlr.. PORTLAND. Ore.. April 4. Jimmy De Lsney, lltht heavy eight of St. Paul, administered -a.... v. ,A ti... i ' sou'rt wen by a wide margin. Perkins proved that Ire Is an exceedingly ' touch man to beat. WARDEN DENIES CONVICTS inr Hn STEALING FISH . Fishing Dalrymplo Says Laws of State Not Vio lated by Prisoners. MAKES EXPLANATION Says Stranded Salmon Were Taken by Convicts When Flume Was Left Dry. (AMOcUted Ptmi Ltued Wire.) SALEM, Ore., April 4 Warden Dalrymple of the state penitenti ary toduy denied an accusation that is being placed before the state fish commission to the ef fect that the- fishing laws of the Btate are being violated by the., prisoners of the penitentiary. Frank N. Waters of Salem has written the commission making the charge and also complaining that the state does not maintain a fish ladder over the water wheel in the mill race at the prison. According to Dalrymple. a fish ladder would be impossible. The other matter in Water's letter ha , denies. He says th trusties under his adminbtf ation, have never been allowed to fish out. side the prison grounds nor to go, filing dressed in citizens clothes. , lie also denies that fish wardens have not been allowed to come ou the prison premises. Another statement In the Wa ters letter, ts that an eye witness claimed to have seen 70 salmon tnken out of the race at the I prison in one day. Relative to this Dalrymple says that ever so j often, oqce a year, the corpora tion controlling the flow of wa ter from the Santiam river into the mill race shuts off the water for ho nre purpose, which leaves the flume dry. About a year ago. 'says Dalrymple, this was dune 'and 25 or 30 live salmon were stranded In the prison grounds while many others were dead. It ! was Impossible to save the lives of the tish, so the convicts took them and some of them were cooked and eaten. ROBIN REED IS VICTOR IN MATCH ALBANY, Ore., April 4 Ilobln Reed, Olympic star, now Oregon Agricultural College wrestllni; Instructor, won two out of three falls from Jimmy Maurus of Oak- land, Cat., claimant of the Paci fic Coa.,t lightweight wrestling championship here last night. Heed took the first fall In .14 minutes, Maurus the next In the same length of time, and Reed took the final fall In 31 minutes. BUCKET BRIGADE HALTS BIG FIRE ST. MAINRAD. Ind.. Anrll 4.- a i , , , . , . , . A f!r? "l f?r a time threat- ened the entire town was brought under control here early today nuc 1 1 iiuiiiiicun ui cuit trim iwiJMfiJ a bucket brigade and fought the flams- Ti,a fit-A .-h.K ..an i.. business house, spread quickly to residences, but the brigade sue ceeded In keeping the flames un- der control Damag-es ire estimated at about trti nn. i The town Is without fire fight- ing apparatus. Lady Aster Engages in Battle of Word3 With A. Hayday, Nottingham Laborite, Over LONDON, April 4. Consider able dust appears to have been raised In parliamentary circles by the wordy combat between Lady Astor and tire Nottingham labor ite, A. Maylay In the House of Commons yesterday. The woman member speaking on the children Mil, said she hated "the asstimp- tlon that the working mother Is -nv .1 1 ''..-. . . v. .. -K . i. .. tner." w tren Hayday Interrupted with the remark, that she could read "about society women, nurs ing puppy dogs when they ought to be paying more attontior to h'lttiM beings." Lady Astor said that IT she fr,id the House all she kne4t aboi.T Hayday, It would have something to think about O NUXTKNCK Mi:il('INh: MAN (AawliUd Pna Lmal Wlr..) COHTEZ. Colo., April 4. -Vlormon Joe. aged Via In. ; dill n medicine mini, pleaded ' gullly to second dvgree muiv a der and was sentenced today by District Judge Searcy to I -0 to 25 years in the state. penitentiary for beating to death a Mexican prisoner, his cell mate In the county Jail hvre. Sheriff Cowlln of Monte- :w lurni county, left immedi- ately for the penitentiary at lunnn uny wim mormun joe. w I'nlted States Marxhal Sehaffer of Durango left to. day for Pueblo with Plat Ney, Mormon Joe's son-in-law, who Is charged with the murder of his 18 day old baliy girl. Nay will appvar before the federal grand Jury on next Tuesday. Mormon Joe, held In the Montesuma county Jail for federal authorities following w the alleged burial alive of the papoose, killed his cell 4 mure because he taunted hhn for the barbaric practices w which led to his arrest. The v Mexican was beaten to death with a table leg by the en- raged Indian. LEGAL BATTLE L T SALE OF SHIPS.HUM RUNNERS Hfrr) ' Cnnrrovprav Mair "wea L.onrroversy may Be Carried to Supreme Court for Ruling. PACIFIC MAIL MAD Steamship Company Starts Injunction Against the Ship Sales Policy of Shipping Board. (AvoHatM Prim L.mf! Wire.) WASHINGTON, April 4. Pros pects of a legal battle that may be carried to the supreme court of the I. nited States and subject the entire government ship sales pol- Icy' under the merchant marine act to court review and construction for the first time has been raised ! In the injunction proceedings i brought by the Pacific Mall Steam- j ship company, against a ship sales board, decision of the shipping The heated controversy which"'""11 ,en OI neienuania in has arisen over the bonrds deel sinn to sell Its five ships in the California-Orient line now operat ed by the Pacific Mall to the Dol lar Interests, rested today In the hands of Justice O. f litz of the District of Columbia supreme court who Issued an Injunction yesterday, temporarily blocking the sale. Hearings on making p(flTOanf.nt the temporary injunc tion against the boajd have been Bet for April 13 Tl . .... . .1 4 . n ou of thp oiitco?n of that hearing, however, the case Is ex- pec ted eventually to bring b'fre the United States the whole pur- !" involved In the ship sales clauses of the merchant marine act; signed to LuiM up a sinbil- izwl American merchant marinp tundvT Private operation by trans- n.onnnuen on paK- o i the Booze Question and that If she spoke of the com pany he kept. It would not re dound to the credit of Mr. Hayday or the lubor party. Later she explained that she Intended no sinister Implication In her reference lo Mr. Heyday's personal alfairs; that all she had In mind was his attitude toward the drink question. m "My altitude on the drink qucs non. Is that I sin an antl-pruhl-blt'onint," Mr. Mayday said. "Lady Astor mav object to this, but she ha no right to make in nuendos of any kind " There the matter rests for the moment, awal th meeting of the commons on Monlay. llavday having given not ire that he uld i raise the question at that time. Accuses Bandit JiySS5 C ' ' Miss Catherine Bourne, a nook keeper of a Bteoibensville, Ohio, automobile company, testified In the Hartford. Conn., trial of Gerald Chapman, notorious bandit, for the alleged murder of Policeman James Skelly, that she saw Chapman in her employer'a store on April 5, 1924, the day before a sedan mys teriously disappeared. The missing car was traced to within five hun dred feet of the spot where Patrol man Skelly met his death In New Britain, Conn. The car was regis tered under the name of Waldo W, Miller, which, according to State's Attorney Alcorn, la a Chapman alias. ARE SENTENCED Members of Quadra Crew Get Sentence Immediately After Verdict. 32 FOUND INNOCENT Ship Was Seized Off the Golden Gate Last Oc tober With Large Cargo of Liquor. (AOTrUtil rrna lAnrtl Wlr..) SAN FRANCISCO, April 4. , Conviction and immediate sent- ienrfng In federal court late last the Quadra rum runn-vi case was regarded by federal prohibition enforcement officials here today i as establishing their precedent In fixing guilt on International of j fenders and exonerating crew j members. Officers of the Quadra, which 1 was seized off the (.olden (late lttnt October 12. with liquor from Vancouver, M. C, with an eBtim j utt d value close to a quarter of u million dollars, uvre sentenced : wilh In ten minutes of the rend ering of the verdict to payment of fines and Imprisonment In the federal prison at Leavenworth. Thirty-two members of the crew were found not guilty of the charce of conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. Federal officers today called att),n,,nn to tho rhaw to the Jury by Judge John 8. Partridge, In which he said If you find that the crew of this vestiel shlpiwd aboard It without knowledge that It was carrying contraband cargo, they should be acquitted. If the I" captain Is found to have knowl- iltf that liquor was being un loaded from his vessel and deliv ered on the shores of the United Stales, hn should be convicted. Vincent Quartraro. Kan Fran cisco agent, and Charles If. lie. langer, of Han Francisco and Van couver, H..C. d'rertor of Consoli dated Fxporfer. the Catiad'an corporation which cleared the Qnudra for Vancouver, for Cen tral American ports, were sent enred to two years each In Lea venworth prison and to payment of ftnes of 110,000 each. fleorge Ford, captain of the ship, was sentenced to two years at Leavenworth and to payment or a fine nr$ I.Ono. First Mate Oenree Harris must serve 1 .1 months at Leavenworth; otid Mate Jay Fvelyn must serve 10 months In the Kan Frunolsco (Contlnuejkon page 9. CONVICTED AND, SUPER-BANDIT FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER AND ILL PAY PENALTY FOR HIS DEED ON THE GALLOWS Faces Judge Who Inflicts Sentence in Stoical Manner and Says He "Expected It" His Attorney Will Make Another Effort ' to Save His Life. (AaocUKd Frra Lrued Wire.) HA KT FORD, Conn.. April 4. Gerald Chapman, spectacular mall bandit. Jail breaker and criminal extraordinary today was sentenc ed to hang In the Connecticut state prison, June 26, in payment for the lite of a New Britain pa trolman of whose murder last Oc tober 12, a Jury had convicted him less than an hour before. Through (iroehl, the aeemingly unperturbed man now face to face with the gallows, announced that "I really did not think that i hHd a chance." He added: "The prejudice In the minds of the Jurors was so great they didn't convict the man that committed the murder, but tliwy convicted Gerald Chapman, the super-bandit and arch-crlmlnal, solely on his past record." Chapman, the stole criminal, whose flaming misdeeds have made him an international figure, did not flinch or falter us Ills doom ascended upon him. Willi his arm folded across hie breast and his trail body hold stiffly erect, he listened to the Judge's sepulchral words spell out hU doom with only a flushed face to mark Ma emotion.' - Frederick J. Oroehl, Chapman's chief counsel, filed notice vlth Judge Jennings that he will appeal the conviction. Charles Murphy, alBO of defense counsel, previous ly had made a motion that the Jury's verdict be set aside. It was denied. "I think I have an excellent chance to win an uppeal on the grounds of obvious prejudice throughout the trial and numerous errors of omission," Groehl said. It developed that the Jurors took only one ballot. (AatoclatKl Pttm LMed Wiiv.) HAKTFORD, Conn.. April 4. Gerald Chapman today was found gullly of murder In the firt de gree for the slaying of a New Britain policeman last October 12. The Jury hud been out a little over 11 hours, when It announced it had arrived at a verdict. Chapman, standing in the bleak prisoner's dock in the .court room, gave no evidence of emotion as the court clerk read the verdict handed him by the jury foreman. Frederick J. Groehl, chief de fense counsel, previously had an nounced that he would fire an I appeal If Chapman was convicted. ! .The verdict means death on the gallows for the colorful bandit, the man who had the police of a dozen countries searching for htm when the state of Connecticut sought him on the murder charge which ended In his conviction to day. The Connecticut law pro vides that a person decreed guilty or first degree murder must be hanged. Alter dlsmfssllng the Jury and congratulating the Jurors "on reaching this verdict, which I l I. eve Is a Just verdict," Judge JeiinluKS recessed court for half un hour at which time he set for hearing defense counsel motion to set aside the verdict. State prosecutor Hugh M. Al corn, who prepared atid presented tho stale's case against the mail looter, asked Judge Jennings to Immediately pronounce sentence on Chapman, but the Jurist said he first would d spose of the defence motion to set aside the verdict. "Chappie. I'm sorry," Oroehl said to the prisoner after the Jury had oven dismissed and Chapman had been returned to the court house basement to await further developments. The attorney, tears In his eyes, reached out for th-e condemned mans hand. With out a break of the voice or a wavering of the cold blue eyes. Chapman squeered his lawyer's hand and replied; "Oh. that all right. 1 Chapman's frail body was erect, his striking head held high, the eyvs looking straight ahead and the lipH cotupres-ted as his guards manacled him. lie took a chair in his hasem-ent cell, asked a cig arette of one of his guards, lighted It and went Into a whls peilng consultation with firoehl. Ch;imun was convicted of the murder of Patrolman James .skeiiVof New Britain on Octo ber 1J, 1924. in shooting h i way t'wfreedoin after three policemen I trapped him In thiear of the d-Airtment store nfQ'iavldson and l.ewnthal, where ho had just "blow, two safes. NEW YORK. April 4. Gerald Chapman remains a man of mys tery, his real name, his antece dents, his birthplace and his fam ily history unknown. He has revealed with frankness some details of his career of crime, but much of his life story remains hidden. He has used many names dur ing his criminal career of 1 years of which only five have been spent outside of prison walls. But Gerald Chapman is not his name nor is his name apparently any of the others he has adopted as aliases. He Is aald to have been born In New York about 37 years ago of a respected family, where he Is be lieved to bo the onlv member who .has swerved from proper paths. it has been said that he has a brother who is a business man of high position and repute. Chap man has verified none of these things. He has protected his family. Chapman as It is Indicated he will continue to be called has given evideooa ef considerable culture, although his education la supposed to have been confined to high school. Much of this is at tributed to his reading and study while In prison and also to the in fluence of George "Dutch" Ander son, college graduate and super crook who was his fellow prison er and pal and later his associate in the great $2,400,000 mall truck robbery in New York City, one of the biggest "Jobs" modern crook jdom has known. NEW YORK, April 4. Gerald Chapman, often called a modern Jesse James, first' gained notor iety In his daring leadership of the 'sensational $2,400,000 holdup of a ! government mall truck on lower I Broadway in 1921. I Chapman and his band had ' watched the down town post office for weeks. Learning of a rich shipment of registered mail, they followed the selected mail truck in an automobile when It started to the general post office uptown Just before daybreak. Drawing alongside, they crowded the truck to the curb. With both vehicles still moving, Chapman boarded the government van and covered the driver with a pistol. Then the robbers turned the truck Into ; Leonard Street and removed Its wealth of cash and securities at their leisure. 1 Chapman was traced and caught a few months later in fashionable C.ramercy Park where he was found living In a luxurious apart- ' ment. I During his subsequent grilling on an upper floor of the Federal Building, he suddenly disappeared through an open window while his captor's backs were turned. He was cornered after crawling along a narrow ledge, high above Broad j way and opposite the Wool worth I (Continued on page 3.) Must Pay Penalty 1 CO
