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Newspaper Page Text- -- Consolidation of Tht Evening Newt and The Rom burg Review FAIR TONIGHT AND 8ATURDAY An Independent Newspaper, Published for ' tho Beet Interests of th People kt 4 hr4 ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE WORLD'S NEWS TODAY VOL. XXVI NO. 215 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW ROSEBfcJRG. OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 31. 1925. VOL. XIII NO. 114 OF THE EVENING NEWS ' RAIL OFFICIALS! ANNOUNCE PLAN FOR EXTENSIONS i Will Construct Miles of Extensions in Oregon and California. AWAIT BOARD ACTION No Building Will Be Done Until Commerce Com mission has Agreed on Proposition. 10LON 8AID STOP NGH 80UGHT CELL. o Kft "rtA ELES. July 31 Wh&.T Singh, Hindu charfe'o O. nerlng the Unit, ed SU'ij ' , appeared be. fore the , Mh commie 'aloner he. -y, he argued that ae "a. a wandering mlnitrel," u. . ..iliar with pass port requirenrsnta, he deserved better treatment than deporta tion. "If you are a mlnitrel, Singh, aing," commanded the commie eloner. 8ingh aang. That's enough cried hie ' which made Ulcer core at a boil, but did not eave him from being returned to hit cell to await deportation. TEXAS CITY FEARS Fl (AamrfitM Vrtm Iupd Win.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 31. Plans for the development of transportation facilities by the Southern Pacific company In Klam ath Fall 8, - southern Oregon and northern California were detailed by Paul Shun p. executive vice president. In a statement addressed to'the chamber of commerce, made public here. Mr. Shoup's statement follows: . "First, the Southern Pacific has acquired, subject to approval of the ! Interstate Commerce Commission, an interest in the Strahorn rail road (the Oregon, California and Kastern) and application has been; matie to extend tnis road to 8 point' on the Williamson river, and also to Silver Lake and eastward to Lakeview, Oregon. The Southern Pacific has made application to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to extend its line fuml hwnril thmnirTi tho Unlin and Merrill territory forty miles to I Cornell. California. The Southern : Pacific which has acquired all the tommon stock of the Nevada-Call-1 f or n la-Oregon Railway subject to . the approval of the Interstate Connl mere Commission has agreed to broad-euRaTe the entire line Into Lakeview. j Second, the Strahorn line (the O. I C. AT1:.), if the taking over of an IntuMol In thl. evalnn. J a nPn,. uj tut! uuiiiihisbiuii, vein w limit tux months after their approval, be made part and parcel of the South ern Pacific system so "far as rate making Is concerned. Mr. Stra- hnrn hnvfntp pnnrnrraxl t)il nlnn "Third, through the applications ! made and such other applications as are necessary to the Interstate Commerce Commission .will be ask ed for authority to create a line through from Klamath Falls to i connect with the Central Pacific, giving a route via Ogden that will be reasonably direct and avoid the present longer haul through Weed, and upon approval of the com mis- slon we will promptly undertake the construction of this line and t build tt within the time set by the commission. i "Our study of the territory to be served, construction costs, and op erating costs, and operating condi tions are not yet complete, but we will complete these Investigations within a reasonable time and upon their completion will announce the ; route to the east to be taken to ! connect wrth the Central Pacific. Fourth, we have been asked whether or not there Is anv pros pect that a cut-off between the Na tron Hne and the Strahorn line at Williamson river would be con iT'nnMniiPrl nn Heavy Rains Raise River to Point of Overflow Hasty Preparations ' Under Way. (AaocUted ITmb Leutd Wire.) ELPASO, Tex., July 3L Swol len by heavy rains; the Rio Grande today threatens El Paso and valley furms with damage from overflow. Advices from points along the Rio Grande north of her Indicate that a flood said to be the largest since the completion of tht. Ele phant Butte dain, is swiping southward. As a result, city, county and rec lamation service officials are meet ing here today In a hastily sum moned conference to devise a plan t avert property damage. The crest of the flood, advlcts1 say, passed the Percha diversion dam, 35 miles south of Elephant Itutte and was being augmented by high waters from the vicinity of Hatch and Rlncon, N. M. The dike on the Mexican side of the river below Juarez gave way yesterday, American officials were advised today. - Several hundred acres of farm lands were flooded. EARTHOUAKE FELT IN ITALIAN TOWN STRIKE OF GOAL MINERS STAYED BY AGREEMENT Settlement of Impending Tie-Up Come in Time to Avoid Close-Down. WAS SET FOR TONIGHT Wage Reduction Extended for Time to Prevent Strike Churchill to Give Out Details. AeeoaU4 Preae Uw Win.) LONDON, Jul y31. The crisis In the coal Industry which threatened a strike of the miners beginning at midnight tonight, has been set tled. Announcement of tho settle ment was niacin through the press association shortly before t our o'clock, this afternoon. - It Is stated that the government will insist upon some measure of control or supervision of the coal mines in the country In return for the financial assistance that Is to be given the industry. ' (Aaeorlateri Freei Leserd Wire.) FOfV.IA. Italy. July 31. Earth quake shocks were felt here today, a hundred houses and a municipal building being damaged. Some .of the houses were rendered unin habitable, but no one was Injured. The shocks, were especially severe at Cerignola. Foggin, capital of the province of the same name Is 80 miles northeast of Naples. It has a pop ulation of about 50.000. - SEIZURE OF MINES NOT KNOWN TO CAL (AMktg-Utmt Press Leased Wire.) SWAMJPSCOTT. Mass., July 31. President Coolldge knows of no p'an worked out by the bureau of mines, or any ojher government agency contemplating seixure of anthracite mines In event that op erators and miners fail to agree on a wape scale and suspension of on nratinns in the hard coal ' fields wHonld result on September 1. John Loonev, Illinois Conspirator, Found Guilty and Given a Sentence; Former Control of Underworld Told LONDON. July 31. Prime-Minister Stanley Baldwin Informed the house today that a provisional agreement had been reached in the coal Industry and that the miner owners have withdrawn their no tices for two weeks, thus averting a country-wide strike called for midnight tonight. , The notices that have been with drawn were those posted at the pit beads Informing the miners that new conditions would be effective at mranight tonight in view of the inability to arrive at a new work ing agreement supplanting the one that expires today. These notices hurried the decis ion of the miners'-federatlon for the nation-wide strike called for the moment the old working agreement ended, it is assumed that the miners will continue at their tasks under the present hours and wages, with the government giving finan cial aid to the owners, until a full inquiry of the mining industry has been completed. The agreement which Baldwin announced Is subject to confirma tion In the various coal producing districts of the ocuntry. The executive of the Miners' Fed eration has telegraphed to all local unions "Notices to strike suspend ed: continue work." The trades union congress has lifted the threat of an embargo on all coal movements In Great Hrltaln and has announced that all unions Involved will continue at work. A supplementary estimate In connection with the coal settle ment will he presented In parlia ment on Wednesday and discus sed Thursday. The prime minister did not am plify the bare announcement, which was made five minutes af ter the settlement was reached. He said he wonld leave It to Wins ton Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, to give out the de tails tonight. It is understood that the min er's wages will continue at the existing scale for at least nine months. BRITAIN PERMITS RUBBER SHIPMENTS AT MINIMUM DUTY (taatklid Press Leaerd Win.) LONDON. July SI. The' British colonial office announced today It has decided to permit from August 1 export of 75 per tent of the rub ber production in Ceylon and the Straits settlements at a minimum duty, this being a 10 per cent in crease over the export allowed dur ing the previous three months. The new regulation Include the federated Malay states. The Brit ish government also has approved certain concessions In the assess ment of the standard of produc tion In the federated Malay states, which It is believed will furl her ease the situation. ' MAN IS HELD IN SALEM FOR HOLDUP (Aaaoclated t. Hi bd Wire.) SALEM, Ore. July SI. Pat Hayes, who gave his occupation to the officers as a ''go-about" and, being held In the county Jul! here on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, has signed a written con fession before Special Agent Maur ice Cottuii of the Southern Pacific lines and Deputy Sheriff Sam Burkhart of this county, that he held op and robbed a clerk In a hotel near the Southern Pacific depot at Eugene about a month ago. - According to the story of Hayes he purchased a gun at Junction City, taking a freight to Eugene and intimidating the clerk with his gun, secured from 112 to S14 in cash. . The clerk of the Eugene hotel Is expected to reach here today to look Hayes over. ' 4 MAN IS HELD FOR , THREATENING CAL PLAN COLLEGE III L FOR J; BRYAN Dayton and Rhea County People Offer Donations : to Establish University. 11 PRESIDENT TO USE CARE IN CHOOSING JAPANESE ENVOY (Aaaoclated Preai Uhm wire.) ' SWAMPSCOTT. Mass., July 31. Realising that there are delicate diplomatic questions in the far east, awaiting solution. President Coolldge Intends to exercise unus ual care in aelectlng a new ambas sador to Japan. He has no one In mind at present for the post. OUTSIDERS OFFER AID Letters Pour in From All Parts of Country Offer ing Money for Memorial. (Aemrlatril Preaa l.eard Wire.) TAMPA. Fla., July 31. Nor man Klein, known also' as Nor man Kulley and George Kelley, in under arrest here charged fifth violating a special act of congress protecting the life of the President of the United States. Klein, tuken hy agents of the department of justice is being held Incommunicado on specific charges of writing letters to Pre sident Coolldge threatening his life. ... . . . Department of lustice agents said today that Klein had been under observation here for three months. He was traced here af ter a chase that led all over the country. BEND FIRE UNDER CONTROL, REPORTED (Attnrlattd Ptmsj latH Wire.) BEND, Ore., July 31. An In cendiary forest flrp In the vicinity of the Ochocho National "Forest was reported under control by Ie puty Fire Warden J. I). Bowman who returned to Bend this morn ing. The fire which covered 80 acres of standing timber was on the nrlvato hold, n us of ilawn and Freed. The damage was not great. Bow man said. He traveled 75 miles to fight the fire. This Is the third man-caused fire which has come under the fire warden's Jurisdiction this- season. The other two were the result of discarded cigarettes. LUMBERMEN START ADVERTISING MOVE ROCK ISLAND. Ills.. July 31. John P. Looney was found gull tv of conspiracy to protect gam bling hy a jury which reported In circuit court todny. In finding Loonev guilty, the Jurors placed his punishment at one to five years with no fine. Loonev accepted his fate calm lv. though he was visibly affected. Ills daughter Mrs. 1'rsella Ham Win, who has been constantly at her father's side, broke down. Attorney V. C. Allen, chief counsel for the defense. Indicated he would ask for a new trial. The prosecution of Looney re sulted from Rock Island's vice war of three years ago. which climaxed a series of personal animosities and disturbances be gun years ago. when Loonev a voung man known as a rrtmlnal lnwyer. operated the Rock Island Newi which he owned. Through the News, prosecution In his trial for conspiracy con tended. Looney ruled the under world and the police hv threat of publicity and collected monthly tribute from disorderly houses, ss'ons and ramblers. The Immediate reuse of th vice wsr wss the klUIng of Wil llsm Osbel. a saloon keener, af ter federal Investigators obtained from him some cancelled checks psvable to Louis Ortell. alleged wholesale bootlegger ancVriend of Looney, whose nam appeared on the back of some of the checks. The Rock Island Arcus and Trl Clty" papers launched a clean-up campaign and were Joined by ci tizens committees. The climax came October 8. 1S22. when Looney's son. John Connor Looney. was killed as he sat with his father In an automo bile in front of a hotel. The elder Looney escaped the shots fired from pasting automobiles and later disappeared. An Investiga tion resulted in the Indictments asainst Looney and Rock Island officials for ronanlrary to protect gambling and in trials and con victions of four men aa killers of the son. Mesnwhlle Looney wss located In New Mexico, arrested on a fed eral warrant charging interstate transportation of a stolen auto mobile, and. later, when he went to Peoria to answer the rhsrge. was taken to Rock Islnnd and arraigned on the Indictments, one of which charged the murder of Gahel. During the trial for alleged conspiracy to protect gambling, Looney produced aAerel senss ttons. once when he shouted at Assistant Attorney-General Had lev. "Liar do what y n please with me. hut leave my child alone." 4 1st. when he was searched and a revolver taken from him. EMPLOYMENT BILL VOTED IN ENGLAND (AMOClatM riM lH Wire.) i LONDON. July 31 The unem ployment insurance bill was pass ed by the House of Commons to I day after a labor motion to reject jit was defeated by a vote of 263 to 99. I ne measure was one oi ine most Important projects announc ed in the recent budget presented to parliament by Chancellor Churchill. IOWA MAN BECOMES ' LEGION ADJUTANT I Aaenrlatnl Prna Lfurf Wire.) INDIANAPOLIS. Julv 31. James P. Barton. Fort Dodge, Io wa, today became national adju tant of the American Legion, suc ceeding Russell Crevlston. Mar lon. Indiana. Crevlston resigned to become field director of the American war mothers memorial. fAonelateH Pro Leaeed Wire.) PORTLAND. July 31. The West Coast Lumbermen's association in session here today, discussed plans for starting a campaign tor adver tising and for Improving methods of merchandising fir lumber. A committee was appointed to study these questions. Charles S. Keith of Kansas City, president of the Central Coal and Coke company and of the Oregon American Lumber company, said that what the West Coast lumber men need Is an intensive selling campaign hacked up with advertis ing and branding of lumber wirli trade marks. Keith stated that the Southern Tine association was successful In Its grade and trade marking. E. D. Kingnley. president of the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion, announced that the work or the association would hereafter b- delegated largely to committees In stead of being Imposed almost wholly upon the trustees. DAYTON, Tenn.. July 31. Kmerglng from their sadness of farewell to William Jennings Bry an, Dayton and Rhea county are organizing to give adequate ex pression to their tributes to Wil liam Jennings Bryan. Their hope of establishing here a great Uni versity aa a memorial to the com moner has been much Inspired and encouraged during the last few eventful days by the arrival of scores of letters and telegrams I from many parts of the country, volunteering financial assistance to such an enterprise and insisting mat opportunity for such contribu tions be given. I Mayor A. P. Haggard Is keenly Interested In the movement to honor the memory of Mr.llryan by building a eollege here to carry on the commoner's idea's. I : Details include handsome appro priations by both city and couuty. all plans to be subject to the ap proval of Mrs. Ilryan. Among the many lettera and tel egrams received by Mayor Ha- iR&rd, . the following may be de scribed as typical of expressions 7om many Americans. From an obscure village of North Carolina a man writes: "1 have' been ditching today and have not yet rested nor eaten din ner, but before I do either, I must write to say how I hope a great college will be established where Mr. Ilryan fell fighting in Dayton. am not a rich man, but my check for $1,6110 will be sent you as soon aa the movni'nt definitely Is slnrted." Mr. Bryan's preference of Day ton as the site of the proposed ool- ilege is known to have been firmly expressed. He not only made trips of Inspection to the proposed col lege site, but had negotiated for 'the purchase of a large lot near the Richard Rogers' home on ! which he intended building a resi dence. Associates say that during the last f'-w days of his Htu, he said he hoped to become a resident of Dayton for a considerable portion of .each year. iJist Friday, about 48 hours before his death. 'he aum moned Sue and Herbert Hicks. B. S. Robinson and one or two others of his Dayton associates and went with them to a large hill In 8outh Dayton,, which had been suggested as the site of the college. The par- jty wa'k"d up this hill in the broil ing sun and a I over the site, Mr. Ilrvan occasionally stopping and i pointing out where driveways should bo and studying grounds, !wlth appropriate selection and out- ! lining the plan to establish the .college at that spot. BANK ROBBER DIES ON j CALIFORNIA GALLOWS ! SAN QUKNTIN, Cal., July 31. At one minute after ten o'clock this morning the hour set for Charles Craig to atone for the mur der of Samuel Hennanson the trap was sprung and 12 minutes latir he was pronounced dead. LIGHTNING-SET FIRE STILL BURNS (AsneUted PrMi Lrurd Wire.) OLVMPIA. Wash., July 31. Re vived by freshening winds, a forest fire set by lightning several days ago southeast of Rockport, Skagit county, is assuming serious propor tions. It was reported to the state forestry offices this morning by Duncan McKay, district warden at Sedro-Molley. A crew of 80 men is working to control the blase while additional forces will be put on as soon as possible. The fire Is burning over a scat tered area about two miles long, it was reported to Oeorge C. Joy, supervisor of forestry, who estim ated that It had probably covered an area of 600 acres. MONKEY-GLAND DOCTOR SAYS HIS WORK MORE PROOF OF MAN'8 KINSHIP (AjsuciaUd rrM leased Wire.) . PARIS, July S1. Dr. Ssrge Voronoff, the gland specialist, has declared that his work In grafting "establishing organs of the higher species of monkeys olose relationship with the an thropolds," The famous monkey gland surgeon expressed hla opinion In adding hla signature to the list of representative French scien tists being made tip by the news paper Quotidian as a protest against "the attack upon the lib erty of thought," made by trie re. cant 8copea trial at Dayton, Tennessee. SUIT IS BROUGHT VJ. BUYAirS BODY IS LAID TO REST TODAY Last Honors Paid to the Great Commoner Only Simple Services. BURIED AT ARLINGTON T I SETTLEMENT WITH CHINA IS CERTAIN (AaneUtet Pnes Leued Wire.) SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., July SI. President Coolldge has been in formed by the state department that an agreement between the powers on China appears to be a certainty. Information reaching the presi dent Is that the nine nations sign atory to the Washlngon treaty are In agreement on the policy, but not yet on detail. The progress being made toward an understanding. however, la such that the adminis tration now believes complete agreement Is not far removed. It is tpe president s understanding that a satisfactory accord will be reached embracing all points at Is sue, extra-territoriatty included. . Mr. Coolldge Is being kept In constant touch with the situation through the state department, the latest advices reaching him yester day. At that time It was stated to day at White Court, the powers were so close to an agreement that the president thought It possible that within the .Jaat 'Zl hours a complete accord may have been reached. ' CHURCH MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE FOUNDING EUGENE. Oregon. July 3t. Members of the Pleasant Hill Christian church will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the found ing of the church Sunday. Elijah Itristow, one of the earliest set tlers of Lane county, built the church In 18r0. It Is believed to be one or the oldest in the Willamette Valley. The church built by II r biow was also used as a school house, until 1876. In that year a chapel was built, and this waa uaed until 181.1, when the present church building was constructed. EUGENE MEN LEAVE TO MEET MEDFORD (A.cl.ted Vrrm lm4 Wire.) EUGENE, Oregon. July 81. Members of the Eugene Golf and Countrv club team, headed by : I Roy Moe. will leave here tomor row for Medrord, where the Ural of an lnter-rlty series of golf matches will be played. All mat ches will start Sunday morning. Fifteen men will make the trlpk FIRE IN BLYAREA IS OUT OF CONTROL (MM , fAMricl.tM Pre I,.! Wir.) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 31. A forest fire In the pine belt north of Illy, broke out late yesterday and was out of control this morning, according to word telephoned here today. A force of fire fighters waa rushed to the scene by the Klamath Forest Pro tective Association. Reports were to the effect that the fire Is burn ing over an area of 70 acres. It wss believed lo have started from llghtnlni;. To Rest Beside Nation's Honored Hero Dead in Military Cemetery : Few Attend Funeral. Contractor and Plumber Hold Unpaid Claims for Labor and Material, They Tell Court. . Suit, was brought In the circuit courU today by L. W. Metsger against George Malanson, propriet or of the "Wigwam Tavern," hT cated at Coos Bay Junction, the amount of the claim being In the neighborhood of 18.600. Metsger is suing on his own and assigned claims, and the public sale of the property to pay the amounts due la petitioned. It Is claimed that Malanson pur chased the property and gave two mortgages as security for loans. Mr. Metzger alleges that In the construction of the Wigwam he furnished labor and materials val ued at 14.225.63, and that he has been paid 11.812.23 on the account, leaving a balance due of fl.2S6.86. On this second claim he Is seek ing to recover 31,286.86, a clalrf assigned by Dell V. Hast, of the Roseburg Plumbing and Heating compsmy. It is claimed that this company did all of the pluniblng.in the building, furnishing supplies, fixtures and labor, amounting to ap proximately 11,800. of which about 1800 has been paid, leaving the balance claimed. The third cause of action amounts lo $80. being on an as signed claim from Stunley Tuylor, for labor. The complaint Is also brought against the holders of the mort gages, and seeks to have the liens, filed by Mr. Metzger and the hold ers of the other claims, designated as preferred claims. . In view of the non-payment of the amounts of the respective bills, the plaintiff asks that the proper ty be advertised and sold by the court, and that ihe proceeds of the sale be used to pay off the amount of the suit, and that the money re ceived over and above the amount specified in the complaint, be paid on Ihe mortgages. Attorney R. L. Whipple represents the plaintiff. The Wigwam Tavern was built last year, Mr. Malanson coming from Coos Ray to construct the building and go Into business. KLAN AT DAYTON, O., TO HONOR W. J. BRYAN TWO TRUSTIES MAKE ESCAPE FROM PRISON CANADIAN LEADS IN GOLF TOURNAMENT f AonrLM PrM. Leaw4 Wire. TORONTO, Ont Julv 31 With hrflf Ihe field through Ihe second 18 holes of the Canadisn open golf chsmnlnnshlp todsv. W. J. Thomn ton of Toronto held the lead with a card of 7675-151. ASSUAESgflE APPOINTMENT. ' "-i. ' 1 preea lseed Wife.) RWxRpSCOTT. Mass., Ju'y St. President Coolldge expects to re appoint Peyton D. Gordon as nlted States Attorney for the Lis le t of Columbia. AmnclmtM Pres. LeaeM Wire.) SALEM. Ore.. July 31 Phl lp Davla and D. Jsckson .trusties who were at work in the potato garden at the stste prison, escaped this morning. Warden A. M. Dalrymple reported. Davis wss received Msy 28. 192J, from Wsllowa county lo serve seven years for larcenv. and Jackson was received Itecemher 6. 12, to do two years for forgery HIGHWAY ENGINEER TO ATTEND CONFERENCE fA-l.(H freej leH Wire.) SALEM. Ore. July 31 Roy A Klein, stste highway engineer. hs 'eft for Washington. D. C. to at tend a meetjg of the Joint com mittee on Interststs hlrhways, of whlr he Jj a member. He will re turn in ab..at 10 days. The county court today con- e demned and closed the de- tour over the old Goodrich high ay, around Ihe work be- Ing done on the Pacific h'gh- way near Oakland, and order- ed the contractor to provide a more convenient detour. The county conrt found that the road which It was proposed to open took tourists from five to six miles out of their way, over an old. abandoned and dangerous rosd, and conse- quently they refused to allow It to be used. As the work around which the demur Is provided occupied onlv about 100 yards, the county court derided that the contractor could provide a way around and ordered him to do so MURDERED MAN WAS I RESIDENT LONGVIEW (Aanclalerf Preae Uaael Wire.) ' LONOVIKW. Wash., July 31. George I. Holmes, shot and klied lyesterdsy, near. North Bend, Ore gon, worked here as a long setter and teamster for three or four' months this year. He resided In West Kelso. Lorsl authorities said he left when he learned they : suspected him as a member of a gang they were seeking. Police said that an examination of Holmes' personal effects re vested him as a paroled convict from the Oregon penitentiary at Ha em. Ills landlady here said he re marked lo her that he waa "dis appointed In love," end,''. S3 "go ing to the dogs.'1 I He left the Portland address of an aunt. He was not married when here, but was retorted to have been engaged, and at ohe time made the t)ltial psymenl on a home here. (Aaorlated Preai Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON,.. July.. 31 Wrth simple rites, William Jenninga Bryan waa given back In death to day to the God he worshipped .. In life. There waa little In the brief fun. eral ceremony that any plain, GoeV fearing man might net have knewe). Only the presence of a little cluster of high officials of the government and a few diplomats struck a not of remembrance for hla ysats of . distinguished service. At Arlington cemetery, , serosa the Potomac waa emphazited an other aapect of the long career that haa closed. There waited the ranks of a military escort t ply last honors at the grave to one who in the vigor of his earlier daya had served the flag as a soldier. But at the church it waa to Bry. an the friend and neighbor and man of faith that those who had ; lovad him beet gave their memories and teara I The funeral service was pro Inounced In the sanctuary where he had worshiped during the months he was secretary of state. Ilia body, resting In a bronze casket nrde'f the folds of an Am erican 'flag, lay In the midst of a great bower of flowers. Hla widow and his nearest relatives were grouped close about Jilm. Old familiar hymns and the psalms to whose words of hope ha pinned his unfaltering faith made up his reqalera. There were soft, ly-spoken words of prayer and brief funeral tribute by hla pas tor. Dr. Joseph It. Sizoo, who also had been chosen to commit; his dust to earth at Arlington. Accompanied by the deep iones of the massive pipe organt- set high over the church entrance, a mixed quartette sang as the open ing prelude: "Lead. Kindly Light," and "nOe Sweetly Solemn Thought." the commoner's favor ites. Aa the voices filled the little church with soft melody, . Mrs. Ilryan entered.. In the wheel chair which haa aerved her so long In . her affliction, she waa . taken tenderly down the aiale to a place close to the casket. -He-side her walked Kelso Rice", ' a Chattanooga police officer,, -who guarded the commoner's body -at Dayton. She was dressed In black; without a mourning veil and tar ried a amall boquet of orchitis 18 her lap. ' - Remaining seated In the wheel chair. Mra. Bryan kept ber gaze Intently upon the face of the pastor as he read the opening scripture lesson and pronounced the invocation. Tho funerul address began amid a great hush. In a soft, even voice, Dr. Sizoo praised the fallen one for the 'Mhree-fold splendor,' of his upright life, his I love of man and God, and his (Aasxtated Preae Leaard Wll.) DAYTON. Ohio, July 31. In sn advertisement today In a newspap er here, the Ku Klux Klan Invlteii the public to "attend a memorial service and cross burning for Wil liam Jennings Ilryan." The cere monies will be held In a field to night. All Klananv-n were urged to onng your r.... .rest faith Dr. J. O. Early, head of the KIsn . outside, the raid fell In a stea In Montgomery county, announced dy dowrjpour. Thousands stood that the cross would bear the In-1 about the church under dripping acrlpllon: umbrellas. Far away across the "In memory of William Jannlngs i Potomac, another crowd already Ilryan, tht greatest Klansinan of ! was gathering on Ihe rain sodi(en our times this cross Is burned: he hillside at Arlington. Above the stood at Armageddon anil he bat-1 grave the khaki spresd of an army tied for the lird ' I tConlltmeo on page a.' Robbers of Big Chicago Hotel Net Less Than $3,000; Card Signed by Robert Scott Found on One Captive ItaelilH Preae lal Wire.) ralgned entered pleas of not gull- CHICAGO, July 31 The apect-ily to killing Frank Rodkey. assist acular daylight holdup of ihe fash-ani cashier. Ruth confessed their lonsble Drake hotel. In which' two . parts In the robbery and aald they robbers snd a hotel cashier were i would have pleaded guilty to rob. killed and two rubbers raptured, bery charges. netted less than V j.f'OO to Ihe fifth j , h,v, been started over robber who is still at large . ' the bodies of Ted Corts or Court, the Indictment of the three living ,rbrw1 rn,rrKee Texas cowboy robber, for murder and speedy pre- (orn)Pr ,.,. paratlon for their trial and ihv launching of a concerted drive,'"'' against criminals by tho Chlcasol About IM0 of the loot which waa Bar association were almost Im- first thought to total tlO.OoO, waa mediate resit. Is. r"covered atler the arrest yester While Joseph Holmes snd Jack y of Wilson at a hospital where Wilson, alius Woods, were exam- i he had gone for treatment for ft lned by state alienists to forestall wmimledhand. an Insanity defense and police 1 Possible connection with the sought Wllllsm Mu.lenbisjh, alias I robber crew of Robert Scott, broth William Nugent, who est sued with er of Russell, who Is under a death the loot, the bar associating took sentence for killing a drug clerk ateps agalnr$delaya In bringing ,ln a holdup, was seen when a card the criminals to trial. : signed K Scott, waa found la Wll- Uolmes and yijlsot) when sr- son's coat.