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Newspaper Page Text'(rfiMi OuratherMajt 1 ZL Ts I 7 h CSy4 c iL trT. , M , TT, , " pIkT, ASSOCIATED PRESS IESED WiRE V ri'vJ Consolidation of Th Evtnlng New. and mf , , . X. r " -v I fv . , An Independent N.wpapr, Published lo . ,IIN , M nr ' 1 th. RoburB R.i.w O LJ UO L UUUNTY J3 B" int.r..u of th p.opi. SERVICE WORLD'SINEWSITODAY FAIR AND WARMER J 1 1tr 1 VOL. XXVI NO. 235 OP ROSEBURO REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY. AUGUST 24. 1925. VOL. XIII NO. 134 OF THE EVENING NEWS DEATH CEILS IT Tlih, NOW HC ONV Recapture of Murray' Two Pals on Sunday Leaves Finale for Gallows. Items You May Have Missed on Your Vacation KELLY'S NERVE GONE On Verge of Collapse, Says He Did Not Participate in Shooting Willos, Also Denies. (Awlated Pm. Uued Wire.) SALEM, Ore., Auk. 24. There Is a striking contrast In the demeanor of the three slayer convicts, Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelly and James Willos, who shot their way out of tho Oregon penitentiary on the evening of August 12. and who were returned to the prison Sat urday and Sunday. His capture without the firing of a shot, and the two nights and days he has spent in solitary confine ment In a death cell since his re turn to tht big house have done nothing to break the spirit of Mur ray, and prlBon officials said thlB morning, he Is apparently resigned 4o the fact that he will likely hang for the slaying of James Sweeney end Milt Holman, guards. Murray has not yet displayed even a trace of nervousness, say the guards who have watched over him constantly since his return. Not so with Willos and Kelly, particularly the latter, who has tak fn every opportunity to plead his Innocence of any shooting. His first statement as he re-entered the doors of the prison yesterday were: "I never fired any of the shots. I had nothing at all to do with tho shooting." Kelly is so nervous, prison of ficials look for him to collap.ie completely at any time. Willos, who with Kelley was cap tured Saturday in eastern Well ington by Deputy Sheriffs If. Christofferson. Pete Rexford and George K, Jackson and Constable Ed Gloss, all of Portland, showet more composure and bravado then his companion, but was visibly af fected by the prospect of hanging. He, too, protested fcanocence of any capital offense. The convicts, who with Tom Mur ray shot their way out of the uie- DIETR AM SHALL. Bavaria Von Hindenburg, 78, get up at tO every day and walks four through forest. "NNA Former Prince Jo- j C Prussia, la leading a .td here, while his cousin, th wX-Kaiicr, ' Is tawing wood at Doom. LENINGRAD Great quanti ties of jewels have been found In the house the Czar'a tailor used to live In. ROME Mussolini becomes godfather to 2S0 children all at one. BUENOS AIRES Prlno of Wales battle aenorita at th races with violet. WORCESTOR, Mass. A fugi tive bandit I disguising himself at a flapper. ASHBURNHAM, Mass. The town ha no police; all three are auspended with the chief when he is caught In raid on gamblers. HOBOKEN, N. J. Firemen, attracted by hriek of "Oh Lord" find parrot yelling near his prostrate mistress. PHILADELPHIA Lyman Ford makes a half-mile para chute Jump from a plane, lands safely on top of a motor truck, Is knocked off and break leg In a ten-foot drop. POMPTON LAKES, N. J. Holy Rollra object to mixed bathing by other campers. NEW YORK Hope Hampton, youthful star of the films, is to be a mother-in-law. Yvonne Brulatour .daughter of her hue band, is to marry. ROAD MEETING ANDFICNIGHELD AT SGOTTSBURG Communities Gather to Discuss Advantages of Umpqua Highway. RAIN DETERRENT Roseburg Chamber of Com merce Informed Picnic Postponed Because of Bad Weather. Raln materially affected the In tercommunity picnic held at Scottsburg yesterday for the pur pose of considering the comple tion of the Umpqua highway. It had been expected that all Inter ested communities would be well Pierce's Committee Begins ! Investigation Leading to a Stronger Penitentiary (Aaorlatrd Trtm Lwed WirO i tend into contributing causes of SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24. Colo- 1 1 he. break as well as general con nel C. G. Thomson, manager of dltions. They Intimated that rec Crater Lake National Park, nam- 'ninniendation. for alterations and ed by Governor Pierce on his improvements at the prison would committee to Investigate condl- be contained In their report. Hons at the state penitentiary, i The committee spent the entire this afternoon announced that he day at tnp priSOn inspecting the had declined to serve on the com, plant an1 interviewing employees mission. Colonel Thomason had Hd pri.oners. They said they had nothing to say regarding his re- 0 of how ,OI)l woul() ,aK(, fusal to serve. ,hpm to complete their work. Jefferson Myers, one of the other ; Warden Nalrymple has an two members of the committee, pounced that 'Work will begin In when Interviewed over the tele- the near future on the construction phono from the penitentiary thl of a guard tower over the front afternoon said that the committee Pl(te. n which w be housed the would continue with Its Investlga- prison arstnM. The tower will Hon as though Colonel Thomson command a full view of the front had not declined to serve. of the prison. A auard stationed In i that position would have been able SALEM. Ore., Aug. 24. The full to head off both of the sensational and complete Investigation of con-'escapes In which Tom Murray, ditions at the Oregon state prison, 'Ellsworth Ke ley snd Wert "Ore promised by Governor Pierce with Ron" Jones figured In Ihe last year the appointment of Colonel C. O. and a half. Thomson, superintendent of Crater I The warden has also announced Lake National Park: Brigadier that the steps leading to guard General George A. White, adjutant towfrs No. 1 and No. 7 from the of the Oregon National Guard, and front yard are to be removed and Jefferson Mvers, former state entrance to these posts will only treasurer, started here this morn- he possible from outside the yard, ing. The Inquiry was occasioned lit was up the steos of tower No. by the recent prison break. :1 that Murray. Kelly snd Willos Stating that no limitations nan mane ineir why out oi me iu m emeu I'uiiiiiiumi ie wuum un wpii " . . , . . u represented, but because of the been placed upon them by the gov- ter shooting the guards on that TAKING LIVES DF heavy rains on Saturday and Sun day, the attendance was far less than had been anticipated. The sec retary of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce called up Reedsport by telephone early Sunday morning and was Informed that the picnic had been postponed, and conse quently the Roseburg delegation did not attend. Only one car wan present from Reedsport. It is to be hoped that some meeting can be nrnnr menihers of tne invesuKBi- posi, ing committee this morning Raid i Installation of an alarm siren. In that their probe would be all-em-;rase of future breaks la being ser braclnir in Its scope, and would ex- Inn-Ov considered, the warden sold. PAROLE VIOLATOR FROM NEW JERSEY WANTS TO GO BACK! SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24. Edward i PUGET SOUND LINK ST. PAUL RAILROAD SUED BY UNCLE SAM tAmorlntnl Vrcm laMxJ WlrtO CHICAGO. Aug. 24. A foreelos- PETITION! LOIR FARES IN PORTLAND LOST State Commisiion Decides Against Contention of Housewives Council. FULL ANALYSIS MADE Present Rates Reasonable, Municipal Ownership Would Not Lessen Cost Burden, i Killed Outright at . Fort Grant, 1 5 Others Are in Hospital Defective Shell Blamed. ROCK FORD, Ills., Aug. 24. , Six soldiers are reported dead and between 20 and 30 Injured, many seriously, by the bursting of a howitzer in the Eighth infantry I negro) regiment area at Camp Grant this afternoon. The Iden tified dead: Captain Oseeolla Browning, commanding the howitzer compa ny, eighth Infantry. Corporal Henry Williams. Privates Hen Anderson, Her bert Durant and Delmaa Camp bell, all of Chicago. I nconfirm- gon penitentiary at Salem August ,d rumors place the total death 12 were captured shortly after i u an n,Kh , 14. o clock In the afternoon while eat- Fifteen of the injured men have ing lunch and resting at the head .i,.Hv hnon nnd in iinrlcforn ot Rock Creek canyon. 10 mili-s j hospitals. .The accident occurred east of Goldendale on the nickte ton road. They were surrounded before they were aware of the proximity of the officers of the law. They surrendered, under the cover of Igo. one of the Injured, died soon rifles of the posse, without put'ing : after he was taken to a hospital, up any resistance. I Increasing the known death list Put In Death Cell. I to seven. Their homecoming was in sharp i " contrast to the return of Murray Just after noon Saturday when au tomobllfs containing a hundred or more curious pt-ople were cluster ed about the gale and the warden's office was crowded with officers, reporters and photographers. Accompanied by their four cap tors in an automobile, Willos and Kelley were returned to the prison yesterday morning just after 10:30 o'clock. The warden, a handful of his subordinates and two news papermen were the only onfa to greet them. Neither had more than a few words to say and they wrre "dressed In" at ence and placed In solitary cells In the north end of the cell house that are reserved for condemned men. Their cells, like Murray's are double locked and covered with scref ns to prevent any one passing anything Into them. Day and night a guard passes back and forth be fore them. Between Murray- and Willos are two vacant cells, and another un occupied cell separates Willos and Kelley. All three of the men have eaten well and slept well, Deputy War den Lllley reports. While they contemplate and brood over the eveata of their Im mediate past and future, District Attorney John Carson and his as sistant, Lyle J. Page, are devoting their fntlre time to weaving a chain of evidence in support of the three indictments of first degree murder that wl I be asked of the Marlon county grand jury when It convenes here in special session. Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. How exhaustive will be the Inquiry of the grand Jurors, Carson was koi.i in ,i, ,,,.. Ht nr.wiiii.mi ?7 whn riaimi that he Is lire suit against the Chicago, Mil fnvnrahie conditions B this mat- a narole violator from Newark. N. 1 waukee and Puget Sound Railroad ter is one of great importance to I J., walked Into Salem police head-1 company, subsldlnry of tho Chlra all communities in Douglas county ! quarters Sunday night and gave o, Milwaukee and St. Paul Hail and the southern part of the Wil- himself up. declaring that he wish-:y company, now In receivership, lamette valley, and concerted ac-!ed to return and "clear myself." ! " fi'vi in federal district court tion should be taken to push the! He told police that he had been today. completion of the road. arrested at Newark for non-sup- Approval of Federal Judge WJ1- Cottaee Grove Drain Vonealla P", but had been re'eased wlthlprson was asked today hv the re Flkton Scottabu'rg ad Reedsport' !he understanding that he would ' reivers of the Chicago. Milwaukee wn nn tthllnly''' 5 "ontn and nd St. Paul railroad for payment were represented at tne picnic in, e. , J7500ftn in,HrMt dllP September spite of the Inclemency of the wnI 111 n"1 'J";;8 '"e "'" ....,.. ,. ,. weather. The Reedsport delegation " Newark police have been no iried J a held by the was limited to the occupanfs of M telegraph and pending their re-H'niled Slates treasury. , one car. as the one machine was-P V Williams will be held In the . all that could make the trip overjoy J h-""; , lo j LUMBER MILL FIRE the road in Its wet condition. waive extradition. TUDrATTMCTnufM Through the misunderstanding the, . ." , 1 tlKCA 1 CNi lUWD Roseburg delegation, which would : 7 PLOTTERS DIE ON I . have included representatives of, PAIIflWS ATTilRtl COT.I'MHIA. S. C Aug. 24 Fire starting in a lumber mill has the Chamber of Commerce and the county court, was not present at all. Considerable enthusiasm was CAIRO. Egypt. Aug. 24 The' , .nin....,!. Ai..,,..,n scvn men principally concerned spread to nearby residences in the town of Saluda and Is threatening to destroy the town, where there Is a lack of water owing to a long was held. both before and after the picnic proper. I"'"' """"r "', i The Columbia department dls- The road considered Is from !?nd governor-general of the Sudan, i palrht.rt a fire truck and equipment Drain to Reedsport. following the I""1 tho extreme penalty fori,,, ,,, n fn(ln ,hB ,. l'mpqua river for a greater part of r a7 wn'..n n,'Zra UT " ", 1' I " HUM WllU'Il tVVVVV9VVVVWWj)4B I cori'i.K shot ix ai'to. I HASTINGS. Neb., Aug. 24. The bodies of Clnrence Yager, 30, and Mrs. Ijif. retire lllrd. both of Mailings, ' were found huddled down In an auto about one mile east s of here this morning. Conn- ! ty-Atlorney Walter M. Crow raid he was convinced they were shot to death. l'mpqua river for a 'greater part of ,hP,ir r.t whl".h ''i"te', .k. in r ,h. ,.! h.. satlon last November been graded, but It needs a great uch '"-reaching pical con deal of work in the way of gravel-' p"'i'nces. t Ing and surfacing, together Willi the ! T.n"y, w,'r' 1pnt ' h c"""ld construction of bridges. So far the 1 y" "''"V "ml w'r' hnged at for county has constructed the road y flvp ml"u,T "'-"sis he hoi. -with practically no assistance. The 'nf f black f ag each time non government has aided in some de- fln the crowds outside he .rl gree. but the state highway ,.om.!on walls that the trap had falKn. Iii Snttirtlii ) R. S. W'ppkly and O. Voft;ly, 'of Myrtl I'nint. npent Saturday mi riiiium in nun vtij tmiiiiits, j wmi iriv-ntin. M lsl oii Via man U'ara inmnlotlnir their mornlnR'fl firing on the minion has persiHtently iKnored th Camp Grant range. A defective ! r"d and has refused all help or shell Is blamed for the tragedy. ! aitJ-. Charlie Wright, negro. China- wnny argumenis were aivance 10 sunw in imporiance or ine rau among them being that an a com-j mercial route It aH of utmost 1m-, iwrtanre. aince ft linked aeveral i communltien now more or lew out of touch with each other, despite ; tneir proximity; tnat 11 was tne shortest route from the Pacific! highway to the coast, but 52 miles t long; that It had tho best grade of J any such route. At present there J is one long climb on the road, a j climb marked by a plank road, but hip pian is 10 uinKc um in nuiiif ( earlier day work of the Southern! Pacific, which at one time started j to build a line through to the coast j along the same route, complete al tunnel commenced by the railway and thus remove the grade. Kivlng turpr wa arrt??ted by detectives practically a tidewater route all the , . . . . . . . y.Ry jlonay, ana Is sold to have ad- One also heard that this route j milled to them that he is the would Involve the least cost of any blue marked, blue-robed phnn- Clarence Harrow, Chicago attorney I proposed to he constructed to link toiii bandit", who on August H, and Scopes defense counsel in the, the Pacific highway and the coast ih , d rohnflf1 .miJoveo- f Fiipmi t T.nnUI.a ovnlnf Inn trial th.r .KA..M ...oh . rUl. mr-imo It . "H,D mna "n 1 employees Ol declared last night in an address, would be available in defense. Tnst Knnatnra atal1 that whon tourist traffic starts up the Rm.se- " "m..j. - .,,. ..... Cat's Tongue Restores Hair On Bald Head NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Licks by the tongu of a cat have grown hair on tho one bald pato of Rudolph Althana, 60 yar-old rotirod druggiet of Eait Elm hurst, h says. For yaara ho applied various preparation! designed to pro mote hirsute activity, but nons worked. A few months ago his cat. Mike, started licking the shiny head when Aithans took his afternoon nap. Eventually he began to lick when Aithans was awake. Now his head Is covered with a growth a quarter of an inch long. "If wero younger," Ai thans says, Ml would buy a tame lion and train him to do what Mike does." DEVELOPMENT Tl POWER PLANNED California Oregon Power Company Ha Three Projects in Mind. PREPARE ESTIMATES TO BE PERSECUTED rAoHatH f'rM Win.) DENVER. Colo., Aug. 24 The j fight on evolution Is a step back to the civilization of the middle ages, BY DETECTIVES. TUfiilS OUT TO BE T OF IKTING COMPANY DAYTON, Ohio. Auk. 24. ' Kred Nlchol, payton manurac- in the Grace Community church here. "We have started back on the road to medieval aaes when men the North Dayton branch of the I Dayton Havings Hank and Trust hih.. fr. ,h ,,,, ,1.i.,Pll'' announced this inornlnr. er. thPn nlr.llv l,l Nlchol l president were drawn and quartered because, to cross over from the coast to the they did not agree with the accept- head of the Willamette valley. And ed precepts concerning the exist-! they say that Cottaae Grove la the ence of thlnns." Mr. Darrow said. hP, of t(,p Willamette valley and "There Is large and financially! ,nPrp(nrp thH routo anolli,i be at powerful group In this country who, (his point, are laylna plana for campaign toi Th(, roa',j prpnf , qutP ias i.'KixMiiun i.m.i.im in ne from Praln , Srottsbura. There, will make It a criminal offense to 'tt n Z Tm Xr by k,J me' h """", I. The frightened employe, of the teach in the public school, anv f" " 8 "D"u J v!rM hnd. .bank fl.e men and two girl. In- rinclrlnn concerning the origin of I ' . I ne clew wnirn en lo Mcwn Cluinng Miss liammei. ine anopi- anTthln. whkh I, contrary lo tne W'T "I" bP",0, arrest wa. the presence of hi. led daughter of Ihe manufacturer nruil pinna fnunil In ( haa hrw.W tt 'Hood. The fPi-ry Is ul mainly to , Sfjop)(,rt daughter. Miss Helen iplead'-d with the robber for mer- transiKjrt milk cans at prew. Mammet. an employe nf the jry. He th'n locked only a grat Bronery ls abundant along th,bnnk. at the time of the holdup. ;lng of the vault, walked Into the route, typical Oregon' scenery. Methods employed hf the rnb'ier directors' room, near the vault, mountains, forests and streams. ( were so weird that until Ihe de- counted the money and left. Rpeechmaktng at the picnic was ter t Ives started lnvetigat(:ig the1 Nlchol's place nf hti nines Is limited to very brief moments. Nlchol clew they had no informs- j arrnsa the street from the bank. Joseph Lyons, who. with his daiiKh-'tion on which to base their in- Another feature of Nlchol's sr- nnt Drenared to say. but he experts ment of $3,000,000 in preferred i ter. was the only one to make the veMigatlnna. 'rest is the fart that while Miss their deliberations to extend over stock snd declaration of the regular j )ourny from Reedsport. was lhe U hlle the "phanton bandit" was llamniet furnished the kev which thre or four dsvs. - (quarterly dividend of SI-75 pr principal spsker. He declared that being sought by police In autoslmade it possible to unravel the U3th their report the trial Judge share on common stock marked j already $6inVhm) had been spent on land by an officer of Mr-r'onk imyatery. un did not know that will be asked to set the date of , the meeting of directors of thejthe road, some of It federal money, j Field In an airplane. Nirhol told her fowler-father as under bus- of a I oral manufacturing concern bearing his name. He told detectives tlnit he had turned rolibcr because of financial difficulties. He said he was rompcllerl to raUn money; that hr conceived the Idea of rob bing the bank and purchased the hlue material of which his rnhe and mask were made and the through the country surrounding I Jay ton. His purpose, he said, was to throw his pursuers oTf hi trail. Then, according to his confession, he proceeded back to "Dayton In his auto, drove to hi home, greeted his wire and cncealed (he plunder. Mr. Nlchol had no Intimation that her ..UisMinrt was under sur velllancfl until Inspector Yendes and the d t ec 1 1 v es bp a re h ed the Nichol home today and found the hidden money. The loot was con cealed In Nic hoi's bdroom. Il took only lillU of high de nomination.. A feature of the robbery was the robber's t hreat. lo close the seven employes In the huge vault on the msln floor of the Insti tution. chiHe the door upon them and leave them to their fate. doctrines found Genesis. In the book of COCA COLA BUSINESS GOOD. ATLANTA, fig., Aug. 24 fletlre- j Joseph Lyons, who. with his dstiKh-Uion their trial ss early as possible. jco t tola company here today. 'Jor.tlnued on pag S ) how he was driving aimlessly 'plclon, (Awnrlatnl Vrtm Ixturd Win.) SALEM, Ore., Aug. 24. The complaint of the Housewives Coun cil of Portland, attacking the rea sonable nesa of existing street rail way tares of tho Portland Electric Power company, was dismissed in an order of the public service com mission Saturday. The order was accompanied by an elaborate anal ysis of the testimony introduced at the hearing In Portland June 23 and 24. The petition of H. I. Wagnon, Sr.,' that the commission recom mend municipal ownership of the Portland street car lines as ihe so lution to the high fit riff, was denied In the order which declared that "certain burdens now Imposed on the car riders would undoubtedly he transferred to the taxpayers generally, but It la doubted If the actual cost of the service could be materially reduced." "We are unable to find any evi dence to support the allegation nf the complainant that the manage ment of the defendant utility Is ex travsgane or Inefficient." declares the finding of the commission. An analysis has been made nf the street railway service In Port'and, and the following tabulation shows the allocation of the cost of serv ice to each average passenrer car ried during the year of 1924:- "Malntenanre or way and struc tures. .52 of a cent; maintenance of equipment .50; wneen of motormen and conductors, 2.75: wages of car house employes .19; superintend ence of transportation .19; other transportation expenses .17; power .19: traffic .03; wages of general efficers .0.5; wases of general of fices clerka .11; law expenses .01; re'lef department expenses .02 In juries and damages, .24; Insuranee .01; stationery and printing .05; miscellaneous general expenses .; general office supplies and ex pense .03; hrldee rentals .15; de preciation .57: taxes 1.03; operat ing income 1.04. Average fare col lected 7 51. Wafica Not excessive. "It appears that out of the av erage fare collected nf 7.51 cents p'r passenger. 2 75 cents Is paid as wagi s to nmtnrnwn and conduct ors. Salaries on wages of general officers are fir 1924 one-twenllelh of a rent per average passenger, fare snd law expenses do not ap pear lo be extravagant." and It would be In such Items that extrav SKanre would be expected If sny were In be found. While It do-s appar that the wages paid to mo- itornnn. conductors, and other sim ilar emplovea may be slightly above ihe level of wages pah) for slml ar service In certain oiher seetinns of Ihe country, we can find no fault with this, and cer tainly we cannot say that the wsgis pxld are excessive, "The plaintiff introduced testi mony showing comparisons nf fares charged b the Portland street railway system and other street railway systems, municipal ity operated and otherwise in s small number of cities In the t'nlted Htates. Hince only 4 sninll number of cities were used in com parison, and In mnnv Instances the exsct conditions surrounding oper ation In those cities were not avail able, the evidence submitted could not be considered to be controlling. Account System O. K. "It Is alleged that the accounts and reports of the defendant are kept In a misleading manner and show fictitious results and that un due financial burdens are placed upon the street railway lines hv reason of arbitrary and unjusti fied apportionment nf expenses ss between various activities and operations nf Ihe company. An ex amination of the records and ac counts of the defendant discloses that thy are kept in accord with the classification of accounts as prescribed by this commission and Ihe Interstate commerce commis sion. A careful check hv this com mission's staff did not disclose any Instance of unreasonable appor tionment nf eipenses ss shown In the various activities of the com pany. "While It Is alleged that the amount of money set snide by the defendant for depreciation Is exces sive. It appears that there Is being set aside only the amount hereto (Contlnued on pace C ) 1IKI FV Wll'IJi TKSNM CHAMPION TlllltU TIMK (AmolaftHl Yrm lar4 Wire.) FOIIKST HILLS. K. Y., Aug. 24. Mise Helen Wills won the national women's tennis title for the third suc cessive year, when she con quered Miss Cathleen Mc Kane, of England, today In a thrilling three-set n.atch 3-6, 6-0, 6-2. BIG TOLL OF LIFE Engineers Now Working on Data and Information to Lay Before Directors in Near Future. ' " Auto and Airplane Wrecks, Drownings, Fires and Trains Cause 26 Fatalities. Power development on the North l'mpqua may materialize within the next two year, according to T. H. Ne.a, manager of the Umpqua Division of The California Oregon Power Company. The company now haa three development projects up (nr consideration, and lta engineer.! are preparing the nece.Bary figure nnd Information to pre.ent to the director, for their consideration and final decision. One of these project Is a Pro pect. where the company now has a large plant, another la In the Klamath Division and the third la on the North l'mpqua. Engineers are now completing their surveyu on the first two. and will probably spend the winter preparing figures and estimates on the North Umn- I Qua Drniect. It Ib proposed to dam the North Umpqua at a point near the na tional foreat boundary, the river narrowing down at that point, so that it la possible to obtain excel lent result, at a minimum cost. The proposed dam would be over 200 feet In height and would bark up the water, of the river a. far aa Steamboat Creek, a distance of about 10 mile.. At nogu. Creek, where the North ITmpqua road now tAMnrlat PrfM Iniwh) WIpM CHICAGO. Ang. 24. Twenty-six pi-rsuns were killed and many oth-jcuus, the water would be 80 feet era were injured throughout the I deep, forming a beautiful lake, country in week-end acrldenta I The power romps ny haa filed on ranging from automobile collisions lower rite, along the river. In to flying mishaps. Seven autnmo- bilista were killed: five person, were drowned, five silrcnmbed to violence, while six others were fa tally hurt In train, storm, fire and iMtinch accidents. The automobile toll for the entire week In nine middle western states was H7. Captain H. I. Iloey, 32, of Spokane, Wash., wa. killed by a machine at Columbus, Oa. Captain Frajer Hale, of Ihe army air service, and hi. mechanic. Pri vate Karl C. Norrls, were killed at White Sulphur Springs. W. Va., when the machine of the airplane exploded shortly after they had hopped off for Washington, while Joe Ijirhateele. 2n. of (Irand Knplds, Mic h., fyll 2011 feet lo his death while doing ''airplane stunts" with a flying circus. E UKNI. Ore., Auk. 24. The fVn- Ural Oregon I'ress, afternoon dally, ihas been sold to J. K. Shehnn. Har old A. Moore and J. W. Jones of iKuicene, it was announced today. J She! I on, who has other business i Interests In Kugene, will rontlmie to make his home in that city, i while Monro and J nes will active ly manage the paper, the form r In charge of the editorial department and the latter In rhargt of business and advertising. Shelton was puhllfthrr and editor of Ihe Kimt n Imlly (iuard for I nine years, whl'e Mmire and Jones were connected with the same pub Jlfrattfin for several years. Jones tof late has b"-n field representa tive for the Oregon State Motor laHsoclatlon, while Moore has been iwlih the Morning Register, Kit-(g'-nc. New officers of the company iare: KhHtnn, president; Moore, J vice-president ; Jones, secretary I treasurer. Dsn W. Ktone, editor for the last year, has no definite plans for the future. (ii-orae Itmhester. busi ness manager for the sanip period, Is moving lo Southern California. eluding he entire stream from be low Kock Creek almost to the source, and Is making a carer u I study of the power possibilities of the river. The chief factor against the North Vmpqua project Is the handi cap offered by transportation fac ilities. The other two locations are closer to railroads and with good roads affording a means - of transporting machinery and equip ment. The road up the North l'mpqua at present makes It diffi cult to get in the heavy machinery which will be meded for such de velopment as the company pro poses. However, should the outlook for power consumption in the northern part of tho state warrant the Im mediate construction of the addi tional unit, It Is probable that the North I'mpqu project would bele termlned upon. If the company should secure a contract for the delivery of a great quantity of pow er at Vorlland, or elsewhere Hn the northern part of the state, 'It would be the company's policy ,to develop Its power at the nearest mini In nnlu.. tn .vnl.l , , , t n..Mi wmj ilMUlf I mission InftM. and thtn lh Vnrth l'mpqua plant would be decided upon without question. The improvement of the road leading into the forest, will doubt less be a very Important factor In the final decision by the officers of the company. If the road Is devel oped lo a point w here there will be little difficulty In trucking In the heavy machinery and supplies, the power company will doubtless take that fact Into consideration. The action on one of the three power propositions will doubtless come within the nest two years, Mr. Ness says, as the company's policy Is to keep Its facilities' for supplying power far ahead of the demand, so that Industrial devel opment can be encouraged In every j community In w hich the company operates. FLORIDA LAND ROW SUIT IS STARTED MEDFORD HOLDS TWO AUTO THEFT CHARGE ( A an ' tn Vrrm Utwd Wtr.) MAIITO, Kla., Aug. 24. First steps towards determining the ownerships of disputed property on Marco Island were taken here today when Captain "lilm" !an lels, a resident for fifty-one years, was arrested by nine deputy sher iffs whn ho attempted to start construction of a house on what he claims to be government land open for homestrm! rights. M:iKORI, Oro.. Aug. 21. Ells and Herman Warner, brothers, of 'Portland, are hld by federal au- jthorttlcs here charged with the 'theft of an anntomobUe in Port- PROHIBITION NET MAKES DIG HAUL IN SAVANNAH MawwUtM Vrrm tsird Wlr.) SAVANNAH. Oa.. Aug. 24 Twenty-1aht persona had been ar- land Ausust 19, which they drove rested this afternoon as the result to California. The two boys wre of a drive begun early today by arrested by local traffic officers federal prohibition agents and th yesterday wht. returning from total was expected to be Increased California. to eighty before nightfall.