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VOL. XXVI NO. 244 O" ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1925.
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NTO OCEAN NEAR HAWAII STARTS BAD EIRE!
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The Mammoth Dirigible Shenandoah
Which! Crashed Early This Morning
Believed Buoyancy Empty Gasoline Tank Keeping
Craft Afloat Secretary Wilbur Cancels
Remaining Scheduled Flights to
Center All Efforts on Hunt
(hMnctsttd PrMf LMMd Wirt.) '
SAN FRANCISCO. Spd. 3.
' earch for the missing naval -Sea-
gasoline were landed at Lahalna,
the (aland base from1 which the air
hinnA pic.n Kn 1 nn.i ppmw whifh forces under orders to conduct the
ilisapDoared In mld-Paclflc Tuesday (Search of the area In which the big
afternoon after rldlnn along on the seaplane disappeared.
hlRh hope of reaching Honolulu on I Empty gasoline tanks which pro
a record making flight, continued bab'y caused the plane crew to
todav after overnight reports to despair of reaching Honolulu, be
naval headquarters from searching cme thelr hope of rescue when the
surface and aircraft brought only craft forced down. It was es
routlne messages of the continuing timated by the plane builder that
search buoyancy of the empty gasoline
Without word upon which to al- tari,s would 00 sufficient to float
lay' f.-ar that the missing plane and 10.855 pounds on the water the
Its crew might not be found, naval wliht of the plane without fuel
officers today had explored the I The missing PN-9, No. 1. was in
field of conjecture In surmising tne alr abut 23 hours when it
what happrned after the plane was dropped from sight,
forced down by lack of fuel. The skill of Commander John
. ,.. ,. . Rodgers In charge of the craft,
T h .w .hf v'A'' caused navy officials here to re-
n?".f .L,,h," .a.e. h.tl main hopeful that the missing
Man and Woman Trapped
on Upper Floor of House
Have to Jump.
MRS. STEELE BURNED
Neighborhood Threatened
by Fire Which Completely
Destroys Residence on
Germond Street.
ocean leas than 300 miles off the
Hawaiian coast at 1:45 p. m.. Tues
day, drifted out of the search area
and was beached on ome Inland
point. The navy withdrew from
further attempts to make a non
Mop fllpht to Honolulu from San
Francisco when announcement was
made here yesterday abandoning
the projected takff of the huge
PB-1 which was scheduled to start
for Honolulu today.
One hundred and fifty drums of
EXTRA EDITION
commander and crew were still
alive.
Wilbur Haiti Program
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. Secre
tary Wilbur today ordered the pro
posed San Francisco-Hawaiian
flight of the naval plane I'M, post-
I poned indefinitely,
j The secretary's order was Issued
to permit continued concentration
of efforts on the search for the
I missing PN-9. No. 1, which disap
. peared near Hawaii Tuesday. The
j step superseded a plan by naval
I officials at San Francisco to start
: the PB-1 tomorrow.
Officers Miss Guess
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 3.
Early today before receipt of the
word from Washington that Sec
retary Wilbur had ordered the
postponement Indefinitely of the
Hawaiian flight of the PB-1. the
flight commander's office here sent
a telegram to Secretary Wilbur
recommending that the flight be
permitted oday. If weather condl-
I Hons were favorable. The belief
The News-Review scored WM confidently expressed that un-
again today In furnishing the ,lPr Mmt weather conditions, the
Important news of the day. hot 4. night woud be eaay (or tne pB.i
off the wire, to the people of . Tne meagn requested that no
Itoseburg. ; statement be Issued to the press
At 7 o'clock this morning ! Hoarding postponement of the
the huge V. S. airship Shen- scheduled attempt until the flight
andoah crashed In Ohio. News I ,r,,j,.ct commander was able to
of the disaster was promptly . present data and information avall-
bulletined in front of the ,!,, , how the possibilities of
News-Review office, and as 1 ,ccess and the plans for holding
the leased wire opened more t without prejudice to the search
detailed news of the tragedy , (or tne m8aing PN-9 plane and Its
filtered In. By 9:30 a. m. the crew
:d"S..pruwhss:i
was able to furnish the names I WASHINGTON. Sep. 3. The
of the dead. Injured and miss- proposed night of the naval plane
Ing. and this news was sup- rnl ,rom N"n Francisco to Hawaii
plied over the leased wire. "''d off entirely, Secre-
Without loss of time the ary Wilbur announced late today,
News-Review force oritanlied "om TPr definite reasons In
for the publication of'a street .the future show It Is desirable.
eoltion, and at 9:35 the first ! Th secreiery'a statement follow
copies were off the press. The announcement that the flight
extra street edition carried a had been Indefinitely postponed.
full account of the crash, the The practical abandonment of the
names of the dead and Injured "''hi was attributed to belief on
members of the crew, and a h part of the secretary and the
very correct account of the dls-w "" ranking naval officers thai
aster, as was shown by the nothing of real ralue was to be
later and more complete stor- gained from It and that the navy
tes received later in the day. had 'had enough trouble for a
This extra service was sup- while."
piled without cost to the city "We don't want to haiard the
by the News-Review, eight lives of other men," Mr. WJIbur
hours ahead of Its regular edl- said, referring to the Shenandoah
tlon. and twenty-four hours and PN-. No. 1. accidents, "fntll
ahead of. any Portland or other we have some definite reasons."
state paper. The suggestion that led to hla
decision, he asserted did- not come
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Mrs. Bessie Steele, of Germond
Street and Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Iverson. recent arrivals from
Portland, were all injured yester
day evening, when Mrs. Steele's
home was destroyed by fire. Mr.
and Mrs. Iverson, trapped on the
upper floor, were forced to Jump
from the second story window, a
dlstattce of almost 30 feet, the
woman sustaining a bruised
shoulder, while Mr. Iverson's back
was badly wrenched. Mrs. Stee
le's fare and hands were burned
when she tried to enter the build
ing after It was afire in an effort
to save some of her personal
effects.
The fire was started by the
explosion of an oil stove. Mrs.
Steele had been called to the door
by Mrs. B. 1.. Kddy a neighbor,
and was -jrfanding In the front
room, wlfcen the explosion occur
red. olhWwise she doubtless
would have been burned to death.
She warned Mr. and Mrs. Iver?on
who dashed upstairs after aome
of their goods. The man and
woman were trapped there and
were forced to Jump from the high
sine of the hotm, whirh was situ
ated on a hillside. Three out
buildings were burned and the
entire neighborhood threatened
liy the fire.
The fire started Just after Mrs.
Steele lit one of the burners on
the oil stove In her kitchen. As
she started the stove, Mrs. Kddy
rapped at the front door and Mrs.
Steele turned away. Almost imme
diately the stove threw fire over
the entire kitchen and when Mrs.
Steele turned bark Into the room
she saw that It was all ablaie. She
seised several comforts from the
bed with the Intention of smother
ing the fire, but was unable to en
ter the kitchen.
Mr. and Mrs. Iverson, who came
from Portland a short time ago
were occupying apartments In the
building, having two rooms down
stairs and two rooms on the upper
floor. Mrs. Steele found them in
their rooms downstairs and warned
them that the house waa afire and
to leave quickly. Mr. amis Mrs.
Iverson had some valuable articles
upatalra and attempted to save
them, but by the time that they
reached their rooms the entire
house was biasing, so quirkly did
the fire spread, and they were forc
ed to Jump for their lives. Thy
were unable to reach the low side
of the building, and had to Jump
from the high windows, a distance
of fully thirty feet to the ground.
In the fall the woman Injured
her shoulder quite badly, and Mr.
Iverson's back waa wrenched In
such a manner that he probably
will be Incapacitated for some time.
Mrs. Steele, who Is an elderly
lady, endeavored to force her way
bark Into the burning house to se
cure valuable papers and currency,
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EX-GONVIGT PUT
UNDER ARREST
ADMITS MURDEH
Killing of Independence
Jitneur Confessed at
The Dalles.
IS SOMEWHAT HAZY
Arrested While Hiding in
Railway Yards After
Recovery of the
Stolen Auto.
(AmocUunI Uaied Wir.. )
THE DALLES, Sep. 3. W. R.
Lloyd today confesssd to the slay
ing of Clinton I. Baun near Inde
pendence Tueaday night, according
to Deputy 8heriVf George Shearer.
He aald he was alone with Bsun
at the time. J. H. Hlte, whe waa
arrested and held for Invratlgatlon,
has been released.
Officers said Lloyd Is somewhat
huy about details of the slavirg,
saying "I can't remember every
thing." He now admits ownership
of the gun found in his suit case,
they aald.
THE DALLES, Sep. 3. W. R.
Lloyd, former convict In the Ore
gon penitentiary, being held her
in connection with the murder
Tuesday night of C I. Bsun, Inde
pendence garage man, admitted t
day, officer say, that he had tak
en money from Bun and stolen
his car.
Lloyd denied any connection
with Baun's death and said that he
must have been out of his head t
the time of the robbery question
ing officer declared.
Lloyd' purpo'ted confession waa
a (Contirsed on rage t)
Shenandoah Death List
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. The cruiser Shennn
cloah's senior surviving officer reported lo the nnvy de
partment today that I 3 were killed, two injured, and one
remained unaccounted for in the wreck.
The message was from Lieutenant Commander
Charles E. Rosendahl, navigator. He enid Lieutenant
Commander Zachary Lansdowne, the commanding offi- .
cer, whose home was in Greenville, O., and second in
command; Lieutenant Commander Louis Hancock, exe- '
cutive officer of Austin, Tex., were among the killed.
The other dead named in the dispatch included
Lieutenant J. B. Lawrence, senior watch officer, of St.
Haul, Minn., and Lieutenant A. R. Houghton, watch of
ficer of Allston, Mass.
Lieutenant (JG.) E. W. Shepherd of Washington,
D. C.
Enlisted men listed as killed were:
Everett P. Allen, aviation chief rigger, Omaha, Neb.
Charles Brown, aviation chief machinist mate, Tom
River, N. J.
James W, Cullinan, aviation pilot of Binghnmton,
N. Y.
Ralph T. Joffray, aviation rigger, St. Louis.
Selestino P. Mazzuko, aviation machinist's mate, Sav
annah. Ga.
Bartholomew O'Sullivan, aviation machinist' mnte,
Lowell, Mass.
George C. Schnitzer, chief radioman, Tuckerton,
N.J.
William 1 1. Spralley, aviation machinist mnte, first
class, St. Louis, Mo,
James A. Moore, Jr., Savannah, Ga., aviation ma
chinist' mate, firstc lass.
Seriously injured:
Chief Gunner Raymond Cole, radio officer of Lima,
O., and John F. McCarthy, aviation chief rigger of Boston.
DROPS 1 3
PARTS NEM
OHIO TOWN
IRRESISTIBLE WIND ENCOUNTERED AT HIGH
"""ALTITUDE NEARLY ALL VICTIMS IN " .
CONTROL CABIN, DEMOLISHED BY
IMPACT WITH EARTH. 1
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
CALDWELL, O., Sept. 3. The giant dirigible
Shenandoah is no more. It went down in three pieces
here early today and killed its commander, Lieutenant
Commander Zachary Lansdowne, and at least thirteen of
the officers and men, making up her crew.
The airship struck a line squall variety of stomas
most feared by airmen shortly after 5 o'clock near this
Noble county village, while traveling at an altitude of
3,000 feet enroute from Lakehurst, N. J., to the west.-
Most of the dead were found in the tangled wreck
age of the control cabin where a full crew was on duly,
attempting to ride out the buffeting winds which reallfttd
in the complete destruction of the giant of the air. -'.
Ambulances and other conveyances which carried,
physicians and others to the scene immediately followmg
the accident were transporting the dead and injuretfto
nearby towns. Those who met death in the unsuccessful
flight against the elements were taken to Belle Valley,
while the injured were scattered in the various hospitals
of the community. -
wmpcn wtr nm avminnie.
Thp tory of th dtnanliT lit nm of
hernlMiii of ihf cnw. plot. writ In
thf Inlnn'-t of tht' ili'vHntimpnt of
IlKhltT thnn nlr trnnrtportMl ton. It
in hfxt toUt by Coloni. C. 1. Hall.
I'lillt'd Stat rniy ohwrvor.
Aboard thp HI fati-il Mil p.
' We WHi-n traveling wint At an
n1t1tii.1t of about 4.KM ftt whrn
wt rnmiinl.TPd a nlorm." Colonel
Hall aatd In 1rrlhinK the acci
dent. "By chamting our cm i rue a
At the
tdno of the. rranh. Hall said, forjr
of (he alx ennlni-s which propelled
i the air nmnnler were going foil
upeed. The craft atmplv mefalr
! current, which nhe could nol, u?
I vlve.
Craw DUplays Haroitm.
Colonel Hall voiced high pralu)
I for the navy crew of the dirigible.
Kven Immediately after the crash
he aald. the rrew'a behavlorwaa
remarkable. Rach man tn4k-lh"
,nt,n or more limes, we dn.ll It I , ;, nppnTUn)r Mmmrit
only . enrnnnler line -". ; (f w"ir, '. b,Umn nnA
which sent us to sn altitude of fifilKI
fift hfnrp we realized what had
happf'tictl.
nttHnipt Iiik lo brine: the craft to
Krntiml in the best manner possible.
In all there were elaht meirwho
"We opened Ihe valves to let out ,HlU, tn,. pnrlloiis rlile on the flor
Itas and lowered Ihe ship and were ,n f hP ,h,, whlch Colonel
Inwerliia; away from the slnrm al a! HhII finind himself. It rtrlfted.for
fifly mile per hour ran. when tbe , Din heller part of a half horn- anil
slnrm enveloped us and broke lh.t i ,-,,viTe, a illnlnnre of ten mlteit or
ship Into three pieces. I exelalmert ni(lrP .f0r(, ,-omlna; lo earth,
lo f'nimiid.T lansdowne 'Kvwy. , ,,,rrInpn, preTIIIed-n
one beat II. Whi n Ihe crah came. .'' . . ,i,J h.. h
RADIO BROADCASTS
MESSAGE FOR MAN
KILLED HERE TUES.
Itadio K; at Oakland, Califor
nia, waa laat nlcht broadcantlng a
meNnage endeavoring to locate
Huart U. Hturglll. alias Charb-y
.Moore, who waa killed here In an
auto wreck, early Tuesday morn
ing. The mefifaage Mated tlfat the
young man'a mother and aluter
were endr-avorlng to locate htm.
The metiaage waa apparently the
reftiilt of m letter to the Oakland
chief of police a-klng for a la
ta nee In locating the young man,
the letter evidently having been
. wrlttm iome time ago, aa Hturglll
'received a letter from hla mfifhr
a few day before hta death, tirg-j
I ing htm to return lo hla home. The
jetatrment of the KfiO announcer!
'contained a tfoacrfpHnn of the!
young man, gave both name order
i wnicn ne migni oe going, a no aK
I ed anyone knowing of hta where
; at nu tn to notify the police at Oak
, land.
The young man wan killed Tuem
nay morning when hla car turned
turtle on the corner of Htephenai
and Moaner atreeta, and hla moth
er waa located and notified of the!
accident Hhe wired lo have the
-, body shinned home, and It has been
I Rent to Virginia by Coroner M. K.
1 Hitter. ;
I waa on Ihe ladder leading from
the control cabin to the rear por
tion of the nhip. An I atarlcd to
fall. I clutched a girder from which
I bung appended, finally swinging
n v body over It and crawling forty
or fifty feet back Into the iihlp."
rthlp fell. In an alninut unhelleve
ably short time newa of the dla
aster had npnad over the entire
countryside and roads were black:
with sittoinohtl carrying doctors,
undertakers, officials and morbidly
riirlnnsi tn the tmlntat whera the VA
When he reached the ship proper,. rinnH pnrtnna of the ship fell.
Colonel Hall said that he found) Karh portion of the ship waa com
othr members of the crew pre par-1 p,.,-ly wrecked bv the impact with
Ing to open the valves In order in thn Krnnru and early arriving son
bring about a decent. Here h Vf.nr hiintore wore mnklnc off wltrt
found Meutenant Holand tl. Mayer. h)t of thp pintera of wood
leading officer, and Lieutenant J. , m other portions of the mech an
il Anderson. aerobtgUt. The latter,: inm A TOnnteer gnanl finally was
Colonel Hall said, had made his tnmwn Rronm the area at there
way to the rear on the cat walk. , milt w)rMt colninbua fot f lUv
All three descended safely. mrn an(1 ,nnM. offin, to Miaul
duty.
Colonel Hall said that the rataa-
Irophe was In no way attributable
to any defect In the uhlp. Metero-
lortcal advices, warning the nav
gators of the storm would
Kaved the ship, he said.
Tranedv fttun Vlllaaara.
At Itelle Valley, where the hoaJeA
of the dend men were being aitKew
have! bled under direction of Lieutenant
Since Commander Charles R. Hofientlahf,
there were no metemlogkal sta-! grief prevailed. Villagers, the drab
lions In th vicinity, however, thai (Continued on page I.)