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FAIR AND WARMER
VOL. XXVI NO. 258 OF ROSF
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PROBE STARTS
INTO NATION'S
1110 DEFENSE
Davis, Acting Secretary of
War, Opens With Demand
for Complete Truth,
SERVICE IS UPHELD
Assures Investigators of
Fullest Co-Opcration
in Bringing Out
Cold Facts.
(Aanrlatni Fim LeurJ Wlr.
WASHINGTON. Bert. II. The
American people were assured to-
day by Acting Secretary of War
Davis, that there la "no reason to
be panicky about conditions of the
army air service."
Testifying as the first witness
before the president's air board,
Mr. Davis broadly outlined the pol
icy of the army air arm and point
ed to the successful world flight by
army planes as one achievement
which has "proved Its right to pub
lic confidence."
"The amount of equipment Is In
adequate." he said. 'but this Is
controlled by funds,avallable, while
Its personnel, although somewhat
limited, is unexcelled by any air
service In the world."
Mr. Davis, who first urged ap
pointment of the board, pledged the
full cooperation of the war de
partment In the Inquiry and said
that during the Investigation,
charges were made against his ad
ministration, he would welcome an
opportunity to reappear and answer
them.
"The war department." Mr. Davis
said, "welcomes this Inquiry Into
the air defenses of the couutry by
this board of disinterested citizens.
National defense lsa sacred trust
of -all the people. They have the
right to know whether appropria
tions are being wisely and eco
nomically extended and whether
the defenses of the country are
planned, organized and equipped
In the most effective manner.
"In the consideration of this vi
tally Important subject, honest dif
ferences of opinion, naturally
arise. They exist within the war
department Itself, as you will un
doubtedly hear today and the prop
er expression of honest convic
' tlons Is to be encouraged. The war
department impugns the motives of
no critics. It has the right to de
mand the same fair dealing for
Itself. It seeks to keep an open
mind on all rebatable questions to
adopt any constructive suggestions
which it can approve, to Improve
the service wherever Its means will
permit.
Hard Facts Demanded
"In carrying out Us serious re
sponsibility for the national de
fense. It Is morally bound to In
sist that mere assertions must be
backed by hard facts, that due con
sideration must be given to the
cosily experience of the past In
weighing speculations of the future
that the change for the sake of
change Is unjustifiable. We here
are all actuated by the same fun
damental motive, that patriotic de
sire to safeguard our common heri
tage we may honestly differ as to
the ways and means of accomplish
ment. In such a discussion there is
no place for passion, personalities
or prejudices. In that spirit we
welcome this Inquiry.
"On behalf of the war depart
ment. I am glad to offer the board
of aviation Inquiry every assistance
In our power. I believe that the
board wants sense, not sensation,
farts not fancies. Arguments, not
mere assertions. All studies, rec
ords or reports, whether public,
confidential or secret are at your
disposal. Officers, enlisted men and
employes will appear before you If
and when desired and will testify
fully, freely and frankly. There has
not been. Is not now, nor will there
be any "musillng" of army officers
In the expreason of their Individual
opinions. In your constructive pro
gram, the war department will cor
dially cooperate. I personally have
long felt that such an Inquiry Is es
sential. In order that public opinion
may rest assured that the national
defense Is wisely being safeguard
ed, and Is In the hands of officers
of ability, loyalty and vision, and
not of mere bureaucrats.
"At this hearing I will confine
myself to general statements of
policy, leaving the details to be
elaborated by the military and
technical experts.
Adequate Funds Lacking
"In general. I believe that our
personnel is at least equal In skill,
hardihood and bravery to that of
aiiy other nation. The equipment
is Inadequate in numbers and part
of It, being built during the war,
unsatisfactory in condition, a sittia
Uon which Is gradually Improving.
1 his condition is due solely to lark
of money and ran be remedied only
(Continued from page tour)
(9r REVIEW
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cVSTE PROBE
DEFENSE
"JON ASKED
OWIGHT DAVIS
Acting Secretary of War, first
witness at the official Investigation
which opened today, pledges the
fullest co-oitf ration of ihe wnr de
partment in the effort being made
to give the American public the
whole truth regarding the service.
Language Insubordinate Is
Gen. Hinds', Decision j
Court Martial
Will Follow.
(Aaorbfrd Pmi LeaaNl VlrrS
SAN ANTONIO. Texaa. Sept 21.
Colonel William Mitchell, air
service critic, was relieved from
active duty September 19 by order
of Major-General Ernest Hinds, It
became known here today.
"I don't want to talk about It,"
Colonel Mitchell declared today.
Please say that I have nothing
whatever to say."
"We have nothing to say, Gen-i
era! Hinds said today. "Please ;
say that there Is -'no comment'
from the eighth corps area bead-1
quarters." .
1 Following the Shenandoah dlsas-
Iter. Colonel Mitchell, who is said
to be one of the most decorated
men in the fcrmy, and who at one
ttme during the World war com -
manded the entire allied air fleets,
j issued a statement. In which he de-
,clared the recent air disasters
I were due to the "almost criminal
negugpnee 01 tne rnitea mates ;
Air Service." Court martial:
charges which resulted and which !
are under preparation in Washing- '
ton .have been expected in San An-
tonio for some time.
In addition Colonel Mitchell ex
pected to be called as chief wit
ness before the air service investi
gators appointed by President
Coolidge as a direct result of his
charges.
fAnnHatMl Tmrn IuMl Win.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 Action
of Major-General Krnest Hinds In
relieving Colonel William Mitchell
from active duty at San Antonio Is
understood to have been based on
General Hinds' feeling that lan
guage used by Colonel Mitchell
relative to air service matters had
been Insubordinate to his superiors.
General Hinds reported his action
today to the war department and
while his dispatch was not made
public,- he was said to have 'ex
pressed the belief that It would be
prejudicial to discipline to retnln
Colonel Mitchell In a position
where he would be compelled to
ask for obedience from his own
subordinates.
The order relieving of Colonel
Mitchell from active duty doea not
require war department approval
and there was nothing to indicate
that the war department contem
plated any action In the matter.
Colonel Mitchell probably will
not be available for duty In the
eighth corps area In any event
during the next few weeks, since
he is expected to be a witness
both before the naval Inquiry
board Investigating the Shenan
doah disaster and the presidential
aviation commission which began
its deliberations here today.
Court martial proceedlnga grow
ing out of the public utterances of
Colonel Mitchell are In prospect
within the next week or two. and
s'moKt certainly will be held In
Washington.
Orders issued at the mar depart
ment assigning Colon! Mltrhell to
iluty at Gneral Hinds' headquar
ters did not specify the duties
that would devolve upon him. He
was dlrerted merely to report to
General Hinds for orders.
Here Hal until y
Among those to spend Satur
day vitltlng with friends and at
tending to bnslness matters here
was K. C. Ishmael, of cottage
Grove.
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MITCHELL CRITIC
OF AIR SERVICE. IS j
RELIEVED DF DUTY)
CITY SCHOOLS
REGULAR TERM
Enrollment Today 1,292
Pupils According to the
City Superintendent.
GRADES CONGESTED
Overflow Class to Be Estab
lished in Central School
for the Third and
Fdurth Grades.
Roseburg's school opened today
wilh a total attendance of 1.292
pupils, of which number 397 were
nigh school students. This la
fourteen below last year's registra
tion of 1.306, but it is believed
that the school attendance for the
year will be fully up to last year
if not better. Many families are
still out on vacation, aa a result of
the late opening of the deer sea
son, and consequently many pupils
are yet to enter school.
The high school and Fullerton
school show an Increase, while the
Rose and Benson school each show
a loss.
The grade school change Is ex
plained by the fact that an 8th
grade class Is being established In
the Fullerton school this year,
(Continued on page 8.1
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FIGHT FDR TITLE
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round tonight starting at 6
o'clock. The wire to the
News-Review will be direct
from the ringside at the
Yankee Stadium and will
give the local fight fans
fine aervlce. The News-Re
view is the only newspaper
In the state outside of Port-
land to furnish this service.
(.tOTlil-d frtm lfued Wlt.)
j NKW YORK. Sept. 21. Dave
I Shade of California will have a
1 two and one half pound advant
age over Mickey Walker of Kllta-
beth, N. J., world's welterweight
champion, when they meet in a
lS-round title match at the Yan
kee stadium tonight. In the offl-
I rial weighing In today the chal
lenger scaled 147 and Walker
H4J.
(Ax.alnl Prna iMivd Wlrv.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 Mickey
I Walker of Klisabeth, New Jersey,
will st eft into the ring at the
I Yankee Stadium at 10 o'clock to
night to defend his world's wel
terweight title against Dave Sha
de of San Francisco, after side
stepping his relentless challenger
I since he lifted the crown from
Jack llritton at Madison Square
I Garden In 1922.
I Walker Is a 7 lo S favorite to
win the lS-round bout. Moth
boxera are expected to weight In
under the limit of 147 pounds.
Shade la taller than the rhampion
by two and one-half Inches and
has a longer reach by about four
Inches, which may count heavily
In a- close fight.
Kxclualve of the knockout he
res-Utirpri nfpr llmmv fllatterv of
Ulitffalo, Shade shows only four
knockouts In about 60 struggles.
On the other hand. Walker has
scored twenty knockouts in ap
proximately the same number of
contests.
There Is little love between the
principals, situation aggravated
by the long delay In making the
match. For time the champion
;was under suspension in this
state for neglecting to answer the
: challenge.
If Ihe weather Is unfavorable
the fight will he postponed until
Friday.
Shade has a crouch. Involving
weaving and dusking, that puizled
Slatlery. Walker Is regarded as
a faster boxer and heavier hitter
than bla challenger.
I ' Before Walker won the title he
met Shade twice In no-dlrlsion
i bouts in New Jersey. One .went
(to the limit of twelve rounds and
in the other Walker won In seven
rounds, when Shade broke his
OPEN TODAY FDR
J right thumb.
ROSEBURG. OREGON,
SKenandoali's
Described
Officer
(Aanrbtnl Pnm Leswd wlnO t Rosendahl went over Into the
LAKEHURST, N. J. Sept. 21. A .liir. from ihe control car to give
graphic story of how the forward the necessary orders and as he en
end of the wrecked Shenandiah tired the ship t-ie car broke off
was free-ballooned to a landing I and fell.
place near Ava, Ohio, on the morn- I Commander Rnsendahl said he
Ing of September 3, waa given to-jlsiarted alt then to give the orders
day to a nav.il court of Inquiry by jv, hen there was a terrific crashing
Lieutenant Commander C. K. Rosen-1 of metal and a combination of
dahl, senior surviving offirer, In noises hard to describe,
the first official report of the accl- "The bottom ke, i panel was pull
dent to be qiade public. ed uut," he asserted, 'and a num-
After tne rorwaru enu Droaw ,
away. Commander Rosendahl with
other officers who were left In thla
portion, got the' section' under con
trol and finally tended It on a hill
side. There waa a high ground
wind and the bag threshed about ,
so that Rosendahl called for pistols .
nd shotguns from nearbv farmers :
with which to shoot holes In and
deflate the helium bags.
Commander Roaendahl'8 report 1
said the Shenandoah bad circled
one storm when the other was seen
forming in the distance. He said
It was apparent to Lieutenant Com-
mander Lanadowne, the command-
ing officer, that this new cloud
"either was coming toward us or!
building up very, rapidly."
Suddenly the Shenandoah began '
to rise and the ascent could not be
checked, the ship reaching an alti-.ter
tude Bomewhere near lis pressure
height. There the upward trend
was checked momentarily, but the!
111,. BKMlll I' I W . ' " ..." - I ir- 1 u wrBLVHU.
idly and then helium waa valveil for I After his official report had
five mlnctes. The rise wax check-; been read Commander Roarndahl
vd. - Was called to the stand to Intro
l:i order to check the ex-s mo- dure the official order for the
tiop which the ship would gather flight of the Shenandoah as well
In descending, orders were given to;as the radio log. One section of
dump water ballast and much of It j the flight order read:
was dumped but the ship began a "Should the dictates of safety
very rapid descent. Soon it levelled (and the weather conditions exlttt
off and then began to rise rapidly ing make It advisable, the com
again. It was apparent, the repoit I rounding officer of the Shenan
sald, that on the descent the shlp doah is authorised to make such
could be saved only by dropping jmodifiratlons in the above Itiner
the fuel tanks (Continued on pag .1
Flowers to Be Presented to
Marchers in Sovereign
Grand Lodge Parade
on Wednesday.
Several thousand rosebuds are
needed to supply Odd Fellows who
are to march In the parade on day, September 23, and from all
Thursday at the Sovereign Grand indications will 1 the largest and
Lodge aession In Portland. Exten- best that the community baa ever
slve arrangements are being made uttered. The Glide fair la rapidly
by the different branches of Odd becoming one of the most looked
Fellowship In- Roseburg for parti- (or evenia of the year, and Is at
clpallon In the activities at Port-, lemiri by great crowds, not only
land, and as a method of advertis- f.nnl thai mntttMnt, h, i.nm Bn
Ing this city and its wonderful cli-
mate It Is desired to present every-1
one In the line of march on Wed-
nesday with a Roseburg rosebud
In order that this plan may be
carried out the cooperation of the
residents of. Roseburg is needed
, Everyone having rosebuds I. asked
1. b.l,n ?, 'WSn ."p Jit?:
T ti i ii ; f li and Ihe afternoon to a program,
Roseburg at the Sovereign Grand ' main audllorluip of the school
IMlge session, which l an Interna- building.
tional affair. The flowers will he Considerable e fort has been ex
handed out to all who march In penrted in collecting the exhll) Is,
the parade. If a sufficient number hlh will be a part of the Glide
of buds can be obtained. display at thi Roseburg home and
The flowers will be prepared for 'and producls show, rrom all re
shipment to Portland bv Merle Aus- ports-Ihe mass of material collect
tin of The Fern, and local people ed for exhibition purposes would
having flowera are asked to leave do well for a county fala. Much of
them with him, or if unable to de- the vegetable, fruit and grain dls
liver (he buds lo notify some mem- play will probably be used for the
ber of the committee. county's exhibit at the state fair.
SPICE OF
(Associated Press
neu TiHCA Drtl F :
NAPA, Cal Jule W. Holmes dove Into the Nspa river In pursuit or
hia fishing pole which was jerked from hia hand by a fish. His body
waa recovered an hour later.
FALLS 1 FEET, DROWNS IN 2 FEET.
MODESTO, Cal. A fall from a bridge three feet high Into two feet
of water la believed to have been responsible for the death of Dominic
E. Roncone, of Oak
land. His hodv
water, A loosened
fall.
plank In the
CEYbER AS
SANTA ROSA, Cal Plans for
Geysers for drying vegetsbles and fruit were announced by George
Andersen, rancher and capitalist. Andersen has been operating a small
dehydrator for some time as a tsst plant,
A NEW HINDU TRICK,
nasi DcrtDci r i uuh.. una fUnnh Hinftu was iodoed
Immigration jail here to await deportation, ha told officers he would I
lose caste it his turban were taken rrom mm, so teey let mm seep n.
The unwound turban dangling from ascond story wlnoow of the
Jail told how Singh and Julian Urrea, Spaniard, also swelling deporta
tion, had escaped after loosening the barred window with a smuggled
monkey wrench.
2 MORE ON AVIATION'S DEATH LIST.
SPOKANE Lieutenant Schuvler Prlestlv. 20. and Private John A.
Avey, Jr., 20, were killed ar the Earl Holeington aviation field when planting nf loll, 000 black apotlrd
the airplane in which they were riding crashed to earth from an altl-ltroul fry in Devils l.ake. along
tude of 400 feet The accident occurred during the air olrcua In which the Roosevelt highway, waa au
21 planes were taking part, thorlied.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
Last Hour
By Surviving
to Naval Court
ner oi iransverses in tne aeei sever-
ed.
"This was undoubtedly caused by
'tho control car carrying away from
the ship," he added.
"I rannot recall how s"on there-
after, or whether It occurred tltiiul
laneoualy." he continued, "hut I re-
member niv next vision was that
of ll,e afi part of the ship floating
rapidly away and down. This was
preceded or accompanied by a
; crashing sound of metal. I realls-
; ed at once that my section of the
'ship was afloat."
The officer heard the control ear
hit the ground and then he saw the
aft portion setlllng on the ground
Ihe forward serilon
arose until I
, 1 It. ,, . .1
those in It could scarely see Ihe I
earth and at the same time began I
- spinning in a horliontal plane. Af-Ifor,. Meetings will be held on
locating others In this section. Thursday and Friday afternoons
Commander Rosendahl and hlsan(t evenings and on Saturday
males valved a gas tank and let out; ieht ih show will conclnrtn with
the conienis of the gas tanks and
GLIDE . TO HOLD
J Annual Showing of Home
and Farm Products to Be
Held Fine Program
Is Arranged.
The annual community fair at
Glide will take place on Wednes-
.w,lon. nf the rounlv. I
Thl, exnhll, lncu,ie livestock In
,,, clttMell Rnd .u ,or , farIU
'proallctSi fancy and. homework.
The far (g n 1W eYen,
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niorng R,Pn ov,.r to the
"h'bit of farm and home produce.
THE NEWS
Leased Wire.)
DIVES' GOOD-BYE.
was found face downwsrd in the
COMMUNITY OF
bridge la believed to have caused his
DEHYORATOR.
utilising the steam from Callstoga
the
21. 1925
PROGRAM FOi
E
!Ti
IS READY!
Specialists in Agricultural
Lines to Make Addresses
' on Afternoons.
HURD TO BE SPEAKER
Marketing Plans to Be Dis
cussed by Specialist From
O. A. C. on Thurs
day at 3 P. M.
Roseburg's Annual Home and
I Land Products show will nnpn on
t i, ,. .. . iu ...... l. . .1 1 , 1.
Ul till II U 11 IB
.,i,.i,.,h ik .. n,. ,
k- ,. .m
U very Interesting entertainment.
The program committee has
worked with the Idea In mind of
furnishing something beneficial aa
well as entertaining. On Thurs
day and Friday afternoons spea-
kera will be brought In to dia-
euss subjects of importance and
interest to agriculturists and busi
ness men.
.On Thursday afternoon C. J.
Hurd, of the marketing depart
ment of the Oregon Agricultural
College, will apeak on problema
relating to the marketing of farm
crops. It Is expected that his ad
dress will have an Important
bearing on the plans now lielng
advanced for the formation of a
city produce market, and all
growers of the county and the
merchants of the city are Invited
to be present and hear thla talk,
which will dnnbtleea be of a Jtreat
deal of imporiause, n .
The musical program on Thiirs
dey will be furnished by the Dou
glas County Concert Rand, which
will present one of the programs
to be repeated at the Oregon
State Fair. The band will be as
sisted by Mra. Fred Strang, who
will sing.
In the evening an address will
be marie by Hon. A. C. Marstera,
who will speak on a selected topic.
Friday afternoon County Agent
II. W. Cooney is to speak on the
Products of the county, dealing
particularly with the diversity of
farm crops possible In the county.
W. O. Paul of South Deer Creek,
will also speak on Friday' after
noon using aa hia topic the sub
ject of flowera.
Music on Friday and Saturday
is being arranged by the ilelnllne
Studio.
On Saturday night the main
feature will be a watermelon eat
ing contest, which will be open
to the youngsters.
Each night motion plrturea will
be shown liy the California Ore
gon Power Company, showing
ediicatinnals on hydro-electrio de
velopment In the territory served
by the Company.
Mellows Radio Shop la prepar
ing for the Installation of radio
equipment, which will furnish
programs each evening. .
ANOTHER JANGLE
BREAKS LOOSE IN
3lAlbUAML DUUI
(Ambled frets l-aanl Wire.)
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 21.
Complete minutes taken by the
clerk of the July 1.1 meeting of
the game 'commission, at which
A. E. Ilurghdiiff and M. I.. Ryrk
man was removed from (he posi
tions nf state game warden and
superintendent of hatcheries, were
ruled out In favor of a moro
concise account of the proceed
ings presented today by a rom-
m'ttee chosen at the previous
meeting to make the revision. The
minutes accepted are free from
the personaltllea with which Ihe
July 13 meeting waa full.
Captain Ilurghdiiff lodged
protest nt changing the minutes.
I "The method of handling Ihe
'minutes Is unprecedented,' he de.
dared. "Mr. Averlll Insisted that
the minutes were not legal until
accepted by the commifalon. If
I that
la so, his position aa slate
game warden Is not legal nor la
hiiv action of hia slnrn his ap
pointment legal.'' He announced
that he would take all posslhU
Hcilon to prevent the chungo In
the minutes.
Commissioner Itauer of Corval
lls told the commission that af
ter a lecent Inspection trip he
was rnnvlnced that the state had
too many hatcheries and not
enough good ones.
The construction of an Ice
house at the Tumalo hatchery
near Itend was ordered. The
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NAPA. Cal., Sept. SI. .
A stolen .automobile wilh an
alleged drunken driver, car- 4
eening wildly down the
wrqng side of the road near
St. . Helena, crashed Into a
car containing fuur persona,
killing bne of them. Mrs.
Km ma Louise Spires, til. of
Myrtle Point. Oregon. All of
the others In both cars en-
caped Injury. Milton W'al-
cott, 21, of V&lleju. was ar-
rested and admitted that he
had taken the car and was
driving It when the collision
occurred.
A l TO IIAKKIiY MINHKH
(XMH.IIHiK; DIIIVKK 1)4
TltlKI) AND FIXED :i.V
4 (Awrlatml hia Lwil Wirt.) 4
4 WASHINGTON. Sept. 2t.
4 After having forfeited col-
4 lateral bond of :15. Nathan
D. Smith nf Baltimore, whose
automobile yesterday Bar-
rowly missed President Cool
idge, today had the forfeit
ure set aside, stood trial.
and waa fined 135, Smith
a n lien red in court "a short
.lime after his ca-e had been
called.
Kelso Official Accused of
Slaying Editor Feud .
in City Becoming
More Virulent.
f AwwIatMl Frew leawd Win.)
01.YMP1A. Wash., Sept. 21. A.
Rutie Todd, former mayor of Kel
so, Washington, accompanied by a
party of five men and two women,
were In Olympla thla morning
seeking the appointment by Gov
ernor Hartley of a special prose
cutor to tske chanre nf the prose
cution of George- H. Norris, elty
engineer of Kelso, arrested Snn-
dav elghj In connection with the
murder or Thomas i loverv. former
editor of Ihe Collt Valley News.
Todd waa Informed hr A. R.
Gardner, secretary to the gover
nor, that Governor Hartley was In
Eventt and was not expect-d back
until this evening, or pnsihlv to
morrow mnmlnr. While Todd's Im
mediate course of action seemed
undetermined, he declared that he
would ak the governor to appoint
a sneeisl nmsecutor at the earliest
opportunity.
"The circumstances In this rase
convince me that Ihe prosecuting
attorney will not act," Todd said,
"so we are going, to ask the gov
ernor to appoint a special man.
The governor said before that he
would take action when we had
di finite information to work on if
the local authorities did not and we
believe we have that information
now." Todd said.
He referred In affidavits, which
he aliased would trace certain nf
Norrts movements on the night of
the lioverv shooting and which had
been filed with Governor Hartlev
last week, he said. Gardner staled
this morning that he bad no knowl
edge nf Ihe affidavits, bat they
might have been filed with the
governor wllhout His knowledge as
I Todd asserted Ihe papers were de
livered In Olvmpla.
Todd and his party. Ihe olhr
members of which would not di
vulge their names, told of leaving
Kelo last nlirht In two cars tinder
nnllre giisrd and renorteil whit
ihev ronldered an attempt to in
tercept their car last night near
Chehalls.
KV'I.'O, Wash.. Sept. 21 A Rtl
rlc Todd, former mayor, left here
Inst nl"hl. saving he wss going lo
lav before Governor Rnlsnd H.
Harlley charges In ennnerllon with
Ihe slaying of Thomas Dovery,
Kelso editor, who wss shot June
19. Todd V"Sterdv swore out a
warrant before Jllslce nf the Peace
W. M. McCoy of Castle Rock
charging George H. Norris. super
intendent nf Ihe Kelso water works
with murder In Ihe first degree.
After Norris hsd been arrested he
wss ordered released bv Hlle Imns,
Cowllis county prosecutor, who de
clared thst a wsrrsnt for a felonv
roiiM nut he Issued by a Justice nf
the peace, and lhat no evidence
hsd been found to connect Norris
wilh the desih nf Iviverv.
Inius denied that Todd had given
hltn evidence unon which to base
any charges against Norris.
INMIMl NKt.llO I.YNCIIKI).
MI'.I KDGFVIM.K. Gs.. Sept.
?1, Willie Dixon, negro Inmate
nf the state sanitarium for Insane
person', who last week killed
Mls Amv Oifnrd. a nurse, waa
taken from the eolnnr farm near
here to the Wilkinson county
line last night and lynched.
ISKPRDSEH
FOniGHT
DDVERY IVIURDERER
NO. 187 OF THE KVININO Nvw4
J
RELATIVES t
FATAL FIGHT
Hyman Huntley, Formerly
of Dillard, Stabs to Death
Jess J. Gibbs.
12 CUTS INFLICTED
Suspected Wife's Prayer
Fails to Convince Her
Husband or Quiet
His Feelings. ., '..
(Aaochted Flvs Leased Win.)
MGDFORD, Ore., Sept. 21. 0s
ae James Glbba, 28, a mill worker
and Coos county homesteader, la
dead and Hyman Huntley, 61. a la
borer. Is In the county Jail, aa re
sult of subbing affray here early
Sunday morning. Bad blood over
the attentiona said lo nave bee a.
paid to Mra. Hattie Huntley by the
dead ntan la given by the authori
ties as the cause of the fatal quar
rel. Huntley surrenderes) lo the
police and a coroner's inquest will
be held and formal charge Died
agalna Huntley today.
According to the sheriff's ver
sion of the affair, the two men.
who are brothers in law, and their
famillea have been living In the
same house. Glbba bad been em
ployed nights and sleeping daya III
an adjoining shed. The HunUeya
had been quarreling and Glbba waa
blamed for the domeslie storms.
Saturday night, a Rev. Dewey
conducted prayer meeting at the
Huntley home. The prayer meet
ing concluded about midnight. The
domestic trouble of the Huntleys
waa a subject of discussion and
the Rev, Dewey advised Mra.
Huntley to pray alone tor peace
with her mate. In accordance with
the suggestion, Mrs. Huntley - la
said lo have gone to the shed
where Gibbs waa sleeping and
knelt In prayer.
Huntley, according lo the sheriff.,
called the rest of the family and
went to the shed and eavesdropped.
While this waa going on, Mra.
Huntley left and a quarrel started
wilh her husband. In the course
of Ihe argument, Huntley la alleged
to have struck his wife In the face.
Gibbs, awakened by the hubbub.
appeared on the scene and look
Huntley to task for the a I tack: -A
fight started between the two men
and Huntley stabbed Glbba twelve
times. It la alleged.
Hyman Huntley, previous to" hi
employment at Medford, Uv4d
about Hlllard and Hrorkway, Deaa
las county, for twenty years" nr
longer and Is well known to prac
tically all of the residents of those
sections, as well as to many peo- '
pie in Roseburg, coming to this
city frequently. He left Dillard on
ly a short time ago. It was leasned
today, going to Mvdford to join' hia
family, who had preceded him
there. -
STAGE BUTTLE
Considerable excitement prevail
ed this mnining at the city hall as
a result of a flsllc encounter be
tween Israel Ketch, city marshal,
and J. II. Hayes, Rock Creek stag
driver. Ilayea waa arrested last
week rhsrged with Ignoring stop
sign, and objected Ihia morning to
tiie fine, claiming that he waa not
exceeding a speed of 6 miles an
hour. He and Ketch entered
word battle, and It la alleged that
Hayes became abusive. The offi
cer fins liy became angered and
reaching across Ihe counter struck
Hayes several tlmea In the face.
The battle waa assuming serioua
proportions when it waa stopped by
City Recorder Whipple.
F.r;FAF..iir;xn witf.k
STAt.F. MKIIMCF. MKKI.Y.
TF.ND. Ore., Hept. 21. Pro
sperte loomed this week-end lhat
the F.iigene-llcnd stage line will
he operated continuously all win-,
ter long.
Plans are being made to keep
MrKenzle Pass open during the
anow season, according In onnura
and operatora of the line.
M. A. R.-ed and M. C. Hick,
man, owners, plan to confer with
rnpresenlatlvea of the bureau of
public rnada at Portland ask lag
permission In operate power
snow packer to lie driven ahead
of the atagea.
They will go on lo Rainier Na
tional Park to Inspect tbe snow
packer and equipment used In the
park last year to keep roada open.