ilt;::: .1 1 A a A at - CeneolUatloii at Th Evening. News and , The Roseburg Review DOUGtXb COUNTY ' ' it Nnnutir, rSiallehee far th Beet Interacts t th fMfkt VOL. XXVI ROSEBURC OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5. 1925. NO. UHO HCVIEW VOL XIII NO. 1M Or THC KVCNIMO K COURT fll SOOH READY TD TRY MITCHELL Air Service Agitator Now Preparing Defense to Support Charges.- COUNSEL DECIDED ON Answers Summons of Chief of Bureau and Asserts Later That Fight Has Just Begun. (Aanriattd tnm Laud Win ) WASHINGTON, Oct. t. Colonel William Mitchell ot the army-air service, reported today to the inspector-general's office of the war department, where disciplinary pro ceed! nju against him are under consideration. The case at this stage la In the hands of Colonel George A. Nugent ot the inspector-general's office and the purpose was to furnish the Colonel with copies of proposed . chargea growing out ot his Saa An tonio statements which precipitat ed the present aviation inquiry. Before any chargea are made against Colonel Mitchell he will be given an opportunity to make any reply he desires. Colonel Nugent'a recommendations as to further pro ceedlngs.wlll be made after he had considered the reply, Any court martial would alt in Washington and indications are Major-General Summerall, com manding the second corps area. New York, would be president of the court. At least one air service officer senior to Colonel Mitchell Is expectedto be a member ot the court and Colonel C. O. Hall, army -iLohnrvir on the aavy airship Shen andoah at the tlmeaof the disaster to that craft, appears to be a like ly selection. Tbe only other offi cers of the air service senior to Colonel Mitchell are MaJorGenera) , Mason M. Patrick, chief of the air service, and Brigadier-General Jas. Fechet, Colonel Mitchell's succes sor as assistant chief. Colonel Mitchell spent about 20 - minutes tn Colonel Nugent's office and waved aside questioners when he came out. "I hatVn't a thing to say," he said. "Ask them.", ' He went to the office of the Judge advocate general before he left the building. Formal action to convene a court martial will it be taken be fore next week as Secretary Davis will be away this week on an Ohio river Inspection trip. Colonel Mitchell later went to the capltol, where he announced that court martial proceedings were Initiated. Representative Frank Reid, of Illinois, would head his civilian defense counsel. Mr. Reid waa a member of the house aircraft committee of the last con gress.. Colonel H. A. White, of the army Judge advocate general staff, Col onel Mitchell said, probably would ' bead the military counsel. The Col onel took occasion to-reiterate that the fight for a department ot na tional defense had "just begun." Mitchell Again Refuted. ' WASHINGTON. Oct. 5 Colonel William Mitchell's - charge that "amateur bungling" bv non-flying naval officers was responsible for the failure of the nav's Hawaiian fllsht drew a contradiction today before the president's air board by Lieutenant Bvron J. Connell, pllo or tne no. j. ' Under questioning by Senator Bingham of Connecticut. Lieuten ant Connell backed np the testi mony given last week by Com mander John Rodgers, leader of tbe flight, declaring that all ' ar f Continued on rage S ' A TORPEDO BOAT Wire) HELsiNOFORs. Finland. 0 Oct. .Three officers and rpeace In America, the cnmmanirer w fifty men were drowned when wisaid. Is adequate preparedness. the Finnish torpedo boat HD-2 . went down yeaterday in a violent storm during the a a- 4 val maneuevers. A dispatch through Copenhagen and Lon- don laat night said Finnish wilt and denying the possibility of gunboat, name sot given, had jwer. We know peace must rest foundered In the gulf of Both- , noon International Justice and pre- nla. Three other vessels- have taken refuge off tbe Swedish and Finnish coasts. " A 7SHFIELD MEN I - v 'iu a w a vi -IMMUNITY CHEST Senator Hall. Mr. J. W. Mclnturf, Mr. Wm. Ekblad and Capt. Gallahue are com- inc orer from Coot Bay to attend the Klwanla Lunch- eon tomorrow. . purine the past rear there haa been considerable talk about creatine a Community Cheat In Roseburg. The ob- Ject in view of course, being to support the several organi- sations worthy of clty-wlde help, but to do It with less money and to raise It all at one time, thus clearing the atreeta ot all drive tor mo- nay. The above mentioned ' men are all on the Commun- ity Chest Committee of Marshtleld and are so en- thuslastle about It there, that they are very willing and slad to rive of tbelr time in order to tell RoseburR people about it with the hope that one will be organised here. Heads of all civic organtza- tiona are being Invited to attend the luncheon. . I'J JOYOUS STYLE Delegates in Happy Mood as . Preliminary to Serious, Business to Come ' ' Before Them. (Airclalfd Ffta Leaia-i Wkr-V v OMAHA, Neb., Oct 6. Colorful scenes and an enthusiasm unabat ed by seven years0 of following peace time pursuits, marked the formal opening here today or the seventh annual convention a the American Legion. - a) An all-night celebration marked the welcoming new arrivals on special trains from mldniajit to dawn. There was cheering, fol lowing bands, and fife and drum corps .and flaying of old army games. Before the gavel of National Commander James A. Drain fell the vast city auditorium resounded with music and all the songs and mirth the great srmv of democracy built for themselves In American cantonments or found In Prance. An air only ot goodfellows glad to be together again prevail as the gavel fell on a. giant gong which called the convention to or der and there was apparent none of the seriousness of business later to come before the convention. . "Men. Aot property, should be the nation's first concern after the war." Governor Adam McMullen of Nebraska told the convention. , "Every citizen should consider It a dnty and a privilege to work to wards the rehabilitation of the American ex-service mn before he becomes ton engrossed) In the in-oreasl-g problems of modern so ciety.' Mention of the name of the A. K. F. commander. General J. J. Aersh Inc. was received with wild at pinnae. Governor McMuHan wel comed the legion 'to the home state of your commander-in-chief.' President Coolldge Is to address the cimventlnn tomorrow. He'ar- HMt h., thla mnrnlnv led bv Mrs Conllrire The question, what will the American lesion do about Colonel William Mitchell end his chargea of Inefficiency In the navvT is the liveliest topic of political conver sation. Many friends of Colonel MjVhell todsv were predicting thaT he would be shle to win the national commandershlp of the lesion If he would come to the convention In Person. Realizing this pnsstbllltv, Frank Warner of Norfolk. Neb., who also has been mentioned for the eommandemhlp mv Introduce a resolution asking that ' Colonel Mltchel be allowed tn attend the convention, despite the fart that the army department has asked his Presence In Washington for the start ot court martial proceeding. One Omaha newspaper elated Mit chell appears to be satisfactory to everyone of the various committees except that his election would "of-' fend the national legion admlnls-' tratlon." Drain For Preparedness. OMAHA. Oct. fx Laws under which war might be conducted "with no profiteers and slackers" waa urged by James A. Drain, na tional commander rf the American Legion, lnOn address before the national convention here today. The aureset . wav to nreseave 'The word of th American Ie gion has always a?tl alwavs shsll be pledged for peace," he declared, "but we know the wVd cannot have peace almply by wishing for pa redness." ellvfaw Club to Meet - The Bellvlew Club will meet at the home of Mra. A. A. Murphy on Thursday afternoon. HCMDIt CO;,Mi;jOP!!$ LIB TRIAL OF C0F1VICTS IS BEGUN AT SALEM Murray's Fate Will Likely , Decide Cases of Other Two to Follow. GETTING JURY HARD Ten Women File Claims of Exemption State to Ask Death for All 3 Defendants. 1 (Aanctitxl rna Uaaea Win.) SALEM, Ore.. Oct. 5. The trial of Tom Murray, leader of the convict trio, who shot their way out of the Oregon peniten tiary on tbe evening of August .12, opened In the circuit court here before Judge Percy R. Kelly this morning with District-Attorney John Carson asking the death penalty for the murder of John Sweeney, one of vie two guards killed tnthe Treak. L'p to the noon recess of tha court seven Jurors had been ten tatively passed by both the de fence .and proslt-utlon, and one hadoeen excused upon challenge of the detente. There were Indi cations, however, that not more than (aVo, possibly three, of the seven would pass final muster and be accepted. After the excuses from Jury duty had been granted there re mained at 'niwin nnlv 1ft natnea on the venire, and the court had ordered the drawing of an addi tional v eft I re of 60 namea. The attorneys anticipated that it would tendance was almost 20,000 smaller be late tomorrow before a juryethan in 1923 when the entire alx - could be secured. ' ' i game series was played in New Murray came into court shortly before 10 o'clock accompanied by Deputy Warden Lllley. He was not manacled and wore civilian clothes. He Immediately took the seat assigned to him beside the chair of his wttorney and scarce ly moved throughout- the morn ing session, showing no emotiogj and little interest In what was going on. Kyept for an occas ional flicker of a smile his ex pression never changed. Just be-, fore the noon recess a newspaper photographer took a flashlight picture of tbe court room, and Munaay sat erect sift looked squarely at the camera. The only touch or the drama tic in connection with the morn- tnir ,oJnii nomn arflh dlnnrn- ' " Fs .. . ......... u - J ni.nl when M.irrnv'a mother whfiV had been seated in the front row outside the rail, broke Into tears. the and Muruy's lather came In urlng the nmidle of the morn ing. aJI took seats In full view of the Jury box. Off on the far end or the first row of seata outside the railing sat Mrs. Sweeney, widow of the mur dered guard. She showed no emo tion and few In the court room were aware of ier presence. Svery seat tn the court room (Continued on page ) Can Connie, With'This Fall House Cosmie Mack found himself "staying" In the pennant jack ' pot with three of s kind in Eddie Rommel, 8Um Harris and fianr Gray and an off ace In Babe Walberg.- Stanley Harris was sitting pretty with a pat band in Stan Coveteskk, Dutch Bespectacled Meadows To Oppose Johnson , in World Series Opener, Forecast (AaoeUttd Trim I mi W w ' i PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5. Wstb Hie ringing down ot the curtain on tha major league baseball seasoa, the s lace was being set today for me oponlng game of the World .series at Forbes field, the home lot of the National league champions, the Pittsburgh Pirates, who on Wed nesday will enter the initial battle of the annual fall baseball clasaic aa the opponents of the Washing ton Senatora. 1925 champioaa of tbe American league and defender of the world championship title. : Manager - McKechale and his speedy young Pirate team are home from Cincinnati, where the last game on the regular achedule was played over the week-end. Final practice sessions preparatory for the first clash with the veteran Senators, are on tbe schedule for this afternoon and tomorrow morn ing. ' e" "Ducky-" Harris was down to lead hla club Into Pittsburgh to night and Forbes field will be turned over to the American leaguera tomorrow afternoon tor a workout The donble header "with the Reds on Sunday afforded Manager Mc- Kerhnle an opportunity to put era! of bis second string men knto action. Pitcher Culloton. Catcher Spencer, InfleldVr Thompson and Already all hotels and boarding outfield Haaa working In a portion , houses are booked to tbe limit an" of the aecond game. Since clinch- are making arrangements to care tag the aenior circuit pennant, for additional guests with emer about 10 days ago, all of Skipper 'ggicy acapmodationa. WORLD SERIES SNAPSHOTS V (AMOrtatot FTMtTffuvd Wire.) WASHINGTON. October BasebaU'e second million dollar series came into being In 1914 when the Washington Senators de- feated the New York Giants. In !'our. j. - , world'a title. - - Despite tbe fact that the at - .York s glrantlc parks, the 0O&4 revenue reached the record ot 11.093.104 aa against (1,063,815 re- At that, the attendance was the second largest In the history of the game for a aeries, eclipsing thai of the eight-game all-Colo Ground" classic ot 1921 when 769.977 were entertained. The Giants and Sen - ators performed before 283,695 In seven contests. Forbes Field at Pittsburgh. where tbe National league half of the aeries will bj played this year, will sure for . about 45.000 when temporary aeats are constructed. about 5.000 le than the Polo Grounds capacity, New York's 192S series still holds the record tor single day at- tendance wltlv62.817 at the Yankee Stadium for Tbe fifth game, while fully 50.000 others clamored fori admittance. The receipts for this contest were 1201,4(9. more money than reached the coffers from the full six-game series of 1918, the war year, in which the Red Sox de feated the Cubs. Following is the detailed dlspo-1 pitchers ,thls year have an opnor Itfwn ot laat year's receipts- Itunity to equal the World'a series I Players' share 331,l"fJ.51 Washington Americans' I share 148.99) 631 Bill's strategy haa been nolated toward priming the entire team, both regulars and reserves, for the title fray and no stone In that dl- rectlon has been lett unturned No definite announcement on the pitching assignment for Pittsburgh in the first game has been made by Manager McKechnle. In the opinion ot sport writers, however, Lee Meadows, spectacular mound artist, who came to the Buccaneers from the Phillies in 1923, will be the selection to oppose Walter Johnson, veteran standby of the youthful Bucky Harris, and the pitching hero of last year's series. It Is considered likely that Vic Aldrldge, who was obtained from the Chicago Cubs last winter by trade and a holdout during the spring training season, will be the Pirate chief's choice for the aecond game, with Ray Kreraer slated for duty on the third day of the big tussle. Fans from the four corners of the country are assembling in the smoky city and eagerly await the call "play ball." All reserved seats were sold long ago, but car penters are pushing to completion temporary atanda in left field that will accomodate an additional (.000 enthusiasts, bringing the capacity of Forbes field to more than 45.000. ! ahare 99.327.75 (Second p)tca - tems' h.re (New York ,n(j Brooklyn) each Third nl.ra team.' aha 24.831.94 - (Detroit and Pitts- burgh) each .. 55i'5i 1 Each club'a share 149 511 4 Kach league'a share .... 149.511.47 (Advisory Council's share 163.965 00 L World'a aeries - attendance and receipts since 190E - 5 w - 3 5 i " -o - e 1905 91.033 : 99.864 78.068 , 62,232 f. 145.8(17 124.222 179,861 ' 252.237 150.992 110.009 143.361 163.3f9 185,691 128.483 236.928 178.700 269.977 185.947 301.430 283,695 ' 27.391 33.401 64.933 46.173 66.925 79.072 137.910 147.572 135.1(4 121.899 144.899 1M.927 152,888 69,527 195.262 161.162 229.391 247.309 S.7M3 331,092 Itht 1 19117 11908 jj9o ' 1910 1911 1 191 j 1 1913 106.560 101.550 A 94.975 188.862 179.980 - 342.364 490.833 - 326.979 ' 225.739 ' 320.361 385,590 425.878 179,619 722.414 664,8110 900.233 605.475 1.063.815 1.093,104 ; 1914 11915 191 1917 1918 1919 1920 11921 11922 11923 1924 PITTSBURGH. Oct. B. Three record of Jack Coombs, the mound marvel who came out of Colby col- , (Continue' on page 7.1 Call Harris WitkThis Pat Hand? Zffl TACMASf Ruether, Walter Johnson, Zeb Then, on the draw, Connie drew an ace, giving him s ful4 house, which hand'll get the world' series GOAL FIXED FOR f,I0H E MEMBERS BY METHODISTSI 10 Per Cent Present Total Increases Resolved on at Conference. APPOINTMENTS MADE Rev. S. J. Chaney Succeeds DanforJ, District Head Rev. Knotts Stays in Roseburg. IrliUd Pros Lasted Wlpal EUGENE. Ore. Oct. 5. With a plea ot Bishop W. O. Shepherd and all district superintendents to In crease the membership ot the Methodist church In thla atate ten per cent during the coming year, the seventy-third allnua confer ence ot the Methodist Episcopal church of the state came to a close here last night. Ministers and appointees for (he Southern, Eastern, - Salem and Portland districts were fnnoanced lastauight. S. A. Danford. who baa been superintendent of the South ern district, which Includes Eu jgene. waa transferred to the posi tion of area evangelist and super visor 01 new worn. Ail oiner su perintendents remained In office. Rer. S. J. Chaney. of Ashland, will be the superintendent of the South ern district. tbs boundaries o fine Southern and Eastern districts were changed nnto the Eastern district from the Southern district to the Eastern. These are Klamath Falls. Lake- view. Pine Creek, Beatty. Klamath Indian Mission and Chlloouln. . J ne meeting held yesterday af ternootl for the purpose of ordain ing six dearona and rive elHera turned lntnasn evangelist rally. and tne entire conference pledged by standing vote to Increase the membership In the church bv 37no. ten per cent of the present total. Rev. I). H. IiCerh. formerly pas tor hre and now superintendent of the Sftlem district, brought the audience to Its feet bv a stirring evsnaellallc plea, during which he personally pledged to convert one peraon In every one of hla chargea. The note of evangelism struck In the conference led to a motion to send a telegrsm of encouragement to Billy Sunday, whorls now con-, ducting a sylea of evangelic meet ings In Portland. The resolution wss adooled on motion of W. W. Younvson. pastor of the Rose City church. Portland. The appointments made bv the Methodiat conference Involving !ouglas county points are as fol lows: Csmas Valley and Ten Mile, Rev. N. M. Shrnde: Canvonvllle, Rev. C. C. Dlx: Til Hard and look ing Glsas. Rev. N. M. Shrode: Drain. Rev. H. W. Rummel; Elk ton, Rev. Grace Driver, formerhsjof (Continued on pave 8 ) Y Zacbary and Fred . Marberry . Jack Quinn w be turned oat to be when tbe show down pot? SCHOOL JANITOR KILLED BY AUTO NORTH OF EUGENE (AaorUM Pna Laucd Win.) EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 5. Struck by an automobile on the Pacific highway In front ot the Santa Clara school, a few miles north ot here, D. W. Wing, SS, Janitor of the school, was almoat Instantly killed thla morning. K L. Comstork of Mon- mouth waa driving the car. According to the story told 4 to officers, Wing was talking to another man, and when he turned to leave he walked across the highway. Ha appar- ently became confused at the approach of the car, ami the accident resulted. Wing la survived by one daughter, Mrs. O. E. Arndt, of Scappoose, Ore., and one son, Fred Wing of Kent, Waah. EX-COICTKELB Arresjed While Working in Oregon Kailroad Camp Sheriff Declares Guilty Man Found. . (JanUid ha Win.) KELSO. Wash.. Oct. 5. One man under arreat and a state ment by Luke 8. May, crimino logist, that the alayer of Thomas Dovery is known to officers, are developments In tbe mystery that haa shrouded tbe death ot the. iveiso editor wno waa shot, down on the street here June 19. May and Sheriff Clark. Stude- liaker of Cowlltx County Tent to Oregon and arrested a man known as W. L. Thompson, alias William ueese, who waa working in a railroad camp about 70 miles from Eugene. . In regard to Thompson, May "h?? -". & y.hy k -7 11 . T . , changed tt ail will be determin ed In the next two or three days." May declared that he would be able to place complete-Information tn the prosecutor's hands within three daya. He stated we know poaltively who killed Tho mas Dovery," adding that the in dividual Is not anyone who has been mentioned In connection with the caao to dftte. He said the parties Involved are not resi dents of Kelso, and never were actual residents. May said that the gun used by the slayer had been positively Identified by Its owner. May and Sheriff Studebaker were buay today completing de tails In the Investigation. They were nnn-romniital today, dut In Intimated that further stutuincnta might soon be forthcoming. R, G. Sharpe, special prosecu tor appolntod by Attorney-General Dunbar at the tnatanre of Governor Hartley, arrived In Kel so from his home In Olyinpla last night. Sharpe nade this state ment today: "I have given A. Rnrlc Ijpdd, who filed charges against George Nnrrls, until Tuesday noon to file any further Information that would warrant holding Mr. Nnrris on a charge of conapiracy in con nection with the death of Dovery, A statement on this phase of the rase will be forthcoming Tues day afternoon." Thompson la held In (he JRll here incommunicado. His exact conned Ion with the caao has not been made known by tho officers. nnnrpe una aiu-iiiumi uui a statement, in which he said: "We know who the Individuals are who killed Thomas Dovery on the night of June 19. They were suspected from the outset Mil I am sail, led (hat we have ev dence sufficient to convict. I a n now preparing Information and necea - HHry warrains for their arrest Their names will not he revealed until the Information In filed and the warrants Issued, which will lie within (he next two nr three days. "The murderers are not residents of Cowllla county, "Since coming to Kelso as spe cial prosecutor on September 2H, I have had, during my Investigations, the fullest co-operation of the prosernling attorney and the sheriff." MN-nect 1 1 mm Hull Itcrnnl. POIITI.ANI), Ore., Oct. 5.' r Portland police said they hsd found records to show the fol lowing concerning W. L. Thomp son, who Is held tn Kelso by oftlrera Inve-tlgatlng the murdnr of Thomas Dovery: "Arrested In HakeraMeld. Cat.. In 1930, for Illegal wearing of navy uniform: aentenced to 00 daya and pay a fine of $100. "Arrested for burglary In Seat tle In 19.2 and given one to fif teen yesr sentence In slate pri son, under name of Fred Carlson; apparently shortly Ihercafter paroled. "Sentenced to a year for burgl ary of ilS sacks or sugar from a grocery store In Portland, Septem ber 16, 1911." Ills age was given aa 10 at (Continued on page a.) FIGHT TO Edit. MIZOLT: Question at Issue Wtcllrr Enough Business for Both Sterns. ,": . " S. P. WANTS NO RIVAL Oregon Trunk Would Ex tend South From Bend, Then Ultimately On to San Francisco. : " (Amelalxl tnm Lwd Wlr.) PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. tl !-U Two great rallroadSsystems,. tha Great Northern-Northern Pacific group, and the Southern Pacific are represented by their highest officiala and a small army of ex perts for the bearing which open ed here today on the petitions ot these lines for permission to build extensions la Central and. Southeastern Oregon and Nortnr orn California. Charles D. Ma harfle, director of the. f Inane bureau ftf the interstate com merce commlssloni opened the hearing, which is-xpeeted. to bring a clash of opinion as to (he re lative Importance of the petition of the two systems. Tha Northern roads, through their subsidiary, the Oregon Trunk, want to extend a line from llend to Klamath Falls, and have Indicated intention to continue the extension on ultimately to San Franceco. The Southern Pa cific and related companies, oper ating lu the Klamath region, pro pose a direct eastern route from Klamath . Falls. ssatop Msttasony aa-ev- wa-ar-. Ithere la enough traffic in sight In the Kltmath region to warrant approval by the "Interstate com merce commission on both of these projects. Conspicuous f- the court room were chief executives, attorneys, traffic managers, operating offi cials and locating engineers ' of the opposing railway system, members of the Oregon puulio service commission and repre sentative shippers of commodities and of community organlzationa in the region affected by the pro posed rival railwsy extension pro gram. Only as Interested observers are rfprenentatlvea of the I'nlon Pa cific System, present as the issa whlrn concerns them, was neara by the Interstate commerce coJn mlssion months ago. That Inane as It concerned the I'nlon Pacific was aa an etifenatnn of the Central Oregon line from Hums to llend and from llend to k ronneellen. with the Southern Pacific's Ku-gene-Klamalh Falls cut-eff. ' Or dinarily there would hare been a derision In that case before now. but the new Issues Involve In tha present hearing have ap peared in sjte nulure ot a supple mental proceeding, and no avul sion Is expected in the I'nlon Pa cific case until the present issue Is ready to lie derided. . Tlmbermen Pledge Business. Ralph Itinld. prealdent of "the Great Northern railroad, waa wltneas today. He was formerly chief engineer of the. Spokane, Portland and Seattle and the Ore- inn Trunk llne.i. and made the aur-: yryn f,tr the latter In 1909 and '111. I Th(, 0rrra Trunk aa It stsnda Kn unrnnip,.lpd project." Budd , ..,, Tntl origia plan was to ; , (ne , ,hp K,an,,th b,. ,, The mml expensive part ot ,(ne hM bu .. . Hp w,n( , Klam(llh rvfion ' . . he .., pne lum. her mnnufuctiirlng center within a few years, ir the Southern pine dis tricts are being rapidly depleted and the lumber men there are mev-' IContlnued on page t ) ' (Aan-Ut-t Pns l.ffurd Wire.) ) LA GRANDE, Ore.. Oct. a Nephle Robert Wood, 97, La Grande, brakeman for the Ore- . gon-Waahlnglon Kailroad find Navigation company, walked a half mile to obtain hely Snn- day midnight, after both arms had been severed above the elbows In a fall under the train wheels from a freight car. In spite of great loss of blood, physlclsns today held hope for hla recovery. . - ' BRAKEMAN LOSES eOTH ARMS; WALKS HALF MILE FOR AID