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VOL. XXVI
NO. SIS OF. OSEBURQ REVIEW
CEREAL
ARE NEEDED IN
Uf QUA VALLEY
Greater Diversity on Farms
Pointed Out as Agri
cultural Necessity.
ROTATION STRESSED
Douglas County Fanners
Should Grow More Seed
Crops According to
Conference Report.
A greater diversity In farming
In Douglas county with more atten
tion paid to the growing of cereal
and seed crops. Is one of the rec
ommendations growing out of the
agricultural economic conference
held here last week. Douglas coun
ty Is shipping in various grains,
corn, and feed which might a
well be raised at a profit at
home, the report says. The soil
and climatic conditions are very
favorable for the growing of cereal
crops, and such practices would
improve the land and be of bene
fit to the farms of the county.
Douglas county Is one of the most
suited In the northwest to the
growing of corn, yet much corn is
Imported each year for feeding pur
poses. There Is a big opportunity
for the growing of several seed
crops and there should be a big
expansion along that line, the re
port of the farm crop group re
lates. The complete report of that
committee is aa follows:
The cereal acreage of Douglas
county has declined to the point
that but little of the crop is ship
ped out and a good deal of the
various grains are shipped In.
Yields per acre on many of the
lands are too small to make the
crop profitable. Some of the lands
are devoted to cereal production
because there has been little else
to choose and In order to utilise
the land, grain has been grown.
Many practices have been follow
ed that lead to lower yield's.
The committee recommends the
following aa means of improving
the Douglas county cereal situa
tion. 1. Grow the crop In a rotation
including some legume.
2. Make use of better "prepara
tion methods to secure better seed
beds and greater freedom from
weeds.
4. Make fall sowings of all of
the cereals. In preference to spring
sowings where soil and moisture
and weed conditions will permit.
5. Adopt standard varieties of
the cereals and eliminate the rest
6. Use only thoroughly celaaed
seed.
The use of rotation will enrich
the soil and improve Its physical
condition so that the numerous
workings now necessary in many
cases to prepare. a seed bed may be
reduced. This will tend to Increase
acre yields and at the same time
reduce production costs. Good seed
beds may be had more easily.
The treatment of seed grain will
reduce the smut losses. All wheat
should be treated with the oopper
carbonate treatment Directions for
using, making a home made dust
treater may be had from the coun
ty agent. AU oats and barley should
have the regular formaldehyde
treatment.
Statistics of the TJ. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture as well as the
experience of the committee mem
bers show that fall sown cereals
on lands where they come thru
the winter In a satisfactory condi
tion, ont-yleld the spring sown
grain. Therefore It Is desirable on
untrrigated soils that can- be suc
cessfully prepared in the fall to
make as extensive fall sowing aa
possible. Pall sowing after a good
cutlvated crop Is particularly good.
The standard varieties recom-
(Contlnued on page four)
Father and Two Children Perish
in Fire Resulting from Batch of
Moonshine Mash on an Oil Burner
f JtantbM n Uwl Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 24.
Three persona, a father, hla son
and daughter, were burned to death
here last night in a fire which
started In an oil burner In the kit
chen of their home used to heat a
still containing 25 gallons of moon
shine mash. The dead:
Floyd Camp. 3(.
Douglas, son,' aged 4.
Kllzabeth, daughter, aged 7.
The three were trapped In the
bedroom of the flame-swept dwell
ing. Mrs. Camp, who discovered
the fire, escaped with an Infant
child. She aald she attempted to
return to reams the others but was
P n f OBBER BAND PULLS
.K KV',7F DARING JOB IN
fe'A.RT OF CHICAGO
I
nm Uuxl Win.)
Nov 4 A hand S
off . elx robbers fought
pV. ' battle here today
with a'' bank messenger and
his guards, wounding police-
man Patrick O'Sbea and dash-
Ing away in an automobile
with approximately f 50,000.
O'Sbea may die.
The money waa being trans-
ferred from the Drover Na-
tlonal Bank in the stockyards
to the Continental and Com
merclal National Bank In the
central business district An
auto filled with robbers halt-
ed the messenger's party and
began firing when resistance
was shown.
MITCHELL HITS
DH PLANES FOR
TOLL OF DEATH
Refers to Them as rtFUming
Coffins" at Renewal of
Cross-Examination.
BAD RECORD CITED
Reaffirms Charge He Was
Bluffed, Bulldozed and
Demoted Until He
Had No Command.
(Aanrktfd Fras UuH Win.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.
Colonel William Mitchell reiterat
ed before his court material today
his charge that American aviators
were flying in flaming coffins.
Resuming the witness stand for
conclusion of his cross-examination
at the hands of Major Allen
Gullion, assistant trial Judge ad
vocate, the air officer insisted
there had been no Increase in
safety for the flying men.
Major Gullion developed by
questioning the. witness that the
number of flying hours per fatali
ty for the fiscal year 1921 was
934, while for the fiscal year
1925 the number was 5,269.
"Don't that prove that the
rafety of flying has increased from
1921 to 1925, about 550 percent?"
Major Gullion asked.
"It Is a very misleading state
ment," Colonel Mitchell replied.
"There la no Increase In safety.
There Is a decrease In safety.
Our personnel Is better trained
now than it was in 1921, and
flying has been much more re
stricted. The machines are still
flaming coffins."
Bast Aviators, Worst Planes.
"Do you not know that flying In
the United States Is twice as safe
as it is in Great Britain?" the wit.
mess was asked,
f "No."
"Do you not know that flying in
.the United States is four times aa
safe as it Is In Italy "
"No. Figures can " be twisted,
and moreover, our pilots are the
best in the world. They can fly
faulty machines better than other
pilots."
"Yon aald In your statement 'of
September S that the pilots know
that they are going to be killed If
they stay In the service, using old
flaming coffins."
"I did."
"What old flaming coffins did
yon have reference to?"
"DH's. It constitutes criminal
negligence to keep using flying
ships of that kind."
DH Type Deadly.
Colonel Mitchell blamed the re-
Icent death of Captain McAvoy at
Old Point, Va., who fell with a DH
I mane, to faulty equipment and
'Major Gullion produced the report
of the Investigating board showing
.that the machine waa flvlnr at a
I (Continued on page 1. 1
'enable to do so on account of the
, flames.
The bodies of the victims, char
red, were found on the bedroom
floor.
I The only escape from the bed
room was through the kitchen.
Mrs. Camp said she got up about
midnight to prepare for the wash
ling today and discovered the fire
In the kitchen. She rushed to the
I bedroom, called her bnsband and
rhlldrea, caught the youngest in
her arms and ran from the house.
Firemen who found the still on
the biasing oil stove In the kitchen
'aald the still had either exploded
!or run over.
MICHIGAN T01
TERRORIZED BY
GANG OF THUGS
Looting of Bank Purpose,
But Vault Resists Two
. Hdurs' Assault
RAID MADE AT NIGHT
Citizens Kept at Bay With
Constant Shooting But
Message Finds Way
to the Outside,
(saodited Tnm Uutd Win.)
CASSAPOLIS, Mich.. Nor. 24.
Armed bandits terrorised Cassapol-
Is for nearly three hours early to
day, firing at every resident who
dared to appear on the street, fin
ally roared out of town, after fail
ing to rob the First National Bank.
The bandits, variously estimated
at between five and ten in number.
entered Cassopolia shortly after 2
a. m. They bound a night watch
man and three other men who were
in two all-night restaurants, cut
telephone and telegraph wires
leading out of the city and for two
anal one-half hours ruled the town.
At 4:45 a. ra.. after an ineffectual
attempt to break the vault of the
First National Bank, the bandits
left In an automobile.
Fusillade Kept Up.
During their stay the bandits
fired between 100 and 150 shots,
and only one shot waa tired in re
turn. Revolvers and sawed oft
shotguns were used and the targets
were any who appeared on the
streets or who showed lights in of
fice buildings or residences near
the business sections.
George Jones, a stock buyer, was
the only casualty. Aa he emerged
from his house he was greeted
with a volley. A shotgun slug In
flicted a neck wound and he re
treated into the house.
The robbers first visited an all
night restaurant and bound the pro
prietor and the village night watch
man, who was In the place. - Leav
ing a guard over the men, the
other bandits went to another res
taurant and treated its proprietor
similarly.
Vault Door Holds.
The front door of the First Na
tional Bank then was forced, the
robbers taking their four prisoners
Inside with them. The outer door
of the safe was dynamited, no ef
fort being made to deaden the
sound of the explosion and the
noise brought several persons to
the streets and windows.
Five charges of dynamite were
exploded, the outer door of the
vault being torn away but the in
ner door withstanding the bandit's
efforts. Over a wire which the
bandits failed to cut, a Mrs. Au
gust, night telephone operator, no
tified officers at Mies while the
bandits still were at the bank and
roads leading out of Caasa polls
were Immediately placed under
guard. Dr. Jamea Kelsey offered
the only resistance the gunmen
met. Called by the telephone op
erator, who told hlra there was
trouble at the bank. Dr. Kelsey
drove down town. One of the ban
dit guards began shooting under
his car. Dr. Kelsey fired a shot at
the man and then drove away amid
a storm of shotgun slugs from the
bandit's gun.
GRAND CHANCELLOR
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
WILL VISIT LODGE
Grand Chancellor, Robert D.
Lytle. of the Orand Lodge,
Knights of Pythias of Oregon,
will psy an official visit to Alpha
Lodre, No. 47. Knights of Pythlss
of Rosebtirg, on Wednesday even
ing, November 25. Grand Chan
cellor Lytle, Is from the city of
Vsle, eastern Oregon, and will
bring message of the work and
good that the order Is doing In
the Great Northwest. One of the
outstanding feature is the Pythisn
Home, at Vancouver, built by the
Oregon and Washington Pythlsna.
for the care and comfort of the
aged members, who are depend
ent, also to care for the orphan
children of Pythian Knights and
give them an education.
In no other way could fratern
al work aa taught In the Order
of Knighta of Pythias be carried
on as It Is In the Home. One
of Roseburg's he.t known towns
people L. A. Sanctuary, was a
member of the Home and during
his time spent there wss one of
the greatest boosters for the in
stitution they have ever had.
There are now IS children at the
Home, and a Children'a unit will
fie erected the coming year for
their special care and' edualinn.
The meeting Wednesday even
ing will be for Knights and visit
ing brothers. Refreshments will
be served.
ROSEBURG. OREGON.
Public Service Concerns of
Oregon To Pay Tax on 103
Millions Below Valuation
SALEM, Nov. 24. Public ser
vice corporationa In Oregon will
In 1926 pay taxes on apportioned
corporation property valuattona in
creased $6,598,561.43 over the
valuations fixed by the state tax
commission a year ago for 1925.
This became known today, when
the tax commission completed
tabulating ita summery of the
assessment roll of public service
corporationa as equalised and ap
portioned by the tax commission.
The total assessed value of the
corporations according to the new
summary is $258,606.02, but the
apportioned value on which the
taxes will actually be paid is
$155,053,607.71. The latter fi
gure is the total of utility values
as appointed to the counties ac
cording to their ratloa of assessed
to actual valuation.
HAVE TO QUIT JOB
AS A MEDIATOR
(AanrlalM nm Ijari Wlm.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. The
cruiser Rochester, on which Gen
eral Pershing went to South Amer
ica for the Tacna-Atrlca - negotia-
tlona, has been ordered relieved
for a trip to the United States, but
so far as known here the move
ment does not Involve any change
in personnel of the American Tac-na-Arlca
commission.
It waa learned today that Gener
al Pershing has been anxious to
come home for a brief visit, offi
cials giving as the reason a desire
to be In the United States during
the Christmas holidays. Latest
available Information here, how
ever, is that he probably will not
do so. -
The official . explanation given
for the return of the Rochester Is
that she is In need of repairs. It
was declared today that the deci
sion to send the cruiser Denver
from the Canal Zone to Arica to
relieve the Rochester was reached
some time ago, although it was
kept secret.
It has been apparent for some
time that the Washington govern-
ment was looking with some: con-,
icern on the trend of developments
st Arica. There have been no in- tint) bill -pn his doorstep. Shortly
ttmattons that General Pershing or thereafter) the police have been
members of his staff are In need of, tod ne w,g discharged as a Mnr
personal protection an the general Ean employe. Thei he was found
tendency among officials here to- dcad , automoblle mMr; hlg
day was to refrain from drawing home
any hasty conclusions aa to the
mlft&lon of the Denver.
Steps will be taken, however, to
ascertain all the facts. There Is
nn rinnht Ihot It Honor.! P.mhln
' K,, ,,"
regards the state of public opinion
in Anra as warranting tne pres-1
ence of another man of War at that
ence oi anoiner man or war ai inm
port the American government will
approve promptly of such an ar
rangement. SCHOOLS WILL
ADJOURN OVER
THE WEEK END
The city schools will be dismiss-1
ed Wednesilav afternoon, and a
holiday will be granted .over the
week end, classes being resumed
on Monday morning. This will
give teachers an opportunity to go
to their homes for Thanksgiving.
Most of the schools are arranalng
for Thanksgiving programs to be
neia on Wednesday ariernoon At ley, and the Medrnrd High school,
the high school Dr. I.011I1 Albert champions of southern Oregon, wil
Banks will speak at 3:15 p. m. on, play a postseason game here Hat
a subject suited to the occasion, 'urdsy, December B.
Vancouver Farmer Arrested for
t Murder Following Discovery of
Headless Body, of Army Deserter
rAbM Tnm Lo.nl win..) building at once, although they
VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 24. I were some distance apart.
I R. Rolen, prominent farmer of Rolen was In the house alone, hla
the Mill Plain section, ( miles ea.t wife end child being In Heat He.
of Vancouver, was arrested today ; Neighbors saw the fire and ruhi-d
on a charge of murder. In conni-c-' to the house and seemed to hsve
Hon with the death last July of difficulty In arnnslng him, but he
Walter W. Flemmlng, aged 1!. appeared a ta window In time to
whose heedless body was found eaeape the flames,
floating in the Columbia River. More than a year ago Rolen was
With the arrest of Rolen came dragged by a team of horses and
first Intimation that the body of so Injured that he has walked on
Flemmlng had ben Identified. H crutches since.
Is declared by Sheriff Thompson In December. 1824. he emnloved
to have been a deserter from the Flemmlng. The quarrel, Rolen de
I United States navy and, prior to rlared, started over a calf which
.his death, an employe of Rolen for he asked Flemmlng to care for.
I more than a year. Flemmlng dls- Flemmlng objected, saying It was
(appeared about the time that a fire not his work.
deatroyed the house, bsrn and ! Reareh for his head has proved
; prune drier on the Rolen farm. Ho- fruitless.
;en, a cripple, told officers at the, Rolen has lived In Clarke roiinty
time that he had quarreled with for more than 14 years, having
Flemmlng and expressed the opln- heen employed hy different firms.
Ion that Flemmlng had eel fire to He moved to the farm, which was
the buildings and fled. , Inherited by his wife, about three
The body of Flemmlng was fin- years ago.
!a!ly Identified thrown flngen
printa from the War Department
at Washington, D. C.
The Urea on the Bolen fsrm oe-
curred on the night of July 2-2. !
the firs breaking out ta all three j
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
The new summary gives the
apportioned valuations according
to the classification of public ser
vice companies as fllows:
Steam railroad companies, union
station and depot companies,
$95,205,773.89.
Electric and street railway
companies $1,839,970.50.
i Car companies, $1,508,240.28.
1 Klectrtc companies, $5,484,330.
65.
Water and gas companies, $7,
97.040.02. I Joint utilities (electric, water,
gss) $29,796,365.81.
, repress companies, $331,487.
76.
Telegraph companies, $1,82,
819.28. : Telephone companies, $11,607,
480.12. , ,
1 Total. $155,053,507.71.
'S ESTATE
(AanrUtnl Tnm Uusl Wlrr.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 24. Suspi
cion that two employee on the
country estate of J. P. Morgan at
Glencove have been murdered by
rum runners in the last two years
is entertained by Long Island po
lice. Charles Clayton, a guard on the
estate of P. G. Pennoyer, son in
law of J. P. Morgan, , was shot dead
on the night of October 30 last. He
had Just been transferred to the
Pennoyer estate from the morgan
place.
A man named Price, another em
ploye of the Morgan estate, died
under much the same circum
stances two years ago.
Long Island shore property of
'wealthy persons, unguarded) ex-
cept for private watchmen, la be
lieved to have been used exten
sively from distant nlm row. The
guards whose deaths are - under
scrutiny are supposed to have
known of the smugglers' activities.
"What would you do if anything
happened to me?' Clayton asked his
wire a lew days Before he wss
hot near the Pennover home. The
nnllre understood thai iHn nn,.
f0nml a case of whiskey with a
District Attorney Weeks Is plan
ning to have Price's body exhumed
If developments warrant. A dlec-
-'"7 wiiti . ,u.., re-
I ward for apprehension of Clayton's
iIav ThM ,r , .,'. ,
. , ,
lb' If" e,U,e are OUKht ff
.
1urll""ig-
PHEASANTS ARE FREED.
M(i.afnl rrm Lraml Win.) ,
MEDFOHD. Ore.. Nov. 24. One
I hundred and forty-four China
Pheasanta from the state game
jfarm were liberated In various
?"? of Jackson county today by
: 10cal Sam Wardens.
I
SALEM VS. MEDFORD.
l'rM Iwwl Win..)
Ore., Nov. 24.-
MEDFORD,
The
Salem high school football team.
champions of the Willamette Val-
State Fire Warden W
and hla depnty. If. D. flhewmsker,
lnveatlgsted the fire, and has msde
no report of his findings. For thst
reason fftr.00 Insurance on the
buildings has not been paid.
24. 1925.
STUDENT REVEL
THROWS WHOLE
CITY IN UPROAR
Northwestern Mob of 3,000
at Evanston Burns and
. Assaults at Will
POLICE ARE HELPLESS
Mayor Knocked Senseless,
Officers Manhandled
and Match Set to
Buildings.
(AsnUUd Pnm Leued Win.)
CHICAGO. Nov. 24. Defying po
lice pistols, tear bombs and streams
from fire nose, 3,000 Northwestern
University men and women stu
dents last night celebrated the
prowess of their football team by
rampaging all over quiet and aris
tocratic Evanston.'
Before their enthusiasm waned
early today, a vacant fraternity
house waa In ashes, a policeman
had two broken ribs, four students
were in Jail, scores had black eyes
and cracked heads, and Mayor
Charles R. Bartlett. nursing a
bruised head, declared Northwest
ern would never have the new sta
dium It baa planned.
Police, Flrsmtn Hslpleia.
The police and firemen were
helpless when the jubilation began,
by pro-arranged plan, about 9
o'clock. The cops were stripped of
their badges and made the victims
of their own maces. Firemen, dash
ing to answer numerous alarms,
most of them false and others re
sulting from bonfires, had their
hose knotted and equipment dump
ed and scrambled,
Finally after reinforcements of
riot snusds came from Chicago and
forty World war veterana were mo
bilised by a former service men s
organisation to aid the police, the
students retired to the Lake Mich
Ican front and finished off the eve
ning with huge bnnflreB, songs and
cheers.
President Walter Dill Rcott, who
had been out of Kvanston, return,
ed as the celebration concluded.
Ills only comment was that the
burned house "wasn't worth much
anyhow," and that the university
would not interfere In behalf of
the students who had violated city
ordinances. They would have to
sfand the consequences In the city
cpurts.
"Frat" House Is JSurned.
The melee started when students
fired the fraternity house, which
was to be raxed and replaced by a
" M"".e." .,,......,
been soaked with oil. Others oiled
quadrangle. The Interior hnd
and Ignited the old wooden ntaill-
urn, wiiirh me university hoped to
replace wllh a concrete structure
next year if city permission was
given.
Firemen who responded to
alarms and attempted to quench
the blazen were stampeded by
crowds of students. Attempts to
quiet them were made by Kenneth
L. "Tug" Wilson, athletic director
and gridiron stars of Ihe school,
Captain Tim Iiwry and Ralph
"Moon" Raker, These succeeded
In persusdlng the attidents to ex
tlngulHh the stadium fire.
Mayor Knocksd Ssnsekss.
William A. Wlltberger, police
chief, advertised hy Kvanston as
the only chief of police with a col
lege education, attempted to speak,
hut was hooted down as the "scien
tific cop." Mayor Hartett, work
ing with firemen to recover lost
equipment, waa knocked senseless.
When he wss revived he said the
students bad lost any opportunity
they may ever have had to build
their proposed stadium. "It Is evi
dent that If 3.000 students cannot
he controlled It would be Impossi
ble to take care of 80,000 people
If the stadium crowds gave trou
ble." he said.
The police chief and fire depart
ment beads were equally wrathful.
Orders to shoot down anyone who
attenuated further trouble were Is
sued by Chief Wlltberger and Fire
Chief Hnrstelter said bis equip
ment hsd been stolen, damaged
and scattered.
The students under arrest were
held In connection with turning In
fslse fire alarms.
INJURIES BY AUTO TWO
WEEKS AOO PROVE FATAL
f W.LI'-t em Win..)
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 24,In
ternsl Injuries which were not con
sidered serious at the time he was
hit by an automobile November 10,
today caused the death of Uuiseppe
Vene, aged 69.
The police report Indicated that
he stepped In front of a slow mov
A. Ornre Mnr csr.
ElVton 4sn Here
C. R. Franklin of Elkton wss In
the cltv today looking after busi
ness affairs,
VOL. XIII
AXE DESCENDS ON
200,000 PERMITS
HOME MADE WiNE
(Annotate Pm leue Win.) 4
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24
All prohibition permits allow.
ing householders to manurac- e
ture 200 gallons of wine were
ordered withdrawn today. 4
. The action, which waa fore. f
cast earlier In the week.
4 sweeps one of the few remain-
Ing practices of pre-prohlbi-
tlon days. There are more
than 200.000 of the permits
outstanding.
Under the practice, any fam-.4
ily would obtain license tor
the . manufacture of fruit
Juices, other than cider, with- 4)
out payment of tax and with-
out giving bond.
The treasury holds now that
4 the permit granted authority
in violation of the Volstead
act
ORDEAL OF SKIN
EXPOSURE HAS
AFTER EFFECT
Alice RhineUnder Suffers
Breakdown That Keeps
Her From Court. .- -
KIP'S CASE FINISHED
Defense Counsel Moves for
Dismissal of Husband's'
Suit but Judge Says
Jury to Decide. .
(lK Ut.-d l-rna Lra.l Win.)
WHITB Pf-A1N3. N. Y., Nov. 24,
Isaac N. Mills, counsel for Leon
ard Kip Ithinelander, In his annul
ment suit against Alice ' Heatrjce
Jones, today Bought to amend the
original complaint so aa to charge
the defendant wllh defrauding
young Rhlnelander as to her color
through her silence on that ques
tion. Mr. Mills' request Introduced
such '-a'krtorty . legal tangle that
Juatlco M.iBW'hauaer : declined to
pass on 11 until tomorrow.) A pos
sibility wss, seen Ay-some of the
legal talent; interested la the case
that the motion 'ntlghf cause a
trial. ,
(A nl.lnl ITm M Win-.)
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. Nov. 24.
The plaintiff's case In the Rhine-
lander annulment auit waa closed
at 1:30 o'clock thla afternoon.
Alice ReatrlrO Jones, defendant
In the suit brought by her husband,
Leonard Kip Khlnulandur, will not
take the witness stand today as
hud been planned.
Lee Parsons Davis, defense coun
sel, said he had Intended to call
her to testify but that bis plans
had to bo changed because of her
breakdown last night following the
ordeal yesterday when she apiiear
ed partly disrobed before the Jur
ors so that they could see the col
or of her skin. This was done at
the request of Davis, who sought
to prove that Ithinelander must
have known that she waa part ne
gress. After the plaintiff side had rest
ed Its case, Davis made the usual
motion that the case be dismissed
on the ground of Insufficient evi
dence and asked that the question
be withdrawn from the Jury.
"I'll let it go to the Jury." said
Justice Morschauser In denying tho
motion. He cautioned the Jury not
to be Influenced by hla ruling on
the motion.
Mrs. Mary Rich, who took the
stand for tho plainlirf this morn
ing, revealed that Alice had told
her of a surprise psrty to which
Philip Rhlnelander. I,eonard's fath
er and other frlenda of Leonard,
(elected from tho social register
tf'ontlntied on page 3.)
Coolidge Must Pardon Murderer
Chapman for Robbing U. S. Mails
Before Connecticut Can Hang Him
t iMm-l.tMl rrr Lraid Win.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 24.
Gerald Chapman, notorioua bandit.
has esrsped death on the gallows
at the stats prison December 3, aa
sentenced when convicted or tho
murder of a New Ilrltsln police
men more than a year ago.
A writ of habeas corpua sought
on the ground that Chapman Is
still a federal prisoner and cannot
be nut In death by Ihe Htale of
Connecticut until he has served hla
25 years' sentence In Atlanta for
mail robbery, was signed by Feder
al Judge Edwin 8. Tbomaa yester
day. The writ direct that Chapman
ha produced before Judge Thomaa
t slate prison next Monday. Chap
NO. 114 OF THI IVININQI NEWS
SSSSSSSSS Z- I
VOLSTEAD .!
FUNG TO GET
GOOD
Moderation League Say
" Present Prohibition Law '
Is a Failure. if
CONDITIONS WORSE
Restrictive Laws Resulted.
.. in Less Drinking Than j
. Present Prohibition, , ej
Report Claims. J
NEW YORK. Nov. 24. The
conclusion that "the Volstead Act
has failed utterly to aeeossDlish
ita purpose to promote temperance
and sobriety" has beea reached by
the Moderation League. Inc. oa
the basis of a server of condi
tions in several - hundred repre
sentative cities, 1
The League,' composed of men
from every walk of lire, la Incor
porated under the lawa of New
York state for the announced oh- .
Joct of, J'Restpratloa. of Temper.
nee. its survey collects . sta
tistics dealing with prohibition- -during
the last eleven years from
every city or town of more than
6,000 population.
On the basis of thla data, the
league declares, "drunkeness gen
erally has increased to virtually
the pre-prohibltlon levels and cer
tain classes of Intoxication cases, -among
automobile drivers and
minors, especially, have increased
far above anything ever known
liefore In this country."
"Since conditions have become
worse, not better, each year," the
report concludes,1 and with thai
'next generation' drinking aw ne
ver before, there seems to he no
hope that the Volstead Act ta Ita 1
present drastle form will accora-"
pllnll Its purpose In , the long
run.
"From the experience, before-
national prohibition, of the states ,
which had restrictive laws from .
the experience of the whole'coun-,
tm during the restrictive period
of .iliIH-lt. and from the ex"'
perlenre of the- Canadian provin
ces. We believe that a greater de-
gree of temperance can be atteln--'
ed by a wise restrictive law than'
by a bone-dry law. which doea not'
command the respect ,oX a large
part of the people."
In repllea from 850 places
Whlrh kept records of Intoxication
arrests from 114, the report
states that arrests on this charge
in these communities during 1914"
had totalled 506.737. In the same
places, the total for 1920, the year
after the Volstead Act became
effective, had dropped to 226,070.
but In 124 It had risen to a total
of 49X,752. ' -
A cnrrexpondlng increase waa
noted in Ihe repllea from 457
communities where records of ar
rests for drunkeness had beea
kept only since IKiO. the report '
continues. In 1920 the total for
those places was 2&K.S74. while.,
In 1924 It waa shown to have,
risen to 665.026.
"A noteworthy feature," the re
port comments, "Is that , during
the ,11K-19I restrictions (which
amounted to seml-dryneas, not
hnne-dryncas), there waa an
enormous decrease In dninkene.s .
In spite of the business boom of
those years: and that thereafter
during the severe bone-dry years
of the Volstead Act, there waa
such an astonishing Increase than
druitkcne' Just about reached
the level of the old saloon year
hy 1924."
The Increase In the number ot
drunken drivers, as shown by re
cords of such cities as separate
I thla class from the general Intoxi
cation arrests. Is classed In the re
port "aa perhaps the most curious
I remit or national bone-drynsss."
"The number of drunken dilv-;
ers before national prohibition,'
I observes the report 'waa more or
iC'oiitlnned on page 2.)
man' lawyers say the case will go
I to the United States supreme court
I If n-cessary.
Chapman, originally sentenced te
I die last June, obtained one reprieve
1 In order to seek a new trial. Hla
effort In that direction fslh-d
(iovernor Truraball has Indicated a
second reprieve will be granted aa
a result of the habeas corpua pro
ccedlugs.
The possibility of presidential
panlon for Chapman, aa far aa the
1 mall robbery la concerned, in or
der that he may be executed, la na
dor consideration at Washington.
Atlorney General ((argent la In.
cllunl to the belief that a pardon
I Is necessary In order to give the
Utato Jurisdiction. . j
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