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VOL XXVI .NO. 328 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925.
VOL. XIII
NO. 229 OF THE EVENING NEWS
POSTAL RATES
WILL CONTINUE
AHOTHEH YEAR
Congress Defers Revision
to Permit Ample Time
for Careful Study.
AIR EUREAU O. K-'D
Tax Reduction Measure Is
On Way to Enactment
Christmas Recess
to Be Taken.
(AMoebttd Ptcm Leurd Win.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 11. Con
gressional action wpa completed
today on a resolution to authorize
continuance of existing postal
rates until the next session of con
gress convenes next December.
The House adopted a Senate res
olution to continue the existing
rate structure to enable a further
study ot ita effect on postal reve
nue. The new congress took Its first
actual step today toward carrying
into effect the recommendations of
President Coolidge's air board.
A bill by Senator Bingham, re
publican, Connecticut, for encour
agement of civil aviation, was re
ported by the senate commerce
commission.
The bill provides for a commerce
department bureau of civil aero
nautics and an additional assistant
secretary of commerce to co-ordinate
all government facilities for
the development of civil aviation.
Provision is made for lighting
airways and air porta, licensing of
commercial pilots, inspection of
commercial craft by government In
spectors and special weather re
ports for aircraft.
Grinding On Tax Bill.
Debate on the tax reduction bill
In the House today again develop
ed bi-partisan support for It. in
creasing hopes of leaders for its
passage next week.
Hepresentatlve Garner of Texas,
ranking democrat on the ways and
menns committee, which framed
the bill, told the house he expect
ed It to pass the measure by De
cember 19. General debate will
continue under the rules until to
morrow night. On Monday the
bill will be taken up for amend
ment. Representative Treadway of
Massachusetts, a republican mem
ber of the committee, in opening
the debate today, lauded general
provisions of the measure. He said
prohibition enforcement would not
be affected by the proposed reduc
tion In alcohol taxes.
Congress was asked today by Re
presentative Bloom, democrat. New
York, to solve the domestic servant
problem. He Introduced today a
bill to lift immigration restrictions
' on European women, established
beyond nuestlo nln the careers of
cook an housemaid.
Sentiment among livestock men
of the west Is for modifications of
the regulations covering the graz
ing of cattle on public lands. Pres
ident Coolldge was told today by
Senator Oddie of Nevada, a mem
ber of the senate public lands com
mittee. A decrease in grazing fees
also is urged by the cattlemen, the
senator added.
The House todny adopted and
sent to the senate a resolution for
a Christmas recess from December
22 to January 4.
Tl
LEADS TO TROUBLE
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. Dec. 11.
Pinellas county officials were
continuing Inquiry today to deter
mine who Is responsible for the
presence of 39 quarts of whiskey
and three gallons of tine rum in a
Sereno Hotel room yesterday. The
whiskey was seized by Chief Depu
ty Sheriff Strickland In a raid on
a room used as a lounge or recep
tion room by delegates attending
the convention of the Investment
bankers of America.
No arrests were made np to a
late hour last night In connection
with the raid and seizure of the li
quor. Strickland declared that he
would seek a warrant for James A.
Coad. executive vice president of
the St. Petersburg Chamber of
Commerce, host of the conrenOm.
Mr. Coad last night denied knowl
edge of the whiskey. Friends of
Mr Cod said If he arrested
tarould fnlsh a nWllofWollar
bSuuV
Ml .ARA WOMAN'S
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"sued woman
was res- w
Niagara
Kiver a a. above
the Americt. a. She was
seen to run tt. , jrI. the park
near the falls And later was
discovered in the water,
floating toward the cataract.
Employees of the state re-
servatlou waded out and
brought her to shore. She
was sent to the hospital. The
woman refused to identify 4
herself.
QUINTET IN JAIL
Attempted Sale Tipped Off
to Police in Portland
and Arrest Follows
3 Ex-Convicts.
(AMoctitH F Lcued Win.)
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 1L Five
men were held in the county Jail
here today or investigation in con
nection with the robbery of the
bank at Shedd. Oregon, Tuesday.
Officers were also trying to deter
mine whether the suspects had any
connection with the holdup of the
Troutdale bank yesterday.
ThA mon vnro armafpit ln.t nlffht
at a home In Portland, where six
years ago three men were caught
following the holdup ot the Clare
tnont Tavern. ,
The sheriff's office gave out the
names of the men held in jail as
Wallace Witzel, an ex-convict out
of Oregon penitentiary: Mike
Welch, an ex-convlct out of Walla
Walla penitentiary: Columbus Jim
my Murray, an ex-convict out of
Walla Walla: Charles I. Griffin, a
former Inmate of Monroe, Wash.,
reformatory, and Vincent Murphy.
Try to Sell Stolen Bonds.
They were arrested as the result
of a report to the district attorney's
office that Murphy and Murray had
tried to sell S5700 of the bonds tak
en from the Shedd bank.
Witzel, Welch and Murray are
the direct suspects, according to
deputy sheriffs. Griffin was ar
rested, they say, because he was
in the house with the others.
Sheriff Frank Richards of Al
bany Is expected to come to com
pare fingerprints taken at Shedd
with those of the suspects.
The name of the person to whom
the bonds were offered, according
to the district attorney's office. Is
being kept secret It was stated,
however, that the man made a list
of the offerings and found all ex
cept one bond to be fine securities
easily negotiable.
About tlO.000 was stolen
from
the Shedd bank and these securi
ties were listed among the losses,
the local authorities said.
James Ogle, Walter ("Dutch")
Banaster and David Smith were ar
rested at Murphy's place Novem-
hr 99 1014 mil sentenced to life
ni their nlea of nilllv that they
mid Cunrn T! Perl nor and J.
Newt Burgess In the robherv at
Ctnremnnt-Tavern, November 21.
1919. Since thev were sentenced.
Ogle has been shot and killed bv a
prison guard during a bull pen riot.
The report that led to the er
rests was made by John L. Ether
Idge, bond dealer, to whom one of
the men, caling himself Mnrnhy,
tried to sell the stolen securitl-s.
He told Mnrphv he would rive his
decision Saturday night, then In
formed the officers.
Only $32r.n of the $10,000 Shedd
bank loss was In the form of ne
gotiable securities, according to the
local authorities, who suspect that
the men may have been In other
robberies that yMded bonds.
FAST BOXI
EXPECTEDTOSMIGHT
A large crowd Is antlcpated for
jthe boxing card to be presented 'o -
intgnt oy tne xoscourg ooxing com
f.
about r
cuea to '
. 'Ok "i
mission at (1:30 o'clock In the arm- nnld participate In any legitimate
ory. The fact that Ace Boles, pop-1 disarmament conference, but he be
ular Marshfleld boxer, la to meet ,il(TP(j lhB ,m w not rtiri ,
Charlie Dundee, a local favorite. In prraent for such a conference to
jthe 10-round main event, is expect- pmve successful,
jed to bring out many ardent and The premier did not believe that
interested fight fairs from Rose- Russia would enter such a confer
jburg and the Coos Bay district. tence and he also feared that cer
The S-roond semi-final between ;taln European countries were not
Ryan and Wlllams. the former of j yet ready.
iRoaeburg and the latter of Coos The Japanese government head
I Bay. will also be an interesting said Japan wanted the United
jtnateli. IState to participate In any such
Promoter Clongh also promises .conference caled.
L'wo fast preliminary bouts be- War With Amarlca Absurd.
tween local favorites.
o
A
TO fut snVcgra Work
Mhs I. O. O. F. degree team
leaves tomorrow for Myrtle Creek
ito aid the Odd Fellows of th
place In initiation work.
MOT I 0
I MEANS END
CIVILIZATION
British Statesman Sounds
Warning at Conference
League of Nations.
NEED MUTUAL TRUST
Turkey Demands Hand Off
in Mosul Japan Says
Idea of War with
U. S. Absurd,
(Ajtociited r Levi Wire.)'
GENEVA, Dec 11. Aa invita
tion for the United States to par
ticipate in th. work of Drenaring
tor the proposed international dis
armament conference under the
auspices of the League of Nations
probably will be dispatched to
Washington as soon aa it is signed
by Signor Scialoia, president of the
League's council.
The council has spent some time
in drawing up the invitation, as its
leaden are eager to frame a com
munication which will be most like-
ilv to obtain the mllnhnrntlnn nt tha
I Washington government. The pre
sent tendency is in iavor ot send
Ing the United Slates a simple in
vitation to become a member of
the League s preparatory commis
sion. The general Impression in
Geneva Is that League leaders, al
though honing that the United
States will undertake full fledged
official membership in the commis
sion, would accept any form of col
laboration the Washington govern
ment relt It could extend.
In this connection it Is recalled
that American ambassadors to
Switzerland have participated In
the role of observers and helped to
elanorate the text or the draft con
vention for the control of the traf
fic in arms and that the United
states participated In the arms
traffic conference.
' GENEVA. Dec. 11 The Turks
have made known that they will
have no part In any further discus
sion by the council of the League
of Nations on the dispute between
Great Britain and Turkey over the
Mosul oil region. The commission
which is endeavoring to formulate
an agenda for an international dis
armament conference, Is proceed
ing with its task.
Viscount Cecil, the British states
man, in an Interview with The As
sociated Press, has outlined the dlf-
.flculties in the way of solving the
disarmament problem and the ba
sis for hopes that they finally will
be successfully surmoifnted.
The chief obstacle to disarma
ment was the desire for security,
cause of suspicions and jealousies
of nations, he said. Some amellor-
latlon In this
spirit has been
brought about.
I "The more nations become In the
Ibablt of referring disputes to pacl-
"c sememem, ne sain, - me less
they will regard one another as po
tential enemies."
Dire Warning Sounded.
Recalling Lord Grey's statement
that the world must disarm or per
ish. Lord Cecil said:
"A future World war would al
most certainly destroy civilization.
That Is why the peoples of Europe
are demanding so Insistently that
their governments agree to a
scheme of disarmament."
I.ord Cecil said the first factor
making the outlook for disarma
ment brighter was financial. Next
came the obligation of the "allied"
and associated powers" In the Ver
sailles treaty to further a general
scheme of disarmament and their
assurances to the former enemies
that their dlsamament was only the
first step toward a general reform
In that direction. He emphasized
that assurance was explicitly re
pealed at lyicarno.
Japan Says Tim Not Ripe.
TOKYO. Dec. 11. Premier Tako
todav discussed with The Associat
ed Press the subject of disarma
iment.
ment, snvlellsm, America and
;ninn, and declared japan gladly
) So far as any future Japanese-
Amerlran war was concerned. Pre-
.mler Katn declared It to be an ah-
snrdltT and physically Imprartlca-
ble. He was sure Japan never
would resort In wsr over the oties-
tlnn of Immigration and anyway he
(Continued on pe tlx)
Convict Tom Murray Not to Hang
Next Friday; Supreme Court Writ
Allows Time to Pass on Appeal
(AanrUtrd Ptms Uutd Win.)
SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 11. The
state supreme court, Just after
noon today, granted a writ of pro
bable cause to Tom Murray, con
vict convicted of the murder of
Guard John Sweeney in the prison
break of August 12 and sentenced
to hang December 18, after listen
ing to arguments on the motion of
Will R. King, Murray's attorney.
and District Attorney John Carson
for two hours.
The writ signed by Justice Rand,
automatically stays the execution
of Murray until the supreme court
passes upon the appeal, which will
be perfected and filed within the
next few days.
The chief points argued by Mur
ray's counsel were that the state
haa no authority to execute him
for murder of Guard Sweeney un
til he has completed service on the
20-year term he Is serving In the
RESTRICTED TOO
Comptroller Asks More'
Freedom for Them to
Halt Decreasing
Resources.
(AawicUted Fmm LcuH Wlrf.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. The
National banks throughout the
country are feeling more and more
the restrictions laid aTounii them
by federal statutes, and greater
freedom for them was described as
Imperative in the annual report of
J. W. Mcintosh, comptroller of the
currency, made public today. The
comptroller cited detailed statistics
to show an Increasing exodus from
the national banking system -aatk,
ne predicted it would continue un
til the national banking laws are
amended.
To accomplish the needed re
lief, Mr. Mcintosh strongly urged
enactment of the McFadden bill, a
measure which was passed by the
house last congress but which nev
er was reached by the senate.
"It is a well known fact," the re
port adde'd, "that many National
banks are anxiously awaiting
enactment of such a bill as that
which failed at the last session or
congress. If they cannot at this
time obtain some such amendments
to their charter powers as are
therein proposed, there will be a
still greater exodus from the na
tional system."-
Mr. Mcintosh said that although
the resources of the national banks
had steadily Increased from year
to year and the condition of the In
dividual hanks remained strong,
the relative Increase nevertheless
In the total resources of the nation
al institutions had been slowly
falling off as compared with the re
sources of state banks and trust
companies. He mentioned that
during the forty vear period end-1
Ing with July 1. 1924, the totnl re-1
sources of national banks had fl-j
len from 75 per cent of the total j
banking resourcea of the country
to about 47 per cent. The last IS ;
months, he said, had witnessed a '
farther shrinkage In the proportion
of the total resources held by the I
national banks. The report says:
"The Individual national bank Is
always ultimately able to take rare .
of Itself In meeting the competitive
condition due to more favorable
state laws by giving up lis nation-1
nl charter and vnlnir Into Ihp Blnti.
! system. But the gradual loss of
national banks and the consequent '
decrease In relative resources of j
the national banking system Is of
primary concern to the national
government not onlv because the
national banks for the loplral and
permanent basis of the federal re
serve system hut also because on
ly through the national banklne
svstem can there he maintained
throughout the United Slates a
stsndanllzed system of hnnklnr
subject to the vlsitorian powers of
the federal government and sub
servient at all times to the will of
congress."
DIPLOMACY TO TAKE
PLACE OF FORCE IN
PLACATING RIFFS
MamrlatM Pna TaaM Wlf
EL ARAISir. Snanlsh Mororro.
rw. 11. Ahd-KI-k'rlm. Illfflan
chieftain, and his entourage sre
encamned at Alt-Kemara In the
Benl t'rriagMel country about 1 5
miles from Aladlr. his former ca
pital, which 'he etiamioneri before.
the advance of Spanish forces.
He K reported to have reproarh
ed some factions of the llenl t'r
rlaguel and Reel Boeova trlhcs
for having facilitated the landing
of the Spaniards st Alhucemas,
Meanwhile nnlltlral advance
designed In bring about the sur
render and subsequent disarma
ment of all trlheiini'n are being
made by both the French and
Spanish authorities and. It Is slid,
with Increasing success.
penitentiary for bank robbery:
that Murray was tried on the mur
der charge without being removed
from the state prison by a writ of
habeas corpus; that in the killing
of Guard Sweeney he was acting in
self defense, which plea was ruled
out by the lower court and that
part of the testimony Introduced
by the state in Murray's trial was
a statement made to the district at
torney by Murray In the prison,
and that said statement was taken
without Informing the defendant of
his rights or telling him that he
was addressing the district attor
ney.
I Judge King also took exception
to remarks made by the district
attorney during the .trial In the,low
jer court, arguing that they were
irregular and Inadmlssable as evi
dence and htat they tended to In
fluence the Jury against the de
'fendant. Oil COUNTY ROAD
Reedsport Prisoner Makes
Attempt to Escape and
in Confusion An
other Disappears.
A double break for liberty by
two county prisoners employed on
Ihe road gang yesterday afternoon
resulted In William Stoneman of
(Ilendale making his getaway,
while Wm. Goodman of Reedsport
failed to elude the guards and was
retaken.
The prisoners were taken from
the Jail recently upon authority of
the county court, and have been
used for road work on the Mt.
Mebo-road, being employed 4 be
tween the hours of 8 a. m. and
4:30 p. m.. then being returned to
the jail at night. The county court
authorized the appointment of a
guard over Ihe men, but the priso
ners apparently are taking advan
tage of the fact that a guard Is not
warranted in shooting at a man
escaping from a sentence Imposed
for misdemeanor.
: Goodman , yesterday slipped
away from the other prisoners a
Bhort distance ami then started to
run. The guard started In pur
suit, and In the confusion. Stone
man, who had been standing In the
edge of a timbered area slipped
out of sight. Goodman was mak
ing rapid progress toward a safe
getaway when a county truck bore
down uion the scene and blocked
the road wo that he was recap
tured. Stoneman. however, had
evidently made good use of the
time and was apparently far. far
away by the time Ihe search for
him was started.
Stoneman was sent up from
Glendale. where he was arrested
and convicted on a charge of pos
sessing liquor. He was serving
out a fine of $.100 havlng'no fund.?
with which to pay the fine.
Goodman, who was retaken, was
sent up from Reedsport on a liquor
charge, and was given a fine or
$250 and 20 days in Jail.
This was his second attempt at
escape. He was placed on Ihe Mill
creek road gang following his sen
tence, but got away and escaped
to North Bend, where he was lo
cated some time later anil brought
to Kosehnrg to serve out his time.
A prisoner Arthur Itay, also of
Reedsport, succeeded In escaping
a few days ago and no trace of
him has been found.
BERLENBACH GETS
SECOND CHANCE AT
DELANEY TONIGHT
fAMnrtotM Prnt Iiw r.)
NKW YORK. pnr. 11. Taul
npriVnWh of Atrln, N. Y.. 1ifc.it
heavvwHitht champion of (tin
world, faro th fcrnnlpxt tout hft
fvr him known when h mpt
.l'k Ff1ftny of HHd (report. Conn.,
innlKht in tha MHdiunn 8qtirA
rlnr, tic flrnf rhfimni'nMhlp ron
left in th niw sport arna.
Morn thnn 20.IHI0 p4rxnnii am
.'uriipiwl to Rttfrif. thin enftHKf mint
-rhpdiilrd fr 15 rminriN tr u (If
rjulon. DIhim'V knwknl oirt
Kprlpnlwh in four round" at th
old Cardan in nrrh
Th Antoria champion l n
mwh 1mprnd hoiT. When he
met IielfHiey the power of hi
f it wan great, hut he had not
developed method of definite
HKslnnt the nharp n hoof In it ImHIwi
of the HrliiKPport man, Ie1nner
stand tip ntralKhl, nt time drop
ping hia firm to hit aide. hU
-ncd rarrytnit him out of daniter.
NKW YORK. rer. 11. Vaiil
Uerlrnharh will have an advant
age; nf vrn and one half ponnda
when he defenda Ma worlda liarht
heavyweight title tnnlrht aaainat
lark fe1aner at Madlunn Kntiare
harden Iterlenharh araled 1 7 T .
one; and one-half ponnia under
the limit thin afternoon, while
Delaney weighed 166.
INE
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TO
Government Hunter to Slay
Predatory Animals Asked
by Sportsmen.
ONLY $750 NEEDED
County-Court to Be Asked
to Provide Fund Sys
- tern Said to Be
Efficient.
An appropriation of $750 to be
taken from the county bounty fund
and to be used In cooperation with
the atate and novernment In the
employment of a federal hunter to
aid in the eradication of predatory
animal, will be asked of the coun
ty court by local sport men and
b toe It men. The tax leafrue at lta
recent meetloK recommended the
appropriation of $500 for this pur-
pone, but aa coo irf ration cannot be
obtained with an appropriation of
less than $750 the court will be
asked to aet aside that amount
from the bounty fund.
The bounty tryst em Is obsolete In
nmuy count leu. In fact, Joaephlne
and Douglaa counties are the only'
two counties lit the alate now us
ing the bounty system exclusively.
In spile of the fact that these
counties have been using this sys
tem fur years, and have spent hun
dreds of thousands of dollars In
bounties, predatory animals are
more numerous than ever before,
proponents of the government
hunter system claim.
The annual loss on poultry,
sheep, hogs, and rattle as the re
sult of the activities of predatory
animals, ranges from fifty to one
hundred thousand dollars, It Is
claimed. There Is no estimate of
the tea rue slaughtered, but It Is
generally conceded that each coy
ote and wolf will kill on an aver
age of one fleer each week.
As the wild game lire of Douglas
county Is one of Its greatest as
sets sportsmen maintain that every
safeguard sheuld be provided to
prevent the killing of game ani
mals by wolves, coyotes and cou
gar .
Thirty thousand coyotea have
been killed In Oregon In the past
two years, according to the statis
tics of the national wool growers
association, but In spite of this
large number killed the number or
animals fn many counties has not
decreased. Kach coyote. It Is esti
mated, does damage during his
lifetime of more than $50, while
each wolf and cougar costs $500,
The bounty system. It Is alleged,
has failed to get results. In spftf of
the fart that over one million dol
lars was expended In a period nf
10 years. The government hunter
system, which has been in use only
a comparatively short time, has
proven very efficient and good re
sults have been obtained in coun
ties where proper cooperation is
given.
The state Is spending thousands
of dollars to propogute wild game
life. It Is claimed, while stockmen
are Investing thousands of dollars
carh year In bettering their herds
anil flocka. In view of these ex
penditures an appropriation of $750
to destroy piedalory animals la
well justified. It Is maintained.
I nder the government hunter
system the county and slate runds
pay the salary of a full time hunt
er, while ihe government pays all
expenses. The man does nothing
but hunt down predatory animals,
using poUon wherever possible, so
that his work will be more wide
spread. As he does not claim boun
ties on the animals killed, he rids
the county ot many animals at a
low cost. f
JOHN JACoTaSTOR
MEMORIAL PLANNED
BY GREAT NORTHERN
POIITLANI). Ore., Ilec. 11.
Plans for a memorial to John Ja
cob Aator, founder of Astoria,
Captain llobert Gray, discoverer
of Columbia river, and the lewls
and Clark Kipeditlon, to be built
by the (Jreat Northern Hallway
and Vincent Amor, were accepted
here today by the I'ark commis
sion. The monument will stand 10
feet high and will cost In the neigh
borhood of lloo.iMM) according lo
Kalph lludd, president of the Ureal
Northern who arrived here this
morning In his special ir.
1'he monument will be erected on
Toxcomb Hill, In the center of
John Jacob Astor Memorial Park.
Work will he Farted in February
and the unvellln" will be on July
22 when the Great Northern an
nual historical petition reaches
here from St. Paul.
WANTED
HUNTER
TURKEY MARKET
TAKES ADVANCE
TO 46 CENT.PRICE
The turkey market advanr-
ed today to- 48 cents, with
one firm offering that price
for delivery on Tuesday. Re-
ports received from the north
were that buyers were meet-
Ing the advance and that
birds are being purchased on
46 cent base throughout the
county. Many orders are
continuing to pour In upon
local buyers from outside
wholesale firms, and appar-
ently the market is quite
strong. The 48 cent price is
for number 1 stock, with an
8 rent drop on numler 2
birds. Receipts so fur have
boen light, and it Is evident
that the majority ot growers
will hold off their birds un-
til next week in spite of the
early buying now In pro-
grecs.
Firing Squad Will Record
Last Chapter of Legal
Battle of Nearly
Two Years.
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 11.
Sentenced to face a firing squad
on January 15, 1926, Ralph W. gey
bolilt, spent last evening In his cell
making a woman's beaded purse.
The youthful murderer he Is 24
years old late yesterday heard the
words pronouncing hut doom utter
ed for the fifth time. lie was con
victed by a Jury In the IHah dis
trict courlon April 1, 1S24 for the
murder of Patrolman David H.
Crow! her on October 23. 1923. Var
ious court actions have carried the
case along since that time.
Beyboldt expressed hope that
he might see his father and moth
er, who live at Defiance, Ohio, be
fore he dies, but declared that he
hardly thought that they would
come here. He hears from his
father regularly, and last week
when Ihe warden of Ihe peniten
tiary carried lo him the news that
the elate board of pardons had de
nied his last appeal for clemency.
he also handed the condemned man
a letter from his father. .
"And It was only a two-page let
ter, when I usually received an
eight-page letter," plaintively re
marked Heyboldt.
Seybolclt said he had a wife and
baby at Westervllle, Ohio, and that
he had never heard from his wife
nor seen his child.
Through Maizes of the Law.
Seyholdt was arrested at San
Bernardino. California, aeveral
weeks after Crowther's body was
found some distance west of this
city. He was brought back, tried
anil convicted by a Jury on April
1. 1914. On April fifth sentence
was first pronounced. June 4 was
the dale fixed.
An appeal to Ihe supreme court
automatically acted as a alay for
Seyholdt. The case was argued
anil lost. On April 25. execution
was set for May 29. On May 2
Governor George H. Dern granted
a reprieve and on August 22 the
hoard of pardons again refused to
commute Ihe sentence. For tne
third lime, on August 2. Seyboldt
heard Ihe dath sentence pronounc
ed. This time the court named
September 11. A writ nf certiorari
arted as snolher slay because h-ss
than 30 days separated the two
dales anil execnllon was again fix
ed for October 23. Acting Governor
H. Crockett granted another re
prieve enabling Ihe boBrd of par
dons to review new evidence.
For two days last week the
board heard witnesses and read af
fidavits but refused furlher cletn
eni'V. "I'm not through fighting yet,"
said Hiyhnlilt.
FRENCH MINISTER
WOULD PAY AMERICA
AHEAD OF ENGLAND
PARIS. Dec. II Finance Min
uter l.nui heur told Ihe f Inline ml
committee of the Chatnlier of De
pnlli'S loilay that It was necessary
lo lliinlilnte France's dfbt lo Am
erica before, that owed to Great
Britain.
M. Kniii-heur expren.-ed the de
sire of the government lit innke
fleral reforms and ataihllin- the
franc after the settlement of the
Inter allied debts.
The minister received a cold
welcome from the deputies.
BROTHER OF POLICE
OFFICIAL FACING
MURDER CHARGE
COIIMNG. N. Y., Dec. II.
Michael I Fnrlght. '0 m laborer
of r'amphell. hrolher of Police
rommlil"ner lib-hard K Knrlghl
nf Vnw York, was formallv charg
ed Sub murder. flrt degree, this
afternoon lit connection with the
death eterdsv at the Knrlgh
farm or Tlninlhv Shay, also a la
borty on the farm.
TOLL OF DEATH
AIMERS
TOTALS S3
44 of Victims of Alabama
Horror Are Negroes, 9 . ,
Are White Men. J
50 BODIES TAKEN OUT,
Worst Disaster of 17 in 2
Years That Have Caused
7 1 6 Lives Cause - j
Not Determined. " j
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Dec. 11
With a death list or 53 believed
to have been definitely determ
ined, rescue workers were making
efforts today to remove thra bo
dies remaining In Overton Miaa
No. !, which wis partly wracked
by a gaa explosion yesterday. Tha
bodies remaining In the mine are
those of two white men and one
negro. Of tha bodiea already re
moved. 43 are negro and seven
white.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jec 11.
Twenty-six bodiea were brought
from the Overlon mine number 1
thia morning, bringing the total re
moved to 48. Mine officials and
rescue workers believe that five
bodiea still remain in the mine, but
have abandoned hope that tha men
would be found aliva.
Mine officials expressed the be
lief that the total death list would
not exceed 53 as they estimated
that, all bodies except five had
been recovered, --- ReaeiM v arewa
worked all night and continued
their labors today, hoping to re
move, before nightfall, the remain
ing bodies. The explosion waa
one of the worst of Ihe 17 large
ones which, since 113 lives were
taken In the Virginia mine disaster
In IMS, have killed 718 mine work
ers In this slate.
The Overton mine la the proper
ty of the Alabama Fuel and Iron
company and la considered by fed
eral and state mine officials one
nf the best equipped In the Alaba
ma field. The blast did not wreck
the air machinery and this aided
the rescue parlies.
The cause of the blast probably
never will be learned positively.
Some of the mine workers believed
it waa caused by a miner striking
a match, which Is forbidden, or by
a "windy" shot.
It is believed that most of the
bodies unreenveret) are those o(
negro workes.
Relative of the vlrtlma were
not allowed to view the bodiea.
Identification was being carried out
with greatest difficulty. Some may
never be Identified.
Wearied watchers kept Tlglt
about the pit's mouth through the
night. Rain began falling at day
break, but women hoping to find
I heir loved onea yet alive, never
! budged from the guard lines,
One woman who beard the blast
yesterday, while she waa about her
household djities and knew Ita
meaning, had never fnr m moment
left the mouth of the pit.
She hugged her baby to her bo
som through 'the night to protect
It from the cold.
ANOTHER TURMOIL
MENACES IRELAND;
PARTITION CAUSE
DUBt.lff. Dec. 11. The Irish re
publicans, whose representatives In
Ihe Dail Elreann signed a declara
tion last night, declaring unalter
able opposition to the partitioning
of Ireland, now are contemplating
the possibility of securing a refer
endum en the London boundary
agreement.
It Is believed, however, that be.
cause of their numerical minority
in Ihe dall and the senate, they will
be unable to fulfill the necessary
preliminary condlllona.
Before a referendum Is possible
there mu.-tt be a demand by two
fifths of Ihe members of the dalt
or a m sjorlty of the aenale.
TI'llhFVH .TKl ItV
HUMS .NK.Vr W FF.K.
The Kconomy Market la
IoiIhv notifying the turkey
growers of the county to
bring their blrd In on nnf
VYcdnetirtay and Thnrsdsy,
Dcrenieiir ID and 17. - Tha
Farm Bureau Cooperative 4
4 Kxchange asks the growers to 4
nuke deliveries to their firm
a on Tuesday. Iieceniber IRth,
Instesd nf the lUth as prev-
Inusly announced. Both
s firm announce they have
4 a larva number of ordera to
be tilled.
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