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Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
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VOL. XXVI NO. 140 Or . EBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 241 OP THE EVENING NEW;
J iiO) J a, J O) iu J
IRK OF Mi
ROLLSNOWU
COMING YEAR
County Assessor Completes
ievies otate ana county I axes to Be
, Slightly Higher Roseburg
Valuation Increasing..
Taxes next year are going to
be higher than this year. la the
unwelcome news given by County
Assessor Frank Calkins, who has
completed the task of computing
the various levies and Is now pre
paring to extend the 1925 tax upon
the rolls. The state and county tax
la approximately one mill higher,
the county la compelled to add ap
proximately a mill and a half to
retire bonds while In other lines
there are slight Increases.
In most cases city taxes ara also
a little higher than last year, while
special school and road taxes In
FUND
State Tax
General County
Common School
Library
fieneral Road
Market Road
Interest on Bonds
Maturing Bonds
Fire Patrol .
Indigent Soldiers
TOTAL
City levies run close to those of
last year In a few Instances they
are. a fraction of a mill higher or
lower, but generally are close to
the levy made In 1924. The city
f Riddle which has been paying a
heavy tax to take care of bonds is
sued for city improvements has
made a reduction of nearly one
half mill this year.
RoBeburg's tax will be slightly
higher this year, owing to the nec
essity of raising additional funds
for bond Interest and retirement
The burden, however, will not be
great as the clty'a valuation has
CITY
Roseburg .
Reedsport
Drain ....
Yoncalla .
Oakland
Sutherlin
Myrtle Creek
Riddle ...
Canyonvllle
Glendale
It will be noted from the above
that Roseburg's valuation Is above
the four million dollar mark, show
ing an Increase from last year of
more than $300,000. Roseburg's val
uation has been steadily growing in
recent years, showing a very sub
stantial and satisfactory condition.
Not a boom town but a steady
growth in Industrial and home
property.
The county assessor Is now en
gaged In extending the tax rolls.
In this work the various levies to
which each taxpayer Is subject are
computed and the amount of his
tax marked opposite his assess-1
menu n nra mis wora is completed
the books will be turned over to j
uif pueriii, una wm prepare me i
BELOW ZERO CHILLS
MID-WEST REGION
(Anorlatnt Trn Uasrd win.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 26. Sub-iero
blasts as low sa 10 degrees below
MM J?L
the Lake Michigan region tonight
aa rive flea'ns in Chicago were
attributed to the cold, three vic
tims hiving been frozen to death
The temperature dropped to 13 be
low In Minneapolis and Duluth
Minn., today and other rltles of
the central states snfferd propor
tionately wih 12 helow sero at
Mason City and Waterloo. Iowa:
six below at Milwaukee. Wiscon
sin: 10 below at Rockford. Illinois
and one above sero at Chicago.
Two Inches of Ice on the Missis
sippi and Rock Riven, was re
ported from Mollne. Illinois.
One hundred and eight firs
alarms sounded in Chicago during
the last 24 hours. A girl was
overcome hy smoke snd a aged
womnn and several children were
carried out from a burning apart
ment house.
FORD'S AIRPLANES
SOON READY FOR
FLORIDA HAULING
(AMnrlatmt fws Irmwi Win.)
DETROIT, Mich.. Dee. 26.
The four stout all-metal air Pull
mans scheduled to take off today
from the Ford airport at Dear
born for a two-day flight to Tam
r. Florida, will leave the air
field Mondav morning. Major W.
A. Robertson.' director of opera
tins of the Florida Airways Cor
poration, said today.
The plsnes will Inaugurate a
passenger and freight service be
tween Tampa and Miami, Fla.
niim mnc tiv
I aZU I HA
WAYJAXFOR
WILL
BE
Task of Computing Various
many districts will add to the
amount which taxpayers will be
required to dig up.
me levy ror state purposes
snows a alight decrease over last
year. The county Is required ,to
raise 1205.433.74 as state tax,
quiring a levy of 1.039 mills
compared with 6.448 mills last
year.
rne county Valuation this year
nas peen placed at 134,017,840.
The following table shows the vari
ous levies for the several funda for
which money must be raised, com
paring the new levy with the old
and giving the amount to be raised.
1925
-006039
. 003790
. 002010
1.000021
.002604
.001500
. 002562
.002411
. 000018
. 000045
1924
006448
003682
.001991
0C0021
002663
001501
002827
000948
000019
Amount
S205.433.74
128.927.61
C8.375.86
714.37
88.173.00
50,790.90
87,153.71
82.017.01
612.32
1,530.80
021000 020100 1713,729.32
Increased considerably, the addi
tional tax being distributed so that
the amount to be paid by Individ
ual taxpayers will not be much
higher than last year, the Increase
being about one-half mill.
Canyonvllle has the lowest tax
rate in the county, paying only 5.9
mills. Roseburg is second with 10.1
mills while Riddle Is highest with
35.3 mills.
The following table shows the
new levies for the respective muni
cipalities of the county, laat year's
levy, the new valuation and Hie
amount of tax to be raised: ,
HIGHER
1925 1924 Valuation - Tax
..0101 0095 H.032.860 $10,731.89
-.0165 0133 697.690 11.511.88
..0122 0119 228.110 2,782.94
-.0154 0170 157.240 2.421.50
.0277 0261 811.790 8.636.58
...0139 0137 456.280 6.342 29
0220 0219 213.700 4,701.40
-.0353 0410 124.480 4,394.14
.0059 0062 30,260 178.53
...0194 0210 289,630 5,618.82
tax statements and will mall them
out to the respective taxpayers.
Taxpayers In cities can approxi
mate their taxea by adding the
state and county tax of 21 mills to
die city tax, adding in also the
school tax for their district, the
sum of these levies will give the
tax rate which multiplied by the
assessment will give approximately
the amount of tax to be paid.
The valuation of school district
No. 4, In which Roseburg Is located
has been Increased to $4,673,270.
The levy Is .0173, which will raise
$80,847.57.
Residents outside of municipal!-
ties will have no city tax to figure.
nut must add to the state and coun-
ty levy their special road district
ana school tax.
XMAS LONGING FOR
HOME TOO STRONG
FOR OREGON TRUSTY
SALEM. Ore., Dec. 26. A Christ-
mother prompted Elmer Perth. "l9
mas longing 'to visit bis home and
a trusty employed as a night waiter
in the guards quarters at the slate
penitentiary, to run away last
night
A hastily organized search for
him during the night ended about
5:30 o'clock this morning when his
father telephoned to Warden Lille
from Portland that the boy bad re
turned to ha home there and was
willing to give himself up. He will
be returned to the prison this morn
ing. Perth was received at the prison
April 13. last, from Multnomah
county under sentence of two years
for assault with Intent to rob. He
bad been a model prisoner and
would have been eligible for a pa
role In two weeka.
RATS EAT APPLES:
STORAGE COMPANY
MUST PAY DAMAGES
(lartM Fraa UuH WM.)
SAN FRANCIRCO. Dee. 26. It Is
up to the Southern California Ice
company to pay Leo A. At wood $2.-
170 because the rata in the comp
any's Ban Bernardino warehouse
ale 120.000 pounds of applea stored
mere by Atwood. the stste district
court of appeals rnld todav In
affirming the Judgment of lower
court.
Visiters In Town-
Mr. and Mra. H. A.' Morrow have
returned to their home In Drain
after spending Thursday In Rose-!
Villi TUIUU.
DYING IN RAGS, 94
YEAR OLD "NEWSIE"
LEAVES $50,000
4, (AwUtad Pna Uued Win.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec.
"St Francis" Gurks,
year-old "newsboy'
turesque character on the 4
streets of Portland for many
4 years, who died Thursday, left
an eatate of probably $50,000
to the United States Bureau of
Education. A petition for pro-
bate of his will was filed to-
day.
4 Clad In rags, with burlap
wrapped about his feet In
4 place of shoes, Gurks was a
4 figure that would have appear- 4
ed more appropriate in a the-
atrical setting than on the
busy streets of a modern city.
Every night he was on his
corner In the downtown dis-
trlct crying bis papers. He
4 lived alone in a shack, and he
died without any known rela-
fives. 4
' Search of hia effects haa re-
vealed investments In Liberty
4 bonds, and stocks and bonds
of utility companies. Though
known aa Gurks, his real
name was believed to have 4
been O. E. Green.
KIlUe FILES PLEA
F
Claims Escape Justified by
Cruelty and That Prior
Sentences Must Be ,
Served First.
Ajanelatixl Pre Leued Win.)
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 26. judge
Will R. King, acting for Tom Mur
ray. Ellsworth Kelly and James
Wlllos, under sentence to hang
January 8 for the murder of guards
in a prison break here a number
of months ago, has filed motions
for arrest of Judgment Id the three
cases, asking to have the Jndgtnent
of conviction and execution held
null and void on the ground that
the three men during the course of
their trials were not within the
Jurisdiction of the court that tried
them.
The motion Is further based On
the ground that "the escape of
each defendant was due to a viola,
tlon of that section of the constitu
tion of the United States and con
stitution of the state of Oregon
wherein It waa provided that cruel
and inhuman punishment shall not
be Inflicted."
Much of the defense at the trials
of all three men was based on al
legations that the -three convicts
staged their escapea because they
feared for their lives and that
they would be victims of alleged
brutal methods at the prison.
King declares In his motion "that
It appeara from unquestioned evi
dence that James Wlllos was In the
custody and charge of the San
Quentln penitentiary of the stste of
California," and that "defendant
Ellsworth Kelly had been sentenc
ed td serve 20 years In the Oregon
state penitentiary the term of
which had not expired." and that
In the case of Tom Murray, "he has
about 17 years to serve in the Ore
gon state penltentlarv." It Is stated
that Murray and Wlllos are also
on parole from the San Quentln
penitentiary and consequently It
will be advanced that they still
were and now are technically In
the custody of prison officials of
that atate.
In an affidavit accompanying the
motion for a stay of execution in
the cases of Wlllos and Kelly, the
two men aver that during the time
of their trials they were handcuff
ed in charge of the deputy warden
of he Oregon penitentiary and his
ssslstants each time they were
brought to the court room for trial
until thev reached an office adja
cent to the court room.
They further aver that during the
time of their trial they had prison
numbers on their clothing snd that
before entering the court room
they wera removed from the
shacklea with which they were
bound while being brought from
the prison to the courtroom.
The affidavit goes on to say fur
ther thst during the entire time of
rhelr trial the deputy warden sat
behind them and they were In
charge of J. W. Llllle. the then dep
uty warden of the penitentiary, who
is now the warden.
WOMAN CRIPPLE
BELIEVED VICTIM
MINNEAPOLIS FIRE
Manr-latf Prm tniM Win.)
VIVCr A Dflt TB n.. l -I...
woman was believed to have been
burned to death and 22 persons
wer rescued hy firemen in 13
below- sero weather here today,
when fire destroyed a three-story
brick bnlldlnr. Lose waa estimat
ed at $3. 000.
Mrs. Frsncea Wsnxer. $2, .a
arlpple, waa cremated, it Is be
lieved, as she Is missing.
C. E. Splelman, of Myrtle Creek.
la visiting with friends In this city
J for a few days.
COUNT, C0U0
T
f5 BUDGET!
IFOR YEAR m
Few Changes Made From
Proposed Budget in Spite
of Recommendations..
LIBRARY FUND DENIED
Request for Money to Pro
vide Use of Library for i
. County Residents '
. , Not Approved.
The county budget for the year;
of 1926 has been finally approved
by the county court with but fewi
chances from, the tentative list of
estimated expenditures aa submit
ted prior to the budget meeting.
The county court made a careful
investigation of the recommenda
tions submitted by the Douglaa
County Taxpayers League and in
some Instances made the changea
advised, but for the most part waa
unanie to comply with the requesta
owing to the fact that the budget
was already within $700 of the
six per cent limitation.
The taxpavers recommend the
transfer of $900 stenographer hire
from the circuit court fund to the
district attorney s office fund. As
this is only a matter of bookkeep
ing and haa no bearing on the total
amount of the budget the change
was ordered.
In the original budget the com
mittee had proposed a reduction of
S300 in the matter of clerical hire
In the treasurer's office. The tax
league recommended that the
original amount be Restored and
this request was granted, Jo Uiat
$900 Instead of $600 will be allow
ed for the employment of a clerk to
assist the county treasurer.
The request of the sheriff to
gether with the recommendation of
the tax league that $1,000 be in
cluded for an extra deputy In the
sheriffs office was not allowed, the
court claiming that funds are not
fConttnned on page 3.)
Shall Girls Sow Wild Oats?
A startling question Not according to the gifted author
of "SANDY" who knows so well the problems of the
younger generation and the anxieties of its elders.
(By Elenor Meherln).
Shall girls sow wild oats?
Not a startling question today
when a current phrase among high
school flappers runs: "Be your
self! Can't beat Nature, can we?"
And another pert slogan haa It:
"Kqnal righta for women one im
morality for all!"
Until parents ask with fast-
beating hearts: "What are we fac-
ng? What can we do about It?
And a genteel minister of the gos -
pel rushes hither and yon through
me iiudiic paras, liasning a spot
light on petters In the midst of
tneir petting. He Dlusnes nimseit
almost into apoplexy trying to tell
his congregation the scarlet deeds
that stained the night of his mln-
'""rial wandering.
One who listened might suppose
the "good" girl of old a vanished
species; that love waa gone and II-i me-
cense reigning: that every sweet 1 These young flappers are a captl
young thing carries a flask in her vating lot. Who can deny the
blouse; and every boy with the I charm of their brazen gaiety ; their
down yet soft on his cheek Is a ' blithe self-assurance; their mercl
blazing Don Juan. I less contempt for the old smug
Exaggerated as are most of these ! platitudes auch as "seldom seen Is
reports about our terrible young , only desirable"? Mother can't do
ones, no one can deny that the old her stuff today and get away with
traditions are losing grip. A new with it. Young eighteen blows
attitude to life, to love, to morals these foolish bubbles Into thin air
la here. i with a whiff of her cigarette and
And a new type that for lack of gives you an Insolent wink: "Who
a better nsme we call "the flap-
per- la arrived, we are witnessing
her dramatic evolution. She la glr-
Ing ua aome vivid moments. Sandy Is one of those" bonny
I am asked why I wrote "Sandy", kids a girl of nineteen, tingling
whyj wrote "Chlckle" and "Nora with life and a wholesome yearning
Lee." ' for love and every fine experience.
Because I think tills problem of 'iter ns rents are afraid of her
youth in conflict la as vital to us ;
as the pulse of our hearts. It
touches our most crucial Inter-1
eats. We are united by a common. :
Dreamless suspense.
What Is happening to the home?
To marriage? To girlhood? To mor
ality? The Miss of Sweet Sixteen Is the
1 . ""s iiwn.
In America today because In this:
agitated period of transition, she
seems almost to hold the fate of .
the nation In her small. Impudent
haada. How la she coming out?!
What manner of world is she ere- with confusion: "In my day girls
atlng for the sons and daughters of didn't have such thoughts."
tomorrow? I They hare them now, and Ignor-
Gather anywhere In America a1 Ing a condition doesn't eliminate
group of four or five older women ' It.
and before half an hour passes the Wnst happens when a girl of ra
fiapper and her brother are uw .Mant Joyous nature discovers that
burning subjects r', dlscoi .Isn, (Continued on paga 1)
LUTHERANS LEAD
CHICAGO CHURCHES
IN MEMBER GAINS
CHICAGO, Dec. 26. Fif
teen protestants denomina
tions In Chlcsgo reported a
member Increase of 32.946 In
627 churches. It waa disclos
ed by the Methodist Episco
pal year book, which waa
received here tqday. '
The Lutherans led the list
-; with an Increase of 15.912',
t Methodists 3806; Presbyter
'! tans 3,528; Episcopalians 3,-
411; Congregatlonulista 1,-
830, and Baptists 1,268.
Many churches failed to-
report, as there are approxim
ately 1,200 churches in Chi
cago. ,1
OLD. IS CHANGED
i.
Courts Take Place of Mere
VYnrrl. kv Hn.Kanrl nrl
Right to Sue.
lAmliM Pms Uuxl Win.)
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dee. 26
A clause in the new Turkish civil
code puts an end to one of the
bitterest phases of women's sub
jection the right of a man to
divorce his wife at will and with
no trial.
Henceforth divorce will be
granted only by decree of the
courts and only for such causes
as Insanity, desertion, unfaith
fulnesa. Women will now stand
the same chances as men for win
ning a divorce suit. In the past
only about one woman In a thous
and was able to gain a decree.
Men, according to old Moslem
law which originated some 1400
years ago in the Arabian desert,
could divorce a woman by the
simple expedient of making the
statement before two witnesses, or
writing "I divorce so-and-so,"
Which only needed the signature
of two witnesses.
This law cannot be retroactive
so that the rumored attempt of
Latlfe Hanoum to have annueiled
the president's divorce from her
last August cannot be successful
for according to old law Kemal
Pasha waa entirely within his
rights In ousting her with a mere
sweep of the pen
Some one whispers of a swimming
party with bathers in the nude;
another tells of Mary Smith, Just
seventeen "going out cold"; while
a third recouts the elopement of
little Anna' Jones and the birth of
her baby two months later.
Then each Is consumed with
anxiety as to the fate of her own
girl and her own boy.
We're all talking about It be
cause It's gotten under our skins
,,nij n the lnrob of our anxious
hearts. We want Imperiously some
answer to the defl vouth hurls In
: our teeth.
We'll resd anything that tourhes
these harassing, persistent vitali
ties. In "Sandy", as in "Chlckle" and
Nora Lee" I've taken this problem
or J"Mh in pnases.tnat
gripped
wants to be unattainable when
your old man a nothing but a
monkey?
breety defiance, not realising that
her daring la of the tongue, not the
heart They want to get her set
tied out of harm's way. A pathetic
solution of Sandy's problem.
Blind and Inefficient mi our en-
lire attitude to the clamorous prob
lem of Sandy's problem.
Sandy says to her mother:
"Heigh. Isabell. what's the Inside
done on marriage? Did rou love
my father so murh you almost fell
In a faint when he looked In your
eves or touched vonr hands?"
The mother answers, tremhllnr
OPERATORS ASK
GOAL MINERS TO
RESUME WORK
Half Ultimatum, Half Plea
Agrees to Pay Old Wage
for Eight Months.
MEN REPLY TUESDAY
Spokesman Says They Will
Not Be Stampeded Back
to Mines New Scale
Parley Due.
(AmK-Utnl Pnu Lnnd Win.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. A propo
sal that atriking anthracite coal
anthracite coal minera resume
work immediately under the wage
scale of the last contract, pending
further negotiations, waa made
public today by the anthracite op
erators' conference.
The proposal waa addressed to
anthracite workers and' their lead
era.
You ran go to work now at the
wagea fixed In the contract thrt
expired August 31, 1926," said
the operators. "We will pay
these wages until next September
eignt montns. '
Th statement waa signed by
William M. Inglia, chairman of
the negotiating committee, repre
aenting the operatora. '
Page advert iaementa will appear
throughout the anthracite region
beginning Sunday urging Immedi
ate resumption of work pending
negotiations. The same message
in circular form haa been distri
buted by mall to miners, business
men and residents pt tha regions
generally. .
The text follows:
"To anthracite mine workers
and their leaders: -
"The door Is open.
"You can go to work now at
the wages fixed in the contract
that expired August 31, 1925.
"We will pay these wagea until
next September eight months.
"Acceptance of this proposal
would in itself constitute a con
tract.
"While wages are coming In
and coal going out we can arrange
the terms of a new contract.
"The new contract, for a long
term, must provide a way to
bring out all the facts, prevent
susnenslon and adjust wages.
"Hut that Is something we can
work out with the union.
"The main thing is that you
can go to work at once and he
sure of the old wagea for at least
eight months. , , .
"You can't lose."
"Think It over. Talk It over
among yourrelvea and with your
leaders. Ask your friends If It is
not a good proposition.'
I'nkm Official. Miami Pat.
II AZZLETON, Pa.. Dec. 26.
"The man will not he stampeded
back to work." said Thomas Ken
ney, International secretary-treasurer
of the United Mine Workers
today In reference to the anthra
cite operators' operators' proposi
tion, that the workers resume
operations Immediately.
The proposition of the owners,
said Kennedy, was in the otter
made by the Lusern county dele
gation of the Pennsylvania house
of representatives two weeks ago.
"The workers will not return
nnlll a contract la agreed to."
Kennedy added. The action of the
operators In circulating the pro
position at this time, he sain.
shows a "lack of faith" and ia an
attempt to "prejudice." the wag?
conference to be held In New York
next week.
Wage Parley TuCMlny.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills., Dec. 26.
Union officials will give their
answer the proposition that an
thracite miners resume work un
der the old wsge scale. whenUhey
meet the operators In Joint confer
ence In New York Tuesday, Presi
dent John L. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers of Amerlcs said
here today. He declined further
comment.
WOMAN IS KILLED
AS TRAIN HITS AUTO
LOOON, Utah, Dc. 26. Mrs.
Peter Sorensen, S3, Is desd. and
five others sre In a local hospi
tal as a result of a collision be
tween an automobile driven by
Dr. L. M. Bruce and an Interur
ban electric.
SUTHERLIN BOUND OVER
Fred Rutherlin. of Oakland, who
was arrested Thursday rharged
with using the malls to defraud,
waa today taken to Portland to
appear before the federal grand
Jury. Ida bonds were fixed at
12.500 by IT. R. Commissioner
Hopkins, and as he waa unable to
provide the amount he waa taken
to Portland by Deputy U. 8. Mar
shal Davison,
RADIUM POISON
TAKES SEVENTH
OF EX LMPLOYES
EAST ORANOE. N. ., Dee.
26. The death of Miss
Marguerite Carlough today
Increased to seven the num-
bar of former employees of
the United 8tates Radium
Corporation of Orsnge. who
in thre years have died from
poisoning attributed to radio- 4
active poisoning. ' 4
County physician Man-
land, after an autopsy, gave
the cause of Mlsa Carlough's
death as "chronic anemia of
tha pernicious or regenera- 4
tlve type, due to tne injec- s
tlon of radio active snbstan-
4 ces, mesothortum, radium and
their decayed products.
s
RALLY TD SUPPORT
OF RABBI WISE
Resignation as Chairman of
Palestine Committee
Tendered, but May
Be Declined.
(AnorisMd fM bwi Wm.)
NEW YORK. Dec. 26. Jews
throughout the country are flock
ing to the aupport of Rabbi Step
hen S. Wise, who ia under fire
from orthodox rabbis for praising
Jesus in a recent address.
The executive committee of the
United Palestine appal, raising a
$5,000,000 fund, today had under
consideration Dr. Wise's resigna
tion aa chairman of the appeal.
offered when he was criticised for
his assertion that Christ wA . a
man, not a myth, and that Jewa
must accept bim. Action on the
resignation la expected within ten
days.
Among those who are protest
ing against Its acceptance are Na
than Srauss, New York phllsn
throDlst. who sent the fund an
additional pledge of $!t0.A0O af
ter having already given $500,'
000: Rabbi Sidney Tedsrhe, In
New Haven: and the Jewish min
isters of northern California who
adopted a resolution In his de
fense.
Rabbi Samuel Hlrsrhberg, Mil
waukee, brought support to Rab
bi Wise In a sermon before his
congregation at Temple Emanuel.
there last night. He summarized
his views with the atatement:
"A Jew, then Jesus wss a
fine admirable type as there ever
wss, but a Jew none the less.
WEATHER KILLS3
MEN IN CHICAGO
CHICAOO, Dec. 26. Two men
were frozen to death and another
partly frozen today as Chicago ex
perienced lta coldest weather of
the winter, a temperature of one
degree above zero.
Another man about 50 years old
who is unidentified, found pros
trate of cold, died shortly after
being removed to a police ata
tlon. MILWAUKEE. Wis., Dec. 26.
Below zero weaher for the next
three days la th weather bureau
forcast for the state of Wiscon
sin. Temperaures early today
ranged from 1:1 below at Superior
to 6 degrees below at Milwaukee,
the coldest records for the season.
PITTSBURGH THUGS
ROB HOLLYWOOD MAN
PITTSnimO'. Dec. 2. A. N.
Keith of Hollywood.Californla, and
his wife, were victims of two ban
dits on the Lincoln highway near
here todav. The thieves escaped
with Jeweiry worth $5,000 and $125
In cash. Keith, said to engaged In
the motion picture business, was
struck on the head and rendered
unconscious by one of the holdup
men. They wete driving In sn stilo
moblle when the hsmllts overtook
them In snolher machine.
Keith waa not seriously hurt
POOR MEMORY OF
REPORTER SAVES
GIN FROM POLICE
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 26 Broth
erly lore and the Christmas spirit
combined in an unusual way here
yesterday In a holiday automobile
accident. Two machines collided.
One turned oyer. The driver of
the overturned car scrambled out
and hurriedly began to reniove an
opened case of gin.
The driver of Ihe other machine
voluntarily fell to assisting In the
operations. When all the hollies
had been collected from the wreck
are. Ihe pair, strangers to each
other, dashed np the street, cached
Ihe contraband and returned to sur
vey the wreck damage. There was
not a police officer In the crowd of
Interested spectators hnt there was
a newspaper man. He wrote the
story, but he forgot to state where
the accident occurred, failed to get
the names of the drivers and
couldn't remember the numbers of
the cars, when he returned to the
office.
TRAGEDY TAKES
HEAVY TOLL HI
HAS
Traffic Accidents. Poisori
and Pistol Fights Are
Chief Agencies.
DROWNING CLAIMS 5
Fires Also Add to List of
ueaa ana injurea, ana -Liquor
Plays Part I
in Some Crises. ,
TRAGEDY'S CHRISTMAS
HARVEST IN AMERICA
Washington. D. C Poisonous
food kills two In one family,
makes three others critically lit.
California Twelve killed and
nearly forty injured In traffic
accidents and drownings, and
one person slain and another fa
tally wounded In a' shooting
fracas at a party.
St Louis, Mo. Nine killed In
traffic - accldenta, one fatally
burned and one killed at a beer
party.
Portland, Ore. One killed In
auto wreck, another dies after
the holiday meal.
New York City Three gun
men found slain after a dance.
Vancouver, Wash. Scooter
kills boy.
San Francisco Fire kills
child and aenda seven other per
sons to hospital.
... (Aocltrd pm H Win.) jhi
WASHINC.TON. Deo.'' 28. " A
broken music record to plsy with
was all that Christmas meant to
Mary Lorena Harris, 2 years old.
Her mother, Mrs. Ruth Carolina
Harrla, 27, and her brother, John,
5, were dead: another brother.
James 4, snd her grandmother,
Mrs. Mary Beyer, were In a cri
tical condition and her father Tru
man Leon Harris, 34, was ser
iously III. All. police believe,
were the unwitting victims of
poison esten Christmas Eve.
The mother and father atayed
up late, trimming the Christmas
tree and arranging toys for their
children. They had not been '
touched when Harris drsgged si ni
sei r to a neighbor's door late yes
terday, asking for aid. Mrs, Har
ris and John were found In one ,
room, already dead, and Mrs.
Beyer snd James were In another,
unconscious. Mary Lorena waa
playing with the broken record.
A slight odor of gaa was detected.
but Importance was attached, to
this snd an autopsy on the body
of Mra. Harris waa ordered.
while several bottlea and enipty
vegetable cans were sent to the
district rhelst for analysis.
Harris waa arrested at a hospi
tal and then was held by , the
police for Investigation. . .,,
California Toll Heavy.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.
The Christmas holiday in Califor
nia was marred by at least 12
deaths In numerous accidents and
he Injury of some two score
others.
Automobile mlshsns took the
lives of four men and one woman
In southern and central Califor
nia, two men and three boys, were
drowned.
One man was killed and more
than a dozen Injured neur San
Francisco In a rear end collWon
of two street cara, A man was
struck by a train at Oakland and
Instantly killed, when a score were
injured In an automobile acci
dents over the holidays In the
San Francisco bay region and at
Sacramento.
Tragedy Kml Party.
WATTS. Cal.. Dec. 26. A
Christmas party hers ended In tk
death of one person and perhap.
falsi Inlurv of another. Police
found Charles Thorpe. . dead of
gunshot wounds, while Mrs. Ca
therine Reed was taken to the
general hospital In a critical con
dition. The woman's husband,
Frank Reed. 40, arrested for
nuestlonlng. said that Thorpe did
the shooting.
H. Louis Toll Xlne.
ST. LOt'lS. Mo.. Dec. 26 Nine
dead was the toll of Yulellde mer
rymaking in 8t. Lout. Seven
ware killed In traffic accidents, a
youth wss fatally burned while
plavlng Bsnlfi Clans at a Christ
mas tree in his home, and a man
was shot and killed In an alter
cation during a beer parly. ''
4 ir In The Fatal linos.
PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 26.
One man killed In an automobile
accident and a woman found dead
three hours after partaking of a
hearty .Chrls'tnas dinner, were
fslal Yule aftermath here today.
Clvde Raker, 40. waa killed and
hla wife seriously hurt early thm
mornlnr. when their automobile
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