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VOL. XXVI NO. J4S OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 244 OP THE EVENING NEW
GRAND HOTEL IS
PURCHASED BY
PENDLETONMEN
Furnishings Sold, Building
Leased to J. F. Jones and
T. B. Swearingen.
TAKE OVER JANUARY 1
Wm. O. Clinger, Retiring
Owner, Plans to Erect
Theatre Building
in Oklahoma.
T. B. Swearlngen, and J. P.
Jones until recently residents of
Pendleton, today completed nego
tiations with W. O. dinger and on
thai first , of January will take
over the Grand Hotel business.
The two former Pendleton men are
purchasing the furniture and fix
tures of the hotel and are leasing
the building, which will remain
the property of Mr. Clinger.
Mr. Swearlngen, who will be In
active charge of. the hotel, la a
brother of N. D. Sweaiingeh. pro
prietor of the Hotel Pendleton.
He has had a great deal of experi
ence in various lines of business
and for the past fourteen years has
been operating a restaurant and
rooming house at Pendleton. His
associate in business, J. F. Jones,
has been connected wltb a number
ef Important business enterprises
In Umatilla county, but this is bis
lirst venture In the hotel business.
The new owners contemplate no
Immediate changes In the business,
and will continue to conduct It
along the same satisfactory . lines
"as the "present management. The
personnel will remain unchanged
and the same policies which have
marked the popular hostelry in the
past will be maintained.
Mr. Swearlngen is well known
In this county, having made sev
eral business trips to the city In
the past.
The Grand Hotel Is one of the
city's oldest businesses, and la
. well known to the traveling public.
It was purchased three years ago
by W. O. Clinger, who recently re
constructed the building. Increas
ing the capacity of the hotel from
44 to more than 100 rooms. The en
tire structure was remodeled, made
modern in every particular, and
fitted up with the latest and best
conveniences and equipment. Mr.
Clinger has conducted the business
in such a way that the hotel has
been liberally patronized because
of Its many comforts and ready
hospitality and home-like atmos
phere. Mr. Clinger la leaving the busi
ness at this time In order to give
attention to the development of
some of his property in Ponca
City, Oklahoma.1 He has consider
able property there and has com
pleted arrangements for toe erec
tion of a large theatre rind busi
ness upon a portion of bis land.
The construction of this building
will require his absence from
Roseburg for considerable time and
he expects to leave soon after the
first of the year to get the work
underway.
He states, however, that he wilt
maintain hla home In Roseburg In
the future and, allhoughjtlll main
taining his business Interests In
Oklahoma, will make his residence
here and as soon as possible will
return and probably go Into some
other line of business In this city.
AUTO ACCIDENT
MAY PROVE FATAL
Aanctatml Ptmi LMatd Win.)
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 30.
Mrs. L. A. Latham, of Spokane,
suffered a frature of the skull and
Internal Injuries, when an automo
bile went over a 35-foot embank
ment on the highway at Salmon
Creek, near here today. Physicians
said her Injuries may prove fatal.
Mrs. Hazel Marx of Portland and
three children ef Mrs. Marx were
also Injured In the accident, but
not seriously.
DEAN OF COLLEGE
VICTIM OF PISTOL
(Aanrlatnl Prim Win.)
CHICAGO. Dec. 30. Albert C.
Eyrkleshymer. 56. dean of the Un
iversity of Illinois medical school
here, was found shot through the
head today In his home. He died
In a few minutes. He was thought
hy the family physician to have
been cleaning a revolver.
The dean wn on a year's leave
of absence from the medical
rchool.
Miss Gladys Eager returned to
her home at Brownsville yesterday
after visiting here over the week
end with her aunt and ancle, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Enger.
RADIO AERIAL AND
'LIVE WIRE TOUCH:
DEATH IS RESULT
4 (AsKKtattd Flra Uaetd Win.) 4)
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore..
Dec. SO. Julius Mueller, 32. 4
waa killed Instantly yesterday
when a radio aerial he waa In- 4
stalling came in contact with
an electric wire carrying 4
4.000 volts. .
A three-hour attempt at re-
suscltation waa made. 4
'Mueller, In charge of the ra- 4)
dio department of a local hard- 4
ware store, was Installing a 4)
radio on a ranch near Merrill
and had climbed 25 feet up on 4
4 a pole when the fatal connec-
tion waa made. The shock
knacked him to the ground.
Yl
TO MARRY. SEEKS
FOR ANNULMENT
Married at Seventeen Now
Lives Separate From
Wife and Asks Court ;
for Divorce.
A suit to set aside the marriage
of Otha Earl Burton and ' Kuth
Orilla Burton, was filed by the
former in the Circuit Court to
day. The young man representa
that he waa under the age of 18
years at the time of the marriage,
and that consequently he waa not
of marriageable age.
The young eouple were married
In Roseburg In Roseburg, March
11. 124. A young son, now 16
months of age, was born to them.
Mr. Burton claima that at the
time of the marriage he waa only
17 years of age and that conse
quently the contract entered into
Lis void. After reaching the age
of 18 years, he eaya that he has
elected to disaffiim the marriage
and has been living separate from
Lis wife.- - - He desire a coart de
cree dlsolving the marriage bonds.
He states that he Is willing to
leave the custody of the child
with the mother and will contri
bute the amount specified by the
court for Its support. He is re
presented ly Attorney John T.
Long.
PORTLAND ROBBER
DIES OF HIS WOUND
(Aaaoclattd Fim Uur4 Win.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 30. Roy
Trask, confessed robber, who was
shot by a policeman last Monday
when he refused to leave his hid
ing place under a porch of a local
rooming house, died early today of
his wounds.
Before his death Trask signed
a statement confessing the robbery
of more than a score of stores in
the city. He declared he was as
sisted In the rabberles by Ned Ba-
hamdony, who waa captured by the
police Monday night and Is being
held in default of $5,000 ball.
SHOE FITTING ART
ONLY TRADE JOKE.
OSTEOPATH SAYS
(AaoriaUd Pm Lewd tin)
' CHICAGO. Ded. 30. Humans
will have hoofs Instead of feet if
the present system of shoe manu
facturing and fitting la not im
proved. Dr. H. W. Bynum of Mem
phis, Tenn., declared today In an
address at the Chicago College of
Osteopathy. Seventy per cent of
American people have defective
feet, government records show, be
said. "In the mad rush for styles
and looks our shoes violate every
principal of mechanics and anato
my," he asserted, "and If the sys
tem is not approved, we will be
come a nation with hoofs Instead
of feet.
"No man can he at Ms best ment
ally or physically with any one of
the foot ailments now so prevail
ent. "The average ahoe fitting Is a
Joke on the man who buys the
shoes, and It Is a question of sales
manship, not ahoe fitting service."
OREGON WEATHER MARKS.
Urn illi4 rm Lmm4 WW.)
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., Dee.
30. Klamalh Falls experienced Its
coldest night of the winter last
night when the mercury dropped to
IT above zero. The highest tem
perature reorded during the past
24 hours waa 28 above. Although
the sky Is cloudless again today
for the third consecutive dav. The
weather is crisp with promise of
even colder. weather tonight.
ALBANY, Ore.. Dec. SO.-The
temperature here last night regis
tered 25 above zero, a drop of one
degree from the minimum of thai
the previous night
The eold was Intensified bv
heavy foe which overhung this
part of the Willamette vslley.
EUOENF. Ore.. Dee. 30 Temo
erature In Eugene last night reach
ed a minimum of it degrees, the
lowest mark of the wlnSr. Maxi
mum Tuesday was 43 degrees.
STATE
TEACHERS 0. K.
Association Votes to Ally
Self With Grange After
Warm Discussion.
MAJORITY IS SMALL
Proposed Law Would Give
50 Per Cent of Proceeds
to Education Officers
Are Elected.
(AnoeUteJ Pnm Leued Win.)
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 30.
Oregon State Teachers Association
plunged deeper into politics at the
meeting of Ita representative
council yesterday afternoon, than
in any preceeding year, the out
standing action being Ita declara
tion of Ita conversion to the state
income tax theory and its decision
to ally Itself with the Grange in
an effort to put through an In
come tax program. . Under the
plan proposed 60 per cent of the
proceeds of the Income tax would
be devoted to education.
Dr. Homer Ralney, of the Uni
versity or Oregon, was prominent
In opposition of the program re
commended by the legislative
committee, and C. C. Chapman of
the Oregon voter, invited to speak,
suggested that before plunging in
to a program that involves ex
tended political operations, the
organization should make more
detailed investigation of the poli
tical situation and the possible re
sult of each campaign.
Chapman's . speech ' provoked
sharp protests. In which A. C.
Hampton, superintendent of As
toria schools, and R. R. Turner,
formerly superintendent In Dal
las schools both appointeea of
Governor Pierce on the textbook
commission took an active part.
Supporters of the income tax
program, led by Hampton, declar
ed after Cbapmans speech that
the teachers should not allow
some one to come In from the
outside and tell them how to
handle their affairs or dictate
where they should stand on mat
ters that interest them primarily.
Rainey. who took much the
same position as Chapman, de
clared :
- "It will take great study to dis
cover what the effect of such pro
gram will be and this body should
not go on record as favoring the
program until It knows the effects
It would bring."
The vote was fairly close on
the recommendation, hut the in
come tsr taction prevailed.
Mrs. Susanne Homes Carter,
county superintendent of Jackson
county, waa elected' vice-president
of the association to succeed Dr.
J. S. Landers, president of Mon
mouth state normal school, who
will automatically succeed to the
office of president. C. A. Rice,
acting superintendent of schools
of Portland, and J. O. McLaugh
lin of Corvallls. were elected to
succeed themselves as members
of the executive committee.
U. 8. Youth Leads World.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 30
Young people of the United States
are superior to those or any otner
country and the American school
teachers are entitled to a good
share of the credit for this, said
Dr. El wood P. Cubberly, dean of
the school of education, Stanford
University. In an address today be
fore the Oregon state teachers' as
sociation.
He auoted ' an officer In the
World war as saying that the
teachers of the United States have
developed the American people In
to a race of cats throw them Into
the air and they'll always light on
their feet.
Dr. Cubberly declared that Amer
ican teachers have much less In
the way of tools and backing by
the government, religion and the
whole social structure than the
I ear hers of European countries.
While European teachers work
with homogeonous material, he
added, the American teacher works
with children from Innumerable
races, all of which must be fused
Into an American people.
Miss Mabel V. Wilson, president
of the Orade Teachers club, 8eat-
Ue. also spoke today.
"The teaching profession." she
said, "will not become truly a pro
fession unless the teacher Is given
an opportunity to help mould the
school work bv her own crestlve
thought applied outside the class
room as well as within it."
Visitors In Roseburg
Mr. and Mrs. A. U Hall and
famllv, residents of Ooldendale.
Washington, cropped over here last
nlgtit and were guests of the Ho
tel Umpqua. SMr. Hail Is owner of
the hotel at Goldendsle, and wltb
bis family are ej route to coast
points.
TRE INCOME TAX
Vegetables, Hog Products
Harder On Family Purse;
Beef, Fruit, Eggs Easier
(AaorUtrd Ptm Lmf4 Win.)
CHICAGO. 111.. Dec. SO. The
housewife at the close of 1925
flnda most of the items on her
grocery shopping list are more ex
pensive then they were a year
ago. Of 23 articles In the meat,
vegetable and fruit line, whole
sale prices, of 12 are higher, nine
are lower and two are unchanged
from a year ago today.
The following quotations are
those of the Chicago stock yards
on meat, the department of agri
culture on butter, fruits and vege
tables, the Minneapolis price on
flour and the Chicago produce ex
change on poultry and produce.
starting at the top or the menu,
celery Is aliout halt last year's
price, $1.50 to $1.75 a crate this
year. $2.25 to $2.75 a crate last
year. Flour Is now and was a
year ago $9.60 a barrel.
For the meats, beef la a bit
lower, while pork, ham and ba
con are very much higher. A rib
roast and a round steak are about
the same price as last year, 16
cents on ribs and 14 cents on
round steak, while sirloins and
pot roast are each two centa
lower now, sirloins dropping from
30 to 28 cents and pot roasts from
14 cents to 12 cents. Ham la
now 28 centa for a standard
brand, five centa higher than a
year ago. Bacon U 381 centa a
pound for a standard brand, eight
(jUncUttd Pros Lraaed W!r.) ,
PEKING, Dec. 30. General Hsu
Shu-Cheng, popularly known as
"Little Hsu," was shot and killed,'
on the railway station platform at
Langfang last night.
The assassin, self-proclaimed In
a country' wide manifesto, waa Lu
Cheng-Wi, a captain In the Kuom
Inchun (National People's Army)
and son of General Lu Chlen-Chang
whom little Hsu shot in Lu's gar
den at Tientsin while- a dinner
guest there in 1918. Captain Lu,
who apparently has not been ar
rested, declared his act was In re
venge for his father's murder.
Lu la a cousin of Marshal Feng
Yu-Hslang, formerly styled "the
Christian general," who commands
the Kuomlnchun forces which re
cently occupied Tientsin.
Hsu had Just arrived after a
tour of Europe, the United States
and Japan, where he studied polit
ical, economic and military affairs
for the Peking government. He
had reported to the chief executive
and left Peking yesterday to visit
General Sun Chuan Fang, governor
of Cheklang, and other military
leaders at Tientsin, when the train
waa bombed at Langfang.
Hsu was at one time private sec-
retary to Tuan Chl-Jul. the present '
chief executive. He waa prominent
in Peking In 1917-18 during the
armed struggle between Chihll mil-1
ttary leaders and the Anfu club
and was In chief command of the
Anfu northwest frontier army. He
took refuge In the Japanese lega
tion here after the Anfu defeat In
October, 1922, he was Implicated In
revolt against the Tuchun (mili
tary governor) of Fukien province.
Lu CblenChang, father of Hsu s
assassin, . had been
appointed
special commissioner to the south-j
ern provinces when Hsu shot him, I
and was generally declared to have
been the victim of a political Intri
gue. His murder at Tientsin created
widespread Indignation, but Hsu's
political Influence protected him
and kept him for two years longer
at his post In command of the
northwest defense forces.
TRUCK GARDENS IN
DIXIE HARD HIT BY
BLAST OF WINTER
(AanrlaM Preai Lmk4 Win.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80 Cab
bage, lettuce, onions and other har
dy truck were damaged by the
freeze In all the south Atlantic and
guir atatea, the weather bureau
said today In Ita snmmary of
weather and crop conditions In the
southern states for the week end
ed yesterday.
Tender truck crops were killed
as far south aa western and north
ern Florida and aeriously damaged
In the central portion of that state I
In the southern portion of the Flor
ida peninsula there was not mater
ial loss. Cabbage, celery and let
tuce are In good condition In aouth
and central Florida. Some truck
and winter vegetables withstood
the freeze In louthern Alabama
but all tender vegetation waa kill-
ed and hardy truck damaged In
Texas, g, i
Cane harvest la completed In
GEN. HSU,NQTED METEOR PUSHES
CHINESE. SLAIN BY IN NEW EIil6LAND,
HIS VICTIM'S SON . DROPS IN CANADA
northern Louisiana and nearlng 4 ly aerved as director and
completion elsewhere, ail standing! president.
can waa Killed by the freeze. )444444444w4444
ceijts higher than a year ago. If
yoj have poultry for t!e meat
course, the porketbook Is called
on- for considerably more than
last year's. Turkeys are 35 centa
a pound against 30 cents a year
ago. A hen to roast 261 cents
now and 16 to 25 cents a year
ago. A duck or a goose U about
the same aa last year.
Butter Is 48 cents now and 42
oeats a year ago.
Vegetables are taking the heavi
est wallop at the family purse,
especially the Irish potatoes.
They are now $4.25 to $4.50 a
hundred pound sack, and were
$1.15 to $1.25 last year. Sweet
potatoes are a little lower now,
$3,15 to $2.26 a bushel, compared
with $2.60 to $2.75 a year ago.
Carrots, string beans and cabbage
are all a little higher, while cau
liflower Is a little lower. Onions
are; Just the same. Cabbage Is
now $40 to $45 a ton. while the
price a year ago was $30 to $35.
Salad lettuce Is now $3.50 to
$4.00 a crate compared with
$2.25 to $3.50 last year. If you
haye a fruit salad, oranges, both
Florida and California are notice
ably lower, and so too, are apples.
The eggs, If you use them here,
are much lower now than last
year. 42 centa now tor nrsis.
which a year ago brought 60 to
57 rents,
(AancUted Pna wri wm.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 30. A blazing
meteorite, or 'fire-ball." which
flatbed out of the east across New
York and New England yesterday
leaving in ft 8 wake a trail of re
ports that au unheralded comet had
paid the earth a visit Is believed
to have fallen near Ottawa. Cana
da. Ralph' Delury. Canadian govern
ment astronomer, said he would
attempt to locate It today.
Reporta that a comet was abroad
in the heavens were spread by
thousands who saw the flaming
trail left In the murky early eve
ning sky and mistook it for a
comet's tall. Scientists along the
route asserted It was only a me
teor or perhaps a "fire-ball" whose
appearances are frequent. It was
scarcely more luminous than the
stars whan it appeared over New
York Clt J about 5:30 p. m. Soon
reporta came that It had flashed
over northern and central New
York state, leaving behind a wisp
of undulating pinkish "smoke" In
the sky.
Astonished Inquiries traced Its
course over New Haven, Connecti
cut, Providence, R. I., and Boston,
where It was said the meteor was
visible three minutes, and Its "tall"
of sparks eight minutes after It ills-
appeared. The final report from
Ottawa said It wa sthnugbt to have
fallen In the Klngsmere hills pear
here.
Robert G. Rowers, of Dlllard.
was In Roseburg today on his way
home from Alberta. Canada, where
he spent the past three months in
harvesting work and looklngafter
property interests. He reports a
banner wheat yield In the Alberta
country thl year. Mr. Howers
says he prefers Douglss county a
a residence location ana win
henceforth remain permanently on
his farm at Dlllard.
. E. McCLINTOCK
NEW CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE HEAD
I J. E. McCllntork was elect-
i 4 ed president of the Roseburg 4
4 Chamber of Commerce at i 4
4 meeting of the directors held
4 yesterdsy afternoon. W. F. 4
! e Harris was chosen for the of- 4
' President and O.
v. yvimberiv waa named as
treasurer. L. Antlea will con-
4 tlnue aa secretary. The newly
elected directors held a meet. 4
4 Ing yesterday afternoon Joint. 4
4 ly with the old board and af- 4
4) ter llstenlnc to a discussion 4
and the ordinary routine of 4
business were Installed ' Into
4 office. A discussion waa held
regarding future work, the re. 4)
4) tiring directors making a num.
4 her of recommendations. It 4
was decided by the new dlrec-
tors to nolo tneir regular w
4 meetings at 7:30 o'clock on
1 4 Monday evenings, Instesd of 4
1 4) on Tuesdsy as' In the past. 4
The new officers are all mn
experienced In Chamber of4
4 Commerce work and will he 4
4 able to handle the future aril-4
vltlea In an able manner. Mr.
4 McCllntork haa been a mem- 4
her of the organization for
many years and haa previous- 4)
L
on
POINTS
OUT DEFECTS OF
F
Producers Alone Continue
to Compete in World
. Highly Organized. -
COOPERATION NEEDED
Minority Interests Trying
to Halt Organization
Because Fatal to
Own' Business.
(MM Ptm Lewd Wirt.)
OREGON, 111., Dec. 80. Agricul
ture flnda Itself with Its millions of
members freely competing among
themselves while It la obliged to
sell Its products In a highly organ
ized Industrial and commercial
world, Frank O. Louden, former
governor of Illinois and himself a
dirt farmer, declared in a statement
today. He was elaborating a re
cent statement, In which he aald:
'We are beginning to question
the orthodox views of the so-called
law of supply and demand. We
must listen to the newest econom
ists, take the findings of scientists
and use them." Expounding this
statement today be explained:
"it cannot too often be stated
that the supply of any commodity
which affecta the price la not the
entire stock of the commodity In
existence, but only that portion of
it which is offered for sale at a
given price.
. "No one, I think, who has ob
served the course of events In the
uui tew years will aeny tnat agri
culture Is sadly out of gear with the
other parts of the Industrial struc
ture. I, for one. do not believe It
can regain Its rightful place In this
highly organized world except
through organisation Itself. Organ
ization Is a most powerful factor
in human progress.
- Century-Old Methods.
"Agriculture has emerged from
Its primitive state. In all other
fields of commerce, unrestricted,
free and open competition In the
marketing of products haa been
generally disappearing. In prac
tice every other Industry the pro
ducer In the first Instance makes
the price at which he will sell his
product He usually arrives at this
price by computing the cost of
prouctlon and adds whst he con
siders a reasonable profit. In the
marketing of farm producta alone
has the producer been content wllh
the methods of a century ago.
"The problems which press hard
est upon the farmer today are con
cerned wllh the marketing of his
product at prices which will enable
him to live and go on producing.
"Wherever cooperatives have
been employed there you will find
agriculture in lis beat state.
Cnimy Pointed Out.
"There are powerful Interests
which oppose this movement. They
are aggressive, for they think they
see large profits disappearing If
the farmers organize and put their
business upon a modern business
basis. Their number Is small com
pared with the great army engaged
In the production, distribution and
merchandising of commodities.
With a zeal, however, which aelf
Interest alwaya Inspires, they are
likely to Impose their views upon
chambers of commerce and other
like organizations. Even though
the great majority of these bodies
have a feeling that agriculture must
organize In order to fit Into the
modern business world, they are
likely to yield to the Insistent and
vocal minority which feels that Ita
own Interest Is jeopardized.
"These organizations could give
a mighty Impetus to the movement
If they would."
Cspper Gives Views.
BOSTON, Dec 30 Warning was
Issued today by Senator Capper,
Republican, Kansss, that unless
the tariff Is msde to apply to agri
cultural crops Its protection pro
bably will be removed from manu
factured products.
Addressing the Boston Chamber
of Commerce, the aenator declared
that some "practical and sensible
way." must he found to tske care
of farm surplus.
"Some feasible system must be
worked out so that the surplus rsn
be moved Into foreign consumptive
channels, sold for what It will, and
the loss properly distributed among
the producers, who will then he
able to sell their remaining crops
in in. n"iiin miaisei irrr ni tne
drag of this excess production," he
said
"This tus'. be done In a way that
la practical and sensible, a way Ihe
entire country will accept aa such.
Either our tariff must apply effect
ively to agricultural surplussea or
Its benevolent protecting hand Is
likely, I fesr. to he removed from
our surpluses of manufactured
1
METHODS
(Continued on page tlx.).
U. S. RUM PATROL
FORCES BRITON
INTO BANKRUPTCY
. .. . 4
4 (Aaocfatid rms Laura Wile.) 4
4 LONDON, Dec. 30. The ac-
tivltles or the American Coast 4
4 Guard and prohibition agents 4
4 were mainly responsible fur
4 the appearance In bankruptcy 4
14) court today of Sir Broderlck 4
HarlwelL England's rum run- 4)
4) nlng baronet. Sir Broderlck 4)
said that after several success- 4)
ful shipments of liquor to the
United States, one shipment 4)
4 of 36,000 cases waa seized by
the prohibition authorities. He 4)
4) estimated It to be worth 1250,- 4
000 ($1,200,000). 4
4
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F0M"
Aged Man Alleged Principal
in Triangle Case That
Causes Infatuated
Thief to Kill.
NEW YORK. Dec. SO Police
today are seeking a mysterious
"Senator A. B. Lewis." who waa
to have been the victim of a $100,
000 poison plot.
The plot was revealed when
Harry W. Cowan killed Mlsa Edith
Burton, a atenographer, with
whom he was Infatuated, and
seriously wounded himself Mon
day night.
"Senator Lewis," who checked
out of tka Hotal Astor the night
or the shooting, Is wanted for
questioning. He Is described aa
73 years or -age and a peralatent
suitor of Mlsa Burton, who. was
28.
He registered at the hotel as
"Senator A. B. Lewis of Carson
City, Nevada." A warning letter
to Lewis waa found In Cowan's
rooms. It was written before
Cowan, "became enraged. - a the
girl and killed? her. .
The letter told Lewis that, Miss
Burton planned to marry him to
get control of his $100,000. .If
he did not die .soon, she would
administer a slow poison and the
money would be used In part to
get Cowan out of financial trou
ble. Cowan wrote.- - Cowan was
wanted for absconding with 112.
000 front (he Hotel Latham two
years ago.
The mother of the dead girl
denied that her daughter was en
gaged to "Senator Lewis. who
was a ''benevolent old gentleman,
who joined us at dinner frequent
ly." Mrs. Burton said her daugh
ter did not Intend to marry Cowan,
whom she described as a "gentle
man and friend of the family."
Cowan, howereri described Miss
Burton n a common law wife. :
BANDITS PULL OFF
BOLD BANK HOLDUP
IN KANSAS CITY
(Aanrlateil Fix Unrni Win.)
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Dec. 30.
Four bandits obtained about $20,624
in silver and currency this morn
ing in a daring holdup of the Ar
gyle State Bank In the downtown
business district
Scores of persons were passing
the bank at Ihe time. The bandits
were believed to have mingled In
the crowd and escaped in a motor
car. .
Two of the bandits walked
through the railing to the desks of
officers who believed the men
were guards for a money shipment.
The two men walked around the
desks and behind the rages.
When a third man entered the
officers realized there was a hold
up. Waldo P. Johnson, president,
attempted to draw a revolver from
his desk but a fourth bandit en
tered and covered him with two re
volvers.' The bandits scooped up the
money, most of II in currency, then
locked two bookkeepers, three tell
era and two customers In the vault
and escaped.
TWO KILLED. TWO
WOUNDED IN FIGHT
TO HALT ROBBERY
Mwwlitwl Prwa Wlr.)
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 30. Two
men are dead and two wounded
seriously as a result of a gun fight
here last night alter an attempted
holdup.
Michael Lawrence, 67, veteran
pollen sergesnl, was shot and kill
ed by Stanley Hleban, a convict
ho In turn was shot and mortally
wounded by a patrolman.
Bernard Wynne, a patrolman, re
ceived four bullet wounds In the
legs and A. If. Mnnclionler, grocer,
received a bullet In Ihe abdomen
and another In the wrist. Both
were shot by Hlebsn.
Sleban had been serving an In
determinate terms at the Minneso
ta penitentiary for robbery. Sev
eral days sgo he wss released wllh
the stipulation that he he deported
to his home n Manitoba, Canada.
The right started whn Sleban
attempted to hold up Manchester'!
store.
FLOODS HOURLY
ADDING TO DIG
LOSS UR m
Regions of Danube, Szamo
and Vistula Rivers 1
Suffer Heavily.' ' i
TOLL OF DEATH 200
Farms Inundated and Stock
Drowned Paris Menaced
by Rising Waters"'.-
of the Seine. ......
(AiaoeUttd Ftms teutd Win.)
PARIS. Dec, 80. Floods In cen
tral Europe are lncreaaing their
ravagea. Every hour brings news
of additional rlrera overflowlac
their banks.
Transylvania, western Rumania,
and Hungary are being diaaatroua-
ly affected. The governments ot'
Rumania and Hungary are. harried-'
ly adopting measures fa cope with.,
the situation. All available,, aap- ,
pen, as well aa other troop.' are
being rushed to affected areas, and
a call haa been made for voluuteer
helpers.
Pillaging has begun and the Ru
manian government haa proclaim
ed martial law so that Jhlevea .axajy
be ummarlly dealt with. It Is im
possible from reports thus far re
ceived to estimate more than ap
proximately the loss of life, but It
Is undoubtedly exceeding 200. The
material lose la extremely heavy.
In addition to damage to bouses
and other buildings, thousanda of
horses and other stock have been
drowned.
Danube and Vistula Rising. "
Belgrade is now threatened by
the water from the melting snow
in the Carpathians, which la swell
ing the Danube. The water la be
ginning to Invade lower parte ot
the city and many villages In the
environs of the Serbian capital are
tender water.
Far to Ihe, north, In Poland-the
Vlatula la rising. There are al
ready floods near Cracow and War
saw seems bound to be affected.
The French rivers continue to rise
slowly. The officials are optimistic
aa regarda the Paris district, but
when the mass of water accumul
ating In the tributaries of Seine
comes down about January g, Parla
and Its suburbs apparently rare
bound to suffer badly.
The water in the DanuWat
Vienna hea risen six and oae-half
feet. At Bucharest many refageea
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