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VOL. XXVII NO. 142 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21,1 926.
VOL. XVII NO. 64 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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FRENCH SHELL
SYRIAN REBEL
CITY 15 HOURS
Over 600, Including Women
and Children, Killed
in Damascus.
300 HOUSES IN RUINS
Slain Includes 1 00 Rebels
But Equal Number Gets
.Through Cordon of
the Attackers. . ;
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Muy . 20. More than
B00 civlliiins unci nbout 100 rebels
nnd twenty French have been kill
ed in a bombardment by the
French forces of the Mlilan quarter
of the city of Damascus, says a
dispatch to the Dally Express.
Three hundred homes were de
stroyed. ,
The trouble began Mdy Gth when
the Druse rebels attacked French
military ppsts, killing or capturing
28 soldiers at Bob-Moussnilu. The
raiders tool; refuge in the Midan,
or southern section of Damascus.
The French commander ordered
a bombardment of the quarter, af
ter giving the inhabitants an hour
to'get outside the range of his
guns. Either few people took ad
vantage of the opportunity or the
time was insufficient, shells, bul
lets or falling houses killing more
than six hundred persons, includ
ing women and children.
Before the bombardment 3,000
French troops surrounded the quar
ter which had 80,000 inhabitants.
They demunded that ' the inhabi
tants surrender the rebels. ' - -:
The inhabitants said that'" they
were without arms and unable to
comply but invited the French; to
come in and capture the rebels.
. Because the rebels were barri
caded the French commander
AMERICAN ARMY
OFFICER CAPTIVE
CHINESE BANDITS
(Associated treu Leased Wire.)
PEKING May 20. Captain
Thomus J. Belts of the Amer-
lean army, attached to the 0
American legation here, Is a
onptlve In the hands of ban-.
dlts In the Yunnan province,
In one of' 'the most lnaccessl-
ble parts of China, the lega-
tlon was Informed today. Ho
Is a native of Maryland.
Efforts were made at once
to communicate r by wireless
Willi Yunnnn-Fu, capital of the
province ,but the legation still
has only the meagerest lnfor-
mutton. News of Captain
Belts' plight was received In
an official telegram from the
consul at Yunnan-Fu, who had
lyen informed by an unnamed
foreigner at Tungechuan, In
northeastern Yunnan. .,
The American army officer
was made captive May 17, the
consul reported, at Litowpo,
60 miles south of Tungechuan.
In accordance with the prac-
tlee-of permitting officers as-
signed to Peking- to study the
language to add to their ex-
perience by Inland journeys,
he had been authorized to
make a trip across Yunnan, In
extreme southwestern China,
to the Yangtze river, over a
route which has no railroad
and Is little traveled by for-
elgnersl .
president of the General Federa
tion of Women's Clubs, before the
National Electric Light association.
The federation, assisted by the
association, began a year ago to
take stock of house keeping equip
ment in American, homes.
: "This survey," she said, "Is . the
signal for an organized exodus of
American home-makers from the
bondage of needless household
drudgery Into the sovereign free
dom of companionship and charac
ter building In family and commun
ity." ' v .
The federation, she said, has
asked congress to recognize home
making as an occupation, thereby
making it possible to iuclude In the
1930 census full data, as to prevail
ing facilities for efficient perform
ance of that occupation.
DAOGHERTY PLEAD&'tfOT
- GUILTY; BONDS FURNISHED
(Associated Press Leased Wire.) -NEW
YORK, May 20. Harry
M. Daugherty, former United
thought that entry Into the quar- " . . ?!
lor n-nnlil moon aorinim minr.lfinp
serious sacrafice
to his soldiers.
City Shelled 15 Hours,
When the time was up, the
French opened upon Midan with
twelve three-Inch guns, four How
itzers niid a dozen airplanes. The
bombardment lasted IS hours.
General panic followed, women
and children rap aimlessly through
the streets, falling victims to
bursting shells or collapsing
houses. The sky was overcast
from smoke and dust
The male inhabitants of the
quarter joined the rebels In com
batting the French.'
During the bombardment 110 re
bels escaped through the French
lines into the open country, and
were joined by several hundred
persons of the bombarded section,
who desired revenge against the
French.
The shelling of Midan Institutes
the most serious incident in French
Syria since the French general Sar
rails' bombardment of the ancient
city last October, when some
thousands of persons were killed in
48 hours of shelling.
WOMEN'S CLUB TO
WAR ON DRUDGERY
OF HOUSE WIVES
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
-ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 20.
The house wives of America
must be educated out of drudgery
and, if need he, "forcibly pulled
out."
This was the text or an address
today of Mrs. Mnry King ShermRn.
defraud the government in the
American Metal company case
which involved the Irregular return
of $7,000,000 worth of alien prop
erty, appeared in ' federal cburt
today. He pleaded not guilty and
was released In $5,000 bail. Thom
as W. Miller, former alien prop
erty custodian, jointly indicted
with him, did not appear. His at
torney said he was 111 in Wilming
ton, Del.
AN ARCTIC BATTLE.
(Associated Press Leased Wive.)
NOME, Alaska, May 20. A fast
running Arctic sea which swept
the decks with an Icy spray forced
Captain Tom Peterson of the mo
torship Pippin to lash his wife to
a mast and- head back toward
Nome yesterday, after an unsuc
cessful attempt to take Captain
Oscar Omdahl of the dirigible
Norge to Teller, Alaska to super
vise its dismantling and shipment
to the United States.
(town of Donegal,
PARIS. Movies are keeping
French workmen away from the sa
loons. The pictures and improved
housing, thinks Professor Lab be of
the Academy of Medicine, are do
ing more than anything else to de
crease alcoholism in tbe country.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
CLEVELAND, May 20. The in
side of the county jail here was in
a state of siege today with fifty
prisoners barricaded in the bull
pen, defying efforts to deputies
and guards to put them back in
their cells. '
The mutiny began after a visit
of the grand jury Investigating
charges1 Of profiteering and under
feeding against Sheriff Fred'Koh
ler. ,
, Though officials said the situation
was well In hand, .other reports
from the jail told of milling prison
ers armed with bowls and parts of
benches and tables threatening the
guards who waited outside the bull
pen all night unable to get In.
, The mutineers, the reports said,
were clamoring for food.
SEATTLE University of Wash
ington students like the honor code.
hey voted to maintain the system,
which provides nbsi-nee of profes
sors during examinations and pen
alties for cheating. ;
SAN DIEGO, Cut Fifty war
ships Including submarines and
aircraft carrier and six squadrons
of aircraft will participate in battle
maneuvers Friday, including tpeo
tacular attack of torpedo planes up
on ten battleships. ,
Studebker . build : no yearly
models.
MOUNTAIN STATES
POWER CO. PROFIT
SHOWS INCREASE
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., May 20. The
Mountain States Power company,
having headquarters at Albany, in
its annual report to the Public
Service Commission for 1925 shows
operating revenues of $1,249,075.11,
pperatlng expenses of $673,876.71
ami operating income of $422,785.
8L The latter figure Is an Increase
of $89,424.73 over the previous
year.
The. public service commission
today Issued an order for a slight
reduction of service -ites by the
Consolidated Electric -Light com
pany and another order for an im
provement of service by the Prairie
Power company.
The former company distributes
electric energy in the towns of
Canyon City and John Day,' and
the latter directly to Prairie City
and indirectly to John Day nnd
Canyon'-CltyThdorder affecting-
the Consolidated company is to be
complied with within 30 days and
the order affecting the Prairie
Power company within 60 days.
Et barbeci t&navlches and
live forever. Brand's Road Stand.
MILL WORKER KILLED
LA GRANDE, Ore., May 20.
Nels K. Bue, 64, employe of the
East Oregon Lumbering Com
pany, was fatally injured at Enter
prise, Ore., yeBterday when he fell
from the mill tram to the dry kiln
tram. He died an hour and 15
minutes later at the hospital of a
fractured skull. His fall was
caused by lumber boards on the
truck toppling Rgalnst him.
BRAND'S
BARBECUE
Open All Day and Till 2 a, m.
A Good Place to Eat
Barbecue Sandwiches
Strawberries and Cream
Ice Cream
Home Made Apple Pie
Cantaloupe (Summer Prices)
A Good Place to Drink
Coffee Milk
Mllk.Shaket
8odat
Election Returns by Radio Friday Eve from 8 fo J 2
Pacific Highway Four Miles North
GRAND BEAUTY SHOP
Phone your appointments early
for carnival week. French paper
curls, water waves, hair dyes:
$70,000 NEEDED
TO MEET DEFICITS
OF STATE BOARDS
. (Associated rress Leased Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., May 20. Because
of the enactment by the legislature
of 1925 of the automobile certifi
cate of title law, without the ap
propriation of money for the ad
ministration of the act by the state
department, Secretary of State
Kozer finds it necessary to call-UD-
on the emergency board' for $30,
000 for salaries, wages and ex
penses of his department for the
remainder of this blennlum. This
will be one Item requested of the
board at a meeting called for next
.Tuesday, May 25. The call was Is
sued today by Secretary Kozer. All
items requested will total over $70,-
000. The sum of $25,000 will be
asked to pay Interest on irrigation
district Interest bonds. The state
board of health will ask $5,000 for
administrative expenses. The Ore
gon mining survey will ask a sum
not yet decided upon for adminis
trative expenses, and the state li
brary board an amount not yet de
cided upon for Insurance of travel
ing libraries.
Flashes of Life
VYAKSAW "One way of becom
ing a fool," is the title of an un
finished book by Marshal Pilsud-
ski. He was hard at work writing
and trying to make drones work
In his bee hives, Mrs. P. says, when
to his great surprise he was swept
away to head a revolution. She
describes the book as dealing with
his marvelous exploits and escap
ades. .
ROME The Fascist! aim to
sponge Italy a bit without, what
they regard, the excesses of Amer
icsn prohibition. The number of
vendors of drinks has been cut in
half, and tfie hours for sale have
been limited. ,
MIAMI After a disagreement as
to which state produces the best
peaches, a Georgian Is dead and
another Georgian and a Vliginlan
are In jail. A frinilly argument
over feminine pulchritude wound
up In a flgh. during whirh a slick
of timber was wielded.
NEW YORK On j feature of lit
spring salon or 1926, 3 exhibition
In an art sailirv Is "Bacchanall,"
a bas-relief inspired by Earl fur
roll's bath tub par4".
OLENTORNAN. IreUod Free
state flags are flying in honor of
the first automobile lo visit the
SAN PEDRO, Cnl. Robert Dol
lar of Dollar Steamship line says
Cow country congressmen" are
ruining shipping Industry. '' '
FERTILIZER FIRE
BALTIMORE
(Associated Press Leased Wlre.l '
BALTIMORE, . Muy 20. Fire
wrecked two fertiliser plants, and
damaged other property at Canton,
a suburb, this morning, causing
losses which may reach $1,500,000.
The plants destroyed were the
Griffith and Boyd company, 'fertil
izer smelling mnnufnuturers, loss
$600,000, and the Summers Fertil
izer company, loss $500,000.
The shipping station and fire
station of the - Baltimore copper
smelling compnny and the Central
Chemical company were damaged
to the extent of $200,000.
Twelve dwellings, hulf a dozen
railroad cars and as many scows
nnd transmission lines of the Cites
lieuko and Potomac Telephone com
pnny und the tin 8 uud Electric com
pany lllso suffered dumugo, 1
BURGLAR PROVES DESERTER.
(Associated Press loosed Wire.)
PENDLETON, Ore., May 20.
Bertram Fletcher, who was enptur-
jed by Willie George, Indian, on
lliu reseiYHiluu, Willie lie wua ni-
temptlng to- plunder George's
house, Is a deserter from Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, uccording to word
received by officers here. He Is
being held In: the county jail here
awn,ting the arrival of a federal Of
ficer from Portland..
Itoturns Home ' 1 1 1
J. O. Watson hns returned home
ironii Jacksonville, where he at
tended the funeral of the Into
Mrs. Eleanor Kubll.
PULLED OFF liM
BIGGEST CITIES
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, 'May,' 20. A lone
robber today entered the auditors
office of tho fashionable Hotel Am
bnBsador, In Park Avenue, slugged
the auditor's asslstan, grabbed a
satchel containing a payroll of
$5,000 and escaped through a side
entrance. . . .
CHICAGO, May 20. Twenty
three employes, v Including three
women, were forced to He on the
floor while six robbers took 8,000
packages of gold leaf, valued at
between $15,0110 anil $20,u0u, from
the safe of the Price Gold' Leaf
Manufacturing company today.
ALL SLOGANS OF
CONTEST REJECTED
BY C. OF C. JUDGES
After carefully" Investigating nil
slogans i submitted during the
contest Inaugurated bv the Chttm
bor of Commerce, . tho judges re
commended that nil slogans hn
rejected ns "none were deemed en
tirely sulnble for the purposes for
which a slogan was sought. The
suggestion inado by K. Dirk, of
Sutheiiin, was thought to he tho
best of all offered, und he' was
declared tho winner of the $10
prize posted by the Chnmber. His
slogan was "The End of the .
Homeseekers' Trail". Tho slogan
did not fully fill all' requirements,
however, nnd was not deemed de
eireable for,use on county adver
tising. ,
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