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Leased Wire Service
&e Weather
Highest temperature yesterday.78
Lowest temperature last night.... 57
Fair tonight and Saturday.
TODAY S NEWS TODAY
Consolidation of The Evening News and
The Roseburg Review
DOUGLAS 1COUNTY )a
An Independent Newspaper, Published for; ' p
the Best Interest! of the People.
i
VOL. XXV
A,.- ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1926.
VOL. XVII NO. 124 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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APPREGIA I-
FOR SERVICE
EXPRESSED
Members of Committee and
Delegation Guests of
at Banquet.
RELIEF IS COMING
Aside From O. & C. Bill
Stanfield Is Offering
Amendment of Still
Greater Benefit.
The Indian room of the Vmpqua
hotel was filled to Its utmost capa
city last night for the banquet giv
en in honor of Senator Stanfield,
Attorney Cuy Cordon, W. 11. (lore,
and Judge W. J. Mast, men who
were actively concerned in t?ie
i',lf,n''f.'- ui uie w. auu rellel j
bill. The banouet wax 1m Hit. mi.
" f a public showing of annre-1
eialiou for the accomplishments of
these men on behalf of the taxpay
ers of the State of Oregon.
The banquet opened with a mu
sical program featuring a trio
composed of W. K. Olt, James
Uooiliniin ami Cordon Cook.
J. K. .McClinlock, president of
the Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce, announced the purpose of
the meeting, and then called upon
tho representatives of the various
iii'K;l'ii::Hlliin.s to read resolutions
uf appreciation previously adopted.
These resolutions were offered by
tile American Legion, I'mpqua
I lilefs. Kiwanis Club, Hotary Club
mill Chamber of Commerce. Copies
aura. 'lively bound, were presented
to Attorney Cordon and to Mr.
Li ore.
Mr. McClinlock then look occa
sion to introduce several newcom
ers to Douglas county, after which
he called upon Attorney Dexter
lilee to voice t he appreciation or
the residents or Douglas county' for
tlie activities in their behalf.
.Mr. ltiee spoke briefly of the
history or the laud grant, showing
hovv the counties hail been caused
to suffer heavy tax burdens,
through the workings of tile gov-j
ernmeiital policy, lie then men-j
tinned the appreciation of the ri'si-;
! lis of the county lor the work t
(loiie
by the committee which aid-
ed in the passage of (he bill, aTd
'i
al.;o conveyed the gratitude of the
residents to Senator Stanfield who. (Associated freaa Leased Wire.)
the speaker said, remained in con-i TOCATEIXO, Idaho, Aug. 13.
Kress to further the cause of thecnaior William K. Moral., in his
people of Oregon at the sacrifice of 'speech at the annual Pioneer day
iiis own personal interests. .celebration at Camas i'rairie here
Stanfield Speaks today, declared that "startling rev-
Senator Stanfield was warmly :elalious as to the expenditures of
welcomed when called upon to money in elections," leveals "mon
siak and prefaced his remarks ey has come to be the moving
'with an expression of thanks to power of American politics."
i lie voters of Pouglas county for. evi.reMil tiw iimt ti
ilie compliment, paid him in tlie re
cent primary election, when flic
tiiiiniy gave him a majority, al
though out of accord with much of
I he rest of the slate.
lie then turned to a discussion
of ihe . and C. bill, giving a his
i.try of iis inceptui-;i. following a
conversation villi W. II. riore. (he
lather of the measure. '
Congress, Mr. Stanfield said, is,
w illing to act upon any matter j
vihen it is convinced t hat the leg-i
isl itio i is just. Many pieces of me 1
torious legislation fail, however. 1
Oecause congress is not convinced
that the effort has true merit. The
sec i-e I of the passage of ttie relief
hill, he said, was in the careful
oruaniai ion and the cooperation
preceding the hearings in congress.
'"I v ant to complini'Mii 'u on
ihe delegation sent lo Washing
i. hi." the senator aid. "tor in my
ears at W aslunuto.i 1 neer saw
a committee come with belter or
Lanizat ion.''
Me proceeded to pay tribute to
each ol (hose w ho made i he trip,
show that each had his work to do,
ami that each pertornied his duty
in a miiet. and efficient manner,
WU made a decided impression "i two siates ami contiiiiieu ny
upon congress. 'describing "expenditure of money
Benefit in Future 'in elections" as a "fearful national
"The hem-tits from ihe bill will evil" which "will in the end. If not
not be so much felt in the pay- controlled, destroy the government
in. -tils soon to be made as they will of the people and substitute there
in future years when the govern- fore a government of the few -the
mem. pays' the additional sums few who have j-uf ffcient money
provided 'lor. I do not know how.wiih which to buy government"
inmr tie- goetntneiit will continue
in oav relief erpml In taxes on
Ihese land-
but
will doubtless
be tor yea
mate what
say twenty
s. and w ho can est!-
the beiieiit will be in
or ibirty years of con
tinuous payment.
"There is to my mir.d one very
important feature to this bill that
means much to the western states.
It establishes a precedent wnlrh primary" and continued by advo
may be applied to meeting a con- eating that, "we should also deal
dition growing out of the govern- with this shameless traffic in pub
mcnt's policy of conservation. I am jr positions which goes on under
a believer in conservation, but not (nP very eyes of thos.- in power "
i i conservation that means ennfis- - jn amplifying his charge that
f it Ion. The government has with the Itemihhr an organ Izat ion of
ilrawn great areas In national forest
lands, holding the.e lands for the
benefit of the public. It is net right
that Hie western states, in which
(Continued on page C.j
oolidge Approves First
v l wo tsusmess Air Lines
Of Country-Wide System
(Aasociatcd Pres. Leawil Wire.) j press and mall service on the
PAUL SMITH S, N. Y Aug. 13. 1 routes approved today.
A transcontinental and a south-; The general service to bo devel
western airway were approved to-1 oped under William P. McCracken,
day by President Coolldge as .the j Jr., the new assistant secretary or
first two commercial routes laid ( commerce in charge of civil nnvfga
down by the department of com- lion, he emphasized, will be of first
mcrco in Its development of civil-; importance in building up an air
iau aviation. ; reserve for tlte national defense.
The transcontinental route, as j A number of other commercial
npproved in conference Willi Secre- routes are under consideration, but
tary Hoover of the department of
commerce, will run from New York
to Cleveland, Chicago. Iowa City.
Dos Moines, Omaha, North Platte,
Cheyenne and Salt Lake City, from
where there will be ono leg to San
Francisco and another In T.ns An
gales. A brunch of the transcontinental
The southwestern route will ! route Is also under consideration
run from Chicago to Dallas and I from Salt Lake City to Portland,
I'ort Worth, Texas, by wav of Mo- Seattle and Tacoma.
line, St. Joseph, Kansas Citv, Wi- Yet another route Is contem.flst
chlta, Oklahoma Citv and Tulsa. for 'ho Great Lakes area.
The routes will represent exten-i through a branch Hue running
slons or consolidations of present , from the transcontinental from
lines and will mark the actual be-, Cleveland to Chicago by way of
einiiiuir of a nation w ide svsteni. ! Detroit, while a route for tho
which in the opinion of Mr. Hoov-i
111 .1 i i ... t i
11 Mi ut-vtfiuii imu u iiuiuif ly
operated air service on a large
scale.
It appears probable, Mr. Hoover
added, that within six months
there
will be a full passenger, ex-'of
ORAH ASSAILS!
HONEY USE
U. S POLITICS!
Government of People Will
Pass if Evil Continues,
, Senator's Warning.
PRAISE GIVEN REED
Cites South Particularly ;
as Flacrrant Examnle !
of Corruption's
Domination,
.exposure of "money in politics" ' temple McPherson. Angeius tern -(
will "succeed in arousing the peo-' plo pastor, and lisirict Atlomey i
'pie to the real problem before us,"; Asa Keyes were subpoenaed Unlay ,
Jn praising the work of Senator 'as defense witnesses in the trial j
James A. Reed, Pemocral. Mis-j'l for August in municipal!
j.souri. and his special investigating . com t of four nws vendors chained j
Icommittee. The senator decried twith selling indecent literature. .
"puliiical patronage and in citing 1 Attorney Milton (iolden announced!
inn example said that "Ihe Republi- that Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother:
can organization of the South is .
held together and sustained bv the i
worst kind of corruption." '
Senator lloi ah stressed princip-j
ally "the arousing of the people to
the necessity of dealing with those 1
who run lor office on the strength
of money rather than upon issues."
hut he also continued his fight :
ui:aiiiM adhetence In the world 'newspaper containing an extremely
court, and expressed opposition to (rank discussion or Mrs. Md'her
the cancellation of foreign debts bv son's disappearance here lasi May
the Cuiied Stales. and purporting to account lor her
Popular Gov't. Periled. whereabout during her ...I day ab-
liorah asserted thai exposures of sence from her temple here.
the investigating com mi I tee are
more than an "impeach in f-nt of
the primary" when he advanced
the admonition "lei us not be de
luded by the fallacious proposition
that the late expenditures are due
to the primary or confined to one
The senator refein
The senator referred
when "there was a cohi bl'oded.
delibernU scheme io buy the
nmii'
" I hat
inatiou lor the president y
was a convention that Ibey
controlling, not a primary, hi
add-
d.
South Special Target.
He derlared that, "it is all right
(o expfisp the use of money In th"1
the South i held together and pus- j
talned bv the worpt kind of enr-
.ruption." Senator liorah told the
failure of a young postmaster to
j obtain re appointment because of
before they can definitely be ie
teriuined further study will bo re
quired. Another route would take in tho
Pacific coast, running from south
ern California to northern Wash-
ilngton Sluto,
northwestern states is under con-'
cii loi-ii i ton t rt ctni-r f mm I "hi en in
sideratlon to start from Chicago
and take in Minneapolis and St.
raui.
A Mississippi air line is under
study to run from Chicago by way.QGO.
St. Louis to New Orleans
WILLS OFFERS TO
FIGHT JACK FOR 0;
DDATVinc UITll 1 IAD
BRANDS HIM L1AK'
!
(Aomol.tod rrci Leased Wire.) !
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.
Harry Wills told the New
York Sun today that he Is
ready to fight .lack Demp
sey for nothing, just for the
.satisfaction of knocking out
.i
a
the champion.
The negro, who has vainly !
sought a match with Demp-
sey for nearly six years,
! joined his manager, Paddy
Mullins, in calling (ho chaiu-
plon a "liar" for his asser-
tions that he tried to make
the match.
"I've been reading in the
papers that Dempsey Rays he
tried to get me in tho ring
for the last live years,"
Wills is quoted as saying by
the Sun. "He's a liar.'
"If he It ee ps on f u ss i n g
around with that sort of
! stuff, he won't have to wait
J
until he gets me in the ring.
I,.. n.,i,t , in ti.. A
streets 'from Tecate. a Mexican border i New Evidence Found.
"I'll" fight Dcmptter nnv -ivlllage. led to ,Uw discoverv. The! New evident-e was withheld
time he wants to meet me brief message "said Hint. Shiph yjwhen Mrs. obtained bail at-
at Hroadwav and Kortv-sec- would be found "rnld" ir the ranch iter her arrest. io weeks ago, hut
ond sireet, and I don't want twas searched. The handwrit hig ! last night's arrests aroused exper
a penny to fight him either. !was lleniifled as Shipley's. jiatioes thai it would be revealed
I'll knock him out so quick ! Note to Mrs. Coogan. j!n hearing lodav before County
he'll be sorry he ever was a penciled note appar.- :it !v wvi'- Judge Tiani; l Cleary.
born." 'ten in the dark and addressed io ; Sieens was arreted ycslr-rday
McPHERSON CASE
NEWS VENDORS ARE !
FACING CHARGES
(Associated Presa Leased Wire.)
I.OS AN.KI-KS, Aug. i:t-Aimee
of the i vangelist. Miss Minna ;
Schaelfer. secretary, and Deputy;
District Attorney Joe ltyan would j
also probably be called for the de-
iVnsc J
The four men. Sam J. Steinberg, j
Harry Smith. John C. lirooks and ;
Manuel Coodnmi. are accused of i
having sold copies nt a San Diego'
TRAIN KILL THREE
AUTOISTS; CHILD
IS AUTO VICTIM
fAMorlsfcd I'rpKd UmMiI Wlrp.)
SAND l'OINT, Idaho. Aug. 13. -Mr.
and Mrs. It K Dnvls. proprie
tors of a general store at Sagle.
Idaho, were instantly killed today
when their auto was stiuck by a
Northern Pacific passenger train
on a private crossing hading from
their truck farm six mile south of
here. They are survived by a son.
SKATTLK. Aug 13 I'laying on
an arterial highway, and an at
tempt to beat a l:ain lo a crossiiig
cost two lives here last night.
Peggy ltoswell. f i v.-. was hurled " I
feet when -truck by an auto The
driver was a r rested Nn'i ' in l-
Kohn. proprietor of a trunk tactoiv
here, was the crossing victim
his inability to meet the demand
for ll.ti'Hi niade hv the "political
boss, the national commit teeman (E
Ilorah also said that "whenever
there is a real contest in the na
tionat convention for the nonilna-
Hon of the presidency, th
dele-
fotight
eaten from the South nr
to bo controlled and managed by
shameless use of pationage and
money."
jfj - CHAUFFEUR NET CLOSES 01
nrTJir nnninmPiTimn nrnmurp
W - inLbUUbHI'JO
ENDS HIS LIFE
Note of Suicide Leads to
Finding of His Body in
Family Garage.
OFTEN DISCHARGED
Was Hunted Fugitive After:
Gun Battle With Guard
of Juvenile Actor
of the Screen.
(AKSoclatitl I'rru Leased Wlre.s
TIPTON, Iowa, Aug. 13. Her-
;man f Shiorev. former chauffeur :
r-
;for jackie Coogan, who committed
'suicide near Los Anne lee vister-
riav ift an f ,h.. mn.
Shipley served in the Canadian
army for a time during tho World
war. ..He later joined the American
army, from which he desoited and
was imprisoned at Camp Dodge. .
mo iwrira .. 1.1 .
LOS ANGKLKS, Aug. 13. Jo
seph Mock, 42, private guard for
, , , .1 r .
i Jackie Coogan, juvenile screen
I star, who was shot and seriously
wounded in a gun baUle on the
'grounds of the Coogan home here
I last Tuesday morning, was report-
tea slightly Improved today.
H. Everett Shipley, alias Don
'McCrea. discharged chauffeur for
.the Coogan family, declared by po-
I lice to have been Mock's assailant.
has cheated the law. He chose
Idea th at his own hands rather than
j stand trial for shooting Mock and
the motive for precipitating the
mm ha It le Is sealed in his own
death.
Shipley's body, with a bullet
Ihole through his head, was tiunul
bv police yesterdav In a garage on 1 u reopened investigation wnien
the Coogan ranch, near Cumpo, (resulted tioin the filing of an an
whleh is located a short distance niilmcnl. suit by Arthur S. Hiehle,
from the Mexican border. A post- ' who alleged thai his wife, a former
'ni, auuresse,! m j-.u-k ookuu.
' Sr.. Jackie's father, and mailed
Mrs. Coogan was foii.-d on a table
an unoccupied house near t n
(Continued from page fwe.)
1PPPMT9BE
FORAMLLY OPENED
i
Band Concert, Program and
Jitney Dance to Ii
Features of Night's
Entertainment.
Th c pen ing of I nip'iua I 'a i
t'. morrow evening is expected i
be one of the most inters- i i i
evenis to occur for several mon'b
Tlie program has been art an f.
by the lunulas County Conn'1
land. which I to share in 1 1
proceeds of t he jit m-y d;i u t
lie given during the early pn:i.
(he night.
The park will be open hi t '
afternoon with ponies lor i i
ti rtaiiiinent of t lie c h il.l i f
gel her wit Ii t lie nu in ere us
features. The formal npi i:,h
sta l is at 7 : 'I a p. m . when i h
band will play a conceit on 'I
randa overlooking
tlie
lletweeu the cl ulilioiise ainl
river there is ample patkltif p
for a great many cars, t It:?
W llO llesll e ma V lie;i r I lie ee,.
while n ma in ing yea t d in t 1
antes.
As a feature of the hand
. pi am. M rs. l-"j e( L. St ra n'
I sing with band om 1 a"
The conceii will be f"H
wiih a program in the Huh le:
where Miss Fa ye Cedde w.li
ai.l Miss Dorothy Ogle w ill .!
The jitney danci will I "i i,
open Hje new hall, w b i' b i
o' the finest in i h" coin mm1
Mu-lc will be fiirnisbed bv tin
chi-sti a from the Orh nt tl '
derm, while the man;igemM:t
the Halnhow (',; i d-ns h;i
!TWMinced that the p irtilar Satir
fiance ;jt Wlni better hai
pest pen "d. in fird'r t lt:i t t
mnv be no conflict with I mp
Park opening
The new aniu-iejnrnt r'"oit
.without 0,liet ion become nr.
Ihe most popular in th" vi. "i
,11 Is Ideally situated, and Mi
provementfi wiib h have been in
i III IlLLHIIiLa
OF IRS. RILL
Accused Widow's Brother
and Cousin Share in
Murder Charge.
BOTH LODGED IN JAIL
Case Indestructible, Says
Prosecutor Foimer
Maid Knows Much,
Is Assertion.
( AfunK-latrd I'resta Leased Wire.)
SOMKUYILLK, X. J., All!?. VS.
A cousin ami a brother of Mrs
ward Wheeler Hall were in jail la-
(lav. he d wilhouL ball, accused
i wiiii nor ol UK' munter four yours
!at;o of hoi ch-ryinnn husband ami
hl!i swoot heart. .Mis. Kleanor Mills,
"Crazy" Willto Slovens, tho
i1"'"""''': "n!l "''"' V Carpenter,,
t M ,'"llh v cousin ' 'he wealthy wi-
i"u; ,v''n' '''sil '"t '"Wit two
I weeks after the arrest of Mrs. Hall,
Inuw at liberty In SJ5.0U0 hail .
A" "llw ll,lvu Pleaded not gall-
State Senator Simpson, special
prosecutor, however, says, "We
have established a case nothing
can destroy. "
A chemical analysis of blooded
ptiil, he declared, has established
tlie fad that nr. Hall and Mrs.
Mills were slain under the crahap
ple tree on a deserted farm where
i ln-ir bodies were found. 1 1 had
been suggested they were killed
elsewhere, tie1 bodies moved and
the chillies carefully straightened
out.
i Iast night's a frosty were ordered
i hy Mr. Simpson afior 7.1 depnsi-
t Monw of witnesses had been taken
i .. ...... . ..
. damaging rotitef.sions to him.
at his .-i-lers iinine. t arpent
jsill lendei
I C
d to slate pnlle
in front
nllmied en page
jlMSIOHS
i IN THREE STATFS
Lightning 1 His Seven Men,:
Killing I wo I rattic
Is Paralyzed by
I ligli Water.
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Ni:V yu;k. Aug. i:i Cmler
t"'iind i t 1 1 i i and eomnninien -ilen
lin- s in New Yof I; r maineil
crippled ibis all'"nn"ii ironi Hie
tiondini'. ol I nine K atnl m-v.its by
stril.i 's d'iw n linn i of lain.
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White Ants Devour Records
, Of Pasadena and Threaten
City's Wooden Structures
(AMoclattnl Vrtn t.oaM(l Wire.)
PASADKNA, Calif., Aug. 13. An
army of while ants are engaged in
a vigorous offeiisu against the
crown city.
Wooden structures have been at
tacked to such serious extent that
Waller l'utiuan, chief building In
spector, has undertaken an ex
haustive survey of all wooden
structures in Pasadena.
Discovery of tho inroads of tho.
ghost army was made last week
when it was found that a large
number of municipal records had
been literally devoured by tho in
sects in the basement of tho city
hall. Further into woodwork in
the buildings under repair revealed
astounding conditions, l'utmau re
ported. On 25 varying types of struc
tures examined in the last few
days tho inspector said 21 showed
evidence of having been attacked
KILLER, HOLDING I
TOTS, AWES POSSE; I
SHERIFF GETS HIM
( AwfK-intod Prow Leased Wire.)
, CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 13
Scott Workman, 40, a farm-
er. who shot and killed his
wile, rora, iiS, at their homo w
near New Richmond today,
was taken to the IJiitavla
jail this afternoon. His dell-
ance of Sheriff Fred Croswell
and a posse ended when
Sheriff Croswell ignored
Workman's threats, entered
tlie house and urrested him.
Holding up his children, one ,
P in each arm, a girl of three
and a boy of seven months, 4
the farmer, believed to be
crazed wlih drink, taunted
members of tho posse, posted 4
behind trees and other vanL- 4
ago points about the houso, to
shoot at him. "Go ahead,
shoot 'em, shoot 'em," ho
cried as he tossed the wait-
ing children up and down in
hid' aims in view of the dts-
traeted posse-men. '.'Sure, I
killed my wife. I'll kill these
here, too, If you shout." '
Workman had fired aovoral
shots from Ida automatic piB--
to at members of the posse,
but the sight of tho terror-
stricken infants, clinging to
their father who at any mo-
meat might crash out their
lives silenced any relurn of
(he fire.
TRUCK BACKS OVER
BOSS, KILLING HIM
( Asflnclntcil l'rcs; tinned Wire.)
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug.
i:i. -- Struck by a loaded dirt
truck backing into a railroad fill,
William Foley, dump boss for the
Marsh Con struct Ion company of
Spokane, Washing ton, died ln
stitntly when crushed beneath the
wheels shortly beforo noon today.
Me is said to be survived by a
wife fn Spokane. There were no
witnesses to the accident.
Foley was l Ing dead beneat h
a rear wheel when noticed by K.
W. Anderson, driver of the truck,
whose attention was called to the
aiclileni bv ihe sound of a break
ing shove hand le. which Foley
had Imcii carrying when struck.
; JUSTICE TAFT IS
T ITT I r AMTH
Lii i lAu liiAINOtJJi
Afvnr'lntnl I'tofm T.eitcod Wire.)
j OCCIIFC. Que., Aug. i:i.-There
Y:a been no change whatever for
i he bisi two weeltH In the condl
lion of Chier Justice William
Howard Tait who has been suffer
ing from indisposition at his sum
mer home in Murray Hay. Dr. I'.
McNaur'hton. hU physician, has
aiiioiraced.
Talking by long distance lele
ple ne to the Canadian press ami
i epl v ing io rumors that I he chief
jn lice bad taken a turn for the
worse. Dr McNaughfon said: "Mr.
ft is abb- to !) around and Is
'doing well thus far."
PRINEVILLE BOY
' KILLED BY CAR IN
ASHLAND STREET
f Aorjnli-fl Pri'M Ivcnwd Wire.)
MKDFOIili. Ore, Aug. H.-Dalo
f'nhrs. aged (J. was killed late yes
! ida y after neon when st ruck by
iiii aitftn(de!le on tlie streets of l
A-ldaid. ftrien Max Crowson of
1 b;i t city. The la ran in front of
cue car iih 11 was uaveuiiig iohh
Mian L'o mil- an hour, ac-cordlng
to v. il ne.es. low son WJiS exoil"
' d ,di-ughter wan being shown tho
The hoy Dd a stepson of H. K. Lee j jrv Hp ,id not ginnre at tho
or '! ine-. jib-. Oto. a painter for , holograph.
an oil conpanv and with his moth-' Jones fiild he believed Sylvia
e-- h;!d been cnmplng at Ashlaml. flafnen was killed deliberately,
The bodv will be retured to I'rliie- i n n (I n'd by a fiend whom she en
ville f-it- bmiitl Iconntered accidentally. Hn 'opined
o itlirit be was ben ten to death with
Riturnhicj to San Jose u rock
Mr. and Mrs Oeorge Langcnberg! Photos In Evidence,
and young daughter, w ho have SKATTLK. Auk. 111. After a
been vi-Ping wilh relatives In fight by the defense, enlarged
. It'is but g for several weeks past, photographs of the body nf Sylvia
left Ibis morning on their return Oalne wore admitted as evidence
jhomo to San Jose, California. I (Continued on page 6.) q
by the nuts. In one instance, he
declared, a large roof over a pub
lic garage would have collapsed
within a few months 1C tho men
ace had not been discovered in
time.
rutman declared tho situation
was far more serious than at first
believed. The antH will destroy an
entire wooden structure if given
sufficient time, ho wild, threaten
ing every wooden building In Pas
adena with collapse.
"A thorough survey of actual
conditions throughout the city is
our first Btep in combatting the
problem," Put man said, "for with
our present information wo cannot
tell at what moment the first
building may collapse."
Put man believes tho ant Inva
sion which probably lifts become
serious only In Pasadena, exists
to some degroe over all southern
California.
GAINES CASE IS
Evidence Today Relates to
Nature of Wound on
Murdered Girl.
PHOTOS ARE SHOWN
State's Attorney Declares
if Father ' Acquitted
Another Charge to
: : i ) Confront Him
(AMootntrd Prow Lcnscil Wire,),
SR ATT LIC, August 13. New
chnrgos ngaiiist Wallaeo Onines
hi; Heel on testimony of his relation
ship with bin diuighter, Sylvia,
will be filed If Gaines Is found
not guilty of" murdering the. girl
at tho completion of a trial in
progress bore. Prosecutor Colviu
announced tdny. '
Chief Deputy Coroner Jones
testified that blows on the side
of tho girl's bend wore delivorod
alter alio had been choked into
iinconHclbusneHS, that the choking
In all probability would have caus
ed her death, lessening tho flow
of blond.
Tho state vus attempting' to
explain by .rones' testimony tho
absence of blood on Onines' cloth
ing. Uralses on Miss Gaines'
shoulder were caused by her be
ing dragged. .Tones testified.
Jo lien I cut I lied that from the
shore uf the lake into an alder
grove, where Ihe body was found
Juno 17, a heavy trail r blond
led, but. that this (rail ended ten
feet from the body.
CoIvIu'h New Theory.
Cnlvln hnd announced a theory
iiclwccii urn ueiiiii unci me
discovery tho body was moved ten
feet and arranged so as In support
the Idea that a fiend had attack
ed Miss CaincH iih hIio took a walk
In the evening and had then fled
the city.
When Colvln asked Jones If It
would not have been impossible
for foot tracks to have eliminated
traces of blood In tlie ten feet,
the con rt forbade an answer
which, it was ruled, would be con
clusive. "Describe the wounds," sug
gested Colviu.
'The majority were on the left
si ile," replied the witness, "and
the fikull on that side was crush
ed, There were bruises nnd cuts
on the forchend and at the right
corner nf the mouth was a jagged
cut. The right Jawbone was frac
tured. The elt in was bruised on
I t lie r 1 mIioii I dor. on the ri 1? lit
f "ie face nnd n the neck.
Meiow mo necK were no injurtcH
except t w-n small bruises not 4T
recent origin Just above the right
kneo."
Colvln. It was learned, has a
theory that MIhs (Initios was kil
led by a lert-hand"d man nnd
will attorn nt to prove her father
!i. left-handed.
f;nn,.fl
. ri,H,(lf,Hv
kept moving his hand
the corner of his
'iiirtntli w b (to n nletiirn f IiIp rdiiin
STILL II HANDS
OF PROSECUTOR
MASTER CROOK'
FACES GALLOWS
Richard Reese Whittemore
Pays Death Penalty
in Maryland,
KILLED PRISON GUARD
Headed Burglary System So
Successful Authorities
.Were Afraid to Make '
It Public Affair. ' I
(Auoclitcd Proa Uued Wire.) .. -.
BALTIMORE, MU., Aug. 13.
niclmid Reese Whittemore, leader
of a bandit gang that Bet itself a
goal of a billion dollars loot, died
on the gallows shortly after mid
night this morning in the peulleu
tlnry where he slew a guard in es
caping a yenr and a half ago.
The end came quickly for Iho
youthful criminal who led lils fol
lowers to robbery of nearly $1,000.
000 of the fabulous sum they
sought. At midnight he said: "f
wish to Bay goodbye, the best I
could wish anybody." At 12:08
his body plunged through the gal
lows trap or tlie Maryland peniten
tiary. At 12:22, fourteen minutoB
later, he was pronounced dead.
Less than 20 minutes had elap
sed after he stepped onto , the
fold platform at 12:06 when his
body, In Its casket, '. was wheeled
out of the death chamber. It was
claimed by relatives ' for funeral
services at the home of his fath
er, Rawllngs V. Whittemore. i
The elder Whittemore and Mrs. 1
Margaret Whittemore, tlte slayer'B.
wife, bade him farewell several
hours before the execution. Mrs. .
Whittemore was weeping hysteric
ally as she left the prison for the
last time, but Whittemore appear
ed unshaken and remained so to
the end. 1 1 . . ' . : ( ' .
Was Master Criminal.
Whittemore, serving a 15-year
sentence for burglary, ,fatally bent
Robert H. Holtinan, a 00-year-old
guard, with an irou bar on Febru
ary 20, 1925, and walked out of tho
hospital gate of the penitentiary.
Thirteen months later, when a
New York police night patrol pick
ed III m up as a suspicious charac
ter after a chase at guns' points
from tho door of a night club, ho
was tho active head of one of the
Bast's most successful criminal or
ganizations of recent years.
' Although at outs with' the law
from the age of short trousers,
Richard Reese Whlttomore's crim
inal career loft him cast in a. pet
ty role until, at the age of 25 and
with a noose dnnglfng nbove. -his
head, ho crowded into the space of
a few months most of the high
lights of a fiction bandit's life. . .
System Near Perfection.
Tlnlllmore, New York, Chfcngo,
Cleveland and Buffalo were includ
ed Jn Iho Whittemore gang's scope
of operations. Many lucrative
hauls wore made from New York
jewelry establishments. The "mil
lion dollar crlmo trust," so dubbed
later by police because of tho
fabulous goal set, and reported
nearly readied when tho crime or
gani.ation was shattered, revealed
Itself as an almost entirely self
supporting crime unit when police
dug Into its secrets. It had its
own private "fences" for receiving
stolen goods and maintained its
own channels of disposal, realiz
ing a much higher profit on its
loot than Is usually the case. The
profits were apportioned among
the gang members, the apportion
ment being made by Whittemoro,
who personally superintended Its
operations. Ko successful had tho
gang's system been, that police at
flrHt declined to make imbllc Iho
(li.tmllfl of a confession of Anthony
I'liliulliiii, one of Whlttomore's
henchmen, on the grounds that it
set a dangerous example.
Entire Gang Caught
I'alnilino "tipped orf" tho system
in his confession, and incriminat
ed, besides Whittemore, Leon nnd
Jacob Knaemer. brothers, Milton
"Shuffles" Goldberg and "I!nlll
more Willie" Unkelbach as tho
chief members of the gang. Unkel
bach. the last to be arrested, was
In Ilalllmnrn while search for him
was being made In Cleveland, nnd
might have escaped had lie not
driven In his automobile from Bal
timore to New York to retrievo
personnl belongings. All (ho malo
gangsters received prison terms In
New York.
Confession Saves Wife.
Mrs. Whlltemore also was ar
rested fn New York, but her ban
dit husband effected her relense,
on an agreement with Ulstrlct At
torney Bsnton. bv admitting hi
part In thefts tntnllng hundreds of
thousands of dollnrs. Whlltemore,
however, refused to Incriminate
(Continued on pago 8.)
jagsuro of its success,