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U. - VOUXVil
vol; xxvii
ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1926.
NO. 160 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
NO. 172 OFTHE EVENING. NEWS "'.
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CHICAGO
GANG
WAR CLAIMS 5
MORE VICTIMS
Machine Gun Mows Down
. . : Men in Shadow ; of 1
' ... ' Cathedral.'
ATTORNEY WOUNDED
Feud Between Rival Booze
Gangs Breaks Out Afresh
, ; ; Police Unable, to i
Break Silence.
, (Associated Press Leased WIro.),
' CHICAGO, Oct. ! 12. Chicago's
deadliest gang'; battle a war , of
.extermination has . opened- be
tween two opulent bands of booze
racketeers for control -of the city
'liquor traffic. . The death spewing
Hutching gun was the sinister wea
pon, employed by. gangsters who
mowed down five men in the sha
dow of Chicago's great: Catholic.
Cathedral of the.jHofy' ame , on
North; State street late, yesterday.'
..' -The '-murderous attack, i :more
daring than the assassination .of
Assistant- State's Attorney McSwig
gln, was expopted to fbring reprisal
arid! counter reprisat-r-the eternal
(Vicious cycle that alt "alley"! feuds
. go through. ;
; ; "It Is another gang .killing.- No
one:kuows anything. No::onej wants
)io . know anything. I i Tbey- are
tafraid,"! was the comment of an at
tache of the state's attorney s of
fice who questioned witnesses at
the scene of the slayinga. ,
'.,.:: Gang Leader Slain.
The victims -in : the ; newest and
mbat deadly i bf gangland s own
method of eliminating its enemies
Were Earl "Hymie" Weiss, notor
ious -gangster and gunman, who at
28 has risen to overlordship of a
powerful city-wide - combine of
booze runners, and Paddy Murray,
t lieutenant. ' 1 - ,' - ' -
Both were killed almost in
stantly, their bodies riddled by
slugs as machine guns, spitting
death from a rooming house win
dow and an auto, raked them with
a cross fire of lead.
The wounded were William W.
O'Brien, former assistant state's
attorney,, prominent criminal law.
yer, and counsel for f'Big Joe" Sal
tls, ally of 'Weiss,-now. on trial for
murder; Ben Jacobs, an dnvestlga?
tor for O'Brien, and Sam Feller,
henchman and bodyguard of Weiss.
The men went down under the
murderous fire apparently a mo
ment after- they had left the mod
est florist shop of William Scho
fleld, across State street from the
Cathedral, and believed by police
to be the headquarters of the Sal
tls defense forces. It was in'. this
shop two years ago that Dion
O'Banion, ace of -Chicago alcohol,
purveyors, was slain by three gun
men. - . '
Attorney O'Brien had Just come
from the criminal courts buildings
a few blocks away, where a jury
had been completed to try Saltis.
O'Brien, struck by seven bullets,
but declared out of danger, denied
the florist shop was a rendezvous
of Siiltls workers, but police found
. a list of all men called for Jury
service in WeiBs' pocket, while a
safe In Schofleld's office yielded a
list of state witnesses, who are to
testify against Saltis.
Silence Maintained.
Although the usual- silence of
'(Continued on page 8.)
Queen Marie Reconciled to Errant
Son, Prince Carol, as She Takes
Her Departure
f (Associated Press Leased Wlre.V . '
PARIS. Oct. 12. Reconciled to
her i errant son, former Crown
Prince Carol, whom she 0ubraced
in nrdently motherly fashion at
their parting, Queen Mario of Ru
mania swept majestically out of
Paris this morning enroute to
America. - -
The queen was visibly moved
when Carol finally arrived at the
station a quarter of an hour be
fore her train left, for .Cherbourg
to connect with the Leviathan.
Talks With- Son. -
Mother and son went into her
comnartment In the Rumanian
royal 3ach, attached to the Cher
bourg boat train, and talked in
private. The train was held sev
eral minutes to allow them to pro
Jong their Interview. ,
Cai?l departed as quietly as he
had come, while the oueen Indl-ri
rated from a car window an ac
knowledgement of the farewells
from representatives of French of
ficialdom, the United States , em
bassy and the Rumanian colony Of!
Paris. ,-.-'
Marie wore a Krlmmer coat of
pun metal shade, fading into gray.
'MOVIE BOUND
FLAPPER TAKES
i MAN'S CLOTHING
j e (Associated Press Leased Wire.) . 4
! DAVENPORT, Iowa,' Oct
12. transformed flapper ot
16 years. Imbued : with; the
wanderlust spirit, today was
bumping toward an unnamed
destination aboard a;' slow
moving freight , train,' after
'swiping W. H. Manoney's
suit ot clothed and 2, all the
money he had. .-
She told Mahoney last night
after forcing her way into
his bedroom with the aid of a
revolver, that she wanted his
clothing and money to get out
of town on the next freight.
. From the' pile of female at-
tire left in the parlor where
the girl changed to the man's
suit and clipped her bobbed
hair closer, the intruder was
identified as Beulah Nichols,
'who told her parents she was
going to a movie.
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QUEEN EMBARKS -
- . - -. -
. (Associated Press Leased Wire.)
f CHERBOURG, France, Oct.
12. Queen Marie of Rumania,
embarked on the united
States liner Leviathan . at 7
b'clock tonight for her yoy.
age to America; A heavy
rain was falling as she went
aboard.
BRC11 blames;
MOTHER IN LAW FDR
MARITAL TROUBLE
Loss of "Peaches" Due -to
Interference of Mother,
Millionaire Declares;
Children Wanted.
. (Xfmoiital lYest, leased Wrs.-
NBW YOKlO Oct. :12.Refusal
of his mother-in-law to leave him
alone with his 16 year old wife,.
"Peaches" is one of the - reasons
advanced by Edward W. Browning
lor Ms -marital troubles. : ;
The wealthy real estate, operator
said . he loved' his' wife too much
to start suit because of articles re
lating to. their married life which
she is now having published, but'
said he was "terribly disappointed"
about certain phases of bis marital
career. .- - " : ' - '' f
''The mother would not leave us
alone and finally - took her daugh
ter away," he said. "She; refused
to; allow me to talk ' to my wife
over the telephone m theVJay she
left. "Peaches is through with VoU'
she said to me. When I asked, her
for some reason -she said I had-not
kept my promise to glve'them an
apartment on Park avenue."
Browning said It! bad bees. ' his
desire in marrying ' Peaches 1 lb
have a home and children. - t '
The terrible disappointment"
came when he realized that se
did not wish to' have a child. "She
said she would rather die than
have one," he asserted. "
Mrs. Heenan, the bride's mother;
accompanied them on the honey
moon, he said, nd until they left
his apartment'- the' mother always
occupied the ' same ' room, witn
Peaches. -"v.1'
; Browning denied that ' hA had
given his wife naste Jewelry. He
produced numerous bills, one for
a ruby and. diamond platinum
bracelet costing $2600 and another
for a diamond ring costing $1500.
Mrs. J. F. Burke of Grants Pass
visited here overnight Monday.
for Trip to America
over a, simple brown tailored suit.
A cHIc brown telt -traveling . hat
topped her, auburn head. She
wore a lone white ;orchld over her
heart. Her slippers and hose were
in harmony with the rest, of .the
costume. Despite the orders of su
pervising the last minute packing
of the 100 pieces of luggage ot the
party, as well as her quite natur
al emotion, at seeing' Carol again,
she looked positively radiant '
Fears Sea Sickneu.
Queen Marie Is hppefui that the
Atlantic wilt behave, itself. She. re
gards the sea with misgivings' and
is said to have provided, herself
with a stock of anti-seasick; pills,
guaranteed as an unerring remedy
against mal de met. ' j ' .
On board the. Leviathan there
will be a notable company. Among
the passengers will be -Mrs). Wood
ro Wilson and her brother, Rich-'
ard Boiling; August Thyssen, son
of the iatti German iron magnate;
Prince Hohenlohe Langenburg,
nephew of the queen; Count Ed
Ward Oppersdorff, ' Mrs. ' -Reglnald;
Vanderbllt and her brotheV. Harry
Hays Morgan, and Ralph PnKtier,
president of the World, Nep-York.
DAWES ASSAILS
111 PRIMARY
VOTING SYSTEM
Says Present Laws : Give
, Minority Opportunity to .
' Choose Nominees.
CONVENTION WANTED
Seven Per Cent of Voters
Choosing Nominees Ac-
cording to Statistics
' Given in Address, . ; :
.". ' (Associated Press Leased Wire.)
' PHILADELPHIA. Oct 12Vli
President Dawes today joined
hands with those seeking the abol
ishment ot the American system of
primary , elections for selecting
candidates to nubile office.
ie. expressed hiB sentiments ln-1
mo course or a piea made before
the, national convention of the
American Legion for a gresiter ex
ercise, ot.the. franchise by the. vo-
ire-, met united states; -whose
lethargy, he said, marlelt nnuuiiiin
for a very small minority to choose
nominees who1 later were elected.v
rersonallyf I believe that the
primary, system shontrl
abolished and that if Vfl fnHnw
the theory -and plan of represent-.
aura government laid down M our
constitution by providing :for nom
ination by -conventions, a better
and more impartial class of candi
dates will result," he said-
"But even if the primary system
was abolished an Increase in the
impartial Yotin in- 11m . Ttnifurt
States . Is .the crying need of the
uour.-- - . -
The baBis for Mrr Dtfwes address
was the plan. of the American Le
gion .tor getting out.ihe vote, in
national, state and. city jeleqtiops
This project he endorsed as one
"vital .to. thewejlf are o J. the, repab-
"'..M' 'T;iV.f ,tl . l - '
''If Ahe American govexnroeat Is
to be a success,", .he , said, , i,"the
American people, must ,vote.;,iiBdif-
terenc6i fu' thoi.! attitude -of the
amencan public toward, the. fran
chise Is the greatest-exlstingimeu-f
acb . to.. American institutions, ' It
is .tending to substltufe government'
Byi aggressive and interested mta-.
ortties'fon government by- the per
pie. : -'.. I i I -v.-a-ja.- -,.- j.R ; t ..-j
, 'fBspeclally 'is this 'tHe' icage In
state, c'tfottty 'and city " elections:
The-percentage bf t IKe' ' qualified
Vote cast in non-presidential yeirs
is. far below- the 52 per cent cast in
the' 1924 presidential' election Af
ter making some (examination Irfto
statMties - gathered frbm different
IocaIitI,es I should. Say that 'ih'tthe
prjrhary contests '' pre'cedlrfg . elec
tions in non-presidentialt years In
state; county and cifr 'eleciloris,
ndrfh, south, east antl west,. a,n es
timate that 25.;per'cenf bf the inal
Ifiea' Vfltfl.,Is fast Js,; 'if. anything,
excessive. Since there'. are , still
two dominant political .parties' the
vote in most localitips Is Juitp ev
enly, divided between -them. . .,' ,
,"Jn suclj event .the , election', of;
the candidates. to; be vpted pfl at,a
future election is determined - in,
each party by a imajority. w. plur
ality, as. the case mayfbe. iof oniv,
about 121 per cent of the qualified'
voters,, under such circumstances
men who are. elected to office are
thus selected. by,. ia. sraall-jnlnorlty
of around- seven percent,, ot, the
qualified voters, , , . , ... -, r- ,
I'.'We alt. realize, -that as our. na
tional . wealth and. population Inr
creases and business broadens and
becomes ! more . diversified , that
there arises the-necessity not on
ly; for the centralisation ot greater
POwer in state, county and city
government, but' for ' Its- constant
,u?e In the carrying out of its legi
timate Tprojects;i v-!'i' i. ' ;
"Especially is this true In con
nection with" state "governments.
IrhmenSe 'road-bullding' projects
are being carried out by states; as
sisted by the national government.
Our state a'nd; city administrations
are accustomed nqt only Id-1 use
public employes In getting out a
primary vote to maiiifain an ex-'
Isting admlnlstratio'ft in power; but
In. many places alt those interest
ed Id construction or other public
contracts with their ..organization
and employes .are expected to per
form active, service in getting but
the primary vote, foi; (he same, pur
pose. ' ;. ;,'
"At the time, . therefore, , when
owing, to the indifference ,of; the
public to the franchise, the num
ber of qualified, voteis peoessary
to .control a, .primary ,.electiqn,- is
lessening, tbernumbeg of those hav
ing a-business kiteTCBt -in the 'Con-,
tlnuance of an existing .Bdministra -
Hon -and willing, to: work.t.-the
polish for it is: rapidly increasing.
While the general 'and .impartial.
vote Is, decreasing,. the "Controlled
vote Is stesdiiT Increasing, ft-Is
to e hoped that ;ln' Jm6tv focall
; (Continued sn'pagei,.
BUDGET COMMITTEE
; NAMED AT SPECIAL
COUNCIL METING
Because of the Inability of
a number of the councllmen
to be present at the special
meeting called for last night j
to consider the city's finan-
clal condition, the session
planned was not held. A : quo-;
rum was secured for the pur-
Pose bf naming a budget conjr.
mlttee and this was done,-the
committee Being Instructed td
meet Friday to go over , the
proposed expenditures for toe
coming yeatl. These named, to
serve oa the budget commit-
tee are W. S. Hamilton,'
Ralph Qulne, A. C. Marsters,'
John M. Throne, J. H. Booth,
W. L. Cobb, G. V. Wimberly
and W. P. Chapman. They will
meet and go over the figures
for past expenditures and will:
decide -upon the sums, to be;
alloted to the various funds
for - city government This':
budget will then be adopted':
In the usual order after such
changes are made as may be
found advisable, , t , -. ,
, The council Is quite cob-;
cerned over tass. city's finan-'
clal condition as pertaining to!
tne general tuna, Roughly es-j
timatea the city will be be-
tweea, $10,000 and $15,000 be-;:
hind by, the end of the year.
if the present pace of expendt-'
ttire is maintained. "
''
WOMAN SOBS AS
MURDER CHARGE
REilllJRT
Widow of Tillamook Doctor
Tells Her Side
of Case. .
n . . i' ... 1
jSays, HuijanH ,&hr Not
HeaviWjnsured-H-iffno- ':
rant of Charge Until . t
Heard Indictment. ;' ' '
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' i (Associated Proas Leaked Wlre.V f --
TILLASIOOK, Ore.,' Qqt.' 12. 4
Mra. Eva. N. McGefe whlte-haired;
woman, of BO, -Who was- arraigned
yesterday ,on a charge of murder
in the -first degree in connection
with the ,-death (August. ,9, of her
husband, ;Dr, W G, McQee, today
told,.:amid. sobs; her side, of the
Ca8e,,';f V- , : ij U i . V '
' 'Seated In a Bmall office In the
sheriff's department- of the court
house, she' empbatJcaUy, dented to
a staff reprcgintdUve-oIithe Port
land Telegra, tpa there ,is any
ground for the charge that she had
poisoned her, husband - She declar
ed runjori1 that hfejwaa heJivlK in
sured we (tutfjunllei. ' i ' If t ' ,
!She-Bald:' tha kfter"' she had
taken
bu
for
mofstiWre1-afloat, and; later that
the grand Jury was Investigating
ane said she remained at home.l
expe.cting-to.fleioaued-to .testify;, !
' ,"Th,e only .reason. I am Indicted
Is because"the grind Jury .did not
get my side of -this casa,"ishe said,
"This Is the first time I have
ever been in trouble: the first time
r have ever been in a court as a
defendant, and I have, no criminal
record, whatever. I am Innocent
of any wrong doing.;' . ,
Dr. MeGee's death occurred ,after
a week's. Illness,' whtla , he was
staying ( at, a hotel In,. TUIamook
conducted by. , his wife. At that
time ,he, was recuperating from in
juries Buffered In anT autpmobile
accident.,. He had severe' convul-
sions. and this fact, coupled with
a remark That ha mnrlo iTiirlni, an i
. .
interval of consciousness, that me-
diclne he had taken, tasted like
poison, ld to the investigation af-
ter. his death, .Jfls stomach was
examined by Dr. Robert U Benson,
of the University of regon Medical
College, ,and the Indictment was
bBsed; on the autopsy report., ,i
When Mrs., McQee was taken
to court- yesterday, she i did not
know of the charge. against her, and!
she -nesfly -collapsed when it was
read. She swept bitterly, and told
the sheriff she thought she. was be-
log sunpoenaed , to testify before i
the. grand Jury, Ball was fixed at
$20,000. - . ,J- r ,-.
Donald -MbGeet- 1? .year! OH son,
is In Tillamook with his mother. A
Iaughterr resides at , Coquille. : A
brother .- and; sister -wers expected
to arrive today from Montesano.
, Tryinn to- Rai -Bali, r ! ' '
: Attoraey 8.: S.- Johnson, of Port
land, irepresenting Mrs. i McGee,
was endeavoring today to raise the
120,000 bail. "-'At- noon -he. bad
DENIES POISONlNGisiiis,
$14,000 pledged, and expectet! to
have the remainder by tonight, ,
; . I Netenery of eereeeB,
Wash., brother of Mrs. MeGee, ar
rived here today. Being a non
resident he was unable to .give
bond, but arranged to secure those
who were going on the bond.t ' ;
V Sheriff Aschin said that tf the
pond Is not raised today Mrs. Me
Gee will be taken to the Multno
mah county Jail at Portland, as, the
trtllon,.nU Sail haa ntx ,(att,ia fnt
women' prisoners. -. . i ; '' . 1
BONDHOLDERS OF
RAILROAD ASK A
i CHANCE TO APPEAL
T ' " (Assoctated Press tAasM Wlra.) '
i CHICAGO, Oct. 12. A i petition
of Junior bondholders lot the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St,' Paul rail
road, asking permission to appeal
a recent federal' court ruling deny
ing them the right to Intervene In
the foreclosure suit against the
rotfi, was denied today by Federal
Judge James H. Wilkerspa. ' -
The bondholders, '' known popu
larly as the Jameson Group, and
represented by 'Nathan ' L. Miller,
former governor of New York, as
chief counsel, plan to ask' a, writ of
mandamus from. the circuit court
of appeals compelling ' submission
of Judge Wilkerson's ruling to the
appellate body for review.; ;
, Wilkerson's original decision re
fusing intervention ' to the junior
bondholders was contained In an
order setting November'UJ?' for the
sale of .the railroad's properties.
which the ; Junior i bondholders
sought to delay and If possible to
avert. JThe bondholders asked leave
to appeal tbA portion of the decis
ion' rejecting their plea to fief ad
mitted as Interveners, : Wllkcrson
held that his order was not appeal
able . , ,
DORIS KENYON
AND MILTON SILLS
. MARRIED TODAY
- t- '.(Associated Press Leased Wire.) '
. i A.USABLE FORKS. N. Y., 'Oct
12.DorIs Kenyon and Milton Sills
motion picture stars, were married
1 at noon today at the summer home
of, MIbs Kenyan ton Silver Lake,
several miles, irom uiib village,.
i Because of the recent UlBessiof
J the bride, sthe wedding was quiet
as possible; only the Immediate
members of bdtb. families attend
ing. A final decree divorcing Mr.
- CJllln f.t r.1 J
geles yesterday.
THIRTY-TWO LIVES
LOST DURING WEEK
; '"END HURRICANE
" ; ( Assnelsied Fress'Leased WJmV ' .
AMSTERDAM, KoltaBdyOeti 12.
A - toll of S2 lives la known to
have been taken--over- the week
end by a hstrrieane which raged
over Denmark and Holland;"-' '
The trawler Agatha Maria fbtii
dered at -Wyle and Its" erew ot 14'
were arowneiUA tug sattk lth its'
crew- of - four on the- Maas riVer
after a collision. News was also
received today that the stemliraw.
ler Copernicus foundered1 In ' the
North Sea on Saturday with the
loss of 14 of Its crew. Three men
were rescued, S u ,i. ,. a .'
1IE0T01KE
TRIP TO COAST
States Organized to Submit
j invitation' to President;,..;
i : to Make Trip Next
! ' ;' ' .Summer.' ';' :
i " '( Associated FJres Leased . ' '
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 12.--Or-giniiation-
of the four Paclffe
nprthwestertt states In a egmpafgn
to Induce' President Coolfflge to
visit this section next summer was
started here today' on attthorto
ifon of last week's convention of
commercial club secretaries' of the
region. James A. Ford, seSreiary
mrce,- named a committee fif re-
. . ..
mesemauves ot ine lour slates 10
take the matter in hand.
j. A. SievesBOS, Secretary of the
Tacoma Chamber of Commerce;
wi G. Fergnson, secretary of the
Helena Commercial Club; i,- A.
Harader, secretary of 'thi Boise
Chamber of commerce, and Lynn
Sabtn, secretary -of the Klamath
Falls Chamber of Commerce, are
the mpmbora nt tho mmmtttaa
"These' men-will organize "their
(own states to secure- resolutions
land letters of Invitations from all
j organizations and as many citizens
as possible,". Mr. Ford said, i .
After the meeting of congress in
December, the Invitations wilt he
forwarded to members of congress
from the foun states, .who will be
asked to wait upon the president In
a body -and present them, he add
ed. I ,- -.- J , ; !
Endorsement of the Invitation al
so will be asked of the western
division' of the United States
Chamber ot .Commerce at Coiora-
do Springs In. December.
TURNER STARTS
FIGHT ON TEXT
BOOK BOA
Removal Said to Be Due to
. Failure to Support
v t - Certain Firm.
REASON IS EXPLAINED
Says He - Was Approached
. ' With Promise of Help If
, , He Would" Favor -'- .
,. . Publishing Firm. ;
SALEM, Oct. 12. (Specfal)The
removal of R. R, Turner front the
state textbook commission by Gov
ernor Pierce is traced by Turner,
In a statement made public today,
directly to bis refusal to ,vote Jn
favor of a certain publisher when
the state textbook commission met
in Aogust, 1925, to adopt school
bosks for use to the state.
Turner is now state superinten
dent of schools, having been- ap
pointed to the office by PlercS to
succeed J. A. Churchill, for the 'rea
son that Turner was. .the. demo-,
cratlo nominee for the office. Re
lations between Turner and pierce,
however,- have not, been, friendly,
und Turner In his statement today
expreBBes the opinion that 'Pierce,
influenced by a certain member of
the textbook commission,' removed
htm from the commisaion-to injure
his candidacy for state superin
dont. ' ' ' .. .- . , .
..',' Refsrs to Mllisr.' '
The member of Has commission
referred to by Turner is obviously
Milton A.- MHlsr, o!vForUand and
the pitbHshlng firm referred to is
known here to bo Lyons & Carna
ban. ' - .
The1 statement In full follows;
I'V was appointed' a member of
Ctihe'tbxtbook commission In Jahli-
' 1US CUIltllllttOiUU uiut m IHO a,a-
ciat call' of the governor in August
of. 1925, to considel'the' adoption
of two thirds of the texts for which
no eontracts'thsn existed. Ott th&
first- day of thfsimeeting-when the
noon recess ctvne, I was ssKeu to
remain foita-ff8 mfntites eonfer
ene by a member ot-thessramis-
gions s, closs frletit-ofi the -goer-;i
; "This member, ot ute coimntsstott
stated to me In substance that If I
were Interested to . the vacancy
soon to . occur. . by teslgnatios of
State .Sunerintendent Churchill is
thought he couldi, probably have-!
some Influence with- the governor
In mjr behalf. Ho, then went pn to
suggest mat. it f. oesireq m snow
anv favor In the .adoption of a ,cer-
tain ; publisher, he w?uld be.,,glaf-
to assist me, in such a.muv.e. i-iw-sdnted
this approach as ft nppeBr
ed to me to be an offer of infltt-
ence'wfth .the governor in turn tor
favoring the books of this pHbitstisr
In qtiesttbri, ajid t replied thai shy
favor t bad to show any publisher
was ever1 and above the board of
the table' arotmd which ' the 'eom-
mtsstohwas' sitting, .
"That atternoAtt when the com
mission met' to adopt the books,' I
moved thai the old texts 'then. In
use bi readopted for the' periods
of two and four 'years; Myteasons
for 'making' this motion wore two'
fota; - f - '1
'"First an examination Into, (e
matter df nrtces " of the - various
books' offered "'disclosed 'the fact
that any adoption of ' now 'books
which the commission might make
to replace the old texts would have
resulted 'in a heavy increase' m
costs running into many thousands
of dollars to the patrons of the pub
lic schools. For instance, In the
subject of arithmotin. the old
series of arlthmstfes were ilsicd at
$1.60, One of the new series offer
ed ;was listed at $1,$4;; another at
$2,10; stilt sjfother at 2.2S, and so
on. t-', 1 1 - . - -'. . .
Old Besks Cheaper, - ,
In other words; Uie old books
then in. use were, much cheaper
than the new. publications of more
reeentdate notwithstanding the re
cent increase In price of these, old
books, 'These old texts were al
ready In the hands of many pupils
The exchange allowance Ih almost
negligible, amounting to'not more.
usually, than six to ten cents per
copy. Tntw the adoption or now
texts would have entailed both
heavily increased' ontiay for hew
books and an economic loss of the
value of the old books in the bands
of the pupils.
' "My second reason for proposing
the above motion was this: Schools
were to opendn many parts of tbe
state within twe weeks. The deal
ers ware already supplied with the
old texts,- and It would have been
Impossible to' secure distribution
of- new texts in less than six -to
ten weeks. Contusion and turmoil
would have resulted in the schools
ail over the state;., . . . . ;
"My motion died from-want of a
second. It was also ruled . 'out of
order by the chairman of the com-
- (Continued on page 3.)
NAVY TO TRY. ,t
! j . I TO. PANAMA ZdNE
(Assoeiaied Press Leased Wire.)
-j WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-r
A , Bes-stop seaplane t flight
from Hampton Roads, Va., .to
Colon, Panama - canal Zone,
via Cuba, , will be undertaken
by the navy. i ,-
Thet flight wn start Octq-
btr. Iff ort as soba5 thereafter
as weather conditions are
good. .
- Two of the new PN-10 type
ships will ,be. used and the i
flight will be commanded by )
Lieutenant Commander Har-
old I. Bartlett, who succeeded
the late Commander Rodgers
iin charge of this BpeclaJ long j
distance cruising squadron.
Four other officers and one i
enlisted, mad wtti make up the i
crews of the two ships. - i
The distance to be flown i
fs l.isOo miles and toe route
will be: .
Hampton Roads, Cape Hat-
, teras, Miami, AHegator Key,
Fiortaa; M,ariel, Cuba; across -
Cuba; down the eastern coast
of the Me of J?ines, Old Pro-
vMeae; Island, Colon. : ,
Fire surface vessels will be
stationed along the way; two
between Cape Hstteraa and
Miami, and three between
(the Isle of .Pfnes and Colon.
; . .. '
.8TORM WARMINSS UP
(AssocUted1 Press Leaaeil WireA
PORTLAND; Orev,' Oct. 12. !
Sterstt warnings were or-
dered up "today ; along the
coast north of. Cape -Blanco.
Strong liortneast winds star..
ink. tonlgliti were forecast by
the featner burn ;fo,r Ore- :
gon and Washington. '
OHZilTl :
CKLCLU9
IS COMPLETED
Society Elects Officers fori
Year at Meeting Last
- Evehthg Rehearsals .
StartKextWeekJ-
The RosebUrg .Choral . Society
met luitt .evening at the Presbyter-I
to church to complete Us, organl-!
iatldn.and elect officers for thai
year., a - - -. . i-,. . . ---. .
, The.-foUowlug have been elected t
to .office president, Chas.- S. Mc-I
Elhlnny; , : vloe-presldentj.,, Mrs,
brant Osborni necretary, Mra.,Er,-;
nest HelltweUs, treasurer, Walter
8.'- Fisher; librarian,' C. D. Flea;
accompaniBt, Frances Ltatott; di
rector.; EIbIo Carlton Strang. ,
i,As the . cantata .books which
were - recently j ordered , from the
east hav,e nt' arrived, ft was not
possible to. begin, rehearsing, but
ft is expected that at . the next
meeting,- Monday, evening, October
18 at tbe church, rehearsals will
start fa earnest. .It is sincerely de
sired' by the organization that
everyone who enjoys singing wilt
attend this meeting and become, a
member of the society before the
membership otoses 'next month.
i Approximately S5 (urned out for
last night's meeting nnii it is nop
ed by the members of the society
that at least 109 pfople of the city
will Join the ,society before , the
membership for. the present can
tata Is closed. As Rosebnrg has
some fine musical talent It should
not prove difficult . to raise the
membership to this number.
i The society is desirous of pur
chasing all copies of "The Incarnation-held
by Rosoburg.' people
and anyone-having these i naked
to bring them to the rehearsal on
next Sfentfay eventng'or leave- the
copies with Walter Fisher.
Commander of Old Battleship
' ' Oregon Honored by Memorial
Statue in the Town of His Birth
(BRADFORD, Vermont. Oct. 12.
OW records of the navy depart
ment were reopened here today by
Secretary Wilbur to trace the stur
dy patriotism that marked the life
of Roar Admiral Charles Edgar
Clark, under whoso' command the
battleship Oregon surged over 15,
000 miles of sea In 1898 to play her
docisivo rote in the battle of San
tiago, f, - .
Mr. Wilbur delivered the prtn
ctpal address "at the dedication of
s' memorial statue to Anmuni
Clark in the town of his birth. !(!
recalled that the valor and deter
mination which marked the battle
ship, commander had appeared
when a magazine exploded at (tie
Mare Island navy yard in 1892.
when I4, persons, were, killed and
Commander Clark was among the
first on tho scene.
in his report Commander Clark I
told of smoke rising from an art-1
Joining house stored with all kinds I
Tl KILLERS
RUN WILD 1 Ti
Sflti FRANCISCO
Maniacal : Murderers Slay
Three and Woun3'"''
Many Others.
POLICE KEPT BUSY
All Officers on Vacation
; Recalled and Firemen
J; Are Armed to Join
! ; , in Man Hunt...
.! (Associited Presa' Leased rTii'U.:
SAN FRANCISCO, - Oct. , 12.t-
Every San Francisco policeman on
vacation or. otherwise oft duty, was '
coiled back tOjhis post today to -
Join in a concerted effort or the po-' ;
lice department to round up two '
maniacal young gunmen who have '.;
carried on, a wanton reign of kil
ling, robbery and snooting Binca "
Saturday night. .
Scores bf firemen also ' were de-
taRed to police duty, and ,1,000 s
rifles were requisitioned from the
national guard armory , to " equip ,
the ofticera for the.man-nunt,.
TStriking rasildly in vartaaa jarta ;
of the city,' tile desperadoes lastr
night followed up an orgy of crime
dri Saturday night and Sunday1 by 1
killing-three men and wounding
flye others, - either by - ahooting;
them or by beating them with pis
tol butts. From the 1 time 1 they
murdered a taxlcab driver and' '
stole his cab as the mobile base: '
for their depredations, until ' . they ;
were forced by pursuing police to '
abandon the machine, barely aa- !
hour elapsed,
The dead:
Walter Swanson, 20, taxlcab op
erator: . . 1
, Michael i Petrovltch, a -.steam.
shovel operator, :
.Jack Dunne, a night watchman
for the American Can company.
The wounded: C- W,- Johnson,
an attendant at a gasoline service- ;
station. . -.'. ,,
i R. A. HaydoUj a friend of John- .
son. - i t i ,
, Louis Fernandez, a cook. ;
Alvin Andersont a seaman;
SteVe Walker, a motorist. '
, ' Restaurant' Robbed --"i-
After Blaying Swaneoni the ban- -
dlts .directed ' tbelr attenflon to a -restaurant
-where they shot Fern-'
andez when he thought that their
command of "hands up" was a
Joke, and robbed the place of 40. -"
crossing the street to the easo-'
Hhe service station; they shot and '
InBtantly killed Duane and shoe ' '
and wounded Johnson and Haydeu.
Tne slaying of Petrovltch occur-
red either Bhortly before or direct- '
ly after the robbery of the restau
rant and' the oil station. With lust
for killing as the only apparent
motive, the bandits shot him down
as he strolled along the sidewalk
smoking a cigar.
Next the desperadoes encoun
tered Anderson and later Walker,
and beat them both after robbing
tnem. Tney were pursued by an of
ficer after the holdup of Walker.
but escaped after an exchange oC
shots. ' ' '.'"'- v:
; Abandoning the cab, they etolo
a private machine and, driving by
the spot where they had thrown
Swanson's dead body from hla
cab, directed a fusillade of shotu -af
an officer. They missed, how
ever, and the policeman returned
the fire, also without jeftoct, t
"- With 'the spread of the nlaiih.
every policeman was-.called back
to duty by means, of communiqa
(Contrnuefl on page 8.)
of explosive;
"I undertook to extinguish anv
fire, inside with the other hose,"
he wrote, "Going insUle. I was
unable to discover any flame." '
Yet the fire, danger had been
there, the secretary said and later
charred boxes filled with great
quantities of powder were removea
from the magaztrio, : '
; The secretary also read two let-
tera written by Admiral Clark to
the Navy Department regarding re
wards for the officers who served .
In tho Spanish American war. They
showed that twice the Oregon's
captain had been forced to muko
momentous decisions on that voy
age, once when; ho reached Rio
Jmelro and was left to decide
whether he should remain there In
safety Or dare the chance of single
combat with the whole Spanish
fleet. Tho letters were significant
for what they omitted, Mr. Wilbur
said. , . . u
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