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Weather
Highest temperature yesterday.71
Lowest temperature last night 41
Generally fair tonight and Fri.
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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
Consolidation of The Evening Newa and
' The Roseburg Review
of DOUGLAS COUNTY
An Independent Newepape
perf""
of tt
the Beit .Interests
:, University of s.Owt!P '
ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1926.
VOL. XXVII NO. 163 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
VOL. XVII
NO. 180 OF THE EVENING NEW8
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HURRICANE
KILLS 58 IN
2100 Injured and Property
Damage in Havana Will
' Reach' 30 Million.
MANY VESSELS LOST
Monument to Maine Dead
Toppled Florida Not
Heavily Hit; Miami
: s ; Celebrates. ''-. ? ." -
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
HAVANA, Oct. 21. The toll of
thn ' ParHliann luii-rlr-nno. whili
stmick Havana yesterday w. '
estimated today at 68 dead. 2.100
CUBAN CITY
, injured and $30,000,000 damage. I
' The list of casualties issued by
the municipality contained no
names of Amerlcaus. The addres
ses of the victims indicated that
they lived In the poorer sections
of Havana. Buildings to the num
ber of 326 collapsed.
' Communication with all parts of
f the Republlo was interrupted. No
,' definite reports had been received
of the extent of thi damage in
the provinces of Matanzas, Pinar
del Rio and Havana, over which
the hurricane passed. ' Many Am
ericans residing in Marlanao n."d
other suburbs, forwarned of the
approach of the storm, had aome
Into Havana Tuesday night to es
cape it. Many houses were wreck
ed in Marlanao, where also is situ
ated the Cuba race course.
Monument Toppled: ' '.
- It is believed that nearly all .the
( buildings in Havana suffered dam
age, but few of them .collapse. The
monument erected by Cuba fo;- the
266 Americans who were killed in.
the explosion which sank the TJ. S.
battleship Maine in Havana Harbor
in 1893 was razed. Only the base
and two ten-Inch guns, relics of the
battleship remain.
' The heaviest damage occurred in
the port of Havana, where two
steamers, five schooners, forty flsh-
' lng vessels, numerous launches and
two barges were sunk. Four steam
ers and one schooner were serious
ly damnged. The Havana coal com
pany elevator was wrecked. Its
skeleton was a mass of twisted
steel today. Three large docks
and many smaller ones were wreck
ed nnd all the others were dam
aged. .
Debris Litters Streets.'
Most of the persons killed were
struck by falling walls or flying
debris. After the storm had passed
out over the Gulf of Mexico the
streets were littered with electric
light and telephone wires, signs,
, parts of roofs, sheet iron shutters,
trees and balcony railings wrench
ed loose by the wind. The intens
ity of the storm was indicated by
I the wrecking of the Belvin College
wind gauge, when the - storm had
reached a velocity of 96 miles an
hour before It struck the city with
full force.' ; .
Troops and policemen patrolled
C'the streets under order of Pres
' ident Machado to shoot any person
caught looting.
Havana Was Ready. '
The inundation in the lower parts
of the city due to the high tide
caused great damage and there was
much need for temporary aid and
shelter for the people. The water
at times was several meters deep
along the Malecon for three or four
blocks south of the sea wail
During the height of the storm
thousands -of barrels of oil and
gasoline were destroyed when the
tanks caught fire. t .
The people of Havana awaited
the storm calmly, preparing for
more than 12 hours for it to reach
the city.
AU windows and doors were
braced or nailed up to protect them
from the force of the wind. To
v Wg was due the fact that little
real damage was done to strongly
, built houses. .
Miami Little Hurt.
MIAMI, Fla., Oc. 21. Dawn
found damage from the sixty mile
confined to a small amount of de
bris in some streets, with no other
. wreckage apparent' .There was no
reported damage to Bhipping.
With the laRt favorable weather
report this morning, hundreds of
persons gathered before the post
office and took part in a celebra
tion at Miami's escape .from the
storm.
The hurricane apparently passed
to the south and east of Miami.
Meanwhile efforts were directed to
get in communltcation with Nas
sau, capital of the Bahama Islands,
toward which the hurricane was
veering after lashing its fury on
Cuba yesteray. Radio operators at
9 a. m. had been unable to estab
lish communication with the Ba-
Science Striving To Regulate 1 j
New Cathode Ray For Safe Use;
Against Ills Of the Human Body
(Associated Press Leased Win.)
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21. By
his invention of a new cathode ray
tube, Dr. W. D. Coolldge la placed
somewhat In the position of a man
with a key for which there 1b. no
key hole. . '
The improved tube may be the
key to a scientific treasure house.
The search for the keyhole is on.
Dr. Coolldge, assistant director
of the research laboratory of the
General Electric company at Sche
nectady, told of his invention and
his struggles to discover its value
when he was awarded the Howard
N. Potts medal here last night The
medal was given him for his work
in Improving the roentgen X-ray.
Experiments with the cathode
ray, from the new tube, he said,
showed that it contained as many
beta rays, the most Important rays
emanating from raium; as would
be contained in a ton of that ma
terial. There is in known existence
in all the world only about one
pound of radium and at: present
prices a ton of It would cost ? 100,
000,000,000. .. .
. The new ray will make minerals
expose to it luminous, it will "milk"
rubber plants, It acta as a
death
PARTY IS FIRST
COBE
SAYS E. J.
Former Aide of Stanfield
Offers' No Apology for '
Haying Switched ;'
- to Steiwer. ' ; ,.
' (Associated Press Leased Wire.)
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 21. "I have
nothing to apologize for. I. did
everything in my 'power to' secure
the nomination- of Robert N. Stan
field as the Republican party .can
didate for the office - of United
States senator from Oregon during
the primary ' campaign. But when
Stanfield tailed at the polls and de
cided to run for election as an in
dependent, there was just one thing
left for me to do i had to support
my party.". ; " ' : '' ;
This was the declaration of E. J.
Adams, former chairman 'of the
state highway commission and sec
retary to Senator Stanfield for-the
past five years, before a banquet
of the University Republican club
here last night. . :
"This year we will elect all the
members of the house, 436, and
over one-third of all the members
of the senate,"- Mr. Adams said.
"The president holds over for two
years more, when we will again
elect all the members of the sen
ate, and the president. .
"The president has proven to be
the best friend of Oregon and the
west that ever occupied the White
House. ,
"He is entitled to have a Repub
lican senate to support his admin
istration," "; , , , . ' ., .:.:':
Adams said that Bert Haney,'
Democratic candidate for the office
of senator from Oregon, is not only
a Democrat out of . harmony with
the administration in power, but
"he is already in bitter conflict
with the president, personally."
"Under such conditions," Adams
said, "Mr. Haney would be utterly
unable to render any material serv
ice to Oregon if he was elected.
His chief occupation would be to
criticize the president upon every
occasion possible, and become in
general a pest to the president and
the administration."
MAN SAYS HE SAW
AIMEE CHANGE DUDS
WHEN "KIDNAPED"
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct.
21. In response to a request from
District Attorney Asa Keyes of
Los Angeles, Thomas T. Towne,
stationary engineer and disabled
war veteran, is prepared to go be
fore District Attorney E. A. Rog
ers here today to make a sworn
statement of his asserted knowl
edge of the disappearance of Aimee
Semple McPherson, Los Angeles
evangelist
Yesterday Mr. Towns stated to a
Tribune reported that he saw Mrs.
Mcliherson changing from a bath-
of the evangelist s "kidnaping "
Towne also said that Mrs. Mc
Pherson was driven away from the
scene by a man who . greatly re
sembled photographs of Kenneth
G. Ormiston, former radio operator
at Angelus Temple, who is being
widely sought as the alleged com
panion of the evangelist in a cot
tage at C'armel, Calif. - , , -
hftmas.
While crippled wire service ' pre-
vented an accurate check up of the
storm area, only one death was re
ported in Florida as a result of the
storm. A pedestrian in Miami was
struck by a falling sign board last
niht and succumbed a short time
later. , , , , . . . .
ray" for insects and bacteria, and
has- peculiar effects upon the
growth of hair. : To what use tlieBe
accomplishments may be put, is
st.Vl unknown. j
That bacteria die speedily under'
the effects of the ray would In
dicate it may be invaluable for
medical purposes, providing its
strength could be regulated so as
to be harmless to the patient. Ex
periments made on rabbits so far
show that at present; the cure
would probably be more . serious
than the disease. .
Early experiments lent color to
the possibility that treatment by
the new cure might be a cure for
baldness, "but later research show
ed results to which few bald head
ed men would care to subject them
selves. Dr. Coolldge explained that the
ray from the new tube could never
be used as a death ray against
humans, as an implement of war.
With a current of 360,000 volts,
the- highest yet used in the tube,
the ray's range is only two feet
and the inventor believe that by
using the highest voltage possible
the range could only be extended
to a few yards.
LANE COUNTY GIRL
KILLED WHEN AUTO
AND WAGON CRASH
(AnocUted PreM tcued Wire.)
T3IIOKNR. Ore.. Oct. 21 Mildred
Smith, 16, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Alfred . Smith of Franklin,
was killed, and four others were
Injured when - the automobile in
which they were riding to a basket
ball game, collided with a wagon
last night. The accident occurred
three miles north of Elmira.
Clive Smith, uncle of the girl
who was killed, and Nina Bryant,
16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C.
Bryant of Franklin, were the other
occupants of the automobile. They
were brought ,to a local hospital for
treatment of cuts and bruises,, but
were not seriously hurt.
Mr. and Mrs., Clyde McBee. who
live, between .Elralra; and ' Frank
lin,--were. -in the wagon. ; Neither-
was seriously lpjured. ' "t ,
The accident occurred at the
BUmmit of a hill. One of the horses
bitched to the wagon was killed.
and the automobile, a light coupe,
turned over.
Because of the hill, the wagon
was not seen until the car was al
most upon it. .... .
EARLY SETTLER AT
GLIDE PASSES AMY
Mrs. Matilda Blakely, one of the
fust settlers of the Glide district,
died this morning at the home of
her son, It. T. Blakely, following an
illness which has extended over s
period of about two months. Mrs
Blakely crossed the plains in 1866
and -since that - time - made her
home continuously at Glide.
She was a native of the state of
Iowa and following her marriagu
lu o. Jr. iuKeiy value lu ureKUQ
with her husband to make her
home. S. P. Blakely - took
UI a
homestead near Glide, the place!
now owned by R. T.- Blakely, andwtli emnIV aii nrBnn Ir Wni"nnt
there Mrs. Blakely spent her life, only emancipate the human race
being 80 years of age at the time (eventually but to a great extent it
of death. Ten years ago her sightjiifts us individually above the
failed and the last years of her life struggle while we are in the thick
were spent in blindness. , Her of the fight for human brother-
neuuu wttH iuiny gouu uniii aoour.
two months ago when sbe com
menced falling, her death result
ing this morning. ,
She was the mother of H. A. and
R. T. Blakely, Mrs. Anna Alexan
der, the wife of John Alexander;
Mrs. Nettle Garner, the wife of W.
J. Garner; F. S. and Lester Blake
ly, all residents of Glide except
Mrs. Garner who resides at Dallas.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed at the Oak Creek church at 11
o'clock Friday morning. Rev.. Bl- J.
Klmber of Dallas, will conduct the
services.
DRUM CORPS TO GO
TO RIDDLE FRIDAY
. The Umpqua Post of American
Legion drum corps will go to Rid
dle Friday night for another bally
hoo program and entertainment
and John Flurry will accompany
me legionnaires as b pea nr. urg-
ing every eithfen' to tno polls to
vote at election day has been the
object carried nation wide by the
American Legion and President
Coolldge recently commended the
national American - Legion very iously affect the morale of the peo
highly on the stand the orgaaiza-'pie. A pardon was finally granted
tlon has taken, directing - their by President Harding,
time and efforts in this channel. Proof that the government trust
A parade will be neld and . the,ed him was evidenced when, sev-
drum corps will present a program
and other attractions will also be
given. The Umpqua Post drum
corps will visit at other points in
Douglas county next, week..
EUGENE V. DEBS
TAKEN BY DEATH
IN 7BTH YEAR
Veteran Socialist Leader
Noted for Steadfast
Love of Mankind. ",
LIFE FULL OF STRIFE
Five Times Candidate for
President Opposition
. to War Draft Brought
Term in Prison..'
(Auoelated Preu Leased Wire.) -CHICAGO,
Oct. 21. Eugene V.
Debs is dead. - .
The indominable will that car
ried the. veteran Socialist leader
through a turbulent career, Includ
ing a term in prison for opposing
the draft, broke last night under
the flood of years and the strain
of heart disease from which he had
suffered for 25 years.
wearing his seventy-first birth-
nay, the five times nominee of the
aocians: party tor the presidency,
died peacefully in a suburban sani
tarium, surrounded by the immedi
ate members of his . family and
leading representatives of the par
ty.
Debs sank into coma last Satur
day, coming out of that strange halt
way place between life and death
for only a few minutes Sunday, dur
ing which he motioned to his wife
for a pencil and in a feeble scrawl
scratched out W. E. Hanlev's fam
ous poem "Invictus," ending with
the lines "I am the master of my
rate: I am the captain of my soul.
Friends explained that the verse.
written by tno English author In a
hospital, iwas his lifelong source of
inspiration. ; . '. v. .v, : tr
' Funeral at Terra 'Haute: ': 1
. Funeral services will be held at
Terre Haute, Ind.: his birthplace.
Friday or Saturday.- After -which
the body will be taken to Indiana
polis for cremation. . The Terre
Haute services- probably will be
public. : - i
Debs Buffered a nervous break
down a month ago and was brought
to an Elmlnirst sanitarium for rest
and treatment; His advanced years
and the heart disease he had beeti
forced to fight off virtually through
out his mature life left him with
little resistance, and kidney disease
adding its complication several
weeks ago, tipped the scales com
pletely against him.
In addition to his wife, the' so
cialist leader is survived . by a
brother, Theodore, of Munico, Ind.,
and two sisters, Mrs. John S. Heinl,
Terre Haute and Mrs. C. O. Mail
lous. New York.
Lover of Mankind. - "
Mr, Debs' steadfast love for his
fellow men wbb best described in
his own words while in the federal
prison at Atlanta, Ga. Asked what
had been his greatest experience
as a convict, Debs replied:
"I have discovered that love is
omnipotent. All the forces on
nnnf nHn..n
Hntrrt J;,h
it.
ixiuueu, war, cruelty, greeu uuu
hust mU8t all give way before it.
.r,i,. n .-,i
It
hood,
War's Implacable Foe.
Debs made no effort to prevent
the imposition of the prison penal
ty. John Brown of Ossawatomle,
was his favorite exampler.. He of
fered no evidence in his own de
fense and made his own address to
the jury, an address characteristic
of his style, just a clear statement
of the facts ad he upheld them. To
the jury he said:
"I have no dispute With the evi
dence presented by the govern
ment; no criticism of the counsel
for the prosecution. I would not
take back a word of what I believe
right to save myself from the pen
itentiary. I am accused of crime,
but I look the court In the face, I
look the world In the face, for In
mj heart no accusation of wrong
factors.
"Gentlemen, I have been accused
of obstructing war. I admit - It,
gentlemen, I abhor war. I would
oppose the war If I stood alone.'
, Friends Secure Pardon,
dPdb made n6 effort to secure a
-pardon, but his friends took up the
task. President Wilson turned
down several petitions for Debs'
releaBeJ holding that It would ser-
eral months before his pardon was
granted, at the request of Attorney
General Daughertv he made a trip
alone to Washington for a confer-
(Continued on page 4.)
M'NARY AGREES
TO PRESIDE AT
BULLITT CASE
Notifies Senator Reed and
Cancels All Campaign
Speaking Dates, ; '
OHIO PROBE COMING
One Requested for Oregon
Also Klansmen Tell of
Political Maneuvers
in Indiana, i
-r
' !
- ( Associated Press Leased Wire.)
SAN . FRANCISCO, Oot. 21.
Senator McNary, , Republican, Ore
gon, member of the senate cam
paign: funds committee, i saia here
today he will leave on the first
train for Seattle tonight to con
duct an investigation Into the
Washington state political cam
paign. ; .i - ; , '
"In agreeing to conduct the in
vestigation, as requested by Sena
tor Reed, 'chairman of the senate
oampalgh , fund committee, I am
abandoning what had been planned
to have been an extensive speak
ing tour," Senator McNary said,
"but the matter is of such urgency
that I owe it to my party and those
involved in the controversy to dis
regard all personal planB."
Senator McNary - said he ex
pected to arrive In Seattle Satur
day morning and that he would
Btart the investigation immediately
upon his arrival. v . .
, Ohio's Turn Next , .
1 COLUMBHS, Ohio, Oct. 21. -The
United States senate's election ex
penditure Investigating committee
lyai6 formally called -upon today, to
"keeD a. iclose watcn ' on expenai-
tures In the Ohio campaign with
a view to .conducting a ."careful
and Bweeping" investigation imme
diately after the election. ,
The request was made by Demo
cratic state chairman iTnomas J.
Dye, In a letter to Senator James
Reed of Missouri, chairman of the
committee, who now is conducting
an Investigation in Illinois. ,
Chairman Dye explained, his re
quest was based, upon a published
report to the effect that the Re
publican campaign, committee,, of
Hamilton county "is raising or has
raised'! a fund of $90,000 to be used
in -that county alone, where: Dye
says only one tenth - of the total
vote of the state is represented,
Bullitt Charge Stands
SEATTLE, Oct. 21. "Absurd on
the face of it.", exclaimed Sam R.
Sumner of Wenatchee, chairman
of the Washington state Republi
can committee, when Informed here
today that Chairman White of the
state Democratic -campaign com
mittee had. said withdrawal of re
quest for federal investigation of
campaign expenditures of A. Scott
Bullitt, Democratic candidate for
the United States senate, was con
templated. .. ,
"I am gathering and - arranging
data for presentation to the senate
campaign funds committee,", con
tinued Sumner, "and simply await
ing word from Chairman Reed of
that committee as to when and
where the inquiry will be held."
"We will ' not Bubmlt to with
drawal of these charges,' 'asserted
White in- a letter to Sumner.
Sumner Tuesday requested an In
nulry. avering that motion picture
Interests were backing Bullitt and
that obout $100,000 had been dis
bursed on behalf of the latter,
Democratic nominee 'for the sen
atei against Wesley L. Jones, Re
publican, seeking his fourth con
secutive term. Chairman Reed or
dered an Investigation by the sen
ate campaign funds committee.
"We know from very confiden
tial sources." wrote White, "that
you initiated this move as a smoke
screen to divert attention from the
real Issues of 'the campaign. ,-
. "We know that you were advised
that Senator Jones is beaten, and
as a last desperato effort to save
vnnr candidate vou. bv conniving
with the Seattle Dally Times, start
ed this fake investigation.
"I am informed by very reliable
sources that you are now con
templating withdrawing your ap
plication for an Investigation." ;
, Klansmen Testify
CHICAGO, Oct. 21. More dis
closures regarding political activi
ties of the Ku Klux Klan l'i Indiana
were made today before the senate
campaign funds committee.
;Walter F. Bossort of Indianapo
lis, former grand dragon ; in In
diana, said he got information
that unless ho changed his policy
of refusing to support klan ap
proved candidates for political of
fice, he would be removed.
Bossort said he heard about his
prospective - removal from so
many politicians In Indiana." he
could not
remember all ' of the
(Continued on page 6.)
Suggestion From Poem Thought1
$ Guide To Suicide For Woman
: WhoseBody Was Found in Trunk
(Associated Press teased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct.' 21.'
That- Mrs. Beta Withers, 32, whose
body was found yesterday cram
med in a trunk at her home, end
ed her own life in a unique way
through suggestion received from a
bit of poetry in a framed motto,
was the opinion today of officers
assigned to work on what had ap
peared as a murder mystery.
When Detective James M. Taoka-
berry saw the motto, he said it
convinced him, along wttn other
circumstances that the woman, a
divorcee, who had been in financial
difficulties, hail commltteed buI-
cide. The verses were: .
'Build for yourself a. strong box.
Fashion each part with care.
when it is as strong as your
i hand can make it-
Put all your troubles there. " . '
Hide there all thoughts of your
- failure
And each bitter cup that you quaff.
Lock all your heart aohes with-
ARCHITECT WRIGHT
AND HIS AFFINITY
AT LAST CAPTURED
(Associated Press Leased Wire.) '. '
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct 21.
Frank Lloyd Wright, famous ar
chitect, and his housekeeper-companion,
Mme. Olga Mllanoft, a Mon
tenegrin dancer, both wanted by
Wisconsin authorities as an out
growth of the, architect's difficul
ties with his estranged wife, were
in the county jail today.
In the children's' ward are Mme.
Mllanbft's nine year old daughtor,
Svetlana, and an eight months' old
child, of whom Wright contends he
is the iather. The dlvorced-hus-
band of the dancer has a writ of
habeas corpus demanding that
Svetlana be produced in -superior
court in Chicago.
Wright and his companion were
hold without, charge for police In
wlBconsm, where both are wanted
on charges 'of adultery preferred by
Vnldemar Hlnzenborg, the dancer's
former huspand.Qther legal com
ndcatlbns include a suit-for tl00,
000 for . alienation of affection
brought against Mme. Mllanoff by
Miriam " Noel Wright, ' estranged
wife of the architect.'
Wright, the dancer and the two
children were taken into custody at
Wlldhurst, Lake Mlnnetonkaj twen-
ty .mites souinwesi or nere, wnero
they had resided since September
7. while a search for them was
conducted- In Bovpral Btates and in
Mexico. ; -; ,;-J. j'; j j f,'
ANOTHER GANGSTER
M
IN CHICAGO FEUD
'.. (Associated Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 21. Pence
has
been declared in gangland I
Gangster chiefs and their fami
lies were reported celebrating to
day the armiBtlce between the
Cicero and Chicago north Bide
gangs which they hope will confirm
the -recent tender of the olive
branch in the words of one who
"deplored the bootleg feuds and
their machine gun slaylngs be
cause there is, plenty of business
for all of us." i .'. -
But before the peace pact was
more than a few hours old, the
body of an unidentified men, about
25 years old, was foundV on the
west Bide.
Ho had been shot through . the
hoad, apparently "taken . for a
ride." meaning murder in gangster
parlance, but whether he was a
member of the peace making gangs
was undetermined.
The police, too, continued their
search for the men involved In the
machine gun assassination of Hy-
mle Weiss, head of the north side
gang, over which Dion O'Banlon
held sway until his assassination,
nnd an associate, and the wound
ing of three others, Including V.
W. O'Brien, a lawyer.
But the adherents of "Scarface
Al" Capone, monarch of the gang
foudsters in Cicero, where a mass
attack by machine gun fire from
several automobiles was directed
apparently at Capone and those of
George Moran, Maxle Elsen and
others who remain of the O'Han
ion-Weiss faction, were jubilant.
KARASICK BEATS
ALLEY, 2 OUT OF 3
YAwiorlated Press Less1 Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21. AI
Karaslck. light heavyweight wrest
ler, defeated Tom Alley, Omaha
by taking two out of Uirco falls
here last night. ' -
Karaslck was awarded 'he first
fall on a foul In 19 minutes, 20
seconds. Alley got the spcond in
15 minutes 2 seconds, while the
third and deciding fall went to
Karaslck in 13 minutes, 15 seconds.
. in it, ' .'
Then Bit on the lid and laugh. .
"Tell no one else of its contents.
Never its secrets share. -When
you've dropped in your cave
and worry, i -
Keep'them' forever there. - ,
Hide them .from sight so com-
pletely '
That all the world will never droam
halt, "
Fasten the strong box securoty,
Then sit on the lid and laugh," ;
Son Finds Corpte. ...
' Mrs. WltherB' body was found by
her 15-year old son, a studont at
Benson Polytechnic, who feared
his mother had either disappeared
or committed suicide because of
Illness and domestic troubles. On
the disappearance theory, the boy
went to the trunk, in the attic of
the home, lo - determine what
clothes his -mother wore so that
the police could have the best pos
sible description of her. ' :
PREACHER FILES
IE
Alleges That His .Standing
Has Been Shattered by
Gossip of 5 Women, v
Defendants. .
'- Associated Press Lened Wire.)
MUSKEGON, Mich.,", Oct. ," 21,
Charging that his reputation and
standing as a minister and a man
have been shattered by the. gossip
of five women, ' Rev. George -N,
Harness; 48 years' bid, a divorcee
and pastor ot the Forest Avenue
ohuroh of Christ, ihasi ; filed ' five
damage suits in circuit court. ,
He charges that the defendants
have spread - slanderous stories
among his congregation about his
conduct with young women of the
city; He. asks (5,000 from each de
fendant Mrs. Nellie Pettit, Mrs.
Mary ' MoMillen, i . Mrs.. Viola
Schooley, Mrs. Irma Kent and Mrs.
Lucina-Peugh. Throe of theth are
members of the church, the other
two belonging- to a Muskegon
Heights ohurcli,.. ,- ;;. t ; .i ' .
, J. E, Turner, counsel '' for Har
ness said the church board, had
made a personal investigation of
the charges, had found then) un
warranted and that the members
were standing behind the minister.
Mr. Harness came here two years
ago f rom Tillamook, Oregon. He
served in the World war as a chap
lain and according to his attornoy.
his wife left htm while he was In
the service. He sued and obtained
a decree,
Turner said the minister had de
manded criminal warrants from
Prosecutor R. Glenn Dunn, but that
the prosecutor had told him to pur
sue hlB remedy In civil cnios. ' ,
Oregon Record Not Good
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 21. Rev.
George N. Harness, Hated ,in the
directory , of the Christian !church
as pastor of the church in Muske
gon, . held a charge in Tillamook,
Oregon, in 1923-24,, leaving that
City In August, 1924, upon dismis
sal by the church, according to of
ficers of the . church organization
here. . ;
Reasons for his dismissal were
based on charges of personal mis
conduct and extravagant personal
living and running bills . beyond
ability to pay.
Rev.' Harness came to Tilla
mook from Eureka, . following
troubles in that city, according to
representatives of the church. ,
OREGON TRUNK AND
S. P. WILL CONFER
AGAIN OCTOBER 26
- (Assoclsted Press Leased Wire.) :
.: PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 21..
Conferences will be resumed In
New York October 26 between ex-ecutlves-of
the Routhorn Pacific
system and of the northern lines
over the question of whether a pro
gram of cooperation shall be fol
lowed to enable the Great Northern-Northern
Paclflo group, owning
the Oregon Trunk Line, to carry
Its projected extension from Bend
to Klamath Falls part way over the
Southern Pacific's Eugene-Klamath
cut-off.
President William Rproule of the
Southern Pacific has left Han Fran
cisco .for the east and Ralph Budd
of the Great Northern and Charles
Donnelly of the Northern Pacific
presidency will arrive In New York
from St. Paul early next week.
It Is said that there is a fair pros
pect of the three railway execu
tives working out a common user
program. It is admitted that if
the railway chiefs are unable to
get together the issue will be sub
mitted to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for further orders.
FORMER OREGON
DAMAt
CRESCENT CITYi
BANK ROBBERS
LODGED IN JAIL'
Trio Offers No Fight When
Officer Faces Them in.
- Cellar of Barn. . i
ALL LOOT RECOVERED
Tip to Their Hiding Place
Sent All the Way From I,
Fort Worth, Texas, ' .
i , by Sheriff. , . -'
' (Associated Press Vascd Wire.)
EUREKA. Cal.. Out.: 21. Three .
men were arrested late yesterday -
for the robbery of the Del i Norto .
county bank at Crescent City -Friday
noon. All of the 'loot, $14,-.
448, was recovered. i .
The men, giving their names as
Jack Reman, William Ryman and
Grant Coleman, were found hiding
In. a secrot cellar .beneath a barn .
on a ranch ten mllea - cast of
Crescent City.
The clue to the secrot : hiding -place
was telephoned. Monday night"
to Sheriff Author Ross of Eureka
from Sheriff Smith of Fort'Worth,
Texas. Sheriff Smith In his tele
phone message- stated he . would
dlBCloBe the means by which he re
ceive his Information in a letter. .
Sheriff Shows Nerve.
Wednesday, the Del Norte coun
ty poBse, under Sheriff Ed Breen,
surrounded the Darn.; , yesterday -afternoon
a sortie, was made, the ,
barn entered and ; the trap door -leading
to the underground cham
ber found. The bandits wore com.
manded t.o-surrender. They did
hot; answer. ' Thq '. chamber below
was1 .totally1 dark. Sheriff Breen
lowered himself through the trap .
door into the darkness. He turn
ed: on his flashlight and Its glara
disclosed the three men standing
nt one side of the chamber. They
were heavily armed but there was
no, gun play. Sheriff Broon said
that- he was on the verge of shoot
ing . down one of- the men who
made a move as if Intending to
shoot his way out. The currency
was found bundled In sacks. ; ., i :
Search of the chamber dlsclos. .
ed a still and some corn mash..
Ryman, one of the bandits, has
been employed In Woods camps,
near Crescent City for six months.
The other two are strangers. . .
Rock. , Exposes ( Auto. , .
The bandits held up the .Del
Norte County bank last Friday
noon, forced four men and two
women into the bank vault and
made their escnpe In a large blue
sedan. Th8 car, was pushed from
the highway six , miles south of
Croscont City and only a rock 201)
feet below the road kept It from
plunging beneath the ocean waves
and concealing the oscnpo of 'the
bandits. - From the site where
the cur Was found the bandits wero
trailed through brush and timber
land for several miles where the
trail was lost.. .'. .i
The prisoners were taken to the
Del Norte county jail at Crescent
City. :'... i .
Holdup Plot Overheard.- .
FORT WORTH, Oct. 21. Sheriff
Carl Smith today disclosed that an
unidentified laborers tip bere Mon
day led to the arrest of three al
leged California bank robbers from
whom was recovered all of the
nearly $16,000 loot .from the Del
Norte county bank at Crescent ,
City. -
In a dispatch from Eureka, Cal.,
last night, Sheriff : Arthur Ross,
credited 'Smith with having furnish
ed Information resulting in the liv
cation of the robbers In a dug-out.
Smith had telephoned to Eureka
Monday. .
The Texas sheriff snld a stranger
in working clothes who later tfls
appeared came to him Monday de
claring he had read of the robbery
and had heard it planned for an ,
earlier date thnn It was executed..
Smith said the man related ,so
many detnils he was forced to placo
credence In the story. The strnn- .
ger claimed to have overheard the
robbers plBn to hide In the dugout
LUTHERANS PLAN CHANGE
TO SWELL MEMBERSHIP
fAwelsred Pre Leoiwl WIN-.) .
RICHMOND, Va.. Oct. 21. A
sten that Is expected to place the
United Luthran Church in A'merl
ea in their place among the Protes
tant dnnomlnatlons in membership
was taken today at the fifth" Wen?,
nisi convention of the church.
The Lutherans took the positron
thnt all their members were not be
ing renorterto headquarters, con
sequently they were not getting '
credit for what they hnd achieved.
The blame was fixed off the
"method of taxation" for congre
gations for the United Lutheran
Church. This apportionment was
changed todAy ro as to make all
figures on membership available.
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