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VOL. XXVII
NO. 307 OF ROSEBURG
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5,, 1927.
VOL. XVIIINO. 68 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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GUARD POLLS AS
CHICAGO VOTES
5,000 Policemen, Machine
Gun Squads and Secret
Officers on Duty.
SHOOT FIRST, EDICT
Gang Leader Slain on Way
to Jail Three Rival
Mayoralty Seekers
Are Confident.
(Associated Press Leased vt'lre.)
' CHICAGO, April C A burst of
election violence and a flood of bal-
lots today marked- Chicago's bit
terest mayoralty contest with
prospects for a record vote of up
wards of 1,000,000,
Bombing of two Pemocratlc po
litical clubs on the north side
early in the morning, long before
the polls opened, and the killing
of Vincent "Schemer" Diucci,
beer gang leader of the north
side late yesterday, apparently
reached the peak of turbulence iu
pre-election hours, but not the end.
Four hours after the polls had
opened a polling place in the 28th
ward, a negro, district on West
Lake street, was fired upon. Three
men speeding past the Thirty-Second
precinct voting place in a
roadster emptied their revolvers,
shattering windows but Injuring
no one. An election worker ran
nut . and fired at the fleeing car
and reported he believed he had
wounded one of the occupants,
Druccl was killed by a detective
after he had been taken Into cus
tody. .He quarreled with Detective
Daniel Healy, who killed him en
route to the criminal courts. build
ing. Druccl -was armed.
Druccl' Death Awes. ,
When Irours passed after the
opening of the polls with little of
tiie expected violent outbursts an
ticipated as a result of the bitter
campaign, In which racial and re
ligious issues were used in addi
tion to patriotic appeals, flag-waving
and uproarious campaign
noise-making, the police did not
relax their watchfulness.
Officials declared the killing of
Drucci had had a wholesome ef
fect on hoodlums. ,
Joseph Bauer was wounded mys
teriously but he refused to disclose
whether he was a victim of elec
tion trouble.
CHICACO. April 5 Chicago's
most extraordinary ' mayoralty
campaign, whose issues hurtled the
municipal boundaries and soared
to foreign fields, today entered
the voting stage, with 5,000 police
men, special machine gun squads
and armed plain clothes men on
guard at the polls. '
One candidate was Mayor Wil
liam E. Dever, Democrat, who
came to Chicago from Massachu
setts 45 years ago and arose from
tannery worker to alderninn, su
perior court judge and finally
chief executive. His plea for re
election was based entirely on his
municipal record.
Another candidate was William
Hale Thompson, another Day stale
native, once a cowboy, mayor of
Chicago from 1015 to 1923 and ti
tular head of the Republican party
in Chicago. His slogan was "Amer
ica first." He inveighed against
the League of Nations, the draft,
the prohibition law and told King
George to "keep his snoot" out of
(Continued on page 5.)
ROTARIANS WILL
PRESENT PROGRAM
AT FORUM MEETING
The Roseburg Rotary club will
have charge of Wednesday Forum
Luncheon at the . Hotel Umpqua
and thdmembers 'of the service
club as well as all who are Inter
ested In the work of the Chamber
of Commerce are urged to attend.
The luncheon starts at 12 o'clock
noon. The musical program for
tomorrow's luncheon will be under
the direction of W. E. Ott. The
Rotarians have arranged tho fol
lowing program for the meeting:
DeWitt Barnes "Wool Industry In
Douglas County."
Carl Lingram "Comparative Pros
perity of Douglas County and
Other Counties."
Henry Booth -"Hank Deposits and
Banking Conditions. 1926-27."
Al Creason "Investment Condi
. tlons In Douglas County com
pared With Other Sections."
Foster Butner "Broccoli and Fu
ture Possibilities."
A. R. Moore "Cement Industry In
Douglas County."
Chas. McElhlnny "Selling Your
Home Town."
Guv Cordon -"The Bootlegging Industry."
ARMED
DRGES
Warraht,
Needed lu
Liquor starch
(Associated Tress Leased Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., April 6. A prohi
bition officer has the legal right
to enter a private dwelling with
out a search warrant where he has
reasonable grounds to believe that
a still is being operated, seize the
still and accompanying equipment
and arrest the owner. An opinion
to this effect was handed down by
the Oregon state supreme court
here today.
The court bases its opinion upon
the fact that operation of a still
is legally classified us a felony.
"That a search warrant Is not re
quired in order to justify an officer
in entering a building where ho
has reasonable grounds to believe
a felony Is being committed, has
been recognized from time imme
morial," the opinion reads.
The particular case on which
the opinion was rendered came be
fore the supreme court upon up-peal-
from Washington county.
James Yarde having been indicted
upon such a charge and a directed
verdict ordered by Judge George
R. Bagley, who held that the
seuTch had been illegally made and
that consequently no evidence
could be introduced having to do
with It. The appeal was taken by
the state.
After a considerable discourse
on the admissibility of the evi
dence, however, in which the su
preme court holds that it should
have heeu allowed, the appeal is
dismissed upon a technical ground,
which will allow the defendant to
go free in this case but which is
expected to -have an ..Important
bearing on proceedure in future li
quor trials. There is no legal pro
vision permitting the state ..to ap
peal In such a' case, the supreme
court holds, giving this as the rea
son for dismissing the appeal and
commenting, '.'however, since the
case is here, we. have deemed' it
fitting to make the observations
above .nolod, although academic in
nature." The opinion was written
by Justice George Brown.
T
OF
, (Associated l'rcu Leased Wire )
SAN FRANCrSCO, April 6
Search for Pilot Edward Neher
and Alfred Schaller, and the miss
ing air mail plane, which disap
peared Sunday en route from Fres
no to San Francisco, was scheduled
to center in three distinct areas
today. Clews had been discovered
Indicating- that the aviators might
either have crashed In Llvermore
valley or in the swamp& of north
ern Contra Costa county, or have
nose-dived into San Francisco Bay.
Seem triply reliable reports de
clared that a plane had been heard
in those three localities early Sun
day, and plans lor the search were
laid accordingly. Officials of the
Pacific Air Transport company an
nounced intentions f asking police
and United States- coast guard of
ficials to drag the bay for the
plane.
Scouting the surface of the wa
ters with airplanes yesterday fail
ed to reveal wreckage ' giving a
clew to the airmen's fate. Resi
dents of the Llvermore and north
ern Contra Costa county sections
were scheduled to coutfnue the
search for the plane. Searchers
had lout much of their early con
fidence that flyers would be found
alive and uninjured.
The air transport company
earned last night that the plane
had been seen at Patterson Pass
near here, by four persons at 4:45
o'clock Sunday morning. They
identified it by Its red and white
pilot lights. It wat flying west.
OREGON COUNCIL
OF COOPERATIVES
MEET IN PORTLAND
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore.. April 5 The
annual meeting of the Oregon Co
operative Council was held here to
day with representatives In attend
ance from nearly all the farmers'
cooperative organizations and
agencies In the state.
Lloyd S. Tenny, chief of the
bureau nf agricultural economics.
Department of Agriculture, was
the chief Bpeaker this morning. He
explained in detail the work of his
bureau crd Its benefits to the farm
ers In bringing about more order
ly distribution of farm products
and the. growing of the proper
cropB.
Other speakers at the meeting
were A. F. S. Steele, manager of
the Hood River Apple Growers-' as
sociation: R. A. Ward, president
of the Oregon council; C. J. Hurd.
extension marketing specialist of
the Oregon Agriculture College,
and K. .!. Dixon, manager of the
Pacific Poultry Producers associa
tion. ' .
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CITY COUNCIL
Violet Ray Coils in Homes
Must Be . Licensed
and Regulated.
FANS BEHIND MOVE
Radio Club Endeavoring to
Eliminate Disturbances
Now Affecting
Reception.
An ordinance for the minimizing
of radio interference , by regula
tion and control of electrical ap
paratus which sets up high fre
quency oscillations was passed by
the city council at the regular
meeting held last night The or
dinance was drawn up by the
Roseburg Radio club and the city
attorney, emoodylug tile chief pro
visions of similar ordinances now
in effect in practically all cities,
The new law provides that it
shall be unlawful for any person
to operate any high frequency ap
paratus between the hours of 5
and 11 p. m. unless such apparatus
is so connected and shielded that
it does not interfere with radio
reception. The ordinance is parti
cularly aimed at the violet ray de
vices which are to be found in
numerous homes of the city, a ra
dio club representative being re
sponsible for the statement that
there are over 200 of such coils in
use in the city. The ordinance
specifically mentions violet ray
machines, machines using the Tes
la coll or principle, X-ray ma
chines or any machine -including or
Incorporating n device"15rofrUCIfrg
nigh frequency oscillations. , ,
Any person desiring to operate
such a device must file an appli-
aatlon with the city council stat
ing tho character of the machine,
together with its uses and the
hours during which it is ordinar
ily, used, and the place where It is
kept, The council has authority, to
require Information . furnished in
the application to be more specific
If it is not felt that the applica
tion furnishes all of -' the data
needed. A license fee of $1 is re
quired. - .
The ordinance gives the city
electrical inspector authority to
enter upon nny premises at all
reasonable hours to inspect the in
stallation and working- of all ap
paratus covered by the provisions
of the ordinance.
The council has the right at any
time to revoke a permit for the
operation, of any device or appar
atus and any person falling to se
cure a permit or operating a high
frequency device without a permit
may be fined not to exceed 100
or imprisoned not more than 15
days or both fine and imprison
ment. '
Many People Affected
The ordinance was sponsored by
the Radio Club which has .been
working hard for many months to
ollminate interfering noises. The
ordinance is designed to place all
broadcasting devices under regula
tions which will prevent their op
oration of coils which disturb ra
dio reception during the specified
time. - . T i .
Representing the-radio listeners
of the city, C. W. Clark. . spoke
briefly to he council last .night
regarding the measure.
He stated that there are over
600 radio receiving sets In Rose
burg at present representing a
financial Investment of more than
190,000. By a conservative esti
mate of 4 listeners to each ma
chine It Is judged that there Is an
average of nearly 2,400 people list
ening In regularly to radio pro
grams. The fact that so many peo
(Contlnued on page 5.)
OREGON TEACHERS
GIVEN NEW PLAN
BY SUPT. HOWARD
Mswlatrd Tress Lrssed Wire.)
SALEM, Ore.. April 5 A new
system of requirements affecting
public school teachcrp throughout
Ihe state was announced this morn
ing by C. A. Howard, superinten
dent of public instruction. Three
alternative plans for reading circle
work are submitted to the teachers
as follows: .
1. Completion nt at least a
three-hour course In a standard
normal school or a standard col
lege or university, cither in resi
dence or by correspondence.
2. Completion of any approved
professional study course under
the direction of local or county
school authorities. , ,
3 Completion of an approved
Individual project or professional
problem.
'All teachers. Including-those-in
districts In Ihe . first class, must
comply with the new requirements.
RADIO
GOT
LAW
PASSED
Religion and Wetness Can't Beat
Al Smith, But He Must Let Liquor
. Issue Alone, Senator Glass Says
(Associated Press Leased Wire.) .
ASHEVILLE, N. C, -April 5.
The Ashevllle Citizen today quotes
Carter Glass of Virginia as saying
that Al Smith can bo elected presi
dent despite the fact that he Is it
Catholic and a wet, but he must
let the prohibition issue alone. ,
"I am bure that Al Smith under
stands that the presidency means
nothing at nil in the fight to modi
fy prohibition," -Senator Glass . de
clared. "The president cannot
change the constitution. He can
not even veto a joint resolution
passed by congress submitting the
matter to the states, and his influ
ence wkh congress on such an Is
sue would be negligible, ;
"Yet,-for some reason, the peo
ple who talk about electing a pres
ident on a wet issue lose sight of
that particular consideration. The
president has nothing to do with
It. When a democratic president
(Woodrow Wilson) did veto the
Volstead Act, congress thought so
little of his leadership on the mut
TAX BODY LEAVES
(AKSoclated Press Leased Wire.)
SALEM, Ore., April B The
State Tax Commission this morn
ing passed a resolution which in
effect leaves it to the option of
Individual county assessors
throughout the slate whether the
questionnaire printed under house
bill 72 of the 1927 legislature shall
be used by assessors. The action
was taken by the commlBslou fol
lowing a number of protests to cer
tain parts of the questionnaire and
threatened legnl action with a view
to submitting it to the people by
rererenuum. ... ,:
Notices will he-sent out fo as
sessors this afternoon 'advising
them of the action taken by the
.commission, .'and signifying! thiVL
they may go ahead with their as
sessments under the questionnaire
or may get the i nformation re
quired .by an examination of the
.books of the- firms being assessed
or iu any other effective way, the
idea being that the assessor is held
responsible1 for: carrying out tile
terms of ihe law under which the
questionnaire was printed.
Earl I. Fisher state tax commis
sioner, Indicated his belief that the
action taken by the board will have
the effect of making tax budgeting
possible in the future as in' the
past. '. -i -
, Members of the board Btren
uously denied that their action will
have the effect of abrogating the
law in question as it was Intended
by the legislature to go Into effect.
BURGLAR BUSY IN
PORTLAND HOMES
(Associated Tress Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore., April R A
smnli-sized burglar looted a (num
ber of houses and apartments in
the northeast section of Portland
last night, and In two Instances
was declared lo have attempted to
attack women.
A series of reports received by
police, giving descriptions thnt co
incided, calmed them to believe
thnt the Banie man was- guilty In
eacli case. In one instance lie wns
reported to have been accompanied
by a larger man.
Small amounts of cash, and some
tides of jewelry were reported
taken from the homes which were
prowled.
JUDGE AND SHERIFF ASK
PAROLE OF BOOTLEGGER
PORTLAND. Ore., April 5 Gov-
emor Patterson was requested to
day by District Judge John A,
Mears and Sherlfr T M. Hiirlliurt
to grant a conditional pardon or
parole to William Dugan. who is
serving a year in tho county jail
here on a liquor charge. Judge
Mears and Sheriff Hurlburt left
for Salem at noon to confer with
the governor. Dugan was fined
J.1.000 and sentenced to a year In
Jail by Judge Mears. Ill health
and family circumstances have de
veloped since hla Incarceration
and the county officers are now at
tempting to obtain his release.
KIWANIS SEE MOVIES
AT PROGRAM TODAY
The Klwanls club wo entertain
ed today by motion pictures shown
by Horace Bromley. Copco camera
man. Films depicting Habo Ruth's
recent trip to Oregon, Suthorlin
mint harvest, arrival of do Autrc
mont and numerous other attrac
tions were thrown on the screen,
giving much pleasure to the specta
tors. Prior to the showing of the pic
tures a short talk was given by
Maurice J.- Newland, In which he
stressed the Importance of coopera
tion In the Chamber of Commerce
Confidence promotion campaign.
ter. that It passed the act over his
veto."
Senator Glass said that those
who seek changes In the prohibi
tum law should concern them
selves with obtuinlug a majority
in congress to paHS tho desired
legislation. ,
Prohibition is not a party issue.
Prohibition was not passed by
Ihe democrats or by the republi
cans but by men of both parties
and with no regard for party
lines. It was a moral issue.
"So why in heaven's name
should the democrats make- the
ISth amendment a party issue ill
Hie next national campaign as
though electing a wet president
would affect the prohibition law?
I cannot believe that tho sensi
ble men -In Ihe party will try any
thing so foolish. If they do, hey
might just as well take the presi
dency to the republicans on a sil
ver platter and make them a pres
ent of it. They might just as well
tnke their party out and dump it
out on the scrap heap."
FUST FIGHTS
ARE EXPECTED
All appearances point to a good
boxing card on Friday night, ac
cording to Promoter Frank Truni
ble, who has been arranging the
several arguments to be settled at
the Armory on that evening. Fans
who saw Pat Padolford and John
ny Motejl tangle a short time ago
will be anxious to see those boys
bnttlo again over a 10-round route.
At their, last meeting they fought
six two-minute rounds, but this
tlmo will fight throe fninuto rounds
and will go over a 10-rouud period,
providing one or the othor does
I lint, tiilrn ilin pniml- m-lm. tn tl,o
filial bell.' At their-last rriftrttlrg
fudeilord was just recovering
from h spell of Illness and was not
able, according to his friends, to
make the allowing of which he Is
now capable. - Piidelford has been
having a . number of successful
fights In various purls (if the
country and has been training
hurd. He is expected to arrive in
Roseburg tonight, accompanied by
Spec Woods, a well known fight
er, who will help him iu complet
ing his training. Motojl anil Pa
dell'ord are evenly matched In
wolght and ability and It should
bo a good fight.
Promoter Trumblo today an
nounced a special event in which
.Deacon Wills, the colored llght
hcavywclght, who has been in
Roseburg for the past week,, will
be matched with some opponent
not yet selected. Wills has hud 48
fights recently and has never been
knocked off his feut. He has won
many of theso' battles by knock-:
outs, lie' Is classed uslu coming
lighter lind In Ills workouts at the
Armory has been showing a good
deal of class.
EMILIE LANCEL
HEARD IN CONCERT
I Knillle Lnncel from San Francis
co gave r most interesting pro
gram at the First Methodist
church last evening to a vei-y ap
preciative audience. This was the
third and last of a series of con
certs sponsored by the Douglas
County Music Teachers' associa
tion and the HcJniine Conserva
tory. Artistically If not financial
ly they were a great success..
Miss Lanccl lias a lovely, rich,
resonant contralto voice. She
sings with authority unci finish.
Kach song was prefaced by an ex
planatory talk which gave a better
uiiderstaiidlug of the songs to
those who did not know them. It
was n most satisfying program by
a charming and gracious Binger.
Mr. Walter Wengol accompan
ied her with a feeling and an as
surance which makes you want to
sing.
Altogether UoHcburg is to be
congratulated on having three bucIi
artistic programs and It Is to he
hoped there will bo more next
year.
MUNICIPAL JUDGE
TEST IN PORTLAND
Mmwk'Utrd I'rf-w Lcaatfl Win?.)
POIlTLANI), Or., .March 5 In
a tent cane to determine whether
Portland municipal Judges legally
can hold office by appointment
rather than by elect Ion, Fred 1.
Boh It , editor of the Portland News,
today refused to pay a fine of $10.
and spent five minutes In jail be
fore ho was rclcHHod on a writ of
habeas corpus. Hoalt contrived to
have hlnmelf arrested lust Krldny
on a charge of driving a car with
out proper license platen, having
rpmoveri one of the plated for Ihe
purpone.
' Warren Whiting of Camas Val
ley was In this city for a brief
time this afternoon attending to
bUHfncsn affairs and trading.
GULF LINKS TO
RANK WITH BEST
IN NORTHWEST
Roseburg Country ' Club to
Have Grass Greens and
Irrigation System.
$12,500 TO BE SPENT
Improvements Ordered at
Enthusiastic Meeting of
Membership He'd
Last Night.
At an enthusiastic meetlug of
the membership of the Roseburg
Country. Club last night authoriza
tion was given for- the immediate
Improvement of. the club's proper
ty by the installation of a com
plete irrigation system and alter
ations in; the. course with other
improvements making a total esti
mated expenditure of 512.M0. The
improvements ordered: by the
members will provide one of the
finest golf courses on the Pacific
const, with grass greens and fair
ways and one of the most scenic
locations to be found anywhere.
The members wore unanimous in
their decision to proceed with the
project and are eagerly looking
forward to tho completion of the
work.- ' i
The mooting held' last night was
one of the most representative
since the organization was formed.
The gathering was held In the In
dian room of tho Umpqua hotel
which was well filled by the en
thusiastic golfers, who came to
gether to hear the report of tho
committee which lias had the lm-
portiuiUiwjMil. - under iteomddetB.
lion for several months, Last year
the club began discussing the im
provements and tiled a water
right which Will enablb the taking
of sufficient' water from the North
Umpqua river, which borders the
beautiful club site, to provide the
water needs of the Irrigation sys
tem; A committee on ways and
means wns appointed to consider
the rnislng of money for Ihe carry
ing out of the project and this
commltteo lias been working hard
to get out the plans for the work,
securo estimates, and devise the
means for financing the Improve
mont. '
The committee nmdo its report
last night, outlining tho w6rk pro
posed to be done together with
the cost,, which is estimated" nt
?1 2,000 and the plan for financing,
showing that the ciub is 1h' unus
ually fine financial condition, with
Its spacious grounds 'and present
improvements fully paid for and
clear of indebtedness, valued nt
more than $20,000. Tho Income
is more than sufficient to meet the
few outstanding ohliKallons and
ample funds nro in sight In meet
tile cost of the proposed Improve
ments, The cominltlee recom
mends that the project of replottlng
tho course and -the Installation of
an irrigation system be adopted by
the club and tho report was given
Immediate and unanimous nppro
val. Start Work at Once
, The task of making tho lm-
(Continued on pngo 0.)
REED'S QUERY AT
LIBEL SUIT STIRS
SAPIRO TO ANGER
(AMorlnlfil Prfni Iancl Wirr.)
DETROIT. Mich.. April B. Tho
little marble lined district court
room In which Aaron Saplro Is
suing Henry Ford for $1,000,000
for alleged libel was very cold
and only fifty spectators were
present today when Senator James
A. Iteed of Missouri, chief of Ford
counsel, and Saplro renewed llielr
struggle of cross-examination be
gun a week ago.
Saplro admitted he got "$1,000
gross" for attending a cooperative
marketing conference at- Chicago
In July, 1924, when lie traveled
throe daya from San Francisco,
remained three days, Bpoke once,
and travelled three days back to
the west, coast.
Senator Heed asked If an other
wise unidentified C. H. flllHtafsnn
had not. apoken ahead of Saplro.
"Yes," replied Haplro.
"Did you not Inter say lo Mr.
C.iiHtnfHon 'I am going lo make you
look like thirty cents?' " asked
Heed.
Angered, Saplro half nrnRP In'
(lie witness chair and nearly
shouted: "I never said anything
like that lo Mr. Oustafson nt nny
time anywhere."
William Henrv Gallagher, coun
sel for Saplro demanded that the
question and answpr ho stricken
as not a proper part of cross exam
ination and over Senator Reed's
oblectlon It wa done.
Senator Reed sought lo Intro
duce the Saplro speech at Chicago
but It was excluded.
P. MAY NOT
MAKE CHANGE IN
TRAIN SCHEDULE
4 ; A rumor ' was Iu geuorul . 4
'circulation here toduy that
sthe change In train schedule
to tnke effect April 17, has
been postponed until an lude-
4 finite date. Protests made by,
various cities along the Hue,
It 'is rumored, , have' caused
tiie 'interstate commerce com-
mission, to hold the new
schedule In abeyance until
4 the matter can be thorough- 4
ly considered. The change
4 would greatly handicap tho
4 mail service In southern Ore-
gon and It is understood that
there havo been protests 4
made to the government.
Railroad offd-luls here today
stated that they bad heard
the rumor, but that, no offic-
lal 'nollce had been received.
MARATHON IS COMEDY
. '
O , (AwK'tiiti'd I'r.'iu l,.-ii.,l Wlm) ' O
GRANTS PASS. Ore., April
5. A report from Moilfoid
late yestorday that two mara-
thon runners of the Medford
Craters had started for
Grants Pass, aroused interest,
here, but proved to have been
part of a merry invasion of
Grants Pass by tho CraterB.
The runners, oaeh portly
200 pounders, started from 4
the heart of Medford in nth-
letic garh, but they boarded 4
a train and traveled tho rest
of the way on the rails. The
Craters came In force ami
were entertained by the Cave
Men at a' dinner here last
night. .
t
W-.'. '(Awe la ted ltPM,'U.pnci .-)V'lro.)
WASHINGTON, April 6. Hadlo
wavei lengths bnda nowi Used ffor
broadcasting, vlll , be confined 'r ;to
tlioir pieHcnt llmlls, the Federal
Radio conimlBBton decided toduy.
A, general .order was iHHiied to
doiil with the 'problem, one of the
Irat investigated hIiicq the for mil
lion' of the1 commission.' Proposals
had been made to- reduce radio
congestion by IncreitHlng the num
ber of bauds on which broadcast
ing Is now allowed. .....
"In vlow of Ihe manifest Incon
venience to the listening public
which would result ' from any Im
mediate widening ot the frequn
cy band devoted to radio broad
casting," the commission's order
said, "the commission will not at
this time allocate to broadcasting
stations frequencies ' other than
those between 550 and 1500 kilo
cycles (545.1 lo 1D9.9 meters) - fcx
cept on specific request of such
slatloiiH. '
"It believes, however, that tho
band between 1500 and 2,000 UU
cycles (109.9 to 1-19.9 meters)
should so far as may be practi
cable be held open for experimen
tal work In broadcasting and al
lied forms or radio service, to the
end that, with tho further devel
opment of the art, this band may
he eventually made available for
broadcasting whethor for the ear
or the eye, If It shall provo parti
cularly well' adapted to such typo
of service lo the public."
The commission's mention of
the posHlhle visual radio service
was said to Indicate its recogni
tion of the increasing possibilities
(hat something corresponding to
motion pictured and views of cur
rent Bceues will shortly be In
stantaneously transferred by ra
dio appliances.
NEUNER UNDECIDED A3
TO AIDING IN HUGH
DeAUTR EMONT TRIAL
( SMM Ui- I'rt'M l.iMrVtl Wim)
KAMOM. Ore.. April 5. (ieurgo
Neuner, of Portland. United Slates
district, attorney, said here today
that he would have to he sure that
(he de Autrcnmut trial dale-would
not InlerfiTe with federal cases he
must prosecute In Ihe circuit court
of appeals early In May before he
could agree to hhhIhI Iu the Med
ford rane. He Jnis been conferring
with Newton C f'haney of Medford,
Jackson county prosecutor, k
said, regarding tin- case and his ns
sfstiince In prnsccntttiK the six
.lackon county Indict mentH. I
Four of tliene Indictments are fori
tho murder of funr men. one Is for
attcmptltiK to purloin the 1'nlted
Ktntcs mulls, and thV other for In
terferlnK with a common carrier
engaged In Interstate commerce.
The assistance of his office would
only be nt the solicitation of County
Attorney Cheney, slnco the federal
indictment ntralnst do Autremont
for InterferliiK with the mnlls can
only be tried In federal court.
SINCLAIR SENTENCE MONDAY
WASHINGTON, April 5Harrv
f. Sinclair, wealthy oil operator,
will bo sentenced to jail Mondav
by Justice Hitz in the District ot
Columbia supreme court for con
tempt of tho senate.
T
0NE5E
Ml
DRIVING
NORTH
T
Temporarily Checked When
Foes Take Possession
of City on Route. . ; :
LOOTING CONTINUES
Unrestrained Mobs Prevail
at Hangkow and Nanking;'
Powers Preparing for
Redress Demand. . !
(Associated l'ress leased Wire.)
SHANGHAI, , April. 6. ?T h d
northwnrd drive of ; the National
ists (Cantonese) along; the , rail
way leading to Tientsin and Pek
ing Is meetlug with strong resis
tance. ( : ' I :
Northern forces captured Kwan
tlen, 60 miles northwest of Nan
king Sunday after heavy fighting.
and 200 nationalist wouuded i huva
arrived at the latter city, ,The na-:
tionaltsts are rushing ' reinforce
ments to that secter.
A wlreloss dispatch from Nan
king reported strong anti-foreign,
fooling In that city, where . collis
ions between rival factions of the
Kuumiiitang wore expected.1 Na
tionalist soldiers In uniform, were
seen Monday removing proporty
rrom i resiliences ut foreigners
there.i . i , r'-'vv .
The latest 'estimate of the casu
alties in the recent molee between
Jupanese and Chinese in Hankow,
said a radio .dispatch wore' ten
Chinese killed any ninny wounded;
and two Japanese killed and . two
woundod. In addition seven Jap
anese wore hold as hostages.
-The - dlslaieilaifdea tlint'th
Japanese country club, -the Japan
ese hospital and "timber and- oil
godowns, or1 warehouses, were
looted and burned;' BrltlBlr-nroper-ty-was
not touched. Tho former
British concession was quiet.
Canton Parades Put Off
: Two hundred ! British" toldlora
have arrived' at Bhanieen, the for
eign quarter of Canton, to protect
the Island against a Chinese at
tack. Parades ' and other demon
stmtlons by antl-forelgniats for the
purpose of domaiiding the return
of Shameon to the Chlnose ' were
postponed, '.
Foreigners continued to concen
trate nt Tientsin from widespread
sections ot North China in view ot
the constant press northward bv
the nationalists. Fearful of lack of
safety in Tientsin some "of the for
eigners announced their ' intention
lo proceed to Dnlren, in Llatoung,
or Japan. In the native city at
Tientsin the authorities searched
hotels and ton houses for suspi
cious characters. This was done
undor orders from Peking.
U. S. Anxiety Grows.
WASHINGTON, April 6. Grad
ual advance of tile Cantonese arm
Ins into northern China In the di
rection ot Peking and Tientsin,
where there are largo American
colonics, is viewed with grave
anxiety as only the continued con
trol by northern forces prevents
the possibility of a recurrence In
this urea of incident such as that
at Nanking.
Tho apprehension that ,the situ-
alien is causing iu official circles
Is reflected In Ihe closo attention
I'reslileut Cnolldge Is riving to re
ports from Minister MncMiirray at
Peking and Admiral Williams,
American naval commander at
Shanghai, and also In his fre
quent conferences with Secretnry
Kellogg. Within the Inst 21 hours
theso officials reports have con
firmed news dispntches portraying
an Increasing menace to foreign
lives In tlin area north of Shang
(Continued on lingo 5.) ,
SEVEN MEXICAN
KIDNAPERS SLAIN
BY FIRING SQUAD
f Amorlnlc'l I'rrin LontH Wira.)
MKXICO CITV, April 5 Tried
by summary court martial for tho
kidnapping and murder of Kdgar
M. Wllkius, American electrical
engineer, seven men have been
dime In death by a firing squad at
Guadalajara.
The guilt of the culprits waa
said to have been established at
Hie court martial Sunday night,
after Ihe ten ymr old son of Wll
kius had Identified one of them,
Mariano Cahadn, as tho leader of.
tho band which captured hip father
and himself.
Wllklns and his son wore cap
tured by the uutlaws a week ago
last Sunday. The boy was releas
ed wllh a note demanding a ran
som ot :n,uiio which he took back
to Guadalajara. Federal troops
were Immediately sent out lo cap
ture the bandits, and Calznda said
It wan anger over the close pur
suit by the troops that canted tho
band lo murder the American,
PEKING