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Rose UAq Weather Highest temperature yesterday... 59 Lowest temperature last night....40 ' Forecast for southwest Oregon: Rain tonight and Thursday; mod erate temperature. Douglas !: County' ' ; Greatest III BUR ,jjftsvr1f.w Newspaper. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY Consolidation of Tha Evanlng Nawa and The Roaeburg Review , DOUGLAS COUNTY An "' tpaper, Publlshad to( ov ' VOL. XXVII ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1927. NO. 308 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XVIIINO. 69 OF THE EVENING NEWS aPTK."'1 - ' i ii i a . ,. . BIG BILL Mm ca9o Victor j MAYORALTY IN nX CHICAGO RAGE Thompson's Lead Over 80,i Two Thirds of His Margin Contributed . by Vote in Negro Wards. NO RIOT AT POLLS Dismissal of Pro-English School Superintendent to Be One of First Official Acts. (ArscIii1ci1 In'f I-cobivJ Win CHICAGO.' April G William Hale Thompson, fomer cowboy, lassoed the mayor's chair in Chi cago's, biggest election yesterday, and prepared to ride into the city hull with a plurality of 83,072 votes In his saddle bags. Nearly one million votes were oast. Thompson received 512,740 Mayor William E. Dever, Demo crat, seeking a second term, got 429,068 and Dr. John Dill Robert iion, banner carrier for an insur gent faction was' a poor third with Til, 209. Viewed by wards, Thompson and Mayor Dever split nearly eleven, Dever carrying 23 and Thompson 27 wards. The second, third and fourth wards, strongholds of the South Bide negro vote wrought prodigiously for Thompson. Of his 8:1.072 plurality, these wards con tributed 69,215, Thompson running better than 6 to 1 ahead of Mayor Dever there. s Besides the four-year term as mayor, Thompson also apparently lvon control of the council, having the promise of Mipport from IS to "!) aldermen . chosen at the Feb ruary 22 primaries to which were added probably lti favorable alder men yesterday.. . Little Disorder Despite .dire- forebodings of bloodshed and disorder and much viewing with alarm by law enforce ment agencies, the . election was one of the. quietest in Chicago his tory. "A&' quiet as a Quaker fun eral," Captain Stege of the detec tive bureau called it. Hoodlumlsm was almost entirely absent. Theft of one ballot box, dynamiting of ,two places used as Democratic headquarters, destruc tion by fire of a negro church un der mysterious circumstances, and the firing of a few shots were the only untoward incidents reported. No one was hurt. Police attributed peacef illness of the day to a fear instilled into (Continued on page S.) BUYS An important property deal Is being consummated in this city 1 liis week, Mr. James llutchings, proprietor of the Model Bakery, having arranged for the purchase of the W. L. Dysinger home on Mill and Mustier streets. The house is now owned by Mr. Henderson of Portland, who came into posses sion of the home in a trade with Mrs. Dysinger who now owns a large Port la. -id apartment house. Mr. Hutehings, who Is buying the fine home, expects to make his residence there as soon ns the pa pers, which are now being signed, are placed in his possession. 'The home Is one of the finest In Roseburg having been built by the late Mr. I Jy singer, who was an expert mill man. Mr. Dysinger built the place lor his own home and put into it the very finest of materials, some of which he had spent many years in gathering. The interior finish, particularly the woodwork. Is among the best to be found any place in the crfm try. - In buying this fine home Mr. Hutching Is demonstrating a great fail h In the future of liose- burg for he has sold valuable j Portland property in order to lo-j vnst in the home here. He states1 that he is confidence that Rose burg values ore certain to increase more within the next few years; than will Portland property and that an investment in this city, will be a secure one. ' 1 - $ WiHium .Thompson "Big Bill" Is mayor of Chicago again. , William Hale Thompson, robust and picturesque republican executive of the nation's second city from 1915 to 1923, has emerged from a four year retirement to wrest the office from William E. Dever, democratic incumbent. "Big Bill," native of Boston, manager for three years of a Nebraska cattle ranch, inheritor of means from his father, will be 59 a few days after he takes office May 1. "America First" was his slogan, and a cow boy hat the insignia of his follow ers. FORUM SES S SNAPPIEST E EVER HELD Rotary Club Presents Sev eral Speakers Bringing Optimistic Reports. .. OUTLOOK IS GOOD Wool Growing in Douglas County One of Best 1 Industries' Business O. K. Says Banker. ' . The Roseburg Rotary club con ducted today's program at the Forum luncheon, with Joe Demi acting as chairman. Following the singing of several Rotary songs, Mr. Denn Introduced the various speakers. DeWHt Barnes field representa tive of the Oregon Wool Growers Association, spoke concerning the wool industry iu Douglas county. He brought a very optimistic re port to the meeting, stating that at the present time over 100,000 sheep are produced In tho county with receipts totalling a million dollars. He said that sheep are the best paying livestock at the present lime and inasmuch as Douglas county Is an Ideal spot for the animals he urged the in crease In the industry' to make It one of the foremost sheep produc ing sections of the northwest. The Douglas county wool excels, .that produced in many other sections and is as good as the best on the market and on account of the light er shrinkage is bringing from 6 to (i cents more per pound on the Boston market. . He said that as long as the United States con tinues to import wool (here will al ways be a demand for the amount now grown In this country. H. L. Lfndgren. a former Doug las county resident, whose parents (Continued on page 3.) GLEHMlf -TD SEE The Glendale auditorium will be transformed lnto a ' Days of '49 mining camp on Saturday night, April 9th, when the show troupe of t'mpqua Po.u American Legioo journey to that city' to present their performance. Tha advance guard of the troupe left at noon to day for Glendale to place the ad vertising posters over the country side and Saturday a truckload of equipment will be taken there and Inula lied, for the night's show. The entire show, as presented Friday and Saturday night at the armory. will be Riven and all the conces sions will also be open for busi ness. Several Glendale citizens have requested that the Legion bring the show to their oity and they have decided 4o do so. Fol lowing the show, a big idx-plece or chestra will play for ft dance, last ing until midnight. HISSING PLANE FOUND, WITH 2il BODIES Edward Neher, Pilot, and Schaller, Passenger, Are the Victims. SHIP PARTLY BURNED Men Evidently Crushed to Death While Effort Was Made to Effect a Night Landing. (Associated Press Loused Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 Edward Neher, pilot, and Alfred Schaller, passenger aboard tho air plane that crashed three miles from Gustine, were crushed to death when the plane made a forc ed landing, struck a pool of water and turned over. . W. G. Beets, Associated Oil company employe at Newman, near Gustlue, told The Associated Press by telephone today that all evidence found in the wreckage pointed to the theory that the men were crushed and not .burned to death. The plane was partly burn ed. It was found by employes of the Miller and Lux company, ex tensive land holders. Marks along the ground of the rolling grazing land on which the plane lighted showed that the craft ran 250 feet, struck a pool of water and flopped violently enough to tear the wings from the fuselage and the euglne from its frame. In the rear cockpit, was found the body of Alfred Schaller, office man ager of the Pacific Transport com pauy. Clutched in one of his hands was a flashlight which he apparent ly had thrust out over the side' of the plane in an effort to illuminate the landing field lor Neher. .Bodies In Wreckage MODESTO, Calif., April 6 In formation received by the Modesto News-Herald from the scene of the air plane crash near Gustine 'indi cated that the bodies of both Ed ward Neher, pilot and Albert Schal ler, official of the transport com pany, were entangled iu the wreck age when the ship, partly burned, was found in a swampy rice field near the San Joaquin River this morning. 1 . j . Army planes from Crlssey Field were expected to reach Modesto at 12 noon on their way to Gustine to aid in recovery of the plane and the victims. Gustin is on the route usually followed by air mail ships on their way from Fresno to San Francisco. , James G. Cole of Glide was in j Roseburg Tuesday and overnight! attending to business affairs and visiting. I RASiES MADDEN KLAMATH COUNTY CATTLE AND DOGS lunl Wire.) ; 4 KLAMATH FALLS, Or April 6. A tnle of, maddened dairy cows and beef cattle nt- tacking employes of Ills I ranch, of the death of H cat ! tie from rubies, of mud coy 1 otes, with foam drooling from (their fanes, .attacking his '. herd, was told here today by H. M. Anderson, owner of 1,000 acre ranch three miles north of Chiloqufn, on tho Williamson river. Anderson places his loss at $1500. Ho was forced to kill 11 calves in addition to the 14 beef and dairy cattle. "Symptoms are the same," he said, "tho beast gots stiff necked, then begins to bawl. Two or three days later it dies." Cows have been attacking each other, in their madness, Anderson reported. He Is fearful lest the Infection spread throughout his entire herd of over 100. "Anderson .believes that not only coyotes but also wild dogs are responsible for transmitting the infection. DECIDED UPON Assessor and Heads of Busi ness Association Outline Information to Be Demanded. At a conference held today by Assessor Calkins, A. C. Marsters, president of the Roseburg and Douglas County Merchants associ ation, and B. R. Kenny, secretary of the association, the information to be required tor the confidential property reports by the business' men of the city was determined. At a. meeting of. the tax commis sion, yesterday the commission withdrew Its supervision of asses sors, allowing the county officer to determine what information shall be required of the merchants in making up the titx nummary. Mr. Kenny this morning received tho followiug telegram from the state association: "Tax commis sion withdrew from supervision of assessors, leaving . enforcement to local officers. This means nullifi cation of the obnoxious . confiden tial assessment blanks and a re turn, to sane assessment of proper ty valuations." In order to obtain a report that will give sufficient informal ion up on which to make an accurate as sessment and at the same time not require of the merchant that he ex pose the intimate details of his business the assessor conferred with the heads of the merchant or ganization and together they have' worked out. the requirements. All business men who have re- ceived the confidential property (Continued on page 8.) DATA REQUIRED OF MERCHANTS !S The Shining Example. DISARMAMENT SMOULP Be ouk . waTcmwoep ) I LCDWrE,M ALWtS DISASTER ENUSj OF ITALIAN-FLIER Plane Used by Commander De Pinedo Burned on Roosevelt Lake. WHOLE CREW SAFE Aviator Announces He Will Try to Recover Motor, Submerged in Sixty Feet of Water. (Associated Vrata Leased Wire.) APACHE LODGE, ROOSEVELT DAM, Ariz., April . The Inter- continental flight of Commander Francesco de Pinedo came to dis astrous end at 12:05 p. in. today when the Santa Alalia caught fire as the plune was being put under way preparatory to taking off for San Diego from Roosevelt dam. . The Santa Maria . had arrived here at 10:14 a. m. mountain time It'rom Elephant . . Butte dam, New Mexico, and had stopped on Roose velt lake to re-fuel. Tho Italian filer, who flew over dangerous llrazillan jungles without mishap. had Intended to reach San Diugo by 4 p. m., Pacific time. Pinedo and Aides Safe The piano Is a total loss. Com mander De Pinedo and his crew escaped uninjured. At 12:05 p. m., the Italian aviator announced that he was ready to take off and craft on the lake had moved shoreward when the Santa Maria -waB seen to be afire. Almost immediately the Santa Muria was aflame from stem' to stern. Tho . vessel's crew leaped overboard for their lives. Thousands of persons gathered on the short of the huge irrigation dam witnessed the disaster. Among them were many Italians who had come to cheer the countryman on his continent flieht which was to (add new glory to . his achieve ments. Finale of Day's Failures The accident followed u day of fnilures yesterday when tho Santa Maria was held fast to tho glassy Isurtace of Elephant : Unite reser 'volr at Hot Springs, N. M., and could not rise until shortly after noon. The plane finally got off but returned to the lake 25 minutes la ter because the engine became ov erheated. Today's take-off for Roosevelt Lake was made without difficulty and the Santa Maria made good time to this stopping place, covering 400 miles In three hours and 21 minutes. ; First indication that the plane was afire was noted by spectators on the shore when tho great vol ume of black smoke was seen pour ing from tho ship's motor. De Pinedo announced-he would (Continued on page S.) WORLD TOUR Wartime Ideals Lost In Pursuit . Of Wealth and Pleasure Past 10 Years; Legion Commander Warns HOSTON, Mhk April 6 Tlie Ideals which leil thtt Unlleil Stiittia to war-UKUlnBt Germany tea years ago today "have been lost iu the abundance of wealth aud rush of ainuseinont" which followed ter mination of tho conflict, Howard P. SavaKe. national commander of tho American Legion, declared in a message to llio nation today. "Then, with no thought of ag gression, with no wish to profit', our nation throw itself into tho greatest conflict of history to vin dicate our national ideals and to defend what wo bnliovu to bo Ihe rights of man. . i Nation's Pace Fast ""In ten years since that time we have lived at a tremendous paco. We havo created wealth on a scale never before approached. We havo enjoyed a life richer, iu material tlilnga than any other people ever knew. We. may well stop and take stock as to what moral progress wo have made since that time. "It would seein', in taking a bal ance, that these ideals of ten yoars ago have been lost: iu tho ubuml unco of wealth and rush of amuse ment which dominated tho after tho-war spirit. Tho puro spirit of unselfish service which animated uf in 11117 and 11118 has been loRt in the search for material pros polity, forgetting in Hint search our moral obligations. Seeks Old Ideals "That wo of the I. onion may re linbue ourselves with the ideals which caused us to don tho uni form ten years ago, we nro going OF IJ.S. TEN YEARS AGO Decade Marked Today Since Nation Joined Allies Against Germany. OLD SCENES REVIVE Few, of prominent Figures of Great Struggle Are Still Living; Only Two Active. (Aswrlnti'ri I'ri'M Ituawnl Wtro.) WASHINGTON, April U. -The decade that for Amoiicans enfold!! the great war has gone trooping down the corridor of time. Ten years ago today the call to arms was shiilllng In every town and hamlet under llio' Sliu'H and Stripes. The Avar resolution passed the house at 3 o'clock this morning," say the yellowing records. Already 1h had cleared the senate, and the house roll call In tho early Iiouih of the new day showed 37U to fiu lor tho war declaration, with every amendment to limit tho powers of the president In tho fight or to withhold American troops from tho battlefields of .1'Yance hcM down In overwhelming defeat. Al ready, loo, tho president's call for the first lour billion dollars for the war chest lay on the desks In congress and army and navy or ders for mobilization of the first two million young Americans for Ihe struggle waited. o:ily the pros! dent's command. Woman Shrinks From War In (ho house, as Ihe call or the rrill proceeded, .leanetle Itankln or Montana, tho only woman member, sat with bowed head, unanswer ing as her name was twice called. "Vote, vote," chiiio cries from the floor around her. "I want to Hland by my country, but. 1 cannot vote for war," she sobbed back as she stood to reply, grasping at her desk for support. There was cheering a little later when the totals weru announced and Speaker Champ Clark affixed hts name to the renolutloi. by TIM WAR AWAKENED 3:30 a. in., the house had adjourn- ' Hy Is what counts. cil. j A brief outline of tho man's Just alter noon Vice-President 1 career is as follows: "Tom" Marshall added bis signa- ( n November 19, 1914, Wllklns turn and the resolution was on its . WRS committed lo prison hero un way to President Wilson. Already ! ,r m-mourn to hang, having been the wires bad carried orders to I convicted of the murder of a man seize the German shipping In named Winters In Mullnomah American harbors Including Ihe "Vaterlund," the mighty transport that was to bear thousands and thousands to Prance under her new name, ihe Leviathan.. , White House Scene' The Htnne shifted to tho White IlrtUS". "The war resolution was signed by the president at 10:11 o'clock," said another menage sent hum ming over the wires. "The president signed wllh a pen handed him by Mrs. Wilson. (Continued on page 8.) Vf , back lo Franco this year. Wo shall aland besldo llio graves of com rades, men who died with this true spirit of unselfishness abla.e with in them. Thoro, I know, w shall find the fltnuo of America's ideal ism still burning. 1 know wo shall find again tho inspiration to help return to true patriotism and the lovo of country which is sure to coine. "With It will come a march of Ideals and thoughts, a march back to the fundamentals of citizenship which aotualed those who ' 150 years ago laid llio foundation for the security, peace aud happiness which wo Americans' now enjoy." FRED PILKINGTON, i'; STEP-FATHER; OF i jTOD MORGAN, DIES y i (Ammh-IuIiiI I'ii-mi l.t-jis-l Will1.) POUT. -ANGELES, Wnsh., April 6. -Fred . Morgan, step- f hI her of Tod Morgan, junior lightweight champion of tho world, wua found dead in a mis boat today In Dungenesa Harbor, 2U miles west of here. Death was apparently caused by gas from the .exhaust of tho engine. ; - ' " ; - 4 The abovo dispatch tin- douhtedly refers to Fred Pllk- tngtoii, a blnaUsmlth In none- burg for sevoral years, who married Tod Morgan's moth- or after leaving this city. Pllk- 4 Ingtnn was a follower of the 4 prizefighting gamo, and it was ho tvho developed Tod, and successfully , manager- his ring career.'. Ho was gener- ally retorted to in sporting circles as Fran Morgan. PRESBYTERIANS WILL DEDICATE NEW CHURCH ( AndK-latn) lrra 1'a.wil Wire.) MEDFORD, Ore., April 6. The new Presbvterian church, built at a cost of $fiO,UOO will be dedicated here next Sunday. The speakers will bo tho Rev, D. T), Donaldson of San Francisco, the Rev. (). W. Muschgen of Philadelphia and the Uvv. I). A. Thompson of Portland. From Looking Glass Mr, and Mrs. P. M. Paulson of Looking Glass were In Roseburg on Turmlay afternoon visiting with friends and attending to business affairs. Energetic Mind of Oregon Convict, Saved From Gallows, Leads Him to Thriving Business on State Wares ( AnHfjcltilml Pros I.iwd Win,)' HALKM, Ore, April 6 You ctm't keep a good man down. This fact was proved munlf-tak-ably here today when It was diB envered by officials of the state penitentiary that Lloyd Wllklns. who eHcapod the hangman's noose 12 years ago by virtue of commu tation of his sentence by Governor West, has been carrying on a gen eral grocery and mercantile busi ness wtlhfu the prison for a long period of time, and all unknown to the officers. Wilklus had plaer'd his business on a basis of JiMl per cent effi ciency, having reduced his whole sale rout to ulmnluteiy nothing and eslahllKhed a base of supplies i equally without rest to hlmHelf, all going to show that, after all, abll county. A reprieve was granted, and on December 2, Vili, his sen tence was commuted to life Im prisonment. In 1921 he was made trusty. In this capacity he was soon given it job driving one of Ihe pn(n tlary I tucks. In a short time it became part of his wUrk to drive lo town and get little Items from local stores as desired by prison officers or rooks. While acting In thin rapacity. H wns learned today, Wllklns saw the un worked business possibili 17 KILLED IN EXPLOSION AT OIL REFINERY Parco, Wyoming, Is Tragedy Scene , Two Other Workers Missing and Four in Hospitals Seriously Burned. TEN STILUS IGNITED Rawlins, 7 Miles Distant,' Feels Detonation ; AH Victims Survived by Families. . - ; ;"'! i (AMOclute.1 I'n-u I.cuuhI Wire.) PARCO, Wyo., April 6. At least 17 man ware killed today when an explosion occurred In the Prodac era and Refiners oil refining plant here. , ' r - i Two men were missing shortly before noon and were believed to have died in the blast and subse quent fire which caused damage of $500,000 to the refinery. - The explosion .-rocked this Uni que oil town, laid out only a few years ago by Frank E. Klstler, head of the Parco. organization, on model architectural lines, and'th' detonation was ' fe!t In Rawlins, seven miles west. Tha disaster was caused by the explosion of a chamber In a high pressure still which set fire to nine other stllia and two storage tanks. The flro still was burning this morning, but was underoontrol: . ,,, '. Identified Dead Slxloon bodies haif been taken, from tho plant, 12 of them were IdontlHoil. Calvin Smith, one of the Injured, died In a honpltal. Tha Humified dead were: John Paul Palmer, 30; Frank Taylor, 30; W. W. Wood, 42; Frederick J earner,' 27; F. C. Speyer, 49 ; Al bert Smith, 25; Victor Nlckersc)i; 35; Clarence Posey. 27; Vletoriano Montoyn, 37; Orcelo .Martinez, 38; E. R. Welsh, 32; a. G. Turpln, 20. Tho mlsHliiE wore; XI. N. Slier man, 41 and It. 0. Eby, 27. Ouoi'ko Evans Curry and Ar thur Ayuln were believed to be fatally burned. They were In a ' Hnwlins hospital as Were P. - L. Welsh, Ceoi'so- Byron Polk who were severely burned. All of the moil who were killed were married and niOHt of them had nnnito three children. ' Twcnly-three men were working In the plnnt. Windows In houses were broken and residents f leil In to the streets, many of them, half clothed. Telograph communication on the Union Pacific railroad was temporarily broken. . Streams were turned on 'the buruliiR stills and the two com press stoiiiKe tanks, one of, 7500 and (ho i other . of 1,000 '-barrels rapacity. . 1 - - - ties nu they presented themselves and soon developed the habit of acquiring little odds and enda for himself, all unknown to the store keepers and, so far an can be es tablished, by the evidence, equal ly unknown to the guards who ui ways accompanied him. Wllklns established a cache for his stolen goods In back of the i prison garage. There Is a small ' place there walled In on four sides, allowing access only by means ot ft single window. The man also utilized three lock ers In tho garage. It Is suspected that he may have been trading wllh prisoners Inside the prison, using this as hts base of supplies, or may havo hud some means of trading wllh outsiders. Officials are still working on the case. At any rate, when I hey made the discovery yesterday Wllklns had a rolled inn of some 1200 worth of goods on hand, confuting of two sacks of sugar that he had just ob tained from a local grocery store where he was sent to get some thing else, canned goods, coffee, oysters, auto accessories, oranges, stationery, postage stamps, pot a toes, a camera and other odds and ends. - I The guard who accompanied WiMilns to the giocory tit ore yes terday has been discharged and Wllklns himself put back Into con finement within the prison walls. His business establishment was discovered yesterday through an Investigation Rtarted after the store from which he took two sacks of BtiRar niado a report.