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&o Weather , Highest temperautre yesterday. ...60 Lowest temperature last night....42 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday; colder tonight with frost. Douglu ! j County' , , Greatest. ! r 'mSbik Newippe j TODAY'S NEWS TODAY Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review .lliKrMy , Q..r0n -pur, Published fo( UmyeTsivy, i. ; r it tn, p,0pl. , VOL. XXVII r NO. 309 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, THURSDAY,' APRIL 7, 1927. VOL. XVIII NO. 70 OF THE EVENING NEW9 n 4U liii tiff ii ills irssv ii iiiattsssa i i m 11 w 11 r 11 u i : i DOUGLAS COUNTY p 1 LE OF TH1S.N0 T TO BE REVISED New Service, Effective April 17, Claimed to Be Improvement. RUNS IN DAYLIGHT Official Calls Attention to Benefits to Be Obtained by Community Under Schedule. A. S. Rosenbaum, district agent of the Southern Pacific company was in Itoseburg today and states thut there is no truth to the rumors that tile railroad company Is plan ning to make changes in Lira new schedule which goes into effect April 17. The new schedule was worked out after long conferences, Mr. Kosenbaum says, aud was de signed with a purpose of giving the southern Oregon territory the best possible service. Reports that tile new schedule has been held up or that changes are to be made are not true, he declares. The new schedule, Mr. ' Rosen baum maintains, will give better service than the present schedule, despite the fact that two through tralus are being removed and a lo cal train added, culling out one train each way dally. By adopt ing a new system for handling these trains, he states, the vari ous communities along the line are given service that will .better meet the needs aud business" re quirements. The popular fast trains, ' No. 11 and No. 12, better known as Shas ta, will continue about as present, except, that they will carry steel chair cars to ,. accommodate .local . travel. Passengers win oe carrieu In this, coach to any regular stop made by the fast train. At pres ent persons traveling Sliasta must pay pullman fare but under the new arrangement they can ride the chair car to any of the regular stops at the usual rate. This will accommodate particularly passen gers to Eugene and Portlanq. There will be five mail trains in stead of six as at present. The ar rival of these trains, however, will permit, lpcal . deliveries the same as at present. There will be three south bound mails each day jind two from the soulh. Hail from the north will reach Roseburg " at 3:20 a. m.; 9:05 a. m.: and 2:B5 p. m. Mali from the south will reach the city at 12:45 a. in.; and 3:40 p. m. Both Shastas will' pass through Douglas county In the day time, a fact which is of great benefit to this section as it gives the' tour ists, who travel these fast ' trains an opportunity to see the country. Train No. 32. southbound, will al so be a daylight train, while No. 13. arriving here at 9:05 a. m., is also a daylight train In this coun ty. No. 32 is a daylight train throughout the entire state, a ser vice not, heretofore available. The new service is particularly good, Mr. Rosenbaum says, regard ing the Portland and San Francis co runs. A night's run will take the people of the district to Port land, and a night's run will return them to their homes, while a little more than a night's run will do the snme to and from San Francisco. Mr. Rosenbaum has been In this district many years andjs inclose touch with the situation. He feels that when patrons become acquain ted with the new service mat they will bo highly pleased. -' The leaving time of trains under the new schedule, effective April 17, is as follows: Southbound No. 31 - .....3:20 a. m. No. 13 ...: OS a. m. No. 11 2:55 p. m. Northbound No. 32 ......12:35 p. m. No. 13 3:40 p. m. No. II 12:45 a. m. ill SGHEflU NEW BOOKS RECEIVED AT ROSEBURG LIBRARY The Roseburg piftllc library has recently acquired a large number of new books through purchase and donations.: Among the new books now available are the fol lowing: George ; Washington Woodward. Snooky James. , '' ' ' noy's Life of Theodore. Roosevelt i Hngedorn. William Jackson, Indian Scout Schullz. Fighting Captain Hclgleger. Forest Runner Altsheler.' Boy's Eye View of the Arctic Rawson. Redcoat and Minuteman Marshall Grlt-a-Plenty Wallace. Letters of a Self made Diplomat Rodgers. Boy with the U. S. Indian.-Rolt-Wheeler. , Baseball Harris. ' - With Stcfanison In .the Arctic (Continued on page 6.) COOLIDGE SENDS H. L. STIMSON TO STUDY NICARAGUA ( AwM-luted Press Leased Wire.) ' WASHINGTON', April 7 Henry L. Ktlmson, former secretary of war was appoint- ed today as special repreBen- tative of President Coolldge to visit Nicaragua. A state department an- nonncetnent said Mr. Stimson would take to Nicaragua lor the information of Minister Eberhardt, and Rear Admiral Latimer "certain views of the administration which cannot conveniently be taken up by correspondence, and in order to get Information from thein as to the entire situation In that country." "The strife and bloodshed 4 that is going on iu that coun- try Is a matter of great regret, and the necessity for protect- Ing the interests of our cut- zens there and the large Inter- esfs of the United States gov- eminent is very great," the announcement said. Virginia ' Father of Eight Children Said to Have Slain Trio on Eve of Desertion. , ' (Associated l'ress Leased Wire.) BLUEFIELD, W. Va., April 7 Henry Griffith, 49, of Rlchlands, VVa., was in Russell county, Vir ginia, jail at Lebanon today while police were checking his alleged confession that a nocturnal flight planned by -his wife and two friends drove him to triple slaying. Sheriff Harry H. Couch, of Rus sell county, said that Griffith, a father of eight children, had con fessed to the slaying of -his wife. Mrs, .Mollle Griffith and Mr. aud Mrs. Matthew Lawson, of .Rich lands and formerly of Jellico,. Ten nessee, friends with whom she had planned to leave the vicinity. The: bodies of the three were found in Clinch Rtyer, three miles from Swords Cree, Virginia, Tues .day afternoon and remained uu identified until yesterday when Griffith vas: taken to Lebanon and there identified them. He main tained for 20 hours that he knew nothing of the crime. Later it was said, he confessed that at 2 o'clock on t he morning of March 27 lie had shot them and thrown the bodies into the river. Griffiths story as told by the sheriff was that three weeks ago, Griffith's wife left her home after they had quarreled and that Grif fith later learned she was staying, with the 1 Lawsons1. Griffitli told the sheriff he had found out that the three were preparing to leave the neighborhood at night and he set out in search of them. EPIDEMIC AGAIN AMONG WILD FOWL; SNAILS SUSPECTED (Associated Press Leased Wire.) "PORTLAND, Ore., April 7.-r-Mysterious "duck disease," which has caused the death of millions of migratory waterfowl in the lakes of southeastern Oregon, has appeared among the birds nesting there this spring, and federal game officials have renewed llielr er forts ,to;dlscover the cause of the malady.' Hay C. Steele, United Slates game warden for Oregon and Washington, who has returned I from a visit to Malheur lake, said that shells of snails found in enor mous quantities in the areas where the birds have died, have given a new clue. He is endeavoring to learn whether a parasite In the snails may be responsible for the disease. Snails In Knrope, he said, carry a parasite which affects do mestlc ducks. GANGSTERS MUST QUIT CHICAGO, IS BIG BILL'S EDICT (Associated Press Leased Wire.) , CHICAGO. April 7. Chicago gangsters are "going to hit the gravel so fost their shoes will burn n." "Big Bill" Thompson said today as he prepared to take over the city's chief office for a third time on April is. "The great exit" for gunmen, crooks and stlckup men, will be among the first signs he will stick up after his Inauguration, he de clared. ' ' Thompson smiled when remind ed that some enthusiastic follower had launched "Thompson for president" movement. He said a united Republicanism would . go from Chicago , Into the national campaign next year. ' "Cap" Griffith, city marshal of Myrtle Creek and deputy sheriff, was in Roseburg today attending to business matters. HENRY FORD IS! G VEN FURTHER TIMETO APPEAR Sapiro's Attorney Not to Call Motor King Until Late Next Week. PATIENT IS IMPROVING Million Dollar Libel Suit Plaintiff Undergoing 9 th Day of Cross Examination. (Associated Presu Leased Wire.) DETROIT, April 7 H e n r y Ford's witness stand appearance in Aaron Sapiro's 51,000,000 libel suit against him was pushed another week Into the future today. William Henry Gallagher, chief of counsel for Suplro, said that he would not call the automobile manufacturer until the Inst of next week or possibly even later. Saplro today faced his ninth day of cross-examination by Senator James A. Itcod, chief of Ford counsel and the end was not in sight. Senator Reed admitted it would take "a couple of days at least" more and Gallagher's esti mate was: that It would require seven. After that there will be days of rebuttal with Saplro back in the friendlier hands of his nttorney. Then will come the demand for Ford's appearance. Ford Reported Better Under the original order of me dical advisers Ford was sent to bod for two weeks of complete rest to recover from injuries received 12 days ago when hif little auto mobile was knocked off tho high way by a larger machine. Each day since then his condition has been reported Improved and today it was believed that, by the' time he was wanted there would be no doubt of his. physical ability to appear. ' ' To start with today, Senator Reed had the. absorption of the North American Fruit Exchange by the Federal Fruit- Growers, Inc., sponsored by a committee of -the American Farm .Bureau Federa tion.. He just had launched into in terrogations concerning the - deal, with the statement he wished to show Sapiro used employment by both concerns to his own advant age, when, court adjourned -yesterday.: , ! -. ': , ; , ! Fees From Smith Men' Saplro itf-stlt'ic'd.. ithat in i .1921 while he was in the employ of the North American Fruit Exchange he received ,$2,119.94 in fees: and expenses from the Wenntchce Dis trict Cooperative- association, apple growers which was affiliated with ; (Continued on page 4.) ; Some Kind of a Prohibition Law Is Certainly Needed Here fellili' " VlAfeKWAGOJ -T550BE2-UP J PW , a 1 Am make ' vlfi V . Him vSZaV mjA STUART I. WEILL ; KILLED TRYING TO SAVE STRAY DOG (AaawiateJ Prim Uaml Wire, j JIAPLKWOOn. N. J., April 7. Stuart, i. Weill, general sales engineer of the Westorn Electric company, today lst his life in an unsuccessful Jit- tempt to save a stray dog. He was killed in trying to cptx the animal from the path at an approaching express train.' The dog was struck by the train and' had to be shot., i PORTLAND, Ore.. Aprll'7. Stuart I. Weill, who lost his llfo in Maplewood, N. in an attempt to savo a dt was. employed by. the Pncil Telephone and Telegraph cd, in Portland from 1909 to 1S16. He was transferred to Sill Francisco in 1915 and later went to the Western Electric company. Wolll was born 111 San Francisco. ', 2 BANDITS LOOT EXPRESS SAFE OF 1ST (AFsoc.atod i'reM Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, April 7. Two youth ful robbors who held up the ex press messenger of the Chicago & Alton's Lincoln Limited between Joliet and Chicago last night re ceived less than $150 for their ef forts, according to V. E. Klggs, special Investigator for the Amer ican Express company. CHICAGO, April 7. Two armed men, their faces shadowed by closely drawn cap3 aud partly cov ered by black netting masks, last night robbed the express car of a Chicago and Alton's limited of cash and valuables variously eatmated from S2.400 to $20,000 as the train sped between Joliet and Chicago. The robbors boarded the train at Joliet, . the hist . atop-before Chica go, entered 'the comblhation smolc-Ing-express car and trussed and gauged A. A. Gotthoff; express messenger, and the ; conductor, James Connery. ' ' Gotthorf was forced to reveal the' combination of the express company safe. ' The robbery apparently was carefully planned, a signnl wire on the railroad five miles out of Joliet had been cut, causing the slowing down of the train to per mit the robbers to escape. j Delay, in opening tho safe, however, compelled the robbers to alter their plan of escape. Seeing tho tracks clear, the engineer pro-1 ceeded, not slowing down - again until the train was Inside the Chi cago city limits. The men leaped to tho ground at different grade crossings and escaped. Here From San Francisco Air. and Mrs. 13. H. Williams, of San Francisco arrived last even ing to Hpend a few days visiting with friends and on business. Mrs. Williams formerly made her home at Oakland. FILIPINO PLEA FOR SELF RULE VOTE IS DENSER President Coolidge Vetoes Memorial of Islands ; for Plebiscite. SUSTAINS GEN. WOOD Sufficient . Revenues Held Lacking and Proposal, if Carried, Would ; Defeat Aim! ' (Associated Prcss;LCBScd Wire.) - WASHINGTON, April 7 Presi dent Coolldge hnsr vetoed a move by the Philippine legislature for a plebesclte on the question of im mediate independence for tho Is lands on the grounds that It would tend lo divert attention toward tho pursuit of political! power rather than the maintenance of a 'well governed community ' . A bill proposing u vote on' thie question was passed by the insular legislature over the opposition of Governor General Wood, but the action of the president, announced yesterday, definitely shelves the measure. In a 200-word message, the presi dent assailed the plehesclto sug gestion, opposed the present agita tion for independence and declar ed that "the plebesclte, under con ditions provided or . lit fact, now possible', would not accomplish the stated purpose. The result of the vote would be unconvincing." Would Defeat Real Aim Advisability of immediate Inde pendence recently was opposed by t'arini Thompson, wild went to the Islands as a special Investigator for the president. . "It may fairly he slated ,that, the result of a vote would not be convincing," , the president said, "and would not put nn end lo the assertion frequently made that the people of tho Philip pine Islands do not want Im mediate, uhsolutq and complete In dependence. A plebesclte on the question of immediate indepen dence would tender to divert the attention of the people towards, the pursuit of more political power rather than to the consideration of the essential steps necessary for the maintenance of a stable, pros perous and well governed commun ity." Revenues Inadequate The president stressed tho econ omic effect on the islands which would result from Independence and said that a government crip pled by direct, loss of revenue, by Increasing interest ratos on loans, and by the paralya'tion of its- In dustries, also would be called up on to meet other expenses such us (Continued on pago 4. Will Be World's When Ferdinand of Rumania Dies 4 ' ''Jit ' ' Prince Michael, pictured above, Rumania, has been chosen for sucoesaor to his dying grandfather, King Ferdinand. The boy Is 5 years governed by a regency until he is 18. une or the regents will be nis grandmother, Queen Marie, who recently visited the United States. ' BUCHAREST, Kumanla, April 7. Tho condition of King Ferdi nand, who is suffering trom influ enza, continued to improve over night. It was stated this morning that he seemed to, have more strength, and that his entourage was heartened by the fact that ho had been Hblo to-sleep wtlh- . PARIS, April 7. Former Crown Prince Carol of Kumanla is still at his home at Neutlly, having as yet received no summons to tho bed side of his dying father. The prluce, according to some observers, appears to be giving very liltlo attention to tho poor prospect of becoming king. He Is said to be keeping very late hours. nis 'villa being bright with lights until the early hours of the nam ing. Some detectives on guard out side his establishment describe the prince as the center of a group of congenial companions, with the sound of laughter and music com ing from the villa. Machine to Be Sent From Italy to New York; Two Routes Considered. CALM UNDER MISHAP Careless Boy Caused Fire That Destroyed Ship; Fascisti at Home Blames Foes. (Aiworlatpil pr.ss Leased Wire.) APACHE I.OIK1K, KOOSKVI-XT DAM, Arl7. . April 7. Command er Francesco do Pinedo announced lo newspaper men just before re tiring last night his Intent plans for tho continuation of tils four continent flight, which was Inter rupted yoHterday by the destruc tion of his plane by fire here. Ho expects lo assemble In New York the piano which will be ship ped trom Italy -lo him. From New York hu hopes to fly to Huston, thence to Washington and New Orleans. From Iho latter city he win ny nortnward, with a stop at St. Louis, lo Chicago, Tentative plans Include a flight from Chi cago to Montreal -and Ihence coastward to Nova Scotia. This schedule differs entirely from that given oariy in the evening over Iho telephone lo L. (!. I'erna. Ital Ian vlceconsul at San Ideco Calif, which contemplated a flight acr-sp the Canadian border route toTho Pacific coast with a return to the Atlantic from Han Diego to New Orleans, Moth plans are being (Continued on page 7.) DE PINEDO WILL FINISH TRIP IN ANOTHER PLANE Youngest King sojvof the outcast Prince Carol of old. The country will be actually JUSTICE McBRIDE, AT THE AGE OF 80, BECOMES HUSBAND (Associated Tress tossed Wiro.) - PORTLAND, pre., 'April 7.-r Justice Thomas A. -M entitle of the Oregon supreme- court', and"' Mrs. Lottie M. Chappelle, clerk in the registry division of the Portland post office, wore, married this aj- ternoon in I he pal lors of the First Christian church by the Itov, H. H. Griffls. The couplo left after the cero mony for Seasido, where they will spend a few days. After their re turn they will be at home In the Marlon hotel, Salem. , Judge McDrlde has sorveil on the supreme court bench for, tho past 18 years. . . . , ' Ho was born on a farm In Yam hill county In 1947. Mrs. Chappelle bus been employ ed in Iho central, .postoffice for 20 years, : ,, . ,. Justice McDrlde and Mrs. Chap pullo have been friends for thirty years. The only gueatH at the wedding wuro George, M. Mcltrlde. Bon of the judgo, and Dr. W. 13. Morse of Salem, who Is his ne- pIlOW. ii;..-:. TEXAS GOVERNOR USES RANGERS TO ; , CLEAN OIL TOWN (AwuH-iati'd l'rcu hcaicd Wire.) HOH(UHt, Texas, April 7. Tex as Hangers today assisted . local authorities In supervising the evac uation of 200 persons listed as un desirables and ordered to leave this oil boom center as part of the crime wave cleanup that followed Iho recent shooting of two deputy sheriffs. The roundup of police charac ters was completed last night when officers confiscated more than 200 slot machines aud other gambling devices. All dance halls, which wore operating In "wide open" style, were closed. Residents were divided today on the question of another request to place Rorger under martial law. With tho killing of two deputies hist week a climax to several vio lent deaths, Governor Imn Moody was requested to send soldlors and to declare martial law. Instead he sent Texas HaiiKors who on: two previous uceaslmis had little diffi culty In restoring order. Search continued today for Mat thew Kim en and Ray Terrell, no torious bandits, Identified as lead ers In a scries of bank robberies and wanted In connection with the slaying of the deputies, lliucli and Whitey Walker and Kd Halley, ar ron(nd last week on charges of lunik robbery and also held for the slaying of I he officers, have been unable to make bond, (Inventor Moody ordered the Rangers to stay hero until the pop ulation of 15,000 was reduced to law abiding citizens. Scores of underworld characters came here following the recent discovery of oil. Wife Former Resident Dead Portland papers are carrying nn. I Ires of the death of Rebecca Msrks, wife of Martin Marks, a former resident of this city. Mar tin Marks Is a brother of Herman Murks of Roseburg. The funeral services are being held In Portland today. SERIOUS CLASH Japan Assembles .Warships ; There to Defend Her Concessions. SITUATION VERY BAD Raid on Bolshevik Lair in Peking Is Expected to ; t ' Provoke Russia to . j ' Drastic Action. : J ; DR. KOO RESIGNS i . ; . ' , ; . j ');:-. : , f Assoetuted Press Leased Wire.) V ' K. Wellington Koo tendered his resignation-as premier to- , day ito- Marshal Chang - Tag- Jj xin. -. sl is. reported iuui ueu w. oral Yang' YieTIng, : Chang's i j chief iadvlser,- vy 111 become -'j -premier..: -','.- ; . i i t . i ' ; i ! ) (Associated Pres. leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, April 7. Fore- ; boding conditions at Hankow, 1 more than 200 miles above Nan- , king on the winding Yangtse river, shared the center of lnteres tin, ' developments in China today with ' the attitude to be taken by the Moscow government over raids by Chinese authorities at Peking of Russian property within the diplo matic compound. ' TO..-.. Un,.n1. nnmnn,1 er of the Yangtse patrol; "reported '.: the situation, at Hankow as "very , bad," while .another message up.; patently from him, but transmitted to Washington from Minister Mao- Murray at Peking, said that the Japanese were preparing to defend their concessions at that city. This dispatch reported that a Japanese naval force of two cruisers, four destroyers and a gunboat, had been , asBemDieu mere. The admiral also disclosed a new problem In the evacuation o Americans from cities along the upper stretches of the river due to a shortage of coal. This dispatch reached the capital about the time the shipping board announced that it had authorized It. Stanley Dol lar, vice president of the Dollar Steamship Lines, to divert both passenger and cargo ships operat ed by that company from , their regular schedules lo accommodate Americans In their evacuation of China and return to the , United ; States. .. . Gives Russia Offense There appears 1 It t lo doubt in of ficial circles that the violation at diplomatic relations in the raiding of Hie Sovlot ombassy affords the Moscow government cause for pro test and that It conceivably could, bo taken as nn overt act which might result In drastlo action by the Soviet by way of reprisal. 1 The reference In press dispatch es that the diplomatic corps at Pe lting had given authorization for the raids was not understood here. ; although It was suggested thnt this might apply to the question ot obtaining permission to enter the diplomatic compound. While no official comment wan forthcoming, It was apparent that officials found it. difficult to be lieve that tho Peking diplomats nan auiuorizeii luiciuiu uiiliuiicb iu any diplomatic mission and under provisions of the Boxer protocol of September 7, 1901, the Peking au thorities would find It necessary to obtain this permission in order to enter that area. Soviet Consul Warns SHANGHAI. April 7. The So viet consul general, Wllhclm F. l.lnde, today called on the Norwe ghiu consul general as dean of the consular corps hore and announc ed that if the Soviet consulate in, Shanghai was raided as were the buildings attached to tho embassy in Peking, yesterday, he would 111." ciMinilltll nmij iuniuiin.- blc. Thorn have been rumors that such a raid was contemplat ed. Discussing with newspaper men (Continued on pago 4.) , MEXICAN BANDITS ALLEGED SLAYERS U. S. MINING MAN (AasnHuted Pres. Leased Wire.) NOOAT.KS. Ariz.. April 7. Freil Combs. 30, an American connected with the La Dura Mining company at l.a Dura. Mexico, was murdered Saturday while enrouto from Es peranza. a railway station, to La IMira In his automobile, dispatches received hore loday said. A Chin ese cook with hlin also was slain, the dlspalo hstates, adding that the murder is attributed to Mexi can bandits.