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Newspaper Page TextMews USo Weather Highest temperature yoitorday....72 Low.it temperature last night. ..44 Forecast for southwest Oregoni Cloudy tonight and Friday; normal temperature. Dough ' -, .SEBUM ItiWfjt' ; Greatest ; , ' MWTtSt Wewpper TODAY'S NEWS TODAY county)i Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review , DOUGLAS An s-'Y . r i-ubllshed tot ,.ts of the People. VOL. XXVIII NO. 9 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927. VOL. XVIII. NO. 82 OF THE EVENING NEWS i r .mmmTia SAPIRO LIBEL SUIT AGAINST FORD AT END Defense's Motion For Mistrial Wins Woman Juror Kills Case by , Granting Interview to , i ' Detroit Paper. COURT DEPLORES ACT Efforts of Six Weeks Come to Naught New Trial Not Likely to Be Commenced. (Auoclateu I'ri-M Leased Wlre.1 DETROIT, April 21. Attorneys for Aaron Saplro and Henry Ford agreed with Judge Fred M. Ray mond today to meet here Satur day, April 30, to determine wheth er a date for a new trial of Sapiro'8 $1,000,000 libel suit against Ford . could be agreed upon. DETI10IT, Mich., April 21. All order of mistrial, granted upon' motion of defense counsel, today ended Aaron Saplro's 1,000,000 li bel suit against Henry l'ord. Judge Fred M. Haymond ordered the jury discharged and instructed that a mistrial order be entered upon the plea ot Stewart Hauley, heading the Ford defense in the . absence of Senutor James A. Reed of Missouri, that Mrs. Cora Hoff man, eleventh' juror choseu when the trial started six weeks. .lfago,. f had granted an interview"; the' sub stance, of which appeared In lust Tuesday's Detroit ' Times.' Judge Raymond expressly . cleared Mrs. Hoffmau of allegations made In a series of affidavits by Ford detec tives and other employes that she had discussed a 510,000 bribe with "Kid" Miller, -unci that sho- had wrongly stated she was a qualified juror and asserted disbelief that Sapiro had indulged In any ritts ennduct as asserted in the 'affi davits. New Trial Pondered Judge Raymond immediately in vited counsel for both sides into his private chambers to discuss steps looking towards a new trial. "1 am extremely loath to grant a motion for mistrial,"' asserted the judge after William Henry Gallagher, chief of counsel for Sa piro. and Hanley had debated the motion at length. "Up to the time that the public press interfered with the func tions of this court, the court be ( Continued on page 3.) SUBSCHIBERS EWS REVIEW PLEASED Iff The new schedule put Into effect by the News-Review the first of the present week has been meeting with great approval from nil parts of the county. The malls nre carry- ing scores of letters express- ing the appreciation of sub- scrlbors and advertisers con- cerning the new service, which apparently has been very satisfactory. The Nbws- Review is making a few changes which will benefit a still greater number of Its subscribers by enabling them to receive their papers nt an earlier date. Under the pres- ent arrangement the papers ore going each day to all of the cities and towns along the railroad track within the county, so that the residents of these places have their evening papers the same day that they are printed, while nil rural routes 1 are . served the following morning, so that there Is little delay now en- countered In getting papers to subscribers. Advertisers are likewise well pleased with this new arrangement which enables them to reach prac- tlcally all of the county with- In a few hours with their an- nnuncements. The News-He- view is also being placed rn the north and south bound Shastas in the afternoon and are meeting a ready sale -on these trains, a fact which is giving Roseburg a great deal of favorable publicity. SENATOR REED IN FORD HOSPITAL TO GET EXAMINATION (Awoctated Treu Leased Wire.) DETROIT,' Mich., April 21. Senator James A. Reed, of Mh)Houri, chief of counsel for Henry Ford In the 51.000, 000 libel suit, brought by Aaron Saplro, was taken in an amublance to the Henry Ford hospital early today. ; Richard J. Higplns, former Kan sab City judge, associated with Senator Reed In the Ford defense announced that the senator suffered a recur rence of the abdominal pains which attacked him as he re- turned to Detroit from Wash- inston last Monday and o elded to go to the hospital for a thorough physical exam-' Ination. 'Senator Reed, fully clothed, Valued from his hotel room to the nmbulance, said His- Kins, who denied Mhat Sena tor Reed's condition might be regarded as serious. inn BANDITS TOLD Wounded Left to Perish in Burning Cars; Victims' Total About 100. EXPRESS COIN TAKEN Several Americans Aboard Not Molested; Attack Said to Have Been : . Led by Priests. (Associated Ttcki iA-nied Wire.) MEXICO CITY, April 21. Sur vivors of Tuesday night's train tragedy in Jalisco state, arriving here today, estimated the total dead at about 100, of .whom 46 were members' of the soldier guard and from 60 to 60 passengers. From five to seven Americans were on the train but none was injured. - The survivors, who reached here on a relief train, said the bandits or rebels who derailed the engine and then attacked the train shout ed: "Long live Christ the.Kiug'" They robbed the express coach of 200,000" pesos, but did not lock the passengers in the burning coaches. After robbing the passen gers they ordered them to leave the coaches, which were then set afire. Some passengers and soldiers, however, were so severely wound ed as to be unable to move. These were left within the coaches and were burned to death. Three I wounded soldiers survived of the I military escort. They saved their lives by discarding their Insigna and posing as civilians. Coaches Riddled The attackers poured a heavy rifle fire through the coaches after derailment of the train, which was hound from Guadalajara to Mexico City. The soldiers' guard returned fire from the windows and plat forms of the coaches until over come. The bullets of the attackers are said to have caused the ma jority of the deaths among the pas sengers. ' The charge that a Catholic priest directed the attack against the train was made by Patricio Vllla lobos of Tepic, a passenger In1 the second class coach, who was among the wounded. Another priest, he chnrgcu, boarded the train after the military escort had jbeen silenced, ordering his men to kill all passengers suspected of be ing soldiers. VHIalobos had one leg shattered. He escaped death In the fire through the assistance of a woman and Sergeant Isidro Anduaga, one of the three survivors of the mili tary escort. Sergeant Anduaga, with five soldiers, fought from the mllltnry car until his comrades were kit tled. Then, unable to prevent the rebels from entering the car. he dropped to the floor, shamming death. Bodies Knifed The rebels entered and knifed the bodies. Anduaga received thrusts in the ribs and legs. Two rebels remained In the car until It was in flames. After they left, Anduaga crawled outside, met VH Ialobos and assisted him to safety. Sergeant Filberto Cabrera, an other survivor, also said a priest directed the attack from an auto mobile. The rebels, he added, forc ed the passengers to shout "Long live Christ the King." killing those who did not obey promptly. Cabrera, wounded, fled to the mountains but was captured and conducted to the rebel camp. (Continued on page A.) BHUTflLlTr OF S N E A K T H I EF GETS PURSE AT LOCAL OFFICE Two Men Suspicioned and 'Are Being Held for Investigation. LI QUOR IS s- FOUND Husband of Bookkeeper Whose Purse Was Taken Locates Man Thought ; Guilty of Crime. J.. C. Cameron and Roy Red mond, alias Peterson are being held in the city Jail on a liquor charge while they are being ques tioned regarding their alleged par ticipation in a sneak-thief robbery at the office of Dr. E. B. Stewart late yesterday afternoon. Camer on is believed to have stolen a purse belonging to Mrs. R. D. Wil liams', who 1b employed as book keeper at Dr. Stewart's office. Yesterday afternoon while Mrs. Williams and Mrs. J. .A, Fulcher, the latter a nurse at the doctor's office, were in one of the rear of fice . rooms they heard the door click as If someone had entered the office quietly. Mrs. Fulcher went out to the reception room ami met Mr. Cameron who inquired if a man from Ybncalla had made au engagement with Dr. Stewart. Mrs. Fulcher went back to ask Mrs. Williams regarding the matter and the women heard some thing strike the chair al Mrs.lWil liamB desk in the reception room. When Mrs. Fulcher returned to the. front office -she, saya tha.t the. loose sweater which Cameron was wearing was puffed oiit as if some bulky object had -been shoved be neath It. She toecamo suspicious and as soon as the man lkid gene, there having been no appoiatment wich as rhe had , inquired ; about, Mrs.: Williams and . Mrs. Fulcher immediately made a search -to see If money had been taken from' the sate. They could find nothing missing there, but when Mrs. Wil liams looked for her purse, which had been, on the desk , near ; the safe', the purse was gone. Sirs. Williams Immediately noti fied her husband, a railroa'1 switch man and a careful description was given. The women then notified Chief of Police Vaughn. Mr. Wil liams immediately started looking for Cameron and saw he and--Peterson leaving the Creech pool hall. The two men separated and started south and Mr. Williams followed . Cameron, stopping to telephone to Mrs. Williams to noti fy Officer Vaughn of the direction the men had taken. The officer started in pursuit, and picked up Mr. Williams, Mrs, Fulcher ulso be ing in the party. The two men came together at Burke and Ste phens street and were then over taken and arrested, Mrs. Fuicher identifying Cameron as the man who had been in the office. In searching the men the officer found a pint ot' liquor, apparently purchased only a short time be fore, and so the men were arrest ed on a liquor charge and the be ing held for investigation. Cam eron admitted being in Dr. Stew art's office but denied taking the purse. He claimed that the liquor had been procured some time be fore. The men are being question ed today and their descriptions nre being given the Portland police to determine whether or not the men are wanted in connection with recent crimes there. The purse taken from Dr. Stew art's' office contained only a small amount of money but had In it sev eral keys, an annual railroad pass for Mrs. Williams and daughter, and personal papers of consider able value to Mr. and Mrs. Wil liams alone. An effort is being made to determine where the purse has been hidden in order that these articles may be recovered. RELATIVES LOCAL -A. P. OPERATOR IN MID-WEST STORM A number of local peoplo are deeply interested In the flood sit uation In the middle west due to the fact that they have relatives in the affected areas. Among those who have a particular Inter est Is James Plland, Associated PresB telegraph operator at the News-Review whose parents re side at England, Arkansas, a small town near Little Rock. Mr. Plland spent ill Ik early life in that district and is well acquainted with the places mentioned in dispatches and with many of the people named. Messages received today that his home town Is in the path of the floods naturally caused him much apprehension. ftIURDER CHARGE AGAINST KELLY FILED BY JURY Screen Actor Is Indicted Soon 'After Story Told i by Mrs. Raymond. -( HEART PIRACY SHOWN Widow of Slain Man Admits Being in Kelly's Rooms ? When Fight Occurred j in Her Own Home, ' i (AMoclntotl Pi-pm Lowed Wire.) LOS ANGELES. April 21. The coroner's Jury investigating the death of Ray Raymond, actor, fol lowing a fist fight with Paul Kelly, screen juvenile, today returned a verdict that Raymond met nil death as the result of an encbun ter with Kelly and with the latter the aggressor. ' The jury further found that "death was superinduced by hypo static pneumonia following a hem morhage on the right side of the head," and that death "was fur ther superinduced by alcoholism," the Jury" recommended that the matter be investigated further by the district attorney's office and detectives. ' LOS ANGELES. Anrll 21 Sen- sational details surrounding the aeam or any Kaymond, musical comedy star, followed a fist fight wun i'auL Kelly, screen juvenile and under indictment for murder, were promised at today's Inquest as coroner Frank Nance planned to investigate an alleged plot ta "color up" facts in the case. , ' The belief that a concerted-attempt, has been made to suppress vital facts Immediately after Ray mond's death, was expressed by Coroner Nance yesterday when he announced that this phase ot the case would be thoroughly sifted at today s inquiry. . ' ; Murder i Charged A murder Indictment was return ed against Kelly yesterday follow ing a grand jury investigation of the actor's death. The bill was returned within a few minutes after Raymond's widow, Dorothy MacKayo-; stage actress', had fin ished her testimony. Miss Mackayo who has admitted that her friend ship for Kelly was the cause of the trouble between the screei. player and her .husband collapsed in the witness' chair. As aha was being assisted out of the grand jury room she learned of the jury's action. ' "It can't be true," she screamed) as she sank to the floor. She was rendered uiiconsciou&i for a time by striking, her head against the marble corridor. Wife's Admissions ' For three hours Miss Mackayo was grilled In the grand jury room. Her recital was frequently inter rupted as the actress became hys terical.. Her testimony) was said to have reached its climax when she admitted she was with Kelly when he called her husband on the telephone last Saturday night. ; Kelly hung up the receiver and dashed over to the Raymond home where an argument between the two men led to the fatal beating. Miss Mack aye was quoted as saying she had gono to Kelly's apartment with a companion, Miss Helen Wilkinson, In the afternoon and that she remained there while the fight was taking place. In a previous statement to police she said she had left her home Satur day night to buy EaBter eggs for her four-year old daugltter and that she visited a dressmaker. Other Testimony Max Wagner, film actor and room mate of Kelly, told of the women's visit In a statement to the district attorney. Raymond's demands that his wife break her friendship with Kelly called the ac tor on the telephone and announced he would "settle this thing." Dr. W. J. Sullivan, of Hollywood, who attended Raymond, was among tho witnesses called before the grand Jury. The physician testified he had signed a death certificate stating that Raymond had died of natilral causes "ne phritic coma," and Brights diseaso. HARTLEY FIRES OFFICIAL fAMrx-Utcd Vrct IuM Wire.) OLYMI'IA, Wash., April 20. The resignation of J. Webster Hoover, state highway engineer, was requested today by Governor Roland H. Hartley, Mr. Hoover said. It Is effective April 30, From Glen dale Mrs. H. W. Curtis and daughter. Pauline, returned to Gleodale last evening alter vlPiUng with frlendn and attending to business affaire in this city. ' ' - - - i Tax Law Vote h! Petition Back i To High Court h - (Auocbted Vnu Leant! Wire.) : SALEM, Ore., April 21 The pe tition of L.i B. Smith, secretary of tho Greater Oregon association, for a writ of mandamus to compel the secretary of state to allow house bill 72, the tax reassessment measure passed by the last legis lature, to go to a vote of the peo ple as a referendum measure, this morning went back to the supreme court, from which Is was dismissed a week agot for lack of jurisdic tion. ; . ; ' ' This' time ft will appear before the higher court ou appeals of the petitioners from a decision hand ed down this morning by Judge L: 11. Me Malum in tho. Marlon county circuit court,: sustaining the de murrer of the secretary of state, which challenged the contention of the petitioners that in attaching the emorgency clause to the bill the legislature violated the consti tutional Inhibition against use of the emergency pn acts dealing with taxation or regulation of taxation. It was the contention of the at torney general for the secrotary of state that house bill 72 Is simply an amplification of existing sta tutes ami, therefore, not effected by the constitutional inhibition. 5 MORE HOLDUPS IN PORTLAND LAST , NIGHT; 2 NABBED (Awforlttted Prcsa Lcnwil Wire.) PORTLAND,, Ore., April 21. Four men held up at different points on the 'east side, and a lunch room held up on the west side, were the latest developments in the Portland crime wave last night. Police after an exciting au tomobile chase thru the downtown district arrested two suspects who were Identified by the four , hold up victims. Two men who held up the Dutch Made Lunch, on Washington street and locked Lee Gannon, night man, in the Icq box after get ting $59 from the cash register escaped. Police believed from the descriptions furnished by Gannon that the robtwls were Involved in the Berg Waist Shop holdup here Tuesday. The two robbers who held up the four men on the- east side were driving a stolen sedan. This . was later seen crossing a brfdgo, and officers gave chase, but the car eluded them. Later the car was found abandoned at Washington and Twpntieth streets,, on the west side. t - Policemen picked up two sus pects in the neighborhood, and the four victims later identified them in a lineup at the police station. They gave their names as Gerald Hart and Roy Rickman, and both denied participation in the hold ups. . . : . , ROTARIANS HEAR GOOD TALKS BY TWO MEMBERS Rotiii'Iium enjoypd a very iier- esting meeting today, talks being made by two niemberu. J. A. Hard ing discussed , the Tacoma confer ence, whlcli will be attended by a large nuniDer ot local itotariaiiB. Tom Ness spoke on ''Public Utili ties," In which he gave an Inter esting history of the California- Oregon Power Company construc tion work between Springfield and Prospect, showing some of the difficult situations which the com pany was forced to meet and how these difficulties were overcome. As a special mimical feature Miss Eveyln Qulne sang two solos, ac companied at the piano by Frances untott. FEDERAL OFFICERS IN ARIZONA TO BE PROBED WAN11INCTON April 21 An Investigation Into (tin activities of federal officers In Arizona will be made by the Civil Service Com mission, probably during the fall. FROST DAMAGE TO FRUIT NOT THOUGHT TO BE SERIOUS . . Fruit damage duo to frost has been slight, J. Ilolami Parker, county horUcullurist believes, following an innpoc- tlon of orchards I11 various sections. C'horrles ami peHeh ob have suffered to some, ex- tent, but pears, apples and prunes have not been hurt except in - spots, Mr. Parkor says. There are h few areas In which some damage is in- dieated, but (he loss has not bnen heavy generally. It. Is thought. The ti'mpeinturo went down to 28 degrees yes- terday morning, one of the Inwent April records. I,ack ! nf pollination will cnuje a heavier loss to fruit, than will the frost, Mr. Parker srrys. HecRiise of the fold weather there Iirvo been few ' days' whrn the bees were flying and consequently the blossom- ing trees hav not received the asftlstance of the bees In pollination and th's will have considerable effert. SEVEN STATES BATTLE WITH GREATEST FLOOD OF MISSISSIPPI AREA COLD WAVE ADDS TO FLOOD MISERY By The Associated Press Frigid weather, with a oold wave In Arkansas and freezing temperatures In parts of Ken tucky and Tennessee, preceded by more rain, was the weather outlook today for the Mlssissip pi -valley flood area, . . . A crevasse in the main levee on the Mississippi river at Stops Landing near Scott, Miss., today exposed approximately 400 square miles of the delta to the flood and threatened Greenville and a number of smaller towns. Sand bolls and waves wash ing over the Reelfoot levee three miles below Hickm;1 Ky., caused workers to doubt that it could be held much long er. A break would inundate 140 square miles in west Tennessee and Kentucky. Several thou sand refugees are concentrated in Red Cross camps, in the Hickman district. The Missouri Pacific bridge at Little Rock was wrecked by flood waters today, the south half being swept away. Monroe, Louisiana, was be ginning to feel the effects of back waters from the Ouachita river. West Monroe, , across the river, was threatened. 1 Colder weather would add to the discomfort of the estimated 50,000 refugees and seriously hamper the thousands ' of men on duty along the levees. BERT BATES CHIEFS STUFF Roseburg Newspaperman to Assist During Trial , of DeAutremont. LEAVING SUNDAY Gets Appointment as Spe cial Investigator as Re sult of Activities in Brumfield Case. (Aunclatvil I'.vu Lcaiipil Wire.) MKDFOKU, Ore, April 21. Dis trict Attorney Newtuii, C. Clmney, of Jiickeon county, today niiounc oil llio Hpnolntniflnl ot Uei t (!. Hutus, auHociute editor of tlie Uohu blllfc NowBJtevlew ,un uiiccliil 111 vegtlKHtol' on Ills Bluff duriiiK the trial of HukIi DuAiiliciiiont. District Attorney Clmney stated that ho has n ppolii ,-cd Mr. Dates on his staff In view of the lact I hat he was so active wllh the orficers during tho InvestlKallon. of tho famous Drumflold niuvder case In IJmiKlas county and believes that his cxporlonco alon thOH lines will he valuuhle In the Imvi'hiIku lion and during the trial of HukIi DeAutreninnt. Mr. Hates will also asslt In liandlinK the delall work In Mr. Chaney's office. Mr. HateH will have as his special duty, the dissemination or news for tho army of. newspaper reporters who will hn In Medford during tho trial. District Attorney Chaney has expressed a desire to coopcrato with tho newspaper men and has already made prepar ations for llieni iu securing a news room with suitable benches for Ibolr typewriters. Ho Is also ar ranging tables tor them In the courtroom, realizing that Ihe boys or Ihe press are entitled to the ut most, courtesy and respect, inas much as It. will ho Hi much lueni Hint the public must get their ver sion of thn famous trial. , It Ir expected that Medford will be In Ihe headlines dslly In almost every paper In the United States during the month of May as spei lal telegraph wires will be strung Into the city to handle the vast vol ume of words to he sent out hy lhe various news agencies. Undergoes Opratlo (1. T. Royer of Dlllani. today un derwent a major operation at Mer ev hospital. rr. I,ehrbch and Hoover were the attending surgeons. 1 PESTILENCE, FAMINE, RUIN, DEATH STALK REGION FROM ST. LOUIS TO MEXICAN GULF Over Score of Persons Perish In Vicinity of Little Rock 50,000 Homeless Suffering For Necessities Property Damage in Millions- More Rain Forecast t : (Associated Press Leased Who.) , i , ' MEMPHIS, Term., (April 21. Death, famine and pesti lence rode gulfward today on the ever-increasing tide of tho greatest flood in the history of the Mississippi valley. : Thousands of square miles of fertile soil lay inundated. Damage to property had already reached an unestimated figure in the millions. of dollars. Thousands. .of persons, : driven from their homes by the waters, were suffering'foV food, clothing and , shelter, while others who had braved the flood to stay in their. . homes, had perished. oeven states MfKansas, iviissouri, iiuuuio, e.cuiui.ivjr,iijia sissippi, Tennessee and Louisiana were battling against the en croachments of the river. Texas was receiving a quantity o water from western tributaries. I : - t Arkansas Worst .Affected Arkansas, through Iwhlcli sever at major -IrlbuUtrlOB ! were rising above uiltl castluti asjd8 all bar riers, was tho worst affected irr tub group, though danger points nail developed at points In Illinois, and Mississippi,-which --were not ap parent yesterday. Tho outlook throughout the val ley was far from bright as over hunglng skies and rainstorms wero forecast. The crest at St. LouIb was. believed reached until last night when forecasts saw now waters In prospect as tho rosult ot rains In the headlands. St. Louis Is consid ered, the northern boundary of the danger area. - The most critical situation in Arkansas was nt Claredon, where the White and Cache rivers come together. A break in a Jevoa here yosterday caused widespread deso lation and rendorod many Home less with little food or clothing. The only communication to the town is tho tolephone wnicli nan not gono out today and over which reports of tho suffering wore re layed to Tho Associated Press and to the outside world. ' Texas Touched Wind and ruin- storms swept over the woHtorn and southwestern por tion of tho state early today, pour ing a part ot . a torrential rain storm into a comer cf 'Texas, near Texarkana. A cloudburst which struck Texarkana at midnight had loosed three Inches of precipitation within- half an hour and was con-i tinulng. Unconfirmed reports thero told of a wide area over which the storm moved. The St. Francis river valley In tho northeastern portion of Arkan sas, was in tho path of a gigantic volume of water flowing through a gap In the dyko at New Madrid, Mo. H was estimated that more than a million acres of land will bo Inundated from this break alone. Over 8core Dead At Utile llock In the centrnl portion of the slnte, n deluge yes terday flooded many streets and continually pounded at tho Arkan sas river levecH. The danger of losing tho source of the city's wa ter waa alleviated into last night when onglnccrs successfully built a barrier around the pumping sla' tlon. Little Hock reported six more deaths In (hat vicinity yes terday, bringing Die total number' to well over a scorn of known dead as a result of the flood. IMno Itluff experienced one of the heaviest rainfalls on record yesterday and awaited a record crest In tho Arkansas river, while the main attention thero wan con centrated upon Ibo care of hun dreds of refugees who have sought safety from tho Avater menace in the city. j Armed guards wero patrolling, the levees on the Tied Itlver in both Arkansas and Texas. It was' estimated that 400 square miles! were Inundated In these two states ns the result of breaks along Ihe Ited Itlver and backwaters, wbero there wero no levees protect Ing. Kpldemlcs had broken out yes terday In two rofugee camps In Ar kansas. Mumps and other con tagious diseases were offering a new menace to tho suffers. Orgsn- 'lied relief agencies estimate tho (number of homeless In the flood throughout the valley at E1,0nl) and up. 1 .", . - . ; .. ." . R. R. BRIDGE GONE LITTLB nbOK, Ark, April 21. The' south' liaif of the IMIssourt Pa cific bridge across : jthe , Arkansus river here was swept away by tho current early today, carrying with it trslns ot cars loaded wun . rocn. which had been run on It In au -at tempt to hold tho atructure down. . This bridge . cuts tne . ranroau main line although the road has - another bridge aDout a mile, down stream. , Tho bridge that, went out was the connecting link between paBsengor and freight terminal iu. Little Kock and tne roaa 8 snoim ami roundhouse in . North Llttlo Rock.' ' ' ' ' Early today the south part ot the structure began a violent vibration. This was so Intense that coal In some ot the cars waB set afire by the friction. A tew moments later the structure toppled over Into tho river and was lost completely from sight. ' The bridge, a Btoel structure, with pedestrian passageways and roadway, was built in 1871. Last year the road spent more than f 40, 000 In strengthening piers und oth er parts of the structure. , Clarendon Laid Waste '; HTUTTOART, '.'Ark.; 'Apill 21. The story ,bf hdw. Clarendon, it thriving little city of 8,000 had become a desolate waste of swirl ing Tlood water was told the Asso ciated. Press by Professor . J. : W. Howard, .who ; arrived -in Stuttgart Into last night after an arduous motorboat Journoy for four hours. "It the water, reaches a . predict ed stage o( 411 feet in the Whlto rlvor, thero ' will bo no town of Clarendon by tomorrow," Profes sor Howard said. , "The first wo knew that tho crash had come waB when four bouses which stood behind tho levee and the river, came hurtling through' tho levee and down thu (Continued on page 4.) CUSTOMER'S BREATH COMES IN SHORT PANTS "Ab ye sow; so shall yo reap." . Far be It from us, an ordinary reporter, to misquote the Bible, but If our memory serves us right the Good Book says some thing to that effect and today there are a few local citizens who realize the Import of that quotation. It was a few weeks ago that a high-powered salesman drop ped into Roseburg, put up his shingle and took orders' for men's suits, two 'suits for the price of one. Today the com pleted orders began to arrive and one individual, who had visions of blossoming out in new Spring attire, with a spare suit for Sunday, all for the price of one, saw his pipe-dream go up in smoke. When he Jumped Into the trousers he found, much to his dismay, 'that one leg was about eight inches shorter than the other one. And not only that ' The waistband was four inches too small. Again we say "As ye sew; so shall ye rip."