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NO. 33 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. .OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1927.
VOL, XVIII NO. 108 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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ATHLETIC
SHOW
TO BE FEATURE
OF CARNIVAL
American Legion to Sponsor
Tent Attraction All
'-,.., Next Week. ;
SMOKER THURSDAY
Boxers and Wrestlers Com
, ing From All Parts of
State to Join in
,. ; Program.
The American Legion Athletic
Show, which is to be a carnival
feature, will open Monday evening
on the lot in the rear of the Ump
qua Hotel, according to .present
arrangements.- The show will op
erate every night except Thursday,
and will he In progress afternoon
and night during the two carnival
days. . . -
The show is to be located in a
huge tent, which Is being shipped
from Salem today -and will be set
up Sunday -or early Monday morn
ing. The ring and seats -will .be
placed Monday so that, according
to all expectations, everythine
' will be In readiness for the open
' Ing contests by Monday night.
-t Boxing and wrestling .matched
' will .he staged ' Monday, ', Tuesday
nnd . Wednesday nights, ' and on
rilursdoy the : American t Legion
smoker will be presented ' at the
. ftrmorv. The matches -at the tent
will then be . resumed on. Friday
jnd Snturday. . ., , ;
The wrestling matches are draw
ing a great deal of Interest all over
the stale and a large number .of
grapplera are expected here to go
against the wrestlers who will be
( presented as contestants by the
American Legion. Joe Reynolds,
170 pound wrestler from Portland,
formerly of Los Angeles, and
Voting Billy Edwards, 165 pounds,
will appear regularly at the tent.
Among some of the outside mat
men who have signified their in
tention of being present to meet
the carnival grapplers are Henry
Burke, 1G!) pounds, of Klamath'
Falls; Cecil Garrett. 158 pounds of
GrantB Pass; Wildcat Pete, for
mer southern Oregon 'welterweight
champion, and Robin Reed, ex
wrestling instructor at O. A. C.
y With these grapplers present there
Is no question but that there will
be plenty of fast matches to give
thai fans of the city plenty of en
tertainment. t
. Eddy Lewis of San ' Francisco
has been secured as the carnival
hoxer nnd will meet all cornel's.
Lewis Is reported to be a tough
fighter, a boy who can hit hard
and fast and can absorb all kinds
of punishment. He fights at 160
pounds. Lewis will fight the first
threo days and Lloyd James may
(Continued on page 8.)
DRY CHIEF QUITS
.LINCOLN.
Resignation as head of the na
tional prohibition bureau takes
effect August 1. His chief aide.
Roy A. Haines, has also retired
and his former duties of prohibi
tion commissioner have been over
by James M. Doran, who has recom
mended the appointment of Major
Herbert H. White as his main assistant.
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TO START S
Congregation, Unanimously
Votes to Begin Work as
. ; Soon ;as Financial
. .. Budget Is Raised.
At a meeting o4 the membership
of the Christian church last, night,
the building committee was auth
orized by an unanimous vote of the
congregation to proceed with 'the
construction of a new church build
ing as soon as the financial budget
is subscribed. It is expected that
work on the new structure will be
gin about July 1.. . . . . -
The architect, E. T. Hardin, or
Portland, will proceed at once1 to
complete the plans and specifica
tions, the preliminary plans haying
already been adopted.
The building will be started as
soon as the financial budget can
be raised. The church already has
its site, which is at the intersec
tion of Kaue and Douglas streets,
opposite the court house, the prop
erty being completely paid for and
free from debt, and In addition to
the land has over $10,000 in cash.
At the meeting last night a financ
ing plan was presented where by
a 10-year sinking fund is to be es
tablished to take care of, the bnl
ance of. the cost of the project. A
large portion of the budget was
subscribed at the meeting lust
night, and it fs thought that there
will be little trouble in securing
the remainder, so that It will be
possible to start construction at
once.
The congregation has been work
ing on its church building program
for over five years, an interest
bearing fund having been started
and maintained for that length of
time, so that the church In In an
excellent position financially for
this project. f
The building Is to be of rein
forced concrete construction and
will have the largest church audi
torium in the city, seating nearly
800 people. It will also have a
large banquet hall where church
and public banquets can be served,
1 the kitchen and serving rooms be
!ing particularly arranged for this
work.
The building Is to be of a very
artistic architectural design with a
simplicity of style particularly
pleasing in such a structure. The
interior arrangement is proclalm
bv all experienced church workers
who have viewed the plans, to af
ford one of the most efficient
church plants in the state. Tt Is
expected that the building will be
ready for occupancy during the late
fall or early winter.
SPOTTED FEVER CLAIMS ONE
TYVIX FALLS, Idaho. May 21
Sootted fever has claimed its first
victim of the season here In the
death yesterday of Helos F. Swift,
well known southern Idaho sheep
man. . , ifc-4
Chance at Tunney
PILCHER STORE IN
S. C. Curdy, Formerly in
1 Business in Eastern Wash
ingtbnj" Taking Immedi-
ates Possession.
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Mj Si C. Kurdy, of Portland,
wnor nas operated extensively in
merchandising In the Pa louse coun
try Western Washington, has com
pleted negotiations for the pur
chase of the Pllcher store in this
city and arrived last night to take
over the interests that the Than
hauser Hut company had In the
stock. For many years Mr. Kurdy
has carried on mercantile enter
prises east of the mountains, and
after building up an immense
trade sold his interests and later
located in Portland.- Passing
through this city enroute to Klam
ath Falls, he having large holdings
just south of the Oregon-California
line in Modoc county, Mr. Kurdy
was impressed with the geographic
al location of Roseburg, and also
with the wonderful country that
he saw, and so when opportunity
presented Itself for buying the Pll
cher stock, determined to again
engage in business. Since he came
here and closed the deal for the
Pitcher stock he has had several
telegrams from old business con
cerns of whom he formerly pur
chased at wholesale, and they all
congratulate him on acquiring
this property. .
The present stock Is being aug
mented daily with arrival of sev
eral thousand dollars worth of new
goods, and just as soon as Mr.
Kurdy gets his organization per
fected will . announce an opening
sale of seasonable merchandise.
All of the goods being brought In
are fresh from the manufacturers
and wholesalers, but several days
will elapse before the opening
event can he announced. Mean
while the storewill continue the
regular business course. Mr. Kurdy
expects to return to Portland
Sunday, hut wtlj get back to Rose
burr; a couple of days later, and
he expects Mrs. Kurjly to accom
pany him here. He will also select
his local manager, and has . some
of his old employes In view for
this important position.
Speaking of Roseburg. Mr.
Kurdy gave expression of confi
dence In the business situation, be
lieving that the city is on a sub
stantial footing, and that the won
derfully productive country sur
rounding and tributary thereto will
be the basis from which the en
tire business interest of the town
will always receive cordial sup
port. Mr. Kurdy is an Elk. and is
also a member of other fraternal
organizations. Mrs. Knfdy Is a
member of (he White Temple con
gregation, Portland, and also an
active worker in the W. C T. IT:
Visitor Today
Miss Bess Clough, of Canyon
ville, was In Roseburg this after
noon visiting with friends and
shopping.
SHARKEY WHIPS
MAI W. HIT
ENDS IN M
Winner Introduces Newly
Developed Punch That
Surprises Crowd. L -
TUNNEY AT RINGSIDE
Slugging Maloney Defeated
at Own Game; Dempsey '
to Be Principal '
in Next Go!
(Auoclated Prew Leased Wire.)
NEW ' YORK. Mar 21 Jack
Sharkey, Boston fighter of Llth-
linlan ancestry, loomed today aa a
formidable contender for the
heavyweight crown. , .
With a tigerish two-fisted, attack
he battered his way to a. technical
knockout victory over his fellow
Bostonian, Jimmy Maloney, In the
filth round of their battle at the
Yankee Stadium last nighjy
Lying in wait thru the earlier
rounds, the lithe ex-sailor held tho
fire of his charge until the fourth
round when he sprang with a fury
that sent Maloney to the floor . with
a smashing right to .the jaw, As
MnlorieJ' bounded to ' Ills feet the
bell clanged, but his head still was
hazy as tho fifth began. " f
: - ' Maloney Badly Mauled'
The swift' striding Sharkey, teeth
clenched; 'eyeB glinting,1' went in
for the kill. Another wild, desper
ate rush! by the bruised and bleed
ing Maloney, then Sharkey's swing-1
ing leit hook shook his opponent to
bis- heels-. and an 'overhand rlghtr
1 e ft, landing ' almost " together,'
swung him clear off his feet. ' 1
Maloney tried to rise, turning to
ward the towering ex-sailor 'whom
he .could hardly-see thru -closing
eyes. A struggle almost to one'
knee, and he fell -forward, all but
senseless. The 'referee Intervened.
But the' count was over "technic
cal knockout" . Uie end. was called,
but it carried all the finality .'of a'
straight ''kayo," . 1- i;-
New Punch Makes Debui
' To 'do 'it' Sharkey had to use a
punch which brought gasps of Bur
(Continued on page 8.)
BY
IT THREE
Statutory Offenses Believed,
Subject Sealed Bills
. Joe DeRoss Given
Time to Plead.
The grand jury's "Hiirprise'' In
dictments: cume thlft Morning In
the form of five secret indictments
against three defendants. While
the nature of tho Indictments was
not made known, yet the-arrest of
Frank Klhold on two statutory
charges, in which minor girls are
tho state's witnesses, lead to the
belief that the other Indictments
aro of like nature.
The grand jury returned an open
Indictment against Joe- De Koss,
charging him with placing his wife
In a house of prostitution. De Rors
has been serving time on a liquor
charge, while his wifo Is a state
ward. Te Ross wan arraigned this
morning and asked for the ap
pointment of an attorney, the court
naming Attorney Ray B. Compton
for the defense. A request of fur
ther lime was granted and I)e
Ross will enter his plea Monday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Frank Slbold was accused of
cpntrlbutins to the delinquency of
a minor and of rape In two separ
ate indictments, the witnesses be
fore the grand jurv In each case
being minor girls. Attorney
Compton appeared In Sihold's be
ha.lt and was granted until 2 p. m.
Monday to enter a plea.
.. While the other three Indict
ments' returned hv the grand jury
were scaled, the defendants not be
Ing in custodr. It Is exnected that
8tiHory offene are charged.
The grand jury comnleterf Its
work and was - excused without
making any recommendations.
Log Tells i j j
Progress Of
Dash To Paris
' (Awociutcd Prru Looted Wlra.) -
.. The flying log ' of Lindbergh's
plana follows:
7:52 a. m. '. (Friday) left New
York for Paris. .
9:05 a. m. (Friday) sighted over
East Greenwich, R, I.- ! -
9:45 a. m. (Friday) sighted over
Halifax, Mass.
12:25 p; m. (Friday) reported
over Meteghan, N. S.
1:05 p. m. (Friday) reported over
Springfield, N. 8.
1:50 p. m, (Friday) over Mllford,
N. 8. . . .. .
3:05 p. m, (Friday) passing over
Mulgrace, N. S., and' Straits of
Canso for Cape Breton. ;
5:0CU. m. (Friday) cleared Nova
Scotia at Maln-Oieu, the eastern
most tip. T
7:15 p. m. (Friday) passed St
Johns, N. F., and headed over
broad Atlantic. '.,:'
6:30 a. m. (Saturday) Independ
ent wireless says a vessel reports
Lindbergh 200 miles off Irish coast.
(Report seems doubtful.) -
8:10 a. m. Cape Race N. F., has
wireless from Dutch ship that
Lindbergh was 500 miles off Irish
coast.
2:50 p. m. (Greenwich time) Lon
don Press association says Lind
bergh sighted 100 'miles off Ire
land. 10 a. m. (eastern daylight time)
Redio corporation say its - Pans
office reports plane over Valencia.
. 10 a.! m. (eastern daylight time),
(Halifax received, a - wlrelCBS . dis
patch that Lindbergh has passed
over Valencia.)
12:30 p. nv (Eastern daylight
time). ; Belfast, .' Ireland, . reports
Lindbergh over Dingle 1 Bay.. Ire
r. ;;uOi p. m. .-ttaBxern aayngni
iime). ; Valencia Ireland, govern
ment wireless says Coition, Nogl
sights airplane near Dingle.
2:18 p. m. E.rP. T.)f.Cork, .Ire
land, says civic, guard reports
Lindbergh plane, passing over
Smerwick Harbor, Ireland, i .
2:30. p. m. (E. D. T,)i New York;
French Cable company says official
advices report t Lindbergh over
Bayeux, France, at 8 b. m., French
time. , , ) . - .. .
10:21 p. m, (French time) Llnd
bergh lands at Le Bourget flying
field safely, completing his flight
from New York to Paris In 33 hours
and 21 minutes, two and one-half
hours ahead, of his schedule. (
OREGON TRUNK'S
WORKING OUTFIT
IS ASSEMBLING
, BEND, Ore, May 21. Departure
of a crew--of workmen -to establish
a construction -camp, and 'arrival
of four' more , cars of railroad con
struction equipment', . making six
here In all, were developments in
preparation here (or beginning con
struction -of the Oregon Trunk'
extension' to Klninatu (alls. It
was believed here that a camp
would be located; near Lnplno or
Crescent. ' .
,;Knncth D. Hausbriof the Hau
ser Construction company, arrived
here yesterday and was non-committal
when asked , whether his
confpaily hnd been awarded con
tract for construction of the rail
road. . . .'.!-.
LONGVIEW SPAN
PLANS FINISHED;
DETAILS SECRET
' (AMocUtnl I'rcii Leaned Wire,) -
. WASHINGTON, May 21. Final
decision as to specifications which
should be required in construction
of the Longvlow, Wash.,- bridge
waH reached today by representa
tives of the secretaries of war,
commerce and agriculture, who
were designated by special legisla
tion to supervise plans for tho
structure.
Pending submission of their re
port to the cabinet members de
tails of the specifications are being
withheld.
The report will be submitted by
E, Lester Jones and Major . T.
Colnor, of the army engineer corps
representing the secretaries of
commerce and war, and )r. H. B.
Humphreys, of the bureau of pub
lic roads, representing the secr
tary of agriculture.
They reached their conclusions
as to requirements for (he bridge
at a final meeting today after go
ing over tho transcript of testi
mony taken at a hearing In Vnrt
innd and Longvlew some time ago.
None of the officials today would
say whether the specifications thny
recommended differed . materially
from those proposed by tha bulld-
U Is expected lhat th report
will be given to the cabinet mem
bom early next wpk, and It may
he made public nt that time. -
'LONE WOLF OF THE AIR
ZOOMS TO HIS GOAL MID
GHEERS OFHBGE THRONG
EPOCHAL FLIGHT MAKES HIM WORLD'S HERO
Ca.pt. Charles A.
Lindbergh and tHe
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monoplane "Spjti
Ur-oft S(t.. J-ouis"
wfiifclj fcarVlpcj
him Irom New
York to Paris
without .a1 stop.1 :
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Picnic Lunch Taken By "Lucky
Lindbergh" On Flight After Two
Hours' Nap; Ambition Boundless
: ' ' (Associated rreM Lvateit' Wire.) 1
NEW YORK, May 21. Llko a
boy bound for ' a day's 4 picnic,
"Lucky" Lindbergh took flvo sand
wiches to aee him thru to Parla.
B. T. Mahoney, tho 2ti-yenr-old
'president of the Ryan air lines,
bulldei-H of his plane, the Spirit of
St. Louis, today told of the young
flier's food supply. .
"He Is carrying two ham sand
wiches, two roast beef sandwiches
and one hard . boiled egg, sand
wich. .1 had to press tho lust one
on him. He said . four would be
enough.. . , . .. ..
. "Ho carried two canteens of wa
ter, about four quarts In all, . but
no coffee- or liquor. I had a ther
mos bottle willed with coffeo, but
he refused to take IL ' Ho never
drinks nor smokes." ,
As reserve rations he took small
cakes of highly concentrated . fuod
sufficient for ono week. The plane
had a device for making water out
of the moisluro of one's breath.
( "We were anxious for him to
take more food and we tried to
talk him Into It before ho took off,"
said Mahoney, "but he laughed and
sadl what he already had would
last him a month, flo carried no
life preservers and no parachute,
and so far as, I know he carried no
special Insurance. The plane Is not
insured. Ho carried two flares
which could be used as a signal for
aid in the event of a forced land
ing." Little Sleep Before Start
NEW YORK,. May 21. If
"Lucky" IJndbergh reaches Paris
on schedule ho will have passed
sixty hours with only two hours
of sleep. 1
The rest ho obtained from mid
night Thursday to a. m. yester
day has been the young flier's only
ease In tho strain of the trans-Atlantic
flight and Its preparations in
almost three days. , .
Australia Next Try
ST. 3,01718, May 21.Ambltlons
more audacious . than the New
York to Paris flight, are cherished
by Captain Charles A. Lindbergh
who hast planned to be tho first
man to fly from tho United States
to Australia, it was said hero last
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night by Harry , A., Knight, ono of
tho backers of the youthful air
mull pilot. First, however, Lind
bergh planned to return here nnd
attempt to break tho endurance
record, Knight said.
Tho Australian flight, Knight
pointed out, would carry tho flier
over more than U5Bl miles. Hp
would cross tho equator and fly
over many groups of the South Sou
Islands if the project were at
tempted. '
Ah Lindbergh planned . It, the
flight across tho broadest of wa
ters, the Pacific Ocean, would bo
made In two hops, tho' first from
the tinltod Statos to tho Hawaiian
Islands, and the second from Hono
lulu to the western coast of Aus
tralia, slightly above Sydney.
Frenchmen Pessimistic 1
PARIS, May 21 Captain Llml
hergh has the enthusiastic best
wishes of threo or France's great
est aviators, but from a technical
point, of view they are more or less
pessimistic.
"It's a magnificent attempt,"
said Sadl Lecofnte today, ."but'
trans-Atlantio flight is a terrible
thing. Nmtgussnr's experience
prohibits any forecast."
Captain Pellntler Polsy declared
his prayers are with the auda
cious flier, but. ho though If Lind
bergh arrived, It would he a "fan
tastic thing."
Kugene Renaux, winner of tho
Mlehellit prize In 1011, remarked:
"From what I have seen In tho
press concerning the mnchlne and
the conditions, there Is no chance
of gaining the European coast."
Visitor Leaving
R. N. Smith of ltlvcrslde, Cali
fornia, who has been visiting here
and at. the const for the past sev
eral doys. Is leaving Sunday for
Portland to visit for a week.
Miss Peterson Here
Miss Katherlne Peterson, who Is
attending O. A.,- C. arrived last
night, from Corvallis tn .spend the
week-end so the guest of Dr.
J.ucetln Kmltli.
TWO AND HALF
HOURS AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE
Wire " From President
Coolidge Conveys
Congratulation -;
of America .
(Associated 1'ress Leased Wire)
LE BOURGET FIELD,
PARIS, franco, May 21
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh,
America na viator, landed here
safely tonight, completing his
non-stop ' flight,' from . New'
fork to Paris. ;
! His plane, the Spirit of - St.
Louis, came down on the field
it 10r21 p. m., Paris time, ar
riving about two'; and "a half
hours ahead of his schedule.
. Lindbergh came over Le Bourget
flying high, slightly to the east of
the field. He clroled twice slowly
then settled down two hundred
yards west of the main building.
1 He made a safe landing, headed
due west With the ground lights
flashed on him. the crowd of 25,
000 gave a great roar and rushed
forward. Dozens of persons were
swept off their feet In the wild ex
citement to reach the. wonderful
American. - . . . .
-The crowds surged around Lind
bergh's plane before he could get
out of the cockpit. A few minutes
before . the .lonoi aviator reached,
the ground, ,- the- Ameiljcnn i, Am
bassador, Myron T. Herrlck, .arriv
ed, witnessing his descent from
I the administration- building.
I The plane was hauled -In front
! of the building. The daring youth
! uta. llft.H nut anrl carried should
er high Into the open where he
was enthusiastically acclaimed and
cheered for 20 minutes. -. -,-,
Tho crowd on the field was so
liii'KO that Ihe police.-could not
hold them and there was soino
doubt whnthor the aviator would bo
iihlo to land so densely were they
The crowd burst Into cheers even
before the plane could be definitely
Identified. . ' . .. : '
At ten minutes ufler ten Hie
IIrIiIh were trying to locate the
plane whleh was clrellnR tho lower
ortd or tho field. The crowd was
In a ttWicndoiiR uproar and the
police were .having utmost, difficul
ty. In keeping lliem trom' the dim
Iter zone. : . . - . - -
DETROIT, May 21. "That's all
that matters." In these words
Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh,
mother of Captain Charles Llnd
bergh expressed her relief when
Informed that her Intrepid eon had
arrived safely at Le Bourget fly
ing Field, France, after an epochal
flight from New York.
COOLIDGE CONGRATULATES
WASHINGTON, May 21. Presi
dent Coolidge In a congratulatory
cablegram to be delivered to Chas.
A. Llndbernh In ' Paris told the
trans-Atlantio flier that the "Amerl.
can people reloice with me at the
brilliant termination of your herolo
flight." '
! New York Jubilant
NEW YORK. May 21. When
definite news that Lindbergh had
landed safely at Le Bourget was
transmitted to radio stations, the
nollce department, the mavor's of
fice and varlou. other places by
the Associated Pren. a deafenlnq
roar, arose from whistles, throats
and various noise making Instru-m-ete.
'
The scenes alonrt feroadwflv by
his time had lnereal-l In enter:
9iar were wavlna froei ' of'lee
b"'ldlncii. store were decorated
with huntlnrt anH alena tHe streets'
w. heard the shout. "He's made
It!" cnmlnn from thousands of
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