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V ' : ; - Ufia Weather Highest temperature yesterday. -.73 Lowest temperature last night. .48 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Generally fair tonight and Friday. AlWQlJS Hoiliejslores BUM and Locttl First Indu$tries ' Consolidation ol The Evening Newt end - The Rotaburg Review DOUG LA COUNTY An Ind . newtpiper, PublUhed foj tht, nest Interest! ot the People - J ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1 927. VOL. XXVIII NO. 130 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XVIII NO. 204 OF THE EVENING NEWS Rose i . i i r ( . V hi l. is m I it GAS FUMES OVERPOWER DERBY FLIER Returns to Roosevelt Field in Unconscious Condi .' tion Lands Safe. WINNERS ANNOUNCED Spokane Airport Center of . Interest Today as Fliers Race to Goal Stunt Man Crashes. (Auoclated Prcu LeaI WlrnJ ROOSEVELT FIELD, New York, Sept. 22. Cteve Lacey of Lomax, III., returned a few minutes after his second take-off for Spokane to day and was unconscious from gasoline fumes when his plane reached the field. The plane landed at 2:15 p. m., eastern standard time. Lacey was lifted from the cockpit and after a few minutes was revived and taken from the. field by auto. L. A. Yancey, Laceys co-pilot, was not affected by the gasoline fumes. He explained that they were over New York City when motor trouble developed. They decided to return to the field. In order to Innd; with less danger, It was- decided to dump the gasoline. The dump valves were opened and the -gasoline was allowed to pour over in New York City. It was at this time that Lacey began to lose consciousness. - Lacey, forced to temporarily abandon the flight yesterday when his plane was damaged in an at tempted take-off, hopped off this morning. . ; . ', He returned 20 minutes later, however, with a skipping motor. Repairs were rushed and the sec ond start was made at 1:21 p. m. today, only to end in failure. NEW YORK. Sept , 22. Four men in two liugo mono pianos to duy presumably were speeding westward over a new non-stop transcontinental air trail, "with, fame, a share in $15,000 in prize money and Spokane, as their goal. Their conrse lay over a '2,300 milo bee-line from Roosevelt Field, New York, where they took oft yes terday in the Inst and most exact ing of the Spokane air derby raceB. If the air men were on schedule they were today In the Rocky mountain territory. Their trail was 100 miles longer than the ocean jump of Lindbergh, Chamberlin nnd Byrd, and 100 miles shorter than the course of the Dole trans pacific fliers. Rival pilots in the non-stop derby event were Edward Stlnson and C. A. (Duke) Schiller. They were fly ing almost identical planes, both designed and built by Stlnson. Roth carried 400 gallons of gaso line. Although . nothing had been heard from them during the early stage of their race, no alarm was felt as they had planned to avoid large cities in following a route thnt provided the shortest distance. Race for Fourth Prize. PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 22. A race for fourth prize in the San Fruncisco-Spokane class B. derby was on today between James Rlne hart of Portland and Arthur L. Rorne. Los Angeles, both of whom were forced down yesterday. Rtnehart spent most of the morning at Camas Valley tuning up his motor, but when the Rose burg News-Review telephoned him nn Associated Press message that ho still had a chance for fourth or fifth prize he shouted "tell them I'm off." He quickly finished his work on the engine and hopped off immediately. Borne landed at the Port of Portland airport at 12:03:15 on his way to Niiish the race. He hoo ped off for Snnkane at 12:2fi:18. He said he cruised about over Port land yesterday hut could not get through the high fog. He landed near Newberg, Oregon, yesterday and broke a flying wire of his plane. Tex Rankin Safe. MILKS CITY. MnnL, Sept. 22 Forced down at Lemmon. S. D.. when push rod stuck in his motor. Tex Rankin. No. 13 in the class A nir derby, flying the "Cltv of Port land" arrived on the municipal alr rort here at 7 :30 this morning. Rankin has employed nn expert here to condition h's machine and exnects to reach Snokane during the day to participate in the races. FET.TS FIELD. Spokane. Sept. 22. 0. V. Holman. St. Paul: E. Ralloueh. Chicago, and N. B. Ma mer. Spokane, unofficially declared winners, respectively, of first, sec ond and third place In the New York-Spokane derby yesterday waited for pilots today who were reported still heading for Spokane, far In the rear. Fifteen aviators started In this race. John P. Wood. (Continued on page two.) EDDIE STINSON - PASSES OVER BUTTE ( Awnriatoil I'rrM I-aI Wire) FELTS FIELD. Spokane, Sept. 22. A report was re- ceived this afternoon that Ed-4 die StiiiHuii, one of the two New York-Spokane non-stop fliers, had passed over-Butte, Mont., at 12:50 p. m., moun- tain standard time. Butte is approximately 400 miles from Spokane by air line. The report was in a tele- cram to Maior John T. Fan- cher, managing director of ! the national air derby associa- tion. It was said that approx- Imately four hours would be required to reach Spokane, putting him here, shortly be fore 4 p. m. - : IS SAFE BUT HIS E Takes Nose Dive Few Miles South of Eugene and Walks to City. MAKE LOCAL SEARCH Tyee District Combed Afr ter Report Goes Out He Crashed on Moun-. tain Top. " (Associated preta Leased Wire) , EUGENE, Ore., Sept; 22. Ver Hon Bookwalter, missing flier in the class B San Francisco-Spokane air race, (walked i,nto Eugene Just before noon today. His plane crashed a few miles south of here yesterday, he said, adding that It was too badly dam aged to be repaired. He was unin jured. J. C. Rinehart, at the local avia tion field, stated ' that he had searched down the Umpqua and In the vicinity of Tyee in the Umpqua national forest but saw ho trace of Bookwalter. Rinehart skirted the edgs of the first range of moun tains north ol Roseburg. He left for Portland at 12:08 p. m. Bookwalter said he spent all the time since the accident in reaching this city. Immediately after arriv ing here he called the Vancouver office of the Pacific Air . Trans port, by which he Is employed as shop manager, and pilot. . . ; EtIGEKB, Ore., Sept. 22. Ver non Bookwalter, cut and bruised about the face and hands nnd in a sullen mood, offered to "knock" a newspaper reporter "for a loop" at the stage .terminal here today, when a representative of the Eu gene Guard attempted to Inter view him. Bookwalter refused to state how he was forced down or where his wrecked plane is. , "When the newspapers quit ex aggerating things inuybe they will get some iicwb from the pilots," he said. "But Mr. Bookwalter," replied LIiu iu pur tor, "Uiu Associated Press and other organizations have been very anxious about you. You don't mean to Insinuate do you, that they are all liars?" "Say," growled the big fellow, "if my hand wasn't bunged up so bad I could knock you for a loop. I've a good mind to do it anyway." The representative of the Guard quietly withdrew. Bookwalter had been In the vi cinity of the Terminal an hour when his identity was learned. When he found that reporters wanted to talk to him he took refuge in a nearby garage and did not appear until the stage was ready to leave for San Francisco. MEDFORD, Ore., Sept. 22. Seely Hall, manager of the local air mail field reported he had re ceived a message from Vernon Bookwalter, missing aviator, at noon, saying he had crashed near Eugene yesterday, that his plane was ruined, but that he escaped liniurv. and after wnlktnz all even ing and all night had reached a telephone somewhero near Eugene. EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 22. James Rinehart's plane landed at the Eu gene municipal aviation field at 11:57 a. m. Rinehart plans to re fuel here and take off for Spokane. James Rinehart, Portland flier in the San Francisco Spokane air derhv. took off at 1 1 o clock this morning from Camas Valley Kfchere he was forced to land yesterday morning after he became convinc ed that he was off his course. Rinehart Is still In the race, hav ing an opportunity to win fourth or fifth prize, and bopped off this (Continued on page 3 ) BOOKWALTER CRASHES T- POKED TO LISTEN e (AmocLI! Prw t.Kd Wlro).- BLOOMING DALE, N. J., Sept. 22. A double wedding ceremony has been postponed so that the principals may lis- ten in on the radio reports of the Dempaey-Tunney fight to- night. Miss Minnie Cook was to have married Marinas Kiel- wyB and her sister. Miss An- na Cook, was to have been wedded to Arthur Vander- hoof at the Cutler Methodist Episcopal church this even- lug. The four decided to post- pone the wedding until Sat- urday so they would not miss the fight returns. CHICAGO Mrs. Earl McBath, who was "Miss Chicago" for a few hours until the sponsors of a beauty contest discovered that she was married, has made up with friend husband. Having filed suit for divorce on the ground that he cost her the title and was other wise cruel, she has decided to withdraw her petition. THE CHAMPION i 'cSiik 1 1 1 0k i !; : , -1 " -I-, ih .:::, :,.:, j I 1. i'-: ,.rl " -a "U iii Iff a , : ytW t; rj;, i i i&r.iy tjL ''Is- s : y-'-.a' .K- W I Mu l'4; i , .jArK Is 1 k r I- K I ' i 7 X k IP i h v J a h 4 vfevfcj.s i . ... mm-fMS .-Ail 1 n' . X 4 . i' GENE Tunney and Dempsey Are in the "Pinti of Condition" As They Await the Gong . ' BY 'ALAN J. GOULD, (Associated Press Sports Editor.) CHICAGO, , Sept. 22. For tire brief space of 39 minutes, or less, Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey, fighting for the heavyweight cham pionship in a ten-round decision match tonight at Soldier Field, will hold the eyes and -ears of the sporting world. ' t For that short span of time, close to 150,000 pairs of eyes, pay lug upwards of $2,500,000 for the privilege, will focus upon the most expensive, most talked-of and most spectacular drama the ring has ever known. .Millions all over the world will hear or read about Uie details of this gigantic spectacle through the greatest concentration of radio, telegraph and cable fa cilities In the history of communi cation for any single .events . Today, as the time for the bat tle neared, as the Inrush of fan dom from all parts of the. country reached Its peak and as the last minute hubbub increased, It seem ed that nothing short of a World war could cause at one time as much hectic debate and as univer sal Interest as this duel of padded mitts between a scholarly, scien tific young champion of 29 nnd It two-fisted rip tearing slugger of 32 trying to batter his way back to TUNNEY the top of the pugilistic ladder. , Dempsey, on the crest of a wave of popularity and sentiment that attaches itself to so flaming a comeback, seemed destined to en ter the ring a favorite so far as the crowd was concerned but the general pre-battle consensus re garded the outcome ns a toss up. Betting odds, steadying after a draft of several days toward Demp sey, were largely on a basis of "even money and take your pick." The odds on a knockout favored Dempsey, couceded to be the harder puncher of the two. but the majority of newspaper experts have gone on record In support of Tunney. s Such strong support for a chal lenger, In the fuce of ring history .that has always made champions pronounced favorites, was itself unprecedented but it was only one of the record breaking angles. Tuuney was assured an unpre cedented "liurso of f 1,000,000, re gardless of whether he retains or loses the principal sceptre of the prize ring. Dempsey adds $450,000 to a collection ot ring yearnings that already have, run well over 12,000,000 to prove beyond a doubt . (Continued on page 4.) THE CHALLENGER l few' . k JACK OFF SILL BOY AT PORT DRFORO (Auoeiattt! I'rru U'liv) 4 MAltSHFIELD, Ore., Sept. 22. Robert Fronim, 12, reach- ed through a hole In the lion's cage of Honest Bill's Circus at Port Orford, Oregon, this morning. The Hun grabbed him and pulled' the arm into the cage and chewed It off near Che shoulder before the e e boy could be rescued. The boy was rushed to Bnndon ) Hospital for. treatment. The lad Is the son of Robert ! Fronim living 12 miles south e) of Port Orford and stopped at the circus grounds while en- e) J route to school. The cage was e ' closed with exception of an (air hole about ten inches ! square and the boy poked his hand through lu Atiemianis w believe the hnv will survive. ' MUSKOGEE, Okla. Mrs. M. E. Hunt, in whose ice box the police seised sundry bottles. Is seeking $75,000 damages from the W. C. T. V.. of which she Is a member. Of ficials of the organization said she had read herself out by keeping home brew. She says she wna Hik ing it on a physicians' advice. DEMPSEY ' ! RUTH ELDER IS READY FOR HOP k. - (Ataociated Pn-ss Lean) Wire) " NKW YOHK, Sept. 22. i Tluth Klder, the real Ameri- can Girl" pilot of the mono- plane American Girl spread out her nattiest flying cos- tunie before her and packed a tooth brush and a vanity case today, and hoped . the weather would permit her start on a sky ride to Paris at dawn tomorrow. The same runway mound at Roosevelt Field where Kind- bergh, Chamberlin and 'Byrd took off on their flights across . the Atlantic was reserved for Miss Elder's jlune. Gas and 4 oil sufficient for the 3,610 mile journey were provided, There was a pronounced iuw- pressure area over the trans- Atlantic air lane but MIbs El- 4 4 der and her co-pilot. Captain 4 George Haiti e in un Baid they 4 would clear up by tomorrow, "They will go ns soon ns light enough to take off down thiB runway," Huldeman" said, 4 "and that way we should he at 4 Newfoundland just as dark falls over the water." Protest Award of Bridge ' Contract to Outside V Fii irm. . EDDY ! INVESTIGATING Probably t6o Late tp Sequre v Change Without ; Law Suit Resulting', lu . Belief. ' : : A nii-otliiK t tlio morolmijlB nnd mumirnciurorH commlttoa t M'o liunohurg Chninlier of Commoidn wiih cnlltxl yoHUM'day ufturnoon to coiiBldiir thQ inutler of the nwurd- Inir ot tlio contract for tho con struction of tho Door' Creek hrldKe to a Siiloni firm Inntoad ot to u local contractor, whose bid wna only :m lli!hor. A atronir pro test was made by contractors and workmen to tho Chamber of Com- morco rcKardliiK I his policy nnd. na representatives ot the morennnta nnd manufacturers ot the city tho inemliurs of Uiu committee, after a discussion of tlio affair, visited tho mayor and several of the cuuncll men rcfrnrdliiK the matter. The mayor and some of tho coun cllnien contended that the council was bound to accept the low bid. as Ioiik as submitted by a reliable and dependable contractor, roKard less of wbelher or not they were local men. Quo councilman admit ted that the ihouabt of glvliiR pref erence to a local man had not oc curred to him and that ho was principally interested In lotting the Job as cheaply as possible. "It appears that this is another one of those things that comes un der the beading of 'Just too had'," Kenneth Qulue. chairman of the Chnmber of Commerce eommlttco said today. While we arc nil tax payers ami want, to see the bridge work done as cheaply ns possible," Mr. (Julno said, "yet we feel that It wat, a mistake to over let this contract to an outside firm when the Itoseburg bidder was so close. Tho affair, however, now appears to have gone so far that there Is nothing that can be done without possibly Involving the city in nn expensive law stilt and this, of course, we do not desire to do. However, we are still Investigating the matter and If there is anything that can be done It will be our ef fort to secure it change." At the roriucst of the Chamber of (jommorco Attorney It. I. Kildy Is making an investigation. There Is no (itiesllon. Mr. Kddy says, but Hint the council had the right, par ticularly In view of the extremely close bidding, to let the contraci to the local man If they had no fleslr. cd. Nothing in the charter nor ill he advertisement for bids, ho says. would have precluded such action. Whether or not It is too late to yet change Ihe award ho is unable to say unlit he ntHken a further In ipiiry. I'.HANTS I'AHS. (Ire.. Sent 22 Mchooln of Hoguo Ftlver, f miles from this city In Jackson county, were closed today because of Ihe deaih of Fteverly Itusbo. 11, from disease which Is believed to hnve been Infant tin paralysis. It Is reported that there Is one other case there In the same family. The schools are slated to open again Monday, It was stated by school I officials thnt there Is no fear of an epldfinlc. COMMITTEE OF MERCHANTS Tfl MAKE INQUIRY i JUDGE RIDDLE' DIES RESULT HEART ATTACK Was Preparing to Make Auto Trip to Riddle When Heart Fails. " WAS PIONEER OF '52 Served as Legislator ; From j Douglas. County, Was . County Judge and in. "7 Land Office, ' j ' ' Judgo O. W. Riddle, command ant ot the Oregon State Soldiers' Home, died hero at noon today fol lowing a heart nttitck. Mr. Kiddlo wuts born near Springfield,' iowa, ! December 14, 1839. Hb was tile on ot William II, nnd AlaxmlUa (Rons- . man) Piddle, Mhe - former ,n Keu tuclilaujjy. birth and the latter nu Ohlonu, '-'-v.-... - , William' Hi Riddle was -b'ofrl In i 1S05, nnd while' ho has very anmlL - his parents' movod to Ohio,; wliefe , his futhor died. When grown.' to manhood, he learned - Uib : black smith's trade, ami vas iuarrled to ilnxinllln llonsumn, a native- oC Ohio,; nnd .111 -W811 loentotl. in 1111-. nols, ' whurn ho followed hid trade in connection! frith: farming- until! 1851.1 Ho then bogau the tedious Jouirtey across s the plains, by means of ox-teams, and the trip overland to 'Oregon, waB .made? uu-. dor the escort of Capt. Cornelius H1H.I After a: six-months! Journey they ut Inst reached Douglas coun ty; Where Sir. Kiddle "took" up a doniilli)!!. claim oti three-, hundred and sixty acres in Cow Creek' val ley. 'J'hey wero tho first-settlers In that locnllty, nnd it was ten miles to tho nearest house. Thoro ho nnd Ills wife Bpent their clos ing yonrs ami Mr. Riddle took quite nn nctivo part In politics, be ing a republican. At that time tha only Indian fighting, to bo done was to sonve as escort to Gonoral Alyofd wid toiprotect, -the homes ot settlors. The 'mother-tiled- at tho age ot fifty, but tho father lived to tho advanced ngo, of elghtyjfouf yoaral ; ; i .I !. OedrRo'W. Riddle received . his montitl ; training in the public schools and one term nt Wilbur Ac ademy at Wilbur. Douglas county, mid participated In the Roguo Riv er Indian wars of 3Kfi.r.6. Ho wna a member of Capt. Kitward Shef field's company of volunteers,, em ployed ns interprelcr nnd scout. In ISIil ho responded to tho coun try's call for men nnd enlisted in Company C, First Oregon Cavalry, nnd was mustered Into service fit Cnmp Raker, Jackson county. Ho entered the sorvlco as sergeant ot bis company nnd served three yenrs. Ho wna locatctl mostly at Fort Klamath, and during his sor vlco thnro he, Willi two other men, accompanlod J. T. P. Huntington, superintendent of Indian affairs., to tho Modoc country, where a pow wow was held v,(lh tho Modocs, preliminary to making n treaty. All the Modoc chiefs wero present. Including old Souchln, Capt. Jack, .Shuck Nasty Jim and others who became famous in the Modoc war and tho lava-bed massacres. Mr. Riddle was also present when tho treaty was flnnlly made, near Fort Klamath, with tho Klamath, .Mo doc, Pluto and Pitt River Indians. In IS60 bo returned home, after having been mustered out of . ser vice ut Vancouver, Wash. .,-.. For years Mr. Riddle followed stock raising. Ho subsequently fol lowed merchantlle pursuits nt Grants Pass. Clenilnle, Cunyonvllle, nnd nt Riddle, covering a period or twelve yoars. He was elected a member of the shite legislature in 1S72 and was reelected in 1S74, 1R75 and 1897. In 1S90 ho ran for county Judge of Douglns county, wns elected nnd served one term, making an admirable Judge. In 1S07 ho was one of the commis sioners appointed by the Btnto to go to Washington to Intercede for pensioning Indian war veterans, tho stnlo appropriating $2,000 to ward the cause. Ho served on the board of directors of the Lewis nnd Clark Kxposltlon, with head quarters at Portland and also serv ed four 'years as receiver In tho V. a. land office nt Roseburg. Ho lnler moved to Azalea, there being extensively engaged In the tlmbei business In connection w-lth con ducting n ranch. Mr. Riddle bad Ihe first fruit evnpnrator In Doug las county at thnt time and operat ed It qulto successfully. Fraternal ly he was silled with tho Masons, being n charter member of his lodge; the Odd Fellows, the An cient Order of Pulled Workmen and the (Irand Army of the Re public. . He was tho last surviving chart er member of Union Encampment No. 9, I. O. O. F., and only recent ly received the Patriarchs Militant (Continued on pago 8.) 1. -i ; ! If !! i I'd