1 . &o Weather Highest temperature yestrday....53 Lowest temperature lasf night 45 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Unsettled probably ' rain tonight and Thursday, moderate tempera ture. News Mil Always tiiXZ and Lbcali1 Ei; Industries , T lib I EBGRfi Ove6ot dqugI Consolidation of The Evening New in The Roseburg Review COUNTS An Independent Newepeper, Published I the Beet Intereele el the Peeslej VOU XXVIII NO. 159 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26. I927. VOL. XVIII NO. 233 OF THE EVENING NEWS Hffi O A AO rvi an 0 0 n i JV vv - era IFF ftsA1! ' RUTH ELDER MLate Photo of ILLiD DELAYS Physician Sends Young Aviatrix to Bed Has Influenza. TRIP IS POSTPONED Passes a i Bad Night and ; - Complains of Pains in v-, the Chest Condi ' ' ; f ion Serious. f AwnMnlrd Presa LrnuHl Vfrel LISBON, Portugal, Oct. 26. Ruth Elder, American avia trix. is suffering from influ enza and has taken to bed. She is in need of complete rest and her departure from Lisbon for Madrid, enroute to Paris, has been postponed indefinitely. It was stated that the Ameri can girl who arrived here yes terday from Horta where she had been taken after the forc ed descent of her plane, the American Girl, in the sea, had passed a bad night and com plained of pains in her chest. (AMtictatrri Pros I-oano; Wire) NBW YOHK,' Oct. 2ti. Orfnrn of $117,000 have , been rejuulvil by. It 11 1 li Elil in and Cnptniii (Ii'orpt llulilt'imin, ThonuiH II. MirAnlle, a promoter of the attempted tntns Atlnntle fHKht of the American (ilrl. said today. Fifty thousand dollarn waft offer ed the fit era, said MeArdle, for ap penninces ns Queen (Jninevere and KInR Arthur twice - daily for ten daH to -advertise Greyhound racing In KiiKlaiid. MeArdle Bald the a v tu trix had also rejected $12,000 a week for appearance ut a chain of tea rooms, $5,000- for endorsement of a cold cream, a ,Hke amount for a hairnet testimonial and $75,000 for a motion picture engaKtMiient. TJSTION, Oct. 2fi. Kulh Elder danced her way into (lie hearts of the Portuguese last nUht when she appeared at a ball with n Por tuguese sash around ber. In mov ing ahout the deck of the Limn which brought her from Horta, Azores, she (sprained her ankle. She moved with no noticeable limp, however, and in the excite ment of ber arrival and reception s here fnrgnt the injury. Her welcome here was Impetu ous. A police cordon had been thrown about the streets through which she would pass to receive the welcome greetings of the presi dent. Undaunted by uniforms, how ever, a group of students broke way for the pretty little heroine. She was rescued from ber admirers with difficulty and speeded to meet President Carmona, Tluth. when she landed, was still dressed in her knickers and sport sweater. On her head was the sea going cap of Captain Coos of the Pulch tanker Parendrecht, which snntched ber from the seas sev ernl hundred miles from the Azores. So dressed. he and Hal deman went before the president, who praiced their eallantrv and ex pressed deltcht over their rescue and their vlstt to this country. COOLlnOF SAYS PLENTY OF OTHERS WILLING TO RUN WASHINOTOV. OH. 2fi Proplilnnf rooliilpp reitpratPel todnv to on of his pillars hat thre U nlonty of tlmbpr In tbo Rpnnhllran partv from whph to pboop h prpal'lpntlal nominee without coiisiderlns him. . The raller wan T.onl WMpv. hu.fnp.q manper of the New York Tnes who eTnressed to ! the president his surrie last PARIS JOURNEY AucuPt when he read the an- nmincement that Mr. Cnolldgp did not choose to run for rp- election. The nreident. Wi- lev said, dismissed the sub- iect with a statement that there were plenty of men to . choose from. - i ' ' . . - : , . V -..s , :::?'.' ' ; " 1 : ".vl-" ' , . . J , - K- ' ' ... ;.t HAWLEY SEEKS R Bill for Special Appropria tion From Congress Drawn Up. WILL GIVE SUPPORT Congressman Enthusiastic Over Project at Time of His Recent Visit Here. " Conftress will he asked for alt special appropriation to complete II,.. K,.r:i. I-n.imun ronil lu.l ween I Steamboat an l Diamond lake, ac- cording to Information received by th(- Portland OreKonlnn from lis i Wushlnpton I). C, news bureau, j Congressman V. r. liawley. car- j rlng out the promise made at the; cent' visit to Hose-' ired a hill providing .proprlation to com- lime of his rec bin-g. has prepa lor a speriai nppropriHiiini 10 com : plete this necessary improvement, which he viewed In company with a group of local citizens during the summer months. When .Mr. Hawley wns here dur-l ing the Slimmer he was laken on a trip over the completed section of the road and data brought to his attention regarding the Ject. Because of the Importance of the road in the development of tne l mrqua .auouai iuii nu in , opening up one of the greatest re- i crea.ional areas of the Pacific (Continued on page three.) I NORTH QUA I'D MONEY Daring Girl ReporMIUTodayf RUTH ELDER fAwocUtMl J'rfm Ias" Win-) LOS AMOKLES. Oct. 2C Mrs. Madeline Preece. 30, with her skull fractured with blows from a hammer, was rounil In a critical condition early today hy police who an- swpred a anmmons hy a neiL'hhor. When the officers entered her ' nimrtment, nenr -the downto.-n til strict. Mrs. Freec-e lay unconscious on the floor with the blood stained hammer near her. e Khe wnu riiKhpit In n hnunltnl where examination revealed 1. n rracture. It rwas considered doubtful that she would re- ! Kalu consciousness. 4 ! A few delirious murmurs, lncludlm; "he hit me: he wns wronK but he hit me," was all investipators had to work on. The nnartment npi;hhors ",n""e'l, I" heard l " ,,IM;r nuarrel. sounds of a SlTUCple and A Slammlll? door. DEVELOP CAMP CLATSOP ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 26. Plans! fr ' the further' development of 1 camp Clatsop, the field camp of , the Oregon national guard wpre the Oregon national guard, were made todav by Tolonel Hiram V, Welch, commanding the 186th In fantry and Lieutenant Colonel A. if' iiaitnr. chief nf stuff punds recently appropriated by I !h .. .i....... t .m k .j i to ponstrupt nhnut "to n,i,niln., i 3li additional building?. It is planned to pave the ! """imaln camp street before field maneuvers next spring. pram 'orJn. -o r t- rark . . , lh. c(v' ov r' Tll,,aT a.,,n,in. . I Pcea of lead were found In the In-1 JZZi vlsll"ng withlte",,ne"- Tn' po"lt of entrance s friends, OF LOST BOY IS FOUND DEATH 1YSTE0Y irOUnd 200 Yards From Place Where He Had Left Father. SHOT IN THIGH Officers Are Making No Implications That Gun Other Than Own Fired Fatal Shot. (AMnrLlcl Ftdh ImmI Wire) EfOENE. Ore., Oct. 26. Mur muring of suspicion that from time lo lime grow In a sinister tone both at Camp Klrby and In Kugene, that Earl D. Pierce, 13 year old boy scout of this city, did not die as the result of a premature r"'l"n trom his own gun, seemed ! to hfve foundation Wednesday n0lng when an autopsy was con-! ductPd at the Dranslpiler phnne! t Dr. Carl W. Robblns, Dr. Harry G. Talbot and Dr. Del C. Stanard all of whom were on the hunt for the lost boy In ' the Swlashonip mountain country since last Thurs ,,ay. made the examination In (he I lretn'e c- y. filraon, deputy coroner. Sheriff Frank E. Taylor ano i.nier iieputy Frank Rogers. The bullet was found but In fragments. Two sections of the ntpel inrkPt and ,v0mi ' (Continued on page 3.) BODY E FOR COMMUNITY CHEST AT ONCE Assignments Drawn by Va rious Committees Last Night. COOPERATION URGED Committee Desires to Com plete Work as Quickly t as Possible Will : Solicit All. A meeting of committees of men representing the Klks, I. O. O. F. aud Masonic lodges, American Le sion, Kiwunls, liotury and Active Clubs, the Ministerial association, the Umpqua Chiefs as well as a committee of women from the Business Woman's Club was held at the Chumber of Commerce rooms Inst night Tor tile purpose of completing plans for this year's fi nancial campaign for the Commun ity Chest. Glen McAllister, who wns select ed as chairman of tills year's drlvo presided. He explained to this group of determined people that the general committee of the Chest had decided, after having tried the plan of the Community Chest out for two yours, to put the matter of whether or -.not'" thin system, which is rupldly becoming univers al, should he continued In Iioso burg, squarely up to them for their endorsement or rejection. He further stated that these or ganizations had not only endorsed Ihe Community Chest but had men lo represent them ns solicitors for tile dilve for funds. V. T. Jackson pointed out that the essential thing in nuttinir this drive over successfully wns for every man to make his appeals strictly on a business biiBis and stick to his district until every per son within that district had buen seen. T. H. Nosa In talking ahout the ocal relief explained that -thero was a committee of three men who composed uu emergency commit tee. This cummlttce made Investi gations of all uppuals for help and suw that all worthy cases were taken care or.j He utso said that In no case did anyone receive cash money; hut Instead was supplied with ' iiecessltleii ' of living until such time ns the recipients could care for themselves. j i , The fact that DiiiAigh the Com munity Chest comriilttees Rose burg had 'absolute control- of all bcnefitling organizations was point ed out hy E. A. Hi ll ton. the local scout executive.' Each organiza tion must function properly in or der to receive any benefits from the Chest. The drive for funds will hcgln to morrow morning. Tell teams re presenting ns many civic organiza tions will tako Ihe field. - Each team. will ho given a certain dis trict With instructions to not only see the proprietor of the business establishment but every employee. Each person contributing will he given a window card which he should hang In h,ls residence win dow so that when Ihe residential section Is solicited he will not be asked the second time. After having observed the work ings of the Community Chest for two years the business men of Roseburg are thoroughly satisfied hat tiie system Is sound nnd lh.it the principle Is right. They nre ready to greet the solicitors who are also business men and pny their obliuatlons to mankind in a satisfactory manner. One question some Ihe asking now Is "How mueh should I give?" This Is an Important nuestlon and should he given consideration. In reaching a conclusion it should he remembered that one Is making Just one pledge, of support which is to lienefit not one. but many or ganizations. He can rest assured I. Uml only worthy organizations receiving he ! from t h a t Pdge. If one paid only five cents Per day ho would contribute elgh I '"en dollars ppr year. Surely Hip I lh"rer or clerk would not consider !lvln!r '"'s" "llin day's pay as I", minimum. At any rate, one nuu'iifi nfii riietiii-n ninih'iii mil rather strive to excel ill good turn District No. 1 bounded hv Jar-V-port. WaHliitisrton, Roso and OhV atrent warf drawn by Storey IhIph rnd Win Urown representing the nuiar n,D: aiBinn .o. z ny kov LrVp.n i "rt b, ' .riiiiii i mis nisirici is JnpLarin Oalf I'amm ami (Continued on page two.) ' fAum-Ulnl Prrn leafed Win-) WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. r Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader ot the senate, toduy entered the 1S2S presidential race. In a letter to Roy L. Bona of Topeka. organizer of tho "Curtis for president" club In Kansas, the senntor ' wrote that "If my friends of Kansas desire to send a delegation to the next Republican national convention favorable to my nomination, I sliall be greatly 4 pleased lo bo their candl- dale." . The Republican leader humblv declared, however, tin "I will not consent to he- come a candidate If the dele- gallon Is to bo selected with the view or voting ror me for a few ballots as ft 'favorite son ." "As I stntod when the ques- tlon was first put to me, 'I will not nllow nivseir to- he 4 4 used us a stalking horse for anv one V Senator Curtis 4 added. 4 . The Knnsnn Is one of the 4 first administration leaders to definitely enter tho presl- dentlnl race since President 4 Coolidre mnde his announce- ment hist August thnt he did not choose to run for presl dent next. year. 4 Senator Curtis did nnt-am- pliry his declaration that he would not he n "stalking hoi-He" for any one. hut It wns taken to mean that he did not with to have the Kansas dele. n-aiinn for trailing .purposes In tho convention and would consent lo run only ns a serl- ous contender for tho noml- nation, i . v'-: .i-:v-,;.4 Mr. rtiirl la wrh" chosen ma- tnrlty lender of the Semite three years ago unon thn dentil of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and in that role he has become one of the outstanding Republicans. 4 As n rulo Senntor Curtis ns a parly leader has bcpn In nc. 4 cord with President Coollil am' his noMcles. hut ho did split with the sdmlnlstrntlon on the McNarv-Hnugen farm 4 relief hill, voting for this measure which wns vetoed hv the president. F NEXT .TUESDAY Packers Asked to Submit Proposal for More Than Million Pounds. QUALITY EXCELLENT Fruit Runs to Larger Sizes Than Ever Before Ac cording to Records of Warehouse Grades. Prune pnekers are today being notlrled that the Dnuglap County prune pool will receive bids Tups. day, Nov. 1 on the prunes now com posing the pool, totulllng nearly one million pounds. rho prune market Is now strong. er than nt any time this season, and bfM-nUse of tho Iage sizes and tho extreme fine quality offered In the pool It Is believed that the best price to bo obtained by any grow ers this year will be received. While tho prune tonnage this year hns not bpen exceptional, Iho sizes, it Is believed, will set tin ab solute new record, running from 10 to 15 points on an average above the normal. Heretofore buy ers have never had to consider prunes of a sum larger than 3!!, but this year they have a largo quantity of those big sizes to con sider, whllo tho bulk of the fruit will avniage above EOf. The bidders will base their prices on the fruit f. n, b. the ware house the fruit Is stored. Where fruit Is stored by the Individual growers the owners will be re quired to deliver to the nearest and mott convenient shipping point designated by Ihe purchaser. (Continued on page ) s PRUN NEARLY ALL OF ON BOARD SHIP ARE SAVED; STRIKESA FLOATING HULK Boats Rush to Rescue Soon After S O S Is Sent Out First Reports Said Many Drowned But - . , Late Dispatches Indicate Rescue . Was Effected. , (Associated Press Leased Wire.) MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. Oct. 26. Only 43 of the 1258 persons aboard the Steamship Principessa Mafalda were miss ing late today, said a message received here by the local. agency of the Navigazione Generate Italiana. , The total rescued was given as 1,224 in this message, with ine quota ot saved of the various rescue steamships as follows: Formose 450, Athena 450, Empire Star 202, Rosetti 122.. .(The Rosetti has not been mentioned in previous dis patches, which included 300 rescues by the British steamship Avalona, the variation in the number saved by the above ships with previous dispatches may be due to the transferring of rescued passengers from the various rescue ships,) i . LONDON, Oct. 26. The British steamship Aval ona res 5Uij I per'on8 from 'he Italian steamship Principessa Ma falda which sank lost nicht off the coast of Rmil v sage received this afternoon by the British vessel. The Avalona ' RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, Oct. 26. Latest advices received uB mdicated tnat almost all of the more than 1200 persons aboard the Italian steamship Principessa Mafalda, , which sank Inst night off the Brazilian coast were saved. 1 ' ' ; Many of those ship wrecked have arrived at Bahia in small boats.. These confirmed previous news that the boilers of the ship had exploded. "- .- . . ; i .; .'Ten steamships were stated to be standing by the scene giving aid to the victims. : ' ' . ' " Although the number of casualties' in the flinffinar wnn Tint known here, the National Telegraph bureau received a message from its station at Amarilina reporting that 350 persons were missing. j The cause of the sinking, as given in the message received here, was the collision of the ship with a floating hulk. ' ' i PJO DE JANEIRO. Oct, 26. The luxurious Italian steamship, Principessa Mafalda, carrying more than a thou sand passengers, most of them Italian immigrants to Brazil and Argentina, sank last night off the coast of Brazil with a death toll believed to number in the hundreds. : Rescue ships standing by all night picked up at least 720 persons of the 1,208 stated to have been aboard the stricken HKK) ano'her estimate placed the number saved at A Brazilian cruiser, the Rio Grande do Sul, today was' """J-1 "ia in rescue worK, While tour steamers were at the scene, three of which were known to' have rescued hun dreds of persons. ! j ! ! ' ' TIio.cuuho of the appalling dls-'bark those rescued. ' , ; : iii-tor was not deflnltulv known 'i'i, ii,.m..i. , . t.n-i, hure, but It was bolloved that the 'also Is known to havo reached tho vessel struck a reef oft the Abrol- acene of tho disaster but no word ros Rocks mid foundered uftcr nor, was rocclvod us to whether she t."ih'. ?,t"lo"0?1' , ,, , Picked up any of the surviv Iho Prlncliiessa Miifu du. remit- ,. n,- i , , ki ... odly tho fastest in the European houth Amorlcan eorvico, was on - route from Genoa In Rio Janeiro Ah!.ofmInnl''7h',",',I,kM0'ir "! th' mornliiR, but the Italian em Abrolros Rocks IJilrty miles Bouth- bassy said that Profefsor Olgll, dl east from Balolno and about fortv ......., ...T,....!". miles off tho const from Caravel- Ins, mldwny betwoen Iluhula and; Itlo Janeiro. Word received hero by nirelefs nnd at Pernnmbuco snld that the "trlcken i vessel sent out Its first HOS call at 7:17 p. m and sank sovorni hours later at 11 p. m. af ter nor Doners Had exploded. Aiinougn snipping circles hero stilted that there were 1600 per- uuua,u ,mu iiner. uie 1110 Junolro agent of Iho Navlgazlono ship, Btatod thnt ' tho number of persons aboard tho vessel was tho ,20S of whom 210 were members of tho crew. All but 110 of the passengers wero Italian emigrants bound for a new homeland In Diaull and Argen tina, 741 of tho passengers being bound for .Montevideo and iiuenos Aires. 'i ho agent of (ho company said that ho had no word as to tho cauto of the disaster, but thought nat it possibly might havo been duo lo an explosion in tho engines. AO word of tho number saved and those drowned had been re- " "" " '-"""i' una morning. The first SOU cry of tho liner brought four steamrlilps who were In cruising distance to ber aid, nnd In tho darkness of tho night tho crows of these vessels went to work heroically to rescuo the vlc ilnnv of tho disaster. 'I ho German steamship Athena rescued 400 passengers, radio ad vices stated, while tho Utitlsh ateamnr Kmpire Htar picked up 200. First advice said that tho French steamer Formose had sav ed 120 persons tut messages re ceived at Pernambuco today place the number saved by this vessel at 400. The latter ship was stated to be proceeding to Bahia to disem- THOUSAND the Blue Star Line, owners of is enroute to Buenos Aires. had asslated In the rescue work, 1 Tho passenger list of the Prln. ei,,uuo m.i.m. . .....,.. nomo, was among tho passengers. mo JANEtnn n,ii npt on ship Formose, which is standlns by the scone of the sinking ot tlia Italian BtnamshiD Prlnclnessn Mafalda, today Informed the Asso ciated Press that the rescue ves sels hoped to have almost all of those aboard tho stricken steamer. i no captain's meBfnge, sent by wlreloss nnd timed 9 n. m., this morning, said: vu lll'KU lu resent muH nil. Four more steamers hnvo arrived.' A second wlrelens message from tho captain of tho Formose, r celvcd nt 10:35 o'clock this morn ing and apparently filed from tho vessel during tho night, read: "Since S p. m. the steamer Mo sella and other vossels we have been proceeding with tho rescue of tho passengers of the Mafalda, which Is going on regularly. Wo aro . waiting for daylight. Our ar rival Rio Janeiro will be delayed 21 hours. Wo aro taking the res cued In Itlo Janeiro ITho fn.nll . 1 1. snip last reported at Santos, Bra- xll. on October 3, has not been pre viously mentioned as being among Ihe vessels engaged In rescuing the passengers and crew of tho I'rlnclpessa Mafalda.) . a . ' ': APPLE SHOW IS ON ' - fAuorlalMl rrw Ik4 Wire) I'ENDLKTO.V, Ore., Oct. 26, Th,o annual .Milton Froewater apple show In the east end of Umatilla county opened this morning for a two-day exhibit. , Mrs. Karl Olllvant of Olalla was shopping and transacting busi ness in Rosehurg during the morning- , . , .