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VOL. XXVIII NO. 210 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1 927.
VOLi XVIII NO. 284 OF THE EVENING NEW8
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Always Gay in Chicago.
A $110,000,000 Idea.
23,000 Must Die.
The Dangerous Crime.
I By Arthur Brisbane 1
; (Copyright 1927 by Star Company)
CHICAGO Far western
cities, once "tough" are now
1 tender as a spring lamb. But
Chicago never disappoints. To-
- day's news.-read in the brac
ing air from the lake,' tells you
?.f . "f. 8anBster "taken" for a
"ride," one of those sad Chi
cago rides. A lady found his
Vbody with many bullets where
f his automobile ride ended.
r Gamblers had half promised
"lay off during the Merry
Christmas shopping season, but
regretted their kindness. They,
also, should share the sea
son's festivities; besides, they
had some shooting to do.
J-fank Noonan, -"proprietor, of
a popular beer oasis who dis
agreed with some- others as to
Jaw-breaking "privileges," was
found shot to death, at the en
trance to his oasis. "Gats" car
ried here have many bullets,
and when shooting starts, there
: is rarely a failure. : ,
These fights and killings in
Chicago's jungle do ijot bother
the big city of , terrific enter
prise. Gamblers, gangsters,
blackmailers, beer runners, etc.
i only. shoot each other, and in
bite of occasional police , de-
fiance, the professional crimi
nal's life is made harder daily,
If there were not so much
money in . bootlegging, such
willing payments to various
officials "for not seeing what
they might see," police work
would be easier.
Long ago, near Batavia, N.
Y., a boy was born and soon
. had an idea. He once told this
writer how he gave up smok
ing "extravagant five-cent ci
gars, saving money to carry
out his plan and build his first
car.
Two men sept in the upper,
two in the lower berth for fifty
cents apiece. Abraham Lincoln
was one of his first passengers,
eoing from Chicago to Spring
field, and was too long for the
berth. The other man protest
ed. The man selling the tickets
beside the car was George M.
Pullman and now the Inter
state Commerce Commission
fixes the value of his Pullman
company at $110,238,786.
which is far below its real
value. '
Get a good idea, stick to it,
make sacrifices, and the idea
will take care of you later.
.
Statistics, carefully analyzed
tell, with marvelous accuracy,
what will happen. The number
of suicides in each month is
foretold, and now vou learn
that iust about 23 000 will be
killed and 700.000 injured by
automobiles in the coming
year.
Nearly all those deaths and
accidents would be avoided, if
men. women and children
could be made to realize that
public roads are more danger
ous now that railroad tracks. ,
Many deaths would be avoid
ed if every man were jailed for
a yeir, when caught driving,
moderately or completely
drunk.
There is some comfort for
worried parents in the fact that
the Los Angeles kidnaping was
based on revenge, it was not a
. kidnaping crime in the ordi
nary sense.
Children should be warned
not to go with strangers on any'
pretext, and should never be
sent away with strangers by
those in charge of them, as the
(Continued on page 4.)
MISSING
PLANE
CREW OF
SHIP ARE LOST
Efforts to Locate Am
phibian Plane, Long
Overdue Prove Futile
Late this Afternoon
liIay Be in Sea.
(AMOcfated Prea Leased Wirt) ;
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 24.
All efforts to locate the am
phibian plane of Mrs. Frances
W. Crayson and her three men
companions, hours overdue,
had proved futile this after
noon. As the gasoline supply was
only enough to last 20 hours
after the start from Roosevelt
Field, N. Y., or '.until' ' one
o'clock this afternoon, it was
felt certain thnt the plane had
made a forced landing some
where between Cape Cod,
where it was last heard from,
and Trinity Bay, N. F., her
destipation.
No wireless station "working"
in this district over which the
plane wac to pass had received
any message either from the plane
or concerning it from coaatal sta
tions or ships at sea.
Weather conditions over the In
tended route during the night and
today were not unfavorable, winds
being only fresh and - visibility
good.
Although It was generally be
lieved the plane was down. It was
considered quite possible that tho
descent had 'been made la some
isolated bay where there was no
danger, but from which communl-
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GRAYSON
IS LOST
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NEW YORK, ' Dec. . 24. Follow
ing a "Who's Who" of those
aboard the aphiblan plane Dawn:
Mrs. Frances Wilson Oravson.
half owner ot plane, a young busi
ness woman, whose greatest ambi
tion was to be the first woman to
fly the Atlantic. !
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Chief of Police Tom Gurdane, of Pendleton (left), who with State Traffic Sergeant C. L. "Buck". Lieuallen (right)
captured William Edward Hickman, (center), youthful kidnaper and suspected slayer of Marian Parker, 12, Los Angeles.
This late photo pf the kidnaper and his captorswas rushed to the Roseburg News-Review by. airplane. , .... ,, .
FEEBLEi
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Sterilization.
A DIPPY'S RETREAT
Superintendent Denies Alle
gations Boy Received ,
Wound From Knife of t
Kitchen Help, j -S
( Associated- Prew Ltai-vl fro) -SALEM,
Ore.; Dec. 24. A heat
ed session between Dr. 'J. N. Smith,
superintendent of the state institu
tion for the feeble minded, and Dr.
O. U. Snapp, a Salem practitioner,
took place at . the institution today,
arising over disposition of the case
of Llewellyn Burnside, a 14 year
old boy who escaped from the in
stitution a week. ago.
Snapp averred that . the boy is
above normal, should not have
been in the institution, aud offer
ed to take him, educate him' and
give him all the privileges .of nor
mal children. ft ;
"I hope Borne day he'll be governor.-
I hope he'll come here and
bifat this place fin V' uahV Shtapji-
Dr. Smith told Snapp -thathe
would be allowed to take the, boy
without the sterilization, which or
dinarily jls .required by he Blate
eugenics board before an Inmate is
released.' '. t ' ' v- , .
The jnnin. contontiou arose over
a wound In the boy's head which
he received before his escape. Dr
Snapp, who dressed the ..-wound
when the lad- appeared at Bridal
Veil, declared the hoy.. '.told the
truth when he said it was caused
by a knife with which ono of the
kitchen employes had struck hint,
The institution authorities declur -
ed it was caused by the boy's
cnair falling over and his Btriklng
his head oh a radiator. This was
confirmed by at least one of the
boy Inmates, but Snapp declared
the lad had been coached whut to
say. He said young Burneide had
told him this would be the story.
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HICKMAN AND
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(AnorUtnl Vwm Lnatd Wire)
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.
The National City Bank of
New I York today received a
cable dispatch from Buenos
Aires stating a bomb had been
exploded outside its branch
bunk here thia morning anil
adding that another bomb had
been exploded in front of a
branch of tba First National
Bank of Boston. The disnatch
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A bomb exploded at the Buen-
oa Aires branch building of
the National City Bank of
New York today. Several per-
sons were injured. ;
-The bomb was a powerful
one and caused considerable
damage, the windows in ad-
joining bullttjngs also being
shattered.
Later evidence indicated
that from 12 to 15 persons
were - wounded, some - being
taken to the hospital badly
Injured.
Immense crowds gathered,
making the work ot rescue dlf-
ficult: ...,..-''
DOWNHEARTED, SUICIDES
. . (Amoclited rreu Lenatd Wire) 4
PETALUMA. Calif., Dec
24. Ben Erickson, . 38, of
Klamath Falls, Oregon, at-
a . , i . ii.in a
his throat- on the highway
south of Colatl tonight. Ho
told police he wus penniless.
without work, and . dreaded
the prospect of , a . hungry
Christmas. .
After slashing his throat,
Erickson crawled under a cul-
vert to die. The wound was
.only superficial, however,, A
passing uutolst took him jo a
hospital. Physicians said
Erickson probably will re-
cover. ' '
NEWS-REVIEW GIVEN
GIFT FINE PRUNES
Th T7nwfl-T7nvl'pw fnrpn la Vftrvd
grateful today' to the Norton Can-
ninir nnmtiinv f,. a tl,la rt,rli,tn,n a
I irirt. Thrmieh rnnrtv r Mr.
Norton, the manager, the News-lto-1 coast rood where the car could
view this morning received a fulllhnve gone over a steep bank and
lease of delicious, canned, Italian I could not be' seen from the road,
! prunes, from the choice stock nack-' If it is found thnt they' did not
;ed by the", local cannery. The
prunes wee distributed to tli
members of the force-and were 're
ceived with much pleasure. . . 1 '
Miss Alta Tauiier Is hero - from
Grants Pass visiting, having arrived-last
ovenlng from the Bouth.
HIS CAPTORS
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TEXAS COUPLE
DISAPPEAR
Left Bandon on 28th of
November and Have Not ,
I ' Been Seen Since. '
LETTERS HAVE CEASED
Officers Making Search of
Canyon on Accident
Theory May Have .
Met Foul Play.
" "Local "officer's are' today making
a search for Mr. and Mrs. DennlB
Webb, recently of Abilene, Texas,
who disappeared on Nov. 28 and
hare not been heard from since
that time. . They, wore last seen
at Bandon, where Mr. -Webb . was
given a position with the Coast
Guard. They started back to Hose
burg to gather up their personal
ffec,U' pro5?8l"5.w lo
return to
Bandon on the 29t,h. They never
reached Roajburtr and letters to
Mrs. Webb's parents, which were
sent regularly while t.Uie couple
were in Roseburg, ceased on that
date. Mr. and MrB. Webb were
married during the summer and
had come to Oregon to make their
home, The parents of tho couple
havB""becflme " annrehenBlve -and
have appealed-ortli,offi;o4:afor,
assistance. On the theory tunc tne
oouple met with an aooident'' re
turning from:-Bandon on the night
nf thn Qsth. thn nffinera are-today
starting a search for the misBlng
auto. Traffic,; Officer Williams or
Coqulllo ip"' conducting the search
in Coos County and Sheriff Webb
1b today sending out a deputy to
go through Uietosnyon on, foot: as
fnr HB the DOUcIBS COUnty 11116.
i There are many plnceB on the
meet with an accident tho officers
will proceed '6n the theory that
they have met with foul' play.
Couple Newly Married
' Mr, and Mrs. DennlB- were mar
ried during the late summer after
Mr. Webb had comploted 6 years
(Continued ou.pu.Ke 0.)
WAY
ROSEBURG
POLICE FINDING
WORE EVIDENCE
IN BOY'S ROOhT
Apartments Yield Fingerprints of a Mysterious
. Woman Said by Hickman to Be Involved in
Los Angeles Child Mutilation -Hickman Calm
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24. Finger prints found in the
Bellevue Arms apartment of William E., Hickman, confessed
kidnaper of .little, Marian Parker, today definitely connected a
woman' in the case of the murder of the child, police announced.'
' ' : Lieutenant H. L. Barlow, policy finger print expert de
clared the prints were not those of the slain child. He also dei
clared they were not those of any woman thus far mentioned
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m the case. Mn-exnausuve examinauon oi -iiutsci nm. v...
in police files was started. '-' A-.. 'J '.'-'r-' "
Two finger prints werp-found-thia morning when Lieutenant-Barlow
made a "now. examination of the apartment Hick
man occupied-under the name of Evans. One -was on a milk
bottle and the other on a plate. ' ' ( :f - ' i, '. '
V " Police late thia morning declared they did not attach im
portance to the finding '6f a pair of stockings and underwear
at first believed to have been worn by the girl when she was
kidnaped. -The garments, found 'wrapped in a .newspaper
dated December 17, the date the girl was abducted, were de
clared not those of Marian Parker.' - ; ' ' '
' Explains Bloodstains '
PENDLETON, Deo. 24. While
officers from Lob Angelfia were on
their way to Tendleton today to
get .William .Edward Hickman, he
gave an explanation of facta
which the southern police believed
Indicated that Marian Parker, 13
yeatvold banker's daughter, "was
killed in Hickman's apartment be
fore, hor body was delivered, t.0 her
fathet last Saturday night j,
A reportjthat there, 'were ten
bars pf soap in his rooms was ac
counted for by Hickman by saying
that be had one bar about half
used, which ho bad been using
dally, and that he had several bars
which he bad picked up at hptelB
on his .recent travels. Ho tald he
had one can of cleaning ', powder,
not two, hb. Ltua aijkivd, 'i
stated. He used this he' said, in
clonning the bath tub.
' There wore no blood . stalne in
his npartmeuV.he definitely Btatod,
There might hayo been some spotB
of blood on a towel from cuts
while shaving., , i, .-';'
V Wore Not Mittens ..
' He denied that there was a pair
ot home-made mlttenB In the place.
He said that while in Kansas City
he had made a holster for his re
volver from a sleeve of a Bhlrt;
and he declared he had made a
caslnsr of oil cloth for his gun.
These he believed were what haB
beon considered by the police as
home-made mittens.
"It was sometime after I loft be
fore the police made their search
of the place, and I am not respon
sible for what might have been put
there after I loft," he eald.
Hickman bore the brunt of a
battory of motion picture cameras
In the jnll today. The cameramen
who had been waiting lor permis
sion from tho chief of police to
take movies ot Hickman finally
wore allowed to train tbolr Ioiibdb
on the prisoner today. Yesterday
the chief would allow nothing but
still pictures to be taken. Today
also Chief (lurdane and State Offi
cer Lleuallon, who captured Hick-
man, on tho Old Oregon Trail
near here Thursday, posed for the
moving picture men.
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City Attorney C. Z. Randall an -
nounced early this afternoon that
the city authorities had decided I
that Hickman would not be re-1
leased to the Los Angeles officers'
until they could produce extradi
tion papers. Approval of a Cnllfor- f
nla requisition for Hickman was.
being obtained today from Cover-1
nor I. L. Puttorson at Salem. j
Prosecuting Attorney Koyos,
Chief of Detectives Cllne and oth
er officers of Los Angeles wore on
a train due hero late today.
They announced before leaving
Portland that a statement would
Kbe obtained from Hickman Imme
diately aftor their arrival.
Hickman has declared, ever
since he made his confession of
participation In the kidnaping pint,
that he did not kill the girl, but
that she was slain, and her body
dismembered by a confederate
whom he named as Andrew Cra
mer, with whom he had been aseo-i
elate din a number of holdups.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 24. Asa I
B. Koyes, 1ot Angeles district atr
torney, and Herman Cllno, chief ot
Los , Angeles detectlveB, and three
other office -arrived here this
morning on 'their way to- Pemlla-.v,
ton where they will take William ,
Edward Hiokmati into oustodyi f
' The party, traveling In a special
Pullman, arrived at 8:30 and 30
minutes later left on the Union Pa
cific for Pendeton.
The officers' Indicated (hat they
expected Hickman to break before
what additional Information they
have .with which to, confront bim.
Other bfflcorB In the party were
Chief of Police James B. Davis, Po
llece Lieutenant Dick Lucas, form
er Police Chief Qeorge K., Home
and Detective Harry Ramon. ..
' ."Judging from my knowledge of
the type that Hickman represents
I believe he will break and confess
what he has not already told when
we question him with the knowl
edge we how have' Bald Keyes. -
"HIckninn will not be hard to
prosecute," ho contlnuod. "As I
see it the 'case is a simple one
but It Is tho most atrocious crime
thnt I have ever handled." :
Keyes, asked what the procedure
would be after the official party
reached Pendleton, said a complete
statement would be taken from
Hickman at once.' He will then be
started back to Los Angeles as
soon as possible.
It was indicated that the prisoner
would be taken as fnr as northern
California, via Portland, and then
picked up by an airplane tor the
last lap of the trip. , ....
AHki'd what his attitude would be
should Hickman or his counsel de
mand sanity hoarlng, KeyeB said
that when he left the southern city
no lawyer had appeared for the
kidnaper. "I am not afraid of any
insanity defense," he added.
"Los Angeles was bitter when wo
left they may cool down soma be
fore we get back," enld Chief Da
vis, "but If HUkman had been
caught within 72 hours, ot the
crime n lynching would have been
lnevltablo."
PENDLETON, Ore., Oec. 24.
" i";j c..uo
that he had killed Marian Parker
, " his apartments at Los Angeles.
W. Edward Hickman, youthful
'prisoner In Jail here replied to tho
- An(,.firi Press tod av- .
Associated Press today:
"That is not true, I did not do
it."
"Under the California law you
face death for what you have al
fOudy confessed," be was told.
"I can't help it," replied Hick
man. He spoke steadily and with
(Continued on page 8.)
NO PAPER MONDAY
Owing to the fact that Christ,
mat will bo legally celebrated on
Monday, December 26, the Newt
Review management and , staff
will join the re it of the commu
nity In observing the holiday,
and there wfl' ic no publication
on that day.
In the event any startling
news concerning the Hickman
case Is received during the two
day holiday season, a special
edition will Immediate be issued
by the News-Review to inform
subscribers regarding , the de
velopments In the case.