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ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. 1928.
o w OU XVIII NO. 299 OF THE EVENING NEWS.
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Today
. . Coyote and Police Dog.
Pyorrhea and Prejudice.
Flightless Cormorants.
Modern Cave-Dwellers.
By Arthur Brisbane
(Copyright 1928 by Star Company)
HODGE. Calif. Near this
ranch house a big coyote hangs
by his hind feet waiting to be
skinned. Those that let child
ren play with pplice dogs
should see this coyote. Its size,
head, shape and color are those
of police dogs, also its dispo"
sition. i
Before a bullet between the
eyes ended his career, the
trapped coyote barked and
snapped in police dog fashion.
The close resemblance between
the two branches of the wolf
family is amazing.
" m
A ' doctor of Manhattan,
Kas., believes he has found a
cure for pyorrhea. Mr. Gund
lach, of Chicago, thinks he also
knows a cure. A real, cure of
that curse would be worth fifty
millions to its discoverer and
would be cheap at twice that.
.
Miss Agnes Maude Rovden.
British evangelist, saves souls
splendidly. But she also smokes
and moral ladies of Illinois.
' having invited her to preach
and save a few,' canceled the
invitation when they heard
about the smoking. ,
'
This puzzles good Right Rev-
erend A. F. Deane, lord bishop
of Aberdeen, who says , the
' date-cancelling J ladies should
be "thrown into - the ' lunatic
asylum." : '
The bishop does not know
human nature, and has not
heard of a certain "left foot
er," or a "black Protestant,";
who lay very drunk and entire-.
Iy helpless In a ditch half' full
of water. A kind priest pulled
him out, the particular Protest
ant opened one eye, 're'eogniz-,
ed the clerical garb and shout
ed angrily, "Throw me back in
the ditch.'' Those , Illinois la
dies would, rather go their sin
ful ways than be saved - by a
cigarette-smoking preacher.
.. , '
Mr. Remus, who interrupted
a bootlegging career to kill
his wife, and was congratulat"
ed, rather strangely, by some
of the jury that acquitted him.
is to have "a period of rest un
der scrutiny." That's to see
how his mind is and decide
about letting him loose to re
sume business. His wife is hav
ing a longer "period of rest,"
under the ground.
An expedition of the Cali
fornia Academy of Sciences
returns from the mysterious
Galapagos Islands, bringing gi
iant lizards, only survivors of
ipnnllnned on in 4 l
PICTURES
Here Is a picture story of the
tragedy of Ruth Snyder and Henry
Judd Gray, from Us beginning to
its end.
1 Albert Snyder, magazine art
editor, liked to stay borne evon
' lngs. Rutb, bis wife, liked bright
IfO
iyj U InJ f Im
DOCTOR SAYS
E
Family Physician Says
Brain Trouble in Family '
Four Generations. '
MOTHER IS EXAMINED
Suffered -From Delusion at
Time of Son's Birth That
Someone Was Seek
ing to Steal Him.
(AMocUtvd Prcfs Lued Wire)
TULSA, Okla., Jan. 12 Doth
William Edward Hickman, con
fessed slayer of 12 year old Mar
lon Parker In Los Angeles, and bis
mother were afflicted with a form
of insanity , known as - dementia
praecox, Dr. H. P. Bouth, Tulsa,
physician, who signed papers com
mitting Mrs. Hickman to an Ar
kansas hospital for nervous dis
ease ,said here.
Dr. Routh has been asked to sub
mit a review of the mother'B case
to the Arkansas state board of
health. He thought It possible that
he may be summoned to Los An
geles for Hickman's trial..
Dr. Routh said he was called In
to consultation byt another physi
cian b week - after Hickman was
born at Hartford, Arkansas, in 'Feb
ruary, 1908 and found .Mrs.' Hick
man suffering - from a delusion
that her baby might be stolen;
"After examining her," he added,
we were informed that there 'had
been cases of insanity In her fam
ily in the, last four generations."
With Dr. W. C. Chandler, he said,
had Blgned papers committing the
mother in 1913 to the " Arkansas
Btate hospital for nervous diseases,
stating that she was suffering from
domentla praecox. . ' : ;-
As I review the case," Dr.
Routh, said, "young Hickman Is a
victim or tno same disease rrom
which his mother suffered at the
time of his birth." .'-
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 12i The
taking of depositions was continu
ed here today by Jerome Walsh,
attorney for William Edward Hick
man, confessed slayer .of. Marian
Parker in. Los Angeles, In his .ef
fort to prove his youthful client is
suffering from dementia praecox,
or adolescent Insanity. . ;
. Walsh yesterday failed to get the
testimony of Frank Bernoulli-, 20,
who confessed participating in rob-
berleB here with Hickman and who
told police the Los Angeles slayer
had expressed to him a desire to
slay some one and dissect the
body. . . ,
Bernoudy, against whom charges
were dropped for lack of prosecut
ing witnesses, waB approached by
Alfred Hickman, brother of Ed
ward, but refused to testify. Al
fred Hickman quoted Bernoudy as
' (Continued on page 8.) -
HICK M A N
AND
MOTHER
TELL COMPLETE STORY OF THE
lights, music, dancing, crowds.
She suffered boredom, while Sny
der continued placidly unaware ot
It. . '
2 Ruth's boredom drove her to
seek friends outside their own cir
cle. In a New York restaurant
she met Henry Judd Gray, corset
MARINE FLIER,
ON LONG TRIP
i
' (AsaocUted PrrM Lrued Wire)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Ma
jor Louis M. Bourne, marine corps
aviator, took off from Anacostia
Naval Air station at 6:25 o'clock
this morning on a one-stop flight
to Nicaragua In a three-motored
Fokker transport plane. He will
stop at Miami, Florida, which he
expects to reach between four and
five o'clock this afternoon.
The plane, which will be used
by the , marines campaigning
againBt the bandit leader, Augus
tino Samllno. In Nicaragua, took
off easily with its heavy load and
after one circle of the field headed
south. Only an overnight stop
will be made at Miami unless
weather conditions prevent , re
sumption of the flight 1 tomorrow
for Managua. With Major Bourne
were Lieutenant Jacob F. Piachta,
radio operator and co-pilot, and
Sergeant Benjamin ' F. Belcher,
mechanic and pilot. They will fol
low the course blazed last Novem
ber by another: marine aviator,
Major . H. Bralnard, who took a
Bimilar plane to Managua.
CALIF. PIONEER
A DEATH VICTIM
(AtlocUtrd PrM Leltcd Wire)
OAKLAND, Calif., 'Jan. 12.
Charles A.. Murdock, pioneer Call-
fornian and former member of the
San Francisco board of - supervi
sors, died here laBt night after an
illness of a weekv Paralysis, com
plicated by pneumonia, caused his
death. . .He was87 years of age, and
native. of Massachusetts.. ...,'vi-, .
Murdock came to California In
1886 and settled first In Humboldt
county.-- He waa a..member-of rthe
state legislature- from Eureka.
After be wae-ja -member -of the
'state board of education and of the-
civil service commission. One of.
his most treasured possessions was
communication signed by Presi
dent Lincoln naming him registrar
of the land office in Eureka. ,
PADDOCK SCORES
OTHER AMATEURS
LOS ANGELES, Jan.-12Charles
W. Paddock, world's champion
b pel titer, declared In a signed ar
ticle In the Los Angeles Evening
Express today that Helen Wills,
Bobby Jonea and Johnny Welemul
ler had all broken the 'Bpirit of
the amateur rule. He named Jay
Gould ftB the only real amateur of
prominence in the country. ,
. He advocated overlooking tho
"by-products of competition and
urged the professionalizing of ath
letoH only in the sports In which
they receive money for competition
as means to eliminate nhat he
termed the "false fairness and hy
pocrisy that exiBts today. .
MRS. AL SMITH
REPORTED BETTER
NEW YORK, Jan. 12. Mrs. Al
fred B. Smith, wife of the governor,
was reported In "excellent condl'
tion." today at St. Vincent's hos
pital, where she underwent an op
eration for acute appendicitis Sat
urday. ;
salesman. It was a "pick-up"
meeting; the two became fascinat
ed by onn another, and soon were
Intimate.
3 Gray, like Snyder, bad led an
uneventful life. He lived in a sub
urban borne . with his wife and
daughter, and though his Job re
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MARINE PLANES
TO DEAL DEATH
AMONG REBELS
Sandino's Men ; Routed by
Land and Air Attacks
of U. S. Forces.
MANY CASUALTIES
Plane Sweeps Over 'Group
Dropping Bombs Part
50 Followers of Gen
eral Decimated.'
(AuoctataJ Prru Uaard Wire) '
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 13.
Marine corps planes today stood
ready to qeai , oeatn to reoets
wherever 'they might appear. .
Land . and air , atacks routed
rebels attempting to .mass near
the marine stronghold nt Qullalt
Tuesday. .. Fourteen rebels were
killed. Marine headquarters an
nounced that planes would be
sent out regularly to bomb the
guerillas, . ,
A party of 50 followers of Gen
eral Augustino Sandlno was deci
mated near Guje. A joint patrol. of
United StateB marines and Nicar
aguan national guardsmen under
Lieutenant.- Satterfleld killed five
of the rebels iu the. engagement.
Nine rebels were killed and
three wounded four, miles north jof
Qullall by .bombs, dropped from
marine cprps plane oominanded
by Major Ross K.. Rowell. , The
rebels -were massing, from various
quarters, presumably for, an at
tack on Quilalf. .Marines ,- who are
maintaining a careful lookout for
such an eventuality ; discovered
the concentration of rebels. i
-The1 plane swept over- tho San-1
dtno followers ' dropping bombs
and dispersing them. Major Row
ell Raid he might have done more
execution, had he ho' desired.
The marines occupied San Al
bino without opposition, Colonel
Louis Mason Gullck. commander
of the t marines In Nicaragua, an
nounced. Sandino once worked as
a bookkeeper In an American
mine at San Albino. Later he cap
tured the town and worked the
mine as long as ho could, then he
destroyed It. . ,
A commission sent by the fef
lowshlp reconciliation of New
York failed in an effort to per
suade General Sandino to lay
down his- arms..
The commission Intended to go
to -Sandino in the province of
Nueva Segovia with the request
but marine authorities refused to'
permit this, believing the trip to
be too dangerous.
- ' Letters were then sent to San
dino requesting a conference with
the commlsHlon at some neutral
point. Sandino replied ho could
not consider such a. proposition
The commission,, composed of Pro
f Continued on nane fl.
quired him to travel a good deal
he never was known to go out with
other women.
4 Rutb Snyder fascinated him,
however. It was not long before
the two began making trlpa to
gether over week-endn, usually go
ing by automobile. Tor a year and
a halt they continued this. Neither
rNniiiiifnyrin
IS
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(AMortarnl Preu Lmm. Wire) '
ROOSEVELT FIELD, NEW
YORK. Jan. 12. Clarence D.
Cliambarlin, trans-Atlantic flier,;
accompanied by Roger O. WII-i
llama, took off In a Beluuica plane
at 10:12 a. m. today In an attempt
to break the world's endurance
flight record. An attempt waa
thwarted yesterday after four
hours by the failure of a fuel
pump. i ; - ' : ' -
Chamherlin said he had been In
formed that weather conditions
were favorable for the aerial
grind ahead of him, In which he
and Williams hope to break the
existing record of 52 hours,' 22
minutes and .31 seconds.
Chamberltn'B plane carried 461
gallons of gasoline In the main
tanks, but the pilots also put two
flve gallon cans of gasoline
aboard, making a total of 471 gal
lons. The probability that ' the ' Bel
latica monoplane would be Joined
by another competitor for endur
ance honors was foreshadowed in
the ' announcement by George A.
WcIbs that he might take off , to
day In his Stln'son-Detrolter. : ,
AL SENDS BRIEF
. LETTER TO GROUP
(AMtt-lltrf PlTtt Ikh1 Wlr.)
WASHINGTON. Jnn. 12. Gover
nor Alfred E. Smith of New York
has Bent' 40 Chairman Shaver nt
the democratic' national commit.
toe a brief letter to be read tonight
8t the party's Jackson day Ulbuer.
Governor Smith' declined an invita
tion to attend the dinner on the
ground of pressure of publlo bus!
ness in his own Btate!' William O.
McAdoo, who engaged with Smith
In 'the most- memorable deadlock
In tho nation's political history at
MmliBon Square -Garden In 1924,
will speak at- the-dinner. . t
ANOTHER "FOX"
CAUGHT IN TRAP
(AjuorintM PrPM IaMtl Wlrr) -
DAKOTA CITY. Neb.. Jan. ID.'
A note signed "The Fox" and de
manding 910,600 or Henry Jounnon,
a farmer, under a threat of death
If the money were not forthcoming,
has led to the arrest of Harry Btof
flea, laborer. '
Btoffles was arrested as ho stop
ped nt a mull box In front of the
Johnson homo where the farmer
bad been directed to place the
money. S toffies carried a shot
Run. hut offered no resistance.
r Pollcef said' Stofflos admitted
writing tho note. ' '
MEXICANS SUFFER
RESULT OF COLD
MmocUIH I'rru Wire)
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 42. Abnor
mal weather has - brought death
and suffering here.- Nine persons
have been ' found deud- on the
streets in the last two days. Their
dtaths were attributed to exposure.
The thermometer dropped to 2G
degrees, which Is Beldom register
ed In Mexico Clly.
RUTH SNYDER JUDD
Albert Snyder nor Mrs. Gray, ap
parently, ever suspected the truth.
6 Caught In the tolls of their
mutual Infatuation, the two plotted
Snyder's death. Gray concealed
himself In the Snyder borne one
OlgbU Mrs. Snyder piled her hus
band with liquor; then, when be
1 was asleep, she end Gray crept
MEETING PLAGE
National Committee Meeta
Today in Washington -,
to Make Plan.
McADOO IS SPEAKER
Styles Himself as "Ex-Can
didate''' While Al Smith,
, Avowed Candidate,
Sends Letter. .
(Awnclntrd Frrfl Lnucd Wire)
WASHINGTON, Jan. .12. Hous
ton. Texas, Was selectsd today for
the 18ZB democratlo national con
vention.. .I ; , i ;'. r
The choloe was made by the dem
ocratic national convention on the
fifth ballot with 8an Franolsco
runnerup.
" the victor waa a last minute en
try In a Hat of a half dozen cltlos
but It led from tha first ballot
The official count on the final
ballot was: Houston Ms San
Francisco 48; Detroit 1. On this
ballot 63 were needed tor cholca,
Selection of the -Taxaa olty re
sulted from one of those unherald
ed shifts of -fortune which . often
control the drift opplltlce -( v.
j 1 The 1 resolution sub-eommlttoe
fixed Tuesday,' June- 19, 1 aa - the
date lot- the convention.: THIs Is
two weeks - afters the ' Rspublloan
national convention opsns In ' Kan
sas City., , -.:;. ' - t i; 1
WASHINOTOft. Jan.' 12 X-flut
ter over, nartv. auostlons rang
lug from ' presidential can'dldacles
to lesser problems of Intornal re
organizatldni the Democratlo na-
tlunal- edmmlttee assembled here
today tor Its first get-together
since the presidential election of
JU24..:, , , .., . , , , ,i
One of the tasks to be accomp
lished within, the next two or
three days Includes Belectlou of
the 1928 convention city. As the
meeting began, San Francisco and
Detroit " appeared the favorltoB.
with Miami, Houston and Chicago
trailing.
Another peek of party Interest
will be furnished by tho JackBon
Day dinner tonight. Governor
Smith of New York, who declined
an lnvltntlon- to be present, has
sent a letter to be read to the as
sembled party leaders. Various
other presidential possibilities aro
on the speakers' list, wnich in
eludes also . William 0. McAdoo,
appearing, as he himBelt .styles It,
in the role of "an ex-candtdate. '
One factor that threatened the
harmony plaus of party managers
flattened out unexpectedly Just be
fore the committee met. Those
members . who would ., like to
change the method of selecting
(Continued on page 3.)
Into his bedroom and killed htm
with a sash weight and a loop of
picture wire. Oray tben bound
Mrs. Snyder and gagged hor, so
that the crime would appear to bo
the work ot burglars, and left the
house.
A The police speedily broke
down Mrs. Snyder's story and the
3j vrfTi
NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR
ELECTROCUTION OF RUTH
Gray's Attorney Making Last Effort to Save, Him
. From the Chair TonightAttorney-Gen-
eral Declares Ruling of Justice
Should Not Save Ruth "'-
' ' , V (Associated Press Leased Wire.) f ., cf ; j 5
NEW YORK: Jan. 12.. SuDreme Court Justice Levy to-
day vacated the stay of execution which he granted Mrs. Ruth
Snyder last night. ... . . - ; ;
AI RANY. N. Y.. Tan. 1 2.
the stay of execution granted to Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder ty
Spreme Court Justice Aaron J., Levy, last night Was "without
jurisdiction or authority and is therefore void,"; Attorney Gen-1 . ;
.... a. . . . e. . 1 ' I . ' ' '. t Oi 42!
eral Albert Uttinger left to. warden L-awes or mg ping ijotw (
the decision as to whether Mrs,'Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry
Judd Gray should be executed
Snyder's husband. . . .' -
"You will, understand that I do
not presume to advise . you as to
what your action should be within
the limits of such discretion as you
may have under the - sentence of
the court,"-the attorney : general
wroto. . ; ..- 7 , - 1 ','
ALBANY. N. Y.i Jan. 12. Attor
ney General Albert Ottlnger, today
announced that he had ruled that
the, eta v ot execution issued In be
half ot Mrs., Ruth brown Snyder
last night by, Sugreme Court Jus
tice Levy was not binding. ' ,
The order,, he -sold, doeB not act
as a stay of execution. The ruling
was announced orally by the attor
ney general, ' who sold . that - lie
could not give "exact Quotes'- un
til his formal written opinion was
ready. The text of the opinion lie
said probably would bo made pub
lic a halt, hour later. ' ;; ; ' ',., , ',
; NEW YORk, Jan. Henijlo g
on a stay of execution for Mrs.
Ruth Snyder 'was postponed from
2 o'clock to 3:16 today at tho re
quest of Edgar F. Haselton, her
chief counsol. The bearing had or
iginally been set for 10 o'clock to
morrow morning, but was changed
to 2 o'clock at the request of the
attorney general's office.,
Justice Levy said he had ad
vanced the time of-tho hearing on
the request of Deputy Attorney
Oeuoral Bewyer. 1 ' ' 1 ' '
"AD I want," said tho Juutlco,
"Is to ' give the child, Lorraine
(Mrs. Snyder's little daughter who
is beneficiary of the Insurance In
case Mrs: Snyder Is executed) a
chance to be heard. I do not care
whoa it occurs if it will serve the
purpose of the state.'
lit announcing his changing tho
time of the hearing Justice Levy
Bald that the opinion of Attorney
General Ottlnger In ruling that the
court order did not act as a stay
ot execution "was just as good as
any othor lawyer's." (. ,'
ALBANY, N. Y., Jon. 12 At
GRAY MURDER CASE
two were arrested. Each testified
at tho trial, and each blamed the
other. Mrs. Snyder's claim that
Gray killed Snyder over her pro
tests was not believed by the jury,
7 The courts refused to grant
tbolr pleas for a new trial. Each
slayer was adjudged sane. Gov. Al
Smith heard their final plea (or
OF SING SING IS
t'r-'r .T.'Tj-U tJ. ;
In an ODinion declarinK ihat
tonight' for the murder 'ot Mrs.
' ' "i' ' . ' '; ' ' ' ' ': ' ' ' '
the reauest of Governor Smith, a
deputy attorney general will go-
befora the . appellate aeparunent ,
ot the supreme court, first depart '
ment, In New York,- this afternoon
to ask that the order- ot;- uupenor 1
Court Justice Levy staying the exet ;
cutlon of Ruth Brown Snyder be ;.
vacated. This-'announcement was '
tmade M Attorney General. Ot
tlnger; ; ..'!,Ci.J, .-4iv-
- ."-.' -i.n.-' ...V ' .....;..-... '
. NEW" YORK,. Jan. - 12. Samuel
L. Miller, attorney for .Henry Judd '
arny; today f lied fof mat" 'appllca
- (Uoutlbued on pago 8.) :?
o rr I 1-
"Kuep yer shirt on, folks JUBt
a high tog," said tho Office Cat
tbls morning as he Baw the look ot .
concern on the .
face of the bual
ness manager
wbon he entered
the sanctum .this
morning. -.-;
i That's , the spb
It! . , ' v .
KEEP ' YOJR
SHIRT ON! ;
It's that com
placent attitude
that has made
the predictions
ot the Office Cat
if
Warmer
awe-lnBplrlng. '
, It's actually uncanny.
When that feline says SUN
SHINE, he gets It- '1 i
When Prophet Pugh says RAIN,
THE SUN SHINES.
Yep . .
8nmo sortn climate tomorrow.
clemency, which was based on the
ground that, while sane, thny had
been rendered . irresponsible by
their mad Infatuation, tor each
other.
8 Then came the last act elec
trocution in the death house at
Sing Sing after Governor. Smith
denied Uielr pleas.
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