.. 6 Weather Highest temperature yesterday 50 Lowest Umptrature last night 36 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Generally fair tonight and Sunday, freezing temperature tonight DOUGLAS'COUNTY Ceneolldatlon of The Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Beet Interests of the People VOL. XXVIII NO. 227 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 14. 1928. VOL. XVIII NO. 301 OF THE EVENING NEWS : iu lira n a w; Today Another Day to Live. ' Who Saved Her Head? A Ford Edison Choice. -By Arthur Brisbane J (Copyright 192S by Star Company) At the last moment there was , hope that Mrs. Ruth ij: Snyder would have one more day to live just outside the lit tle door that leads to the elec tric chair. That was not much of a favor, considering what . goes on in a mind waiting to a be lulled. Yesterday you learn ed just what happened. There is little difference be tween one day more of life and an indefinite number of days, since we must all go through the door that leads out of the world. .' . ' u. It is the uncertainty as to date that makes death's cer ' tianty bearable. Every one of us is condemned as certainly as , Mrs. Snyder, but we think little about it because no day is set. .,,' , One philosophical soul says: 'Ask them what they would do if, like Ruth, they . knew they had only one day' more." "' The answer is that "they" the average would do noth ing except worry and pity themselves. Much could be made of a last day, if you had the philoso phy of old Socrates, 1 setting a , fine example, paying his debts "Wc owe a cock to Escula- pius" refusing a chance to live that he might show respect for law. Such a death is worth, as much as any life, especially if you have a pupil like Plato to write about it. v ' A more interesting question is this: How can any human being be hired to get a woman ready for her killing, and then kill her? The crown of her head was shaved, to let the deadly, wet electrode' press tight to the scalp. What man or woman was found willing to shave the head of the screaming, Strug" gling woman? Ruth wore her hair stream ing down over her shoulders, press dispatches say, but the crown was prepared to contact the electrode. Who, for pay, consented to cut away the woman's dress, baring the calf of the leg for the other electrode? The horri ' ble current is sent into' the brain, down through the heart and spine, then out, at the leg, below the knee. Another step in travel by air. German and British dirig ibles, each of 5.000,000 cubic feet capacity, will race around the world this year. They expect to make the trip in I 2 days with two stops for fuel. That makes the world smaller than it was and would interest Jules Verne. The Ger mans, with new light Diesel engines in their dirigibles, will surprise the world. In America, producing . too much oil, we seek a way to lim it waste of power and wealth. The British empire worries about too many diamonds pro s' duced in South Africa and else where. Great Britain controls the diamond market and seeks a way to prevent digging so many diamonds, to keep up prices. As the world gets smaller ' and nations, empires and busi ness units get bigger there will have to be much arbitrary reg ulating. i Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison favor Secretary Hoover for president, next time. They like men that (ret things done, and are capable of big plan Bin?. If Hoover were president . there is little doubt that this i nation would do some building " (Continued on page 4) Warden Lawes, of , Has Nervous Leaves (AiaoaUtc.l rrni Lotted Win) NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Wden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing pris on was on his way to Palm Beach today for a ten days' rest, his nerves shattered hy the ordeal of the. execution of -Mrs. 'Ruth Sny der and Henry Judd Gray. Thurs day night. He went oh the advice of his physician,' his secretary said. The warden has long' been opposed to capital punishment. - Hie friends said he was alBO ex ercised because aome one in the execution chamber took a photo graph of Mrs. Sri yd or as she was ERGH TO T FISH IF DAYS American Flier Meets Two Celebrated Airmen of ;. France AVIATORS FETED Panama Entertains Airmen of 2 Countries Large Loving Cup Given Costes and Lebrix (A-ocUled Pmi Uavd Win) PANAMA CITY, Jan. 14. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh to day deserted the Spirit of St. Louis tor the rod and gun, w!iT7T Panama feted two other celebrat ed airmen. The French fliers, Dleudonne Costes and Joseph LebrU, who flew here from Guayaquil, Ecua dor, during the worst weather they have encountered In any of their lllghts, will fly to Caracas. Venezuela, In a few days, as will Lindbergh. Asked whether they would go with Lindbergh, Costes replied that they had noi been asked but would like to. ' ' The rest period of three or four days la ahead of Lindbergh before he continues his flight. He will hide away at a hunting and fishing lodge at David, near the western end of the isthmus, about 200 miles from Panama. The prln clpal game of the region Is deer and wild turkey. Members of the army pursuit group will accom pany Lindbergh. It took the FrencfT fliers ' nine hours and two minutes to cover the 900 miles between Guayaquil and Campo Lindbergh. Lindbergh had Intended to meet them in the f air but missed them. The r'rench I men, whom Lindbergh had met In I Paris last summer, and the Ameri can finally met again at the mu nicipal building, where 20.000 persons assembled to cheer the three of the greatest airmen In the world. Costes and Lebrix were given a dinner Dy President Chlart of Panama after the public welcome. They marched Into the dining room to the tune of "Lindbergh in Panama," a aTmg which is now popular here. They were given a loving cup almost two feet high. COLON, Panama, Jan. 14. Colonel Charles - A. Lindbergh hopped off from Franco Field at (Continued on pat I ) ' LIB HUN Sing Sing, , Breakdown and for Rest in Florida In the electric chair. The photo graph was prominently displayed in a pictorial newspaper. He was quoted an saying: "in the. future there will be only one man from the press in the death chamber during electrocu tions and he'll be a man I know.sl trusted reporters that nlfiht and one of them was unworthy of the trust. Naturally, I did not search the men for cameras." It was said the camera was strapped to the leg of one of the witnessea - and the bull was pressed from a coat pocket. . IIS ATTEMPT flfl A K E A RECORD FAILS Altho He Had Kept Aloft Over 51 Hours He set " No New Mark ECLIPSES OLD FEAT Bettered His Former Dura tion Flight But Could Not Remain Up For Required Time f ' fAmooialed Prnw teAwd Wire) . ' ' MITCHELL FIELD, NEW YORK, Jan. 14. Clarence Cuaniberltn'a second attempt this week to estab lish a new world's duration flight record failed today. The plane landed at 2:06 p.m. It would have been necessary to have- remained in the air until 3:34 p. m. to beat the. record held, in Germany. ' , The flier aleow failed to' make a new American record, although he ! bad bettered the old mark of 51 hours, 11 minutes and 25 Beconds at 1:23 p. m. Under the regulations it Is nocesBary to remain In the air for at least an hour after the old record. That time would have been at 2:23 p. m. Lack of fuel caused the plane to descend. The tranB-Atlantic filer landed skillfully with "a dead stock." He had previously dropped a message saying he would fly un til the tanks went dry. The of ficial time of landing was 2:04:17 p. m. The fliers took off from Roose velt Field, adjoining Mitchell Field, at 10:12 a. m. on Thursday. Almost from the moment they left their ground their flight had been fraught with intense physical hardships. Loss of fuel because of leaks la their oil and gasoline systems, trouble with the dials of their flying instruments and un favorable weather. Chamberlin and his companion, Roger Q. Willlnms, were obvious ly tlrod when they stepped out of the cockpit of the plane. They were covered with grease and grime, caused by leaking oil pipes. They were rushed away to a hotel to escape the crowd of several hundred persons which congregated about them. MITCHELL FIELD. N. Y., Jan. 114. Clarence D. Chamberlin to ' day broke his old American record jon an endurance flight. At 1:23:18 o'clock this after (Contlrrae-J on pge I.)' - GHAMB TflY' Dl IIVM A"" rjJA rnr.lJ n CO0LIDGES SPEED south JAZZ RECORD "Impulse to Kill Just Pop-; ped Into My Head," Says 1 .! , : Hickman . t "NOT COLD-BLOODED' "I Would Have Killed My Own .Mother If I Had : , to," He Adds in New ' ' Confession ! , ' LOS ANGELES, Cnllf.. Jan.'. 14. Another statement of motives In the kidnaping and slaying of little Marian l'arker. has been added to the already bulky collec tion of confessions penciled by William Edward Hickman. The Intest document was scrib bled yesterday by Hickman in the presence of one of his alienists, one' for the prosecution and the county jail physician. It Immediately drew fire ' from the prosecution camp, representa tives of the district attorney's of fice hailing the new work of Hickman's pencil as a ' defense plan to tear holes In the wall of confessions previously made by the young slayer. The states forces pointed out that the new story of motive in the case contained "many peculiar and outstanding absurdities," and in spots contradicted Hickman's two previous statements, one said to have been given to officers on his I way back , from Oregon and the other to a Los Angeles news paper. Whereas he previously snld he took the small girl's life ' in the fear that his apartment would be searched, In his last declaration of motive, Hickman wrote: ' '.'The Impulse to kill Just popped into my head, I wasu t Beared of the search." . In telling of the dismember ment of the body, Hickman added a new bit to his previous stories, writing:, "I played a jazz record In the- bathroom during the crime and I don't think it , was a cold blooded murder." ; Throughout his now confession Hickman wrote of a "kind of providence- which he declared ill - rected him in what he called "this CRIME ". icneerea ueeney as the (victor, -will :"lf they had hindered me I be published Tuesday, the commls would have done it, namely, kill'sioncr announced. , my mother or any one else who Btood In my way because they Btood In the way of . this provl- (Continued on page 8.) fAnooliUd Pma laMd Wire.) 4 President Coolldge's - Spe- clal Train, Enroutn to Key West, Jan. 14 Traversing a section of the United States entirely new to him, Presi- dent Coolldge journeyed southward today to Key West where he will board the bat- tleshlp Texas to convey him to the Pan-American congress ( nt Havana where he will de- ltver a message of good wilt and International cooperation. ' Accompanied by a party of prominent Americans iuclud- Ing members of his cabinet, the president with Mrs. Cool- ldge Bped during the night thru the Carollnas and Geor- gla into Florida, with a stop at Jacksonville, . where . Sec- retary Davla of the Labor De- partment got off this morn- Ing. . SHARKEY FIGHT New Zealander Piled Up Good Lead in Early Rounds, Weakened LITTLE EXCITEMENT Large Crowd Disappointed ; at Exhibition -Judges' Verdict Left Patrons, and Critics Divided (Auoclatrd PrMl Ltairtl Wire)..- , f NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-r-Ench of tho three officials participating in the draw verdict rendered after the 12 round match between Tom Heeney and Jack Sharkey voted a definite ticket. , - ; , - The New York State Athletic Commission, whllo reserving an nouncement as to scoring of Indi vidual rounds, disclosed today that Judge Qeorge Kelloy voted for Sharkey, JudRe' George Patrick for a draw and noforeo Jack Don ning gave Hooney tho verdict. Official scorlne of the rounds, on which a majority of ringside crl- : tics gave the fight' to Sharkey .while the crowd of 17,000 present NEW YORK, Jnn. 14. Tex Rickard's heavyweight frolic to (Continued on pngo 8.K- HEENEY It All Depends on the Point VISION TRAVELS SOUND 'S I ;..,.. VIw r1 Actions of Artists Who Entertain Them . DISTANCE IS 3 MILES Light Rays Become Radio Impulses Through Use of . Photo-Electric i Cell Disc ' (Auwhtnl Preu Uuti Wire) . SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Jan. 14. The radio fan's dream of a home receiving set bringing to him both sight and sound seemed near realization today. , )". ' : - Radio waves have carried both audition and vision - into homes here. Some further simplification and a regulation of cost of ap paratus are all that stands In the way of the household use of tele vision, engineers Bay.; A small audience, seated lu a home here yesterday, Baw, In minute detail, the actions of art-, tsts whose voices they heard-from a common radio loud speaker. The transmitter waB located In a laboratory three miles away; the demonstration was given by the Genoral Electric company. K F. W. Alexanderson, chief consulting engineer of the Radio Corporation of America-, said that at present the vision broadcaster was limited to the transmission of but a single -Subject, suoh as-the face of a -person or an -extremely concentrated group of obJeotB. Television .broadcasting Bos' been conducted :from the: company's station here regularly for some time, Mr. ;Alexanderson suld, the transmitter operating on 38 met ers.' To tho present time trans mission has beep attempted over only short- distance, but It is the Intention of the experimenters to try for great range on the assump tion Hint the snort .wave will bo received better at long, distances as in the caso, of radio broadcast' Ing. ' ; ' 1 ' , In ' yesterday's - demonstration the receiving apparatus- was housed in a cabinet much like that of n phonogrnpb. A throe-Inch square opening In tho television permitted viewing of the. radio- picture.. ? ; ' First was Been merely a streak of parallel lines, but -under the manipulations of tho operator these- disappeared in a fow nun- 1 (Continued on pago 4) of View RADIO WAVES REEDSPORT MAN , TO BE CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER W. A. Lovelace of Reeds fc nnrt U'lla trwlfiv nnnniinroil na A a candidate for county com- missioner. Mr. Lovelace,- who Is one of the most prominent residents of the lower Ump- : qua district, la well acquaint ed with county affairs thru connections with the Port of ) Umpqua and the Umpqua 4 road Improvement district, having had service as a dl rector with each of these groups. Ha Is well known 0 throughout the county and is ! thoroughly Qualified In every particular to ably fill the of- ! flea for which he seeks. The term of O. L. Beckley is ex- nlrlne this year and his sue- I cessor will be elected In No- w vriuuer, uuk uuiuiiiuiiuiis will w be .made iu the primaries. Mr. Beckley has declared that he will not be a candidate for reelection. . T FROM PLANES ROUTS REBELS Marine Patrols Will Be : Abandoned For Air Attacks - SEEKING .SANDINO Marines Intend to Cut? Off '.). General's Escape Down, J1 the Coco River Acci- - dent Excites Crowd " '5 j " tf- ,''! ' ' MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 14. The drive against the rebels will bo continued by air rather thau by marine patrols which run tho risk of being ambushed. - ' - Bombardment of rebel positions from airplanes has been very ef fective, Colonel LouIb Mason Oil lick, American marine commander In Nicaragua, said In announcing his policy. i -'-.K'" i t v n. , The rebels . were dispersing un der hoavy cover today fearing the effect of bomblug.- Marino Infan try detachments massed In the eastern pnrt of the state of Neuva Segovia. Thoy Intended to eut oft the rebel genera), AugUBtlno Ban- dlno,fn case he should attempt to oscape down' the Coco Klver to the Carrlbean Sea. Planes returning from the Qui lull district Thursday vigorously, bombed tho rebel area near Qui lali, where American troops were ambushed last week, Colonel Ou llck nniiouncod. He said that the aviators reported that their bom bardment wnH curried eut with disastrous effect. An offer of a Conservative army to aid the marines In their drive against ' General Sandlno was made by General Emillano Cha morro, former Conservative presi dent. Chumorro returned to Nicar agua recently after a conference with the state department In Washington, at which he was In formed that he would bo personna non grata If elected president In 1928. . Tho Liberal newspapers here re cently charged that Chamorro was supplying Bandlno with arms and ammunition. Calling on Colonel Oullck, Chamorro salt) . these charges woro ridiculous. Chamorro then suggested that a force of Conservatives In the north be organized to help fight Sandlno, because knowing tho country they could move faster than the marines. Oullck did not reply to this sug gestion but In mllltnry circles It was said ho reminded Chamorro that the conservatives had hidden large supplies of war materials la the north. Chamorro Is under stood to have agreed (hat they would bo given up as provided under the Stlmson agreement for a free election lu 1928. While 12 persons were eating In a rentaurffiit In the main street of Managua yesterday noon a bomb fell from a marine plane passing overhead. The bomb Imbedded ItBeir In the wall of the restaur ant. The safety mochanlsm of the bomb, Intended to guard against detonation In such cases, prevent ed an exuloslon. There was great excitement among tho diners, how ever. Mrs. Horace Campbell and daughter, Mrs. Walter Leake, have returned here from Cincin nati. Ohio, where they were called a few weeks ago by the death of their daughter and sister, Mrs. Robert Duncan, MAIN PASADENA I T NORTH UMPQUA Robert Bludsoe Due in Few 1 Days to Start Building -. Cabins MANY ARE RESERVED. Los Angeles Physician; to Qrl Mm, Pafi.ni. to Umpqua Valley for , . Rest Cure i - '- Robert Dludsoe, a ' prominent auto dealer of Pasadena, 1b .to be In Roseburg within the next tew days for the purpose of starting work on a resort near the Umpqua national forest boundary on. the North Umpqua road, according to Information received by John Ewall of Camp View, who has re cently returned from an extensive trip Into the southwestern states, Mr. Bludsoe made a' trip up the norm umpqua last lau ana was bo delighted that he purchased 40 acres of land near the forest boun dary, and has completed plans for establishing a recreational resort which he will build during the early Bprlng months.. . "; - - the next few days accompanied by d Mr. Cole, also of Pasadena, who is Interested In the enterprise. Al- . ready the resort has promise of, considerable patronage, many Pa sadena, and Los Angeles poopla having engaged reservations. One 18 Angeles ' Physician, who la a specialist in nerve cases, has en gaged live cauins- ior. .me use- oc Ills imtlonts during the summer. Mr. Ewail visited In California, A H.nnn XTn-n.' MavIm Tavo, anil Oklahoma; r and everywhere he stopped he managed to get In a boost for the Umpqua Valley, dis tributing as he went thousands of pieces of literature concerning this section. . ... . .. . .-. He found a royal. welcome await ing him at Pasadena. Last summer Joe Welch, famous sportsman,' and JHCK JIOUZ,' ' HCOUv IUr. (TUB Ot IUB biggest sporting goods firms vOt the oountry, visited the North Umpqua upon Mr. Ewnll'a lnvlta- flmi: Thnv tntllrhnfl -tn PARArinna frrnntiv nmmiAiwY nv i wnnn inirv found, and Mr. WeUh has written . numerous . articles for leading sporting publications. These two ....... ,- Mh Vtunll hHM .nlllnn their friends about the Umpqua (Valley. "It Is Impossible to estimate 'what these two men have done' fnt Ma unnlinn nf nramn ' Mi Ewall said. "They went-back to Pasadena greatly enthused over, 'over the Umpqua river as a fish ing stream, and have been arous ing great cunousuy ami interest n,,,nna ll.nl- Mamld on tnttnh In. fact, that I was kopt busy all the time I was there moetlng with men who wantod to know more anout the North Umpqua. I predict that thnrn wilt hA A rnenrA hrnAklnfl. in- I flux of Influential men. from Pa.. sadena during tho coming summer. Many of them are coming early In 'the spring, and If they find condi tions bb they exepct, and as we inflow tnoy win ue, uiey . wm re main all all summer. Many ' of these men will Invest In summer homes or property for recreation al resorts," Mr. Ewall states that every where he found great Interest In Oregon nB a sumer playground and says thnt Roseburg haB a wonder ful opportunity to attract vacation Ists. Ono or the most Important fao (Continued on page 4.1 Starting Monday The News-Review is of fering to its readers, begin ning Monday, a new serial, "The Canary Murder Case," a. thrilling, exciting and bat fling detective mystery that will give every reader an op portunity to test out his or her ability in solving one of the most complicated mur der cases imaginable. This story, written by S. S. Van Dine, is one of this au thor's best and the News Review has no hesitancy in declaring "The Canary Mur der Case" to be one of the most interesting serials it has ever published. , The first chapter will appear in Mon day's paper, January 16 . "