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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 . "