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Newspaper Page TextI : . - , &a Weather Highest temperature yetterday.31 Lowest temperature last night 34 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Rain tonight and Sunday, no change in temperature. B10RG DOUGfCOUNTY Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roteburg Review An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Best Interests at the People VOL. XXVIII NO. 233 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 21. 1928. VOL. XVIII NO. 307 OF THE EVENING NEWS Moss T f aTi.P'"" . j j w luteriiacn j j 4, i SI v Today 3 Went Riding. Great Chicago, Illinois. Hanging Too Good. Mr. Lasker's Millions. ! By Arthur Brisbane I . (Copyright 1328 by Star Company) ' . ELKHART. Ind. After rainy morning in Chicaao. this is written on the Twentieth j ,, Century, bound east through rainy Indiana. Some Chicago citizens worry needlessly about Chicago's "crime news.. The news- nearly - always tells of criminals killing mother criminals, a cause for re joicing, not grief. ' ' ' This morning attention turns to Gangster Jack Guzik, chief lieutenant for Scarface Al Ca pone, now resting in Florida. In Capone'8 absence foolish Harry Fuller. . 28 years old, from South Bend, Indiana, or ganized a hijacking crew, held up and robbed Capone boot leg wagons. Such things cannot be tol erated, so Guzik kidnaped Harry Fuller, and two of his assistants, Joseph Gaziando, aged 1 8, and Joseph Fasso, aged 21. All three were "tak en for a ride," Fuller and Fas so thrown out at one place, Gaziando at another, all dead, of course. ', When- weazels kill rats or " gangsters'- kill gangsters the good should rejoice. Let Chicago and other cities burdened with crime problems nsk this question: How can you expect to deal adequately with "criminals through your police and detec tive forces when profits on' bootlegging enable criminals to pay policemen and detectives five times as much as the city pays them? A Chicago chief of police testified that more than half his men were engaged in bootleg gins;. Securely organized crime will last as long as securely or ganized bootlegging and that probably will last as long as prohibition. Chicago, growing with ex traordinary rapidity, solving; its traffic and other problems more energetically and effic iently than any other city, sets an example to the rest of the country. The bio; state of Illinois, is suing $160,000,000 on state bonds in addition to $33,300, 560 county bonds for hard roads, has nearly 6,000 miles of such roads. These figures are printed to oblige Messrs. I. H. Forrest and James P. Bicket, proud Chicago citizens. Earnest men and women write, "Why do you oppose capital punishment? Isn't hancinc or electrocution too good for a vile murderer? How can you frighten murderers if you don t kill them? Yes. hanging is too good. especially for a kidnaping mur derer. But hanging and th (Continued on page 4) FLAPPER FANNY SAYS; If, not how much money hi, - ,o.m.. out now mucn vi nn father's money has he got. that counts. KCXL U t NT OFF. DIRECTOR OF BANK OF ENGLAND DEAD 4 (Auoctated Tren Leased Wire) LONDON, Jan. 21 Lleuten- ant Colonel Michel Seymour Spencer-Smith, 47, director of the Bank of England, died to- day from injuries received while motoring. He was the youngest son of the late Rev. Spencer Compton Spencer- Smith, vicar of Kingston, Dorsetshire. - Colonel Spencer-Smith serv- ed thru the war with distinc M tion and for a time was on the staff of the Canadian corps, heavy artillery, in France. Earlier he was in the king's royal rifle corps. He receiv- ed the miliary cross and was made a companion of the ills- tinguisned service order. 275 PER CENT Federation's Council Will A&k Plank in Platform of Both Parties." GOVT. CONTROL AIM President Green Says Mass of People Now "Buying Poison or Making Bad Home Brew." MIAMI, Fla., Jan: 21, Organ ized labor's demand for a 2.75 per cent beer plank in the platform of the major political parties is aimed only at the Volntead Act, and does not seek repeal of the 18th amendment to the constitu tion, says William Green, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor. The demand that" 2.75 per cent beer be made a - political Issue, which grew out of a plea of the United Brewery Workers before the executive council of the feder ation here yesterday, was predi cated on the belief that 2.75 per cent beer is not intoxicating, said Mr. Green. It added it' was the con census of the body that such a beverage handled' under , govern ment supervision- at reasonable prices, would make , for temper ance. 1 Would Exchange Poison "We see general and flagrant violation of the prohibition laws as they now stand.'.' said the labor head. "We see rich men who are able to pay the bootleg prices Just about as generously supplied with liquors as they were, and we boo the laboring man, the great mass of the people, either making bad home brew or buying poison." The Los Angeles convention of the federation last year went on record as favoring amendment of the Volstead Act This will be the first time the demand has been In cluded in a legislative urogram for representation to the major parties during their election yoar conventions. BASKETBALL TONIGHT A fast bapketball game Is anti cipated at the Junior high school I tonight when the local team meets Theodore Roosevelt Junior high at the local gymnasium. Tho two teams are reported to be fairly evpntlv matched physical! v, but with the Ytalttng ten.m having the fuinerlornv in exnerlpnrp. LINDY RETURN8 TO FRANCE FIELD, COLON FRANCE FIELD, COLON, Jan. 21. Colonel Charles A. 1 Lindbergh landed here safe- 1 ly at 2:22 p. m. from David near where he had spent a vacation of several days hunt- ' Ing and fishing. Colonel Lindbergh, who left Colon Just a week ago In or- ' der to get a complete rest from his arduous program of steady flying on his Central American good will tour, will soon continue- the flight 1 which has Havana. Cuba, as its next chief goal. The Am- erlcan flier will next hop to Caracas, Venezuela, although 1 he tnav stop off at Bogota, 1 Colombia. The Spirit of St. Louis. which haa no faithfully car- rled the American air hero on 1 his tour, today wai pro- ' nouneed ready to continue the ' flight by the mechanics who ' 9 nave been worKtcg on ju BEER DEMANDED BY LABOR HEADS PUIS m COURTHOUSE ARE APPROVED Unanimous Vote Given on Resolution for Construction. WANT LOCAL LABOR Court Urged to Keep Work . Within County ..as Far ; as Possible Plans Are Explained. Unanimous npproval of the county court's plan for the con struction of a new courthouse for Douglas county was given at the public meeting held today at the Circuit Court room. The meeting was started at 10 o'clock and was exnected to last all day, hut the opinion was so unanimous that all discussion was concluded, at noon and the meeting was ad journed. No opposition to the con struction of the building was ex pressed, the bulk of the talks and diBeiissIons centering around vari ous policies proposed to be fol lowed in connection with the con struction project. ' County Judge George K. Qulne presided and called for a public discussion. County Clerk 1. D. Rid dlo explained the financial plan, stating that the county has set aside $200,000 from the O. and C. money to be added to $75,000 al ready on hnnd as a fund from which to erect the structure. In this manner, he stated, the build ing can be erected without .neces sity of making a tax levy' and will still .leave sufficient funds to re tire 'road bonds, this .money hav ing been set aside In & bond re tirement fund. . Mr. Tourtellotte. the architect who drew the plan accepted by the court, explained at considerable length the size, style and general specifications - of the 1)iilldliig, which will give three times as much space as now provided. He discussed various types of build ing materials, stressing the ad-: vantages of the -cast stone finish,1 which he. proposes to use, which will permit building the structure of reinforced concrete, but giving the appearance of stone. Timber Men Favor George W. Marshall, representa tive of the Weyerhausor Timber Company, which pays $30,000 each year in taxes, snoke briefly In favor of the building, stating that the large taxpayers are all in favor of such a structure and fVnMnuid on dhit 8.) 5 Thar She Blows lVWVVVVV''V"VWVVVVVVVMVVVMVWVV iVii "irrr"r "1111 -tt :i ..x- ... mf74 Mysteriously r 1 , I i 'i' . i Mysterious was the disappearance from the campus of Smith Col lege, Northampton, Mass., of Frances St. John Smith, 18, daughter of wealthy New York parents. After her unexplained absence became prolonged an extensive search for her was begun. Frances, pictured here, was a member of the freshman class. SEARCH FOR MISS . ING GIRL TAKES ON I RENEWED VIGOR NORTHAMPTON, MusO., Jan, 21. The search (or the niisalim' Miss Frances St. John Smith took on new vigor here today. After 'a week In which count loss clues from many cities anil states have been run down with out .result, General Alfred T. Foote. Massachusetts commission er,' loft-today to search the woods and fields around this city. The search was prompted by ab senco of authentic Information to show that the Smith College fresh man, who Is the daughter of a wealthy New York broker never was seen after leavlnx her room a week ago Friday. GUARD INSPECTION SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. Briga dier 'General George A-. White, ad jutant general of Oregon, has is sued orders for the annual feder al Inspection of the National Guard In this state. The Inspec tion will require about a month and will begin February 15. Ite- j Missing Miss 6 i . 8TORM3 IN 8TATE . . v; PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 21. Wlille modorate weather conditions prevailed- In Port- land today other parts of the state are not so fortunate . The Columbia river highway was a sheet of Ice. Chains were a necessity. Chnlns also were required on the high- 41 way south of Portland and on the Astoria highway. The Columbia river high- way was blocked last night from midnight until 9 o'clock 41 this morning, whou It was cleared by highway crews. A blizzard was raging thru the Columbia Gorge at 0 o'clock thltf morning and there waa little Indication of It abating, according to Ray Conway of 4 the Oregon State Motor asso- elation, who returned from there. . gular army officers will be the In Bpectora. - Ad van e e information from the War Deportment In ill cates that the Inspection will be more exacting thun ever before. SAND I NO ALIVE BUT WOUNDED NOW PROBABLE Rebel General Disabled Airplane Raid, Latest Advices State. Ul WAR ZONE NOW QUIET, Sandinos ; Brother, Toiler in Brooklyn, Declares ; Kin Ready to Die for His Cause, . (Auoclntpd Prpu LeuMd Wire) MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. 21. Advices from Ocotal today Indi cate possibility that the rebel gen eral, Auguntlno Sandlno, was wounded In the airplano bombard ment of his stronghold at El Chlpote last Sunday. Confirmation of reports that Sandlno was deud and buried was lacking. The latest advices as to San dlno, forwarded by tho marlno garrison at Ocolal, said Informa tion recolved from Nlcaraguans coming Into tho town was that Sandlno was wounded In the head and shoulder aud wus attended by a Mexican doctor. His wounds were stated to bo Borlous. Airplanes returning from Nueva Segovia district, - whero Sandlno had been active, reported no signs of rebel activity." NEW YORK, Jam 21. Belief that Genernl Augustlno Sandlno,' Nlcaraeuan rebel leader. 1b . still alive, is held by IiIb brother,, Socrates Sandlno, 29 , year... old I Brooklyn mechanic. -- - -J Expressing doubt as to ' the truth of reports that General San dlno wan killed In a bombing raid t by American marines, Socrates said that the region about El Chlpoto Is wild and hilly and he was confident his-1 brother con templated some strategies. Socrates, however, said his brother would fight to the finish, giving Ills life If necessary, to at tract the attention of the world to his country. Socrates said ho received a let ter from his father, written from their home 'in Nlqulnohomo and dated simply "January," In which ho told of a recent visit to him of representatives of tho' "fellowship of reconciliation," who asked that he endeavor to porsuado his Bon to cease fighting. The father said he would mako no promise, since when he last saw his son In May the general was so determined to fight his cause that the father knew arguments would bo of no avail. SHOT ENDS MISERY OF STRANDED DOG (Anncliitrtl I'rraa Lntei Wire) DETROIT, Jan. 21. After bat tling the churning Ico wnters of Lake St. Clair for more than 24 hours In a vain attempt to roscuo a white collie, sighted yesterday marooned on a cake of ice far out In the lako. a city patrolman ended the misery of the dog with a revolver Bliot Into yosterday. D. Maby, who Is visiting with friends - In Oakland, from the northern part of tho stnte, 'spent Friday afternoon In this city look ing after business affairs. . BOARD OF REGENTS APPROVE DORMITORY (Aiau-litrd I'rra Lcurd Wire) UNIVERSITY OF ORE- OON. Eugene, Jnnunry 21 (SPECIAL) When men stu- dents enter the University of Oregon next fall they will find attractive and up-to-date 4 living quarters for more than , three times as many as can now be accommodated . In Friendly Hall, the present dormitory, It Is announced, 4 following the approval given today by tho board of regents for the Immediate onictlon of a new dormitory, to cost 1300.000. 'This structure, which will be constructed under tho en- abllng act passed by the last legislature, will bouse 228 men In three-story, brick, fireproof, unit type quarters. The enabling act, passed for 4 the benefit of the University and State Agricultural Col- lege, allows the Institutions O to construct buildings for 4 dormitories, finance thorn with bonds and then repay the bonds with Income from the buildings themselves. No state money will be UBed, It I Is pointed out. ! BOYS AND GIRLS ON A BOOZE PARTY (AuorUlM Vrvm Iawnl Wire.) , SAN VHANCISCO, Jan. 21. Twtilve' boys and four girls, ranging In. age from 17 to 2u years, were taken Into cus- tody lust night when police raided an abandoned school In the downtown district here and found the 16 in the midst of what authorities termed a booze orgy.- A gallon of wine was seized tn the raid, and It was necessary to remove one of the girls to a hospital un- conscious from liquor. The rest were releused to their parents after questioning. DEATH CLAIMS P L Major General Goethals ' Passes Away Following an Illness. WIFE AT RFnQinF Son Announces That Father Will Be Laid -to Rest at West Point Had a , Brilliant Career. (AMorlAtfd Prru LriMtl Wiru NEW YOHK, Jan. 21. Major Genernl George W. Goethals, build er of the Panama Canal, died at his apartment today. , - -J The announcement was mado by a son, who said that his father had been 1111 for several ' months.' In-, torment will bo ut West Point. His two sons and his wife were at his bedside when death came.- . The nature of his Illness was not disclosed, but-.lhose. cloaoly asso- cluled with him in business said he linil been sorlously ill for two momliB and that hopo for his ro- AMOCl-!DltUNDIIV)Oll MAJ.fiFN.GEOROE W.OOE covery had been abandoned Bev-1 oral weeks ago. Ills Illness did not becomo generally known until today. Drops From Public Eye After his retirement from acttvo service with the army he dropped out of tho public eyo to a great extent, but continued ns consult ing englneor with office in New York. Ho wns ono of ho princi pal advisers of the Port of New York authority during tho con struction of tho Holland Vohlculnr Tunnol. He also was an adviser of the port authority in Its other projects. Including bridges now be ing built between. Staton Island nnd New Jersey and tho proposed bridge across the Hudson to Fort Lee, N. J. General GonthalB Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Efflo Rodmnn Goethals and two Bona, Colonel George It. Goethals and Dr. Thom as R. Doethnls. Funeral services will be hold In tho Chanel of tho military aca demy nt West Point, N. Y., nt 3 i p. m., Tuesday. Canal a Qreat Feat The name t Major Genernl George Washington GoethnlB will be recorded in history as tho mnn i who nccompl-lied one of tho greatest feats 1?t engineering and construction since the Egypttnns completed their mlehty pyrnmlds the rutting 'of the Panama Canal. While the American forces un der Goethals found on the Itothmufl of Panama the remains of many years toll by several French com panies, who had nttempted to dig the canal, what the latter accom plished wns of little If any aid to those who finally crowned their efforts with almost undreamed of (Continued on pago 3.) NOTED BUILD ER NI N OFFICER LEAS SHOOTS YOUTH TO HALT HIM Roy Jackson, 18, In Hospital, Guarded ; Wounded Boy, With Girl Companion, Admits Plan'', to Steal Auto. SHERIFF IS IN MELEE After Starting; Triple Gun Play, Jackson Takes to . Heels and Bullst Strikes Hip. ' Roy Jaskson, alias Jack Lester, 18-year-old San Pedro, California youth was wounded last night by Deputy Sheriff E. E. Leas, when then started to run, as - he found out he wsb covered by Sheriff Percy Webb. ' Jackson add a girl companion were being watched by the Bher iff and his deputy, who had be come suspicious because of their peculiar actions, and as the couple separated o a residential street the deputy sheriff ordered Jadk son to halt. As the youth stopped he shoved a gun against the offi cer's body and ordered him to put up his hands. Less obeyed una backed around the car In which . Siiorlft Webb was seated. Tba sheriff -then Hook a- hand , In tba proceedings by covering the boy. who seeing that a second officer was present, Btarted tOtrun.vLea ' fired two shots, accompanying them with orders to halt, and as the commands were not obeyed, - he shot Jackson In the hip, in tltctlng a painful but not neces- aartly serious wound. He was taken to Mercy hospital where ka is being kept under guard, whllo an Investigation la being made ot the case. i - The girl, who was taken into custody soon after the shooting, gives the name of Alice Boerman, aged 18, and her address as Grants PasB. she was formely In San Pedro, where she became acquaint-. ed with Jackson, according to the Btatement given the officers. She rofused to talk concerning the case. She claims to have been a wife of a man named Bob Tapp, a former resident of the Oakland vicinity, who was killed in Cali fornia In. a cattle theft case, . 8herlff Suspicious . - "I saw tho young fellow and the girl strolling along the road near my home yestorday noon," Sheriff Wobb, who resides a short distance - east of tho city, said today in com montlng on the shooting affair. "Thoy wore plainly transients and I Immediately formed the opinion that thoy were planning to steal a car or rob a home in that nelgli-. borhood. I did not see them again ! until late at night I was seated I in my car with Mr. Leas, Police Of ficer George Dletsch, Deputy Sher iff Dnugherty and others when I Bttw tnl couple sauntering by on the stroet. I pointed them out to Mr. Leas, who followed them. It was foggy and as they turned off on a side street, he failed to see them make the turn, so I drove on after tho other officers left the (Continued on page 8.) '"Klnda wont haywire, thassall!" So muttered the Office Cat as he ' clomped Into the sanctum with his hip boots and bunibeiy shoot this a. m. "Yep," he con tinued, "It's gon na rain some more." Prophet Pugh, his faco wreath ed In smiles, simply shook his head with a "I told ya bo" and predicted a fur ther ' downpour Leaky for tomorrow. Nothing much we oan do about It now Only this ' Jut glance over tonight's paper nnd see what fierce storms the folks back east are havfhg. . . RAIN AIN'T SO WUSS! . rrrs 7 1 ' ''