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Consolidation of Ths Evening Newt and
The Roseburg Review
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VOL. XXVIII NO. 250 OF ROSESURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY. 1 0, 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 14 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Today
Horse and Man.
"Hang Me With Him."
Ultra Simple Divorce.
Canada, Our Friand.
By Arthur Brisbane !
(Copyright 1928 oy Star Company)
The world's kind-hearted
people were interested six
years ago in the Reverend Dr.
Uriah Meyers' horse. Clover,
nearly 53 years old. Twenty
five dollars a. month pension
was received to keep the old
horse in comfort plenty for
the purpose.
Now the reverend doctor,
himself 90 years old, and his
wife are trying to live on $25
a month, $12.50 each, not
enough. They are sometimes
hungry.
Will philanthrophy do as
much for the Reverend Dr.
Meyers, 90 years old, asit did
for his horse, aged 53, and
give him enough to live?
A young woman, well edu
cated, married to a scoundrel,
followed him and hi3 fortunes,
and will soon be hanged with
him in Canada. She was with
him when he murdered a taxi
cab driver.
An effort is made to save
her from the gallows, and the
girl amazes her friends, saying
she does not want to be saved.
"If he hangs. I want - to hang
with him." That should amaze
nobody. It might be amazing
if a man said it.
A woman is willing to be
burned with her children, or
hanged with her husband,
when 6he likes him. It is part
of the female disposition.
Germany proposes a law to
make "a simple wish" suffic
ient ground for divorce.
It would not be necessary to
prove guilt. Wife or husband
can . say, "A continuation of
my married life has become im
possible." That will end it.
The couple must live apart
one year "before getting the di
vorce. When no guilt is proved,
there will be no alimony. The
richer of the two will be ex
pected to help the poorer.
That makes bur "compan
ionate" marriage quite conserv
ative, i
Secretary of State Kellogg
has been in Canada, well re
ceived, and heard Canadian
statesmen say there is no dan
ger of our country trying to an
nex Canada. That annexation
idea is old and foolish. The
United States is glad to have a
good pacemaker and finds it in
the people of Canada.
Also Canada - is our best
customer, buying here more
than the British mother country
buys. For several months in
1927 Canada was the best cus
tomer we had in the world.
We helped the Canadian
northwest, as we did all coun
tries, by supplying a short cut
through the Panama Canal.
Canada reciprocates by buying
of us.
When the St. Lawrence can
al goes through both nations
will be better off. Friendship,
cooperation, constructive com
petition should be the program.
.
A British film,, telling the
story of Nurse Cavell, shot as a
spy by the Germans, shows the
nurse refusing to have her eyes
bound, erect, eight men aiming
at her. One soldier refuses to
fire and is shot dead, in the
picture.
A German official report,
contradicting the film story,
says the nurse was brought out
with her eyes bound, and fell
in a faint, "whereupon an ot
ficer. kneeling to aim, shot
her." That makes it a little
worse than the British film
makes it. An unfortunate "of
ficial denial."
The senate will' pass some
kind of anti-third-term bill,
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TO MAKE HALT
HERE FEB. 2D
Governor to Head Good
Will Junket Into
California.
ROSEBURG TO JOIN
Expect Several Cars of
Local People to Join
Party Here and Go
to Sacramento.
Roseburg will bp visited on Mon
day. February 20, by a huge good
will caravan, going from Oregon to
Sacramento, to carry a message of
cooperation and friendship. This
Is to be known as the Governor's
Caravan and will be beaded by
Governor I. L. Patterson. It will in
clude many of the most influen
tial men and women o'f the state
and will be representative of the
highest influence of the Btate gov
ernment and Industries.
The caravan is to be limited to
40 'cars and it is hoped will con
tnin delegations from every large
city of the state of Oregon. The
party will stop in Roseburg at
noon on Monday, the 2uth, and will
spend an hour and a half here. It
Is planned to meet the caravan
with a band and , to have the
streets cleared for parking the
visiting cars. A luncheon will be
served at the Umpqua hotel for
the visitors, and local entertainers
will present a program to be spon
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Attorney General Says State
Cannot Use , Funds
, for Religious ,
Teaching.
(Associated Press Leaned Wins)
LANSING, Mich.. Feb. ao. Bible
reading and teaching of religious
subjects, sectarian or otherwise,-in
the public schools of Michigan, is
unlawful, Attorney General W."W.
j Potter has ruled.
In an opinion yesterday the at
Uorney general held that such prac
'. tice must be discontinued, by rea
, son of provisions of the state con
stitution. The ruling, according to state
'superintendent of public instruc
tion, Webster H. Pearce, affects a
number of normal schools, Michi
jgan state college and scores of
grade and high schools thruout the
state. At these schools, he said, it
has been the practice to read the
Bible in class, and courses have
; been provided for "presentation of
the general principles of Chris
tianity.". The University of Michigan, it
'was stated, is not affected since
religious training there is conduct
ed In a separate building not
maintained by the state.
i The attorney general cited the
following provisions of the state
I constitution:
"Sectarian text books may not
hA IIboiI In mihlli nnhnnla
f "School boards have no authority
.to establish or continue courses in
religious subjects.
I "Any text book stressing . the
j doctrines of the Protestant or any
: other religion, cannot be used in
the public schools.
"Public funds cannot be used for
purchasing religious text books or ,
to pay the salaries of religious
teachers."
Discussing a contention of the
Bible study proponents that It be
made optional with the student,
the attorney general declared:
i "If there Is one thing which is
J well settled in the policies and pur
poses of the American people as a i
whole, it is the fixed and unalter-j
able determination that there
shall be an absolute separation of
trie church and state and that ourj
puuuu Bcnuui system bhs.ii uui on
used directly or indirectly for re-'
Itgimis instruction. j
"I? parents or other persons '
charged with the education of
children desire to have them edu
cated In matters of religion, the
children can be sent to private or '
p-fochial schools, as the standard
of education in such institutions
is substantially equivalent to that
prescribed by the state for public
schools."
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PROSPEROUS YEAR
IS - PREDICTED BY
BANKER'S JOURNAL
(Auoelainl Prm Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON. Feb. , 10.
The general business outlook
for 1128 Indicates that It will
closely resemble 1927, says
the current issue of the
American Bankers association.
journal, "that Is a properous
year, with active business,
heavy movement of goods and
satisfactory earnings for the
strong, agressive concerns."
BIDS RECEIVED
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PACIFIC LIS
Shipping Board Well Pleas
ed With Offers for
Vessels.
PORTLAND FIRM BIDS
Company to Be Organized
by K. D. Dawson Makes
Proposal for Oregon
Steamers.
(Aftioeljited Prcm Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Four
bids were received by the Ship-!
ping. Board today for three gov-'
eminent owned steamship lines
operating from the Pacific coast.
They wero 'turned over to - the
Merchant Fleet corporation for In
vestigation. , :
' 'The'-Watson Navigation com
pany and the American Hawaiian
Steamship company biddiner ioint-
ly for a corporation to be formed, -
offered ?1.981,755.B0 for the 21
ships of the American Australian-
Ciflant linn TK ,ll..lt..
of the Admiral Oriental , line I
owned by the Dollar interests, bid'
5(70,:if7 for the seven ships of the
American Oriental line.
The Tacoma Oriental Steamship
company, which is to be organized,
bid a total of $ti9G,906 for' the
American Oriental 41ne,- while a
company to be formed by K. 15
Dawson of Portland, Oregon, hid
51,005,000 for the Oregon Oriental
Hue.
All bids wore accompanied by
the necessary 2J per cent of the
bids.
All of the bids were on tho five
year operating guarantee basia
which calls for the payment of
22J per cent of the total cost upon
delivery on the ships. Under this
plan, the vessels would be paid for
in seven and one-half years in an
nual Installments of ten per cent
of the remaining cost at a rate of
4i per cent interest.
Chairman O'Connor expressed
pleasure over the bids which aver
age ap proximately $11 per ship
ton.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 10.
Portland's shipping and business
interests, desirous of keeping Ore
gon's Oriental line in Oregon, to
dny looked with favor on the $1,
005,000 bid entered at Washing
ton, D. C, by K. D. Dawson, vice
president nnd general manager of
the Columbia Pacific Shipping
company.
Dawson, who has been In Wash
ington since October, entered his
bid for a corporation yet to bo
formed here. His plan, it waa said.
Is to retain tho shipping line for
this territory, i - i .
The Columbia Pacific Shipping
company has managed 'the Oregon
Oriental line almost since Its in
ception.
WOMEN BEG FOR
KISSES FROM LINDY
HAVANA, ' Feb. " 10. Twenty
thousand persons gathered In the
famous Prado Promenade here at
noon today to witness the presen
tation of the keys to the city to
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh.
Colonel Lindbergh, to whom
Cuba has already given her heart,
tonight will receive the highesl
honor of the Cuban government.
The grand cross of the order of
Carlos Manual de C'ea pedes will be
conferred upon the flyer by Presi j
aeni Macnauo at uie ena 01 a
presidential banquet to Lindbergn
In the National theatre.
Women outnumbered men by at
least four to one at a reception at
the American embassy attended by
thousands of Americans and resi
dents of Havana. Lindbergh smiled
on all, but only rarely did he break
his rule by shaking hands.
"I don't blame you for not shax
Ing hands," one admirer exclaimed
"But I'd give my right hand for a
kiss." - ,
"Oh, If I could only kiss you,
one white-haired woman pleaded..
BYGQVERIMMEN
ES,
TIE TOLL LIFE
Mine Disaster Traps 35
Msn in Blazing
Tunnel.
SINGER SAVES LIVES
Heroic Soprano Sings org
as Building Rocks
-,, Fire Destroys Oil
Property.
(Associated Vntn Leaned Wire)
TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 10.A
dispatch to tho Toronto Star today
from Timmlns. Ontario, said 35
men had been trapped in tho Hoi
linger mine by a fire In the lower
levels. Four bodies had been re
covered, the dispatch said.
The reports said the fire had
broken out in e.cavatlous 550 feet
underground and was still burn
ing. - . .
The recovered dead were -Martin
Stevens, of Timmlns, Harry
Graham, George Dunlop, a powder
man, and one man who was not
Identified.
All workers were ordered from
the mine.
The fire was believed to have
been caused by spontaneous com
bustion in an abandoned section
of the mine where rubbish and
powder boxes had accumulated. Of
ficials of the Hollfnger . company
made no. formal statement but ex
pressed a belief that a final
check would disclose that tho loss
ofllfe would not be great. -. -
When smoke began drifting thru
the cuti where gangs of men wore
working, the men made a dash for
the elevator shaft. The cage was
overloaded but most of those at
the 550 foot level were taken out
Tho resoued-mon feared, however,
Continue' on pace H.
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QUAK
FIRES
Hi PROPEHTy
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SLAYER ELECTROCUTED
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. (Associated Vrta Lrucd Wire)
! HUNTSVILI.E, Texas, Feb.
! 10. Calmly accepting full-
uri' of hist milium efforts for
commutation of : the death
sentence on a plea of insan-
Ity, George, J. Hansell, con
fessed slayer of thirteen per-
sons. wns electrocuted al the
state penitentiary here early
toduy. He was followed to the
electric chair by Robert 1..-
Benton, negro, convicted of
killing a white man.
Asked If he wished to make
a statement, Hnssell said:
."I would like to announce
to the world that 1 am pre-
pared to meet my God. I have
made my confession to tiod
nnd man man does not un-
derstand It all, hut Clod does."
REBEL LEADER
(Associated Presa Leased Wire)
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Feb. 10.
General Augustino Sandino,
rebel leader, has defied the Ameri
can marines to join battle with
him.
Writing lo the chief Nicnrnguan
authority In the Metagal.W dis
trict, Sandino said he would be
delighted to meet the marines in
the hills around Mulagalpa and
blood would flow In such a case.
Ho protenU against the "cow
ordly actions of the marines'' In
Nuova Segovia. This criticism wb
thought to be in objection to the
marines' extensive bombing opera
tions from airplanes which had
made several strongholds of the
rebels in the Nueva Segovia dis
trict untennble.
Various advices received hero
today placed the number of men
under Sandino at from 100 to 600.
Some lines ; of communication
between Managua and Melngalpa
were cut. It was suggested that
this was done by Sandino who is
not anxious to have his where
abouts definitely known.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.Fox are
guests at tlto homo of the Hitter's
parents, Attorney and Mrs.j.A. N.
Orcutt, on Chndwlck street. Mrs.
Fox will remain hero (or a ten day
visit. Mr. Fox is lenvlng within a
few days on a trip to Eastern Ore
gon mid' Portland. ' K
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AIRPORT PLAN
GIVEN BY ELKSI
Lodge Also Pledges Aid to
Project and Commends
. Legion Sponsors.
OPPORTUNITY GOLDEN
City Can Purchase Perfect
Site for $14,000 and
Improve It at Low
Cost, $11,000.
Unanimous endorsement of the
project advanced by Umpqua Post
of the American Legion for the
. acquisition of a suitable airport for
Roseburg was given last night by
tho members of the Elks Lodge,
No. 326, at their regular meeting.
The Legion post was commended
for the public spirit shown in
. carrying this project to Its present
position where everything Ib in i
readiness for finnl and definite ac
tion. The lodge, without a dls
1 flouting vote, pledged Itself to
j give Its full aid and support ' to
carry tne project tnrougu to .suc
cessful termination.
One of the outstanding features
of this project is the very smull
cost by which Itosoburg may ob
tain one of the finest lumlliiir fields
on tho Pacific coast. .
8lts at Low Price
This tract, 4,000 foot long by
about 1,000 feet In : width, con
tains approximately 140 acres. The
total price asked for tho land !&
I about $14,000, which .uiakos tho
f cost per aero only $100. This land
1 Is highly desirable laud for orchard
purposes, and It Is to, bo doubted
it thero Is another such tract with
in many miles of Koseburg whore
such a low price per acre can bo
obtained. This property, situated
only about a mllo from Roseburg,
I (Continued on pngo 4)
ENDORSE!,.
HICKMAN SANE
William Edward Hickman, charged with the kid
naping, murder and mutilation of little 12-year-old Mar
ian Parker, was found last night to be sane and therefore
accountable to the law on the charges against him. The
jury's verdict was returned after a deliberation of only 36
minutes, the first ballot resulting in a unanimous agree
ment. . - -
THE HICKMAN JURY
Pictured below is the jury, composed of eight men
and four women that heard Hickman's claim of insanity,
the photo being secured during one of the important
moments in the trial of the case. The jury, left to right,
front row: Arlo E. Rickett, Robert L. Bowman, Virginia
L. Roess, Mrs. Emily Lindrum, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bullis,
Elias Kahn. Back row: Mrs. Sarah H. Roach, Harry H.
- Woods, Hovard Atkinson, Howard Skewes, J. A. Rug
gles, Edward Venables.
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SON PRESIDENT
' MARSHFIELD BANK
DIES OF PARALYSIS
(Araorlatrd prcn lasted Wire) )
MARSHF1KLD, Ore., j Feb.
10. James Montgomery, , Jr.,
son of J. K. Montgomery,
president - of the Bank of
Southwestern Oregon, died of
infantile paralysis here late
yesterday. The boy, five years
old, was 111 more than a week.
J. E, Montgomery was
president of tho Oregon State
Bankers' association last
year. The boy was his only
boil. ,
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SEEK SENATE SEAT
(Auoclated-rreu Laied Wire)
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 10.
Frank L. Smith of Dwlght, 111., was
United Stntes senator-designate to
day, a title under which he ex
pects to be admitted to tho senate
chambers from which ho was re
cently barred.
Tho former chairman of tho Illi
nois Commerce commission handed
his roslgnntion no United Stntos
senator-elect to Covernor Len
Small, last night, and immediately
was appointed by tho governor to
fill tho vacancy. At the same time
Governor SmaU called a special
primary, unu ti siieuitu kuiiuiui cicu-
tlon to allow voters of Illinois to
elect Smith again, It they so choose
to do.
Both special elections will be
hold on tho same day as the regu
lar primary in April and the gen
eral elcetion in Novembor.
The sonato refused to seat the
former Illinois official because of
his acceptance of campaign funds
from Bamttel Insull, public utility
magnate, and others.
TO FORM LEAGUE
(Auoclatcd TrcM Lcniod wire)
'PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. 10.
Pemllntnn bnnehnll fnna and offt
clals will meet licro Monday night
to discuss tho llluo Mountain base
ball Icagub! possibilities for 'the
1928 season. It 1b hopod locally
that the original 'four In tho cir
cuit. Walla Walla, La Grande, I3ak
er and ; Pundlolon, i will i again bo
Boon In nation- after a two j year
hivnff.j- -h i - i !--''
it is irj) My.
S! ' rk si
HICKMAN
IS
SANE, JURY
SOON FINDS
"State Wins by Neck,"
. Fiend's Comment ; ,
Verdict Is Returned in $6
Minutes; Judge Hints
at Death Penalty. .
SENTENCE TOMORROW
Defense Preparing ypeal,
Also New Trial Motion" '
. Killer's Mother
Pitiful Figure.) ;
(AuocUtvd Prem LfaKd Wire)'
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10. WIN '
Ham Edward Hickman Is sane aud
therefore accountable to the law
for tho kidnaping, murder and
mutilation of little Marian Parker, i
Such was the decision of the ;
Jury who yesterday required only .
36 minutes of deliberation to
reach Its conclusion. Whether the
l'J-yenr-old desperado dies on the
gallowB or goes to tho penitentiary
for the rest of his life rests with
Superior Judge J. J. Trabnccai
who will determine his punish
ment and pronounce sentence to
morrow. ' -v '
Judge Trnbuccota sole Indication
of whivt hla final decision might
be carried little comfort for the
kidnaper and slayeiv it was tho
Judgo's- somewhat -- cryptic ' stated
ment delivered at tho close of the
sanity trial yesterday:? "I cannot
state In advance just what my
sentence will be but you can rest
assured that ' this defendant wilt
bo given all tho law allows."
New Question Up
Th(f veteran jurist seemed to
Imvo no doubt as to the route over
which he was to guide the case lu
its final ' superior court stages.
Scarcely had the jury of eight men
and four women declared Hick
man sane than the judge attempt
ed to obtain a stipulation of prose
cution and derense permitting him
to uso the transcript of the sanity
trial in fixing tho degreo of guilt.
Jerome Walsh, young defonBe
ftttornoy, Interposed some objec
tion nnd the question . wns left
hanging fire. '
Later Walsh said ho had under
stood thfl question Involved and
probably would agree to tho stipu
lation requested.
Should ho rofuse to entor Into
tho stipulation, legal authorities
pointed out, it would be necessary
either for Judge Trabucco to rule
on this point of tho new law, de
claring further testimony unneces
sary. Otherwise tho prosecution
would be forced to call witnesses
to aid the court In deciding the ex
tent of punishment.
Hickman "Wisecracks" ' -
While the court and the attor
neys were feeling their way
through the labyrinth of tho new (
and untested inw governing . ib '
sanity pleas lu criminal cases,
Hickman wns taking the matter
coolly. As tho Jury delivered Its
verdict, ho sat bolt upright In his
chair, showing no emotion. As he
was led from the courtroom ha
only rnst n disdainful look at the
hundreds who were staring at
him. And whilo Judge Trabucco
spoke the words which left little
hoc for him, Hickman was mak
ing "wise cracks" on the way to
his cell.
Immediately after the verdict
when Illckmnn had returned to hut
coll with the remark that "The die
Is cast and tho stnte wins by a
neck," Jail authorities ordered a
2-1-hour a day guard placed over
him. The action was taken In or
der that he might not cheat the
law of its penalty by taking his
own life.
Mother Is Dazed
His mother, Mrs. Eva Hickman, ,
of Kansas City, Mo., whose al
leged mental Ills had bcon paraded
through the court In an effort to
show the horedltary taint of In
sanity, heard the verdict of the
Jury.
Overcome, she wandered ont In
to the street and sometime after
ward was found by Hickman's
brother, Alfred, standing a woe
begone figure on a street corner
thut rang with the shouts of news
boys. In the home of the family of
llttlo Marian Parker, where grief
still camps, the nows of the ver
dict was recolved almost listlessly.
Tho mother of the school girl vic
tim received It In stony and lm
mokllo silence.
"I'm satisfied satisfied and
wanting only to forget," said her
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