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r Ge Weather Highest temperature yesterday 50 Lowest temperature last night... .37 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Generally unsettled tonight and Sunday, normal temperature. Bra c-C dougI Consolidation of The Evening News end The Roeeburg Review An Independent Newepaper, Published for the Beat Interests of the People VOL. XXVI!! "NO. 263 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY.V0 , .RYN25, 1928. VOL. XIX NO. 27 OF THE EVENING NEWS An uv iiiiniii 0 JV Rose II Sue' ,B "!? te 1' y irai . advertisers! jcou ' . yv Today Max Hart, Good American. No More Hoods. As the Angel Writes. Lindbergh, Inventor. ! By -Arthur Brisbane (Copyright 1928 oy Star Company) The death of Max Hart, vic tim of pneumonia, ends a ca reer honorable, and useful to this country. . ' ' - ' Brought to . America as a child from Germany, with his brother, Harry Hart, who sur vives him, the two brothers be gan working in childhood, and had worked ever since without cessation. Only a few days aeo this writer talked with Max Hart in Chicago, asking why he con tinued long working hours at 75 years of age. with a fortune accumulated. . "I work," said Max Hart, "because I like work, and be cause my associates and I, in doing work that we need not do, provide work for thousands of others that do need work, and encourage ; young men starting in business for them selves." - Max Hart was a good Amer ican. v The imperial wizard, Hiram M. Evans, says knights of the Ku Klux Klan will wear m,asks.. ho longer and .will be known as -."Knights of the Great Forest." That concession to public 4 opinion many' mean gradual dwindling away of the former-; Cy hooded brotherhood. You lose your influence when you appeal to men's com mon sense instead of appealing to their fear of the mysterious. As Gabriel writes down, every minute of each day,- all that, happens, what events seem important to his celestial mind? A woman who had foolishly drawn $9000 from the bank and told a man about it was drugged, soaked with gasoline and burned alive. In Pittsburgh a man and woman danced 61 hours . and 55 minutes without stopping. Over the Imnerial valley, in California, a Zenith-Albatross plane was trying to stay up in the air longer than any plane had ever stayed. Bert Hinkler. Australia's "lone eagle." won five air rec ords in a' 151-day flight from England to Australia. He has. .the one-man flight distance record, the 'first non stop London to Rome flight, the record for speed from Eng land to India, and from Eng land to Australia. He spent $250 for gasoline, half the price of a first class passage by steamer. Secretary Hoover tells Sena tor Borah he believes in keep ing the 1 8th amendment. A president is bound by his oath to sincere enforcement of laws enacted thereunder. - Senator Reed of Missouri, al so questioned about prohibi tion, says the democratic party has more important things to think about. Wall Street hasn't made up its mind about another boom or a small scare. Stock cam- biers will lose in the long run whether they tramble on the lon or short side. Those who believe that sound properties in the United States are selling for more than they are worth, will be sur prised whenj' they find what such properties really are worth. -; Y J " Colonel Lindbergh is said to be constructing some kind of (Continued on page 4) TWD BILLS MAY i. PROJECT Colton Bill Will Provide Money for Roads in Forests. . , EDDY GETS LETTER Hawley Writes That He Is Putting Forth Strong Effort for Special Appropriation. The North Umpqua road has two chauces (or federal aid, according to a letter received by Senator B. h. Eddy from .Congressman Haw ley. Mr Hawley has introduced a bill calling for a special appro priation of $300,000 tor the North Umpqua road, while another Dili has been introduced by Congress man Colton, providing for an an nual appropriation of S3,500,U00 each year for three years to build road in government reserves, Mr. Hawley securing an amendment particularly specifying forest re serve roads. : ' - Extracts from the letter receiv ed by Attorney Eddy, who is chair man of the roads committee of the Chamber of Commerce, are as fol lows ; ' i I thank you very much for the useful information you sent me un der date of February 10, 1928, rela tive to the North Umpqua road. This Information -1 have not pre viously had, and I think it- Import ant. ' - - ' - - I am giving active 'attention to my bill for the appropriation of $300,000 for this road. 1 think you will also be interested to know that there Is a bill known os the Colton bill now being considered by the committee on roads of the house. This bill was Introduced by Mr. Colton, the senior- member from the west on the committee of roads, who, for that reason, is act ing in the Interest of us all. This bill proposes the appropriation of $3,600,000 for each or three years for the purpose . of constructing roads in the public domain. At my suggestion Mr. Colton will amend his bill so that roads in national forests will be . specifically men tioned. 'I appeared before the commit tee on roads recently and made a statement for the necessity for ad ditional public roads in the na tional forests for the protection of the immense property of the gov ernment. 1 was told afterwards that the committee considered the statements 1 made to be of -very great Importance. 1 used the North Umpqua road, for the service it would render to the national for ests, as an illustration of the nec essity for these additional appro priations." T OF MYRTLE CREEK (AMOoUtnl Vrem Leased Wire) SALEM, Ore., Feb. 25. Berll Ruttencutter, 37, inmate of the state hospital for the insane, loat his life, probably by suicide, at the institution today. Ruttencutter waB loading a wood truck when suddenly he ran to the water tower and began to climb a ladder toward the top. Another patient shouted to him, and Rut tencutter released his hold on the ladder and fell Packard to the ground, striking on his head and dying Instantly. He fell about 50 feet. Ruttencutter was a voluntary patient, coming from his home at Myrtle Creek, Douglas county. In January. H. S. Llllagar, department com mander of the O. A. R. for the state of Oregon, accompanied by , his wife and Mrs. Fleck, depart- ment president of the W. R. C. in Oregon, will arrive In Roseburg tomorrow and remain over Monday i to arrange details for the O. A. R. J convention to be held here the lat ter part of June, according to a message received today by 6am Starmer, commandant at . the Ore gon Soldiers Home, IP UA King of Slogan, Coiners Heart I Attack Victim . i i - i . (Auociattd Preu Leawd Wire) ' CHICAGO, Feb, 25. G. Herb Palin of Los Angeles,' known as the highest priced slogan writer in the world, la dead. Palin, whose advertising epi grams speak from hundreds of magazines, billboards and shop windows, died in a loop hotel yes terday follow in c a . heart attack. His body was found by a business associate. He was 54 years old. Some of the slogans attributed to Palin are "Safety first." "Even tually, why not now?" "Let that foreign bubble burst, see America first," "The thinking fellow calls a yellow," '"The Dairy cow, foster mother of the human race," "A case of good judgment," "Call be fore Beven, delivered before elev en," "Where nature smiles three hundred miles," and "If you' want to be promoted, prove yourself de voted." Advertisers said It was Palln's custom to Htinroach a prospective customer, offer to write a dozen epigrams at a stipulated price and then dash them off while the pro duct was being described to him. Among advertisers, he was known as the 100.000 slogan man. , The body 1b being held here pending word from Los Angeles, where a widow, son and daughter survive. DOVER STRAIT: One Survivor of -. Italian Steamer Alcantra So ' Far Discovered. ' FOG DISASTER CAUSE Russian Training Vessel, ' Tovarisch, Bearing 100 Cadets, Gains Port' and Sends-Word. fAtvltM Preu TumI Wire) LONDON, Feb. 25. The Even Ira News announces that it has re ceived the following wireless mes sage from the captain of the Rus sian training ship Tovarisch, which sank the Italian steamer Alcantra off the coast of Kent yesterday. "Have on board one survivor named Pavion Glovani." This is the first news from the ship since the collision, the paper says, and makes It clear that 20 men are missing from the Italian steamer and that the Russian ves sel Is still safe, although crippled. DUNOENE8S, . Kent. England Feb. 25. With no trace found of the survivors of the Italian steam er Alcantra, which was in collis ion with the RusBlon training ship Tovarisch In the fog-enshrouded strait of Dover yesterday, the Kentish coast was beginning to worry about the fato of the To varisch today. .,4 Although the Tovarisch was re ported to be trying to make South ampton there is considerable . an xiety as to her present where- labouts since no wireless has been received from her since the SOS calls were sent out after the col lision. The fear is expressed In some quarters that the Russian ship may have sunk with the 100 cadets she carried. Reports to ship ping and other agencies, however, afford no confirmation for suett fesrs. - . T- Lifeboats from here and Rye ; which went to the scene of the dis aster returned 'this morning after a night long and futile search. Missing. Not Located There is thought to be a chance ; that Borne of the survivors of the Alcantara mav be aboard the Brit ish steamer Baron DoukIrs which Is said to have been in the vicinity of the collision and which has not reported to any point Motnrnoats which sent out after the SOS ro turned and tnelr crews described the difficult and slow search they had made among the floating, tim bers and wreckage in the thick .fog without getting in touch with any ml.slng men. ! Captain G. St. Clair, of the coast guard station, who was In charge of the lifeboat search, said: "I (Continued on page I.) ONEeOESDOI NEW IE OF Electrical Magnetism Wit Relation to Motion of Earth Tried Out. "LINDY" TAKES PART Airplane Operated by New Style Armature Coil Draws Its Energy From Currents. j. (Auoclated Preu Leased Wire) "DETROIT, Feb. 25. The De troit Free Press today said that an airplane operated electro-mag-notically or by other fuel has been tested successfully by Colonel Chas. ' A. Lindbergh , and Major Thomas G. Lanphier. flight com mander at Selfridge Field. The motor which, the newspaper pointed out, might revolutionize the entire scheme of automotive power,' was the invention of Lea tor J. Hendershot, of Pittsburgh, the article said. Colonel Lindbergh, Major Lan phier and D. Barr Peat of Pitts burgh, business manager for the inventor, conducted a test of .the nipt or yesterday at Selfridge Field, and, the .Free . Press reported ' It was "successful in every respect."' No direct authority for news of the invention was given other than that it emanated from one of the four men-r-Colonel Lindbergh, Ma jor. ' Lanphier, Hendershot and eat; The first two, reached early today, refused to comment. Re porters were unable to find the In ventor an his agent.' '' Magnetism Principle The Guggenheim foundation for promotion of .aeronautics, the ar ticle said, has arranged for an im mediate demonstration of the mo tor, which is said to be based on the principle of electrical magne tism, as applied to the rotary mo tion of the earth. The newBiia per account continued: "The model of the motor has been guarded with the greatest care since it was brought to Self ridge Field by Hendershot and Peat. Late yesterday it was taken to an experimental hangar, wbe'-e the famous trans-AM antic flier aid ed In a try out that exceeded even the hopes of the inventor. "So far as experiments have been made, the power is only ap plied to use in airplanes. Later developments are planned to ex tend the scope of operation to oth er fields of locomotion." It is understood here that only an experimental model of the mo- (Continued on page 8.) E The armory auditorium was packed against last night for the second night of the American Le gion auto show. A great deal of interest was shown in the dis plays, and all who attended were well pleased with the exhibit and the fine program. Tho music was furnished' by the new American Legion band, organized by H. L. Eppstein, and which, it Is hoped will grow Into a permanent organi zation. The band furnished ex cellent music and Its program was greatly appreciated. E n t ertaln ment in the form of dance music was furnished by Baldy's Foot Warmers, a new dance band or ganized by Roy Evans. C. II. Crow and Dr. E. B. Stewart won airplane rides in the door prize drawings, while H. Burroughs won a spotlight, George Culver a safety stat and I. Uoucetle a stoplight. A stoplight, woo by ticket 20064, and a plane ride,, won by 20123, wore unclaimed, and may be claimed to night by the persons holding the lucky stabs.- The program tonight is lo ba furnished by the Roseburg Muni cipal band, and It Is anticipated that there will be a large crowd present, ... - - AUTOMOTIVE NEC POWER REGISTRATiqN ESSARY TO VOTE THIS YEAR Swearing in on Blank A Is Not Permissible Now. REGISTRARS NAMED Man Appointed in Every Precinct, Except Near Roseburg, to Regis ter Voters.. Persons who are not properly registered as voters should imme diately attend to the matter or their reglHtration as the books will close April 17. There are a great many people who are not listed as voters, many having allowed their -registration to lapse because they have stayed away from the polls for more than three years. - At the Inst election a state char ter amendment was passed which abolishes the -Blank A and voters may no longer be sworn In at the polls. Unless a person is properly registered ho will not be allowed to vote, so that all who expect to go to the polls at the primary or general election. : Bhould immedi ately attend to the matter of their registration. 1 .. Mi'ha city's -special1 election "for, the purposo of - voting airport bonds is to be held on the ESth of March, but It Is not necessary to be registered for that election as the city does not make up poll books. Any person having the necessary residence qualifications may vote at that- election.- How ever, none but registered voters can vote at the primary election in May, and as that election will be an interesting one and undoubted ly many voters will want to turn out at that time, particular euro should be given the matter ot registration now. ' Persons who have never been registered, those who have moved from one voting precinct to an other, those who have allowed their registration to lapse because they have not voted for three years, and those who have moved from some other part of the state or from some other slate, are re quired to register. . in order that It should not be necessury for all persons to come to Rosehurg for the purpose of registering, County Clerk Riddle has appointed a group of regis trars, one for each precinct, ex cept the Roseburg precincts, those residing in or near Roseburg be ing required to register at the clerk's office. Thest registrars are furnished with the necessary blanks and authority to register voters of the county. The regls ( Continued on page S.) RETRIAL OF HARRY CIRCUIT COURT Circuit court today took up the case of the State of Oregon' against Harry Wllklns, a retrial of an al leged violation of the prohibition law. Wllklns was tried at the last term of court, but the Jury failed to agree and so the ease was left over for nnother . hearing at tho present term. The case Is one In which the officers, found several parts or a large still at the Wll klns' dairy ranch near ReedBport. Mr. Wllklns cluimed that ho had no knowledge of the still, and that it nntst have belonged to one of the several men employed by him. A motion for non-suit was grant ed In the case of C. I). Zehrung against the Douglas Fire Patrol heard yesterday. The case was one In which Mr. Zehrung was at tempting to collect money from the association on a group of as signed claims. It being alleged that labor and board had been fur nished at tho request of the asso ciation during the big flra of 1920 on South Myrtle Creek. Tbe non suit was granted on the grounds that the plaintiffs failed to prove that Harvey Brown and Mars Slack, whom the plaintiffs claimed employed the fire fighters, were agonta ot tbe fir patrol, Movie "Slow Speeds" High Power Bullet - (Aufebtrd Vttu Lroird Wire) . NEW YOT', Feb. 25. Moving pictures tuken at the rate of 20, 000 exposures a second showing a bullet apparently-barely moving sh it shattered a glass bulb were shown to a meeting of the opticnl society of America lastnight. Professor Alexander Klenun or New York University, who gave the demonstration at Columbia University, said the camera used was similar to an ordinary one ex cept that a spark, vibrating with high frequency, took the place of shutter. Pictures of a whirling airplane propellor, taken at the rate of on ly 2,100 a second, showed the blades turning at a rate not much faster thnn a slowly revolving door. Tho pictures of the uullrt shat tering the glass bulb, taken at the high frequency exposures, showed the shattered glnRS fragments fall ing through the air so slowly as to be nanny perceptible. The nract cablllty ot the pic tures was Bhown in tests of differ ent airplane wings with currents of air moving against tliern. The difference in temperature of tho air currents made them plainly dis cernible as they flowed smoothly against certain typos of wings whllo ngalnst others tnoy were seen to meet great resistance. SPINSTER KILLER OF IT ; YET (AMocUlod Prm Lnttd Wire) i BERNAHDSV1U.E, N. Y., Feb, 26. Search for the slayer of MIbh Margaret Drown,! New York 'gover ness who was burned to denth near liel-e Monday' night, was apparent, ly at, a. standstill today. , Even tho Identity of tho killer, whom police bellovod at first to Imvo been a "cDr. Huff or Hoft"' known to have been a suitor of tho 40-yenr-old spinster, " 'was- clouded lu doubt by conflicting clues. A stntement attributed to Cap tain John J. Lamb of tho Now Jer sey stater police, that the killer was known and was a socially promin ent New Yorker, was denied by him later. Inspector John D. Coughlln, head of New York detectives, however, Bald that the murderer was known to him, although his prosent whero- about s wore a mystery, and that ho was a clever crook who proyed ou women. ' THAW'S VENTURE INTO FILM FIELD RESULTS IN SUIT AMOClatrd PreM LtlMd Wire) NEW YORK. Feb. 25. The Evening World today says suit for breach of contract has been start ed against Harry K. Thaw by Ar thur I). Reeve, novelist, and John S. Lopez, scenario wrltor, as a re sult of Thaw's ventures as a mo tion picture producor. Reeve and Lopez said they had been engaged by Thaw's manager to write twelvo two rool film slor - les at 1500 each dealing with an exposuro of spiritualism. Later Thaw was Induced to abandon this undertaking, they snld, and launch ed on a plan to film the story of his own life. Two of the spiritualism films were made at a cost of $150,000, the World says, but these never were sold. Casts were engaged and n -technical staff signed for both rum ventures, out uoevo ami ur pez say tnoy wore pnin tor oniy the first of a series of twelve stop les they wrote. It was not expected that their suit would be reached on the court calendar for . at least a year. - dr. McMillan is convicted: life TERM IS ADVISED (Awx-Utn! Trrm Uianl Wlri) LOS ANOELES. Teh. 25. Dr. Charles M. McMillan, 57 year old physician, today stood convicted of the murder of Mrs. Amelia An pleby. wealthy Chicago widow, aft er a Jury of eight women and four men yesterday returned a verdict of milltv with a recommendntlon of Hfo Imprisonment. Ur. Annloht-'i tin.tv wa fnitnH the dav after Christmas Just off a roadwav twenty miles from her n" Lyon Of Charlotte, Mlchl I,o Anrelos home. A bruised fore- "an- head Indlrated to the state that I 11 w nt known whether the she had been struck unconscious Psenger who had the train slon before being trussed up and dump-: Ped at Evergreen Park fled with, ed in the roadside brush. 0,0 robbers but police and postal rr-l.- ..... testified she had died of exposure. HOLDUP SECOND AT PLACE NEAR! CHICAGO'S RIM Government Agents Guarding Mails Cowed After Car Is Blown Open Clerk Is ; Felled For Resisting Escape of , Gang Made In Auto . (Associated PreBS Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Feb. 25. Half a dozen masked robbers using wild west tactics, held up a Grand Trunk local mail and passen ger train on the fringe of Chicago today, terrorized 75 passen gers and train employes, blasted a mail car and escaped with $133,000, and possibly more. "..-'. - The holdup was staged near Evergreen Park, southwest of Chicago, at the identical spot where a train robbery was exe cuted a year ago, and the police believe the same gang exe cuted the second coup. ; ";:!' ) ' One of the robbers boarded the ; '' . T train, n Innnl hettvnen CMcnan and I with them;"",' ' " ' . Port Huron, Mich., at Chicago, with ticket to Evergreen Park, about 12 milus from the downtowu sta tion. The train stopped at the flag stop and this robber got oft. A quurtari of a mile down the track five men wearing black masks und khaki coveralls flagged tho train, consisting of two coaches, : two baggage euro and a mall car. As tho train stopped, part ot the robbers, armed with shot guns and pistols invaded the coaohts, firing promiscuously and iutliuiduttng the passengers. ' v, ' -'I , Guards Intimidated Others of the band rounded up tho train crew and herdod the crew with the passengers where part of the robbers stood guard, Two of the gang, carrying explosives, wont to. the mall cur which was locked. Thoy set a' charge of explosive In the vestlbulo of the mail oar, blow ing It away, then entered and sub' ,dued two mull clerks aod two gov ernment, agonta : guarding . .: tiio money. One of the clerks was struck over the head when he attempted to resist, otherwise no one was In jured althuugh more than fifty shots were fired. The two men with the oxploslves ,nftor turning over the guurds to thoso wutchlug the pussougors blueted the mull cur safo and guthered up two mull pouches coutulning the cash con. slgnod to two Harvey banks, whore It was to be used to moot tho pay rolls of the industries there. Esoapo In Automobile Tho robbers, as soon as thoy had gathered up the cash, culled to their accomplices who still Menac ed pussongurs and crew with their weapons ns all backed to a large touring cur which one of them started. The men then clambered In ,then sped away, the train pro ceeding to Harvey where tho mall clerks telephoned to postal author ities here. The train then proceed. eu on to Port Huron. Of the money stolen, $80,000 was a shipmont from the Fedoral Re serve Bank in Chlcugo to tnu First Nutlonui Bunk of -Harvey. Tho money was to meet a two wooks' i payroll for thrnn or four Hurvey 1 factories, snid T. 0. Hudson vice president of tho Harvey bunk. Tho 180,000 did not represent loss to the Flint Nutlonui ot Hur vey, no sum, since it still wus tocbnlcnlly In tno control of the Chicago Reserve bank. It probably was tuny insured, Hudson said, ruty tnree tnousand dollars was consigned from the First National iiank of Chlcugo to Its corrospon j dent bank, the Bunk of Harvey. j ne previous holdup of the same , trulii occurred September 10, 1926, and the amount obtained at that time was (135,000, the money being consigned to the same two banks at Harvey. No truce of the rob bers over was found. 12-Mlnute Job Two men guarded tho two ship ments totalling 113.1,000. Both were tied up by the robberB who bombed their way Into tbe car. Ono of the mall clerkB who stuck his head out of the window Just be fore the entrance was blasted narrowly missed death when two of the robbers fired at him. The robbery required but twelve min utes. Ahead of the mall coach three baggage cars and behind It i wo passenger cars carrying about 100 passengers. The mall clerks were C. P. Pe- ,er" of. Battle Creok, Michigan, I inKnAAtnra I M Ihnq hAllaniul h. . w a accotnpUce and escaped j " Peters was knocked down by the explosion which broke the mall cur door. Before he could get up the robbers were upon hlu, and overpowered him. ,' Elubornte arrangements . had. been made for protecting tuo money at Harvey. The . Hurvey men met the train and would have guarded the money to the. two - banks. . , ; - Escape Auto Found v 7 ' CHICAGO. Fob. 25. Chicago city - detectives toddy found . abandoned- on the south side the automobile used by the halt dozen robbers who today got 1133.000 by robbing -the mall car of a Grand Trunk train. Lieutenant William Cusack said he had information which might lead to the arrest of the , robbera within a few hours. . ' It was revealed that tho automo bile was owned by Paul Goodwin, who reported it stolen at 11 o'clock: last night. Goodwin would be qtics uoneu, tno police said. , - . McADOO FAILS TO INDUCE AL SMITH TO ENTER DEBATE AT nAMV XT v T1 .. I. np . . ernor Smith flatly declared today mat ne would enter Into no Ions tango debate or newspaper contro versy on tho subject of prohibi tion with William O. McAdoo, his opponent in 1024 for the Demo cratic presidential nomination. His statement was made in reply to nil article by Mr. McAdoo which, will appear in the March Issue of llui American Review of Ilovlews, In which the former secretary of the treasury ussortB thut the only tuu cliinicmul prohibition Issue in "Shall a state be permitted lo disre gard any part of the constitution which it elects not to obey?" Tho governor made It clear that he believed his roply to the first of Mr. McAdoo's published state ments on prohibition covered his stund- sufficiently and that ho would have nothing further to say on the subject. At that time.. .1, governor declared. "The gentleman does not his constitution," and in pro'i pointed out section 2 of artK of the federal constitution w sets forth thut the constltutlot the Biipreme law of the land, its provisions binding upon t. Judiclul authorities of every stnto. MRS. LILY BUSCH DEAD PASADENA, Calif.. Feb. 25. Mrs. Lily Busch, weulthy philan thropist and widow ot Adolphus Hunch, founder of the Anheuser Busch Brewing company of St Louis, died today. Mrs. Busch was 33 years old. Four of her children were at tho bedside when death came. They were: Mrs. Edward Faust, St. Louis: Mrs. Charles Oreenough, Now York: Mrs. J. W. Leob. Chi cago, and August Busch, St. Louis. NATIONAL GUARD MEN ACCUSED OF PAYROLL PADDING (Aanx-Utrd Pr" ltd Wlrrt DETROIT. Fob. 25. Ten men, Including seven officers of the Michigan national guard, two regular army offl- cers and a former national guard officer, were arrested today by United States secret service agents on charges of perpetrating frauds mounting Into thousands of dollars thru a scheme of payroll padding and check forging.