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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW.- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1928.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1928.
THIS AUTOMATIC LIFE
We are pretty ingenious at devising machines to save
us from work and. hardship. Nothing in our recent national
development is more striking than the great spread of de
vices to miike the daily life of the average man and woman
easier. And, with all of this, we forget occasionally that
hardship and toil may have their value, at times. The Qug
genheim. Foundation recently issued a report- on British
aviation. It pointed out that flyers operating from the fa
mous Croydon airdrome, near London, are greatly handi
capped y the prevalence iu that area of dense fogs. But,
it added, this very handicap may ultimately prove a bless
ing in disguise; for it is forcing British aeronautical en
gineers to use their greatest ingenuity to devise new and
improved methods of flying through fogs. As a result, the
hardships which British flyers now face may in time give
tnem r, pre-eminence in the air that flyers in more favorable
c!;nates will lack. That is the way life often works out.
And it is something that we in America might well think
about. For we, above all peoples on earth, are constantly
busy making life easier for ourselves. ; Wherever we can
possibly avoid physical effort we do so; no automobile, for
instance, woujd have a chance of selling in this country if
it did not have a self-starter. Yet, after all, the task of
cranking an auto is not such a terrible one. Three decades
ago. it would have seemed a small price to pay for the pri
vilege of riding. Conan Doyle once wrote a fantastic tale
about a race of superior beings from Mars which invaded
the earth. These beings had progressed so far that they
did everything by machinery. They lived in queer metal
towers, which had complicated mechanical. legs and arms to
carry them about and do their work. ' All the 'Martian had
to do was sit at his ease and press a button, even for such
a slight task as lighting a match; the machinery would do
the rest.' But these people did not last long on this planet.
They were too susceptible to disease germs; in a few weeks
they all died. They had become so used to an effortless ex
istence that they had no resistance to fight off sickness". ' Of
course, we are a good many miles away from any condition
like that. But wo do have a great urge for letting machinery
do our work. Thus far this has worked out very well. But
one wonders if, perhaps, there may not be limits. Where'
does the value of a labor-saving device end? Where is the
point at which fatty degeneration ojf our moral stamina wilt
begin? : These are questions we might think about now and
then" as we sit in easy chairs, warm oursolves by fires that
a distant janitor built, tune .in on music from a theater 600,
miles away and light our cigarets with automatic thingama
jigs that save us the trouble of striking matches.
Charles A. Levine says he is building a giant airplane
with a 180-foot'wing spread and seven motors, to engage in
regular commercial trans-Atlantic flights. There is many n
slip between blueprint and completed product, and his pro
posed piano may not be ready as soon as he thinks. But that
sort of thing is coming beyond doubt. The airplane, for all
the pessimists, will very soon be an important factor in long
distance commercial transportation.' Nothing is more fool
ish than to say, "It never can be practical.' Remember, it
is less than 30 years since one of the most eminent scientists I
. in America "proved" conclusively that airplanes could never !
fly at all.
First American Troops in World
War Battle 10 Years Ago Today
Members of Engineering nnd Aero Units, Working Back of
Lines, Exchange Shovels For Bnyimets nnd Grenades
And Join British Fifth Army Under General
Cnrey, Resisting Hindcnbcrg's Advance.
(."'lal-I 1'IVM l.c.iM-a ttltv)
AMIENS. Fianre, Mar. 21. Ton
years aKo today ln-gan the 'battle
in whleh the flint Anu'rlran troops
partirlputed iu tin wmld war.
On March 21. litis, Field Mar
shal von If tiulfiihurg of (itiintitiy
hirled at the allies on the Homme
s front the Kfay hordes he had been
assembling all winter, iu a mt;hly
effort to Htrike u decisive idow be
fore the United States amid as
semble enough .forces to he of ma
terial aid to the a allied cause.
Five days later, on March 2(1.
with British rtwrvcn all but ex
hausted, a small force of American
doughuoys', who had been working'
on bridges Imhlml the 'British
lines, exchanged their shovels for
- bayonets and hand grenades and
became the first American rnmps
to fight shoulder to slmiildnr with
tho British and French In the
' front lines.
They wore a p:irt of Ihe Sixlh
slT,-S. Engineers and Ihe Twelfth
and Fourteenth Hallway Engin
eers. With parts of the Seven
teenth, Tw'Mity-necond, Twenty
eighth and One IlumU'cd Ftirty
tiBhth II. S. neio suivulrnns, they
made up the American ivpreseutn
tlott In this major engngcmeitt of
tho war. i
Paris Is Shelled
At this jitneuite von Hind.Mi-
htrg derided to deal his master:
: fliroko, hoping to Impair the tm-!
rale of Ihe French hy dtMiioralUiug
P.-iiifl. lie opened lire on the
French cnpltal with giant Inns
range cannons, big Kiupp guns;
which hnd been placed secretly Ui
tho vlcluil v of ( repy- Twenty-;
seven monst'T shells wero sent ;
into the French capital from the
unhoard of (listnnco of 73.4 tnflfH.
In the, ineanlimn the British I
worn becoming exhausted. Jio-j
serves wero badly needed. Onj
JIarch 2H a force of reserve troops
.j'ranViUt and MatutgW
Se ere tary-Treas u r er
.14 no
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- l.nn
60
- .in
j was assembled from the lines of
communication, casuals of all div
i Bcrlptloii and stragglers. The raw
American troops were drawn llitp
this group, which was placed un
. der the command of Ceneral
1 Carey and constituted the British
! Fifth army.
i Carey's force took up the key
position between llamtl and Mar
leelcave and held the line for sev
eral days against a withering at
tack, thereby saving to the allies
the area at Villers-llreloiiueaiix
and preventing the German urtil-
i lery tire from controlling Amiens
: and Its vital railway network el
I tectively.
i The turning mint cntne 'on
i March lis. The German onslnm-ht i
, hist nieinenimn and its leaders (
I found it IncreaslrtKly cllfflriill to
! bring U supplies over the shred-:
! detl lulttlelteld of tho Homme. Tlie
nttack conlintied until April ti,
'' but In the end II wms Imleclsive.
j ' Victory Is Costly
! v For the Fnlted Slates the halt It
j marked the beginnin ; of actual
participation in tho fighting. Imr
I lug the height of ihe eugi;enient.
; In which approximately Ifin.win ul
; lied soldiers fell before the tier--:
man drive. General Pet n hi, mm
j mander In chief of the French
'force', conferred with General
Pershing nnd It was agreed that
: tho American forces, though not
! yet fully trained, should hn moved
into quiet sectors temporarily bo
the French might ruh their ct
rrans to the Homme front.
; Tho threatened separation of
the Pril ish and French forces
; brought to the allies the realiza
tion that something must he done
to coordinate their fighting ma
1 chines. After a scries of confer
eueea General Fo h was clunion
generalipr'lmo of all . Ihe allied
troop.", bringing the entire western
trout uuJer unified ccntiol. 1
PPUME
PICKING
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The first fly ''
Of the season
Landed safely
On the paste pot
In the sanctum
Today and
Immediately
Thereafter all
His aunts and
Cousins dropped
In fer a visit.
4
An Ohio man Is waiting for the
right kind of atmospheric condi
tions to fly to Venus In a specially
built rocket . Mebbe he's doing It
just fer a little atmosphere . .
Venus Is 63,000,000 miles away. He
minht miss the planet by only a
million miles or so, but that would
be a close shave compared to the
distance some people we know are
going to miss the White House.
. . . Of course, as the scientists
say, 63,000,000 miles is the mean
distance. We didjn't know they
had taken up slang . . . He hasn't
announced any companions for the
flight. It seems a shame he doesn't
take Levine or Heflin or some lady
who has had her appendix and
tonsils removed. . . . Oh, well, it
seems to us Just a kind of balmy
voyage, anyway.
Tho politicians are politlckin' on
the main stem these days, the
smart ens passin' out campaign
cirds without a photograph of
themselves.
We note that a feller in New
Yawk has invented' a reversible
vest. Not a tad Idee for the fel
lers who Insist on splatterln' gravy
durln' the noonday rush tp the vil
lage beaneries.
Ye ed. attended a legion meetin'
yeetiddy p. m. and as in our army
days got on a lumber packin' de
tail while a flock of erstwhile sek
und toots looked on and shouted
orders.
LAFE PERkFns SEZ
"The bottle cappin' season Is fast
approachlnV
BOY RUNS AWAY
AFTER RUNNING -UP
SMALL BILLS
SALEM, Ore., Mnr. 21. The
story of a little hoy who inn away
from home rather than faco a dis
illusioned mother wan slowly un
folded to Salem iiollco officers to
day. . Tho flaxen-haired youngster Was
taken Info custody Into last night
ns he wandered aimlessly on the
streets,' without a hat and clad In
overalls, but it was not until today
that officers found that his name
was Biluey Ellington and that his
homo is lit Hltlsboro.
All he would say last night Was
that ho was 9 yours old and that
he hud beaten bis way from Port
laud to Satem on the renr of a mo
tor bus. Officers ' attempted to
frighten him into giving up the de
sired Information by a threat of de
tention in tho state roform school,
lie said ho would rather go there
than tell his mother about his
trouble.
A llttlo lulor ho weakened nnd
called for an officer, to whom he
admitted that ho had run up some
small bllis on merchants iu Hills-
boro. , t
No charge will bo mado against
tho boy. His parents say they will
pay tho bills gladly, and. will couio
to Salem for him today.
RUMOR CIRCULATED
THAT PLANE FOUND
BANGOU, Maine, Mar. 21. In
tense excitement was caused to
day by circulation of a rumor that
the plntie in which Captain Walter
JUnchllfre nnd the Honorable El
sie Mackay began a proposed
iranti-AthuUic flight from England
last Tuesday has been found, with -
their bodies, near Patten, Maine.
Careful Investigation, however, hy
The Associated Press, failed to
confirm the rumor.
BIRTH RATE DECLINES j
SAN KHANCISCO. Mar. 21.
Slump In Ihe San Francisco birth
rate from 9,030 to 8.:t U annually
since l!l was reported hy the
health bureau. Tho decrease was
blamed in part on the lact that
Sau Franc' sco has bertmio a city
of, apartment house dwellers.
COMING EVENTS IN ROSEBURG
Cut out this list of dntcB of outstanding events for
the yenr nnd keep it in your pocket for fmody reterence.
Watch for changes nnd nddilionul announcements ns they
mny be arrnnged. ,
Conference District Kiwanis Officers
Unipqun Post Smoker
Specinl City Airport Election
Ladies Glee Club of Willamette University
benelit iMclhoilist Church ....
Conference nnd oraniiition
of fire insurance ngents April 9-10
Kcmovnl of nnt-Jing limits on North and South Ump
qua rivers nnd restoration 6-inch trout limit April I 5
Last Day of Registration for
'-hnstian Church Dedication
Primary Election
Stale Convention of Business
Professional Women's Clubs.
I. O. O. I'. Grand Lodue
Strawberry Carnival
State Convention of G. A.
and W. R. C
K.pworlh League Institute on
Slate P. T. A. Convention
National Election
Stale Horticultural Meeting
Spring's Latest News
All fashion centers indorse
it. New York is now wearing
green. For here in the Tog
gery our first showing of
green Shirts and accessories
has won enthusiastic atten
tion. Men with an eye for
good taste and harmonious
coloring are wearing green.
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LEGION POST
TO HOLD BOXING
CARD FRIDAY
(Continued from pase 1.)
nick has also, appeared In Rose
burg before and is known to be a
good boxer. It Is possible that an
other bout may be offered as a
curtain raiser. - -
Tho general public will be ad
mitted to the boxing matches.
which will start at 8:30 p. m. An
jii f tc
rmrimrf nil f.nt thn Px-snrvlco !
men, who, as has already bean A. short time ago a tract of, 5
stated, will be admitted free. acres, less than one-quarter of a
It is possible that tho newly mile from the proposed airport,
formed American Legion hand will ; sold for $1,600, while a 10-acrb
make its appearance at this evcut,atiact. loss thau a half mile away,
providing the necessary arrange-f
ments can be mado. Tho band has
hud one special rehearsal and is-ifield is being procured very cheap
pmctlcihg regularly with' the ly and Hosoburg has an opportun
Itoseburg Municipal Band, so that ;'"y that can never again be equal
it will be ready nt any time for, led, for there is not another tract
public appearance and may be out, within six miles of the city, that
Friday night to furnish enter- ca be converted into an airport
talnnnmt Imtwnnn hniits. i
: n ; iproposeu noui, ana u ins PiW" I '
TWO KIT I Fn IN " !fails Roseburg doubtless will ' nev- ODD SENTENCE IS
tV! Tier again be able to purchase it for lAIPtOQFn HW VHI ITU
BOOTLEGGER FEUD the low price for which it Is now I IMrUotLi UN YOUIH
I j offered. '
CLEVELAND' Ohio -lar 21 This argument that these few MUSKEGON, Mich., Mar, 21.
Morria rindol! bootlegger who ' People advance has in the past lost 'John Yokubpnes; lG, has dlscfcarg
shielded Pat McDermoU, one of-any valuable things for Roseburg ed his first obi gallons under a
those convicted of the killing of nd it' Is time that the argument sentence g ven him a few days
Don R. Mellott, Canton editor, and beiK considered in its true S by Probate Judge Ruth Thomp-
an unidentified companion were WU. son to serve as a big-brother 'to
found slain In their automobile on At 0110 time Aaron Rose offered wo small boys he made fatherless
a lonely road near here this moru-ito city Uie beautiful grove that two weeks ago when his car
in '
NadePs head and shoulders had
1ft hlt u-m.n.U whtln aov.m hu.
lets had entered his companion's;
body. Authorities said they appar-'
cutty had been shot from the rearj
seat after, being Inuuo.d to take at
least
iro guumen for a ride. The
tU1,,ru D.fntm.l 1, a,,.t(li,.i. ,t,
i'Vf,ir,;,,ln,. , T .1
' Ottlcom bolleved tho slaylnga
wero an outgrowth of northern I
Ohio ' bootlegging feuds dating!
htirk to liquor investigations which
followed Mellolt's killing at
Can-
Nadel, convicted of harboring a
felon through hiding McDermottl
before the hitter's capture, was
free under $35,000 bond
pending
J
sentence. McDermoU is serving a! Roseburg has lost opportuni
life sentence in Ohio penitentiary ; atter opportunity by istening fe
tor his part in the killing. those who always had a protest
about the "price ot the land.' The
. DR. NERBAS
. ." DENTIST
Painless Extraction " -'
Gas When Desire' -Pyorrhea
Treated
I'hono 4hS Masoulc BMg.
March 20
March 23
March 28
March 28
of State Association
Primary Flection ....April I 7
..(Tentative) April 29
....May 18
:.. May 18-19-20
Mav 21-22-23-24
.'May 24-25-26
and
R.
June 27-28-29-30
Litllc River si(e ...July 9-16
October (no date
..... November 6
Nov-.,Vor (no date set)
i
Xi Today S
II i Continued from page 1.)
committee met to discuss a social
ist national I la t form. uuU solemnly
decided that republicans and den !
crats "servo corrupt oligarchies."
Hard words, but luckily many good;!" Utuo cupcakes splashed auom
republicans and democrats do not
know what an oligarchy u.
Corrupt corporation "oligarchies
rule the repubMc, say tho social
hits, it is just 'a two-party capital
istic mac nine. Nevertheless, oil or
no on, Donus or no bonus, one orIake. Come on uow try and
the other half of the. republican- - Th TtntP thnnt-ht fnr
democratic "machine of capitalism"
Win win next iuil
t " -The,
earth has not settled down
yet, in spite of the fact that sci
ence proved it to be more than a
thousand million years old. In far
away Java, volcanoes below the
water blow up steam and lava.
building new islands, and earth-
j quakes shake 'trees and houses in
the Adiroudacks and other uortn
eastern parts of New York state.
The British cannot niake up their
mums about a new prayer book.
The bishops wrote one. The lords
approved , and his majesty was said
to approve, but the house of com-
nious threw it out. What does a
liouse of commons know about a
prayer book? A second new book
was written, with much earnest
j prayer, before and during the pro-
, u. ,. . u"
doubtedty reject that also.
An old plan that settled tho gen-'
uino and apocryphul books of the
Bible might be tried. The various
books were left by themselves out
the floor. Those that miraculously
jumped upon the altar were 'de-
clared genuine, the others were
not. But in these skeptical, mod
ernist duys the prayer books might
not jump. Once a miracle happened
whenever It was needed. Now it
happens rarely.
Al
iRoseburg's Great Need
(Cuuutiued ii om page 1.)
as assessed valuations are consid
erably below the hctual cash valua
tions, it may be easily seen Uiat
ilh iimnnnt nakori hv thw nuimN iu
far from being excessive.
so1" about ?325 per acre,
At a price of $100 per aero
ii..'
having equal advantages with the
Liion iay west ot me trucKs to De
used tor city park purposes.
aud
SKeU Ollly $1,600 for tile
eutiro
tract. The same class of knockers,
who now "howl" ubout the cost of
the land for an airport, protested .
the purchasing of the park because
-n k1 i V . , , ' .
. "unl;uul(i (. ft ui.li. luunj
would bo worth many thousands of
u0""8' .. ' , '
0lll' a fow fmm 1,150 t,ie Nach-
iar I,lult' which is nov the beautl-
lit, ui.uibiHuuu iui..n.,u,
was offered to the city of Rose-
burg tor $7,1)00 tor city para pur-
Pse; aml
again the same cry
wul. Ur
too much money,' and
Roseburg lost a park that today
could not be duplicated for many
times that sum.
purchase of this proposed airport
at $100 per acre is sound iuvest
ment even though the land might
tiatrn nhenlnlt.K- nn m-ntlilrt ivft
P value. The future rise Iu land val
ues that is cerlaiu to occur will
' jiermlt the city to sell iho properly I
at any time for more than it has
Invested, should Ihe lime ever;
come wheu airports are no longer j
necessary, which probably never
will occur. The land, in compari
son with .other property in the
same vicinity, Is being offered at a
price far below the actual cash
value ami Koseburg is going to
lose another gulden opportunity if
this project falls of passage.
UNDERGRADS HELD
FOLLOWING RIOT
f WVM.vl 1'friU tAWl WiTlf
PIUI.ADKLPH1A. Mar. 21. Fit
teen Inl'eTnity of Pennsylvania
undergmduntes, including the
president of the senior class, were
arrested early today after celebra
tion of Penn's defeat of Princeton
for the easti'rP tntcrcoUceiate
buskethnll lea am championship.
A disturbance, in which .00
student part:t :pated. took place In
the section ef Went Philadelphia
adjacent to the campus and It was
not quelled until firemen drench
ed thf celebrants with water from
hose linei. For scversl hours sin- I
dents battled police resorv5, lied
up traffic nnd stPrteit a bonfire.
V.Hk hotlle iri hurled, ami one
police;". :-n was cut by flying gla?.
Mihn McDowell, senior presi
dent, was arrested on a cliarge of
Inciting lo riot and held In jail for
some lime Ire fore being rVt-eased to
awatt a bearin;.
SKttf liAl
was a very pretty ftHght, this
.irosung iaae oi Dninani v. mm.
and had a lot of fun. Said Clowny,
"Why stand way up here, when
we can all run down real near? j
Come on, let's go down by the
Then one small cupcake yelled, 1
"Hello! I'll bet you Tinies do not
know why we are splashing iu lint
quite a while. Then Scouty an-
Uwered with a smile, "We've tried
to guess the answer, but we can t
we must confesa." -
The cupcake then said, "Well,
you see, we must be sweet as wo
can be before they take us to the j
store and put us un for sale. So,
nuau jump uuu una iaKU, wo
soon are more thau just plain '
cake. It covers us with frosting 1
white. It never seems to fap." I
"Well, well," s a i d Scouty,
"That's sure neat. No wonder
cupcakes taste so sweet." nd 1
then he stuck his finger u. the
lake, to take a taste. "Oh, tiuu't
! do that," one cupcake' cried. "It
jby the baker you are spied, 'twill
make him mad. He doesn't like
to bog this go to waste."
Au fight,, we will not start a
rnec vmivo n,
piay wItn us;.. yaI(l rjoppy, ' ana
the cupcakes soon were running
out on shore. "Don't 1 look nice?"
one cupcake, said, "with frosting
spread upon my head." Just then
the Tinies beard a very . funny
sounding noise. A
They looked (around,! and right
near by a paper bag cried loudly.
"I have come to get you cupcake.
Will, you kindly all stand still.
The cupcakes then began to tout,
"Oh, please don't take us to the
CAPT. WILKINS
AND PILOT SAFE
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
SEWARD, Alaska, Mar. 21.
Captain George H. Wilkius, Aus
tralian aviator-explorer, and Lieu
tenant Carl Ben ISilson, his Alas
kan pilot, are safe at Point Bar
row, preparing for their contem
plated flight into the Arctic "bliud
spot" enroute to Spitsbergen cn
the other side of the Norttf Pole.
Fears that they had met with
uio.ibii-t :UUUHV III Hie enu OI ineir
! hazardous 50t mile hop from Fair-
banks to Point Barrow, were allay
ed when Wllkins re-estnblfshed
communication with Seward last
night. I
uiidt night Wllkins radioed Cap
tain Robert B. Woolverton. Sew-
ard radio officer, saying "all okeh."
nu, lupruitru lite iueaBagH Beverai-t
limes, ,then added; "Clear vand
cotd.-At r in is point an amateur ra
dio station began sending on the
aa.mo wave length 'that Wilkins
was using, making furthor, recep
tion impossible. ' . .
nin uuu nineu r ioya lorrey.
The youth, who works at
bench In a shop here, took several
bundles, including toys, to tho
boys, Gone Torrey, 6, and Paulle
Torrey, 8 year old, and promised
to visit thorn again soon. He vis-
, ' 1 , . 11 , , UL U1L"
il nilllllllll liui, m 1 8. JflllllU I Ol I (.V,
with whom thoy are now makliii;
meir norno. and saw them ror tbe
first time.
Ho came awny expressing a do-,
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woman probate judge, who rofus-
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store." And, as they ran away
the bag pursued them o'er Uie hUl.
(The Tinymltes (Jet a nevv sur.
"By George! That new courthouse
struction."
ca to permit prosecution ot tho
youth, sentenced him to visit the
fatherless children ut least once
U'lilJ I. U CI3 IUI lU JCHra Ullll
to spend at least $400 of his enrn-
' 'SIDE. QLANCES By George Clark I
"By George! That new courthouse at home will be a
price In the next story.)
(Copyright,. 1928, , NA- Service,
lo.)
at home will be .
tnirvel In con-
Ings for their support during that
period. -
The unusal sentence Is regarded
as an experiment and is attracting
widespread attention here.
ByWffliaiwH