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Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
. The Roseburg Review
An Independent New" v, Published for
the Bes 1 ' nhe People
0ev'
VOL. XXVIII NO. 289 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1 928. v u a
i VOL. XIX NO. 53 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Today
The Rights of Property.
A Dangerous Fever.
' Mellon's Birthday.
: The Big World of Cash.
'By Arthur Brisbane- !
(Copyright 128 oy Star Company)
.. By order of Federal Judge
Hough, 258 Ohio families of
striking coal miners will be
.evicted from their miserable
shacks on May 1 . The weather
should be fairly warm by then.
The judge in the case did his
duty, probably could not have
ruled otherwise. The houses
belong to the mine owners, and
if they want to fight women
and children, as well as the
working men, that is their right.
Some cf them, probably,
will go to hell later, in case the
fundamentalists are right about
future plans, but that will not
help the miners' families.
. "
A hundred times, within
three years, this column has
warned the public against sell
ing stocks short, and against
stock gambling. It has been
shown that real values are pot
understood by many, nor do
they understand the change in
American conditions since the
war.
Billions in cash were poured
into circulation. Wages were
doubled. Men buy stocks, lux
uries and speculate, with sur
plus cash.
The great buying power is
now the millions of little peo
ple, owners of what economists
call the "social surplus." , That
surplus, amounting to at least
rflen billions a year, ten times
one thousand million dollars,
the people of all classes take,
over and above what they need
to live. They are investing each
' year ten new billions that they
did not have before the war.
Every five years that equals
fifty billions that the war cost
us. Every year it equals the
amount we lent to Europe.
Some of the billions go into
motors, new, better houses, ra
dio, talking machines, electric
washers and sweepers, better
living conditions of a hundred
kinds.
And some of it very wisely
is invested in good American
securities, on a sound invest
ment basis, not on a speculative
basis.
But here is the danger, con
stantly growing jnore acute.
UVlillions have got the stock
'gambling fever. Any many that
are counting "paper profits"
will be bankrupt when the dust
- settles. ,
Secretary Mellon, in honor
of his birthday, took (wo hours
off, stopping work at 4 instead
of 6 p. m.. according to the
New York Times.
Of Mr. Mellon, past 70,
some admirers say: "What a
pity he is too old for the presi
dency." Why too old? If he is young
enough to run the financial af
fairs of this nation, he is not
too old to be president. Are
sound judgment and long ex
nerience of no consequence?
Is there no difference in men's
staying and thinking powers)
This writer has seen Glad
stone, nearly 80, making his
fight for home rule in the
house of commons at 3 o'clock
in the morning, full of fire and
energy. Nobody suggested that
he was too old to lead his party.
Are we inferior in stamina to
the British? Must we admit that
American men fade away in
their prime, like savage women,
prematurely married, old at
30?
A young gentleman bought
for $340,000 a stock exchange
seat that his father once bought
for $5000. In both cases, a bar
gain. If you have brains a stock
exchange seat is a ?nld mine.
Some brokers lack brains, and
.don't know enough to let the
J (Continued on pi g" 4.)
ATTEMP
mm
ASSASSINATE
Two Bombs Thrown Fail
to "Get" the Intended
Victim. '
AFTER CANDIDATE
'Pineapple' Barely Misses
Car Occupied by" Judge
S wanson, Deneen
Candidate.
(Awwclated Preu Leased Wirt)
CHICAGO, Mar. 27. The fifth
and sixth "political bombs" since
January 26 were exploded shortly
before last midnight. One 1 was
aimed ut the, home of United
States Senator Charles S. Deneen.
The other was thrown in an at
tempt to assassinate the Deneen
candidate for state's attornoy,
Judge John A. S wanson of the cir
cuit court.
Senator Deneen, who had at
tended the funeral of the murdered
Diamond Joe Esposito yesterday,
had started back to Washington.
His sister. Miss Florence Deneen,
and a maid were alone In the
house wticn the bomb shuttered
the front porch of the two story
frame structure. Windows within
the block were broken.
Twenty minutes later one of
"CHARLES DENEEN
two men In a closed car hurled a
bomb directly at the automobile
which Judge Swanson was driving
into his garage. The bomb mlsouu
the car, exploding near the front
of the Swanson home and doing
some damage.
The Swanson home is a block
from the residence of Georgo K, O,
Johnson, United States district at
torney, who said federal action
would be taken in view of the gov
ernment angle involved, the De
neen home being the official
home of an officer of the United
States. States Attorney General
Oscar Carlstrom, who, like the feil
eral district attorney, Is closely
aligned with the Deneen group
within the Republican party, was
expected to Institute an investiga
tion or his own. Under Illinois law.
Carlstrom lias power to supercede
the state's attorney, who Is Robert
E. Crowe, a leader In that Repub
lican taction opposing the Deneen
group. Judge Swanson and Stale's
Attorney Crowe are seeking nomi
nation for the office Crowe now
holds. The election Is two weeks
from today.
The bombings occurred on the
night when both sides had begun
their final drive for votes by con
centrating the campaigns In Chi
cago. Judge Swanson blamed the
bombings on '-'conditions as they
exists in Chicago.
"Law enforcement has been
completely broken down," he said.
"Crooks and criminals are cod
dled and given free reign. One can
only expect what happened last
night.
His Republican opponent for
nomination. - State's Attorney
Crowe, said he was satisfied that
the bombings were done "by lead
ers In the Deneen forces anil . .
done mainly to discredit Mayor
inompson and myself.
"They realize that thev are
hopelessly defeated and In a des
perate effort to stem the tide of
defeat they ore resorting to these
dangerous tactics."
The "political homblnrfl" h-
January 26, when "pineapples"
were exploded almost rirmmane
ously at the homes of City Comp
troller Fltzmorrls and Hr. W, F.
Refd, Thompson ally. Tebruary IS
a bomb did much damage to the
undertaking establishment and llv-
(Contlnued on page 8.)
CHICAGO MEN
. .
MOTHER OF MRS.
COOLIDGE RALLIES
fAuoclttrd Pmt Leawd Wire) 1
NORTHAMPTON, Mass.,
Mar. 27. Mrs. Grace Good- j
hue Coolldge, wife of the
president, spent half an hour
at the bedside of her aged !
mother, Mrs. Lemlra Goodhue,
early today .after a hasty trip
from Washington.
She had been summoned In i
the belief that Mrs. Goodhue's i
long Illness bad reached a 1
critical stage and she might
not live for more than a few
hours, but when Mrs. Coolldge
arrived it was to bear the
cheering news that her moth- '
er had rallied.
It was Mrs. Coolidge'a third !
visit here within as many
months. She was accompanied V
by Lieutenant Commander
Joel T. Boone, the While
House physician, .
..
ALSMITH ASKS
SENATOR NYE
MAKE APOLOGY
Says Tirade of Abuse Not
Due Him as Result
of Statement
FIGHTING SCANDAL
Tells Chairman of Commit
tee He Commends Walsh
and Others for Efforts
During Probe. "
(Aisoctatcfl Preu Longed Wire)
ALBANY, N. Y., Mar. 27. Gov
ernor Alfred E. Smith has written;
Chairman Gerald P. Nye of the
senate Teapot Dome committee
that "a letter of apology and not
a tirade of abuse" is due him for
the senator's statement concerning
campaign contributions to the gov
ernor from Harry P. Sinclair.
The governor's letter was in re
ply to one from Senator Nye In
which the latter charged him with
seeking to undermine public con
fidence In the committee's invest!
gallon.
Senator Nye originally had charg
ed that Sinclair had contributed
liberally to the governor's 1920
campaign and was In turn reward
ed with an appointment to the
state racing commission. The gov
ernor, in a previous letter, had de
nied these charges as "demogoglo
slander and had accused Nye and
Senator Arthur I). Robinson, re
! publican, Indiana, with, being part
'les to a "republican counsel of des-
peratlon" to help their party escape
i In some mensure the onus of tho
oil scandal. This letter brought tho
! renlv from Nvo.
The governor's second letter
said Senator Nye had made a
"false and unjust statement." It
added "you admitted you made it
i and publicly stated that I had dem
onstrate its falsity. The next step
for you to have taken wbb a lot-
' ter of apology and not a tirade of
abuse."
The governor seized upon the oc
casion to Inform the committee
chairman that his previous letter
was not the first time he had con
demned the oil scandals.
"For your Information," wrote
ia nnuamni "lot ma an xr that T
I spoke frequently thruout Now York
; state and elsewhere In condemna
tion of the oil scandals In the cam
paign of 1924.
I "Let me remind you that tho
I chairmanship of a Benate commit
tee exempts no man from the ob
ligation not to make reckless and
irresponsible statements. I yield to
no man In my admiration for your
committee's work and for Us dis
tinguished leading counsel, Senator
Walsh, or in desire to expose and
j punish all connected with tne cor
ruption unearthed by your Teapot
1 Dome Investigation."
I WASHINGTON, Mar. 27. Chair
man Nye of the senate oil commit
. tee withheld comment today on the
second letter concerning the Tea
pot Dome controversy written to
him by Governor Smith of New.
York pending receipt of the com-
i uiunicuuuii.
t Senator Robinson of Indiana has
deferred completion of his senate
I speech on the New York governor
and the whole oil matter until re
turn of Senator Walsh who went to
Michigan to attend the funeral of
Senator Ferris.
, o
HAILSTORM IN 8. F.
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 27 A
freak hailstorm struck San Frau-
gtmnn .1 Tn tMl.tf anil laaf.
' .l at...f .-. TI n 1 1
storms are rare here.
LINDY DECIDES
TO BE PRIVATE
CITIZEN AGAIN
Tired of Being "Pushed
Around" by Crowds :
He Retires.
HIS HEALTH IS FINE
Following One of Busiest
Times in Career, Lone :
Eagle Withdraws
From Public Eye.
(AMOclntftl Tren IsaoO Wire
WASHINGTON, Mar. 27. Ac
claimed us no oilier individual In
the history of the liatiou, Colonel
withdrew himself from nubile focus I
,n,iuu , fniijL, ui.,
pursuit of a norma, Ann ci,
Weary of the Jogllng, admiring
crowds decoration ceremonies ml i
youth who has done more for
aviation tha nany other man since
the Wrights and Laugley, calmly
.contemplated thev future and how
best he might acquit himself in
the interest of his lone bobby. '
Ever since he made his memor
able trans-Atlantic non-stop flight
ten months ago from New York to
Purls, Lindbergh had been feted
and honored continuously in world
capitals, in tne smaller cities
of
ms uuuve country, ana in tne halls
01 great legislative bodies until it atlves during 1927, It was announc
acemed his tall hat frail physique i ed at the conference of the Oregon
must soon crack under the strain.
But he stood it all. and todav. i
After one of the busiest aerial acts
T' '". """ v"."""' " "p
veais in periect iieaitn and only
warns lo ue leu aione. to work out.
his own plans. He can stand the
crowds a little so long as they
uon i - pusn me around.'
iuo iiynig coiouei wouna un ms
Blx-day school In aviation at the
local army station yesterday by
B,T',T, ,, , ,V , mom
bers of the i Washington diplomatic
corps and their friends, the ma
iV vi niiuiu win uhciiluu me i mi- l
merican countries wnicn wna- ,rhe frult gr0W0r9 as80catlon is
??Jentl.y.toured 88 good,the oldest cooperative in the state
mv.... .: n .
iw,;,? i7 i. " . , ' y
e .ia 8ix days, to approximately!
K?nL
rrVlnn ni.il tTor.Vh,, vinM
inglon and nearby Virginia,
In contrast to those of the high
hats and spats with whom he ming
led all day, the "loue eagle" spent
his last evening in the public eye
attending a smoker given by the en
listed men at Boiling Field. There
he ate ham sandwiches, cheered
boxing bouts and chntted with me
chanics who more than once had
groomed his planes for flight.
The handshaking over tor the
t u I ,i i ... .
ri?g; ISKm tLl ?S
of relief nnd was whisked away to
his headquarters here,
citizen" once.more.
a "private
U. 8. HORSE FAVORITE
LONDON, Mar. 27. Betllng
fans today were still "nibbling''
at the American owned Hilly Bar
ton for the grand national on Fri
day. Th eodds were 25 to 1 In
some quarters and 20 to 1 in oth
ers. Et
IS one BUIlTs
. , . ,
Mofla!H rrw, wirr)
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 27.
Construction of a new bridge
over the Umpqua river at
Scottsburg, on the Drain-
Reedsport highway, was or-
dered today by the state high-
way commission. The bridge
Imnrovemont district and
Dougl-s "county will pay forty
per cent of the $157,000 coat,
the federal government the
rest. The county and district
will maintain the road. Plans
for tho bridge aro ready.
Upon request of Judge
Mast, of Coos county, the
state bridge engineer was or-
dered to prepare plans for a
bridge across Cons Bay at
east side. This will be done so 4
the plans can he presented to
the war department with for-
mal application In build the
bridge. Judge Mast told the
4 commission that in case the
bridge Is consrnicteil away
from the route of the present
terry the county will resume
j charge of the ferry after the
, bridge Is completed. The state
I now operates the ferry.
BALDONNEL AIRDROME, DUB
LIN, Mar. 27. Indications around
the Buldonnel Airdrome early this
afternoon were that the German
Irnns-Atlnntlo plane Bremen, which
arrived here yealerday from Tem
pelhoefer Field, might start before
uiKhtfall for New York on an at
tempted east-to-west passage.
The Bremen was still In her
hangar, however, and the throe
German airmen, Baron Von Huene
feld, Captain Hermann Koehl and
Mechanio Arthur Splndler, remain
ed In their room out of sight of
newspaper men.
The weather report" this after
noon Indicated that flying condi
tions for the moment were unfa
vorable over part of the course, and
It was said thnt it a Btart were
made today It would not be until
4:30 p. m. (11:30 a. m., eastern
standard time) or later.
The - air of complete r secrecy
which has Burrounded the flight
ever since the German fliers took
off from Tempclhoefor Field yes
terday morning, was relaxed at the
!lldomlel Airdrome at noon today.
Newspaper men protested vigorous-
Free State army general head-
fluartors intervened. Reporters
from which they
been excluded.
COOPERATIVES IN
ANNUAL SESSION
SHOWING PROGRESS
f Anux-littcfl ProM tamed Wire)
EUGENE, Ore., Mar. 27. Eugene
cooperative organizations did one
auartor of tha total amount of busl-
iness handled by an Oregon coopor-
Cooperative council In session hero
lnat nlcht.
L, Total business of 30 cooperatives
reported at tho mooting here ap-
pl.oxln,ated sin,250,000. The five
EuKIle cooperatives totaled $2,
265,000 in buslnoss for the period.
By institutions the standing of the
locnl concerns follow: uugene
nDonnin.in i enn
000; Eugene Farmers Creamery,
$joo,000; Public Mnrket, $260,000;
Eugene Cooperative Livestock
, shipping, $76,000; Eugeno Farmers
or-.Unlon warehouse association
J,() QQO
except the Hood River Apple Grow
ers association which was organlz-
E x Dj" mrum01. of tho Pa.
at tlie morning
86881011. SfOM V. MUI"1B, GXtenHlOll
specialist at the Oregon State Col
lege, is secrotary.
J. O. Holt, manager of the Fruit
'Growers association, M. M. Bonoy,
manager of tho Farmers' Cream
ery; D. J. Gillespie, manager of
: the Farmers lUtlon Warehouse;
,W. A. Ayros, manager of the Pub
lic Markot and the Cooperative
j Livestock Shipping association and
Mr. Dixon, each made short talks
m mull inuy iiivucu iiiu tuuntu
momberB to visit their respective
i vnn rri.D .,iuii.
In which they invited the council
sumed the larger part of the after
noon. The public market was visit
ed at 9 o'clock this morning.
Tho big banquet at tho Osborn
hotel last night was featured by re
ports of the cooperative managers.
The most distant organization
represented was tho Umpqua Uroc-
; coll Exchange. Foster Butner,
, manager, related thnt in 1014 only
I four carloads of broccoli were
(shipped from Roseburg. In 1926, he
declared, more than 100 cars were
uni.lrnln.l' I.. ttlnt-l.l.i T r,,.lnl.,..,.
Texas, North Carolinu and several
oilier states.
U. A. Ward, manager of the Pa
cific Cooperative Wool Growers as-
tion, the largest cooperative
marketing wool In the world ex-
i"t:i liitJ wiiiii ui Kuiiitiiviuii, i fcjidi i
2800 members operating in 10
Btatp and Aai,kft Tho cooperative
did 12,250,000 last year, he said.
t
NORTH BOUND STAGE
TRAVEL TIED UP BY
SLIDES IN CALIF.
' According to a wire received
hero this morning by Ulcnn Mc-
Alllster, manager of the Terminal
hotel, from L. J. LaPorte, traffic
superintendent of the Pickwick
stage company at Mod ford, all
s'age travel northward Is being
held up by two slides near CasteMa,
California, and none of the Plek-
wick stages have been able to get
through up to a late hour this af-
ternoon. One of the stages was
caught at a point Just between the
two slides, which are due to heavy
rains, and passengers are bflng
transferred from stages on both
sides of the slides. It. Is unlikely
that private conveyances will be
able to get through.
Sergeant Oeo. Vaughn of Ku
gene visited Company I). l2nd In
fantry, the local suard hnlt, at Its
regular training last night at the
armor.
STOCK PRICES
. Y. MARKET
TAKE TUMBLE
Nose Dive Follows New
Altitude Records of
Past Week.
TRADING IS RAPID
General Motors Stock Goes
From $198 to $180 Per
Share Others Also
Take Big Drop. '
(AuouUteil Vnu teased 7iie '
NEW YOltK, Mar. 27. Prices
on the New York stock exchange
collupsed with' startling sudden
ness soon after the opening today,
leading issues were quickly car
rled down SI to nearly 10 a sliure,
with the ticker falling hopelessly
behind the markot In the flood of
selling orders which swept ' onto
the floor rom all sections of the
country.
General Motors, which has
soared nearly SII0 a share In tbrco
weeks, plunged from 1U8 to slsu
a sl.'are In tho first hour of trad
ing. Montgomery Ward collapsed
from $149,021 to $140, Soars Roe
buck from $110.60 to $99, Dupout
from last- night's cIohb of $1195 to
$386, Chrysler from $7.1 to $110, U.
S. Steel common from $161 to 14G,
and Hudson Motors from $99.76 to
$94.76.
NEW YORK, Mar. 27. The
stock mnrket which haB been es
tablishing new altitude records al
most dally for moro than three
weeks, went into. n-nose dive to
day, as prices crashed ?f to nearly
$20 a share In one of the wildest
sessions In Wall Street history.
Supporting orders were quickly
suppitea and about hair the gain
were recovered In a brisk rally
around midday.
Trading was conducted at an un
precedented pace, more than 2,
000,000 shares changing hands In
the first two hours. With the
ticker 31 mlnules behind the ac
tual market at midday, there were
strong Indications thnt the days
total sales might cross the 5,000,
000 share mark for the first tlmo
In history. The 4,000,000 share
mark has been crossed only twice,
the first time on March 22 and the
second time in yesterday's record
breaking session of 4,170,1100
shares.
Tho reaction In stock prices
quickly had its Influence on the
price of New York stock exchange
memberships, sale of a seat being
nrranged todny at $.1GO,000 a drop
of $15,000 below the record price
Cdtaollnhed yesterday.
EDDY TO AID IN PROBE
Senntor D. L. Eddy lenves to
morrow for Medford to asnlst In
the grand Jury investigation Into
the Jackson prohibition fund ex
penditures. There Is some question
In that county regarding the regu-'
Inrlly of prohibition fund appro
priations and tho grand jury is
making a thorough investigation.
Senator Eddy was called in by the
circuit judge to aid tho grand jury
tn Its work and expecls to be in
Medford until tho first of next
week.
DN N
AN AIRPORT.
Roseburq's Great Need
PROFITING BY EXPERIENCE
If some one should propose thnt the pavement upon the
streets of Roseburg be dun "P nd enrted nwny whnt a terrible
protest would go up from the residents of the city. If someone
suggested thnt the land donnted to the rnilrond company for
right of way be withdrawn that person would be a subject of
untold ridicule. If anyone should propose that the city do away
with its street lighting system how foolish that person would ap
penr, yet each of those projects were bitterly opposed by a
group of citizens when they came up for consideration.
When the first pavement was laid in the streets of Rose
burg one of the city's councilmen was the strongest opponent to
the project, yet after the pavement had been down a little while
his name headed an improvement petition that came before the
council and since that time he has been an ardent booster for
more pavements.
When the matter of donating right of way for the railroad
tracks through- Roseburg was proposed there were many people
who said the company should buy their own ground, but if today
someone should propose that the land be tnlcen back, if such a
course were possible, what an uproar would be created, should
the suggestion be taken seriously.
No one would want to go back to the days when four
horses could not pull an empty wagon through some of Rose
burg's streets, yet what an effort was required to secure the first
pavement in this city. It. was even necessary to form a special
(Continued from pnge 4.)
MURDER AND SUICIDE
VICTIMS ARE FOUND
;
(Auoclittd Pre Uued Win)
SAN I'EURO, Mar. 27 Two
bodies, that of a man Mem I-
fled as George Candee, 35, of
Long Reuch, and the woman 4
as Mrs. Concetta Slower, 40,
wife of Domlntck Slower, fruit
peddler of Long Beach, were
found by police early today In
the back seat of a touring car
purked on tho beach at White
Point.
- The bodies were in a posl-
tton indicating murder and
suicide, police said. The man
clasped a .32 calibre revolver.
The woman was shot thru the
back. The man was Bhot thru
the temple. '
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B
IN CALIFORNIA
Sacramento , Providing All
Aid Needed by Several
Hundred Refugees.
300 DWELLINGS HIT
Highway and R. R. Tracks
Around Eureka Heavily :
1 Damaged Reno Ia '
Out of Danger. t
' (AiwclnM ProM Lciicd Wire) .
SACRAMENTO, Calif Mar. 27.
Slowly receding water in north
Sacramento today disclosed a vista
of ruined homes. The American
river flood that rose to the eaves
of many of the homcB, today lap
ped at tho doorsteps. .
Communication with the Isolated
community is still by boat'.al
though the Southern Pacific com-
puny maintains a half hourly ser
vice Into tho city. City and stato
authorities fed the hundreds of re
fugees this morning as men, wo
men and children awoke in their
temporary homes in theaters,
lodge rooms and churches.
Sacramento police are helping
to keep order and members of the
national guard are doing police
duty. Every one in the flooded
area is being taken care of. Tho
city of Sacramento has offered to
provide lor reiter needs not other
wise mot.
Train schedules wore hamporod
by the flood. Western Pacific
trains wore detoured over South
em Pacific tracks because of wash
outs. Tho Southern Pacific com
pany Is running all trains on slow
tlmo.
A constant patrol of levees Bur
rounding Bacrumeuto is being
maintained.
Only One Death Known
Several persons, still unaccount
ed for yesterday, wore reportod
missing becntiHo of tho general
confusion, In the opinion of Qcorge
Suggett, city mnrshal. Zacharlah
Parker, 78, hecamo exhausted anl
drowned while he wns fleeing from
his flooded homo. This casuallty,
Huggett said today, wns tho only
death or authentic Instance of
missing person Hint came to his
attention. At least 400 persons left
their homes, driven by the water,
i (Continued on pago 8.)
WATER
RECEDES
FLOOD
150,000 BOOZE
HAUL IS MADE
BY BANDIT GANG
Swoop Down on Internal
Revenue Warehouse at '
Fresno Calif.
TRUCKS ARE U S ED
Nightwatchmen Handcuffed
and Tossed Into Wash
Room While Thieves
Load Machines.
(Awoclnteil Proa I.chkhI Wire)
FRESNO. Calif., Mar. 27. Whis
key bandits swooped down on in
ternal revenue warehouse No. 7.
two miles -south of Fresno last
night, overpowered and bound two
watchmen, kept thefh prisoners
for four hours and escaped with
two truckloads of liquor valued' at
$50,000. The watchmen said six
men were in the gang.
Lying In wait outside the ware
house, three of the bandits cap
tured David Derhairbedlan, one o
the night watchmen. Then go In ft
into an adjoining building they
jok Dick Raymond, second night
watchman, Into custody, according;
to their stories, ,i
A few minutes later two trucks
were driven up to a door of tho .
warehouse. Tho lock was pried orT.
Derhairbedlan nnd Raymond were
handcuffed together, their feet
were bound and they were tossed,
into a washroom. , .
:, The bandits went about their
work quietly, working for 'more "
than four hours before they had
completed their task, the. iinprls-.
oited wutchmen said. Case after
case of ton year old whiskey was ,
rVmoved from the warehouse and
loadod upon the waiting trucks.
When the trucks were ready to
leave, one of the bandits came
into the room in which the night
watchmen were held and thrw
the key to tho handcuffs on- the1
floor, romarklng: "When It gets
light and they find you they can .
turn you loose." -
The watchmen located tho key,
freed themselves and notified of
ficers. W. W. Anderson, assistant prohi
bition administrator for the south
ern district of California, George
F.rookhnller, an assistant; James
Corrldan, In charge of the Fresno
Internal revenue office, nnd Chief
W. F. Jones Investigated the case.
NEW WHOLESALE
1 THE FIRMS
(AwociatH 1'rru teaicd Wire)
POHTLAND, Oro., Mar. 27.
Erection of an entirely new manu
facturing plant to house, the futuio
IntenalvB acllvltlns of tho merged
rornornllons of Lang and . com
pany, Allen nnd Lewis nnd Mason !
Khmian nnd conipnny Is consid
ered by tho companies Involved.
The new plant will cost In tho
nelRhhorhood of S800.000.
ICmployinent contracts ' of nil
workers for tho thrno firms are be
ing tormluiileil, following tho
000.000 morsor of Hie locnl whole
sale grocery Iiouhus. Dey, Hump
son and Nclaon, attorneys for tho
merger corporation, slate that the
notice is a legal formality and that
the now concern will probably em
ploy moro persons than before the
merger.
Tho three concerns at present
employ about 2,000 perRoni. After
erection or the new plant and com
mencement of Intensive manufac
turing work. It Is announced thnt
tho working personnel will be In
creased to approximately 3,000 per
sons. Reports that I. Lang will hn
president of tho new company and
that Krank A. Hpencer will he gen
eral manager are declared founded
on rumors. The nrricets mny be
elected, but no official meeting of
directors hns made such decision
as yet. Mr. Lang is president of
Lan and company, and Mr. Spen
cer Is general manager of Allea
and Lewis.
HAIL AT MARSHFIELD
MAIiSHFIKLD, Ore.. Mnr. 27.
Mnrshfldd enrdons and fruit treca
.stifforpd considerable damage from
a hall storm last night, the heav
iest of the ynsr. fltonps half an
Inch In diameter fell hero.
I Corpilllo Hlver was ovprflowInK
Jls bands today, flooding most or
the valley lowlands In the highest
jrator of tho season, ,
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