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I News-JR 0 Weather Highest temperature yesterday.. 56 Lowest temperaturo last night... .46 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Fair tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature. fro r tt- DOUGLAS Ll COUNTY FIRST, LAST and ALL THE TIME U V w Consolidation of The Evening Newe and V The Roeeburg Review DO U C5 LAS CPU NTY Indepen ' " ( Xfl 6vl 0 , -the By .... r-eopl VOL. XXVIII NO. 311 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURpAY, APRIL 21.1 928. VOL. XIX NO. 76 OF THE EVENING NEW9 m m m m Mayflies iwffliiiipua- mm : : i 1 Today The Answer Is "Vodka" The Booming South Von Huenefeld's Story A. P. Sloan Cheerful By Arthur Brisbane t Copyright 1928 oy Star Company) i The three fliers, " two - Ger man and one Irish, will stick to gether and fly on to New York together. Fitzmaurice had no idea of accepting a welcome ahead of the others. Baron Van Huenefeld, who financed the Bremen trip, says that part of the time, flying through fog, he wrote poetry, and part of the time wondered what was going to happen. , . Von Huenefeld' has been nominated for. the German parliament and national pride will probably elect him in spite of his friendly attitude toward the ex-kaiser: ' Worthy of our polite atten tion is Mr. Toichiro Araki from Tokyo. He jumped out of an airplane on Long Island at 1 2 minutes to 5 yesterday morn ing, on his way in a Vace around the world, for the Japanese newspaper, Jiji Shimpo. Mr. Araki, by airplane, au tomobile, fast trains and boats, expects to go around the world in 34 days. When Jules Verne suggested a trip in 80 days, that was thought preposterous. Adolph.iS. Ochs, owner of the New "'York Times, cele brates his 50th year as a news paper publisher. That publish ing career began in Chattan ooga 50 ycnr3 ago has agreed ivith Mr. Ochs. Friends that re cently saw him climbing hills on tpc Pacific coast observed no change in him in the past 20 years. May he continue publish ing 50 years more. The Lutheran church receiv ed 5000 suggestions in a na tional contest fo ran advertis ing slogan suited to the teach ings of that church. The judges ndopted this: A changeless Christ for a changing world. rortunately the changing world changes it ideas ol Christ and His teachings. It no longer burns witches in Hi name or tortures those that choose to think as they please religiously. When Protestants in Switzer land burned Dr. Servetus alive on a slow fire, mocking his ap peals for a speedier death, they thought they were pleasing Christ. They were mistaken. Senator Simmons of North Carolina opposes the nomina tion of Governor Smith, and the first democratic fight of the 1928 campaign is under way, with the odds in Governor Smith's favor. He is playing golf, not noticing the fight. King George won his first race of the season yesterday, the Brandon handicap. The king's horse. Scuttle, by Cap tain Cuttle, out of Stained Glass, carried a good deal of loyal British money bet upon him. If Hceney beats Tunney in the coming fight, Dempsey will return and fight Heeney. If Dempsey wins, perhaps Jeffries and Willard will return to fight him. But Heeney probably won't beat Tunney. Even in prize fighting, thinking counts. Tun ney is the better thinker, be sides Tunney" 8 defeat would be unprofitable for the prize fight "insiders." ., Charley Birger, Illinois gnng leader and killer, hanged yes terday, told Rabbi Mazur he (Continued on page 4.) FAMILY OF 7 I Kansas Couple And 5 Children Victims Son of 17, Who Had Driven . Away to Picture Show,. ... . ' Only Survivor. JURY BEGINS PROBE Origin of Blaze Mystifies Authorities.; May Have Been Started. From Kerosene Lamp. (Amnrlnlml I'mn I.cntwl Win') EL DORADO, Kansas. April 21. Seven members or the William P. .Overst family were burned to death at their farm home 20 mllos northwest of El Dorado last night. Tho blaze at unknown mit-ln, oc curred about 8 o'clock but the bod ies were not discovered until mid night, us neighbors who wuro at tracted to the tiro ut first believed tho family had left home for -the evening.' ! 'Owen Overst, If, 'was' the only member of the family who escaped death. Ho had 'driven the family car .to Florouco to! attend a motion liicturo 'show. J J i The dead: !- - ' ' . William F. Overst, 45 Elsie Ovorst,41, his wi,fe. ! Five of their children: Dorothy, 16; Italiilii 11; Hugh,' 10r Edith, S. and Herbert, 6. Official Quiz Begun The house, a two-story frame (Continued on iago 8.) HOT SALKM, Ore., April 21. Up to noon today Secretary of Stale Kozer had received no message from Representative Sinnott with Instructions that his name be with drawn from the republican pri mary ballot as a candidate for re nomlnatlon. Unless such a request is received before tho end of the day Slunott's name will be certi fied" to the county clerks of the second congressional districts as a candidate. In tho meantime tiic type forms of the certification are being held at the state printer's office awaiting instructions from the congressman. Delay by Sinnott beyond today does not mean that he will be un able to withdraw as a candidate, and obviously it is his Intention to withdraw. He may withdraw any time up to the date or election, bin after today It will be - necessary for the secretary of stnto to send special Instructions to the county clerks, and may cause contusion in the printing of the ballots. Neither has the slate any of ficial information whether Sinnott Intends to resign before the ex piration of his term as congress man. Should he resign It would be necessary for the governor to call a special election for the selection of his successor, or allow the dis trict to be without representation until March 4 next. Attorney General Van Winkle, who is now In Washington, yester day telegraphed his assistant, Wil lis 8. Moore, that Sinnott had shown him Secretary Kozer's telegram urging Sinnott to hasten 'action. Sinnott, according to Van Winkle, said he was going to telegraph his wth(' wal at once. Out for Sinnott'i Job PKXDLKTON. April 21. Judge Norborne Berkeley of IVndleton today entered the race for the democratic nomination for con gressman from the eastern Oregon district, making the Announcement to this effect today. He asks his name be written in on the ballot Msv H. Judge Berkeley says he favors Walsh for president and upholds federal development of power on the Columbia river. P SH WHEN HOME BURNS Frieda Would Cinch Coin Ere Sweetie Dies i'lk-dtt iicuiK:l AMOClutiHl Press U-usod Wire) NKW YORK, April 21. On the grounds that August. HeckBchor, SU year. aid. philanthropist and fi nancier, may die before her suit against him to enforce an allotted agreement, to pay lier' $48,000 a year for life is heard, Freitla Hem pel 'has filed a motion in supreme court asking that a deposition be taken from tho defendant. , In net petition, Miss Hem pel, fni'inoi nnni'ii ntwl cnfft slntmr. imvnrlu tlmt if Mr WpplfHflinr'R deatli should occur before trial, which she says cannot come up for another year and a half, her suit would fail because it is based on oral contract entered into with out witnesses. fShe says that In view of Mr. Heckschcr's age and infirm condition his death before the trial"- in not' a -remote , contin gency but ' a Vohsdhnble probabil ity.'; . . . in her petition the singer assert ed the suit was not based on ma trimonial grounds but. is. "merely an effort to enforce" a simple con tract." The contract, the petition states, was that Dr. Heckscher was to pay her the yearly such in re turn for which she was to sins only at charitable concerts desig nated b tho philanthropist. PUKES STILL ADD TO MISER! OF BULGARIANS 125,000 Homeless Families Bear Destitution and Cold in Terror. NEARLY 300 PERISH Rose Attar Industry Hurt Badly Superstitious Blame Good Friday ' . Desecration. (Auoeidteil Trem Leaned Wire) SOFIA, Ilulgarln, April 21. More than 126,000 homeless fam ilies in southwestern Bulgaria to day endured misery, cold and de privation In tenor as intermittent earthquakes continued to rock the alieady devastated region. The government and volunteer agencies devoted every effort to tending the more than 850 per sons Injured In the region around Phllllppopolls. The ulmost was being done to supply refugees with food. The death toll whs arloiisly estimated nt between 150 and 300 persons. Bulgaria faced a tremendous problem In relief and reconstruc tion. Rote Industry Hit The valley of roses near Phllli popolis was turned into a -sandy I waste when waters burst through the ground or poured down from 'Ibe hills. The buds of the roses, Iwhlrh are one of the chief crops 'of the region, and fumlsU 9t per cent of tho European supply of at ,tar of roses, was almost ready to open when the quake brought dis aster. Thousands of rose bushes were obliterated in the valley which is one of the beauty spots of r.urope. City Mast of Ruins Threefourlhs of I'hlllppopolls (Continued on page 8-) I : I,. SINCLAIR IS NOT GUILTY, JURY FINDS Oil Man Wins 6-Year Fight In Courts Assertion That Money Paid Fall Was for Interest - in Ranch Believed, f NO FRAUD IN LEASEj ) Wife of Acquitted Man Is.; Hvstpi-iralltr PI 2 Contempt Charges , -- Still Pending. (ARsnclnleci Tress Loaned Wire.) V WASHINGTON, April 21. Harry K Sinclair today was acquitted of the charge that he conspired1 to defrnud the gov ernment in the leasing of Tea pot Dome. - A jury in the District of Co lumbia supreme court accepted hk contention , that , when ' he(k paid Albert a. fall $233,000 in Liberty bonds and $35,000 in cash it was for a part in the ranch owned by the former secretary of the interior and was not a part of a deal thru which the Wyoming naval oil reserve was turned over to him. The jury took the case from Justice Bailey at 10:25 o'clock this morning and returned its verdict at 12:24 p. m., being out exactly one hour and fifty nine minutes. Mrs. Sinclair Weeps Immediately after tho verilicl. was rendered Sinclair authorized this statement: "I have felt since the Inception of the oil cases tlmt 1 would be acquitted of any charge of conspir acy to defraud tho Riivernnieir. when the evidence went before a Jury." , ; Todny in the court room he wns surrounded by his friends who poured their congratulations upon (Continued on pBe 8.) Felix H. Robertson, Commanders of ! Forces, Passes On at A ge of 88 , v . ' x ' I ' ; I i l i f " 4" 1 FELIX H. ROBERTSON ASicetATBP PRP5S f Arwocfetrr. Pit tvl Wlr WACO, Texas. April 21. Tho yomiRost gfnfrai of Ihe Civil War in pllhfr Ihn Soiilhfrn or North prn nrmlod, fJonornl FHix Huston Robert Bon, whoso tlatli occurred here yesterday, outlived nil h contort., mrarlfis of equal rank After the denth of General Mc- Caualftnd, of Went Virginia, late inj 1926, he was the oole Bttrvivim genfral ot the Southern army. If t!.A jo'iingest ranking com mantler, he aleo van ono of thn Swith's RreatPfff (iKhters, tor bf was In battle almost from thf flrt shot of the great conflict to the Over "Top of World" On Third Try I 1 1 t'nin. (ieui-Ku H. AVilklns ' (AnocUtei! Tren Iaieil Wlrel WASHINGTON. April 21. t'oiiKi-esHinnn Nicholas Sin- noli, republican. Oregon, to- day telegraphed Secretary or State Kozer of Oregon with- drawing ub candidate for re- election becauso of his ap- pointnient as Judge of cciirl ef claims. Last of the the Confederate I moment of It h close. I Tin fh-flt ennnon hull scarcely was cold. In the nunpurtH of Kqrt Sumplcr when youn? llobertHon wns on hln way to Ulchmond, Vir ginia, the Confederate capital. He bad Just rcHlKiicd from his class at Weal Point, two lnonlha before graduation (lute. It wan April, 1801 . Arriving nt Htchniond, he wan ap pointed a lieutenant of artillery by President Jefferson Davis, hlH per sonal friend. Promotion Rapid Robertson's first assignment was with Genera! Ueaureguai'dB army. In a short time he leciiuie captain of artillery and organized Robert son's battery. Sent norih with General AUiert Sidney John ston's army, he faced the enetnv nt the Rattle of Shlloh, and from then on was In every great battle of Un arm) of Tennessee. Under Johnston, lining and Hood, the young officer rose to brlsadter-generttl In Wheeler'n cav alry. A few months before the end oi tho war, at lhickhend Church, Ga., he was wounded In the Jolt arm, and a eliorl time later :urrendeicd to General Kllpatrick, at Macon, Ga. A major-general's commission was on Its way to him at the time, but it was captured by Federal troops. When the war waa over, General Robertson dlftbanded his commuml and rode for two days to tlnd the headquarters of General Ktlpat- rirk, lifl Dearest Un Ion com maoder. Rom March !. at old Wash-! Ingion on tho lirazon, first capital; of Texas, he came from a family j of patriots. His ather( Jerome Pnnaparte noberfson, nlso s! general In the Civil War. j SINNOTT WITHDRAWS ' After two previous failures, ceeded in flying over the North Pole, in twenty and one-nail hours ot actual tiying. i ne route ratten is mown in the map above, the starting point being Point Barrow, Alaska. Above mnn la .l.a I nolrkaa(4.r,a mnnAnl.n. HnH nn fh fniirnitv. Tfi thf. left of the plane Is shown Captain Wllklns In Arotlc togs and In the lower right hand corner Is his companion and aide, Lieut. Carl Ellson, Alaskan air pilot. PILOT OF E FEVER Illness : Halts Journey to i Greenly Island : With Fuel for Bremen. v MAY SEND SCHILLER Germany Honors Witlv a Doctorate and Name on Plane Planned for Paris Service. (AuocUtrd frrM Utaed wire) STB. AGNKS, Que., April 21. (Ry the Canadian Press.) IIIiicsb of Floyd Ilennott, who Is confined to his bed, has caused Indefinltu postponement of tho flight or the Ford plane tn the relief of the, Rremen, which """I been scheduled for toduy. Dennett, who wns copilot with Rernt Rulchen on the flight here Irorn Detroit yesterday, developed u high fever during the night and WU8 unnhle to leave his bed this morning. Roth Rennctl nnd Ral- chen, who have recently under gone extremes of lemperaiures, have suffered from heavy cold. Should It appear likely that Ren- nelt. wf If be unable lo fly for some time, (lie stihHlltution of C. A (Continued on pnge G ) FIRST WITH THE LATEST The Roscliurg News-Review is proud to present to its army of renders todny on pne 6 n complete picture layout of the flight of the Bremen across the Atlantic. These pictures, furnished to the News-Review by NfiA Service, were rushed by tele photo across the country nnd then by plnne lo RoseburR, No expense is spared in bringing this metropolitan service to Douglas county and we believe we are justi fied in dping so as is shown by the rapidly Increasing circulation of this newspaper. BENNETT STDHWIS Ml VCTI Captain Geort.s H. Wllklns has suc accomplishing the hazardous feat E PATHS OF IN THE SOUTH Property Losses Heavy in Sections of Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas. CASUALTIES ARE FEW Homes and Factories Hit, Trees Levelled, Wires Down ; Many Farms sAre Damaged. (AMorlfttnl Prow T-oftfn"'! Wire) MKMIMIIS. Tenn., April 21, More than fifty houses were dam aged, hundreds of trees wore lev elled and many telephones were reported out of commission as the result of a severe wind and rain storm that swept Memphis early today. The wind centered Us violence in the eastern part of tho city,, traveling from southwest to north east. Two KiVroot smokestacks ot the Hudson Hardwood Flooring company were blown down. Reports from the northeastern port of Shelby county said some farm houses had been damaged there and dlspstches tn the Illinois Central rullroad told of' a heavy storm along the main line to Norm Mississippi. Four Casualties One death and three injuries were reported In n heavy wind storm I hat struck nt Atoka, Ten nessee, totlay. Ambulance drivers who brought C. R. Forbes, fiti, a millwright, and his two sons lo a Memphis hospi tal, suld a third sou was killed I when the Forbes home was de molished. , Forbes' wrist was frnclured nnd he was internally Injured, his son, Joe, 20, had n fractured right Jaw and David, 13, suffered a frac tured leg and internal injuries. Arkansas and Texas Hit TKXAKKANA. Ark., April 21.--An undetermined number of per sons were injured, one piolmhly ftitatly, and dozens of build Imps were dentroyefJ when tt tornado swept through Index, Arkansas, and Ogden, Arkansas, today. Mrs. W. T Johnson, about 4ft, suffered Injuries which probably will result In death when the (winter hurled a tree against her home at Ogden. Many houses, barns and trees were blown down or carried away (Continued on pfige 8.) LEAV RUN TRIUMPH TOLD N WORD FROM SPITZaERGEN Trip From Pt. Barrow,; Alaska, Made in 20 ' And Half Hours Of Flying Non-Stop Journey ( Broken by Five Days' Stop on Island Because of , Bad Weather. f AMHwiutil 1'rew Leaned Wire) DKTROIT, April s 21. Captain Oeorgo II. ..Wllklns announced lilA. arrival at Spitsbergen from Point Barrow, Alaska, in a radio mess age touay to mo jjeiron. imbws. "Reached Spltzbergen at tec (wenty and ono-half hours of fly ing; one stop five days ' account j lmd weather. Greeting to aviation society and flying club,'! the mess- ago received thin forenoon said. It wns dated Svalbard 12:31 P. p., April 21, and was Blgnod "Wil kliiB," Elolson." Elolson Is the Alaskan flier who 1ms acoompan- I led Wilkins on his previous Arctic expeditious and went with him. la Point Barrow, AlftBka, : early this year on his latest effort to find u loBt continent nnu attempt a flight aaroSB the "top o( the world" tp.JSulUuftrbon. '; ' ' , i wo fcirons ran Success came to Wllklns on hltt : bird expedition. Two previous at tempts at aerial exploration of tho 'blind snot" lying north of Point Barrow were unsuccessful. In tho second attempt, made the follow ing your, Captain Wllklns flew out Into the Arctic spaces and wan forced down, Several days later ho returned tp Point Barrow, re ilernting his conviction that ft plane could he flown across the 'lop of the world" to Spltuborgen and his determination to try again. Press Confirmation - ' ' LONDON, April 21. An ox change Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says that the news paper Polltiken . has received a message from Svalbard stating that Captain George II. Wllklns, Arctic flier, landed near tho Sval bard radio Million at eleven o'clock this morning. A previous mossage to Polltiken; also from the Svalbard radio ula tlon, stated that Captain Wilkin Mow from Point Barrow and lnnd nd near Doedmansoelra where hiiil weather stopped him for five days. Doedmnnsoelrn is nn tinhnhited Inland on the north side of Iftjford, about 25 miles from Svalbard'7 Tho crew of the plane was re ported in excellent condition, The arrival of Captnln Wllklns near Svalbard, from Point Barro-, Alaska, represents the successful completion of Captain Wllklns? plan lo fly across- tho Polar re gions nnd presumably across tho North Pole. , The Wllklns plane carried a ra dio, but despite a constant, watch by rndto stations, complete sllencj enveloped tho activities of the ex pedition from tne time that the; (Continued on page S.) T1IH 81,'N H SHININ' Tho Ottlco Out told ya so So llinss limit No use klddln', when It comes to collln' out tho tricks of tho oli mule, our friend ly feline knows his bnromeler. And for tomor row, It lieln' Sun day, the Cut mut iters: M o n B SUN atltNK! That's good news for the golfln' fraternity who can't blame Sunny their slices onto Jupe Plnvlus. Next week will be & BALMY ono, savs the Cat nnd we have reason to believe hlrn. Wn sbonldu known the rnlti would end We bought a slicker yer,lldd,yl jOurWeatherMan
