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VOL. XXVIII NO. 311 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURpAY, APRIL 21.1 928.
VOL. XIX NO. 76 OF THE EVENING NEW9
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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)
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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
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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-)
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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
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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
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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