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VOL. XXIX NO. 27 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREQON. MONDAY, MAY 21, 1928.
VOL. XIX- NO. 100 OF THE EVENINQ NEWS
VIEW
Today
Sullivan And Mulcahy.
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y roro s busy uay.
Paul Revere s Horse.
Automobile's Booming.
By Arthur Brisbane
(Copyright 1928 ay Star Ctmpany)
DETROIT, Mich., May 18.
Se.lf - confidence usually
, menns success. When John L.
Sullivan met the Prince of
Wales, 'grandfather of to-day's
prince, Jem Smith, heavy
weight champion of England,
was present, and in training to
fight Kilrain.
Sullivan, who was to box for
the Prince-8 delectation with
his sparring partner, Jack Ash
ton, said to the Prince:
"Your English champion is
here, trained to fight. I'm just
f off the boat and fat. Tell your
champion to get into that ring
with me. If I don't knock him
but in two rounds, I'll go back
to America."
, ,
The Prince was delighted,
but lem Smith's' manager said
no.
A. fight with no gate money
and with Sullivan, had no ap
peal. So Sullivan Boxed with
Ashton. Jem Smith boxed with
old Alf Greenfield. The prince,
and this writer, only newspaper
: man there, were disappointed.
ifi & jf.
Detroit feels about as Sulli
van felt about himself. Joseph
Mulcahy, who was born in New
York, and now edits the De
troit Times, says, with perfect
lenousness:
'Detroit, today, is what New
York was twenty-five years
ago
Every day is Henry Ford's
busy day, but today was unusu
ally busy. He arrived from
Philadelphia in the morning to
greet
q ,. , ;nu bhiu uie rescuers must Usui
the Bremen tilers who,.,,.,. .. innn .-, rrll, .,,
saw his plant, and had lunch
eon with Edsel Ford, head of
the committee to receive them.
Then Ford welcomed Jun
kers, who built the Bremen,
and talked engineering with
him. "A fine product of Ger
many's through training me
thods," Ford called Junkers.
At four o'clock this after
noon. Ford was talking with
General Atterbury, president of
the Pennsylvania railroad. Per
haps they discussed the com
bination sleeping car and air
plane trans-continental service,
announced by the Pennsylvania
and Santa Fe.
2" Just beyond Ford's Dearbon
of f i c e, General Atterbury
mijjht have seen actual air
transportation on the Ford fly
ing field.
A neat, new station has
been built for arriving and de
parting air passengers, and a
big Ford plane, having just
brought a full load from Cleve
land, was waiting to carry an
other load in the other direct
tion.
If you ask Ford nbout his
flying plnns, he says "Ask Ed
sel. he is looking after that."
But Ford is deeply interested
in flying, and sells his tri-motor
planes for about thirty-thousand
dollars less than each one
costs to build. Profits with vol
ume will come later.
Ford says that for the mo
f ment, "flying has come up
against a stone wall, nnd some
big things need to be done."
He may undertake to do one of
two of them, although he does
not say so.
,
All Detroit cheered the Bre
men fliers today, and nobody
except Fold paid much atten
tion to Junkers who built the
Bremen and made the flight
possible.
Asked if that did not seem
unjust. Ford replied, "Well,
somebody asked the other day,
"Did you ever hear of any
body that knew the name of
Paul Revere's Horse.'"
The automobile industry is
ixjoming, as never before,
k (Continued on page 4.)
COAL MIKE
EXPLOSION
MPS 198
Bodies of 60 Men Thus
Far Recovered
Little Hope Is Felt That
Any of Remaining 138
Escaped Death
MATHER, PA., SCENE
Blast Entombs Both Night
and Day Shifts; State
Troops Hold Back
Spectators
(Auoelatctl Press Taswl Wire)
MATHER, P., May 21. The
bodies of three score miners, vic
tims or an explosion in the Math
er coal mirie -Saturday, had been
recovered up to this evening by
rescurers, who were pushing past
the scene of the blast'In'an effort
to leurn the fate of 138 men en
tombed In the far recesses of the
workings.. Shortly after noon res
curers carried 13 additional bodies
from the mine, making the known
death toll sixty.
Alter finding nine bodies this
morning near butt 15, the rescurers
pushed on, building air locks to
carry the fresh air with them. At
butt 24, they came upon 11 bodies,
indicating that the created force
of the blast was felt in thin region.
nviu y r jibi i
loader, who - left
the mine a few momentB before
the explosion spread death through
the tunnels, said that practically
all the bodies brought out so far
were those of the day shift men.
before they will reach No. 9 north.
where the entire night shift wns
duty. The explosion occurred
(Continued on page 3.)
LA
IS
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Corpse, With Bullet Hole
in Head, Found Several
Weeks After Crime
Was Committed
(Ansorinterl ProM tawl Wire)
LA GRANDE, May 21. Dert W.
Smith, between 25 and 30 years
old, Is today being sought follow
ing the finding yesterday of the
body of his mother, (Catherine 1
Smith, about 55 years of age, in
their home at 1304 F avenue, in
that part of the residential district
known as Old Town.
Mrs. Smith was shot through
the forehead and, from Indications,
bad apparently been ill before the
crimo was committed. The last
time Smith was seen here, as far
as officers can learn, was on
March 20. The coroner believes
that Mrs. Smith has been dead
nearly three months.
The door of the bedroom In
which Uie body was found was
nailed shut. Attached to it was the
following note, circled with chalk
marks:
"If everything In this house be
longs to Mrs. Smith, I do not own
one dollar's worth. The kitchen
range Is from Lillys. I am legally
of age so none of her effects can
be held for my debts, such as rent
of this G D old shack and
money I have borrowed from vari
ous ones.
"She once said If she ever died
In La Grande she would want
Snodgrass to have charge of the
funeral. Mr. Snodgrass can be ap
pointed administrator. Hut to re
peat, there Is not one lousy dollar
against her car, estate, or any
thing else she owns. Please do
your best. Lot."
The "Lot referred to Is Mr.
Snodgrasn.
No motive Is known for the
crime, although officers today
were recalling that Smith had been
seen with Robert Clark, who wan
found murdered west of La Grande
I during the winter, a short time be-
fore the supposed time of the
' rrlme 2mit. fltrtisof1 llm tnnr.
der of Clark at considerable length
with ft newspaper man after the
body wan found but no suspicions
were held, either by offlrers or
otherB.
MISS VOGELPOHL LEADS
IN QUEEN CONTEST
Miss Eva Vogelpohl was consid
erably in the lead for strawberry
carnival queen when the noon
count was made today, having 19,
850 votes as compared with 17,
700 votes for Miss Marian Ness.
The queen contest comes to an
end tonight at 9 o'clock the count
to be made at the Chamber of
Commerce office. As both candi
dates are holding back many
votes, the outcome is very uncer
tain. AMERICAN OIL MAN
SLAIN BY MEXICAN
MKXICO CITY, Mex., May 21.
Dispatches today from Kxcelsior
staid that 11. F. Nolden, American
superintendent 'of the Latin-American
Oil company, had been mur
dered by a workman at Aulamo,
near Tamplco.
The workman was said to have
drawn a gun and fired at Nolden,
killing him instantly, during a dis
cussion. Kolden's address In the United
Stutes was not given.
NEGRO LYNCHED IN
TEXAS COURT YARD
CENTER, Tex., May 21. BuRsy
J. Evans, a negro grocer, was
lynched here today by a mob that
took hlni away from two officers.
He wns hanged from the limb of
an oak tree In the - court house
yard where another negro was
lynched about five years ugo for
an attack on a white woman.
EvanB hnd been charged with mur
der, following an attack on John
Wheeler at Canton on May 12.
STEWART ON TRIAL
WASHINGTON, May 21. The
District of Columbia supreme court
ruled today that Robert W. Stew-,
nrt, chairman of the board- ot
Standard Oil company of Indiana,
must stand trial on a charge ot
refusing to answer questions pro
pounded by the senate Teapot
Dome oil committee.
Justice Siddons upheld a de
murer filed by the government
ugulnst Stewart's petition to have
the case thrown out of court since
the oil man subsequently answer
ed the questions of the committee.
..$500,000 FOR SOUTH
JETTY IF NEEDED IS
. ADVISED FOR UMPQUA
4
WASHlNpTON, May 22.
..Modification of the - Umpqua
river and entrance, to author-
ize construction of the south
Jetty if it is found necessary
after construction of a north
Jetty, wns recommended to
congress today by MaJ. Gen.
Jadwin, chief of army engine-
era.
General Jadwm said that
authorization be limited to
$500,000. At the present time,
he said, authorization should
be limited to construction of a
length extending about 2.000
feet from high water mark,
which would coat about $600,-
000. He added that it might
be eventually necessary to ex-
tend the north and south Jet-
ties.
Greetings! Visiting Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
I iiniiiv I uuiihu mnnuL uiiiliu
I0IE5 IN FUTILE AND SQUAWS TQ
RESCUE EFFORT
Socialist - Labor Nominee
For President Drowns
in the Deschutes
BODY NOT YET FOUND
Boy Angler Whom He
.. Tried to Save Perishes
Johns Had Begun
Speaking Toiir
( Astoria tn Trett Leaned Wire)
IlRiNU, Ore., May 21, Frank T.
Johns, candidate for president of
the United Slates on the Socialist
Labor Party ticket, was drowned
here Sunday evening about 7
o'clock, in an nttempt to rescue the
lUe of a boy who fell into the De
schutes river while fiBhlug.
Johns, who was at Drake Parle,
on the Deschutes, to address a po
litical meeting, saw Jack Rhodes
plunge into the swift water of the
stream from a bridge and leaped
into the water. Johns 'reached the
boy, but the battle against the cur
rent proved futile. As he neared
the bank of the river Johns tried
to shove the boy ahead, but the
boy sank, nnd Johns himself, ex
hausted by the effort was carried
down the stream and lost to sight.
The Rhodes boy was the son of
a prominent realtor of Bend. The
boy's body was recovered Imme
diately, but John's body was car
ried down the stream.
Searchers worked until late last
Was on Speaking Tour"
PORTLAND; Ore., May 21.
.Frank T. Johns, Portland carpen
jter, who was drowned last evening
I at Bend, Ore.,, in an attempt to
save a boy's life, received a tele
gram a week ago from New York
City advising htm that he had been
nominated on the Socialist-Labor
I party for president of the United
.stales. Johns was making pre
parations to tour ine country on
a speaking campaign, and his ap
pearance at Bend yesterday was
one of his first public addresses
since being advised of his selec
tion as a candidate.
Johns was a Socialist-Labor
candidate for president four years
ago and made a speaking tour of
the country.
Vocations Varied
NEW YORK, May 21.-Frank T.
Johns, drowned at Bend, Ore., In
attempting to rescue a 12-year-oM
boy, was 39 years old, a carpenter
by trade.
He was born In Sunbury, Pa.,
ff?nnt1nnpfl on n
OPEN CARNIVAL
Thursday Program to Be
Featured by Showing
Decorated Autos '
ADVERTISING BARRED
Cars and Floats in Thurs
day Afternoon Parade
to Carry No Adver- '
tising Matter
The various committees of the
Umpqua Chiefs are rupldly clos
ing up the details In connection
with the annual Strawberry car
nival, which opens here Thursday
morning, coutinutng through Fri
day uud Saturday.
as the opening uay ot tne carni
val Is also the closing day of the
I. O. O. F. grand lodge, It is anti
cipated that there will be a huge
crowd in the city.
The program will Btart promptly
at 9:30 with the opening salute,
which will consist of the firing of
a number ot aerial bombs. The
official carnival opening will be
marked by the parade of Umpqua
Chiefs and Squaws at 10 a. m. led
by the colors and the Koseuurg
Municival band.
At 11 o'clock the ceremonial In
connection with the crowning of
the queen will take place at the
band stand at the court house, the
ceremony being in charge of Chief
0. M. Berrie.
The first event of the afternoon
will be the decorated auto parade
hich consists of two sections, one
for the ueHt decorated auto 'aim
the second for the boat decorated
float. Prizes of $50, $35 and $13
are offored In each section.
No Advertising
No advertising will be permitted
on any of the cars or floats enter
ed In this parade. Clubs and fra
ternal orders entering floats will
bo permitted to put the club name
and motto upon the float, but noth
ing for an advertising nature will
be pormlttod In this parade,
Curs and ' floats that secure
prizes In Thursday's parade, will
not be eligible for prizes in the in
dustrial parade on Saturday, when
the business floats will.be enter
ed, at which time any amount of
advertising will be permitted.
' The decorated auto parade ' is
scheduled for 2 o'clock and will be
followed immediately by a progrom
of etreot stunts nnd races on Jack
son street, taking up the greater
part of the afternoon.
At 9 p. in. will be held the
queen's ball at the armory, where
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lK
240-Pound Matron
Endurance Marks
Loses 20 Pounds
(Auoclatrd I'roM Leased Wire) i
CHICAGO, May 21. What mail:
has done, man can do with the
probability that woman can do It
even belter.
Mrs. Myrtle Huddleston of Mat-
toon, Ills., was taken from the
pool of the Lincoln Park West ho
tel early today after being in the
water 50 hours, 10 minutes, 15 4-5
seconds. The time beuts by 17
hours and 50 minutes the best pre
vious endurance record for women,
mude Saturday by Mrs. Nile Aus
tin of Sun Bernardino, California.
It beats by four ; hours and 10
minutes the bent previous record
of man, held in Germuny by Otto
Kemmerich.
Mrs. Huddleston, a 39 year old
mother, is no novice to the water.
She formerly held the world's en
durance swimming record for
women, besides being the only
woman to finish the Catallua chan
nel race. ' ,
Mrs. Huddleston, who weighs
240 pounds, was not put on the
scales when taken from the tank,
but the 12 swimming coaches of
Chicago Athletic associations, who
acted ns officials during , the en-
PHOSGENE G A S
TAKES 11 LIVES
IN GERMAN GITY
Hamburg Faces Battle With
Wartime Weapon That
Escapes Plant '
NINETY IN HOSPITAL
Menaced Area Depopulated
While Masked Men Use
, Ammonia to Arrest .
Lethal Fumes
1Aiwotnti.,d I'r-PM Lcnticd Wlro) '
HAMBURG, Gennuiiy, Muy 21.
Puced with all the grim reality of
chemical warfare, the city of Ham
burg today was fighting a deluge
ot phosgene gas a wartime poison
gas which begun escaping from a
chemical factory In the free harbor
last night, overcoming a hugs
number of persons.
By noon today 11 persons, most
of them firemen mid ' policemen,
were deud and ninety victims were
In hospitals under treatment.
The entire city was menaced
but it was hoped that reason It
was Bet it would absorb the, . gus
fumes. A needed number of gas
maHks for the use of those active
ly. fighting the menu co reached
Hamburg from Berlin after an
emergency call had been sent for
them. A northeast wind also was
carrying the fumes from the city
in the direction of the nearby town
of Wllhelmsburg. .
Gas lr. tended for U. 8.
The gus escnped from a tank In
the chemical factory of Dr. Hugo
Htolzeuburg. Phosgene Is no longer
manufactured there, but quantities
of It were stated to have been ac
cumulated and stored for exporta
tion to the United States
The first effects of the gurt wero
felt nenr tho harbor, driving real
denta of the district from their
homes in panic. Troops were
called out and guided men, women
and children to other sections of
the city and the slreelR In the men
aced district were closed. The emi
gration sheds of the Hamburg
American Hue were pressed Into
service to shelter the homeless,
while the police requisitioned all
available masks to be used.
So serious was tho menace that
all the ambulances ami tiro brl
gades in Ilumliurg worn mobilized
for service, the fire brigades don
ning gas masks and fighting off
the rumen with ammonia.
MANDEL McLARNIN
GO LIKELY TONIGHT
, .4
(AMoHitcd t'rrm leaned Wire)
4 NKW YORK, May 21.
Sammy Mandell, champion, 4
and Jimmy McLarnln challen-
ger, each scaled exactly the 4
class limit of J.'t5 pounds for 4
their 15 round lightweight
fight tonight at tho Bolo
Grounds.
4 It was the second weighing
. In at the bout, threw 1 times 4
I postponed, and the champion
made the weight only after a
HtrenuoiiH three hour workout.
Indications were that the
weather would permit the
much deferred bout to pro-
ceed tonight.
Breaks Water
of Both Sexes;
But Wins $5,000
durance attempt, estimated that
she had lost 20 or more pounds.
When she finished the CatuIIna
channel swim', she came out of the
water IS pounds lighter.
s Physicians Immediately took the
swimmer in charge. She was un
able to draw herself from the
water, nor was she able to remain
on her feet. A wheel chair was
taken to the side of the ptfol uud
Mrs. Huddleston wheeled to her
room,
Only three times during the 50
hours did she take -nourishment
and only hot chocolate then.
She finished the swim much fa-!
tlgueri, her hands and feet were
shrunken from the long immersion.
During the entire time Bhe was
in the water somebody v was
present to see that she did
not touch either the sides of the
tank or the bottom.
Mrs. Huddleston's reward for
record-breaking was $5,000 offered
by the Bunnerman Hotels, Inc. One
thousand dollars was offered tor
breaking the women's record, with
$1,000 addltlonul for every -hour
she exceeded the men's mark. -
LEAD 42 VOTES
Unofficial T a bulation
. Shows Quine Defeated
For Nomination
COUNT IS STARTED
.Official Tabulating Board
to Check Final Returns
From All County
Precincts
t with (til precincts of-tho county
reported, the unofflclul tubulutlou
of Friday's primary election has
been completed. The returns from
the. two. remaining precincts, WchL
Fork and Guntei'i -fulled lo; make
any changes in the relative slaml-
Jngtt ot the respective candidates
and while some errors may be dis
covered when tho .final count Is
made, it Is hot believed ' that the
positions of the candidates will be
chanced.
Tho county Judge race was by
far the closest contest of the elec
tion, the unofficial count giving
Herchor a lead pt 42 votes over
tjulne.
''It looks like I'vo been counted
out," Judge Qulno said this morn
ing," so I heartily congrutuluto my
opponent, uud promtHo him that l
will do everything 1 can to back
him up In his work."
The democratic party also has a
contest for the county judgeship,
according to all Indications. The
names of W. U. Cobb and V, S.
Hamilton were written In on many
ballots, and it Is possible that
there will be quite a close contest
there, but as returns were not
made on the democratic rustllts
from the majority of precincts the
aandtngn of the two candidates
cannot he determined until the
Dual count Is complete.
Official Count Started
The official tabulation was be
gun this morning. James H. Oeur
llug of Oakland und Charles
Huwersby of Riddle are making
the count, with the assistance ot
clerks from the county clerk's of
fice, HecauHe of the grout number
of names that have been written In
the count will probably require
three days,
The unofficial .count Indicates
that Judge, Cjulne and Coroner Hit
ter were the only two county of
ficers defeated for nomination. All
other officers wero nominated by
safe margins. The county clerk
land surveyor contest:
were quite
clown but the present officers have
sufficient lead to ussnro them of
nomination.
A complete unofficial tabulation
of tho election returns appears
upon another page of today's ittsue
of the News-Review, giving the
vote for each officer, precinct by
precinct.
Former Residents Visit
Mr. iinil Mrs. (Irnnt Pond, for
mer reldintn of tliln city, arrived
hpro Ktinduy pvnntne; from Col
villo, WAHhlqftton, where they have
been enjnylng a vacation. Mr.
I'ond went on to their home In
Mnrshfleld, where ho Is manager
of the Hknggs store. Ills wife will
remain here for a visit with rela
tives and friend during Hie car
lili Hi.
HERCHER GIVEN
FOR GO. JUDGE
ODD FELLOWS
POUR
STATE MEET
Indications Point Ta
Record Attendance
Additional Accomodations
Needed to House Throng
of Fraternalists
SESSIONS STARTED
Military Units Meet To
day at. Armory and Lodge
Hall Banquet Will Be ;.
. Held Tonight
With every hotel' camp ground
and rooming house filled to ca
pacity, and with available rooms la
private homes throughout the city
rupldly filling up the 1. O. O. h
stute convention opened here this
morning with the sessions ot tho
military brunch ot the order. Tho
PulrlitrcliH. . Militant held J their ;
meetings ut the Armory and tho .
auxiliary at the lodge temple, tho 1
work of these two branches being
slated to occupy the entire day..
With perfect weather dished up
for the grand lodge assembly alt
Indications are pointing to an ex
ceptionally large attendance. -1
.The committee Is sending out an.
urgent call for more rooms In pri-1
vute homes, as - Indications an
that uccommodatlons bo far listed
will not be sufficient. It is possible
that there will bo-5,000 Odd" Fel- '
lows In tho city for the meeting.
Alreudy there are nearly 2,000 on
hand, while, tho bulk of the crowd -will
arrive tomorrow. It Is imperu
tive that all sleeping rooms In
.Uoseburg that can be made avail
able for the accommodation of tliQ
visitors be listed with the commit-,
tee. Headquarters have been m.s
tabttshed at tho Umpqua hotel
where reservations are being;
made. Calls may he placed at the - 1
hotel for Mr., Ralph llussell oiv
Mrs. Gertrude Hulfleld, who nro.
conducting the work of registra
tion, and they will appreciate be- '
lug Informed ot any available
rooms. Boseburg bus a wide repu
tation for hospitality and this muse
be maintained. Some, noseburi;
people have failed to list their
rooms so far mul It Is now noceH
sary that these people hvolunteet
their accommodations ns there Is
no time for further solicitation.
These rooms will be paid for ot
prevailing rales. Any person who
has one or more bedrooms that
they cun turn over for the uso oC
visiting Odd Fellows, should im
mediately Inform tho committee by
phoning to the Umpqua hotel, .
Church Service Sunday " '.
The opening service of the con
vention wuh held lust night when
the Patriarchs Militant In full uni
form, accompanied by the ladles'
auxiliary, nlso In uniform, visited
tho Christian church, where a ser
mon appropriate to the occasion
wns fliven by Bev. Win. It. Bnird.
who Lb himself a member of the
order.
This morning tho department
council held its sessions at the ar
mory, marching In a body from tho
Rose hotel lo tho meeting place
At the ho. me time the ladles et at
the I. O. O. F. temmplo.
This afternoon both orguulz,v
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ODD FKI.I.OWS AND
J1KHKAHS!
T1IK OFFICE CAT SALUTES
YOU!
This Klorlous Mny day U the re
sult of a week or
"flxInR" on tho
imrt of the Cat,
tho official fore
caster of tho
'News-Review.
This sanctum
feline promised
Is months ae:o
that iho'il turn
or Sol out in
fult force.
AND HR HAS'.
Thla la. I.iat tl.A
.v..- Rort pp clmfte
we will rilah up for you all week
SO SMII.E AND HAVE A
HELUVA TIME!
FOR
Oiirer Man