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i 6e Weather Highest temperature yesterday....79 Lowest temperature last night....50 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Cloud and unsettled tonight and Saturday; normal temperature. DOUGLAS COUNTY "The End of the Homeseeker's Trail". Consolidation of The Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review DOUGLA COUNTY, p An Independent Newepaper, Publlehed fo( the Beit Interettt of the People VOL. XXIX NO. 37 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 1. 1928. VOL. XIX NO. 109 OF THE EVENING NEW9 RADIO FIRM TO SETTLE SUIT OF POISONED FIVE Women, Former Workers in Plant, Now Facing . Gradual Death, DEMANDED $1,250,000 Corporation Is Considering Expense Reimbursement, Family Insurance t and Annuities. (AimnrlnM Vrcu isntAl Win- ' . NEWARK, i N. J., June . J. Pro pn.sulB Tor BetUenienl of the $1', 250,000 .suits of five women, said In be ilytng us u rosult of their tfork In th factory or the United Stnlert Kuriitim corpora t ion at OraiiRP,' N. .1., today wore before utloriieya.. The proponln were'advahced by I'Y'deral Judge William (Mark, who la nctiiiK in a private capacity, ul a conference yesterday among of ficials of the company, their insur ance backers and lawyers for the women. , t ,.-' Several physicians hare said the five women are dying of radio activity in their bodies, caused by absorbing radium when they touch ed to their lips the brushes they used in th factory lo paint lumln , ous dials on watches. The five are: Katherine Schanb, Dututu McDonald, Grace. Fryer, ;Kdnn Hiimmmn und Albina Thrice. Tlio ;pr'Posls calt for an;, annu II y, full Hettlemenls for money I'peut; for niediral tveaf ment and liiHunmce lo go ib their families when I hey die.' i t (..- BY GLADYS ARNE Special NEA Service Writer NRWAUK, N. J.,- June L.Wlint would ymt do if you had been told by medical1 experts that you i had only one year to-live? :-- Five young; women of New Jer sey are living their answers to that question. ' t . t t . , . They are the victims of radium poisoning now suing the United States Radium Corporation of Orange, N. J.-,-; for $20,000 each on the ground they were fatally poi soned while working- with radium products. a . . Solace of Religion' ft; While they wait they are prov ing that, when death lurks just around the corner, one turns In stinctively to the simple comforts of home, family, work, play, friends and the solace of religious faith, rallier than to unusual deeds or philosophies. ' , - i Two or them. Miss Katherine fichaub of Newark ,und Miss Grace Fryer of Orange,' are unmarried. - Katherine Schaub is 26. Her eyes are vivid blue and her bobbed hair is silky red. Pain has given her a pallid skin. She has a slim, smart figure. - ' . : "Katherine wears, clothes well," her friends used to 8av "Kather ine's a wonderful dancer." But now she walks with a heavy, dragging slep. supporting herself by clutch ing chair or tnble. r t. Waa War Worker "My mother was proud of me," flie -told nte.'She , wanted me to have u good education, and become n school teacher. She Is dead now. She died before she- learned what happened? lo me. Oh, many times I've wished I, had followed her ad vice. . "Hut I didn't like school very (Continued on page 6.) SMOKY FIRE DOES DAMAGE AT O. M. ' BERRIERESIDENCE One of the smokiest fires to be encountered by the local fire de-i partment for many months,' occur-, red yesterday evening at the O. M.j Berrie home on Douglas and Ella-i streets. The fire started In thei basement of the two-story building, I apparently in boxes of Inflammable' material near the furnace. The cause of the fire could not bo de termined. Pecause of the lack of suiricient air the fire smoldered j for a long time before break In n our Into tlmne, and completely fill-! ed the two-sloi;y building with a dense smoke that greatly handi capped the firemen in their effort to reach the llnmes. j Ry the use of chemlcrl and wa ter in the basement the flames were finally extinguished without any great amount of damage be ing done. The Binoke, however, caused a great deal of damage over, th entire building. i Mr. and Mm. Berrie were away! from home at the time and did not get back into town until the fire was out. The flames were discov ered by occupants of the apart ment on the second floor, who were attracted by the smoke that tame up from the basement. DOOMED! I . ' " i ' i Katherine Schaub (top) and Grace Fryer two of New Jersey's five radium poisoning victims who have been told tq.ey cannot recov- T GLACIERS IfJ HUNT Italy Meantime Continues . . Preparations to Send ; ' Planes to Comb ' . . f Polar Zone.' (Copyright, 1928, by the Associated Press.) - ' .. KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June 1. While at least a half dozen air expeditious were being organized in Ktirope today to seitrch for the missing dirigible Italia, five men were slowly making their way by foot In an effort to reach the lone ly region whero the : Italia is; thought to have come down. .--;. Paul Kremer, a -Spitzbergen hunter, and four Italian Alpinists were proceeding nlonnj Red Bay, in northern Spitzbergen, and along Liefde Bay near Amsterdam Is land on the north coast so that It the glaciers lo reach the , most easterly winter house on Mosol Bay; IfMhe Italia landed or crashed over, land It. is thought at Kings Bay Hint sho will be found in northeast land, a large desolate is land tiortheaHt of West Spitzber gen. The senior Hobby, which Is ex pected at Spitzbergen on Sunday, will search for open water near the land on the nort hcoast so that it can press forward toward the oast and will also search for the Haifa's crew In the winter houses on Northeast land. The Hobby, as soon as possible, will go north with the planes ship-, ped aboard her and their Norwe gian pilots, accompanied by the Ice steamer Bragauza, which Is ex pected at Kings Bay tomorrow. The Cltta di Mllano, the Malta's base ship, also will go out again. A team of ten dogs will be tak en aboard by the Hobby at Advent Bay and will be used to aid In the land Bearch. Air Search Plans MILAN, Italy, June 1 An Ital ian air expedition to search for the missing dirigible Italia will get under way shortly. The hydro-airplane 855. sister fchtp of Commander de Plnedo's famous Santa Maria, will be put at the disposal of the Noblle re lief expedition by Premier Musso lini. The pilot has not yet been chosen, but three men experienced In northern flying have been men tioned. The 8-55 will be carefully outfit ed and will have a radio set. o enable her to keep lu contact with the base ship Citta dl Mllano. It Is hoped to fly her to Klnari Bay by Sunday or Monday and then Btart immediately exploring the fjords on the coast of north ern Hpilfcbergen In the region where the Haifa Is thought to have come down. If no signs of the di rigible are found, the search will (Continued on page S ) witnesses not in accord on Liquor phase Testimony as to Condition of Schwartz at Fatal Wreck Divided. SPEED RATE FIGURES State Attempting to Prove Defendant Was Drunk and Reckless at Auto Wheel. The trial of Roland Schwartz, accused of involuntary nianslauh ter, in connection with the death of Mary Julia Hobertson, who was killed Feb. 19, while returning from a dance at Ten Mile In the Schwartz cur, continued lo attract a great deal of attention today as the trial progressed In the circuit court..,, .- .' . ;' The selection of the jury was completed lute yesterday after being Wm. W. Willis. IS. H. Crane, Charles E. . Oshourne, Robert T. Blakely, Gurney McDaniels, S. Douglas Chapman, C. W. Cloake, P. R. Breltenbucher, Bert Hurd. Dale Bonncy, A. O. Strickland and Thomas J. Amspokor. Jury Guarded Judge- Hamilton last night Is sued orders that the jury should be kept closely guarded, arrange ments having been made to pro vide quarters for the jurymen so that they need not be separated. "This is a very Important case,1" Judge Hamilton said, In caution ing the members of the jury, "and (he court reels Ihut every precau tion should bt! taken 'to ' provide a lair and impartial trial for this de fendant. ' If you were ullowed lo separate you might hqar discu-i-sionB of this case or 'ho approach ed by persons wild did not(know you were members of this Jury and you would be disqualified from fur ther attendance as jurors, which would put the county to addition-' al expense. Therefore, the court believes that it will be best to keep this jury together at' ull limes until the case Is completed. I want to also caution you against allowing any discussion - of - this case In your presence or among yourselves." " -1 1 ' f The jury' waa placed Irr the' care of the bailiff, Ed Singleton, who is charged with providing for their comfort.' - ' ; Case Outlined - : After the jury was selected the case was outlined by tire respec tive attorneys. UlHtrict' Attorney (Continued on page 6.) . HEWITT. L RESIDENT Jnmes Allen - Hewitt, for more i than 40 years a resident of Doug- Ihs county, passed nwny this morn- , liiic nt his home a short distance north of Iloselmrg following a brief illness. Mr. Hewitt suffered a stroke of paralysis last, Sunday from which he never recovered. I lie was born an a farm near ' Cincinnati, Ohio, October 22, 1858 and would have been 71 years old next fall. - . At Jacksonville, Illinois, he -was. married to Mojly Ilrady and they celebrated 41 years of tuarrli-tl life May 4. To this union were - born eight chldron who ore Mrs. Frank' K. Wilson of The Dalles. Raymond D. Hewitt of Troutdale, Mrs. II. E. : Newell of Portland. Mrs. Kybern . .1. Wilson of The Dalles. Lelsnd J. Hewitt, Allen Hewitt, Mrs. Helen Peter and Margaret Hewitt of Itoseburg. . , j Besides these and his widow, ' Mr. Hewln Is sutnived by two rs- ters and two brlhers, Mrs. 5-y (lehres of Cleveland. Ohio, Mrs. Kllz.iheth Hill. William Hewllt and John Hewitt, all of Nashville, Ten nessee. Eleven grandchildren also survive. . I Mr. Hewllt resided north of Knscbnrg during the forty years! he has been In the county and was ' well known and highly respected, i He was a member ot the Modern ! Woodman of America.' I All of the children will be hero 1 for the funeral services, which wfil b- held Saturday afternoon at'!' o'clock In the chapel of the Hose : burg Undertaking company. Dr. Prank 11. Matthews will officiate. Interment will be In the ManonUr cemetery. Arrangements are In charge ol M; E-. -Kilter. KIDNAPED! m-- ' 'ill :JS II E. A. Kesinger, pictured above, assistant cashier of the First Na tional Bank of Lamar, Colo., was kidnaped by four bandits after they had slain the president and cash ier father and son in a holdup that netted them over $96,000 in cash and bonds. Keslnger's fate is unknown, and the Intensive hunt for the bandits Is still in progress in north central Kansas. A doc- ( tor compelled to dress the wounds . of one of the bandits In their flight was murdered, and it is feared Kesinger may have met the same fate. SEVEN KILLED, 5 FATALLY INJURED . WHEN CARS MEET (AssoHntort' prp(w leased Wlro) DANVIIXE, III., June 1: Two .Inter, urban cars:; of - the' 'Illinois' Traction: system crashed head-on near Fithlah, seven "miles west of here, into yesterday. Seven ' per sons were killed, five wore prob-' jably futalfy hurt1 and 16 others were Injured lesB seriously. V Failure of brakes of the east bbii rid limited, which was to have taken a siding to let the east bound local pass; "was blamed for the ac cident. The molorman of the local, Clarence Cummings, of Springfield, escaped ' with- bruises, jumping when ; he realized he could not check his car. Frank Craig, motor man of the eastbound local, wus killed. - : Alt 'the dead and seriously in jured' were In the local, a . car of wooden construction; The limited was of steel. ' - Returned to Myrtle -flolnt- t Mrs. M. H Holt of Myrtle Point has been ft visitor iherei since Tuesday ns -the guest- of hep cou sins,' Mr.' and Mrs. Sam Htarmer, and returned 'this noon lo her home In (Vios County. 1 NoW, Let's See PEKING TO lNm"'bnA TO NATIONALS! T FIGHT Chang Tso-Lin, Northern ' Army Leader, Decides to Abdicate.' '' ' ' ' EXODUS IN PROGRESS 1 2,000 Foreign .Troops in Capital Preparing to ; ' j: ty Insure Safety of .; concessions. PEKING, June 1 The families of prominent Manchurian officials are beginning an exodus from Pek ing. Y j Four special train's left (ho. nor thern 'cnpltal for lukden IubI night and another four went out today. t ; An official of the Japanese le gation staled today that all the powers In 'Peking are cooperating for the Uefense of the concessions with a view to holding a line of defense near the boundaries. If disorderly mob should advance toward the concessions, the for eign troops may go out further to meet them and to establish a de fense line. ' i It is understood' that the Fif teenth American infantry will co operate with the other foreign troops in the defense of the con cessions but that the American Marines can be : used only wlinln tiii; foreign settlement, "s ' Tiiorei wo-; approximately lli.OOO ioiitn iiocps ,in rcKtug, Jaimn having 5,000, the1 United Stales 3,700, Great Britain -OOO, France 1,000 and Italy 380. .. ' ; . Chang Avoids Battle ' LONDON, June 1 A Tokyo dis patch to The Evening News says reliable reports from Peking stile that Chang Tso-Lin, the Northern dictator, has definitely decided to abdicate. i - Formal announcement of Chang's withdrawal from . his position as head of the Northern government, was expected tonight. Meanwhile the Northern lenders were stated to be trying to estab lish a new :; government while would include Tuan Chi Jul, the former chief executive of the Pek ing government. Tuan Chi Jul, although out of political life In recent yaers, was once a powerful figure In China, being, premier and minister of war and. finally chief executive of the Chinese republic. He was deposed in 1026 by Wu Pel-Fu, anfl Inst (Continued on page 4.) mm What Makes the Wheels Go 'Round , -, : 342Jlillions ' ; AMnetftt.! lYwi f,e.ttd Virp) - I WASHINGTON) 'June n. That Ami'1'lcunn like candy and are eul Ihk more of It till Die lime has been llsi loKed by n atud ot tl lniltm itry jimt ciimplBted hy :Ui com mercti ilt'iHtrtmtml. In Nevada, the study round the heaviest ur cap lui intake, neurly 13 pounds a year, and the praple of .Muntana, Illi nois, Delawai-e, North Dakolu, Ver mont and California ull are eutliiK more than Vi pounds annually pec capita. ' ' ' i ' The tremendous quantities ' In volved are shown by the fact that In 92t) sales of so-called "penny goods" run to 221,000,000 pounds of material and $34,000,000 in value. The nickel and dime' candy, choco late and peuuut bars amounted to 407,01(0,000 pounds and $100,000, OOO.he balance of 1926 sales of candy, included in. packuges and bulk, brought the year's total value ot candy consumed to $342,000,000. Very little American candy goes to foreigners. In 1026 candy ex lioits were but $3,000,000. HOME FIRE WIPES OUT FAMILY OF 8 (Auoclalfd l'rci t.tttml AVIri) COVKIIT; Kuns., Juno 1Elnht members of the futntly' or Alfred Knser were burned to death In a rire which destroyL'l thlr farm home last night. . " The charred bodies of the father and molher and six children were discovered In the ruins.- COLLISION AT SEA -1 COSTS SI LIVES t- (AMociatcd Ytcu lamd Wire) VINEYARD HjVVEN, Mass. Juno 1 Six or seveti of the crew of tho freighter Kershaw were; drowned hereitlils morning when their Bhlp was rammed andsunk by the 13os-Ion-hound Dollar. Liner President (larfleld. Thirty members of the Kershaw's crew including' Caplulu ltronks wore rencued. 1 ' ' The collision, .occurred -..o 'row minutes off Kast Chop, Island ot Martha's Vineyard,. n( 12:30 a, m. with a clour sky .und buiooIIi ' r i "O , ' OPTION TAKEN TO , FINISH CRESCENT CITYrG. ROAD GRANTS PASS, Ore., Juno 1 An option on the, California and Oregon Coast Railroad, extending for 00 days, was granted by the city council to J. F. Reddy, In be half of unnamed financial back ers. Reddy asserted that his br it ers are ready to pyart construc tion of. the road from Its present terminus, 15 miles pouthwest of this city, to Crescent City, lu Northern California. Unless evi dences of good faith are produced within the two months period, the option will he terminated. The Cal ifornia' and Oregon Coast railroad was constructed by the City of Grunts Pass and the,Twohy inter ests, of Portland. SOUTHERN CROSS REACHES WITHOUT 2400-Mile Flight From Oakland, California, ; As First Lap of Trip to Australia, Is . - Completed at Honolulu in Less " : Than Twenty-Eight Hours Sirens Blast Enthusiastic Welcome to Aviators, .Who i Have Little Gasoline Left Radio Listeners ; . 'at Night Have Tense Period When Message Announces Striking of Air Pocket. ; ; 1 f Aunclatnl Vttm lA WlrO . , fc - " ' WHEELER FIELD, 'Honolulu, June . I. The trnns-PB-cific monoplane Southern Cross, beating (our men, came safely to earth here today at 1 2; 1 9 p. m. 'Jcoast time, after a 2400 mile flight from Oakland, Col., begun at 8:51 a. m., yesterday. . The Southern Cross made its landing only after hours oF, tenseness during which she had lost her position and her. fuel' supply ran low. She finished the long air journey with little gasoline to spare. ' ... , . ..-. t Escorted by army and navy planes she came into this field, 20 miles from Honolulu,; announced by sirens of enthusi astic welcomers.' ' . ' . ' " . ' Thus ended the first leg of an air adventure of 7,800 miles overseas to Sydney, Australia. The next air passage is to Suva, Fiji Islands, more than 3,100 miles over swelling waves' broken only by occasional dots of coral and volcanic rock. Anxiety that had continued hours for the courageous Australian-American crew, was relieved when the plane was sighted over Koko Head, and escorting planes rushed to meet them.; In the pilots' cockpit were Captain Charles Kingsford-. Smith, commander, and Lieut. Charles Ulm, pilots. Aft of them were the . two Americans Harry ;,W. vLyon,' navigator, and James WarrieY, . bc-th .pf .an lancisco, - One 8lcknlnfl Hour Taking qn front. Osklantl yester day at 8:61 cil fin. tho iSoutliorn Cross ronred Htoatllly i oti 'through out the Bunny titty ot 'yesterday and the. moonllKUt ot lust 4telit. , Onto during thql nlRht,(at Itbdut .10 o'clock, 'the Bbutliem' Croin was .in an. air current- that 1 sucked 5 It downward. The llstenors ashore heard her radio alnrtii, and then lor, more than an hour ' there was silence while wonder grew' whether Uiejrt hud been the (ate of Capt. Will Kr win, pilot of the Dallns Spirit, and his navigator,' A. H.' 'Elchwaldt, who perished lust August while on a rosuue - mission for ' the Dole rilers. Then the radio pulsed again, and listeners' breathing grew nor mal. ,.( ., Again anxiety wm keen pitched, and Tor hottrB, as the great plane radioed when approaching Ha waii's shores that sho had lost her PORTLAND POLICE TRAGEDY PUZZLE ( A.wlntiHl PrpM l.pawd Wlro) I'OltTI.AND ,Ore Juno 1. Ilo lief that (lenige F. Mastorson mail ed Ihe key In Hie hotel room In which Mrs. Marjnrlo Stoy of Aber deen, Wash., was shot to death Tuesday morning, was upset today when Anedo Zancolll .proprietor of (he Portland Custom Garment company, reported to the police that be found Ihe key and placed It In a ninll box Tuesday. Zancolll found tho key at 6 a. m. Tuesday nt tho corner of flrnnd way and llurnslde. several blocks from the Heathmun hotel, whero Ihe killing occurred In Master son's room. . Zuncollt placed It In a mall box at 6 p. m the same day at tho corner of Sixth and Ankney, and paid no moto atten tion to the mattor until he notic ed a newspaper report concerning the return of the key. Police had supposed that Mas tnrson himself dropped the key Into a mall box some time Tues day and they worked on the theory that he might still he alive Instead of drowned In Ihe Willamette river. The new development to day concerning Ihe key revived some Interest in the theory that Maatorann had jumped Into the river after he left en Kast flldo hotel where he changed his bloody shirt snd suit for new other cloth ing. Ills hill fold and some of his papers were found In tho river Tuesday. Police learned today that MnBter son took a taxleab from the Heath man hotel lo Brondwrty and Hum side, where hn Is believed to have dropped lite key. Later ho took nn other laxl to Ihe RarReant hotel, on Ihe east side of the river, where he changed his clothes. No further trace of him was found af ter he b-fl the Sargeant. Ull TROUBLE position and that her fuel was low; When sho appeared from over the sen, the welcome accorded her was enhanced by tho relief all "lies, escape , from descent, upon tho waves.' . - . - 1 - f 1 i Speelal Runway Built If achedulo Is followed, the filers will take off within a day. or two from tho Burking , Sands rtiuway, on Knual Island, ifor the during , long flight lo Suva In FIJI. This runway, longest In the Islands, bus been prepared for them; Its 4500 loot length graded to give uuf I ta lent Bpeed for the Southern Cross . to lift her load of aeveu tons Into tho air. The Southern Cross approached Wheeler Field, accompanied by Iho numerous welcoming nnd escorting planes. Tha visitors - tdrcled tho field, luxled to the front of the re viewing stand and slopped. The crowd was unusually small- less limn 2,000 but tho welcome 11 . gave was spontaneous und definite. As tho motors or the big blue und silver-monoplane stopped, tUS welcoming u committee, Including Gov. Wnlluee n. Furrington of Hu all, stepped out to greet the In trepid airmen. 1 ... Captain Klngsford-Smlth was.lUo first to leave tho plane. He smiled as the crowd cheered. . "Wo had a beautiful trip; . no. trouble at all," ho Bttld. "We will continue as planned to Suva." - -i Air Beam No Aid . To questions whether the fllern wero lost, Navigator I,yon . re sponded emphatically I "Not. ul till. An inlor-lslund steuinshln unvlKiilor for four years. anil not being able to find I lie Is land?" he said heutedly. The filers said Ihe first land sighted was Molokul island, south east of Ouhu Island, on which they lauded. They lost the radio beacon (Continued on page 0.) A fow clouds drifted serous I ho horizon this morning and Imme dlnloly the Office Cat took up his viuti on 1 no root . of the snnctum, ' scouring the heavens for a ' trace of rain. "NONB IN' HI OUT" he said at noon and' ho seemed to . . be -pretty sure of himself. It was 'quite'; stlltry today and we are Inclined to differ with the Cat. IT FUELS LIKE RAIN TO UF Ho now when the Cat sees, our prediction tonight und tomorrow turns out lo he a scorcher It'll Just be another ease of I TOLD YA HO! 1'nlr