Rose
E Weather
Highest temperature yetserday....7Q
Lowest temperature last night...-55
Forecast for southwest Oregon:
Cfoudy tonlQht and Friday; warm
er Friday with decreasing humid-It-
D01IGUSCGIMY
ews-k:
"The End of the
Homeseeker's Trail".
DO U GLASTCOU N TY a
Consolidation of The Evening Newt nd
The Roseburg Review
Feopl
VOL. XXIX NO. 65 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. m OF THE EVENING NEWS
URflPQITA EWER GLAKfl
EVTEW
, VV"w 0,6 ubUtRt fee
CELEBRATION
TOLL OF U.S.
IS 205 LIVES
Lakes and Rivers Lead
With 106 Victims
Automobile Wrecks, Plane
Disasters, Fireworks
. Increase List.
LIGHTNING IS FATAL
Hot Wave Also Contributes
to Total; Thousands Are
Injured and Many of
Them Will Die.
(Assoeintwl 1'rona Inwf Wire)
CHICAGO, July f. The lives of
205 men, women and children were
a nation's sacrifice to the celebra
tion of Its lf2m! birthday anni
versary yesterday.
Fireworks claimed their share
of victims, as they always, have
since the United States first began
observing independence Day with
skyrockets, pinwheels and cannon
crackers. There were 11 such
deaths in the entire country, ac
cording to the Associated Press
tabulation.
Water Toll Heaviest
Lakes and rivers, however, ex
ncted the heaviest tribute of hu
man life during the holiday,
drownings being reported. Motor
lar deatha ranked in number with
64. Heat claimed 12 lives and light
ning three, while four were killed
(n plane crushes. In addition there
were 15 deaths attributed to other
causes directly connected wilh
America's observance of . the
Fourth.
Two densely populated nreas
the middle Atlantic states and the
midwest had more than half the
country's total deaths for the day.
In the former there were 6S fatali
ties, which was five more than oc
curred In the midwest.
The mountain states and the
Northwest had the best sectional
records, with five deaths in each
'division.
Heat Largely to Blame
Everywhere through the midwest
nit: i urn I'tri .ii in - tt iuk'1, uwii illu
ming both to deaths by heat and
by drowning. The midwest led the
country in Iho number of drown
ings with 38, although the middle
Atlantic area had only two less.
The airplane accidents were at
Jolict, Ills., where a pilot and two
passengers plunsed to death when
the wing of their plane snapped,
and at Beaumont, Tex., whore one
was killed.
Three of the motor car drat ha
came in races, drivers being killed
(Continued on page 8.)
OF GOTHAM TAKES
. (AiwiTriafrit freiw T.enMt1 Wtrr)
NEW YORK, July 6. Another
um'frwor'd shooting confronted
police today as they sought to un
ravel the mystery of three gang
killings occurring since Sunday.
The victim of the latest attack,
who is expected to die, was Sylves
tre (irafolo, shot in the back as he
sat In his automobile on a resi
dential fit run t In Iho Tlrnnv Thov
described Orafoto as the owner of
n "floating" dice game which was
rniuVd a few hours before he was
shot.
The first arreBt In the police In
vestigation of the shooting of
James Hentora, alias Hiekey Scn
ter, was made yesterday. Harry
Veftpy, described by police as a
former associate of Sentora In the
beer running and gambling racket,
was picked up and after hours of
questioning charged with homi
cide In connection with the killing.
They said the men had had a
d'sagrpement some time ago and
broken up their partnership.
Huge Rubber Bail Carries
Man Over Niagara Falls:
100,000 Onlookers Cheer
(Associate) J'rcM I.cusctl Wire)
BUFFALO, N. Y., July 5. Except for bruises, jean Al
bert Lussier, Springfield, Mass., was none the worse'today for
his thrilling experience of Independence Day, when he went
over Niagara Falls in a huge rubber ball and lived to tell of his
sensations. He is one of few men who have dared the mighty
cataract and come out alive.
The occupant of the 758 pound
fabric was towed out into the up
per river by motorboat, having
ubundoned a plan of being dropped
from an airplane. The ball rolled
and bounced through the upper
rapids and over the horseshoe
lulls. A weight hud been placed at
Lu tsaier's feet to keep the occupunt
upright, but it became dislodged
and Lussier went over the brink
head first.
A short time later the ball was
reclaimed a short distance below
the precipice, was ripped upon and
the Springfield man hauled from
within, smiling. One hundred thou
sand or more people, lining the
shores cheered. His sister, Mad
ame J. P. Cautiere, of HherorooKe,
Quebec, kissed him. Many other
women tried to do likewise. JNot a
few succeeded.
Gets Severe Bumping
"I have spent more than a year
and more than $7,000 on my ven
ture," Lussier explained today, i
huve succeeded and I am happy. I
hnvo demonstrated that my theory
was correct. 1 could do it again, I
am sure, nut once was plenty lor
ME COIN FOR
- KLAMATH FALLS
BANK CREDITORS
Final Dividend, Six Years
After Close, Makes 83.5
Per Cent Payment .
of All Claims
fAnHoelatod Press I-eimod Wire)
SALEM, July 5 A. A. Schramm,
Btute superintendent of bunks, an
nounced today that the final divi
dend in the liquidation of the First
State and Savings bank of Klam
ath Falls will be paid Saturday,
July 7. The order has been signed
by Circuit Judge Leavitt, which
will release $139,21)7.84 to 1016
claimants.
The bank was closed January
28, 1922, and deposit claims wore
filed and approved totaling $69(1,
lf3.27, of which $181,870.06 were
for savings deposits. In addition
preferred claims amounting to
I131.lfjll.tt0. most of them Indian
claims, and hills payable secured
by assets of the bank amounting
to ?4i9,lEj!),78 have been paid in:
full. Suit was Instituted In the
Federal court against the banking
department to have the Indian
claims declared preferred, and the
claimants won after the case had
been carried to the United States
Supreme court.
The total amount distributed to
creditors of the bank since the
liquidation began will be $972,
790.02. This represents 89 per cent
of the saving's deposits, 5R per cent
of the commercial deposits and 100
per cent or preferred and secured
claims, or an aggregate of 83.5 per
cent of all claims filed by credi
tors. The liquidation has extended
over a period of six years during
which time the income received
from the assets, such as interest
and other earnings, has been more
than sufficient to pay all the ex
penses of the liquidation.
A considerable number of sheep
were hnndterf during the liquida
tion. The final dividend, complet
ing the liquidation, is the third in
the savings department and the
second in the commercial depart
ment. Visited Relatives
Mrs. Le'na S. MrKlhinny went to
Eugene Tuesday afternoon for a
visit with relatives and returned
last evening, spending part of the
fourth at Iloswell Springs with
friends.
FIRECRACKERS FATAL
DIET FOR BOY OF 4
4
.tvHtfi Pr- tM Wiri
OAKLAND, Cat, July 8.
Arthur Hicks, 4. was found
dead In bed today as a result
of eating firecrackers yester-
day during a Fourth of July
celebration at his parents
home.
me.
"As the ball was carried down
stream in the rapids I was bumped
about quite a bit. Just before I
plunged over the fails 1 received
an extra severe bump. It gave me
a nasty bruise on my right temple,
another on the right cheek and
one on the left shoulder blade.
"I had really no sensation when
I went over the falls. When I land
ed on the water at the bottom I
got a good jarring up. The bail
struck tlje water and bounced up
and down six times just like a ball
being bounced on the sidewalk by
a child. I went over the falls head
first but straps and pillows saved
me from serious injury.
"I got my first Idea of going
over the falls while working In ma
chine shops at St Catherines,
Ont., at the time Bobby Leach
went over In a barrel for the trip
and the fact that 1 did not get in
jured as badly as did Leach is
proof that my theory was correct,"
Lussier Is of French descent
and was born at Concord, N. I-I.,
Oct. 27, 1X93.
MOTORCLCYE RIDER
BREAKS HIS NECK
ON MERLIN HILL
, (.Associated Prowi Loosed Wire) . ;
GRANTS PASS, July 5.
Albert VV. Blurtevant,' 38, of
Powers, Ore., was killed
about 7:30 this morning when
he presumably ran his mo- $
torcycle into a bank on the
north slope of Merlin Hill on
the Pacific highway, four
miles north of this city.--
No one as far as Is known,
saw the accident, but Califor-
nfa tourists found' the motor-
cyclelst with his head crush-
ed Into a bank beside the
pavement and he died of art
broken neck. He was identi-
fled by papers found on the
body.
MEXICAN BANDITS
FREE AMERICANS;
KINDLY TREATED
MEXICO CITY,, July 5. Dis
patches today said that W. M
Mitchell and John F. Hooper, two
American mining men who had
been kidnaped on June 22, had ar
rived In (iuadalajnra. They were
released by tb'dr captors without
paying the $1,1)00 ransom demand
ed. '
The Americans said they had
persuaded Hosario (iuiiien, the
chieftain of the bandits, to allow
them to return home.
They added that they had been
courteously treated and well fed
during the time they were held
captive In the caves of Judlcln Can
yon near the town of El Salvador.
PEN SENTENCES
CLOSE CAREER OF
NORTHWEST GANG
PORTLAND, July 5. Bringing
to a close the activities' of a rob
bery ring which preyed upon vil
lage postoffices and small stores
in northwestern Oregon, Ben Les
meister, 27, was today sentenced
In Federal court to serve six years
at McNeil federal prison. Two
other members, one a woman, ver
sent to the county jail.
Leameister, who has served twA
terms at McNeil and two at Salom,
pleaded guilty to having been In
charge of Hie ring when It Invaded
Aloha on the night of May 24 and
stole a small amount of cash from
the postoffice and merchandise
from stores.
James linker, who played a
minor part in the rtmlwry, must
spend one ynar in the county jail
and Mrs. flaker four months.
"Snoos" Johnson, who wa?
wounded when captured by police,
was sentenced to seven years at
McNeil Tuesday; Amos Jones re-
eeived a like sentence and Robert
Kennedy was semmred to one
yunr in the county jail.
C S. McKlhinny, local agent for
the Oregon Life Insurance com
pany, and Mrs .McKthlnnj ieav
at the end of the Reek on a trip ti
the northern beaches. Mr. McEi
hinny will attend the Oregon Life
convention at Gearhart next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
They will visit at Newport a day
or so before going farther north
and will be away about a week.
NOTED BELGIAN
BANKER VICTIM
OF AIR IIP
Captain Alfred Lowenstein
Drops 4,000 Feet Into
English Channel.
TRAGEDY IS UNSEEN
Goes Toward Washroom of
His Plane and Thought
to Have Opened .-.
Wrong Door
Associated Press 'Leased Wire) - A
BOULOGNE 7SUR-M12K, Franco,
July 5. The mystery as to
whether Captain Alfred c Lowen
stein, noted Belgian financier,
jumped or fell by accident- from
his private airplane while over the
English channel last night, had not
been definitely cleaved by a pre
liminary police Investigation today.
Aviation' experts here are in
clined to think that the theory ot
accident la that he opened the
wrong door of the plane in going
to the washroom .was improbable
The plane was held at the Saint
Inglevert air field today and the
s(iUC,of six persons in it , was de
turned at uaiais ior a jucwnni in
vestigation. - .
Tragedy Unseen
The police said that the crew did
not see Capt. L-owenstein disap
pear. The authorities were reticent
to discuss the situation until they
have finished their examination of
all aboard the plane. . .
The version that tlie t police
pieced together Is that Capt. Low
enstein went to the renr of the
plane toward the wnsbroom when
the machine was about five miles
off the British coast opposite Dun
kirk. Ten minutes later his secre
tary went to the rear and failing
to see him, looked into the wash
room, which was empty. He imme
diately passed a message to the
pilot who turned about and flew
over the spot where the captain
must have fallen. The plane was
then at, a height of more than 4,
000 feet.
Sea le Combed 1
DUNKIRK, France. July 5.
Coast guards and lighthouse keep
Continued on page 3.)
0. F. LMGEWBERG
S DEi FIE!
S TO BE FRIDAY
Daniel F. Langenherg, formerly
of this city and now a resident of
Salem, passed awny at Mercy hos
pital in Roseburg Tuesday even
ing. Mr. Langenberg has been re
ceiving medicnl treatment at the
hospital for the past few weeks.
He was 53 years old, having been
born in Roseburg, June 3, 1875, He.
made his home here fr many
years, attending school in this
city. Mr. Lnngenberg was in the
employ of the Wells Fargo Ex
press for nhout 12 years and then
followed music an a vocation. Ho
was a well known musician here
and later went to Salem, where he
has resided Die past 35 years and
has had a music studio, particu
larly instructing voice pupils.
Mr. Langenberg was unmarried.
He was a man talented in his pro
fession and had many friends. Ho
was a member of the Klks lodge
in fiaiem nnd a Rotariao of the
capital city. In RoseburK he was
a menilr of Kt. Joseph's Catholic
church.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs
Elizabeth Langenberg, two sisters,
Mrs .James Dolan and Mrs. Marie
Bryan, two brothers, Iafayelte
Langenberg. ali of this city, and
George langenberg of Portervllle,
California. All were here prior to
Mr. Langenbergs death.
The body has been removed to
tin parlors of the Roseburg Under
taking company nnd funeral ser
vices wtl Itake place at 9:30 o'clock
Friday morning from fit. Joseph's
church. Father Uremrnan will of
ficiate and interment will he In the
Catholic cemetery bore, M. E.
Ritter Is in charge of arrange
ments. o
CONTRACT FOR
NEW COURTHOUSE
BE LET TOMORROW
The contract for the pro-
posed new county courthouse
will be let tomorrow, accord-
ins to present plans. The
county court met today In
regularly monthly session and
spent the entire day auditing
bills and clearing the table of
routine mutters in prepara-
ion for tomorrow's session
which Is expected to be a.
very busy one. Because of the
fact that there is so little
building on a big scale In the
Btate, it is believed that there
will be a great many bids re-
ceived, particularly from out-
side firms. The architects re-
port that they have sent out
a record number of plans and
specifications, indicating a
great deal of Interest on the
part of the contractors.
TI SPEECHES
HIDE BY 911
IN HOME STATE
New York Governor Gives
View on Tammany and
Constitution.
CANDIDACY IGNORED
Election Day Slackers Are
Scored ; Hoover Getting
Ready for Confab
With Chiefs.
(AMoclnted Prera Lennoil Wire)
NEW YORK, July 5. Jovernor
Smith turned his face toward the
stale caplud at Albany again to
day after two independence Day
addresses in which, he told what ho
thought of the Ooitstitutlon, citizen
ship, and Tammany Hail, and took
siy dig at congress.
In each of these addresses he
made passing allusion to his rseetst
nomination mit on the whole he
steered clear of politics.
He said at the Independence Day
address at Tammany Hall that ho
had heard a great deal of caustic
criticism of Tammany but ex
pressed the opinion that nothing
that was jiiot all right could have
continued its existence in this
country as the society of Tam
many has done, for i33 years.
Tammany, he said, cared not
whether a man was rich or poor
or what his religious beliefs might
be so long as ho was a lover of
America.
U. 8. Creed Upheld
In Ills second address of the day
delivered from the steps of the
city ball to several thousand new
voters, he likened the Jeelnratifm
of Independence to a political plat
form and said that the whole
thought of it was contained in tho
one sentence that holds that all
men are created equal, that life,
liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness are their inalienable rights,
and that to secure these rights
governments arc formed which se
cure thier powers from the gov-
1 erned.
j Of the Constitution he said that
j no matter how much we may quar
irel among ourselves politically
"the senate and house of repre
sentatives can talk themselves to
death, and sometimes It looks to
the American public as though
they were attempting tt," no
body can interfere as long as U r
mlans with tho privileges Its en
actment guaranteed.
Allusions to his nomination were
made at the opening of the two ad-
i dresses and In oaeh Instance were
'-...n.j.J -...it, J,.r oj-lu ttt iiui tmo.
sons introducing jitm.
j Thunderous applause cut iho
sentence off nt mention of the
j democratic convention which nomi
nated the governor and he did mtt
complete ft.
Non-Voter Scored
He told the new voters, both na
tlvt and foreign liorn, that citizen
ship carries with It responsibility
on the undisputed theory that you
'get nothing in this world for nolh
, tag" and expressed the opiniois
1 that one of the principal responsi
bilities was the exercise of the
franchise.
j Saying that It was surprising to
know how many people were o
'indifferent to their citizenship that
they would not take the trouble to
I Continued on pago 3 )
111 SANE
WHEN HE SLEW,
liPOECIOES
California Decision . Also
Denies Child Killer
' Second Trial,
DOUBLE PLEA FAILS
Constitutionality of Law
Governing Case Upheld
Defense Going to
Highest Court,
Aeat?t Frew Leasee! Wire)
SAN TTtANClSCO, July 6. The
supreme court if California In a.
decision today sustained the super
ior court of Los Angeles which
found William Edward Hickman
sane when ho murdered 12-year-old
Marian Parker, daughter of
Perry M. Parker, a. banker there.
The decision In effect found that
Hickman was guilty as charged
that he had ft fair trial, that he
was sane at iha time of the mur
der ami that the new state Insanity
plea law under which ho was tried
Is constitutlonah The decision
also denied Hickman . a new (rial.
, Hickman Trended not guilty by
reason of insanity. Ho was tried
first to determine whether he conv
milted the acts alleged. Then he
was tried as to his sanity and
found sane. His confession was
introduced in the hearing io der.er
mino whether he kidnaped and
killed the g'rl.
Resentence Now Due..
The decision pats the case hack
to the trial court Tor the purpose
of resentencing Hickman The
conrt has 30 days in 'wlrlr.... to do
thlB, meanwhile H Is expected ho
will remain hi the csndemtUMl row
at Snn Queniln prison where he
has been since his conviction.
Hickman was sentenced to bmig
April 27, last, but his appeal to
!ho supreme court automatically
postponed his execution. He ateo
Is serving a life sentence for hl'i
participation in the murder of C
Ivy Thorns, Los Angeles dnrsfjfi-Kt.
7n this case he was nceu0ri io
gether wUU Welby Hunt, 17, his
forme! pal. in this case Hickman
also took advantage of the new
law and entered two pleas, one ef
not guilty and another of not
(Continued on page
FOURTH OF JULY
S
WRY SUCCESSFUL
The several Fourth of July cele
brations in the county were staged
with most successful resulis, R
was rnnorlpd today. The Umpfiua
Post American Legion drum corps
went to Tteedsport Wednesday
morning to participate !n iho field-
en Link celebration at Winchester
Ray. The musicians had expected
competition, w severnl other le
gion drum corps had announced
fhst they would rofmmte for the
Sf.u chhIi prize, but because of In
clement weather none of the other
i organisations were on hand,
that RoHcbun; won the prize
through default. There was a rec
ord crowd at the hny and nil pres
en had a most enioyable lime.
The crowd nt Rnsweii Springs
taxed the limits of that popular re
sort almost to capacity. A patriotic
program, cotif eds, sport b, swim
ming and dancing, were provided
ns etitertftlnmetit.
Tiller also drew a huge crowd
with a patriotic program, rmUo
mi dance .
Tbere were many celebrants
at Melroe whfre n community plc-
jnir. trapshoot and dance were pro
vided.
Several other communities also
celebrated wl'h community picnics
and attracted large crowds of
friends.
fits- sheriff's offlv had officers
jin sffendnttcp at ali of the maior
rVehratlnns to prevent rowdvlsm,
but. report that alt were eftndrtefj
In a verv clean manner, with little
drlnkine In evidncp. A few arrests
were made at Winrhesler Fifty and
also at Anlaut Otherwise the day
TiaKsed. eff very peacabiy so far as
taw violations were concerned.
Daughter of
Noted Foe of
Slavery Dies
DOiliiS FERRY. N. Y.. lxy G.
Fauuy OurriBcm VDIiu'il. only
siaaRhlor at WiiiSssss Uoirti 3acsi-
Him. the ai)oiHKiTiist. dteii tmiay.
She was D3 years ol4.
Hor iuisiiami was Henry Ylllnnl
whom she murrled in 1800.
Mr. VUlard wg at one ttm
lirosiiintit ot the Northern Pnelflo
railroad and was for a Bhort tune
ths foremost tlare in the rail
road world. He died in 1880.
Wis, VHlarfl suhseauenlly join-
d ths momeat lar women's ant-
finKe and was a notable ffguro In
that cause. Iditer she was aliened
wilh the peace movement, found
ing the woman's Fence society
an organization based on the non
resistance iloetrlnes of her father,
who had been a teacher and in
apiror of Tolstoi,
in the conrse of her work for
peace Mrs, ViDnrfi was a deiecate
to The Hague in 19fl? and again
in Ifl'-'l Bhe was a delosalo to (lie
conference of the Womeirs Inter
national -'Conference for Peace
and Freedom in Vienna.
From 1881 -until. 1917 she was
owner of .the New York. Evening
Post: nnd of the Nation, a weekly
edited by lior brother, Wendell
I'hiHiiBs flamEa, (com ism to
MOO. She 1s survived by her I wo
sons, Harold O, VUlard and 0.
wald tlarriaon VHlnrd, the In'.ler
tlin present editor of iho Nation.
ERS
itppiiirai
Reach Brazilian ' Territory
and Head for Capital;
Expected to Land .
This Evening.
1 AwnMfitwl lrcw l.m Wire)
TllO JANB1RO, July 5. Radio
aiviees reaching Rio Janeiro slate
11ml Hie Italian nvlntorB, Capt. Fer
rari!! and MJ. He! I'rote, " have
reached the tlnraiiian coast nnd
are now licmllnif soulhward for JUo
Jaiudro.v
it wbb not expected that tiioy
would roach the Brazilian capital
before daylight tomorrow.
BUENOS AHUSS, Jssly A Rio
Janeiro dispatch to l.a Naclon
quotes a National Telegraph mea
sse from Port Natal ns statins;
that Capt. Forrarln sont tlie fol
lowing message this afternoon;
"Arriving over JSraiiiinn territory.
Wo send you greetings."
rEKNAMRliCO, JJiajil, Jnly .
The itaiian- trans-AtiBntie plane,
the SavoIa Ol, was sighted oyer
I'orl Natal at -I :()is o'clock this af
ternoon and it was expected that,
n iuiidliuj would bo made here
about S o'clock. .
Round tno World Try
LKHOUUUICT, France. July S.
John Henry Means nnd Charles C.
IX Collyor, his pilot, arrived at Le-
BOMi-get at S:M p. m., after a fast
Had landed this morning from
flight from Cherbourg where they
Steamship Olympic on llioir round
the world trip.
. The men, who fire seeking to
eHiaunsn a new round the world
record, hope to leave for lieriln at
7 o'clock this evening.
COLLISION COSTS
ONE LIFE; 4 HURT
l.OH ANOKLKS, July B. One
woman was killed, another suffer
ed injiiTieg that may move fatal,
and linen oilier persous were
siihtiy ttart when their ntilomo
blie was struck by a Pacific elec
tric car at a crossiiiK here early
today. Mrs. fiyivia liefiiuoo. 29. was
killed iiisliiiitly, Mrs, Nalividad
.SalalK. 4!! .H!!ff.rt! fVH.!fit!
; Hliiiii and potwibl ylnieinnl in
guiles.
MAN KILLED WHEN
TAXiCAB HITS DOG
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 Col
lision or a tnxlcab with a doe
early today prove!! fatal to Wil
liam Mcifemmtt, of Kan Francisco,
a pnssenger In Ihe cab.
The machine upset after the
coiitBinn. Mnrlln Kelly, laxiiab
driver, was injured seriously. .Ve-
ilermott wns dea don arrival at a
hospital.
1 Mr, and Mrs, George I Mar-
auard, formerly of this elly. were
here from Toledo, Oregon, vlsltlns
last evening.
BATHER NEAR
ROSEBURG ON
TRAGEDY LIST
Berton Wilson Beyond
Aid When Found
Bandon Boy Is Drowned
After Falling Into:
Deep Hole.
WOMAN, CHILD DEAD
Mrs. Yokley and Daughter
Lose Lives When Car ,
, ' - Plunges Into
Slough.
WATER TAKES FOUR LIVES,
ALMOST A FIFTH
Berton WHeas, Bands! youtn,
drowns while bathing In h
Umpqua river near the southern
limit of Roseburg.
Mrs. A. Yoakley-aBd 5-year
old daughter, Faaline, of Al
bany, Oregon, drowned when
the 'family automobile plunges
into the Umpqua river near
Reedeport.
Norman ;, Sueneon, Portland
youth, drowned In the Molalla
river, Clackamas county, when
seized with, a heart attack.
Clarence Wheatonr eausht jn
the undertow while bathing in
the ocean at Seaview, Waeh., !
saved by a 11fe preserver drop
ped to him by an airplane.
Tlie Umpfiua river claimed throa
lives over the Fourth. Berton Wil
son of Random belBK drowned yes
terday evening; while Dntnlng 01
Unipdaa Park, and Mra, Bmirni IJ.
Yokley and jhvrtuhter Pauline, o!
Albany losing their Uvea late Tues
day night when their car plunged
Into the river between Scottsburg
ami Reetlsport.
The Bandon boy drowned wlteit
he stcp-sed into a deep hole !n at
tempting to wade across the river.
!!! body did not reappear, and. It
wns not until 2 or SO minutes
later tlftTt the body was located, i
that life was extinct, . .
The lii-yenr-oid boy was tlsa son
of Mrs, H, O, Nettleton, of Ban
don. The family came to Koseburr;
u week ago and camped at Ump
mia Park and were so well pleaseit
that they retained to apend tho
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ELEilaTI:
S,P.U.IEC"K;
CAUSE DISPUTED
JUx!!ra! Vrtm JUjucd Wire)
SAN FRANCISCO, July B. Al
disagreement among railroad
workers and officials as to th)
cause of the wreck of the South
ern Pacific's shore line limited nt
San Uruno yesterday, was before
representatives of the InlersiaKt
Commese Commission today f"'!"
settlement.
The wreck. In which eleven per
sons wei-e Injured, occurred jus&
after the train, bound from San
Francisco to !os Angeles, emerged
from a tuiinei, run into ft dernlt
swllrli and hurled Itself against a
siring of freight cars on an ad
jacent sldins,
Ao official statement of the
railroad company said Ihe en-,
gineer, John Weir, of San Jose,
evidently did not see the "(hised"
signal. From his bed In a hnsnllal
here Weir declared that a signal
nt Ihe month of ihe tunnel was
clear and lhat ho did not see the
derail signal set aiattm him until
within a tew feet of 11,
William Perry, switch lower op
erator, declared the switch at tbo
mouth of the tunnel had bean set
against the train.
The two most sprlously in lured
persons, Weir and George Miller,
of San Francisco, the fireman, nra
expected to recover.