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DOUGLAS COUNTY
VIEW
"The End ot the ;
Ilomesecker's Trad"
p( DOUGLACOUNTr)!
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roseburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published fc(
the Best Interests of the People
VOL. XXfX NO. 79 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 151 OF THE EVENING NEWS
SUICIDE CAUSED
'Blf FAILURE - 0 F
TH
II
Virginia Drew,- Protege of
Bodenheim, Despondent
After Criticism.
'VERDICT OF POLICE
Author Explains His Frank
. lalk to Career-Seeker
Brought Resolve to
End Her Life.
(Auoclated Pri Leaaci! Wire)
NEW YORK, July 21. Despon
dency over her failure at a literary
career was the motive accepted by
police today for the apparent sui
cide of Miss Virginia Drew, lit
erary protege of Maxwell Boden
heim, poet and author.
Miss Drew's body was found
floating In the Hudson river
Thursday afternoon. She was last
. seen leaving Hodcnheim's apart
ment early Monday. Bodenheim
lias not been located since early
Tuesduy morning. Police said,
however, that they were not
searching for him, and considered
the case closed with the medical
examiner's verdict of suicide.
The girl's relatives, however, aro
unsatisfied with the police theory
and the explanation advanced by
tin artist friend that Miss Drew
killed herself in carrying out a
Mlielde pact Willi a "prominent
novelist" who believed with her In
reincarnation. They believe she
iviih thrown Into the river tp
llrown. ..
J . Criticism Stings .,
The friend, Miss Cnrolliie No
votny, told police Miss Drew tele
phoned her last week and said
that the prominent novelist, whoso
name she did not divulge, had
"cut her to the heart," with his
criticism of her work. "Miss Drew
I lien told me," Miss Novotny said,
"That he, too, was a believer in re
Incarnation and that they had
made a suicide pact."
, .Miss Drew was the second liter
al y pupil of Ilodenlieim to become
ili'spouilent recently. Less than
two weeks ago a IDyenrold girl
was round unconscious In her
aiiailnient In Greenwich Village,
wis escaping from an open Jet.
She recovered, however. Aimec
Cortez, known as the ''Mayoress of
Greenwich Village" and an asso
ciate of Bodeiiheim's, committed
suicide by inhaling gas last winter.
Bodenheim Explains
PROVINCETOWN, Mass., July
21. Maxwell Bodenheim, author,
whose literary protege, Virginia
Drew, was found drowned in the
Hudson river Thursday, was lo
cated here today. He said ho knew
nothing of the girl's death . until
tohl of It by newspapermen.
Bodonhelm suld: "Miss Drew, an
4 nutiro stranger to me. wrote to my
publishers, Bonl and Liverlglit,
(Continued on page C.)
PUHBE 10 BflY;
12
fAwoclatH Pre i.rtiI Wire)
NEW YORK. July 21 A dozen
persons were Injured today when
the first two cars of n Long Island
railroad electric train plunged
through an open drawbridge over
nn arm of Jamnlra llnv between
Bread Channel and Hummel.
The first car, the smoker, which
contained 21 passengers, was
, three quarters submerged, while
the second car was balanced on
' lie edge of the bridge superstruc
lure. The motormnn, Carl Mitller,
who nccordlng to reports to the
railroad officers ran' by a block
slEnal, smashed a window and
swam to the surface.
The bridge had been opened for
the Jamaica Bay tug Dynamic,
whose crew rescued the motor
man and several of the passen
gers. Eight ambulances from four
Queens hospitals were despatched
to the scene with police and flro
reserves from every station In the
bortjugh. The injured were all
taken to the Far Rockawny hos
pital. Harry A. Fischer, of Queens
Milage, the conductor In charge:
Ji uie train, was rescued.
Firemen cut away part of the
' ref of the submerged car and re
ported every passenger had escaped.
Black Folk Of
Jungles Want
No Blue Notes
(Anoclited Pro. leuti Wire)
CHICAGO. July 21. Musicians
In general and saxophone playurn
In particular, whose harmony Is
not Ilio best, should avoid Weal
Arrlcu in concert tours.
Slitting tlm mouth oC musicians
faulty in tills regard is a (uvorltu
practice anionic savages in the
Cameron country, West Africa,
said Wilfrid I), llainby, assistant
j curator of African ethnology at
i Field museum, who yesterday set
up a new exhibit of large wooden
drums from Cameroon.
Other African methods of pun
ishing the musician who produces
displeasing sounds, Mr. Humby
said, were slicing; off his ears
or chopping off his hands.
Gut the saxophone is unknown
In African wilds, so far as Mr.
Uamby knows.
PJUTIY BACK FOR
T
Many Pasadena and Los
Angeles Men Coming
Later in Season To
Make Movies.
Joe Welsh, famous writer for
outdoor magazines, and one of the
country's leudlng manufacturers of
fishing tackle, arrived in Rose
burg today, accompanied by Jack
Uoaz, fishing scout for a large
Los Angeles hardware company
and by Mrs. Boaz. The purty will
leave tomorrow for Mr. Welsh's
lodge on the North Umpqua, about
lour miles above Steamboat creek
and will nmko that place their
headquarters while they Bpend a
month In the North Umpqua dis
trict. "We are going to do the river
right this time," Mr. Welsh said
this morning. "We intend to travel
the full length of the river and
will take pack horses and go into
some of the most remote parts of
me loresc.
Last year the same three people
spent two weeks on the North
Umpqua und were greatly delight
ed with its recreational possibili
ties. Their time was so limited
that, they were unable to make a
very lengthy trip and so have
been anxious to continue their ex
plorations, and are returning this
year prepared to travel over a
great deal oT territory.
While Mr. Welsh Is an expert and
experienced fisherman, he is also
a great nature lover, and it Is one
of his delights to visit spots of
scenic interest "tond so it Is his
purpose this year to make several
lengthy trips using his lodge as
headquarters. He Is carrying a mo
tion picture camera to secure
f ilms of scenic places visited.
He expects to bo Joined at the
lodgo within a short time by Mr.
and Mrs. Walter H. Parker from
Pnsndena. Mr. Parker and Mr.
Welsh are close friends, Mr. Par
ker being an eiilliusiustlc sports
man. Mr. Welsh reports that there will
be a lurge number of Pasadena
and Los Angeles sportsmen visit
the North Umpqua district during
tile summer und fall. During Sep
tember Stewart Welsh, son of Joe
Welsh, will head a party of mo
tion picture men into that region
for two or three weeks. It is ex
pected that there will be a dozen
or moro of the big men of the mo
tion picture Industry In this
group.
Jeddy Welsh, another son of the
fishing tackle manufacturer, will
also be a visitor. This young man
wliiie only 19 years of age, recent
ly defeated the high-hurdle cham
pion of the United States and is
now in Boston where he has been
engaged in the Olympic try-outs.
He went Into the finals hi the
tl-y-outs and wus there defeated by
only a few Inches, losing to the
hurdler who last set tile world
championship nt the Inst Olympic
games. ,
He Is preparing lo enter Stan
ford university next year, and It
Is expected that the young man
will there make a great record,
and will probably be engaged in
future Olympic matches.
NOTED ATTORNEY,
ALLEGED CHICKEN
THIEF, IS SLAIN
(AnoctatM Pnm Lnaed Wirr)
JOPLIN. July 21. Kennedy SALEM. Ore.. July 21. Govcr
Brooks. 72, a. member of a onre nor Patterson has Issued a rennj.
wealthy pioneer family here and a
recognized ailthorltv on interna
tional law, was shot to death to- ;
day by Francis N. Overby, a ten j
am on urooKS larm near nere.
Brooks, who lived on the farm,
was accuse by Overby of steal
ing his chickens.
BANDIT'S TRAIL
E
HUNTERS
TO
William Herder, Fugitive
From California Deed,
Reported on Train.
CLOSE WATCH KEPT
Mother in Portland Denies
Seeing Son Last Week;
Hiding in City Is
One Belief.
(Anoolstrd Vtpu I-easml Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore., July 21.
Search for William Herder, 20, In
connection with the Willows
Creek, Cal., postoffice robbery and
killing or a deputy sheriff, shitted
to Washington today when lnlbr
uintlou was received from Golden
dale that a man answering Her
der's description had . been seen
near there yesterday.
Sheriff Hurlburt was advised by
telephone today that Herder was
recognized by a Spokane, Portland
& Seattle Railway agent late yes
terday on an east-bound train.
Goldendale officers said the agent
was positive of his identification.
Local officers were in touch
with railroad agents, and all trains
along the line to Spoknne were be
ing watched.
May Be In Portland
Police and sheriff's deputies for
30 hours have maintained a drag
net around I'ortlnnd, and liiuiiy or
the officers expressed the opinion
that Herder was still hiding in
Portland.
Frequent telephono tips. ..have
been run down by officers, ami
three squads of armed motorcycle
policemen were ready to act
promptly on any clue that might
develop.
Herder's mother. Interviewed
late yesterday at her home denied
having seen her son lust Saturday
at a berry field on the base line
road Just outside of Portland, as
had been reported to police.
Officers said they had definite
information that Herder was seen
In Portland Saturduy, Siuidav,
Monday und Wednesday of this
week.
A deputy Hherlff and one mem
ber of the bandit trio, Joseph W.
Bishop, were killed In the gun
battle following the holdup. Peter
Straff, second member of the trio,
was captured nt a farmhouse near
the scene of the holdup several
days after the robbery.
Stroff and nishou were nlgn nr
Portland. The throe - hnrt . lnnn !
records. Strop's confession Im
plicated Herder.
T
ALMS IN m
BOSTON. Ji.lv 21 Mia r,..i
Culdi. 60, East Boston widow, who,
iipignnors tout police, hnd lived in
tear of someone, was dead today
with a small bullet wound pene
trating the lert shoulder.
She was found on her kitchen
lloor by a son, Arthur, late yes
terday but It wna nn! .i.wll 1.
later when tho medical examiner
discovered tlmt the wound could
have been caused by n bullet that
a search for her slayer was started.
The woman had been silling In
a rocking chair with her back to
ward a window which was oihmi
and screened when he left the
house earlier In the nay, Arthur
declared. When he returned the
window was closed and the screen.
Pierced bv a small lnli t.nB i
side the room near the window.
iioin Arthur and another son,
Frank, a bricklayer, denied their
niuniHr nau uvea in fenr. but
neighbors and other relatives told
"i me extreme caution the aged
woman used In opening her doors.
Some of those accustomed to
visit her were only admitted after
Mrs. Oaldl had satisfied herself as
lo their Identity, they said.
PATTERSON ASKS RETURN
OF DEATH CAR DRIVER
Rlllon on the governor of Califor
nia for the extradition of Earl
Swisher, who Is wanted In Jackson
rounty on a charge of driving a
motor vehicle while Intoxicated
and causing (he death of Harry
Young. The accident happened July
1. Swisher Is held at Vreka, Cal.
GOLDENDALE
Sensitive Collie Difficult To
Console When Coolidge, To Fish
In Peace, Makes Him Stay Home
fAnwIatea Freu LeajrU Wlr)
SUPERIOR, Wis., July 21. To
be left behind by one's best
friend is tough, but when the pal
who deserts you happens to be the
president of the United States, it
is just loo much.
' Bob Roy's eyes said that and
more as President Coolidge step
ped from his canoe after a morn
ing's fishing trip.
The collie and Mr. Coolidge
have been inseparable since their
arrival at the camp, and the
president enjoyed taking the beau
tiful white dog in the canoe with
him while fishing. Morning and
afternoon found them together on
the river, but the dog soon began
to act as though he thought the
nips were for his particular amuse
ment, jumping nbout and barking
In too lively fashion.
''Cut mo a short stick, John,
nbout a foot long," the president
said one day lo ills Indian guide,
John Lurock.
The stick proved an excellent
quieting meusure, for all the
president had to do was pick It up
and the dog subsided. This, how
ever, grew tiresome ns reaching
T
PRESENT FOR
FARM PICNIC
Attendance Record Broken
at Big Gathering
Today.
KIWANIS CLUB HOSTS
Farmers From All Parts of
County Meeting as
Guests of Local
Business Men.
The beautiful grovo at Umpqua
Park was filled today by the huge
throng of farmers from all sections
of Douglas county who gathered In
the annual county farm picnic,
sponsored by the Roscburg Ki-
wuuls club. It wus estimated Unit
utterly 1,000 farmers and their fam
ilies together -with members of the
Klwanls club partook of the big
picnic dinner served under the
shade of the huge trees at noon.
The club had eroded tables for
serving the great crowd and also
placed tables where they could be
used by those who preferred to
eat from tables rather than sit,
picnic fashion, upon the rguuud.
Beyond question tho utlenilnnce
at today's event was fur greater
tliun at any previous meeting of
this kind, showing tho growing in
terest In these annual meetings.
During the morning bourn the
horseshoe courts were kept busy
by tho men, while tho women gath
ered in groups, for visits, and the
young people put the pavilion
dance floor to use, or went for
strolls along the river bank.
Band Gives Concert
Shortly before tho noon hour
I he Koschurg Municipal Band at
tho request of the Klwunls club,
gave a fine concert, Tho jiusic
was presented nlso whllo the
crowd was being seated lor the
dinner and wus greatly appreciated
by all present. , '
It was decided to dispense with
any formal program, as the larm
era were having such an enjoyable
lime meeting In groups for tin re
newing of acquaintances and hav
ing a social time. Therefore the
grange program was not presented.
There was, however, a very in
teresting talk by Robert II. Dann
nf the depuiimcnt of econumlcs
mid sutiology of the Oregon Slate
Agricultural college, representing !
the Kiwanis cluh. Prof. Jmnn
spoke on the subject, "How Do We
Get That Way " using as a basis
the factors contributing to misun
derstandings. Ho Is a humorous
und interesting speaker and his
talk was greatly enjoyed by all of
those present.
There has been In the past.
Prof. Dann explained, a distinc
tion between farmers and city men.
They do not always agree, and
consequently there have been mis
understandings harmful to both.
He then went Into an Interest
ing explanation of some of the rea
sons for this condition.
He first pointed out that natur
al geographic barriers are per
haps the greatest contributing far-1
tors,. In the early days, he said, ft
was N an adventurous man who!
would cross the hills bounding his
own valley. Rivers form natural
barriers, the speaker pointing out
(Continued on page 3.)
for the stick Interfered With fish
ing, and Mr. Coolidge decided to
discipline Rob Roy.
"We will not take him along on
this trip," he said one day us he
und the guide started out. "We
will see what happens."
Dog Refuses Greeting
The collie was lying nose be
tween his paws, by the lodge
veranda when the canoe returned.
Usually he romped toward the
president when he saw him, but
tills time he did not move, not
even when Mr. Coolidge and the
guide walked over to him. His
(eyes, however, never left the
prsident's face.
i "Robert, how are you?" ventur
ed Mr. Coolidge, but there was no
reaction from the dog.
Mrs. Coolidge came down the
iveranda steps and stooped to pet
the' collie, remarking, "why. Rob.
that's the president, don't you
Know nun " Rous reelings were
too badly hurt lo bo soothed by a
few words and It took him some
ftinio to recover.
However, it is no longer ncces
bury for the little stick to accom
pany the president and the collie
fin the canoe.
LEAD IN lU
r. (Awoclated Prow failed Wire)
WASHINGTON. July 21. The
lnmh crop of 1928 is reported by
tile Denai'lmeut nf A irt-lriitf ita -a
height per cent greater than 1927
aim nine per cent larger than for
1920. The total' announced for
1928 was 25,989,000 lambs, ns com
pared lo 24,173,000 In 1927 and 23,
772,000 111 192(1. ,. ....
jSirhe most Importnnt Increnses
wero reported rrom Western
stntes, especially In those that
suffered losses In severe storms
mi April una May, 1927. Increases
wore noted both In the number of
breeding ewes nnd in (lie num
ber of Inmbs docked per hundred
ewes, the latter being estimated
at 83.2 In 1928, ns compared to
79.9 last yoar and 87.7 In 192C.
Outside the unlive sheop states,
the cast north central section of
tho country had the highest (o
tnl production. In the 13 native
sheep slates, California ranked
first, -with 2,337 lnmbs, Montnna
and Texas almost tied for second
place Willi 1,775 and 1,872 respec
llvely, and Wyoming was next
with 1,850.
HAIL LIKE HEN'S
EGGS RUINS GRAIN
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
(AMnrlnleit I'rewt fanwd Wire)
WESS1NOTON SPRINGS, S. P..
July 21. Approximately 100
square miles of crops rrom north
of Wesslngton Springs southeast
through Lane were reported de
stroyed when n twenty-minute
hall storm struck tho section yos
lerday. Tho storm hub said to he
most destructive within memory
of local residents.
The storm struck n district
about four nnd a half miles wide
and nbout twenty miles long, ac
cording (o reports this morning.
Stones ns largo, as hens' eggs,
fnlllng twenty minutes, bent (ho
grain Into the ground.
PORTLAND WOMAN
IDENTIFIES NEGRO
AS HER ATTACKER
f ARNorlAteil Pre, tatm Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore. July 21.
Mrs. :Mnrle Sliver who. wus slug
ged in her rooming house by a
negro prowler, (odoy picked
James Tracy from a line up of six
men nt central station ns her at
tacker. Tracy and George Green, ne
groes, wero held pending Investi
gation of several recent. East
Side robberies. Mr. Silver was
struck down early Thursday
when she went lo Investigate n
suspicious noise in a lodger's
room.
The two suspects were taken in
custody early today.
ROY O. WEST NEW
CABINET MEMBER
fAMftHilH Pre tjnmi Wire)
WASHINGTON. July 21.
Chairman Work of die republican
national committee today wired
congratulations to Roy O. West,
his successor as secretary of the
Interior. Recalling a 15-year ac
quaintance with West, Work said
be considers the appointment "in
every way a most fortunate one."
West's appointment was an
nounced by President Coolidge last
night
ELLEN TERR!
STAGE FAME IS
DEAD AT EIGHTY
Actress for Half Century
Won Renown Opposite
Henry Irving.
HONORED BY RULERS
Farewell .Message Sent to
Her American Friends;
Last Wish Forbids . -.
Funeral Gloom. .
(Anoclated Prea Leued Wire)
SMALL HYTHE, KENT, Eng
land, July 21. Dame Elleii Terry,
British actress beloved by play
goers the world over, died this
morning In the little oaken rurm
house tucked awuy in the vales of
Kent, where' she had quietly Bpeut
the lust yeurs of her life. , ...
A few days ago with tho end ap
proaching she guvo the Associated
Press tills message for America :
"Give my love to America, nnd
toll my deur friends there that I
mil thinking of them as I rest here
ill lny quiet Euglish countryside.
When one Is eighty, one has
dreams of days gone by and often
In my dreams 1 live again the
ninny happy times I spent in Am
erica. My heart ia.wurm with tho
memories or my menus across the
sou.
hand for dully reading a little
worn copy of 'imitation or
Christ," by iiiomus A. Kempls.
Not long before she died tho
following lines of . verso In her
own hand wore found written
across the fly. leaf: - . .. .
"No funeral gloom, my dcarsj whon
1 am gone.
Corpse-guzlngs, tears, black rai
ment, graveyard grimness.
Think of me as withdrawn Into the
dimness.
Yours still, you mine.
Remember all the best of our past
moments nnd forget the rest.
And so to where 1 wait come
gently on."
Below was written: "I should
wish my children, relutlvos . and
friends to observe thiB when I
die."
A copy of tlioso lines headed:
"Dume Ellen Terry's lust wish"
wus posted In the village church
and the village Institute today.
Sarah Bernhardt called Ellen
Terry "the greatest actress In the
world." Her artistic partnership
over a period of 2t years with
Sir Henry Irving constituted one
of tho most brilliant periods or
the English slago.
She was almost ns well known In
the United States where she was
presented by Charles Frohmnn ns
In her native Biilaln, having tour
ed it. ten times ntwl rniiu(flni'lnr It
her second homo. In her tours of'
America sho was greeted us a
queen and a monster Jubilee In
19011 was celebrated In honor of tho
hulf-cenltiry of her connection with
(Continued an pago 0.)
Ti
POLICY ON LIFE
f AuocUtml Proa Lnhi Wire)
RPKCtJLATOIt, N. Y., July 21.
Unk'8n Tpx Ricruuil'H nttorin'j'H
enn nulwii tht! c litt in pi on 'a legal
aitvlBcrR, Otpnn Tunney will mnKo
tho trip to Now York on July 2d
for his noul wlih Tom Hppiicy by
airplane and no other way.
The plaiiH will 1m piloted by
H.'rnt Ilnlchen, mombpr of Com
mander Richard Byrd'n trana-Al
Innllo crew. Tunnoy PxppctH to
land at Curl Ik KIpM nt nnon o-i
tho day of the fight, two hours
aftpr the takp-off hern,
Tnnnpy refupn to bpHovn that
h will he mnnlnK any riftk by
making the flight and ho rpjpctcl
the fiuggestlon of Hilly (iibnon,
hln manager, to take out a half
million dollar liiHuranne policy.
"What good would a hair mil
lion be to me If I was killed?"
Oone counterpd whpn newspaper
men queried him about the policy.
"I think the proposition In allly."
For a boxer approaching fight
Ing peak, Tunney la In an excep
tionally happy frame of mini,
Most fighters reaching the edgo
are Ill-tempered and Impatient,
but Gene has yet to lone hid tem
per or poise.
Three more workouts nnd tho
champion will be In remarkable
physical ahape for hln titular de
fend against the nturdy New
Zualander black uni it h.
. -W i
' ..get6' " M UJ
Holds Reunion
(AuorUtnt Vtvm Ift-U Win-)
ST. PAUL, July 21. A gallant
liio of Civil War veteruns today
again keeps fultl wllh their de
parted comrades.
They ure members of tho lust
mun'B club, formed 43 years ago
by 34 members or 11 company,
First Minnesota ' volunteers, io
meet each your until only ouo re
mained, und Hint one to drink u
toast to those who- had died.
Three wore here ror the meet
ing today John F. Gofr, 85, or ..
Paul, secretary of the club: Pet
er Hall, 90, or Atwuter, Mlnu.,
nnd Charles Lockwood, 86, or
Chamberlain, S. D.
Previous gatherings have been
held In Stillwater, Minn., wlioro
the club was organized, but It was
decided to meet this yenr at Mr.
Gorf's home here to reminisce at
a dinner prepared by Mrs, "Saini"
Bloomer, widow of "Cnp'n" Bloom
er, color bearer or Company n
und one or the charter members
of the club.
WESTEBW DRIVEAT
Now Consulting California
Party Chiefs; Nominee
Seeks Information
About Mother.
- (AMOelati-,1 PreM t.eaM.1 Wire) '
CHICAGO. July 2L llerbort
Hoover will open his western cam
paign nt a iiutlve son celebration
nt his birthplace, West Branch,
lowu, on August 21, his enmpaigh
manager has decided.
James W, Good, .western maling
er, made the announcement: after
a conrerence hero with a commit
teo rrom West Branch.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
July 21. Abandoning his original
plans for a quiet week-end nt his
home here, Herbert Hoover today
began a series of political : con
ferences which' will ho continued
Intermittently until the time of his
notlflcution on August It.
Governor C. C. Young or Cnll
rnrnia was invited La. luncheon ami
Tor a discussion ufterwnrds It) Mr.
Hoover's sillily.
During tho early days or next
woek Mr. Hoover will confor with
Senator 1 1 li tun Johnson and load
ers from other Pacific coast states.
NOUTMWOOD, In., July 21. In
a letter to an Iowa womnn Her
bert Hoover baa asked:
Tleaao writo and toll mo nil you
can remember nbout my mother."
The requeHt wan rocelved by
Mrs. L. S. Uutler. mother of a Clil-
cago attorney, Ituah C. Uutler and
a schoolmate of the candidates
mother, Hulda Mlnthorn Hoover.
It wan In reply to a nolo of con
grutulntlou sent after the Kuiihiih
City convention.
Mm. li lit I or, when Julia Ann
Plcertng, nnd Hulda Mlnthorn
were classmates In a school taught
by Joel nnd Hannah Ilenn, .near
West H ranch, lown, where the re
publican candidate was born. Ruin
ed In nearby Quaker communities,
tho women became close friends
during the two yenrs they attend
ed school.
MIhb Mlnthorn later married nn
other student nt the school, Jesse
Hoover, remembered ns "a quiet,
good boy," )y Mrs. Uutler.
Hoover's father was the black
smith at tho Quaker village of
West Uranch. His mother became
an nuthorlzod prenchcr In tho so
ciety of Friends.
Death ended Mrs. Hoover's work
when Herbert was but ten yenrs
old. His fnthor died a few yenrs
earlier.
LOWENSTEIN ALIVE
WHEN HE DROPPED,
AUTOPSY REVEALS
( AmotUImI Vrem 1no Wlrr)
CALAIS, France. July 21. Onp
tain Alfred Lowensleln wns still
nllve when he plunged 4.000 feet,
from his airplane over the Kng
Ilsh channel, It wns concluded by
the medicnl men who turned In
their nulopy report today.
At the request of relatives n fur
ther examination will be made of
tuternnl organs to determine
whether poison or disease caused
the flelglan financier's abnormal
condition at the time of the trag
edy. This Is based upon the sup
position that be tore off tho collar
and tie which were found In the
plane. Evidence has already been
given that Just before leaving his
sent for the renr of the machine,
he acted as If he wero suffering.
Tho prnsent autopsy finding
dlspopps of suppositions thnt he
might have met death In the ptnne.
The implication thnt some other
occupant of the ship was reaponJ
simp inr inn passing, was inua
cancelled.
J0S.1CELL"
ORMER
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Served Six Years as City
Councilman From
Ward Three. .
MAYOR ONE TERM
Was Chairman of Street
Committee During Time
First Pavements Were
Laid in City.
Joseph Mlcelll, former mayor ot
Roseburg und one of the city's
best known residents, passed away
atJilH home ut 8u5 Mlcelll street
Inst night nfter a long llluesn. Mr.
Mlcelll hnd been in poor henltli
for many months, and recently Ills
condition became very serinmi,
nocestdtntlng a trip to Portland
where he wus given treat mo nt In
a sanitarium for considerable time.
His condition was only temporarily
improved nnd ho Tailed to renvoi
from ills affliction, his death oc
curring about ID o'clock Inst nl?:ntv
Although a native of Italy- Mr.
Mlcelll was an earnest and pro- :
gresslvo ouiEcn ot the land of h!a
ndoptlon and was accorded -high,
honors In the city "where ho mnda
his homo for a tionsldornhle period
of his life, giving nlso u great
measure of Bervlco to clvli: devel
opment and improvement.
He wns born ut Rlesl, Italy, Oc
tober I. 18(14, the sou of Grunt und
Mnrgnret (lllnncollni) Mlcelll, nil
futher being n brluk manufacturer
und contractor, while hln mother
was tho daughter of an expert wood ,
cnrvoiw v-t..' ...'r ' ::" "';
His father came to the United'
States hi 1872 nnd located In Ida
ho, establishing a business nt
Hnlley, In that Btate.
Joseph Mlcelll was educted It
the public schools of his native
city until 1878, bIx years after his
father's departure for this coun
try, and then went to Pettau,
Austria, where ho continued his
studies nnd learned the trade oE
baker and confectioner, traveling
ror several yenrs us u journeyman
through AUHlrla-Hungary,
In J SS I he came to the United
States with his sister, uud Immedi
ulely entered the common and hjgtt
schools or this country to ncimlrit
a knowledge oC tho English lun-
gunge. He was employed for a
short time ns a clerk by a largu
merchandising company, nnd then
learned the trade uf hlu father, that
of n brlckmnkor.
Came to Roseburg In 1890.
In IKS!) he came to the i'aclflo
coast, and engnged In tho manu
facture of bricks at Tacoma and
then n yenr Inter moved to Rose
burg, reaching this city In Janu
ary, 1890.
Ho purchased soven acres of
laud between the rnllroud truck n
and the river, in what was then a
sparsely populated portion of tho
city, and eslahllHhed a large br!ck-(
ynrd, which did a very good busi
ness, For n time his brother,
Frank Mlcelll. was nssoclnted wltU
him In iiiln business which they
. (Continued on page 6.)
( AuortAtM Pr Lms1 Wlre
INDIANAPOUH, July 21. A
sentence of tin days on the state
penal farm nnd a fine of $250 Im
posed on lr. Kilward 8. Shu
mnker, superintendent of the In
diana Antl-Snloon league for con
tempt of tho Indiana supreme
court, has been reaffirmed hy Hint
court, The court yesterday re
fused, however, lo lucrense the
sentence on a motion of Attorney
fjeneral Arthur L. Ollllom.
Conviction for , contempt of
court was obtained following
publication of statements thnt .
certain members of tho supremo
court were prejudiced in deciding
liquor nppentB. Tho motion to In
crease the sentence wns filed nfi
er tho puhllcntlon of correspon
dence between Shnmnker , and
Senator James E. Watson. At
torney General Ollllom contended
thin correspondence indicated
"corrupt attempts by Shumnkor In
corruptly Influence a decision fa
vorable to him." ,
An appeal to the TTnltod Stater
sunrenie court now Is tho only
mean by which tho dry lender
may he able lo nvold serving the
sentence. Attorneys for Shu
maker declined to comment.
DIES