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Rose Om Weathmr Highest temperature yesterday..100 Lowest temperaturs last night. -63 Forecast for southwest Oregon: Fog on the coast, fair In Interior to night and Friday; continued high temperature and low humidity over Interior. ' DOUGLAS COUNTY BUM "The Ei4 ot the llomeseeker's Trail" DOUGLCOUNTY. Consolidation of The Evening News and The Roaeburg Review An Independent Newspaper, Published foe th Beet Interests of the People VOL. XXIX NO. 83 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928. VOL, XIX NO. 155 OF THE EVENING NEWS 0,e ; : : U V Wli vv HEAT WAVE TOpn CONTINUE SflYSl WEATHER DEPT, , ,: . Higher Humidity Reported by Local Station 'jj '" Yesterday. VISIBILITY Smoke Clearing Awya Be , tween Roseburg and Coast Forest Look- outs Keport. Continuation of high tempera ture and low humidity was fore cast this morning; by the Weather Hureau. The prediction also was that there would be thunder storms over the high mountains In the eastern portion of the state. Gentle to moderato variable winds are promised. Yesterdays temperature of 100 degree's was slightly below the ex treme record of 103 on Tuesday. The humidity increased from 20 to 24 per cent. The forest fire situation re mained unchanged. No fires have as yet been reported in the county, despite the fact that conditions are Ideal for the rapid spread of fire. Exceptionally fine cooperation has been experienced by the protec tion agencies from the public, par ticularly the campers and the resi dents of the outlying communities. who are handling their fires in a most cautious manner. The lookouts have been consid erably handicapped during the BETTER I VSiiSO , past rew days by poor visibility, ' due to smoke drifting in from fires T la neighboring counties, but it was reported this morning that vision was a great deal better, especial ly between Roseburg and the coast, as the smoke had been car rled Inland by winds , from the northwest. At noon today the weather bu reau reported the mid-day reading to be 92 degrees, S tenths of a de gree higher man at the same time yesterday. Today's noon observa tion was the highest for that time of day during the entire hot spell. Two Deaths Reported PORTLAND, Ore., July 26. With two deaths and mrmerous prostrations credited to a five day heat wave, the Pacific northwest was offered no relief from its rec ord breaking temperatures today. James Spring, RO, a painter, fainted under the .burning rays of the sun and fell from a railroad trestle on which he was working ne'ir fiep.UIe yesterday, suffering fatal injuries. Tito other heat victim was K. M. Anderson, Seattle cook, who died Ot Ktis'fMio vt'ciri'dny. ''.''it t'om rpprenslve heat wt z ZJ.t Ivre this morning in a b; c ). 'ui ui' w r.:l; r oitreau (Continued on p.ige 8.) BURIED EASTERN i j DKNVER, July 26. Several hun- j died members of the Order of I Eastern Star Rtormprt tho rlnnm nf the city auditorium last night when they were denied entrance to the executive session of the order's triennial convention. For an hour the large lobby of the auditorium was the seen of disorder and attempts by Gov. John Hammil, Philip. Jerguson ond other officials of the order to paci fy fy the members failed. One group of men. forming n flying wedge, charged the ushers who gunrdpd the door while both men and women raised voices to Miouts in demanding admittance. Jerguson becomes the new grand patron todny. He explained to the women that "it was moved, sec onded and passed that the (lenornl Orand Chapter go Into executive session Wednesday ntghL" His statement was met with cries of "it was not.' Some shouted "we've paid our dues. We support the grand chapter. Why all this se crecy ?" The question before the meeting which went on as an executive con ference, was the proposed revision of the ritual. Whether it was vot ed upon was not known. Some members In the lobby de clared they had come from lonjr distances and demanded admit Ttanee to the convention floor. After an hour's failure to gain entrance, the crowd dispersed, i v A Deeply saddened by the rejec tlon of the revised alternative prayer- book by the house of com mons, Rev. Randall T. Davidson (above) 80 years of age, arch bishop of Canterbury since 1903, has tendered -his resignation-, to take effect on November 12, the golden anniversary of his wedding. It is the first time in the history of the English church that the pri mate has resigned, all of the arch bishop's predecessors having died in office. S E- L bays Lx-benator 1 ried to Gain Tammany Support for Presidency . 4 Years Ago. (Awortntod Prewi Ix-aml Wire) ALBANY, N. Y.t July 26. Gov ernor Smith lost no time today In making vigorous comment on the announcement of Robert L. Owon, iormer democratic senator from Oklohoma, that he would not sup port Smith because of his prohibi tion views and his alliance with Tammany Hall. In a formal state ment the democratic presidential nominee declared ' that In 1924 during the party convention in New York, Owen had sought the support of the Tammany dele gates. "His hostility to Tammany hall must have grown up In his heart In the last four years," Smith said In his statement. In 1024 he was not only willing to accept its sup port, but quite anxious to get it." Owen Explains Switch. Owen nnnonnced that he was bolting the party on Governor Smith's account when interviewed yesterday by newspapermen at the New York hotel suite of Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, who Is in charge of republican campaign activities In the east. "Mr. Hoover, in r.'.y opinion, Is the best qualified man ever pre sented by any party in America for the presidency during my life time," said Mr. Owen. As chairman of the senate com mittee on banking nnd currency, Senator Owen managed the pass age of tho federal reserve act and farm loan In the upper house of congress. ; Robinson Ceremony. ! HOT SPRINGS, Ark.. July 26. , Senator Joseph T. Robinson of: Arkansas will he notified formally of his nomination for the vice presidency nf the Fritted States hy tho democratic party in this city! by Claude Rowers of New York. I chairman of the notification com ! mittee, the evening of August 30. j TIi1 ceremony v. til be at 7 p. m. The con-monies speeches will broadcast from station KVIlS through a countrywide hooknp- The minority leader ;n the Unit ed States senate will be notified of his nomination less than 100 miles from the scene of his birth place, Lone Oak county. Ark. W. F. RUSSELL CHICAGO POLICE COMMISSIONER fAmooIilnl prww Ltn Wire) CHICAGO, July 26. Mayor Thompson today named Deputy Commissioner William F. RiiBsell as the new commissioner of police, succeeding Michael Hughes, whose rpsignntion wns announced ypstnr day. The appointment is tffpeMve An exist I, when Russell will decide whether to take the post pprma- nently. Until then he Is acting! commissioner. HOOVER TO LAYi i 1 PE TROUT TACKLE Republican Candidate to Journey as Far North as Rogue River. WILL BAN POLITICS Considers Prohibition and Farm Relief in Final Words in Address of Acceptance. (.MKHtntnl Press I-oawil Wtro) STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., July 26. Turning hisnttentlon to the sceoiuLof the two outstanding issues thus far developed in thu presidential campaign that of pro hibition Herbert Hoover is ob taining the views of William J. Donovan, assistant United States attorney general, and others, on some phases of this subject. There naturally has been con siderable speculation as v to just what the republican presidential candidate is going to say on the question which Alfred E. Smith, the democratic nominee, thrust so prominently into the campaign im mediately after his nomination at Houston, but some of Mr. Hoover's udvlsers say he has not yet made up his own mind as to that. Previous Word Cited. As uu index towhat may be ex pected, however, they point to tho nominee's own declaration in his reply to the questionnaire submit ted to him by Senator B6ah of Idaho, during the pre-conventlon campaign, and the pronouncement in tho republican platform adopted it Kansas City by almost a unani mous vote. In tho ono Hoover described orohlbltion ns a "noble experi ment," and In the other the party is a whole pledged itself and tho candidate to an honest effort at Miforcement of both the eighteenth lincndment and the laws enacted '.o carry it Into force. Ready to Go Flshln. Tho republican standard oeuror alrendy has obtained the view. of many party leaders on the otlur big Issue farm aid and (hut fcco- tlon of ills address is almost in completed form, although the nominee may make some revisions in this as well as other sections after the speech has been put into type. This is Mr. Hoover's last day for conferences and work for perhaps a week, as tomorrow he will go to San Krnnclsco for the home-coming celebration at the city hall there, and early Saturday morn ing ho will start for the extreme northern part of his home state for fishing nnd recreation. As the schedule for the automo bile journey has been worked out, the republican candidate will pur sue his favorite sport both In Ore gon and . In northern California. During the first day his party will make a distance of 280 miles to Bull Flat, where the night will be spent. To Whip Rogue River. Resuming the tr:; early Sunday morning, the caravan will move Grants Pass, Ore., to spend tho night and for fishing In the Rogue (Continue ! on pace R.) PLANE TRIG TO (Awwlitwi Prm LifslM Wlrr) ROCKFORD, 111.. July 26. After getting away to a perfect start at dawn on lis projected flight from Rockford. III., to Stockholm. Swed en, the monoplane, "Greater Rock- ford, made a forced landing iin minutPH later In a cornfield rlx miles from the airport Rnd on the opposite side of the Rock river from the takeoff. A wing was cracked and other damage done as a result of the landing caused, the pilots Bold, by too heavy a load with resulting in ability to gain altitude. As a result future plans for the flight today were Indefinite. Hansel! announced several days r'io that unless the start were made bfTore August 7, It would be Impossible to make the fjipht be cause northern davs were becom ing too short. Whll the exact damage to the plane has not been determined, the fact that It Is on Its nose and with at least a cracked wing caused mechanics to estimate fhat It would take at last several days to recondition the ship. DUNNE BILLS NOT TO GO ON BALLOT (AraoclatiHl Prow IastMl Wire) SALKM. Ore.. July 26. The injunction guft to restrain the secretary of state from plac- Ing on the November ballot the Dunne reduced motor ve- hide license bill was filed with the circuit court hero to- day by J. M. IJevors, attorney of the state highway commls- Bion. Unconstitutionality of : the measure is alleged. It is understood that this move was to be made by the state commission regardless of the fact that Senator Joe Dunne himself repudiated the measure yesterday, and at the same time repudiated his companion bill calling for an increase In the gasoline tax from 3 to 5 cents a gullon. III T '(AsmicIqUmI Pretti Loaned Win-) SPOKANE, July , 26. Federal Prohibition Officer L. P. Johnson is believed to be dying In a Wenat chee hospital as a result of a shooting affray last night near Leavenworth, Wash., when he was mistaken by Sheriff Pete Wheeler for a liquor runner, Tho Chronicle learned over tho telephone from Wenatchee today. Deputy Sheriff R. Hand of Wenatchee, suffered severe wounds in the leg in tho affair, which started when the sheriff and Hand were carrying remnants of a captured still to their automo bile. Johnson was declnred to have no more than a "fighting chance," to recover from five bullet wounds in hla body above tho waist line. Hand said he believed his assail ant to be a member of a moonshine gang when Johnson ordored him to "stick up" his hands. Ho show ed signs of resistance and John son shot him in tho leg. Sheriff Wheeler relumed tho fire, wounding tho federal officer seriously. PUBLIC IS BARRED FROM NOBILE CREW (Associated Pnu Lcasml Wire) OSLO, Norway, July 26. A sea man with fixed bayonet was plac ed on guard at the gangplank of tho Cltta di Mihiuo today when tho vessel docked at Narvik with the survivors of the Italtn disas ter. Onlookers at the docks re garded this move with Astonish ment. The survivors will continue, their journey to Italy by train this even ing and n special carriage will drive up by the ship's side to lake them straight from the vessel to the station. ' I I Sneaking of Bumper Crops I f ki I ' ! a! S EDITOR! PUT CURB1 Capt. Wm. Rule. Over SO Voatn tit Iinnolim ( Passes at 89. STAND CHANGED LAW Public Letter Refusing to , Meet Challenger Was Followed by Ban I 'on Battles. (Antwlalotl Promt leased Wire) KNOXVILLI3, Tenn., July 26. Captain William Rule, for .moro than fifty years editor of the Knox vllle Journal and believed to have been the oldest active editor In the country, died' today following uu operation .for uppendlcitls. He was Si) years old. Captain Rule, a republican and former officer lu the Union army, who for more than half a century edited a nowspaper in the demo cratic south, first attracted na tionwide attention In 1S73, when he refused to fight a duel, characteriz ing such a method of settling dis putes as "heathenish" and "coward ly." Shortly after his newspaper had published a crlclsm of two .institu tions of which Major Moses J. Wicks, of Memphis, Tenn, was the head, Cnptuin Rule received an or der to retract his statements. This he refused to do, but udvlsed the major tho columns ' of his paper wore open to any statement Wicks might care to makev Vhoroupon "Major Wicks wrote Captain Rule, asking him to meet him at Dnlton, Gu. Instead of do ing this, the editor on tho date named In the noto for the meeting published In his paper a letter he had sent to the major. This step generally Is believed to have had a great influence in discrediting duelling in the south. Historic Letter "With such au afrair I refuse to have any connection," he wrote. "I recognize no heathenish so-called code of honor. I am opposed to duelling for the reason that it Is ; contrary to the spirit of the en i lightened ago in which wo live. I am opposed to it because it is con- jtrnry to tho laws of my country, (the law of humanity, and the law lor God. . I "You might take my lifo or I , might Inks yours, and yet not a j single feuturo of the publication 1 complained of would bo changed by the results. If that publication weru'fulso, it would be false still; (Continued on page 8.) ID SIDELIGHTS ON BRUISING BEE IN GOTHAM TONIGHT (Attociittxi Pn-n lued Wire) VEW YORK, July 26. Tom Wt'hster of London, who Is paid $125,000 a year for cartoons. Is here to cov.t the fight. His draw ings will be shot home by radio. Buddies Take All Bets SPECULATOR, N. Y., July 2C There'll be a hot time about noon time In China tomorrow if those fellowB accustomed to getting the situation lu hand are not disap pointed by an ex-buddy. From ma rines came the following cable to Tunney: "We have covered all the Anzac money here and looking for moro. Give him the whole works. Chop. Chop." Intelligentsia Lured 'NEW YORK. July 20. A number of prominent women are listed as ringside seat holders for the heavy weight championship fight tonight bV'een Gene Tunuey and Tom Heeney. Among them are: . Mrs. James J. Walkor, wife of tho mayor; Mrs. John Hortz, of Cliicago ; M rs. Theodore Roose voltvelt, Mrs. Kern.lt Roosevelt, Mrs. Archie Roosevelt, Miss Noysa McMein (the artist), Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs, Cornelius Van derbilt Whitney, Mrs. Louis G. Kaurnmnn, Mrs. II. M. Talbot, Mrs. Raymond linker, - Mrs. Charles H. Marshall, Miss Ina Claire and Mrs. Elmer Schleslnger. Little British Money LONDON, July 20. The Tunucy Hoeney right apparently could arouse little more enthusiasm in REFORMATORY BOYS KILL GUARD, WOUND GIRL IN FLIGHT HUTCHINSOtt, Knns.. July 20. Lee While, a guiird, wns killed nnd Miss Doris Steele, 111, Kterlinst, Kims.,, shot throuith tlm liend us the result of a mldiilKliI escape ot Ulenn Helltleld nnd Jako Scluill, youthful lnmiitos of tho Btttto re formatory hero, todny. White wns killed when n motor enr In which gunrds were pursuing: tho rieelng youths turned over nonr hore. Clifford Kennedy, an other BUnrd, was Injured danger ously, nnd Jnmea Keever, nlso ft gunrd, nnd nn inmate nnmcd Mot-j kin, tho driver, were hurt Bllghtly. Miss Steele Wns Bhot when the youth nttompted to tako a car in which she nnd three companions were pnrked ut a rondside near the stato fair grounds where tho In mates had been lit work with a nhht shift repairing u grnndstund. When tho car failed to stnrt liell fleld and Schell ran to unother oc cupied by two men, forcod them out 'nnd drove away. 13. 15. Kitzell, superintendent of the reformatory, sulci n ruwnrd of 0,000 will be pnld for the bodies of llolirrcld nnd Ccholl. If captured nllvo u rewnrd of 100 will be paid for their, return. ; W. C. .Ternons, Oakland, Calif., wns In Hoseburg Inst night. Ho Is returning from a two-weeks trip to Seattle. Great Britain If it were held in a London ring instead of one 3,000 miles away. . . Preparations for the bout, tho fighters' statements, uud the opin ions of the experts are splashed all ovur the front pages of the after noon newspapers while specula tion as to the outcome Is the chief topic of conversation wherever men congregate, i Some rosy-hued accounts ot the challenger's condition and prowess seem to have encouraged a large number of Britons to believe that there is an excellent chance the world heavyweight crown will bo wrestled from tho American and clapped on the brow of the man who la a British subject, even If from a dominion ns far away as New Zeuland. There's little evi dence, however, of any' consider able backing ot this -optimistic opinion with hard cash. Dempsey No Menial NEW YORK, N. Y., July 20. Tex Rlckard's announcement that Jack Dempsey would second Tom Heeney In his fight tonight was set down as Just another blast "of the ballyhoo when tho former .'cham pion failed to appear before tho boxing commission this morning to apply for a second's license. Tho commission had been called In special session on the strength ot tho promolor's declaration yes terday that Dempsey would appear and ask a temporary license to act as Heeney's adviser and chief sec ond. The solons -waited around for an hour or so and then adjourned. (Awwnliitwl Vrvm LmnhI ' Wtr0 ' ! ' AMSTERDAM; July (30; Ameri cans received two of the three Olympic diplomas - awarded todav by the international Olympic - com mittee for Individual meritorious conduct on the field ot sport last year. Ono went to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and tho other to Cap tain Harry Pigeon of Loa Angeles, who built n yawl and sailed It around tho world. Tho third diploma went to tho French soprtsman, Alntn Gerbault, who circled tho world In a canoe. The International Young Men's Chrls'ltan Association was award ed tho Olympic gold medal for the organization doing most to further the Olympic idea In sports. No formal protest against the eligibility ot Charley Paddock, California sprinter, has been mado by Great Britain, tho International Olympic committee announced to day in a formal communique. Tho statement followed circulation of fresh and conflicting reports over the sprinter's status, ' POOR HEALTH IS SUICIDE MOTIVE (AModatnl PrcM Leased Wire) POltTLANI), Oro., July 28. Identity of the woman who leaped from Ihe Vista avenue bridge Tuosday night to death on tho Cunyon road pavement was estab lished last night. She was Miss Elizabeth Darker, 44, who had con ducted an art shop. She lint! been in ill health two yeura. Miss Maude .limes, her business partner, mnde Iho identification. Tho coroner said she hnd no con necllon with n suicide letter receiv ed by tho postofflco yesterday. ANOTHER ARREST ! FOR K-F MURDER f Awwirliilod PrfM Lfowil Wlro) 1 TACOMA, July 2(I.--Tncoma po lice arrested Howard Johnson lato yesterday ns a suspect in the mur der of Johnnie Ann. I In u daylight holdup In Klamath Falls, Ore., Do comber HI, 1H27. - he descrlpllon of John Meek, wanted for Ihe murder, tallies with that of Johnson In every way with tho exception of height and weight. Tacnma police do not have Meek'fl finger prints, but are sending a copy of Johnson's to Klamath by air tun II for Identification. Johnson, the police say, told con floctlng stories. He admitted, how ever, Unit ho had been In Klamath Kails. SUN DANCE, SODA POP KILL INDIAN f Amtnrlftlett Prrn tan-d Wtrr) ' BLACK KOOT, Idaho, July 26. Kxhnustlon and two bottles of soda water combined to cause the death of Cleveland Home, fi5. ono of the Indians who participated In the re cent thrneday Sun Dance on the Fort Hall reservation, ft was learned hre last night. Home died shortly nfter drink ing the soda wnter In the course of the dance, but his death wos front forrot until after conclusion ; of the ritual. c HI AND L PERFECT SHAPE Heeney to Have llVi-Llv Weight ' Advantage in Tonight's Bout. - INTEREST IS LIGHT No Early Ticket Scramble and Fiew That Assemble at Stadium Gates Look for Jobs. (Associated I'repa Leaned Wire) : ' : NEW YOIIK, July 2B. Tom ITeo- noy will, have nn advantugo of 111 pounds over Ciena Tuunoy, tho champion, in their heavy weight championship fight tonight. Weighing in this afternoon at llm Ynnkeo Stadium, scene of the bnttlo, Tunney weighed 192 und Heouoy 2031. i Boxing commission surgeons pronounced both In porfoct physi cal shape. This was not tho first time Uiul champion and the chal lenger had met ut a distance to dny. Shortly after the chnmplon , landed In C. Y. Dobs', amphiulnn pluno at the Columbia Yacht club, after a two-hour flight from Specu lator, Tunney wns driving up Jliv erslde Drivo on his way to tlm Yankee stadium. His car suddenly overtook tho one in which Hooney; wns riding to the stadium. Hccnunitloii wns immediate anil 'complete. Heeney half rose in Ilia car nnd shouted "cheorlo." uona returned the greeting ns his uulo moblle toro pnst. . Tloket Sellers Idle At the Yniikoe Stnilluin, steno of tho fight, a score of ticket scllori! yawned In tholr booths whllo threo limes that many pntrolmeu loitered about with nothing to do. ' In contrnst to tho last big heavy weight fight held at the Ameri can loaguo ball park that bo twoen Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey last summer there wero no squnds of, determined custo mers bent on getting Btuts It It . meant waiting all day. In fuct thuro woro no ticket seekers nt all in Bight nnd no fans. Tho only ndult crowd In tho neighborhood surrounded an exca vation Bomo distance away whoru tho curious watched lnborors nt work. Kven tho usual delegation ot young boys wus absent, tho juven ile element appearing to find lUl chief Interest In n wild west Bhow nearby. ' Thoro wero about 200 men1 in front of tho stndlum but they woro uf lor Jobs ns ushers, refreshment salesmen or program vendors, not' BUUtS. The first tlcltot purchasers who did appear wero women Mrs. Ks 1 -ihu Mitchell and Mrs. Jenny Vars:'iuer, both residents of Ihe nc! ;l:bm i'.onil. Ajl.i'd '..i. :!: thought would win the f;;hi, .Mn. Mitchell .r . Idled, "1 lilnl: Tunney U benutl-' fill." . '. Contenders Carded. CHICAGO. J-iy 20. Hilly IV. Irolle, Kin-go, N. L)., lightweight! nnd Jack llerg, thu English entry, (Continued on page 0.1 FIGHT RETURNS TODAY AT 5 P. M. Starting nt 5 o'clock this evening the News-Review will bulletin a complete, roiind-by-round description of the Tuhney - Heeney heavyweight championship fight nt Yankee Stadium, New York. By direct Asso ciated Press wire the News Review will receive a run ning account of the fight, blow-by-blow, and will meg aphone nnd post these dis pntches in front of the News Review office. The first bulletins will Hart nt 5 p. m., giving a de scription of the gathering of the crowds, the events pre ceding the fight, the prelimi nary bouts nnd the appear ance of the 'champion nnd contender ns they appear in the ring. The main event will start promptly at 6 p. m. Pacific const time, and will continue for 1 5 rounds, unless a knockout occurs nt nn ear lier period of ihe engagement. ENGER
