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Bo Weather
Highest temperature yesterday 87
Lowest temperature last night 58
Forecast for southwest Oregon:
Generally fair tonight and Friday;
not much change in temperature.
"The End ot the
Uomeseeker's Traif.
p( DOUGLAS COUNTY
Consolidation of The Evening News and
Th Roseburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published tat
the Beet Interests of the People
VOL. XXIX NO. 95 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 1928.
VOL. XIX NO, 167 OF THE EVENING NEWS) ,
von purs
T OF ISLE
OFF THE MAP
Paloweeh, Dutch East
Indies, Is Struck
Nearly Thousand Reported
. to Have Perished; Six
Hundred Injured.
SIX VILLAGES GONE
Eruption of Rokatinda Is
Accompanied by Quake;
Second Disaster in .
; Archipelago.
(Associated Press Leased mre)
BATAVIA, Java, Aug 9.
According to reports transmit
ted by a resident ' of Timor,
nearly the entire island of Pa
loweeh, in the Dutch East In
dies, was destroyed ' by the
eruption of the Rokatinda vol-
cano on August 4 and 5. . Six
villages were destroyed by fire.
' The death toll was believed to
be nearly a thousand. "
Six hundred persons were
injured when hit by fragments
thrown out of the crater.
Further , casualties were
. caused by the ' submersion of
the whole seaboard of the is
' land through an earthquake ac
. corhpanying the eruption. , .. ,.
Paloeweh Island, also known as
Husa Itujuli Island, lies about five
mile3 olt the north coast of
Flores Island, one of the larger- of
the Malay archipelago Islands. It
is about four miles in diameter
and rlae.s to n peak 4,953 foet high,
which Is covered with trees to its
nimmit. A .
The remainder of the islanders,
numbering 6,000, were stated to be
safe and ample provisions avail
able. .
ltvwas feared that nine native
. boats enroute from Celebes island
to Paloeweh foundered with their
. crews.
Former Disaster Recalled
WASHINGTON, .., Aug. 9. The
near destruction of the island of'
Pulowewh recalls a , similar, but
probably more extensive, disaster
in the East Indian area forty-five
years ago when terrific volcanic
explosions all but. destroyed the is
land of Krakatoa In. the Sunda
Slruits between -. Sumatra and!
' Java.
That Island Jn. 18S3 was the
scene or n sarins of volcanic- discharge-.:
from K:.y to August which
(Continued on pauw 8.)
.IS
(AMoc)atPil PreM Loawci Wirt?)
PARIS, Aug. 9 Maurice Drough
In, on of France's foremost pilots,
died today from Injuries received
in the final test flight ot the plane
in which he hoped shortly to real
ize his life's ambition a flight
from Paris, to New York. .
When the plane Arc-en-Ceil
(Rainbow) crashed on the landing
field at Orly airdrome yesterday it
killed the mechanic, Lannet. Man
uel, another member of the trans- j
Atlantic crew Was injured, as was(
GiunoU, an engineer. I
f The ill fated plane was or novel
' design and built entirely of wood.
Hene Couztnet, 24 year old design
er of the machine, had sunk all hlsj
own savings and what he could j
gather from his friends, into the :
project. He was plunged into de
spalr today at the tragic death of .
two of his collaborators and the
wreck of all tys hopes when sue- '
cess seemed within his grasp. By
a stranee chance It was the first
flight that Counlnet had not gone
up In the machine which had por
formed satisfactorily In all pre
vious tests.
Droughln ,whd was 37 years old,
at one time held the world's dura
tion flight record. He was for
years chief pilot for the Farman
eompany and was known as one of
France's greatest civilian aviators.
He hald many French records and
was especially noted for his ability
to handle distance flights under
revere weather conditions.
For a time last summer, Drough
ln was Charles A. Levtne's pilot.
MOS
In Los Angeles' Latest Murder Sensation
4; ' i iXjJCJl ibzli J
i v AjgTv''iR i a T?mi ' 1
ROBINSON SCORES ;
IILLIUIUUU UMI ILL
IT
Ridicules- Fear of Priest
'- Contrpl and Portrays
Tammany as Friend
' of the Masses. ; ,' :
HOPE,' Ark., Aus. 9, In his
first extended discussion of the
subject since his nomination for
the vice-presidency by the demo
cratic party Senator Joseph T.
Robinson made a strong defense
of Tammany hall in a speech here
today and deciarea tne south had
no , reason to object to Governor
Smith, the presidential nominee,
on , the Tammany sore. ,
"in the light of recent history
those ministers who have abandon
ed their call 'to preach Christ and
him crucified' ana Have converted
their pulpits Into political rostrums
Invite laughter when they whisper
that of Mr. Smith decomeB presi
dent the priests will dominate the
government," ho declared. -
After citing a number of in
stances to show that Tammany had
always been friendly to the south,
Senator Robinso nsaid:
. "Now It is said Al Smith must
not be president because he Is a
member of Tammany hall, and In
this capalgn has the support of the
organization. Whatever political
mistakes or sins may have been
committed in the name of Turn
any, they cannot be attributed to
Governor Smith.
Running Mate Lauded. .
"His Is an unshackled spirit.
Tammany does not give direction
to his public acts. His frankness
and fearlessness often have drawn
the fire of criticism. He towers
above mediocrity, scorns dissimu
lation and takes the public Into
confidence. H is bad policy to
nenalize honesty and courage. It
is unjust to premlumize hypocrisy
and insincerity. When achieve
ments as a great democratic execu
tlve have been made known, his
fitness for leadership in this politi
cal crisis will be undoubted.
Jefferson formed an alliance
with Tammany, Senator Robinson
said, "when the founder of the
democratic partv realized the nec
essity for a pollticnl force to op
pose the federalists under Hamil
ton.' "Jefferson foresaw the dangers
to be feared from creation of a rul
ing class composed only of gentle
men, aristocrats and plutocrats."
he continued. "Tammany was Jef
ferson's principal ally and agent In
winning his fight for the masses."
Minnesota Folk Leave.,''
Following a visit here with the
view tn locating. Mr. anri - Mrai
Jarres Larson and O, -H. Hansen
left today by auto for their home
In St. Paul. While here they visit
ed 8. Jones. The Mlnnesotans
visited in the southern part of the
county and like the valley very
much. They may later rclurn to
live. , , .-.
A romance between the wife of
man and a butcher has been bared
former, following the finding of
fiendishly murdered In her palatial
hiding in a closet. Left is Mrs. Melius. Above the home where she waa
killed, and below, Kelly, taken In
murder charge.
MAN IS HELD BY
WEDGED FOOT TILL
DROWNING OCCURS
(Anocluted Presi Leased Wire) ,
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9. Inex
orably hold by a wedged foot,
John Ryan, bridge tender, , was
slowly drowned yesterday in the
rising tide of the Delaware river.
Ryan was tender on a draw
bridge over Frankford creek near
Lite point at which it empties into
the Delaware. He went beneath
the bridge at low tide to grease
the mechanism exposed by reced
ing water. Slipping his foot, he
came between two pilings. - ,
. For, four hours Ryan .struggled
to free himself, and shouted for
help, as the' tide lapped steadily
higher upon him. No one heard his
cries until the water was to his
neck and he wns exhausted from
his struggles. Men who responded
at lnet, were unable to extricate
him and a, hurry call was sent for
a police patrol boat.
When the boat arrived the water
bad closed over the bridge tender.
THREE MURDERERS
TO DIE TONIGHT
rAsnneliiM Pfeu T.sfd Wfr) ' .
OSS1NGINO, N. Y., Aug. 9.
Three men convicted for murders
ard to go to their deaths in the
electrlo chair at Sing Sing prison
tonight, ' . .i, .,' ,
' One Is Daniel flraham. former
New York City- policeman, convlct-
jed of killing Judson Piatt, paymas
ter, and robhing him of 14,700
whllo ho was assigned as a payroll
guard. . ' .
The second is Alexander "Kalln
nwskl, convicted of killing James
Durnln, princlpnl . keeper at Au
burn prison.
The third Ib Oeorge Anbel who
shot and killed Police Lieutenant
Charles Kemmer in (llendale, L. I.
HICKMAN, SENTENCED
TO HANG OCTOBER 19
Mwnrlfllwt Pre. Wlr. )
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 9.
William E. Hickman today
was ordered hanged at San
Quentln penitentiary on Oc-
tobcr 19 next for the slaying
ot Marian Parker. Judge
Douglas Edmunds overruled
nine defense objections be-
fore setting Iho second hang-
.Hit date for the youthful kid-
liaper. who slew Ihe , 12-year-
old school girl here last I)e-
cember. ,
a prominent Los Angeles business
by the latter and by servants of the
Mrs. Myrtle Melius, society woman,
home, and the butoher, Pat Kelly.
jail. Kelly has been indicted on a
, ' : "
IT
OF
Evansville Citizens , Post
Reward for Arrest of
Fiend Who Killed ;
- ' Miss Constance. '
- (AsHodntod Trcsa I-frnscd Wire) '
CHICAGO,- Aug. 9. "Unlimited
funds" from the wealth of i Evan
ston, North Shore suburb, have
been pledged to aid police In an In
tensified search for the slayer of
Miss Jennie Mota Constance, 42,-year-old
school teaoher who: -was
clubbed to denth -'Tuesday 1 snlght
near Northwestern ., University
campus.
A rewnrd of 51.000 was offered
by Police Chlor Pansch for the ar
rest of the;slayer ohd $1,000 addi
tional for every person pnrllclpul
Ing In the capture. ... ,
' Negro' Is 8oUght 1 ' '
A neoro with a "Charlie Clmplin
mustache" was sought In Connec
tion with the slaying. The nogr6
waB seen In the vicinity of FoBier
street, whore the body was found,
telling stories to a group of boys
Tuesday night. Police learned that
tive man was about 28 years old
and came from Flint, Mich. 1
Bvanston, the homo of Vice
President Dawes, was shocked by
the, crime tiB citizens recnlled the
murder 15 years ago of Ida Lceg
son, art pupil of Lorado Taft, who
waa killed by a negro. In a similar
attack. , - - -
Miss Constnnce, who was head
of the English department at Brad
ley Polytechnic: Institute; Peoria,
was clubbed to death with an iron
nlpe and attacked, her body be
ing thrown Under a hedgo where
the gleam of a milkman's lantern
revealed It early yesterday. ' .
Two Suspects Quizzed
Two suspects were taken Into
custody ror questioning. One. Wil
lis Wolfe, 37, is a fugitive from an
Insane asylum at Chippewa Kails,
Wis. ..Ho told pollco a rambling
and Incoherent story about his
escape from the asylum and his ar
rival In Evanston on Tuesday
night, the night of the slaying.
The other suspect was John
Burke. 46, of Evanston, who police
said had been arrested previously
lor disorderly conduct. : ,t .,
Lee Stewart of Enenne ' waa a
visitor here a brief time Inst eve-
nlni. His wife was formerly Miss
Mary mccullagli of this city,
INDIGTSIGflTHAM PASTOR
LEO KELLY
ON
El
Vial for Life to Result
From Five-Year Affair
With Mrs. Melius.
EVIDENCE PILING UP
feloody Finger Prints on
Death-Dealing Bottle
( Declared Those of
i ' Accused Man. 1
i (AssoolatiHl Press Leased Wire)
LOS 'ANGELES, Aug. 9. Leo
(Pat) Kelly,' alleged "butched boy"
killer of Mrs. Myrtle L. Melius,
was ararlgned on an Indictment
charging murder In superior court
today.- He was ordered returned
to court for blea next Monday at
which time a motion by Kelly's at
torney for release on (50,000 ball
will be heard. .
LOS ANGELAS. Clll., Aug. 9.-
Pom days after the tragic end of
his five years of Illicit love with
Mrs- Myrtle Melius, 41, married
and a ' Boclnty matron, 29-year-old
Leo Kelly today shouldered a
giand 'juc Indictment charging
him with "wilfully, feloniously and
With malice afore-thought" killing
and murdering! the: woman whon
ho had declared was the "Only one
I ever have loved."
Finger Prints Evidence.
A police finger print expert
found Kelly's tell-tale imprints up
on the neck of a beer bottle from
which - last Sunday ' he: poured
.drinks for Mrs, Melius tor the last
'Ttroei" .Today the heavy three ?or-
nereu,, whiskey. Dottle wun which
he is asserted to have crashed out
her life, , was -being examined by
that same expert- to find the con
clusive bit of proof that may, lead
Kelly to the gallows. . - , ,
Another finger print, this one
bloody, was found upon the bath
room medicine chest in the palatial
Melius home.i ! But; the 'oxport re
ported that it wasi not Kelly's,' said
that it might have' beep niida tby
any of the dozen or more firemen,
nelghborsi detectives: , lind news
papermen who! swarmed Into th$
house after Mrs. Mflllqs' nude and
mutilated body was' found there
by her returning husband. The
finger 'prints, of Frank Melius, tho
husband,- have ilieen1 'taken for re
cording, while the police began to
oblaln thoso of others known to
have visited the scene of the trag
edy. . , ., '
' New Evidence Found.
Detailed and Intensive search of
the blood Bpattered home In the
exclusive Wilshlre' residential scc-;
tlon was under way. In connection
with this Detective Captain Cnto
stated it waB partly because .new
and important evidence had been
uncovered. The nature ot una no
declined to even indicate. lie ex
pressed the conviction that a new
(Continued on page 3.)
'S
(AuocUtM I'rww l-oiawl Wire)
LOS ANGKLES, Cnllf., AilR. D.
GangtBnd'fl black namn wna
Bftved another smirch i when thn
murdor of OnMano Hlnottl and thn
seiioufl shooting of his wife was
chnlked up to that of Rli altered
I0V9, whf-n a woman, Mrs. Mario
IltneUf, the dead man's couhIii, nd
m U tod flho did tho nhootlnn, r rtne
clashed her throat rathor than he
qtieftlloned further on tho killing,
which flho had first Raid wan done
by four bootloKjferB rb a reprisal
for lifjacking leading to the hi
roat of, four imm with whom Itl
nettl wna known to have quar
reled. - "i v'
Tho rcafion sho first aarrlhod
wns that I'.fnpttl had opposed her
marrfRKa to his brother, a farmer.
Later, however, she was able to
talk further in spite of tho raxor
cut throat, and ndlmttnd that she
bad lived with Htneltf for two
yean while his wife was still tn
Italy. It whs for this reason she
afd that liinettl thwarted her new
love and she says she "went crazy
thluklnK about It' - .
1'BiiiK the loaded shotgun he
kept by his side, fihe fired two
shots at him ait he lay In bed,
hilling him Instantly; Kh raid she
had no Intention of injuring bts
wife, who is now In lh hospital in
hlrh she lies with serious
I wounds from the shots that hilled
Jimieiti.
IRQ
1 CHARGE FRDM AL SMITH
ACCEPTS IFI
Straton Advises, However,
Debate Be Repeated in
Catholic Church.
FAITH NOT ASSAILED
Baptist Parishoner Sides
With Governor; Georgia
Democrats Backing
Party Ticket. :
(Associate,! I'reu I.ciuk-iI AVIre)
NEW' YOHK, Aug. 9. A Bpoclnl
dispatch to the Evening Post from
Greenwpod , Luke, N. Y today
quoted the Rev. Dr. John Itoach
Strutun, pastor of Calvary Hnp
tist chffrch, us saying he was will
ing to di'bato wllh Governor
Smith In Calvary Baptist church
provided thfl governor was' willing
to repeat- the debuto' ,iu St. Pat
rick's' Cathedral.' . j,
Dr. Straton's suggnsttoh was a
reply to the governor's- challonge
that they debate the pnstor's
charge that the democratic presi
dential nominee Is "the deadliest
foe in America today of the forces
of moral progress, und . true : po
litical wisdom.!' v '
Religion Not Assailed "
"t am making the suggestion
that wo debate both in my. church
mid again In St. Patrick's Ca
thedral," the Post quotBB Dr.
Straton ns snylng, "because I do
not like to have my Catholic
friends suppose for a minute that
I bellove a Baptist church Is more
holv -ground than llloir 'ealhcdrnl
"Understand, I am not a foe of
the Catholics," the pastbr contin
ued. "8ome qf my dearest friends
are Catholics. I am conducting a
one-man fight on Governor Smith's
public record not on his religion
or his character. There Is nothing
I have against him personally."
r. Previously Dr. Straton had sug
gested the debate take placo In
Madison Square .Garden . for some
other large auditorium, He began
to write his reply to the gover
nor's challongo todny., ,
Georgia Backing for Al
ATLANTA, : "Aug, ".'Support
"without reservation" of the demo-'
cratlc nominees for president and
vice president wns pledged hero
lant night in resolutions .adopted
at the organization meeting of the
Young Men'a Democratic League
of Georgia, which was addioBsod
f Continued on pngn .1
Barbara M auger, attractive 19-year-old
girl, whose body was
found In the Hollywood hills of
southern California. Russell 8.
Beltzel, young Philadelphia engi
neer, with whom she is said to
have come west, is held on a mur
der charge.' .
Killed In Hills
mm
Youth, 15, Who
Slew Employer
A'W?5 '"' ':
7h $&-M
rL ": ii j J i
' Above Is Rex Mead, who killed
E. D. Dewey on the tatter's ranch
near Portland and was later arrest
ed at ' Reedsport. Reproved by
Dewey for neglietlng his chores,
the boy shot Dewey through fear
that he would be returned to the
state reform school. -
FISHING JOY TO
Joe Welch: and Jack-. Boaz
' Return to Homes at
Pasadena.
ADVICE IS GIVEN
Eliminate Commercial Fish
ing Is Recommendation
Made by Famous
Sportsman. '
Jon Welch, famous fishing
tackle nianuractiiror and .national
ly known sportsman, who with
Jack HoaK, fishing scout for a Los
Angeles hardware firm, and wife
have been spending the past
month on the North Umpqua river,
left yesterday for their homes in
l'usudona. Mr. Welch has a fine
fishing lodge above Steamboat on
the North rlvor, and. is very en
thusiastic over the possibilities ot
tho stream as an attraction tor
tourists and sportsmen. Mr. Welch
says that he found fishermen on
the stream from Long . Bcaoh,
Monrovia, Los Angeles, Los Clatos,
Snn Francisco and quite a lew
other points In Southern . Califor
nia, mid that thoy were all de
lighted and plan to go home and
tell their friends about this won
doi'luml and will return again
themselves at tho first - oppor
tunity, . . . : , y
"If I owned this part of South
ern Oregon I would make a few
radical changes, especially In fish
dom," Mr. Welch snld in discuss
ing his Impressions and personal
observations during his outing. -
"Charley Boyd has Just boon
telling 1110," Mr. Welch said, "that
ho had n chat with 0110 ot the last
survivors of the race of the Ump
quas a very old man now-who
Bold: 'Used to be salmon any
where,' Little streams choked with
salmon. White man come. Salmon
lie el scarcer all the time. More
white man come. Salmon he go.
While man Blop 'em salmon in
Umpqua. All same chickens,
catcheni, tnkem eggs, hntchom,
put babies hack Into Umpqua.
Make fine feed for big trout. Heap
good feed.'
"I believe Rurope had tho right
Idea about replenishing salmon In
the rivers, especially In Scotland,
where tho salmon wore very
plentiful.
"In fact, 1 have hnnnl my pa
rents relate that upon hiring farm
hands or house servants there had-
10 lie an agreement that they
would not he fed. salmon more
than twice ft week. Then commer
cialism stepped Ins nets at the
mouth of the river," seines and all
appliances for the salmon run
(again too much whllo man).
The fish lasted for years, mak
ing good money for all engaged In
their slaughter, so much so the
fisheries seemed to dominate tho
whole of the Scotch rivers. 80 bold
did they become with' 'Improve
minis In their gear and appll
' (Continued on page 6.)
NORTH
UMPQUA
GAL F0RN1ANS
FLORIDA GALE
CIRCLES IIITO
MEXICO GULF
Losses in Wake Run
Into Millions
Twenty-Three Cities and
' Towns Raked; Citrus
Belt Hard Hit.
NO DEATHS REPORTED
Further Losses Threatened
by Floods, Following
18-Inch Rainfall
in 24 Hours.
' (Aiwwlafnl Tross Iasi'il Wlrel
JACKSONVILLE, F 1 a..
Aug. 9. Passage ' into the
Gulf of Mexico of the tropical
hurricane which ravaged . part
of the Florida east coast and
tore ' across ' central Florida
from east to ' west, waa anr
nounced today by officials of
the Western Union I elegraph
company after checking: with
their offices in the . nflected
area. " . ; .:, " :
The hurricane passed into
the Gulf of Mexico last night
about fifty miles : north ot
Tampa, u - .
After cutting a awath aW
most . ' due west from Vero
Beach hnd Fort Pierce, on the
east coast, to Winter Haven
and Haines City in the rich cit
rus belt, the hurricane abrupt-,
ly turned northwest : after it
hnd almost reached the out
skirts of Tampa, 0'
: The storm apparently, was
blowing itself oat as it quit
the peninsula leaving diminish
ing damage on its wake.
Millions In Damage
JACKSONVILLE, Fkt Aug.!).
The West Indian hurricane,
whoso cnrclcBS strokes raked cost
ly furrows across central Florida
for 48 hours, swept toward tho
gulf today after stripping part ot
the rich citrus belt, unroofing
houses1 by the thousands and
snapping power and communion
tlon lines with monotonous fury.
. .Coupled with' the' astonishing;
news that no lives had been to
ported lost, were fragmentary cal
culations of millions In damage
from West Palm IJeach to Mol-!
bourne on the oaat coast auil
across almost to Tamps on tho.
went, ".".'.' - -. ,
TIiobo three points formed ex
tremities of a Btorm torn aquarp, :;
tho other sides of which, remained
to be determined by .'the westward, I
course of the storm, which nppiir
ently was diminishing in Intensity.
Storm warnings wero raised as far
west ns Mobile Indicating that lln
disturbance was -bound for tint
Apnluehlcola. curve . of the" gulC
coast lino.. ! ' .. , ; , ' . : . .
' Lake Raises Two Feet.
Out of tho twenty-three cltlea
and towns In the zouo of winds
(Continued on page 8.)
CLAIM 15 LIVES
ILEWEST
(Asscwlatrrl Vrvu leased Wire) -!
CIIICAOO, Aug. . Oppresslvo
hent and lightning claimed flvo
victims In Chicago yesterday dm.
In a blanket hent wave which di
rectly or Indirectly caused 15 '
deaths in the mlddlewosl.
Lightning during an , electrical
storm struck a rock pile on a
south side bench and killed Wil
liam Kllpntrlck. .15. Whllo the mer
cury hung between 87 and 2
various nartn nf llm .tiu i
In
Ihree
deaths were ntlrlhntA1 in
andjhere was one drowning.
No relief was Indicated by fore
casts. Continued warm weather to
day and tomorrow was predicted'
for the ... middle west generally,
with possible showers Friday.
St. Paul had three deaths from
the heat, and Milwaukee's drown
ing!! totaled five. At Denton Har
bor, Mich., one man died after col
Inpalns from the heat, and an
other drowned In Indiana haibor.
IN MIDI