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DOUGLAS C0UNTV
"The End of the
Ilomeseekes Trail"
(DOUGLACOUNTYJa
Consolidation ol The Evening News and
The Rossburg Review
An Independent Newspaper, Published tof
the leal Interest el the People
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VOL. XXIX NO. 98 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY. AUGUST 13, 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 170 OP THE EVENING NEWS
FWCsA M JU! VV tV 1
BONFIRE TAKES
GAMBLING
DENS
v ' y-i o
Louisiana uovernor sends
Troops to Destroy New
Orleans Clubs.'
SURPRISE RAID MADE
Gamesters, Shrinking From
Publicity, Ruin Camera
and Beat Operator
' Unconscious..
(Aisoolateil I'rcaa loused Wiro)
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 13.'
Within a hundred yards o the
djilta plains, where "Old Hick
ory's" men stopped the British a
century ago, a mighty bonflm de
stroyed the trappings of. two fa
mous New Oiiean's gambling ca
sinos early yesterday morning. A
torch was applied to the huge pile
of dice tables, roulette wheels, slot
equipment shortly after it had
been seized by state militiamen on
orders from Governor Long. The
soldiers cheered as the flames took
hold.
The blow against the two clubs,
the Jai-Alal and the Arab!, Just
outside the city limits, was KtrucR
swiftly. Governor Long reached
New Orleans after dark Saturday
and drove six miles down the river
to Jackson barracks where he
presented written orders to Ad
jutant General Fleming to raid the
places nearby. , t
Raid Creates Turmoil
Arming his small, detachment
with rllles and pistols and dividing
them In half under commands of
captains, General Fleming storm
ed the places simultaneously. The
whirr ot the wheel and the click
of the dice were quickly turned In
to screams of women and oaths
of men.
. "Back to the walls," yelled the
captains. "We don't want to shoot
but we are prepared to.-'
A shot rang out from a sentry
and pandemonium broke loose. But
the several hundred men and wo
men soon were lined ugalnst the
wall and clean-up operations were
begun. Guardsmen scooped up six
thousand dollars in cash, and oth
ers went down the line taking
names and addresses that would
make "John Doe" blush.
Cameraman Mobbed
As they were released on their
personal recognizance nnd poured
outside a camerman set off a flash.
Fifty men immediately pounced on
him. His camera was smashed
and he was carried off unconscious
nnd badly Injured. People of
standing were nround those boards
Saturday night nnd they guarded
lliclr Identity.
Hack In a New Orleans hotel,
Governor Long received the re
ports with the glee or a school
boy. '
"Gambling .will stop under my
administration," he said.' "I 'fold
them what 1 was going to do if
. they didn't close down."
Thus was answered the call of
New Orleans business men. who
complained that, people were un
able to pay their bills with Casino
(Continued on page 6.)
IE CO!
TAKEN IIV HOLDUP
(Aunrlatnl Prfaa Wln)
SKATTLR. Aug. 1,1 Two armed
men today held up two collectors
for the Brewster cigars stores in
the downtown district and escaped
with an amount estimated at be
tween f 7.500 and Jin.noo after a
chape through crowded streets. W.
C. Heffernan. clerk, and It. F.
Brantigan. driver of the Brewster
truck, arrived at the company's
office with collections from the
firm's 22 stores at 8 a. m when
they noticed two men loitering in
the entrance next door.
The cigar men were covered
with pistols when they attempted
to enter il.a office.
"Come through quick," demltnd
ed one of the bandits.
Heffernan said he handed over
the bag and the robbers ran away.
The clerk and Brautl?an gave
chase but lost sight of the holdup
men alter running a couple of
blocks. Police were notified" and
officers began combing the city
for the bandits.
BLY $10,000 IN
The Future Mrs.
1 ! " "M. -A JR. -
iiy . A
-Here's the first picture of Miss Mary Josephine Lauder, heiress to
$50,000,000 and society girl of Greenwich, Conn., to whom "Gene" Tun
ney, the heavyweight champion, is engaged. Her father was a part
ner of Andrew Carnegie in the steel business. '
Two White Couples, Negro
Preacher and Fortune
Teller Will Face
Murder Charge.
(Anoctatfil I'rcia foaml Wirp)
CHARLOTTE, N. ('.., Aug. 13.
Police here have uncovered whnl
they believe to bo a murder plot
wherehv several husbands and
wives planned to rid themselvesN
of their marriage ties by- poison
ing their spouses. One death and
the serious Illness of three persons
are attributed directly to the al
leged conspiracy.
Six persons, arrested over the
week-end, were called to record
er's court today, to face charges
of murder and conspiracy to mur
der. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Pressley
were accused or murdering L. M.
Lockamy, Mrs. Pressley's former
husband. Lockamy died on June li
and three weeks later his widow ;f'Bged a passenger train in time
and Pressley were married. Tho'l save " fr01" Possible dorall-
police allege that he was killed
with poison purchased by the then
Mrs. Lockamy and Pressley from
S. W. Daniels, alias Professor
Brandorlni, a crystal gazer and
fortune teller. Daniels also ilraln of Sunday undermined some
chargtfd with murder and police
say they have obtained a confes
sion from him.
The others under accusation
were Mrs. L. M. Prldgen and Mrs.
Lilly Townley, charged with con
spiring to murder their husbands,
and J. H. Moore, a negro preacher,
charged with conspiracy to murder
his wife. Those alleged to hRve
been poisoned were said to be In a
serious condition.
Mrs. Townley and Mrs. Prldgen
In a signed statement snld they
had administered powders to their
husbands after Daniels hail tuld
them they could thus 'Improve
the situation at home."
Another Poison Victim
CHICAGO, Aug. 13
-n ii
oeniii niiriuuien io poison amongiMr un.n. .i,,, ,
residents or a north side apart-'
ment hotel was under lnvestiga
Hon todny while a fourth victim
was In a crith-al condition.
The third to die was Mrs. Cath
erine MaRllano. 25. Her husband.
Joseph, died Thursday and Miss! to clean the rifle. As the boy car
Alma Lee. a nurse, Saturday. An-lrled ihe rifle Into the room. It is
other nurse is In a serious condt- thought that a slight Jar set the
Hon. gun orf. Mr. Wilcox and his wife.
All four were stricken III Wed- who oa" president of the De
nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Magilano partment of Oregon American Le
were not acquainted with the I Klon Auxllary, have both visited In
nurses and had not eaten of the ' '"X frequently and have many
same food
Shops in the rIjhborhood were
Investigated but no trace of pois
oned food was found.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lawsnn tho'j. f. .., . . a ,i
Utters mother, Mrs. Amanda known in the county, has returned
Moore, and Mrs. Edna Rausch en-here lo make bis home. For the
joyed a motor trip Sunday to past two years Mr. Potsman has
Reedsport, Scottshurg and Marsh-jheen located In Medford and Call-rl,ld-
Ifornla points.
"Gene" Tunney
CONDUCTORS AND
TRAINMEN REFUSE
RAILWAYS' OFFER
(ABROfllntnri Pre Leased Wire) '
" -CHICAOOf -iHV"AUK. 43i-rFftli
utes'-of attempts at arbitration be
tween the weBtern railways com
mittee, on behalf of railroads in
the west nnd the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and the Order
of Railway Conductors, is admit
ted by Charles D. Morris of the
railway committee.
It . was announced by the rail
ways that the trainmen ahd con
ductors demanded a wage increase
of 1!) per cent. To this demand the
railways countered with an offer
of tii and 71 per cent raises, ac
cording to P. G. Otterback, a rail
way official. ,
The unions refused to arbitrate,
according to Morris. The- next
step anticipated under the condi
tions, Otterback said, will be the
calling of a genera! vote in the
west on the advisability of a strike
of the two unions.
TRAIN IN DANGER
SAVED BY FARMER
(AitKvlnicri Prcua Lraapil Wire)
CAPE MAY COURTHOUSE, N.
J., Aug. 13. Waving nn Amerlcaii
flag owr his head while his son
signalled with a burlap bag, John
Anklet, a farmer ot Swain, today
mcnt.
The train, a Monday specinl over
the Pennsylvania railroad carried
about 300 passengers from Wild
wood to Philadelphia. The heavy
of the ties, causing a rnll on the
northbound track to buckle and
snap. .
In appreciation of Anklet's warn
ing $105 was collected among pas
sengers and today when commut
ers return to the seashore the
train will bo stopped at Swain and
the fund presented to the farmer.
GERALD WILCOX,
COUSIN OF LOCAL
WOMAN, KILLED
News of the death by accident
of Gerald Wilcox of Antelope,
Ore., a cousin of Mrs. J. K. Whar-
! tftli nf tliln rttv onrnon aa uttm.lr
lo the young mans friends here.
shot thromrh Dm honri -hn '
calibre rifle In the hands of his
son, Itohert, 12 years, was accident
ally discharged Sunday.
The boy had been hunting rabbits
and had been asked by his father
Mends here. Mr. Wilcox was 38
years old. Tho funeral Is to he
held Wednesday afwmoon at Es
tacada. -
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FOREST FIRE
NEAR TILLER
S 9 ACRES
Brought Under Control
Late Saturday After
noon by Crews.
HOMES IN PATH
FTimely Work of Fighters
Saves Home and Mill
: Road Workers First
on Scene,
Saturday nfternoon a very seri
ous fire started on u sector of the
Umpqua forest reserve near the
Tiller-Trail road, which Is undor
construction at Drew, but was
brought within control In the lute
afternoon, not however before a
acres of forest land had' been dam
aged, according to word sent In
this morning from the central dis
patcher, O. C. Houser, at Glide. '
The cause of the fire has not yet
been ascertained, but it Is thought
that a piece of fuse, blown from a
large shot of dynamite or a enre
lessly tossed cigarette mny have
started the conflagration. Forest
lookouts reported the smoke at ap
proximately 2:30 p. m., with the
fire spreading rapidly.
Ranger C. F. Hitter, Ills assist
ant, (Hen Voorhles, and two fire
men, Walter Feat and W. .0.
Smith, and the district uncker. An
drew Harvey, left for the flro Im
mediately upon receiving word
from Hint district and upon arriv
ing found a number of men at
woilt most of whom vwere , con
tractors on the road which Is be
ing built by the bureau of public
roads.
Henry Arclmmbeau,' nimoy Ler
wclli Ralph Young and James Lu
cas did good work In checking the
head of the fire from its rapid ad
vance into the forest area. Rust
Brothers, chief, contractors In
charge" of the road construction
work, who were responsible for
the early suppression of the fire,
turned it over to the forest ser
vice men who round it to he
spreading rapidly up a grassy
Blope,
Tho blaze was followed by a
west wind nnd sparka were blown
over the line, starting many small
backfires. The residence of Wal
ter Cook, as well aa his mill and
several hundred acres and the
west slope of Elk . Creek divide
were threatened by the rapid
spread of the flames. All available
men were gathered and a crew ot
twenty organized, while at the
(Continued on page 0.)
Fill
j The Bride's First Biscuits! I
!ifM i ' L ( M0THER.OSE&
ATTEMPT MADE TO
SLAY RACE HORSES
BY FIRING STABLE
t Aiaotlatl Vnm Lvaaeil Wire)
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. A Sara
toga special to the Evening World
says an attempt to destroy by
tire tne nemucKy ueroy winner
Heigh Count and the futurity win
ner Aultu.Peahody, was foiled yes
terday by watchmen aroused hy
watchdogs.',, . -
Kerosene - soaked cotton was
tfuffed in cracks, windows, and
other vantage points, uf -tho sta
bles housing the racing strings of
Mrs. John D. Hertz and John E.
Madden.
The barkitig ot the dog3 at
tracted the Bertz guards. Mad
den's negro truiner, Chuct: Walk
er and the watchman investigated,
arriving in t:xne to see two men
running from 'the scene. Investi
gation disclosed the oil sonked
rags, all ready' for the torch.
Besides Iteigft Count and Anita
Pej-body, Mrs. Hertz's receujt $25,
000 purchase, tho filly Nettle Stone
was in the Hertz stables. Scalla
wag und Nearby; were In tho Mad
den barns. . i . .
The stables ' that house the
horses of Renr ' Admiral Cary K.
Orayson. Sam Ross aud strings
trained by Woods (larth nnd James
Healy nrq In Ihu Immediate neigh
borhood.
- o ,
(Assoriatpd Prom Lfftin Wire)
I.OS ANGELES, Aug. 13. A
Chicago telegram telling ot a
young wo niu n hastening across the
country with a $5000 bill Btarted
office investigating the ' Melius
society woman slaying onto a new
tangent today while Leo "Pat"
Kelly, alleged "butcher boy" killer
of Mrs. Myrtle Melius, was being
arraigned for her killing. - -
'- Tlie telegram, signed "Sergeant
S. Sullivan," was addressed , to
Capt. Ray Cato of the police de
tectrve bureau. -Jt was said that
"Kelly was guilty" lint mat he had
been influenced by one "Virginia
Grove." Tho young woman, the
telegram said, had left Los An
geles soon after the killing a weok
ago Sunday. En route, so tho wire
rend, the woman had displayed a
$r000 bill to passengers and said
Hhe planned to continue on to
New York aboard the 20th Century
Limited and sail for France next
FY id ay.
Capt. Herman Cllne, chief of de
tectives, thought doubtful that
"Sergeant SulUvan" was a member
of the Chicago police or otherwise
responsible, wired the Chicago po
lice chief to identify the sender.
Attorneys for Kelly failed in an
effort to have their client releas
ed on $50,000 ball when Judge
Douglas Edmonds promptly de
nied tho motion. He set next
Wednesday for further argument.
MYSTERY LADY AND
55.QQQ BILL ENTER
THE MELIUS CASE
HOOVER TO TALK
FURTHER ON DRY
, IS BELIEF
Advisers . Think Door Left
Open for Suggestions
as to Changes.
BOULDER DAM NEXT
Nominee to Outline Views
on Water Power Sites :
Address Brings
Congratulations.
By JAMES L. WEST
Associated 1'i'obh Stuff Writer.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Uttl.,
Aug. 13. Swlnglug into bis cam-
puign In earnest early In Ee plum
ber, Herbert Hoover probably will ;
expand upon several of the sub
jects treated In his address here
Saturday accepting the republican
presidential nomination. These
will-Include prohibition, farm re
let, forengn. affairs and the devel
opment of natural resources.
White the candidate himself has
not disclosed the line he will take
In amplifying his declaration on
the wet and dry question, some of
his confidential advisors have
stated that he will mnJte clear his
position and that the searching In
vestigation . he proposed in his
speech will extend to the subject
of the Volstead act Itself as well
us the abuses which have sur
rounded Its enforcement. .
Doop Left Open
These mime advisors state spe
clflcally tliat Mr. Hoover has by no
means closed the, door on . the
modification of1 the first ' enforce
ment act passed under the eigh
teenth amendment If all of the
facts obtained by the Investigating
commission point to this as a con
structive method of carryng for
ward what lio has characterized as
a great social und economic ex
periment." o
In this connection, however,
they emphnHlze what tho standard
bearer himself said In his accept
ance speech; that modification to
permit Hint which the constitution
forbtdH is nullification, which
American people will not coup ten-
ice.
In his next speech, that Is to be
delivered at a homecoming cole
bratlon In Los Angeles next Frldny
afternoon, he will touch again up
on development of water resources
and probably will speuk briefly re
garding the Boulder Canyon dam
project, which he has endorsed
and which Is of vital importance to
all the people In the southern por-
(Continued on page Q.)
LAW
Ally of Smith
rT") ARGUE WITH AL
Here Is Pierre S. DuPont, one ot
the large stockholders on the board
of the General .'Motors Corpora
tion, who has been granted "leave
of absence" to aid Al Smith In the
presidential campaign. He Is the
second member of the G. M. C. to
enlist In the democratic cause, the
other being John J. Raskob, who
Is chairman, of the party's national
committee.. DuPont, like Raskob,
is a former republican who de
clares that the prohibition law is
in urgent need of revision.
Tragedy Unseen by Youth's
Companions Lived With
. : Grandparents; Father '
" ; Is Sent For. ;
Alfred Johnson. -16 year old bov
and son of K. JU Johnson 'of Port
land, was drowned In the tjouth
Umpqua river near Dodge Inn
Camp north ot Canyonvllle lato
Sunday afternoon while In swim
ming with a largo group of people
gathered there for the day, making-
a second tragedy victim hy
drowning lrt the Umpqua river. thla
mimmor. '
Young Johnson, who was believ
ed to be only a fair swlinmor, wan
auon by one of the othet bathers
to wave hl8 handa in the, air, but
waa thought to be only lilaylng.
Ilotween G and 6 o'clock the boy
waa missed by his companions and
at first it was believed that he had
returned to the hank. However,
his clothos were rouQd still by the
bank of the rlvor and cotupanlona
wore Immediately alarmed. ,
ino boy's grandfather was sent
for and a diver wok secured to
Buarch for tho body. After mora
than an hour's work (lie body wan
recovered from tho river anil waa
immediately given first alii and
rushed to Myrtlo Creek to a phy
slolan. Life had loft the body,
howovor, and In spite of all work
to rcscuaclate the lad, he had been
doad for some time.
M. K. Hitter, county cornier,
was called to Canyonvllle at about
8 o'clock last night to inako an
Investigation but doemod it un
necessary to hold an Inquest Into
the case. He brought tho body to
tho ItoHi'burg Undertaking com
pany where It is being prepared
for burial.
The father ot the 'youth haa
boon notified of the- accident and
la expected to arrive today from
Portland and will make tho fun
oral arrangements.
The boy was born In Texas and
limvoa besides his grandparents
and father, a sister and brother,
MIhh Wynoma Johnson of Portland
and James Johnson, U. 8. A ot
Vancouver Darracks, Washington.
Young JohiiBon was well known
In tho vicinity whero ho was living
and had many friends to whom
his untimely death cornea as a
shock.
TIih body will probably be sent
to Portland for burial.
LIQUOR-SELLING
PARENTS DEPRIVED
OF FIVE CHILDREN
IMTTRIIUnciH, Aug. - 13. Car
rying out his threat to deprive
lliiuor-selllng parents of their
children. Police magistrate A. I).
Brandon today ordered five chil
dren of Mrs. Magdalene lluche-rr-ne,
40, taken Into custody of the
Juvenile court. Mrs. Hucherenn,
charged with violating the prohi
bition law, was hold In 11.000 ball.
Tho woman's arrest was
brought about by Anna Smoko
vlch, IT, who said her father had
gons home Intoxicated after pa
tronising the Bucherene place.
"What Interests ma about this
case Is ssvlnt little chlldrsn from
tbe vicious environment of rum
selling," iialtrie Brandon said.
STRATON WONT
Baptist Minister Explains
Pulpit No Place for,,.
Political Spat.
PARTIALLY "JOKING"
Farm Leaders Confer .With
Smith Hoover Gains !
Two Newspapers in . . -Oklahoma.
(Assoclatftl. Prftt I.mimI Wire)
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. The Rev.
Dr. John Koach Stniton, pastor' of
Calvary Baptist church, haa ro
fused to meet Governor Smith In
groundB that the pulpit is no place
grbuns that the pulpit Is no place
for a political discussion. ' -
Governor Smith had asked to, bo '
allowed to defend himself , there,
from the attack Dr. Straton made'
on him from the pulpit of Calvnry
a week ago Sunday, In which the
governor was called the "deadli
est foe of moral progress In . tho-
country." i
Dr. Straton's refusal to meet Ilia
governor In dpbate in the pulpit
from which he made hla charge
was made In a statement read to
the congregation In Calvary laHt (
night by his son, the Rev, Hlllyer
Straton, ot Philadelphia, who con
ducted the evening servlco in the
absence ot his father, who 1h ut
his summer home. , ,
Straton Explains'
"1 stand ready to meet the gov
ernor ut any lime, except tho
Lord's Day, and In auy suitable,
place," Dr. Straton wrote, "and
Blncerely hope that he may be led
to lake my acceptance ot his chal
lenge at its face value.''
Dr. Straton Bald that his previ
ous statement that he would meet
Governor Smith "faoe to : face" In
Calvary church if tho governs
would also debate him on tlm
same question In St. Patrlck'JVSa- ,
thedraL was In the nature of aj
Joke, and for the "sake of a Wr-oC-
humor to relieve the rather tenso
situation."
Farm Group Visits Al
lly PAUL R IIAUPKRT i
(Associated Presa Start WrKeTJ-
- ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 13,-rrA
group of farm leaders from the
middle west and south came 1,0 Al
bany today at the invitation "ot
Governor- Smith to confer with the
democratic presidential nominee
on the agricultural situation. ,
Those in the delegation, wliloh
was headed by George N. Peek, of ,
Illinois, who is supporting Smith's
candidacy, Included Eurl C. Smith,
pioildenl or the Illinois agricul
tural! iiHsnclntlon; Franklin W.
Murphy, nr Whoalon, Minn., oiip ot
tho champions of the vetoed jvic-
Nary lliMI en hill; William IHvth,
(Conlluui'd on page 0.) '
(AftBor'atm I'tvu Lcati'tl Wirt) . ' t
WATCH HILL, n. r., Aug. 13.'
Several coast guard boats were,
searching today for the bodies ot
four young men believed to have
hoen drowned Inst night when
their 15-foot sail boat capslsed.
They were John Mcllvnln of Phila
delphia; Trowbridge Cotlrell ot
Westerly; Joseph Sales of Ht.
LoiiIb, and Lloyd llankson uf Una
ton. John Itarry Cotohan, ir of
Chestnut Hill, Pa., rescued from
the waters of (he sound this morn
ing hy a fisherman, was the only
one of tho five youths who sailed
out of hero yesterdny who Is
known to have been saved. He la
at the Westerly hospital suffering
from exposure.
The youths ant sail In the boat
owned hy Mcllvnln's father for a
day on Fisher's Island. They are
known to have reached the island '
safely nnd to have spent the day
there, starting baek nrier sun
down. Somewhere In Fisher's Is
Innd sound the hont. capsized,
throwing the five Into the wall r.
What happened after that Is aa
yet unknown.
At both the New London and
Flshsr's Island coast guard sta
tions reports of cries bolrg- heard
during the night, were mado this
morning.
Young Cottrell Is a Bon of Ar
thur M. Cottrell, a member of the
firm of C. H. Cottrell, printing
press manufacturers.
FOllMENi
THOUGHT DROWNED
WHEN BOAT TIPS