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ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15," 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 171 OF THE EVENING NEWS
KELLOGG PEACE
"PLAN LAUDED UK
THE PRESIDENT
Greatest Hope Ever Given
World, Coolidge Tells
Wisconsin Legion.
DEFENSE NOT BANNED
Executive Says Small-Pay
Soldier Got More From
War Than Big-Wage
Stay-at-Home.
f Assoflnli'il I'rpsn t.aiu Win)
WATJ8AU, ' Win., Aug. in.
Within a fortnight, of tjio ditto on
which the International treaty for
outlawing war in to be signed,
President Coolidge declared before
the Wisconsin State American Le
gion here today that the Kellogg
pact "holds a greater hope for
peaceful relations than was ever
before given to the world."
Ln giving his sentiments regard
ing the forthcoming treaty the full
est expression since the inception
of the pact, the president main
tained that by taking u leading po
sition In securing this agreement,
the United States proved its pact
flc Inclinations toward nil nations,
Sincerity Shown.
"We have demonstrated,'-' Mr.
Coolidge declared, "that, when wn
have said we maintained our arma
ments, not for aggression, hut pure
ly for defense, we were making a
randld statement which we were
wilting to verify by our actions."
The president told the former
, rervlce men that while "it would
he too much to suppose that war
has been entirely banished, yet
a new and important barrier, rea
sonable and honorable," lias been
created to bar It.
"This agreement proposes, a
revolutionary policy among na
tions," he said. "I tholds a groater
hope for peaceful relations .than
was ever before given to the world.
If those who are involved In it,
having started it will finish it, its
provisions will prove one of the
greateHt blessings ever bestowed
upon humanity. It Is a fitting con
summation to the first decade of
pence."
As to Its power lo maintain
peace', Mr. Coolidge asserted that
If the treaty had been in force In
1!)H, there" is "every reason to
suppose that it would have saved
the situation and delivered the
world" from the ravages of the
World war. I
The Why of Defense.
Tt Is for the purpose of. maintain-!
ing "'he rule of law" throughout
the wnrld as well a (his country,
to defend n'rsplvei "nd in meet
"the obligation to resist evil" that
the Un,rtd st"s maintains an
.mv t-w 'p nreofrient said.
The c" r-'t Hipn e hnme and
(Continued on pape 2.)
(Amor tat rl PreM Loaned Wire)
LONDON. Aug. 15. Three
young in nil condemned to be
hanged this morning received a
reprieve from Sir William Joyn-son-Hlcks.
the home secretary.
The trio were convicted of rob
bing and spsnnltlng an elderly
m.'' near BrMitnn pnd when the
vfctlu died of his Inhirles were
convti teii of mifder. The criminal
anneai court refused to intervene
and the home secretary, after re
mixing various representation,
announced officially only last
MondPv thft he was unable to ad
vice hi nietsty to intervene.
Commutation of the depth sent
ence to nennl servitude for lire
wpt remnimendd.
ti pnnnttnmrnent reached the
prison as relatives werrt )Mrnw
the yrnne-t farewell One ef Jh
mn hnd eiven his sister flowers
whlh he hwH received from the
chaplain. "We wpr u on tho
yoree of breatn down." sal'' Mt
sitfr. "wpn the goverpnr of th
prison wnikpd in and a"Wd n to i
wtlt In B"ohpr room Wp waited
for twpntv m'ntitp. Then the gnv
prnnr M 'AH thp bnv are rp-rti-fPvvi
w did not know n-hot tn
do. Perrv fopp of thp ronvlcpd
mpnl shouted nd bnrtppd hq
mnthpr and neriv snfopntnd hl
wife nd me. Thn he broke ot
pnhlng Tt wp like a man come
birk to Itfp. All he std wnjt: t (
knpw it airalone and God b'as
shown you how innocent 1 am.1 "
Bird Life Five
Million Years
Ago Is Proven
f AuoHatrtI Pr I-cawd Vir1!
LOS ANCJKLER, Calif., Aug. 15.
Discovery of evidence that ver
tebrae life flourished here five
million years ago was announced
today by the University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles.
The discovery was a fossilized
bird. It was found in a rock for
mation at Calabassas, on the out
skirts of the city, and turned over
lo Professor Love H. Miller, head
of the biology department of the
university, who classified it
one of the cormorant or fish-eat
ing group.
Geologists have known for a
long time that this rock formation
was productive of piarine fossils
but this is the first time on record
that vertebrae life of that age has
been found in this vicinity.
The ancient bird of Calabassas
was a strong swimmer but a weak
flier, Professor Miller said, de
ducing that Us habitat was closer
to shore than most other prehis
toric birds of California. The bird
evidently died In the .water, its
body sealing Into sediment whirl,
hardened throughout the nses and
now Is in Die form of? atone used
for. ornamental building purposes.
Residents of 'Medford and
Grants Pass Describe
Business Waiting
' . for Railroad.
f Appoint fit Pi-pm Lo.wd Win)
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 15.
That the?e is enough Irnffif nvnll.
able from southern Oregon alone
to jusuty building the propoed
cross-state line was declared by W.
II. Gore, Medford banker and farm
er, at. the interstate commerce
commission hearing Into yesterday.
Besides the fruit Industry, he de
clared that minerals would furnish
a great part of the tonnage. There
(were more than two billion tons
of copper ore blocked out in the
Blue Ledge district alone, he said.
He predicted the pear output
would be doubted In five years.
C. T. Baker, secretary of Ihe
Medford chamber of commerce,
said one of the greatest handicaps
of the fruit industrv of the Rogue
river valley was length of haul
necessary to reach the eastern mar
kets. Ninety per cent of the' pear
crop of 1927 went east, and the
average' haul was 3292 miles. He
estimated the 1928 cron would ex
ceed last year's by (500 carloads,
and the combined tonnage of pears
and apnles would reach 4100 car
loads. The Rogue river fruit indus
trv represents an investment of ten
million dollars with an annual nay
roll of three miartera of a million
dollars, he said.
Branch Lines "Forced."
1 Dr. J. F. Reddy of Grants Pass
said southern Oregon was bottled
nn and needpd branch lines. Ren
C. Dey, Southern Pacific nttorney.
cross-examining Dr. Reddy. asked
whether the Southern Pacific had
not spent mfllfons In building
branch lines in Oregon, and the
witness replied that this had been
done only when the company had
been forced to do so because other
nartfpft hnrl ntnrleri n nrnleet rirnl
He cited the Marshfleld hranrh.lout 25,700 being listed when the
which, he oald. was Btarted by a.e""B opened and a great num-
sronn of KngHsh capitalists who
finally were "bought out" by the
SoubPrn Pacific. He cited the line
to Tillamook ns another example,
AUTHOR BRAVES
ALLIGATORS OF
THE GATUN LAKE
( wwtntfi Preiw Lean") WfrM
PANAMA, Arnr. 15. Richard
Halliburton, American author, has
started an attempt to swim through
the Panama ennnl from the Allan
tic to the Parlflc. slightly more
thpn R0 statute miles.
He will swim during the day and
reft at night.
The undprtnkinic Is nttpnded by
crave dangers, bsneclally In Gntun
lake, whlrh I fnfptrd by alliga
tors. Halliburton will therefore be
nccomnnnted by a boat carrying a
sharpshooter.
Halliburton started Yesterday
from Cristobal hay and after swim
ming four hours ended his day's
tourney a short, dttance from
Gntun lorks. He will he locked
,7l,Rhi !re1 "teT,a r hT ck9
Gatun lake today and bpgin his
dangerous swim across that body
of water.
Going to Coast Todav
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cockeram
and daughters. Marjory and Do
reen, of Yoncalla. and Mrs. Q. K.
Gross and daughter, Lucille, of
this cltv, leave today for Bflndon
and will visit at the beach until
Sunday.
ORGANIZATION
BASIS GIVEN TO
I
Last Touches Put on Unit
System at Meeting of
Douglas Growers.
200 IN ATTENDANCE
County Operation Will Be
by Districts; Loading
Conference to Be
Held Later.
. What was probably the largesf.
meeting of 1'h kind in the state of
Oregon took place Tuesday, when
20U turkey growers, of Douglas
county met at . Oakland to effect
the complete organization of the
Douglas County Cooperative Tur
key Growers', Inc., which has long
been contemplated, and. to elect
officers and directors for the new
organization.
Session of the meeting were
held in the I. O. O. F. ball, the
morning hours being filled with
the meeting of the committee
which has been carrying on the
work in the country, and the liter
ary program, which was hold on
the first floor of the building. By
9:30 o'clock the largo number of
growers had assembled for one of
the important final steps toward
organized turkey industry' in. this
county and practically every tur
key growing territory in Douglas
,was represented.
Five of the men who have been
directing the work heretofore were
present, two being unable tp at
tend the meeting, and The I'ifBt
order of business was the district-,
ing of territory, the" by-laws, pro
viding districting according to the
number of birds signed up in each
coniniunltyP twenty per cent of the j
birds providiug one director to i
each section. The members of the
committee which has been effect
ing this work, who were preseM,
is composed of McKinley Hunting
ton of Yoncalhf; O. C. Brown of
Dlxonville, C. E. Banning of Rose
burg, George Chenoweth of Oak
land and Chester Kydoll of Dralif,
The districting committee in
cludes Geo. Chenoweth, chairman;
O. C. Brown and Chester Rydell.
The territory was districted as fol
lows: Section 1, to include all
the county south of Wilbur, with
one director; section 2, Oakland,
Sutheiiin, Umpqua and Wilbur, en
titling the territory to two direc
tors; section 3. Yonculla, Drain,
Klkton, 3 directors.
Directors . Chosen
During the morning the nom
ination committee, which Included
N. L. Conn of Roseburg, J. Hunt
ington of Yonculla and J. G. Mi-
cheals of Myrtle Creek, met to
nominate candidates for the board
of directors from each sectioli.
Those elected were Herbert By-
ers ot Canyonvillo from suction 1,
George Hall and George Cheno
weth of Oakland from section 2,
McKinley Huntington of Yoncalla
and Chester Rydull of Drain from
section 3.
An estimate, according to the
growers own figures made pre
viously, placed the number of sign
ed contracts of birds at 28,000
her being taken In during the day,
It is believed that there will be 35,-
(Contlnued on page 8.)
TAwooUted PreM Lnaed Wlrr)
ClTlCAGO. Aug. 15. Morris
Keen, a New York jewelry sales
man, and Wilmer Klvett, an. Oma
ha taxi -driver, were found hand
enffpd walking along a suburban
highway today. They told police
thy had been kidnaped ln the Oma
ha business district by three rob
bers yesterday and driven 500 milen
as prisoners In an automobile until
they were freed today near Chica
go. The rchbers took Keen's jew
els worth 4100,000, he reported.
The jewelry salesman said he
was enroule lo a railway station to
lake a train for Denver whpn two
of the robbers leaped upon the run
ning board of the cab and with
dtawn pistols ordered the drlvpr
Into the rear Beat with him. Driv
en to the outskirts of town they
were transferred to "a large black
touring car."
They drove all afternoon and all
night until they were let out of the
car near Wheaton, a suburb today.
TURKEY WIARKE
Deputy Uses Fist,
a
Belligerent Mr. Murphy Declared They Couldn't Put
Him in Jail, But They (Six of 'Them) Did; Four
Charges Count 'Elm Now Against Him.
(AuoclatHl Pwii
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.
Deputy United States Marshal
ren Avenue police station last
ficer.
But they put him in jail
wrote the following items opposite Murphy s name: (1)
Creating a riot;" (2) slugging a woman and a man; (3) shoot
ing two bystanders; (4) biting a policeman.
Aiurpny, in itis automobile, was
on his way to serve two warrants
involving dry law violations. HIb
car as held up by a stalled ma
chine driven by Miss Marjorle
Weeks, 17. Indignant at the de
lay, the deputy, according to Miss
Weeks and others In her car, got
nut of his machine and struck her
acrosH the arm with a blackjack.
Bystander Shot.
A crowd gathered end Charles
Hebeit, a spectacled youlh hi the
front ranks, was punched In the
face by the deputy, as the story
was related to police. This In
censed the crowd and they began
pressing in on Murphy who, wit
nesses said, drew it revolver and
fired. Arthur Bandl w-as shot in
the hip and Edward Tracy (who
had just driven up and didn't know I
1 STRIKE Till
(AftsoHnteil Vrcta Leased Wire)
CHICAGO, Aug. 15. J. W. Wig
gins, chairman of the conference
committee of managers of . the
western railways, today issued a
statement presenting the rail
roads' views on tho strike vote
no)V under way by memhorB o
the' Order, of Hallway Conductors
and the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, following the failure to
arbitrate wage differences.
The conductors' and trainmen's
unions have demanded an increase
of 7i per cent, which Wiggins said
the railways agreed to give pro
vided certain union rules restrict
ing efficiency and economy of op
eration were eliminated; or-an In
crease of 6 per cent with reten
tion of the present rules.
"In refusing to accept tho offer
of arbitration nuule by the rail
ways, the union representatives
vhave acted in dfsregnrd of the
spirit and purpose of the Watmui
Parker railway labor act and are
imperilling its. usefulness as a
means of peaceful settlement ot
wage controversies between rail
ways and their employes," Wiggins
said.
'"Representatives of all railway
labor organizations and the ma
jority of the railways urged its
passage. Persistence by conduct
ors and trainmen In their refusal
to arbitrate would amount to a
repudiation of thiHluw."
- Q t
GIRL, 15, ADMITS
SHOOTING MAN, 59,
FOR AN ASSAULT
- (Auocl.tcri Prow Uafd Wlro)
NEW YORK, Auk. 15. Klfleon
year old Mary Arennl walliecl lino
n police si al ion today anil admit
ted that alio had shot KiuTi'iio
I'antfllena, a itldlnr nijarly four
limps her ase. us he sat on Hie
the porch of an east side- lorn-,
ment last evenlni;.
Mary 'said I'aiitellena had taken
advantage ot her. She fired five
shots at the 59-year-old man, one
of which took effect In his lefl
side. He Was taken to a hospital,
where his condition was said to
he serious.
Tho Rlrl contended that she was
alone when Pantellona was shot.
BODY MRS." JACKSON
TO BE SENT HEREl
The body of Mrs. Ida Mny Jack-1
noil, wen Known ItoBchurK lailv
who died at Jefferson, Mo., while
visiting her son there, Is to he
sent to Kosehurg for burial, ac
cording to word received here to
day. The rauialns will arrive Sat
urday mornlns and the funeral
services will be held at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon In Hie chapol of
the Uoseburg Undertaking com
pany. Hev. W. R. Ralrd. pastor of
the Christian church, will officiate
Interment will be In the Masonic
cemetery and a short grave ser
vice will be conducted tiv Hie lie
bekah lodge, of which Mrs. Jack
aon was a member.
Viiit Relative
Mr. ami Mrs. E. .1. O'Malley and
Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Hill of Ban
rrancl.co visited here last night
with C. M. O'Malley. The visitors
left for home today.
Business Vititor
C. E. Johnson of Myrtle Point
waa a business visitor in this city
over Tuesday. j
Billy, Gun, Teeth
. t a
l-rant) Wire)
"Ydu can't put me in jail" said
Richard J. Murphy at the War
nijiht. "I'm a government of
anyway, while the desk sergeant
what the shooting was all about)
stopped a bullet ln his left leg.
The crowd fled; save Bandl.
Murphy arrested Band! and start
ed with him to the station. .Miss
Weeks and others followed.
Teeth Also Play Part.
At the station Murphy was told
he would have to remain while the
affair wa sinvestlgated. He there
upon drew his revolver again, in
forming the bluocoulR they couldn't
arrest htm. Gentle persuasion was
employed to Induce. Murphy to
lower the weapon, following which
a half dozen stalwarts fell upon
him. It as during this embroglio
that one of Policeman Kllck's fin
gers got caught between a pair of
teeth, allegedly Murphy s.
Then they locked him up.
INK J
PUZZLE TO JURY
PORT TOWNS1CND, Wnsli., Aug,
15. Divergent testimony concern
ing a double killing lust night on a
hunting parly in the unfrequented
hills of Tarboo peninsula, near
here, confdsed a coroner's jury
piat attempted, to solve the trag-
J?uy.
Sheriff Jack Carroll declared lhat
he believed Stanley Milton had ac
cideutally killed Frank Salley,
mistaking him for a deer, and up
on finding his companion dead had
taken his own life. I
Tho bodies were found about 20
feet'npart today, Salley's gun lying
on M it Ion's arm, while the latter's
rifle lay away from the scene.
Penrley F. Shangler, a member
of the party, testified that as he
was rushing toward Mltton, follow
ing tho firing of two shots, two
more shots were fired in his direc
tion, caiwdng him -to run away.
William T. Williams, the fourth
hunter, corroborated his compan-
ign's testimony.
Both said that none had been
drinking, that there were no per
sonal quarrels and that the four
were friends.
The county prosecutor, acting as
coroner, stressed the fact that the
party was hunting deer out of sea
son. BAKER MAN SHOT
IN ROW OVER DOG
BAKER, Ore.. Aug. 15. Del
Darnard, of Homestead, was shot
In the groin today, and officers
were searching for John M nil In,
who was accused of firing the
shot from his rifle in a row over
shooting of Mullln's dog by Barn
ard. The dog had. chased Barnard's
horses.
Barnard wns expected lo recov
er. Both Barnard and Mullin are
old timers at Homestead, a min
ing town on the Snake river, hav
ing lived there for 40 years. Of
ficers said they had been involved
In a feud for the past two years.
NEGRO SHOOTS TWO
MEN IN JAIL BREAK
HAY ST. T.OltlH, Miss., Aug. 15.
t'hlcf-of Police Mark Oliver was
shot, perhaps fatally, and another
man killed here yesterday when a
negro prisoner opened fire on
them as they were about lo enter
his cell at the city Jail.
The dead man Is John Dnm
brine, employe in nn automobile
repair shop.
Tlie negro, Silas Richardson,
who was arrested on a chargo of
stealing an automobile, escaped
after firing the shots.
A posse was organized quickly
to search for the negro.
II ,17 rucru Tufrr-r a
'from FOREST SERVICE
ST. MARIES, Idaho, Aug.
15. The t nlted States For-
est S-rvlce station near Av-
ery, Idaho, was robbed of
S1S17 In government checks
last Monday night, It waa dls-
closed today by Sheriff E. J.
A nalr.n l 1.. A.
cashed here yesterday before 1
Iholr In., u-o. .11. ... .l
The crew In charge of the
station wsb on fire duly when
the robbery was rntnmllled
and the officers have only a
description of tho man who
cashed the checks to aid
them In their search.
FLOODSEXACT
COSTLY TOLL IN
FLORIDA AREAS
Lake Okeechobee, Swollen
by Streams, Becomes
Shallow Sea.
FARMS UNDER WATER
Village Disappear?. Koads
Inundated, Citi.ep Are
Without Power; Red
C-oss Is Busy.
rAiuorlnttil PrPM ,.m,l Wlrn)
ATLANTA, (la., Aug. IB. Flori
da, "turned today from the dnnger
of liuiricaneB lo that of serious
floods as tho Lnke Okoochobee re
gion gradually became inundated,
forming a shallow Inland sea ot
wide proportions.
The latost of a sorlos of galea
which have beaten against the
coast line of tho peninsula for
seven days, was pursuing a damag
ing course through Goorgla toward
the Atlantic In the path blazed by
the first such disturbance which
exacted u heavy toll in Florida a
week ugo and ended Sunday off
the middle Atlnnllc const.
Meanwhilo another , moderato
tropical disturbance, blowing
northwest of the coast ot Cuba,
was the occasion or caution not
ices to shipping in Hint area, al
though no slorm warning waa is,
sued for Florida.
Lake Heavily Swollen
South Centrnl Florldu'a shallow
inland sea was draining Hlowly in
to Lako Okeechobee from the
north and ' west through threo
channels Taylor's creek, Klssl
niee river, und Fish Eating creek.
These tjireo streams had spread
until the flooded network of their
tributarlca had Joined each other,
wttli Klssltueo, the central and
lnrgest drainage artory, overflow
ing its bunks :I0 miles north of Us
mouth.
In all Die affected nrea, only
Okeechobee City, on Taylor's
creek, a few milea east of tho
mouth of the Klsalniue, .was en
tirely safe. There the lied Cross,
with a national disaster worker
cooperating, was attempting to
reach isolated refugees by bout
with supplies and food. All of the
50 inhabltantH of Cubbage Bluff, a
trnppcr village, were brought hero
when the town was washed away.
All territory between Okeechobee
City and Dasscnger, 20 miles to
the north, was Inundated today.
Heavy bosses
The Klaslmeo meanwhile hnd
cut a second channel into Lake
Okeechobee which, wider than the
pnrent stream, wanders tllrough a
district of fertile farm lands.
Damage in this territory' was es
timated at between $200,000 and
$400,000 with railroads, roads,
crops. Industries and homo own
ers suffering in the order named.
Its worst damage In Florida
from Monday night's gale was
wrought In tho Cedar Keys area
with Tallahassee, (lalusvllle, l'anit
(Cniilinued on page 8.)
TITONVILI.E, Ohio, Aug. IB.
An nttcmpt by the pilot of an nlr
plane lo give his passengers a
thrill during a pleasure ride
through the clouds today was be
lieved responsible for I he plunge
of a large cabin plane into the
Ohio river near here last night,
carrying two men the pilot ami n
pasRcngor to their deaths. Three
other passengers escaped.
August I'. Ilaucke, :if,. pilot, of
Itosednle, L. I., and (ienrgo (llfrin,
.15, or Bridgeport, ()., were lliose
killed. Ilaucke and (llffln. It waa
found when their bodies worn re
moved from the submerged plane
some hours later, were badly
hurt when thrown ngallist the In
strument board. Whelher their in
juries or drowning caused death
was undetermined.
The other three men, In rear
seats, broke windows and crawled
from the cabin. Two of them
Harry Duncan. 2.1, and William
Machln, 20, both of Marlins Ferry,
O. swam to shore. Joseph Dun
can. 47, father of Harry Duncan,
Injured his shoulder In shattering
a window, and was aided to shorn
by a boatswain who was near
where the plane plunged.
Boy For Hoover
Raises $1 Ante
For Al Smith
(Auorlatcil Prow I.oawM Wln)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY,
Calif. Aug. IS. With a two dollar
bill sent to Herbert Hoover, Bob
Taylor, a youngster of ('harleston,
Va., has raised by 51 tho ante
another boy sent to Alfred 10.
Smith for hla campaign fund. Bob
has received a personal letter of
thanks from the republican presi
dential candidate.
"My mother read ln the paper
where a little boy sent Alfred K.
Smith $1 for campaign purposes'
young Taylor wrote. "Please ac
cept $2 for campaign expenses. 1
wish to raise him $1." t
Mr. Hoover today sent this re
ply: "I am very glad io have your
good letter with the $2. I have
sent tho money to Mr. Nutt who is
treitsurer of the republican com
mittee. It will be spent to carry
on the campaign.
"I like your spirit and I like
your picture it shows Ihe kind or
fellow it would be good tu have on
one's side in a scrap."
Tl
Insurance Company Head's
Alleged Fund Juggling
Total Increased by
Two Million. ;
(Awwx'IhIimI l'rfiw Lea ml Wlro)
CHICAGO, Aug. 16. Hoy C.
Toombs, stock, broker and insur
ance company president, whose fin
ancial manipulations liuvo been
blamed for placing both Ills com
panies in distressing atrcuhi-
stances, was given his freedom ut
a hearing In municipal court today.
In addition to embezzlement
charges Involving $3,i52,000
brought agnlnst him by examiners
of the International Life Insurance
company of St. Louts, Toombs'
Chicago investment firm Toombs &
Dalle-V today was under rocelver
shlp as a result of allegations that
ho made way with $2,000,000 of thut
company's funds, t .
Two fiivostlgators, assigned by
Attorney General Sharlol ot Mis
souri, are searching hank vaults lu
several small cities of Illinois in
an effort to loculu the securities
reported missing from tho Insur
ance company, of which Toombs Is
prsldent.
The Foremnn Trust A Savings
bank yesterday waa appointed re
ceiver for tho Toombs & Dalley
company, after Clarence A. Steele,;
Its vice-president, charged that
Toombs had drawn on th firm for
(2,000,000 last year In his dealings
to gain control of the HI. Louis In
surance concern.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1 R. Warrant
charging Hoy C. Toombs, president
of International Life Insurance
Co., with grand larceny nnd speci
fying u part of tho I3.D02.00O assets
which ho Is alleged to have remov
ed from tho company, was lsaucd
today by Circuit Attorney Howard
Sldencr.
The wnrrnnt chnrges that
Toombs "on or about last October
1 did slnal, lake and carry away
with felonious Intent to deprlvo
the insurance company of their use
null convert them to his own use.
erlnln bonds lo the total amount
of 5104,0011." f
The nnme of Bee Barclay, assist
ant financial secretary of the Inter
national Life, Is endorsed on the
warrant as a witness.
YOUTH ACCUSED OF
60 THEFTS SLAIN
AFTER JAIL BREAK
CHICAfiO, Aug. in An hour af
ter Hans Pate, 2!. sawed his way
from jail today he was ahot to
death by detectives. Tho youth,
who was lien! under SOOO.OiiO bonds
on sixty charges of burglary, was
captured near his home soon nfter
his escape. Detectives bud placed
him In their nutotnoblle and were
enrniitn back to Jail when I'ale sud
denly leaped from the motor car.
The officers fired and ho fell. He
hum dead when they reached a hos
pital.
GORDON WELLS AND
MELVIN TURNBULL
DEMAND INQUIRY
KHOKNE. Ore., Aug. 15. (Jordon
R. Wells, who resigned ns assistant
prosecuting uttorney last week, baa
asked for a grand Jury Investiga
tion of llfiuor charges nisde against
him by Harold L. Lee, county
Jailer. Wells asked thnt he he per
mitted to testify.
Melvfn Turnbiill, who resigned
as denuly sherltr In connection
with the same charges, announced
be would bo candidate for sheriff
al the November election. Turn
bull In a statement declared he was
Ipnocent of the charge.
DRY ASPIRANTS
VICTORIOUS IN
OHIO PRIMARY
Both Parties Choose Arid
Candidates to Vie for .
Governor's Seat. .
BURTON NOMINATED
Hunt, Moist Candidate for,
.United States Senator, .
Leading Locher on
Bourbon Ticket, i ,'
(Anrclnti'il Prom l.ranl TVIr,')
COLUMBUS, ()., Aug. 15. Two
"dryB" MyoiH Y. Cooper, republi
can, and Congressman Martin L.
Damey, democrat on tho inco ot
incomplete returns from yester
day's Ohio's primary election will
fight' for the governorship of the.
Fluckove state ln November, uoin
had tho support ot tlie antl-aulooa
league. ,,'''"
Cooper nnd Davey were leading
in the gubernatorial race, Coopor
iiy a flight margin. on returns f.om
moro than throe fourths of tho pr
lucts in the stnto. Cooper lod Ills
nearest rivri, Congressman James .
IIcrk of Sandusky, another dry.
who failed to receive the support
of the league by 2,708 votes when
all but 270 of the state's 8,735 pre
clncts had beon reported. Tlie
vote was Cooper 243,401 and Bcgg
240JI33. Edward C. Tumor, "wet"
trailed nopeioosiy mini in mo re
publican governorship race.
In the democratic race, Davey :
led hiB nearest opponent, Peter
Witt, a, liberal, by nearly - 28,000,"
The vols in.utho race .Bhowed:
Dnvey 70,319 nnd Witt, D3.004.
Earl Bloom,' another dry, was
trailing ' Witt by nearly 20,009
votes.. ... l--
Truax Leads White
Tho lead of Charles V. Truair,
ntiito director of agriculture, over
Ooorgo White, of Marietta, for, .the,
democratic nomination for tUnlted
States senator, long term. Had
cropt up to almost 10,000 by curly
morning Willi 5,009 proclncta re
porting. Tho figures on this race
wore: ' Trunx 30,222, nnd While
2'9.508
Sonnlor Foss wns unopposed for
tho republican nomination.
Among tho several Interestingly
doubtful rnceB wns that between
Senator Cyrus Locher, Cleveland,
and Graham P. Hunt, of Cincin
nati, for tho position on the demo
""tic ticket. In opposition to Mr.
""iton. -Interest In the contest
h ""hnncod by the direct clenv-
nn h"""een the two on tho ques
t'nn of 0-v law modification. , , .
Wt Man Ahead
Locher. avowed dry, had nntl
snloon"lengue sunnorl. Hunt Oneii
advocate of modification of . iho
Volstead law, of course, was-opposed
by the organization. Willi
tho vote 5035 products counted! '
Hunt had a lend of slightly more
than 4,000 over Lochor. .'
The vole was Hunt G1.6S9: -Locher
47,032. As 111 the nlher close-h-
contested races. It was believed
thai almost complete return
mlirbt be required lo deflnllely de
termine the nominee. ""'
ConproBsmnn .Theodore E. 'Thir
ton, Cleveland, apparently bad
(Continued nn page fl.) '
o
IN POOR HEALTH
f AnHnt',r! Prom Ij)trt1 Wire)
NEW YOKK. An, ir.. Spread
ing a In rue Princeton banner on
the floor of his bathroom. Samnct
Clarke Hackns Peck, 23 yenrs old,
a graduate of the university In
the class of lf27, fired a bullet In
to his rlnht temple and Is expect
ed to die.
Ho was found In bis three-room
apartment at ISA Waverly Place
shortly before midnight by his
room mate, .Snmuel H. Payne. The
latter In! ft tinlh'.i Pnnlr wlin
In
employed ns a statistician by tho
OXiranty Company of New York,
hail heen wiiffcrlnir "f rnm n nnrvnnii
breakdown.
Several notes nnd lelters wera
found by the police. On letter,
unarhirMSseri. read: ;To Clara In
death, pood bye and Rood luck, yon
will do better without me."
The other notes were Incoher
ent, tine of them referred to
"ever wonderful Princeton"
said he wouhl never forget
Princeton had done' for him.
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