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Highest temperature yesterday 84
Lowest temperature last night 50
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VOL. XXIX NO. 105 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 1 . 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 176 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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COLLISION
OF TRAINS
FATAL TO 3
mr n
JTkanSaS raSSenCer and;"1 llle Interlocutory divorce grant
Freight . Crash
n i .
Engineer and 2 Brakemen
Killed, EJght Others
Are Injured.
OFFICIALS PROBING
Passenger Train Reported
to Have Overlooked an
Order to Sidetrack
for the Freight.
McCRACKEN. Kas., Aug.
1 1 . Three trainmen are dead
nrid eight other persons injur
ed, two seriously, as the re-
cult of a head on collision of
"The Westerner," Missouri Pa
cific passenger train enroute
from St. Louis to Denver, and
n freight train, 6 miles west of
here late last night. The in
jured included five passengers,
Casualty Victims.
The dead:
P. II. Young, Holslnglon, Kns.,
passenger train engineer.
Bert Kline, Ilolsington, freight
brakeman.
Charles ' Cotton, Holslnglon.
. rreignt brnkeman. .'
F. R Peiigh, nlso of Hnislnglnn,
.freight engineer, suffered n brok
en right leg, Internal Injuries and
cuts. Mayer Vandergrif, Denver,
who was riding on the coal car of
the freight, was injured Internally.
The other injured:
Mose Davis, Pueblo, Colo., passen
ger conductor, lert hip bruised.
W. U. Nasls Algiers, La., ribs
broken,
Mrs. W. R. Nash, back wrenched.
Mrs. S. J. Johnson, Grand Junc
tion, Colo., left hip bruised.
Mrs. Leo T. Gibbons, Scott City,
Kans., lacerations on face.
Charles Hardesty, Holslnglon,
passenger brakeman, hack wrench
ed. All oti the Injured were (nken lo
a hospllul at Holslnglon on a spe
cial train.
Tom Trlplett and Jesse Mall,
firemen, both of Ilolsington, Jump
ed to safety.
Officials of Hie railroad were re
ported on their way hero from
Osawalomle lo Investigate the
cause of the wreck. , it was report
ed that It was tiie result of a mis
understanding in train orders. The
passenger train, It was said, was
o-ilro, nil the siding here to let
the freight pass hut passed ahead
tt srli. mile.
. Two baggage cars of the passen
ger train were telescoped nnd
eight cars of the freight loaded
Willi perishable merchandise left
I he track.
SHERIFF S SALE
BY NOT
Rlcker, who promised not lo mo-
' lest his wife.
Another step In the settlemcnl Friday he told a friend. Sam
of the affairs of the local cannery i Conrad, that ho would not see
company was taken today when him -again, and bid him goodbye
the Umpqua Valley Bank purchas-1 Conrad told tho officers. It was
ed the property and holdings of i stated, that Rlcker had apparent
the company In the local plant atjly been drinking and that he be
sheriffs sale. The bank and Mrs. Ileved his despondency to be due
Ethel Dusenbark jointly held Ujto his coming out from under the
judgment against the company in influence of Inloxicalion, which
the sum of S1l,30.ri.32, including In
terest and expenses. and bid in Hie
properly at that amount.
The cannery was originally
started by a local stock concern
public enterprise. Due to
lacs oi suincieni operating capital. ly alarmed that he went to the
nnd other conditions the operation : hardware and gun stores and ad
was not satisfactory, and so a deal i vised the clerks not lo sell flicker
nan niaue lor uie transfer OI ino.a
property to the Norton Canning
company, which Is now operating
the cannery most successfully.
The legal title to the property Is
now being straightened out
iiirongli court process, an agree-Jself upon the couch and shot him
ment having been made whereby self through the heart. Mrs. Clyde
It is expected that the plant will Chase, residing nearby, heard the
pass completely Into the hands of shot about 1 o'clock, but gave it
the Norton Canning company! no attention, until the body was
Uirough the local bank. i found several hours later.
The plant is now beine managed The nrrient-a A tiAj -
by Mr. Frank J. Norton, an ex-lto
perienced and efficient cannery -
man, and Is making a long run
and heavy pack this year, now be
ing operated at full blast In hand
ling pears.
Chaplin to Bid
Adieu to Wife .
And$750,000
f Auorlate.1 rn-w' I.ia-il Wire)
LOS ANGKLKS. Cal.. Aug. 21.
Charlie Chiuilin, Hcreendoin's fam
ous c-oinedlun. tomorrow sits oil
I the long end or un act that lucks
all the elements of comedy but
costs 1750,000.
For tomorrow his wife. Llta Crev
j-uiniii, m si'oit me mini lieciee
ed her on August 22. 1927. which
will 'sever the marltul relations of
the two. With It goes a court
award to her of $750,000 from her
nusbnnd.
ThlH was the announcement
made today hv Holand Rich Wool
ley, attorney for Mrs. Chaplin, who
said lie would represent her In
court at the final proceedings.
Outside of the J75O.O0O and the
loss of his wife, it's just another
day to Chaplin, the actor said. To
his wife It brings reports of her
probable marriage to Roy D'Aicy,
film actor.
"The day when (ho decree be
comes final will lie just like any
other day to me." Chaplin said.
"As a mutter of fact, 1 hadn't even
given It a thought."
Incompleted divorce nroceediiifrs
between D'Arcy and his first wire
would make an Immediate marriage
lo Mis. Chaplin Illegal, It was
learned. D'Arcy was granted an
interlocutory divorce six months
ago, but six months more must
elapse before he can seek the final
court decree, which would com
plete the divorce proceedings it
granted.
EPS HIS LIFE
II PISTOL
Ross Ricker's Act Thought
Due to family Breakup
and Liquor Use.
DIES IN CABIN ALONE
Lethal Weapon Secured in
Spite of His Failure
to Purchase One
i at Stores.
Ross Rlcker. aged 46 vears. a
well known resident of Recdsport
killed himself yesterday afternoon,
apparently in a fit of despondency.
Ills body was found in one of the
cannery company cabins, all ovl-
aence pointing conclusively to
suicide.
An investigation was made hv
Coroner Hitter, Sheriff Webb and
Deputy Sheriff Grubbe.
Rlcker was a native of Reeds-
port, where his parents resided
for many years. He was enirair-
ed practically all of his life as a
usnernian in the Recdsport vicin
ity. Domestic Troubles
During recent months, the of-
ficera were informed, he has been
having domestic trouble and re
cently became despondent. Thurs
day and Friday of last week lie
was hoard to make statenienis
that caused some of his friends In
rear that he contemplated killing
his wife and hintself. Mrs. Rlcker
called Deputy Sheriff Dodson and
told of the threats that had been
made, and the officer went to
Becoming to the officers, was re
sponsible for I he domestic trou
ble In which Rlcker had been in
volved. Dies Alone In Cabin
Conrad, however, was sufficient-
weapon. Rlcker Inter trleit In
purchase a revolver.
In soma manner he procurred a
Luger pistol yesterday and went
to nis cabin, where he. was living
.alone, and apparently placed hi
make an investigation but
: found the case lo be plainly one
jof suicide so that no inanest was
deemed necessary.
Mr. Rlcker leaves ft wife and
daughter residing at Recdsport,
REEDSPORTMAN
WITH
L
ED
ON FALSE GALL
Pittsburgh Police Wholly
Mystified Over Death
of Dr. H. R. Dapper.
NO ENEMIES KNOWN
Victim's Father, Sole Eye
Witness of the Crime,
Slugged Trying to
- Aid His Son.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 21. Lured
from his office in CuirU-k, a sub
urb, last night ostensibly to minis
ter to a sick woman, Dr. Harry R.
Dupper, 110, prominent physician,
was allot to death, according to the
physician's father, by n ninii who
escaped In the doctor's car.
Henry J. Dapper, 55, the father,
who accompanied his son and the
unidentified stranger on the trip,
was slugged over the head with a
blackjack. He is in r hospital,
where his son died early today
from a gunshot wound.
- Police were mystified iy the
killing. Recause of the fact that
tho young physician had no known
enemies,, they were at a loss to
ascribe a motive. 1 -
8uspiclous From First.
The doctor's widow and his fath
er told police the stranger appear
ed at the young Dapper's office last
night and said: "Come quick. My
wife is sick." AHked where he
lived, the man said his home was
In the country, several miles from'
Hie physician's home.
.Unable. ,to understand . why the.
caner would ask Hie aid or a doc
tor so far from home. Dr. Dapper
asked bis father to accompany iiini,
the ponce were told
' "You sit In the front seat with
your son," the elder Dapper said
he was instructed by the stranger
as they were about lo enter the
physician's automobile. The father
said he became suspicious and he
went to his home and obtained a
revolver, which however, was not
loaded. He insisted on sitting in
the rear seat. Dr. Dapper drove
and the stranger sat in front with
him.
Deed in Cold Blood.
Arriving at a secluded spot in
Hie country, the caller said Ihey
would go tiie remainder of the
way on foot. As tlleV were about
to leave the machine .according to
the father, the stranger shot Dr.
Dapper with u-revulver equipped
with a silencer.
The elder Dapper said he grap
pled willi (he man nnd was slug
ged across the head.
The father said he regained con
sciousness in time to see tho ma
chine being driven away by his as
sailant. His son wns lying mortal
ly wounded In the road beside him.
A passing motorist took the pair
to u hospital.
X
PORT-AUPmNCI, Haiti, Aug.
21. Desolation was widespread to
day ovcj- the southern peninsula
of Halll, where a tropical storm
early last week wrecked whole
lowns. killed 200 persons and left
10,000 homeless.
Only one of the 200 buildings in
the town of St. Louis remains
standing. A fishing crat, stranded
inree cny mocks rrom the water
front, Is mute testimony to the
force of the tidal wave that ac
companied the storm.
highly per rent of Ihe buildings
In Grand llournn and Pellt Trou
were demolished. At Aquln half of
the buildings were wrecked.
The hurricane first hurled Itself
over an area twenty miles wide,
from Cavlllon to St. IxjiiIs and
then to Aquln. It spread fanwise
northeast and northwest across
the peninsula covering an area
more than 70 miles wide on the
north coast from Miraggane to
Jerf-mle.
The Inundation In most of the
lowns ranged from eight to 20
feet In depth. There was four feet
water In the Gendarmerie building
at Barraderes, twenty feet above
the level of the town.
Officers of the L'nlted Stales
naval lug Woodcock, which re
turned yesterday after a second
relief trip to the itrlcken area,
said the material loss would ex
ceed 11.000.000. The crops, par
ticularly the coffee crop, were
badly damaged, they said.
HE
' Freak Product
Is Mystery to
Fruit Experts
(AMorlnti-d Frprt tempi Wire)
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 2.1. W. G.
Allen, district mauuger of Hunt
Brothers' string of northwest can
neries, may have discovered the
progeny of the strangest wedding
on record. Growing in the brush in
a hidden spot on bis farm, he
found a seedling tree and the
fruit savants of this fruit center
are debating as to the ancestry of
the fruit produced. To every ap
pearance the parents of the child
were Mr. Plum and Miss Royal
Anne Cherry. The little fellows are
slightly larger than the fullest
giunii noyui jvime cuerry, auu us
they ripen develop the flush of
cherry red on their cheeks.
shape and appearance they have
the cherry effect, but when eaten
there is no doubt as to the plum
blood that courses through their
veins. Some'frult experts say they
can taste a distinct cherry flavor
In them, hud It is difficult to de
termine by a look whether the pit
is u cherry pit or a plum pit
Some fruit men say that plums
and cherries will engage lu
murltal ventures together. But the
child remains lo confront Iheui.
FOE, DEAD IIT 64
' (AuofLtlorl I'ivm I.prjwd Wire)
DUBLIN, N. II., Auk. 21. Col
onel George H. Harvey, former
ambasBuilor to Great Hiitafn, tiled
suddenly at It Is homo here yester
day afternoon of a heart at Hick. He
wap 64 years of nge.
Geoi'Ke Harvey, one of the fore
most publicists or his time and am
bassador to the court 'of St. James
In thv turbulent post-war iIiivh, at
tained tho singular distinction or
GEORGE- HARVEY
having had a large share in the
making of two successive presi
dents, one a democrat and Ihe
other a republican.
The editor nnd publisher wns
generally credited with having
launched Woodrow Wilson upon
the political seas when Wilson was
head of Princeton University, lib I
inior necnino one or Wilsons bit
terest foes.
He had a part In (he soleotion of
Wnrren (1. Hnrdlng as the com
promise republican presidential
nominee at Chicago in 1020; aided
Harding materially In " his cam
paign and was reputed to have
formulated the Issue of nntl-WII-sonixm
nnd opposition lo the
League or Nations that dominated
the Ilarillng-Coic contest for the
presidency, ma reward was an
poilltnielll to the highest diploma-
i, j
tic post within the gift of Ihe new sued! It Issued a slanderous state
president, that nf ambassador to i ment through Its official publicity
London. Imreau and then after Its eeneriil
YOUTHFUL HUNTER
TRAGEDY VICTIM
t AwH-tolwl pren I:,m WlnO
. OUBtiON CITY, Ore., Aug. 21.
Lloyd Owen, 10, aon of Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Owen, of Heaver Creek,
died late yesterday on the way to'
a iinspiini as i lie result or a gun
shot wound.
Lloyd and Robert Kaples, 16,
were hunting squirrels when Ihe
latter sat down to load the rifle,
and it was accidentally discharged.
CLACKAMAS YOUTH
OF 17 SUICIDES
MMnHti r iw4 wire) Institute of politics.
ORKGON CITY, Ore., Aug. 21. ! This is so because the sex Im
When members of bis family pulse has never been completely
looked ror him yesterday after ; controlled by conventions and con
noon they found Frank Krause, 17, i sequenily miscegenation has taken
hanging from the limo of a tree place across the most rigid con
about a mile from home In the ventlonal lines, he said. In prlinl
Happy valley section. He had live warfare women of the con
been missing since early morning, quered tribe were usually retained
III health was believed the cause by their conqueror as concubines
of his act. rand migrating males in later times
1 o . have freely entered Into marriage,
In From Kelloao or at least sex relation, with tho
Roy Fisher, resilient of KellORg, women of the regions to which
spent several hours Monday In j they went.
this city Iransartlng business and "A question of today Is, Is It
trading. jwlse or unwise lo permit peoples
SMITH THRUSTS'
BACK AT GROUP
lOF HIS FDEMEN
Assault on His Record as
Assemblyman Declared
Unfair, Cowardly.
EXPLAINS HIS VOTES
Republican Propaganda Is
Alleged .No Further
Notice to Be Taken
of Accusations.
(Aiianrlnlnl Prru ' l-Nat-d Wire)
ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 21. Gov
ernor Al Smith late yesterday
made public a detulled reply to
William Allen While's charges
mat he favored the saloon and
was lenient towurdB gumblliig and
prostitution in his voles on a loug
list of bills while nn assemblyman
au answer which be said must
lie considered final.
Declaring his legislative record
"as an opponent of immorality is
fixed and secure," and that he was
satisfied' the people of Now York
state did not concur in the "slun-
uerous attack,- the nominee as
sailed the republican national com
mittee for "openly associating it
self" with a matter he regarded as
personal.
He aimed the rejoinder 'princi
pally at the Kansas editor, but he
intended it to apply to his other
critics, including Dr. John Roach
Straton, New York Baptist minis
ter, who has charged Ihe governor
with being "thu greatest foe of the
forces of liioi-al progress .. in the
country today." .
State's Faith Cited '
After taking up each bill cov
ered hy White, tho nominee de
nounced the whole thing as "un
fair, unmanly and un-American,"
and added:
' "I have the satisfaction, how
ever, of knowing that It Is not con
curred in by tho peoplo of my own
stale who have year after year ex
pressed confidence in mo, not
withstanding thai a liu-gOipart of
this matter herein referred to was
laid before them In the past by
agents of my political enemies."
"1 nm sure that I nm right," he
continued, "when I any it is not
concurred In by. the fair-minded,
Intelligent, thinking people of tho
country."
He said he wns "glad lo have
this matter out of the whispering
stage and put in tho open.'" Ho re
garded it as "purely political." and
said "When the campaign begins
I do not proposo lo llavo the issue
of that campaign befogged by con
troversy over irrcvelant things.
such ns the discussion of my votes
ns legislator some twenty or more
years ago."
"Cowardly Course"
'No one in all of tho 25 years of
my public life bus ever dared to
niako the vilu suggestions which
emanated from Mr. White, with
the approval of Henry J, Allen pub
licit y director of the republican
national committee' Jho reply
ccrrMnucd. Then, referring to
White's cablegram from K.urnpo
denying he hud "retracted" Ills
charges as to gambling nnd com
mercialized vice, and which Gov
ernor Snillh said was given to the
newspapers by (lie committee ns
an "official release." it went on:
"What n cowardly cotfrso the
reilllbllcnn iihIIiiiiiiI rnmnilllr.n nm-
publication In Ihe press, attempted'
to evade responsibility by the
childish claim that It had been
(Continued on page i.)
S&x Impulse Breaks Racial Barriers
, '
Educator A nalyzes
(AAri.lM f'r.M I.! Wirt)
. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Aug.
21 The human animal today Is a
mongrel, the hereditary product of
a wide variety of racial types, Pro
fessor R. D. McKenzle of Washing
ton University, St. Louis, said
yesterday in an address before the
Hoover's Former Cabinet
Seat Goes to W.F. Whiting,
Never in Political Office
s (Associated Press Leased Wire)
SUPERIOR, Wis., Aug. 21. President Coolidge today
accepted the resignation of Secretary Hoover from the cabinet
and appointed William F. Whiting of Holyoke, Mass., to suc
ceed him.
Whiting, who has been a personal friend and political sup
porter of the president for many years, arrived here today and
wns administered the oath of office in the chief executive's
room at the executive ofices here. Whiting is head of the
Whiting Paper Co., of Holyyoke, Mass.
He has never held political of
fice but has beeu active In state
politics, especially lu western
Massachusetts. He was a dele
gato to the republican national
convention in 1921, 1924 and 1928.
He Is about 65 yenrs of. age.
Hoover Praised
President Coolidge accepted Seo
rotary Hoover's resignation by
telegram, in which he praised the
commerce aeeretarys effort In. pro
moting the commercial and " busi
ness activities of the nation, pie
knowledge acquired by Mr. Hoov
er, of business and government
'liile In the cabinet was "unsur
passed." President Coolidge said.
He added:
"My best wishes will always
attend you In the broader field to
which you have been called."
FOUR COUNTRIES
SCOUR OCEAN FOR
ROCKFORD FLYERS
(Aunclnted Prow laaoil Wlro)
CHICAGO, Aug. 21, The United
States, Canada, Greenland nnd
Denmark today were engaged lu
search for Bert Hussell and Park
er Cramer, Americun aviators
missing for more than two dnys lu
an attempted good will flight from
Rockford, 111., to Stockholm, Swe
den. Last definite word from tholr
monoplane "Greater Rockford"
was reported Sunday when radio
operators heard messages Indicat
ing the ship wns off Cape Chid-
ley. Sunday night un operator In
Connecticut believed Im heard an
S. O. 8. cull from-tho piano which
he believed was ; repeated lust
night. ;
Those optimistically Inclined In
cluding ino filers' families, thought
mo aviators may nave mode . n
forced landing in Orocnlnnd in
which evont It was Hoped Eskimo
huutors In the almost inaccus'slblu
regions might find tho mon. '
Loss hopeful persons feared the
piano- may have fallen Into the
North Atlantic In which evont they
held Utile, hoiio for Hid lives of Hie
iners. - . .
CASCADE LOCKS IS
SAVED FROM FIRE:
LOSS OVER $25,000
' PORTLAND, Ore., '.Aug. 21.
With crews of forest rangers and
ranchcrB, lud firemen from Hood
River and Jortland battling to
save the town of Cascade Ixicks
from flames, fire which broku out
near that city was brought under
control today. More lhan 150 men'
fought tho blaze which caused
damuge estimated In excess of
125,000.
The blaze stnrted In aiiwdust.
along tho right of way of the .rail
road, and soon spread to an old
mill, recently dismantled of Its
machinery. Thence It spread to
the brush and soon covered an
area of -a quarter mile square.
Firemen from Hood River worr
called In, while a special train
took a Portland engine company
to file blaze.
The old mill, four residences and
n numliiir of shacks were de
stroyed by the blaze. Opportune
discover of two abandoned reser
voirs of 80,CT0 gallons or water
each riiatorlnlly aided the flro
fighters.
mis. I i. itapp and son were
here from Oakland this morning
transacting business nnd visiting.
Human "Mongrel"
as different In physical type as
Orientals and Caucasians lo Inter
marry?" Professor McKenzle
asked. "The answer has been no
on the theory that such Inter
breeding is undesirable, social and
political policy having evolved bar
riers to keep the races apart.
, "However, tho marriage quaran
tine which the while man Is Inter
ested In maintaining Is breaking
down at different points In tho
area of Ihe Pacific. The Pacific
Islands, which for ages have been
experimental laboratories In hu
man crossings, are playing a simi
lar role today and to a Rreatly In
creased degree. Practically all the
different brandies of the human
family nro meeting on these out
posts of civilization in search of
econojplc gain. Away from the con
ventions and tahoos of tholr home
lands racial crossings are faking
place with a minimum of conven
tional restraint."
Never Held Office
HOLYOKE, Mass., Aug. 21.
William F. Whiting Is the son of
tho late Congressman William
Whiting. A strong friend of Presi
dent Coolidge, he was outspoken
in his wish that the president
would consent to stand tor re
nomination, Shortly after his graduation
from Amherst College, Mr. Whit
ing entered his father's paper
business and on the death of Con
gressman .Whiting became presi
dent and treasurer of the William
Whiting Manufacturing company.
Though prominent in republican
councils, Mr. Whiting never has
sought nfrice. Ho has In rocont
years declined lo allow the nso of
his name for the local mayoralty.
.E.1
AS
Petitions nre in circulation plac
ing the name of Dr. E. V. Hoover
In nomination for the office , of
mayor at tne coming : November
election. Dr. Hoover has previous
ly served 3 Terma in that oftloe,
serving one term of 4 yenrs and
two terms of 2 years enuh, making
s years in all mat he has served
as mayor of Roseburg between the
yenrs of J901 and- 1909. During
that tlnio he proved himself to be
progressive and efficient In city
administration, ably conducting
tho business affairs of the munici
pality. , ;
He is a native of Roseburg, be
ing born of pioneer parents, and
hus-practiced medicine here for 81
yenrs, much of his practice being
of un olficlul nature, as he served
10 years as physician nt the Ore
gon Soldiers' Homo, 10 years as
county physician nnd 2 years ns
county health officer. Ho was al
so district sergeon for the South
ern .Pacific company for nearly 10
years.
GREATER PART OF
SAWMILL COMPANY
STOCK IS PLEDGED
J.. D. Stono, who Is proposing to
locate a sawmill In this city, Is ex
pected here Wednesday or Thurs
day from Seattle for the purpose
of completing the Incorporation of
the company that Is being formed
to instull the" mill and get It Into
operation. Over 85 per cent of tho
slock hits already been, pledged, It
la reported, making Hie dual prac
tically assured. Tho final Incor
poration papers nre now being
drawn up ready for presentation
to Ihe state corporation depart
ment, after which the stock can be
officially Issued and sold. It Is be
lieved that there will he little dif
ficulty in disposing of the 15 per
cent of stock still remaining to be
sold.
8MALL FIRE REPORTED
A small forest flro was roporled
Sunday at Ulk creek near Klk
lon. Tho flro, which covered
about 4 acres of forost land, Is be
lieved to have beon of Incendiary
origin, according lo Warden H. Q.
Brown. It was extinguished with
out difficulty nnd before any dam
age was done.
CHANGES PLEATO GlTlLTY
Shirley Laird, of Coqullle, ar
rested Saturday at the Tenmlle
dance charged wlih possession of
liquor, was fined 160 In the Justice
court last night. He had previous
ly entered a plea of not guilty, but
upon the advice of Ills attorney,
John T. Long, he changed his plea
to gullly. Not having funds to pay
the fine, he was committed to Jail
until the money la raised.
NO COUNCIL MEETING
Becaus.i of Ihe absence of Hie
mayor, recorilei and several of the
members of the rlty council, it
was found Impossible lo secure a
quorum for the regular meotlng,
which was supposed to have been
held last night. An adjournment
was laken until next Monday.
Mr. and Mra. F. M. Thoman,
residents of Drew, were In this
city Monday afternoon attending
to business Interests and shopping,
TORNADOES
DEAL
AND DEATH
Regions in Minnesota
and Iowa Lashed
Eight Persons Slain, Over
Million Dollars Loss -in
Property.
AUSTIN HARDEST HIT
Buildings Wrecked, Crops.
Ruined, 100 Are Hurt;
Legionnaires Aid
in Patrol.
rAtmclatnl PrpM IoimI Wire)
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 21.
Death of two persons in a
hospital today brought to eight
the known fatalities in the tor
nado that swept two southern
Minnesota counties and north
ern Iowa points yesterday aft
ernoon. Additional scores of injur
ed were reported, bringing the
list to nearly 100 as farmers
brought more victims to town
for medical attention.
The latest dead are Marvin
Baumgardner of Austin, who
died in a hospital from injuries
received when : the tornado
crushed his . home, killing out
rieht his 12-year-old son, Har
old, and Mrs. Harry Johnson,
who was hurt when her home
crumbled under the blast of
the wind.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 21.
Two tornadoes took six
lives, injured more than three
score persons and caused pro
perty damage estimated in ex
cess of one million dollars in
southern Minnesota nnd north
ern Iowa late yesterday.
Austin, Minn., wns the com
munity that suffered the heav
iest loss. Three were killed
there, more than 50 persons
were injured, and business
buildings and residences were
wrecked.
A fourth Minnesota casualty
was near Glcnville, while two
women lost their lives nt Twin
Lakes, a resort near Rockwell
City, Iowa,
List of Victims.
Tho known dead are:
Augimt Newbauer, nutomobllo
mechanic, and Ilnrold Baumgart-'
ner, 12, both of Austin; nnd Ln
vorno Roberts, of Norn Springs,
Iowa, all killed at Austin.
Mrs. Chris G. Hngen. nt Glon
villi-, Minn. i .-,
Stella Powell of Trner, and Mrs.
George Steer, fit), or Havelork,
killed at Twin Lukes, Iowa.
One hundred members of tho
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nMNVBir, Colo., Aug 21. Ufa
mind gone, nnd bis body covered
with a thick growth of hair, Harry
lieeler, 4fi, was release! from a
room in a ranch bouse near Fair,
play, Colo., that had been his prh.
on for 14 years.
The Denver Morning Post, In a
copyrighted story, snys that the
man was released from the state
penitentiary 14 years ago, when he
hecamo Insane, lie had been serv
ing a sentence for cattle mealing.
Since then, Ihe Post says, he
been kept chained In a window
less unfurnished room In his luol'i.
er's home.
Recently Peeler's sister, who bad
lived at the ranch with his aged
mother, died, and Sheriff Fred L.
Richard, fearing that the mother
would le unable to enre for horsolr,
visited Hie place loday.
He found Deeler chained to dm
floor of the darkened room. Hii
was removed lo Falrplay and held
for observation. Similar action
may be taken In Ihe case of inn.
mother.
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