of "TV x v.;;cv . 5?0 Weather Highest temperature yesterday... .84 Lowest temperature laet night 54 Forecast for Interior southwest Oregon: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday; not much change in tem perature. THE NEWS-REVIEW Goes Into Over 420 0 Homes Every Day Bum irTnsJ- : n DOUGLAS CPU NT V Conselldatlon of The Evening Newi and The Rostburg, Rf view An Independent Newspaper, Published tot th Beat Interest ol th People ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 7, 1 928. VOL. XIX NO. 198 OF THE EVENING NEWS VOL. XXIX NO. 127 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW Rose 4. ri ENROLLMENT "CITY SCHOOLS SB ONE GAIN Registration Today 1 1 22 as Compared With 1121 Last Year. WORK IS STARTED Regular Schedule Follo'wed in All Buildings This Afternoon 68 in , Graduating Class. The Roseburg schools opened this morning Cor thtf 1928-29 term with a Bain of one over lust year's tii-Kt duy enrollment. From the way registrations were received in the high schools prior to the open ing of school, it was expected that there would be a considerable in crease in school attendance this yeur, but the expected increatte did not materialize, as only one more pupil was in attendance to day than the enrollment upon the fit Ht day of school last tall. Today's enrollment in the sev eral school buildings, as com pared with the first day of the previous school year follows: School 192S-29 1927-28 Senior High 274 Junior Hlh 321 lto:e .. 257 ' Hen son 191 t Fullerton .. .a 79 ' Total .. 1122 1121 The schools opened without the least confusion or disorder, the fine organization work done in preparation for the opening day re-, lulling in smooth operation Jn- Word late yesterday from Peitro Bonelli, radio operator, and navigator of the expedition, oMnstCo were entm! r.t auspiciou. weather t hand and that h was speeding here from New York City where their places this morning, and car-1 !e had been in consultation with government weather experts, spurred his three companions to rled out all details In accordance , immediate activity. with the previous arrangements. -yne b- pane ;n which the four will endeavor to negotiate the 4500-mile trip, was taken n a8Cgen1rTnreUnriaStUtr;r,l'.k0"' Scarboro field near Portland for a test flight during which it made a landing here. At the day, and on Saturday the faculty conclusion of the flight the machine was pronounced in readiness. ot each building met with the prin- Fourteen hundred gallons of fuel must be poured into the tanks but that was practically all .ipal for instructions regarding ,hat r(.main.d to be done. W ZriX! The expedition is headed by Cesare Sabelli. a foVmer fURht lieutenant in the Italian air day. i forces during the war, but now an American Citizen. Koger Ij. Williams ot Kichmond Hills, In the Rcnlro and Junior high I N Y., a Curtiss field pilot, will be the chief pilot, while Dr. L. M. Pisculli of NewYork, one or schools the program was started. 1.L financial backers of the expedition, will be the fourth member of the daring party, ott w ith regular work today. The I L pupils went through the full day's schedule and observed their regu lar study and lesson periods. In the Senior and Junior high are 68 seniors enrolled this year as compared with 64 in last year's graduating' class. The Junior class has 106 pupils as compared with 82 last year. There are 99 sopho mores as compared with 142 last year, and one enrolled as special instead of 6 last year. There was a very marked In crease in the Junior high Bchool, the 7th and 9tji grades each show ing large gains, while there was a t (Continued on page 3) ypKirasoF fAMftcfat. PreM lilted Wirt) CHICAGO. Sept. 17. The names of all members of the hand of kid naers who abducted ten-year old Hilly Kanlerl twelve days aso and are holding him for a StiO.ooO ran- som are known to the police, they announced today, and three are in I "I have been Invited by a group d Saturday In Wallowa county custody. (of anti-Smith democrats and anti-when a companion hunter, frank The announcement came while; liquor rrtends to speak in Okia-j Hoffman. mlMook Him for a deer, the boy's father, A. Frank Ranieri, homa City on Sept. 21." The let-; Hoffman's home Is near Centralis, Italian sewer contractor, and other, ter which was addressed to i.lielwash. members of the family were fear-1 governor said: A coroner's Jury held the shoot- iiuiy waning tor aenvery ot a lit-j "ir you will aivnie your nmeiing accidental, but Hoffman was tie package." mindful of the threatjwlth me on Sept. 2D, I will gladlyjheld at Knlerprlse. Ore., on a of the abductors yesterday to d-;dlvlde my time with you on Sept. charge of hunting without a ii- uu aitu iiihm uib, head to the parents. The three men police said, and under arrest, others three whose names police said they. knewltut did not reveal, cousti - lute the band that has held the boy for nearly two weeks, sending dally th.eats to the family, the latest arriving today In the form of a special deli very letter pur - pomng 10 oe tne unai aemanu oi the abductors. Those named by police were fitnaiure maffiuiaiuu ana neiiviuu "the skid" Shiedo, who have been formally, charged with the kidnap- Ing. anil Ancelo Pettit, alleged - pro - fesstonal extortionist. The arrest r of the other members of the band i bulkenf the 8.000 people wh mnA nMvan . f thA hn , , .-a nj'ml IntA the irmnra mill and recovery of the boy alive andjerowd Int6 the armory will takei sell is expected, police Intimated. All Set to Hop on Longest Non Ever Planned-Maine to Italy, Here are three of the men and the ship which are about to figure in the longest non-stop flight ever attempted. In the single-motored monoplane pictured below. C. Sa belii and Roger Q. Williams, co pilots (upper right) expect to hop from Old Orchard, Maine, to Rome. Captain Peter Boneilt, lef, will be the .navigator. Inset sjiows the peculiarly-winged ship coming to earth after a test flight at Curtiss Field, L. I. The fourth member of the party is Dr. L. M. fllscutli, of New York, one of the financial backers of the expedition, who will observe the effect in a physical way of the strain of the flight on the other three. hr wmaino, their wav to Rome E TO GOV. AL SMITH Minister Still on Trail of Nominee Hoover Will Get Great Welcome in New Jersey. MNoHd Prm Wlr NEW YORK, Sppt. 17. The Rev. Dr. .lohn Roach Straton. In an opf-n letter read from hln pulpit at ralvarv Rantlst church last ! night, challenged Governor Alfred E. Smllh to meet him on Septem ber 20 at Oklahoma City for a "Joint dlncusBlon" of the gover nor's public record. The clergyman la scheduled to speak In that city on Sept. 21 and tl,p jl'mocrat.p nominees Itinerary cans lor an acmress mere. on ept. 21. Dr. Siraton'i letter suggested, I - r l tl t . " ' lAssoclated Press Leased Wire.) OLD ORCHARD. M . .ih . ,; oihe, n hoih ' X GRANDE, Ore., Sept. 17. - time" with each other on noth. , , N,,.hn,. ,n World War dates. .i. Dr. Straton left soon after hnj I sermon to begin another southern Hour, that he said would begin at Little Rock. Ark., on Sept. 1H and f continue until Oct 11., Bia Welcome for Hoover ' NKWAHK. N. J.. Sept. 17 This ( city ioJ was ready lo . welcome j Herber Hoover. t If the first regiment armory, . wnere ne win oenver nis speern,, were twice Its site It could hardly; 1 a"commodai a fraction of Ihe ; , mruiic ng iinve nouKni uie pnve neara a snol a few minutes later j lege of admittance, according to! and Hoffman said: "I think I ve i the republican state committee. As 'rot one." Then Hoffman calle-l , the only reserved seats are on the 1 platform accommodstlng l.floo. the' ho will j (Continued on page 3) " ' Scot. I 7. The rrct t of the Bellanoa monoplane Roma hoped to sometime before nightfall today. MEXICAN BANDITS GET THEIR PRICE TO FREE AMERICAN LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17. A telegram received here last nin.it by. Mrs. E. J. Bumstead, wife of a Los Angeles mining engineer, who has been held captive by Mexican bandits, demanding a 20, 000 pesos ransom, told of his re lease and the start of his return journey home. The release was secured by payment of the ran som it was learned. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 17 The U. 8. embassy today receiv-d a telegram from the consulate at Guadalajara saying that E. i. Humslead, an American mining en gineer of Los Angeles, has ben released by bandits, who had hel 1 him for a ransom ot 20,000 pesos since August 27. The message said that HunnTead was enroute to Ixtlan, Jalisco. It Is aHSumed here the ransom was paid. . ANOTHER HUNTER IN OREGON SLAIN BY COMPANION jjy tUMf AIN1U1N veteran, of Mlnam. Ore., was kill - cense. Nichols. Hoffman and two nth - Urs. W. T. Wiokham and Wa'ier Berg, of Minam. were hu.ltlng near the fUh hatchery on Wallo-va , river. Hoffman separated from, the others. Crossing canyon they yelled to him they i they had a deer located, I piled. "I'll get down the where I can see better. la'er yelling to them that be wns nil ready. Wlckham, who was help- Ing to drive the deer, reported he for help. The other hunters found Nichols dead, with a bullet , hole through the neck. "I honil.t he was a deer," was Hoffman's explanation. - stop Flight 4,500 Miles ES IT Agriculture to Be Subject of First Speech, to Be Made at Omaha; Big Throngs Cheer. fAwnwiatH 1'rMM W!rr) GOVERNOR SMITH'S SPECIAL TRAIN, enroute to Omaha, Sept. 17. Carrying democracy's mes sage to (tie farm belt and the bet witd.es of liundreds of citizens of Albany who gavp him a noisy fare well. Governor Smith wan headed for the heart of the nation today to open his speaking campaign for the presidency. At Omaha, Neb., tomorrow night, the democratic prestdetnlal nornl- campaign address since his nolllic ial,n , Albany almost a mmnh , ago. tils theme there will De agre culture, which has become one f jlhe foremost Issues of the cam - palgn. ilowlng the wreck of their car at In all. the governor will travel, tne Myrtle Creek highway bridge. i more than K.'mih miles during ihe Mills Is In the hospital suffering ;two weeks of campaigning in the from a broken arm sustained when .middle and far west. His tour will their car struck the side of the i end at Albany after he attend j bridge at high speed. , the democratic stale convention at Rochester October 1. The demo - crailc nominee's meeting and KieruiiK I'mgrum win mil gei (in - ider full sway until after his Ne - braska speech. i Noisy Farewell Leaving the executive mansion In Albany an hour before train time last night, the governor, with thought Mrs. Smith snd other members of According to Deputy Sheriff He re- lhe family, drove to the union sia-!fjrubb who Investigated the accl canyon !tl"n through streets lined wlih dent, both men were intoxicated at riieeiing citizens. As he reached Hie nepot a wnoon went up that recalled to the nominee the demon- strailon the nluhl of his nomina- tlOtt. I Through a lane of cheering peo- had been hurt at the lime the offl ple held back by the police, ha cer arrived, an hour or more alter walked to the center of the waiting the crash. iroom where he was presented with, The car which they were drlv- a huge floral horseshoe by Slate Senator Wllllsm T. Byrne on be- it-onunuea on page 3) KILLED IN AT Car of California Man Goes Through Railing of Overhead Crossing. FIRE JS PREVENTED i Wires Torn From Battery of Wrecked Car in Time ... to Prevent Its Burning. Mr. and Mrs. Niels J. Hanson ot Ferndale. California, were killed ! Sunday afternoon at ComBlock, when ihelr car, a big sedan, weut iiuuuKd inw lulling ui iiiw head crossing. Mrs. Hanson was killed instantly and her husband died shortly after being brought to the local hospital. The accident happened shortly 'after 1 o'clock and ' followed a collision with a car driven by F. J. Singleton ot Santa llarbara. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson were on their way north, while the Single ton parCy was traveling Houth. Tho two cars met on the overhead, just north of the sharp curve. m According to .-the information given by Mr. Singleton, the Han son car was unable to keep on tho extreme right of tjie narrow road way while negotiating the turn, and the left front wheel hit the rear o fthe Singleton car, whirling the latter directly across the high way, while the 'rear end of the Hanson car skidded around and 1 the machine then tore through the the air to land bottomslde up on the ground about thirty feet belo the level of the road. Mrs. Hanson was killed outright her skull being fractured and her body badly cut and bruised. Mr. Hanson suffered internal injuries, a broken shoulder, and bruises. He was in a semi-conscious condition following tho wreck and was brought to Mercy hospital In, the ambulance of the Roseburg Under taking company, but died about an hour after reaching this city, his death being caused chiefly by shock. Coroner M. E. Ritter, accompan ied by Deputy Sheriff Wm. Ilran ham, made a thorough Investiga tion ot the accident. From the evi dence on the roadway it was the conclusion of the ol fleers that the Hanson car was trying to make the tudn at a speed too rapid to al low it to negotiate the turn with out getting beyond the renter ot the highway. The Singleton car was moving slowly, as the party had previously stopped At Hie north end of the overhead and the car was just starting out again when the wreck occurred. Cat Trapped Occupants According to the Information given by Mr. Singleton to the offi cers, the Hanson car turned over one or two times as It fell and I lauded with a terrific impact upon (he hard ground, just beside the (Continued on page 4) C. A. Mlll of Portland and John ! ...,... ... !..,! veatenluv m Mvrtle ('reek fi. The accident occurred on the 'aharp turn where several similar jaccldenis have happened In the , past. Malusek. It is cla med, was ldrlvlnc the car. The men were on jth way north from Medtord where Mr Mill. ha. heen mi.i,i,.,. stock at the Jackson county fair pnd ima been enlovine a fishliiir tiio. n, tmP f the wreck. Mills, an- eordl.ir in the officer hn completely under the influence of liquor tiiat he did not even know there had heen . wreck ne Ih.t he Ing, and which belongs to Mills' p,,rtisnd. was almost eom- pletely demolished. TI i TO WRECK I T SUN Civilizations Of Prehistoric Age Evidenced f AuoHatt) Prrw, TxafH Wire) NEW YORK. Sept. 17. Two prehistoric civilizations existed in the western hemisphere and were not directly connected with each other, the International Confess of Americanists was told today. The congress is meeting here (or a week, attended by delegates from a score of foreign nations, to discuss the origin of American in habitants, and compare, notes on evidences that tney migrated from the old world thousands of years ago. . The cultural relations of North and South America were traced through archeototiical remains by l'rof. A. L. kroeber of the Uni versity of California. The two civi lizations he said were In "Mexico Cuatamala" and In Peru. In the in tervening regions he found evi dences of a civilization common to both areas. CHICAGO, Sept. 15. Evidences of a rilual In which attendants were buried alive as guides for dead Mesopotamia!. kings has been adduced In the report of the Field museum Oxford university Joint expedition engaged in exca vating at Kish, the seat of civili zation. Prepared by Prof. S. H. iJiugdon of Oxford, the report says the practice was in vogue between 3U00 and 4(100 B. C. The excavat ors attacked the complex of mounds and laid bare two ancient stage towers built before the dnys of Saigon, who reigned in the 2Slh century before Christ. o - E IT ' All bl'la for the pool of the Doug las County Prune Growers associa tion fruit were rejected by the board of directors at the meeting held last Saturday. A misunder standing concerning the form of the bids led to the decision to re ject all proposals and readvertise the prunes. The petltes and Ital ians will be offered 1 n separate pools next time, and new bids will be received Saturday, September a. While the board, huving failed to accept any of the bids, declined to make known the amounts of fered by the various buyers, they reported that they were well pleiiHed with the proposals and that the outlook for the pool Is very encouraging. LADIES' TOGGERY ILL BE OPENED BY HELLIWELLS Negotiations were completed to day by Mr. and Mrs. lion Helll well for the leasing of the quarters formerly occupied by The Indies Shoppe where they will open The Smart Shop, a store dealing in la dies ready to wear apparel soon alter (he first of the month. They are Incorporating under Ihe name "llelllwell's Incorporated," and will handle an exclusive line ot high grade ladles ready-to-wear K'Jfifls. They are not purchasing the slock of The Iodise Shoppe, which recenty was closed, but are putting in an entirely new' stock, which inrludes some of the most widely .known lines. The quarters which they will occupy In the Hell bund ling will be vacated by the first of jthe month and they will open ihelr new business Just as soon as their new stock csn be arranged. ( Mr. Helllwell was formerly as sociated with his father In the I Peoples Supply company and has ihad a good deal of training and ex perience. He Is a graduate of tho business administration school of Ihe Oregon State college and has had several years of experience In sales work and accounting. I Mrs. Helllwell, formerly Miss Iris Itlce, has made a special j study ot the Indies ready-to-wear 'business and Is well qualified lo assist In this work. Moth Mr. and Mrs. Helllwell are .well known throughout the coun ty and will doubtless enjoy a very large palroriage. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Corbitt and children have returned home aft er spending the summer travelling In various parts of southern Ore gon Mr. Corbilt Is employed as auditor for the Maytag company, and during the summer months took his fsmlly with him on his trfns about his territory Thv rm- I turned to Roseburg Saturday and have moved to 14 Cobb street. MILLION HOMELESS. 300,000 WITHOUT FOOD AS AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE Island's Dead Estimated at One Thousand And Property Loss Over One Hundred Million; Destitute Multitude, Dazed From the : Blow, Wanders in Search of Food PRINCIPAL CROPS Neighboring Montserrat Reports 25 Dead, Scores Hurt and Two-Thirds of Peasants Home and Several Estates Levelled Storm, Moving Westward, Now Taking Heavy Toll in Florida. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Sept. I 7. With the hurriccrsa death toll conservatively estimated at 1,000,. the spectre of (amine stalked through Porto Rico today. At least 300,000 per sons were stated to be hungry. Disease was threatened. ' " Half of the island's population of almost 2,000,000 was thought to be homeless. It was would pass $100,000,000. As communications were opened with various parts of the Island further reports of dead were re ceived. At least 29 persons were reported to have been killed In Comeriu while SI dead were report ed from the nearby mountain re- sort of Ilarranqultas, where manyiwho have no reserve resources. wealthy spend the summer. Homeless and Hungry ( Travelers coming from the in land say that the cattle and horses lie dead at the roadsides and In the fields and that the country people ure atlll dazed and wander- Ing about homeiess and hungry, la -the mountain districts many peasants had corn drying in the rafters of their homes when ' the storm struck them and many have been seen searching tor this scat tered mud-soaked grain for food. ' Indications were received that banana trees and other native fruit trees on which great num bers of peasants normally live were hard hit. Many other crops were torn up and destroyed. Relief Alleged Tardy lieciuratlon of martial law, re- qulsltlonlng and rationing of food and drufllng of all able-bodied men was urged upon Governor Horace M. 1 owner by a group of leadiug citizens. The group in a petition asserted th asto fur neither the goverunieut nor any other agency had taken adequate steps for relief to pre vent, sickness and starvation nor to ascertain the facts as to Imme diate needs. The national guard has been ordered out to protect proper, from looters. Efforts were made to stop profiteering. Nine of the Island's 77 towns re ported more than 279 dead. Oth ers reported no loss of life and communication with others laclt Ing. It will be weeks before accur ate reports can be received from the rural section in which more than 70 per cent of the people live. Physicians and other familiar rwllh conditions said that a death loll with l.omi as a final figure was a conservative estimate. No continental Americans have been reported either killed or Injured. The known dead In the various tons reporting were: Cayey, 75; tiuayamti, 00; llumacao, 51); Ponce, Zf; Areclbo, J6; Aguadllla, 111; Nagutihn, lAiH Piedran, 5, and Fajardo, 3; Comerln 29. Food Crops Gone Moat of tht food rrim were de- DEATH TOLL FROM T0 14 Mn'l(. Prm UM Win ) ItOCKF'OIll). Ills. Kept. 17. Re covery of three additional hod left from the debris of chair factory II today brought Ihe total of the tornado dead here to H and led authorities to? believe there mlglitj be one more body Tn the ruins. ' The last bod'es lo be removed ; were those of August J. Peterson. (iunnar Ityden and an unldentllled ! Hsmpered by crowds of curious who took advantage of the Sunday, holiday to visit the scenes of the storm destruction, rescue workers nevertheless msde appreciable 1 progress. Trsctors, steamshovels and abundant manpower combined ! to get to the bottom of bricks, tlrn- her and tangled steel on those factory properties against which the storm shot Its greatest force. IN PORTO RICO ARE DESTROYED feared that the property damage stroyed. Half of the. homes, even those of thatch, were destroyed or dumaged beyond repair. Piobably the most seriously situated were the "Jlvaros," the poor country folk, numbering neurly l.OUO.OOU Talks of their suffering were reaching San Juan. Joaquin Vlllunueva, a university instructor ot Vega llaja, said the country people were coming Into otwn by hundreds begging for food. Hard pressed merchants gave them as much as they were able. Vlllunueva with his family walked most of the 25 miles from Vega Baja to San Juan. Food Carrier Mobbad Paul Maloney, who , motored! from Nugsabo on the east coast, said a mun with a bag of rice, a bag of beans and a side of porlc was literally mobbed by 250 home less and hungry people at Naguabo Playa. A petition to Governor Towner said that 30(1.0(10 persons wcro hungry and would have nothing lo Pllt rr another week unless Inl mediate and drastic action was tuken. Florida Beach Struck. JACKSONVILLE Fla Sept. 17. Clifford Orange, local amateur radio operator, said he had receiv ed the following message this morning from West Palm lleach: "No known dead but undetermin ed number persons Injured In hur rlrnne which struck Palm Beach, and West Palm lleach nt 8 o'clock Sunday night. Many homes were , wrecked." Critnge said the message trVnil signed "I). II. Conkllng." The pub lisher of the Putm Beach Post, In named l. H. 'Conkllng. " The message continued: "The buildings which are sltuid Ing are filled with refugees. "Center of the hurricane Is be lieved lo hsve entered Klorldn at Del. Kay, 211 miles south. Wjrul changed northeast 10 eait aiiiiV to soutli at daylight and dropped'trl (Continued on page 3) ROSEBURG ASKED , -FOR FUNDS TO AID STORM'S VICTIMS A An nnniil fur fmidft to aid miffcmm of thn I'orto Hlrnn dlnHMT In DHlriir madn lo- day hy the local chupter o( 4 the A)iifilran KimI Cron, fol- lowiiiK receipt of a mtssune from the national hmidqimrt- ets. The tHeKtam received her wam an follows: "The WoMt IndU-s lutrrlrnne hnn defttrnyed tt.ouund of homffl hi Porto Itlco and nth- er inland, nho dcvafMAtlnff cm?:. Immediate need for food, Hhclter, medical sup- 1 r lien and emergency relief. d CroM taking charge at rwMjuwm i Triiii'iii vwihikv. i Need for lKrn fund Imperii- tlve. Notify th public that yotir chapter will receive aid and forward all contrlhullnna , 0 national headmim (era. Inl- Hal donation of r,M,oo made from national funds. Mr. nker. Bed Cross ualionsl dl- re( for of disaster relief and , trained disaster staff now on Ay to Inland." The local chapter Is seek- cash donations, as donations of food and clothing cannot well be handled tine to time required in transportation. Local people who desire to help In this ork are asked 4 m leave cash donations with Iir. u. R. shoemaker, presl- dent of the local chapter, or at ihe Chamber of Commerce office. I a '(TTttstt44t