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Weather
Highest temperature yesterday .91
Lowest temperature last night....
Forecast for Interior southwest
Oregon: Fair tonight and Sunday;
not much change In temperature;
low humidity.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1928.
VOL. XXIX NO. 132 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
VOL. XIX NO. 203 OF THE EVENING NEWS
K
GEO. GARDNER
SHOOTS SELF
BY AGCIDENTI
Sheepherder Falls On
His Own Pistol
Quartz Mountain Region Is
Mishap Scene; Bullet
Shatters Leg.
CRIES BRING HUNTERS
his wife's first.
' Jolson's 19 year old bride was
, one of Texas Gulnan's dlncover
Wounded Man Be Carried Ues, acting as an entertainer in
22 Miles Over Trail to
Wolf Creek; Doctor
Hastens to Him.
George Gardner sheepherder em
ployed by George Kohlhager In the
Quartz mountain district, was acci-
dently shot when he fell upon his
own gun, according to word re-j
ceived here this afternoon over the
forest service telephone lines. He
ie being packed out on a stretcher
over the government trail by way
of Lake in the Woods and down
Little river. Relief crews accom
panied by Dr. B. R. Shoemaker, left
Roseburg shortly before 2 o'clock
to aid in bringing the man down
to Wolf creek ranger station, from
which point he can be brought to
Roseburg by auto. He must be
carried for 21 or 22 miles before
the wagon road Is reached, so that
it will be midnight or later before
he arrives at Wolf oreek.
Bone Shattered.
"According to the meagre details
received. 1 Gardner had his sheen
on the flat under Klatrock this
morning. He was going down the
trail when he fell upon bis own)
run, the bullet striking the leg I
uoi uciun liiu n lire iiiu autsiiiji,
upward, shattering the bone and
striking the groin. Whether 1t
tvent on Into the abdominal cavity
was not determined. No point of
exit could be located.
He aparently was not found for
more than two hours after the ac
cident, when his cries and shots at
traded the attention of a party
composed of Alva Hunter, Hob
Hunter and Bob McLoughlln, of
South IHer creek, who chanced to
be hunting In that vicinity.
They gave the man first aid
treatment and one of the
party
nurried to a government telephone Roach Straton, fundamentalist
to call for assistance. Lee Engles i Baptist pastor of New York, cam
and John Montgomery, forest ser-! paignlng against Governor Alfred
vice employes, were instructed to ; E. Smith, to answer charges made
aid the hunters, and the five men j by the presidential candidate in
started out at once to bring Ihe j his speech here Thursday night,
injured man Into Itoscliurg. Owing I Dr. Straton, In an address last
to the fact that the troll is very night, said he had arranged for
narrow and only two men can be a second appearance at Ihe Coli
employed at a time In handling the seum tonight at which time tie
stretcher, progress Is very slow, J would discuss "In every detail"
tedious and ( xhausting. I the governor's allegations that his
An appeal wes ma'V for men religion had been made a caui
from Kosi burg to aid In transport- paigu Issue, and that a "whisper-
lng the wounded man, and the
forest service also arranged for a
crew from Peel to start In Imme
diately. These were followed quick
ly by a crew from Kosrburg,
companies ty Dr. Shoemaker, who
will meet the packers some place
on the trail above Wolf Creek,
' Much of the trip will have to be I
made after dark. i
Gardner Is well known In Rose
burg where 4ie has resided for
considerable lime. During the win
ter he was employed on the Blake-
tf ,..,.1, , .;, i j j i Vi.
inmmer t,V. h ".""' 'hn
summer has been working for Mr.
Kohlhagen. j
Onlv rnfffr riot-.ll. f (hA l ;
dent were given over the forest
service telephone, so that the ex-
Vt rnnHh 7n Zl J
net condition of the wotind-d man
was not learned, hut the reports
were that h Is critically hurt. O.
C. Houser, central dispatcher for
the Umpqua National forest at
(iltde, took charge of organizing
the relief work.
GIRL THUG NABBED
. WITH $3,000 LOOT
SECRETED IN HAT
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 Wlih
IS.ooO In money and Jewelry con
cealed In her hat, a 1 7 year-old
girl was arrested today ai
leader of four armed men
the:
who
shortly before held up and robbed
a card party In a Bronx apartment.
The girl gave her name as Anna
Kslodye and police believe she has
figured In a number of holdups.
She waa arrested by two patrol
mea who in a taxi cab overtook a
subway train In which she was
fleeing.
With the men she gained en
trance to the Uronx apartment of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph nrumbrger
by ringing the doorbell. Whn
Brumberger came to the door he
was confronted hy a girl with red
, bobbed hair who jabbed a revolver j
into his ribs and ordered htm back!
into the room.
Al Jolson, 43, "Mammy" Song
Specialist, Takes 19-Year Old
Club Danseuse For Third Wife
NEW YORK. Sept. 22. Al Jol-
Ison, blackface comedian, and his ;
bride, Ruby Keeler, tap dancer, I
were - bound for Europe today '
aoard the liner Olympic
They were secretly married yes
terday afternoon at Portchester,
N. Y. They expect to attend a
month to nix weeks In I X) 11 don. re
turning In time for Jolson to open
a new show, probably on the legi
timate stage.
Jolson is one of the wealthiest
actors In the country. He gained
his greatest fame as a singer of 1
"Mammy" songs and recently add
: ed to his popularity by appear
lances in talking pictures. He is
45 years old. He has an apart
ment In the RiU Towers in New
York. This 1s Jolson's third marriage.
Texas night clubs for some time.
She also appeared in musical
comedy and vaudeville and was
scheduled to apiiear this season
In "Whoopee," Kddie San tor's new
musical comedy. She lived with
her mother at Woods ide. Long Is
land. "Ruby Keeler Is an adorable
ISSUE
fiL'S CREATION
New York Pastor Continues
His Anti-Smith Crusade
in Oklahoma City. ,
AUDIENCE IS SMALL
Minister Says Nominee Not
in Collusion With Vice
But Has Failed to
Probe Causes.
(AMnrUt'-d rre fawd Wire)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 22
Toniirht has been net bv Dr. John
ing" campaign was in progress.
Sneaking from the same plat
form wheie the New York gover
nor 24 hours earlier had pleaded
for tolerance and pilloried certain
organizations and people for at
tacking him on what he declared
"religious grounds," the pastor
charged the governor with raising
the religions Issue lo hide hi. own
'muddy record.
Puts Blame on Smith
The divine said flovernor
"miin nimsell nail raised the re i'
gions Issue and was dodging the
.... ,..!..
Smith himself had raised the relM
1 lY.- " ' , )"Z ." .-T. " 1
1 -. who w -ju.-.
Not one of us have raised the
religious Issue." he said. "I have
not HaW np ron.'erning Gov
,,,. -Itm i.in
ernor's Smith right to worship
God according to his own dictates.
There has not been the religious
Issue except as he has lugged it
In.
"I have not come here to stir
sectarian bitterness nor to arouse
rc!!x!o::3 nr pi: rsr,:;a.l prejudice."
Governor Smith was latwlU'd a
tool of Tammany Hall by the pas
tor, who was frequently applauded
by the mode rat e'y-si zed crowd in
the hall.
Negligence Charged
Taking up discussion of Gover
nor Smith's record in New York
state politics. Dr. Straton repeated
previous charges bearing on the
executive's alleged opposition lo
reform measures, and said:
"However, I do not believe Got
emor 8mlth would knowingly and I
deliberately protect rambling, rice j
and crime. I s.'mply believe ne
failed to look deeply behind the
results of his rotes andoictlona. ;
"Uorernor Smith simplydld the I
bidding of Tammany Hall, and j
llierefore has proven himself to be
ihe type of politician whose acts
undoub'edly hare befriended the
'most destructive and
immoral
forces of our time."
Radio "Whispers'
Meeting Governor Smith's coun-
(Continued on paga ()
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s
CHURCH
i? W-
t
Ai Jolsou
kid," Jolson recently said of her.
"If there is a-sweeter child in the
world, I havent met her."
J ojson I t ied t o a rra 11 ge to he
married by the Captain of the
Olympic, but company regulations
forbade It. The ceremony wan
performed by Surrogate Sam A.
Slater of Westchester county.
GIANTS BEAT CARDS;
ONLY GAME BEHIND
f Aiam-lalnl I'rna lnnl Win-)
POI.O GROUNDS, New
York, Sept. 22 The New
York Cilanta tightened the
National league race today
by beating the St. lxwls Car-
dinals K to f before a roaring
crowd of 40,0110. The victory
cut the f'ardinaln' lead t,o a
single game. 4
MOTHER'S LOVE
IDE HER
OF BESTIAL
Mrs. Northcott Took Part
in Murders of Boys, Is
Latest Evidence.
USED AN AXE HERSELF
Degenerate Offspring Was
' Humored in Climes and
Parent Attempted
to Take Blame.
Aanclatt Prfs Wirt-)
ItlVKRSIDK. Calif.. Sept. 22. A
mother love so Intense that it plot
ted murder anJ assumed the
blame at the behest of a son's de
gHiinrate whims today stood re
veultd by a husband and Krandson
as the background of murder In
dictments against Mrs. lamina
North-ott and 21 year old Cordon
Stuart Northcott.
It was at the end of a day In
which a grand ju.-y had returned
murder Indictment a against the
mother and son fir four alleged
slaylngs that ( lark and the elder
Northcott described the strange
combination of love and degener
acy. Butchery Stories
Mra. Northcott ' affection "al
most amounted to insanity" for
(.ordon. her husband told authori
ties, while young Clark outlined
the gmesome killing of Walter
Co!!lii:i, r.lr.. y. .r o'.d I-oi A;.
toy. Clark xatd he, too. was
brought into the alleged slaying as
a measure to keep his tongue
quiet.
The Collins boy fell a victim on
the Northcott chicken ranch near
Winevllle. Calif., because he saw
Oordon slay the partner of a miner
in Northcott's cabin In Mint Can
yon, Clark related. First, young
Northcott planned to shoot Col
lins, but his mother suggested an
axe because a gun would make
"too much nnd
This course decided noon, the
mother led her grandson snd son
to a henhouse where three of
Northcott's victims were alleged
to hav died and been burled,
Clark ssid. and where young Col-
litis was sleeping. Oordon struck
the first blow. Then, so "no one of
us csn tell" Clark said. Mrs. North
cott forced her grandson to take
the aie and crash it against Col
lins' Jiead. Mrs. Northeott then
ilrurk the victim a blow herself,
(Continued on page i) .
AIDE!
SON
BILLS TO CHECK
I F LINGS
CO ON BALLOT
Future Appropriations from
Four Oregon Rivers Up
to State Voters.
ARGUMENTS FINISHED
I
Opposition Registered By
Commercial Chambers;
Dunne and Income
Bills Ready. ,
(AuorialH Pres. Lnutd Wiro)
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 22.
initiative inns mtemlfd to "pre-
serve lor food and game fish
propagation," the Deschutes rlverl
and all its tributaries except the
White river, the Kogue river and
Its tributaries, the north fork ol I
the L'tnpqtia river and its tribu-j
tarles. the Umpqua river from the
junction of the north and south 1
forks to Its mouth, and the Mc-I
Kenzie river and its tributaries.
will be on the November election
ballot. '
The bills propose "wlthdsjiwal
from further appropriation or con -
demnatlon. subject to vested
rlghts and to rights of riparian
owners to water for domestic use,
of all unappropriated waters there
of, Including reversions of prior
appropriations."
Pro and Con Statements
Arguments in favor of the bills
are submitted by the Oregon Game
Projective association, signed by
Project
E. K. Piaseckl. president, Dallas.
Ore., and C. 11. 1'hllllps, secretary,
Sulem
The proponents would "save "til
all the people of Oregon for recre
ational and for food and game pur
poses, what yet remains of the un
appropriated waters of the four
most advertised and best known
streams of the Btate."
The Bend chamber of commerce,
the Prineville business men's club
and the Redmond commercial
club. In arguments opposing the
Deschutes river bill say It would
prevent agricultural development
through Irrigation of the area
drained by the Deschutes, 'Would
prevent use of the water for do
mestic use in cities nnd towns,
would prevent use of the river's
water In mining, logging and lum- Jim .McCourt, 20, wanted by Se
ber milling, and would prevent de- atlle ikiIIcb as suspected slayer of
velopment of potential power re- Patrolman Sherard, was reported
sources. 1 today to-be enrotite to Portland
Opposition Strong t from Aberdeen, Wash., and offl-
Similar arguments against, the'eers here were warned to be on
bill are presented by Ihe Grants 'the lookout for him.
Pass chamber of commerce. Jose-1 McCourt eluded Seattle police
phlne county chapter Isaak Walton yesterday w hen they went to an
league of America, cities of apartment house where they had
Grants Pass. McMInnvllle, Kugene. been Informed through an under
(Continued on page 8) ground lip that he was hiding.
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PUTS BRICKS IN
CASE OF BOOZE.
DRAWS 60 DAYS
YHrbM I'n-w Win-)
LONDON. Sept. 22.
Sixty dny in prison with
hard labor is the sentence
that John O'Kburke, a Glas
gow truckman, has received
for substituting bricks for
twenty four bottles in two
cases of a load, of whiskey
which he . was conveying
from the tailroad station to
the docks.
News dispatches from the
Scottish port say that this
case may be an explanation
of many complaints receiv
ed from certain quarters in
the United States that whis
key cases from the Clyde
districts often contained
hard stuff in the form of
bricks instead of Scotch
blends. '
-'SEVERE TEMBLORS
FOR FOUR HOURS
!
Aictatl IT. Lraanl Wiro)
1 WASHINGTON. Sept. 22 An
' hu.uake described by Dlreclo-
' on"" as "very, very heavy
was recorded today on the Instru
ments of Georgetown University.
It btwn at 2:!il a. in., and lasted
for four hours, lis niHxhnum In
tensity, beginning at 3:3:1
I ""'tinned twenty minutes, which
I a vwr unusual occurrence.
I '""' ir lonuon esiimaieu mat
hit- it-iiii-t ui mi- uihi in nance was
r..o(M or 0.0(10 miles from Washlng-
ton, but the direction could not be
,'',-'pmim,1
NEW YORK, Sept. 22. An
earthquake, apparently severe,
was recorded today on" the seis
mograph at Fordhnm University.
Officials computed the shock as 4,
lino miles northwest of New York
City, or off the coast of Alaska.
The tremors started at 3:59 a. in.
and reached their maximum in
tensity at 4 :24 a. m.
TRAIL OF PORTLAND COP'S
MURDERER IS PICKED UP
( AMMwiwII ITi-w Um Wit,-)
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sent. 22
Nature Is a Funny
uiP .ur u r in.i
DEA.F EA.R.S--
1 1, max
DENVER CIVES
SALUTE
Great Crowds Extend Noisy
Welcome to Democratic
Standard Bearer. '
KANSANS WARM, TOO
Railway Journey Round of
Ovations; Speech Will
Be Made on Water
Power Issue.
BV I). HA HOLD OLIVER,
(AnH(Hlat?d ln-8 Staff WrUr.)
DKNVKH, S-tt. 2'Z. Governor
Smith arrived in lMMiver today and
waa K'vyi an ovation aa ht atei
ped from his social train. 'Jon Ik tit
In the city's auditorium he will de
liver the third speech of his west
ern cainiialgn tour with water
power as the theme.
A large committee of democratic
leaders from over the state wel
comed the democratic presidential
nominee. As he proceeded to a line
of automobiles waiting to take his
party on parade to the hotel, a 15
Kun governor's sulfite was fired.
One of the largest crowds sinco
he left Albany turned out to see
(iov. Smith who stood In his auto
mobile waving his brown derby as
photographers and movie men took
pictures at the union station.
The procession up 17th street
for a mile to the Urown Palace,
his hotel, was a noisy one, crowds
extending Into the street uml
walking alongside his cur uh hun
dreds cheered from buildings and
the sidewalks. The nauilnee stood
up In the automobile several times
to wave a greeting to the throng.
Another cheer went uiy when the
hotel was reached.
Water Power Next Thsrn
Having unburdened himself of a
sweeping counter charge ngainst
campaign whispering and more
outspoken critics of his public rec
ord, Governor Smith came Into
Colorado today prepared to tackle
what he regards as a more con
structive Issue water power.
A firm believer in public owner
ship and control of Mater power
renources, the governor was un
derstood to be ready to dwell at
some length on the subject. Ills at
titude has been that states, rather
than private enterprises, shoufUl
develop hydro-electric power and
turn It over to public utilities for
distribution at reasonable rates,
tinder the plan he has favored,
states should reap the profits
from such resources and If the
private corporations charge too
high a rate for distribution their
(Continued on page 6
Thing
SMITH
AND BIG
PARADE
Aspirant For
Congress Dies
t
IlLOSSntTRO. Pa., Sept. 22.
Miss Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter
of William 1). Wilson, secretary
of labor In the Wilson administra
tion, died at a hospital yesterday.
Mie submitted to a serious opera
tion several duys ago.
Miss Wilson was the democratic
nominee for congress In the ltith
Pennsylvania district In the com
ing election.
ART GOEBEL 15
-STOP RACE
Lo Angeles-to-Cincinnati
Plane Tnp Made in 15
Hourr, 17 Minutes.
BURGIN, RIVAL, LOST
Class A Machines Again on
Wing; Bradford Forced
Out of Contest by
Broken Shaft. .
(Aswnt.atn Vrm tmar4 Wir)
CINCINNATI, Sept. 22. Art
C-oebel, Los Angeles, who piloted
his Lockheed Vega mononlane
("Yankee Doodle." was the first of
the filers participating in the l,o:i
Augeles-Clnclnnatl air race to land
here today. Uoebel, entered in the
non-stop division crossed the fln-
'Ish line at Lunken airport at 10:25
a. m., unorfirlal time.
(loebrs official time was an
j nounced as 15 hours and 17 min
! utes. He said he had excellent
seather all the way. Goebel.
holder of the non-stop flight rec
ord from California to New York
and winner of Ihe Dole flight, said
he had not sighted Kmil Hurgln,
Mtneiila, N. Y., enroule here.
Ilurgiu, Ihe only other entrant In
the Cincinnati non-stop race, look
off rnun lAtn Angeles over an
hour eailler yesterday than (ioe
b... Cists A on Wing
FT. WOKTII, Teius. Kent. ?2
The fly hi fliers leti In the Iuhs
A air deihy from Los Angeles to
j Clnrlnnall Imik off at the airpntt
ilhls morning for Pine Bluff. Ark..
souther night coiilrol point. They
led by Robert Imkp f Pltla.
I buirh who took off at ltl:as a m
The remaining planes followeil
nt minute Intervnls In the follnw-
lng order: T. W. Kenyoti, De
troit; (ieorge W. Hopkins, De
troit; S. J. Whittman. Fond (lit
Imv, Wis.; J. s. Chsrles, Rich
mond; A. H. Kreider. HaBerstown.
Mil ; Ralph Haynes. Klinira. N. V..
and Dlik Myhres. I,is Angeles.
They disappeared into clotMlo.l
skies nnd a slight riilxle, but
were hopeful over reports of fair
weather In Arkansas. Myhrei
plane was forced down Kridnv
near Big Springs. Texas, and he
ispent the night there. He arrived
at the local field this morning. ;
HWKRTWATKR, Texas. Sept. 22
-II. W. Kmery, Jr.. of Bradford.
Pa., who was forced down 15 miles
from here yesterday, said today
h was definitely out of the class
A ! Angeles to Clnrlnnall air
race.
Kxamlnatioft of Kmerys nlano
disclosed a broken crauk shaft. He
iwiia-j a Detroit company to send
merhanlc to muke repairs.
Cists B Men Hop
EL PASO. Texas. Bent. 22
In spite of warning weather re
ports from the Maris. Texas sec
tion, and gray end murky weather
VICTOR
NEW
H ontlnued on page a)
ACREAGES
LAID WASTE Br
SWEEP OF FIRE
Forest Conflagrations Are
Battled in California '
and Near Portland.
FOUR MEN BLOWN UP
Butte County Town Barely,
Saved; Oregon Lumber
Camp Near Sandy
Destroyed.
f AnnrUtH Pmi Ltur Win)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.
From extreme northern Oregon to
the southern lip or California, the
Pacific coast today marshalled,
forars to combat forest, and bru;li
fires which had trupped motorists,
caused one death, severe burnn
for about a dozen men and two
women, and turned thousands vt
acres into a smoking waste.
The man killed was Neal Lane,
employe on San Francisco's Hetch.
Hetchy project, who was one of
four men blown up when a brush,
fire Ignited gasoline In his truck,
near Llvermore, northern Califor
nia, and exploded the tank. One
of the other men wis In a critical
condition.
The women who suffered burns
were Mrs. B. C. WyUle, of Fresno,
and Mrs. J. K. Koylo, of Los An
geles, members' of a motoiinsj
party caught in a brush fire In
the Hakersfleld-Los Angeles r Wl so
route highway. They were In a
machine driven by Mrs. Wytde'a
son, Andrew. He succeeded In
speeding1 through the flames, and
reached Sandburg with his ma
chine in running order.
K. M. Montgomery, of Pasadena
and J. S. Kirn ore, of Orovtlle,
were other members of the party
who suffered burns. All the in
jured were taken to a hospital at
Newhnll.
OH Property 8aved
The fire which singed the
Wyldo party started about tea
miles north of Castlac Junction.
2r miles north of Los Angelea.
The flames swept westward in
dry brush and woods; and last
night were threatening the Santa
Barbara National- Forest The
fire burned around the oil proper
ties or C. I Doheny. but work
men reported they had saved the
derricks.
Farther sotith, a fire swept from
Riverside County across the San
Diego county line, and last night
was burning up the north slope
of Palnmar mountain, the setting;
of several fiction stories, where
.eorts were threatened. Long
shoremen I i om San I lego were
sent to the fire lines In such num
bers that arriving vessels had lo
wait hours for crewa to unload
cargo.
Hard Work saves Town-
In northern California, Butte
county was experiencing ihe worst
fires of years. The flames In
vaded the little mining town of
Mitgalla, but were beaten back:
after three houses had been de
stroyed. The residents had load
ed all their household goods on
motor trucks and automobiles, and
were prepared to evacuate their
homes wilh all possible sulva If
(Continued on pat-re 8 )
H
The Southern Oregon district
convention of Ihe Knights of
Pythias lodge Is being held In tlila
city this afternoon with a large at
tendance of members representing
the various lodges embraced with
in the district. The afternoon ses
sion, starting at 8:30 o'clock wan
given over to competition between
degree teams. The successful team
Is to go to Salem the last of Of-
tuber to represent the district st
the grand lodge session. Short ad
dresses by representatives of Ihe
different lodges on matters per
taining to lodge work and welfare
will conclude the afternoon ses
sion. At 6 o'clock there will be a ban
quet, followed by a social hour In
which Uiere will be a program of
music, readings and stunts.
At 8 o'clock there will be ritual
istic work and addresses by Judge
Morrow, grand chancellor, audi
Walter O. Gleeson, grand keeper
of records and seals.