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VOL. XXIX NO. 175 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 1928.
rOL. XIX NO. 24 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Football Player Awaiting
Death or Crippling
Balance of Life.
MOTIVE UNAPPARENT
Two Business Men Grilled
by Police as Suspects
Cabaret Raid Is
Angle of Case.
(Aaocltt-d Trtm Ltued Wire)
CHICAGO, Nov. 13. One of
those series ot circumstances bo
frequent In detective fiction and so
rare in reality bad drawn two busi
ness men today into the case of
John A cher, Northwestern univer
sity football player, severely
wounded by gunfire early Sunday
morning.
, Phillip L. McKee. president of
the American Greenhouse Manufac
turing company and reputedly well-to-do.
and D. T. Church, a real
estate dealer with a "gold coast"
address, were taken to detective
headquarters during the night for
questioning by Commissioner
Siege.
McKee Suspected
It was the opinion of Stege, who
ordered McKee held, that McKee
was In the automobile from which
young Acher was shot and either
fatally wounded or crippled for
life. The shots were fired, the com
missioner believes, by gangster
guests of McKee.
-McKee's arrest came after he
had telephoned police that his au
tomobile, which answers the de
scription of the car from which
Acher was shot, bad been stolen
sometime Saturday night or Sun
day morning. Detectives found the
car last night a short distance
from where McKee reported it had
been parked when it was stolen.
1 iitj cur wiifu luuim was luciit-u, .
both doors and ignition. The right
front fender was dented and on the
running board was some paint
such as was scraped from Acher's
car when the gunmen's machine
glanced against It, starting the
altercation which led to the shoot
ing. -
Cabaret Raid Figures
McKee and Church told 'detec
tives they had been drinking to
gether Saturday nitfht and early
Sunday, and that McKee had driv
en Church home about midnight.
McKee then went to a Wacker
drive sub-level cabaret, he said,
and remained until 6 a. m. Sunday.
Iwo cabarets were ordered raid-
sH nriil man n nrl nniDD nrhniA 1
Identities were not made known,
......
i in mrer s r.nn caoerei, one or
those McKee said he rlaited. was 1
aescrineu nv ooiice as a favorite I
amusement center for several men j
who have had trouble with the law.
They named John Flannery and I
vB(mii mlu -no u-ivu
for murder with "Midget" Fernekes
and sentenced to death, only to
win a new trial and acquittal.
The condition of young Acher, a
(Continued en pace 8.)
in SDUTHWESTEFir.
OREGON LEAGUE
At a meeting of the southwest
ern Oregon basketball league di
rectors In Coquille Saturday, Rose
burg was admitted as a member of
the southwestern district, which
Is nutde up of. six teams in class
'A'V and six teams In class "B."
Marshfleld. North Bend, Myrtle
Point, Coquille, Bandon and Rose
burar will comooae leaarue "A"
STUDENT
GUNMEN
CHICAGO STREET
while Powers, Argo. Coos River, ! i'lnesa or exhaustion, and died.
Tfridge and Lakeside, for league 1 The body wss badly decomposed,
"B." Heretofore Roseburg haa al- btlt Identification was easily estab
ways been connected TrltK the 'Ushed.
southern Oregon league, which In-1 Coroner Rltter was railed and
eluded Medford, Grants Pass and made an Investfration of the case.
Ashland. The "completion of the 1 Relatives re taking the body to
Coos Ray highway, however, makes San Francisco for burial.
It much easier for Roseburg to
play agalnat Coos county teams, as
there Is not so much expense In
travelling. The change was pro
posed three years ago but waa not
completed until the meeting yes -
terday. The opening games for
the southwestern district are sche
duled for Jsnuary 4 ftrhen Rose
burg will play at Bandon. On
Jsnuary 11 Bandon will play at
MarihfieM. Coquille at Myrtle
Point and North Bend at Roseburg
They Have Been Elected to Congress j
Four -women were re-elected to
congress, and three others. Includ
ing a daughter of the late William
1nnfnrfe Fir-van ariHoH In th num.
I ber, according to returns of the No
vember election. The new congress
women are O) Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen, Florida; (3) Mrs. Itu'h
Hanna McCormick, Illinois; (1)
Mrs. Jtuth Pratt. New York- The
four re-elected are C2 Mrs. Mary" T. Norton, New Jwrsey; f ..its., As a parting shot, she branded
Florence Kahn, California; (5) Mrs. John W. Langley, Kentucky; 'jj Bj a "political dodge" and then
(6) Mrs. Edith Rogers. Massachusetts. They will make up the largest turning to the defense of , Asa
representation women have ever had in Congress. j Keyes, district attorney of Loa An-
IT
SEPT. F010 DEAD
Body of Augustus Palmer
of San Francisco Found
on Knoll Beside Rail
road Tracks.
The body of Augustus Charles
Palmer, who has been missing
from Reeditnort since Sentember
n i v.
railroad track at East Gardiner.
t for a wa.k September I
13 and was not seen after that j
day. A reward of S00 was offer-
ui h faiativA fnr h finriinr of
his body or Information concerning
him.
He w 47 yearB of ft natve
. of Eneland and came to h i coun-
try in 1910. He and his wife made
their home in San Francisco,
wiirre ib nuw un.aifu. mi 17
in September Mr. Palmer went to
Reedsport to visit his brother-in-
law, George Richmond. He had
not been in good health and had
made It a practice to take a walk
along the railroad track e-h
morning. He always went as far
as the four-mile post and then re
traced his steps to Reedsport.
He went out as usual on the
morning of the 13th but did not re
turn, a search was made for him
but without results, and It waa
feared that he had suffered a
lapse of memory and had wander
ed away and had died. The rela
tives offered a reward for any In
formation or for the dlscoverey of
his body, but despite a most exten
sive search na trace of the man
was found.
The body was discovered yester
day by Albert 8teers a section
foreman. Palmer had apparently
climbed to a small knoll beside the
tracks and using his hat for a pil
low laid down, either because of
SOFT-STIFF COLLAR
IjOVDOV A renrcuntativ4nr a
1 local shirt and collar firm is
deavorlng to market something
new Is collars, ft combines the
rigidity of the stiff collar with the
comfort of a soft one. The inside
band Is of celluloid and the outside
of the same material as the
shirt. .
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CHANGE OF VENUE
(AamrUttd Pifa tauid Wire)
CHIOAOO, Not. 13. On his plea
that the Judse was prejudiced,
Harold "lied" Orange, one time
football hero at the University 'f
Illinois, was granted a change ot
i venue todny In the case against
him alleging he is the rather of
the Beven-monthsold daughter of
Mrs. Helen Hozak.
Grange appeared In court vlth
his counsel and Mrs. Flozak also
was there The case was transfer
red to the chief justice for reas
signment. COOS LOGGER MAY
BECOME BLIND AS
ACCIDENT RESULT
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no" ioKKe" organization of early
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result of an accident involving
a hit and ruu driver on the Marsh-field-Coqullle
highway yesterday.
Smith, driving toward Coos Bay
.'with Warren Davis, was knocked
off the highway by a hit, and run
driver who came up from behind.
m- truck was nubnitTKed in wa-
: teraj of the slouch. Iavls held
( Smith's chin above water until
Carl Walker arrived to extricate
them. Battery acid may destroy
Smith's eyesight.
U. S. SOLDIER, ON
DEER HUNT, SLAIN
BY HIS COMRADE
WALLACE. Idaho. Nov. 13 Ad
vices received today from St. Re
gis said that Sergeant Paul O.
Port Is. Fort Missoula, Mont. , had
been accidentally killed by Ser
geant IVtchmy, his hunting . com.
panion.
The dlKpntch would appear to In
dicate that Portls. who wore
Khaki -garb, was off alona 'and
faikd to return to his companions
at Tamarack creek by the expect
ed path. He was mistaken for a
deer, and shot at a distance of 150
feet.
Portls is survived hy his widow
and a child at Missoula.
PETTERS GET THREE
CHANCES TO BE GOOO
(By NRA Service)
MORRANTOWN. W. Vs. Auto
pitting parties on highways In this
vitinity hsve been reduced to a
mll:!mura. Alid Sheriff J. K. Rode
hsver Is sccorded sll the credit.
The method of solving the
problem Is simple. First offenders
are warned to do their petting In
less public places. Second offend-
ers must explain to their parents
I becsuse the sheriff tells the folks
about It. Third offenders face the
necessity of explslntng their ac
tions to a police Judge.
J V EE. DFFEHS
E
ASA KEYES CASE
Evangelist, Abroad, Says
She Has Already Told ,
- All She Can.
BRIBERY IS DENIED
Pictures Accused Attorney
as Political. Football;
Grand Jury Calls
Old Figures.
AofUt! Prrm Lfwml Wire)
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13. For
mer District Attorney Asa Keyes,
appearing before Superior Judge
j Douglas Edmonds, today pleaded
not guilty to tne inaicimem mrj.
ing -wilful and corrupt" practices
In office. The trial was set tor
December S.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13. From
far-off London, Aimee Semple Mc
pherson has pounced indignantly
on bits of news that told her how a
grand Jury has Btarted to peer Into
the past of her kidnaping case on
the theory that Bhe might have j
bribed a district attorney.
As the evangelist of Angelus
j Temple puts It, the Intimations of
bribery have been born of political
strife In the city of her abortion.
I Not only are they utterly untrue.
jdlBpatrhes quote her, but the
grand jury once heard all she can
tell and ever will tell, despite the
fact that the Jurors apparently are
witling to listen to more.
i Save Kevea "Football" - - U
iKis wumy, wuubo iiuy vines mw
I grand jury has been perturbed
about, she described him as a
1uuiDa.11 aicKeu aouu. oy poiiti-
cal parties.
Keyes has been ordered to court
with seven others today to enter a
plea to Indictments charging him
with corruption and bribery In his
legal stronghold. "It is a case of
one party wanting to get Keyes
out and others wanting him In,"
Mrs. Mcpherson was quoted. "It is
Just the sort of thing we get
around election time."
Outwardly. Keyes Is out of poll
tics. He resigned from office some
weeks ago with the explanation
that he believed he had completed
a faithful life of public service and
wanted to devote his time to his
family. His resignation takes ef-
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of patient vr v;yrv
i uosr sleep- VTT('cai.ibra.tino-
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British Prohi
Cause Aided By
Hoover Victory
LONDON. Nov. 13. The Dally
Express said today that the vic
tory of Herbert Hoover had served
as an Incentive to prohibition ad
vocates in England to prepare for
an energetic campaign against al
cohol in connection with the gen
eral election next year.
Prohibitionists were quoted as
saying that Mr. Hoover's majority
had given every temperance and
prohibition organ! ration In Grat
Britain new hope and that It would
cfiutiuiy stimulate the cause of
temperance throughout the world.
The paper said temperance or
ganizations would put forward pio-
lu bit ion candidates in forty con-
sttuenciea and would pledge their
votes to any candidate elsewhere
supporting such measures as local
option.
, The hope was not entertained of
making England dry at once, but
the proposal was to move toward
that goal in such stages as the es
tablishment of local option and
the tightening of existing laws re
garding limitation of saloon hours
and the sale of intoxicants in
clubs.
William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson.
American prohibition crusader,
will be In England In the spring
and will help In the temperance
drive. The hope is entertained of
obtaining money from the United
States to aid the campaign.
SLAYS CELL MATE
CLEVELAND, Nov. 13. En
raged by a four-year federal prison
term imposed upon him, James T.
Nevlns, 39, a prisoner at the coun-
lv tail, killed hi eallmulA with an
fh'vn r'T eHy today, ticcording to
his confession to police.
Donald Prentiss, aald to be dis
trict manager of the Detroit terri
tory of a large automobile manu
facturing corporation, was the vic
tim. He died In a hospital without
rrgalnlng consciousness, with a
fractured skull.
Nevlns confessed that he had In
tended to use the Iron pipe on
Federal Jude Paul Jones who
sentenced him, but did not get
chance to do so when brought Into
court yesterday
Nevlns originally was sentenced
to two years at the Atlanta federal
penitentiary for threatening a doc
tor at the Cleveland marine hospi
tal where he was a patient. While
serving this sentence he wrote the
physician a letter again threaten
ing him "When my time Is up." In
September Nevlns was rearrested
here.
Prentiss was under a one year
sentence at Atlanta for a statutory
offtnBe.
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ARMISTICE DAY
PROGRAMDRAWS
A HUGE CROWD
Much Interest Shown in
Celebration Staged by
Local Post.
DOG RACE PLEASES
Woodrow Hughes Winner
of Ford Car Given as
First Prize in
Contest.
The Armistice Day celebration
held here yesterday was a great
success and was attended by a
huge crowd. The weather was
Ideal until late In the afternoon
when a heavy downpour caught
the crowds returning from the
football game.
In the morning the dog race was
the feature event of the program.
Thia was won by Woodrow
Hughes, who received a Ford tour
ing car as first prise. Lovell Stan
ley was second and Kenneth Mil
ler third.
The dog race was a stunt that
will likely be repeated in the fu
ture as it proved a most interest
ing event. There were nearly loo
dogs In the competition, each held
on a 4-foot leash. Hoys and girls
under the age of 15 years were
permitted to enter their does In
this contest, which was run ovr ty
course two blocks in length. The
race provided plenty of excite
ment and numerous flights. After
the prand priie had been awarded
and the wlnulng dog given a who)
ritue of boiogua as a reward for
his speed, all of the contestants
were Issued free passes for the af
ternoon football game. A cash
prixe of $6 was then posted for a
second race, and another contest
was held. Lovell Stanley finished
first In that contest. Jim Arthur
second and Floyd Jnny first. The
prizes were dlvidtd V3, $2 and 91.
The Roseburg Municipal Band
and tlv. Umpqua Post Drum Corps
then held brief ex'.ihllions and
concerts, after which tho patriot lei
meeting was held. j
This took place at the Antlers
theatre, which was crowded to ca
pacity for the service.
The band opened the prograip
with a brief concert, after which
the Invocation was delivered by
Kev. Penhall. The American Le
gion Auxiliary quartette then sang
two selections, after which the
address of the day was delivered
by Rev. K. P. Runnella, pastor of
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Look the Same!
NOTED AUTHORITY
ON GREEK BURNS TO
DEATH IN STUDY
MMoHatcd Pro IMnl Wire)
EDINItUltGH, Scotland. Nov.
Overcome by fumes from
whirb broke out In the study
home while he was sleeping there,
Dr. Alexander W. Mair, professor
of Greek at Edinburgh University,
was burned to death early today
before rescuers were able to
reach him.
The fire was confined to the one
room and it was some time before
its outbreak was detected by other
members of the family. The posi
tion of the body Indicated that the
professor had attempted to rise,
but collapsed from the effects of
the fumes.
Prof. Mair was a noted authority
on Greek and haa published trans
lations of several ancient Greek
writers.
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Etna's Lava Flow Covers
Town of Mascali and
Huge Acreage of
Rich Land.
(AonrUted hM Uaanl wlrr)
IIOMR. Not. 13. The real peril
of the Ml. Ktna eruption may now
be considered past and the villag
es of Carrabba and Ntiniiata may
consider themselves out of danger,
say direct dispatches from Sicily
late today. ,
The main problem confronting
ine auinorities is to find work fori
the refugees pending the time that
new houses can be constructed and
the devastated region can cover
some of Its former fecundity.
Advices to 8tefa.nl News agency
from Catania stated that the lavaaarms floating near
now towara uarrabua today
rarhed the road over which pas
sengers were transported to Mes
sina. The railway service on that
line has been abandoned and trav
elers are obliged to take the tor
mini immerse to Palermo or go by
sea.
Loss Enormous
Fresh estimates today showed
that nearly lsM) acres of rich land
have been covered by the lava, j
About one-fourth of this area pro-j
duced k ruins, another fourth was
lined for nut-bearing trees and the
remaining was Riven over to the
production of wine grapes.
The correspondent In Sicily of
the Trlhuna estimated that the
damage from the eruption had
reached a total of $1M,466,H00 of
which $3,000,000 represented grain
lands, orchards and vineyards A
The correspondent said that on
ly fifty out of 800 houses were
standing In Mascali and that the
loss from this source was $1.200.-1 Of the humanity-burdened craft
000. In Serragnano one hundred I that put away from the sinking
houses were destroyed. They were'vesa! shortly after noon y ester
valued at $105,200. Private etM?. 1 ,!ay when It reported itself lying
snd villas in the countryside that on beam ends, only an im pro
were wiped out by the lava were (vised raft was believed missing;
estimated at representing a loss of
9160,000.
REAL ROMANCE i
PATHS. At the age of M. Abbe
Gelstlts, for years chaplain of
Sante prison. Is dead. The Abbe's
life was eventful. He administered
the laat rites to the notorious
criminal P.0I0 Pasha and many
01 hers, and received the last words
of the woman spy, Mata Harl.
Hoover Market" on Wall
Street Ordeal For Human
Endurance and Ingenuity
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Because of the "Hoover mar
ket,' which surpasses the wild uprush of stocks last spring, tho
human cogs in the exchange machine were almost at the point
of exhaustion tnrlny,
Midnight oil is being burned in brokers offices as tho
overworked bookkeeping staffs attempt to keep pace with a
market which high speed tickers have found difficulty in fol
lowing within an hour of actual transactions.
The brokers on the floor, around
whom eddy and swell the buying
and selling currents, are being forc
ed to take extended week-end va
cations. Many ot the older mem-
bera have been forced to give up
their seats to younger members of
th-lr frma better able to with
stand the physical battering they
mutt underKO.
Michael J. Meehan, former brok
erage clerk, who was the whirl
pool center of the bull market in
radio last spring, felt the strain
so deeply that he has (tone
month's vacation. He Is reputed to, would be authorised to operate fur
have added additional millions to j their clients. They hsve complaln
those he made last spring In theied that it is physically Impossible
current "bull" market for them to watch such orders In
Downtown resturants have been!
forced to put on extra help to take
rare, of the enormous volume of
meals ordered carried In tho brok
erage houses for employes too
122 MISSING
RAFTER WRECK
OE STEAMSHIP
214 Adrift From The
Vestris Rescued
Raft Yields Lifeless Man,
Bodies of Woman and
Child Are Seen.
ATLANTIC IS COMBED
Most of Lifeboats Picked
Up and Heavy Casualty
List Feared; Ship
Tilts in Gale.
(Aaorlaln! Prm Lnanl Wire)
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. One man
was known to bs dead, a worn in
and child war reported floating in
the rolling waves and othsr deaths
seemed probable as reports from
the rescue fleet off the Virgin:
capes slowly pieced out the story
of the sinking of the liner Vsstrla
today. '
At noon, almost a full day and
nlaht since the 339 passengers and
craw Vv.nt over the tilting aide of
th. stricken vessel Into lifeboats
ana
and rafts, only 214 nad been d
finitely accounted for, and most of
the lifeboats had been picked up.
One man taken from the water
by the steams r Berlin told of see
ing a woman with aacnQd In her
him, tiearcn
was begun for them and lookout
was kapt for other who had found
no room in the boats or (who nad
been washed from the rafts. -
The dead man, unidentified in
first reports, was found by the
battleship Wyoming, dying on th
raft where he had died of expo
eure.
The code of the sea that calls
the strong to help the weak today
hr.d apparently resulted In the sav
Ing of nearly all those who y ester
day took to lifeboats when the
steamer Vestris turned over 300
miles off the Virginia coast.
Almost a dosen boats, ranging
from battleship to cutter, cruised
the waves through the night In re
sponse to frantic distress signals
and early In the morning had!
picked up six small boats and a
raft bearing all but a few of (he
3.19 passengers and sailors who
had left the Vestris with Its decks
awash.
thla morning. Search for It con
tinued with the battleship Wyom
ing reporting that she had res
curd other persons from floating;
wreckage.
None Believed Lost
In all the messages that flew?
from ship to shore telling of the
rescue, there was no mention ot
whether there was loss of life. Al
though It was not possible during
the early hours to determine tho
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busy to go out for them.
Margins Advanoe
In an effort to check the frens
led operations many commission
houses have Increased their mar-
gin requirements to 40 per cent or
more, especially for stocks selling
above $200 a share. To date how
ever, thla move aeema to have had
little effect, and there have been
few liquidations ot weakened mar
ginal act-ouuts.
Many specialists on the floof
have refused stop orders, that Is to
accept a range within which they
this kind of a market.
Mora Speed Planned
New h!h speed printers, cap
able of handling three times the
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