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60 Weather
High tit temperature yesterday - 39
Lowest temperature last night.. .27
Forecast for interior southwest
Oregon: Centrally fair tonight and
Thursday; freezing temperature to
night. BUBS
DOUiStSr COUNTY
Consolidation of The Evening Newt and
The Roeeburg Review .
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VOL. XXIX NO. 206 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1928.
VOL. XIX NO. 286 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Rose
CHARITY WORK
flFIPQllAPOST
IS COMMENDED
Post Raises Sum to Provide
Cheer for Needy
Family.
PLAN GLENDALE TRIP
January 15th Set as Date
for Meeting in Southern
City Grants Pass
Will Also Attend.
s An enthusiastic meeting of Ump
qua post, American Legion, was
held last night at the club rooms
in the armory with Vice-Commander
Ted Post presiding.
One or the high lights of last
night's session was the report of
Glenn McAllister, service officer!
of the organization. While It has 1
been known that Umpqua post dur-
lng the past few years has been !
quite active in caring for the needy
families of ex-service men in all
parts of Douglas county, many
members of the organization had
no idea concerning the vast scope
of the work carried on. Following
the service officer's report a mo
tion was made that a collection be
taken among those present for sup
plying food to needy families dun ;
ing the Christmas season, and al
though the attendance last night
was exceptionally small owing to
llluess, over $30 was collected in
the space of but a few minutes.
Not only has the post been act
ive in this relief work, but the Aux
iliary has provided bankets at
Thanksgiving time and Christmas
packages for the needy and dis
abled vets. The post last night vot
Id to donate the sum of $10 to the
ladles to aid them In carrying on
this work.
Comrade Rudy Rltzman reported
briefly on another phase of the re
lief work of the post. Recently the
members of the post heard of a
buddy and his family who were
without funds. The comrades know
that unless the sum of $.".0 could
be raised without delay that the
veteran would be forced to aban
don his homestead and would be
unuwn on the county for support.
They took immediate action, so
liciting only members of I'mpqua
post and within an hour's time had
raised $51.
The strength of I'mpqua post
was clearly shown by the report of
Frank Hills, who announced that
404 members for r.'2i had been
sig)ed. This is a record in the
stale of Oregon and the post last
night was determined to reftch
their goal of 555 by December 31.
The vice commander announced
last night that two members of the
organisation v. ould be appointed
to serve on the nominating com
mittee of the chamber of com
merce and to assist In staging the
annual banquet and election of of
ficers. Umpqua post of the Ameri
can Iegion has always cooperated
with the chamber of commerce
and plans during 1921 to render a
real service to this splendid or
ganization. A short discussion of the plans
to send the drum corps to the dedi
cation of the Veterans Hospital In
Portland in February resulted in
Frank l.aurreau being appointed
(Continued on page 8.)
JCING GEORGE IS
STILL IMPROVING
(AtaoclatMl Hres Lefts! Wire)
LONDON, Dec. 19. The desper
ate battle which King George has
been waging for his life continued
somewhat in his favor today.
The morning's medical bulletin,
like the two of yesterday, recorded
Improvement, even though alight.
Despite the fact that his majesty's
gain has been slight. It has been
definite and a more hopeful at
mosphere prevailed among palace
officials.
On the whole the situation was
regarded as favorable and satis
factory although it was empha
sized that anxiety continues and
must continue for some time. Un
interrupted progress for several
days, il wss said, would be neces
sary before real confidence in the
outcome can be felt.
Qjrisfmaj
MRS. COOLIDGE'S
MOTHER REPORTED
SLIGHTLY WEAKER
r
(AatkK-Latttl I'rt-Mi LtttM-U Wire)
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Dec.
19. Mrs. Lemira Goodhue (above),
mother of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge,
was said today to be somewhat
weaker than she was when her
daughter visited her last month.
Attaches of the Dickinson hos
pital, where Mrs. Goodhue has
been a patient for. more than
venr sal.l hmvever that there had !
been no sudden change in hir con
dition.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Mrs.
Coolidge left here today to vlBit
her mother, Mrs. Lemira Goodhue,
who is ill at Northampton. Mass.
R. Watkins, Lifer, and
Alvin Hodges Stage
Daring Getaway.
ROWBOAT IS MISSING
Water Patrolled in Effort
to Catch Pair; Hodges
Had Only 4 Months
of Term Left.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 19.
Sawing their way through ' steel
bats to the strains of hymns being
sung by prisoners and guards dur
ing morning devotional exercises
in the prison chapel, two prison
ers, one of them serving a lift;
term tor murder, escaped from Mc
Neil Island federal penilenti&iY
aoout 6 o'clock this morning.
The prisoners who staged the
daring escape are Jesse K. Wat
kins. 25, a lifer, and Alvin Hodges,
serving a sentence of a year for
violation of the national motor ve-
hlcle act. ,
Escape In a Boat
The two fugitives apparently
made good their escape trotn lh
island. Shortly after the escape
was discovered, a row boat owned
by a rancher on the Island was re
ported missing.
Prison launches are patrolling
the waters of Puget Sound for
miles on all sides of the Island In
X7 Al
1 A - . &
ID CONVICTS
ESCAPE' FROM
IUIII. ISLAND
the hope of preventing the escap- j George Singleton,, Wally Rapp,
Ing men from reaching the main-1 Lynn Beck ley and numerous olh
land. Officers are also patrolling er former R. H. S. hoop atars.
the mainland on the Tacoma side Coach Turner is quite well pleas
to Intercept the fleeing convicts, ed with the ay bis team Is pro-
at kins had been at the pent- greasing this year, and expects lo
tentiary since October 22, 1927, ' be able to turn out a strong squad
when he was received after being for the school this year. The
given a life sentenre In federal ! alumni game will give local fans
court In San Francisco for a lull -
ing. No details ot the r.iurder were
available at the prison, but it
believed that he was found guilty j
of slaying, a man on the high seas. !
He was not a military prisoner, it
was reported. !
Hodges' 8econd Break
Hodges' escape was his second
since he was received at the pent- Roseburg wilt be home for the
tentiary February 10 of this year. ! holidays by that time and it Is ex
He tried to gt away on March 23 ! Pcted that a most interesting
but was recaptured before he was
able to get off the Island. Prison
officials were greatly surprised at
his escape today as he had only
four months of his sentence to
serve before obtaining freedom.
H was received from Piioenix,
Ariz.
Watkins Crime
S A N Fn A NC I Hf O. Dec. 19
Jese R. Watkin. who escaped
from the federal prison at McNeil
Island today, was convicted here
of the murder on the Sun Francis
co Presidio of Henry W. Cham
bers. 61. The slayine occurred in a
j lonely stable August 20, 1927.
Chambers' body was round
(Continued on page 6)
1
BILLY RAN1EH
AND
UNDER
POLICE GUARD
Chicago Prosecutor Gives
Kidnapers No Further
Chance to Murder.
NEW CRIMES APPEAR
Clyde Healy Shot to Death
for Selling Water for
Booze Junk Shop
Is Bombed.
(Attociitftl PreM titled W!n)
CHICAGO. Dec. 19. A guarded
room in a loop hotel harbored two
of the principals in the Hanierl
kidnaping case last night.
Billy. 10, his father. A. F. Ra
nierl. and Tbomas Domintck, a
msin Who came from Plliladel-
phia for the trial, were ordered
placed under guard by Assistant
State's Attorneys Mueller and
Hoffman.
This step was taken, they said,
to prevent an attempt on the lives
of Billy and his father because of
their testimony yesterday.
The Ranieris, father and son,
had pointed out in court Aiigelo
Petlttl as the man who demanded I
, the $60,000 ransom for Billy and
Andrew and Tony Cappellano as
; the men who held him hostage.
One witness, Ole Scully, already
has paid with his life. Police are
holding 20 men, the gleanings of a
j roundup of 150, for questioning In
I connection with the mysterious
Scully slaying.
He was killed Monday by live
men who had followed him " and
several companions into a restaur
ant. Scully was to have tken the
stand yesterday.
Booze Cheater Slain
Two times Clyde Healy escaped
assassination. Yesterday he didn't.
His body, three bullets in the
head, was found beside the curb of
a south side street. For many
hours he was marked on the coro
ner's records as the victim of a
"vampire" motorist. When a care
ful examination was made last
night, the bullet holes were found.
Healy, whose fatter was a well
known politician on the south side
two decades ago, apparently had
been "taken for a ride" In his own
car, which was found several
(Continued on pan 4.)
OBSERVED FRIDAY
The flrpf basketball game of the
season will be piayed Friday, cli
maxing the homecoming program
J lo De etaged at the senior high
school Fiiday aru-rnoon at 2:4fi
o'clock. The local team, which is
making an excellent start this
year, will be pitted against
alumni team made up of former
high school stars. Bill Burr, as
sistant coach at O. A. C, and for
; nier Pacific coast star, is ex
1 pected to head the alumni squad,
j which w ill ah-o include Ray and
i Maynard Bell, George Churchill,
' an opportunity to see the players i
i in action for the first time this
year.
The homecoming program is to
Include Christmas features, athle
tic awards, student reunion and a
tea. In addition to the basketball
game. Practically all of the unl
versity and college students from
time will be enjoyed.
Several of the former studenta
will participate In the program, to-
geiher with the present students
at the school, making up a very
diversified entertainment. A t h-
letes and organizations partlclpat-
I ing In athletic and school activl
: ties will receiv letters, cups and
other awards, following the Christ
mas procram. At B o'clock ths
(Jit's' Club will serve tea for tho
alumni.
The student body and alumni
association are making a partiru-
lar effort to secure a large attend-
i ance of the former students, both
art me program and the basket-
ball game.
Great Fossil Bed
.
Amazing Specimens Uncovered in Secret New Mexican
Strata Represent Every Geologic Period From
7,000,000 to 75,000,000 Years Ago.
(Associated Press Leased Wire.)
BERKELEY. Cal.. Dec. 19. Two University of Cali
fornia scientists were preparing today for classifying a ton of
fossils found in a hitherto unexplored New Mexican earthbed
said to have specimens from every geologic age from 75,000,
000 years ago, up to 7,000,000 years ago and so valuable to
science that the discoverers refused to reveal its location.
The scientists are Prof. C, L. i
Camp, curator of amphibians and i the report. Issued by the scientists
reptiles, and V. L. VanderhoofJ yesterday.
museum collector. They said their) The report added that in one
discovery was made in a section of I bed, representative of the Triassic
the state so remote that the na- period, the first age of reptiles,
tlves thresh their grain with hand' were to be found remains of the
flails and grind their own flour. I reptiles which began replacing the
Schools are 75 miles apart, and the' amphibian inhabitants of the earth
residents seldom speak English, j as the swamps turned to dry land.
Deeply religious, the people, said; in another stratum, representative
the scientists, castigate themselves j of the Cretaceous period when ren
wlth whips and wear cactus hi: tiles had overrun the earth, were
their sandals by way of penance . found fossils of dinosaurs, croco-
for their sins,
Upheaval Shows Fossils
In this thinly-peopled upland,
the California expedition found aj
district where the great contlnuut-j
al divide has Bhoved up and ex
posed to view many old strata, re-1
veal ing fossilized remains of ani
mals which died millions of years
ago.
"These strata contain the fossil
ized bones of animals from most
of the Important eras of the past,
starting with the Permian period,
more than 75,000,000 years ago,
aud continuing to the comparative
ly recent Miocene period, closing
perhaps 7,000.000 years ago," salt'
DOREENE DE SELVO
KILLER OF PINTO,
PLACED ON TRIAL
(AocUted Vrtm Ltaaed Wire)
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. IS. Do
reene De Selvo, 32, of San Fran
cisco, went on trinl here today
charged with first degree murder
for shooting Gilbert Pinto, yeo
man. In the Baton of the
Matsou
'
liner Malolo November 8.
The woman, whose cast life was
a blend of French convent lifo and
thrllllng experiences in the Hub-
sfan revolution, accused Pinto of
repulsing her after having paid at-
tentfons to her in San Francisco,
Witnesses of the tragedy said
Pinto turned away from her with
a laugh when she accosted hint
while a throng of Portlanders in
spected the chip. She drew a re
volver, shot at him and turned the
weapon on herself, bystanders pre
venting her from firing a second
shot.
Allan Bynon, Portland attorney,
is defending Miss De Selvo.
TOOTHACHE HELD
SUICIDE REASON
f tao-ut1 I'm iatl w;i)
PORT CHF.STF.R, N. Y., Dec. 19.
A toothache is believed to have
driven Max St em pi an of Green-
wlch. Conn., to commit suicide. He
visited a dentist's ofrice here for
treatment early last evening and
finding the doctor out, leaped from
a window in the office and disap
peared. Early this morning his
body was found hanging by a belt
from a rafter In a coal yard. He
leaves a wife and seven children.
PORTLANDER SUICIDES
( Aorlatrd Pros t -a-l Wirt?) 'day.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 19. Ver- Hein was the first secretnry of
non K. Chap pell, 31, waa found the American Society of Corn
dead today with a bullet hole in posers. Authors and Publishers,
his temple and a gun lying nearby, Among his better known works
In a small shack In North Portland were the musical comedies "Yan
where he lived alone. kee Girl." "The Matinee Idol,"
He was last seen alive early Sun- "Nancy Brown," "When Dreams
day when he quit work as fireman Come True," "All Dressed L'p and
at a lumber plant. His father said No Place lo Go," aud "Molly Moon
he had been despondent. shine."
Seminole Ritual Purgation For
Murder Of Squaw Is A ccepted By
State And Federal Authorities
CAsaociated Preae Leased Wire.)
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla..
. i
ue in writer, was orewing a propitiatory decoction of roots and
herbs, and appealing to the Kreat spmt iut comfort and guid
ance in his trouble, Josie Uillie, Seminole medicine man,
charged with slaying a aqunw of hit tribe Sunday, began the
last of a four-day ceremonial penance today, as enjoined by
the custom of the Seminoles.
Still clad In the torn and bloody i-
garments which gave evidence of
the battle he fought with three
! jealous Seminoles who attacked
i him Saturday night, Josle lililie
said, "No can change clothes, no
ran eat. no can tell about fight for
four suns."
Every member of the HHnd Pass
community performed ritual puiga- misdeeds are judged, sentence
tlon yesterday each taking a passed and execution carried out.
strong draught ut herbs as a ym- In the case of Josle HiUie, R may
j bo I that all Jo-ie Illllle's clanspeo- mean death.
j pie suffer vicariously for the nna- The rquaw (hat Joule HHHe Is
doings of any member. charged with stabbing was taken
Soon after C-nriatmas, Josie BH- to a Miami hospital by the Indian
I He will journey into the far Ever-! Seminole law will be allowed to
- to appear before Ingram 1 take Its course by the white au
1 BUIle, great chief ot all ot the tborities, both state and federal.
Stirs Scientists
elites, etc. Later ages, the Pale
cene. when primitive mammals
swarmed over the land, and the
Miocene, when the primitive horse,
the thinoceros and the other more
recent specimens had appeared, al
so were represented.
"All the strata represent a full
history of evolution," the scien
tists' report concludes.
The California men said they
would reveal the location of the
"fossil mine." when they had col
lected all the specimens needed
for their work. Until that time,
they intend to keep it secret from
a, curious public which might in
terfere with their collections.
6 TRAPPED MINERS
ARE FEARED DEAD
(Araot-Utifl I'M I.Mtwtl Witv) !
PRAKKSBOKO, K., Dec. 19.
Trapped in Mine No. 2 of the Black
Diamond Coal company here for
more than 14 hours, the fate of
six men today remained unknown
us rescuers sought to reach them.
The men were entombed at 7:30
'last night by a fall of blate and It
wtts early today before a rescue
crew could reach the scene and
stuej alter them. Four men escap-
ed.
The men were trapped more
than a mlie from the mine en-
trance and It was feared that the
resultant gases would have snuf
fed out their lives before they
could be reached.
THEFT FROM CAR
REVOKES PAROLE
( Awx-tat") I'm LeftM-d Win-)
LA GRANDE, Ore., Dec. 19
Charles Wthon. under parole from
a two-year penitentiary sentence
for larceny, was arrested here
over the week-end on a charge of
larceny from a car, to which he
confessed. Circuit Judge J. W.
Knowles revoked his parole late
yesterday and Sheriff Jesse Iire-
shears h-ft with the prisoner for
Salem this morning,
Wlllard Goeck, arrested with
Wilson, was sentenced to a year
in couttty jail and then paroled to
his uncle, F. M. Lindsay, Joplln,
Mo.
NOTED COMPOSER DIES
fAnrlfr1 Trmw Itxl Wlr)
SARANAC LAKK. N. V., IH-c.
19. Hylvlo Heln. 4, noted com
poser, died of tuberculosis here to-
Dec. 19. Bendi
ing over a
ket-
i . " . .
Seminoles. He will be accompanied
I Y W. Stanley Hanson, of Fort
Myers, who Is leader and padrone
' " Seminoles. Then he
must wait for the time of the green
rorQ danre In June, when all not-
' anie inirartlons of Seminole tils-
ctpllne and custom, and all serious
RANDS OFE
ITS
TO
BE
. S. POLICY
Hoover Promises Argentine
President There Will
Be No Meddling.
ACTIONS EXPLAINED
Protection or Lite Keason
for Past Intervention;
Brazil Is Preparing
Great Welcome.
(AMorUted Prrm Itvd Wire)
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 19. La
Epcca, a newspaper which Is gen
erally regarded as a spokesman
for President l rlgoyen, said today
that Herbert Hoover in convers
ing with the Argentine president
told him that in the future the
United States government would
never intervene in the internation
al alfairs of other countries, that
it would respect their sovereignty
and would recognize their rights
to manage their own probUmis.
President Y rlgoyen was quoted
as saying that he believed that
Mr. Hoover was not in accord with
the Ideas of President Coolidge.
Hoover Explains
The newspaper said that lhi
subject of intervention by the
United Sthtes in the affairs of
other American nations was
brought up by Senor Yrigoyen.
Mr. Hoover explained that inter
vention by the United States had
not been undertaken with the de
sign of protecting American econ
omic interests but was for safe
guarding the lives of American
citisens.
President Yrigoyen was under
stood to nave referred to views of
intervention expressed by Presi
dent Coolidge in his speeches and
Mr. Hoover said to have replied
that Mr. Coolidge had been oblig
ed to proeeed us he had done in
view of the circunittiiiKes of th,
individual cases.
Unlike Cootidge
The paper eaM tnat IVctldcnt
Yrigoyen next de laid that he
believed that Mr. Hoover v. as not
in accord with (ho Ideas of Presi
dent Coolidge. Yrigoyen added
thtat Mr. Hoover had answemo
that Mr. Coolidge had adopted his
attitude solely on account of the
circumstances Involved. Mr. Hoov
er did not reply when Pieslde.it
Yrigoyen expressed this belief.
The paper then quoted Mr
Hoover as saying that the Ameri
can people were opposed to th
policy ot Intervention and that he
was In a position to state empha
tically that such a policy nad
ceased, lie concluded b sayintr
that in the future there would b
no intervention by the United
States government In the internal
affairs of other countries; that
their sovereignty would be re
spected and that their lights to
manage their own problems would
(Continued on page 8)
IIS APPROVAL OF
IH
(AworiitM 'r l.aaril Wirt')
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Post
ponement of coitbideiHtlon of the
Kellogg anti war treaty reported
today to the senate, until after the
Christmas recess has been derided
upon by Senator Ilorah, in charge
of the treaty fight, after consulta
tion with leaders.
The resolution of Senator Moses,
which he wouid have accompany
inuiniiucni in in) treaty rh "a
i clarifying" statement of America's
position waa modified today by its
sponsors and the direct reference
to the American Monroe doctrine
was eliminated.
In its final form the Moses reso
lution read:
"Resolved, that the senate of the
United States declares that In ad
vising and consenting to the multi
lateral treaty It does so with the
understanding:
"1 That the treaty does not Im
pair or abrtdice the rlnlit of the
I'nlted States to defend Its terri
tory or other vital Interests In ac
cordance with the traditional Am
erican polities.
"2 That the treaty lmjes no
obligation on the l otted States In
resort to coercive or punitive meas
ures against any offending nation.
"3 That the treaty does not ob
ligate the United Sfaies to the con
ditions of any treaty to which the
I nlt'-d States Is not s party."
NEIGHBORS
Fourth Set Of
Twins In Seven
Yrs.To Couple
(A-worlatml Trm Lmm4 Wire)
WASHINGTON, Iec. 19. For
the fourth time in seven years
twins have been born to .Mr. and
Mrs. G rover C. ltobey here, bring
ing the total number of children in
the family to fourteen.
'Ve missed the unlucky num
ber, anyway," Hobey Bald philoso
phically today.
'Doing well," was he report on
the mother and the twins, a boy
and girl to be named Clarence uud
Constance.
Both the mother and fu ther are
members of large families. Mrs.
Hobey, formerly Miss Anna Bar
bara Miillecoff of Baltimore, Is one
of thirteen children and her hus
bund one of eighteen.
HKRWICK. Pa.. Doc. 19. Thn
eiKlneentli child of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin Tlli'l of till city, a son,
was horn today In the local hos
pital. NET FISHERMEN
REACH ACCORD
Agreement on Seasons and
Deadline in Umpqua to
Hold Two Years.
STATE MEN MEDIATE
Conterence Mere Uuthnea
Proposed Changes foO
- Submission to the
Legislature.
An agreement that will be fram
ed In a bill to be submitted to the
ue.xt session of the leglslatuie, re
taliating commercial fishing on the
1; mpo.ua river, v. as reached here
today by representatives of the
lower' iier fishing interests and
the IviukIhs County Sportsmen's
association. Cnder the terms ol
the agm-ment there will be a clos
ed season from December b until
April lfi. Instead of the present
split season, and a permanent
deadline will he established at
Mill Creek, about five miles be
low tidewater. It was also agreed
to bar all set nets from the river.
The representatives of the two
groups met with Hugh Mitch el,
chairman of the stale fiah com
mission and Mike Hoy, master fitth
warden In a two-hour session to
day, before the compromise wan
finally reached. j
The sportsmen wanted a closed
season from December 1 to April
20 with a deadline at 1 1 randy
creek, while the fishermen wanted
a tiosed season from December 2
to April Pi with a deadline at
Tidewater. The compromise was
made hy equal concessions on
both sides.
The new arrangement will be
tried out for a period of two years.
If approved by the legislature.
Resides the representatives of
the fish commission, the meeting
was attended by Tom Richmond.
Clyde Chase, Will I 'enter and C. J.
Marks, representing the several
commercial fishing Interests of the
lower river, and Dr. B. R. Shoe
maker, Senator 11. 1. Kddy, Repre
sentatlvo Waller Fisher A. C.
Marsters, John Kwnll, John Marks,
Den Rubur, L. L. Hpent-ef, W. it.
Day and Dr. Walnscott, represent
ing the sportsmen. The meeting
was held at the i;mpo,iia hotel.
Considerable heated argument
resulted, but It was evident from
the start that both sides desired
to reach an agreement If pos
sible rather than go Inlo the leg
islature with a fight on the regu
1 ut Ions.
The present closed season Is a
split season, unsatisfac'ory to toth
sides. As the law now reads the
I asnn Is closed from November 20
1 to iXTemher lo and from April
20 to May 10. The fall rloslna al
lows escapement f steelheads and
silverside salmon and the spring
closing is to permit the escape of
rhinooka.
Sportsmen claim that the pres
ent reKiilations are not sufficient
at either end to allow fish to
escape for propagation, while the
commercial fishermen do not like
the split season because of the ex
pense Incurred In closing down in
the middle of the run.
Tho matter of deadline waa also
or much contention. The htihermen
Insisted upon a deadline at the
head of tidewater, which would be
at Scottaburg The sportsmen,
however, maintain that the salmon
mi!l around In tide water for con -
slderable time before starting their
run upstream, and that there
(Continued on page 3)
AND SPORTSMEN
T
11,1
STEAMER
BREAKS
E
Ton of "Dope" VIued t
$5,000,000 Seized at
New York Pier.
CAME FROM FRANCE
Consigned to Joseph Unger,
of Rothstein Ring, Who
Was Nabbed With 2
Trunks of Drug.
(AMoctatod Vrem LmmxI VT?)
NEW YORK. Dec. 19. One ton
of nurcotii-H, valued at $5,000,000,
was in the hands of special treas
ury deiartment agents today aa
the largest and latest prize along;
the trail ot Illicit drug trade pick
ed up among the papers of the late
Arnold Rothstein. slain gambler.
i ne aetzure was made last night
at the pier of the French liner
Rochambeau when tbe agenta in
tercepted five packing cases con
signed to Philadelphia.
Connecting Link Jailed
Connection between the con
signment, which Is regarded as the
largest seizure ever made, and thu
Rothstein case waa made through
the link ot Joseph Unger, who la
under a smuggling charge growing
out of developments in the Roth
stein case.
Charles H. Tuttle. United States
attorney, said agents working on '
the case here aud la Philadelphia
had learned that the five packing
cases were Intended for ultimate
delivery to a man named Klein,
which Is one of the aliases , used
by Unger.
At the time Unger was arrested
at Buffalo while en route to Chi
cago two trunks containing nar
cotic valued at $2,000,000 were
seized in New York.
International Ring
The federal grand jury which Is
Investigating the connection of
Rothstein with an international
narcotic smuggling syndicate will
be given the lacta In the latest
seizure, said Mr. Tuttle.
"This seizure and the one made
the other day shows the existence
of a big international drug ring
with headquarters in France or
Swltzerlsnd." the federal attorney
said. "We will endeavor, through
the grand jury, to establish the
Identity of the persona who manu
facture and attempt to smuggle
the drugs Into the country. Indict
them and endeavor to secure their
extradition and bring them to jus
tice in this country or, If that is not
possible, endeavor to bring them
to justice abroad under the pro-
.l.us of our treaty.
Fake Names Used
Mr. Tuttle slad the five cases.
which are four feet aquare and
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LOS ANGKLKH, Dec. 19. An
undertaker, generoua in his use of '
embalming fluid, may have started
the chain of events which led John
L. Stuls of Meridian, Miss., to in
vest his life's savings of $32,000 In
a scheme to "farm out" the sup
posedly petrified body of 21-year
old T heron Sawyer, testimony in
federal court here indicated. Saw
yer died In Kl Centro, Calif., in
1923 and was burled in the El Cen
tro cemetery.
C. O. Stensrub, manager of the
cemetery, told a federal court Jury
that In his opinion the body was
beginning to petrify when It waa
removed to a second burial place
after the origins' grave had caved
in. Dr. C. 8. Brooks, who exam
hied the body, said he found It ot
"leather hardness," and ascribe'!
the condition to excessive use of
embalming fluid.
Mrs. Alice Sawyer, irother ot
Theron, Is being prosecuted on
charge of using the mails to de
fraud in connection with Stuts al
legation that he paid h-r mora
than f.a.Ouo in the belief that he
"won Irl niakA a lot ftt mortev hv
! financing her In her deals." He te:v
! t'f' Mrs. Sawver visited him and
i hl family "t Meridian a year after
! n"r ,n'" death and unfolded a
Plsn to "clean up a fortune" hy
I -sains; the supposedly petrified
1 body to scientific organizations,
Federal Inves'igatora said the)
I body never had been removed
from the El Centro cemetery.