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T yT ' 1 " " Irv rtla r?5Jv 1 HE NEWS-REVIEW Goes Into Over 4200 Homes Every Day E6 Weather Highest temperature yesterday... 41 Lowest temperature last night... 28 Forecast for interior southwest Oregon: Rain or snow tonight and Saturday; no change in tempera ture. EBUMS EVEW DOUitlA3 COUNTY Consolidation of Tho Evening Ntws ond Tho Rostburg Rovlow ' w ,.r, PUBIISftOO TOf OlV ...rooto ol tho Pooslo VOU XXIX NO. 208 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928. -- VOL. XIX NO. 288 OF THE EVENING NEWS COOLIE SIGNS MEASURE FOR COLORADO DAI Fight for Boulder Canyon Project Ends So Far as Govt. Is Concerned. CARRIES 165 MILLION Utah or Arizona Still to Ratify Tribal Laws of Indians Hit by Proposed Bill. , (AMocIattd Prrei Ltued Win?) WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Presi dent Coolldge today signed the Moulder dam bill making effective the act providing for a reclama tion, flood control and power pro ject on the Colorado river. The president affixed his signa ture before a gathering of propon ents of the Swing-Johnson bill, who were brought to the executive office by Senator Johnson and Representative Swing. California republicans, who for years had led the fight for enactment of the bill. The measure provides that the government shall supply the $165. Oou.ouO estimated as necessary to ronstruct a dam and accompany ing works In Black canyon. The honey is to be repaid under an amortization plan from proceeds of the sale of power. The signuttire of the president who the last official act required in providing federal authority for the construction, but either Utah or Arizona of the seven Colorado river basin states must ratify the Colorado river compact for distri bution of water before the act can become effective. To Abolitih Indian Laws - WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.--The white man's laws,, both civil and criminal, would be extended to all the red men under a bill introduc ed by Representative from p ton, republican, Michigan. The measure would apply parti-, cularly to restricted Indians on federal reservations ' and would abolish the tribal courts. Judged on reservations court benches, however, would be selected by t? restricted Indians over wniciiMhty shall preside and the state laws would be applicable where the of fense Is not a violation of a fed eral statute. One of the provisions of the act, which would interfere with cus toms of some Indians In the south west, where a squaw divorces her husband merely by placing his belongings outside the door, is that which would make It compulsory for the Indians to comply with the marriage and divorce laws of the slate In which they reside. Su perintendents of Indian reserva tions would bo authorized to 1 sue marriage licenstg. Garner Is Answered WA S II i N( ; TO N", 1 ec. 2 1. The charge made by Representative Gamer, democrat, Texas, in the house, that Secretary Mellon had misrepresented the condition of (Continued on page 4.) FRAUDULENT STOCK SALES SEND PAIR TO PENITENTIARY NEW YOKK. Dec. 21 George Graham Rice, who made millions by out-smarting the race track and stock market suckers, had it impressed upon Tttm for the fourth time today that he could not out smart the forces of the law. Convicted of using the malls to defraud Investors In Idaho copper stock, whose value he had boost ?d by the agency of his psuedo finan cial sheet, the Wall Street Incono clast, he was sentenced to four years In Atlanta penitentiary and fined S.VOiHr. Walter C. Yorston of Boise, Idaho., president of the Idaho Cop per corporation, who was convict ed wlh liice. was sentenced to nine monihs In Westchntr coun ty penitentiary. Th Wall Street Iconoclast was find $10,000 and sentence of Idaho Copper corpora tion wps mi pen ded for five year. Walter Harvey Weed, geolo gist, was acquitted by the jury that convicted Ilice and Yorston. DECLARES WORLD WILL ESTABLISH 13-MONTH YEAR ft. ,?. w-f-yxc" 'forge haiin.'iu (AMOCUtttl i'rM 1mm1 U ire) WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Revi sion of the calendur to provide 13 months of 2K days each was favor ed by George Kastman, chairman of the national committee on cal endar simplification, at the open ing of hearings yesterday on the Porter resolution before the houtG foreign affairs committee. The resolution would authorize the president to call an Interna tional conference on calendar sim plification during 1U2U with a view to putting the 13-month calendar in effect In 193,f. Mr. Eastman declared the vorl.1 was fast realizing that the pres- ent calendar is impractical and : that it was 'only question of j time until all nations meet In conference to agree upon change." Oregon Member Interstate , fnmmprpo Commerce Commission , Receives O. K. for Another Term. fAMOcfatM Firm Iuvtj Wire) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Objec-1 lions to tlu continuation of Clyde: U. Aitehison of Oregon as a mem-j her of the iniurentate commerce! commission here w ithdrawn today i and his appointment was expected to be appitved by the senate in ! terstale commerce committee. j Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon-! ana, who was instrumental delavlng a vote in the committee on Altchiwon's nomination au - - nounced after a meeting of the commlttee today that his com- plaints had been satisfactorily an-1 swered by the commissioner's j testimony. j The senator had felt that Altchl : son had held up valuation of tele phone compunies for an unreason able time. Altchlson asserted that the budget bureau's efforts to carry out President Coolidge's J economy program were largely re sponsible for the delay. i In addllion to Aitehison. the nominations of Claude Jt. Porter of Iowa, and Patrick J. Karrell, of Washington. P. C. are up for con ! flrmatiou but no fight has been made on them. Coolldge Obeyed 1 Aitrhlson testitled that In keep-! Ing with the president s economy program the commission had been ! iiiTPUioniii piwp ;HllumUl!UUU!?iLU j CLEAR (I. HEAF1IF.G ! BEFORE SEiyATORS1 advised to do no work which was pagan rites tn which they pre not absolutely necessary and to go ; viously reveled at the same per ahead with no new work without i j0d of the year. In the centuries the consent of the budget bureau, j that have intervened since the He declared he wrote a letter tojffrrt Christmas observance, the the budget bureau deialling that holiday has come to hear special the proponed cut for the 1124-25 ap- sienlfu ance to the church and propriation would not permit the ; commission to go ahead with lis valuation of telephone companies, express lines, e-ctric railroads, and so forth, authorized -by con gress about 15 years ago. Not withstanding this letter, he said, the appropriation was cut 20 per cent that year. DARES ANOTHER TO SHOOT HIM AND p YQ WITH I FP 0,hrs oa Monday. . Special ser rrtIJ "nn vices on Christmas day are being RKI KI.l'KF. Cal.. Dec. 21. -A dare passed between two men who were drinking in a cabin near los Molinis was taken and as a re sult K. H Retran shot and killed . A nee In Parru!ia. wilneSFes tohl Sheriff Floyd Hull her today. j M. E. Ghuref South Ruck Richardson and Hud Ryrd. I To be given on Monday evening, who wer In the cabin lust nlitht, ; Iermbor 24th. 1128. said that Rarrutis dared Regan lo i Prayer. Christmas songs, dialo shoot him and that the latter ac- i i1. nd iw lKHlons by the Son- cepted thp taunt, i Regan left a widow and two children living at Ixis Moltnos. I Cobb Here From University j piano duet "Frolic of the T- Mlss Vaxine Moore, formerly of , moa." by Min-es McOauebey this f ity. has arrived her from i ar.d Coates. Kugene. where she Is a student at Reciiation "Welcome," Grace Cot the University of Oregon, for a' him. brief visit with "relatives and j Recitation "Same" Old Santa friends. I ciauV Kennetk Rfrhard. FIGURES SHOW 'LAMfflS Hoover's Plurality Below j Coolidge's But Three j More States Taken. BEAT SMITH 6,423,612 Democratic Loser Received Over Six Million More 1 Votes Than Davis Did in 1924. ( Annotated PrrM Tmk1 Wire) WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Her bert Hoover's plurality over Gov ernor Smith in the November elec tion was 6,42:t.Gl:!. Figures gathered by the Asso ciated Press from the election of ficials of the 4S states show these totals: Hoover. 21.429.109. Smith. 15,0",4y7. Tho total vntn rt thA 1nri?et jn the history of tne United States. was 36,798.669. The votes not accounted for in I the Hoover and Smith columns 1 went to minor parties, i Neraian Thomas, the socialist candidate, received the majority of these votes, polling 267, S33. Foster, workers' party candidate, got 4S. 22S and Reynolds, socialist-labor. 21.1S1. Varuey, prohibitionist can didate, got almost as many as Rey nolds. 2'Uul, and Webb, farmer labor, 6,391. Comparisons Mr. Hoover's plurality did not reach the figures registered for President Coolldge in 1924, al- commerce polled a much larger vote. In that year Mr. Cooling re- Ceived 15.725.oib votes, giving him a lead of 7,3:18.513 over John W. Davis, democratic nominee. The LaFollette-Wheeler Independent ticket, however, had 4,&2256 votes. Hoover carried iorty states as against thirty-seven carried by President Coolhlge four years ago, Pennsylvania gave him his largest majoriiy. 9S7.7H8, while Governor Smith's largest plurality was in I nuiainna u hi.rA U hml A teMft flf 113.495. While overwhelmed both in upsetting a pan of boiling wa in the popular vote and in the elec- ter. barely escaping a severe scald toral college. Governor Smith's! iuk- was more ,han six million h'Ph'ir than the S,3Mj,u3 cast lor Mr. Davis in 1!'24. I Two Exceptions i Mr. Hoover's vote was higher In (Continued on page 6 j The Christmas season Is one of greatest inspiration to the Christ- ian churches, being, as h is, me celebration of tho birth of tho Sa vior.' a holiday instituted by the earlv Christians to replace the Is lhe theme for elaborate, and in spirational programs. The Roseburg churches In their preparation for this year's Christ mas programs have been handi capped by the great amount of sickness that prevails In the city. Despite these obstacles, howevpr. the churches arp offering most in teresting entertainments In cele bration of the Christmas holiday. Some of the churches are holding their proerams on Sunday and arranged by some, Following are th announce ments f urn tubed by the pastor of tho several churches " regarding their plans for Sunday meetings and the special Christmas pro- i Krams: dav school scholars consritute tne following program: Song -Silent Night. Holy TCight." Prayer by the chairman, Mr. W. h. $15,000 SAVED TO BANK WHEN LADY SCREAMS NOTASULGA. Ala.. Dec. 2 I . A woman walked into the First National bank of Notasulga yesterday and upon glancing up saw a number of people lined against the wall with their hands extended upward, and another group of three men pointing pi3tola at them. She screamed. A. B. Hope, president, who with Carl Hayes, cash ier, emerged from captivity, in the vault a few moments later, aided by officers, quickfy congratulated the woman. She had saved $15, 000 in currency in the tel ler's cage which was within grasp of the trio until they fled, fearing the woman's screams would summon police. GQRED BY BULL, SAVED Blf BOG L. D. Parks, a well known real- dent of the Glendale district, was painfully injured Wednesday uIkIU when he was gored by a bull. Mr. Parks has attracted much alien tion in the past by driving a bull and a horse as a team, doing nis hauling in a wagon drawn by these Senator Watvon of Indiana, the two animals. He was putting the prospective republican leader of bull in the corral Wednesday night ;thH at.,mie, succeeding vice piesi when the animal became annered ' ll(.nt.elect Curtis, alreadv has inl and attacked the owner. One initiated steps looking to such action the sharp horns Htruck the fleshy Hni, RU,M11pts are now being made part of the thigh and ripped a gash ! to 1(.arn th(, , vU.W3 ot Herbert about eight iucbes long, uncovering i jioov;r. t he base oi me oacKoone. Air. i. Parks, who la over 70 yearn of age," fainted from the pain, but his do saved his life by driving back tho infuriated bull. Mr. Parks went to the house, af ter recovering consciousness, and Btopped the flow of blood by use of a bandage improvised from a table cloth. Weakened by pain and the loss of blood, he staggered against the Uhle and upset a lamp, and had to ficht off a fire, his surried actions also resulting He came to Roseburg where Dr. Payne was called to attend him, the county physician in turn tak- ing the man to nr. vaue wno m ed up the gash. He Is now being cared for at the county hospital. 1 Recitation Rose Marie Oladwell "Christmas Cheer," txerclse Miss Luclle Hand's class. Song "A Hed-Tlme Story," girls. six DlaloRUP "Down the Pathway ,f tho Years," Hoy and Huh"- Wells. necltatlnn - 'Christmas Jo,s," Dale Crenihaw. I 1 "lc -lr"""- Kxerelse-"T he Tan Ilrlga.l.' Mrs. Penhall's class. Recitation "Our Guide William Longbrake. Exercise "The Three Travellers," by Samuel Mctlaughey. Richard Crenshaw. Homer Rand, Clar ence Richards. Dialogue The Savior's KlrHi," by Mary and Margaret French. Sone "The Hlrth of the King," by Mr. Clarence Rand. Recitation .Kthel (lladwnil Recitation. 'Why" Iteulah Olad well. Recitation Recitation Christmas Wreath twelve ffirls and June Fa I be Matine SmUJi Dtlll lt "M,H- Pantonine "The Night Before C hristina, resiling hv Mrgln.a rrenm. assinteri ny Mrs. f rw n - shaw. r.eorge Crenshaw 1 Snnnta Claus. " " (Distribution of candy by Santa I t tnus. Closing speech by Marie lf hbsrd Song -"Oh Little Town nf Rethle- bem," by the congregation Benediction. 1 Methodist Episcopal Church 1 Church school ft: 45. L. E Utt- bourn superintendent. Motnln se-.Tlce 11:00 a. m. Subject. The Prince of the Four Names." An-, them. "What Mean Tlin Holy Voices." Ad&mft. Incidental solo. Miss Vera McClintock. Duet, Holy Mailt Peaceful Night." ar ranged by Paul Reimeri, Mrs. H;.rrie Booth snd Mr. Waller j Fiflher. Offertory. "Adoration, ' JARDINE PUTS 0. K, ON MM AID BILL Secretary Convinced Plan Proper One to Improve Agriculture. QUICK ACTION URGED Senator Proposes to Push Legislation at Present Session to Benefit Crops of 1929. Pri-M Is-snm-A Wirt-) WASHINGTON. 1W. 21. En ilorniiiK the new McNary farm mar ki'tliiK hill. Ketretary -lardine to day wrote a letter to Senator Mc Nary. republican, Oregon, urging Its enactment at this Be ft. s Ion lu or l r to make it applicable to the crop. Senator McNary, who la chair man uf the agricultural commit tee, announced immediately upon receipt of the letter that he would preg his bill for a vote at this session. He said he would seek to astiemMe the agriculture commit tee during the Christmas recess or Immediately thereafter. "If we are going to make the proposed farm relief applicable to the lit29 crop," Senator McNary declared, "we must Ret this bill throim.. at the abort Reunion Jrjenator MeNary conferred yes- enlay wilh President CooltdKe on the legislation and he Is confident of administration approval of the bill. Would ' Await Hoover There are some senators who aay they would prefer to leave the agricultural problem to the Hoov er administration. There have heeu reports from farm organizations that they also would favor that course but it Is believed by admin istration leaders that the presi dent lu naming the proposed farm hoard would take. Into considera tion the wUhes of Mr. Hoover. The McNary bil! would provide frr the establishment of a farm marketing board with power to grant licenses to stabilization cor- poration- and to loan money from (Continued on page 4.) anthem. Solo. a'Nlght of Nights,' Van de Water, Miss Kvelyn yulne. ;Aulhem, "And There Were Shep I hidi," Ilolion. soprano obliyato, I Mrs. Ilarrle Booth, Postlude AU.-st.-s rl.l-l.-s. arraiiKHil oy vil- " Knworth League 6:30. A no- "'"'''"''"''I' - ", 1 .'' "' Kvenm,! i.-Jl 'e Vl ' 'irlsl"" '''K ' "1 ,e 7:3n. A Biieelal pronram will lie .. h, chttrch ..hool un.ier . . . , , the miMdees ..f the primary uie junior uepai iiiiein h. ;vi the clone of the Sunday s ho(i . program a pageant of the naUv-! Ity will he given. The choir will' sing the familiar Christmas hymns While twelve atlgels flOIII hhep- ( herds and three wise men will por-1 tiay the adoration of the Chiist j Child. This is a very beautiful, yet stmpln pageant. Catholic Church 1 Christmas honors the birthday of the world's Maker. H poftitn lo tl.e Infinite exaltation of burn;tn nature by union with the CJ. idhead. j it lvs irreat eiiiiihaHln on the fact i that nuiiikind'H Suvior Im "Christ : it,,. I.nnl To luse niirht of tin ' i 1o nl) u,p nieaning. nil the . siinilfieiinrc of the onlv hlnhdav ; universally observed. The nnceiit sang on Cbrlstma:; (.loiy to (Jod In the highest.! and on earth, peace to men of good , will" fnr unto 11s a Savior Is b In observance of this great Chris , Ian fentlval the following servio-s i siiall take place In this church, j Christmas eve Hol'-mn high mam nt 12. midnUl.t. Tiie fuli. ; ing iwtiflc has been arranged for I this service by the choir: "Ma.m of he Holy Night." by Imnle) Wil son. ''Offertory." 'Ad te Fl 1 delr." bv Novilo "Vetil Creg. t'r." by Peters "Holy Night " by Haydn. This will be sung by the choir. Follow ing the mass "Holy Night." by Adoiphe Adanm, will be sun? by Mr. Robt. C, Smith, FARM tl. BT5BU nil R7ST1 Zh Theodore Roberts Discarded By Kin a o Will Reveals Him Exile From Home Estate Left to Like Sufferer-Nephew (Associated Press Leased Wire.) HOLLYW OOD, Cal.. Dec. 20. In death Theodore Rob erts, "grand old man' of the stage and motion pictures, has lifted the curtain on a tragedy of his life. His will, made public here today, reveals that he left his estate, valued at "more than $10,000," to his nephew, Edward Roberts HiuK'ns of New York City, with the explanation that he I had "suffered like him that exile "In my expt-rirnce I. remember t ' ' neither nfteciicm nor sMiipailivt Only on niemlwr ot his family, from any member of my family i H'KKins. shared "a kindred Isola untll such accomnll.shment had "" th' in-." he said, and beeu achieved by me that affection 1 " 10 IllKK'ns he left his es became a part of pride In relation-' "'" '! n'"'1 him executor wllil ship," Mr- Uobeij said In the will.!"1" which was made here Sept, 11,, "Iniring the darkest hour of my life no word of sympathy or offer of help from any niuinher of my family came to r.ie, and I hungered , for it as the wanderer In the des ert thirsts for water. The nrideJ that kept me silent as a neglected and unwanted child stayed with' me throiiKh life, through many j vlcUaitudes, and kept me silent even in a prison cell. j "Now that 1 am beyond the In-1 flueuce of all earthly things. I ; want these words said. If they! leave any unpleasant atmosphere j over my memory, so be it." I I COLD KILLS THREE IN CHICAGO; WAVE. HITS MIDDLEWEST (Aswx-Utril FrrM lxiiod Wire) CHICAGO, Dec. 21 Wlntor came to the midille-west today just as the almanac said It would. Three deaths in Chicago were attributed to the cold and police reported caring for 2.M) other men and women forced Into the various stations for shelter. Three degrees above zero was the lowest tem perature recorded In Chicago. As the sun scooted to ltd winter solstice to give the United States shortest day of the year and her ald the official beginning of win ter, tiold -weather swept, into U' mid-west from Canada. Winti-r officially iM gins at 8:04 tnsaed by a 60 mile gale duriug a1 p. m. tonigUt. but for the Dakotas. heavy snowstorm, plunged Into anj Wisconsin, MinrnwoU and parts of apple tree near here. Median was Canada It already has become eh-lnrown from ttlH Cock itt aud the t'ablished. pi'.ne burned IVvII'r Ifke, N. Ddl;.. had a Mctllnn, who lived In Mavwoodfj minimum of IS below yesterday 111., was carrying the night air mail; and at Bismarck, N. Dak., the mer: from Cleveland to Chicago for the1 tuny fell to six below. Ht. Paul tx-' Nntfnnul Air Tri'iispurt company.1 perlenced a low teniperaiure ofi Most of the ninil was saved up' four below while Duluth and( though It was badly damaged by I Moorehead, Minn., caidi recorded fire or soaked with water or gaso readlngs of eight below. Zero line. weather gripped 1 Crosse, Wis.,, McCilnn circled the town three' and The Pan, Man., shivered lu 30, tmeflt apparently trying to locate i below weather. the air mail beacon. A moment be-l More snow was nccompanled by, fore the fatal crash he tossed a .digit t temperature rise oven t-linlr director. Itev. Itt-rnaril VU'-y will siiiK lli iuuhh, and ir)-ai-h the si-rmou. Tin; following conatltulo tlic choir pfi'aont'l : IIl..n fiinv Itut-lnn N(,S!( Kl t.al.-tti !'mil. Muy l.oul paul ,.;,, , ,antonl..-ri. Coll.-ttt IIj.iiB. - iilM - rK. Marie lj.nKenb.-rir. I 1 '"' Mr-- " l'""-"- , Miner, F. S. Monroe, J. T. ,... .-,,. u-m..ii ,, """. .",rf"--V" "; ,1 Ij'JUIH i.niiK'i!ierir. li ving ikmu'I'mc, u ,,, ,inn. and II. C. SrnlU.. Mrs. W. H. Kenny, organist. Christmas morning: . Low mass and sermon at 8 a. m. Ilivh muss and sermon at 10:3u a. rn. Tlie music sunt; at Ibis iim will be the same as sung at mid night. There will he benediction of the M. It. S. immediately after the late mass. First Presbyterian Church (most of the Rocky mountain sec it Ion. The officers and teacher to-, Mm. Julia A. Stewart, a resident geiher with the pupils have planned f Canvonvllle and 'if Douglas a very fine Christmas ex-rclne for county for the past M years, pans the Sundity school to be given S;it- i hh- nt Dm Mercy hospital bath morning at the reiMilitr Bible , VAl y Thursday morning at the school hour. The program Is call-. f 77 ears. She wan born in ed "The star Iads to the Man-1 liMllar.a on March 11. 1m:2 and ger," by Kltziibeth F.dland. Tiilt pi net am will be supplimented ith koIos fmm Mr. and Mch. Homer tirow and Klsfe Carle ton Strung. The subject for Hie morning worship hour Is "Chriat Crowded Chit. Special millc by the rholr. At this service there will he a pub- j Canyonvllle, she nlno leaves one lie reception of new mouthers sifter. Mm. Ida Whltlnger snd one What could be more fining and brother, James Parsley, of Indian proper than to see men and wo- apmis. Ind. Mis. HtewRit was a men. boys and girls dedicating or meriber of he Methodist rhurch rededicatlntr their Iiv-h to our and the order of Fntern Star. Iird and Savior st this season of the year w h n all the world is celebrating His birthday. The Fudeavor societies have 1 planned nppropi late sr ices. A ft- er the evening worship the High . School Kndoavorers will sing j Chrin'mns carols- at the home nf (Con-lnurd on pajr 4 ) from home." The veteran ector who was buried here Tuesday, with many of the moat prominent persons of the motion picture Industry pay ing; him respect, enjoined his nephew to 'apKrtion my belong- lng to the different members of my family, in accordance with his bent judgment." He asked to be burled beside hla wife here but made no refei ence to his former wife except in directly. He served six months in Tombs prison in New York when he could not pay alimony to this wife who had divorced him, and neither friends nor relatives gave him aid. I DF UNDERTAKER Pilot L. J. McGinn Killed After Futile Attempt to Locate Beacon of Ohio City. HURON, O., Dec. 21. The air mall lotV another pilot last night1 I when Him nliitiM uf I.en .1 lli tlhiit I landing flare from the piano. Then! It crashed Into the tree and into a barn owned by Wright M. Stein,1 luron undertaker. Five minutes later the snow stopped entirely and tile sky became clear. The pilot's body was fuinft r.bout a hundred feet from the wreckuriu. ; His parachute was intact. This and! the fact that the motor of the plane was not shut off led to the belief that McCfim was not ex-i pectlug the crash. Oeith Beats Vacation SKATTLK. ifc. 21. Knslgn F. hi. Hauck, who was killed when his plane crashed near Cmiip Kearney, Calif., was to have jjuiie on leave last Saturday, but a last minute chart re In naval orders kept him on duty. An hour before be was to have left the Culled Slates atrplalne carrier l-exihgton, to which he was attached to visit his parents In j Seattle, all leaves were cancelled as i tie snip is to leave snorwy on a prolonged trip, his mother na'd here. llaurk was a graduate of the t'ntverslty of Washington. He barm-d flying here and was a draftsman at the Hoeing airplane plant before he b-ft for California last June. RESIDENT COUNTY 50 YEARS IS DEAD moved to Oregnn alMMit 5o years Hi'i, she wan married to B. A. siewart In (a 11 you v I lie on March 22. IKi't, the latter dying several years ago. By a former marriage she in survived by the fallowing ; children, Frank and Molly Sulll 1 van mu Mi. Helen Cotivlitr all nf Oregon chapter No. f7, Services will be held In the Methodist church in Csnynnvhle .Saturday afternoon. Deceiuhr 2i. at 2 p. m. Iter. Rurumel, officiating. Inter went will take place In tho Can yonvllle cemetery. Funeral ar rangements are in charge of The I'rr.ilas Funeral Home, DICKERSON IS DEAD OF LUNG STAB Wound On Tod of Flu Attack Too Much. Lanza Bryant, Knife User at Corvallis, to Face Murder Charge. TAKEN TO PORTLAND Slayer Declares Fight Due to "Misunderstanding" Over "Date" With Waiter Girl. (AOTTlatrd I'm. lari Wlr) CORVALLIS. Ore., 21. Lewis (Hip) Dickerson. assistant Oregon State college athletic coach, died at 4 o'clock this morning, as the result of a stnb wound, said to have been inflicted last Tuesday by Lana Bryant, a Corvallis youth, in an altercation over a waitress. Bryant, who was being held on an open charge, was removed to Portland by Corvallis au thorities, when sentiment be came strong against him. Dickerson met Miss Mae Troxull when she quit work at the Erntoii hotel coffee shop Monday night ' and they encountered Bryant on the street. A rough nnd tumble fight occurred, according to re ports received by local officers, and In (ho melee Dickerson receiv ed a five-Inch- stab wound in the back, the blade of the knife, ; pene trating one of Ids lungs. , Flu Is Handicap r,", Dickerson was Just recovering: f-om Infl'ienza, and congestion of, the lungs set lu. H Was a pcweis. ful a I hie to, more than nix feet tall, and made a hard fight for life. His physicians sai4 he would have re- covered had not complications re sulting from influenxa developed. Dickerson was born at Weiser, Idaho. Feb. 27, 1S9S. and graduated from the Weiser high school. He served In the army during the World war. and In 1923 he entered Oregon 8tate college. He played one year on the freshman football tram, and three years on the var sity. He left college temporarily to work, and had returned for a do Free In commerce. In addition tot h'fl stuMes he was serving as. as ttt"t'iit football coach. B.-vant, who Is 20, said after his arrest that 'ihere was a misunder standing oyer a 'date with a girl. He sntd he could not account for the stabbing. "I must have lost control of myself I don't remem ber," he wan quoted as saying. Mu'der to Be Charged A charge of first degree murder will be placed against Bryant, ac cotdlng to District Attorney Fred McIIenry. Investigation shows, he savs, that Bryant obtained the knife, sharpened It and attacked without warning. Dickerson was a member of tho Sigma Chl frnternltv. His mother, Mrs. Lewis M. Dickerson, sister and hrolherin law, Dr. and Mm. K. O, Finney, arrived here yesterday 'Continued nn page 4. ,. A -THIEF MMTbt1 frM tttA win-) PARRY SOCND. Ont . Iec. 21. John BurowAkl. convicted of th? murder of Thomas Ja kon. farm er, after a mall car holdup nenr here last August 1H, was hanged In a snowstorm In the courtyard of the district Jail today. A biting wind whirled snow down on the courtyard as Rumw ski walked up ttie steps to tli" put form, lighted bv a single btiih. Tin f objected momentarily to the blactc cap. but yielded to the hanirmsu's inslMenre snd a murmured a shot p raver as the trap was sprung. Burowskl and a companion, flee ing In a stolen stitomnhll after I the holdup, ran Into .1 ditch. Thiy ! hired Juckiton to pull them out. As he and his son were doing so whtt a team of horses a iHs.e hunting the robbers arrived cn the seen. The robbers opened fire, killing Jackson. Burowskl's companion escaped. Burrtwnkl hurl $1,715 whtft caught. I' tl
