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VOU XXIX NO. 208 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1928.
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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.
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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.
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