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Highest temperature yeiterday .. 51
Loevt temperature Ij night 42
Forecast for inferior southwest
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tonight and Wednesday, normal
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DOUGLAS COUNTY
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ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY. JANUARY I, 1929.
VOL. XXIX NO. 216. OF ROEBURG REVIEW
OL. XIX NO. 216 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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FINE CONDITION IS SHOWN
BY CITY BUILDING PERMITS
TOR PAST TWELVE MONTHS
Total Expenditures For
Building Year City Has
Ever Enjoyed.
I COURT HOUSE YEAR'S BIGGEST ITEM
Many Business Expansions Indicate Favorable Condition
for Coming Year; Improvement Over Last
Year Is Noted in All Lines cf
Construction.
Building permits for the
made the oast twelve months
year with the single exception or
was $51 1.513. Although the courthouse, representing $1 3,utm
tU- tntnl nmannt wn rUir-( ir-m fif the- Construction nro- '
gram, there was a general improvement noted in all lines over
last year, which was the pooreat sine 1 920.
The present indications point to a revival of building
progress and the year 1929 will unquestionably bring forth im
portant development along construction lines.
Particularly important
during )
the past yar has been the erec
tion of buiidings lor public and
business purpue3. ThU gives a :
most favorable outlook, indicating ;
the confidence of investors in the j
business future of this city. The
lad that farseeing business men
are willing to invest heavily in ex j
punsiou and preparing for more ex- j
n n.-iKe operations, indicates a
spirit that U certain to bring about
a much better state of affairs fori
the coming year.
Courthouse Leads
The largest single expenditure!
on the building program for the
year is, of course, the new county I
tourt house, which is now in proc-1
t.-ia of construction. This niagnifi
tent building, which will be a de
lided credit to the county, is being
paid for from funds received from
tlie government under the O. ami
C. refund, so that tne taxpayers
are not being required to rai.se any r
itdditional lunds ta eliminate l"- '
iuso.eie uuuuing auu iiretrap in
hhicli the county records and ot-j
ner's are now housed. The new
building is entirely of reinforced!
concrete, with tile partitions and
metal window sash, doors and door
frames. The county court has or-dt-red
all steel furniture, su that
there is absolutely nothing withlu
the building or its fixtures that
can in any way cause a fire to en
danger records.
A modern steel and concrete
jail, on the top story oi the buihl
Ing, replaces ih, old "pnruusknit '
ji;ii from whica bo many prisoners
have made ineir escape iu tlie pat.
'ihe new jail is of the most mod
el a b I'o tii-d u so
ac:'.i l a i.i a 3 a e; y
mu iuifo-ilble act.
placed that;
difficult if 1
The arrangements are being'
made for beautifkaticu of ihe l
grounds surrounding the building '
to provide an appropriate setting, I
creating altogether an improve-1
ment of which the county ma well :
be proud. j
Church Builds
Another important construction
Item during the year was the new
iiniU'A U lilt DUIIllfl til Lilt. II. IlilV-
ing ouigrown Ha church building,
flie congregation erected a thor
oughly modern Bible s hool piant
uiid ivi-reution hall which was only
recently occupied. The new struc-
the church s educational aeiMtles
plarn for recreation.
Ihe New Servue Sundry on
V ne and Lane street-, the new
in 11 and warehouse erwte.l by L J
W. MetCKer on the site of the old
DynliwiT mill and the more bit Id-
iik i..:. III., lll.uil.-u
by Andy Velfne on North Jackson
street, are three other m-Jor im
provements of a business naitite.
Additions to existing structures
were built during the year by the
Farm Hurcau Lxcllange and the
i aiifoinU Oregon power company.
till of these buildimrs being of re-
orced concrete and arranged for
rehouse purposes.
numlM-r of improvements were
e in the way of sen lie sta
4 'the Klrbfield station waJ
(instructed at the corner of Hose
E,nl Oak streets, th" Nash station'
rWl()i built at IrtMiglas and Main,
and L. W. Kngles is comnlettng ai
iliird station in North Koneburg. j
At the South Knd station ix ca!-!
in were abided to the camp round -
fi( flities. 1
New Building Started j
The last permit to be Issued this -
fur !ii that for the Im. wo modi-,
ral rrts building to oe consirnn-u
lor t lie u.-e of the dw-tors and den
lists of Kseburg. Work on the
b ;i!Iine. which is to be located at
M.iln and ok streets, nas airean
i started and the structure win
All Purposes Reached j
year 1928, totaling $439,165,
Roseburg's bigcest construction
IViJ, when the sum expended j
ARMY'S
GIVING
PLANE;
MflTfin
'J I Ml
SUPREME -TEST
n.i:t rVU-L- I T
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as Long as ner engine
Will Fiinrinn
uiii,-.iuii. j
TAKE-OFF PERFECT
First
Refuelling Made in
8 Minutes p rom Supply
Plane at Altitude
of 2,800 Feet.
(Awmclatfvl Prrtm liiwl Wirf)
METROPOLITAN Alltl'ORT. Los
Angeles, Jan. 1. The army's trt-
motored Kokker en turance plane.
Question Mark, took the air nt 7:24
o'clock this morning in an attempt,
by means of aerial refuelling, lo re
main aloft until its engine wears
out.
The army refuelling piano, pilot
ted by Lieutenant Odas Moon, pre
coded the Question Mark into the
air. Captain Ira C. Eaker was at
the controls of the endurance plane
as It taxied down the field and
swung aloft.
observers of the army air service
pronounced flying conditions ideal
this morning. The night visibility
was 30 mile and the day visibility
ath the take-olf was pronounced
Perfect.
First Refueling.
The giant plane, upon which the
war detriment has spent much ef-
1 fort preparing for the test, beaded
northward into a 30-mile wind-. It
circled the upper half of the valley.
I rapidly climbing to an altitude of
J 3.000 feet. At that elevation the
j firnt refueling was begiiii.
Cnder strict orders of the I nit
P" .... .7 . 7.7 7
, , , f h( eIrnp,lnn wa,
rup KhBn .,, .
mluim glv(, llle ,.,v,lan
pholol;rn ph(.r., ,nnP t0 co wilh,n
2,pft (1H, of , rfplln(( for ww,
rP, and COIurnercii hoto),raih-
er.
i
As Long as Motors Work.
The five fliers nlHard the ship
were Major Carl Spars; flipht com
m:ihdir; Captain Ira C. Eaker,
chief pilot, who wis at the con
trols at th hop-off; Lieutenants
Harry A. Halverson. and Klwood
H. Qucfada, pilots, and Staff Ser-
treant Hoy . none, mecnanir. j
Thee men went aloft dressed in j
gold toes, and prepared to live In-1
defiritelv nboar I the shin, for j
weeks if the motors continue to (
fiiic-tinn. Three whole days aloft
wiil e-itabliph a r.-cord. however,
shattering the mark established by t
lic'tlan s.lrmen
A turkey dinnf-r. prepared by wo
men of the Van Nuys. Ca'., church.
near by the airport, and a hearty
breakfss for the crew.
omiH)sed
the food taken up with th plane.
Two hot meals a day will b serv-
ed aViard the Question Mark. They
1 vii b tflken annnrn at tne morn
ing and evening refusings.
The Question Mark took off with
a minimum amount of ganoline and
inil aboard. The light load w car-
ni to innure a saie iK-mi.
At
Wlm Star Too
Wild At Home,
Court Is Told
(Astwclutnl PrrM Icaatx) Wire)
LOS AN(. KLF.S, Jan. 1. Alma
Rubens, l i I nt actress, facing arrest
today on u warrant charging her
wit it UiHt urbln k the. peace, has de
clared she uiil light the charges
and "hold to sliict accountability
all persons nuking them."
On complaint of Mrs. Elizabeth
'M- J
unicipal Judge Georgia Li til
ls sued the warrant late yes
terday. Mrs. I hl In statements to
Deputy City Prosecutor Chollner,
a&serted that Miss Kubeus several t
times has disturbed the peace of j
tenants in the court in which the
film actress lives, and which Mrs.1
I' hi owns, by peering into their!
Una ..y .urmVoif ia "int. mW!
homes at night with a flush light, j
apartment
u court at me main
on the nicht of December
switch.
15 Miss Ruben a staged a "wild
party" at her apartment and
threatened to "get' Mrs. Ihl, the
apartment owner complained. She
uuseried iurther that Miss Uubeus
frequently used profane language
in the presence of other fteuauts
and that she had refused to move
when requested to do en.
Among witnesses scheduled to
appear against Miss Kubeus are
Una Care we actress and her hus-1
oanu l-orry Mason, who complain-1
ej or being disturbed by
ioud
parties at Miss ituuens
---lt.
apart
"1 am a law-abiding woman,"
Miss Kubeus said, when she learn
ed of the warrant for her arrest.
"All those charges are untrue and
I will hold to strict accountability
an persons making them."
.iss lium ns nas beeu in court
seveqral times recenlly. Her pr-y j
ious appearances, however, have I
been chiefly as complaint or wit
ness. On December 15 she filed
complaint that a negro janitor at
her apartment was prowling under
her window.
DOROTHY MACKAYE.
FROM SAN QUENTINI
(Awnottil I'rcfj Lnil Wire)
' SAN QVKNT1N l'KISON,. Cal.,
Jan. L Dorolhy Mackaye, Los
Angeles actress, left the prison
Here tclay after ten months be-
hind Its walls, accompanied by Miss
Josephine Jackson, superintendent
",e women's prison. Miss Mao
kHye pft f()r aan Kl(ae, declaring
j slie was going to Denver to visit
her baby daughter,
After that, she said, she might
think again of her stage career and
possibly attempt to return to the
theatre.
Miss Mackaye was convicted of j
concealing facts concerning the
death in Los Angeles of her hus- ,
band. Ray Raymond, former stage
comedian, tor whose death Haul
Kelly, stage Juvenile. Is serving a I
term of from one to ten years In j
I San Quentfn. The prison board re-1
cently fixed the woman's term a
one year, v hlch through good lie-1
' navior. mane
1-er ejthle for re -
! lease today after ten months,
V. S. 1-reschein of Melrose was
a visitor in this city Monday on
business.
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GONVICTiUSUAL HILARITY
RWWO F
BT MOB
iUUIIIaUM L
11 MISSI
mm e
Gasoline-Soaked Log Pile
Slayer's Funeral Pyre
After Surrender,
2,500 WATCH AGONY
-r . v't ci i- i
1 rusty Who Slew Employe
or rrison and Carried
Off Girl Dies With
Curses on Lips.
(AwnHatnl I'n LmuM Wire)
PARCH MAN, Miss.. Jan. 1. A
verdict of death from causes un
known, was rendered by a coro-
ner's jury today in the case of
Charley Shepherd, negro convict,
who was burned to death last night
neap Rome, after having confessed
to murder and abduction.
ROME, Miss., Jan. 1 Slow death
on a funeral pyre after being at
the mercy of a mob for seven
' hours was the penalty exacted of
I Pl.urlai- Ul,ul.u-rt ll.rogpjiM tin.
Kro convict, for the murder of J.
n n.-vall enu.lnve of the slate
rUnn fHrm. and the abduction of '
his lS-vear old daughter, Kulh.
Shepherd, cursing his captors
almost with his last breath, was
lynched a short distance from a
road near here last night, whllo a
crowd estimated to number 2,500
looked on silently. He was pin
ioned to a pile of logs, over which
applied. Ueports were that life
was not extinct ior nimosi an nour
after the flames first bgan to lail
at ins clouting.
The negro took full blame for
his crimes, absolving his two
bunk-males who had been suspect
ed or complicity.
Attempts to Break Free
His last act was an attempt to
escape. VhMi the long linn ol
automobiles stopped at ihe place
where he was to be put to Heath.
Shepherd was sitting between two
men. one holding a rifle and the
other a pistol. With a sudden
movement, he seized the rifle, but
his attempt was cut short by a
blow over the head with the pistol.
He then was carried to the pile
of logs after some of the members
of the mob were said to h..ve
slashed him with knives. First re
ports were that several shots were
fired Into his body, but these v.-i-e
contradtcted. No coherent staie-
' ment came from his lips, but his
mutterlngs were punctuated with
curses. Itefore the embers had
died out, the mob had disnersed.
After eluding hundreds of pur
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The Annual "Drowning of
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IN 1929
CITIES
Snow Storm, Tragedies and
Traffic Jam Mark the
Night in Chicago.
BOOZE IDEAS DIFFER
Press Disputes Assertion
of Less Liquor; Great
"Whoopee" in N. Y.
and Frisco.
(Auociited 'rtM laied Wirr)
CHICAGO, Jan. 1. The New
Year, slapping celebrants with a
vicious snow full, got itself en
tangled up shortly after midnight
In uuo of the worst winter truflic
jams the city ever has seen.
Automobile horns that first were
coimded only to add to the general
bedlam of other noisemakem, took
on a petulant, business tune as mo
torists, bound to or from bright
spots in tlie storm, found them
selves stalled in a mad maze of
machines.
Streets were soaked with a half
frozen sleet. An unusually large
number of motor
vehicles were
caught in the storm, havhig b?en
beguiled from garages by the Lore
lei piomise of early evening mild
ness. The snow plastered itself
upon windshields, hindering visi
bility, and lay a thin white cov
erlet quickly upon the city.
The predicted frigidity did not
make Itself felt until most of the
revellers had gone.
Fewer Casualties
Considering the weather condi
tions, ihe deaths and accidents in
cident to litl'K's wake and Wi'J'm
chintening were not as numerous
as police lisd feared. Two women
were killed when struck down by
an automobile, and a hit-and-run
motorist fatally injured a patrol
man. Stray bullets from celebrants
who preferred guns for noisemak
ing resulted in several persons be
ing wounded. A woman, standing
looking from a third story window,
was struck by a bullet lired in the
street, and was wounded possibly
fatally. A street car conductor was
shot in the left eye as he stepped
from the platform or his car.
Bootleg Poison Palls
Kiom the standpoint of liquor
law violation. George H. Hurlbuii.
first assistant to the prohibition
administrator, called It "the quiet
est New Year's eve I ever have
witnessed." Hour after hour pro
hibition agents telephoned that
there was "nothing doing."
. "I think the people are tired of
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'Wt)vvWA
the Cat"
USHERS
Receives Life Term
' Secret Of Her
Above is Mrs. Sarah L. North-
cott, mother of Gordon Stewart
Northcott (at right), who received
a sentence of life imprisonment at
Riverside, California yesterday fol
lowing her plea of guilty to the
charge of murdering Walter Col
lins, one of the five boys alleged
to have been slain by her son. Mrs.
Northcott also confessed that Gor
don Northcott's father was an
English lord, now dead.
W eDY ENGLISH
Liaison With "Only Man' of
Her Heart Narrated in
Jail; Husband Tcld
for First Tims.
l Amnriatcil PrfiM I.phmhI Wire)
ItlVKIiSIDK, Calif.. Jan.
.imiiii v iriu nnri-ii'in. .ill wiiii,i
wllli,
his wife and Chief Deputy District
Attorney Karle Kedwine of Hiver-
side county, listened to the con
fession of .Mrs. Sarah Louisa
Northcott Saturday night, told the
Associated Press yesterday that
the woman had confessed that
(nrdon Stewart was the so.i of anf
Kngllsh lord, whose identity she
withheld.
"When I was !. years old." Mrs.
Northcott told Sheriff Sweeters,
he said, "I met a young Knglish
man about to come into a lordship
at Saskatoon. Canada, my home.
"We fell In love with ach other
and were married, but I persuaded
him to return to Kugland without
me, as the sai rlflce of the mar
riage would he gn at to him. He is
the only man I ever loved,
Adultery Admitted
"I-ater I married tleorge Cyrus!
Northcott. To us was born ai
dttiiKluei mid a son. The son died!
while a baby. Ijiter (Jeorge went j
from Canada to California. While;
he was gone, the young Kngllsh-j
I man returned to Saskatoon. Otiri
I old love blossomed anew and we)
lived together for a week. Only mvl
llnrn ,i,.,. i '
l i,initu i. i.i
j .w. ....... ... mr Twi.Mpt, uii limn.
young lord was called to New' York
by the Illness of Ills nlnter. He re-,
turned to Kngland with her but I
died of heart failure enrotite, and .
was burled in bis homeland with
out any of the details of our rela-i
tloiiahip becoming known.
"When Mr. Northcott returned :
from California," Mrs. Northcott j
told the sheriff and the older
present, "I was cold to him for a
year. I
"He thought finrdon Stewart
was his son and I never have told.
1 him the truih " i
Several times yesterday Mrs.
'Mrs. Northeott told the officers.1
"That Is the truth. I'll rwear It is.".
Husband Thankful
Cvrus Nor'hcott many times has
told offic ers that he never had any
kind of control over Cordon Stew
art, "Mrs. Northcott," Sheriff f
Sweeter said, "told ns she be
lieved this fo be due to the fart
that the young man sensed thej
difference in relationship."
When (Jeorge Cyrus Northcott 1
Van told th Mrant story in his
n t th nr-i.nn -vut-H a(' th Hiv.
endd county hospital vrsferlayl
ihe th-inkerl Sheriff Swseters
' "i v..nL ...... v.. KAttnm nfi
my heart," Mr. Northcott said. "It
is hard to know. In a way. hut !
nm thankful that I am not ' th
and Reveals
Son's Parentage
AL SMITH QUITS
AS N. Y. GOVERNOR;
ROOSEVELT IS IN
C m UI.-.I I'n-u l.-uw l -Wir.-
ALBANY, N. Y.. Jan. L Frank
lin 1). Itoosevelt became governor
of New York today. He In a demo-
; crat
A previous governor Hoose
Theodore, m relative of
velt
Franklin was a republican.
Alfred K. Smith, four tlmca gov
ernor of the state ami candidate
for president In the last campaign.
retired to private life. The public
career of "the happy
srrloi end
ed with completion of his th!m
consecutive term as governor.
What he Intends to do has not
been disclosed. There have been
reports that he will be a banker
after a vacation somewhere In the
south.
It was Ilimsevelt who christened
Smith "the happy warrior" at
Houston. It was Smith who per
suaded his friend "Frank" to run
for governor.
Before his family and guests at
the executive mansion, Mr. Kooso
velt last night took the oath of of
flee, which became effective at
midnight. The administration ol
this oath was a precaution against
leaving the state without a gover
nor overnight, prior to Mr. Roose
velt's inauguration today. um
'
Mr- Buckingham II I
Mrs. V. It. Buckingham
Is
ported nul
111 at her apartments
.. ,11,Ui.w Mil
I " '"K from fin MHtk o( in
flueliza.
TILLER M 15
Henry Arcliamhraii or Til 4
Jer wan at rested yesterday on
a charge of threatening to
commit a felony. A com
plaint mhs )odi;ed In the cir- 4
( ult court SKainHt Arctium-
4 beau, claiming that be had
threatened to shoot a neigh- 4
bor. hs a result of a quarrel
0 between th two men. Slid
that he was gunning" for the
i enemy. Aflmmof j wss ntsc-
d under srrst end spprrd
i before justice Of rne I'esce w
A tlnnkin where he wulveri ex-
I amlnatlon and furnished bail
In ih -um nf fl.nnM.
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fk
C. V. ODEN
ENDS LIFE
WITH GUN
Home Near Dixonville
' Suicide Scene.
Despondency Over Domestic
and Financial Affairs
Cause of Deed.
FARM LOST BY DEBT
Divorce and Leg Fracture
Part of Troubles; Body
Found by Relatives
This Afternoon.
C. V. Oden, a well known
resident of Dixonville, was
found dead at his home east of
Dixonville this aftennoon hav
ing committed suicide by
shooting himself through the
head with a .48 calibre Luger
revolver which was a part of
his large collection of modern
and antique weapons. He was
last seen alive on Friday morn
ing, and it is believed that he
killed himself on that day. The
body was not discovered until
this afternoon when relatives
went to call upon him and
found his body in the den.
Despondency over poof
health, financial worries, and
domestic trouble is jbelieved to
have caused him to take his
life.
Was Well Known .
.Mr. Oden, who was one of the
best ;:mwii residents of the North.
Deer Creek community, had been,
having a great deal or trouble ami
worry for several years. Iomestio
trouble a few years ago led to sep
aration from his wife and a di
vorce. Following that he suffered
a severe Injury - in an accident,
and then sustained heavy financial
losses, which resulted In his fan:
being sold for the mortgage only a,
rflmrt time ago.
These losses caused him to be
:nmu subject to trpells of despond
ncy, and it Is believed that it was
n one of these spells that he de
,ii
i to end his life.
Weapons Were Hobby
le has for many years made a
hoLby of collecting guus, and la
the den of his home, where he liv
ed alone, he had a great number oC
weapons of various makes, togeth
er with trophies that represented
his ability as a hunter and marks
niHii In his earlier days.
He a seen by neighbors Fri
day morning, but was not seen
again after that time. Helatives,
falling to hear from him went Ub
his home- today and, falling to ob
tain any response to their knocks,
finally entered the house and.
found th lifeless body on lh floor
of the den. The Luger pistol besldn
the outflting hand plainly Indicated
that death was self inflected.
Coroner Investigates
Coroner Hitter, who was called
Immediately to ntake an investi
gation, was of the opinion that
Mr. Oden killed himself Friday,
shortly arter he was last seen.
Mr. Oden was very well and fav
orably known throughout tho
county where he made his honin
for a great many years. He was
one of the Mint farmers of tho
county to enter Into the loganberry
production on a large scale.
A brother. Herman Oden, re
sides on South Deed creek. Mrs
Wm. Bogard of Itoseburg Is a
daughter and a son r-sldes In San.
Framisco.
The body has been removed toj
the Kosebiirg I'ndertsking parlors
No arrangements have as yet been
made for the funeral services.
THREE KILLED AS
TRAIN HITS AUTO;
4TH FATALLY HURT
M.. 1.1.4 rir I..-.-.! Wlr. )
MINNKSO TA 'I"Y, Minn.. Jan.
1- Tlirw pvrnons er In.lanlly
kllli-l Hlicl fourth an Clltllly
Iniuml parly lo'Uy when a nt.
hnunil f hlinRo. Wllwaukp. St.
I'n'il ami I'ailflc fast mall train
ntrurk th.lr automobile.
Thoji Mlled wrn:
John Rrhumiinakl. 37 yar nM;
Inna Venr, 19 and r.lailya BtoU,
:i.
Orlrtule Paire, 21. I not rip'l
rt to livo. All four ar from
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father of the boy."
Winona. ,