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ROSEBURG. OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 7. 1 929.
VOL. XXIX NO. 221 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
VOL. XIX NO. 301 OP THE EVENING NEWS
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POLICE START PROBE!
Strange Tale Comes From
Homesteader Who Says
He Was Prisoner
For 19 Days.
(Aunrlat'sJ Prm Wire)
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 7. A
man who staggered into a service
station yesterday afternoon hand
cuffed, blindfolded and gagged,
declared he was J. C. Price and
that he had been kidnaped by two
ment at his ranch near H!g Tim
ber, Mont., nineteen days ago and
brought to Salt Lake, was held in
solitary confinement at the city
Jail this morning.
Police were awaiting the arrival
from Ililllngs, Mont., of Sheriff Ed
Urannin and County Attorney John
N. McFaiiand before proceeding
with their investigation. In the
meantime. Police C hief Joseph E.
llurbidge has issued orders that
the Montana mystery man may be
seen by no one.
Information was received from
Hlg Timber authorities shortly be
fore midnight yesterday that the
charred body of a man found on
the Price homestead was identified
as Price and buried at Hozeman,
Mont. A telegram to police also
stated SI 4. 000 on an insurance
policy which Price held had been
paid to his father.
Prisoner's Story
"I am Price," declared the man
In the city jail. "I was kidnaped
33 days ago and carried away from
my homestead by two men. They
kpt me blindfolded and hand
(utfed and I didn't Bee the light of
day again until I escaped yester
day. They left me alone in the
automobile In which we traveled
from Montana and I kicked out
one of the windows and got away.
I ran to the service station and un
til he attendant there took off the
blindfold, 1 had no Idea where I
was."
After the man appeared at the
service station police were sum
moned at his request and tie was
brought to the city jail.
Whose Corpse?
According to his story to city
detectives who questioned him for
three hours last night, he left his
wire and three children In Rig Tim
ber nineteen days ego and went to
his ranch to move household goods.
While he was engaged in packing
some books, strangers appeared,
overpowered him and carried him
away li an automobile. Chief Bur
(Coniinued on page 2)
Individual Outlook On Personal
Finances To Aid In Prosperity
For 1929, Says . M. Throne
"The changing attitude of individuals toward their own
financial condition is certain to bring about greater prosperity
for Douglas county during 1929," John M, Throne, of th
Umpqua Valley bank declared today, commenting upon the
prospects for the coming year.
"Eighteen months ago,' he said, "we were on the crest
of a wave of installment buying. People were buying auto
mobiles, radios, electric washing machines, electric sweepers,
furniture, and everything imaginable on the installment plan.
Some of them were tying themselves up with so many install
ments, that the monthly payments were more than their
income.
"Farmers, too. not content withi
installment buying, were plunging ' tion over last year, due to the
theiuseUe heavily into debt with . withdrawal of O. and C. money de
no thought of payment. They mere- posited by tU county. et the
ly covered one loan with another, number of depositors in lncreafin
gradually getting tn deeper uJ daily, and regular depositors are in
deeper until the situation became ; creasing their balances, showing
ncutp. ! that they are realizing the fool-
"Hut In recent months we have ! ishness of overburdening them
seen a dectdd change. People be-(Selves with installment bulng.
came so overburdened that they; "This Is going to be a decided
became disgusted with the rnndi- , Improvement in business condi
tion in which they found them-! tions during the roming year. Uuy
selvea and as they completed the era able to pay cash for their
purchase of the articles for which goods, are not only able to buy
they bound themselves they re us- j more cheaply, but the merhcant Is
c-d to go further In debt. better off as there Is no necessity
"Farmers determined that they of arTying n Recount on he
would get out from underneath books over a long period of time
their burdens, and there has beeu Credit is betler and everone bene
a complete reversal in the attitude fits.
of the minds of the people with r- j "Another important factor that
gard to Indebtedness and install-1 will contribute toward prosperity
ment buying. in 19-9 is the expansion of the
individual bank accounts prove sheep Industry. Imuglas county In
this to be truei There are more primarily a sheep county, aud the
Individual bank accounts In the expansion of tlMt Industry is sure
hanks of Roseburg than ver be- to give us an Increased and steady
fore ami the average balances of revenue, for sheep, over a period
rleosltors I higher than ever be-jof years, show more mnslsient
fore. While the deposits In the lo- profit than almost any other
cal banks will show mime reduc- mingle line of activity."
Father Time Counts 10 Over Rickard
King of Sports Promoters
Cheap Rowdyism to Position that Earned Mini
Surgeon s Knife Evaded Twelve Years.
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GEORGE L. (TEX) RICKARD
BY ALAN J. GOULD,
V Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7. A dreamer whose dreams' came
true, yet a man of action with the born spirit of a gambler,
passes on with the death at Miami, Florida, yesterday of George
Lewis (Tex.) Rickard.
The most dominating as well as most daring individual
promoter in the history of professional sports leaves behind him,
at the age of 59, after over 22 years connection with boxing,
an unparalleled record of achievement and success.
Klckard entered boxing when It
was generally taboo, an outlaw
sport, for the most part, harried hy
the law. Yet even then, in lyoti. his
flair for the spectacular prompted
him to offer a purse of $31 .Com for
the famous Gans-Nelson fight at
Goldfield. Nev.
He leaves the sport on a big
business scale, a hobbby of society
and fashion, in an era of million
dollar purses for its heavyweight
principals and of cosily, almost
luxurious, arenas for its setting.
Elevated Pugilism
Rlrkaid needed rare courage of
his convictions, the vision of a
pathfinder and the skill of a diplo
mat as well as the chance-taking
spirit of a gambler to lift boxing
above Its rowdy, disreputable level I
of years ago. He had them all. Hejslayings have taken place tn the
couia not separate irom me gamejHSt three years, was overspread
(Continued on page 2) ,y federal, state and Chicago po-
' ' JT" lice officers Just before dav.n yes
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CHICAGO, Jan
law
has begun to blot the blood and
beer from a criiii(f chased Chicago
Heights.
The stormy suburb, where 30
terday.
Twenty-five mm were arrested;
liquor wait soized; slot machines
smashed by the hundred?; and
even the munlcip.il government it-
j self was superceded as the gov
ernment men, aided by Chicago de
tectives, took possessVm of the
I city hall and police station.
j Records of liquor and slot ma-
chines profits were tHken showing
what police called a giant ring
I that made hundred nf thousands
of dollars. Three officials were 1
vealed as linked with the under
(Continued on page 6.)
NEW LEGAL FIGHT
PLANNED TO SAVE
CONDEMNED PAIR
fAMoriatM Ptpm lur-d Wirr)
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7. While
Mrs. Ada Uooner Iehouef and Ir.
Thomas E. Iireher remained in
their cells In the Franklin county
jail, their attorneys today were
laying plans for a legal fight in
tended to save the condemned pair
from paying with their lives on the
gallons next Saturday for the mur
der of James J, Lebouef, the form
er's husband.
Governor Long granted them a
reprieve for one week last Satur
day after the state supreme court
had become involved in a legal
snarl over th- authority of Chief
Justice O'Niell to g:ant a stay of
execution pending a sanity hearing.
They were naved last Saturday
by a reprieve issued one hour be
fore the time set for them to die.
The next srhduled move will be
a meeting of the supreme court
Friday to decide whether one Jus
tice has the authorily to grant a
stay of execution. Chief Juttttr
O'Niell ordered Sheriff Perot, of
St. M.txy's Parish, not to proceed
with the hanging while four asso
ciate jwstr-e directed him to exe
cute the death warrant.
Raised Prizefighting
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SUDDEN
HEART ATTACK
Ex-Representative
Douglas County Dies
Very Suddenly.
FUNERAL TUESDAY
Was Prominently Connect
ed With Leading Organi-
zations and Welfare
Activities.
Robert Adolph Hercher, of Dil
lard, one of Douglas County's best
known residents, died suddenly
Saturday afternoon as a result of a
heart attack. Although he bad
been in poor health for seveial
months, due
to heart trou
ble, there
was nothing
unusual i n
his condition
until Satur
day after
noon when
he went to a
meeting of
t h e Dillard
Tele phone
Company of
which he was
R. A. Hercher
an officer. As he neared the place
where the meeting was to be held
he became 111, so decided not to
stay at the meeting and turned his
car around and returned home.
Members of the family saw him re -
turning, and noticed that the car
was weaving wildly from side to
side of the road. Mr. Hercher
drove his car into the garage, but
had to be helped from the machine.
He died within a few minutes af
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CLASS PLAY WILL
BE GIVEN JAN,
The junior class of the Roseburg
high school will present the play
"let bound," by Owen Davis, at
the high school auditorium next
Saturday evening. The play was
to have been given In December,
but was postponed on account of
the "flu" epidemic.
Permission to produce
bound" has been obtained
Longmans Green company in New
York and a royalty of $25.00 for
the one jerformance has been paid
in advance by the junior class.
Tickets are being sold hy the
cIshs members. Proceeds from the
play will be used for some useful
purpose for the high school.
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Mechanic Unsung Hero Of Question Mark
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These remarkable action pic
tiyes show the arrangement made
to enable Sergeant Roy Hoc, me
chanic, to make mid air repairs on
the motors of the big army plane
Question Mark white In quest of a
new record for sustained flight.
Above, the plane is seen in flight
with Sergeant Hooey crawling out
on the narrow cat-walk toward
the motors. At the rtght, he has
roped one of the three propellers
to held it still and is working on
Its motor, parachute strapped to
his back. Inset shows a close-up
of the daring mechanic
AndSmokesIn
Portland War
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 7. Port
land's retail gasoline trr.de had
assumed all the characteristics of
the distribution of prize packages.
The latest concession In a price
I cutting war thai has brought gaso
J line down to 151 cents a gallon In
many stations is an offer of five
r r O mi gallons ot guttoliue free with every
six quarts of lubrication oil.
Oilier dealers, charging between
17 to 20 cents, offer a package of
cigarettes free with five gallon.
of fuel. Some stations give motor
ists a choice between cigars and
cigarettes.
While the gasoline price war
waged on, independent dealers
were seeking to effect a new or
ganisation to bring service station
men together to end the struggle.
The war started when several
indetendent operators found they
were being undersold by seveial
other stations.
Wholesale distributors say no re
duction in price has been made to
retailers and that none is con
templated. TO WELD FACTIONS
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HKLC.RAllB, Jugoslavia. Jan. 7.
King Alexander was virtually
dictator of Jugoslavia today, hav
ing suspended the constitution
and named a non-party cabinet, ile
formed a nnn-partlamentary gov
ernment of military stamp after a
futile attempt to reconcile strong
party and racial antagonisms with
1 which
the miiiamentaty regime
has been split since last June.
' General Peier Zlvkovitch was
named premier and took the in
terior portfolio.
The action of the king created
a sensation, hut It was announced
no itiHturhancea occurred.
Although denied their demands
for self government, Croat ians
were jubilant over suppression of
J2I,,1W parliament where three of
' nieir nieinuers were uiiiruei eu.
It was promised that the new
regime would safeguard their un
ity of the slate by guaranteeing
equal treatment and equitable
rights to all citizens. It was slat
ed that it would prepare the
ground for new Institutions and a
new ministerial organization to
pave the way for a truly constitu-ico-
tional and healthy parliamentary
from government.
Public demonstrations were held
In Zagreb, stronghold of the Croats
and Alexander was lauded for his
courage and independence.
Miss Dorothy Clarke of Myrtle
Point was In this city over the
I week-end visiting.
COLD WAVE HITS
ATLANTIC COAST
Accompanying Gales Play
Havoc Among Craft and
Take Three Lives.
11 PERISH ELSEWHERE
Blizzard Blocks Highways
and Holds Back Trains
- Below Zero in
Large Cities.
(Attoriatrd Prr I.mk1 Win)
NEW YORK. Jan. 7. A cold
wave affected a large portion of
the country today.
While the southwest was digging
out of snow drifts and the lake re
gion was experiencing sub zero
temperatures, gales along the At
lantic seaboard cost at least three
lives, sank small craft and drove a
steamer and a barge ashore.
Three members of the crew of
the fishing boat Henrietta were
lost when their craft sunk off Long
Ileach. Long inland, while a fourth
saved himself by swimming in the
icy waters four hours before lie
reached land.
Off Newport, R. I., the steamer
Herman Krascn was driven ashore,
a small boat was sunk and a barge
driven aground.
Traffic Interrupted
The blizzard in the southwest
cost 11 lives, delayed trains, inter
rupted communication and made
highways impssmtble in Kansas
and Missouri.
In Nebraska and the Dakotaa
the temperaturo dropped to 10 be
low zero, while Chicago and the'
adjacent region felt a drop of 18
degrees in seven hours which
brought the mercury close to the
zero mark.
Four Below In K. C.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 7.- Kansas
City experienced the coldest weath
er of the ie:isou todr.y when thy
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"BEN HUR" MOVIE
BANNED IN CHINA
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CANTON. China. Jan. 7. After
a few days showing in nowded
theatres, further performances of
the American motion picture 'Mien
Hur" were forbidden today by the
Canton govei nment. The produc
tion was stopped on the giound
that It was "Christian propaganda
decoying the people to suppersti
tlon which must not he tolerated
in the present age of revolutionary
enlightenment."
AND SOUTHWEST
Ohio Treasurer
In Beer Scandal
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Bert 8. Buckley, state treasurer
of Ohio (above), has been indict
ed jointly with a Cincinnati law
yer and a Cincinnati brewer by s
federal grond jury on a charge of
conspiracy to permit manufacture
and sale of beer in Cincinnati.
Buckley, recently re-elected, Is due
to take office on his second term
on January 1 4.
HLY ELECTED
ARE SEATED TODAY
County Court Steps Into the
Busiest Term Roy
Agee Not on Job
Because of Flu.
The new county officials took
over their respective duties todav.
and a number of new faces are to
be seen about the courthouse.
The new county court was
ganged this morning with Walter
Hamilton as county Judge and R.
A. Huacnhark as the new commis
sioner. Huron Clough retains his
office as he has another two years
yet io serve. The county court
stepped into the busiest term of
the year, for the January term is
the one where the county court has
tne moat work to do. The court
room was crowded all day hy dele
gatlons from all parts of the coun
ty, some seeking changes in road i
district boundaries, some wanting
appointments for patrolmen nnd
others wanting road program i
adopted. The court spent p.ni t
cally the entire day listening lo
thee various suggest Ions, com
! plaints and proposals.
! The court will have to select the
! Jury list for the year, make up Ihe
election hoards, name road patrol
men snd decide on road and school
district boundaries at the present
term, so that the new members
have a busy session ahead of
(hem and will have to remain on
duly for practically the entlie
mon'h without relief.
County Clerk Hoy Agee was un
able to retort this morning as he
is Mirrertng from an altaik of In
ftuenKs. Hwrton Heillwell, his first
deputy, and Mlanche Reed, assist
ant deputy, however, were on the
Job. Ira It. Ilidille, the retiring
clerk, is remaining In the ofMce un
til Mr. Ageo's return, nnd to help
the new members of the force be
come acquainted with their duties.
Little change has been made tn
Ihe sheriff s office where V. T.
(Continued on page 3)
OREGON MENGET
BROKEN LIMBS IN
AIR PLANE CRASH
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CORVM.LIS. Ore.. Jan. 7. Run
ning into a dense fog, an airplane
carrying Copt. Joe Chamberlain,
V.. P. Walters, of Corvallis, and
Floyd Harris, of Phllomaih. nose
dived Into a plowed field yesterday
in attempting a landing, and all
occupants were Injured. Chamber
littn and Walters suffered broken
legs and arms and Harris cuts
and bruises. The plane was totally
wrecked.
A hospital report today showed
that Chamberlain was suffering
from fractures of Ihe right lhtnh.
lower leg and forearm. Walters
received a skull fracture and pos
sible fracture of the pelvis. Harris
had three bioken ribs and a frac
tured ankle.
OMAHA. Neb, Jan. 7 An air
mail plane enroiMe from Cheenne
to Omaha, piloted by Norman Pot
ter, crashed east of Fort Crook
at 12:18 a. m , Sunday, destroying
the plane ahd three fourths nf the
mall. Potter escaped death.
iESIN MURK
ON 7TH DAY OF:
EPOCHAL FLIGHT
Motors Display No Sign of
Weakening, Men Aboard
in Fine Spirits.
'ON AND ON SLOGAN
Week-End Troubles Leave
No Bad Effect; "Let's
Trim Elijah," Says i
U. S. Official.
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METROPOLITAN AIRPORT,
los Angeles, Jan. 7. Man aud ma
chine still were pitted against tinm
and gravity as the army mono
plane. Question Mark entered iW
seventh day of flight this morning.
There were no more records left
to break and it flew to the watch-
word, "Sail on and on!"
Apparently In perfect condition.
the plane ended its 144th hour of
flight at 7:28 a. m. Observers re
ported that It had consumed a
minimum of gasoline during t he
night. Indicating that the motors
were performing at their best. This
was said to mean that the time
when the mechanical bird gives
way under the strain Is "remote."
Crew's Spirit High
Reports on the condition of the
five men were that they were as
fit as the plane. They previously
had declared that the longer, they
remained up the better they liked
It.
All memories of the trying week
end, during which they had to con
lend ugninst missing spark plugs,
cold, dffllcult refueling situations
and lack of sleep, seemed to have
vanished.
The big monoplane continued to
hover close to Its home port, how
ever. In order to keep the records
It has made. The plane must land
at the scene of the take-off in or
der lo make Ihe records official.
"Let's Trim Elijah"
LOS AttO ELKS, Calif., Jan. 7.
Enthusiastic over the remarkable
emhmince of men and motors, H.
J. AdaniHon, representative of the
war department during the test,
yesterday afternoon wired Assist
ant Secretary of War F. Trubee
Davison:
"Only Elijah has gone farther
aud longer than the Question,
Mark."
"tiood," replied Davison. "Let's
trim Elijah!"
And the aim of the war depart
ment, of Major Spats and his crew
Is tn fly the Question Mark either
t ntil men or motors give out.
Refueling Dec ri bed
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT.
Ixi AngL-le. Jan. A. Capt. Ross
. lioyt, pilot of refueling plana
No. I, told the Associated Press
yestcrdxy tiiat "refueling Is feas
ible and practical to accomplish
with ease by two good pilots."
Hoyt had delivered more than
2. nun gallons of the gallops
of gas taken on by The Question.
Mark up to noon Saturday. His
service ranks him as one of the
foremost authorities In aviation
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BROTHERlFLAST
OF
DIES IN EXILE
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ANTIPES. France, Jan. 7.
Grand Ihike Nicholas, who com
manded the Russian armies In the
World war and was a claimant, to
the Russian 'throne, U dead at the
age ot 72. His last words were in a
KNecu to his servants exhorting
them to remain faithful to their
Iriie IfiiHhia. He died Sunday morn
ing. A fler the rise of the Rolshevlsts,
the grand duke was elected suc
cessor to the thrne of the lale
Csar Nicholas hy the supremo
council of Russian monarchists,
representing several million Rus
sians living In exile.
Soon after his appointment a
commander of the Imperial guards
sn attempt was made to shoot hint
during a military review. At an
other time, a bomb was found on a
railroad track over which his train '
was to pass. In t7, a train in
which ho was riding was shot at.
The next ear a number of bomM
were found In the vicinity of his
palace. In the same year, seven
terrorists wer hanged for an at-,
tempt on his life. Two years later,
a revolutionary plot against his lit
barely failed.