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Ros op" 0" The Weather Highest temperature yesterday....61 Lowest temperature last night 35 Forecast for Interior southwest Oregon: Fair and mild tonight and Wednesday. Editorials on the Day's News jkEVEEW An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Best Interests of the People Consolidation of The Evening News snd The Roseburg Review ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY. MAY 7. 1929. VOL. XXIX NO. 324 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XX NO. 95 OF THE EVENING NEWS DOUGLAS C OUNTY )a By FRANK JENKINS IX his second article on the Presi- dency, Calvin Coolidiie tells why lie did not choose to be a candidate in 1928. He says, In substance, that ho had given his best services to the country, that his administration had been successful and that he felt it best to turn the reins of au thority over to other capable hands ahead of the reaction that is apt to follow when one man remains too long in high ofrice in fiiis country. It Is the plain, simple story or an obviously earliest, straightforward man. liyiH. Coolldge says: "It is neces A" sary for the heat! of the nation to differ with many people who are honest in their convictions. As his term progresses, the number who are disappointed accumulates. Finally, there is so large a body who have lost confidence in him that he meets a rising opposition which makes his efforts less ef fective." If that is true, and most of us must agree that it Is, it provides the soundest of reasons fur the third-term tradition. 1TERE is a hit of sound philos- ophy from Mr. Coolidge'a sec ond article: "Although all our Presidents have had back of them a good heritage of blood, very few have been born to the purple. For tunately, they pre not supported at public expense after leaving office, so they are uotj expected to set an example encouraging to a leisure class." We hear it argued, often enough, that our ex-Presidents should be pensioned that it is not compat ible with the dignity of a ndtion as great as ours to require the muu who has served as its head to earn his living after leaving office. This writer inclines toward Mr. Toolidge's view. We are a nation of workers. Let us remain a nation of workers. Let us support the tradi tion that even the greatest should not be above work. THE Southern Pacific company ui.timiiH-pq it 5K.iw.iiP uelitxlnle from San Francisco to Chicago. This beats by three hours the re cently announced faster rail sched ules from the north coast cities to Chicago. This writer can see, easily enough, why Chicago people should desire to reach the Pacific Coast at the earliest possible moment, but finds it a little more difficult to un derstand why Pacific Coast people should be so eager to get to Chi cago quickly. OF each 100 people who travel from the Pacific Const to Chi cago, how many will find any real use for the time that is saved by these new and faster schedules? Leas than half a dozen, probably. These half a dozen busy ones will rush from the train to an ap pointment, and will then rush back home or on to another appoint ment. The remainder will fritter away the time that lias been sav ed by. the faster trains. VTOU have seen motorists drive madly to reach a certain point by a certain time. Then, upon reaching the point aimed at, they will go about their business in a leisurely way, indicating that after all the time of arrival was not a vary important matter. The point is this: In these mod ern days. It Is speed Itself, rather than earlier arrival, that is the prime consideration. We are not seeking so much to save time as to enjoy the sensation of going fast. 'TWO Salem children, one aged six and the other aged three, both ridlngthe same bicycle, were hurt ther other day when they swerved In front of an automobile an were run over. There are people who complain cause children are allowed to j e bicycles on the sidewalks. It ' becoming increasingly apparent, however, that the place for chil dren is on the sidewalk, rather than in the street. tlTESTERN" lumbermen are ask " Ing for a tariff of $3 per thou sand feet on lumber Imports. Shingle and cedar lumber iranufac turers are asking for a 25 per cent ad valorem Import duty. Canada charges a 25 per cent ad valorem tariff on lumber products shipped from this country to Cana dian market and exact an export (Continued on page 4) MAYOR OPENS m ATTACK cm COUNCIL Purchase of Street Roller Declared Extravagant. Unnecessary and Irregular. Council Makes Attempt to End Deadlock Over Street Commissioner Appointment. Challenging the right of (he city council to purchase a. roller for re pairing the city streets and criti cising the work already done. Mayor Hoover last night presented a lengthy message before the city council.. . At a recent meeting a machinery salesman was present and offered a prnK)snl to furnish the city with a light roller at a cost of $2,im. The councilmen Inspected the streets to determine the amount of work to be done this year and sat isfied themselves that the purchase of a roller is necessary and so signed with the company for -its delivery. Mayor Hoover objects to the action of the: council, holding the expenditure to be unnecessary and extravagant. He undertook to cancel the agreement, but the com pany reports that it is holding the council to the contract and will ship the roller. In his message the mayor also reiterated his stand regarding the appointment of George Frew as street commissioner, placed the matter of the appointment of a night officer on the table and ask ed an Investigation of the expendi tures heing made for the library and fire department. His message was as follows: Report of the mayor of the City of Rnsebure. Oregon, to the com- mon council: I have the follow !lng to submit to this honorable body of concurrent happenings ,or matters which have come to my attention since the last regular meeting of the city council, date of April 15th. 1929. At that meeting there was a pro position brought, before the conn- I cil for the city to purchase a five i ton road roller at an expense of I two thousand dollars ($2,000) f. o. b. Portland, Oregon. The matter was referred to the council as a I whole to investigate and report at the next regular meeting, regard ' ing the absolute necessity for the I city to use its credit to buy the I road roller and other necessary ' paving machinery ami equipment ; for the repairing of the streets to 1 meet the building, repairing and constructing the work as set out by the city engineer, and the street department. They should not be the whole judge as to what work Is to he done, particularly when it is taken into consideration that It Is an easy matter to find defects. ; when it comes to the proposition ( of finding work to be done and i when parties concerned may be ' personally interested in the pro fits, and that at the expense of the taxpayer of the city. I would gain say that it is poor economy to tear up the streets of the city which are in reasonable repair and which have stood the test of many years, and replace In their stead, construe (Continued on page 2) DATES ARE SET CITY CLEI-UP The city council last night set the dates for the annual spring clean-up for May 20, 21 and 22. It is the plan of the city council to hold a clean-up each year, when refuse that has accumulated dui j ing the winter months is hauled away by the city street force with out cost to the residents. ! The council requires that all i refuse be placed in sacks or other : suitable containers so that it will i not be spilled out in handling. j The sacks or boxes must be set out along the curb line on paved j streets where it can be reached by : the trucks, as nothing will be hauled away if left along unim i proved streets, The council makes this annual , clean-up in an effort to keep the city appearing as neat and clean : as possible, and it is urged that the residents cooperate by making i a most thorough collection of cans. 1 bottles and undesirable refuse ! around their own homes, and have the collection in readiness for the trucks by early morning Monday, j May 20. War Vets' Head Wants Peerless American Navy ( AfMHat'iI Irn I.eneod Win) PORTLAND. May 7. No veteran who has ever served in a real war wants o see another war, de clared Colonel William L. Grayson, commander In chief of the United Spanish War Veterans, here to day, where he will he the guest of local comrades for the next two days. His home is in Savannah, Georgia. 'While no veteran wants to see an outbreak of war," Colonel Gray son said, "we feel that our national defense should be equal to the value we place upon our country. "We veterans who realize the value of a navy, favor an adequate fleet for this country. We have no enemies, are seeking no wars, but you know, a prosperous man has to watch out for robbers and sharpers. "Cities are not doing away with their police forces, counties still have sheriffs on the job, so a na tion must be ready to protect itself against rivals and against out laws. "When I say we veterans want an adequate navy I mean one that is equal to the most powerful pos sessed by any other nation and then just a little bit better," Col onel Grayson declared. "No robber ever attacks a well- guarded safe." E FIVE FLIERS DIE (AsKiotoi pn-Mi UhmhJ Wire) . , - ,. x ,,c killed at the,Avord aviation field hbi insiii, wieir uommng plane crashing to earth, when n wimr dropped off. ' ' ' t - The bodies could be taken from the Diane onlv thin mnrnlmr afiur experts had removed two unex- 1'iuut-u Muuiua iruin me wrecK oi the machine. The crash took nlace after a number or bombs had been launched in practice. A wing sud- lletllv frlinilllnrl nml tha nlnim at terrific speed. As It was falling a parachute became detached and witnesses were hopeful that at least one of the occupants would uk aaveu uui me paracnute proved PmillV Onrl It U.-UO DIIKMnun.l tt...t one of the men, in desperate haste, nuu ueiacneu u too soon. The victims were two pilots and three bombing students. MISSING ENTRIES IN BALLOON RACE REPORTED SAFE (Atisoc-ialeil I'i.-m awl Win) ALDANY, N. Y.. May 7. A dis patch to the Albany Evening News rrom wewcomo, rJssex county, re ports the landing of the Detroit Times balloon entry, piloted bv Ar thur Schlosser and Edward J, Hill. in the Adirondack wilds vesterdav torenoon. After being without food ror thirty-six hours Schlosser and Hill reached the settlement today. The balloon, the pilots said, de scended about 7:1T . ni. yesterday in the forest near Moose pond. All day yesterday they wandered through the woods seeking some sign of civilization. During the night they reached Rich lake, near rsewcomo, and crossed it In a col lapsible boat. While at work on the etate high way near here, shortly before noon today, Howard Anderson heard shouts. A moment later the aero nauts, nearly exhaused, emergej rrom the woods. "We have had nothing to ea since we left our wrecked balloon," Schlosser said as they were break ing their long fast at Anderson's home. "In an effort to remain in the air as we drifted toward the forest we were compelled to throw away mucn valuable paraphernalia, in cluding our motion picture camera.' S. DEER CREEK GRANGE GUESTS AT FORUM LUNCHEON The regular forum lucheon. spon sored by the Itosehurg chamber of commerce, will be held Wednesday noon at the I'mpqua hotel. Follow ing the policy recently adopted a grange Is being Invited to join with the Roseburg business men at this meeting, and the South Deer Creek grange members will be present tomorrow. It is under stood that there will be a repre sentation of morb than 50 of the members from South Deer Creek I preeeut. There will be several short talks by visitors, and the priorlpal ad dress will be given by Dr. C. H. Bailey. Maurice Kewland will speak on behalf of the chamber of commerce A fine program of spe cial music has been arranged. THREE MONTHS IN JAIL START FOR SINCLAIR Millionaire Oil Operator Who Defied Senate in j Teapot Dome Probe j Paying Penalty. Educated for Pharmacist, Prisoner Will Prove Valuable Help in Medical Ward. ' (AfwocfRtnd Tri'M LfUMHl Wire) WASHINGTON, May 7 Start ing his first lull day at) a prisoner, Harry F. Sinclair, wealthy oil op erator, early this morning was as signed to the drug room of the ashington asylum and jail to act as dispensing pharmacist and as sistant to the jail physician during llis three months sojourn behind the bars. Sinclair, who last night began the sentence imposed upon him for his refusal to answer questions asked by a senate committee dur ing Its investigation of the Teapot Dome oil lease, was one of the first of the, prisoners to arise this morning from the none too com fortable iron cots in the jail. Registered Drugaist After breakfast. Major William L. Peak, warden of the jail, asked the oil man what profession he was fitted for and Sinclair replied that he was a registered druggist and took a two-year pharmacy course at the University or Kan sas. "We have never had a nharma- cst in here before," Peak 8iid, and the doctor always has com pounded his own prescriptions." as part of his duties s nclair will be required to nsslst in the bandaging of cuts and In the care of other minor injuries. As jail pharmac st. Ma lor Peak- said, Sinclair might be required to sleep part of the time on a cot ad joining the drug room in cases where certain prisoners may he so III as to require a constant atend ant there. Otherwise his sleep ing quarters will be in the dormi tory which he will share with the sixty out of the jail's BOO prisoners detailed to "white collar" Jobs. uocior ana Nurse Pleased Mr. Sinclair lost no time in h. ginning his duties as pharmacist. ne was taken to the ni son insnll. al by Major Peak and Introduced to (Continued on page 7) FIRST TALKY SHOW TO BE OFFERED BY ANTLERS FRIDAY The first talking movie show for Moseliurg will be held Friday, this week, according lo an announce ment made this morning by K A. tiross, manager of the Antlers theatre. The Installations of the equipment has been completed and has been given successful tests, so that everything is now in readiness to start the "talkies" In this city. The opening show will be "Weary River." a Paramount pro duct ion, selected as one of the lo best recent releases. This will he followed with "Alias Jimmy Valen tine." "Hroadway Melody." "Why He Good." "Speakeasy." "The Bel lamy Trial," and numerous others of the late talking pictures. The engineers who made the in stallation of the local equipment are greatly pleased with the re suits. The Antlers' auditorium, they report. Is perfect In its ac coustics, and the Installation Is equal to anything on the coast for modulation, clarity and volume. The high ceilings and overhanging balconies give a perreet tonal ef fect, so that the voices of the act ors will not he distorted In their reproduction. DETROIT BUSINESS MAN SLAIN AT DOOR f AK(tfI Vrvm lawnl Wire) DETROIT, May 7. Because he resisted an attempt to "take him for a ride." William W. (iunn. 51- year-old music store - owner, was shot fatally late last night at the door of his home. His wife, Carrie, narrowly PHcaped being struck by a shot which lodged in the side of the doorway In which she was standing. - Cunn was summoned to the door of his home by his wife. In re sponse to a request by two men. As he appeared both men drew weapons and ordered Ounn to ac company them- Ounn seijed the nearPt and obtained his gun hut the other opened fire, a bullet striking tb music store proprietor in tm stomach. The two men then fled In an automobile. No reason for the attack has been established. HESS MURDER CASE STILL FAR FROM SOLUTION Further Investigation Authorities Fails to Develop Clew to . the Slayer. by Motive for Crime Remains Mystery Also; Inquest by Coroner's Jury in Progress. Further Investigation of the mysterious Hess murder case hero today resulted in a purtiul recon struction of the movements of (he slayer, who shot George M. Hess, federul building janitor, early Sat urday morning, but brought the of ficers no nearer learning the identity of the murderer. Discovery of the bullet hole left by the shot fired through the bedroom window greatly assisted in tracing the movements of the principals in the murder case, but did not help in furnishing evidence as to the slayer's identity. Members of the coroner's Jury, inspecting the premises this morn ing, found the bullet hole for which the officers bad been vainly seeking for the past two days. The shot fired through the bedroom window went through the open doorway and into the kitchen, striking a calendar, hanging on the kitchen wall, and the bullet dropped between the partitions. Officers have been puzzled in their endeavor to determine whether Hess was shot while at ill in the bedroom, or while fleeing fro ib the building to the home of a neighbor, inability to find the hole left by the bullet fired through the window cast much doubt on this point in the case, but it has beer definitely proven that he was killed while endeavoring to es cape, and that the bullet, which penetrated his heart and was found In his body, caused instant death & he followed his wife out of the ho ute. 11 has also been deflnltelv de termined that the shattering oft ho glass In the bedroom was hi'.( caused by a blow on the window pane. Apparently the slayer shoved the gun barrel against the glass with sufficient force to break it. Indications are that he also picked out liagments of the glass with his. hands, endeavoring to crawl through the window into the h 'iu.se, but for what motive is still a iny.i (Continued on page 3) PREMIER TARGET OF KILLERS BUT ONLY AIDE SLAIN (,Unnciiilpr 1'rcnN l,iaitci WireJ KOVNO, Lithuania, May 7. One person was dead and two seriously wounded today as a consequence of an assassination attempt last niht against Premier Auuustlnas Waldo mains. Neither lite premier nor his wife was injured. The assailant escaped In the confusion. The attack was made as the par ty entered the garden of a theatre where they were to attend a con cert. Three bullets from the assail ant's gun strurk Lieutenant (Judl nas, an uUi of premier, and he died instantly. Another bullet passed through the right lung of Captain Verblrkus, another aide, while a fifth inflicted a serious ab dominal wound on u grand -nephew of the premier. It was understood later four per sona were Involved in the attempt and that several arrests had been made. One of the bullets penetrated Xtci.li.nw. l'1, ,.!.. Is,. ...1,(1.. I another wounded a young girl pass erby. POSTMASTERSIIOT IN TOWN HALL ROW CA HiatMl fn-M (..! I Wlr.-) ALLOWAY, N. J., May 7. Post master Lewis Collier. 45, was shot in the ch-Hi last nltrht by Lillian Flemings. 2M, of Carney's Point, when he BOiiKht her arret for In terfering with the organization of the Alloway fife and drum corps j in the town hall. Miks f leniinfl. police Raid, was visiting friends near the town hall and In company with two other women threw insults at the musi cians as they entered the building. Collier sought out Constable Kd ward Van Meter and fcherift J. Km- i mor Robinson to disperse the wom en. I'pon their arrival Miss Klem Inas took a revolver from her handbag and when the constahle grasped her hand she fired. The bullet struck Collier in the chest and he was taken to a hospital. His condition Is not serious. Miss Flemings wus arrested. Scene of Mysterious Murder In West Roseburg And The Victim r : ' ' ; v"5- fir: " ! V T - it J' li :uM I , G.N.E 1 ( A '! Itch Win-) 8ALKM, Ore., May 7. The Ore gon public service commission Is the latest organization to approve the ' proposed extension of the Croat Northern railroad south rrom Klamath Kails, Ore., into Mo doc and Siskiyou count lea, Cali fornia, to connect with the West ern Pacific. A petition, filed late yesterday by the public service commission i with the Interstate commerce commission, seeks to intervene In the application and lengthily deals, with development of southern Ore gon and its railroad transport a-1 lion. The pel h (on slates that growth and development of the slalo of Oregon has been materially re stricted and retanled during the past seven yeairt becaiiHe of limit ed railroad transportation. "The proposed construction of the Croat Northern extension," the petition Htjitt'R, "will afford to the Pacific coast area a competitive service w hi eh will encourage de velopment and eventually result in b'-mfit, not only to communities, the shippers and tho applicant, but to the carrier now enjoying a monopoly on this north and south Paeitfc trafric." The petition continues to argue that in case of war, another direct north and south rail Hue would he of untold advantage. The Southern Pacific company hir tiled an answer with the inter-s-fat commerce commission ob jecting to the proposed extension. It was alleged In the answer that the territory to be tapped by the (ireat Northern extension is al ready adequately served. lit a The suburban home of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hess, located in West Roseburg, was the scene, Saturday morning, May 4, of one of the most mysterious and baffling murders Roseburg has known for many years, when a masked slayer fired through the bedroom window, and later shot again as Mr. Hess and his wife fled towards the home of a neighbor, killing Mr. Hess. Th pictures show: 1. View of the Hess home locat ed on the Melrose road weBt of Roseburg, almoBt opposite soldiers' home. 2. Bedroom window through which shot was fired, shattering the glass and awakening the deep ing couple. 3. George M. Hess, murder vie tim, who for the past ten years was employed as janitor at the federal building In this city. FORMER PORTLAND ACTOR ONE OF TWO WHO DIE IN FIRE (AwMK'lnh-d I'M- I.uhw'I Wlif) TORONTO, Out., May 7. Two . iu .if u 1 111 -ii I tlifiitrical stock company. Miss Margaret Hird, 35, and rorest uummiugs, u, wuru burned to death In an apartment on Jarvis street early today. They were with the Victoria slock com pany of the Victoria theatre, which opened a new play IuhL night. The cause of tho flru was not deter mined. PORTLAND, Ore., May 7. For est; Ctimmlugs, actor and theal ileal director who was burned to death In an apartment house fire In Tor onto. Out., today, formed the first Henry Duffy slock company in Portland. DiiTfy sent Cummings to Port land from San Francisco In May, 1!27, to organize the company and be continued with the company for several months. QUAKES TO ROCK WORLD TONIGHT, SCIENTIST SAYS MfflNhtl IT l""l Wlr. KAKNA. Italy, May 7. Klgnor Hoiiandl, widely known seismolo gist, expects widespread violent earthquakes to lw felt in various parts of the world during tonight. In a siavment yesterday he de clared: "A great telluric crisis will start In the ti iu lit of Tuesday to Wednesday, with Important shocks in many quarters. "This first phenomenon will be followed by a brief period of calm, then on Saturday by oilier shocks of lesser intensity. These phenome na will he concentrated In contra! regions in the chain of the Andes mountains and In southern Europe bet ween 11 and 1.1 degrees of louKitude and In the vicinity of the Balkan peninsula." Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott of Eugene are among the out of town visitors here. Mr. Scott represents the Co operative Supply company. TARIFF SHUUP BILL IKES ITS Increased Rates Asked on Sugar, Wool, Beef and Corn; Cotton Left ' . on Free List. Hoover Has Blanket Power Over Commission; Farm Bill Vote Outcome Is in Doubt. (AiwiH-liitrtl PrcM Lcwwil Wire) WASHINGTON, May 7. Tho new republican tariff bill intro duced in the bouse today proposes ft world rate of three cents per pound on raw sugar and a rate of 2.4U cents on raw Cuban sugar as against existing nitea of 2.20 cents it pound on raw world sugar and 1.7 ti cents a pound on raw Cuban '.UUHl'. Under the new bill, drnfted after four months of work, the tariff rate on refined world sugar ould bo 3.50 centH per pound and 2.81 cents per pound on refined Cuban, sugar. The present rates are 2.39 cents per pound and 1.91 cents a pound. The bill proposes no change in the rate of pig iron. Long staple cotton would be left on the free list. No limitation would be placed on the present free Importation of sugar from the Philippine tslanda. A three cent per pound Increase on raw wool importH would be pro vided. The hill would practically double existing rates on beef imports. An Increase froi'n 15 cents to 25 cents per bushel wits recommended on corn Imports. Rates on Meats Duties on cattle on the hoof would remain the same but the duty on fresh veal and beef would be increased from three to six rents a pound. An import rate of three Instead of two dollars a head would be provided for sheep, goats and lamhs. The rate on fresh lambs would be seven cents a pound instead of three. The ruio (Continued on pnge 3.) EMPLOYEES HEAR EXCELLENT TALK ON CO. RESOURCES The Chamber of Commerce school for employes, held at the Cmpqua Hotel Indian room this morning, w as very successful. There was a good attendance, ft ml all present were very enthusiastic over the iirnspects for future classes. J. C. Loedy, county agent, was the speaker today, nud spent the full hour discussing the agri cultural resnurcuK or Douglas county, outlining the various lines of agriculture and horticulture from which the county derives revenue, showing the relative importance of each, the opportunities for expan sion, and triving a great deal of valuable Informal Ion concerning the advantages offered by each. This Information la given for the purpose of Instructing employes of local hUHlncHH houses regarding tho county, so that, they may answer questions asked of them by tourists or othct-H interested In what Doug las county has lo offer. The classes will be held every Tuesday morning from 8 to 9 o'clock. In addition lo the talks re garding county resources and in dustries It Is planned to give prac tical instruction In tho nature of huslnoHs courtesy, sales talks, nnd such Items that will aid the em ployes In carrying out their duties In n niore efficient manner. The school Is growing In size and It Is expected that there will be a largo nttesdiinco next week. Em ployers Hie being urged by the Chamber of Commerce to make ar rangements so that their employes can bae the one hour period each week to attend this school. THOMASW. MILLER FREED ON PAROLE ATLANTA. May 7 Thomas W. Milter, form it alien property cus todian, was reported to have been reloaded on parole today from tho federal penitentiary hero after serving a little more than a year of an 1s months sentence for conspir acy to defraud the, government. The former federal official was convicted In New York in 1JI27 af ter a sensational trial In which he was accused Jointly with former Attorney Ceneral Harry M. Dauch erty of conspiring In the adminis tration of his office to defraud the government of fierman owned property. A fine of $5,000 also was assessed against him. The Jury disagreed as to Daugh-erty. BOW IN HOUSE