UTe Weather
Highest temperature yesterday 81
Lowest temperature last night 47
Forecast for Interior southwest
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Saturday.
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Editorials
on the
Day's News
( DOUGLAS
COU NT V
Congolidatlon of Ths Evening Newt and
The Roseburg Review
rt Published for
t Interest of the Peopl
IVOL. XXX NO. 54 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929.
VOU. XX NO. 134 OF THE EVENING NEWS
SWSrfif ! v
By FRANK JENKINS
THESE words are written in
Bend, after crossing the Mc
Kenzfe pass In brllliunt sunshine.
It is characteristic of this strange
spring in Oregon that one should
mention as unusual the fact that
the sun is shining on the 20th of
June.
It is equally characteristic of
Bt ranee weather conditions that
over here In the high desert this is
the first clear and sunny day in al
most a month.
pi IE summit Bectlon of the Mc-
Kenzie highway is in fine condi
tion, smooth and well maintained.
In the occasional places where
considerable snowdrifts remain
near the road, the lane cut through
by the plows Is amply wide. So if
you want to cross the pus, don't
hesitate on account of the road.
If y. n want to experience the in
teresting sensation of passing sud
denly from midsummer to the 'load
of winter, don't delay. The snow
Is me'tlng rapidly at the eummlt
end will soon be gone.
AT the lower levels In Oregon
summer is well advnnced, even
If this has been an amazingly late
spring. But on the mile-high sum
mit of the pass winter is just be
ginning to break and spring Is tim
idly peeping forth.
The snow is still deep In the
jnckpines, and even out on the open
lava the drifts are numerous. The
great peaks that rise on every hand
are unbelievably white and dazzling
in their winter mantles.
The vine maple Is just beginning
to put forth lis leaves. But sum
mer will come with a rush, and In
a few days the snow beside the
road will be gone. Then the grass
will turn green and the buttercups
will begin the bloom.
llfE point to Longview, up in
" Washington, as a city built
from nothing In a few years, and
speak of it as something unusual.
We are apt to forget that here in
Oregon we have a city that is quite
similar.
In 1910 the population of Bend
was 536. By 1920, it had grown to
6,415. The present estimated pop
ulation Is 10,000. Twenty years ago.
Bend was only a sagebrush flat on
the Deschutes river. Today it is
one of Oregon's, prettiest and most
progressive cities.
That is quite a change to come
about in a couple of decades.
TJEND, like Longview, has been
built by lumber. It has two
great sawmills, each employing
about 1400 men, and each cutting
about 200 million feet of lumber
per year. Their combined annual
payroll is $4,000,000.
Longview is built upon a founda
tion of fir lumber; Bend upon a
foundation of pine. There is tribu
tary to it a total of IB billion feet
of pine timber.
It is estimated that with selec
tive cutting and reforestation this
timber supply will last Indefinitely.
That is a reassuring statement.
One would hate to think that a city
as attractive and as busy as this
might some day exhaust its princi
pal resource and begin to slip back.
AT the eastern limits of Bend
" lies Pilot Butte, a volcanic cone
that dominates the surrounding
landscape.
Pilot Butte is now a state park,
Its summit reached by a spiral au
tomobile road. From this summit
there is a perfect view of the mar
velous skyline of the Cascades,
with Mount Hood glimmering in
the north, and the tip of Mount
Thtelsen just barely visible in the
far south.
Mount Jefferson, the Sisters and
Bachelor Butte are so close that it
seems one could reach out and
touch them.
OILOT Butte was a notable Iand
" mark In the early days of emi
gration to Oregon. From the mo
ment when the ox wagons of the
pioneers topped the Paulinas, far
to the east, it was plainly vipib'e
and they set their course by it.
They were headed for the present
site of Bend, because here the De
Rchutes, which above and below
runs through a narrow and steep
canyon, wanders gently through
wide and grassy meadows. In these
meadows the tired oxen, after slak
ing their thirst from the waters of
the river, which here flows almost
level with the banks, could graze
their fill.
After long and weary days on the
desert, with water scarce and hard
to find, these meadows must Indeed
(Continued on page 4.)
BABY FACED GOP
HATER ADDS TO
E
"Wee Willie" Doody, Most
Brutal Chicago Gunman,
Shoots Restaurateur ,
and Policeman.
Robbery Precedes Wounding
of Officer, Fooled by
Fugitive's Offer
of Surrender.
(Awoetited Presa Leased Wire)
CHICAGO, June 21. "Wee Wil
lie" Doody, cop hater and desper
ado treading "h, trail paralleling the
road the dashing, quick-firing "ter
rible Tommy" O'Connor trod, had
two more shootings to answer for
today.
They call him "Wee Willie" be
cause of his stature; they call htm
"Baby Face" because of his soft,
clear complexion and the inno
cence of his expression. But the po
lice and federal authorities see be
hind the child mask Chicago's
most ruthless killer, most brutal
gunman and an incorrigible foe of
men in police uniform.
Already hunted for the wounding
of T. L. Jackson, nee of Chicago
postal Inspectors, for the killing of
Charles Levy, chief of police of
Berwyn, and for the shooting dead
last Tuesday night of Leon Ray
mond, an Oak Park druggist,
Doody today was sought for the
shooting and serious wounding of
a restaurant owner and policeman.
Shoots, Speeds Away
The latest outlawry attributed to
"Babyt Face" started . last night
when a gunman supposedly intend
ing robbery entered the restaurant
of Milton Valsouopolis on the
south side. As Valsouopolis ap
proached him, the desperado
whipped out two pistols and fired.
Valsouopolis, wounded, stumbled
forward and grappled with his as
sailant, as a customer seized him
from the hack. When the customer
went out to seek a policeman, the
gunman wrenched himself free and
fled, pausing In the doorway to
fire several more shots at Valsou
opolis. The latter may die, doctors
said.
Beaching the street, the gunman
jumped into an automobile stopped
by traffic lights, forced the driver
to get out, and sped away.
Robs, Shoots Again
An hour later a man answering
Doody 's description entered the
drug store of George Denbo on th'j
northwest side and stole $115.
When Denbo ti led to parley witn
the man, the latter replied, "No
back talk. I just shot up a joint on
the south side and I'm In a hurrv.
I've killed a couple like you and
(Continued on page 2)
THREE DROWN WHEN
PLANE HITS RIVER
MONTREAL, June 21. The wat
ers of the St. Lawrence river were
being searched today for the body
of C. S. Caldwell, chief pilot for
Canadian Vickers, Ltd.
Caldwell, Captain J. C. Jervls,
former aid-de-camp to the governor-general
of Canada, and Dr.
William D. Morris, were killed yes
terday when a seaplane, piloted by
Caldwell, struck a span of high
tension wires and plunged into the
river.
The bodies of Captain Jervls and
Dr. Morris were recovered.
JUDGE ADVOCATES
DEPT. OF SPANKING
(AwiorinttHl I'i-cm Laaoit Wire)
ST. LOUIS, June 21. Federal
Judge Charles B. Davis believes
the government should have a
"spanking department" for youth
ful offenders.
The court expressed this belief
nfter hearing the cases of Michael
Gill, and Charles Meyers, 15,
both of Chicago, who pleaded guilty
to unlawful interstate transporta
tion of a stolen automobile from
Kast St. Louis to Kt. Louis April 4.
The judjre allowed the boys to go
home after lecturing them to
ihe two months and seventeen days
(hey had served in jail, unable to
give bond.
THINKS GIRL SLAIN,
FIANCE SUICIDES
(AHalfH I'ret I.pswM Wire)
CHICAGO, June 21 Julius Krlv
la. -15, jumped to his death In the
Chicago river last night several
hours after he had choked his 16-year-old
fiancee, Olea Kull, and
left her for dead In Lincoln park.
The girl said she was compelled
by her parents to consent to marry
Krfvda and that he attempted to
kill her following a quarrel. Be
lieving ber dead, be killed himself.
REGORD
Court Indites
End of Writers'
Domestic Tale
(AwooUtctl Pre Leased Wire)
SALINAS, Cal., June 21. Mrs.
Lincoln Steffeus, who wrote a few
months ago, 9 magazine article on
"How It Feels to Be Married to An
Old Man," won a divorce in su
perior court here yesterday. She
charged Joseph Lincoln Steffens,
internationally known writer and
lecturer of Carmel, with being
"harsh and abusive" and said lie
refused to speak to her, objected to
her attending parties or dances
and was jealous. The testimony
was heard behind dosed doors.
Steffens, born in San Francisco,
attracted wide comment recently
when he wrote a magazine article
on "How It Feels to Be a Father
at 60." Shortly after Mrs. Steffens'
article philosophizing on her im
pressions of an "old man" husband
appeared. Mrs. Steffens, whose pen
name is Ella Winters, is in her
early thirties. They were married
in Paris is 1924 and separated April
3 last. They have a son, Peter Stan
ley Steffens, 4.
Dr. John B. Horner, of the Ore
gon State Agricultural college, a
former resident of Boseburg, Is In
Ihe city today collecting specimens
from the North Umpqua river re
gion for the college museum. Sev
eral fine fossil specimens, he re
ports, have been obtained from
Tom Wharton, who secured them
from the fossil bed on the North
t'mpqua at the juncture with East
L'mpqua or Little River. These are
fossils of oyster shells, closely re
sembling the eastern oyster, both
in size and shape, indicating that
the eastern oyster was first a
western oyster.
Accordiug to Professor Horner,
Dr. Thomas Condon explored the
North Umpqua fossil beds forty
years ago, at which time the famed
geologist of the University of Ore
gon, collected many specimens
Irom that locality for Smithsonian
Institute, at Washington, D. C.
The North Umpqua fossil bed.
Dr. Horner states, is one of the
most prolific In Oregon. While It
has not been as thoroughly ex
plored as the John Day bed, this is
because the soft formation at the
latter place permits easier work.
The fossils on the North Umpqua
are imbedded in a very hard forma
tion, requiring difficult and careful
work in recovery. The specimens,
however, are better preserved as a
result of this extremely hard for
mation. Dr. Horner, who was accom
panied by Mrs. Horner, returned to
Corvallis this afternoon.
SON OF HOOVER'S
AIDE LOSES LEG IN
BICYCLE ACCIDENT
(.Wx-ialifl IT-mi tawtl Win-)
WASHINGTON. June 21. Wal
ter H. Newton, administrative as
sistant to President Hoover, is
speeding today to his home in Min
neapolis to the bedside of his 6
y ear-old son, John Marshall, who Is
in a critical condition as the result
of a street car accident late yester
day. Mr. Newton's son was run down
while ho was riding a bicycle and
the information here is that sur
geons found It necessary to ampu
tate one leg and that it may be
necessary to remove the other.
CHAMPION ORATOR
OF U. S. COLLEGES
MISSOURI JUNIOR
(AmwoiatM ITmw I-wmeil Wire)
LOS ANGELES. June 21 Lex
King Souter. 25, a junior In William
Jewell college. Liberty, Mo., last
night won the college oratorical
championship of the United States
by defeating six other zone cham
pions in the finals of the fifth na
tional collegiate oratorical contest
on the constitution.
The new champion who repre
sened the midwestern zone, made
a plea that "we re-evaluate our re
lations with the constitution." The
contest Is fostered and supported by
the 'Better American Federation.
Robert G. Goodwin, Wabash col
lege, Crawfordsville, lnd., represent
ing the centroi zone, was awarded
serend place and $l,0'U) by a
group of seven judges, headed by
Will Rogers, stage and screen come
dian. Third place went to John
Patrick McEnery, Santa Clara uni
versity. Santa Clara, Calif., who
was the Pacific zone champion. He
received a prize of 1750.
Other winners:
Other winners:
Fourth Milton 11. Williams,
Wesleyan university. Connect irut.
representing New England zone.
J5r.f".
Fifth Robert M. Sglth. St.
James College, Brook 1) 11. repre
senting the eastern zone, $450.
DOCTOR
SNOOK
CONFESSES TO
University Professor Says
Hammer and Knife Used
in Quarrel Over
His Family.
Sobbing Prisoner Declare
He Will Plead Guilty to
First Degree Charge,
Expected Today.
(AwopUtod Prp Leased Wire)
COLUMBUS, O., Juno .21. The
confession of Dr. James H. Snook,
49, dismissed Ohio Stat university
professor, thut he killed 25-year-old
Theora Hlx, his pupil-paramour,
was ready for the county grand
jury today. Just one week from the
day the Rlrl was beaten and slash
ed to dentil. He killed her, he
said, because Bhe threatened the
life of- bis wife and child.
The confession, announced at
midnight by County Prosecutor
John J. Chester. Jr., was held for
tile grand Jury, with Chester's pre
diction that a first degree, murder
indictment would be returned be
fore evening.
Hringfng to an end 23 hours of
questioning. Snook lost bis iron
nerve, sobbing like a child, told the
prosecutor and police heads that
he was ready to "tell everything."
Hammer and Knife Used.
The confession that followed de
clared that he had struck the girl
on the head with a hammer during
a violent quarrel In his automobile
parked at a lonely rifle range near
here on the night of June 13. nni
that, realizing her skull was frac
tured, he took out his pen knife
and slit her throat "to relieve her
suffering."
The quarrel, he said, followed the
girl's protests against bis plan to
leave Ihe city over the week-end
with his family and ber thrent to
kill bis wife and two-year-old
daughter if he went. As the alter
cation became more bitter, the
confession said. Miss Hlx reached
for her handbag In which at times
she carried a small piHtol tbnt Dr.
Snnok bad given her. Then follow
ed the struggle In which Dr. Snook
raid he snatched up the hammer in
the car and struck her on the
head.
"She continued (to fight) desper
ately and an increasing number of
blows of increasing force were
necessaiy to stop her" ho said.
"Realizing then, no doubt, that her
skull was fractured and to relieve
her suffering, I severed her jugu
lar vein Willi mv pocket knife."
Girl Had No Gun.
After lie was convinced the girl
was dead, Dr. Snook said he "pro
ceeded to pick up the things that
bad been scattered during the
struggle, leaving her body at that
point."
Dr. Snook said he then went
home tossing the girl's handbag in
the Scioto river as he drove over
a bridge. The gun, he said, was
not in the purse.
The doctor expressed to Chester
(Continued on page 8)
CAR LEAVES GRADE
AND MAN SUFFERS
INJURIES TO SCALP
R. T. Robinson, Southern Pa
cl(ic engineer of this city, suffered
severe scalp wounds, and Is con
clned to the hospital as a result of
running off the grade yesterday.
Robinson was driving bis NhkIi se
dan yesterday afternoon when the
car ran oft the grade one mile
south of town. He was removed to
the hospital anil Is under the care
of Dr. K. J. Wainscolt who reports
his condition as not being seri
ous. CALIFORNIA HEAT
RANGES UP TO 112
SAM FRANCISCO. June 21
The United Slates weather bureau
predicted that the highest tempera
tare so far this season would he
recorded here today. At 5 o'clock
this morning. Ihe mercury hit 6
degrees, seven higher than that re
corded at Ihe same time yesterday
A temperature of 9(1 degrees here
yesterday was the hottest day Ihif
year.
Cities throughout California
were In the grip of Intense heal
yesterday. Ihe highest tempera
lure being recorded at. Drawley.
where the maximum was 113. Oth
er high spots were reported as fol
lows:
Imperial Valley. 112: Colusa.
102; Reillands, in; Paso Robles.
106; Riverside. HH; Kan Bernsr
dlno, 110; Sarramento. 100; Ro
mona, 100; Modesto, 100; San
Jose. 96: I .os Angeles. 92; Fresno.
90; Santa llarbara, 98, and Santa
Rosa 98.
I K II
Keep Up Cleanup,
Mayor's Appeal
PROCLAMATION
Clean Up and Paint Up and
Keep It Up!
Know all Men, Women and
Children by these presents:
That, whereas the clean up
and paint up campaign has re
sulted in many advantages to
community life where conduct
ed In places throughout the
United States
In safeguarding HEALTH,
In promoting THRIFT,
In furthering FIRE PREVEN
TION, In stimulating CIVIC PRIDE,
and
In making the HOME, CITY
AND COUNTRY BEAUTIFUL.
Now, therefore, be it known
that plans have been perfected
for a thorough clean up and
paint up campaign In Roseburg,
beginning June 20, 1929. This
date is to mark the opening of a
real campaign of persistent and
constructive effort In cleaning
up and keeping It up. In this
worthy movement we urge each
citizen to do his or her best
part to make our community
CLEAN, HEALTHY, THRIFTY,
SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL.
Signed: E. V. HOOVER,
Mayor.
CARAVAN DUE IN
The Rod wood Highway Associa
tion caravan, touring north from
SHn Francisco to British Columbia,
will arrive in lioseburg Sunday af
ternoon at 1 o'clock, according to
present arrangements, and will re
main here for luncheon, leaving at
2:30 o'clock.
The caravan will consist of some
of the most prominent men and
women of San Francisco, including
personal representatives of (iover
nor ('. C. Young and the mayor of
San Francisco, together with su
pervisors of the county and city,
mayors, count-Union, chamber of
commerce executives and numer
ous others from the Redwood Km
pi re.
The Cultforninna will be met at
the new llnutchl bridge by a large
Oregon delegation, which will In
clude Governor Patterson. The
bridge, which crosses Smith river
near Crescent City, will eliminate
the present had road at that place,
and will practically complete the
Redwood highway. Dedication cere
monies will be conducted nnd Ihe
Callfnrnlans will then go to Omuls
Pass for Ihe night. They will leave
(here at 9 a. m., and will reach
Roseburg at 1 p. in.
A local delegation will meet tile
visitors at the city limits, escort
ing them into Ihe clly, and joining
In a luncheon at the UiniKpin ho
tel. There will be a short talk by a
local speaker, and the visitors will
provide the rest of the program.
MASSACHUSETTS
SEEKS TO REOPEN
EXCISE TAX CASE
( Auutriiilrtl I'rt'm I-aixil Wire)
WASHINGTON, June 21. Mas
sachusetts today asked the su
preme court to reconsider lis re
cent nix-to three decision In the
Macallen case In which the court
set aside as Invalid excise taxes
imposed on corporations.
The petition declared the decis
ion threatened seriously to disrupt
the tax systems of California, New
York, Oregon, Washington nnd
other slates. California, Oregon and
Washington have been permitted
by the court to join Massachusetts
in urging a rehearing.
26 CONVICTS YET
UNCAUGHT IN TEXAS
( ApuwH-lalnl rrcm I.ra-! Wire)
SWKKNKY, Tex., June 21.
Twenty seven of the 4'I convicts
who kidnaped three guards early
Thursday and escaped from Clem
ens prison farm near here were
accounted for today.
Seventeen wre captured by
posses which formed all over Ibis
section when the escape alarm was
given and nine were taken in the
vicinity of Retrieve farm.
Mrs. W. M. llicknisn. wife of the
captain of Clemens farm, said that
Ihe body of fine con let had been
seen floating in the Ilernard river
below tlie farm.
WESTERPACIFIC
EXTENSION DENIED
WASHINGTON. June 21.- The
Western Pacific railroad today was
denied permission by the Interstate
Commerce commission to construct
a branch line In San Joaquin coun
ty, California. The line would have
extended from Brock eastward to
the west side of Boyce road for
about three miles. The Southern
Pacific company opposed the application
SPANISH FLYER
TRIES FOR U. S.
IN THREE LAPS
Franco, Who Spanned South
Atlantic, Aiming for
N. Y. Via Azores
and Halifax.
Charles W. Parkhurst and
Viola Gentry Take Off
on Attempt to Set
Endurance Mark.
(Auwlntftl I'rcM Uaal Wire)
CAKTACiKNA, Spain, June 21.
Major Ramon Franco, ci'U'bi'Hti'rt
Siumlsh aviator, who flow across
(lie south Atlantic In l'Jiti, look otf
hero today at 4: GO p. in (10:50 n.
m. K. s. T.) for tho Azores islands
on tho first lap of a fllKht to New
York.
The plane has eleven gasoline
tanks holding 4,110 liters (ahout
!)00 gallons) and an uverage speed
of loo miles an hour.
The Itinerary, as given out hero,
calls for the following stopping
places: the Azores, Halifax, New
York, Newfoundland and back
again to northern Spain, the en
tire trip taking about ten days.
Advices from Cartagena said that
the major might fly directly from
the Azores to New York without
stopping at Halifax, but this pre
sumably depended upon the situa
tion on reaching the North Ameri
can coast.
Major Franco took off from Al
cazares air field, near Carlagenas,
with three companions. The Span
ish fliers are scheduled to make
their first Btop at the Azores
which they should much by K:!i0
a. m. SalunlHy, Madrid tltno (2:30
a. m. 10. S. T.).
Major Franco will spend the day
at the Azores. Ho plans to take off
for New York at li p. in. Saturday
(noon K. S. T.).
New Record 8ought
HOOKHVKI.T PIKMJ, N. V..
June 21. Viols (iitnlry, rornior
holder of the women's solo endur
ance fllsht record, and Charles V.
Parkhurst, former Instructor at
Roosevelt field flying school, look
off at 11:22:15 o'clock, eastern
daylight time, today on a refueling
endurance flight.
They were Hying a light biplane
with a 1 10-llorsepower engine. The
plane Is called "Tho Answer" and
Ihe refueling ship Is called "The
reclamation Point," names recall
ing the title of the famous army
endurance plane, "The (Question
Mark".
The Kxclamallon Point will be
flown by lOmll lluruln and the 50
font hose will bo handled at Hie
refueling ship end by Harold Wild'
er. Tin? Answer had 114 gallons of
fuel when it went aloft and It was
not planned to refuel until this
evening.
The refueling endurance flight
record is hold by Hog itobbllls and
James Kelly who kept the plane
"Fort Worth" in the air for 172
hours, 32 minutes and one second,
beating the time of the army
"Question Murk" by 21 hours 51
minutes and 10 seconds.
Miss Gentry Renowned
Miss (iolitry is known as "the
(Continued on pago 7)
STALLARD STARTS
NEW PETITION TO
REPEAL DRY LAW
fAwlflc VtfM LraM'tl Wire)
SALKM, Ore., June 21. Jnltla
tlve petitiooH HeekhiK repeal of the
hi ale prohibition amendment Unn
been filed in the slate department
here by II. II. Stallard of Portland.
The petition ban liwn rorerrfd to
Ihe attorney K''ii'ial for a ballot
title. In cane Hiifflclent KignatureB
are obtained the nu'HHtire will go
on the ballot at the Keneral elec
tion in November, 1930.
A similar measure was Initiated
by Mr. Stallard two years ayo, hut
failed to nerure a HUfficient num
ber of signal ures.
COFFEE, BAKING
POWDER AND YEAST
MERGER PLANNED
NKW YOKK. June 21. A plan
for the merger of the KI'dKehmann
eoinpany, the Itoyal llakinK Pow
der mm party and R W. fllltetl
Company, Ltd.. Into a lino.Q'to.ooo
rorieern whs sent to stoek holders
of the rompanies by J, I'. Morgan
and company lodHy.
AcrpiiHltlon hy separate purchase
of the coffee firm of ('base and
Sandborn Is aho part of the plan.
'i he new company will have one
million shares of cumulative pre
ferred stock without par value, to
carry dividends at the rate of $7
per share a year. It also will have
twenty million share of common
stock without par value.
Antwerp Draws
Color Line On
Haitien Envoy
(AhKM'Iatr-d Pr LcsimhI Wire)
PAH1S. June 21. Stephen Alex
is, HaiMen charged' affuireH at
Antwerp, Belgium, who was ex
cluded from the Montpuruusse ball
Tuesday evening because of bis
color with the explanation that the
presence of negroes was distaste
ful to American customers, has
written a letter of complaint to
Premier Poincuire and Foreign
Minister Hriand.
In the letter he asked whether a
citizen of the only country In the
western hemisphere whose official
language is French ought to be
t rented that way in France.
The French government is un
able to take any official notice of
the letter, however, because It was
written in tho personal name of
the complainant and the Haitien
legation has announced that it will
make no representations.
In official circles it was held that
the exclusion of Alexis because of
bis color was Illegal and Involved
grounds for personal court action
since no color line Ib existent in
France. Kven were tho Haitien le
gation to take the matter up alt
Ihe government could do would be
to express regrets and bring to the
attention of the establishment that
it was liable to court action for
damages if It continued to treat
negroes that way.
In bis letter Alexis complained
that be was visiting the Montpar
nasse establishment for dinner
with a princess of the royal house
of Kgypt when he was refused ad
mittance to the ballroom.
Seventy-flvo buHlness. mon,: and
farmers of (Ifendale and the Cow
creek valley gathered around the
banquet table of the (ilendale
Chamber of Commerce in Kaffer's
restaurant in (Ilendale last night
and organized a greater chamber
of commerce for that district, with
the result that some thirty new
members were ndded to the al
ready strong organization. The
meeting was presided over hy
President Kberle. A. C. Marstcrs,
president of the Hoschurg Cham
ber of Commerce, was the princi
pal speaker of the evening.
Reverend J. K. Howard respond
ed to Mr. Marstern' address with
an Inspirational talk on coopera
tion, followed by a short lalk by
Dr. A. J. Kawcelt. Dr. Fawcetl
gave the facts about Chamber of
Commerce membership and urged
those present who were not. mem
bers to sin up. The dues of the
(tlendale Chamber are three dol
lars annually and meetings are
held tho third Monday of each
month.
As an Illustration of the actual
practical value of such an organi
zation as the Chamber of Com
merce lo the community, C. A.
Thomas told of the wood promo
tion campaign of northwest lumber
employes and urged the (ilendale
Chamber to back the movement. It
was decided to devote time at the
next regular meeting for a definite
action on this campaign.
W. C. Harding, secretary of the
Koseburg Chain ber of Commerce,
(old of practical organization mat
ters. Other Kosehui'g guests at the
banquet were Maurice Newlaiid,
La Verne Huwu and Harris Klls
worlh. - -o-
GODLY SPIRIT, NOT
BLUE LAW, NEEDED,
LUTHERANS AVER
CHICAGO, Juno 21.-Over-slrlcl
Sabbath observances and blue laws
were condemned today at the 31th
triennial convention of the Kvan
gclical Lutheran synod as not faith
fully interpreting Christianity and
as causing barm.
"The ChrlMiau religion is not a
freed of morbid rest rlet Ions and
dampening prohibitions." it was de
clared In a statement of the
church's code of belief. "The Luth
eran church believes that I hone
teachers In the outward Christian
church who Imdst. upon the Old
Testament spirit and legislation for
a day and hkh when "old things are
passed away" are not only misin
terpreting the evident Intention of
our lord, but are guilty of the more
serious sin of keeping men away
trom Christ.."
In denouncing efforts to restore
Puritanical Kahbalh obsei vances,
the Lutheran confessions asserted
that, the Sabbath era lias passed
away.
"Futher, legislation can only re
strain,' 'the statement adds, "it can
not reform. Uwh can remove temp
tation to do wrong, but they can
not make a man will to do right.
They can close up baseball parks
and movie houses, but (hey cannot
make a man temperate. Only the
spirit of Ond, working through the
gospel, can produce real morality
and righteousness,"
LI CREATING
SINGLE SCHOOL!
BOARD UPHELD
State Supreme Court Says
Legislative Act Only
Revisory and Tax
Not Increased.
No Misleading Language iri
Measure; Appointment of
Regents Held Within
Constitution.
(. ior la tod I'reM Ihmh1 Wire)
SALEM, Ore., June 21. The net
of the 1929 legislature creating a
slate board of higher education to
have charge of tho affairs of the
University of Oregon, Oregon
State college and Btato normal
schools, is constitutional, accord
ing to an opinion of the state su
preme court handed down here to
day. '
The opinion was written by Jus
tice Uelt In a suit brought by L,
Smith and other taxpayers of
Portland against Governor Patter
son and other slate officials. All of
Ihe justices concurred in the opin
ion, with the exception of Justice
Li row n. Who Is absent on account
of Illness.
"The 1J129 act Is a revisory stat
ute," read the supreme court opin
ion. "It 1h not a revenue producing
measure. There Is merely a con
tinuance of the tax levies previ
ously authorized. No additional tax
burden will bo Imposed. It will be
observed that a tax levy of two
and four hundredths mills equals
In the aggregate tite several tax
levies made prior la 199.. Wheth
er this act Is held constitutional
or unconstitutional, plaintiff, bt
reason thereof, is obliged to pay
tho same amount of taxes. We can
see no way In which he has been
Injured.
Intent Held Clear
"In construing the statute we
look to what the legislature had.
In mind to accomplish. Clearly,
there was no intention to create
additional funds. The allocation of
the fundB was t,he problem which
the legislature undertook to and
did solve.
"The provisions of the prior stat
utes have been reenforced In the
ainendalory act and. In addition
thereto, there have been incorpor
ated certain sections pertaining Lo
the control and management of in
stitutions of higher education, all
of which are germane to the title.
No legislator who read the title of
the amendatory act could have
been misled as to Its subject mut
ter. The words 'to provide for tho
. . .support , . . of the state insti
tution of higher learning' are suf
ficiently broad and comprehensive
for the re-enactment of tho tax
levies in question.
"Assuming, hut not deciding,
that the act of 1929 was one
'regulating taxation' and for that
reason violates Article IX, Section
1A, of the Oregon constitution In
that an emergency w as declared,
it Is Immaterial In this proceeding
as the time for Invoking the refer
endum has elapsed. Kven though
the emergency clause were const i
(Contlnuco on page 8)
ATHLETICS BEAT
YANKS IN OPENER
(AMUH-ialftt I'roM t .() Wirn)
YANK KK STADIUM. New York.
June 21. The Athletics pounded
three Yankee pitchers, Including
the once incomparable Pennock,
for sixteen hits before fiR.OOO fans
here today to win tite fut game
of the doiibleheader II to 1. I Soli
drove hung up his eleventh vlc
iniy as Al Simmons hit It's fif
teenth nnd sixteenth home runs.
HitiM also hit for the circuit.
Simmons pounded Yankee hurl
ers for five hits in five limes at bat
and drove in three runs. Miller
batted in five markers. The vic
tory Increased Ihe lead of the Mark
men over the champions to el;.' tit
and one half games.
Itabe Ruth assumed hi custom
ary place in right field.
The rinal score: It. II. F.
Philadelphia - 11 16 0
New York 1 7 3
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WILL H. HAYS DIVORCED
Mw-lnti! IT-M I.m- Wire)
SULLIVAN. Ind.. June 21. Will
11. Hays, former postmaster gener
al, now president of the motion
picture producers and distributors
of America, was granted a divorce
in the Sullivan county circuit
court yesterday from Airs. Helen
Hays.
Hays was given custody of their
young son, William Harrison Hnys,
Jr.
The action filed some time ago
by Hays was not contested by Mrs.
Hays,