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STATESMEW STILL
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(AMorlatrd I'rew Lttitrd Wlr)
TIIK UA(!L'E, Netherlands, Aiir.
13. The Kreat statesmen of hIx
powers this afternoon attempted
10 reach a compromise on disputed
provisions of the Young plan In
the privacy of their hotel apart
ments. While the financial expertH of
the conference attempted to hreak
the deadlock hetween Creat lirl
tain and her allies over British de
mands for increased share of Ger
man reparations, the heads of the
French, Ilrillsh, Helnlan and Ger
man delegation met to talk over
the date for evacuation of the
Ithineland.
Officially, no dates have lieen
even mentioned yet, but iho chiefs
of the delegations carefully con
sulted their mllllarv advisers he
fore beginning discission this aft
ernoon. Gossip at The Hague persistent
ly mentions Christmas us the date
on which the Germans will he able
to celebrate t;ie final freedom of
their territory from foreign occu
pation. - Iletter progress toward nn un
derstanding on evacuation of the
Itblneland has been all along re
ported from the political commit
tee than on the division of repara
tions from the financial commit
tee. But Important proposals In
the spirit of compromise on tho fi
nancial deadlock are expected
from France, Belgium and Italy.
ixu announcement was made
nner conferences today between
I'hlllp Bnowden. Hrltish rluine.d.
lor of the exchequer, ' with Henri
Jaspar, premier of Belgium, and
j-onia Mmcneur, French minister
of labor.
HIGH WINDS ADD
TO FIRE SWEEP
IN NORTHWEST
(Continued from page 1)
could get them under control.
Ptne Timber Leveled
hlght hundred men. Including
amt imuKiioDoi-fl, rtiHhed from
Grand Forks, II, C., were working
desperately to quell the Dollar
mountain blaze In norlh central
WnshliiKton. This conflamalion. a
crown nre roaring through nn Ini
inenHely valuahle Bland of yellow
pine timber, had leveled nearly
12 000 acres. Aided by a t Iff wind
Sunday the fire ravaged 0,000
acreg In two hours and forced two
contingents of flghterB to abandon
their cnnis nnd flee for safety.
Other fires In that region, some
of which had been reported to be
under control, fluined with re
new ml vigor today. The obstinate
Chelan forest fire today bad cov
ered a thousand ncreH more, bring
ing the total to ll.rwiO,
Wind Savei Town
','Iu Idaho, Oregon. Montana nnd
Canada forestry officials reported
C M. C.
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PENCER6
major fir1, beyond control, with
little relief In proHpect from the
weather, lleuvy rulnn were said to
be the only means by which the
flames could be quenched. In
Manitoba, Canada, provincial fur
entry officials reported the most
s'Tlnus fire conditions In many
years. A last mlnuie shift In the
wind saved the town of Dubois for
(a time thought doomed, The town
or Itennie was reported to be out
of danger from a huge fire in that
district.
The Hald mountain and Old Man
creek fires in the Selway forest of
Idaho still held fighters at bay af
ter two weeks of fightinK. They
hud covered 3.500 acres. The fire in
the Salmon river county of the
Eiune si 111 was out of control
aficr having burned over an .un
known area.
Farms, Grain Consumed
It wan certain, however, that up
wards of 6.000 acres had been tltt
st roved. Several farm buildings
and wheat fields were consumed
near Greer, Idaho.
In addition to these blazes of
major proportions, some of them
covering areas of 3,0011 acres, were
burning fighters in Montana, and
hundreds of smaller blazes were
reported out of control throughout
the northwest.
One Fighter Killed
TJKM-IN'GHAM, Wash., Aug. 13.
One man was killed and another
seriously Injured early today fight
ing a fire that has been burning
about a week In slashings south of
Lake Samlsh, near here.
The dead man was reported to
be C. S. Hutten, 35, of Sedro Wol
ley, a watchmnn. Frank Arnold, al
so of Sedro AVolley, received In
juries to Ills right hand when a
burning snag which they were
guarding was said to have fallen
on them.
Tho fire wns reported to have
been started by a back fire from
an nlrplane flying low over the
slashed area.
Fraser Valley Ablaze
VANCOUVER, a C, Aug. 13.
Valuable timber areas In the
Fraser valley were menaced by a
number of forest fires reported to
day burning widely separated dis
tricts. The outbreaks were the
first serious ones in the New
Westminister timber district tills
season.
One hundred men were fighting
a serious outbreak ten miles north
of Ilaney nt a camp of the Aber-nathy-Loughccd
Logging company.
A fire eight miles north of Mission
was reported last night and an
other outbreak nt Stout, between
Hope and Don. on. were creeping
down the mountain side above the
timber line.
SNOOK DICTATED
OWN CONFESSION.
OFFICER SWEARS
(AwmHutid Vrvim lamil Wlr)
COM 'Mill's. O., Ax 13. 'I
siate pu3htd toward tho close 'if
Ils rebuit.il testimony today In the
trial of O. Jfimes II. Snook for the
klilnc of Theorn Ilix with the pros
pect that the case would be in the
hands of (he eleven men and one
woman tomorrow.
Chief Harry French of the Co
lumbus police department was on
the st a ml, denying tbe testimony
given by Dr. Snook .ns to the ad
missions the defendant made (lur
ing the examination (hat preceded
his confession. Tho chief declared
that It was Dr. Snook himself who
dictated the confession that the de
fendant had attributed In his testi
mony to Prosecutor John J. Ches
ter, Jr., ami he corroborated the
confession by saying that Dr.
Snook, before making it. bad de
scribed the cutting of Ml.ts Hlx's
t broil t. hi his testimony Dr. Snook
paid h swore be bad no recollec
tlon of severing her jugular vein
the act on which the state bases ils
charge of premeditation, necessary
for (ho first degree murder convic
tion. Dr. J. M. Dunn, who examined Dr,
Shook Friday, testified today that
he found bruises on bis body but
that he thought they were not mitre
than two or three weeks old. The
drlVn.se maintains that Dr. Snook
struck the first blow with a ham
mer ftn Miss Mix's bead after she
attacked blm at a ill It rane on
the edge of the city where they bad
gone for their lust tryst on June
13.
"BABY FACE" DOODY
AND CITY EMPLOYEE
TAKEN BY POLICE
(AnHat(Hl Pnm IhnM Wlrr)
CHKWC.O. Auk. 13.- "Willie"
(Itahy Face) Doody, veteran of
half n dozen recent gun Ibthts and
wauled in connection with two
killings and several mall robberies,
was arrested today.
He was caught In a third floor
apartment on the West side with
out a struggle, although he was
armed.
Among the things police wish lo
question I IimiiIv about was the
holdup last Friday of the Illinois
Central train when a guard was
shot and killed and $-100 taken.
Doody was found In the com
pany of a divorceo, ami her six-
yesi -old daughter.
Donald II. Unit, a clerk in the
city water di-part incut, also was
arrested loduy In connection with
ibe Illinois Central robbery. The
Sunday felt mini: the robb'vv be
reported to police the license
plates of bis automobile had been
stolen. Police said they believed
they were the plates used on the
eutomoblle used by the bandits in
their escape.
Holts orrest lodav was not ex
plained, allbotmb It was MIckcI he
aroused the suspicion of the police
when they questioned htm Sunday.
TRAPPER PERISHES, LOYAL
DOG IS RESCUED ALIVE
Mm-v-Utt PriM Wltv)
KDMONTOX, Altft., Aug. 13.
I ot In a bllriard that howled
down out of the Arctic on June
Mst last. Ivan McKay CtirintW.
Ihithurst Inlet trapper was froen
to death. It was le.irned today His
faithful hesky Hoc was found alive
by searching parties that set out
on the frapp' trail nfter the
I) I itzurd bad spent its force.
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURC.
WOMEN AUTOISTS
ATTACKED, ROBBED
BY HITCH-HIKERS
MMocIatM Prt-u l-anl Wltv
HOXIK. Kans., Aug. 13 The vlc
tiurt of two young hitch-hikers
they had given a ride from Colo
rado, Miss Led a lleaureganl, 21.
and Mrs. Heatrlcn Walsh, 34, both
of Concordia, Kana., were In a hos
pital today with Injuries received
in an attack near here Sunday
night.
Nude, b"aten and slushed with a
razor and apparently abandoned
to bleed to death, the two women
were found bound In a pasture
east of Hoxie by a ranch foreman.
Physicians said they would re
cover. .Miss Ileauregard, a telephone op
erator, and Mrs. Walsh, a widow,
were returning from a vacation
trip whn they were hailed by the
two young men near Llinon. Colo.,
they said. The youths, about 2i
years old, were well mannered
and asked for a ride, saying they
were ramming to their home In
Kansas City. The attack, the wom
en suld, came without warning.
Overpowering them, the youths
slashed the women with a razor,
bound them with rope and cast
them into the pasture. Stripping
them. of their clothing and money
the youths drove off in Mrs.
Walsh's car. They have not been
captured.
BLACK RING GIANTS
TO CLASH TONIGHT
LOS ANflKLKS, Aug. 13. Two
of flsliaua's biggest Bubjects,
Cieorge Godfrey, of Leipervllle, Pa.,
and "Long Tom" Hawkins, of San
Diego, Cal., negroes whose com
bined weight closely approaches
the quarter ton mark, will go ten
rounds or less here tonight.
The great physical advantages
which the "black shadow" usually
boasts over his foes, will bo les
sened considerably In the meeting
with Hawkins, tho elongated San
Diego fighter being almost his
physical equal. Hawkins towers
ti feet 41 inchcB In height, a half
inch more than Godfrey. Weight,
however, will favor Godfrey. He
will scale around 240 pounds,
about 20 more than Hawkins will
pack.
Although Hawkins In the Inst
year has chalked up a number of
notable wins, betting odds favor
Codfiey by a sizeable figure. The
bout will mark Godfrey's first ap
pearance In this section since be
defeat 'd Paolluo t'zcmlun. the
basque, here more than a year ago.
COUNTY MARKET
ROADS INSPECTED
County Commissioners Huron
Clnugh and Itoyce lusenbnrk, to
gether with Floyd Frear, county
enetneer. and J. H. Scott and E. A.
Collier, state market engineers,
left tills morning on nn inspection
of market road projects in the
county. They are Inspecting the
work done on tho Melrose road,
the Oakland-Klkton road ami the
Loon Lake road. They will be in
the field for a couple of days.
MYRTLE CREEK MAN
KILLS RATTLESNAKE
Alrln Wenver killed what Is be
lieved to be the largest rattlesnake
ever seen In this county, on the
Claire Weaver ranch near Myrtle
Creek. The huge reptile was M
Inches long ami eight inches in cir
cumference at the largest point.
Several rattles were missing but
fourteen were still Intact. The
make was skinned and Is on exhi
bition In a garage in Myrtle Creek.
county"court to
secure right of
way for roads
Resolutions have been prepared
by the county court to secure
rltibts of wav for tho Gardiner
Summit section of the Koosevelt
highway, the Ady section of the
Myrtle Creek-Nugget road and the
Winchester Hay light house road.
The Gardiner road has been built
about four years, but the right of
wav for a distance of about a mile
ami a half baa never been settled,
The claims have been under dis
cussion for a long period of time
and the court Is initiating an en
tirely new proceeding to get the
matter straightened out.
The Improvement to the Myrtle
DR.
NERBAS
DENTIST
Painlesi Extraction
Gas When Desired
Pyorrhea Treated
Phono ASS Masonic Uldg.
use a
IkCASOUNE
A
4V kJr fr' pti
knocks
Creek road consists of relocation
of about a mile of that road.
The Winchester liny Improve
ment Is to be a new road branch
ing off from the Koosevelt highway
and leading to the beach and lighthouse.
SANTA FE TRAIN LEAVES
RAILS; ONE WOMAN HURT
PI'KIILO, Colo.. Aug. 12. One
woman v. as sJightly injured and
sixty passengers badly shaken
when several coaches of a Santa
Fe train, Chicago hound, left i he
rails twenty miles east of here to
day, j
The chief dispatcher's office
here reported today tlial the de
railment was caused by what Is
known us a transverse Interior
fissure. This Is explained as a
crack on the inside of a rail and
Is Baid to be difficult to locate.
The engine, two baggage cars, ami a
mail car passed rafely over the
rail but the first Pullman was de
railed, causing the other cars to
leave the tracks. The head Pull
man remained nearly upright but
the other two sleepers were over
turned. BALLOON VENOOR VICTIM
OF CALLOUSED JOKER
( AnneMrA Vrem tawft Wire)
CHICAGO. Aug. 12 It wasn't so
funny for Tony Notorela.
"Iluy a balloon!" Tony cried, ns
he moved filowly down St. Louis
avenue carrying the gayly covered
rubbe renvelones, round and buoy
ant with the illuminating gas which
he bad inflated them.
An automobile whirled alongside
the 14-year-old balloon vender. One
of its occupants leaned out and
shouted:
"Watch the fireworks, folks!
Let's have some fun."
And he flicked bis lighted clg
aret squarely anion? the lm Moons.
There was nn explosion. The gay-
Iv colored balloons were bits of
burned rubber. Tony Notorella lay
screaming on the ground.
Doctor lator said he would he
scared fdr fife.
TIip one who had tossed the
cigaret stepped on the accelerator
and sped away, laughing.
STATE'S JULY FIRE TOLL
( AwcMrd Prm IfflM Wire)
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13. The to
tal fire loss In Oregon outside of
Portland for the month of July
was $436,252, according to the
monthly statement of Claro A. Lee,
state Insurance commissioner. The
heaviest losses were: Chlloquln.
hotel and Btore. $80,000; Forest
Grove, restaurant and tea room,
$10,000; Klamath Falls, sowmill.
lumber nnd equipment, $100,000;
St. Hetons, sawmill, lumber nnd
equipment. $60,000; Umatilla coun
ty, sawmill and lumber, $10,000.
The total number of fires was 132.
HOW THEY STAND
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the dy season. Check up on
your fire insurance. Carry ade
quale protection. This agency
Is nt your service. We write
all lines of fire and automobile
inf-urnnce. Call or phone and we
will be on the job.
G. W. YOUNG &
SON
INSURANCE
111! Cass St. Phono 417
Turn Off
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with
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One Hundred for
50 cents
Gas pains and sour stomach
are soon relieved bv the m
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ROSEBURG, OREGON
tAVe WITH 8AFETV
fiiif
OREGON. TUESDAY. AUGUST 13. 1929.
BOY SCOUTS END
JAMBOREE; NAMED
ENVOYS OF PEACE
(AMnclatcd I'reu ls4 W!rv)
ARKOWK PARK. Enghtiid, Aug.
13. Tens of liiciLan-js uf boys
trekkvd out of Aivuue park today
as ca up wm broken jnd ilie great
World jamboree uf boy scouts came
lo an end. Fifty thousand youths
left for their homes in nearly fifty
ditffieiH coumricd. '
They took with them the farewell
me.ssaKe from the thief scout, Issu
ed before he left the camp, the key
note of which was:
"From now on the scout symbol
of peace Is a golden arrow.
I-roin the ijorthlands, south
lands, easllands and wemlands you
came at the call of my horn to this
rat gathering. Today I yenU you
back to your homelands across the
seas as my ambassadors of peace
iimung the, nations of the world."
Despite the rain and mud the
jamboree was a success far beyond
expectations. The total number of
visitors was 314,422. The next jam
boree will be held in l'J.i;t. The
place will be determined at a con
ference to be held in Salzburg,
Austria.
CHAS. McELHINNY
MAKES IT EASY FOR
AUTO THIEVES
Charles McElhlnny, former resi
dent of this city, now district man
ager for the Oregon Life Insurance
company with headquarters at Sa
lem, believes in making it easy for
auto thieves. His car stolen last
w eek at Salem has just been recov
ered at Grand Island, Neb., where
the thief is being held by the gov
ernment. Mr. McEIhinny left his car stand
ing on the street with the keys In
the ignition lock, his identification
cards in his brief case, and a gaso
line scrip book, good for J20 worth
of fuel lu the machine. He even
had it headed out the highway.
He is now making arrangements
io get the car home.
GLENDALE. MAN'S
DEATH CAUSED BY
OVER-EXERTION
(i-wi-Rpvtpw Douiflai County Snoctall
GLENDALE, Aug. 13. John
Sanders, who was found dead in
A field a short distance from his
house by his son-in-law. Homer
Martin, last Monday morning, died
as a result of cerebral hemorrhage,
according to Coroner H. Stearns.
Owing to the proximity of the body
when found, to some high voltage
electric wires, which were down
because of a burned off polo, it
was first thought Sanders' death
might have been caused by an elec
tric shock. A careful investigation
proved conclusively that Sanders
had In no way contacted the 2300
volt line. As he had just been
righting a small grass fire, excite
ment and over exertion Is now
thought to have been the indirect
cause of his death.
Sanders bought the former Fred
McGregor ranch on Windy creek In
moving here from Yreka.
Cal., where he lias mnde his home
since. He was of Portugese de
scent and was born in San Fran
cisco about 70 years. ago
Hesides his daughter, Mrs. Hom
er Martin, who resides on a near
by ranch on Windy creek, he had
three other daughters and a sou
AT
Rainbow
Gardens
Wednesday
Night '
August 14
Music by the
Yellow-jackets
bey are Sir. Thornton Lockhart
of Napa, Cal.. and Mrs. Chaa.
Kelly, .Mm. Matt Nunuu and John
Sanders, Jr., of Vallepo, Cal.
Funeral services weie ueiu
. . ... .1...
lnieiintut toon piacv ui
sonic cenieieiv 'I uesday forenoon.
DR. FRED A. MOORE DIES
rnia Ann- 11 1 )r Fred A
Moore. o'i. formerly of Portland,
Oregon, and Han Francisco, and
former president of the American
t . nrw-iiillnn died at the
American hospital today. His ashes
will be sent to Minneapolis iur in
terment. AMERICAN BULL FIGHTER
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
(AhutIii!m1 I'n-M Uawil Wire)
I.ISIION. Aug. 12. Sidney,
Franklin, hull lighter of Brooklyn. ;
N. Y today rested from a stlenu i
ous battle with a bull iu the Lis-
bon corrida yesterday and nursed i
a flesh wound in the leg.
The Brooklyn bull fighter had a
narrow escape from a particularly
fierce animal. lie was caught on
the bull's horns but managed to j
keep from being gored. In the i
struggle the bull's horns raked
through the flesh on one of Frank
lin's letrs.
M
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As men's Shirt Sales go, this is the "King
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of which we've never offered before.
You see, a big shirt manufacturer had piles
and piles of fine shirts made up, expecting a
banner business which didn't materialize.
His money was tied up in the shirts.
We Saved 25 Per Cent of the
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YOU WILL TOO!
Because we purchased this b:g tot outright,
for a cash consideration. Each Bieier store
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The only mistake you can make in selecting,
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that no such values are ordinarily found in
shirts offered at these very, very special
prices.
You will particularly notice
way the collar fits down on
dud in the lot.
Ordinarily You'd Pay 59c
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Main scams all triple stitched. Made with
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Blue chambrav. Be sure to see this one.
Sizes 14 j to 17.
Extra Fine Quality Blue and Gray
Chambray Work Shirts
A Usual 89c Value Now
65c
Three coat models and one pull-over style.
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and made with two button-down pockets.
Back yoke and aluminum buttons.
Fancv and Semi-Dress
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A Real Whopper Modestly Priced
98c
In this group you'll find several popular
grades of shirring in different weaves. And
a large assortment of colors in fancy broken
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fAMM-ulnl l-ean-d Wire)
eiuvf.HAl Aui;. 13. Health!
auiliuriiies of (he international set-;
tlHinent today announced hnangnai ,
had become "an infected port" aa a
result of prevalence ui cmm-ia, ;
which has reacneu au einueum.
mane.
Other Oriental ports Have neen
n...t nn.i Ui..i-i!il Hafoeuards
ItULIlll-u ami "1'' -
I concerning ships from Shanghai
were expecteu 10 ue ui.uncu
once to prevent posslhle spread of
the disease.
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We pay caah for used ca?t
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Phone 468.
Next to Deer Creek Bride,
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ON
SALE
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These are the product of one of the largest
shirt manufacturers in the west.
Another Triumph in Value-Giving
is this group.
Fancy Soft Percale
Dress Shirts
Sell at
69c
But a regular $1 value.
Made with the new point collar. A selection
of many colors, medium and light. Shades
of tan, green and blue. All novelty prints in
assorted designs and patterns. This number
comes in a coat style. One pocket.
The most remarkable value you've ever
seen in a
98c Dress Shirt
Broadcloth and Fine Grade
Percales with Broadcloth
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New pastel shades and a large range of light
backgrounds printed in various novelty de
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Broadcloth Dress Shirts
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Extra heavy fine Chambray Shirtings
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