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THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
OL.XXX NO. 334 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930
VOL. XX NO. 264 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By FRANK JENKINS
nnHOMAS A. EDISON, with S3
years of experience behind him,
tells us that the biggest thing the
American people can accomplish
during 1930 is to learn to "pay more
attention to engineers than to poli
ticians. "
yHAT is another way of telling
us that the only way we can
hope to get anywhere permanently
in this world is by FACING THE
FACTS.
The engineer deals with facts.
The politician deals with HOSY
HOPES. The engineer tells us what
we CAN tlo. The politician tells us"
what we OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO
DO if the millennium were here.
pHE engineer tells us, coldly and
dispassionately, mat mere is no
such thing as something for noth
ing; that whatever we get in this
world we must pay for, in one way
or another. The politician leads us
on to believe happily that If we will
'pass a law every tiling will be all
right.
HTHE engineer says: "Two and
two are four. If that plain fact
doesn't fit into your plans,
CHANGE your plans to allow for
it; because If you don't take the
facts into consideration you will get
Into trouble."
The politician says: "Pooh!
Pooh! You just follow me and 1f
we find it inconvenient to believe
lhat two and two are four we'll
pass a law decreeing that, two and
l.vo are FIVE."
J5ACK In the wild boom days that
" followed the war, the business
engineers warned us of trouble
ahead. "Beware," they said. "The
i-cononiie law of supply and de
mand Is being disregarded. Produc
tion Is running ahead of consump
lion. Sooner or later prices must
fall."
That is to say, they Insisted that
wo FACE THE FACTS.
DUT tho politicians
answered:
'The law of supply and demand
is out of date. New conditions have
arisen which make It inoperative.
So go ahead fearlessly and do what
you want to do."
THE engineers were right, and
the politicians wore wrong. The
crash came, and prices fell disas
trously. The engineers were right be
cause they based their conclusions
on facts. Tile politicians were
WRONG, because they were going
merely on rosy hopes.
BEFORE the big stock market
crash last October, the engi
neers of business were warning us
of danger ahead. They based their
warning on the FACT that selling
prices were all out of line with
earnings.
Hut me politicians of business
retorted: "Tut! Tut! That's just
old (uLhionud hooey. A new day Is
at hand, and all these old Ideas are
OUT!"
But prices in the stock market
crashed, Just as the students of
THE COLD FACTS said they
would.
INI) the facts, and then follow
F II,,,,
them." That ts the engineer's
method, and It is a wise, sound,
sale method.
"Kid yourself along." That Is the
politician's method. It Is an un
sound method. Of all the bad habits
you can acquire, "kidding" yourself
Is the worst. It leads to nothing
but trouble in the long run.
Whoever "kids himself along," re
fusing to find the tacts and face
tliein, Is riding for a bad fail.
IT IS all this that is in the back of
Mr. Killson's mind when lie tells
'is that the big task before us is to
iearn to "pay more attention tu en
gineers than to politician!." If we
will follow his advice, first finding
the facts and then looking them
coldly In the face, we shall all
avoid a lot of trouble.
LST a word more. A politician, it
" should be said In all fairness. Is
not Just a man who runs for office.
Some men who run for office are
politicians. Others are statesmen.
There is all the difference In the
world between politicians and
state:, men.
INCOLN was a STATESMAN.
He looked Uie facts fairly In the
face. He saw that here in this
country were conditions that were
leading directly to disunion and de
struction. He FACED THE FACTS
iCoutlnued on page 4)
UN FOES
OF DRY LI
GIVE VIEWS
Referendum on Eighteenth
Amendment Advocated at
Hearing Being Held
in Washington.
Ex-Senator Wm. C. Bruce
of Maryland Requests
W. C. T. U. to Return
to Temperance.
WASHINGTON, FeU 13. A
group of outspoken women demand
ed ot congress today that prohibi
tion be placed squarely before the
voters of the nation and that the
count of the ballot boxes decide
whether America shall continue
dry.
One after another they appeared
before the house judiciary commit
tee and urged that the Norton seso
lution to authorize a referendum
on the question be approved. They
backed up this appeal , with a de
nunciation of conditions as they
exist today and argued that a de
cade of the dry statute had produc
ed a situation the voters them
selves should be called upon to
settle.
Popular Vote Asked
It was the second day's session
of the hearing started by the com
mittee on a batch of measures ask
ing either outright repeal of the
eighteenth amendment or a refer
endum on the question. The first
witness was Mrs. Mary T. Norton,
a democratic representative from
New Jersey, who has such a reso
lution for a referendum pending.
She said a "normal American
citizen, regardless of beliefs on the
eighteenth amendment, would read-,
ily concur In the principle that the
amendment should not remain In
the constitution without majority
approval of the people of the Unit
ed States."
Then she argued that, actual vot
ers be given an opportunity to ex
press themselves and added:
"The repeal of the ISth amend
ment would restore us the same
constitutional government adopted
by our forefathers before the 18th
amendent was adopted It would
grant, instead of deny, the right of
local self-government to the states."
Statute Held Weak
Mrs. Charles H. Sabin followed
her to the witness chair. She Is a
former republican national
com -
Continued on page 6, Story 1
DAMAGE OF $20,000
INFLICTED BY DAILY
BOMB IN CHICAGO
(AssoHsletl .'nns IVaiumI Wire)
CHICAOO, Feb. 13. The 14th
bomb of the year exploded early
today in the Elston avenue factory
district, doing 520,000 damage to
the Right Welding and Holler Re
pairing company plant and nearby
s true tu res.
On January 28 last a bomb ex
ploded at the front of the Central
Paper Stock company, next door
to the welding concern. Police be
lieve today's bomb was planted In
theJront doorway of the welding
company building by mistake, the
paper stock company being the In
tended victim.
Michael Don ay, owner of the
welding company, heard the ex
plosion at his home several blocks
away. Believing another attack
had been made on his business
neighbor, he investigated, to find
his own plant had been the object
of the bomb. A large hole was torn
in the front wall of the one-story
brick building, but the chief dam
age was to costly machinery.
WOMAN CLAIMING
BABY CALLED ON
FOR MORE PROOF
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 13. Mrs.
George Schaefer's baby may have
been born where and when she
i said it was, but Dr. Frederick
i Strieker, state health officer, yes-
terday said the state was not satis
j f ied with the revised birth certifi
cate Mrs. Schaefer pave Dr. John
Abele, city health officer, and de
' manded further proof that the
baby girl should bear the name
j Georgietta Jane .Schaefer.
Dr. Abele agreed to accept a re
vised birth certificate when Mrs.
Schaefer and her attorney appear
ed at a meeting recently and
I struck from the original certificate
' that the baby was born In a ma
j ternity hospital and that Dr. Daniel
I Meyers attended her. Both the hog
; pital and the medic denied connec
i tion with the case.
I Mrs. Schaefer first attracted at
! tention when she disappeared from
j her home while her husband was
working and after a five-day ab
! sence returned with the baby. The
' rmntir litis hand infnrnieii that hln
tvif. hnrf ffivnn hirth In a habv.lwss at liberty today under $500
spent five days endeavoring to find'
hr.
Dr. Mevers claimed his signature!
affixed to the original birth certlfi-j tacked O. P. Ryers. superintendent
rate was forgery, 'of the Rainier high school, after
Dr. Strieker ordered further! the school board expelled Smith's
proof. I son.
JAPAN AGREEABLE
TO PROPOSED CUT
IN BATTLESHIPS
(Associated I'rwi Lt-karil Wire)
LONDON, Fob. 13. The Japan
ese delegation In a statement given
out this afternoon, declared that
! day in battleship construction un
til 19J6 to reduce the tonnage of
battleships to 25,000 tons and to
reduce the maximum calibre of
guns to 14 inches.
The statement, which had been
eagerly awaited in view of the
British and American announce
ment of naval aims, said that Japan
also was ready to agree to the
prolongation of the life of the bat
tleships from twenty to twenty-six
years.
Japan attaches special impor
tance to cruisers armed with 8-inch
guns and wishes to maintain "the
minimum force sufficient for the
needs of national defense, taking
into consideration the forces pos
sessed by other powers."
The maximum tonnage of 6 Inch
gun cruisers should be from 7,000
to 7,500 tons that of flotilla lead
ers and destroyers should be
equally limited, the statement said.
The age limit of cruisers was
suggested at twenty years and the
destroyers at 16 years.
Great Britain bases her hope for
world peace on the Briand-Kellogg
pact, and "looks forward to a period
in which armed conflicts need not
be expected." and on these grounds
can limit her cruiser fleet to fifty
instead of seventy. Prime Minister
MacDonald told the house of com
mons today.
ED
(Associnletl Press Leased Wire)
EVERETT. Wash., Feb. 13. AI
Kinsman, alleged bootlegger, was
fatally shot and Deputy Sheriff J.
W. Thomas was seriously wound
ed in a gun battle at Kinsman's
ranch nine miles north of Arling
ton, Wash., yesterday when of
fleers attempted to' search the
premises for liquor.
Armed with a search warrant,
Thomas, with Sheriff George I.
Slever and Deputy Jesse Jackson
went to Kinsman's isolated ranch
to look for liquor. They went to
the place seperately, Staver going
to the barn, Jackson to the chick
en coop and Thomas to the front
door of the house.
Thomas, who held the warrant,
knocked on tho door and told
Kinsman to open up, adding that
they were from the sheriff's office.
The door was opened slightly and
Kinsman shot Thomas twice in
the abdomen, officers said. Kins
man then ran out the back door,
to be met by Jackson. Instead of
halting at his command. Kinsman
opened fire, Jackson said. Jackson
fired four shots at the fleeing
suspect, three of which took ef
fect. Kinsman died several hours af
ter the shooting, while the condi
tion of Thomas was considered
critical.
Thomas Is a well known Wash
ington peace officer, having
been at one time sheriff of Kittitas
county, and had also served for a
considerable period as captain of
the guards at the state peniten
tiary at Walla Walla.
After the shooting. Sheriff Stev
er returned to the ranch and re
ported finding seven pints of
moonshine whiskey.
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THOMAS R. HOWARD
DIES AT YONCALLA
Thomas Robertson Howard pass
ed away at his home In Voncalla
yesterday evening after a short ill
nesH. He was, horn in Missouri
September 15, 1858, and for the last
25 years haH been a resident of
Yoncalla, having been engaged In
the grocery business until last
June, when he retired. He Is sur
vived by his wife and the follow
ing children by a former marriage:
Mrs. Rose Sand, Bellingham,
Wash.; Mrs. Ethel Cochran. Red
ding. Calif.; Mrs. Dora Applegate,
Norwalk, Calif.; Elmer and Mrs.
Kdlth Applegate. Portland, and
Earl Howard, Oakland. Ore. He
also leaves two brothers. Jerry and
L. Howard of Missouri, and 20
grand children. Mr. Howard was
a well known resident of Douglas
county, having resided at various
times in Roseburg and Oakland.
The body has been removed to
Stearns chapel, and funeral ar
rangements will be . announced
later.
UNDER BONDS FOR
ATTACKING TEACHER
(Awvf-(1 Prctai rented Wfr)
ST. HELENS. Ore.. Feb. 13.
John W L. Smith, former teacher
in the Rainier. Ore., high school
bonds on charges of assault with a
dangerous weapon.
Smith ! alleged to have at
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REN
HOSP TALS
AFTER BLAST
Explosion Damages School
Building in Brooklyn;
2 of Victims May
Not Survive.
Teacher Leads Most of His
Pupils to Street, Cries
of Others, Injured,
Bring Rescue,
(Auoolut(1 I'roM Leancil Wire)
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Ten
school children were rushed to
hospitals suffering from cuts and
bruises and some of 40 or 50 oth
ers suffered slight injuries today
as the result of an explosion
which wrecked a nearby one-story
brick building and shattered win
dows In a public school at Bergen,
street and Schenectady avenue,
Brooklyn. At one of the hospitals it was
said the condition of two of the
children was critical.
Parents Become Frantic
The blast, heard over a wide
area, caused rumors to spread that
a bomb had exploded at the school
and a crowd, estimated by police
at 5,000 including many parents,
swarmed to the building.
Some of the excited parents
managed to slip past police re
serves and into the building franti
cally shouting the names of their
children, but by that time all of
the children had been led from
the school rooms.
The explosion occurred In a
one-story brick building directly
across the street from a new wing
of the school building. The force
of the blast 'demolished the one
story building and shattered all
the glass and ripped out the wood
work of the windows on the Dean
street side of the school.
Alarm Device Silenced
There were some 2,000 children
In the school nt the time of the
explosion, about 900 of them on
tho Dean street side of the build
ing. Approximately half of the 900
were in the assembly, the remain
der having gone to their class
rooms. Maurice Garfinkel, principal of
the school, was In the basement
and attempted to turn in a fire
alarm, but found that the alarm
device had been put out of order,
presumably by the explosion. He
then hurried through the building
and the pupils were quickly as-
Continued on page 6, Story 2
GIGANTIC SLIDE
MAROONS DETROIT
AND BREITENBUSCH
fAKnociatol I'rcM lyiv Wlro)
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 13. The
town of DelT'lt about 60 miles east
of Salem In the Cascade mountains
is marooned from the outside world
by a gigantic slide which Bwept
down the mountain alongside the
government road between Niagara
and Detroit and completely covered
the road and the Hammond Lum
ber company railroad which runs
alongside the highway. While the
slide occurred Tuesday night .T. R.
Rewlev, rnadmaster in the Detroit
district, who tried all day Wednes
day lo get (he word throiiL'h to I he
county court at Salem, succeeded
this morning. Members of the coun
ty court and county roadmaster im
mediately went to the scene to get
preparations under way to clear
the roadway. In the meantime mail
and passenger stages and railroad
trains cannot get through and no
means of communication Is left
with the town save a single strand
of telephone wire, Thtfre Is a small
hotel at the town as well as stores
and It Is believed there is plenty of ! man. today in real life Is waging
food available until a cut may be j a desperate batle against the death
mnde through the slide, which Is ! he no ably portrayed in numerous
said to cover both the road and ! make-believe villainous roles on
railroad in a huge mass for over 80 j the screen.
feet. The slide, said to be about j At Hollywood hospital where the
four miles east of Niagara, also rm "heavy" yesterday afternoon
cuts off Hreitenbuah hot springs, a underwent an operation for appen
thlckly nonulated resort In the dfcilis, his condition was denerlbed
summer but now said to he occw- as dangerous. Operating physicians
nied hv but a few people. ri he road
to Rreitenbush runs off from De-!
trolt.
ANNUAL FASHION
SHOW TO BE HELD
HERE MARCH 71 H
The American Lesion auxiliary Is
snonsoring Its regular annual fash-
the Antlers theatre Frldav. March
7. The following stores will enter
modelr: FHher s. Markshury s.
Suencer's. Harth's. The Smart
Shop. Abraham's. Art Raby Shop,
and J. C. Pennev's. The shoe si or,
nitllinerv and lewelrv stores will
also lend support to the show
'..,..!
Mrs. J. A. Fulcher ts
rhalrman or anwrncnl-. h
Mr. T. O Watson Mrs. r...orEe
rwov -d Mr. Vletor Mt-elll
slstlne. The stores are seleetlne
models and eostumes are belne fit
!ted. Arrordlne to the rommlttee In tascisi ortan.
el,arae the eihlhit will be one of! Premier Mussolini has offered a
lihn mo't sneresfnl and brilliant of!r'a'd of r,.nn0 for the arrest of
1 its kind ever held here. ' those responsible for the bombing.
7 BIG SHOTS
OF GANGL
Chicago Police Make Most
Important Capture of
Campaign Against
Low Element.
One Weak Prisoner Faints
at Flashlight; Day's
Roundup Produces
425 Suspects.
(Awooiated l'rcn Ixncl Wire)
CHICAGO, Feb. 13. Seven "big
shot" gangsters, found behind the
drawn shades of u room in which
not long ago two others were mur
dered, were held to the grand Jury
today as gunmen.
Altogether, police took 425 priso
ners yesterday, bringing their
"crime drive" total for live days to
more than 2,500: but the seven
found In the dingy second floor res
taurant were regarded by police as
far the most hniortniit of all.
In presenting them at last night s
"showup, at which suspects uro
paraded across a small stage before
thi: victims of recent crimes, Chief
of Detectives Kgan said:
"their names would grace a pen
itentiary roster of a hangman's
warrant, lhey are the O Donne 11
gang."
Two of them were O'Donnell
brothers, Myles and llernard,
(there is a thud and better known
O'lionnell, called "Klondyko.")
There was "Three-Fingered Jack,"
White, once convicted of murder;
George (lied) Durkur, known as u
labor terrorist and once charged
with murder; Mike Quirk, lid ward
Slrnek and John O'Connor.
With tho seven was arrested
Frank Lacey, concerning whom po
lice have no previous imormatiou.
Legal Aid Prompt
Five minutes after tho "pinch,"
eight lawyers were demanding Unit
the men be promptly booked so
that bail could be arranged and the
men freed. They were successful
'only In the case of Myles O'Don
nell, whom they represented as "a
dying man."
During the questioning a photo
grapiier set off a flash light behind
him, and O'Donnell faiuied. Wneu
he revived lie said he thought he
had been shot.
ivlyles O Donnell was booked for
disorderly conduct and freed under
$1,501) bond.
The room In which the arrests
were made Is partitioned from the
cafe. 11 was here, police said, that
two other well known west side
hoodlums, William Clifford and
.Michael Rellloy, wore killed. The
bodies of Clilford and ltd Hey were
taken to tho back yard of A I (Scar
face) Cu tone's home, wheru they
were found.
Only 2 Weapons Found
No weapons were found on tho'
persons of tnu seven arrested, but
overcoats hanging nearby yielded
two weapons. One of the coats fit-1
ted itarker. In the pocket of anoth
er was found a glove in which were
cork finger lips, fitting the Htubs
ot "Three Fingered Jack" White's
hand.
.Myles O'Donnell, tried and ac
quitted of the murder of Eddie
Tancl several years ago, and K Ion
dyke O'Donnell were in the auto
mobile with William II. Me Swig
gin when the latter, an assistant
slate's attorney, was assassinated,
supposedly by niemhi'l'H of the "('a
pone mob" to which the O'Donnells
are opposed.
NOAH BEERY, FILM
STAR, FIGHTS FOR
LIFE IN HOSPITAL
(.fwt;il-l l'r-u lniuif Wire)
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Feb. 13.
Noah Heery, motion pictuiu bad
said lhat a gangrenous condition
of the appendix was found and that
jit yet was too early to tell whether
I the infection had spread.
I The actor's two brothers, Wal
lace and Will Henry, his son Noah
j Heery, Jr., his wife, Mrs. .Mar-
iriiiriiii llooi-v it nil tiiu lui.fulM Mr.
and Mrs. Noah Webster Heery.
j were with him shortly before the
j operation,
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FASCIST JOURNAL
WRECKED BY BOMB
TUIKSTK; Italy, I'VI). 13.- (iulilo
Nuri, rt'porlMr who lost both l'K
In a bomb explosion which Mon-
day night wrcrkid Hih editorial
r " 1 "
Tr..-,.' . died today. Thre,, otn-rs
Injured seriously and twelve
' '-RS,'r ''' ln ',I''los;
! In. I'he paper was the ofhtial
CITY'S CLIMATIC SUPERIORITY
MAINTAINED DURING COLD SPELL
Average January Temperature in Roseburg Highest of
Any roini in Oregon or Washington Uata Strong
Backing for Plan to Obtain National Soldiers Home
The claim of the Umpqua valley for the most equable
climate in the Pacific northwest hns been fully substantiated by
most interesting figures compiled by E. H. Fletcher, meteorolo
gist in charge of the U. S. weather bureau station at Roseburg,
covering the unprecedented cold weather during the month of
January. Roseburg's weather was not only the least cold in
Oregon during the severe wintry spell, but was also higher on
an average for the entire month than any point in either Oregon
or Washington,
During the mouth of January
Oregon was subjected to record
breaking weather. While there
have been times when the mercury
dropped to a lower point, there
has never, as long as records have
been maintained, been a longer per
iod of continued cold.
At the request of the Roseburg
chamber of commerce, Mr. Fletch
er has compiled from the records
of all reporting stations, n daily
report on conditions in all sections
of Oregon and Washington.
These figures are to be used by
the chamber in placing lis weather
claims before the congressional
committee acting upon tho bill for
the establishment of n branch of
the national soldiers' home In
Itoseburg.
The compilation shows the maxi
mum and minimum temperature nt
each station for every day of the
month, and Roseburg stands In n
very favorable position as a result
of this comparison, having not only
the highest minimum, but also the
best daily record for the month as
a whole.
' "T. ( .Umcfalcft Trent Li'iiw'it ,Vlr0 ' '
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 1 a. Pe
titions alleging int'ompclcney and
demanding the recall of Mayor
George D. Halter and four city
commissioners were circulated
here today by the Citizens' Recall
league.'
Hugh C. Krum, n former city
employe and leader of the league,
announced officially lhat the move
ment to oust the entire city ad
ministration had jhecn definitely
launched. lie said the action was
started because of alleged waste
of public money, failure to enforce
I law and betrayal and trust ot vot
ers.
Resides Mayor Raker, the oth
er mi'inhers of the council under
Tire are: John ('. Mann, C. A. Ulue
low, A. L. Rat bur and S. P. Pier.
Mayor Raker, as commissioner of
public safety, completes the clly'p
governing board.
Krum said that approximately
20,000 signatures would ho re
quired for each of I ho. five peti
tions. In (he event the number Is
obtained, he said, the commission
ers have five days in which to re
sign or the city auditor must call
a special election on the recall.
Should the mayor and commis
sioners be removed the governor
of the slale would npnotnt cllv of
ficials until the regular election.
Mavur ItakiT and the four com
missioners refused to comment, al
though lhey Indicated slr.temenls
prolinhlv would be forthcoming
within the next two days.
WOMAN SHOT BY
SON-IN-LAW DIES
OORVALLIS. Ore.. Feb. 13.
Mrs. Charles A. Minium of Devlll.
who was shot more than two
monllis ago by her son-in-law who
ltnr killed himself, died In n hos
pital here yesterday.
Mrs. Mint um was shot through
the lull'.; December 3 by Theodore
Holmes, who iin shot his wife
and tiwn t"rn-d the gun unon him
self. Mrs. Holmes recovered.
YOUTH OF 15 HELD
AS "GAS PIPE" THUG
PORTLAND. Ore.. Fb. HI.
The so-called "iri'H nine Ihnir" who
police said had been bothering
women hi nil sections of the city
wan In jail her? today a 15-year-old
bov not lar-.-c enough to hold
a i'hk pipe
Thus -ndri the "cfiv wide In
vestigation" police paid they Instl
luted.
DANCING GIRL WINS
$17,000 JUDGMENT
LOH ANGRLKW. fnlir., Feb. 13
- thttmuion of nono, the full
e mount alloved hv the court, were
; Awarded to Dolores Ralar.Hr. Snn
i tnh ditnenr, hv a sunerlor court
m-v of "vp nien and seven women
! todav. Thev were lens than two
( hours In retornlnt the ludr'iient
a"Mlnst Ferdinand Pinney Knrle
art't. whom the dance- phftrgfd
with breach of n nrn-nuntlal scree
' ment lo settle $15,000 upon her.
Particularly interesting ds the
report on the minimum tempera
tures experienced during the cold
spell.
The lowest temperature recorded
In Hoschurg was 17 degrees, Med
ford was 3 below, Grants Pass 1
Above, Kugene 6 above. Salem 5
below, Portland 13 below and link
er 22 below.
Roseburg's 17 degrees, compared
with Washington stations, shows
Tacoma 15, Seattle 18, Yakima 15
below. Walls Walla 15 below and
Spokane 8 below.
Seattle was the onlv place hav
ing a minimum temperature in ex
cess of Roseburg, but Roseburg's
average or mean minimum tem
poral uro for the month whh 2H.8
degrees, .while Seattle's was 27.9
degrees and Hie average for both
maximum and minimum was, Rose
burg IM.2 and Seal tie 32.7.
Monthly Averages
The averages or maximum, mini
mum and mean temperatures for
the month show some very Inter-
Continued on page 8, Story 3
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MURDERS EX-WIFE
" r.HM;,Htl'l I'lVM Ll'MSWl Win.) .
LOS ANOFLKS, Feb. 13. An
drew M, Richardson. 58-year-old
rancher of .San (iabiiel valley.
early lodav shot and killed his
former wife. Julia, 43 years old.
Afterward, he telephoned deputies
at a sheriff's sub-Htatiou and told
them: "vou boys had better come
and get. mc. I Just shot my wife."
Richardson said his cx-wtfe had ac
cused him wrongfully of Intimacies
with other women.
The shooting was witnessed by
Richardson's daughter, Mrs. Myrtle
Fairbanks, and n friend, Steve
Rerseheifl. After the slaying. Rich
n rd Hon attempted to commit sui
cide. The daughter und Hercheid
wrcHlcd Ihe gun from him. Rich
ardson then walked to a telephone
and calmly reported the killing.
"When Julia accused me of go
ing Willi other women," Richard
son said. "I saw red. I called her a
liar. She was sltling on t lie edr
or the bed when Myrtle, my d,f"V
tor, canto In. I already had my rifle
in my hand. Myrtle look it away
from me and Ihew It In n corner.
Then I hit Julia. Myrtle wiped tho
blood orf her. Then Julia ban to
rave at me. So I grabbed tho gun
and shot her."
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BUSINESS COLLEGE
OPENS IN ROSEBURG
MIDDLE OF MARCH
S. P. Uailey, a recent arrival In
Roseburg from Harrison. Arkansas,
is making definite arrangements to
open a htisfncHS college in Rose
burg In the near future. Mr. Ralley,
who has had many years of experi
ence in business college work and
has been making a careful study of
local conditions, to determine
whether establishment, of a college
in Roseburg Is warranted. Is of tho
belief that, there Is a good field
here for such a school. He Is the
owner of Iwo similar si'hools In the
mid-west, and imlit Ihe first of the
year wan president of an organiza
tion onerating 21 business colleges
In middle western states. He is anx
ious lo find a permanent location
where he can retire from the travel
ing necessitated by his former jm
sfllon, and has decided upon Rose
burg as his home. His wife and
daughter, exrierienced Instructors,
will assist hlrn. Ho plans to open
the school Hoon after the middle of
March.
N. YrGUNMEN SLAY
MAN AND WOMAN
NKW YORK. Feb. 13. A worn
an Identified as a daneehall hoal
ess and her escort were killed ear
lv today by four gunmen who
alighted from mi automobile,
chaed them when tliny fled in op
posite directions, and shot them
down. The killers escaped In their
automobile.
Severiil hours after the shooting
the boilv of the womun was Identi
fied n that of Mav Smith. 24. who
had been employed a a daneehall
hoKlen. Her escort was Carmine
nnrelll. 30. of the Rronx. who po
lice said was known In the Tlronx
as a anb'rr and had n criminal
record dating back to 1919.
HUGHES FIGHT
mm
ITS 4TH DAY:
Senator Walsh, Originally
Favoring Confirmation,
Switches to Side
of Opponents.
Attacks Come From Glass
and Nye; Norris Would
Send Name Back to
the Committee.
(,Voolatt Pri'W l-t'iuoii WIro)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Thei
opposition to Charles Evnna
Hughes as chief justice of the Unit
ed States was joined today by Sen
ator Walsh of Montana, the acting
democratic leador.
Senator Walsh voted for a favor
able report on the Hughes nomina
tion from the judiciary committee
on Monday and his switch againrt
the nominee threw new heart Into
the fight against confirmation.
Tho Montauan, off the floor, said
upon reflect Ion he had determined
to oppose Hughes because of his
resignation from the supreme court,
to run for the presidency in ljllli.
Fight in 4th Day
The fight against the confirma
tion of Hughes entered Its fourth
day today, with Senator Glass, dem
ocrat, Virginia, and Senator Nye,
republican. North Dakota, begin
ning an attack upon Hughes short
ly aHer the senato met.
Chairman Norris of the senate
judiciary committee gave notice to
the senato today he would move to
recommit tho nomination oC
Hughes lo the judiciary commit
tee. This motion will be voted upon
bel'oro confirmation.
Friends of Hughes, who havo
waged an uphill fight for his con
firmation, were convinced today
that they could muster consider- .
able strength on the motion to send
tho nomination back to committee,
Glenn Defends Nominee
. Defending Hughes In -Ihe senato
late yesterday, Senator Glenn, re
publican, Illinois, read the noml-"
nee's record aiid called upon the ob
jectors to study his efforts In be
half of the people nnd Inbor whlcii
he said had been manifested in a
number of cases.
Tho Illinois senator spoke nfter
Senalors Dill, democrat, Washing
ton and Rrookhurt, republican,
Iowa, had severely denounced tho
all Kudo of Mr. Hughes toward tho
people and In behalf of property.
Glenn answered that one third
of tho labor laws enacted In Now
York state were passed and signed
during Hughes' term ns governor.
He said that ns tho Investigator ot
tho New York Insurance scandals.
Hughes had proved himself tho
"greatest Invent igator."
"Would lie havo undertaken that
Investigation In the Interests of
the people had he been subject to
co'-"rulo control?" asked Glenn.
After serving as governor of Now
'-"''. Glenn said, the labor unions
of th:t state described him ns tho
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STATEHOOD BOW
OF OREGON STIRS
MEMORY OF VET
According lo C. R. Sutton. Civil
war veteran, S2, who came to Ore
gon with his parents In ls:9, when
he was eleven years of ago, seventy-one
years ago today fell on
Sunday, and Monday, therefore, of
that year was February 14, lh
date that Oregon was admitted to
statehood. Mr. Sutton recalls those
dales, as they were fixed In hli
mind by the fact that his parents
and family made every prepara
tion on Sunday, February 13. 1R59,
for starting on the long journey
lhat brought them to Oregon, and
erossln ? t he M iHsisslppI from the
Illinois side on Monday, February
14, 1S.1D, they boarded a river
steamer for New Orleans. That
same day Oregon became a state.
From New Orleans they crossed
the gulf, landed In Mexico, and af
ter a devious trip crossed over to
the Pacific, thence by boat to th
Oregon country, landing at Port
land lain In Anrll. ls.r(!. Mr. Sutton
has lived In Oregon practically all
his life, and is a familiar figure on
the streets of Roseburg, where ho
is seen almost every day, helm?
hale and hearty, despite his 82
years.
MISSING MAN IS
PROBABLE SUICIDE
PORTLAND, On., Feb. 13. A
search for Ihe body of M. C. Gobs.
73. retired employe of the I'nion
Pacific railroad, was started today
after Goss disappeared from the
river steamer Undine between
here and Astoria, Ore., during the
night.
A note found In his cabin on Ihe
steamer Indicated suicide, the coro
ner said. Goss' clothing was found
in the cabin.
W. O. Whiteside, a close friend
of Goss, told authorities hpre he
had often prevented Cow from
carrying out a decision to end his
life.