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Be Thankful jor Film and Magazine Publicity for the North WEATHER FORECAST OREGON: Generally fair to night and Sunday, but cloudy west portion; moderate temperature. Rouehurg and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; mod erate temperature. VOL XX NO. 135 OF ROSEBURG Editorials on the Day's News Ry FRANK JENKINS 'T'HIS writer, for the past' three weeks, has been serving on the jury. H has been an interesting and valuable experience an ex perience that has cleared up many misunderstandings and straighten ed out many inaccurate conclusions about the courts and the jury sys tem. VF you are an average citizen, busy with your own affairs, your inclination will be to dodge jury service. If you are called, you will be tempted to try to get excused on one pretext or another. Here is this writer's advice: Re sist the temptation. Go ahead and do your duty, even if it does in convenience you; or even cost you some money. ou will learn a great deal you ought to know about a very im portant branch of our government. And you will discover that some of the things you THOUGHT you knew aren't true at all. TIERE is a statement you have often heard: "Juries are below the average in intelligence, because those who are best qualified to serve display their native shrewd ness by getting off, leaving only those who are not quite up to par." That isn't true nt least, general ly it isn't true. Most jury panels are made up of intelligent, thoughtful citizens, possessing good minds and being quite capable of reaching ac curate conclusions from the evi dence presented to them. This writer has seen no evidence of the shirking of duty. tffERE is another common belief: "Really intelligent people won't be permitted to sit on t a jury, because the lawyers won't ac cept anyone but low-grade morons who never read the papers, never talk to anyone, and haven't an idea about what is going on around them." The lawyers, of course, don't want jurymen who hold violent prejudices. Neither would YOU, if you were on trial In a criminal case, or were the plaintiff or the defendant in a civil case. Hut in three weeks of jury duty this writer has seen no evidence of captiousness on the part of law yers. He has seen PLENTY of evi dence that all the average lawyer (Continued ou pace 41 NEWS BREVITIES OF OREGON '(Associated Vnm CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER TRAILS TRAFFIC TRAGEDY PORTLAND, Ore., June 21. Clarence F. Harless, 24, was un der bonds of $2500 today following his alleged confession to police last night that he drove the auto mobile which struck and killed Amnrogi Diuicola, 40, on June 11. Harless was charged with invol untary manslaughter and failure to stop and give aid. He is alleged to have struck Diuicola and then sped away from the accident. Witnesses to the accident aided police in arresting him later. ALL AUTOS EXPECTED TO BE REGISTERED BY JULY 1 SALEM, re., June 21. Practical ly all automobiles in the state will be registered by July 1. in the opin ion of Secretary of State Hoss. as a result of the ruling that motor ists may place the new license plates on their cars two weeks In advance of July, which is the be ginning of the new fiscal year. SMOKE BARRAGE OUSTS BEES FROM S. P. TOWER EUGENE, Ore., June 21. A swarm of vagrant bees with an eye for aloofness selected a hffeh water tower on the Southern Paci fic main line for Its habitat nnd not until they encountered a man made smoke barrage did they al low trains to stop for water. A fireman Wednesday endeavor ed to take on water and the been enmasse, forced him to retreat and REVIEW Umpqua Harbor Gets Half Million U. S. MONET WILL PROVIDE SOUTH JETTY Ninety-Foot Depth to Be Provided and All Other Development Tasks Completed. $125,000 Allotment For Coos Bay Will Permit Removal of Reef at Pigeon Point. ' The rivers and harbor bill pass ed late yesterday by the senate carries an appropriation of $500, 000, for the construction of the pro posed south jetty at the mouth of the Umpqua river, assuring one of the finest deep water harbors on the Pacific coast. The news of the passing of the bill was received last night with great jubilation, particularly In the lower Umpqua district, where the construction of this jetty is expected to solve the major problems of port develop ment. ' I The bill also provides an appro priation of $125,000 for Coos Bay, to permit the removal of Pigeon reef creating a minimum channel deapth' ef 26 feet, thereby making the porjt -available "to the'' largest freight and passenger -vessels. Construction of the south jetty at the mouth of the Umpqw will, It is believed, completely eliminate the bar, and give a depth of more than 90 feet, instead of 20 feet as at present, and will also result in a much deeper channel. It is thought that the south jetty, by creating a great surge basin inside the river, will scour out much of the existing sand, and will do away with a vast amount of ex pensive dredging, now necessary to preserve the channel depth, and Continued on page 6, Story X LITTERAL GOES TO DEATH FOR MURDER (Ansnrlntttl Press Loaiwd Wire) COLUMBUS. Ohio, June 21. John Litteral, 42, formerly of Ba ker, Ore., whent to hts death last nlRht at the Ohio state peniten tiary for. the murder of Harry Green, coal miner, in October, 1929. Litteral faced the end calmly and asked to be baptised an hour be fore he went to the chair. Litteral embraced two persons standing nearest the chair and to all he said, "God bless you. I bope to see you in heaven." Litteral was arrested at Baker, Ore., several months ago and when he was returned here pleaded guilty to the murder of Green at Nelsonville, Ohio. Leafed Wire) " the entire train proceeded to an other town's water tower. As subsequent trains stopped during the two days, the busy ven dors of honey attacked train crews in force. Yesterday came the smoke bar age and the bees fled onward. POPULATION OF MARION COUNTY SHOWS BIG GAIN SALEM, Ore., June 21. Marion county with a population of 60,527 persons has shown an increase of lit. 340 during the decade between 1920 and 1930, a final check at the local district supervisor's office re veals. Approximately 9000 of this Increase was in the city of Saiem, the remainder betn divided be tween the rural district and cities and towns. The final local check of the city of Salem gave the population ar 26 260. A few more names may be added at census headquarters in Washington, D. C. LOGGING MISHAPS TAKE LIVES IN TWO COUNTIES HOOD RIVER. Ore.. June 21. L. E. Thome, logging train brakeman, Portland, was killed here yester day when he was struck by a speeder at the Dee mills. KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. June June 21. John D. Haley, employee of a lumber mill here, was drown ed yesterday when he slipped from a loe into the Klamath river. His 1 body was recovered. EBERLY RESIGNS STATE FOREST JOB Accepts Position as Inspector in Similar Work in South Under Clark-McNary Law (Aftwetdted Preu Leased Wire) SALEM, Ore., June 21. Howard J. Eberly. assistant state forester in charge of the recently enacted reforestation law, has resigned to accept a position with the forest service as regional inspector for the southern states with headquar ters In New Orleans. His field of activities will cover Oklahoma, Al abama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas and come under the Clark McNary law. With the exception of two years service in the army during the World war, Eberly has been In fed eral and state forestry work since his graduation from the state col lege of forestry in 1911. He left Oregon in 1024 for a position in the Texas forest service as assist ant state forester in charge of fire protection, returning to Oregon in April last year. Eberly's work has been personal contact with county courts of all timbered counties, as well as pri vate timber owners. He started the work of classifying lands in Clatsop county with the result that nearly 98.000 acres of cut over lands in that county have been en tered on the assessor's rolls as re forestation land. Additional work has been initiated in Columbia, Yamhill, Washington and Clack amas counties result in? in the list ing of approximately 100,000 addi tional acres. A sub-committee hearing on the national soldiers home bill, now be fore the senate, Is scheduled for today, with the prospects of pa3-i sage of the measure during the! present term depending largely up- on the speed with which the hill cau be pushed through the senate; committee on military affairs, &e cording to word received from; Washington today. i Thursday the senate committee on military affairs, to which Con gressman Hawley's bill, providing for a $2,000,000 branch of the na tional soldiers home, appointed Senators McMasters and Sleek as a sub-coiriittee to investigate the proposition and report back to the main committee. The bill, already passed by the house, provides for a home in the, "Pacific Northwest," but Roseburg is reported unopposed as a site for the institution. Senator McNary appeared before the sub-committee Friday and pre sented the matter In a brief way. He received an outline of the more specific information which the committee desires before making its final report, as the committee decided to take the matter up in more detail. Senator McNary stressed the need for immediate action, In order to provide relief from congestion In soldiers homes and veterans hospitals as quickly as possible, and obtained a promise for a more complete hearing today. He expressed himself as being confident that prompt action from both the sub-committee and the full committee can be secured. 16 DIE WHEN GALE UPSETS MOTORBOAT (Awwrlateil Pren Leanot. Wire) PORT MORESBY. British New Guinea, June 21. Resident Mag istrate Berge of Papua, his four children and eleven natives were drowned Wednesday when his mo torboat capsized in a terrific gale. Berge and three of his children were in a cabin of the boat and went down with it. Mrs. Berge, holding her little girl in her arms. swam to a floating hatch cover to which she, with the help of the na tive skipper and other natives, clung for four hours. A hiue wave finally tore her grasp and bore her Infant away. The natives aided In keeping her anont for five hours more. Twelve of the natives saved themselves by swimming in to land. STOUT TRANSFERRED (nvl,t) rrn Lnv4 Wir.i WASHINGTON. Juno 21. The state department announced that VETS' HOME BILL DATA SCRUTINIZED Kenneth S. Stout, Portland, now Batteries: R. Sm'l'i. Cunning vir ennill at TeimHffalna Ifnn-J ham. Seibold and Snohrer: fllnke Iduras. bad been assigned as vice consul at Nassau, Bahamas. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 2!. 1930. CANNONS DEFI i IS ANSWERED BY TIIHI Wot Lawmaker Reiterates Charges Against Cleric in Way to Invite Libel Action. Bishop Called "Shameless Law Violator" as Echo of Probe Regarding Campaign Fund. (AmttK-iatod Press Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Juno 21. Dif ferences between Bishop James Cannon Jr., and Representative Tinkham continued today to com mand interest in Washington. A move by the churchman In re sponse to a public statement is sued by the legislator attacking him was being awaited. Tinkham, a republican opponent to prohibition from Massachusetts, recently made- charges aguinst the Southern Methodist dry leader in tin house. Cannon culled mm a "blustering cowardly congress man' for doing so under the cloak of , congressional immunity and dared him repeat the assertions off the floor. Statements In the. sen ate and house are immune from prosecution for libel. Tinkham Speaks Plainly ' The text of Tinkham's answer Issued for publication today, was: "Lest Bishop Cannon shall de- htde anyone into thinking the charges which I made against him in the house of representatives were unfounded and meeting his challenge that I divest myself of my congressional immunity. I de sire to restate over my signature the charges I made iu the house of representatives that he Is a shameless violator of the federal corrupt practices act, a criminal statute; that he received $63,300, mostly In cash, from a New York capitalist, Mr. Jameson, during the 1928 elections and illegally con cealed the receipt of all of this money until February 15, 1!2!). and has not yet accounted for 4X,30 of this amount, refusing to do so before the senate lobby investigat ing committee before which Tie np- Continued on page 3, Story 2 BASEBALL (Associated Prps, FrkM Wire) AMERICAN NEW YORK. June 21. Dalle Ruin hit his 2llrd home run of the season off Elon Hogsett in the eighth inning of today's game be tween the Yankees and Detroit. The bases were empty, Huth being the first batter of the inning. At New York K. If. E. Detroit 0 5 0 New York fi 2 flatteries: Hogsett and Rensa; Pennock and K. Margrave. At Philadelphia R. H. E. Cleveland 1 4 1 Philadelphia 7 11 1 flatteries: Harder, Hollowny and Myatt; Walberg and Coch rane. At noston R. H. E. St. Louis 2 8 0 Host on 3 7 0 HatterieB: Slewnrt, Kimsey and Ferrell ; Russell and llerry. NATIONAL (First game) At Cincinnati II. II. E. Brooklyn 4 7 2 Cincinnati . 2 8 1 flatteries: Phelps and Lopez; Campbell, Hixey, Johnson and Sukeforth. At Pittsburgh R. If. E New York 6 IF. 2 Pittsburgh r in 2 Batteries: Mitchell, Donohlie nnd OTarrell, Hournn; Tlrame Spencer and Bool. (10 Innings.) (First game) At Chicago R. II. E Boston 4 8 3 Chicago 5 f 2 Teachout and Harmed. (12 in I Minus.) Umpqua. Costs Us Nothing and Will Bring m STOCKS CONTINUE ON DOWNWARD COURSE Heavy Pressure of Selling Forces Important Issues to New Low Quotations for Season. (Asuoclntnl Press leaned Wirt-) NEW YORK, June 21. The speculative markets again broke under severe selling pressure to day, ending the third week of al most steady declines. Important shares on the New York stock ex change tumbled $2 to $15, scores reaching new low levels for the year, or longer. ,4 The selling again embraced the Reading commodity markets. At Chicago, July wheat sagged more than a cent a bushel to the lowest level In about 15 years. Cotton broke sharply on the New York market, recording losses of about $2 a bale. U. S. steel common tumbled 4 a share to $154, a new 1930 raw, $1 under the previous low estab lished earlier in the week, and only $4 above the November mini mum. It closed at $155.25. Ameri can Can, however, closed at $110.12, virtually the lowest of the day, off nearly $(i. Several Issues rallied $1 to $2 a share in the final dealings, but many failed to show any recuperation. The curb market was weak, es pecially In the utility group. Elec tric Bond & Share broke to a new low under 72 and closed nt $72.25, or $4.25 lower. American Gas & Electric lost $7. Cities Ser vice dropped nearly $1. United Light & Power "A" and Alumin um of America were exceptions to the general trend, each showing fair advances. New York City bank stocks trad ing on the "over the counter" mar ket were heavy. Guaranty Trust dropped $l;t. DEFEAT ACCEPTED NICELY BY SHB1P (AMorlateri Promt Leaned Wlro) SAN FRANCISCO, June 21. Paul Shoup, president of the Southern Pacific, today announced his railroad would not appeal from the interstate commerce commis sion ruling granting the applica tion of the Great Northern for per mission to connect with the West ern Pacific in nortiiern Califor nia. In announcing the company's de cision Shoup also extended con gratulations to the two rival rail roads. "Congratulations to the West ern Pacific nnd the Great North ern," the announcement said. "I wish earnestly again to thairk the thousands of shippers and the many communities who believe as we do that the existing facilities, rail nnd water, with slight addi tions from time to time, are ample to take care of all existing traffic and all Hi at may be created, and that the' support permanently of the new line must come principal ly from business diverted from us and our connections. "If events prove us wrong In any substantial way In this view, we will be pleased as well as sur prised. "In any event we will, as good citizens, cheerfully accept the de cision of the interstate commerce commission, which is, under the law, the final arbiter In such mat ters." 200 IN HOSPITALS AFTER BOMBAY RIOT ROM RAY, June 21. Two hun dred persons, among them five women, were injured and sent to hospitals today In police charges to break up a nationalist demon stration in the Maidftn esplanade. The police, some of whom were mounted, wielded their lathis, or bamboo clubs, with telling effect, and drove the throngs from the thoroughfare, which the authori ties last night forbade as an as sembly place for the next two weeks. BEND YOUTH KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH fAwwcwrM Prwut Imwd Wfre) REND, Ore., June 21. Rurton C. Davis Jr.. young Rend avis tor, died in a Rend hospital yesterday fol lowing a crash of his airplane from a nose dive at 100 foet altitude, Davis was piloting bis plane from the rear Kent. The impact of the plane against the ground hurled him through the partition Into the front cockpit. He suffered a com pound frnrfure of the skull and oth er injuries. AMM I V." VOL. XXIXNO. 66 OF THE EVENING NEWS Tm mm MUTUAL NEED STRESSED ON Roseburgers Trade Views on Ports and Highways at Reedsport and Marshfield. Tasks for Intersectional Development Outlined by Speakers; Sea Ride Thrills. Development of harbors and roads us units of a vast transporta tion system, tributary to the cen tral Oregon territory, was dis cussed yesterday in two enthusias tic meetings at Reedsport and Marshfield upon the occasion of the visit of the Roseburg caravan, which left this city yesterday morn ing to make a first-hand Btudy of the port facilities of the two ocean terminals of the Umpqua valley's coast roads. Leaving Roseburg at 7:30 o'clock yesterday morning, the caravan went directly to Reedsport by way of Dodge canyon, arriving In I he Umpqua port city at !):30 a. m. The roads were found In excellent con dition -with, itltv exception of the two pieces of new const ruction, These sections, one near the' new' Smith bridge and the other at ScoUsburg, are belli? widened nnd put on standard grade, and will bo hue pieces of highway when the work Is Mulshed. . Sea Gives Thrlfs Roseburg visitors were given a most hearty welcome at Reedsport, and were piloted to Winchester Bay by Robin Reed, Fred Heft on and W. A. Hurdlck. At Winchester bay the parly was met by Captain Joe Rutler with his tug "Tiger," and Captain P. M. Clark, command ing officer of the Umpqua Coast Guard station. The major portion of the party piled into the coast guard cutter and took a thrilling ride to the Umpqua bar. Duo to a rough sea the boat did not cross the bar, but went far enough into the heavy seas to give the passen gers plenty of thrills and a slight ducking. Various fentures of the harbor were explained by Captain Clark nnd his courteous crew as the trip progressed. The cutter then returned to the jetty loading station, where the "Tiser" had transported other members of the party, and there an opportunity was given to watch the work of loading the huge jetty rocks from the bnrges, upon which Continued on page 8, Story 3 GARDEN JUDGING SET FOR TUESDAY Judging of yards and gardens entered iu the contest sponsored by the Roseburg Garden club will be held Tuesday afternoon, accord ing to an announcement made to day. Mrs. George R. Riddle, of Grants Pass and George W. Taylor of ( oqullle are to he the judges. An Inspection of all yards ami gar dens entered In the various classes will be made and scores will he decided upon. A second Inspection will be nisile In September, nnd the sum of the scores result fug from the two jmlgings will be used as a basis Tor the prizes, which are to be awarded the lat ter nnrt of September or the first of October. FILM FIRE FUMES INHALED BY TEN f AMrWxf M I'rM Taiwtl Wire) ATLANTA. June 21 Ten per' sons. Including newspapermen firemen and attaches who inhaled fumes from burning X-ray films nt Grady hospttnl. were under the oh servation of physicians today while authorities supervised the return of 2n0 negro pattents, removed during VAitnnlny' flro Dr. J. J. Clark cxnresscd the oninion that only a "safety" type of film wn exposed to the fire and that those who Inhaled Its fumec would suffer no Harlot?1! ennse ouenepd. hut W. Frank Lu-ktesh mannter of the Atlanta office of a film manufacturing companv. sild h thought ome old film, cap able of slving off a deadly ras. wbh siorpd In the hospital in supposed ly fireproof cabinets. COAST JAUNT WILL REPRESENT UNITED STATES IN BEAUTY PAGEANT i 1 Ms J F -. i .. M fife : I Ileatrice Lee, the '17-year-old Salt Lake Clly school girl, will bo "Miss United States" iu the first International Pageant of Reauty iu Rio de Janlero. The contest will he held In September. Miss Lee will compete with the mom beau tiful girls of South America and Kutope. CIGARETTE ISSUE TO GO ON BALLOT (AMoeiutnl PrrM I.rael Wire) SALKM, Ore., June 21. Com pleted petitions containing 15,7X3 names in Hiipport of the measure being initiated by the Anti-Cigarette league of Oregon and which would banish "fags" from this stale, were filed with Secretary of State Hoss hern today. The filing of these petitions, the first Initiat ed petitions to be compiled so f ir this year, InsurcH to the nnli-cig-arette measure a place on the No vember ballot and puts the ques tion of the continued use of cig arettes in Oregon up to the voters for their decision at the next gen eral election. T h e proposed constitutional amendment would not only forbid the manufacture and sale of cig arette materials In Ibis stale but would also make It unlawful to Im port, possess, purchase , or give away cigarettes or cigarette ma terials. "THE SOCK" LOOTS TWO MORE STORES f Animrliitttl PrrM LriiiiM Wlrp) PORTLAND. Ore.. June 21. "The Sock" was In town last night and he was busy. Within forty-rive minutes "The Sock." known as Portland's most elusive robber, had bagged two places, one drugstore and one Tilling station. He realized $35. Police were told bis operations must have been successful because they sllmpned white silk nnder wenr beneath his unburnned shirt collar. GORDON APPEALS FROM SENTENCE PORTLAND, Ore.. June 21. Robert Gordon Duncan, self styled Oregcm "wildcat," through his at torney, yesterday filed notice of appeal In circuit court from bin conviction and sentence of a charge of electioneering on election da v. Duncan was sentenced on June 10 by District Judge Menrs to pay fine of 'l7t on one charge and a fine of and ten days in Jail on miuiiiHi- vintiK1. FATHER KILLS SON AND THEN HIMSELF JACKSONVILLE. KK. June 21 Louis Weln. a retired merchant, drowfiod bin lS-yenr-nld defective snn. Francis. In n Mth tub todny snd thn committed suicide bv nhontln himself. Weiss hnrt suf fered financial reverses lately. Many Tourists WEATHER YESTERDAY Highest temperature yesterday 71 Lowest temperature last night 55 'recipitation, last 24 hours 0 Total precip. for month 47 Deficiency since Sept. 1, lft29 9.1!) Relative humidity 5 p. m. () GO E, OVER BLUFF Suicides Hour Afterward, Baffling Attempt of ' Authorities to - Take Him. Tragedy Follows Planned Picnic at Famed West Rock in Park in Connecticut. (AMuchmxl IrcM I-rn-wl Wire) NKW HAVEN", Conn., June 21.- Ray C. Spang, 35, of Ansonla, men tally unbalanced, today threw his wife and all four of their children to their deaths over the edge o West Rock, a high cliff in thl city's park system, and later jump ed to his own death. Spang was a war veteran an4 recently returned home from the Brooklyn naval hospital. He had been employed by a manufacturing concern In Seymour, the adjoining town of Ausouiu. Ansonla police reported Spang; and bis family left home this morn ing for a day's outing, and appar ently came here and went to the rock for a picnic. Pleas Overheard Tho family had been seen walk ing up the rock- In the morning. A boy reported to the police later he bad heard the woman pleading with the man, but he did not know the nature of the trouble between them. II. was the "police theory that the ' family started to the picnic at the lop of the cliff and that Spang seized them one by one and hurled, them over the edge. Capture Evaded Spang clambered 75 feet down, the face of the rock after he had, thrown his victims over and sat down on a protruding ledge. He was there more than an hour, oc casionally tossing a pebble Into the air. A city fireman was lowered to within a few feet of the man and tried to engage him in conversa- tion until police could capture him He was not successful, he reported later. Spang then took orf bis shoes and jumped 70 feet or more. From above the man was seen to roll over and over and then tllsap peui it. the base of the cliff. Tragedy Site Historic West Rock Is one of the remark able places in the city's park sys tem. On Its top, but removed two hundred feet from the edge. Is Judge's cave which once sheltered a..:iiiiHt the king's soldiers twoot the Judges who condemned Charles I, of Kngland, to death. " The rock is one of five, of vol canic origin, which rise out of the Continued on page 6. Story 4 LAKE ERIE YIELDS BODIES OF 2 MEN (Axmx'liitfHl Pros t-cniuv Wir) . , TOLKDO, O., June 21. The body of Charles H. Nauts, collector" of Internal revenue here, missing since, last Saturday when he and seven other men In a speed bout disappeared, was found floating In Lake Krie rive miles soul hof Wunt Sister island today. The body of Henry Hainbuch also was recov ered today. t STEWART, HEAD OF UNION OIL, PASSES f AuMH-hitfft Pivm I-awd Wlrr) LOS ANGELES. June 21. W. L. Stewart, t2, president of the Union Oil company, died at his suburban home today. Officials of the com pany announced that the veteran oil leader had succumbed to a heart Illness from which he had suffered nearly a year. MEDFORD NABS MAN IN MURDER CASE (AMnHatM Pre t"wr4 Wire) MEDFORD, Ore.. June 21. O. D. Irwin, 30. wanted In Galena, Kas.. In connection with the slaying of Ralph Price, was arrested by sheriff's officers this morning? while working In an orchard neur Phoenix. Irwin was said to have driven Price's automobile, In which he and Charles Gibson, nlleaed ac tual slayer of Price, were said to have fled from Galena. Irwin says be does not know Gibson's present whereabouts. Irwin was unperturbed by his arrest and expressed willingness to waive extradition to Kansas. Irwin's whereabouts were re vealed through a telegram he sent to friends In Galena. URLS 1 FOUR CHILDREN
