Movie Producers, Chosing Douglas, Know Their Scenery. Some Oral "Shots" for the Climate, loo, Would be Appreciated WEATHER YESTERDAY Highest temperature yesterday 80 lowest temperature last night 6li precipitation, last 24 hours ,.. Total preclp. for month T Deficiency since Sept. 1. 1920 9.C0. Kelutive humidity 5 p. m, () 30. VOL XX NO. 149 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1 930. VOL. XXIXNO. 80 OF THE EVENING NEWS TO Ml FLU! Jl Ul A f THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY i s 1 ! .. . .ml fv mm Editorials on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS JJERE is a random paragraph ab- stracted from the news of the day: "The familiar staccato of gang land spoke for the second time within two weeks today and Joe Porrello, latest Cleveland bootleg sugar baron, aud Sam Tllocco, his first lieutenant, are dead." WJERK Is another random para graph:' "Only a block from the Milano restaurant, Charles Ve lotta, aged 28, alleged gangster and 'muscle man,' was slain last week, his body torn by shotgun slugs." AND here Is another one: "Jack Zuta was too much afraid of bullets to come out of hiding today. Zuta was especial ly wanted by the police since the attack on him four days ago, au thorities viewing this assault as an attempt by rival gangsters to avenge the killing of Llugle." yHESE paragraphs, culled sketchily from one day's news, paint an amazing picture of law lessness in our great cities, and if in the rush and hurry of making a living you have forgotten many of the things you learned in school, you will be inclined to say: "Here is something new in the world. Nothing like this EVER HAPPENED before. What are we mining to?" VOU will be wrong. Lawloss- Hess isn't new in the world. Even GANG WARFARE Isn't new In the world. Both are very, very old Indeed. IN your school days, you read Romeo and Juliet, so of course you know something of the feud existing between the Montagues and Capulets. All through Shakes peare's writings runs the thread of sudden battle In the streets. And you will certainly recall without difficulty the tales of rob ber barons of Germany, who forti fied themselves in strong castles and levied a toll on all the trade that passed. If a modern reporter were to (Continued from page 2.) NEWS BREVITIES OF OREGON "(Auoclated Pre MEDFORO EDITOR IN RACE AGAINST SENATOR M'NARY MEDFORD, July 9 L. A. Banks. iMedford, Oregon, and Riverside. Cal orchardist and newspaper publisher, today stood as an inde pendent candidate for United States senator in opposition to Charles I McNary. Banks was nominated at a meet ing last night with 500 persons in attendance to hear Banks' accept ance speech. He attacked the farm relief bill as "class legislation de signed to build up bureaucratic domination." Banks described Senator Mc Nary as "an Integral part of tbe Hoover regime who by failure to defend constlMVionaJ jrigtlts hast alienated all claims to support of the Oregon voters." REV. H. E. MOORE HEADS COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIANS CORVALLIS. July 9. The Rev. H. E. Moore, Multnomah, today succeeded Dr. D. W. McQuiston. Spokane, as moderator of the Unit ed Presbyterian church, synod of Columbia, at its meeting here. Moore is a member of the Mult nomah presbytery and Is the first Oregon minister in several years to head the synod, which em braces Oregon, Washington and Idaho. SALEM BUTCHER CHARGED WITH CARVING HIS WIFE SALEM. Ore.. July 9 After trouble with his wife In which he was alleged to have slashed her with a butcher's knife. R. L. Mc Dowell, one of the proprietors of the McDowell meat market, here, was lodged In the city Jail last night. He was booked on a felony charge. Demand For CO. P. SEEK OUSTER OP Vermont Man Reported to Be Slated for Place at Tomorrow's Meeting of Committee. Hoover Faces Situation of Umpire Between Party Leaders and His Close Friend. By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON (Atoe1atcl Prega Lcasod Wire) ... WASHINGTON, July 9. Diffi culties in the republican national organization increased today with the foes of Claudius Huston repeat ing demands for his retirement as chairman while he apparently was just as determined to carry on. Republican senators, principally the young guard, complained against Huston to Senator Watson of Indiana, the republican leader. They suggested he go before ths meeting here tomorrow of the of ficers of the national committee, who have been called together by Huston. A close friend of Huston, Sena tor Watson indicated he was loathe to move and there were signs to day tllat he had put the Issue up to President Hoover. The president still is undecided, so far as anyone knows, on what steps to take, If any. . Moses Also Target Willi revolt against Huston crys tallzing at the capital in view of his unwillingness to resign, there was talk also of a drive against Continued on page 6, Story 1 FATAL HEAT WAVE GRIPS MIDDLEWEST CHICAGO, July 9. Only Blight prospects of quick relief from the middle western hcnt wave were mentioned by the official weather man today as the temperature climbed slowly but steadily toward new heat records. In most of the central plains states 100 degrees was the stand ard with Mitchell, South Dakota, reporting the highest mark at 108. The 96 reported in Des Moines, Iowa, was the hottest of the year, and most of the communities in Missouri and Kansas were swelter ing in the 90's. Two deaths in the St. Louis dis trict were added today to three deaths attributed to the heat wave yesterday. lud Wire)" PRINCIPAL IN HUNTING TRAGEDY GETS PARDON SALEM, Ore., July 9. Harry Newberg of La Grande, received at the state penitentiary In No vember, 1928, to serve five years for manslaughter, was pardoned by Governor Norhlad yesterday. Clemency was extended on the re commendation of Judge J. W. Knowles who tried the case, the prosecuting attorney, ail the living members of the jury. 10 in num ber, and on the petition of about 1500 persons in ITnion and Wallowa counties. A committee headed by Mrs. Walter M. Pierce of La Grande Interviewed the governor In Newberg's behalf. Newberg and George Black, shooting after dusk at what they thought was a deer, killed Leonard Olsen. Black was tried since the Incarceration of Newberg and It Is said that testimony showed that the shot that killed Olsen was ac tually fired by Black, although both Black and Newberg were shooting. HORTON MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE SECOND TIME JUNCTION CITY, Ore.. July !). Fire yesterday destroyed the Hor ton Lumber company plant here with a loss estimated at over $100, 000. The fire originated in a defec tive flue box and spread so rapid ly the entire mill was in flames before the fire derailment arrived. Three hundred firefiehters kept the flames from spreading to other buildings. The Horton mill had been rebuilt after a fire last fall. CHAIRMAN OLDEST FIGURE IN PAPAL COURT DIES jX CARDINAL VANNUTELLI (Associated Press Leaned Wire) VATICAN CITY, July 9. Cardi nal Vannutelll, 93-year-old dean of the sacred colleRe, died today af ter several days serious illness. For many years the cardinal was the principal diplomatic represen tative of the Vatican and because of his peculiar fitness for the role is said to have attended as represen tative of the pope more important and royal and Imperial ceremonies than any other member of the sacred college. His services to the church began with his ordination to the priest hood in 18G0. For more than half a century thereafter Cardinal Ven nutelli's missions took him to many countries. He became dean of the sacred colleRe in 1921 upon the death of James Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore. The venerable cardinal, ever an apostle of peace and good-will, is said to have been responsible for the Inauguration of negotiations looking toward a settlement of the age-old Roman question during the I early years of the regime of Pre mier Mussolini. . o TAR AND FEATHERS GIVEN IOWA MAN (Assoclatpri Pra leaned Wire) ORANGE CITY. Ia.. July 9 John De Jong. 41. widower and father of five children, today told Sioux county officers he -was cap tured by a hand of men who tar red and feathered him and left him nude in the streets here. He said he could recognize 17 of his attnek ers. Sioux county officers said they expected lo make arrests today. They said they believed the at-' tack was the result of rumors in volving De Jong In a local scan dal. De Jong said he was captured at the fair grounds, driven into the country, forced lo undress and tar red and feathered. He said his at tackers released him in the street without returning any of his clothes. TWO OTHERS ADMIT ROLES IN MURDER f A woof at M Protw Tinned Wire) CHEHAL1S, Wash.. July 9. Breaking down under incessant grilling. Blaine McCoy and Stanley Phillips, who with Matt Slmila were held for the slaying Saturday night of Carl Krummel, Adna, "Wash., postmaster and merchant, confessed last night. Edward eg geller said that they had shot Krummel when he resisted rob bery. Prosecuting A Homey W. H. Grimm said (he men will be charg ed with first degree murder. They were arrested early Sunday morn ing in Centralia about 10 miles from Adna. Slmila. 24-year-old logger, had previously made a confession of guilt. CALIFORNIA PEACH PACK WILL BE CUT (AwvlttH Prw 1sr Wfrr) RAN FRANCISCO. July 9. The cling peach control committee an nounced canr.era and growers rep resenting 96 percent of the cling peach pack agreed to reduce this year's park in California to not more than 13 0O0.000 cases. The crop would make a pack of 18,000. 000 to 20.000.000 cases. The con trol plan provides all No. 1 clings uncontracted for would be pur chafed at 120 a ton from a fund of Hl.7S0.0rt0 contributed by canners and growers. Huston L A IN FILM PLAY Spot on Camas Mountain Chosen by Hollywood Firm for Unit of "Oregon Trail." Cast of 1 60 Members Will Participate ; Estimated Expenditure Here ; About $30,000. Additional locations for filming the final scenes of the Fox super film, "The Oregon Trail," now Hearing completion, are being se lected by Leo Shaw, of Hollywood, who Is to remain In Roseburg to prepare the sets prior fl the arrival of the ItiO members of the cast who are due to arrive from "Wyoming within the next ten days or two weeks. The film will portray the historic scenes of the Oregon trail days, and "shots" have already been made In Montana and Wyoming. The final scenes are to he made in Oregon, and the company has tentatively selected a site 24 miles west of Roseburg on Camas moun tain as the location for filming the closing episodes. It was necessp.ryt to find a spot where a dense for est bordered on a good field of grain. Considerable time was spent locating such a site, that would meet transportation and other needs as well. Requirements Met. The large cast must be quartered in town, so that the location must be near enough to the city to per mit easy transportation. Many tons of equipment, particularly for the sound recording,. must be hauled to the scene, so that the location must be tributary to a good road. Such requirements made it very difficult to find a suitable place. It is be lieved, however, that the location selected at Camns valley will meet all needs in a very satisfactory manner. Camera tests were high ly satisfactory, and the reports have been sent to the Hollywood headquarters for final approval. As soon as authority is received to proceed. Mr. Shaw will start the construction of log cabins and other buildings that will be filmed in de picting the final settlement at the Continued on page 6, Story 2 KIP'S FORMER WIFE TO GET CASH BALM (AMori.tnl Vrrm jprA Win) WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., July 9. Settlement of legal actions be tween Leonard Kip Rhinelandcr. heir to the Rhinelandcr family mil lions, and Alice Jones Rhlnelnnder. his former wife, will he effected July 16 in I-as Vegas. Nev., Frank M. Gagliardl, attorney for Mrs. Rhinelander, said today. Mrs. Rhlnelnnder Is the daughter of a negro cnb driver. Although Mr. Oagllnnll refused to name the amount of the settle ment, it was understood from sources close to Mrs. Rhinelander that the figure would be between $200,000 and $500,000. In consideration of the money award. Mrs. Rhinelander will can cel her separation suit In West chester county against her divorc ed husband, it was announced, and will drop alienation proceedings naming Commodore Philip Rhine lander, father of her former spouse. WYOMING BEARS RAID SHEEP FLOCKS (AMnelatcd Tin lnt4 Wire) GUNNISON, Colo., July 9. Bear raids on stock of western ranches have, as in Wall street, caused a loss among the sheep. Ranchers and sheep men of the Anthracite and Muddy sections of the Gunnison river have armed themselves against the marauders and have killed nine of the animals within the last few dnys. It was reported by Ray H. Clark, super visor of the Gunnison forest. More than 200 sheep have fallen victims to the bears in repeated attacks on the flocks. So serious has the situation be come that a hunter from the V. S. biological survey has been request ed for this district. This Is the first summer In several years that bear raids into sheep flocks have become a menace. DOUGLAS WIL GIVE SCENERY 's Rem LETTER CONFESSES '. BOYHOOD MURDER Playmate, Supposed to Have Died ' Naturally, Poisoned, States ; Anonymous Writer (Associated Pres. Leased Wire) FRESNO, Cal.. July 9. The Identity of a conscience-stricken Individual In San Diego who wrote a letter confessing the murder of a playmate here 35 years ago was being sought today by Fresno po lice. The letter, signed "A Repent ant," was received here yesterday by the Fresno Republican. An in vestigation tended to bear out the truth of its assertions. Whether the confessor would seek the rela tives of liis alleged victim and con fess personally to them, as he promised In the letter, remained to be seen. "About 30 or 35 years ago." said the letter, "I poisoned my child hood playmate In Fresno, a little boy by the name of Conrad Bern ard. He was supposed to have died from natural causes and no one baa ever suspected the cause of his death. "Will you please publish the name and address of any member of his family now living, that I may locate them and personally confess my deed to them? I am compelled to sign this communica tion anonymously because if I did not the officers might interfere be fore 1 could personally talk to some member of the family." An investigation showed Conrnd Bernard. 13, died April 13, 1895 aft er a sudden IllnesH. Death was at tributed to natural causes. Mrs. Angina E. Rernard, the youth's mother, lives 111 Oakland. COAST GAS SLASH BATTLE 10 F (AlwoHatrrt prcim Lcnscd Win.1) SAN FItANCISCO, July ft. While gasoline prices ranged from eight to fourteen cents a gallon on tbe Pacific coast today, rumors in dicated the present price slashing was a fight to the finish with the possible extermination of weaker companies. Tacoma motorists were buying gasoline at eight cents, at Los An geles it sold at ten cents, Seattle at eleven to thirteen cents with similar prices here. It was slight ly higher at other points. Oil company officials admitted the present gas war was tbe most serious crisis ever faced by dis tributors of gasoline in California. An independent dealers association representing 140 Sun Francisco dealers asked Governor Young to class oil companies and gasoline distributors as public utilities un der jurisdiction of the stale rail road commission. The group also threatened to sell gasoline at wholesale prices next week unless prices were immediately stabilized. Herbert II. McMillan, vice-president of the McMillan Petroleum company, announced he would ask for federal intervention. Charging that gasoline is selling 7J cents he low production cost "obviously to Injure comnetitors and lessen com petition through unfair trade tactics." McMillan said the Clayton net and code of ethics of the federal trade commission were being vio lated. An appeal will he made to tbe department of justice for a wholesale investigation, be said, unless the situation does not change soon. THREE CHILDREN DIE WHEN HOME BURNS (A-noointrf, TrfM Ianotl Wlrp) CALGARY. Attn., July ft. Three children, loft alone while their mother went to a neighbor's home for milk, were burned to death last night by a fire which destroyed the family's home. The dead are Hlrdie filllard. four- year-old; Kileen, 2, and Allan, 1 HLACKPOOU I.anasbire. Kng land. July ft. Six boys of a party of ninety-one bathing on the sea- coast between St. Ann's and Mack pool, wero drowned today. BABY GOLF COURSE BLOCKED BY CLERIC ( WrviiitM Vrrnm lwd Wfre) JKRSKY CfTY. July ft Arch deacon J. A. MClcarly. rector of St. Matthew's Kpisropnt church, thinks that golf, at least the var iety of It played on inlnlsture courses, Induce profanity Ife ex pressed his view so effeptivelv that a permit for a miniature course near the church was refused. oval Growing BIO SET TO CONTEST FOR $1000 PRIZE Roseburg Organization of 40 Musicians Will Vie at Jantzen Beach This Week. City Helps With Coin for Expenses ; Program to Be Rendered Here Thursday P. M. An opportunity will be given Thursday night to hear the Hose burg Municipal band of forty men, present the program that is to be offered in Portland Satur day and Sunday at the Janl.eu Beach Pacific Northwest baud con test, which starts tomorrow. At the regular weekly concert hour, the local band will present a brief program made up of the selections that are to be used In Portland. The concert will be shorter than usual, and will be followed by a rehearsal, as the baud ia practic ing every night in preparation for the coming competition. For the past ten days, holidays and Sundays included, the mem bors of tbe band have been dili gently practicing, for. this coming contest, in which they hope to curry orf the 91,000 cash prize offered for the best organization In the class In which the local band is entering. I'nder the direction of W. Dale Strange, the musicians have been endeavoring lo pertect themselves so that they may make a winning score in tbe competition in which they will be matched with bands from La ( ramie, Oregon City, Tcniuo and Albany. Three classes of bands are be ing presented In the contest, nov elty hands, professional bunds and amateur bunds. The Itoseburg or ganization comes under tbe latter classification. The novelty hands, in which harmonica banjo, accor dlan and other types of bands are entered, are playing during the first part of the week. The pro fessional bauds will play Thursday and Friday and the amateur bands Saturday and Sunday. Broadcast Scheduled The Itnschurg hand Is scheduled to play Saturday afternoon. The program will be broadcast over radio, sound pictures will be made by one of the leading film companies, the best bund will- be selected by the KKO vaudeville company for theatre engagements, aud many publicity stunts will be centered a round the contest, so that Roseburg la going to receive some very valuable community ad vertising. Regardless Jf whether the hand carries off tbe first prize. The bunds are required to march Continued on page 6, Story 3 FIREMAN IGNORES ' ALARM; HOMES GOES (AMHiitnl Pr.-M L.'uw.l Wire) OAKLAND, Cal., July ft. An early morning alarm In the sixth street and Itroadway flrehouse to day Interrupted the slumbers of Fireman It. L. Iteefe. He listened for a moment and then content edly snuggled back under tbe blankets. "Out of my district," murmured Hcefe, "some poor fireman Is out of luck." Heefe was right, the luckless fireman, however, being himself. Tbe alarm was for a fire which destroyed hU home near Hay ward. -o- CARGO OF LIQUOR AND 25 MEN SEIZED OSSININO, X. Y., July 9. A fi'l-foot ynrht. lis carjjo of lifors valued tU 2'j(I,0ii0, h motor boat, five trucks, two sedans and 25 prisoners were seifd today by state troopers and Hriarcllff police on the Hudson river at Hcarsbor oukIi, N. Y., a mile soulh of K(nn Hint; prison. One of (lie prisoners, Peter I'lselpello of Viilenline. Ph., was hhot and seriously wounded as he attempted to escape. As the ntlders swarmed onto the ynrht the rum runners threw over board forty rases of whiskey which police wi-re preparing this fore noon to recover from the shallow water. The yacht bore no name, and its owner and port of registry had not yet been learned. TAPS SOUND FOR GALLANT SOLDIER J - :h V' - J I. n. ft GENERAL W. C. NEVILLE (AsuoHutoil Press LcuhihI Wire) WASHINGTON, July !. Major Genera! Wendell C. Neville, tiO, commandant of the marine corps, died yesterday. Pride of the "Leathernecks, the former commandant of the U. S. marine corps followed the flag over six continents and many is lands to win nearly two score valor decorations. "For distinguished conduct" at Vera Cms In 1!U4 he was awarded the coligressloual medal of honor, the first of a number of war meduls to he won by him. v J It -was the World war, however, that brought him his grentest glory. As a colonel be led the fifth regiment of marines through the fierce fighting In the Verdun sec tor and In the battle of Uelleau wood. Promoted to be a brigadier general, he next commanded the fourth brigade, at Sofssons, Mara- bache sector, St. Mihiel. Cham pagne, and tbe Meuse-Argoime. After the armistice, he marched the fourth brigade Into Germany during the occupation. His out standing bravery and gallantry In action brought decorations enough to cover even his ample chest, as well as the new nickname of "Fol low-Me-Nevllle." N. W. LUMBERMEN PROTEST IMPORTS (Aiwofiiatwl PnM Iafd Win) SI3ATTLK, July ft. Striking nt the importation of Kusalnn-convlct nmmtractured lumber, the West Coast Lumbermen's association to day telegraphed the secretary of the treasury, Washington, D. !., urging exclusion of all cargoes In or en route to the I'nited States. Tbe telegram sent in protest of a possible acceptance of two ship loads of lumber held In the east yesterday, read In part: "At least 40.000 tmwmills and logging camp workers In this re gion are without employment on account of decreased consumption and the competition of woods )m ported Into the V. S. We ask ear nestly that protection Intended for American labor by the law ... be not nulliried by trivial objections or technicalities. "American labor should not be asked ... to compete with Russian convict or impressed workers." BASEBALL AMERICAN tKli-sl game) At Hoslon R. H. E. Washington 5 14 0 lloslon 2 n 1 Potteries: Jones and Unci; Rus sell. Unshev and llevlng. At New York R. 11. K. Philadelphia 6 12 2 New York 12 10 (i llalterles: Mnbaffey. ('. Perkins. Shores, Rommell and Cochrane. Schniig; Dickey. Johnson, Sberid and NATIONAL (First game) At lliooklyn R. H. E. Boston I 3 I llrooklyn 8 12 ft Ilatterles: Krankbouse, Cunning ham and Spohrer: Vanre and De Herry. (Second game) At llrooklyn - R. IT. E. Boston 4 7 0 Brooklyn 6 12 3 Batteries: Sherdel, Brandt and Cronln; Elllolt, Phelps and Lopez. AMERICANS MISHAP TOLL i Gale Breaks Craft's Wing Near Bornholm; Pilot, ' Mechanic and One Passenger Safe. Unidentified Plane Crashes Near Bray, California; n 'Chute Said to Have Failed Flyer. (Auoclntcd PrcM I.eaHl Wire) I1ERUN, July 9. The Amerlchn victims of the Oeinmu flying bout which capsized near Boinholm yes terday today were stated to be Ruth Patricia Northrop. 25, ,ot Philadelphia, and John L. lluclt holder, 42. of Mount Pleasant, Pa.- The plane was forced to make, an emergency landing in the sea when a Rule- came up and crumpled the left wing. The pilot, mechanic and one pas-i senger wero rescued by tbe Danish Hhlp Maja. which had taken the plane in tow, but the other five passengei-B disappeared in the sen when tlie plane capsized. KffortB to rescue them were made by sev eral other boats which had pushed to the assistance of the plane, but so far as could be determined none of the five still missing was pick ed up. although Miss Northrop was reported to have missed res cue only by a narrow margin when, her life belt parted as efforts wero being made to hoiat her aboard the steamer Spaes. . Meanwhile today' Ihe German, cruiser Heimdal, several' German destroyers and several Danish and Gorman airplanes were scouring the Baltic for the mlBsing pas sengers last seen clinging to the wreckage. . ...4 Victims Co-Workers . MOUNT PLEASANT. Pa., Juljt 9. Dr. John I. liurkholder, report" ed to be a victim in the capsizing;, of a German flying boat off the, coast of Denmark, was a physician, here. He was unmarried. Dr. liurkholder planned to return home In August. Dr. Durkliolder and Miss North- Continued on page 6. 6',ory 4 OFFICER KILLS IN RAID FOR LIQUOR ( AMcyiatcri I'row Leaned Wire) llARIlOURVIU.E, Ky., July 9. I Sheriff's deputies today had a mur j der warrant for Nat Helton, deputy ("Mistalile of Wilton, following me fatal shooting yesterday of Omer Mackey, 35-year-old fnrmer. during a raid on the farm of Mackey'a father-in-law. The warrant was sworn to last night by Joe .lackey, a relative of Ihe slain man, according to Wrs. M. P. Walker, Knox county sher iff. Helton, accompanied by one fed eral prohibition agent and three deputy sheriffs, staged the raid from two sides of the house, he said. As they npproached, Helton said, he heard someone shout, "there he goes" and saw Mackey running from the house. Mackey fell, Helton said, and reached fnr his pocket, lie drew forth a bot tle of whiskey and started to run again, according lo Helton. Hel ton said he then fired to frighten the man. Mackey fell wounded and was carried Into the house, where he died a few minutes later. CAMPBELL BOY GETS LONG PRISON TERM ( AwnH.ilfHl rr- Tam1 Win-) VANCOUVER. Wash., July 9. Twenty to 40 years Imprisonment in the Washington state peniten tiary at Walla Walla is the penally Clifford Douglas Campbell. 16, farm chore bov, must pay for th dvnnmlte murders of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Northrup, ; at Helsson, Wash.. April .in. The boy was found pullty of sec ond degree murder by a Jury in. court a few days ao. Campbell received sentence with no outward display of emotion. Ho was led from Ihe courtroom with out ullerlntr a word. Judge Simnsnn declared thtt while youth of slaver had been ad vanced In recommendation for lenlenev, average age of murderers in United Slates is but 1!) years, and that of ten thousand murders annually there are lint six per cent convictions. Campbell, employed on North run farm, placed a box of dyna mite under flooring beneath the bed of Mr. and Mrs. Northrup and. Ignited a fuse. The blast killed the couple instantly, blowing their bodies to fragments and leveling the home. GERMAN