i
if
Sure JFe Have Heat Here, Bat
WEATHER FORECAST
OKKtiON': Fog on coast; fair In
terior tonight and Tuesday; no
change in temperature..
HoHeburg and vicinity: Fair to
night .and Tuesday; little cliunge In
temperature.
VOL XX NO. 159 OF ROSEBURG
Editorials
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
npUEE sitting contests, we learn
through the medium ot the
front iiage, ate the very latest
craze.
In a tree sitting contest, you
climb up In the branches and roost
there through the long hours while
relays o( your friends down below
pass up the food to you.
Crazy, you say? Not If you
have nothing BETTER to do.
THUS newspapers tell us that tree
sitting contests are popular
among boys all over the country-
This writer ventures the guess
thnt they aren't popular with the
hoy who will deliver this news
pa per to you.
He has something BETTER to
do.
IF you are a boy, what do you do
with your leisure time? If you
are a parent, what does YOUR
BOY do with his leisure time?
A noted social worker offered
Hie statement the other day that
hi our great and crowded cities,
fitch as New York and Chicago,
more than half of ALL boys spend
their leisure time in the streets.
If -thnt' is- truerls- if any wonder
thnt the gang system, with its long
Irall or crime, has grown up In the
great cities of this country?
ERE is a saying that Is very.
very old: "Satan will find
some mischief for idle hands to
do."
Old as that saying is, it is just
as true now as when it was first
coined. So. if your boy hasn't any
thing BETTER to do, encourage
him to take up the tree sitting en
durance fad.
SGI
TNIVERSITY towns are full of
young people who have no time
to sit up In trees and watch the
hours go by until a new record
has been established.
4 These young people are earning
their way through school. They
spend no time wondering what to
do with their leisure, for they have
Vo Utile of it that finding a good
use for It is no task at ail.
nUT don't pity these young peo-
- p!e who are earning their wny
through school. They are FOR
TUNATE. They are getting Pn
education because they want it,
(Continued or. page 2)
NEWS BREVITIES OF OREGON
t AM04-!ntHl Yrem
GIRL DIES IN AUTO WRECK
I'fuiTi a m Ore lulv 21
lOUTLAND, Ore., J u y ,1.
Evelyn Taylor, 11, was killed, and
five others were injure, venter-
day when an au omobile driven by .
Kltner S. Hell. 40. contractor, col-
Taylor of Forest Grove, father of
the dead girl. Dell told police he
was hurrying to a hospital where
his wife was expecting a child. He
received serious cuts nnd bruises.
Taylor, his wife. Robert Tnyor,
B. and June Taylor, 8. all were in
jured and taken to a hospital. At
tendants said Taylor received ser
ious back injuries.
urns oacK injuries.
Hell was arrested on a charge of ,
involuntary manslaughter. I'olice
uid Taylor had the right of way.
FOUR SWIM FOR LIFE
TAFT. Ore.. July 21. Three men
and a woman swam to shore when
the trolling boat Yakanan capsized
w hile leaving the harbor here yes
terday. They were Mr. and Irs.
Jerry Iiavis of Woodburn. and O.
R. Shaner and Han Hliven of
Taft.
The boat, carrying a heavv load
of fish, was leaving the harbor at
low tide with a heavy swell run
ning. It grounded on a spit and
was overturned hy a breaker.
MINING CO. AWARDS JOB
SALEM. Ore.. July 21 Mark P.
McCalister. stale corporation com
missioner, has returned after con
ferring at Medford with the Con
solidated Copper companv. which,
he said, is making extensive devel
opments. The company, McCalister said.
REVIEW
Hotter
TEMPERATURE
Proatrations and Deaths
Continue Damage to
Corn Belt Put at
High Figure.
Business Partly Suspended
at Washington Wave
Beginning to Hit
Oregon Areas.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 21.
All signs today indicated warm
weather is moving in on Oregon.
Weather bureau predictions were
for "continued warm today and
tomorrow."
The intense heat wave that has
been sweeping the east is mov
ing westward and the weather
report says rising temperature is
the rule over the north Pacific
slope.
The official chart shows the
hottest observation spot in Ore
gon yesterday was Umatilla
where the temperature, tduched
the 99-degree mark. Medford
was next with 90 degrees.
Gather" Oregon" temperatures'
included Albany, Salem and Wolf
Creek, 85 each; Portland 83,
Rosebuig, 81, Baker 80, Marsh
field 66.
Red Bluff,- Calif., thermome
ters soared to the 108-degree
mark. Walla Walla and Yakima,
Wash., each had 90 degrees. ,
The coolest place yesterday on
the entire coast below the Cana
dian line appeared to be Eu
reka, Calif., where the ther
mometer rose no higher than 58
degrees.
CHICAGO, July 21. The na-
Continued on page 2, Story 2
3 ROADS CONTINUE
JOINT OPERATION
(Agsoeiatcri I'rcfls Lc-a'l Wire)
WASHINGTON, July 21 Ap
proval for maintenance during at
least another year ot joint passen
getr train service by the Northern
l'acific and Great Northern rail
ways and the Oregon-Washington
Railroad and Navigation company
between Paget sound cities and
Portland. Ore., was granted today
by the '111101811116 commerce coin
mission. The three roads for more than
a year have conducted their pas
senger service as a unit, pooling
equipment and earnings, and have
filed a contract to continue the
practice for next year.
Leased wtrel
has bought the old Pliie I.edge
mine 25 miles south of Medford,
g r n Ug
developmenl all(, enlered Into a
cont,.act for installation of a 2H0-
re,lu(.tion m,n. The only pron-
. ,, ,,, , ,,. -im.
Calister said, i3 that, of merchan
dising its product.
CRIME DRIVE CONTINUES
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 21. The
drive on "suspicious" characters
was ordered continued this week
by Chief of Police Jenkins. .The
round-up last week resulted fn 460
men being taken before detectives
for investigation. Of that r
ber 73 werR foum, (Q haye na(,
rPcnr,i,. K,.Ven were ft
Of that num
for
mer records, r.leven were louna
carrying concealed weapons.
TREE TRIMMER DROPS DEAD
HILLSBORO. Ore., July 21
Suffering a henrt attack while rut
ting the top from a tree. 61 feet
above the ground. Walter Dobbins.
42. of Portland, died yesterday, lie
fell without a sound or a move
ment of his body, leading physi
cians to believe he fainted. His
neck was broken in the fall.
N. E. CO. TO SLASH RATES
SALEM. Ore.. July 21. The
NVy-tb western Electric companv.
which has Orpon onorations in
M"Mnomnh pnd f'olunib'n count
will red"ce rwts of the Pbc'Hc
northwest nuhl!c pervlce commi
Fion fixed bv ordr nf Hie nubHr
pervic coTnrfsfiinn Inst Fridnv.
The commission received this in
formation tndny in a letter from
rtiiv W. Tn'bot, president of the
Northwestern.
1
SUNDAY MARK
Not the Kind Thai Makes Business for the Undertaker.
Wave
President's Choice as
Minister to Norway
Hoffman Philip, envoy extraordl
nary and minister plenipotentary
to Persia, has been named minister
to Norway by President Hoover.
The senate is expected to confirm
the appointment,
DRINKS U
(Associated Press Leased Wire)
STILLWATEIt, Minn., July 21
Thirty-three vacant chairs, draped
in black, stood as silent sentinels
around a banquet table today, wit
nesscs that Charley Lockwood
cany out the covenrit of he Last
Mans club.
Lockwood. 87 years old, is the
last man and today the club's only
law required of him what he con
sidered the hardest task of his
life, the dramatic labor of drink
ins a toast to 33 Civil war com
rades who died before him and left
him with the honor life nas found
empty. His toast will follow the
roll call, answered only hy himselt.
Before each chair Blood a bou
quet of flowers. Before Lockwood's
plate was placed the bottle or old
Burgundy wine which the club set
aside at its formation in 1SX5 for
just this event. But the wine like
the honor has soured and a sip of
it was all that Lockwood asked tc
keep bis pledge-. Tonight the bottle
wiil be turned over to an histori
cal society.
Lockwood and his fellows were
survivors of Company B, First
Minnesota Volunteer infantry, and
today's weird banquet like those
each year before was on the anni
versary of the first battle of Bull
Bun in which the company's
losses were exceeded only by those
at Gettysburg.
BISHOP CANNON
WEDS IN ENGLAND
(Afmneintcd Prcis Leaned Wi)
LONDON. July 21 Bishop James
Cannon Jr.. of the (Methodist Epis
copal church was married at Christ
church, Mayfair last Tuesday aft
ernoon, to a Mrs. McCatlum, it was
mede known today.
1 lie Beverend Dr. Ferram was
thi offlriating clergyman.
None but a few intimate friends
kppw of the wedding at the time.
Bishop Cannon and his bride
now are enroute to Brazil.
The bride's name wph given as
Helon Hawley McCallnm. widow
New York.
A friend of the bishon. Sir
Henrv L"nn. editor of the Revfew
of the Churches was Instrumental
in obtfiining through the archbish
op of Canterbury the social
license required for the wedding.
4 DIE IN CRASH OF
AL G. BARNES TRAIN
C AwvIafH pre! lsnd Wire)
MONCTON, N. B.. Jnlv 21 A
trurk arch bar fjillinrr bencatTi a
far was blpmed todwv bv Canadian
National railway officials for the
wreck of a circus train in which
four were killed and 2 were Injur
ed vesterdav.
The rieraiVd train wns a sncial
carrying the Al C. Barn circus
from New Castle to CharToltetown.
S. i v, f i
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
ROSEBURG. OREGON, MONDAY. JULY 21, 1930.
IS!
Scourging Most of Country
MEIER BACKS
OF!
C. 111. JOSEPH
Candidate for Governor of
Oregon Subscribes to
Every Plank, Says
. V His Statement.
Also Favors Protection of
Fish, Game and Lumber
Industry Grange
Program O. K.'d.
( Aiwirtatpd Tress Leased Wire)
PORTLAND. July 21. In his
first announcement of his plat
form. Julius L. Meier. Portland,
candidate for republican nomina
tion as governor, today announced
his "statement of principles" in
cludes an "unqualified subscrip
tion to each and every plank" in
the platform of the late Senator
George W. Joseph.
"I was in full accord with Sena
tor Joseph's political principles
and gave him my whole-hearted
support." said the statement which
was addessed to T. C. Klltott of
Milton. Oregon.
v Would Protect Lumber
TuMlsting other ' Items of - Ills
platform Meier said ft would be hie
purposo "as governor io do every
thing within my power" to protect
the lumber industry "from ruinous
foreign competition."
He said he approves the legisla
tive program of the state grange,
included in which is an Initiative
measure authorizing creation of
power development districts.
Other Planks
Other planks include protection
of fish nnd game and keeping such
administration free of politics;
support of a program to aid in
solving the unemployment problem
through development of new op
portunities; equalization and re
duction of the tax burden and
economy "coupled with applica
tion of business principles in ad
ministration of 'state affairs"; fos
tering of public school system and
higher education; continuation of
highway development; impartial
law enforcement and appointment
to office "only of such men as re
spect the law and are qualified In
all respects to execute the law."
2 HURT IN WRECK
NEAR SUTHERLIN
Mrs. M. E. Harper of Medford
suTiered a dislocated HkIiI hip Hnd
numerous cuts and bruises, and
her datiKhter. Edna Harper, suf
fered a broken rlnht urm, when
the car in which they were riditiK
failed to make a tu.rr near Stither
lin tills morning and turned over.
Hesides the injured persons, Mr.
Harper and another daURhler and
a son were riding in Hie car.
The party spent the nicht at
Camp View north of this city nnd
left the camp grounds nbout eight
o'clock this morning. Apparently
they were, unfamiliar with the
road, and did not see the sharp
curve until almost upon It, and the
car failed to make the curve.
The Injured were brought In to
the office of Dr. JO. Tl. Stewart for
treatment. Later they were taken
to Mercy hospital.
EXPLODING LAMP
KILLS 2 PERSONS
fAnnoeiated Vthu Leased Wire)
TULARE. Cal., July 21. Mrs.
Silvana Ooiiipz, 21. and her 7-months-old
son, Amando, died in
the county hospital here yesterday
of burns received when a kerosene
lumn or ulnlorl at a ra nrh linmo In
Whe Tipton district. Mrs. Gomez
wan attempting to refill the lamp
when the explosion occurred.
! FATHER ADMITS HE
SLEW 3 CHILDREN
i anHf)ted PrrM Leaaf-d Wire)
MAItTINSBI R;, V Va July
21. State and county officials to
day said Tavlor Hott, Martiitsburg
laborer, had confessed to them
that he killed his three small chil
dren because his wife was unable
to 'ake care of them.
The bodies of the thren children.
Gertrude Virginia. 7: Calvin W. 6.
and Bovd Preston. 5, were found
early today In a quarry hole near
here. Thev apparently had been
strangled and thrown Into the water.
PLATFORM
IMI
KILLS THREE
OF FAMILY
Man, Wife and Son Found
Hacked to Death When
I Neighbors Rush to
Burning Home.
Woman rielieved to Have
Been Slayer Brother
Held by Officers
for Inquiry.
(A wtoe tnted Tress Leased Wire)
GENEVA, III., July 21. Three
persons were found slain with axes
early today in the homo of
Charles A. Anderson, one of the
victims. His 18-year-old son also
had been hacked to death while
his wife, thought by police to have
slain her husband and son. was
found on the floor with ber throat
and wrists cut with the sharp
edge of a handnx. The home had
been set on fire, hut the flames
were extinguished bv neighbors.
A long-'handled ae had been
used to dispatch Anderson and his
son. The neighbors were aroused
bv Charles Larson, a brother of
J-Trs. Anderson, who had , been
awakened, he said, by smoke, and
descending by an outside stairway
was breaking in the windows to
get at the fire.
Neighbors Find Bodies
Larsen and the neighbors forc
ed an entrance nnd after putting
out the fire discovered the bodies.
Anderson. 65 years old. lay across
a bed. his head and hody gashed
with the long handled axe which
lay beside him. The son. Willis,
also cut and beaten with the ax.
was In another room. Tie still
was iallve hut died without re
gaining consciousness.
The body of Mrs. Anderson, 4fi.
wpb on the living room floor. Be
side lier lay the band axe.
Woman Thouoht Guilty
The beds of Anderson and his
Continued on page 4, Story
VAN TRUMP FACES
CHARGES OF GRAFT
fAfinelnted Preiw Lojwd Wire)
SALEM, Ore.. July 21. As nn
indirect outcome of a bearing held
here several weeks ago when an
effort was made to oust Marion
county's horticultural commission
er, S. K. Van Trump, on charges
lodged hy H. S. Merrlam, mem
ber of the state board of horticul
ture, a group of Wondburn fruit
growers have laid before 1 )lst rict
Attorney Carson and members of
the state' hoard of control charges
of petty graft against Van Trump.
They aver that Van Trump
has been collecting Inspection
fees for several years for inspec
tion of strawberry plans shipped
outside the state when there is no
provision of law for collecting
such fees. In filing their charges
they also filed a number of can
celed checks showing Van Trump
had received such Inspection feps.
The entire amount, it is stated,
would not exceed $60.
Van Trump himself readily ad
mits receiving the mnnev for such
fees but comes buck at the charges
by declaring the Teen were author
ized hy an action of the state hoard
of horticulture about seven years
ago.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
At New York It 11. E
Chicago 1" 1
j New Vork II (I 2
i flatteries: Malone anfl Hartuett;
. Chaplin and Hogan
I
At Philadelphia It. H. K
Plltsburgh 2 11 ft
Philadelphia 7 11
Batteries: Kmmer and Hemsley
Swcetland and Davis.
At Brooklyn It. TL K
St. Louis 8 12 A
Brooklyn ft 11 2
Batteries: Grimes and iincuso;
Phelps, Clark and !opez.
AMERICAN
At Chicago B. Tf K
Boston 3 6 i
Chicago 1 B
Batteries: Lisenbee and Berry
Thomas, Walsh and Crouae.
AX W ELDER
Pretty
FURNACE MURDERER AND VICTIM
James Mitchell (batless) at top,
21-year-old shipping clerk, who mur
dered Lillian I. MacBonald, a fel
low employee in a stationery store
at Portland, Maine, then stuffed
her body Into a furnace. Miss Mac
Donald is shown at the right. She
disappeared on Saturday when
making the rounds with (Tie pay
roll. Remains of her hody was dis
covered on Sunday In the furnace,
which quickly led to the confession
of Mitchell. The youthful slayer
has been held without bail. The
upper picture shows him being led
across a police courtyard, while an
irate crowd wasyelilng threats of
lynching.
WEEK-END MISHAP
TOLL OF LIVES 14
(Autoi'luted Prow leased Wire) i
SAN THANCISCO, July 2W
Suuday stood on the records to
day marred by fourteen violent
deaths In four Pacific coast slates,
including three drownings, an ac
cidental shooting and nine deaths
In automobile accidents.
William Walsh, student aviator
and member of a weallhy Cincin
nati, Ohio, family, was Bald by au
thorities lo have died of natural
causes. His body, badly bruised
hy repealed falls in his hotel room
in San Fiunctsco, was found by a
maid. -
Hunting ratH for sport led to the
accidental shooting of Arthur J.
Kennan Jr., 21, by a friend in San
Francisco.
William Brown, 16, at Los An
geles; (Jeorge Iluber, 22, at Hay-
den Lake, Idaho, and Charles
Clournoy, 7, at Likely, Modoc
county, were drowned.
Automobile crashes caused t he
deaths of Clark Davis, 17, and Ben
Hurst. 18. at Cheballs. Wash.;
Mrs. Martha Pendleion. fir. Santa
Barahara; Mrs. Sue Palmer, 2'i.
Boise, Idaho; Mrs. (Maude Sa-
bourln, 117, at Bedding, Kvelyn
Taylor, 11. Portland, Ore.; Kvelyu
Nelson, in. Snn Kranclsco, ana
Paul JlewHU Sacfc anient a. Jack
Scott, 63. was killed by a hil-run
driver at Sacramento.
BOYS STONE THEIR
COUSIN TO DEATH
(Anclflie Cross l,ew'I Wire)
COFFEYVILLE. Kas., July 21.
Carlysle Culllson, 10. and his
brother Isaac, K, were held here to
day alter admiiiing to Police ( bief
A. P. Keeling last nij.'hl :hey kill
ed their cousin. Iionald Fox. X,
with stones on the bank of the
Verdigris river yesterday after
noon. Keeling said the two hoys told
him they threw Donald's body into
the stream and reported that he
had drowned accidentally while
wading. The body was recovered
last night.
There was a bruise on the fore
head and
cheek.
a gash on the right
BURSTING BOTTLE
KILLS HOME BREWER
MwwIstM pfnm IiiNod WlrM
CHICAGO, July 21. A bottle or
horn brew exploded in the hands
of William Hayes last night, kill
ing him.
A piece of glass severed an ar
tery In his arm and he bled to
death.
Nice Place, This City of Ours
VOL. XXIXNO.
NAVAL PACT
RATIFIED BY
U. S. SENATE
f Axsnrtntori Press Loaned Wire)
WASHINGTON, July 21.
The senate today ratified the
London naval treaty.
An overwhelming majority
was recorded (or the treaty
limiting all categories of ships
in the American, Britich and
Japanese navies.
The vote came suddenly
after more than a dozen reser
vations offered by the op
ponents had been thrown out
by heavy majorities.
One reservation was accept
ed. It was offered by Senator
N orris, republican, Nebraska,
and stipulated that in ratifying
the treaty the senate did not
approve any secret agreement
or understanding which might
exist relating to the pact.
A reservation by Senator
Johnson lo permit the United
States to construct either eight
inch or six inch cruisers without
regard to limitations in the
treaty was rejected, 57 to 8.
The treaty still must be rati
fied by Great Britain and
Japan before it becomes effec
tive. ELECTRIC SHOCK
KILLS 2 PERSONS
MEIiCEO, Cal.. July 21. Two
are dead, one believed latally in
jured and two olluiH in the hos
pitnl eiltieally burned as the re
sult of au electric shock received
I today while they wetv attempting
to eied a radio aerial at the .1. B.
1
i
, 1- V i
?V $
t )
Gnffery iamb, tour ml leu north of wanis park. A delicious basket din
hiTH. i ner was served at noon, followed
Tho electrocution occurred when j bv a general social time In the
a wire the rive were holding for
the neritil came in contact with a
ll.fMin volf tinnsmissiiin line of the
Sun Joaquin Light and Power cor
poration. The dead: Mrs. J. ft. Gaffery.
Jean Gaffery, hr niece; injured,
Allan Gaffery, 10. the dead wo
man's nephew. J. W. Gaffery. her
son. Eilleen Gaffery, her niece.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
lligheet temperature yesterday 81
Lowest temperature last night F.K
Precipitation, last 21 hours 11
Total precip. for month T1
Deficiency since Sept. 1. 1!2 0.74
Relative humidity 5 p. m. () 30
90 OF THE EVENING NEWS
THREE TITLED
DEATH LIST
Viscountess Ednam Ward,
Marquis of Dufferin,
Sir Edward Ward
Are Victims.
Lieut. Colonel Henderson
Pilot of Machine, Also
Killed; Craft Torn
Into Pieces.
(AwMH'iulwt Press Leased Wire)
MKOPHAM, Kent, England, July
21. Six persons. Including three
titled Britishers, were killed when
a Junkers passenger airplane ctc
ploded over this hamlet this after
noon. The victims, blown from
the cabin, fell In a heap in a cot
tage orchard. The force of tho
blast carried pieces of the plane
two miles from the scene. aidd
by the terrific speed of the "air
taxi" which was bound from Lo
(ouquet. France, to Croydon. Tho
identified victims were:
The Marquis of Dufferin nnd
Ava, 42.
Viscountess Kdnain, wife of Wil
liam Humble Eric Ward, daughter-in-law
of the Karl of Dudley.
Sir Kdward Ward, 4S, promin
ent figure in the World war.
Mrs. Henrick Loffler of 51 Gros
venor Square. Mayfair.
Lieutenant Colonel George L. P.
Henderson, principal of the Hen
derson Clylug Rchool and pilot of-j
tho plane. r
Plane Torn Apart
Sir Edward was a lender irt
measures taken by the British for
the comfort of American troops in
the war. He wa the organizer oC
the "fireside friendship" move
ment In England for the UnliCiJ
States flying fighters.
Witnesses said there was a ter
rific roar. The wings separated
from the cabin and the fuselnee.
containing the passengers, fell
utr-liht ilnu-n ulilln tho nllmr nitrla
of the machine floated off soma
distance. One wing enme to earth,
two miles from tho scene of the
crash.
The second pilot, whose name
was believed to be Shearing, was
one of the victims.
BARRETT INQUEST
DUE THIS EVENING
The Inquest Into the death oC
Crlmn Barrett, killed last week,
by his funning partner, J. W.
l!;nnm, will be held at 7:30 o'clock;
tliirf evening at the courthouse.
Several witnesses are to be. called
in an effort to determine what de
gree of responsibility shall be
planed against Hanun for the kill
ing. Hanini is being held in jail
witrout ball pending the action ot
(lie coroner's Jury. The jurymen
that will bear the case are S. J.
Jones, Story lies, Oliver Johnson,
Lyman Spencer, S. J. Shoemaker
and Harris Ellsworth.
MRS. C. H. MEUSCH
TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Polly Meuseh, wife of C. H.
Meiisch of South Pine street, pass
ed away at her home yesterday
evening after a prolonged illness.
She was horn In Jamestown, Mo..
Ma tell 21, 1SS0, and was a resident
of itosehurg for the past 27 years,
coming lo this city from Califor
nia, following ber marriage.
She is survived by the widower,
one sister, Mrs. Llla Haldeman,
and three brothers. Frfink, Charles
and James Gertzch, all of James
town, Mo.
Mrs. Meuseh was a member of
the South Methodist church, hav
ing joined that denomination early
iti girlhood. She was also a mem
ber of the auxiliaries of the,
Eagles and Moose lodges. The
body has been removed to thft
Douglas Funeral home and ar
rangements for funeral services
will lie made later.
SOURDOUGHS HOLD
OUTDOOR FROLIC
There was a large turnout of
Alaska and Yukon sourdoughs yes-
j terdxy for the picnic held at Kl-
afternoon. Tho association yester
day adopted a special design sub
mitted hy a large Jewelry company
for gold lapel buttons which are to
he secured bv th" members. It was
decided to hold the annual water
melon feed at Idleyld park Sun
day. August 17. marking the anni
versary of the discovery of gold in
Alaska, that date being Angmt 18.
BRITONS