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Newspaper Page TextUmpqua Valley WEATHER FORECAST OREGON: Generally fair tonight and Saturday, but cloudy west por tion: local frosts east portion. Koseburg and vicinity: -Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday; not much change lu temperature. VOL XX NO. 228 OF ROSEBURG Editorials the 01 Day's News By FRANK JENKINS HPHERE is one measure on the ballot this year of which every body has heard everybody, that Is, who reads the papers, or listens to the talk of the politicians. v This particular measure Is the so-called people's water power bill, which has been"made one ot the principal issues of a campaign that has revolved dizzily around the question of power. IF YOU are wise, you will get out your voters' pamphlet and read the text of this much discussed amendment, so that, you may see for yourself what it is, without tak ing anybody olse's word for It. If you will do that, you will find that it confers upon the people of Ore gon these powers: 1. ' To form districts for the de .velopment of power or water. 2. To acquire the necessary property and equipment and actu ally go ahead and develop power or water and sell it to those who want It. 3. To levy laxes and Issue bonds to pay for tho property so ac quired. TTHE cities of, Oregon already possess these powers. They ac liuire and develop water and elec tric systems, sell their water and rlcctricity to those who want them, tnd levy taxes and go Into debt In order to pay the costs Involved. This widely discussed and poli tically much misrepresented peo ple's water power bill merely , ex tends to those who live in the coun try the powers now possessed by those who live in the towns. 1""HE principle involved Is not at all new. The people of Oregon have, and long have used, the power tn or ganize drainage and Irrigation dis tricts, taxing themselves to pay the cost. They have, and use, the power to organize school districts and pro vide education for those who want it' They have, and use, the power to organize road districts and build roads for those who want them. They have, and use, the power to organize lire prevention districts. They tax themselves, and go into ' debt when they choose, in order to pay for ALL these things. 'T'HIS people's water power bill, about which so much hullabaloo is being raised, merely EXTENDS these powers already possessed and used so that people out in the country may go ahead and develop power, If they desire, Just as they develop schools and roads and irri gation and drainage. T'HIS writer believes that the people of Oregon, both those living In the towns and those liv ing In the country, should have the rlgjlit to go Into the power business for themselves whenever they be lieve they can improve their condi tion by so doing. They should have PREFEREN TIAL rights. Including priority in filings and the right to condemn existing properties, If need be, In order to get into the business. With such rights In their posses sion, they will be protected amply against monopoly and exploitation on the part of the so-called power trust. ET us first Insure the rights and " powers of the people to pro tect themselves against monopoly and exploitation on the part of power Interests. Then with the rights and powers of the people to protect themselves Insured by proper constitutional guarantees, let us say to those who have the money and the energy and the managing ability with which to develop the almost limit less water power resources of Ore- WIT Cantaloupes have won Praise REVIEW finofi lAire 80 Die SEUFI' BY Those Not Prey of Flames Shot to Death After Battering 'Down Locked Doors. Two Priests Get Away But Ranchers Giving Them Refuge Pay With Their Lives. (Aitootated Pr.n teased Wire) MEXICO CITY, Oct. 10 The newspaper La Prensa said today 80 peasants died in a church at San Carlos, state of Tabasco, when the edifice wsa set on fire by religious enemies. The newspaper added that those who were not burned to death were shot as they tried to escape. While the peasants were at tending early morning mass, the dispatch says, their enemies pour ed gasoline around the outside of the building and touched it orf, mennwhile locking the door to prevent escapes. The frantic victims finally man aged; to batter down the door but as tliey ran out were shot down. Two priests Escape Two priests barely escaped to take refuge on a nearby ranch. Afterward they returned to the church for some intageB and other articles which were not destroyed and took them to the ranch house. When the assailants learned of this they killed the two ranch owners, but the priests again es caped and fled. La Prensa said the act was due to religious persecution by state authorities. For some time the paper has been campaigning against Tnbasco officials. The paper added that the In Continued on page 6, Story X . VIOLA DANA DEFIES MATRIMONIAL JINX (Auoclatcd Prr Leaned Wire) LOS ANC.EI.ES, Oct. 10. Brav ing the jinx that has pursued the married life of herself and two sis ters, Viola Dana, once, a leading film star, will leave here Monday for Colorado Springs, Colo., where she has announced she will marry Jimmy Thomson, golf professional of the Broadmoor Country club. tMIss Dana, who once said any one who fell In love with her was unlucky, said she would marry Thomson next Wednesday. "I am going to try to be happy," the diminutive actress said last night. "I have had so many bad breaks I think my luck ought to change." Miss Dana, whose real name Is Flugarth, has been marrice twice before. Her first husband. John Collins, a film director, died in 1918 during the influenza epi demics, and her second husband, Maurice "Lefty" Flynn. former Yale football plaver, was divorc ed February 15, 1929. Trsgedy also ended. t!e man rlages of Miss Dana's two sisters Shirley Mason's husband died and another sister, Edna, lost her hus band in an automobile accident. Prune Raisers and EDIFICE 51 1 Understanding at Conference in Regard to Dried Fruit Standards Representatives of the Dour las Cooperative Prune Growers asso ciation met at Salem yesterday with W. O. Fisher, chairman of the quality committee of the North west Prune Growers, to discuss regulations for acceptance of dried fruit this year. The meeting was of a very satisfactory nature, al though no defjntto rules were ob tained. The conference, however, resulted in a better understanding, both oti the part of the growers and packers, and Js expected lo re sult In less friction In future de liveries. j The chief purpose of the meet ing was that of securing a definite ruling on "cracks" onlv when the skin was broken sufficiently to show the seed. This season, how ever, packers Hhve been reject ing any prune that had an opening in the skin. Mr. Fisher held that in - Burning Mexican Church State University Heads, on Trip 1 . for "Mothers" and Dads" Groups,, Will be Guests The Oregon "Mothers" and Ore gon "Dads" organizations will meet at the Umpqua hotel this evening for a seven o'clock dinner and a conference, at which time election of local officers for both organiza tions will he held. This dinner and meeting is for the purpose of or ganizing the Mothers' and Dads' groups for the year's work, and for bringing together all . the new members who are made eligible by the present entering freshman class at University of Oregon. Guests of the evening will in clude. President Arnold Bennett Hall, of the University of Oregon, Mrs. Walter M, Cook. Mrs. J. P. Hill, president of the Portland, Oregon, Mothers; Mrs. F. W. Bond of Pendleton, state vice-president: Mrs. Paul Ager, executive secre tary of the. organization: -Burt Brown Barker, vice-president of the university, and Alfred Powers, dean of the university extension division. Harris Ellsworth and John Run yan have charge of the "Dads" and Mrs. John Runyan has charge of the "Mothers" for this evening. The Oregon Mothers' and Ore gon Dads' organization's have al ready won . national recognition, and are regarded as a valuable accessory to the university. By meeting together, and by occasion ally hearing first hand about the institution, parents are able to keep better Informed on univer sity lift, and to more ably direct EX- T! BALTIMORE, Oct. 10 Man-1 uel Herrtck, former Oklahoma congressman, arrested in August while working at a liquor still in southern Maryland, was sentenced today in federal district court to six months in jail for the manu facture and possession of liquor. Herrick acted as his own trial attorney and did not indicate whether he would appeal when sentence was imposed. Herrick' was arrested August 8 while working at a 500-gallon Htill in St. Mary's county, prohibition agents testified at his tslal here VVednesi'uiy that, dressed In over alls', he was tiring a holler, and ran with the others when the of ficers appeared. Herrick testified lie took the Job at $15 a week to obtain evi dence for which he hoped to be paid by the prohibition department at Washington. J. P. Jones, a pro hibition official, said he had dis cussed a proposal with Herrick for the latter to act as informer, but denied he had commissioned him or promised immunity. Herrick, 53 years old, represent ed the eichth Oklahoma district in congress from 1921 to 192.1, and was a picturesque figure, his in terest in aviation earning for him the sobriquet of "The Flying Con gressman." He was sued for $50. 000 by the guardian of a New York girl, and later sued his Oklahoma stenographer for breach of prom ise. His term over, Herrlck's for tunes went downward. He testified he had worked for $2 a day cutting wood and living in a shack, before he took the job at the still. Packers Reach prunes should only be rejected when the opening is sufficient to explose the flesh of the prune. He dlnpussed the system for com mercial grading with the growers, and gave a demonstration to aid in understanding the methods used. He urged ihe growers to adopt the arbitral Ion system used by the northwest exchange in future dis putes. This provides that In caseii where prunes are rejected and the grower deems that the rejection Is unroasonapble, the grower and packer each appoint one member to a board of arbitration and thee two members select a third, who shall pass ?jpon the fruit. The ex pense incurred Is to be borne 1iy the packer. The Douglas county cooperative Continued on page 6, Story 5 in Maine, As THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10, 1 930 fEF in at Local Meeting and counsel their children, botli before anil during their carers as students. "Dads' Day" is held each fall, while "Mothers day" comes In the spring, and during these times parents come from all ovei the stnte to spend a day or two with students, observing them and' ineir campus me. ..... ... MEDFORD, Ore.. Oct. 10 Rob ert Gordon Duncan, "Oregon Wild cat" ilnd radio speaker, was con victed hore today of using "oh j scene, indecent and profane" lan-! guage over the radio. He was con- i victed on the third count of the indictment and acquitted on four other counts. The third count of the Indict ment charged Duncan with ma ligning It. F. Irvine, associate edi tor of the Portland Journal, and Paul T. Shaw, member of the Port land school board. The defense was .given. 20 days in which to file a motion for ar rested judgment. The penally for the charge is a maximum of five years in prison. Duncan was prosecuted by the government on the grounds lie hail violated federal laws in his use of the radio. Station KVEP in Portlnad, over which he spoke, was closed by the government. Duncan mado a series of talks against chain store operation, and attacked many Portland business men. The jury reached Its verdict at 9 a. m. today. Court atlendants said the count stood 10 to 2 for conviction during the greater part of the deliberation. . The jury foreman reported to the court last night jurors were unable to agree. The judge order ed the jurors hack and asked a verdict be reached during the night. MORGAN BANK GETS MENACING LETTER NEW YORK, Oct. 10. Fifty de tectives and policemen spent all last night patrolling the finunclal district in the vicinity of the stock exchange and the J. P. 'Morgan bank at Rroad and Wall streets as a result of a threatening letter re ceived by stock exchange offi cials. Police refused to disclose Its con tents, but said the letter was so illegible as to require some time for Its deciphering. It was behav ed to have been written by a de mented person. dairVbeneTactor GETS CAPPER PRIZE MADISON, Wis., Oct. 10. A benefactor of Ihe dairy who scorn ed to mako money has received recognition. The Capper nward for distinctive service to agriculture has been presented bv the Sena tor tn Dr. Stephen M. Hancock, professor emeritus of the lTnl versity of Wisconsin, who in lKftO perfected a method of determining the hiilter fat content of milk. He refused to patent It. ss he wished no ftnanrlnl returns The reward L-nnsisis of $5,000 and a medal. r - A -4 m They Say in Politics, "as' Maine Goes, so Goes the Nation" ,ro5 J ORDER TILS I I Federal Edict Issued in Boston Following Orgy That Kills, Blinds and Paralyzes. Veterans Not Blamed for Disorder; "Big Shots" of Rum Ring Said Much Richer. (Associated Prow Leased Wire) BOSTON, Oct. 10. Orders were Out today to "dry up" Boston as wets and drys engaged in bitter debate to fix the responsibility for liquor conditions during the Ameri can Legion convention which re sulted in the deaths of four and necessitated the treatment of 358 persons in Boston hospitals. Jouuthan Lewis, federal prohibi tion administrator for Now Eng land, issued orders for a clean-up by his agents after Paul E. Leary, Little Falls, N. Y., Legionnaire, had been fined $250 In federal court for bootlegging. A search of his hotel rom revealed liquor price lists and letters and telegrams con Tjexnlrtg the delivery. of liquor from Miami, Fla. 600 Persons Treated Scores of cases of temporary blindness and paralysis were re ported at the City horfpital, the Le gion hospital in the cadet armory and the Haynmrket relief station. Hundreds of cases, hospital offi cials said.' had been treated in their out-patient departments. It was believed the total treated since last Saturday night would run close to 600 pei'Hons. Lewis denied having a "hands off" policy for the Legion conven tion and said the arrest of intoxi cated persons was purely a local police function. He was explicit in not blaming conditions on the legion, stating It was apparent that there had been an effort on the part of liquor peddlers to capitalize the big celebration. . "It would have been impossible," Continued on page. 8, 8tory 2 POLA WOULD BE RID OF MDIVANI f AKMtHutM l'r.M IfldMl Wire) ' PAIflS. Oct. 10 I'ola NciRrl, motion picture acliPKB, filed suit for dlvorco licro today from her huxlmnd, I'rlncfl Borne Mdlvanl. This was the nnroud time Ihe temperamental Blar hail houkIiI lo break the bonds with bor fascinat ing prince. The grounds upon which Pola asked for a divorce were not made public. Pola Nec'rl haB not been seen often in pictures In the past few years, for her retirement came shortly after the death of Ru dolph Valentino, of whom ahe said at tho time of his death, "My love for him whs the greatest of my life." Only the fact that both had careers to follow, she said then, prevented their marriage. Prince Serge Mdlvanl Is a broth er of Prince Davis Mdlvanl who was married to Mae Murray, danc er and motion picture actress, In 1!)2C. MOTHER DIES IN ' BLAZE WITH CHILD nrtlOHTON. Polo.. Oct. 10 A mother Is dead today, her life sacrificed in a futile attempt to save her 3-year-old son from flames which engulfed the crib 'n which he Iny sleeping. The woman, Mrs. drover Quick. 35. and her son. Herbert, were ap parently alone In the farm house two miles east of here when the fire, of unknown origin, slarled. Invesllgallng authorities recon structing the scene believe Mrs. Ouif-k noticed smoke in the bed room where Ihe rhlld lay, and rush ed there lo remove her f,on from the burning crib Beating out the fire In the child's garments. Ihe woman Inld the youngster on the floor In Bnother room and returned to extinguish the flsmes there. Her hums and smoke from the fire conquered her courage and she was overcome, falling In the bedroom. The fire snrend to the t-nrtm In which the child hsd been left and both fell vlrltms- to the blate. uv my nr iTRr ni nwaffpy on si XIII yBT HfiV F DRY CLEANING EH IE (ijL, y. jsT: NO TRUCE OF BY SEARCHERS Salem Officer Thought to Have Perished While Hunting in Little River Region. Known to Have Had Heart Trouble Two Hunters Missing in Idaho Still Unfound. Search for Emery W. .Tamos, Salem policeman, lost since Mon day In the tipper Little liver dist rict, has so far been without re sults. More men went out todnv to aid In the search, and a large camp Is being established to pro vido shelter from Inclement weath er In order that a prolonged search may be mado If necessary. It Is the opinion of members of the party that JameB Is dead, and a long search will be necessary to find his body. It was stnted that he was subject to heart trouble, and it Is believed that exhaustion brought on an attack causing death wnilo hunting. ) John Hrophy and Charles Sher wood, memuoi'H. af..th parly, ciunu to RoKobnrg about midnight last nlsht. after spending all day yes terday engaged In the seasch, and securod tents, hlankels and other equipment, from the- forest service to establish a camp suitable for the searchers. They also purchas ed food and other needed supplies to last for several days. Searchers Augmented TO. A. Hrltton. scout executive. and Maynard Hell, both of whom are very familiar with Ihe dist rict in which .Tames was lost, went to the end of Ihe Wolf creek road last night, and packed In to Wil low finis at daylight this morning. They were accompanied also by Guy Hickman, local Karate em ployee, who formerly resided nl Salem, and who had hunted with James cn several occasions In Hie Continued on Page 6, Story 3 3 SHOTS MISS WIFE; SHE SCORNS LAW (AMorlatM Prf lnik Wire) EVAN8TON, III., Oct. 10.Ina much as William Sutton railed lo hit IiIh wire with any of tho lhnn hIioIh Iib fired at hor, Mik. Button Httvn nothliiK lo nJt exeltetl about. Ilor firHt reaction -was lo have 111 in ammlcd Tor ftHnuull with a doadly won pon, anna tilt wllh In tent to kill, and allcnipled mur der, Nelghhoi-H, much annoyed by the roar of tho Button bIioIkum, had him nrroHtt'd. Police found HhotKun hIukh In Hie wall, but Mi'H. Sutton hoi-Helf wan Intact, When the case atfaliiHt Sutlon was called bnfnrn MaKintrate Por ter yesterday Mr. Sutton declined to proBorute, If her himlmnd want ed tn flhoot nt her, Him Bnui, that was IiIh hUHliieas. They departed from the court 8eemlnly happy. However, police kept the HhotKun. COURT STANDS BY PANTAGES ORDER MuoMatH Pfj Iimh Wire) LOS ANCKf.KS. Cel.. Oct. 10 The dUtrlct court of anneal a to day denied Ihe lolnt petition of the mate's ftttorney-opnernl nnd tho county dinlrlcf aUorney today for ft re-hearing of 1U recent or der that Alexander PantaKCB, the atrlcal magnate, ho given a new- trial. The hlRher court recently granted PantaeR' requegf for the retrial after being convicted of ahrriiH upon Eunice PrliiKle, ed dancer. CHINESE BEHEAP 2 BRITISH WOMEN f Ai'ttliifrd Prow f.ejwrl WlnO FOOCHOW. China. Met. 10. In formation reaching here today' In dicated MfsH Eleanor June Har rison and MIbb Edith Nettleton. British mlnHlonarles. were behead ed hv bonditf lattt week. MIfk llarrlpon and Mian Nettle ton, who had spent mnny yearn In China were captured last .Inly and held for ransom. The bandit kill ed them. It la understood, heeniiHo they BiinpactH an intermediary in the rnom .legotlations had be trayed them. M 0 0 VOL. XXIX . JV Love Takes Wings in Airplane in Spite of Magnet of $4,000,000 It . j , .ri , i A divorcee who weight 400 pound and in worth $1,000,000 in Naomi , Cecelia Specht Scoff (above), and 8ho aeeniB lo he the niOBt pnndcrouK divorcee on rec ord, as well at) perhaps tlie rlch ohI. Hhu appeared in I -oh AilKeleu superior court to relate how she had bought an airplane for her huHband, JaiiH'8 T. Scoff, where upon he aHHertedly flew off In it and never returned. Here la tho rich and weighty divorcee In court. Columbia Gains Cornish Coast (AmocIhIoiI l'n-M l.cawd Wire) LONDON, Oct. 10 Tho air mln- iotry tonight was Informed tnat the monoplane Columbia had land ed at Trcflco In the Scilly Islands, completing her second trans-Atlantic voyage. Treaco is off the coast of Corn wall, it Is one of the most nutlying spots off the southwest coaot of England, No details of the plane's landing were received but apparently Cap tain Errol Boyd, Canadian airman, and his companion, Lieutenant Harry P. Connor, American filer and navigator were safe. HEARING ON COPCO FILINGS STARTED SALEM, Ore., Oct. 10. A dele gallon of 12 Klamath Kail cltlzeuu who favor immediate development of the grant power nltc on Klamath rivnr by the California-Oregon I'ower company was here today to present it h cane an a hearing call ed by (iovernor Norhlad on the power company'H applications, for slate permltH. Soon after the arrival of this delegation another Klamath rto:ip. headed by A. M. Tliomaa,- who are oppoHed (o the power develop mcntH, arrived to parllcipatu In the hearing. The power company proponent n Bald a delegation of M or 1 would arrive from AHhland and a similar number from lougla county where the California -Oregon Power company has appllcallona pending on Cmpoiia river. Portland organ i zatloiiB were also expected to fiend large delegations State Engineer Strlcklln recently dated thai because of Ihe time necessary for assembling engineer ing data It would be Imposslblo to grant I ho permltB before the next legislature, pendletonTjuys SITE FOR AIRPORT PENDLETON. Oct. 10 The city' council today authorized of ficial to purchase 120 acre of land near the govorrment airport from the chamber for construction of a municipal airport with han gar, modern runway and lighting. The purchase price was $12000. 5 ) I i ; I Nielli i it 'ft 4f t. 1 ' s WEATHER YESTERDAY Highest temperature yesterday 60 Lowesl temperature last night 42 Precipitation last 24 hours 0 Total piecip. for month . ; 48 Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1M0 ' Relative humidity 5 1. m. () -15 NO. 159 OF THE EVENING NEWS . Verdict of Coroner's Jury Says Raymond Creasy,, of Camas Valley, M Guilty of Crime. Accused 12-Year-Old Boy, Testifying, Stands by Original Version of Accident. i Raymond Creasy, 12-year-oM slayer of Mnlvln MeCnnn at Cam na Valley, was found to be guilty of a crime by the coroner'B Jury, which conducted the Inquest at the courthouse last night. Creasy claimed that the shot was acei dently fired, but the action of the coroner's jury will result in the) boy being held by the grand jury. Ho will be taken In custody by the Blierlff, but being too young tn he confined In jail, according to law, he will be placed In the custody of Mrs. A. Wade, special Juvenile matron, until the grand jury can act. As soon as the tran script of the inqneat is placed in the hands of Justice of the Peace C. F. Hopkins, the Justice will, in accordance wllh legnl procedure, place a formal charge against the boy. The coroner's jury, after receiv ing the testimony of the various witnesROR last night, ndlourned un til s pVlock thifl morning when! it trip was mado to CamnR Valley to flurvey the ncene of the fatal shooting. The verdict wna return ed after the Jury wna brought, back to Ttoseburg. Testimony Summary 1 Tho inquest was "held last night In tho circuit courtroom at the courthouse. Dr. E. TL Stewart, the first witness called, described the. wound made bv a gunshot., pene trating the body, and stated that denth was due to hmorrhace, re sulting rrom tho bullet cutting a large artery. Ralph Tllchter. proprietor of the Camas Valley store, said he heard the shot, was called outside a mo ment later, nnd started to Rose burg with Mho Injured boy, who died on the way. Raymond Creasy was questioned nt considerable length regarding the accident, appearing very com posed nnou the witness stand, and answerfn? each question clearly nnd concisely. H" stnted that, ho Joined Moty'lri "cCnnn and tho hitler's sister, a " ' distance from the school holier, nnd walked with then: as far as the Camas Vnlley story. Accident Version "My brother met us there and told me to go homo and chnnire mv trousers. " Rnymond seld. 'When I went In the house T sar there wna no one there and I wanted to pee tho new sight daddy had nut on hi rifle. I went into his bedroom and got the gun and Cantinued on page 6, Story 4 " OFFICERS RETAINED BY HEALTH ASSN, The annua! meeting and election of officers of the Douglas County Public Health association waB held at the Jtoschurg Woman's club building yesterday afternoon, fol lowing the district seal sale confer ence. Last year's offieerH were re elected, Mrs. Elizabeth Kunyan be ing president; J. E. McCltntock, vice-president; .Miss Bessie Rod ham, secretary, and J. IL Booth, treasurer. The association plans to work with the health unit In an ef fort to Hocurn a full time health, .officer and cooperation from the ( mnmnmvcalth fund. A short tnlk was made by Saidlo Orr-Dunbar. executive secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis association, who dis cussed health activities in the state. HUGGER WINS IN SUIT FOR DAMAGES ( A and a I ml Trcm Iid Wire) MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. "i0. A fol low who hiigH with ribcrushltig ar dor should not be punished, Muni cipal Judge Levi Hall holds, even through the embrace results in two broken ribs. Miss Anna Mittow was suing Ed ward Hensley yesterday for 575 damages because he hugged her with, such enthusiasm as lo crack two ribs. She paid a doctor $3 to rennlr the damage. "I'll give you a Judgment frr In $3 doctor hill," Judge Hall said. "Put. for the other $72 well, a irond squeeze like that Is worth Mums i I'CftI CASE a i COMPLETED (Continued on page 4.)