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Road Jobs Costing $397,362, Besides Tiller Cut-off Completion, Looks Good to Douglas. Diamond Lake Road Next Up WEATHER i ORECAST Oregon: Fair tonight and Sunday WEATHER YESTERDAY HltilWHt temperature yesterday 64 lowest' tentiKiratuie last night 42 Precipitation, Inst 2t hours .01. Precip. since tirat or month UK- I'reclp. since Sept. 1, 19311 12.M Dericlency since Sept. 1, 1930 10.33 ' but becoming unsettled northwest Sunday ; colder east portion tonight. Hoseburg and vicinity: Fair 10- night and Sunday; not much ' change in temperature. ' Ife VOL. XXI fJO. 32 OF THE EVENING NEWS VOL. XXIX NO. 273 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1931. o IMI IM m N i r THE" DOUGLAS COpNTY DAILY SIM IS mm II Editorials on the Day's News , Dy FRANK JENKINS IF you follow conscieutlously the news ot the day, you are reading a great deal about the activities of communists In this country. Believe PART of what you read, but don't be much frightened by ANY of It. The people of this country aren't going to rise in red revolution, overthrow their government and go over to the communists until they are pretty certain in their minds that communism offers something better than OUR GOVERNMENT offers. A T the present moment, you don't sec many people leaving this country and going to Russia. You DO see a lot of people leav ing Russia and coming HERE. RUSSIA, with her revolution less than a decade and a halt old, talks of conquering the world. Her talk Is of conquering with propa ganda, but her thought is probably of bayonets behind the propa ganda. France, less than a decade after her revolution, almost DID con quer the world. Russia, you see, is running true to form. FRANCE, which rose In rcvolu-, Hon and murdered her oppres sive rulers, and then, flushed by new and radical enthusiasms, al Most conquered the world in order to impose her new ideas on the world, Is now one of the most con servative of the nations. Give Russia time and she, too, will become conservative. IF you hove small children, the new free text book bill, which has passed both houses ot the leg islature and is expected to be signed by the governor, will come In handy. I)ut, if you are a lax payer, don't forget that It will be reflected in your lax bill. ALL these services that we vote onto the public are reflected in the tax bil'. That is one reason why taxes are high. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN H. , LEWIS says that three dams in the I mpqua. costing approxl ' matoly $15.0on.00i which would J be built by the government tn case ; they were built would develop power enough to make possible free barge navigation from tide water at Scottshurg to Elkton. thus aiding materially in reducing trans portation costs for this part of ; Oregon. Don't laugh. Don't say: "It can't he done." Less feasible things HAVE I1EEN DONE, all over the country. ERE Is some more advice: When people talk of growing artichokes and filberts, both new ' crops. In the UmiKjua valley, don't say THAT can't be done. Don't say that ANYTHING can't , be done until you have tried It thoroughly and PROVED that it can't be done. Real success conies quite often to those who try out new things " and prove they they CAN be done. -VNB of Oregon's great troubles. , In the past, has been that too . many people have been ready to say "It can't be done." California, on the other hand, has gone ahead amazingly by say , Ing: "It CAN be done." OVERNOR EMERSON, or Wyoming, dies suddenly, the .; cause of his death being heart 1 trouble. It may surprise you to know that heart trouble is the lead- ig cause of death fn this country, , exceeding even cancer. i It may surprise you even more to learn that heart trouble Is largely (Continued on page 4) IS1GT L TO Birthday Anniversary Will Be Observed at National Capital on Monday, February 23. (Associated Press Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 Be cause Washington's birthday anni versary comes on Sunday this year, observance of the day by the nations officials will depart from the usual pattern. President Hoover, who last year appeared with official pomp at the spectacular celebration of Alexan dria, Virginia, "hometown" of the first president, will be permitted to celebrate according to his In clination. His inclination likely will lead him right back to Alexandria to worship quiety in Washington's pew at Christ's church. Probably he will continue to Mount Vernon to place a wreath at Washington's tomb. Children Denied Fete With Mrs. Hoover awav she hurried from the final official re ception of the season to Asheville. North Carolina, for a visit with her convalescing son White House dwellers were somewhat vnuue as to the Washington birth- d"v r)nn- for Peggy Ann, Herbert Jr.. and Baby Joan. On any ordinary Washington's hlrthdnv, Peggy Ann and Herbert Jr., ybung as they are, would find Continued on Mae Btory J LOVE AFFAIRGIVEN AS SUICIDE CAUSE ( Aftsoriattwt I'tpm linnet) Wire) KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 21 Oscar Banres, 24, ranch employee, was found dead last night In the hay mow or a barn, a piece of bal ing wire around his neck. The coroner said he had strangled him self to death. He was said by ac quaintances -to have been despon dent for several days past over a love affair. . M. CARBELL DIES AT SOLDIERS HOME F. M. Carbell, 82, a veteran of the Civil war, died last night at the Oregon Slate soldiers home hospital following a long Illness. He was born January 10. 1S49, at Adel, Iowa, and served in the 1st Oregon Infantry during the Civil war. He was admitted to the home in 1922. He is survived by a widow and one sou. Standley M. Carbell, now residing in Minnesota. Funeral services are to be held Monday at 2 p. m. from the Roseburg Under taking company chapel, with Inter ment In t he soldiers home " cemetery. III Sidelights on the Legislature Legislators Show Speed on Last Pay Day False Rumor on Soldiers Home Site Regarded Attempt to Switch Portland Support Farm Bill Pleases Cully. (Ry ETHEL FISHRR) One frequently hears about the "deliberations" of the legislative body but there was nothing delib erate about the passage of meas ures In the house Friday. Twelve senate bills went through the house In an even hour, an average of a bill every five minutes, when the representatives got down io business at 1:30 p. m. Another dozen appropriation measures, pro viding money for the biennial ope ration of boards, national guard, courts and commissions and other branches of state government, ag gregatlnft nearly SI, 751,000, went through 'the house In 'less than half an hour. Reading the title of the bill, a short explanation of the measure, roll call and the slap of Speaker Lonergan's gavel followed each other with machine-like pre cision. Needless to say, the com mittee had spent hours of work over the budgets of the various de partments before they were pre sented to the house. ' Senator and Mrs. Woodward, of Multnomah county, were extended I the felicitations of the senate to day upon the occasion of their 42nd wedding anniversary. Sena- ' tn U'nnHurirH -a-Yin la iho u-i rtT that body, In responding to Presi dent Mark's words of congratula tion, said. "It was the most suc cessful legislative venture that I ever undertook." You have read considerable of Representative McPhillips, of Yam Originator of Finger Print System of Catching Crooks Passes at Age of 80 Years (Associated Press Leased Wire) LONDON, Feb. 21. One of Scotland Yard's greatest chiefs, Sir Edward R. Henry, who brought finger prints to their great impor tance In criminology, was mourned todav bv London "Bobby" and skilled detective alike. He died during the night at the age ot 80. Sir Henry began his studies 01 finger prints while a member of the Indian civil service many years ago and continued research during the yeurs he was with Scotland Yard. He established that there was only one chance in 640,000,000,000 of two fingerprints being identical. The finger print system of Iden tification, which Sir Edward intro duced Into England at the begin ning ot the present century after many years of patient study and research, is at once the falthlul, efficient and truthful servant of the honest man, and the sure, quick and relentless enemy of the criminal. Its author lived to see It TWELVE BULLETS FIRED AT KING ZOG Albanian Ruler Untouched But One Aide Is Slain, Another Wounded. VIENNA, Feb. 21 Piecautions for the safety of King Zog I. 30- year-old self-made monarch -of Al bania, were 'redoubled today as po lice Investigated an unsuccessful attempt against his life as he lot t the opera last night. The king's adjutant received one of the twelve bullets Intended for the monarch and was killed in stantly. Another bullet wounded an Albanian court official In the hip. The two assassins were captured by chauffeurs or other cars stand ing behind (he royal vehicle. They were badly manhandled. Question ing brought no other explanation than they had acted through po litical motives. A blood feud exists among the Albanian mountaineers against the king and there have been frequent attempts to kill him. He came to Vienna last month to seek treatment for an indispo sition which was diagnosed as a disorder brought on by his smoking 1:10 cigarettes a day. In Tirana it is said that his mother prepares his food to prevent Ills being poi soned by his cooks. MRS. GEORGE DEWEY DIES UNEXPECTEDLY WASH IXfiTON. Feb. 21. M is. George Dewey, widow of the hero of Manila hay, died unexpectedly today at her residence here. hill, In this column. Mr. McPhll lips, the spokesman for the over burdened taxpayer, always goes to the center aisle to deliver himself of bis arguments and it Is worthy of mention that while Mr. Mc Phillips lays no claim to profound eloquence, he is possibly the only member who gets the undivid at tention of the house when he speaks. This morning he took the floor In opposition to the bill to add two years. to normal school training. "This state is running 'hog wild' on educational subects," shouted Mr. McPhillips. "Here Is a pamphlet for more of our nor mal schools. It mentions the 'theory of play.' Well, why don't they talk about the 'theory of work once in a while? This hi fs 'bunk. ' The bill was killed. Dr. L. A. Dillard, of the Tmpqua city, who is In Salem attending a mid-winter denial conference, drop ped Into the lobby this morning. The taxation and revenue com mittee of the house voted unani mously last night to give an un favorable report on the proposed tobacco tax. Representative Fish- er stremiouslv opposed the tax on the ground that it hit the Small business man. "Small businesses are having Just as hard a time as the farmer at this time. saidMr. Fisher, "and should therefore not Continued on page 6, Story used by banks, insurance ' com panies, hospitals, expaess com panies, armies, navies, post offices, courts of Justice, police depart ments, penal institutions and a score of other agencies the world over, and to tabulate its services in detecting and convicting more notorious criminals than perhaps any other instrumentality hereto fore discovered. Sir Edward estimated that with 25.000,000 finger print cards on file in an acre of caDinels, he could, if given a duplicate of one of them any number of years later, find the original and identify the per son within 10 minutes. Names, sex. color or race of course play no part in the method. An attempt to assassinate him was made In 1912 when a taxlcab driver who had lost hlH license held Sir Edward responsible and fired throe shots at him, one of which caused a serious wound that near ly resulted in the commissioner's death. William Wheeler U Killed Near Oswego and Girl Companion Caught. ( Aitsoclated Prou Ltnued Wire) s PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21 -r In an) attempt to escape In an auto mobile after robbing a service ata-( tion. William Wheeler, 22, of Leb anon, Ore., was shot and killed three miles south of Oswego by R. W. LaDue. proprietor of the sta tion, abofit 6:30 o'clock last eve ning. Pearl Williams, 18. of Water loo, Ore., who accompanied Wheel er, claimed 'she was forced to ac company htm and participate in the holdup. Wheeler and the young woman entered the lunch room operated in connection with the service sta tion and ordered a meal. After eating it, Wheeler -drew a revol ver, covered Mr. and Mrs. La Due and ordered the girl to take the money in the cash register and got into their waiting car. Order ing the La Dues into a rear room Wheeler ran out to his car. As he was trying to start It, La Due seized a rifle, ran out and shot just as the car got under way. Wheeler fell forward, dying, and Miss Billings leaped from the car and disappeared in the underbrush along the roadside. She was biter found by deputy sheriffs. Miss Billings told Coroner P. M. Dolman she had only met Wheeler two weeks ago and knew nothing of his plans for the holdup until they were seated in, the lunch room. She objected, she said, biii Wheeler threatened to shoot her if she failed to do bis bidding. Wheeler Is said to have served a term In the Montana penitentiary and is known to the police under the alias of Wade Heller. HOUSE VOTES TEETH ! FOR PADLOCK LAW WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The ChriHtophersnn hill to strengthen padlock proceedings against liquor law violators was passed today by the house. The measure was one of the methods suggested by the Wicker sham commission In Increase the effertlveness of enforcement. It amends the national prohibition net so In padlock proceedings service may be obtained on absent or un known property owners by publica tion. The senate today adopted a reso lution calline on the Wickers!. am commission for prohibition enforce ment data collected In the 1G slates not covered In Its report to (he senate yesterday. FIRE DAMP BLAST KILLS 25 MINERS NOTHTiFRO, Germany. Feb. 21 Twenty-five persons were kill ed and four seriously injured when a fire damp explosion occurred at a depth of 1.R50 feet today In the, F.schweller coal pit near Aachen. Two or three others of a crew of eighty in the pit are missing. THE DALLES BRIDGE BILL BECOMES LAW WASHINGTON', Feh. 21-President Hoover today signed a hill an thorizlnit Th Dalles, Oregon, to construct and maintain a bridge across the Columbia river at ori near that city. 1 GUIS BELCH DEATH IN N. Y. GANGWARFARE Two Killed, Four Others Wounded in Brace of Battles Silence Code Observed. (Associated l'ress Lomi'il Wire) NKW VOHK, Keb. 21. Two men were killed mid lour wounded to day and yesterday In the renewal of an east side ruur w ar. I. . Tile battle took iHace in the Ho M ilatlleld in East 3Dlh street. Wluert Vaster was slain. . His brother, Abe. aud Harry lirowu, a Itrooklyn youlli with Manhattan "business Interests," w ere wounded. John Fraiuoue, whose testimony sent I'liiuk Corelll, a fellow liiini;- sler to prison lor forty-five years',' was iouiki bIioi to dealh today In tlte middle of Lacouiu avenue in the upper Bronx. 1'oiiue said the killing was done elsewhere and the body dumped in the Bronx by-way. V Fl'uuzone was one of five gallK sters who had a pistol battle with three policemen last July on Mc Conibs dinn bridge. Detective Thomas E. Hill was killed In that fight, and Fraiizone testified for the state when Corelll was tried for the murder. Franzono was tree on ball awaiting trial with three others. Throe Fall in Battle Last night . John (Aces) - Maz.a, another Ilroolilyniie, was killed by gunmen in front of a cafeteriu oil the lower oast side. Ho died shoot- W&& Kt-hls-ndvsirsorKmTwo' others, Joseph Koskl, 20, and fetor Itu fello, 21, were caught in the hull of bullets and wounded. Police first learned of today's fighting in the hotel when lliown got out of a taxicab al Ilellevue hospital and walked to the receiv ing ward asking for treatment, lie had four bullet wounds. Brown Won't "Squeal" It was the second time In two days that Abe Wamier escaned j raclteleer's bullets. Kai ly yesler i day he was fired upon in front of i an east side restaurant, but his at i taekers were poor marksmen. ! Although Hrown talked freely I about his colleagues on the casual ly list, he refused to name the men who did the shooting, "ir I die," he said, "I'll take the namns with me, if 1 don't I may talk." CAMP FIRE GIRLS LEAVE FOR HIKE Members of the Ah-XeahNiNu jCamp Khe group, accompanied by their guardians. Miss Knid' Waich i und Miss Thelmu Smith, h h tlr morning by tru-k for Unhcris mountain, where they will spi-wi '. the day biking. This group Is j very active in outdoor sporiH und 1 has planned several hikes for gon.l ; weather days In the future. The group hiked over Ml. Nubo und jdown the trail to Looltlimfilurf.i 'earlier In the winter. CANADIAN CONVENT FIRED BY THIEVES ( Ammu'IhIoc! Itohi T-pjiwrt Wlr!) KDMONTON. Alia., Feb. Ul. -: Caught In clinking mnnlte uhen flames kindled by thieves destroy ed the interior of (he vault room, i 250 children walked or were rar ; rled to surety from the convent at ; Ht. Albert today. ! Sister Xavierine alamined the vault door shut and routined the ; flames lo the brick-lined Interior, j The thieves who Blurted the blaze j escaped with $215. i The barking of a dntr aliirmed nuns who guided the youngsters to j safety. Twenty were babies in arms. Power Plant Blast Kills 12 (A.lntl I'r.w la-.l Wir.-i NORTH BAY, Ont., Feb. 21. An airplane loaded with investigators took off today from Tomrrins for the power plant of the Hollinijer mine at Sandy Falls, 15 miles away, where it was re ported twelve men were kill ed in an explosion this morning. Telephone com munication with the plant is cut off. Confesses Murder i I J " , I ... ' " tummiriimnwutnmm . : ... , : . isanwBsaHsjadl I Charles A. Simpson. ID, pictured, above, luitf ennfemied lo Sun Fran cIhco officers Unit he clubbed and burned to deulh Mis, Allilna Voor liids, (5, in her Hlore In n building owned by Hltnimon'rt father. Itobbery was the mollvu for the fiendish deed, and tin cash register in tlte store yielded only :l, tusLead of a much larger cum which It wuh believed the woman had constantly In her store. Iicsptte hift youth, Simpson already has a prison record. Ho was tinder arrest for another crime when 1m made the murder conlVssinu. Programs at Schools and Partial Suspension of Business Scheduled. Wasblngt oil's birthday, falling Ibis year on Sunday, is to be ob served throughout Kosehurg on Monday. Hanks and courthouse of fices will he closed all day. The schools will observe a half holi day. The schools will each bold Washington day programs Monday morning. The American Legion Auxiliary is conducting a program al the junior high school, while the senior high school students will conduct a special program np proprlale to the occasion, to be followcd by a mol ion picture lec ture on forest protection, by W. V. Fuller, who is working In the county In eonpei at Ion with I he (oughiM county fire patrol. Assem blies will he held In each of tiic grade schools. Pn.sl ma sler ITeiniine announces thai the poHtol fire will he closed In Hie alletiinon, and that there will he only one carrier delivery of mail, willed will be made in 1 he morning. Mail will be collect ed and dispatched as usual. There will he no mail carried on rural routes, but star routes will he served as usual. DRIVER KILLED AS TRAIN HITS TRUCK f Amw.Hi.l4-4 nm Imn-rl Wirt?) SAN FII AN'fTHt'O, Feb. 21- The north bou nd "Lurk." Southern Pa cific piissenger train, struck a milk truck one mile north of lel Monte junction today and killed Havld t'kasfend. the driver. The t ruck was burned and I he "pony 1 1 uck" of I he locomotive was do lulled, delaying the train Mvo hours, EXONERATION GIVEN GUARD AT EUREKA r ...or i,. m tvM wild WASIfLV? tf$i "Feb. 21 - The coast guard' ,pej;Mmnel fit KuivVt, ( al,. was exonr.rnled of negligence In conner-doii rAvhh the foundering of ihe schooner lUooklyn off Hum ho'dt bar last November R. V. S. cmst guard headquarters anuounc cd today. that Yielded $3 IT THEM OF 51 Flusband of County School Superintendent III for Several Years, Kilt. Acltert, fit, wl known Roseburg jeweler, husband of Mrs. Kdlth Ackert, county school sup erintendent, died last, night at his home in North Hoseharg, follow ing a long period of III health. Mr. Ackert had been suffering from a chronic ailment, for several years hut his condition did not. become critical until tliis week. Me was born April S, 1R7!. at Lakeflold, Minnesota, where he spent a good many years before coining to Myrtle Creek In Douglas count. where he was engaged hi the Jewelry trade and was city treasurer for a long period of time before moving lo Itoselnulg in 11125. Hesldes his widow, Mr. Ackert Is survived by (wo daughters, .Mrs. Kva Ackert Taylor, an Instructor In the Winchester Hay school, nnd Miss Carol Ackert of Itoseburg. Funeral services are tri he held Sunday at l::Ui p. m. from the Itoseburg Cnder hiking company chapel. New Mr. (Hbson of the TUhle Standard Temple officiating. The body Is to be taken to Myrtle Creek and Ihe services at the grave wilt be conducted by Rev. Mr. Taggart of Myrtle Creek. Snores! Male and Female Nasal Symphonies Alike, Colgate Professor Finds ( Am'ii.t4'.l I'n-iw t.i n- .l Win-) CHICAGO. Feb. 1 Male and female snores are the same. Dr. Donald A. Laird of Colgate university, who has slaved uwake many hours studying how other people sIPcp. is the authority for this Information. Snoring, he said In an address. Is a saxnphonfc type of noise, not related lo ,yojal sounds ami It Ih Impossible "(o dKUngiilMh between male and female snores. Dr. Laird, who Is director of the Colgate psychological laboratory, also gave his audience a formula for the best wav to sleep. Mere It Is: NEW TRAFFIC CODE IS GIVEN SENATE O.K. Power and Tax Programs Go Over Until Monday; Extra Session Call " i Proposal Beaten. BUSINESS TRANSACTED AT THE NO-PAY SESSION As the legislature proceeds In overtime duty, the senate kills proposal to havo an extra ses sion formally called by the gov ernor. County huuthiK-fishtng license hill rejected. New traffic code voted by the house. Committee approves $25,000 request for the national Ameri can Legion convention in 1932, if held In Oregon. , Semite pnsses agricultural de partment hill and approves change in the name of Roose velt highway to "Oregon Coast" highway. House 'dtifeafs bill to prohibit advertising along public high ways. 4 (AnaoHiitoil lniM Lonflcd Wire) SALFM, Fob. 21 The hydro electric commission measure, which was to have been consider- ed by the house today, was placed ' on special order of business ninti day afternoon, along with the: grange district power bill. Both have -been passed by the senate. The iHilities'commissioner ilrili.; passed by Ihe house, will be ou; the senate calendar Monday. These are the three major administration power hills upon which there has' been a discussion during the en tire -ill days of the Oregon legit laturo. ' The tobacco tax, which was re ported out of the, committee in tlm house with recommendation that it. be indefinitely postponed, waa laid on the table today, pending the tax program now being pret pared. Tbr racing bill, also a con troversial measure, was put over until Monday. The bouse however did pass the uniform traffic law, which eliminates mileage speed limits und proposes other changes; Extra Session Plan Slain No sooner had the reading cleric of (he senate read a joint resolu tion Introduced by Senators JajrH. Upton and L. L. Mnnu, asking fife g ivernor -to call Immediately.!- Continued on Page 6, Story 3 MRS. M. GOODMAN, PIONEER, PASSES - Mrs. Mary Ann Jlloodnmn, 83, a feshlent of Douglas county for the past r5 years, passed away In the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. "A. Leiilherwood, in Oakland, 'late last night utter a brief illness. She was horn In Lynn county, Missouri, Nov. 24, ISIS, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ilrlnegar. She was married to John H. Goodman, Feb. Ill, isfiii. In Yamhill county. Oregon. For n great number of years she resided near Oakland, where she was well known. She Is survived by the following chil dren: Mrs. J. A. Leatherwood, Mrs. W. L. Goodman, Mrs. Lena Cole, Kverett Goodman, nil of Oakland, and Klnier Goodman, of Albany, Oregon, and one brother, Milton Ilrlnegar, Wliltebfrd Idaho. Services will be held in 1 ho Chris tian church, Oakland. Monday, Feb. 23. at 2 p. m Kev. R. L. Dunn officiating. Intel incut will take place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Arrangements are in care of H, (.. Stearns r Get Into a green or blue bed mom, adorn yourself in pajamas of the same hue, Ace that there are heavy rugs on the floor and then hop Into bed that has springs that are not too springy and a mat tress that bt neither too soft or too hard. 'Our expH-rlments,' he said. "demount, ale that it is even best tor a person to sleep alone In the room. Steep units, occurring about' every twenty minutes and marked, by a restless movement or the sleeper turning over are fewer when no one else Is In the room. The other person's movements tend to disturb." W '
