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1 Success to Roseburg's Revived Sewer Project. Let's Put the "us" in "Must and Beat the Anti-Stream Pollution Bill Scheduled for the Next Legislature. WEATHER IllRhest temperature yesterday G2 lowest temperature lost night 39 Precipitation (or 24 hours 13 Preclp. since first ot month. t9 Preclp. from Sept. 1. 1935 21.6K F.cesB since Sept. 1. 1935 in Partly Cloudy; Colder. WHAT'S NEW This question Is answered dally for less than 2 cents in the col umns of the NEWS-REVIEW. He n daily reader and: be daily told what's happening in your city, state and nation. ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1936 VOL. XXVI NO. 167 OF THE EVENING NEW9 IMI Jl M UUM I -ef ( ' fOU XXXVIII NO. 247 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW " V SUMS IS lEMf Era IS 26 KILLED, 71 HURT IN BATCH OFIRMES Most of Victims Trapped by Fires, Including One n During Dance Party in Restaurant. By the Associated Press Twenty-nix deaths and 71 Injur ed, many of them seriously, were listed today as the result of four fires end an explosion. A fire that turned a merry-making throng in a New Yoric restau rant into a fear-maddened moh left five dead and 41 Injured before it was brought under control today. At Lakewood, N. J., the official count of deaths resulting from the burning of the Victoria mansion ho tel was Increased today to 15. At least 20 other persons were Injur ed In the blaze yesterday. Four members of the Paul Poe lart family died In flames that con sumed their farm home at Jack son, Minn. Two workmen were killed and seven others injured In an explo sion that wrecked a portion of a tunnel being dug for a new sewer, In Chicago last night. Three nuns were burned as fire fwept a convent at Montreal. NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (API Fire that swept through a crowded mid-Manhattan Chinese restaurant terrorizing more than 150 persons, left five dead and 41 Injured today before firemen brought the blaze under control. Several of the Injured were in such serious- condition -they were not expected to recover. Three men and two women per- (Continued on page 6) ECONOMIC STATUS OF 0. S. HELD NEW YORK, Feb. 13. (AP) Harper Sibley, president of the chamber of commerce of the Unit ed States, said today the economic condition of the nation, "despite the disturbing factors" of govern ment, Is at the highest level in the lust five years. "It Is a pleasure," Fibley said. In addressing the Line Underwrit ers' Association of New York City, "to be able to point to some new high records in business." "More shoes were turned out Inst year than In any earlier year. More wool went into manufacture than in any other peace-time year. We can conclude that the 128.000, 000 people now in the United States were better shod and bel ter clothed than for many a year." The steel industry, at the end of 1935, Sibley said, had returned to employment at pre-de press ion vol ume with wage rates "as high as were ever paid In peace time." "The energies which have been awakened." he said, "practically assure us that we shall not In the spring and summer lose any of the progress we have made. We shall hold our own." Editorials on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS 11 ERE is a question that often 1 K arises: How much do hunt era kill?" ' Those meek and long-suffering wives who clean and cook what their husbands bring home will sigh wearily at times and answer: "Too much," whereas those wives who have to make budget ends meet will reply unhesitatingly: "Too darned little In proportion to what It costs." Cynical friends will put In: "Not as much as they CLAIM to." r0VN In California, they have a quaint Spanish custom which requires the hunter to' put down on his license anything that falls to his gun during the year, so that when the 12 months are up the statisticians can get busy and figure up what happened. (Whether the hunter takes along a secretary to keep tally, or does the job himself, Is left to his own discretion. . At least, they haven't come yet to the point of assigning one game warden to each hunter, Block-Tackle Used in Latest Arthritis Cure CHICAOO, Feb. 13. (AP) Modern medlolne took a page from the medieval torture books today and rigged up a block and tackle to stretch the necks of arthritis victims. The strange instrument was de scribed in the journal of the American Medical association as a head harness and rope and pulley arrangement by which patients were lifted Into the air. Cures in five cases of severe shoulder and arm pains were claimed by Dr. Samuel S. Han nig, of Boston, the inventor. The pains were due to arthritis of the neck, a disease nr. Hunfllg said elderly people often miscall "neuritis." The t ream tent In nil his cases were identical with that of "10. S.," a 43-year-old merchant who was seated, the harness attached to his head, and the block nml tnckle culled into play until his body swung free of the chair. "While suspended In this posi tion,' Dr. Hunflig said, "the pa tient indicated the desire to be lowered by snapping his fingers, since the apparatus made It Im possible for him to speak. When the apparatus was released he slated that, while he was suspend ed. the pain disappeared com nlotely. He also volunteered the information that as he was low ered . . . the pain returned." Repetition of the treatment. tat ion of the head, and application of heat on the neck completed the cure. FUGUE SOLDIERS Luriseck and Carper Must Face Kidnaping Charge Under Federal Law. PORTLAND, Ore;, Feb. 13 (AP) Carl C. Donaugh, United States attorney, issued a complaint to day charging two captured es capes from the military jail at Van couver Barracks, Wash., with kid naping and conspiracy to kidnap. The Lindbergh law was invoked against Frank Luriseck. Jr., and Everett Carper, Vancouver sol diers captured in Salem today by city and state police. The pair allegedly kidnaped An drew Keyzers in Vancouver after their escape February 10, and forc ed him to drive them southward in his taxicab. He slowed the car In a trnfflc jam on the Pacific highway near Canhy and jumped out. They pro ceeded southward. The cab was found at Silver Creek falls. Numerous charges could be brought against the soldiers, court attaches pointed out. Besides the Lindbergh law charges, other federal charges could be for theft or a government automatic pistol and for violation of the Dyer act in transporting a stolen automobile over state lines. Armed robbery for seizing the cab, and assault on the driver with a dangerous weapon are other pos sible charges. so far preferring to take the shoot er's word.) At any rate, they get It Into the books. AT THE end of 1!W5, Joe E. for. the California fish nnd game commission, selected 10.000 li censes from those returned by hunters, picking them nt random from over the state so as to get a fair showing, and counted up the kill. The totals are Interesting. Jtere they are: Deer .'. 3,112 Bear 34 Rabbits 48.932 Ducks 43,792 (ieese 3.406 Pheasants : 2,239 Doves 65.865 Pigeons 7.080 Quail 79.864 Coyotes 2.412 AT FIRST glance, that looks like an awful lot of game to (Continued on page 4.) OREGON PRISL1N PAPER EVOKES District Attorney Codding of Jackson Objects to 'Menace' of Editor De Autremont. MEDFORD, Ore., Feb. 13 (AP) -Objections to the general circu lation of "Shadows," state prison publication, edited by Hugh De Autremont, serving a life term for his confessed part in the Siskiyou tunnel attempted truln robbery and quadruple murders of l.t years ago, have been filed by District Attorney (leorge A. Codding of Jackson coun ty, with the state parole board. E. M. Duffy, state parole officer, has advised the district attorney, in reply lo his protest, that the state parole board has no jurisdic tion over the publication, but Us control rests with the warden. "Menace" Aliened District Attorney Codding In his letter holds the publication "is distinct menace" and urges that its circulation be confined to peni tentiary walls. The Codding letter further says: "I have talked with numerous peace officers and judges, and each of them has offered severe crm clsms of the plan to allow prison inmates the privileges they enjoy through the publication. "It offers nn opportunity for In mates to get messages to the out side world that might result in serious difficulties." The letter was written by Dist rict Attorney Codding on February 6, when in a parole board report Jackson county prisoners, a; card was enclosed soliciting sup- scriptions to "Shadows." Hugh De Autremont, editor of the nrison magazine, was sentenc ed with his twin brothers, Ray nnd Rov De Autremont, to lite terms in state prison for their confessed parts in the Siskiyou tunnel at tempted robbery, that was climax ed by the slaying of four South- (Continued on page 6) PROHIBITION RALLY Ml PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13. (AP) A stnte convention will be held here February 17 to revive the prohibition parly in Oregon, W. Morris Heacock, state chair man, said today. Edward E. Illnke, Chicago, na tional chairman of the party, will be the principal speaker at the session to open at the Y. M. C. A. at 10 a. m. "We feel that both the major political parties have deserted us and we virtually are disfranchised in many ways," I lea cock said. "The purposes of this convention are to place the prohibition party on the ballot In the state of Ore gon; to elect a state committee; to provide for county organization; to adopt a platform, ami to nom inate prohibition presidential elec tors and a state ticket. "There is great need of increas ed activity on the part of 'prohi bitionists in Oregon . . . "We are now confronting the Im portant campaign year of 1936, and there are many things to be done." DOUGLAS LOGS CUT . FOR FLOOD CONTROL Three to four carloads of log piling nre being shipped out of lioseburg daily by the Dougherty Lumber company of Cottage Grove and the Parker I.::mber company of Eugene. Cars are being loaded on the North Roseburg spur, and In the south part of town, near the Douglas Ice and storage plant. The logs are being cut and peel ed in the Melrose and Dixonville dlstricis and are being trucked to Rosehurg for loading. The piling is lining purchased by the federal government for flood control work In Nebraska and Mis souri. CHILD SWALLOWS POISON TABLETS GRANTS PASS, Feb. 13. Little Phyllis Taylor. 2. of O'Brien, was tn Josephine General hospital to day in a serious condltloa after swallowing poison tablets. Attendants ditl not know how she obtained the tablets nor how many she had eaten. COMPLAINTS L PJkHTY' LEADERS BUSY Reoublican Speakers Swat New Deal as Roosevelt Supporters Strive for Delegates. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. f AP) Henry P. Fletcher, republican national chairman, said today he had "heard talk" about a coalition cabinet If tho new denl is defeated In November. He declined to dis cuss the subject. While political oratory In honor of Abraham Lincoln subsffled, Fletcher met Willi renorters in press conference. Questions about cabinet plans were induced by a welcome extended last night by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan in New York to cooperation from "Jeffersontnn democrats": not alone in the campaign, he said. but in the council chamber after next November's victory is won." In the democratic fold, plans to enter Roosevelt delegates in im portant primaries appeared to be expanding. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin and New Jersey were named among the states where thee tactics will be pursued. The aim annarently would be two-fold. Rolling up of goodly numbers behind administration delegates might be counted on to ha ve some psychological effect, and nt the same time preclude possible difficulties If the question of new denl support were left out of the precouventlon considera tions. ... Charles West, undersecretary of the Interior, had already told Ohio democrats "we intend to see that Roosevelt delegates" are seated if credentials contests develop at Philadelphia. Fletcher told reporters In his of fice "Jim Farley and those fellows will have to stnrt It, If there is to be a 'dirtv campaign." y Bia Fund Wanted "How's the "money coming In?' the O. O. P. chairman wis asked. Pretty well," he replied. "The committee intends to raise just as big a campaign fund as we can get. No matter how large It Is, It won't be as big as the other fel Iowb will have." The committee has about $200.- 000, and plaiiB a "pay-as-you-go campaign, Fletcher explained, with ixnenses no larger than contribu tions. He Indicated the committee would continue its attempts to oh (Continued on page 6) s The county relief committee Is badly In need of shoes and clothing for distribution to needy clients, Franklyn Voyt, relief manager, re imrts. Due to the limited budget, the relief agency has no funds avail able with which to provide cloth ing, and many clients are suffering from the lack of shoes and gar ments. Persons who have clothing or shoes suitable for wear but which have for some reason been cast off are asked to leave the same at the relief warehouse, 439 North Jackson street, or phone the relief office No. 136, and arrangement will be made to call for the con tribution. FROM THE HEADLINES -By the Deacon - " Would-be Suicide Declares Almee Called Her 8ao Names" Almee Semple Mcpherson Is Ihe sort of a person who often "mokes" the front page. She's always dra matic, thou eh 0mcwhat t-rratlrt, and seems just cut out for the stage. The press of the nation showed great agitation, when she suddenly vanished from sight: ft was great ly perplexed and, I'd say. some what vexed, when she walked from the desert, all right. Many stories were told, some bad and some bold of where she had bided her time; but the truth of the case Is a thing we can't trace and wouldn't fit In to this rhymg. tlut this I maintain, from Cali fornia to Maine, and from Canada clear to the south, there Isn't a person, like Almee Mcpherson, who's name Is In everyone's mouth. CAMPAIGNING Oddities Gleaned From Day's News -' Perfect Bridge Hand SEATTLK. Feb. 13. (Al') Mrs. U. R.- Bright celebrated her birth day -by drawing a perfect bridge hand-H3 hearts. She made a grand slam, redoubled, for a 2,340- noint tntal but did not win any thing. She said they were play ing "for fun." Aot Interruption DALLAS. Tex.. Feb. 13. (AP) A three-alarm fire broke up n meeting of the Dallas fire preven tion council. Fire Marshal L. M. Funk and Chief Sidney Hnnsen dashed from the speakers' table to fight the flames, then returned to plan n fire prevention school. Wolves Near Chicago CttrCAGO, Feb. IB. (AP) Wolves, apparently driven south bv severe cold, camped almost on Chicago s doorsten. In adjoining Lake county the situation was such hut the board of supervisors an nounced a $12 bounty would he id for each one slain. Frank Calzavnra collected first. He found one in his chicken coop. Death Waves Last SUPERIOR, Ariz.. Feb. 13. (AP) Seventeen-year-old Marjorle Stoll waved to her parents as she roar ed past them on a highway she on a motorcycle and they In the family car. "Let's catch up with her," said the mother. The Stolls pursued and soon over took the motorcycle. They found It crumpled in a ditch. Mnrjorie was dead. IT URGED IN SENATE Reversed Tariff Benefits on Crop Exports Asked as Farm Aid Plan. The export debenture plan of farm aid was proponed as an amendment to the soil conservation-subsidy bill In the senate to day by Senator Connolly (I)., Tex.) who said ft was essential to give "reversed" tariff benefits to ex porters of surplus crops. Connally took the floor shortly after Attorney General Cummin gs said the justice department had studied the constitutional powers of congress over the courts issue raised by some after AAA's nvalidation but insisted the survey was "a mere matter of rou-1 tine." I 'The farmer doesn't receive the benefit of the tariff." the Texan I said, "and on the other hand be pays a tnrtff nn that which he buys. This particular pl..n Is sim ply a reversal of the tariff ll gives the farmer a bounty nn his exports whereas the manufacturer gels a tariff on Imports." A vote on the amendment was not expected before tomorrow, leaders had agreed to defer final action on all controversial substi tutes and additions until tomorrow when a dehate-limftallnn may lead to a vote on the AAA replacement bill Itseir. The debenture plan has support ers In both democratic and repub lican ranks, but administration leaders say It will not he adopted. It passed the senate twice In 1SI29, but was defeated In the house. The Connally amendment pro vides for issuance by the treasury to farm exporters of debenture cer tificates equal to half the tariff on imports of the same com mod I ties shipped out. BENNETT SHIFTED TO COOS BY OIL CO. W. O. Tlennett. district manager of the Ollmore Oil company, re ceived notice this morning of his transfer in a similar capacity to the Marshffeld station. Mr. and Mrs. Hennett will leave Friday for Marshfleld. where he will take ov er his new duties the first of the week. The C. A. Perkins Distributing company Is taking over the distri bution of Gil more produrts In Douglas county, and A. W. Smith, formerly of Kugene, will have charge of Ihe local branch. o - MRS. JAMES RICKS DIES AT MEDFORD Mrs. James F. Kicks of Medford. former resident of Hoseburg, died at Medford this morning following a major operation, according to word received here. She Is surviv ed by a son, and a sister, Mrs. Mnnle I. Perry, of Medford. HOOVER RAKES DEAL AT G. 0. P. MEET Confusion Besets Country, Balanced Budget, Stable Money Needed, Says Ex-President. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 13. (AP) Former President Herbert Hoover's possible role in the com ing political campaign remained In doubt today, hut the IsKiie nn which he hopes the republican party will wage a victorious campaign for leadership stood out sharply the new deal. Tho former president, In n vigor ous and scathing attack on the present administration last night, strongly assailed President Roose velt's recent addreBB, charged waste and extravagance, declared the budget to ho "tho worst un balanced In . history nnd appar ently set at rest reports that pro posals to alter the constitution night provide conflicting planus in tlie opposing major parties. The declaration that "a balanced budget and a stablo currency would put more men to worn man tne whole WPA" brought prolonged applause from tho 1.000 guests at the Lincoln day banquet nt which Hoover was the principal speaker. Many of his verbal barbs provoked laughter. The president stnted a mnntn ago that tno issue ueiore us is the 'right of the nverage mnn nnd woman to lead a finer, Better, ami hannler life.'" the former execu tive declared. . , New Deal Is Issue. 'That is an objective to which we all agree. That Is tho ideal of Americans since it was first men tinned In the declaration of Inde pendence. Thnt Ib not Ihe Issue. The issue l the new denl methods and object Ives which are destroy ing this very thing. In referring to tho constitution, (Continued on page 6t BATTLING FOR LIFE .WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 (AP) Sorrelurv Swnnsnn of the navy who Is ill of pleurisy at the naval hOHpllul, was said nt 11 n. in., to be In "a serious hut not nopeiesH condition." Secretary Swnnson, who has been 111 since February r, when ho frac tured a fill In a fall at ills home. Is In the same bulldlllK with Colonel l.onis Howe, the president's secre tary, who also is 111. Hospital nfflolulH said Mrs. iswan- snn tills mornliiK summoned H. C. Swnnson, brother of tho 74-year-oid secretary of tho navy, from his home al Imnvllle, Vn. Pleurisy developed yesterday in his left lung, on the snine side that Ihe rib was fractured. Attendants said this was not an unusual de velopment in such enses except that it was delayed so long after Ihe injury. Swanaon's age was a factor that caused some worry. TWO SEEK CONGRESS AS TOWNSENDERS SAI.KM. Feb. 13 (API Two candidates for representative in consress from tho second conmes slnnal district (eastern Oreuon) died their (leclarallons of candi dacy In Ihe slate department to day. These were Clarence Hudlngton Phillips. Hums, republican, and V S. Howard. Madras, democrat. Ilolli advocated the Townsend old agi1 pension plan. J. Morrow, Portland, filed to day for delegate to the national ilcmnernllc convention. Ills cam nalKii slocnn rend: "Roosevelt, first, Inst and nil Ihe time," I., (i. Knclish, Toledo, filed for Ihe nomlnnllon of district attorney of Lincoln counly. lie Is a repuh llcan. - o - MRS. COOLIDGE ON JOURNEY TO EUROPE NKW YORK. Feb. 13. (AP) Mrs. Calvin Coolhlge sailed for Hii ro pe last midnight on the liner firemen, her plans cloaked In si lence. Mrs. R. J. Adams, of Northamp ton, Mass., a close friend and Mrs. Adams' daughter, Jane, sail ed with her. Disappearance of Army Ship Captain Launches Inquiry sWV"V A board of Inquiry at San FranclBco is trying to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Edgar M. McClellan, above cap tain of the U. S. army transport Republic, who was last seen In nightclothes at 5 a. m. on the bridge as his vessel came through the Golden Gate, Theories are divided between foul play and suicide. The latter Is supported by the prevalence on the trans port of a "death" atmosphere, occasioned by the presence thereon of the ashes of six army filers killed in an air collision while "bombing" the active vol cano of Mhuna Loa recently, and also the casket! containing the remains of the famed "Apostle of the Lepers," Father Damton. BY KIR FLASHES Letters Announce Reception of Local Broadcast as Far East as N. Y. Further proof of tho distance at tained by the News-Review's radio station. Klt.NIt, Is afforded by let tors received from listeners who heard the monitor test made be tween 1 and a. m.. February 8, Letters, announcing reception have been received from New York, Kansas, Michigan, Wiscon sin, British Columbia and numer ous other points. .1. W. Krauner, Wllliamsvllln, N, Y., and Don W. Reynolds, New- burgh, N. Y., were tho most dis tant listeners. 'I am located about 7 miles norlheaKt of lluffalo, N. Y" Mr. Mrauiier writes to Station KUNH. "I am pleased to say that of the coast stations, KltNIt was easily the loudest. Your tone quality was above crUditm. It was on par with that of other modern stations and far too good to show defects no ticeable to the ordinary ear. Modu lation and carrier wave were of equally fine standards. "One hundred watts at your ills- (Continued on page 6) Eating Crow Becomes Reality, as Well as Delight, to Oklahomans TUI-SA, Okla., Feb. 13. (API Fastidious Tulsa diners have de veloped a tasle for roast crow ami it may mean the end for the black robber of the corn rows. Because believes Dr. T. W. Stalling, a coin-hater as a table delicacy Hie field pt will rise to the dignity of n game bird. As a game bird unprotected he will become extinct. And Tulsa suddenly Is enthusias tic over crow meat. Hospitals and schools are experimenting in crow cookery, housewives have pro claimed tho bird a choice morsel and there Is a market price on his head. Butchers have small hoys out scouring the fields for crows at tl.fio a dozen. The whole Idea belongs to Dr. Slal lings, former county health superintendent. For years he watched the farm ers' losing war against the crop spoiling crows. Finally he decid ed the best way out was to cat the birds. Ho experimented first on news papermen. Served them a banquet, TOLL ABROAD I REACHES 1 33 S Most of Cold Leaves U. S.f but Fresh Blast Is Due , From Canada; Small Towns in Want. . (Fly the Associated Press) Storms brought a heavy losa of life and considerable property dam age to the northern half of the? world today. Icy gales killed 1S3 persons in Europe and Asia Minor hi threo lays. New anow drifts piled up as tho weather moderated from the Rockies to the Atlantic. Transpor tation, already disputed in some sections, was further hampered. The United States suffered less from severe weather than the rest of the northern hemisphere. Snow nnd rain covered 80 per cent of the country, washing out all but a " trace of the cold of the last month. Temperatures went above normal over most of the country from the Rockies to the eastern coast. More cold was on the way from Canada, however, the weather bur- u at Chicago said, and at 7 a. . today the mercury stood at 32 below zero at Havre, Mont., and 30 below at Devil's Lake, N. D, 11 Towns Isolated Eleven towns remained Isolated In South Dakota, and airplane ex peditions were considered as a means of freeing them Roads be gan drifting shut In Wisconsin. Des Moines and Cedar Itaultis. la., set up coal administrations to ration depleted fuel supplies after Governor CJyde L,. Herring .au thorized mayors of Iowa communi ties to Helze coal If necessary to prevent hoarding and supply emer gencies. A freezing mist covered streeta and highways with Ice at Kansas (Continued on page 6) T IN BURK LODGE IIISIIOP, Calif.. Feb. 13. (AP) Three younit children of the Hoy R. Pitts family of Los Annelea were burned to death early today at Crest view lodge, 70 miles north of here, when their cabin cnught flro from n faulty flue and was de stroyed. Tho victims were Roy Jr., 9; itllu, li, and ltnbort, 3. Pitts, an employee of tho Los AiiKeles Water and Power depart ment, was uway from home, work ing a nlKht shift on tne Mono basin project, at .the time of the (lie. Ills wife strugKled barefoot and In her night clothing through four-feet of biiow and got help to the cuhln, ton late. Forrest Wilson dived Into the flnmlng cabin nnd brought out young Robert, but the baby was already dead. Wilson was aerlously burned about the arm and thigh. He la tho son of Clarence Wilson, from Long Heach, owner of the lodge, . which hafl about 41) cabins. Mrs. PlttB was a victim of expo sure and shock. - - heard them say they liked It, then told them they had dined on crow. He followed with another trial din ner, then sent his Idea up agulnst Its supreme test. Housewives, a domestic scienco teacher, a dean of hospital nurses and Mayor T. A. Peniil's wife ato crow. They were enthusiastic. Mrs. A. C. O'Brien, the nurse, said she would propose the Idea to her dietician. Miss Maud Firth, the domestic science teacher, will opn a closs in crow cooking. "There is no reason why crow shouldn't be good food." said Dr. Stalllngs. "I have investigated tho bird's feeding habits nnd found it cleaner than you wouldn't believe It chickens. "It's Just a silly Idea that they aren't good to eat. "Take wolves. Tho principal Item on a wolf's diet Is rabbit. So we put a bounty on wolves so the rabbits ran multiply and eat up crops. "So It goes with crows. We let them eat our crops. Rut when people start eating them wo won't have to worry anymore about Mr. Crow." . i i. i 1 , ) SNOW
