In View of the Fate of the Maine at Havana in 1898, It Might Be Advisable for U. S. Warships to Avoid Spanish Harbors During the Present "Family Row." THE WEATHER Tflyhesl temperature yesterday 51 Lowest temperature lust night 43 Precipitation for 21 hours .06 Precip. since first of uioulli .77 Precip. from Sep. 1, l!in 1.99 LOOK 'EM OVER Those headlines Bhow you the dny'a biggest news, brought first to you by your home-city dally, Hie NEWS-RKVIEW. lie a steady reader anil you'll have the news wlillo It's fresh. Drfi.'leiicy since Sept. 1. 1936 9.13 8 Mostly Cloudy;' Possibly Rain. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY VOL. XL NO. 120 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER !8, 1936. VOL. XXVI NO. 200 OF THE EVENING NEW? msi,isEtiiEi m-i. i mm zfl . 9 . ; i . ; 1 , N'l .. rll..-... mm mmm KsM -rv - - .-Jl i .e ir I PRim PllflTP I 4 i .,-!.-,- m iniui in w h iiii'i iiuiiim. -m iiT 1 1; . rui nam iraiecuv in uittii ubikii ' o: , r . . I s Mob BWo Nw CHIEF CHtUi I Smmm g$ Qmgmmm LoUege- 1 : ! niurii innTPin , . - ; , - . By FRANK JENKINS QI IIS dispatch eomos from Shanghai: "The Nanking government: will give rebellious Marshal Chang Qlsuch-Liuug a final chance to de liver Genernllssimo Chiang Aai" Shek safely, a high official saiiT day (Thursday). If that is true, it appears "that re ports of Chiang Kai-Shek's assas sination hr.vo boon grcutly exag gerated. IUST what Is going on in China, behind the smoke screen of ru mor and propaganda? This writer will admit frankly that he hasn't I lie faintest idea, and doubts if very many people have. But it seems to be something import ant. TIIESE British cameramen who has been assigned to the castle In Austria where the Duke of Windsor (late king of England) is In hiding about like a gold'Qi in a bowl, aren't so dumb, 'they've been ordered to get pictures, and will have to get pictures' or bo in the dog house with their editors, so they got together and sent the (Hike tliis note: "Dear Eddie: We want lo be .With our wives and children by Christmas, but we can't leave un til you come out of your hole." Kdword David Windsor, taking him by and largo (as judged by his public actions ovs) a period of years) Is i pretty good sort, and an appeal of that kind is probably just the one that will bring him ojt into the open, aii'lltug, to have his picture taken. b ENING how to "handle" newspaper m e n (including cameramen) is an important part (Continued on page 4.) Word was received here Ihi morning J" tho death last ui KhL (Mrs. nt Stockmu, California, M Sam D. Evans, until recently a well known resident of Roseburg. Mrs. Evans was born in Douglas county, a daughter of the late Judge W. R. and Carolfii Haines Willis, both members iHs pioneer Douglas county families. She was the widow of S. D. Evans, one of the founders of the Roseburg pub lic library .fvho passed away in .August, Q Mrs. Evans recenrfy moved to Stockton to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Dorolhy-Hayne. Surviving are the daughter and two sisters, Iju. Willis, who re sides In Miction, and Mrs. Belle Sherman of Portland. The body is expected to arrive j n Roseburg Saturday and will be jj taken lo the Roseburg Undertake l ing company parlors. Funeral ar f ran cement have not been defi- nitely made, but will probably be A Monday afternoon. Interment will . be In the I. 0. (). F. cemetery be; side the body of Mr. Evans' son. who died a number of years ngo. Diz&lce, Ccm$& Sunday's Kt R programs will offer almost a complete schedule of entertainment by Douglas coun ty talent. J. B. Toles, manager, announced today. Sunday's broad cast will be made under the in creased power authorization which wilt give KRNR the strongest sig nal strength of any Oregon radio station exclusive of Portland and Coi willis. Q The talent entertainment will start at 10 a. m., '!) the radio debut of the Nebo Drumatics club of Roseburg senior high school. The club, under the dtmVn of Miss Kate Buchanan, will present it, annual Christmas production. "The Ricsed Vagn.nl." The cast Mill Include Iowell Nutting. Elea nor Entler. Hob Harris. Frank Wells and Frank Spain. The club Is planning In Inaneurate a series of weekly dramatic broadcasts "TD SjMBTT'.. .,rl 0FFICE& RILLS 4 o WIWTS VOTE 0FG1TEI rL,A Ex-Iiv&iaker Recalls No Important Kole KlgySd by Gore in PeaSSg of RefufrH Bill. . MEDFORD, Ore., Deo. 18. (AP) Willis C. Hawley of Salem, for mer congressman from Wis uis- triet, testified for the defense this mOfng in the suit of William II. Gore against Jackson county for $8S,000 claimed as due for serv ices rendered by (lorn in behulf of the passage by congress of . the Oregon-California tux refund bill in 1926. It does not run fvmy mind that Mr, Gore played an important part in the passage of the meas ure, the former congressman tes tified CiorVc contends tiK over a period b and at the l!(2t session of of years congress he labored in behalf of the measure and was iufluentlan 111 1IH im&MMKU. Chief credit for the passage of the measure was given by Hawley to former Congressman N. J. Hin nolt of the eastern Oregon dis trict, as chairman of the house cotninittoe on public lands. Sinnott perl'ormcjd 'yeoman service,"-, Hnv ley declared. . ; - "Not Reluctant" ; Hawley testified thai ho was not reluctan lo introduce the measure, aa inferred by Gore in his direct testimony, "but simy wantetl to read it over, and ro that it did not amend or modify any part of the Chamberlain-Ferris bill." ' Hawley testified that he had never seen the bill until it was presented to him nt the door of the house chambers by the (J ore dele- gallon. The former solon also said "there wore no stormy words on my part CM this meeting," as in- continued on pa go" 6) CflrAtSft I iS TffJV AM Digs m &Detfb&& Frank f. Ruebush, 71, resident of Portland, well known In Rose burg. died Wednesday at Portland following a long period of 111 health. Mr. Ruebush, a native of (Virginia, was enmjoyeil foc 28 years wun me jnwr ami Fran it company, from which he retired In im Mr. nud Mrs. Itu(.I)iu(;pent con siderable time in Douglas county, at their North Unipqua summei home. Surviving are his wife and son, Clarence U (Dale) fTlebush of Roseburg. Funeral services PortlQl today. were held a SEA TT LE, Dec. 1 8. ( A P ) Churhw H. Clarke, 31, Pendleton. Ore., Wis in a critical condition to day from a pistol wound, self in flicted a few minutcster he told n Christmas tree vendor last night he was going to kill himself be cause he recently loot his wife and child, police said. A police automobile, speeding to the sceue, collided with an unto mobile driven by A. F. Hanson Burlington. No one was hurt. TafarJS to Fafatf over station KRNR. At 10:30 a. m. Pearl R. Robinson will be heard in another of her enjoyable vocal programs. , Q rne regular bunuay service iron, the First Baptist church, starting at 11 a. m.. will feature special Christmas music. At 12:30 p. m. the Rhythmeii orchestra will present a concer of popular music. C. B. Hays and the Roseburs Gospel Messengers will be heard starting at 1:15 p. ni. At 2:30 o'clock the Melrose choir will he heard In a Christ mas program, while the Canyon ville Community program, featnr trie music bv the Merrymakers, will siartt 3:30 o'clock. The An&liiB Hour, a Weekly feature conducted by Rev. C. A. Edwards, will be heard atT4 p. m. ; 1 PIlipjOKpOfMUNl JH HOSPITAL ; 7j Because he assertedly libeled President Roosevelt by terming him a "false alarm" and a "mountebank" in a postelection editorial, P, Milton Smith, above, 68, Mountain View, Cal., publish er, was arraigned recently. After printing the article in the week ly paper he has published for 32 years, he was arrested on com plaint of Horace T. Beales, presi dent of the City Patriotic league. If charges were" dropbed "imme diately, Beales might be subject u a .ii.iyc vi in.iii.iuua wiusc cutlon. G. 0. 9. 9ilt 91ooTou Qronr PIiticOl GCaiag & ft$9 nsfticit. fllltAUU, Wee. I a. IAI)-1 Members of the executive efSmiH tee of the republican nat lonar com-1 mitte disclosed today that Chair- j man John Hamilton had been vot-1 ed a salary of $25,000 a year to devote his full time to the party's rehabilitation. It was the first time the chair man of the republican national committee had been put on a full time, salary basis in tho interim between presidential campaigns, the committeemen said. The action was taken at a meet ing of the executive committee late yesterday, after the national com mittee gave Hamilton n vote of confidence and refused to nccept his resignation. Soon after the committee reject ed his resignation by a 74 to 2 voteesterday, Hamilton disclosed he would make a tour of the Dull ed States to solidify republican power in stuto aiQ congressional elections. fie announced permanent head quarters would be set up In n dozen states where present or ganisation was tempon that state chairmen would lnfid vised to hold state and county committee meetings more frequently and that he would attack the party's $9ul, 501 deficit with the aid of a spe cial committee. One of the first to congratulate I he Kansnn after the vote was Rep. Hamilton FIbIi of New York, whose demand for "liberalization" of party policies precipitated three and a half hours of outspoken ora tory at the committee's session. "I'm a republican." said Fish. "I'm going along with him. I just wanted an opportuntt) to express myself." HOKEF-S OF S&IJtffi MINISTERS ROSSBED j SALEM, Dec. IS. (AP) Thieves failed to discriminate In lw. - Onlnh. ,vr,n-.,B nil t tl r.l- on. kUered and robbed the homes of two lIUIllHlt?! a iiuiiUK l lit-ir biici rnnt-u activities during the past few days. White they and their families were at church. rv. I,. W. John son, of the First Church of God. and Rev. J. F. Olthofr. of the First German Hnnlist church, were re- lipved of cash and other articles from their homes. She cash loss was reported as tl:& A series ofQobberies were re ported the post few days. In some ipHtnnces valtinble Jewelry wns taken from residences. CfrOrdBd Wit ffiiStrHt Girl or 12, VolicOJkiOn at DuguWrteGureS E8G9 PITTSnURC.H. Dec. JJ. (API TJist rici Attorney Andr7w T. A'urk said todny Kiiiy-imlreil Murlln Sul livan, veteran patrolman of subur ban Duqiioane, confossod killing five personB three of them women for "revenge." Park said the Oli-yoar-old officer told lilm of stalking from lne to house throiiKli ilark yards and streets, firtnK shots from his ser vice plslnl nt . one-lime friends and neighbors. The district attorney said "it was simplv a question of revenge" af ter Sullivan had beon charged with mist renting a 12-year-old girl and ordered held for trl?.l. "The man claimed ho was being framed and felt that people were persecuting hun; so he tlecided. tp TnoBe miled i'a8t night were: square accounts, i ui'k saiu, Mrs. Dr.ua.' Bncon, rill-year-old social worker. Mrs. Mary Vukelja, 411, mother of the 12-year-old girl. Milan Vukelja, 19, her son, Joseph Honda, 53. Mrs. Helen Benda, 45. ;cusationis. Park (g)ntinued: "He wanted revenge on Mrs. Vukelja for prosecuting him on (irgus he claimed were false, (g) "He claimed that Mrs. -Henna $)had told Mrs. .Vukelja of rela tions between him and trap Itttlo girl. ffikllYfti. claims theso stories are untrue. So he was angry at Mrs. Renda. "The parents of the Utile girl had consulted with Mrs. Bacon, the (Continued on E YORK, Dec. 18 (P) Iliam HofQan, who vit to sleep with a lighted cigar- 3HS inis hand and cauQi () fi.in a roomirvgjhouse, which cost U or five lr ($.anflg). to and chatf fc)J with second Qj man- QO9h0. NEW YORK, Dec. 18 Five persons were killed at dawn today in a west side rooming house fire. Four were burned to death In side the four-story building on West 73 i-d street, and one man jumped to his death from o third floor window when the fire cut off his escape. The man who Jumped to his dentil was August Frank, 43. The fire started from an unde termined cause in I he room of William Hoffman, third floor rear. Four perished on the top. fjoor when ,-ovcrconie by smoke. -jQ-y were Elinor Duffleld, 32, ainf iter eight 'weeks old son Henry, Jr., Nancy Green, 25, a sales clerk, and her sister Mnrgaret, a bookkeeper. Hoffman said he thought he had dozed off on the bed In his room while smoking a cigaretin. When y) awoke he found the bed and the room In Names, he said.' and ran out of thebung. TTESSJD SLOT ffiCHfSES $IDED PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. K tAP) Police and tho city coutici took sepninte actions here In a campaign against lotteries a fid slot machines. The police nrrepted 2fflersous In raids, with charges iudinc possession of loltery Mktilpment. being behind closed doorS?ind visit int? lottei The coVfcll revolted t!(Qciiy li censes of four store proprietors ac cused of operating gambling de vice. Ten others wtro given "an other chance" and the ensea of six were continued. Q ik. (!) VMM mimm in KBQritime DGdlca; Uta0r ib3r Strife Not SW!d. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18. (AP) KeKotiuMoiiH in the 50-day Pacific const maritime strike near- ed the point today of a vote' by one union on whether to accept a settlement proposal born after hours of nouce conferences. Exact Qmo of the vote was In doubt. Harry Dundeberg, head of the sailors' union, said he might not submit the proposal to the membership until ho returns from' a contemplated trl to Seattle to discuss provisions technical do tails peculiar to tho Alaska trade. He said he might fly north today. Lundeberg indicated conferences had resulted In tentative accord of sailors and tho murine firemen, with shipowners. The. cooks and ,0 to wards union reported progress in -conferences on f he "workers' de mands for an eigut-hour day owr u 12-hour period. All agree menU must bo ratified by tho affected unions and ship owners before any break hi tho stiSKV of ueui ly !0,000 maritime worTTers which has tied up 232 ships. Employers hnvo estimated the total cost or the strike as high as $7,000,000 dally, u total to date of $310,000,000. Further conferences were plan nod today between shipowners arid tlho cooks and stewards, whose leader, E. F. Rurlie, reported con ferees reached "a verbal accord on certain sections dealing with work ing conditions." STRIKE SITUATION OVER SHCS NO :pROVEMENT (By the Associated Press.) John U Lewis of tho committee (Continued on page 0) 11 H Wand Cralgmlles of Portland has been elecled as teacher in the Knglish department in Hoscburg high school to Jjie position made vacant by the Vjignullon of l.ova Huchnuan, v. M. Lnmpuoii, cny school superintendent, announced today. Miss craigmlii's urn had exten sive training In die TTeld of Kng lish, having studied at the Univer sity of Oregon, University of Chi cago. Illinois Woman's collego, and University or Illinois. She receiv ed -the degree of Master of Arls from the UniverMly of Illinois. Klncc gradusQ; from college .MIbs CraigmllesTias had six years' teaching experience. This Includes work In the high school nl ren- illeton. Oregon, and al Mllwaukee Itowner colir-ge. She will f ngln her work In lloe. hurg at t.'ie opening of school January 4, following llie Chrlsl mas vacnlloni I. ' M. a. . v i M II C8 J Ltr f I i an fin nnrnr' I.Pr )TMe.To( YOU I Christmas yia TQo Shotgun Blasts Fired Into His Chest by Boy ChicQd for Scolding His Mother, CORVALUS, Dee. 18. (AP) William Cahlll, right guard on the Oregon State college football team, fought for his life In a Corvallia hospital today while authorities hunted. 14-year-old Clyde Kills, a seveulh-grade school pupil. District Attorney Fred McHonry of Benton county said the young ster fired the two shotgun blasts critically injuring tho Junior stu dent from San Francisco. Cahlll lectured tho boy for scold ing bis mother, Mrs. Moss King, about the food at last night's din ner, the prosecutor said. The stu dent "talked things over" with the lad In his bQdlng house room and when they canto dowMiaJairs, Mc Henry said, Ellis ran O the basement and returned with a shot- Officers said Cahlll wns shot', once and then again as he anpar entiy sought to protect himself with a chair. The district attorney quoted the step father, who called police when he failed towialm the boy, that he found EIiTh standing over the unconscious football player with a smoKing gun. The shotgun charges struck Ca 0 in Hie right chest-ttnd shoul der. AMiiougn the wountiH were ctillca), hospital attendants said he had a "good chance" lo rocover. His condiilon today was reported "satlstactory," A survey by the slnle highway commission -of the North Unipqua road from Roseburg to Rock creek will be made If the action can be legally taken, a Roseburg delega tion was Informed at Portland yes terday. Appearing before the com mission, a delegatinnmposcd of A. c Mn raters, W. C. Tiaiding and Britt Nichols requested that the Roseburg-Rock creek link be sur veyed to join the location work previously made between Rocli croelrjind JXamond luke. This final Qrvey Is necessnry, It was pointed out, In oigr that, the im provement work done by the coun ty be made permanent and not discarded when, at-somo future dale, the rols laVn over ui stale hlgliwiiyT as contemplated The commission said It would In vestigate whether It hnd a right to make such n survey on n road not now it 'part of the stale sys tern, and that If the action Is IcufSy .lil I Ml. II, tl. c F. E). J.. lDGRGOJDS ' SISUS OPERATIC)! no S TON, Dec. !. (AP) Franklin O. itoosevclt son of the president, underwent ithuccchs ful oeration for correction of u sinus infecilnn at ihimMnHsachu setts (lenerul hospital Walay. Phy sicians fluid the operation wns a success anil his condition was "per feet." -o- DRIVER ACCUSED IiV CAR-BICYCLE CRASh GRANTS PASS. Dec. IS (AP) A charge of reckless driving 1o day faced Zelma Poole, Belling - ham, Wash., on a complalnl filed by District Attorney Smith In Jus tice court. Howard II. forfeit whose son, Frank, M, was Injured' tit a hlcyfie-ear collision south of Grants Pass Monday evening, plac ed the charge, Joseph Poole said In a subse quent accident report that the side of the car struck the bleyrle as tho Poole automobile passed a sec ond car. Physicians reported the boy's back was torn almost to ihe .ItidneyO Among the seven persons aboard the missing airliner be ing sought In a mountainous re gion of Utah are S. J, Samson, the pilot (at top), and Gladys Witt, stewardess (lower photo). National attention was directed to the romance eurroQding Miss Witt, who took the stewardess fobQyhen unable to decide be vecn two suitors. Another wo man on the ill-fated plane Is Mrs. John Wolfe, nee 8tryker, of In dependence, Oregon, who, with her husband, was on a honey moon, lolwlng their marriage two weVlts ago. CUBED FOR PIM Search for Lost Airliner With 7 Aboard Exgndj ... Over Wide Area. SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. IS (AP) Searchers, bombarded with "new clues," today spread their hunt for n lost airliner nud seven occupants hundreds of miles over Utah's wide open spaces. Twnnty-flve planes were enlist ed In the expanded Honrch for llm Western Air KxtirqM transport which disappeared cWly Tuesday between Los Angeles and Salt Lake Gltv. Roughly, today's hunt ranged in an Irregulur quadrangle extend lug southeast from Utah's capital lo Ihe village of Alpine, thence southwest to distunl Mil ford, hack noli h west across the Great Salt Duke desert lo the Nevada line and hack east again to Salt Iakc (ily. Latest reports, coming ns the hunt moved through the fourth heart-hreaUing day, Indicated thu possibility rouMlo but not ov? looked -r thai, ihe miiig crau may have lost the rudlnwm ami swung westward toward Nevada, The regular airline travels i fairly even norlh-south course be iwern MM ford nnd Knit Lake City A. K. Cablan, Western air spokesnifiii, Hld "at least 20 peo pie" in a region l'i0 lo 120 miles east of Tnuopah, Nev., had report- (Continued on CHIANG'S RELEASE O f S(S2)N INDICATED NANKING. Dec. 19 (Salnrdny) - (AP) Generalissimo Chiang "Kai-Shek "may be back in Nank ing by Saturday," the r?ntral (of ficial Chinese) news ag'vicy report ed today. Tho prediction was based on letter, the agency said, which the mlllliirv nvprlnrrl U'nt dorlnrntl lo have been written lo War Miifjcr Ho Ylng-Chiii Slnnfu where he is hetd prisoner by Marshal Cluing Hsneh Liang. WliW I ERIE P0RT1USEO Spanish. Rebels Sail Away; w nen Americans rreparo to KepljM intent to Harm Doubted. MADItlI.1, Dec. IS (AP) ' The insurgent cruisei' Eniuna fir ed seven shots at tho United States lestrover Erie In Port Musel, on: the northern const,' the Febus Spunlsh) news agency reported todav. The Amerlcnn vessel was not struck bv the shells, the news agencv declared, adding thnt tho fascist gunboat hurriedly Hut the harbor wheiiQhe Erie's nuns were prepareil for action. Tho Ki le entered Port mti!jy nt s Kebus reported. About nn . hour Inter the Kspana apprnnchea and fired the shots from her 12- inch guns without warning, the ULgency said. P All of the shells fell about. 300 . yarda boyond tho American vossnl, . droiiing on a hlllsido behind tha port, Fehus declared. Sailors nhnard the Kile 'wero ; iillied to their stations during theQ shelling and began to remove, tho covers from the destroyer's guns, the agency Bald. The Insurgent crulsor, however. : Immediately stennied off nt full' speed to the west without firing further shots, l-ebus declared. Officials of the Spanish suctnl 1st .government wore ronorted In ' vestigatlng the attack to make a full statement to the Spanish mln ister or mater ' .- - - NO ACTION CONTEMPLATED ' BY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 Thfi state department announced today that a shell fired yesterday by a Spanish fascist cruiser In tho Port of Musel, Spain, hit tho water 600 yards from the American gunboat P;iie, which was anchored there at tho lime. : , rite gunboat suffered no dnmage and Its commanding offlcor, 'ro porting the incident to Washing ton, said there was nothing to in- llcate the lOrlo was tho object oZ tho Spanish warship's fire. Musel Is the Port of (lljon. which Is held by government forces. The Erie's commander - advised Ihe state department that the cruiser, the Kspann, fried two shells Into the port, from a ttis Lfuncu of about 10.000 yards, The nrsi shuck not rnr rrom the una and tho second whistled overhead into the hills behind 'the harbor. mmedialely afterwnrd the Es pana steam im! off to the westward. The stain denarlment mild I in American government contemplate ed no action in the mat I or. Tho Kilo had taken two Ameri can cojahuIh to Musel lo check up tlnitUenshlp pQnrs of re (Continued on page 0) U,SJilllBU?9 BffiSMS PORTf.AND, Ore., Uec. 1S.- I'lilled Slates National bunk has Just concluded negotiations for tho purchnsn of the Auerirnn National bunk of Klumnth Falls. Actual transfer of ownership will not tnkn place until early In January. Tho Amerlrim National bnnk was cHtahMshcd In 1020. It has total resources of $ t.K20.onr) ami Its do. posits Inst month reached f2,20fi) 000. highest In lis history. W. C. Pallnn, president nnd R. M, lluhli. cashier, of tho Klumntli Fulls bank, will retho from tho Imnklug field In thiak city when transfer of ownershlKlB nunlo. Adilltlnn of this hanl: will malts 20 brunches nwned by the Unite! States National nnd v. Ill place it In competition with Transamerlca corporation, which some tlmo ago purchased First Natinnal bank otj Kluniathalls. ' v W. - DEFTCIFNCY RELIEF FUND TO BE ASKED WARIIITON. Doc. IS. (APV With tho opening of congress only three weeks nfJ President Uoosevelt snid today he would ask n deficiency appropriation of about r.(in.non,non to rnrrv on relief foe the ret of the flscnl year. Mr. lloosevelt said he had not In tervened with the cenferenee nf ninvnrs In slop WPA cuts, nnd sal9 relief estimates for Ihe next fiscal year would be dnlnveil until sprint Instead nf Including them In til. regular budget In January, ,