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judging From the Present Aftermath, the Chief Item on the Menu of the Democratic "Harmony" Picnic Was Sour Grapes, Which Left a Long "Hang-Over"' THE WEATHER Humidity 5 p. in. yesterday 29 Highest temperature yesterday SS I X) west temK?ruiuro last night 50 precipitation for 24 hours 0 Precip. since first of ntontb T Precip. from Sept. , licit! 2S.2D Deficiency since Sept. 1, IHHG 4.45 Cooler Sunday. BLOODY WAR It's taking on bigger proportions in China, and it's bnunil lo have imiiortaiit effecta on American and other foreign Interests, lievelop. meats hot off the wire daily in the NKWS-HEVIEW. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 , I937. VOL. XLII NO. 19 OF ROSEBURG REViw. VOL. XXVI NO. 99 OF THE EVENING NEWS IM co. i V IPr m lUi JuV IF I k L MIL UllMZJl-JflVVlL lyiLlL SWEEPS Mi Editorials f on the Day s News lly FRANK JKNK1XS A IJIKItT VON VAKCiKIt, holder of degrees from several tier man universities and u former member of the Uernum diplomatic service, who Is visllin? in South ern Oregon, spoke to ll Southern Oreeou service eluh the other liny on conditions in Kurope notably in dictator-ruled Cermany ami Italy. Mis picture of what has hap pened over there, nod how, was interest Imc because of Its bearlnii on what MKIHT HAI'I'HN llKKH if some of our "advanced" thinkers have their way. (ilerr von Yaeaer himself made no such intimation, hut the thought occurred lo many of his hearers.) HITI.KI! and .Mussolini' (he suid) were able to seize dictatorial power because conditions in tier many and Italy got so hud they couldn't very well net any worse. and people hoped that under a die tutorship they MKMIT CUT TKlt. WOT BOTH Hitler and Mussolini (he added) have lli:7.1 their power because of on unusual combination of in a is n e t i c personal charm, shrewd undoratandiiiK of human motives and aspirations and an un canny ability to 'handle" people. I Besides, Herr von Yaoa.er said, both Hitler and Mussolini actuully havo IMPROVED conditions in Germany and Italy. Rigid regimen tation of EVERY PERSON'S LIKE Inward the objective of advancing (Continued on pa;e 41 MANILA. Aug. 21. (AP) Wat ln China audi earthquakes here made Manila a city (if refugees to dav lis authorities cleared away the debris of natures destruction and prepared for more unfortunates from battle-torn Shanghai. Thousands of Manila's nearly 41)0.01)0 residents took temporary stations in parks, where they spent last night after two severe earth quakes rocked the city, toppled inn sonry, cracked buildings and plung ed the metropolis lnu dark:'8s. No fatalities were reported from quake injuries, A mass tragedy was averted by minutes in Puele. Rizal province. Several hundred church goers hud just left the 200-year old Catholic church when the roof collapsed, strewing heavy debris over thu door where they had knelt a mo ment before In prayer. The -inO-year-tdd Catholic church at Santa Maria. I.nguuu, was de stroyed. Many other churches of Manila and surrounding provinces were damaged. Oddities Flashed (My the Associated Piess) Last Laugh NKW UKITAIX, Conn "He who laimhs last " The cops got their ha-ha when Ihe fire alarm rang just after they sat down with the city's fireman for a banq iet. It was the fireine.Vs turn, however, when they relum ed lo demand I hut the cops find mil who turned in a false alarm. No Help Wanted MARTLKSVILLK. Okla. When II. L. Hridu-fs, klaboma Clly sales man, turned down an offer In state highway patrolmen to help him fix a tire, he tossed away J2no. As the patrol car left, two men in another automobile robbed him of I2U0, he told officers. Out of Luck YELLOWSTONE PARK. o. After rangers had to clean out Morning Glory pool at Yellowstone , pnrk twice. Kdmuml H. Rogers, park ft ipeiintendent. issued this waniim;: "Anyone lossing anything into the pool to receive good lurk will ' he invited to visit the I'nited States commipsioner. Thnt may mean bad luck." It wasn't bo bad until pomeone War, Flames Still Ravage Shanghai CITY AREA OF 11 SO. MILES Air - Land - Water Struggle Enters 9th Day; Killing of American Sailor Under Inquiry. SHANGHAI, Aug. 21 (API- War und fire continued to lay waste in Shanghai today, with for- ign polieo estimates Unit ahotit leven suunro miles of the world's sixth largest purl had been de stroyed. I-ire In voted most, or Chinese C'hiipei, Japanese Hongkew, Yang Izepoo. industrial Pootung, across the, Whangpoo river, and Kiung- wan. Only the international setlle- nieni, the French concession and parts of Nantao in the Soochow reek area reman; intact. in i lie absence of ff rumen, who 1 1 ready had evacuated ; he burn ing amis, the flames continue. 1 lo spread unchecked in all directions. Stilling .smoke unfl fierce heat were driving many Chinese b.-llig- rents from the Hongkew bal'ie area. Three Chim so warplanes dron ed over (he smoking ruins in re newal of warfare today, aiming their bombs at lhe( Japuncso eon suhile. ' The' projectile 'iWl-Vfifr of the mark, but killed one Chi nese and one Japanese and wound ed Ll others, nil believed lo be Japanese. From the Pulled Slates cruiser Auiiusta. Jlrt.(H),uu flasslilp of the American fliet. prim -fa red blue jackets carried the shell-ripped body of a 21-year-old lonfsiana boy, one of the crew and the fourth American lo be killed since the hostilities started. Sailor Tragedy Probed The AuBusta still lay resolutely at anchor on a curve of ihe Wtumgpoo near the heart of the international settlciiUMit to pro tect American lives while investi gators sought lo b-arn the orimn of the one-inch anti-aircraft sh 11 that killed khe .teaman. Freddie John Falgout of Itaceland, La. A routine navy inquiry board .(Continued on page 0) BABY SAVED WHEN FIRECRACKERS WARN DALLAS. Ore.. Aug. 21 (AP) A tpackage of firecrackers, hid den away on a kitchen shell, were credited today by William Spring er with saving the life of his two-months-old baby boy when bis lotir-rooui house caught fire fol lowing the explosion of an oil stove. Springer's wife was outside the house and her first intimation of danger was the exploding fire crackers. Alarmed, she rushed Into the house and found the kitchen ablaze and the flames already eat ing their way through the wall Into the bedroom where Ihe child lay sleeping. The child was not harmed. From Press Wire got the Idea tossing lax tokens in to ihe pool would bring eternal good fortune. Streamlined Cops Only KVANSTON. III. Advised that one of his men was outrun by a robber in a two-block chase. Chief of Police William O. Freeman or dered overweight policemen to "train down" ai a gymnasium. Fried Chicken THOMPSON'. Neb. Farmer Charles Saf Ill's chickens jiveiit home to rnont for the last time. A liuhiufng boll struck his poultry ?hed kilMnc all of them an even one hundred. Telling Him IIKATRICK, Neb. Rernie Roili enberger likes to talk football as well as the next fellow, and whm he found a guest at a banquet who w.is interested Rernie went the li-.tt. He told the ptiest in great detail, liov Nebra-ka b-al Pittsburgh In 1!:M. ('t scribing each play. After he banquet was over Rernie dis covered the sweat was Clarende Swanson. who caught the pass which enabled Nebraska tn heat Pittsburgh that year. QESTRDYED ADJOURNMENT NEARED BY CONGRESS Fight Over Wage-Hour Legislation i. Looms as A.F.L. Executive Board Meets to Map War Against Lewis . ATLANTIC riTV, X. J.. Aug. 21 (AIM A light within the -.American Federation of Labor's executive council over wage and hour legislation was forecast In usually well-informed quarters to day as members met to draft plans for a fall campaign against John L. Lew Is' CIO. A few old line federation lead ers were expected to make a last ditch tight to keep the AFL from supporilng revival of the federal wngH and hoar bill that the bouse rules committee Killed at this ses sion of congress. William Green, federation presi dent, supported this bill over the protest oi these old line leaders. He assailed ihe rules committee for refusing to allow the measure to go to Ihe bouse Moor for a vole. John Coelield. president or me plumbers, said bis union was against any wage and hour legis lation, except for women and chil dren, and that he would oppose its enactment. STUDEPJTKURSESEX Chicago Crime Similar to Others in City During Last Two Years. CHICACO. Aug. 21 (AP) Miss Anna Kuilita. IS, a student nurso ill tllo Chlrago llonpltnl, on tin1 Houth side, was criminally us suiiltoil ami slain. I'olicc Captian John li. I'l'i'lldfrgust said, by a man who truslnd In-r skull witli a brick curly today. Dctci.livcs said tin' slaying was similar to those of other women in Chicago ill the last two years. The partly clad, bruised and bloody body of the attractive und brilliant student lay on the floor near her lied. At her side was her crumpled uniform. Three other women have been slain by the same brutal methods in the last two yeais. Two kill- lags have been solved, one negro nttaclieil (lien in ine necuic man and another was sent to prison lor 9tl years. Two women have been assaulted by ll negro arineit wltn a brick In their hotel moms here in the last two weeks, and police believed him lo lie tho inn sen slaver. The killer, police said, lieu through a fire envape w inilovv wnen Miss I'lorence 1'alniowsKi. i:, an other nurse, opened the ' the room lo call Miss Kuclila alter a test period. IVtecltvcs said the Killer nan stuffed part or a pillow down the girls throat. A bureau had been ransacked and a small radio was reported missing. A coroner's In vestigator said she bad been raped. Miss I'alinowski said she saw onlv the man's bark as he went out the winduw. She described him as )il or ill years old. wearing a white shin, dark trousers and a light nip. Police said she could not sa definitely whether he was .vhile or a negro. Miss Irene liusch. a nurse at the hospital, told police several at tempts recently had been made to enter rooms nf young muses. She sn'd a negro had been seen loiler ing around the Institution clothTng burned from child's body Kl-C.KNK. Aug. -1. (AP)-- Lois Knwvcr. 5. was recovering today from serluiM burin received Tlinr.s day night when her clothing cam-in file from a kitchen stove. II-t clothing was practically burned from her body betore her mother could come to her aid. ASKS LIQUOR BAN AGAINST HIMSELF IM'OKNK. Aue F. Moittiromery. :u 2. (A P) V'. presented a P" lit'ou iu justice cour! asking that tle routt instruct ail dealers to re j faso to sell him liqu r, as be didn't want It but couldn't resist buying lit. IRs request was granted, Several other building and metal trades union leaders were In t'oe- lield's camp. Some leaders predicted the whole issue might be fought out.' at the federation's Deliver conven tion next October. The council decided: U To consolidate AFL ranks and to conduct a root .limited or ganization campaign lhritugiio-.it American Industry. (21 To sei aside, tempoiarlly, Ihe fed. Mitt Ion's t radii iotial policy of enrolling workers into cratt un ions when industrial org:mizatio:i was more feasible. CI) To increase the f.'i'.eretlon's "war chest" by doubling tines. All AFL unions now are sunpcfe.d to pay two cents instead of one rent lor each member each month. Hi To disregard the t btims of all CIO unions of the rigid to en roll certain groups of workers to invade CIO territory at every tin n. ;MATTERfJ FfilLSTQ Hi LOST FLIERS Arctic Dash of 400 Miles Yields No Sign; Wilkms Party Takes Off. HARROW, Alaska, Aug. 21. (,j)IHol Jimtnie Mattern, not ed American distance flyer, report ed today he Hew 40U miles out over the Arctic ocean seeking the miss ing soviet trans-polar plane but instead found Impossible landing conditions. Mat tern flew north of Harrow then west to a point where his gaso line supply began to run short. He landed here with his tanks empty. He said he had difficult flying conditions and encountered fre (pient fogs. The soviet ice breaker Krassin, progressing about five miles In 15 hours through heavy Ico floes, was offshore. Aboard her were three ski-equipped planeH which will use the Krassin as a base for another phase of the hunt. Sir Hubert Wilkius and his five companions took off from the Slave river on Ihe next leg of their search. Thev left for Coppermine, N. W. T. Pilot Zadkoff of Russia was pre paring to hop off lu his hydroplane to cover tin1 coast from here to Aklavik, about fiiiO miles east and south. He then planned to fly to Ranks land, in the Arctic oati about f)HU miles northeast of Ak lavik across Dolphin and I'll Urn strait. Id- refuelled here with X00 gallons of gasoline. S. A. Kmlrnov, soviet radio ex perl, expected lo leavo here mo mentarily by plane for Aklavik. where he will set up a radio sta tion to aid in the search, lie awaited arrival of radio tubes. WORLD'S FAIR BODY FOR OREGON NAMED PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (A P) (Iroxer Whalen, president of the New York World's Fair corpora- " i a i ". . . Tt , .i i ll .nn mdtee for the fair planned in lit:,!. iMin-i nifiiiueiM iiii-uiiie t Mjiinnm McKay. Salem: Thomas W. Iiibli.il footprints aloiid a seldom-iH-d Albany; Irving K. Vining, Ashland Itohert W. Sawyer. Rend; (. K. In gnlls. Corvallis; Carl W. Wash bin ne. Kugeiie; W. S. CbleiiM, Matshfield ; Judge Arlle W..lker. rm-.Miiiiivnie, nun v.. u. Ami nil, pendbiou. FUNKHOUSER SPEAKS ON DISEASE WAR Hr. S. P. Funkhouuer. of tVc medical staff at the veteran fa cility' at Rosehnrg. was a speak.-r b-'forc Hip Ro:ebitiK Lions club at Fuultlioucer. author of Ihe recently nuiM.meii honk. "The Great Amen- can Talwo." spoke on tho efforts being made to stamn out rv hill. Marshall Pongra and Don Helllwell were annouurcd as mw members of the club. WORDY DUEL TWO MAJOR . SHAKES RJWKS i BILLS AWAIT OFDEMQGHATS) FINAL ACTION i Senator Guffey's Blast at Court Bill s Opponents Draws Hot Replies in Session. WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-(AP) A threat of retaliation for oppo sition to l he adiuinistiai Ion s court reorganization plan turned the senate's closing session today into a fierce poliiicnl battle over democratic parly regulai it v. The threat was voiced by Sena tor C til' ley D., Pa. I, in a radio speech predicting defeat at thy polls of Senators O'Mahcney (1)., Wyo.l, and Murke (IK, Neb.); ques tioning the re-election possibilities of Senator Wheeler ll.. Mont.); and belittling Senator Holt (I)., W. Va.) The session was hardly open be fore the attacked quartet arose one afler atml her to heap angry, emo tion-choked response to the Pnnn- vyvauiuu, who sat. Utile ruffled. in tns accustomed seal. 0'Mahoniy said it. would be well for the democratic contin gent In the senate to remove (iuffey from the leadership of tho democratic senatorial campaign committee. He asserted, (bat if he had the power he would not "change a word, or a line, or a vote of his record, lu ringing voice, he told (Iuffey that (Iuffey had not harmed Ihe senators he had mentioned, hut tho democratic party. O'Mahoney, turning lo face (Iuf fey. shouied at hint: "The .sooner we get that man removed from the position he oc cupies now. the betler ll will be for the democratic parly." Wheeler said thai (iuffey bad not wi ll ten the Hpeeeh he deliver ed on the radio. He charged Ihe broadcast was arranged by the of fice of PoHlniasler-tioneral Far ley, the chairman nf the democra tic national committee. Attack Draws Fire Rurke met the (Iuffey attack with a counter-attack on admini stration policies. "It was not until I camo to see tho new deal could quickly lie changed Into a rotleu deal," he Maid, "I hat my enthusiasm waned (Continued from page 1) RKNNlN(!TON, VI., Aug. 21 (API Alice lorraine Raker spent five days alone In Vcimoul woodland an experi'oieo that wouiu nave laxeu urn siatnimi oi persons many times older than h 20 mouths, hut doctors said today she should, be well and playing again in a few days. Her chief worry, they sail, was a sore throat and the many scratches Inflicted by buslh--t and morns During iter wanner, ugs, ri;ei miij hi inui mi.i -.m. ,M'Hm' 1 ... . "Vi , , I 'V ' " '"' V . deniy la,, yslerday ' w I "."""7 . who WfM'O IIOH'IUIIV lOIIOWMlg l n - road Im t w en Raid and ' moil ii tn ins. heard moans limit r a spruce tree aboiil 'Mi yar-ls aivay -o - - -. ; FARMERS OPPOSE i , A(,rn cirn trc K CLOSED SHOP IDEA HOOD RIVKR, Aug. 21 (API Four hundred farmers of Hood River countv unanimously resolv ed to refuse to consider a closed Hhop in harvesting their crops, pa'-king nr transporting ptocesheii farm commodities. The renolniion said the rarmeiH would not tolerate labor interl'er - ence with ttusitifss men, truck op". raloi h or inenxieiveH in ine mime ; Uuk of their crops. A demand of a cannet, iruii.slt In judgment on tho case won d (flnd agricultural workers union for la closed shop ami wage increases prompted the declaration. Much of Original Program Postponed, Leading to Belief of Special Session Call. WASHINGTON, AUU. 21. (AP) The house approved a compromise form of a $526. UCu.uOO low-cost housing and clum celarance bill today. The standing vote was 128 to 48. Senate acceptance of the compromise will send the measure to the white house. The measure representc the first major attack on the problem of getting slum dwel lers into decent homes. ADJOl'RNMhWT 3rd banner p 1 . WASHINGTON. Aug. 21. (AP) A weary congress neared ud journiueiit today, bul with sd much til Us original program postponed that members half expected President-, llooseve.ll to call Iheui truck in Iwo niuuths, - Majority Leader Rayburn (l., Tex.) predicted tills aesHlon's end will come "by sundown." Little remained except to bring the senate and nouse into agree ment ou the final form of the v ug lier housing measure and the de ficiency appropriation bill. Two major pieces uf legislation went to (he while house yesterday Ine sugar quota hill and Ihe tax loophole plugging measure. The lax bill was certain of ap proval. The president had askeu for It when he round revenue was far below expeditions last spring. It hits particularly at what treas ury officials said was the use by Ihe. wealthy of personal holding companies to avoid taxes. The senate also sen) a $:H,uOn,0)ii flood control hill to the white house. The president indicated ho would sign it, although not ap proving of all Its provisions. Salary Boost Vetoed Mr. Roosevelt vetoed a bill to set $2,000 as the minimum annual pay for Pulled States marshals. The senate approved late yester- (Contlntiod on iiiiko 0) Tl WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. (AP) - The white limine uunounced to day that President Roosevelt had signed the hill to create a lempo raiy administrative authority nor Ihe Roiiiievflb dam project on the ('oluuibla rivei-. The legislation, advocates said, Will He eve nu n uliinutin iiii.O ,. permanent aulliorlty is esii.hilslM'd lor till federal projects hi the Co- iiimiua river iiasin. The meHure provides for a civilian administrator, to he ap pointed by Ihe Hix retary of the In lerlor; war department supervis ion oi ine nam, shipiocks, fishways un, i,W).r phuii iene-atlitll lyilll ( , i r, .. . nt ui the power f'"' eooperatives 1 lov; "'"f'Tin rates or rate. uniform t ,. i , ,, ... I. '., i.iIHh!. ...,, !"T." me J,:,.imiumii prnj.-ct will b lenny lor 0ieialtotl in December, army l imine, ik Indicated today. PINBALL HELD NOT UP TO EQUITY COURT (.J RANTS PASS. Aug. 21 -(API - Judge 11. D. Norton, after lis tening to two and one-half 'ioiiih of argument In a suit ir rest rain the district attorney und sheriff of Josephine county from niforc ;ing their ban on pinball machine. today refused Jurisdiction, 1 R is not ihe dace or n '-on it !f equitv. he said, to prevent en lorcemetit of n law. He said that the proper time io he when vlolallon of the law was ( cliarged and the accused brought .to nlal. GLENDALE PLANT SUFFERS Ll New O-CBill AwaintigO.K. of Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (AP)fi. ....... .,..! Ititae. I 11 urt-iin ruiiKi irr:iin-!i mm tin i iiii- department officials joined to dav hi expressing satisfaction with i.iil ......t., un.loo.LvlMl,! management program lor some I .-.UtMMHl limbered acres ol revest- ed irnmt lauds. I lie IIM-HMIM-. iimum. dent s signature, m -..vi. s for e- distribution ol im nu . gU K gran and cou t es , a, rox "' i''.U'i tt"" gou and ( . Ilur iu R" "u,' (" ! puny and the Loos Ray ag m $250,000 UNIT,KiLNS,MATERIAL BURN .... . - . . i uoau com mil), ... " ! r ihe mill and saved that $:t00,0OU government laml plant. The fire fighter- were aided lor vln atu.n J11"11 the wind which was blowing a.erior depar i.m 1 ''" "...way r.o.n Ihe mill proper. ,aid the new pan MA nU. the, equipment sufficient il;""l,,trt T"l 111 . i'lH. ili men engaged in I8'. , i , i , ' Z said I, IIbm stomped out Mot oi ha r,l ;.,"vii, he i.iC'I,v ',,,,,,1'H wl,tl Teet and -well hii lrtlli;r til the IroM-j(oro (nv I)m.nh mulpi.ln, w,tl idons which include. t , . , . .... . 1. Sustained yield management. 2. Perpetual imyinent o r r.ii per , ,ei t ihe. revenue lo the conn- tlIK- ..... Payment of 25 Per cent to tho .1. i aiui in in i. I" . ; ''."i I li'!.. iiii.iiilii lui ve been lioill . .. .. ... uat nl. . a n i r. which iiti ......i " u.i m ihe unvernineut. to clear B , ,. , ,1 fiiiwl 1 'uoiiiiik uio iii-o o II in lor HH dellclt 111 tho land Itrnut fund. ,....,, T,. ,. ullh ,.,,., ... 4 I'ii vmoiit or Zli tier cent io the Interior deiiiirtmeiit tor nilniln- im ration. i Guarantee that the atimi.il . :.,.. to .onntlea Khali never bn"'' ' ' " llllll rereived ill 10.11. , . ..,. ,,., .,, , ,. COOS COUNTY LOGS DESTROYED BYFIRE1 MARSHFIKLD, Aug. 21. (AP) Coos counly'a first serious flrn of the aeuson, burning in uuu acres of slash on the east fork or tho Millicoiua river, was believed to huve destroyed fiini.tuiu feet or decked logs ami threatened valu able merchantable Rtumls. Tho C. K. Dick, Rrady and Neal operations were affected. Nearly Uao loggers ami 1 1 i men were fighting Ihe blaze. PORTLAND, Aug. 21. (AP) A sleeper lightning fire lu Ihe Wallowa national forest near Itu naha blew lulu a lM0-acre bla.o to day, bringing 20U men ou to Hie lines. From the Lu Grande and Raker areas another 117 t't'G en- rolees were en route. The lire was burning in what the V. S. forest service described as a "Jungle" and was out of con trol. The weather was reported "not too favorable." Kighl miles from a road and In a mountainous territory, the fire was difficult to reach but Hie for est service said It hoped to have it under control soon. LOCAL PRISONER TAKEN TO HOSPITAL John R. Ward, recently return ed lo Rosebing from Astoria to answer lo a bad check charge, was talten lo the slate hospital lu Sal em today. He was adjudged men tally tiusouud at an examination eotiduclrd by the local board, He phvBical condition and In need ,,,l,llzlio. aeconlini.. to I re,oil from Ihe office of Sheriff j I'erey Wchb. CAMAS MAN HURT BY ROLLING LOG i Klnio Locker ployed al tho Standley Kros. sawmill in Camus ; Valley, was brought to Ihe hos- pita) here todav suffering from a , hadlv mangled leg. The injury was Incurred when he was struck by! a rolling log. EX-CONGRESSMAN HULL PASSES ON RL'NNINCTON. VI., Aug. 21. (AP) Morton Dcnison Hull, UU, former republican congressman from Illinois, died during the night at his summer home after u long Illness. )SS AS PLANING Main Portion of Mill Saved in Hard Fight; Owners Planning to Rebuild. Weary firemen, eyes red-rimmeti om a night spent in terrific heat and smoke, slill battled today i against fiauies which lust night raged through the lughum Lumber ,.n,,.,hv uii.'i,i t - - - ' u ... glare visible for more than 30 . (h lnt,tra ,,luntn ;n ; - of ,. iu umi(. uml Blwk piles. Hundreds of inee engaged In discovery at 7:lu p. m.. drove the J i 1 mill roof ami on piles of lumber extensivo mill yards. jMmtff ,.,.,.. drlvers. shield- gthe r fa.; wi , Inn Ihetr fiieeu Willi rn:itn unit lilnn. keta. drovo their llliKnlnly vehicles- ! "I"""1 ln, "' 'ry -lis. or Hie lillHlei-lnir Itifei-nfi tin. I ilrtn. ,, ,,. ,,,i, ,,, . ,,. i .. . "'r 1 " . -"'." "T." '. : 'atrnddle IniKa" (dearoil thu docka i between iho mill and planer wart " 1IKV. m ..urn reHnmDi mlll'H atetiui plant, wtileb waa put Into operation nfter power lines whi o deal t oyed. The tllnnm I'nsa t'iro department Aunt one of Itrt pumpera lo rurnlali additional Htreauis of water. Chief lalo Htnph eim und I'hil llnrth of the Hone. Imi'K flro depiirlment iniide a hur ried trip to Ciletidnlo to uive nY- Boual aid, but ItosehtiiK eiiuliuneut wan not reiiulred. A irew of Cl'C inon from t'ump W'imer wa dia putehed by I''rod Sniithwlek, super. vlalKK warden of I bn llinmlna t'or eHt l'rntuettvo aaHotriatlon, to aid tho volunteer tire Hunters of (.Men dale. The fire wan believed to have Blurted lu a dry kiln filled with Iilili! lumber. It wim believed that tho blazn had its origin iu a spark from I lie w aate fuel Inrlnertltor or tho mlll'H switching locomotive. Hunt ami kiih in the kiln caiiaed an omiIohIoii, which threw flrn Into (Continued on page 0) J. H. SIEGEL DIES Joseph Harry Slegel, 74. died at liia home In this city Friday, Aug. 20, afler a long illness. He wan horn in Unit more. Md., Feb. ll, ISl:i, and had been a resident ot ibis county for the past 42 years and a resident of this city for 117 years, coming from Chicago. On Jan. 12, 1N!1. be was married to Miss Louise Jansen at St. Louis, .Mo. For 27 years he waa employ ed by Ihe Southern Pacllfc and re tired as a conductor about Id years ago. He was a member of the Masonic and Klks lodges. Re Hides the widow, be is survived by son. William Siegel, Roseburg: i a sister. Mrs. Celiu Sharp, St, "fl1-""": !."- "I!" " lu'01 ''''"j, CI'aC!nl lie h'el. I enilllle, t're. rvieea will be h.-lil In the chapel of the Doug las Funeral home Monday Ht 10:30 a. m.. under the auspices of tho Masonic lodge. Following that tho body will be sent to Salem for cremation. Arrangements are lit care of Ihe Douglas Funeral homo. SHOOTING VICTIM AT r'DAMTC DACQ HTFC UKAPtlO TAOO ' GRANTS PASS. Aug. 21. (AP) George Rryan, 71, plumber, died at u hospital here this morning. i md wan admitted August t in cnu leal condition from a shotgun t wound in his chest. I Fred V. Rerger, 7fl, In countv jail under $r.,(H)0 bail ponding grand jury hearing, bad not been inform ed of tho death, fterger pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon shortly after Rryau waa shot In his garden south of the city.