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THE NEWS TODAY BY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Consolidation of The Evening News VOL. XXVI' NO. 146 OF ROS5 JAPAN OPPOSES POISON GAS AS WEAPON OF WAR Delegate to Geneva Takes Stand With United States Representative. TURKS ALSO FAVOR Plan to Prevent Civil Strife by Restricting Facilities for Securing War Supplies. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) GENEVA, May went on record today as favoring a strict interdiction of the use of poison gar in war.

D. Matsuda, Japanese delegate to the League of nations international conference for the control of traffic in arms and munitions made this declaration in a speech ardently supporting the proposal made yesterday by Representative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, head of the Ameridelegation that all export of poison gas for use in war be prohibited. The American proposal was referred to two sub-committees, military and judicial. The Polish amendment condemning the use of disease bacteria in warfare, was Mr.

Matsuda said referred to the same already a party to the poison gas agreement made during the Washington arms conference and in prohibiting the exportation of poison gas for war purposes it also should be understood that such methods of warfare are forbidden international law. He urged the legal committee to take up this aspect of the problem thoroughly. The Turkish delegation heartily supported the American proposal, but agreed with the Hungarian delegation that the rights states that do not manufacture gas to employ gas if they are SO attacked should be respected and their opportunity fordefense should not be removed by too rigid a ban on exportation. The San Salvador delegation offered an amendment providing that arms may be exported to any government "that has been, duly constituted in accordance the provisions of the constitution in force in that country." This, it was said, is intended to prevent civil strife by restricting the, facilities for securing war supplies. The Chinese and Rumanian delegate opposed the amendment.

The Chinese said it afforded an opportunity for discrimination because if any manufacturing country disliked new government in any other country it could argue that it was unconstitutionally organized, The Chinese said this would be dangerous to international relations. The Roumanians declared that the league covenant recognized the right of all countries to procure means of defense. TODAY'S BASEBALL (Associated Press Leased Wire.) National League. At Brooklyn- R. H.

E. Cincinnati 0 Brooklyn 9 1 Batteries: Rixey and Wingo; Erhardt and Taylor. At New R. H. E.

St. Louis 7 0 New York 2 Batteries: Dickerman and Gonzales: Barnes and Snyder. At Philadelphia- R. H. E.

Pittsburgh 12 Philadelphia 15 17 1 Batteries: Meadows, Kremer, Songer, Koupal and Smith, Gooch; Carlson and Henline. At Boston- R. H. E. Chicago 8 1 Boston 14 0 Batteries: Alexander, Keen and Hartnett: Genewich and O'Neil.

American League. At Chicago R. H. E. Washingotn 13 1 Chicago 0 Batteries: Zachary, Mogridge and Ruel; Thurston, Lyons and Schalk.

At Cleveland- R. H. E. Philadelphia 9 2 Cleveland 7 4 Batteries Gray and Cochrane; Uhie and Myatt. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS (Associated Press Leased Wire.) At Portland 6: Seattle 2.

Oakland 5: Los Angeles 1. At Sacramento Salt Lake 18. At Vernon San Francisco 7. NEWS DOUGLAS COUNTY ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1925. HON.

ROBERT M. VEATCH. FIRST REGISTRAR OF THE ROSEBURG LAND OFFICE PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 81 (Associated Press -Leased Wire.) EUGENE, May Robert M. Veatch, the home Cottage of his Grove son, H. yester.

H. Veatch day, at the age of 81 years. He was born in Illinois, and crossed the plains to California in 1864. coming to Lane county in 1865. He attended public schools at Creswell, later attending Willamette University College.

and the He was Oregon adAgricultural mitted to the bar, but was never a practicing attorney. He was a staunch democrat, and was elected to the lower house of the Oregon state legislature in 1882, and was re-elected in 1884 In 1886 he was sent to the senate, and was re-elected in 1890. He was appointed the first registrar of the Roseburg land office and under President Cleveland's second administration. Ever since 1872, Mr. Veatch attended the state convention of his party and in 1900 he was a delegate to the national democratic convention held in Kansas City.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Cottage Grove. He was a member of the first class to graduate from the Oregon Agricultural College. ex Mr. children, Veatch H. H.

is Veatch survived of Cottage Grove, Mrs. J. E. Young of Cottage Grove and John C. Veatch, Portland attorney.

WEEKLY PARADE OF BOOTLEGGERS TO BE USED AS OBJECT LESSON BY CHIEF OF POLICE OF DES MOINES (Associated Press Leased Wire.) DES MOINES, May Charging inefficiency in the handling of liquor cases by the courts, Chief of Police James Cavender today announced plans for what he termed a "weekly parade of bootleggers." The announcement followed the parade through the streets of a wrecked automobile containing a police officer disguised to represent "death" and holding aloft a bottle labelled "hootch." Police claim the driver of the motor car was intoxicated at the time of the accident. Chief of Police Cavender said today He was making arrangements for the building of large stocks, such as were used in Puritan days. He announced that it was his plan to place all "bootleggers arrested in future police drives in stocks with appropriate placards and parade them through the downtwon business section as an example of what the bootlegging WILL OPEN GRAVE TO SOLVE RIDDLE DENVER, May 8. A grave in a cemetery will be opened today to yield up the riddle of the death of Carl H. Blank, 65, a Denver real estate operator, whose demise last February is being investigated by the authorities.

The disinterment of the coffin supposed to contain Blank's body, came as the result of the filing business produces." Police cars will also be equipped with signs warning the public "of the evil of illicit while carpersons arrested on liquor charges to the police station he said. "For some reason" Chief Cavender declared, "liquor cases are not taken seriously enough by the courts. Time after time bootleggers whom the police arrest are brought into court only to be released on some technicality. "As a result," he said, "the tendency of the public to 'wink the other eye' and overlook the bootlegger. For the police there is but one thing, left to do: to inform the public.

the bootlegger's true standing in society." To carry out this program, Mr. Cavender said, trucks will be gath-'as ered before each "vice drive" to receive police prisoners who will be paraded through the downtown section in stocks. of civil and criminal action yesterday by Dr. E. S.

Abbott, a Denver osteopath, against Mrs. Hannah Blank, the widow, on charges of obtaining money under false representations. Dr. Abbott was summoned at the time of Blanks death and signed the death certificate. The osteopath commenced litigation against Mrs.

Blank because of an investment of 500 in a real estate deal promoted by Blank last January, which Dr. Abbott charged false representations were made to him. In his information pressing the criminal charges he alleges that Blank either was not dead or had died from alleged unnatural causes. Latest Photo of Von Hindenburg The latest photo of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, president elect of Germany, to reach this country shows him with Herr Gessler, war minister, at a parade of pro-monarchists in the closing days of the catapaign. OREGON QUALITY CIRCULATION TODAY OVER 4 4200 and The Roseburg Review EVIEW Nico POISON CASE MAY BE AT.

DOOR OF SHEPHERD CHICAGO, May letter bearing the signature of ton, Mrs. Marie Osborn of Hous-4 William N. McClintock believ- that that his mother, Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock had been poisoned, is in the possession of Chief Justice Olson of the municipal court. The judge was the moving force in the coroner's inquest, at which verdicts were returned the jury, holding that William Shepherd young McClintock's foster ther, had murdered him by inoculation, also had slain Mrs.

McClintock, 16 years ago by the administration of poison. The coroner's jury 4 recommended that Shepherd's wife will be held as an accomplice in both cases. The writer said in the letter that she had seen "Billy McClintock in Chicago in 1920 and 1921. The writer said: "I was formerly Mrs. H.

H. Nichols," adding that she was dangerously ill in a hospital and wrote to Judge Olson against her doctor's orders. DE MOLAYS MEETING IN MEDFORD TODAY two days MEDFORD, state conclave May of the De- Molay order convened here this (forenoon with approximately 200 delegates and other members present from a citing and towns of the state, which have chapters, including Portland, four chapters, Albany, Ashland, AstorBaker, Bend, Corvallis. Eugene, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Marshfield, McMinnville, Newburg, Ontario, Pendleton, Roseburg and Salem. The city is in holiday flag attire in honor of the visiting young men who are being entertained at 1o- cal homes.

There is a convention rumor that a delegation of 100 DeMolays will arrive here during the day from San Francisca in the interest of having that city selected for the next national conclave. The forenoon and afternoon sessions were given over to conclave land individual group sessions, mixed in with entertainment features until 5 p. m. when the convention will motor over to Ashland for a barbecue dinner, as guests of the Ashland chapter. The night session will be held in Ashland with the Medford and Ashland chapters conferring the initiatory and De-1 Molay degrees.

Tomorrow's sessions will be resumed in Medford. John R. Kollock; grand high priest of the A. addressed the conclave here this afternoon. MEDFORD, May state convention of DeMolay opened here today with 150 delegates registered from all parts of Oregon, while 100 to 150 more are expected to register by noon.

A large delegation from Portland with a patrol and band is expected to arrive at 11 o'clock. This afternoon the delegates will attend the baseball game here between the Medford and Grants Pass high schools and this evening the entire convention will be moved to Ashland where a barbecue will be held and degrees conferred. The convention will close tomorrow with the selection of the convention city, for next year. MUSIC TEACHERS MEET IN PORTLAND (Amociated Prose Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, May Oregon Music Teacher's Association opened its tenth annual conventon here last night with a reception. Today's morning session included registration, a business meeting and discussion on piano, elementary and intermediate." The afternoon will be devoted to discussion of voice and an organ concert will be given.

This evening a concert will be given by Miss Lusinn Barakian, soprano and Mary Cameron, pianist of Washington State College faculty. PORTLAND, May Oregon Music Teacher's tion established a new and defin-1 ite standard of merit for its membership today at the business segsion of its tenth annual convention. An amendment to article TIT of the association's constitution which provides that teachers to become members must be accredited by the Orezon state education department or must be "graduates of a recognized and reputable school. college or conservatory of music." Or must be able to prove to the membership committee their fitness to music, was passed unanimously. The re- An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Best Interests of the People VOL.

XIII NO. 47 OF THE EVENING NEWS LAWYERS AND JURISTS MEET WITH COUNCIL Will Discuss With Council Suggested Changes in Court Procedure. TO HEAR ADDRESS Dean of Law of Northewestern University of Chicago Will Deliver Address at Meeting Tonight. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, May 8. Lawyers and jurists from all parts of the state assembled here today to discuss with the judicial council, named as the result of action by the last legislature various suggested changes in court procedure.

Local courts were closed and general legal business was set as'de today. The session will end with a public address by Dean John H. Wigmere, of the Northwestern University law school, tonight. Early development indicated that the chief discussion would center about the proposal to adopt, for state courts, the practice, now used in federal courts. of having the judge instead 01 the tive members attorneys, of the question jury.

The discussion was expected to cover several other important points including formation of uniform rules for all the seventeen circuit courts of the state. Whether appeals to the supreme court should be prefaced by concise statements showing the reason and justification for the appeal. Whether stipulations for additional time for hearing. cases on appeal should be limited to 30 days. Whether dec'sions of lower courts should be affirmed without lengthy discussion on the part of supreme justices in cases where previous decisions covers the same points.

The session opened by presentation of a portrait of the late Judge Henry E. McGinn, given by Mrs. McGinn and presented by D. Solis Cohen to Multnomah Bar Association. the.

P. Kavan-, augh made the speech of acceptance and Albert B. Ridgway, president of the association, presided during the ceremony. The trait was painted by Sidney Bell. Supreme Justice Thomas McBride then took the chair.

He and 'Associate Justice John L. Rand and Circuit Judges Fred Wilson of The Dalles, C. M. Thomas of Medford, and Walter H. Evans of Portland make up the judicial council.

PORTLAND, May 8. Colonel J. H. Wigmore, dean of the Northwestern University law school, Chicago, here today to attend a meeting of the Oregon State Bar Association in an interview said Charles G. Dawes, vicepresident should have the support of all "good red-blooded fighting Americans in his battle to change senate rules.

"The United States senate in its exalted egotism and power is the greatest obstruction to good federal legislation we have," said Colonel Wigmore. He deplored what he termed "the growing habit of people rushing to congress to try and have laws passed to force all the states to follow certain ideas that some group of people think is just the thing. Declaring federal laws make for bureaucracy, he said "what we should do is to work towards having the states voluntarily adopt uniform acts. putting the enforcement in the hands of the state officers. One by one, the states now adopting uniform measures that are helping to solve our problem of too many laws." Mrs.

S. M. Turner, secretary of the assembly of the United sans, of Portland, passed through this city this morning on her way to California, and was met at the train by a number of the members of the local chapter, who vis. ited with her a few minutes. mainder of the session was devoted to a discussion on piano teaching.

The afternoon was devoted to a discussion of the "master class" followed by an organ concert under the auspices of the Oregon Chapter, American guild of organists. Tonight a concert will be given by Miss Lusinn Barakian, soprano, and Miss Mary Cameron, pianist of Washington State College. The principal event of Saturday will be the election of officers in the afternoon. HOOTCH PRICES SHOOT SKYWARD SUPPLY IS LOW Rum Fleet Blockade Causes Thirst Ashore and Cost of Booze Mounts. SCOTCH VERY SCARCE Each Ship on Rum Row Is Being Guarded by Two Cutters -Few Run the Blockad (Associated Press Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, May great thirst ashore and at sea seems to have developed from Uncle Sam's blockade of Rum Row off the north and mid-Atlantic coast.

On land, the supply of liquor is rapidly diminishing, newspaper investigators say and prices are ing up. Meanwhile some of the rum fleet are presumed to have given up the campaign of attrition and headed for home ports in other lands, eithther hopefully to replenish their supplies of food and water, or conclude that the dry navy is too strong for them. Any retreat that may have taken place from Rum Row so far, however, has not yet been substantiated, so far as is indicated by meager reports from the scene of the passive warfare from 20 to 40 miles off shore. In fact, four new craft, including a large German steamship, have arrived on the row. But the new arrivals had not known of the blockade.

Like the venders already on the row, they were promptly picketed by units of the dry navy, which has two small boats watching every rum seller and big cutters in the offing acting mother ships. The assertion continues to be made that the blockade's results have been perfect. with no CuStomers at all getting to or away from the rum fleet. The New York American, however, today prints an Illustrated story of the successful running of the blockade. The story says: "A photographer rode breathlessly in the bottom of a boat, amidst 110 cases of labelled liquor taken from a rum pirater, and ploughed through the water shoreward from the 25 mile limit." Other newspapers telling of the supply of liquor rapidly decreasing and predicting prices of $75 a case wholesale for the near future, say that bootleggers ashore are prayre ing for storms to scatter the 100 boats of the dry navy and let smugglers slip through.

Scotch has almost doubled in value, the New York World says, now being $58 a case wholesale. A 100 mile airplane trip by one newspaper observer resulted in the direct sight of only four two masted schooners and one tramp schooner on Rum Row. Far in the distance, however, were 20 or 30 craft assumed to be liquor ships. Each had its pair of government watchers. Another newspaper man in an airplane reported only two rum craft.

Reports that airplanes were part of the blockading forces are now officially denied. patrol boats with fresh crews are ready to relieve those on duty, it is announced by the coast guard and 500 additional seamen are being recruited. A Hartford dispatch to the New York Tribune says Secretary of the Navy Wilbur inspected Rum Row yesterday going out from New London. Asked for his impressions of the rum fleet, he said that conditions at the New London submarine base were excellent. WASHINGTON.

May accumulating to coast guard headquarters here that Rum Row off New York does not mean to' strike Its colors without a fight. Already there have been so many indications of a campaign of rerevenge that Rear-Admiral Billard, the coast guard commandant said today that his forces doubtedly were facing a war to the death. In the last three weeks a dozen Incidents have been reported to coast guard headquarters which would give unmistakeable evidence that it is the intention rum runners and their land conspirators to use bullets on guardsmen wherever they are found. Some of the guardsmen are threatening to resign because of the hazard faced by their families on shore, when they are absent on duty. Confidential reports tell of the kidnapping of one man at Atlantic City, the ambushing of a cutter lyIng off Montauk Point, the receipt, of anonymous and threatening letters by headquarters here and by (Continued ou page 2.) THIS LINOTYPE OPERATOR GETS MALTESE CROSS (Amociated Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, May The department of agriculture has prepared a printed bulletin saying: The cat crop ranks third in importance.

Cats traditionally constitute the banner horse feed of the world and three percent is used for human consumption. The cat crop is subject to several diseases, chief of which are loose covered smuts, stem rust and crown rust." Then follows a discourse on wild cats, tame cats, broken cats and wilted cats. The main varieties in the United States are given as Swedish select. Silver mines and White tartar. The trouble was that the linotype operator, consistently hit the letter instead of the letter and had turned a treatise on oats into one on cats.

The bulletin will not be distributed. TELEPHONE GIRLS MAKE ESCAPE FROM BURNING BUILDING (Associated Press Leased Wire.) PORTLAND," May which swept the main telephone exchange of the Pacific Telephone Telegraph Company at noon today put 15,000 telephones out of commission and caused damage $100.000. One hundred telephone hasty and orderly exit escaped the rapid sweep of flames which originated in the basement from a burned cable. Two firemen were slightly injured. Company officials said the equipment of the building was worth $600,000, and they could not definitely the amount of the loss until a check was made.

Fire department officers the damage would exceed $100.000. One fireman slipped and fell down when brought out was nearly overcome by smoke. Another was cut in the cheek. In spite of the dense smoke firemen went down as far as possible into the basement and poured in water. PORTLAND, May hundred telephone operators at the main exchange, Park and Alder streets, vacated the building in orderly haste when a burned put the whole building in flames shortly before noon today.

The first warning the girls had was when great volumes of smoke poured the basement fol-' lowed closery by flames. The chief operator was one of the first to see the smoke and she rang the emergency fire alarm. The fire apparently started in the basement and by the time first fire apparatus arrived the flames were leaping from the basement and first story windows with the The smoke janitor pouring of the from building the roofita that all the girls were out of it before the fire department appeared on the scene. When the alarm was sounded, the girls left their boards in perfeet order and all reached the street in safety. Two of them fainted afterward.

Others wept. The girls were unable to reach their wraps and money and some them said that valuable clothIng and a good deal of money was left in the building. MAN IS ARRESTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT Walter Louis Foard of Seattle, wanted in San Francisco on A charge of embezzlement, was atrested near Umpqua this morning by Sheriff Sam Starmer and is being held for the California officers who have been notified of the arrest of the man. Sheriff Starmer has been working on the case for some time, definitely ancceeded in locating the man yesterday. Foard, according to information given by the San Francisco authoritles.

was a former purser for the Pacific Steamship company of Seattle and was under bond in that position. He is charged with having embezzled over 84.0000 in sums ranging from $600 8800. Cirenlars were sent out offering a reward of $200 for his arrest. Sheriff Starmer learned where CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROADS BEING PLANNED Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific and Southern Pacific May Join. MUCH MERGER TALK William Sproule, S.

P. President, Declares He Knows Nothing of Such a Merger. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, May of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, and the Southern Pacific discussed as a possibility late yesterday by J. E. Gorman, president of the Rock Island, in a talk before the annual meeting of shareholders here.

There has been much talk of such consolidation," he said, "and the managements 'of both systems have contended for some time that it would be logical. Should the merger come the Rock Island would be a great beneficiary. 1 have tried for some time to effect a stronger operating, arrangement with the Pacific and have hopes that after June 1 when the jurisdiction of such matters on that line is changed it may be done. "At the present time we are giving all our- Pacific Coast business to the Southern Pacific because it is logical, due to the long haul we get thereby. In return we get only the perisbable freight requiring fast service.

of other heavier merchandise we get little, because the Southern Pacific can get longer haul for itself by handling it through other connections. "As to business on the Rock Island it is neither bad nor good at the present time. Grain movement has fallen sharply due to the heavy movement last fall and to take advantage of high prices. The outlook is good, although entirely dependent upon the crop tion." SAN FRANCISCO. May William Sproule, president of the Southern Pacific Railway Company said last night that he knew nothing about the possibility of a merger between the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with the Southern Pacific System.

"This seems to me to be barely the expression of Gorman's personal opinion," he said, "I have no information one way or the other on the merger." Miss Quine Coming HomeMiss Evelyn Quine who has been attending O. A. C. is reported to be ill at Corvallis, and her mother has gone there to be with her. It is expected that Miss Quine will be required, because of her health, to quit school for the remainder of the term.

he had received a shipment of furniture under the name of W. E. Foard, and tracing this shipment, located the ranch upon which the man has been residing near Umpqua. A warrant of arrest was telegraphed from San Francisco last night, and upon this authority, together with a fugitive warrant, the sheriff made the arrest this morning. Sheriff Starmer stated that Foard appeared little surprised over his arrest, and agreed to waive extradition and return to San Francisco to arawer the charges against him.

Foard appeared this afternoon before Justice et the Peace Geo. Jones charged with being a fugitive from justice. and bal WaS fixed at $5,000. Being unable to furnish the ant aunt he will be kept confined until officers fr 31 San P-ancisco co .3 for him. The Weather Highest temp.

yesterday 62 Lowest temp. last night 36 Cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably rain; slightly warmer tonight. Employer: "What do you mean by coming in thirty minutes late?" Employee: "Why you see it's on account of the fog. Employer: "What has that to do with you, you don't live across the bay." Employee: "I know, but you do and I thought you would be late.".