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LOCAL FORECAST
FAIR TO-NIGHT AND
SATURDAY
VOL. I -
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, IMS).
NO. 40
1908. This information Is said to
have been given 'in order that protec-
Hon to her reported, martial rights
may be effected.
Will
be Probed by
Committee.
House
COOK MAY NOT'
HEED GENERAL CLAMOR
Investigation Will be Made JM-olmUy
Jiight Alter the Holidays Res
olution In the Huiuls of the
Cuiiiiiilttee
PROVE HIS CLAIM
(Special to The Evening News,)
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17. Danger
from another quarter now threaten
the reputation of Dr. Cook, the North
Pole celebrity, Recording to the state
ment of a member of the committee
now Investigating the data sent from
Now York by the explorer-scientist.
The committee callK attention to the
fact that storms at the polar region
renders it absolutely impossible for
any to be exactly accurate in secur
ing data, and says that Cook's figures
if positively correct, will cause more
suspicion in the minds of investiga
tors than if lnaecuries exists. Tho
committee has begun Its work of in
vestigating Dr. Cook's claims, and ex
pects to reach a decibion within a
fortnight.
(Special to Tho Evening News.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. The
sensational attack made upon Sec
retary of the Interior Ballinger in
the House of Representatives, yester
day, by Mr. Hitchcock, of Nebraska,'
makes It practically certain that the
House organization cannot stave offt
nit investigation of the, general land!
otilce very much longer. Possibly this
Investigation will be authorized just
after the holidays. The prevailing
sentiment of the House Is that there
must be a full Investigation of tho
charges brought against the Secretary
by L. H. Glavis, former chief of the! NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 17. Fol
fleld division of the United States lowing the resignation of Zelaya,
general land office, concerning Mr. ! president of Nicaragua, it is now re
Ballinger's relation to the Alaska : ported at Manuga that General Vas
coal fields matter. The resolution de- quez, leader of the government
manding such Investigation Is now. in ' troops near Rama, will surrender,
the hands of the rules committee, ' A rumor has also obtained to the
having been referred to that body by effect that the Zelayan revolutionary
Speaker Cannon. The country is thor- armies will now combine to support
HE IS IK
W. J. Bryan Finds Flaws in
Document
SHERMAN LAW IS GOOD
Tn it Mistaken as to Amending Anti
Trust liegislut Ion Law Only
Xei'ds to be In forced Says
the Commoner
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
IN NICARAGUA
(Special to The Evening News)
LINCOLN, Neb., Doc. 17, In to
day's Issue of the Commoner Wil
liam J. liryan editorially asserts it
as his honest opinion that President
Taft's recent message to "Congress Is
one of the tamest documents that
ever came out of the hite. Houe. Mr.
Hryan Bays that no honest tariff re
visionist among the people can find
a note of comfort In the President's
reference to this very important sub
ject. Tho Commoner also declares
that It is plain to unbiased minds
that forthcoming special messages
cannot suggest anything that is un
acceptable to the 'favored interests.
"The President," adds Mr. Bryan,
"says the Sherman anti-trust law
needs amending. Mr. Taft is mis
taken. The law only need enforcement."
tetweon Ashland, Medford and Grouts
Pass, was granted a franchise Mon
day evening by tho Grants Pass
Council. The franchise runs for 50
years, with proper restrictions for
use and time within which to com
mence work. This road will be a
great aid to tho development of tV.t
Itoguo River Valley, as it will servo
us a means of rapid communication
between the cities of the vvalley.
nop
WILL RECOGNIZE
- PRES. ESTRADA
His Passing Was Painless-
Death From Heat Embolism
(Special to Tho Evening News)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. ilopro
sentatlvo Sulzer, ot New York, bus
introduced a resolution In tho House
directing the administration to rec
ognize Kstrndn as President of Nicar
agua. The resolution also carries a
clause making it necessary for this
government to notify lCstraila that
the United States demands that he
punish former President Zelaya for
his atrocities.
oughly stirred up over ihe alleged
actions of Secretary Ballinger, and
only an official Investigation of his
methods will satisfy the public.
POPE INTERVENS
FOR KING'S WIFE
Estrada for the presidency will
doubt accept the honor, and It is said
that he favors the equal suffrage of
the sexes, and in event of his ac
cession to the presidency Nicaragua
will become the first equal suffrage
nation in the world.
BOILER EXPLOSION
KILLS THREE MEN
(Special to The Evening NewB)
LONDON, Dec. 17. Dspatclies
from the Central News Correspondent
at Rome says that the Pope has no
tified the papal representatives at
Brtisells that King Leopold, who
died at an early hour this morning,
was regularly married to the Bar
oness Vaughn San Remo of Italy, in
I WILL MAKE SITTINGS
Up to aud including Sunday, De-
cember 19th, and have them fin-
ished for Xmas. Cloudy weather
is all sunshine at my Studio. Let
me do your framing aud save
you ihoney. .
C LARK'S STUDIO
.ltoseburg National Bank llldg. .
(Special to The Evening News)
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 17. The
huge boiler at the Royal Clay Works
exploded today and three employes
of the company were blown to atoms.
GRANTS PASS A XI) ASH LAND
FrniH'IilsoN Granted for Electric Line
Between These Towns
GRANTS PASS. Dec. 1(1. John B.
Allen, who has been seeking fran
chises for an intorurban electric line
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, ing Family
ARE FINALLY RESCUED
'"uinfly of Nine Children and tho Par
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ALBERT HIS SUCCESSOR
For Present Government Will ho Ad
ministered by Regents An Ex-
clmug "Eulogizr" the IH--,
ceased Monarch
(Special to The Evening News)
ST. PAUL. Dec. 17. A story of a
great hardship and terrible expos
ure has materialized In the 'arrival
of Levi Frank and w-fo aud nine
children from a point 400 miles up
the Mlssissslppi River. Frank and' bin
family started from the wilds of the
frozen northland several days ago
n an open boat, and fought their way
down a turblent stream and through
teriflic winter storms of snow, sleet
and wind. To add to their misery,
the scant food supply Ihe family
started with became exhu listed and
they Huli"rcd from hunger. In addi
tion to all this trouble the bout be
came stranded on an island, and for
five days death from starvation star
ed the family in tho face. To secure
assistance for his perishing family,
Frank undertook to swim from the
island to the mainland, aud tho icy
water brought on a severe sickness.
The family was finallv rescued and
brought to this city here cne
daugl.tor Is now in the hospital suf
fering from pneumonia and typhoid
complications, while the father Is
also in a precarious condition from
tho exposure and hardship he en
dured Every assistance is being giv
en the unfortunate family, but the
wonder is that any one of them
came through the terrible ordeal,
alive. I
SWITCHMEN ASK
FOR ARBITRATION
(Special to The Everting Newsl
niUISSEI-LS. Dec. 17. The Na
tional Monitor announced today tnat
pending the succession of Prince Al
bert to the Belgian throne to suo
ceede the late King Leopold, tho
government will he administered by
a regency consisting of tho council
ministers. The King died tills morn
ing at 2:35 o'clock, the Immediate
cause of death, according to Dr. Thlar
Thlrar, crief physician, was heart
embolism. "We were most appre
hensive win n performing the opera
tion," said 'Hnirnr, "because wo were
n ware of heart trouble, but the opera
tion was absolutely necessary to pro
vent terrible suffering. Thi.nks to the
operation, the King's death was pain
less." Leopold's death occurred on
the forty-fourth nnntverrary of his
formal ascension to the throne, al
though his klngs.ilp dated from De
cember 10, 18K5.
Iils Found lllm Out
Leuol,!. king oi the llelglnns and
,ex-lord of the Congo, Is dead. Few
lamentations will accompany his de
parture from this life Stricken Congo
will not go into mourning. Blinded
eyes will not weep nor will the maim
ed hands of the black man bo clasp
ed in anguish at the aged monarch's
death. Tho woe of the blacks gave
hint means for living a sinful, use
less career of pleasure. Ho placed
the curse of avarice and all Its at
tendant horrors upon the central em
pire of Africa, and if the walls of tho
suffering, tho death moans of tho dy
ing cm reach his dulled ears, his
lone way out of the world Into the
beyond will bo a unuiitcd and a ter
rible one.
Leopold goes off the stage. Con
ventional regrets will be expressed.
Decency will subdue the voice of the
multitude, but there will bo a mur
mur of relief at his exit. Leopold
of tho twentieth century would have
made an Ideal Roman emperor of
the sscond century. As the former
passed away uuregretled, Leopold
has gone.
KKATTI
HOT HUD OI.'.VK'H
(rami Jury Invcsdgndnii lievcnls it
I ri-hi fill lleprnvily.
it was discovered that underground
passages connee.t'.d olllces of various
sorts with disorderly luiuses and that
gambling houses with apparently rep
utable olllces, were running with un
derground connections.
Seattle's high rank In tho Blavo
commerce Is duo to Us being tho
port of entry for Japanese slave wo
men and the port of shipment ot
Kuropean slave women to the min
ing camps ot Alnsku.
A Jackson street place presented a
typical Inst. mho of the method em
ployed in the construction and oper
ation of tho subterranean resorts. Kn
truiice was gained through nil appar
ently respectable place of business.
Lending from tho ground floor to tlm
basement was a long w'wKng stnlr
way which ended in a small cute
room. The Invoitlgators were con
fronted by a heavily barred door,
equipped with a peek-hole, through
which a lookout cuuid scrutinize any
visitots.
Through the d'ior thoy gnlned en
trance to a larger room where it was
tho custom of the watchmen to mnko
further inquiry before permitting
prospective patrons of the place to
pass.
Onco pnst tho first outpost they .
were corductod along an . tinder
ground passage uud up another
ante room where a final examination
was made, from this ante-room a
stairway leads duwn to the main re
sort, which was equipped as a gamb
ling house, saloon, and poolroom.
Oilier passages connected with tho
Jnpnnese lodglng-hnusoB furnished a
means of egress In enso of a raid, and
a method of communication between
tho gambling resorts and the disord
erly houses udjolulng.
several witnesses appeared before
Ihe grant'. Jury today but the hearing
was oenind closed doorB and aside
from the general trond of tostlmonv,
none of the evidence waB mnde pub
lic. No IndlcttnentH have been re
turned, ns the Investigation has not
been completed.
FIVE MEN ROB
' OKLAHOMA BANK
(Special to Tho Evonlng NewB)
(3EKOMINE, Oakla., Dec. 17.
Three bandits held the citizens of
the town at buy with Winchester ri
des late yesterday aftornoon, two
others of the gang entered the Citi
zens Hank and looted the institution.
They were very deliberate In the
transaction, nnd secured $10,660. Af
ter taking the bank funds they
mounted their horses and rode away.
As -soon as tho men of tho town re
covered from their surprise a poaso
was organized and started In pursuit.
This affair savora af the work dona
by the Jesse James gang in Minneso
ta morn than twenty-fivo years ago,
but differs In the result, ns some of
these free bootors were killed In tho
town aud others were captured short
ly uft-ar and served a long term in the
ptMill-Miitary for their crime.
e ji a
SINCE 1877 WE'VE BEEN TREATING PEOPLE SQUARE
(Speclnl to The Evening News
SPOKANE, Dec. 17. The asser
tion is made hero today that every
union workman in the service of the
railroads Involved In the switchmen's
strike will walk out alter noon Sat
urday, If the demands of tho strikers
are not arbitrated. The strljtlug
switchmen declare that they do not
care so much about the six cents ad
ditional an hour that was asked of
the railway companies, but they do
demand moderation tn the physical
examination required and the aboli
tion of the age limit. The switch
men believe that It ia only fair and
Just to the man who serves the com
pany well and faithfully for tho b"st
part -if their lives that when they
; have passed the limit of their middle
life they should be retained in Urn
service.
SEATTLE, Wash., Doc 17. The
county grard Jury has taken up In
vestigation of the tra;hc In women
slaves, In which Seattle ranks sec
ond only to New York, according to
a Government commission. Japan
ese give to the ernnd juiy a list of
disorderly establishments operated
by Japanese I hroughoiit tho city, to
gether with information covering the
amount of rrntortkn money paid by
tho proprietors of all thrso establish
ments and the nnmc3 of alleged Im
porters of women.
The grand Jury was told (hat po
lice officers patrolling the Japanese,'
district nave dls.luct orders not to
enter alleged disorderly houses on
nny pretext unless there Is a disturb
ance. The Jury was told that, nil bus
iness between Ihe police nnd the pro
prietors of the ostnhllshnicntB is
transacted through plain clothes men.
A commlitee from the grand jury
today visited the Japanese quarter,
examining bnsemenui or hotels and
employment olllces. In several places
Phono iwuln Glial
Olllce Phono Main 3209
Parcrawf Secret
Service Agency
Wo are prepared to do all logltl-
mate Detectllio Work (both civil
and Criminal) In all parts of
the United States - - - -
'. I'AllKKIt Superintendent
.Bl 1-21(1 Henry lllilg
I'OHTMNI), Oil.
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COOK'S RECORDS
ALONE ACCEPTABLE
(Special to The Evening News)
COPENHAflEN-. Dec . 17. The'
commit" i;iventtgating tho records
of Dr. t'ook have announced that the
affidavits made by Loose and Dunkle,
of New York, In which these men j
claim that they fabricated records !
for Cook, will bo ignored by the
scientists. The gentlemon having this :
matter will base their decision en- i
tlrely upon the records of Cook's
trip to tho North Pole an submitted
by him. I
Read Tho Evening News for news.
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