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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1909)
letting ADVERTISERS Will rind The Kvonlnir New tlit bent imxllum turuncb tho ptnipluuf ItoMoburir A wide-a-wakt) publication iirintlnr all the nuw t tint' fit to print THE WEATHER LOCAL FORECAST FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY VOL. I ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER i!2, 1009. NO. 41 .A', llSKKf John M. Work a' Most Inter esting Talker LARGE CROWD PRESENT Address Might Hno lleeii Termed 'A Heart to Heart Talk With the Laboring Man" Scores Political Tarty Men. Last evening at the Court House John - M. Work, national organizer and member of the National execu tive committee of the Socialist party, addressed a very attentivo audience on the subject of "What's So mid What Isn't About Socialism." A So cialist would call it a heart to heart talk with the victims of what they term this exeruslating system for the listeners were principally labor ers who were not Socialists, but who had evidently found some difficulty in their search for the Clod to which Taft referred the man without a job. Mr. Work discussed the question of competition and combination. He pointed out that as a man climbed up in the business world he learned that competition was the death, rather than the life of trade. And in sup port of his contention he cited the formation of individuals into compa nies and corporations and then of corporations Into trusts and combines for the purpose of elimination of competition. He paid his respects to the man who would essay to bust the trusts; such a course is inane, he said, and was only advanced by those who would tuin the wheels of prog ress backward of course- such a thing being Impossible. His idea was that the trusts are one of tha neces sary steps In industrial evolution. To legislate against the combining of corporations is uneless for the reason that you cannot prevent Ihe officers of two corporations from meeting pri vately and fixing the rates on the commodities they handle; you can not nrevi at the dissolution of one corporation and the Investment of its capital in another corporation so It is you cannot prevent the for mation of one largo corporation In vhlrh capitalists of other corpora tions may Invest their wealth and carry on the same business, f. e.( vou cannot do it under the present com petition system. Mr. Wrok boldly complimented his audience by pointing out that they were wage slaves fcr the reason that they existed only by permission of the capitalists, from whom they beg ired their jobs, and (hen hurled at them the indisputable fnet that "It Is oulv Ignorance that enslaves." The speaker went quite thoroughly into many other phases of the econ omic situation, pointing out defects nnd the remedy. Generally speaking his emedv Is Socialism, which he de fines as being primarily the collec tive ownership and popular control of everything thnt Is now being used by the capitalists for the exploitation of the producing classes. Mr. Work is an earnest and inter esting speaker and t nor Highly un derstands his subject a subject that Is today demanding the greatest at tention from the greatest men. bombThrowTr" kills chief police LflYDOWNTHEIRflRMS Zelaya Troops Defeated After Hard Fought Battle GONZALES' MEN QUIT Corps of 1I00 Men Captured Willi lflOO, i til It's and One Million Hounds of Ammunition 1 Two Hundred Head. (Special to The Evening News.) St. Petersburg. Dec. 22. Another reign of terror seems to have ma terialized in this city. Col. Knrhoff. chief of the St. Petersburg police, was killed by a hemh early this morn ing. The deadly misslo was thrown by n man believed to he Michael Vess krossen. and the asFasstn was Imme diately arrested. From passports found on the prisoner It was discov ered that the assassin had marie pre parations to leave the country, and probably thought thnt if he killed the chief and then escape the country ho was safe. The Douglas County Creamery will have a good tupply' of table and whipping cream on hand Saturday. Those wishing the sume should eith er serd in their order or call in per son. No delivery. The Douglas County Creamery reports butter still soaring, the price being listed nt 90 rnts ihi'e mnrnlne (Special to The Fining News) Washington, Dec. 22. The defeat ed army of President Zelaya surrend ered to Estrada's forces at Rama to day. This Information came in the form of a cable messago to the state department from Captain Shipley, commander of the cruiser Hes Moines. The report states that Zelaya's army lost GOO men In killed and wounded during the battle in the vicinity of Recora and Rama yesterday. A do tachirient of the marine hospltal'corps from the American warships at Blue field hn established Held hospital and are caring for the wounded men from the field of battle. The battle was hotly contested, and Zelaya's force3 were only routed after severe fighting. On tho 20th of the month Estrada attacked the outposts of the Gonzales army of 1900 men and push ed the fight to a successful finish, capturing the entire force together with fifteen hundred rifles nnd one million rounds of ammunition. Two hundred men of Gonzales' army were killed. INSANE PARENT KILLS DAUGHTERS (Special to Tho Evening News) Fresno, Cal., Dec. 2. A terrible tragedy was enncted in the north western part of the city today In which nr. insane father killed his RICE RICE, I tx THE HOUSE FURNISHERS Now's the time to Buy Your Xmas Gifts. Shop Early and get first choice fletter, bigger than ever is our4display of useful gifts odd pieces furniture, book cases, desks, dressers, buf fetts, side boards, china closets, combination cases lounges, couches, davenports, settees, parlor sets, chairs and rockers. Coming Through the Rye." That's the tune you'll step to if you should fail toyshop early. U Sewing'machines, washing machines, ranges, kitchen cabinets. Everything to make merry the home. Cuttlery all kinds, 1847 Roger Bros silverwear atjf prices below them all. Carvers, roasters and coffie perculators. A pleasant thought, a wise suggestion, a timely hint. Swell Rocker?, Morris chairs, Couchesand uuveufjurut, iujieiis, unna nopeib, miners unu extension laoies latest Coffee Perculator, Size i-3 iB-K.iioger ljros.; Silverware. The We Never Forget the Little Ones :: Little red chairs, dollie go carta oO cents up, toy dishes, toy tables, toy stoves, knives and forks and childs sets rockers, high chairs, black boards, toy banks, air guns for boys, toy banks and game boards. 14 141 There will be something doing if yon selected marked and laid away for you wait too long. Mail orders promptly "attended to. m Goods 8 children and murdered his wife. Charles Chovuront became violently insane and attacked his wife with a hatchet and fairly butchered the un fortur.ato ladj. Ho then attempted to kill his three little daughters, two of whom were so badly wounded thn: no hopo. Is held out for their recov ery, but the third daughter will got well. The one son of the maniac fled from the place while the dread ful deed was being committed, and called In assistance Ohevuront, be lieving, no doubt, that all of his vic tims were dead, fled from the ranch to the Southern Pacific railway track, where he threw himself In front of an Incoming passenger train and his body was literally ground into atoms. IS KILLED IN QUARREL OVER CARD GAME (Special to The Evening Newp.) Butte, Dec. 22. In a quarrel over ramp on tho Powder rivi:r. Thomas ft gairo of cards at a prospectors' Bell, a miner, was lustnntiv kilU'd by W. J. Schmalsle, another prospector, rho struck his victim over the head with a poker. Schmalsle claims the deed was done in self defense, and has surrendered himself to the Butte police. TAMMANY LEADER DYING IN NEW YORK Cs.ttOM 3uiua.a eqj, oj inpodp) New York, Dec. 22. The condition of Alderman Timothy P. riulltvau, a prominent Tammany politician, is very grove, and attending physicians hold out but little hope for his re covery. Mr. Sullivan Is suffering from a complication of diseases .which have affected the heart, and death Is expected any minute. KISHUlfS EXMSTM l;NT lLUXiAl, Charge of Iesertlm Will be Fought Hoy Only 15 Years Old. To James Laurence Fisher: You have been advertised p.h a deserter from the II. S. army. - This is absolutely false, and If this meets your eye, como to me as soon as you possibly can. You may bo arrested, but you will not be taken buck; I will protect you. You owe It to me to face this like a man You don't have to hide. Your father. I). P. FISHKIt. (Other papers please 'copy.) Government is Defeated in Bitter Contest Case CHARGES FALL SHORT How would yon like to have a family group. V'hlle the children are home we will make ltat the studio nr at your home, .Ymns trees or Xiuhs dinners. We are pre- pared to do all kinds of work. 4 Just call phone 2181 and make your engagement, Wo do artistic framing. 4 Clark's Studio, Roseburg Na- tlonal Uar.k blug. Evidence Substantiates Contentions of Thompson ami Government is Allowed to AVhistle.-Mny Ik.' Appealed Higher Court. The report of Ihe alleged deser tion of James Lawrence Fisher from the lnlt'Ml States ormv nnd the sub sequent offer of ft reward from the, government for the apprehension and return of the young ninn lo the armv officials, as published in the Evening News of Monday, wns the first intima tion that D- P. KIsher, the father of the young man, hnd of the unfortu nate affair. 'In conversation with a represenfa- Ive of the News this morning, Mr. KIsher said that while the hoy had enlisted about a year and a half ago, without his person fil knowledge or consent, he had not heard of any trou ble ii nl It his ntlfiiflon wus called to the article in the Monday's Issue of this paper. Naturally Mr. Fisher was much wrought up over the matter, and has taken steps to get In communication with Ills son, but he does not Intend that the charge of desertion from the army shall be allowed to stand, nnd will light the claim of the govern ment to n finish. From Mr. Fisher's statement It an nears that the son hns teen In his custody lor some years, and conse quently, Ihe boy being only flft"en vears of rice at the time of tho al leged enlistment, the father's con sent was nenHsaiy to make the trans act lor strictly legal. Such consent wns never obtained and the boy en-, tered the army without even his fa ther's knnwlelge The young man did. so It wns asse-ted at tho time, recup perntisfdm frorti his mother, but sine" the lady at that tini'1 hnd no jurisdiction over his actions, such cor "out wns void. Young Fisher U not yet IS years of au (he legal limit for enlistment Id the armv. so w are Informed, nnd although Sheriff Fnt'tn hns a full 1 description of Ihe young man nnd n request from th armv offlners for his ! .irrost '' cine u' should h" found in thh sf'lon of the Mate, Mr. KIsher has berrun a search for his young son I and will bring him home and defend j him. Mr. KIsher Is not taking this! nctlon because he wlstes to uphold the boy In any action that niny have been wrong, but becaus the bv nas little mere than a child at the Mm nt hlr enlltmert. berause the act vns without parental authority or consent, nnd because the hoy neds his ndvfre. assistance nnd rare at this nartlc itnr time and under these try ing circumstances. To this end nn article addressed to Jnmes Lawrence Fisher, which Mr. Kfshr requests other papers to copv. Invites the bov to communicate with his father nt once and to come home as soon as possible. A very Important decision was handed down in the local United States land office this morning in the contest case of tho United States vs. Alexander Thompson, of Myrtle Creek. In substance the decision is faVorable to Thompson, allowing him, to retain the homestead regardless of the charges preferred by flio govern ment through a special agent It appears that Thompson mide homestead entry to the land In ques tion which comprises the SW 1-4 of Sec, 22. Twp. :i0. S. H. I W., on April 24i. 1901, and offored final proof to snld land on September 5, 11)07.' In accordance with instructions from the commissioner, however, the local land office refused to Issue final cer tificate ponding an Investigation of the following chnrges preferred by the government representative 'Hint ho made a mere pretense nt cultivation, having only a garden SUaCP feet, and having sowed a small piece in tame grass without plowing th j land That he did not ;nake tho entry (n good faith for a home, but for the purpose of acquiring title to nnd speculating in tho valuable timber on the land. In due course of time tl.e entry man filed n denial of the respective charges with a request for a hear ing, such being granted. The hear ing occurred before Ihe locr.i land of fice on August 2, 1901), th.j govern ment being represented by a special agent, while Attorney Coshow lock ed n;te the Interests of Th '.iipsnn. The evidence adduced during the hearing showed that ut ho time entry was made the eutryinaii wis a widower resided at Myrtle Creek, Oregon. On November 8 Thompson who-married to a widow residing at Myrtle Creek and owning a furhlshcfl home at that place. Doth before and after marriage tho entry- man worked at carpenter work and other iabor. such being necessary In order to maintain himself nnd make improvements on the land. The? evi dence Introduced on behalf of the government tended to show that the entryman spent about one half of his time on his homestead, and thnt he made suhHtnnllnl and permanent im provements, including the clearing of several acres of laud and the erec tion of a house nnd barn. The gov ernment was corroborated in this re gard by Thorvipsoti, who testified IhtU he spent at least one half of his time on tl" homestead. The en trynnn's wife, however, rasih d, on ;he land only six weeks, that being In the fall of 1!08, about one yonr after final proof was offered, IJer absence, h'twever, was satisfactorily explained by Ihe fact that she wan at all times fiik.o her marriage an invalid. The entryman admitted tint his wife was afflicted with blood poison ing nt tin! lime of her marriage. biH Hint he had reacon to believe that she would recover. Owing to com plications, however, the dlesase spread ar d recovery was retarded. No evidence was lnlrdueed by tile government agent which ten fled to show that tiie entryman finally took his wife to the homestead for my other reason that making her home, as he ntlo&ed to have made it a home fer hinvoir prior H ereto. The uvi denco further showed that the wlfo finally hnd to be removed from tho d in ah Isolated section of the coun cil In a nisohited section of the coun try, where medicines atid other nec essities for nn Invalid could be ob tained only with difficulty, it was established beyond a doubt that the entryman was never absent from the land more than four months at ono time, having spent such vacations at tho homo of his wlfo at Myrtle Creek. Oth'r evidence tended to how that Thompson hnd fenced ft portion of thn land nnd thnt he had cleared practically five acres. Three acres of this land wns utilized In raising grain mid oilier farm products, show ing that the enlrymnn was improv ing the homestead in good faith. In brief tho decision follows: "Wo find that the charge that tho entryman has not established and maintained .residence has failed. Though he remained off th land a considerable .portion of the time, we do not think contlrulty of his resi dence has been broken or bad faith shown. It In to bo borne In mind that tho premises were examined by the government of flora about chip year after final proof had been offer ed, and In that period of time the appearance of the premises might have changed for the worse. "The charge that tho entrvmau has made a mere pretenso of culti vation has. In our opinion, also fail ed. As to the remaining cnarge. namely, that the entry was not made in good faith for a home but for tho purpose of acquiring title to nnd speculating In the timber we find it wholly unsupported by the evidence. There Is Umber of value on the laud, but upwards of sixty acres are val uable river bottom, of great value for agricultural purposes when clear ed. Theie have been few homesteads found in this part of Oregon not cov ered with timber and brush, tho re moval or which has been a slow and expensive task, "We are of the opinion that the charges should be dismissed and the final certificate tdionld bo i.wued to the entryman." -- ANARCHIST KILLS MINISTER BRATTANO Washington, Dec. 22. Prime Min ister llrutlauo, of Uouinanla, wn. shot and Instantly killed today by nn marchlst. The dlspalcheb carrying tho Ipmrnmtlon were received fv.uu the American Budapest legation,, hut no detnilH, Have that the assassin was captured, were obtainable. "Mrs. J. It. Haliey was callod to Kansas City, Mo., a few days ago on account of the sick nest and death of her mother, Mrs. W. M. Parsons of that place. Mrs. Bailey will remain in Ihe east until after Clirls'.'na i!.mii:i; shops closk KAITItD.W. . All Ihe harbor shops in tho city will be closed all day Christmas, but will remain open until a late hour Friday night to uccommodntc their . patrons Many attractive Xmas gifts at the Roseburg Book Store. tf FREE' HOUSEKEEPERS, STORE KEEPERS, JANITORS I liave it now, a sweeping compound Hint will m.'et the most oxactihg requirements. It is cheaper than you have been using as it has loss sand in it and consequently lighter. It will not liann the finest rug or carpet. It will take up all dust from wood floors or covered floors. Unless floors are very dirty it can be used more than once, again reducing cost. Ilctails at 5 cents per pouml But that you may know how it does its work I will give you a sample package if you will bring this adv. with you. "The man with an axe to grind," and this time I want to know how many of Mr. Bates' readers see my adv. F. H. Churchill IKONMOMGKR