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VOL. I
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1910
NO. C8
Mi
Joint Meeting of Trustees and
Publicity Committee
RESOLUTIONS ADQPTED
All Indebtedness Incurred by the Olub
Trustees to be Paid by Publicity
, Committee Klectlon on
Jnuuurr 28.
According to the resolution
paused last night at the joint
meeting or the hoard or. trus-t
tees and the publicity commit-
tee, the permanent publicity
committee, to be composed of
five members, will be chosen on
January 28 at the meeting of
the subscribers to the new .pub-
liclty fund, which has been
called then for -that purpose.
The present acting publicity
committee today ceased to exist
as will be seen by the follow-
ing resignations:
"Mr. Sam Josephson, chair-
man publicity oommlttee, Rose-
burg Commercial Club, Rose-
burg, Oregon. Dear Sir I
hereby hand you my resignation
as a member of the publicity
committee of the Commercial
Club, the same to take erfect
this date. Very truly, (Signed)
J. W. Perkins, Sam Josephson,
Clark L. Barger, Henry Harth,
W. C. Harding and A. C. Seely.
Mr. J. O. Nawlnnd. the remain-
lng member, could not be
reached as he is In California.
An Important meeting was held in
he Commercial Club rooms lansVnlBht
which resulted In the trustees of the
club and the publicity committee,
which has been soliciting funds for
an active advertising campaign during
1910. getting together on a sound
working bnsls. The Indebtedness of
the organization was turned over to
the publicity committee, wno win col
lect all accounts, and nn election de
nized nnnn to he held on January 28
at which time a permanent publicity
committee will be chosen oy tne sim
kcrlhera. The minutes of the meeting
as submitted by the secretary, George
Neuner. rend as follows:
"Pursuant to call a meeting of the
board of trustees jointly with the
publicity committee was held, wun
S. Josephson, president of the Com
mercial niuli. mesldlnc. Present on
the part of the trustees: Messrs Al
ley, .Booth,-Kflay. uannon, aiiironi ,
Dvslnger and Josephson; ra the part
of the sii-cnllod publicity committee,
Messrs. Burger, Perkins. Seely, Jo
sephson and Manager Richardson,
"The chairman stated .the object
of the meeting to he for the purpose
of disposing of the accounts of the
board of trustees relating to adver
tising, etc. Upon motion, duly sec
onded, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
"Resolved, That It Is the sense of
this joint meeting of the ucting pub
licity committee nnd the board of
" trustees of Roseburg Commercial
Club that the existing indebtedness
Incurred in advertising by the hoard
of trustees be paid by the publicity
committee from the subscriutlons
now being taken; that the publicity
committee may release those signing
the, new subscription list from obli
gation on the old subscription paper
circulated by the board of trustees;
that the remaining said old sub
scriptions be pnld and turned over
to the said publicity committee; that
a meeting of subscribers shall be
called for January 28. 1910, for the.
purpose of electing a permanent pub
licity committee and to ratify the ac
tion of this meeting.
"On motion made and duly sec
onded the following resolution was
unanimously adopted by the board of
trustees of the Roseburg Commercial
Club:
"Resolved, That the publicity
manager, Mr. Darby Richardson, be
and he hereby is authorized to In
crease the club membership and to
collect and receipt for all initiation
fees and monthly dues from all mem
bers of said club and turn the mon
eys so received over to the secretary
of snld club, who Is hereby author
ized and Instructed to draw a war
rant on the general fund of said,
club in favor of the publicity com
mittee on the first day of each
month for the amount of all moneys
collected by said publicity manager
hereunder, in excess of two hundred
dollars per month."
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PELVIX MAKES ANSWER.
Says Bonds Alleged to Have Been Lot
. Were Transferred to HJm.
An answer was filed In the circuit
court at Portland Thursday by ThoB.
C. Devlin, receiver of the" Oregon
Trust and Savings Bank, to the suit
brought against him personally and as
receiver by the Bank of Drain, charg
ing that certain Home Telephone Co.
bonds deposited with the bank of
which Devlin is receiver were lost
since his appointment and were never
returned to the Bank of Drain. Bonds
of equivalent value were returned.
but the bank sued for $750 for the
expense involved.
In his answer Receiver Devlin de
clares that r.a April 26, 1909. after It
Is alleged that he had mislaid or lost
the bonds described, the Bank of
Drain executed an instrument trans
ferring to him, as receiver, all title
and Interest In the bonds referred to
in the complaint.
"They are the Identical bonds and
stock, declares Mr. Devlin, which
the Bank of Drain alleges In its com
plain were lost through my negligence
and this assignment was Intended to
transfer to me all the title and inter
est of the Bank of Drain In the stock
and bonds In question.
Receiver Devlin further states that
on April 29, 1909, he delivered to the
Bank of Drain certain other bonds
and stock In lieu of that alleged to
have been lost and In full satisfaction
and settlement for the stock and that
every cause of action was thereby ful
ly settled.
For the reasons stated In his an
swer Mr. Devlin asks the court to re
fuse to allow the Bank of Drain to
Uike anything by this action and that
he have Judgment against the plain
tiff for his costs and disbursements.
TRAINMEN WANT
INCREASE OF PAY
(Special to The Evening News.)
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jnn. 21. -"Many
thousands of trainmen employed on
cixty railroads operating between the
Mississippi and the Atlantic coast and
tne Olilo river and the Canadian bor
der, have presented a simultaneous
demand for an Increase of Day. - Just
how this request will be met by the
roads Involved Is questionable. Ad
vances In the cost of living is the rea
sons assigned for this demand. Sal
aries, it is alleged, are about the only
thing that have not been raised.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Christian Church.
My subject for Sunday morning
will be the same as at the other
churches: "Roseburg. Her Present
Needs and Future Prospects." Sun
day evening my subject will be, "The
Two Greatest Things In Roseburg."
J. N. McCON'NELL, Pustor.
Saint (ieorge's Church.
Corner Main and Cass streets. The
Rev. C. W. Baker, Rector. Sep-
tuageslma. Holy Communion at 7:30
a.m.! Sunday school at 10 a.m. in the
parish house. Morning prayer and
sermon at 11 a.m.; evening prayer
and sermon at 7:30. Tuesday, Janu
ary 26, St. Paul's Day, Holy Commun
ion at 10 a.m.
South Methodist Church.
K. M. Mears, pastor. Services
Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.,
conducted by the pastor. Morning
theme: "Roseburg. Its Present Needs
and Future Prospects." Evening
theme, ."The Door Open Into Heav-
Sundny school at 10 a.m., W. L.
Cobb, superintendent. Epworth Lea
gue, 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The public
is cordially Invited to all of these ser
vices. A
Baptist Ohuivli.
W. H. Eaton, pastor. In accord
ance with the general arrangement
the pastor will on Sunday morning
preach a Roseburg "Booster ser
mon on the theme, "Roseburg, Her
Present Needs and Future Prospects."
The evening subject will be Has Ev
ery Man His Price?" The hours
of service will bo as follows: Sunday
school at 10 a.m.. Hon O. P. Coshow,
superintendent. Preaching at 1 1 a.m.
B. Y. P. U. nt fi:30 p.m. Evening ser
vices from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Every
one Is cordially invited to attend
these services.
Preshyterlnn Church.
J. E. Burknardt, pastor. Morning
worship at 11 o'clock. Subject of ser
mon, Roseburg: Her Present Needs
and Future Prospects." Evening wor
ship at 7:30. Subject of sermon,
Visions." Fine music by the choir
at both of these services. The Bible
school, meets at 10 a.m., Hon. B. L.
Eddy, 'superintendent. Junior C. E.
at 3 p.m.. Miss Kate Fullerton, super
intendent. Y. P. s. C. E. at 6:30.
Topic, "Does Religion Pay?" 1 Cor.
3:18:23. Prayer meeting on Thurs
day evening at 7:30. You are cor
dially Invited to attend all of our ser
vices. Come and bring a friend.
Kostfnntri. its prfskxt xeeds
AND FUTURE PROSPECTS.
The above wilt be used as the sub
ject for the morning discourse at the
following churches next Sunday, Jan
uary 23: M. E-, M. E. South, Chris
tian, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal.
Everybody In Roseburg who car poB
slhly do so should attend one of the
churches next Sunday. Have the
chuldren' at Sunday School and get
them to remain to hear the preaching
on this great subject.
There will be great thlngB happen
ing along all lines of progress tn
Roseburg during 1910. Everybody
should work together for the up
building of the city and community.
J. N. McCONNELL,
Secretary Mln. Union.
J. K. HAWKINS. President.
WHAT T8 T17E CHEAPEST X
. rHOTO MADE?
. THE BEST.
The same applies to en-
larglng, copying, frame mak-
Ing, kodak finishing. Clark's
Studio for the best. Roseburg .
National Bank building.
Did He Have Knowledge of
Forest Reserve Frauds
HENEY CLAIMS HE DID
Arguments Concerning the Introduc
s tlon of Kvldence Being Made Be
fore Judge Wolverton Will
Give Decision Tonight.
(Special to The Evening News)
Portland. Ore., Jan. 21. Did Bln-
ger Hermann have any knowledge of
the Blue Mountain Forest Ueserve by
reason of having had his attention
called to the extensive frauds being
perpetrated by Hyde and Benson in
California, and In the Cascade Forest
Reserve In Oregon? Prosecutor Heney
contends that the defendant did have
such knowledge and that he should
be allowed to introduce testimony to
that effect. Col. Worthington, repre
senting Hermann, says it Ip unfair to
open the door- to such evidence, and
all through the morning session
Judge Wolverton has been listening
to the arguments of the two attor
neys, and It Is anticipated that the
judge will render a decision this af
ternoon as to whether the govern
ment will be allowed to make such
showing. If Judge Wolverton per
mits Heney to present this phase tit
the matter, which it seem? practical
ly certain that he will do, then Heney
will ben In the last 'an In the trial
of the ex-commissioner of the land
office, and make strenuous attempt
to show that Hermnnn had lull
knowledge of the vay school lands
were being fraudulently taken, and
although In some instances he refused
to sanction the creation of forest re
serves, the Blue Mountain Reserve did
meet with his approbation, which win
be taken as evidence to t?hov that he
was concerned in Its creation.
Sneclal Prosecutor Heney last night
announced that he would probably
conclude the presentation of evidence
against Blnger Hermann before the
adjournment of court at noon Satur
day. All witnesses yet to testify for the
government, with one probable ex
ception, are from Washington, D. C,
and will be questioned concerning let
ters and other documentary evidence
which may tend to show knowledge of
the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve
conspiracy Hermann Is alleged to
have acquired.
Court adjourned at 3:4ft o clock
esterday afternoon, Judge Wolverton
being still Indisposed. Another rea
son for early adjournment developed
when attorneys Tor the defense an
nounced they would contest the ad
mission of evidence to be given by Ir
win Rittenhouse, who was In the wit
ness seat when adjournment was
taken.
Rittenhouse was sworn late yester
day afternoon, his opening Testimony
being that he had been with the De
partment of the Interior since 1889.
In 1900. 1901 and 1902, when Her
man was Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Rittenhouse was called
upon frequently to act as bis sten
ographer. Now he Is nominal super
intendent of files and records In the
land office. When Rittenhouse had
Identified his connection with the
Interior Department, Attorney Wor
thington objected to the witness rond
Iuft certain letters brought by him
from Washington. These letters are
said to nave apprised Hermann, when
commissioner, of the conspiracy In the
lue Mountains as well as other sec
tions nroenn.
It is understood a conversation held
In a Washington restaurant by Her
mann and Rittenhouse will be delved
into if the witness is allowed to tes
tify. Objections to all evidence of
tit type have been offered and the
legality of its admission will be ar
gued nnon before this morning. It Is
probable the argument will he con
cluded before the noon recess. Coun
sel for government and defense being
anxious to expedite the trial.
Persons who have followed the trial
closely believe the evidence In dispute
is relied upon by Attorney Honey to
connect Hermann with the Blue
Mountain conspiracy. Attorneys for
both sides refused to be Interviewed
last night, declining to tell the nature
of any disclosures which Rlttnnhouse
and M. J. ; McValti are expected to
make.
RUSSIA REFUSES
. KNOX PROPOSAL
(Special to The Evening News.)
8t. Petersburg, Jan. 21. Acting In
apparent concert with Japan, which
recently turned down the scheme of
Secretary Knox for the neutralization
of the Manchurian railways. Russia
today handed a reply to Ambassador
Rockhlll, which Is believed to be ad
verse to the proposal. That China
will also take similar action la be
lieved In diplomatic circle! to be as
cured. TAKES OWN LIFE.
Hlllsboro Man BB Years Old, Hanged
, nirtuvlf.
Hlllsboro. Ore., Jan. 21. John
Gustaffen, (5 years old, hanged him-
self In the basement of his home yes
terday. His son found him. He was
well-to-do. Gustaffen was employed
by the Southern Pacific railroad In
Portland for over 30 years and was
drawing a retired pension of $17 a
month. He leaves a widow, who Is
seriously sick, and three grown sons.
The family claims to know of no mo
tive why Gustaffen should have
sought self destruction.
NOTICK.
We learn that a number of invltn.
tlons supposed to have been sent
members of the Roseburg Commercial
jiud asking their attendance at a ban
quet to be given at the club room this
evening have been nilsluld, therefore
we take this opportunity to invite all
members of the club and their ladles
to ue present. COMMITTEE.
BARKENTINE MAY
HAVE FOUNDERED
(Speclnl to The Evening News)
Hoqunlm, Wash., Jan. 21. Up to
noon today no trace has been found
of the barkentlne Washtenaw,
which Is mysteriously missing and It
Is feared that the vessel has met
with disaster. Monday the vessel
was sent to the assistance of the
disable ship William H. Smith, and
the two were lashed together by
three hawsers, but the fury of the
gale tore them apart, and Tuesday
the Washtenaw was lost sight of.
BISHOP HAMPTON
JUSTIFIES LYNCHING
(Special to The Evening News)
New Orleans, La., Jan. 21. That
there are time when the public can
not blame mobs for lynching ne
groes, and there are certain occas
ions when such procedure nmv seem
justified, was the radical statement
made today by Bishop E. Hampton
uciuie uiu nrncan metnoaist con
ference. Bishop Hampton further
declared that the only means of
avoiding re-occurrence of mob vio
lence -waB for colored men to afford
the whites no possible excuse for
suclj extreme measures of punish
ment for crime. This, the speaker
furl her declared, can only be done
through the social segregation or
the races.'
MINE WORKERS
ELECT PRESIDENT
(Speclal to The Evening News.)
' Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 21 Thos.
Li. Lewis, of Bridgeport, Ohio, was
declared re-elected president of the
United Mine Workers of America to
day. LOCAL NEWS.
Fred Stewart, who has been con
fined at his home with Illness. during
the past few weeks, 1b reported as
somewhat Improved nt this writing.
Mr. Benjamin Butler, of lOlkton. j
who has been doing jury duty for j
the nnst. week, will mtnm hnma n
the morning train, court having ad-
journed.
H. Pearce, the harnessmaker who
recently purchased the stock of
Long & Sons, pfneed two large and
attractive signs at the front of his
establishment today.
At tho conclusion of the regular
business meeting of the Eastern
Star, A. F. & A. M. last evening, a
delicious luncheon was served, after
Which a social hour was spent.
J. H. Henton, or Bngene, district:
manager of the Pacific States Tele-1
phone company. Is spending a counlo1
of days in the city attending business
matters connected with his official
duties. He Is accompanied by his
wife.
Among those who will occupy
rooms in the new Masonic Temple
are Fred Chapman, druggist; Hard
ing Lnnd Company, real estate; Al
bert Abraham, attorney; F. K. Alley,
land attorney; Brown & Eddy, attor
neys; Mrs. Smith, physician; I. F.
Rice, real estnto; J. w. PerklnB, i
Douglas Development Company.
Considerable has been said during'
the past few days relutlve to George I
Marshal, his wife and a lady friend, I
the three of whom appeared In a !
"vaudeville sketch" at the Novelty i
theater Wednesday evenmir. nrp-.iin. !
ably from the fact that thty hao been '
rrequent visitors bofre the grand '
Jury during its present Besnton. In I
fact, we are apprised that a rumor1
has been afloat to tho effect that Mr. '
Marshal and his alleged wire were j
not married, nnd fir that len'on
they were comnelled to visit the,
grand Jury chainl ,, mid explain. I
When Interviewed relative In Mar-1
shal and his purported dimmlty I
this artemoon, District Attorney!
Brown snld that, he had received a l
letter from Mrs. Morrison, of Poll
land, wife of Dr. Morrison, a prom-1
inent pastor or that city, to the ef
tect that the couple were married nt
their home several months since.
With this Information at hand It ap
pears that the street rumors wore
wholly without foundation. Mrs.
Marshal, It will bo remembered, Is
the lady who caused the arrest of a
local bootblack several weeks aVo,
alleging that she had been attacked
by him while sojourning at a local
boarding house. j
I
James Connolly, Socialist, An
Interesting Talker
EDITOR OF "THE HARP'
Speaker Snys That Socialism is lit-
coming n Live Issue In .National
Politics Takes a "ltnp"
' at Old Miio l'artii-H.
Jas. Connolly, a nntlonnl, organ
izer of the socialist party and edi
tor of The Harp, a literary Journal
of the Irish working claBS In Amer
ica, addressed a largo audience of
principally working men at' the
court house lost evening. Mr. Con
nelly proved nu Interesting as well as
instructive sneaker, and his atten
tive audience bespeaks the growing
Interest In socialism, a subject that
Is now demanding the attention of a
grent many of our best newspaper
and magazine writers.
1 he speaker, took occasion to ex-
plnln something as to what he term
ed the two conceptions of a political
party. Kepuullcuus and democrats, he
assorted, had the conception that
the party must have a great man as
a leader, such as a Bryan or a
Roosevelt, while the socialist concep
tion of a pollticnl party was the
cause or Interests of a clnss, the so
cialist party being bused on the in
terests of the producing cIosb. While
republlcnn and democratic orators
were appealing to the people hy re
peating euphoneoii8 phrnseB from
their great lenders; the socialists
were citing economic oondltlonB nnd
oxortlng tho producing class to Htudy
this principle of political economy.
Mr. Ccnnolly spoke to some extent
upon the freedom of contract. Our
present system Is ono of buying and
selling. Tho laborer must Boll In or
der tho.t he may buy, and he has
nothing to sell hut his lulior-hndy
and mind. His bony and mind cnn
stltute the man, therefore a man that
sells his Inbor sells his life. The
question arises as to whether he Is
compelled to sell his life his bodv
GOOD HARTH'S TOGGERY SUITS.
$16.00 Suit or Overcoat $II.SSS
$18.00 Suit or Overcoat Vlil.itl)
$20.00 Suit or Ovcicoat $1.1.00 ;
$22.60 Suit or Overcoat .. IHKI.S.I
$26.00 Suit or Overcoat SI8.7H
This Winter -Weight
Regal Style Has The
New York Custom Tag
The origins! of this Identical Regal
ttyle u now on display in one of the
moat exclusive and highest - price
custom shoe shops in New York
and is now being worn, by.
the best-dressed New York
ers. This Regal style is A
made of heavy Oil-grain
leather, especially for
winter wear.
REGAL SHOES
give Ota urns perfect fit and comfort eustooi-kuilt hoe tmcumc they
made io quaritt-titta. We would like yotjlo comproar late Kral mocWa wuh
or (fiber hoc la town; far we know lhl Kegait will tuia bf iht toeoparuon.
H&rth's Toggery
and mind. Ho enn, or he can starve.
You may refuse to work for Jones or
Brown, but somewhere, Bometime
you must go to somo capitalist and
ask him to become your master ask
him to buy your life, or a part of "it.
nnd that at the price set by the cap
italist. What Is the coercion that Is
used? It 1b starvation staring the
father and his family In the face. If
a party Is forced by Intimidation In
any way as by threatening his lire,
to beromo a party to a contract. It la
generally considered Illegal. The ex
ception is found in tho capitalist
class employing the producing class.
In Bpenklng of the wage slave Mr.
Connolly mude quite a unique dis
tinction between the wage and chat
tel slave by stating that this chattel
slave was always trying to hide from
his master while the wage slavo was
alwnys trying to find a master.
As to the brains of capitalist be
ing needed for the management of
the grent industries, ho cited the
death of Hnrrimnn. Many had come
to believe that the Harrlman railroad
system could not run without this
"grout man" nt Its head, yet he dlod
nnd not n wheel stopped.
Mr. Connolly asserted that the
cnpitnllst class was becoming useless
and must die In accordance with the
lnws of nature. Just aB surely as
the tail of the monkey wnB dispensed
with when he attained manhood.
Any member or orgnn of the body or
a machine, or of society Is alwnys by
the economic law of nature elimin
ated when It or they become useless.
PAY OIIHCKH STOI'I'KO.
Forest Hungers Oct No fiuhiry While
nt University. .
Senttle, WoRh., Jan. 21.t Seventy
five United Stntcs forest nnugers at
the University of Washington are
wishing they had never "hired out" to
uncle Sum. The forest rangers have
been wishing for some time, but It did
not become known until today, when
It wns learned that the forestry de
partment had notified the rangers at
tho university that they would not re
ceive any pay during the college term. ,
me rangers ion ror tno university
to study forestry before the dismissal
of Olfford Plnchot by President Taft.
It wan then understood that they
would draw run salary while nt tho
school. Since tho nhlof foroBter's re
moval the "no salary" notification hn
been received,
'
I C. Wiley, of Camns Valley, Is a
business visitor In the olty today.
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