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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1910)
6 ADVERTISERS AVlll find The Kvrnliitf Now tliebt'Nt iikhIIimii to vouch the pvoitleof ItOM'burir A wiile-a-wnko puhllctttlon iirliitlur 11 the nvwi tlmt'sflt to print THE WEATHER . LOCAL FORECAST Rain and Winner Tonight Sunday Ka n. VOL. I ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2!), 1910 NO. 75 I Will Be Entertained at Various Towns in County COMMERCIAL CLUB MEET Drain and Oakland Commercial Bod ies Propose to Entertain Itose burKltes in Royal Stylo Committees Aiipointed. The Commercial Club had a fine gathering on Saturday evening of last week to take action to receive the delegation of Business Men from the Roseburg Club, headed by Darby Richardson, their manager, on their arrival in this city on February 4-6 and to entertain them in a way befit ting so important a town as Drain, The following citizens were pres ent and took part in the proceed Iiiks: Benton Mires, Dwight Reed, C. F. Counts, W. C. Edwards, C. W. Bur roughs, Ross Hedden, C. L. Parker, Jno. P. Durfee, S. M. Wilcox, W. H. Sykes, N. D. Cool, Prof. J. A. Oar land. J. W. Spalding, Ira Wimberly. A free interchange of opinion was had, in which there was perfect unanimity, all expressing a desire" to do their part In welcoming the dis tinguished visitors, and it was final ly agreed that the whole matter be left to a committee ot tnree, wno would have power to determine the kind of reception and entertainment to be given, and appoint all sub-com mittees, to whom would be anotea their separate duties to be chosen from the citizens at large. The gen eral committee appointed by the meeting were Benton Mires, C. L. Parker and W. C. Edwards. ThiB committee will have entire manage ment. The general committee met on Monday morning and mapped out a general program, and the citizens to - nave charge of each branch. The train bearing the distinguished llsitor will arrive at Drain at 3:30 p.m., February 4, and the visitors will remain over night, leaving Drain at 7:27 Saturday, February 5. Upon the arrival of the visitors the following citizens will meet them and extend the privileges of the city: Mayor Dwight Reed, Councilmen E. R. Applecate. C. F. Counts, D. W. Joslyn and J. W. Spalding; County Commissioner M. R. Ryan and W. H. Svkes; W. C. Edwards, president of the school hoard, C. W. Burrows, sec retary of the Commercial Club. Committee on Music John P. Durfee. Committee on Hotel Arrangements C. W. Burrows. Arrangements will be made to en tertain the visitors at a supper to he given In Odd Fellows' hall at 5:30 p.m. Hon. W. C. Edwards, president of the Commercial Club will call the gathering to order in the hall and turn the meeting over to the visi tors. Commute'- to trVe charge of visi tors at the close of the meeting and entertainment, and to see them safe on heir Journev next morning Ex President of School Board. N. D. Cool, Hon. E. R. Apple-sate, Walter W. Kent. Postmaster C. 13. Hnsard and Ira Wimberly, secretary of the school .board. Theysupper will be in chirrs of the ladies' of our city, who are celebrated for furnishing a feast of good things. Citizens nre requested to do every thing to make the visitof the leading business men of Rosehurg a pleasant an a credit to our city. The display of flags and hunting Is Invited and every vehicle and prom inent plsce should be decorated. We must not forget that this visit of leading business men from Rose hurg Is Intended to advance the In terests of Douglns county nnd conse quently the Interests of Drain. The efforts of Darhv Richardson, the man ager of the excursion, are intended to cover every town In the county. In the Influences and benefits to he derived and It is the Interest of every citizen, tnvnayer and voter to help give the business men of our sister city a send off and encouragement that will ma terially affect the whole county. It will be hv this united effort that our lauds will he developed and their value materially increased, and our wealth doubled. Also at Oakland. The most enthusiastic development meeting ever held In Oakland took ' place last evening. It being the oc casion of the annual meeting and election of officers. As we are crowd ed for space this week, we are nnnblo to go into details of the meeting, but suffice It to Bay that the sentiment of be- business men In attendance was that the time was ripe for Oakland to align herself with other towns In the county and state in the general boost ing campaign, which will be waged this year. A committee was appoint ed to Interview all business men and property holders of the town with a view of having these people identify themselves with the movement for a greater Oakland. This committee promised to act at once in securing as many new members as possible before the next meeting which will be held on February 7th. Arrangements were made and a committee appointed to entertain the 25 Rosehurg business man who will visit Oakland and sur rounding country, on Febniary 5. The following officers were elected (or the ensuing year: Dr. W. C. Oilmour, president; Frtnk Odrrel!, ttc-pre- ident; P. A. Coppad, secretary; E. M, Broks, treasurer; ; directors, T. M. Boyd, C. A. Stevens. L. L. Wakefield, C. H. Medley, W. O. Bridges. BLIZZARD RAGING IN N. E. ENGLAND fRmvlnl to The Evening News) LONDON, Jan. 29. The worst blizzard In the last twenty yearB is sweeping northeastern England to day. The northern villages are Iso lated by interruption of telegraph and railroad service. The snow is two feet deep on the level and all traffic is blocked. Six persons are reported drowned when the French schooner "Matheu" foundered in the Btorm. The drowned are said to he brothers, all members of the Ill-fated crew. S Glavis Says He Has Been Will fully Hindered SCORES COM. BALLINGER Alleges That ftnlllnger Attempted to Have Him Dclny Investigation Would Concenl Damaging Affidavit. CRnpolnl to The Fining News) WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 29. That attempts have been made to hin der him In investigating the coal land frauds in Alaska was the statement made by Glavis today before the con gressional committee. Glavis de clared that the attempts to hinder him in the -work were made' during conversations with Land Commission er Bennett. In the course of taking testimony today Glavis said that at the time he came to Washington ,to get an affi davit from "A Congressman, who he did not know at that time, but who afterward turned out to be McLach- lan, of California, the latter refused to come through, advancing various flimsy excuses. Glavis further said that Secretary Ballinger directed him not to obtain the affidavit from Mc- Lachlan. alleging that such Informa tion would exnose his connection with the famous "Green" group of coal claims in Alaska. Glavis also snid in an interview with Judge Ballinger, at Washington, "he told me there had been too much of that sort of thing In the past, inferring that I should not see him to obtain the affidavit." LECTURE PLEASES .- LARGE AUDIENCE Shylock wasn't such a bad fellow, after all, according to Frederick Ward In his famous lecture last even ing. Shylock was a persecuted Jew, spat upon and hounded as a dog, hated nil the more because he was ; ed lands wit hln reserves until ttie sur successful In money matters. He was i veys of such nreas hod been complot scorned by the so-called Christians of rd. In a letter to Hermann, Secretary the age, and at every turn made to j Hitchcock refused to approve this nr feel their contempt. At a critical J der and In a subsequent letter to the time in his life, Shylock was asked for , secretary, Herman pave as a reason a rather large loan, and even as the i for issuing tho circular the suspicion Christian gentlemen asked they flout-j-that under the provisions of the lltu ed him. For security he asked the i land law It was possible for much pound of flesh, nnd the Chrlstinn, speculation nnd extensive frauds to be filled with hate for the Jew and un- j practiced against the government, derstanding the Jew's hatred of him- Hermann had pointed out the fact self, agreed to the bargain. Antonio ; that denuded forest lands within he failed to return the money and In the reserve could be relinquished to the courts the Jew demanded his pound , government and valuable agricultural of flesh. This trial came but a few) or other timber lands could be select days after Shvlock's daughter had , ed In exchange. In this same letter eloped with a Christian, the two tnk- Hermann requested of the secretary Ing much of his money and Jewels, j permission to make a thorough exain some ot his most prized jewels. These ' fnntlon of the charncter of all lands crises came Into his life when he was included within reserves with a view old. after years of Insult at the hands of excluding from the reservations all of his victim and his friends. Natur- lands not properly belonging In the ally he was embittered to tho utmost and obdurate In demanding thnt the borrower pay his bond as agreed uion. How Portia Baved her nusoana by admitting the justice of Shylock's claim, but warning hira to take no ommend a modification of the lieu drop of blood with his flesh, Is not land law so as to prevent the "Im a part of this phase of the drama. It provident, reckless nnd uniust" selec was natural that Shylock should feel tlon of valuable unsurveyed lands ou as he did and he demanded but legal side reserves for worthless lands sur rlghts. rerldered within the reserves. In It Is Mr. Wnrde's opinion that had April, 1900, Hermann recommended Shakespeare written his Btory today, to the secretary that the lieu land law rather than a "couple of centuries ago, he, amended so that applicants should when his English friends and patrons receive only lands of the same chnr had little use for the Jew, he would acter and value as those relinquished, hare made out even a better case fori At the same time Hermann reenm Shylock. mended to the secretary that no fur- Mr. Warde's reading of "The Mer- ther reserves be established or addf chant of Venice" was Immensely In-ltiona made to reserves already exlst terestlng. being heartily appreciated Ing until the law was amended In this by tho audience present. important respert. Extracts also were Mr. Warde's effort last evening was read from Hermann's annual reports to make his characters present day for 1901 and 1 902, In which the same humans rather than creations of . ecommendatlonB were made. Shakspeare found only In Shakespear ean literature and his own interpola tions accomplished his feat very sat isfactorily. He read Portia's lines with such pleasing Intonation that one fell in love not only with her charac ter, but with her chaining personality. At all times the audience listened with Closest attention, and at the end of each act gave ample evidence of appreciation. Before beginning his lecture Mr? Warde gave it as his opinion that all this squibble and squabble about whether Shakespeare really wrote the works attributed to him as naught bat foil. Will Be Introduced in Earnest Monday DOCUMENTS ARE READ i Worthing, for the Defense, Proposes to Put Caso in Hands of the Jury Next Week Anticipate an Acquittal. fSneolal to The Evening News.) PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 29. In troduction of testimony on behalf of the defense in the Hermann trial will ttart in earnest Monday morning. Heney rested the case for the govern ment late yesterday afternoon after reading a disputed portion of the tes timony offered by McGee at the Washington trial. Colonel Worthington, of counsel for the defense, began the presenta tion of evidence yesterday by rjjndtng documents pertaining to the annual reports submitted by Hermann dur ing his incumbency as Commissioner of the general land . office.. . Yester day's evidence, however, was merely presented as a preliminary to tional testimony which will be Intro duend prior to the closing of the trial. Portland. Jan. 29. Within two minutes after Francis J. Heney rested the case for the government In the trial of Blnger Hermann yesterday af ternoon. Attorney Worthington, of counsel for the defendant, began the introduction of documentary evidence on which the defense will rely, in part, to explain away the testimony offered by the government witnesses, and ask for the acquittal of the de fendant. Although Mr. Worthington will make no prediction as to the time the defense requires to present Its case, it is possible the trfnl may be concluded and submitted to the Jury by the end of next week. Am one: the documents offered by Mr! Worthington were correspondence between Hermann and Socretary Hitchcock, extracts from Hermann's annual reportB as commissioner for 1900-1-2. and published Interviews with Hermann in the daily presn. All ofthls documentary evidence went to Bhow that during the time Hermann was commissioner of the general land office, ho uniformly opposed the cre ation of further reserves or additions to reserves already existing until the lieu land law should be so amended as to provide that applicants for lieu land selection would be able to ac quire In exchange for lands within the proposed reserves only lands or t' e same character and value outside of the reserves. t Cirmlrir Letter In Evidence. The first document of this char acter offered by the defense was a cir cular letter Issued in 1899 by Her mann as commissioner to registers nnd receivers of the land offices throughout the country directing them to refuse to accept appllclalona for lieu selections involving unsurvey- reserves. Lieu Land Amendment Urged. In his annual report of 1899, Her mann declared that he regarded It In the Interest of the public good to rec- An interview given bv Blnger ITer- mannand published in The Oregonlan in September, 1901, was also Intro duced as further evidence of the per sistent opposition of Hermann to the creation of additional reserves until the lieu land law should be modified by congress In accordance with his re peated recommendations. W. 8cott Smith was the Inst Im portant witness for the government. Mr. Smith was private secretary to Secretary of the Interior Hltrhcock when Hermann wan commissioner of the general land office. . He testified that all employe In the various de partment of the general land office were admonished by printed rules and regulations, not to divulge informa tion concerning any subject pending before their departments. "M'jika" ( a used Complaint. "Early in 1901," said Smith. "Sec retary Hitchcock sent for Hermann and called the commissioner's atten tion to the fact that there were ser ious 'leaks" in Hermann's bureau con cerning matters which were to come before the secretary for consideration and action. Hitchcock told Hermann ; that the 'leaks' complained of would take heroic measures to stop them." Over the objection of the defense, Mr. Heney succeeded in reading Into the records portions of the testimony of Assistant Chief Clerk McGee, of the forestry division .in the general land office, In the first trial of the defendant at Washington,, relntlng to the report of Holslnger. who made an invnnHfittinn nf the, nlloimtt nnlnu-ful operations of Benson and Hyde. It I was to the effect that when Holslng-j er's report reached McGee In Novem-! ber. 1902, McGee immediately took It to the orrice of Hermann and read the i contents of the report to the commla-, sioner. After hearing the report read. Her- mann asked McGee what should be done. McGee replied that if the re port was true, one of tho most gigan tic frauds ever attempted on the gen eral land office was In progress. To this Hermann was quoted as replying that he was commissioner and thnt the general land office would take care of the question without the as sistance of the secretary of the Inter addi-istrurte(, McQee to wHte anothor ,ettor ior. , At the snme time Hermann in- to Holslnger, requesting him to make a further investigation of the alleged frauds and also, if possible, to ascer tain who was responsible, for the "leaks" from the commissioner's of fice. The purpose of this testimony was to show that Hermann manifested a desire to, withhold Xrom Secretary Hitchcock the report of Holslnger. Judge Wolverton held that the testi mony was competent as showing knowledge on the part of Hprmann. In the Introduction of a long chain of testimony as to the meaning of the word "special" when placed on let ters by Hermann, the prosecution ap parently has endeavored to force Her mann to take the stand in his own be half. No person other than Hermann ran explain his action on those sub jects. ! Jury to Judge, Judge Wolverton held that the let-! ters were admlsBable as evidence of the theory of the prosecution that I they were on the deck of Commission-1 er Hermann when , the commissioner returned to Washington in August, as required by the operation of the rule referred to, and that the jury had a right to Judge or the fact. , W. E. Valk, the land offlco em ploye who ndmltted receiving money from John A. Benson for expediting his lieu land selection to patent, was recalled to the stand and asked as to, the practice of the office In giving preference to such selection when nc-I tion was requested by Senator Mitch- J ell and others. Valk testified that, Hermann has Issued a general verbal, order that the clerks In tho office should go through the files, select all claims which were In Bhape to be pat-: ented and push them through. The witness identified letters from Sena-j tor Mitchell, wherein the senator re-1 ferred to claims belonging to the: Hydo-Bcnson California land claim- ants, nnd asking Hermann to have; such of them as were ready made "special" for ncflnn. Vnlk testified thnt In general enses that action was; taken. Valk admitted that ho had rec-i ognized the numbers of some of the! Benson clnlms on the lists submitted by Mitchell, and thnt without Instruc-i tions from the commissioner had glv-; en them to the clerks and marked these "special" j Judge A. H. Tanner was not allow- ed by the court to testify as to a list j of the Benson lands which he had for-! warded to Senator Mitchell with a re-1 ouest that they be rushed to patent. The list hnd been mutilated by rut-, ting out the name of the owner. The , government was unable to prove! whether the signature was cut from ! the paper before or after It reached Hermann. Judge Tanner wns the law artner of the late Senator Mitchell. MONEY RAISED FOR PARISIANS fRnPclnl to The Evening News) 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Tempered with sympathy the Manhattan Opera company will give two benefit per formances on February 6 at the "Mary Gardens," tho proceeds to go to the suffering Parisians. Over ftt.OU ItalMcd. -SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 29. More than $3,000 has been raised in this city to relieve the destitute Pa risians. For Sale. Good piano, price $10. Terms ean be had If desired. Address A. C. Puttlmore, general delivery, Roe burg. ' df DO YOU w.ivf TO si-lrx? 4! If you want to sell your bufd- , ness of any kind, or If you want ! to sell your property, and will , make thn price right, I would llko to hear from you". Give description and price. Address J. E. Smith. 513 Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Ore. f24d I 111! 1" Tq be Presented by the Ladies Auxiliary IN THE NEAR FUTURE "The .MMItiuy Cifrl," Under the Dlrec tion of Vvvd Carlisle, Dramatic Critic niiri 'Condi of Univer sity (jf California. Fred Carlisle, of Oakland, Oil., ar rived In the city last evening for the purpose of staging the operatic ex travaganza. "The Military Girl which play will, be presented in the near future uuder the auspices of the Louies' Auxiliary to the Commercial Club. Mr. Carlisle la the dramatic critic and coach of the University of Oregon, and this being vacation time, lie. comes to Roseburg uputi special invitation of the auxiliary. The ex travaganza, la on, the ordor of Weber & Fields' popular productions, neces sitating about forty people in the caaL Special scenery and costumes will bo imported and ample, . commodious stage room will be arranged. The date will be announced later. . Would Kroct Theater. Mr. Carlisle, It is understood, will not only look after the interests of the auxiliary in staging their contem plated operatic production while in Roseburg, but far more, he Intends to Investigate the proposition of erecting a theater In this city. Mr. Carlisle believes that a theater properly erected, will prove a money maker, notwithstanding the fact that there are many in this locality who doubt that such a departure would even pay fair interest on the money invested. Mr. Carlisle's Idea Is to ergot a the ater with store rooms on. the ground floor, tlila assuring a permanent in come from rent. It Is probable that Mr. Carlisle will make some definite statement regarding his intentions as soon as he can obtain the encourage ment of the citizens. Parties returning from Portland who visited John Alexander, who re- GOOD HARTH'S TOGGERY SUITS $15.00 Suit or Overcoat $11.23 $18.00 Suit or Overcoat IJI3.30 $26.00 Suit or Ovoicoat $15.00 $22.60 Suit or Overcoat (tlO.KS $25.00 Suit or Overcout $1H.3 This Winter-Weight Regal Style Has The New York Custom Tag The original of this identical Regal style it now on display in one most cxcluiive and highest - price custom shoe shops in New York and is now being worn by the best-dressed New York ers. This Regal slyle it made of heavy Oil-grain leather, especially (or winter wear. REGAL i tlW uiu perfect fit ud comfort inkdeio qvatUt-tiieM. We would tike you or other aboea is town lot w know H&rth's ccntiy underwent an operation at St. Vincent hospital, report him improv ing as fast as could be expected. WAR IS RAGING IN OLD BOKHARA ( Special to The Evening News., ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29.-Re-porta received today are to tho effect thnt twelve hundred persons, were killed In a rollglous war now raging between tho Mohammedans and the Pnrsee Sun Worshipers. Reinforce ment b are leaving today for Bokhara In Turkeystan to join the Russian troops In order to control further hos tilities. Russian commanders report the situation beyond control nnd urge that additional troops be aont to the province of "Bokhara. The war is said to be strictly a fanatical strife and great precaution. Is being taken to prevent Its spread to Northern India. GLASS WORKERS GET M0.RE (sVeclal to The, Evening News ' PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 29.t For the second time within the past six months members; of ,the National a 15 percent Increase In wages. TIE UNBROKEN IN ENGLISH ELEfeTlONS' (Special to The Evenlnif News LoNUON, Jan 29..Wi'tn eacri side assured 207 Bun (a the tlo between the conservatives arid .the liberals In parliamentary elections remains . un broken today. FprocaBtors nre busy today estimating the strength ot the1 contending tactions. A CiltKAT SUCCKHS. Great success or the Jncob-Stine Cn. Sold 57 lots In ten days. Lots will be raised $50 euch Monday. See property dlsplny In store opposite Hamilton Drag Co. Open till 10 p.m.' tonight. Will positively leave for Grants Pass Sunday mornine . at 9 o'clock. B. H. FlTZamnON, . , , ,,. Manager,, 'EFDON'T DELAY BUY ING ONE OF THOSE WA m JLA of the $350 $400 $500 SHOES cuitom-built ihoc hecue hty ui to compare our Itlcst Regal moduli with that ReU will gain by the compMUotu Toggfery I "jj i f.f -v mar