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VOL. I
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16; 1910
No, II5
IMP
Woman Accused of Crime Be
comes Hysterical
SAYS STORIES ARE LIES
Alley's Husband mis Bankniiit and
Worriitl Over Financial Affairs
Until Ho Hecoino Insane
MiUi-i'K Frk'ndplilp.
(Special to Evenlrg News.)
-WASEKA, 111., March 16. Mrs. J.
B. Saylor, who is on trial before che
superior court jointly with Dr. Miller
and John Crunden for the murder of
her banker husband, broke down un
der the strain of the trial and the
hiB&es of the spectators this morning
and was removed to her cell in' the
county jail where she lies at present
in a hysterical condition. "It is a
wicked lie," sobbed the unhappy wo
man, "to say that there ever was any
thinR improper in my friendship for
Dr. Miller, because our friendship
waB platnnic and pure.
Mrs. Saylor intimated that the real
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j causo for the quarrel that led up to
the killing of her husband was the
constant worry of Savior over money
matters. She maintained that her
husband was bankrupt and the fact
had so preyed upon his mind that he
became Insane.
RAILWAY STRIKE DE
LAYED FEW DAYS
(Special to the Evening News)
CHICAGO, March 16. Officials of
the railroads and the locomotive fire
men are marking time today awaiting
the arrival of Chairman Knapp and
Commissioner of Labor Nelll, who
will attempt to avert the threatened
strike of 27,000 men on the railway
systems of the west. The government
officials are expected tomorrow and
they will bo ready to take up the
questions at Issue as soon as they
arrive. President Carter of the f tre
mens' union suid this morning that
the men will not countenance any de
lays under any sort of pretext. If ar
bitration fails the strike will be call
ed immediately and will be one of the
greatest labor movements in the his
tory of the country, and will involve
a good many thousands more men
than simply those belonging to the
locomotive firemen's union.
just itonspIracY"
says ballinger
(Special to the Evening Nows)
ST. PAUL, Min., March 16. "This
insurgent movement is merely the eb
uiitlon of spirit and hysteria with the
taint of hypocracy as well, and Is sure
to dwindle as the next congress ap
proaches," declared Secretary Bal
llnger, who is here today. "People
of this country never had less occas
ion to complain than they have right
now, because this prosperity is gen
eral." Ballinger said that the charg
es against him were nothing more
than a gigantic conspiracy.
STATE WIDE
STRIKE CERTAIN
(Special to the Evening News).
PHILADELPHIA, March 16. Ef
forts -to bring the street car strike
to an end are apparently falling
through, and the State Federation of
Labor Is preparing for the state-wide
strike, which the officers of organized
labor say is inevitable. All unions in
the state were ordered to take an Im
mediate vote on the question.
YOIEK STORK
Annual Meeting Held Last
Evening.
REPORT OF SECRETARY
Assmliition In Kvi'i'lli'ut Shape Si-c.
onil Si-rif8 of . Mturk Will be
Issued for Five Hundred
Sharcy.
The annual meeting of the Douglas
County Building and Loan Asoaela
tlon was held at the office of the sec
retary, Frank O. Mlcolli, last evening.
Aside from tne reading and accept
ance of the secretary's report, a board
of directors for the ensuing year was
choseu as follows: W. H. Fisher, A.
Salzman, L. Wlmberly, B. V. Hoover,
S. S. Josephson, I. Abraham and F.
O. Mlcelll. The association has been
in existence eight years and It will be
about twelve months before the stock
expires The report of the secretary
makes an excellent showing, and us
per his recommendation embodied in
his report, a second series of stock
of 500 shares will be Issued.
Following Is Secretary Mlcelli's re
port as submitted at the annunl meet
ing: To the Douglas County Building and
Loan Association of Itoseburg, Or
egon. Your secretary hereby presents his
annual report of the transactions of
his office for the year ending Febru
ary 28, 1910, as required by law to
wit: ,
Receipts.
Cash on hand as per last
report $ 2159.18
From monthly dues 4,592.00
Interest 4,532.94
Expense fees 1 91,50
liepuld loans C. 000. 00
$15,585.02
Paid Treasurer.
Paid treasurer as per re
ceipts $15,316.44
Cash in hand as per last
report 209.18
J15.5S5.G2
Disbursements.
Warrants drawn on treas
urer on account of '
loans $13,200.00
For surrender of shares.... 1,809.00
Attorney fees 10.00
Secretary' salary 180.00
State tnx 50.00
Printing 5.00
Cash on hand 271.02
$15,585.02
Assets.
Notes secured by mortgage
todate $40,600.00
Notes on forced loans 20. 700. no
Due from members 1.549.30
One safe 50.00
Cash on hand 271.02
63,170..12
LlnhilltlcM.
Amount due stockholders
on 393 shares J42.444.0fl
Net gain since the or
ganization 20,726 3?
Iti3.170.32
Statistics.
Earned on each share of
stock to date ' 52.70
Value of each share to
date 160.70
Surrender of each share
to date 134. ?5
Number of shares on roll.. 303
No. of members on roll.... 67
No. of shares redeemed.... 107
Largest loan made during
year 2,000.00
Smallest loan made dur
ing year 200.00
No. of loans made to date 02
No. of shares loaned upon
since organization 307
No. of shares to loan upon S'tM
.Conclusions,
This concludes my ninth annual re
port. I luive tho pleasure ag;iin to
remind you that we are still prosper
ous: one more year and a few months
will see the end of tho first series.
I have been requested during the
year by many of our stockholders and
others, to organize a new Building
and Loan Association. Tho reason
given wns that Roseburg In Its pres
ent prosperous condition should not
be without a Home Building and Loan
Association, whoso motto is, "One
man's gain, Is the other man's gain,
and one man's loss is the other man's
loss," In order, to help those who wish
to build and own thejr own home. I
refused in each Instance to have any
thing to do with any new building
and loan association, on account of
my long Bervlce as secretary In this
one. I would, however, recommend
that this association cause a second
series to be Issued and a petition he
prepared for the subscription of the
stock which should not be less than
500 shares, under condition to be
prescribed by the board of directors.
I again desire to thank all the
stockholders and directors for the
courteous treatment received at their
hands.
All of which Is respectfully sub
mitted. FRANK O. MIOELM,
Secretary.
STATE OF OREGON )
)sn
County of Douglas )
I, Frank G. Mlcelll, hereby certify
that as secretary of the Douglas Coun
ty Untitling and Loan Association,
have prepared the foregoing state
ment and report, and that It is a full
and detailed report of tho affairs and
business of said association for tiie
year ending the 28th day of February
1910, and that it is true and correctly
shows its financial condition.
FRANK G. MICELLr,
Secretnry.
We. the undersigned, auditing
committee of the snld "The Douglas
County Building and Loan Asocla
tion," do hereby certify that the fore
going Is a true and correct statement
of tho financial ronditlon of said as
sociation on the 28th day of February
1910, and that it Is a true statement
of its affairs and business for the fis
cal year ending on that day. Re
spectfully submitted,
B. N. KWART,
JOHN PRKSCHEIRN,
JAMF.S MILLIKIN,
Auditing Comlttee.
LOOK FOR TAFT
TO HELP SOME
(Special to the Evening News).
WASHINGTON, March 16. Presi
dent Taft began an eight-day trip of
2,500 miles this morning when ho left
this city for Chicago, and politicians
are intensely interested In the Jour
ney because he will swing back
through New York and make three
speeches In that state, which just now
is In a seriously complicated political
position. Whether the president will
seek to pour oil on the troubled wa
ters or come out in favor of the re
forms endorsed by Governor Hughes
and Senator Hoot, Is a subject of
much speculation.
BLEACHED FLOUR
CASE DISEISSED
(Special to Evening News.)
OMAHA, March 1 0. The famous
bleached flour cases which were
dismissed, were to come up for
trial tomorrow, by Attorney But
ler of St. Paul, who was ap
pointed by the government to prose
cute the charges against the defend
ants.' It was claimed that the flour
used by the government had been es
pecially blenched for the trial, nnd
on these grounds the cases were dis
missed. ,
PRINCE WILHELM
WAS WRECKED
HARVB, March 16. Wreckage
found off Betlo isle today leads to the
belief that the Dutch steamer Prince
Wilhelm was wrecked and the 52 pas
sengers and the crew drowned, as no
tidings have been received of the ship
from any source.
LOCAL XKWS.
A. R. Marker, the News' reporter.
Is on the sick list today. (
Miss Annie White, of Gardiner, Is
spending a 'few "days In the city vis
iting friends.
Miss Sylvia Smith ,of Portland, ar
rived In the city this morning to spend
about ten days visiting friends and
relatives.
Miss Ethel Chenoweth, of Oakland,
underwent an operation at Mercy
Hospital today, Dr. A. K. Sether being
tho attending surgeon.
Numerous Improvements nre being
made to the Interior of tho .loseph
son store. When completed the' es
tablishment will appear even more
inviting than heretofore.
I. B. Rldillo has purchased a Stude-baker-F
landers automobile through
tho C. It. Cannon nency. Tho ma
chine will probably arrive hero about
April 1.
Manager Bargur of tho New York
store, has invented a patent "water
proof" appliance which ho will put
liUo operation ns soon ns the "dog
days" come. Mis Invention is "on
the ouiet," and will be until duly pat
ented. O.ten Goodman Is at Glendale today
in attendance at the marriage of Jen
nie, tho youngest daughter of Mrs.
Catherine Clark, proprietor of the
Olendalo hotel, to a California man.
The couple intend to make their fu-:
ture home In the southern state where;
the groom holds a lucrative poslton !
l ine Line Millinery.
Miss Lillian Kldd has received her
Mock of millinery and in showing nil
the latest designs In pretty and fash
ionable headgear at her home. 411
Jackson street m-17
NOTICE FOR IUDH.
Notlr Is hereby glvrn that sealed
bids will be received by the hulldlnp
committee of the Maonfc Temple,
until Wednesday, tho 30th dav of
March. 1910, at 2 o'clock of the said
day, for tho furnishing of 100 tiers
body fir wood delivered at the said
Masonic Temple In the city of Rose
hurg, said wood to be 36 inches in
length, delivery to be made on or
before September 1, 1910.
The board hereby reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Dated this 2nd day of March, 1 9 i 0.
d-sw N. RICE. Chairman.
1111 SPEECH
Secretary Ballenger Addresses
Congress at St. Paul.
HIS PERSONAL VIEWS
Idealists Coino 111 for Attention
"They Do Not Let L's Forget
Present Laws Invito Fraud"
Are Impracticable.
(Special to the Evening News)
ST. PAUL. March 16. Iu an ad
dress today beroro tho Minnesota
Conservation convention, Secretary
of the Interior Balllnger gave his In
terpretation of tho national obliga
tions regarding the public domain
and Its disposition. Tho speech ac
cording to reports from Washington
had the personal O. K. of President
Taft. .
The greater portion of the burden
of conserving tho natural resources of
the country were laid by Secretary
Balllnger at tho doors of the states.
States Responsible,
"There has been and Is." ho said,
"a grossly exaggerated notion among
some people as to what tho general
government can do In conserving the
natural resources that Ho In the de
posits of minerals and are contained
in the soils and streams. For the
most part they have passed into pri
vate ownership nnd are under tho mu
nicipal Jurisdiction of the states. .
"Any natlonnl conservation policy
must be predicated on the policy af
fecting tho public domain, since for
the most part the states are sovereign
within their own spheres of jurisdic
tion. Therefore I believe a greater
obligation rests upon the stato than
upon the national goverumeut to In
augurate Inws to provent waste In
the utilization of natural resources."
Referring to the duty of the na
tional government in this connec
tion, he regarded it as essential that
the public domain be studied and sur
veyed and an "adequate scientific
classification of the remainder of the
public lands." be made.
. Idealists Scored.
He Bcored the "Idenllstie conser
vationists" heavily for tacking the
proposition "without a sound knowl
edge of conditions."
"I grant you some people nre for
tno most, part Blncero, but their very
sincerity gives them such a vigor of
imagination and predellctlou that It
Is often times hard to combat their
vagaries except through practical
demoiiHtratfon.
"Then, too, give them their duo."
he added, "thoy have this virtue, that
they do not let us forget that, ex
tremes often prove fruitful of sound
reason to those who may be over op
timistic." ,
Of his own stand In the matter, Sec
retary Balllnger said:
"I am as ardent an advocate of
wise conservation as the most radical,
hut it must bo wise conservation to
appeal to mo. It must simply be as
full and free a development of our
natural resources as is consistent with
our civilization nnd needs. It. may
mean the reHervatlon from use for
limited periods of certain of our de
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posits of coal, of mineral, oils and
gas, of phosphate or of timber, tW
protect against the Inordinate greed,
of men who wish to exploit the pres
ent with no regard for the future or
the general welfare, nnd when It be
comes necessary it is a national duty
to make such reservation out of pub
lic domain.
Development Not Complete.
"But wo must not forget that wo
nre not through with the policy of de
velopment, of building up new com
munities and settlements, even In far
off Alaska.
"We have not realized that period
where wo can say tho remainder of
our public, lands shall be auctioned
off to the highest bidder to Increase,
tho revenues of the natlonnl treasury.
"Congress Is now struggling with
the problems relating to water powr,
and other measures designed to re
tain In the government the power of
control and supervision."
About Alaska,
Discussing Alaskan mattors ho con
tinued: "These Alaskan coal lands and
claims, at their market value, are
withdrawn from entry, awaiting clas
sification, nnd all the unentered or
unlocated coal lands in Alaska aro
standing under an absolute with
drawal act of 1906, and not a patont
has ever been issued to an acre tt
coal land In Alaska. In fact, noarlv
all the coal lauds that have been pat
onted have been obtained not as coal
lands but under the guise of soma
other form of entry, as agricultural,
timber or stone, etc. No man, or set
of men, can comply with the present
Inws and finance a mine on the pub
lic domain of 640 acres of land ex- r
cept under extremely favornble con-;
ditlons. The absurdity of the law -has,
in Itself, invited fraud and In
direct methods of evading its provis
ions. It Is likewiso Impracticable to
secure oil or gas lands or phosphato
lands under the general mineral laws,
and In all these cases there Is no pow
er of control or ability In the depart
ment to provent monopoly in the sale
of the deposits whon the title is onee
secured thereto. Awaiting remedial
legislation from congress, all known
arena of public lands containing these
deposits aro under temporary with
drawals from prlvnto entry, and It is
hoped congress will furnish the Inter
ior department the necessary ma
chinery to safely and properly guard
the public interests In their ultimate
disposition."
KING EDWARD
REPORTED ILL
(Special tc Evening News.)
LONDON, March 16. Reports
from Biarritz regarding King Ed
ward's health nre cnustng uneaslenss
here today. At first it. was reported'
that the king was suffering from a
slight cold only, but now it Is under
stood that tho malady Is of a serious
nature. Reports say that tho king
hns failed to respond to treatments',
and because of his advanced age
much apprehension Is felt concerning
htm. .
Window Sale Homo Cooking.
Tho Ladles' Aid of I lie Proabyter
lan church will havo a window sale
of home cooking at. tho grocery storo
of Milk-dge Pickens next Friday,
Mnreh 18. Lots of good things to eat
will bo on Hale. ni-1 8