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ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY. OREGON.
MONDAY, DRCKMRER 20, 1010.
VOL. II.
No. 40
Los Angeles the Scene of Al
leged Dynamiting.
NIGHT WATCH SLIGHTLY HURT
Police Arc Searching for Three' Un
- known Men Who Arc Though
To Have Keen. Implicat
ed In the Crime.
(Special to Evening News.) '
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26. That
an explosion that partially wrecked
the plant of the Llewellen Iron
Works yesterday was caused by dy
namite Is the unanimous belief of
the owners and the police, who
have begun an investigation. It is
believed that a low grade explosive
was UBed and that it was set off
by a long fuse, as portions of the
fuse have been found. The loss to
the property Is estimated at $20,
000. The night watchman, J. As
bury, a negro, was only slightly ln
Inred by the explosion. There was
no loss of life. Search has been!
begun for three men' seen running!
lew
The Store That Serves You Best
y Watch Tomorrow's Evenin;
reates
Ever held in
fj city. Keep
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awoy from the plant shortly be
fore the explosion occurred, and the
effort to destroy the Twilillng is
though to be the work of dlsgruntld
former employes of the company.
The first and second floors of the
structure were badly wrecked, and
the third floor so weakened that it
will have to be removed and built
over again. The company 1b one of
the largest In the West, and the at
tempt to destroy the plant Is said to
be the result of the recent iron
workers strike.
Four Men Killed.
SEATTLE, Dec. 26. Four men
are dead and another is dying today
beceause of a leaking gasplpe in the
Pacific Lodging House yesterday.
Chares Draft, a laborer, is one of
the four dead that has been identi
fied. William Parker was taken
from his room In a critical condition
and placed in a hospital, but phycl
cans say that there is little hope thai
the man will recover. Four other
who were sleeping in rooms when.'
the gas was escaping are in a ser
ious condition. The Injured were
taken to the municipal lodging house.
All of the men affected by the gas at
the Pacific Lodging House were in
different rooms.
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Mrs. Henry Swlgert, of Palnes-
dale, Mich., arrived in RoBeburg yes-
tprrtnv to tmend about three months
visiting with her daughter who re
"lrins hi the vicinity of Glide. The
lady left for her destination this af
ternoon by private conveyance.
Willamette University Xlee Club at the Armory this Evening
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FOR PARTICULARS ABOUT THE
Roseburg. Prices will be quoted
your eyes open
S. I CO.'S IMMENSE PROFITS.
Makes a Gain of 1710 I'er Cent
Since 1800. ,
PORTLAND, Dec. 25. Asserting
that the Southern Pacific Company,
on its lines in Oregon, had Increas
ed its net earnings, on the same
mileage, from $237,929.50 In 1896,
to $4,139,419.12 in 1910, an in
crease of 1740 per cent, the railway
commission of Oregon filed yester
day In the United States (circuit
court its reply to an application for
a restraining order to prevent the
enforcement of a demand that the
Southern Pacific reduce Its rates In
the Willamette and Rogue River val
levs. The order was Issued Septem
ber 23, 1910.
The railway commission filed the
affidavits of Thomas K. Campbell, a
member of the commission, J. P.
Newell, an engineer; Frank J. Mil
ler, a member of the commission;
J. M. .Riley, Jr., an accountant, and
W. C. Earle, an engineer. The facts
Involved In the issuance of the order
of the railway commission demand
ing a reclassification wheh would in
turn bring a reduction of rates
charged, are gone over.
The order Issued by the United
States circuit court was based upon
the assumption that if the rates went
Into effect the order would curtail
the revenues of the company In such
a manner as to result In virtual con
fiscation. It is this charge that the
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GLUE CLUB TONIGHT.
A Lively Program and n Good En
tertainment at Armory,
There Is something doing all the
time during the program given by .
the Willamette University glee club'
which will be seen in this city De- j
cember 26 at the Armory for one:
night only. Of all the lives to lead, I
the collego life Is by far the best j
and these boys, right from the col
lege life stamping ground, Wlllam-j
ette University, are the epitome of j
that Jolly, energetic, Joyful life. To
come iu contact with them is ener
gizing, vitalizing. A night with
them rolls back the years and car
ries the listener to the days of their
youth wheu they had their fun at
college. It makes the old "grnds"
want to go back.
Especially telling with college folk
is the song trio beginning with "An
Ode to Willamette ", written by Per
ry Relgelman, with music by Denn
Mendcnhall, director of the club,
which melts Into a rousing. Jolly col
lege lyric with a hilarious melody,
and ending with "Oh, Take Me
Back," to a tune that brings tears
to many college men's eyes. Mirth,
music and melody run through the
program and delight everyone. The
program is high class, not a poor
number appearing on it. The songs
range from the classical, such as
"The Pllgram's Chorus" from Than
hauser, to popular airs and all are
given with a vim and spirit that
that have never before been heard of in this
for the sale
sweeps everything beforo them.
But the second half of the pro
gram is the one that takes host,
perhaps. At least,' it made a great
hit in the tnpltal city when present
ed there. Hadad, an adventurer,
and Nockey, his brother, are scream
producers as, with grotesque cos
tume and make-up, they spring thelr
jokes and gags. They are a whole
show In themselves and are the real
comedians of the University. Uallah,
taken by Alfred Schram, Is the sis
ter of the "Rajah of luda," the
title of the piece, and is worth go
ing miles to see. She Is 59 years,
coy, and bashful as a new-born kit
ten. The Rajah himself Is a blus
tering follow, terribly hard worked,
and has a beautiful daughter whom
all are'aftor. This part Is taken by
James Onkes, a Portland boy who
has beeu singing in the club for
three yenrs. The club, as a whole,
is introduced during the sketch In
some very pretty songs.
Curtain at 8:15.
IMHIXT
BOWE.N To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bo
wen. In North. RoBeburg, on
Christmas eve, 1910, a boy.
MERTZ To "" Mr. and Mrs.aE.
Mertz, In Enst Roseburg, on Sat
urday, December 24, 1910, a boy.
George Hoover, of Portland, who
Is here to spend the holidays was
quite 111 yeBterday, and as a result
he wbb confined to bis room during
the entire day.
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which is for
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Woman . Acting Role of St.
Nick Fatally Hurt.
FIRE CAUCHT IN WHISKERS
Aviator Iloxle Makes a Sensational
Dement Wlllartl Drops Or
anges for lloiiilm ou an
I Imaginary Ship, ,
(Special to Evening News.)
PORTLAND, Dec. 26. Severely
burnod about the face, head and
shoulders, Mrs. Eva Baker, fifty
years of age, is lying at St. Vincents
hospital In a dying condition from
the result of a Christmas tree Are
yesterday. The womau had dressed
as Santa Claus and was lighting th
tapers on the tree, preparatory to
surprising the two children of her
employer, Charles Crogster, when
the beard on the mask she wore
took tire from the candles. Her ,
screams brought CrogBter to her as
sistance, but before he could extin
guish the flames she was prabably
fatally burned. Even If she should
recover she will dobtlessly be blind,
as her eye balls were seared by the
fire that enveloped her.
. Makes During Flight.
LOS i...GELES, Dec. 26. Archie
Hoxlo Is the hero of the aviation
meet here toijny. Yosterday he as
cended to the height of 7600 foet,
theu stopped, the engine and shot
earthward. Ho made no attempt to
right the pianos until within 500 feet
of the earth, when he brought the
machlno to the 'landing under per-f-ct
control. His height record yes
tordiyy was corrected (today , 'aid
shows that he reached nn altitude of
0288 feet. Aviator Wlllard shows
that he la the premier marksman of
the aviators. Armed with oranges
representing bombs ho dropped ten
out of twenty-flvo on a Bpace the
size of the deck of a bnttleshlp from
a noignt or 2000 root.
LOCAL NEWS. ,
Potor Mnrllndalo, aged .12 yon is.
and lor a long time a resident of
Camns Valley, died at his homo this
morning nftor an Illness of two
weeks. The funeral will be held at
that place tomorrow, lie Is survlv-
ed by a wife.
Local police officers report little
doing along criminal linns of late,
notwithstanding that hundreds of
"sfdedoor tourists" are passluc
through the city dally. Not an ar
rest wus made Saturday or yoster
day, a fact which evidences that
Roseburg Is a most orderly munici
pality. According to I'nstiiaaslor Parks '
the amount of mall matter handled
through the local post office during
the past week has much heavier than
handled during any similar period
during his administration. Notwith
standing the rush, however, tho ef
ficient clerks transacted the business
of Ihe olllce promptly, and all In
coming mails have heen distributed
without unusual delay. Tho malls to
roust points has also been exceed
ingly heavy of Into, and upon sev
eral days Mr. Martianl, manager of
the Rosnliiirg-Marshrleld stage lines,
has been compelled to send out two
wagons loaded to their rapacity. In
all, tho, malls have been handled
most satisfactorily, both to the of
ficials and the general public.
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