Miming Today's Highest Temperature 68 Rainfal 1.01 in. WEATHER Occasional Ituin Toniglil and Thursday. VOL. 111. ROSEBUBO, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1013. No. 180 Wit LA MOT SUSTAINED 0 e Charges of "Knocking," so Reports Committee. BULLETIN ARTICLE ON CARPET Club Members Vote That Article Ap pearing In June llullctin Should Not lio Policy Of The Club. The regu1armonthIymeeting of the Roseburg Commercial Club was held last night In the club rooms with 37 members present. The min utes of the previous uuetlng wero read and approved. George Neuner reported that he had taken up with the council the matter of having the city pay the compromise balance of about $140.00 due on the cluster street lights. The council referred the matter to the judiciary committee and a favorable report Is expected. The committee appointed at the last meeting to Investigate cbargeB of alleged "knocking" on the part of one of the members submitted Its report to the effect that the evi ' dence produced, and offered to the committee was Insufficient to sustain the charges. The report was adopted without discussion. Politics were injected into the club meeting by Frank Micelll when he made a motion that Congressman Hawley, who had reported that no public buildings appropriations would be made this session of congress on account of the plan of economy adopted by the democratic house, be informed that ft was the sense of the members of the Commercial Club that the policy adopted by the democrats met with the approval of the Commercial Club here. The mo tion was adopted out of respect for Mr. Micelli's earnestness In the mat te?. The struggle of the evening came over an article appearing In the latest bulletin issued by the club. The por tion of the article which caused the discussion is "If the various members of the club would adopt the motto 'other things being equal, I will pat ronize a member of the Roseburg Commercial Club, and especially those who subscribe to the advertis ing fund, in preference to all others.' and live up to the motto, it would be a very short time until the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker and all other professional and business men In Roseburg would call atten tion to the fact that they belong to tho club. The matter was discussed with much heat on both sides. Those favoring the policy saying that it was a simple boosting method and that It would benefit the club and the town. Those opposed to It stated that It was a species of boycott and that tt should not be tolerated as the policy of the club. Ths vote was in favor of those opposed to the plan and stood, thirteen for and four teen .'gainst the policy. No ether business was transacted and the club adjourned. JUDGMENT TAKEN IX CIRCUIT COURT CASE. Charles E. Reed Must Pay The Shlra Luniter Company $178.87 and Attorney's Fees. ; In the circuit court this morning, the Shlra Lumber Company; through Its attorney, John T. Long, was awarded Judgment In the sum of $178. S7 against Charles E. Reed, formerly of Sutherlin. Other than the principal the de fendant Is also required to pay at torney fees In the sum of $25. O. H. GRONVOIil) NEARLY PIA'XfUCS INTO RIVER. Touring Car Skid While lecend.njE Jtlv"r Ilank Soriuas Accident Is Narrowly Averted. While descending the river bank, leading to the county ferry near Winchester, late ynterdar afternoon. C. H. Oronvold's largo touring cat, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Gronvold and Mrs. J. F. Barker and daughter, I Veil, came near plunging into the chilling waters of the North Umpqua river. It appears that Mr. Gron vold was returning .from Wilbur, and was In the act of descending the river bank when the automobile in which he was riding started to skid. The brakes were applied, but owing to the slippery condition of the soil, the machine skidded until within a few inches of the water. While the occupants of the vehicle have lit tle to say regarding their thrilling experience, it is said upon good authority that the women members of the party were badly frightened and would have alighted from the machine had! they had the oppor tunity. RACK TO MINNEAPOLIS. Cement Rrlck Mun Leaves For East , Will Probably Order Machinery For Local Plant. Mr. J. Palmer, who is organizing the Roseburg Cement Brick Manu facturing Company, left for Minneap olis yesterday. He has a large con tract there for the French Grey ce ment brick which will be used In the addition to the state armory there. 2,000,000 of these bricks will be used In the construction of the building. While Mr. Palmer would not di vulge what other business he had there it is 'understood that he will order the machinery for the local cement brick, company and have it shipped here as soon as the details of the organization here are perfect ed. Mr. Palmer will return within two or three weeks. S. B. Crouch is having the street in front of his residence on Oak street, "below the railroad track. cleared of grass and debris. ALLEGE SCHEME Taft Supporters Plan to Gain Control. ROOSEVELT FOR SUFFRAGETTES Verities A mmunccntent Made By Judge Hen Lindsay Detec tive For Ktiito Tells lirilxry Story. (Special to The Evening News.) CHICAGO, June 12. Roosevelt supporters declare the action of the national committee In seating two Taft delegates from the fourth Cali fornia district Is only part of a well concocted scheme to attack the val-, idity of the whole California delega tion. They claim the present method was planned as the foundation attack, not only against California delegates, but against other states where dele gates elected from the state at large favor Roosevelt's candidacy. By this , means Taft supporter hope to gain control of the convention. ' Roosevelt For Suffrage. OYSTER BAY. June 12. Col. Roosevelt today flatly and unequi vocally declared for woman suffrage. The announcement was first mad,e by Judge Ben B. Lindsay, of Denver, ' and later confirmed by Roosevelt. Detective Gives Testimony. LOS ANGELES, June 12. Chief of Detectives Samuel L. Brown, of the. district attorney's office, was on the stand the entire forenoon in the Darrow trial today testifying for the prosecution. Brown told of watch ing a house of George N. Lock wood, a prospective McXamara juror, with whom Darrow Is charged with brib ing. He further told of planting detectives to watch Franklin when he approached Lock wood with $4, 000. M alleged. Lillian Itussell Taken Hushnnd. PITTSBURG, June 12. After re peated denials the marriage of Al exander H. Moore, publisher ot tho Pittsburg Leader, to Lillian Ruspell, cne of the footlight favorites of the country, took place today. The wed ling took place at noon in tho hotel Schley, and was witnessed only by relatives and Intimate friends of the contracting parties. Among the f.uests were members of the Weber & Fields Jubilee Club, of which Vis Russell Is a member. Mrs. Moore leaves with the company ea (bound tonight HALL IS READY Coliseum Caily Decorated For National Convention CHANCE COST SUM OF $40,000 Advance Guard of Delegate. Are Ar riving By Monday Chicago Will He Converted Into a Great Political Arena. -(Special -to - The Evening News.) -CHICAGO, 111., June 12. Practic ally every detail has been arranged and the flnlshfng touches 'are being put to the Coliseum for what prom ises to be the most perfect of nation al conventions, as far as environ ment Is concerned. "The advance guard of delegates and visitors has put In an appear ance. A mighty throng, with brass bands from every section, will fol low at the week's end and at the beginning of the next week to ob serve what Is expected to be the most spectacular quadrennial session that the republican party has held in years. For the third time since its erec tion, thirteen years ago, the doors of the Coliseum will be thrown open on the forenoon of next Tuesday for the accommodation of a republican nat ional convention. In 1904 the re publicans nominated Theodore Roose velt for president in this building, which experts declare to be the acme of convention halls, and four years later, under the same roof, William H. Taft was chosen as the party's standard-bearer. For weeks men have been work ing a metamorphosis under the steel girders that span the big building. Forty thousand dollars has been spent In making the needed changes, Installing platform and seats and hi the elaborate decorations. Practic ally every available foot of space In the interior of the big hall is being draped with flags and bunting. The national colors predominate In the decoration scheme. The wall's sur face at "the south end of the hall, directly back, of the speakers' plat form, is a bower of American flags, with a large president's flag as a centerpiece. Draped from this are long stringers off bunting. These streamers are being placed entirely around the hall and, at regular In tervals, will be caught up by shields oi other emblems. The speakers platform will occupy the same position as four years ago at the south end of the main audi torium. Back of the platform is a terraced stuge for 2.000 distinguish ed guests. Two stands abutting ou both sides of the speakers' platform will furnish accommodations for 500 working newspaper men. The arrangements make e,very seat in the building desirable. The seating capacity Is 12,000 in round numbers. In front of the speakers' platform and on one level will b the seats of the 2,080 delegates and alternates, the latter to be seated dierctly behind their principals. The remaining seats on tho main floor and those In the mezzanine boxes nmf gallarles will be for the general pub licor that portion of It fortunate enough to get tickets, which have been divided between the national committeemen and the local conven tion committee. The platform, aisles, and all open spaces have been covered with mat ting to insure the maximum of quiet while the convention Is In session. Five hundred public telephones and a large number of telegraph ,lnt;ru menta are being Installed In various parts of the building for the accom modation of delegates and the pub lie. Especial attention has been paid to the arrangements for the com fort of the convention guests. In the basement there will be a fully equipped emergency hospital In charge of a corps of physicians and Red Cross nurses. There will be numerous retiring rooms for men and women In the annex. A soft drink emporium will be' located Just out side the main hall. Arrangements for the .policing and officering of the convention have been made under the guidance of years of experience. The seating of tie hall the general supervision of the thousands of onlookers will be In charge of several hundred assist ant sergeants-at-arms and ushers un der the general direction of Ser-geant-at-Arms William F. Stone. Uniformed city police will be pres ent for emergency only, subject to he call of a convention officer. Arrangements regarding entrances and exits have been given especial at tention, as well as measures of pre caution for the safety of those In the hall In case of fire. Although the building Is fire proof, having a main facade of Gothic stone and arches of steel, no chances are be ing taken. Eleven entrances hnvi? beeti arranged for, six of them lead ing Into Wabash avenue and the oth ers Into the alley In the rear of the building. To guide visitors to their seats, big signs will be placed above all the entrances, which will notify them at which one to present their tickets. Mrs. E. S. Jeffries, of Los Angeles, arrived here yesterday and expects to make this her permanent home. Publicity Manager Schlosser, of the Roseburg Commercial Club, this morning received a letter from a party, whose name Is withheld from publication, to the effect that an electric railroad will be built from Roseburg to Winchester Bay, at tho mouth of the Umpqua river. In the event the business along the line will demand the expenditure. Mr. Schlosser has received assurances that the writer of the communica tion Is entirely responsible, and con sequently he places great faith in the project. Alaskan Volcanos Reap Har vest of Death PEOPLE PETITION ASSISTANCE Pishing Yilhifgett TEtteiiy Destroyed A.shes Cover Island to Depth of Severn! Feet Vege tation Killed. (Special to The Evening News.) CORDOVA, Alaska, Juno 12. Careful estimates made today of ravages In the volcanic district place the number of homeless people at 2,000. At a mass meeting hero to day a request received from Seward was acted upon, and Cordova Joined in ft petition to congress for funds ror supplying food and clothing to the volcano sufferers. Supplies of needed food and Mankets will lie rushed to the district as fast as pos sible. The mass meeting also de cided to cable nlabel Hourdman, qf the Red Cross society, to co-operate with the government In Bending aid. Captain Perry, of the revenue cut ter Manning, haB placed every boat In the district under mnrtlal law for the purpose of using them In ren dering assistance to sufferers. Allies Cover Island. JUNEAU, Alaska. June 12. Gov ernor Walter E. Clark has received the following dispatch from Kadiak: "Kadlak Island Is covered with 12 inches of ashes. Ashes have stop ped falling, but conditions here are terrible. The people were taken aboard the revenue cutter Manning, which is leaving for other stations to obtain food. "On some parts of the Island the ashes are 20 feet deep. Vegetation and animal life have been killed and the wireless station at Kadlak des troyed. Conditions at Karluk must bo terrible." Governor Clark cabled to Wash ington asking for $100,000 from congress for relief purposes in the Btrlcken district. Mulling Village Dralrojred. SEWARD, Alaska, June 11. A cannery tender from L'yak. on the Bhelikof Strait shore of Kadlak Is land, brought word today that the people there are safe, but It Is thought that seven fishing villages, with a total population ot 200, on the Alaska peninsula. In the Imme diate vicinity of Katmal volcano, were destroyed by the eruption of last Thursday. 200 HOMELESS D VISI0N1SSURE States Will Not Recognize . Taft's Nomination s HENEY DENOUNCES COMMITTEE Tuft Men From California anil Ariz ona Seated Clinrtt;etl That Election of Taft Men Is I Mogul, ' (Special to The Evening News.) ' CHICAGO, June 12. The national republican commlttoe today seated two Taft delegates from the fuurth district of California. This action enraged the Callforniau iu the city, and Francis J. Ilenoy was particu larly bitter In hla denunciation of the ruling of the committee, Wur To The Knife. CHICAGO, June 12. William Flynn, leader of the Pennsylvania progressives, and Governor Galss- cock, of West Virginia, declare that those states will not recognize Taft as the regular republican nominee should the president's men control the convention. The action of the committee In arbitrarily seating Taft delegates, and the methods employ ed In the decisions, brought out this expression from the Roosevelt men. Election of Taft Men Illegal. CHICAGO, June 12. The nation al republican committee today seat ed the Taft delegates at large from Arizona. This last act Is the most serious that Roosevelt haB yet re ceived at the handB of the commit tee. Rooesveit's representatives In the contest charged that tho election of Tnft delegates to the convention from Mncopa county was Illegal and Irregular. I). '. HAItltIS, OF CHICAGO, AItlii:STl:l) FOU FOKUKKY. Accused of Pusslng Worthless Check I'polt Theodore Wallace, of Wolf Creek. Alleging that he was a millionaire mine owner und for many years had participated In promoting many of tho leading financial projects of Chi cago, 111!, a mun giving his nnmo as D. C. Harris, was arrested at Wilbur late this afternoon on a chargo of forgery. The charge was preferred by T. E. Wallace, of Wolf Creek, while the warrant was issued by Jus lice of the Peace Marstora. According to the story told by Mr. Wallnce In the presence of tho district attorney and sheriff this af- tornoon, Harris first arrived at Wolf Creek about ten dayB ago and lmmo- iitely commenced negotiations for tho purchase of valuable mining property In that locality. Relieving thiu Harris was on the square und that ho meant business Mr. Wallace notified a number of Portland parlies interested In the land relative to the deal. Having no reason to believe thut Murrls was a crook, Mr. McCall, of Portland, arrived here yestorday, and assisted by Mr. Wallace, Imme diately commenced tho task of ar ranging for the transfer. Messrs. McCall and Wallace even went so far as to prepare an abstract of the land as well as arrange for deliver ance of the deeds. . With all details of the sale com plete late yesterday, Messrs. Wallace, McCall and Harris arrived hero lust night preparatory to making the formal transfer this morning. ' In fact Harris even carried his bluff "THERE'S A REASON" The Deposits of this bank, which opened for business In April lastJust two months ago have already exceeded $80,000.00 THE UMPQUA VALLEY BANK Officers and Directors O. P. COHIIOW, President J, M. THRONE, Cashier I. W. BTHO.VO, Vice-President J. C. AIKEV, Vlie-l-roslilent II. t. FItKAIt A. 3. IIEMjOWS I). It. SIIAMHKOOK Perkins Bldg. to the point of sending a telegram to the First National Bank, of San Francisco, asking that they forward the sum of $30,000, the amount in volved In the deal, to the Roseburg National Bank, of this city. Prior to sending the telegram Harris In formed Wallace and McCall that he' had about $90,000 on deposit In San Francisco, all ot which he expected to invest In Douglas county mining properties. When the time came for turning over the money this morning, Harris excused himself under the pretention of visiting a local attorney in order thut he might secure Information re garding the abstract. When ho left the McClalien hotel on this pretend ed errand he wore 8am Emllcotl's overcoat, which was found in his pos- " " session at the time ot bis arrest. After waiting for nearly two hourB, Wallace and McCall became suspic ious, and aftor brief Investigation, found that the alleged "millionaire" had loft town In a northerly direc tion. Satisfied that they had been bilked, McCall and Wallace notified Sheriff Qulne who caused Harris' ar rest as ho was passing through Wil bur afoot. Later a warrant of ar rest was Issued by Justice Marotera and the follow was brought hero and lodged In the county Jail. Other thun causing Wallace and McCall unlimited trouble, Harris 1b alleged to have passed a worthless . check upon Thoodore Wallace, a son of the prosecuting witness. This check was drawn on the First Nat ional Bank, ot San Francisco, and was in tho sum of $25. Harris se cured only $4.50 on the check, pre tending that he Intended to make the victim a present of the remaining $21.50. It Is also claimed that Wal lace advanced railroad fare with which to bring HarrlB to Roseburg, the latter claiming that he would be unable to realize on his checks until such time as money was forthcom ing from Sun Francisco. It is also believed that Harris cashed several checks In Roseburg, none of which had been received at the local depositories at a late hour '1 thla ufternoon. Harris arrived here late this af ternoon In custody of Sheriff Qulne and tonight he will be questioned by District Attorney Brown relative to Ills alleged shady operations. Both the sheriff and district nttornoV be lieve that Harris 1b a dangerous man with bad paper, and It may he pos sible that they will Inquire Into his ptiHt record. Theodoro' Wallace, the lad upon whom tho worthless check was passed, was recently discharged from Mercy hospital after several months' treatment for a gun wound of tho arm. His father. T. E. Wal lace who Is the prosecuting wltnoss in the case, Is one of the best known mon In Southern DouglnB county, and Is entirely reliable. , Wallace informed a Nows repre sentative lute today that Harris even carried letterheads' bearing a sup posed fictitious title of a "firm" with headquarters at Chicago. Ho oIbo carlred letters which tended to In dicate that ho wns a timber and min ing property speculator. These let ters ho displayed frequently, said Mr. Wallaco, and most especially when telling of other "deals" consummat ed undor his direction.. The case of Rasor vs. the City ot Riddle, an action to secure a per manent Injunction and thus restrain the defendants from diverting waters from Wilson Creek, was submitted to Judge Hamilton In the circuit court this morning. The (evidence liAfl been taken undor advisement by the court and It Is not probable that a decision will be forthcoming for sor eral days. Roseburg, Oregon