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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