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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1912)
Wm TRIAL Is Proceeding Rapidly in the Seattle Courts MM IN IMPORTANT EVIDENCE ToKtmanU'V liciiinil rraiik HJtrhcot-lc T-Dm of CoiitjibulimiH To Cam- pulfC" Fund lrihIoiit Mukrg Appointment. (Special to The Evening News.) SEATTMO WASH., July 17. That 965,000 was offered to Kecolver ShntWf Waxier for the stock of the banltrurit M'Carthy Drysoods Com fny but thut JhcIko Hanfonl turn ed down tho offer, and that sutmc qotnt)y after lUinford'a receiver, Bax ter had conducted the Htnro for a year wrth the result that the credi tors received Iobu than 10 rcntn on a. dollar was the admission mado by Ditxter when questioned as a wit-' wb In tho II tin ford hearing today' Dauxter said that In the event the offer of $f5,000 had been accepted tho crcdltorn would have received a hoot 70 oenU on the dollar. The Yfanford bearing la attracting largo rowdu and Intense tntereKt la mani fest In tlie oiitcomo of the proceed ings. INIcluMH k on HtJtnd. WASHINGTON, D. C, July 17. Pnstin-aater General Frank 'Hitchcock, chairman of tho republican national eoinmlitpe In "tho year 1908 today testified "before the aenatu InveHtl vnOnff cominitteo that $ 1,555,5 1 8 -was conributed toward tho campaign, lie was unable to give the mimea of the iIodoih. Nominations MjuI WAHHIN(1TC)N, D. C, July 17. Prrsldent Taft today nominated Lu ther Coiiant, Jr., of New -York, to succeed Herbert Knox Smith an com ntatt.oiicr of corporal loan. Coiiant yviin Smlth'B deputy. Taft alo nom inoted Sherman Allen, of Vermont, fes m-alHtant secretary of the treasury. if - - WOItl) PKOM IIAXGEItT. 4 County Judge Wonacott this morning received a letter from the superintendent of the suite Insane asylum to the effect that Henry riangert, of Douglas county had escaped and would probably return to this vicinity. At the time or Bangert's con- vlction In tho circuit court oft a charge of assault with a dan- gerous weapon he threatened to kill those responsible for Ills ar- rest In the event he ever escap- ed from the penitentiary. It la also said that he tnreatencd the court officers with violence. Bungcrt is said to be demented, and consequently la considered a dangerous character to be at large. tw waijIiAck mi km:i;. IIjutI Irwin Ka'N Site "Tut Man To Mf'i u (Mi itm' tyui Socured li!0. POItTLANIi, July 17. Hay W. Wftllnce, who was itlllod hi a rooming , bonno on Alder Htreet. and for whose murder Wlllanl Tanner and Hazel Irwin are liHM to answer, was not ITm fiist victim of a conspiracy be tween them, Hiild Hazel Irwlu In an ri1milfMl ittJitiMiieut, mailo to Itcputy llVnjvrnltl yiMt onlay, mid triuiscrib ?d by a stenographer. Thla tardy admission is received ' l 'tu'( Is HflicrinU'il. I.OB ANtJKI.KS, t'nl.. July 17. Joe Levy, manager for Joe Itlvera, late today accepted pro- j mnter McCaithy'rt terms for a j'tiun tlglit weight, champion- ) iihlp bait!' between Rivers and Wolf.nst. Tho flglit will be held nt Vernon, on Labor Hay. Wol- pjit a nd his tnti mi ger, J ones. have alrendy Intimated they wore siittnl'ted with McCarthy's tirniK. It Is more than likely that articles will he xigued be- fore tonight. by tho prosecutor and tne detectives as a strong link In the chain they ar preparing for Tanner, as tending to show a more active part In the murder plot than wus Indicated In the girl's former statements, obviously framed to protect her companion. The girl could not give the nume of the former victim, and the author ities aro withholding the details for confirmatory investigation. She said that he had been lured to her room by her, and that Tanner had provid ed sleeping powders by which his drink was drugged. Then, acting to gether, she Bald, they relieved the unconscious man of his purse con taining It Is believed that additional cases will be brought to light, and It may be shown that the man and givl had embarked upon a career of tuis class of crimes. This Is further Indicated by the statement of a witness, that Ilaxel had laughingly boasted of hav ing "put a man to sleep with a beer bo (11 a and getting $120 from him. When questioned on this point, Hazel said she remembered nothing of hav ing made such u boast and declared that there was no truth In tho state ment. Preparatory to a hearing before the grand Jury to begin today, tho girl was taken to detective head quarters yesterday to nmke a writ ten statement, her former Interviews not having been In the presence of a stenographer. She told In most de tails, the same story as at her last appearance, when she confesned that Wallace had been lured to her room with Intent to get money from him; that sleeping powders had been pre pared, and that when he refused to drink the liquor containing them. Tanner had felled him with a bolt, obtniiicd for the purpose nt the site of the new railroad bridge. Throughout, this former statement t he pi rl 111:1 (to plain attempts to should1!' all the responsibility fur conceiving and urging the crime, mid put .miner in the light of being an acquiescent tool. Yesterday while this disposition was still 'manifest, she did not go to the same lengths, and the Investigators itre more than ever) convinced that Tanner wus un active eor.dplratnr, not 'only In this affair, but In previous ones. John Wallace, rather of the mur dered uinu, was taken Into the grand jury room yesterday, in advance of the complete hearing of the case. In order to suit his convenience. His testimony was conTlned to routine mat tern. AOMINISTRATBIX NOTICE 1 1.VAL SETTLEMENT. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Douglas County. In the matter of the estate of Wm. j7"Warner, Deceased. NOICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the undersigned has filed In the above entitled court her account in final settlement of said estate, and the court bag fixed the 29th day of July, 1912, at 10 o'clock A. M., for hearing objections. If any, to said final account and the settlement of said estate. ' This notice la published In the Daily Evening News by order of the Judge of tho above entitled court, dated the 27th day of June, 1912. ' AMELDA WARNER, Administratrix of the estate of Wm. J. Warner, Deceased. dJ25 ADMIXISTHATOH'S XOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned haB been duly appointed by the County Court of the state of Oreogn for Douglas County, ad ministrator of the estate of Hiram J. Russell, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same to me properly verified as by law re quired, at my office. 401 Perkins six months from the date hereof, building, Roseburg, Oregon, within Dated this 13th day of June. 1912 J. A. BUCHANAN, Administrator of the estate of Hiram J. Russell, deceased. Buchanan & Porter, attorneys for administrator. djl 13 NOTICE FOU PUBLICATION; Department of the interior, U. S Land Office at Roseburg, Oregon, May 7, 1912. NOTICE la horooy given that Bird G. Vinson, whoso postofflce address It? Roseburg, Oregon, did, on the lltb day of August, 1911, file in this of fice Sworn Statement and Applica tion No. 05401, to purchase the N. N. W. , S. W. N. W. M and the N. W. M S. W. K, Section 22, Township 26 S., Range 3, West, Willamette Meridian, and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 3, 1878, and acts amen datory, known as the "Timber and Stone Law," at such value as might be fixed by nppralsement, and that, pursuant to such application, the land and timber thereon have been appraised, $816.00 the timber esti mated 2.050,000 board feet at 040 cents per M, and the land nothing that said applicant will offer final proof in support of his application and sworn statement on the 26 day of July. 1912, beforo Register nnd Re ceiver United States Lan dOtllco, at Roseburg, Oregon, Any person is at liberty to protest this purchase buPore entry, or Initiate a contest nt nuv time before patent issues, by tiling a corroborated af fidavit In this oftlce. alleging factt which would deffiu i ho finry. BENJAMIN 1 JONES. J25 Register STRONG EASY RUNNING Champion and McCormick Mowers ' Rakes Binders Headers WRITE FOR PRICES JL F. Barker & Co. 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