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Mete Wit WEATHER Fair Tonight ; SatunLuy Fair aifd Wwiner. Today's Highest Temperature, 80 VOL. III. KOSEBURG, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1913. No. soo WHITE SLAVER rf I Mooney Admits His Guilt to District Attorney Brown FEDERAL AUTHORITIES NOTIFIED Woonoy Says He Intended To Escort Miss Metcalf To Los Angeles For Immorul Purposes , Witnesses Examined. Following an interview with Rob ert L. Mooney, alias "George Gray", who was recently returned here from Astoria where he was arrested ac cused of abducting pthel Mietcalf from her home at Oakland on June 17, District Attorney George M. Brown this morning Informed a rep resentative of The News that he had a complete case of white slavery ' -against Mooney and that the evidence in hand would be turned over to United States District Attorney Mc Court, of Portland, at the earliest possible moment. 1 The evidence tending lo substan tiate the white slavery theory as ad vanced by the district attorney fol lowing the . departure of the couple from Oakland, was greatly strength ened last evening, when Mooney de--elared that be was not subject to prosecution on a white slave charge for the reason that be bad failed to carry out his intentions at Ibe time of being arrested. As a result of a "third degree" grilling at the hands of the district attorney, Mooney ad mitted that he induced Miss Mctcalf to leave her home for immoral pur poses, and would probably have-accomplished his purpose had he been able to escape detoction of the of ficers. Apparently experienced in handling victims of the white slave traffic, Mooney told District Attorney "Brown this morning that he was -quite well acquainted with the fed- erul laws, and that It was necessary to transport the victim from one state into another before a person would become liable to prosecution. With Mooney's admissions in writ ing, substantiated by other evidence of a verbal nature, District Attorney Brown believes that he can be con victed by the federal authorities without material difficulty. . In fact, tho district attorney says that Moon ey's admissions are sufficient to con vince any reasonable jury of his sullt. . . . According to District Attorney Brown the federal statutes governing white slavers Is quite elastic In its nature, and Is so worded that a white slaver may be prosecuted even If he failed to accomplish his purpose. This would particularly apply In the case of Mooney. who admits that he In duced MIbs Metcalf to leave her home for immoral purposes, but bad failed to carry out his intentions. According to Mooney, he took Miss Metcalf to Astoria for the purpose of eluding the officers until such time us he was able to continue his jour ney to Los Angeles without fear of capture. The penalty as prescribed In cases of white slavery under the federal statutes Is from one to five years in the United States prison. Oray appears to delight in talk (k THIRD CROOI&l Attempts to Fleece Mrs. Set tle Out of $50. Propo- . ! t j r iV suiun va i unicu luwii. n v That the newspapef advertising attendant to the recent troubles of Ethel Metcalf, George Gray and Mrs. Carrie Settle has attracted no little attention at the hands of the metro politan crooka, is fully attested In statements uttered by Mrs. Settle during her present visit In Roseburg. Summoned as a witness before the grand jury, Mrs. Settle yesterday spent considerable time at the court houw conversing with Deputy Sheriff Stewart.' It was while enjoying one of these confidential "conflabs" that Mr. Settle informed the official that !' Y Gray and "George Gray" were I ;he only persons who had at-Vj-jtPd to fleece her during the past ;Tew months. in fact, Mrs. Settle gays It was but ing to the officers, and it was through this desire that the district attorney was able to secure evidence tending to show that he is a trafficker in white slaves. Gray Is Indicted. ' The grand jury this afternoon re turned an indictment charging Rob ert L. Mooney, alias "George Gray" with the crime of larceny by obtain ing money under false pretenses from Mrs. Carrie Settle, of Oakland. It is not probable that this charge will be pushed, howevr, 1or the reason that Mooney will be turned over to the federal authorities and prosecuted on a more serious of fense. Sykes Is Arraigned. W. H. Sykes, one of the brewery directors who was yesterday indicted on a charge, of selling intoxicating liquor contrary to law, was this af ternoon arraigned in the circuit court. - He was represented by At torney Elbert Hermann and will likely enter a formal plea tomorrow. . SPECIAL ELECTION IS CALLED TO VOTE BONDS. Will Vote $30,000 Bond Issue With Wliich To Pay For Water System at Kutlierlin. At a special meeting of the city council Tuesday afternoon, an or dinance calling for a special elec tion to vote on the 130,000 water bond Issue was passed, and the date of election fixed for Monday, August 26. Charles G. Glen, H. Dean May and Charles G. Russell were appoint ed judges of election and Merle S. West and, Will J. Hayner clerks. Ordinance was posted Tuesday. Thi3 election is made necessary through an error In calling the elec tion on this matter several months ago, as a result of which bond buy ers raised the question as to the le gality of the election. As the water system has been instulled, it is now necessary tor the electors to vote the bonds iu payment therefor. At a special meeting of the coun cil Monday afternoon, the city en gineer submitted a plat of the city on which was Indicated the propos ed sewer district. After a general discussion It was decided to defer action until such time as. the matter could be taken up with Attorney Or cutt. On motion the bid of Louis A. Peters for installing Incorporation cocks In the city water mains and lay ing pipes to curb lines was accepted. The bid was as follows: For short connections $1.45; medium, $1.95 and long connections, $2.65, city to furnish all material. Sutherlin Sun. TO NOTIFY MARSHALL. Governor of Indiana Will Receive Of ficial Notification That He Has 1 Been Nominated For Ytl-e-Presitlency. (Special to The Evening News.) . SEA GIRT, N. J., July 26. Gov ernor Marshall, of Indiana, will be formally notified on August 17 that he has been nominated by the demo crats for the vice-presidency. This will no doubt come as a great sur prise to the governor. Governor Wil son, of New Jersey, will In all likeli hood be present.!, H. W. Oliver will tune your piano or repair your organ. Phone .196. tf a few days following the elopement of Miss Metcalf and George Gray, that a atrangenappeared at her home In Oakland and Introduced himself as an attorney. Dressed In fine clothes and apparently possessed of a smooth tongue, the stranger Inform ed Mrs. Settle that he was an attor ney of considerable ability, and could probably lend her valuable assistance in locating George Gray and Miss Metcalf. The Impostor said he was well acquainted with both parties, and with financial assistance, could easily bring them to Justice. In fur- there conversation with Mrs. Settle tho stranger said he would undertake i the task for $50, an amount much fes than Is usually charged In cases of such a nature. Having been twice j "stung" within the preceding six j week3, Mrs. Settle played wise and 'refused to entertain the proposition. ; On the contrary she simply excused herself with the remark that she was ! not particularly Interested In em ploying detectives or attorneys In j looking after her affairs. TEXAS VOTERS Will Express Preference For Officials Tomorrow BALLOT NEARLY SIX FEET LONG Nominees From Governor To Con stable Prohibition It An Issue Roosevelt Paction Shows Hand In Fight. (Special to The Evening News.) AUSTIN, Tex., July 26. On the eve of the state-wide primaries at the end of one of the most Interest ing and bitterly fought campaigns ever conducted In Texas, each of the factions and candidates expresses con fidence and an unusually heavy vote Is anticipated tomorrow.. Nominees for state offices from governor to constable are to be se lected, also a United States senator (preference vote) and representa tives In congress. The voters will be confronted with the longest ballots prepared for any election ever held In this state. In this, Travis county, the decomratic ballot will be more than five feet long. , In Dallas coun ty the ballot will contain a total of 167 names. In many of the other counties the condition Is as bad or worse. ' The unusual size of the ballots and the consequent likelihood of con fusion among the voters have brought something of a reaction against the present Bystem of direct primaries and there is much talk among poli tical leaders of the advisability of making a change In the law so that the primary shall affect only the chief state and county officers, and that the means of getting names up on the ballot shall be made more dif ficult. ; In the primary tomorrow most In terest will center in the selection of the democratic candidates for United States senator and governor. The leading candidates for the toga which Is now worn by Joseph W. Bailey are Congressman Morris Sheppard, of Texarkana, congressman choice, B. Rnndell, of Sherman, and J. F. Wolters, of Houston. In the guber natorial contest, Governor O. B. Col quitt has a rival for the nomination In the person of Judge W. F. Ram sey, associate justice of the state su premo court. In the senatorial fight It is an alignment of the so-called conserva tion element of the democratic party against the radicals. Wolters Is gen erally regarded as the choice of the conservatives. Sheppard and Randell are Identified with the radicals, but Sheppard Is the particular choice of the followers of William J. Bryan, who for a long time have been bit terly opposed to Bailey. Notwithstanding the fact that the state-wide prohibition question has no direct bearing upon the United States senatorshlp, this Is one of the chief issues of the campaign. Wol ters was chairman of the state anti prohibition organization during the campaign last year, and naturally has against him the prohibition element. The prohibitionists are giving their support to Sheppard. Randell 1b an anti-prohlbitlonist, although he did not take any active part In the fight last year. It is the general opinion, however, anti-prohibition vote will be divided between Wolters and Ran dell, which, of course, would rebound to the benefit ofSheppard, as he Is the only prohibitionist In tho race. The prohibition question likewise has injected Itself Into the contest for the governorship. Judge Ramsey Is one of the leaders on the prohibition side and has made the most of the Issue in his bitter fight fo rtne seat of Governor Colquitt. Another Interesting contest for a place on the democratic Btate ticket is the fight for the nomination for at torney general. Jewel P. I-lKhtfoot. who for three years has been engag ed in "trust busting" In that office, declined to seek another term. He declares that after eight years of ser vice of the state in connection with the office, he la poorer than when he entered it, and that he will take up private practice. His chief ajwfst nt, James D. Walthall, Is a candi date for the nomination and Is oppos- WEALTHY ORDER 6. P. O. E. is Wealthiest Or der in United States HAS DONE MUCH FOR CHARITY W. V. Cardwell, Representative From Local Lodge to Portlnnd Convention Makes An Interesting Keport. W. W. Cardwell submitted his re port to the local lodge of Elks last night. The report covered tho work done by the Orand Lodge at Its ses sions at Portland irecently-. Mr. Cardwell was the local representa tive to the Grand Lodge. From the report it appears that the Elks' lodge has done much charitable work In the past and is still doing much good In that direction. It Is the first or der that has ever given from Its funds to the fight being made against the "white plague". Mr. Cardwell's report was not Becret in its nature and Is therefore published in full. The Keport. " To the officers and members of Roseburg Lodge No. 32G B. P. O. E. W. V. Cardwell, delegate to the Orand Lodge of Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks, United States of America for the year 1912, hereby submits the following report: The 48the annual session of the Orand Lodge of Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks of the United States of America met In the Armory Building at Portland, Oregon, at 11 o'clock, July 9, 1912, the officers of the Grand Lodge all being pres ent. Election of Officers, Grand Exalted Ruler Thomas B. Mills, Superior, Wis. Grand Esteemed Leading Knight, James L, King, Topcka, Kansas. Orand Esteemed Lecturing Knight Lloyd R. Maxwell, Marshalltown, Iowa., . ; Grand Esteemod Loyal Knight Chas. H. Ward, Pasadena, Cal. Grand Treasurer Edward Leach, New York. Grand Secretary Fred C. Robin son. Dubuque, Iowa. Grand Trustee John J. Faulkner, Eact St. Louis, III. Grand Inner Guard John Lee Clark, Alberquerquo, N. M. Grand Tyler Patrick Shields, Clarksburg, W. Va. Place of meeting of next session Grand Lodge, Rochester, N. Y. Flnnncial Standing. ' According to the annual report of Grand Secretary Robinson, the total valuation of property owned by the subordinate lodges at the close of the fiscal year, March 31, 1912, was $20, 391,832.45, which, according to .the report, makes the order the wealth iest in America. Portland lodge No. 142 Is the rich est lodge In ElUdom, surpassing by a goodly margin all other subordinate bodies In the order, its assets being 345,084.61. New York comes sec ond with $335,700.49. The next eight In order are Brooklyn, $247, 163; Sacramento. $183,806; Youngs town, Oo., $175,466; San Francisco, $173,561; Jacksonville, Fla., $168, 927; Spokane, $164,874; Seattle. ed by B. F. Looney and M. B. Harris. The entire state will vote on the selection of two congressnien-at-large. Practically all of the present delegation in the national house of representatives expect to be re-nominated, though several are meeting with spirited opposition. The rivalry between tho Taft and Roosevelt republicans In Texas, which figured so prominently at the national convention In Chicago lam month, promises to manifest Itself even more strongly In tomorrow's primaries. The Roosevelt adherents have arranged to hold progressive primaries, and it Is probable that few of them will attempt to vote In either the republican or the demo cratic primaries, which will choose delegates to the state conventions to be held next month. Whether the progressives will continue to go It alone or attempt to capture the regu lar republican state convention will he determined later by the leaders of the new party movement. $142,678: Philadelphia, $138,024. There are 221 lodges In the order whose assets exceed $100,000. The total receipts' of the grand lodge from all sources exceeded those of previous years in the amount of $97,241. The total disbursements were $105,204. The surplus on hand amounts to $406,333. The total amount received by surordlnate lodgeB from all sources was $7,298, 134; amount expended, $7,839,489, leaving a balance on hand of $1, 75S,1'93. Secretary Robinson's report show ed that since 1880 the order had dis bursed for charitable purposes a to tal of $4,273,228, of which $467, 698 was credited to the last year. The. New York No. 1 holds first place In this respect with a disburse ment of $9,187. Total Membership. The total membership In the order, as Bhown by Secretary Robinson's re port. Is 384,724, a net increase of 25,065 In the last year. ' Charity. The true spirit of Elkdom was manifested and exemplified when the resolution for an appropriation by the Grand Lodge to be used by the committee on tuberculosis, came on for final adoption. It Ib not within the knowledge of your representative that any fraternal order In the his tory of the world ever voluntarily ap propriated and set aside a sum of money from Its own funds to be used, through its committee, for the benefit of all mankind. Realizing that tuber culosis Is one of the greatest Bcourges and most dreaded' diseases of the human race, and realizing that a de termined and united action Is being taken by the medical and scientific men of the country for tho purpose both of prevention and euro, and realizing that such research and la bor cannot, be carried on without necessary funds, the Grand Lodge of Bonevolent ond Protective Order of Elks did on tho 11th day of July, 1912, appropriate out of the general funds of the Grand Lodge, the sum of $20,000 to be known and used as a "Tuberculosis Fund". This to the mind of your representative Is the most splendid manifestation bt true charity possible to be made by any fraternal order. Charity, it Is true, Is dlsponsed with open hand by many of the great fraternal orders; but only among their members and those deiiendont. It remained for the great order of Elkdom to set a new standard and demonstrate by a noble deed what Its ritual teaches, "That every man Is a brother". If the order of Elks should die today. If the Grand Lodge should disorganize and every subor dinate lodge under the American flag should burn Its charter, yet the name of Elk would live and be bless ed by those on whom tho white plague has placed its stamp and by those noble men who are devoting their ilvos and energies to the relief of the afflicted and tho ameliora tion of the human Vace. The reort of Grand Secretary Robinson shows that since the year 1880, tho order has disbursed for charitable pur poses, $4,273,228, of which $467, 698 was for the year Juet closed. The giving of this princely sum for the purpose of charity entitled the Elks to have printed on the title page of their ritual the noble Roman maxim "Non Nobis Solem". We live not for ourselves alone. ItoftchurK IrfMlgo Xo. il'Jfl. While not posing as a censor. It might be fitting to report: That while the attendance of our home WITH HAZEL IRWIN Ethel Metcalf Says Hazel is Not a Bad Girl Eat To- gether r and Enjoy Chat. Apparently a natural notoriety seeker, Ethel Metcalf today boasts of the distinction of occupying a cell and eating breakfast with a woman charged with the crime of murder In the first degree. While loitering about the grand Jury room thlB after noon awaiting the call of the dls rlct attorney. Miss Mctcalf boast It ly talked of her experience while de Alnod in the county jail at Port land awaiting ihe arrival of Deputy Sheriff Stewart, who returned hor to this city. "Why," said Ethel, "what do you think, I enjoyed a delightful visit THREE DM When Boat Capsizes Fourth Swims Ashore DEMOCRATS TO PASS TARIFF LAW Three .Minors Are Caught In Flood In Shaft Rescuo Party Is Hard -At Work at Pumpe In ' Effort To Save I Jves. (Speoial to The (Evening News.) EXPOSITION PARK, Pa., July 26. Three persons were drowned here today when the boat they were In capsized and threw tin occupants In the water. There were four in the boat when the accident occurred. One of the party escaped drowning by swimming to shore. Those who lost tholr lives were Lillian Qustatfson, William King and A. H. Robtmson. The boat turned over In full sight of many witnesses but help came loo late. . Try To, Kmbarnu Taft, WASHINGTON, D. C, July $6. With the Idea of putting President Taft In an embarasslng position, the democratic house leaders today ad mitted that they ' Intend to accept bodily the LaFollette wool tariff bill passed by the senate last night. K any changes In the bill are to be made they will be only .minor In na ture and will not effect In the least the tenor of the bill. The bill passed by the senate last night is identical to the one; vetoed last year by President Taft. While the president has refused to comment upon what his action will be should the house pass the bill, it is generally under stood that he will veto the measure. ItoHCiio Party Working. UNIONTOWN, Pa,', July 26, A rescue party is battling desperately today to save the lives of Peter Evans, John Scanlon and John Oros chak, the three miners who are ma rooned in the flood waters of Lament mine. The men were caught 1,800 feet from the mouth of the mine In several feet of water. ' The1 mine pumps are being worked under ter Ifflc pressure to empty the' water from the mine In order that the men may make their way to safety. Tho death list of the catastrophe remains nt fourteen, tho same as reported In earlier dispatches. lodge was not b great as that of some of our sister lodges in tho state, yet the personnel of Roseburg 326 Is above tho standard and your representative takes particular pride and pleasure in commending to the lodge in general the gentlemanly conduct, courteous manner and splen did demeanor of each particular member of our lodge In receiving our visitors and assisting in the mag nificent entertulnment of folded by Portland and the Northwest. The 4 8th annual session of the Grand Lodge has pussed Into his tory. It was in all the moBt specta cular, the most magnificent, the most business like meeting or Its kind ever convened on the American con tinent. It establlshoed a hlghwuter mark as a convention; while as a social event It will remain unsurpassed for years to come. with Hazel Irwin, who Is charged with llrst degroo murder In connec tion with killing Kay Wallace at Portland a few weeks ago. Hazel Is quite a pretty girl, too, and she seemed to know me. When I entur- ed the county Jail at Portland and was escorted to my quarters by the matron, Hazel looked at me and call ed me by name. 1 supposo they hnd told her I was coming. "1 sfept well In Jell and Hazel and I talked considerable as we partook of breakfast in company. Although charged with a serious offense, Hazel does not appear like a bad girl. She is smart, talks fluently and Is wldo' awako to the tactics displayed by the Portland officers. "When I wos about to leave tho Portland Jail In company with Deputy Sheriff Stewart, Hnzel smiled and wished me good luck.. Oee, I hop jthey don't, convict hor."