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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."