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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1912)
IT.- ' Today's Highest Temperature, 84 Fair Tonight and Wed nesday; Coutinued Wiuni VOL. 111. ROSEBURG, OREGON. TIESDAY, Jl'I.Y 8l, 1912. No, SI I j Youth Occasionally Sidestep From Straight Paths PUBLIC MORALLY RESPONSIBLE City Should Provide Iect'Dt Play Grounds and Hsurts lleallhy Kxerciso Will Do Away With I (I lint;. Editor News: , There are a num ber of high minded men and woraoa in Roseburg and vicinity who ure giving careful thought to the moral conditions and needs of this commu nity, but ft seems that their efforts . are conducted entirely along the linee of suppression, and not in the least along the lines of progression. It is probably well and good that the fight 1b continual against King Alco hol, but Instead of worrying so much about near beer joint keepers lying in wait for our sons, who at the present time have no other place to go, and therefore are not very dif ficult to tempt, .why not start with the youths of our city, and educate them by some other methods than long dry sermons on the drink evil? This warm day the boys and young men can go to the cool and comfort able pool rooms, with their near-beer bars, or the nice shady park, equip ped with play grounds, benches, etc., the park which Is not much in evi dene in Roseburg what? Sunday afternoon there were over 300 hundred men, women, boys and girls under the trees and along the river in Alexander park, many of them in the river most of the time. Not a place of any kind to don a "bathing suit or resume your ordinary clothing, yet a hundred or more Roseburg people who would gladly avail themselves of the bathing priv lllges if It could be done decently. A hundred boys In the water away be yond the reach of near beer joints, designing keepers, and other tempt ers, developing red. blood, healthy minds under the most advaise condi tions. Instead of curing them from the drink, pool and loafing habit, why not prevent the formation by offering something in the line of de cency to them. This Idea that boys and girls can be "saved by dry ser mons, and a wonderful activity on election day may appeal to some, but not much to fathers of boys and girls. They want something to do a place to go that Is attractive, where their minds and bodies both will de SON REASONS ATTENTION: Mr. Business Man! The Evening News Has a Subscription List 50 per cent greater today than it had on the First day of January, 1912. "THERE'S A REASON" The Evening News has outdistanced all competitors. It gives the th&f''news" all the time. It is read in most Roseburg and Douglas County homes. MR. BUSINESS MAN: Do you advertise in Douglas County's Best Advertising Medium, ' The Evening News? velop, and nothing has been offered yet that equals the park and civic playground. Probably this afternoon there are over 100 boys enjoying In their fashion the swimming hole at Alexander's park, and there are sev- j eral hundred more boys, big and lit-: tie, that would appreciate a dip In 1 the river, if they did not have tc hide in the poiaon oak to disrobe and dress. At present the attractions! offered have been provided by nature; entirely. Wouldn't a little help on j the part of our rich and Influential! citizens result in a bath house for; males and one for female's located where it Is available for the hundreds who cannot afford a trflji to Uhe beach or mountains? The great study of municipalities these days is not the suppression of crime, but the prevention of crime, and crime is not prevented by the passing of laws nearly, so successfully as It Is by the proper education of children. Orw children need a park, a play ground nnd a bathing pool, where healtny bodies may be developed, and Mk steam pressure of youth be dissipat ed in a proper manner. Normal, heatlhy children very seldom make degenerates or criminals, but the policy here seems to be to waft until these children grow up and acquire the near beer habit, and then at tempt to cure It, rather than prevon it by methods prevalent in most pro gressive communities. A model play ground and park is more of a moral force than all the sermons and fines that can be Imposed. This city needs a constructive policy, It Bhould offer something that children can do, In stead of harping on the everlasting "don't". The writer apologizes for the frequent mention of near beer joints, but at- present does not see what else Is offered by the commu nity. Two small buildings arranged so those who desire can avail them selves of a little clean healthy sport would not cost much, and a little In vestment In Alexander Park would make it an attractive park that would be enjoyed by hundreds of our people dally. Can't Roseburg afford at least one decent place of entertainment for our children? Or shall we keep on making recruits for questionable re sorts, and then wonder why they con tinue to flourish? The boys and girls of Roseburg are not getting a square deal, and the ancient methods now empolyed in Roseburg to ralBe its standard of morals will continue to be just about as effective as they have In the past. Instead of a repe tition of donts", why not arrange for a few "do's" permit these chil dren to enjoy a few things provided for that purpose and make healthy and normal young men and women out of them, instead of clinging to the vain hop that precept is better than example. Do you thing the MORALLY 1SMAY Should Have Gone Down Titanic Wreck in CAPTAIN SMITH EXONERATED Oirjkathia Crew Praised Oflirers of The Liner California Condemn ed For Not Going To Re lief of the Titanic. (Special to The Evening News.) IONDON, July 30. Directly charging the Titanic disaster to ex cessive speed, and arrangements for launching and manning the life boats improper and Inadequate, the sub committee appointed by the British board of trade today made public its report. While the committee found that J. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the company whose anx iety to save his own life at expense of others, was morally obliged to have gone down with his company's chip, it extenuated his escape by say ing that had he remained aboard and perished it would have only re sulted In needless lose of another life. The reports hold that the charge that Lord Cosmos Duff-Gordon bribed members of the boat's crew to row him to point of safety from the sink ing Titanic are unfounded. Although criticising the practices of running at full speed through the Ice zones at night, the committee does not consid er that Captain Smith was guilty of neglect. The report also commends the captain and crew of the liner Carpathla for quick action In going to the assistance of the doomed Titanic, as well as condemns the captain and officers of the steamer California for not responding to the distress sig nals sent out by the Titanic. PKNDLKTON PREACH KR KX DORS MS HII.MAKDS. Church Members Recome Angry and Implore MiniHtcr To Resign His Pastorship. PENDLETON, Or., July 29. De claring If he had his way there would he a billiard table in every home of the United States, Rev. Frank J. Mllnes, In his farewell ser- closing of a near beer joint or two will convfee a boy you are Interested In his welfare as much as providing him with an attractive place to play? Yours respectfully, C. O. R. mon to the congregation of the Pres byterian church yesterday, defended the popular parlor game In the course of his plea for what he terms "por, gresslve religion." His advocacy of billiards was his reply to the criti cisms which members of his flock have directed his way because of his frequent manipulation of the cue In tiie rooms of the local commercial association. ' Rev. Mr. Mllnes declared his pref erence for billiards over ail other games because, he said, It contains less of the element of chance and stimulates the imagination and the desire for accuracy in the player. "In It, as In all other Innocent games," ho said, ''the growing boy can find a proper expression for his Irrepres sible energy and it Is a function of the church to encourage in him Btich expression. If the church fails to get abreast the growing tide of pro gresslveness, It will not be long be fore the recording angel of time will dip her pen In the dyes of the rain bow and Inscribe upon its tombstone the single word "obsolete'. Expres sion is life, suppression Is death. "You eay the little ivory balls belong to the devil," he went on. "I answer so also did the violin and organ, but now they are to be found In our churches." : The minister also took occasion to denounce prudery. Eloquently he urged the introduction of courses of sexology and embryology In the public schools as means of conserving tile purity of youth. Rev. Mr. Milnes was forced to re sign under the storm of criticism which his sermons and actions arous ed within hia congregation, accusa tions of unorthodoxy In the pulpit and indiscretion outside the church being heaped upon him. Many of the young members of his flock support ed him and it Is said will fight for Ms retention at the meeting which will be held tonight to consider his resignation. . TA FT PKRSO.VALLY OKKKRS SYMPATHY. President Taft Visited .Japanese Kmlmmy And Tender. Condolence (Special to The Evening Newa.) WASHINGTON, July 30. Presi dent Taft personally motored to the Japanese embassy today to offer con dolence for the death of the mikado In reply to a cablegram sent to Em peror Yoshlshlto yesterday express ing sympathy for the death of- the emperor he received reply today from the now mikado In which he said: "I nm deeply touched by your sympa thetic message, and offer Blncerestl thanks." HARGE BECKER With the Murder of Gambler Rosenthals . OTHER INDICTMENTS EXPECTED Confessions Name Men High In lNilko Circles Of New York lrlvalo t'itl.ens Involved In Krundal. (Special to The Evening News.) NEW YORK, July 30. With Lieutenant Becker, of the New York police force, locked In the tombs on a charge of murder, the city is agttast over arrests of higher upa in most sensational police and gambling mur der scandal In the history of the state. Any hour may bring indict ment of a score of police officials and some prominent citizens, who are alleged to have been Involved with them in the grafting which led to tho murder of Gambler Rosenthal. Beck er was indicted last night, and the grand Jury Ib In session today. Beck er was arrested) )pn confession jof Jack Rose, who with Webber and Vallon, told the Jury how they had framed the dentil of Rosenthal after Becker had threatened to send them up for seven years if they refusod to commit the crime and rid the city of Rosenthal. All three of the men confessing olloged that Becker had stated that he would do the' Job him self If he had to, but "first I'll put you fellows away, if I have to plant guns on you. You are all gamblers and confidence men, and what chance will you hnve," is the way the lieu tenant forced them into commission of tho murder. Urged by the fear of being rnllroaded Into Sing Sing, so Rose alleged, he, Webber and Vallon saw "Big Jack" and arranged for the services of the four actual murder ers, Harry Horowitz, Frank Mullor. Louis Rosensewelg nnd "Dago Frank", who rode to the Metropoli tan In the gray auto and shot Rosen thal to death. MOItK MOOSI4. About Two Hundred New Memlier Taken In Ijiwt Night Cfutrter To Remain 0en IO Days. The Loyal Order of Moose took In Its second installment of members last night to the number of about 200, thus swelling the total motn ship to close to 450. A large num ber of the class that was taken In two weeks ago witnessed the cere mony lust night. The lodge decided to hold open tho charter, (or sixty days longer In order that those who have Intended Join ing may still have the opportunity. A committee was appointed to in vestigate the plan of building a lodgo home and this committee will report at a near dato. It Is understood that a number of locations have been offered, but that one which appeals to them most is the one at the cor ner or Cass and Roso streets. Just where the building will be erected, however. Is problematical at thla time. CONKKHKXCK IIULD AT UVSTKIt HAY TODAY. Ileverldgo and RoosoveU Talk Over TomHniry ('liatrinunship of Convention. (Special to The Evening News.) INDIANAPOLrS, July 30. Form er Senator Beveridge left this city for Oyster Bay today to submit to Col. Roosevelt his speech which will be made as temporary chairman of the progressive convention to be hold in Chicago. Beveridge refused to say whether or not be would accept the progressive nomination for governor of Indiana, but It is believed that he will also discuss this matter with Roosevelt. STOIH HIS l'Al'KIt, - . liyman Wollnbdrg , this morning came Into The News office and' ordered his paper stopped. The Evening Newa will, however, continue to print the news ns It occurs from day to day. 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