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WEATHER Vesterdav's Highest Temp Last Night's Lowest Temp - - 43 33 4 Italn Tonight and Tues day; Hoiitluu I Winds. VOL. V. KOSKliUKG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, O Hl-XiOX WKDXIOSDAY, DIXDMllKH 1 A MERRY XMAS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS ENJOYING REST President Takes"Beauty Sleep" This Morning. iiereives XiiinlKTlfss Telegrams Con- gmttilHtiiiK Him on Kiiutl Vie tory of Curi-eney Hill ; Chicago Man Slioots Attorney. ' CHARLOTTE, N. C, Dec. 24. President Wilson aboard the special train that is conveying himself and family to Mississippi, enjoyed com plete rest today and secluded in his private car sU'pt late this morning. After he arose the president denied liimself to all visitors at the few stations where the special train made short stops. To attendants the pres ident admitted that the strenuous work and consant strain of the past few months at the capital had com pletely worn him out, but withal he was in a very happy' mood. Dozen of messages from every section of the country congratulating him on the successful passage of the cur rency law, were received nil along the route. The president, however, was unable to get entirely away from persistent job hunters, and many tel egrains were thrust upon him suggest Ing men for membership on the new federal reserve board. The executive expects to take up the personnel of tins new branch of the government service before he returns to Washing ton on January 13. ; Shoots Two Attorneys. ! CHICAGO. Dec. 24. Before the eyes of hundreds of Christmas shop pers Frank U Klinek, a masseur, pur sued Attorney Charles Ailing down the fire escape of the Title & Trust Co. building, and then deliberately shot his victim, destroying one of his eyes, and then wounded Peter Schwa ba, Alling's law partner. Klinek then killed himself. The man entered the law offices and without a word be gun firing, one of the bullets striking S'chwaba in the cheek. Ailing jump-' ed through the window nnd lauded on the fire escape, to which point Klinek followed, shooting as he went.1 The man then re-entered the law of fices and going Into the vault shot ft himself. j t actoists mist gi:t 1IMI u i:sk IlKI OKK XKW YK-VK CO.MKS Opera 5 nj; Machine I'mler Old License Subject Owner To Arrest. Secretary of State Olcott is com- plaining that the owners of automo biles are not applying for their 1914 licenses, in accordance with circular issued by him recently to the effect that all automobiles found on the; Oregon highways after .January 1 , ' 1914, carrying 191:1 licenses would -lio'arrested and the automobile held: the J914 license had been se cured, t till Saturday there had only, been 2,500 licenses issued out of up-; proximately 12,000 cars that are n: the state. As there are only about taw with regard to motor licenses in her in which licenses can be issued, ! It will be necessary to issue them at the rate of practically 1,000 per day. Chief of Police Clark and Sheriff Toi.t word say they will enforce the -v, roir'rd f motor license in Portland and Multnomah county. I 1 1 em r:f tii $ of Oregon. 1911, and chapter 133, general laws " Oregon. I9i:t, specifically state that all motor vehicles within the b.e snali carry license of the cur rent year, and if not so doing the ma- TOMORROW IS THE DAY i HERE IS STILL TIME TO BUY THE PRESENT YOU HAD ALMOST FOR GOTTEN. -:- -:- -:- -.-I l)ec.z4 i XO I'Al'KK TOMOltHOW. Tomorrow being Xmas The News will follow its usual prat- tice and not issuu a paper. The News wishes to its readers, friends and all others a Merry Xmas. May the day be filled with Joyfulness and good cheer. chine is subject to seizure until such 1 license has been secure. (iOVKIEXOIt WKST PltO.MISKK TO CLKAX IP liAKKIt Jaw Violating Saloon llummcix Hun j The Country, SALKM, Or.t Dec. 23. Unless Sheriff Hand, of linker county, complies with Governor West's re quest to close the saloons of Copper field by Christmas, the governor said today he would not only close them himself but would make a clean sweep of Baker county. If the gov ernor does this, t here is plenty of uromwl in 'ho Fl;i:en,eiit made by him thr.t he will make it hot for Sheriff Rand and P's'iict Attorney Godwin. "There has been utter disregard of law in Baker county," declared the governor. "Complaint after com plaint have been brought to this of fice. Officials up there have known of these conditions, but in most in stances the officials have failed to do their duty. "The district attorney has been aware of the law violations in his county. At his request I appointed an investigator, the one appointed be ing a man suggested by him. The in vestigator reported that vice was rampant, and his statements were corroborate by a special agent sent there by this office. "I have been patient, have given the local officials every opportunity to enforce the laws and have stood ready to give them any nnd every as sistance. "A man who is engaged in the liquor business, who has' defied the law, who is selling liquor to houses of prostitution in one town, has been allowed to sit as justice of the peace, and deal out mock justice to all those who are unfortunate enough to come before him. "Another town has been incorpor ated solely to take advantage, of the home rule amendment and sell liquor. The mayor is a saloonkeep er. A councilman is his partner in the same business." Another coun cilman is a saloonkeeper, and a fourth councilman is his bartender. The city recorder and police judge is an absentee, having been away from town for six months. The town is remote, and owing to the failure of the sheriff's office to look to the enforcement nf the law, law-abiding citidens are without protection. Ser ious breaches of the peace have taken place, which open a way for this of fice to take action, and we intend to do so. "The sheriff will be given until af ter Christmas to carry out the request of this office. If the request is not complied with, we will perform the duty ourselves and will not stop at Copperfield." COMMITTIOK ASKS WIISON TO STAND ON "PLANK" COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dor. 23. Quoting a plank in thp platform of tho democratic party, adopted at Bal timore, a memorial sinned by a special committee of 25 of the Anti Saloon Lencue, was forwarded to President Wilson today. askiiiK him to ask conKress to ai'binit a constitu tional amendment providing for the abolition of the liquor traffic In the United States. Tho plank quoted says: "We believe that men, women and children should be included In the forests, sources of water supply, arable and mineral lands and navig able streams as objects of national protection to prevent their helns wasted or absorbed by special privil eged Interests such as the extent or ganized government co-partnered liquor trust of the l'nit"d States." (iOVKUNOIl lIS(TSSi:S THK ItOSKIll'ltti IIHIA KIIV CASK SALEM, Or., Dec. 2 That the ruling to be laid down by the courts In the proceedings instituted to dis solve the Rosehurg Brewing ft Ire Company, of Koseburg. for violation of the local option laws, will be a valuable precedent In determining thp extent, such proceedings may be relied upon against corporations charged with violating the local op tion laws in the future, was the dec laration made hv Governor West yes terday. The Koseburg Brewing ft Ice Company Is a corporation and was Indicted for violation of the lo cal option law by District Attorney Brown. The district attorney then Instituted proceedings to dissolve it as a corporation because it had vio lated the law. and on the further ground that Its true purposes, as a corporation, were not revealed In Ita articles nf Incorporation. The salt Is now In the courts on a d-murrer. GIFTS FOR POOR President And Wife Remem ber Destitute Families. AUTO LOADS OF GIFTS ARE DISTRIBUTED Ct-othing:, Food and 'lays for Itahles Are. Among (In Presents Given Washington IVople Today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Several hundred homes of poor families in this city will ring with good cheer and merriment tomorrow because President and Mrs, Wilson remem bered them with gifts. Two White House automobiles started on their Christmas mission at noon. They carried loads of gifts ranging from turkeys and clothing to toys for the babies, which were selected by .Mrs. Wilson and daughters after personal investigation of several hundred cheerless homes for whom appeals had been made for assistance. For all genuinely distressed homes there was a gift direct fro nit he head of the nation. .Malls "Delivering the (iotxls." WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. There witl be few folks disappointed because of not receiving Christmas presnts on time on account of congestion of the mails. Postmaster General Burleson said today that despite the unprece dented mails to be handled by the postoffice department this year, the service was "delivering the goods." Missouri Lumber Trust Mil. JEFFKRSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 24. The state supreme court today up held the contention of the attorney general as to the 25 out of 29 lum ber companies urosecuted under the anti-trust laws, and imposed fines aggiegating $43G, 000 and ouster in 20 cases of domestic corporations, liexocations of the licenses of seven foreign companies doing business in Missouri under license was also or dered. Judgments of foreflti.ro was ordered as to each of the 20 compa nies. The fines imposed must be paid within 30 days. Suffrage Association Will Op pose the Democrats. EQUAL RIGHTS AS CITIZENS DEMANDED Women Claim That President Wilson Is Opmscl to Kqunl SulTi-uge Will Vote Oilier Ticket Is Threat of Women. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-t. That the National Women's .Suffrage Associa tion will do all in its power lo defeat the Democratic party in the next presidential election, unless before that time the Democrat In congress or the Democratic National Conven tion dt'lnonst rates a desire to help give the ballot to women is the state ment made today by Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the congressional com mittee of the association at headquar ters here. There is a distinct attitude of hos tility to President Wilson, the Deo cratic administration and the Demo cratic party in congress at the suf frage headquarters. The suffragists do not like Presi dent Wilson's recent refusal nt the white house to their representatives to express a definite policy towards the suffragist party and they are equally hostile toward Democratic members of the house rules com mittee who oppose a house suffrage committee. The Progressives are making stren uous efforts to get support of the, women, but have been turned down. ' Representative Victor Murdork.j floor leader of the Prnr. ti s-i .e party in the house, has urged the women; to come into the Progressive party! for 'heir campaign, j "Now that President Wilson ha' informed the equal suffragists that ho cannot take up their cause be-1 cause the Democratic party has tak-i rn no stand for suffrage, I think the; women should turn to tho Progres-, slve party," said Murdock. i This was called to the attention! of Miss Paul. She said: "No, we are not going to ally our-; selves wi'h the I'roirrc-wive party.' We are going to turn the votes of mil-) lions of women an the Influence of; many more, against the Democratic! party In the next presidential cec-j tion unless the party changes Its' mind on the question nf suffrage. I The Socialist and Prohibition parties' arc for equal suffrage as well as the I WOMEN ACTIVE UP THE I tr'""'"l You will lie up in tlm air, too, if von wait until tlio Inst minute I to buy vniir Clmstinus presents. Von will lmvo less time in which to make yonr selections, and the variety of offerings will be less. Yon will have to take what yon can pet, not what you want. There are score's of reasons for buying early and not one for de lay. Be Reasonable! Buy Your Presents Early Progressive party, and we -a-;!! not play favorites." Democratic congressmen laugh at j this threat, while others Ignore It. Jt developed today that there will he a delay of more than a month be fore the house committee on rules acts on tho arguments submitted to It week before last and ant! suffra gists for and against the creation of a standing committee on woman suf frage in the house. ! Other husintss of the house Ih ho! pressing and will be so urgent for! the next month that Democratic mem-j hers of the committee on rules ex-' pressed the belief that they would' matter and take a formal vol? on it! before January 15 or 20. Most of the Democrats are against having a house suffrage committee. The stenographic reports of the hearings are now in the hands of the women who addressed the committee and it will be a week or ten nuys before the material can he printed, as a report and circulated among the members of tlm house. In the meantime, neither side Ih letting up Its fighl. Tht suffragists have enlarged their Washington1 tri.uters, while the antfs have moved info nev qtiirii'T an 1 have elected as officers of Hi,- dirttfft association. I Oj-poid to Women Stif 1 ra;. women' noted for their protnlne.ic and abil-j ity, among them being ,b president. rm wife of !!"preseii'at;v; AugiiMusf I, f-ardnor, (! Mnss'ir-'inettH. Two! other women of the cotmresional s"t; among the local officers are the wife of Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, J and the wife of Representative Hwa-J ger Shcrley, of Kentucky. j As a rsult of all this activity, mem-; Iters of the hom; and senate f I rid i their mall loaded down every da'( with letters for and against the equal! franchise. A Christina Sermon. Come to the Christian church Christmas evening at 7:3 nnd hear Melvin Putnam deliver a Christmas sermon. Tho music. Is fine. J. N. McConnell, pastor. I IN ! A IK. i , h 'TEN YOUNG MEN i i Suspected in Complicity Assault on Girl. in NKY DARKNESS SETTLES OVER CHICAGO Itt'imirknhle 1'IuMimm'im Occurs Sec ond Time Within it Month WuNliliitfton "ity Deserted HurliiK Holidays, (Special to The livening News.) CHICAGO, Doe. 21. Ten young men, nil mam intra ui nn athletic club, were arrestetl lust night and are now held by the police, who are In vestigating the death of Mrs. Anna Laughlin Dempsey, of Hattle Creek, Mich,, who vaa picked up nearly nude- and iihmmi dead early yester day morning in an tilley in the stock yards district. The police believe the girl was hired to the barn where she was attacked and stripped of niciKt of her clothing, and then thi own into the alley to perish. Ex posure to the cold coupled with tho assault, caused her death. The ath letic cltb of which .the nen jure members occupies quartet's near to where the victim was found. Chicago in Dm knc.H.s. CHICAGO, Dec. 24 I. Inky black nesB again settled over Chicago this morning for the second time within a month. Chicago shoppers fought their way through a gloom that was as pronounced midnight. Street lights twinkle through the darkness, auto headlights (flashed along the streets, and lake craft were operated by the aid of Henrchlights. All the stores and office buildings in the city were illuminated. Tho weathor bureau explained tlx unusual phen omena hy saying t hat the darkness was caused by low. hung clouds and the fact that an area of low pres sure made the air stagnant. There was an absence of wind and this permitted tho smoke and clouds to hang over the city, Washington Deserted. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 1. The "Deserted Village" had nothing on Washington us it appeared this morning. Congressmen were miss ing from their accustomed haunts af ter a weary ten months of constant grind on the tariff and currency is sues. Society folk have vanished ov er night, nnd are today speeding to the various parti of the country ' on holiday trips and visits to friends. The president and family are enroute to Mississippi for. a three weeka' rest. An air of desertion will hang over thi capital until January 12, when -ongress will i oopen. II liOU .I,.S(H WILL TAKi: CIIAItGK ()!' OSIll l!N IKHI L at i:i gi:xi-; ox jam why i. Ix'nve.s 1 torching To l.ocnt nt I'hi verslty City Popular Hotel Man. After tho fitHt of January. Mrs. , I'. Osbnrn will retire as manager of the Osburn hotel, and her son, Harold Glasou, until now manager of tho hotel In UoHeburg, will assume entire charge, says th. Kugen(! leg ist er. Mrs. Oshurn retires because she feels that the responsibilities of management are heavy, and that she wishes a rest. The change In man agement will take place January I. Glasou recently sold the Hotel Umpqua - In llosel irg to W. .1. Weaver, of Koseburg, who takes pos session January I. The latter has secured the services of Charles G. Miller, at present, head clerk at the Osburn, to manage he hotel for him. Miller, with his family, will leave Kugene on Krtday. Harry Shaw, formerly chrk at the Osburn. will return to Kugene when the change Is made nnd resume his position at the Oshurn. The change In management at the Osburn Is not entirely new, but will assume much the same status as be fore (Mason left Kugene some six or seven months ago to take charge of the Koseburg hotel. He will men? Jy relieve Mrs, Osburn of much of the routine work about the hotel. V CITY NKW.4. C. C. Day, of Glendnle, recently vMt'M in Medford. Medford Sun. Services will be held In tho Chris tian Science cifurch, corner Lane and Main streets, this evening at 8 o' clock. Kvlrlence of Ihe growth of the Christian Science Society in Kose beric in apparent by reason of the al terations and enlargement of their present quarters at the corner of Main and Lane streets. The present chang'n have mor than doubled tho seatliiR capacity of the building oc cupied ami owned by the society nnd future plans am to erect a fine and KNIGHTS T KM 1 1 1 A It . Sir Knights of Ascalon Com- mnndery and all other Sir Knights In the city should heed the call of the Grand Comman- der of the state and come to the asylum In the Masonic Temple 4 at 1 o'clock Xmas morning. where a short service will he held. Hy Order of the Km. Com. Carl D. Shoemaker, Recorder. commodious church on the present site which is considered valuable. II. A. Heavens, ' of Green, was a visitor herG yesterday. Mrs, Nadluo Shopard Bpent the day at Green visiting with friends. W. U. Vinson, of Coles Valley, la spending a couple of days in the city with friends. G. W. Penuie wont to WUhur thla morning to spend a couple of days with friends. llobert Wlxson returned to Myrtle Creek last evening after a day spent in Koseburg. O. C. Sether returned to GlCndalo last evening after a couplo of days spent In this city. Dr. Canfleld, who has been III at Mercy hospital for some time past returned to Drain today. Mrs. Charles Fisher arrived herei last evening from Kugene to spend Christmas with her mother. James Ileckley arrived here thla morning from th() s-tuth to spend a few days with rcU'MveB. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Koblnson and daughter, of Portland, arrived lvere last evening to spend Christmas. Arthur Ully and wife, of Corvallls, are expected lvere this evening to visit with Mr. nnd Mrs. Leslie Lilly. K. A. Marstors wont to Riddle last evening to spend Christmas visiting with his undo, Hermann Maratnra. Mrs. Robert Gre.s:i and Mrs. J. Mc culloch were among the Green people who spent yesterday hi the city, Mvs. Kvelyn Foley and daughter returned to Myrtlo Creek last even ing after a day spent hi Koseburg. Mrs. C. A.' Springmeyer nnd baby returned lo Reuben last evening after a couple of. days spent In Rosehurg. Kred Heavens returned to Green last evening after a day sjH'nt In Rosehurg looking after business matters. Tho estate of the late U D. Carle has been closed according to an or der Hied In (he probate court thla morning. W. A. Regard, a local real estate agent, returned here last evening af ter a few days spent nt Portland and Kugene. t.f- C. I. Pendleton returned here yes terday after a few days spent at Kverett, Wash., at tend ing to busi ness mutters. Mrs." Charles Clark and daugtftor, Marie Julia, are expected here to morrow morning from Kugene to sp'Mid Christmas. J. .1. SchllutK, wife and daughter left for Albany this morning where they will spend Christmas with friends and relatives. -Arthur Jones, who has been em ployed by the Portland Mrldge Com pany at Oakland returned here last evening to spend Christmas. Mrs. Dave Houston, at Portland, Is expected here this evening to spend Christinas visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. !'. M. Mathews. Mrs. Mabel Smith, of Portland, Is expected h'TO this evening to Spend Christmas visiting nt the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. .1. Stone. ('arios Page and family came over from Drain last evening to spend Christmas visiting at the home nf the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Page. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Crawford, of Chatfield. Minn., are in the city guests of their daughter, Mrs. F. A. Itemls. They expect to remain in Rosehurg all winter. Mrs. W. F. Hill, of Merrill, Oregon. Is in Ihe city to M;ud the Holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Thompson Tills is Mrs. Hill s first visit to home folks In 14 yvars. Sheriff George Quirie reportH the bloodhounds which he rcently pur chased urn working fine, and only a lew days ago tracked a Kiddle man s"ven miles. The animals were a fow days ago given the scent of a sock worn hy a Kiddle man, with the re sult that they followed him several miles. To (-scape from the animals the man wn obliged to climb a trn. Sheriff Qiilno has the hounds at his ranch near Riddle, where they are given frequent workouts. Tho local postoffice was fairly Fwaniped with mail at noon today, when three large truck loads were received. The mall arriving here to day represents an acumulatlou of three days and was mostly consigned to local pointR from th0 Kast. Im mediately upon receipt of the mall. C. P. liarnnrd sent out a team and w;tnun loaded with mail for th3 coast. The latter consignment should arrive there tomorrow night. ParceU post packagen were delivered hero today by Irith carriers nnd wagons, so great was the volume of business.