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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
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'TEN YOUNG MEN
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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.