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WEATHER Itain Tunisia S WeiliR du.v. Highest Temperature - - 68 Lowest Temperature -' - 43 vou v. ltOSKnUKG, DOUULAS COUNTY, OREGON' TUESDAY, JAXl'AHY (I, COUNCIL MEETS t J rA- e..l..,,uin,l ' Dance Ordinance Submitted i by the City Attorney. NUISANCE ORDINANCE IS DISCUSSED I'feiiul Ovist uf Hills are Alhmori Stveinl Remonstrances Arc Denied Hernum Apeuis For Miuvalwei. Six members of the city council last night tried to repudiate their j own action in passing an ordinance; a few weeks iigo. The nuisance or-, dinanco was passed permitting auy citizen of this city to serve notice upon the owners of a building warn ing them after a tenant had been convicted of illegal sale of liquors. It appears that after the conviction of Kruhn recently a notice was serv ed upon the trustees of the .Mac eabee temple notifying them of the onvic.:on and warning them that if the illegal sale of intoxicants in their maiding was not stopped that the lodge would be equally liable. The alleged "weakness" of the or dinance was brought to the atten tion of the council by Attorney Kl ber Hermann, who appeared before the council on behalf of the local .Maccabea lodge. Atttorney Hermann explained that the council or some individual had taken action, unpre cedented in the history of the city, when a few days ago notice was serv ed upon Mr. George Rapp, secretary of the local Maccabee lodge, to the effect that S. K. Krohn had been convicted of violating the local op tion law, and that the owners or those in charge of the building would he considered equally liable for fu ture infractions of the law. Attor ney Hermann declared that ue had visited District Attorney George M. Urowti, Mayor Napoleon Rice and several members of the council and nad been apprised that they knew nothing of the notice being served upon the Maccabees until they no ticed it in the newspapers. Attor ney Hermann claimed that a notice such as was served upon the Mac cabee lodge could only originate with the mayor or some other mem ber of the executive force of the city to render it legal. Attorney Her mann alleged that the publicity giv en the notice had embarrassed the Maccabee lodge to the extent that they desired to ascertain its origina tion. In fact, Attorney Hermann claimed that Krohn's conviction of "'bootlegging" in the justice court was not final, and that the case was to be appealed to the circuit court In the latter court, Attorney Her mann said final determination of th guilt or innocence of the accused would be established. "This man Krohn. is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty,' was Attorney Hermann's remark in continuing. It was Attorney Hermann's request that tne council take some action rela tive to ratifying the action of one of its members in serving the notice upon the Maccabees or disclaim anyj liability in the transaction. Councilman William Cobb said he as partly responsible for the notice for the reason that he instructed the marshal to proceed against the Mac cabees under the so-called nuisance oi din.uice. "Anyone has a right to ask for an order similar to the one f-erved in this particular case," said Councilman Cobb, "and most espec ially vihin the principal has been cunvirted after a fair and impartial trial." Mayoi Rice paid he knew nothing of the notice served upon the Macca bees until he read it in ThL. News. "I knew nothing of the order," said j the mayor, "and if I had 1 would ; not have sanctioned it. Several inem-j bei s oT t he Macrabees haw fulled upon ine of latt regarding the or-! df-r. and in caeh instancy I assured1 them that I was not at fault." Cw;:ne'lman P.nlKvink!e said he did not bf-lievi? the ord-'r should r.nvf leen prepared and served until Krohn had been pruvrn g'lilty in the higher court. Qilt-r Hamilton a;d he believed a man was guilty of a crime when proven guilty, re card !'. of ;my ap peal that he might take. In mow of this fact, Mr. Hamilton said he win of the opinion that thoe res ponsible for serving the norice had done nothing Entire than the ordin ance required. Councilman Cobb spoke for the seeond time on the subject when he stated that the ordinance providing lul' "'e order at issue, was approved am, ,,., ,. ., ' and adopted by the council and con- sL'imently should be subj;c to en forcement, "If the orUUiiVicn is without effect we should proceed to Set one that is,' was Co'iucllnnin (.ebo's concluding remark. Councilman Clark said he consid ered the committees of the council Meuienants o the mayor, and did not believe they had a right to pio coed and issue orJoi: similar to the one served on the Maccabees with out first notifying !tv mayor. "The i..uoi is the mayor." said Coiaicil- 1111,1 Hark 'and should bo so coii- s il.-red by this councM j To get the proposition before the house Councilman Cobb advanced a motion authorizing the Marshal to proceed and issue another order in accordance with the ordinance and serve the same on the officers of the Maccabee lodge. In this notice. Coun cilman Cobb suggested that the Mac cabees be apprised of Krohn's con viction in the justice court and of their obligation us provided by the ordinam e. Cpon being placed to a vote this motion lost by the following vote: Yes Hamilton and Cobb. No Hullwinkle, Clark, Fullerton, Hollows, Shaeffer and Powell. Daiii-e Ordinance Head. The so-called dance ordinance, the chief provisions of which were published in yesterday's issue of The News, was placed on its first and second readings last evening. The only objection to the ordinance ap peared to center about the clause providing that girls under the age of IS years could not attend dances after nine o'clock In the evening un less accompanied by their parents or legal guardian. A number of the councilmeu contended that this clause was prohibitive for the reason that it would prevent many young ladies from attending dances when their parents were willing that they should. It was suggested that this clausit be so changed to rend that girls under 17 years should secure a written consent from their parents or guardian before attending a dance later than the hour mentioned. The ordinunce provides, in addi tion to what was printed In last ev ening's Issue of The News, that a fee of Jl will be charged for each and everv dance conducted in the city. In Portland the Tee is 50 cents, ac cording to several counclllnen who spoke on the ordinance last night. The ordinance will come up for Its third reading und final passage next Monday evening. Minor Mattei-s. The city marshal was Instructed to notlTy the telegraph, telephone und electric light companies to paint their poles within the paved district in ac cordance willi the local ordinance. Mayor Rice reported that the coun. ty engineer desired to ascertain the center of Oak street in order that he might establish the approach to the new bridge, now under construc tion. Councilman Hamilton aid the request udiould be granted in or der that the street might be straight ened where needed. l pon motion, tho council author ized the city recorder to enter Into a contract with Mr. Harper for the dumping ground for another year. The specified price Is ".", payable every four months. Remonstrances filed by Mrs. Net tie Conover. of Oregon City, anil V (i. Stewart, against constructing new sidewalks abutting thi'ir lesliective properties In North Hosebiirg wen1 denied. The electrical engineer reported con te, six partial and to Jected inspections of wiling in me cilv during Hie month of December. A list of those who are delinquent in paying their street improvement assessments wero read. I'pon mo Con the cily treasurer was instruct ed to f-nd each '-f their number a nn'ice te-fore proceeding to cnllect the iiiriea.- amounts by law. An ordinance providing against .'ri-iiiK .11 ru-s sidewalks, slid pro-'.'-tir.g the j-iuking in the resident" districts was plated on its first and ictid r'-adints. Cliih-r t li . s ordin ame it is not only unlawful to drive across sidewalks, but It is a violation to hitch horses or other animals where they can destroy parkings or shrubbery. Jiillcu Josephson complained re- (Continued on page 4.) riVElNLlFE BOAT Survivors of Oklahoma Wreck Picked Up. SIX LABORITES TO GET NEW TRIALS Omit Uiilo. Tluit Tnciily.l'our Otlioi t'onvictod Union Men Are Xot Entitled to Further Trials. (Special to The Evening News.) NEW YORK, Jan. ti. Tho rescue or five more survivors of the wreck ed steamer Okluhoma was reported y wireless from the Uooth liner j Gregory this morning. The rescue til' these men brings the total num ier of survivors up to K', and io dines (lie nuniher of lost or missing to L'7. Tile men picked up today with six others got away safely in a life boat. When tile boat cupst'.eil six of them were drowned. Tile oth ers clung to the small boat, which finally righted. They then clamber ed aboard and baled her out and after toiling all uigbl-at tile oars were picked up. When the Oklu- iioma sum. accoming lo me repo, i ; brousht by the men picked up, an- other life boat loaded with men left the shi This last life boat has not! yet been sighted. Oirdcn Not Transferred. 1.0NDON, Jan. G. The Iirltlsh foreign office today denied the story that has widely circulated through the I'niled Slates to the effect that Sir Lionel Carden was about to bo transferred from England's Mexican legation. There Is no truth what ever ill the report, -It is officially I stated. Six Gruuttsil Kotl-iulH. CHICAGO, Jan. 16. The United States circuit court or appeals today granted appeals to six of the union men convicted at Indianapolis sever al months ago for illegally transport ing dynamite. These menwtll be giv. en retrials. In the same decision the court denied retrial for 24 others. The men granted retrials are Olaf Tevitinoe, of San Francisco; James Kay, of Peoria; Richard Huulihnn. of Chicago; William McCain; of Kansas City; Fred Sherman, of In dianapolis, and William Dernhardt. of Cincinnati. Ill reversing the de cision 111 the case of the six men named for retrial, the court held that the evidence In each case was insuf ficient for canviction, and they were remanded for retriul. The court also overruled all. challenges of error al leged by attorneys for the defend ants. Governor Dispenses With Offi cer on Military Staff. MAYOR OF HUNTINGTON EXASPERATED Thirsty Element Would Throw Slate Militiamen In Snake River Some Sane Ones Advise Methods of Pence. S.M.EM, Jan. ti. Governor West today removed from the ntilitary j staff Samuel White, Judge Advocale i (;, n( , ,lf tll Oregon militia. I OI13 ,, tl, 1iKniis,:il i V h:ie are that he Is alleged have i , ;r.H with thus.. ( se.l fi! I the rovi-rnor's law enfoi'oeinen'. ac-l l'.vltl.s. i Slonns Subside. PORTLAND, Jan. II. The severe -:u:-iiis wlie-h bave visited the coast ll-lrillJ tlie past tiller; d.is Sllbsi-l.- tally this morning. War fin lit lltiutingtJiu, IICNTINOTON. Jan. A. I!uJ;ii inavnr of Illll-iviutun, seem- id exa-peuiteij v. Iiv-ii Sold of the in - tent' to declare martial law in II tut- inu'ton. but lie said that if that vas Governor West's wish lie would li't oppose it nnd would do everything in his power to assist (lie military anll1 orith'S to flee that there was no phys ical tesis.tance to any order that WHITE REMOVED .VtlTICU TO ROYAL AltClI .MASON'S. Regular meeting of Laurel Chapter No. 31 It. A. M. this (Tuesday) evening. All mem- hers requested to be present. SAM JOS10PHSON, Secretary. might he issued. Tile saloonmen of Huntington, however, declared that they would fight the issue through the courts. They have uppealed to their attorney John I.. Ha n J . of linker. Mr. Rand is said, however, to he a strong ad vocate of Governor West's and the saloon men here have not yet heard from .Mr. Hand. There are some few hotheads who IMiv8e(i physical resistance and who declared that a party could ho or ganized to "throw the tin soldiers into tlie Snake river," hut there were quickly silenced and the saloon men d ehied to keep on the side of the l'.tw and to hope for legal readjust ment of conditions later. new jewelry i-ntM. Eastern Men Kind Roscburg Attrac tive locality. Clillgenpeel, who has re- c(,ny s(jl(, ()ul hiB W1, B8l.,blishl!(, ! I.'iveli'v business to .Messrs. G. V ..,,,' iwluMI,i,u r..,. i,iu u cessors in busines the Hume liberal patronage that the people of Rose burg and the L'nipqiiu Valley ha.'e i cccrded him since he first opened up the establishment sumo eleven years ago. The gontlemen composing the new firm are from Maine, and finding tlie Unipqua Valley such a desirable place to live, Immediately began ne gotiating for a business here. In taking over the Cllngenpeel stock and business, these gentlemen have acquired u most deslruble property. Old customers will be cared for In the same painstaking munnur that their wunys have heretofore been catered. to. All guaranteed work turnd out by Cllngoupoil will be kept up by the new firm, and cus tomers will find the same careful- 1 ness of the slightest details given personal attention the same as form erly. All accounts fiwing ,W. Hi. Clingenpeel may be paid to tho new firm, who will receipt in full for same. While W. 10. Clingenpeel may eventually mnke his home on his ! farm In the Looking Glass country at present ho and Mrs. Clingenpeel will continue to reside In this city CITY NEWS Tne county court will convene In regular monthly session tomorrow George Cutsforth, or Riddle, ar rived here this afternoon to look af ter business mntters. J. J. Huker, of Eugene, Is spend ing a few days In Hosebiirg looking arter business mutters. District Attorney George M. Drown will return here tomorrow after u few days spent at Saleni. Miss Hermann returned here this afternoon after a few days spent at .Myrtle Creek with friends. Arthur S. Sprugiie, of Portland, arrived here last evening to spend. a few days visiting with rrlends. .urs. Robert Hall and child re turned to Uakl I this afternoon uf ter a brier visit with tlie tenner's brother, S. T. Snillh. J. P. Smirk. oT Canyonvllle, came ,H" up tins afternoon to look after busi er ness alfairs nnd visit willi his par- "nts. Itev. and Mr. W. A. Smirk, Mr- Hcrriiiglon left for his home at North Yakima, Wash., this after noon afler aix weeks spent 111 Rose burg visiting with bis daughter, Mr. C. II. Cleaves. I-;. ". Skinner, loi.'il represenla- ! e of lie- Pnidticera' Fruit f'om paiiy, of Sacramento, Cal., left to liiv for Vernon. II. C, where he IVis been orieretl a position with a fruit coin! anv at that city. Tne l-'nilerron Parent-Teach. -rs A'1. '0 liition will lep-i.riiie iiieir tirm livei.-uiv Friday evening, Jaiiuary :. at the Fullerton si bool bulldlnc in WeM Itosebwrg by having a short i-logram and bilKines session. Tl: greater part of the evening will le spent in a Hocial session and box :-nicr. RIVER CLAIMS 75 Barge Loaded With Construc tion Crew Swamped. FERRY OVER FRAIZER RIVER WRECKED Men Thrown Into Icy Waters Wero I' liable to Kvtlin Ashore Twenty-l-'lve Only Sur vived Disaster. WINNIPEG, Jan. (j. That 76 men, laborers In railroad construe th.n work, were drowned Saturday while trying to crw9 tlie Frailer Kiver near Fort George, British Col umbia, waa this nionilug reported to tho Immigration authorities by An gelo Pugliese. n railroad worker, who just arrived from the scene of dis aster. The men. numbering about I Ou, w ere ferrying acrosw tho river in a steam barge. Pugliese said, when tho craft became unmanageable and fimilly struck on boulders In the rapids und was swamped. The swift current made swimming almost Im possible, and the men, nil weurlng heavy winter clothing, wero unable to make n successful fight for lite. Many or tbelni wore dashed to death on the rocks or carried through the rapids to death. Of the 25 who escap ed rronr the river, ntnong who was Pugliese, tho majority wore Injured. The men more all employed in con struction work on the Grand Trunk Pacific railway. lCtirtliillinku Slknkes (tretM-o. ATHENS, Jan. 0. A severe earth, quake did great damuge In the vicin ity of Pyros today, and It Is feared that many Hvob were lost. Coniinu nlciitlon with tlie stricken district was Interrupted by the quake, and but row details concerning- the dis aster are available, Johnson Likes Ills Job. SACRAMENTO, Jan. . Governor Johnson today announced his candi dacy for re-ulectlon to the governor ship of California. In his announce ment the governor Intimated that lie has sacrificed his personal desire to become a candidate for tho United Stntps senate, but said that he be lieved that the best Interests of the progressive party of Culirornia could best be served by his remaining in the field for re-nomination and elec tion. C. It. McPherson, of Oregon City, spent the day In Koseburg. Mr. Mc Pherson owns considerable land In Douglas county and will Inspect the samp during his present visit here. LAW ENFORCED Quiet and Sobriety Rule at Copperfield. TOWN IN THE HANDS OF STATE MILITIA liiinllugtoii Officials Worried Over Hiiiiioi-s 'oncel nliuf Their Own Ton n Wall for IM-iahln Government. COPPERFIELD, Jan. fi. All liquor has been IrausporU-d .rroui Cnpperfield anil tile town is quiet. Col. Lawson left Caplain Mclealr and .Special Agent Abbott, together Willi si eii guardsmen, to watch tlie town while he returned to Huntington yes. lerday alleiiioon with the remainder of tile militia. lie lH expected lo re tain hero Wednesday, and the mili I, amen will be retained uulil th,. es tablishment, of u stable town gow-in-1 in --lit. lie bis Out (line lit. no b. SALEM, Jan. fi.- In a message to day to Sherllf Hand, of llaker roun . Governor Wt si i;'fi-red to witb Iraw the militia from I'.akir comiii in r turn for the i-arneal ro-opera- n of th,. sheriff',. ofrlce In sup I'sslng nllegiil violations of the ii'j-ior law, nnd In closing disorderly i'.'.isi'S in this county. As a pledge 'f good failh the governor lia ask d Rand to appoint Special Agent 7noflgrai: at deputy sheriff for sixty wedding axxouxcemknt. Mr. and Mrs. Clark H. Pier- son announce the engiigemont of Rev. A. U. .Maclean, of Rose- burg, to Miss Maude Ken- worthy, or Portland. The wed- ding will ocottr early lu the spring. Oregoiilun, days without pay to assist In the work. lOnil of Lawlessness. HCNT1NGTON, Jun. 6. An early end or the conflict between the state military forces und linker county of ficials seeincd nour today as a result of the conference being held by Col. Lawslon and Sherirf Hand. They have progressed to a point whoii sheriff has agreed to name a deputy to take charge of the conditions ex "'ins at Copperfield and relieve th -necessity of maintaining martini law. Tlio only hitch is as to how the dep uty shall be paid. There has boen no attempt niuilo by the state agents to close up the saloons here. - luvctitigtiu. t'opiier Sti-iko. HOUGHTON, Mich., Jan. 6. Gov ernor . orris today began a personal investigation of the copper mines strike situation with this city as his headquarters Ho arrived here last night and this morning held a long conference with Sheriff Cruze, OliEtiOXIAN TELLS OF .HUt tiEXS' ESCAPE FROM TIIK STATU PKXITEXTLUtY. Itored Hole Through the Wall nnd Huh Mailo iood ills Kscuiie West Is Criticised. ' The Morning Oregonlan, In today's issue has the follpwlng to suy re garding tho escape of Edwin Jurgons from tho penitentiary yesterday: "In the absence uf Superintendent Lawson and two guards, who, as members of tho national guard, are nialntulning murtlnl law for Gov ernor West at Copporflold, Edwin W. Judgons, regarded as one of the state's most diiugurous convicts, early yustorduy bored and sawed hlB way out of the state penitentiary.. The man wus committed from Doug-, Ins county last January, and was serving a term of from 10 years to life for robbery und assault with a dangerous weapon. ".lurgeiis is the first man to es cape from the penitentiary at night by cutting his way out for several years, and It has been suggested that the man still might bo within the prison walls had Colonel Lawson and tho guards with him been attending to their duties hero. Announcement, however, was made at the peniten tiary thut the rorco of guards lust night and this morning wus the same ns when the superintendent Is hero. "The man bored through the floor of his cull, lowered himself to tho basement, sawed the burs of a win dow, and, gaining the yard, obtained a ladder with which he scaled tho wall. One of the guards patrolling the wall saw a man In tho yard about I o'clock, und thinking he was tho engineer of the pumphouse, paid no further attention to him. It Is be lieved this man was .lurgens. "An auger used by tho convict In making the hole In the floor of his cell and the saw with which he cut I ho burs or tho window were loft be hind. It Is thought be stole the toolB from one of the shops und secreted them 111 his cell until the opportune time to make his escape. "A reward of T0 has been offer ed for the man s capture." THE X I'ISA.M 'E ()ltlIXAX'E. Editor News; An oui.'ider present at last night's i ting of the city council must have seen a strange sight. Only ro cenily the council, with a great deal of public approval, passed an ordin ance to declare places where liquor Is illegally mild to be nuisances. An nv,i,r of a building permitting such thing alter knowledge, could bo pun. is., ed. As the ordinance rends any one could give notice. The city marshal gave aiich a notice, and the Ounell la nlgbl repudiated It. Is this enforcing '9.. leg? Does the council mean to go back on Its own ordinance because an attorney ap peared boP.ro It and made a spiel? Men onQjil to be made of belter stuff, . OBSERVER. ;