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UOSEIlUltG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OUrXiON F1UUAY, FKHHUAHY 27, 1914
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THIEF IS CAUGHT
Man Wanted in Roseburg is
Landed at Junction City.
DOES FRIEND FOR ABOUT $30
Also Makcs Away With a Valuable
2old Watch Jamie Picket is the
.Name of the Alleged Thief
Used Ficticious Name
Marshal Thomas Williama left for
Junction City this afternoon In quest
of Jamie Pickett, who is wanted on
a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. Mr. Williams will
probably return here with his prison
er early tomorrow.
Pickett and a companion were em
polyed by the Smith-Powers Company
of Coos county, when they resigned
their positions and came to Roseburg.
They registered at a local rooming
house, with the understanding that
Pickett would secure work for both
of them at a lime quarry, near Suther
lin. Wednesday Pickett informed hia
companion that he needed $30 to set
tle a number of accounts here before
going to Sutherlin to work. This
money was reluctantly handed over to
v Pickett by hlB friend. With all ar
rangements made to leave on yester
day morning's train for Sutherlin,
Pickett accosted his friend Wednes
day night and asked to borrow a
watch in order that he might not miss
the train. Pickett's companion at
first objected to handing over the
watch, but later consented to loan it
to Pickett until yesterday. With the
money and watch, Pickett left town
early yesterday without informing his
friend as to where he was going. A
warrant charging Pickett with obtain
ing money under false pretenses was
Inter Issued, and the accused was ar
rested' at Junction City. During his
stay in Roseburg Pickett was under
the name of J. W. Wilson.
CITY NEWS.
Dr. C. L. Pearson and wife came
over from Sutherlin last evening.
O, W. Johnson, of Restons, spent
the day In Roseburg looking after
business matters.
S. J. Jones went to Days Creek this
morning to look after business af
fairs. R. Strauss, of Portland, arrived
In Roseburg last evenng to visit with
friends.
Mrs. W. K. Bosserman expects to
go to Cottage Grove Sunda to visit
with relatives.
Mrs. Harry Craw arrived here last
renin g form Portland to spend a few
days with friends.
C. W. Henry, of Portland, arrived
here this morning to look after busi
ness interests.
Mrs. J. Ellen Perkns arrived here
last night from Portland to visit with
her son, J. W. Perkins.
Mrs. A. B. Fannon returned to
Drain thia afternoon after a few days
epetnt In Roseburg.
Nnrclsse LaRaute returned to Wil
bur this afternoon after a brief bus!
business visit here.
Winnie G-addis, the plumber, re-
DKPOT IS C1)SKD
SALEM. Ore., Feb. 25. Cop-
perfleld, the scene of Govern-
or West's last military in-
vaslon, will be without a rail
road station March 1, for the
vreRon Short Line railroad
company, which operates a
branch line into the town, has
advised the state railroad
commission that on that
date it will close the station,
and discontinue Its agency.
Application was made by the
railroad company for perrala-
f sion to close the station while
the town was under martial
law, H being represented
that the military reign had
hurt the company's business
so much It was not worth
while to continue an agency.
FOR 13 YEARS
.
it was 15 years ago yesterday
that Mrs. A. C. Kidd & Son
engaged in the grocery busi-
ness in this city. At that
time they leased a small
building on Jackson street,
situated on the site at pres-
ent occupied by Rudolph Har-
ness. Mrs. Kidd & Son later
moved into a small struc-
ture at the corner of Jackson
and Oak streets where they
remained for two years.
Later they moved into the
building now occupied by
Hamilton & Powell, the sec-
ond. hand merchants. After
several years spent there the
stock was moved to the Abra-
ham building, and later to
their present quarters in the
Kohlhagen block. Mrs! Kidd
& Son have many friends Tn
Roseburg who extend to them
congratulations on the 15th
anniversary of their business
career in the city.
turned here last evening after a day
spent at Sutherlin.
I. B. Nichols and wife, of Brock
wHy, spent the day n Roseburg trans
acting business matters.
William Jennings and wife left fot
Lakeview this mornng where they ex
pect to locate permanently.
EXCITING GAME
Of Basket Ball Played Here
Last Evening.
THE ATHLETIC CLOB WINS THE DAY
Many x-Wtiiig Situations Kept the
Crowd in a Constant Uproar
Score is 27 to 17. Many
Attend '
(The Roseburg Athletic Club de
feated the Koseburg High Basket ball
team last night 27 to 17, after an in
teresting fight for forty minutes. The
feature of the game was the final ral
ly of the High school in the last sev
en or eight minutes, when they ran
their score from five or six up to 17.
In the first half, the feature of the
game was the defense of the Athletics
hih school mnking just two fieid
baskets. Ed Thornton, at center and
forward, made the first baskets for
the Athletics, and during the whole
contest he and Dr. Flnlay were the
point winners of the Club. The de
fensive principal used by the Club
was chiefly that of intercepting, and
in this and their passing they sur
prised the High players who have
fought out so many hard battles re
cently. P. H. niake and "Check"
RntHil devoted themselves to this soil
of play most of the game.
The second half started Out if
though It were a run-v.vay mutch for
tho club. The Athletics simply
heaped the baskets for a few minutes
playing short passes, then long ones
and disconcerting their opponents
Then the tide turned. Center
Goodman Jumped very quickly
knocking the ball to Ackley, who in
a beautiful pass to Singleton, made
It. possible for him to throw a has
ket. Goodman worked the same
trick on the next play, and Ackley
made the same kind of pass, and
Singleton, another basket. Goodman
worked it once again, but this time
the play was broken up. Then It
seemed that the whole High school
team carried the ball to their bas
ket in a last desperate effort, paying
no attention to a defensive game,
although the Atheletlcs made one
or two baskets on these plays. Good
man bagged two beautiful throws,
one of them dne-handed, with a
guard at the other, and Ackley made
a pretty long shot.
Final score 27 to 17.
Line-up
High School
Singleton
Ackley
Goodman
Black
Hammond
Pos.
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Athletics
Flnlay
Black
Thornton
Riebel
Strong
Ivan Pickens, referee and umpire
FIGHTING BILL
Man Who Figured in Chetco
Valley Troubles is Killed.
WAS FRIEND OF CURLEY COOLIDGE
Accompanied Cooledge to the Chetco
Vally Where the Two .Men In
spected Number Homesteads
Known Cluiracter
SALEM, Feb. 27. "Fighting Bill"
Smith, a notorius character of Silver
ton, was shot and killed yesterday
aftei loon about 3 o'clock by a Swede
by the name of Johnson, the shooting
taking place as the result of a quarrel
over a pig. Smith was shot in the
back. The bullet entered his body at
the base of the shoulder blade and
passed through the right lung makln
its exit below the right breast. He
died within an hour after the shot
was fired.
The shooting took place on a rail
road claim of Smith's which is lo
cated about seven miles east of Sil
verton In the foothills of the Cascade
mountains. .Johnson is a member of
a colony of Swedes that lives two
miles beyond the Smith claim. He
was taken Into custody and held
ponding the arrival of the sheriff.
Sheriff William Esch was absent
from the office yesterday afternoon
and In Stayton, and Deputy Sheriff
Xeedham hurriedly left for Silver
ton on the 5 o'clock train to investi
gate the affair. The call was received
about 3:30 o'clock. W. R. Smith,
better known In thls part of the coun
try as "Fighting Bill," has had a vari
ous and checkered career. Practical
ly his whole life has been spent In
and about Slverton. Ho hns served
a term In the Oregon state peniten
tiary for stabbing a . man named
Hlnklo in Sllverton, and has been
shot three times by different parties,
once by his own son.
Smith was with Curly Coolldge
when the two went to Chetco, on the
coast, to examine a timber claim. At
that time both men were fired at
from ambush, Coolldge being killed
and Smith receiving a bullet in the
Miss Eva Booth's Collapse
Alarmed Friends and Workers
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Photo by American Press Association.
FRIKNUS and coworkers of Miss Eva Booth, enmmnnder of the PhIts
Uon Army In America, were apprehensive when she collnpsed while
touting New York state, and serious illness develoied. Miss Hnotli.
who gnlned fame some yenrs'ngo fur her prison work, broke down
while making an address at Elmlra. N. Y nnd was taken to the army bur
rncks tti New York city, where pleurisy and Intestinal trouble, combined with
a nervous breakdown due to overwork, made her condition very serious, it
was hoped, however, that she would recover.
liAFAYKTTE PAPFJl SOL11
LAFAYETTE, Or., Feb. 25
Henry T. Wiley, former own
er of the Yoncalla Times,
and 6ince January 1, lessee of
the Lafayette Visitor, has
purchased the latter newspa
per, and will be editor and
publisher of the same. ,
leg. That was fourteen years ago.
At that time the Van Pelt boys were
arrested for the killing. Later old
man Van Pelt was shot from ambush
and killed, and recently a man named
Cooley was arrested in San Francisco
charged with the murder of Van Pelt
The exact df tells of ;Vi "lulling hnvo
' ot yet been crived ot'-vr than what
vtre recivd .ct yestor'iv afternoon.
'VP IX A HAI,UM)X" PLKASEK
Colonial Players Score Another Hit
With Clever Comedy
A still larger audience greeted the
stock company at the Antlers theatre
'ast night and enjoyed many u hear
ty laugh at the splendid comp ly "Up
In a Balloon" x.VcY. the Colonial
PlayerB presented in their usual
good form. Inspired by an appreci
ative audience the members of the
company were at their best and from
the rise of the curtain until the close
of the last act the fun was fast and
furious.
Tonight the house, will no doubt
be packed to see "The Traffic," that
great story of the white slave prob
lem In New York City. While the
plot of this bill is built around one
of the most deplorable phases of life
that has to do with the human race,
the readors of the News may rest
pssured that neither In word or ac
tion will anything he found to offend
the taste. With the minds of tho
ni2.73C3 becoming moro open and re
petitive to the truths concerning this
grave problem, such object lessons
as "The "Traffic" do much toward
bringing tho public conscience to a
state of activity from which some re
sults may be hoped for In tho direc
tion of a speedy end to such pract
ices as used by the "white Blavera"
of today.
Tomorrow night the Colonial Play
ers will present "Bought and Pnid
BOYS FOR ARMY
Mexican City Lads Torn From
Mothers Arms.
MERE BABIES MUST BE REBEL TARGETS
Two Huniiled nt Twelve and Four
teen Year Old Youngsters
Drafted At Market Place
Hiotintc At Lisbon
(Special to The Evening News.)
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 27. Tearing
them In many cases from their moth
ers arms, the federal military auth
orities today 'impresed 200 farmer
buys, only twelve to fourteen years
of age, Into the army service Those
children had come Into the city with
their provision carts and ' had as
sembled at the market place. Many
women nnd a few men were also pres
ent, the latter having already been
drafted for service. The army au
thorities Inid their plans carefully
and had the market place surround
ed bofore their intent was suspl
cioned, and then quietly swooped
down upon the boys, impressing ev
eryone past babyhood Into the ser
vice. Little follows were lltterally
torn from their mothers' arms and
tears and entreaty availed not to
bring release to the lads, who were
hustled away as fast as .losj'.blo.
Hinting At Lisbon
MADRID, Feb. 27. Reports pre
vlo'usly received here that sorlous
rioting was in progross at Lisbon and
elsewhere in Northern Portugal, wore
confirmed hero today by a stntemout
Issud by the Interior Department It
is declared that a state of anarchy ex
ists at Lisbon and th- ''t'latlnn Is con
sldcred extremely critical.
Alaska Itallwuy Hill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 When
tho Alaska railroad conferees mot to
day It was discovered that they wero
wider apart than over In tho mutter
of reaching an agreement. The
house stands solid against a bond Is
sue for the road, while senators and
other friends of the measure are
equally determined to hold fast to
tho bonding scheme, fearing that
1915 appropriations will bo decreased
and the work crippled. The house Is
stubbornly standing out for an ex
penditure of $35,000,000 for build
ing the road, while the senate holds
for $40,000,000.
Folk ie.s liettcr Job
NEW YORK. Feb. 27. Joseph W.
Folk, former governor of Missouri,
has resigned a8 solicitor of tho Slate
Department to become chief council
for tho Interstate Commerce Commis
sion. Ills salary In the Stale Depart
on! was but $5,000, while the new
job pnyB $10,000.
TIIK Tit A 1'T'IC
Mi troy's phyicia- i:in ordered
a complete rent Tor 11 day or two nnd
UmikU and F'alrt Kor." which whs
to have hf;en prtJHiited to-nlht
" h: pofltpoiuid to Moinl.ty ntid
"AcroHH tiie Divide" aiilm'tuted in 1 1 h
placu. "We Should Worry' will ho
Dig 1)111 for both matlnej nnd evr'nlnvf
tomorrow (Saturday) v!tr "The
Third DftKreo" will be the bill for Sun
day, matlneo and evening.
Mrs. M. Coturi, wife of tho local
pfMhil agent of ttie Southern Pacific
company, arrived here lat evninK
from San Franclwo. She will probably
remain here permanently.
Hev. C, II. C!eaveH and little daught
er went to Myrtle Creek this morn
ing where they are veiling with
KvaiiKellfst Law and wife. Mr.
Law and wife are holding a series of
evanKelUtlc mei'tlnRs at Myrtle
Creek. About thr'e yearn ago they
held a series of meetings at the South
MethodUt church In this city.
For," while on Saturday afternoon
"We Should Worry," a aparkllfug
comedy, has been selected for a spe
cial matinee number. An Invitation
has been extended by the manatce
ment of tho Antlers theatre and the
Colonial Players to the inmates of
the Oregon Soldiers Home to bo pres
ent at this performance as their
guests.
NOT SATISFIED
Speakng to local people up
on their return from the Caps
Illlhee district recently, the
moving picture men who
spent the past few weeks in
thnt locality in an effort to
secure scenes ot the wilds,
said their success" was for
from satisfactory. Only a few
' animals were captured, and
most of these were of a do
mestic natur.i. In que or two
Instances, however, photo
graphs were secured of cay
otes. which had been previ
ously wounded by hunters. It
Is understood the movie men
will return here at a later
date when another attempt
will be made to secure photo
graphs of animals roaming
In the Caps Illlhee district.
It is doubtful whethor the pic
ture recently secured here
will be developed.
PARCELS POST
Ideas of McRenolds Sustained
by Senate.
PORTLAND WATER USERS GET METERS
Believed WuHto In Bummer Will lie
( Hitmen Mifisiiuj Hlnoo
Ikvkt'r ltctriul
, i runted
(Special to The Evening News.)
WASHINGTON Feb. 27. lly a
vote of 33 to 24 the senato today
decided that tho amendment taking
from tho postmaster general the
right to change rates, wetghta and
zouuH in tlie parcels post syetom was
not in order, could not be coimld
ered in connection with tho poatof
flco bill. An amendment was then
Introduced by Senator Daukhoad. of
Alabama, forbidding tho poHtmoater
general from lncreaaing the weight
limit to above 50 pounds .
I'orllaml ;tH Water Meter
PORTLAND. Feb. 27. Th0 city
CommiHHlon today by a vole of
three to two definitely established
the policy of a meter system for tho
water department. The lung fight
over the question finally resulted In
Commissioner Daley's plan to aba to
water waste. The meter syatom, It
is believed, will conserve the Bum
mer water supply, at the sumo tlmo
what ho uses, and thereby becoming
an economy for the small consumer,
(iimnnii Is MimiiiK
NKW VOUK, Feb. 27. "Hrid
glo" Webber, ono of the principal
witnesses against tho four gunmen
convicted and sentenced to death for
tlie murder of Herman Rosenthal,
has been missing, It has doveloped,
alnce Hcrkur was granted a new trial.
Webber has been working In a box
factory in Passaic, N. J.
Mrs. Weathered Appointed
BALKM, i eh. 27. Governor Woat
today aunt priced tho appointment,
of Mrs. Kdlthi Tozter-Weathored, of
Portland as a member of tho Statu
Fair Hoard, to succeed N. C. .aarlfl.
Mrs. Weathered is the first woman
to servo on the board. She tB well
known throughout the stato and baa
lived all her life. In Oregon.
R. K, Tengue, nf Drain, waa a busl
nesH visitor in Kosfhurg for a few
hours today.
ro Di:i;i,op MINK
G, K. White, an experienced
miner, left Roseburg this
morning for tho Han f coo
per mine, near Drew, whore
he expects to sink a number
of tunnetg with a view of re
moving ore. He will employ
about fifteen men for the
prexent. As operations pro
gress, however, Mr. White ex
p'Tta to Increase his crew. The
old Hanfield mine was ouorat
ed for a number of years and
produced considerable ore.