At.
Mtt08
WEATHER
Highest Temperature - - 79
Lowest Temperature - 42
Fair Tonight and Sunday
VOU v.
ROSEllLKG, DOUGLAS COUNTY. OREGON 8ATCKDAV, MAlK'll 21, 1014
No. 110
tm
GOOD MEETING
Is Held at Commercial Club
Last Evening.
SOCIAL EVIL IS ABLY DISCUS3ED
Huufe. and Houck Dascrllie T!
Dteadcri Diseases That Result
From the Social Evil
Othor Siieukt'is.
A half hundred well known citi
zen h oi Roseburg assembled at the
Roseburg Commercial Club rooms
last night in response to invitations
sent out by the Oregon Hygiene As
sociation, of Portland. The meeting
was held for the purpose of organ
izing a branch society in this city,
the same to be affiliated with the
Portland organization.
Mayor Napoleon Rice presided at
tne meeting, ana in a u. .e. '""""l
ductory address told of the good that
the meeting, and in a brief Intro
naa been accoiny...ieu VtVthe hours should be lengthened in
euorio ui uig wicau i
suciaiion and
ns muuieu uiHOHiAa-i
tions.
.Iiayor nice saiu me iiiuku .
to be discussed was an Important,
one. and was worthy of the atten
tion of every man and woman in
Roseburg. While not contending: recklesa and shlttless. Few of them
that the morals of this city were any, eyer troub,e wnl,0 h are
worse than those of other towns, the; engageQ in honest work,
mayor said there was opportunity for Hey c w Baker ga(, educatlon
improvement. was what was most needed at the
In concluding his remarks. Mayor j present time. Dr. Baker said he con
Rice introduced Dr. House, of Port-; sjdored it useless to try to frighten
lnnd. who Is recognized as one of ' children bv telling them of the dread-
ine roremosi unun aim iioim oyc
ialists on the Pacific coast.
In preliminary, Dr. House told of!
what was being done by the Oregon;
Hygiene Association along the lines
of education. Although organized the home and I venture to say that
less than five years ago Dr. House the mortalities resulting from the
said the society had made remark- evil will reduce materially. I am
able progress, and was today recog-; a firm believer in education, which
nized as the leading hygiene asso- should begin in the home,
elation in the United States, in fact,; Hon. O. P. Coshow said he coln
Dr. House said it was not uncom- cided with the previous speakers, and
mon for the Oregon Hygiene Asso-' believed the children should be
elation to receive letters from all taught those things which they
parts of the world asking for Infor- should know by their parents.
iFiation along the lines of physical There Is too much false modesty,
education. said Attorney Coshow, "among the
Dr. House then took up the sub-f parents of today. They should talk
'rot nf infectuous diseases, which to their children, and If pqsslble pre
lie laid bare before the assembly. He pare them for a life of purity. 1
discussed the various ailments re- have been told that certain dances
suiting from the social evil in plain "conducted In this city are not what
i'.nirnatr nnd presented statistics to they should be. This is a matter
substantiate his statements. Dr. I which 1 believe should have the at
Houe said it was astonishing when '. tention of men and women of the
one learned of the percentage of peo-j town. No young lady is safe whore
pie In the United States that were1 men stand about idulging in Indecent
suffering from social diseases. It ' language." Attorney Coshow de
tf.q t i-titenipnt of Dr. House that fended the woman, when he stated
over 5,000 men and women in the that she was no worse than the man
Uniiert States die each year as the; who was responsible for her donfall.
result of the social evil. Many otherS "They always blame the woman" said
are rendered blind and otherwise de-1 Attorney Coshow. "while the man
fectlve according to Dr. House. Dr.g allowed to mingle In society un
House'snoke particularly of the molested. That is not right. No
young men ranging from 16 to 20 (
yeais who were suffering from dis-i
'.-,. "The young men and women
do not realize the seriousness of the i
sool.il nvtl." said Dr. House," until it
is too late. While many of tho cases
re curable, others are not. ur.i occasions, ana wnen tne work ie
House presented statistics showing done much good will have been ac
that th percentage of deaths from compllshed.
social diseases was increasing rapid-
ly, and that sometfting would have!
to he done ,ln order to curb the mal-(
ady which promises to exterminate
the race. Dr. House also spoke of.
tn- fffect of 'he social diseases on
the home. He contended that it
was a shame for any young man toj
attempt marriage when he knew his
rendition was unfit.. While Dr. House
claimed that legislation would assist
in wiring out the social evil, he said
education was necessary.
"The parents should tench their
children the dangers of the social
evil," said Dr. House. "In order that
they may protect themselves against
the p't falls they are sure to encount
er. There are too many parents who
are afraid to speak to thcrlr off
springs on which I consider the most
scerous nroblem at present fnclng the.
American people. If you parents do
not teach your cniidren tnese tnings.i 8he ,8 unquestlonably the greatest
they will learn from other and vul artlst ,hat na8 ever a1,eare1 ,
gar sources." , Roseburg. This talented and re-
Dr. Houses address was one of, niarkable young laiVi wno wear8 a
the most Instructive ever heard 'V-black mask" for reasons best known
this city and The News only regrets. tQ nerge) tnrllled and aeiKhted her
that the subject is one which cannot j hearera wltn a roa)iestic musical pro
be discussed openly through the Rrlm that ma(Je her audlcnce gaB1
pr 'icci . for m ore
The speaker was liberally applaud-, This "black domino" possesses a
d. indicating that those present had, be8Utlful dramalC VOCe of unusual
learned much regarding their anat-j power 8he tnrmg (ke & blr(ii Rnd
omZ' , .i, ' accomplishes many other most re-
Dr. George E Houck was the Bee- n,arkahle mu8lcal Btlint8
end speaker of the evening. He Tne mJ8teI.,oll, woman wm be at
lpl.oi i,re.u.,..... ,..
vailing throughout the entire world,'
and of the cure. Dr. Houck took up
"h of the diseases separately, and
lniormeu nis listeners w ...e
suits in the event they
r-ivr proper treatment. It was Dr.
Houck'B opinion that the quack
ns Tthe country had done
more to pprpetuate the social evil
than any other class of people. "In
thp event you. or any of your fam- W. J. Rosa on whose properly
llins should contract a diH?ase you gold was recently discovered, return
should consult a reputahle physic- ed to Canyonvllle this morning after
Ian." said Dr. Hourk. "Dont consult a couple of days snpnt In this city,
a on ark In the event you desire a Mr. Ross says development work is
cure or even assistance. I have
--..o. hor. men who sun-
nosed themselves to be suffering from
disease have consulted quack physic-
ians with the result that large sums
of money were extracted from them
' without cause. In some of these In
stances the men were not suffering
from an ailment, neither had they
auy indication of the disease for
which the medicine was prescribed."
Dr. Houck said it was up to the
parents to teach their children along
the lines of hygiene, and thereby
place them in a position to combat
the sociul evil. "Boys and girls will
learn these things," said Dr. Houck,
"and it in better that they be taught
at home."
B. W. Strong then spoke on the
subject of the home. He said the
parents were in a degree to blame
for the conditions that existed among
the boys and girls of today. Mr.
Strong said the home should be
made pleasant, thereby attracting the
boy and girl. "You make home life
pleasant," said Mr. Strong, "and 1
venture to say that much of the
trouble resulting from the Bocial evil
will be eliminated. You cannot ex
pect children to remain at home un
less the surroundings are pleasant."
Prof. Groves of the local public
Schools, said the morals of the aver
age person were good when he was at
work. "It is during leisure hours
that the children and older people
get into trouble," said Mr. Groves. I
hove neard people sav that the school
hours ahoM . snortened. j belleVB
,h BVent the most cood is to be ac-
hk,i
am one of those per
cn . h,,. th .hllitrn -hnnlrt
be undeJ. the 8UI,ervl8lon of a direct.
i or as much as possible. It Is while
they are at leisure that they become
ed diseases that resulted from the
social evil. "They might be fright
ened for a time," said Hev. Baker,
"but the effects would not be
permanent. Teach the children in
woman was ever ruined unless there
was a man in the case."
Other meetings are to be held In
Roseburg as soon as arrangements
can be made. Different classes ot
people will be instructed on different
Every man present at last night's
meeting went home feeling that he
had learned something to his advant-
age.
AT ANTLERS
The mysterious woman In the
"black mask," or madam as she is
known and registered at a local ho-
tel. proved to her large audience at
tne Antlers theatre last evening that
Antlers theatre mill tonight.
and .from all indications she will
play to a crowded house. Her work
was much appreciated last night, and I
. ,hn.,h h-rA npP wlii
again visit the Antlers this evening.
Nothing has ever been seen or
H-bnr, which compare,
pmtTrssing nicely and h.
hopes to
rva Hi. veral ihousrmd dnll.rs
rrom tho ore deposits during the,
next few months.
BLAG
JUDGE HARRIS
Aspires to Position on
Supreme Bench.
the
IS WELL KNOWN IN D1UGLAS COUNTY
Laurence T. Harris is a Man of Honor
ami Would Make n Valuable
Judge on the Supreme
I tench
Judge L. T. Harris, of Lane coun
ty, who seeks the nomination for Su
preme Judge of Oregon at the Re
publican primary electiou in May, was
born in Albany on September 13,
1873.
He attended the public schools,
later graduating from the University
of Oregon in 1893. Following his
graduation from that Institution he
JUDGE Ij. T. HARRIS
Ijane l4iiin(y .Man Would H Supreme
Jtti)0 of Oregon.
attended the law department of the
University of Michigan, from which
ne received a diploma in lsyti.
Mr. Harris Boon after came to Ore
gon and located at Em genu where he
began tho practice of law. He served
aa deputy district fcUornoy under
George M. Brown for several years.
He was elected to the state legisla
ture in 11)01, and was re-elected in
1903. He was elected speaker of
the house during the 1903 session
and served with honor. Although a
bitter senatorial contest was waged
during that session he had the dis
tinction of not having a single appeal
taken from his rulings as speaker.
In the year 1905 Mr. Harris wsa
mm RETURN
Big Rally at Medford Attracts
Attention.
SIXTY ARE PRESENT FROM ROSEBURG
KKciul Train Returns Here nt Seven
O'dock This Morning Over
100 Canillilati-8 Initiated
InU the Or1,er.
The members of the local Moose
lodge, who spent yesterday after
noon and evening at Medford enjoy
ing the hospitality of the Moose
lodge of that city, returned here at
seven o'clock this morning. The boys
report a grand time, and are high in
praise of the Southern Oregon lodge
men who had the event in charge.
The local contingent arrived at
Medford shortly after five o'clock
yesterday afternoon by special train,
and were met at the depot by re
ception committees of the Medford
lodge. From then until eight o'clock
the time was spent In sightseeing and
other pleasantries attendant to such
an occasion.
At eight o'clock in the evening oc
curred the Moose parade, headed by
the Moose hand, of Grants PasB.
This parade was one of the finest
ever witnessed in Medford and re
ceived heartv applause as it passed
tnrough the business streets In view
of hundreds of spectators who
thronged the sidewalks.
Following the parade the lodge
mon repaired to the Medford nata-
torlum, where regular lodge work
was taken up. More than 100 cannl
were Initiated Into the myster-
if-B of the order during the evening,
The Grants Pass drill team in uni
form had charge of the degree work
la'te In the evening a lrfmnt'ous
lunchpon was served. This rotanl
was elaborate and resulted in much
favorable comment
The Roseburg;
train left the Medford station at two
o'clock this morning, arriving here'
five hours later.
It is estimated that there were
AGED SEA CAPTAIN.
Captain J. Joyce, who claims
to have been well acquainted
with the bite Captain Smith, of
the .Titanic, arrived in Rose
burg a few days ago and left
this morning for the south.
Captains Joyce and Smith were
cIoko friends at one time, ac
cording to the former. In fact,
Mr. Joyce carries a photograph
showing the two captains (at
the wheel of an ocean vessel.
At the time the photograph was
taken Captain Smith was about
to be relieved from duty by
Captain Joyce, who was em-
ployed on the same boat and
by the same company.
appointed circuit Judge of the Sec
ond Judicial District, embracing Cur
ry. Coos, Douglas, Lane, Benton and
Lincoln counties.
In the year. 1905 Mr. Harris was
,date on the Republican ticket for
renomination and was nominated
without any opposition. At the latter
election the democrats wrote in Mr.
Harris' name,,, thereby .giving him
the nomination on both the Republi
can and Democratic tickets.
Mr. Harris is an able lawyer and is
well known in Roseburg and Douglas
county. Th0 big percentage of ap
peals taken from his court to the
hipher tribunals are affirmed.
That Judge Harris will receive a
flattering vote In Douglas county
there appears but little doubt.
INSANITY PLEA
Will be Interposed by Mrs.
Hawley, of Portland.
ALIENISTS TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION
Governor West Would ltcovcr 27
000 Acres of Valuable Innd In
Harney County Attorney
General is Active.
(Special to Tho Evoniti News.)
PORTLAND, Or., March 21. That
insanity will bo the defense inter
posed by Mrs. Hawley. who yester
day confessed to sending poisoned
candy through the mails in an at
tempt to cause the death of her hus
band and three step-children, is in
dicated h' Hay Compton, her counsel.
In anticipation of such a movve
United States District Attorney
Reams admitted today that govern
ment alienists had bcKun an Inquiry
to establish her sanity.
ltccorris Are Submitted.
SALEM, March 2 1. Submitting a
mass of extracts from the Harney
county recordst Governor West today
requested General Crawford to in
stitute, action to recover lands alleg
ed to have been fraudulently acquir
ed from the state by tho Pacific Live
stock Company. The alleged com
pany. It Is said, acquired title to 27,-
000 acres of valuable land through
dummy cnlrymen.
OFFICE SEEK
ERS ACTIVE
County Clerk ftdward Lenox re
ports the receipt of petitions from a
number of candidates for office
throughout Douglas county.
The following' were filed up to
noon today:
Sheriff George Qulne, republi
can; Robert Ashworth and Kdward
Singleton, democrats.
Clerk Ben Huntington, republi
can; Kdward Lenox, democrat.
Treasurer James Sawyers, repub
llcan; K. M. Mears, democrat.
Commissioner J. S. Wiley, T. C,
Shaw and Hen Nichols, republicans.
County Judge R. W. Manners'
and 0. J. Stewart, republicans.-
Constable F. M. Hopkins, repub
lican, Canyonvllle E. W. Kiddle, re
publican, Riddle; P. M. Mathews', re
publican, Uenr Creek.
Justice of the Peace J. M. Gross,
republican, Canyonvllle; William T.
I.anglols, republican, Kiddle; 1. II.
Kiddle, republican, Roseburg.
Deputy Rherlfr Kred Stewart was
taken to'hls home this afternoon suf
fering from the malady with which
h0 has been afflicted for some time,
lite niim K nnn irij iikiii, ,,,,
and Mr. Stewart will probably be able
to be out In a couple of days.
700 visiting Moose In Medford yes
tnrday. Including members of the or
der from Grants Pass, Roseburg,
Ashland, Gold Hill and other South-
em Oregon and Northern California
points.
There were 60 members or tne
lodge present nt the festivities from
this city.
PLATFORM
Judge Cleeton, ot Portland,
Would be Economical.
A BELIEVER IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
Judge tleoton loes Not ltrlieve in
Hair Splitting Technicalities,
Hut is for OtiiiiiH.ii
Sense I -in-
Judge T. J. Cleeton, for the past
several, years circuit judge of Mult
nomah county, haB announced his
platform on which he will hase hlB
campaign for the Republican nomina
tion for Supreme Judge at the pri
mary election tn May.
lltB platform follows:
"To eliminate, as far aB possible,
technicality nnd delny in the hearing
Jl'IXiU T. J. CIJOKTON
try
0
Who Heoks tho Republican Nomina
um tor Supreme Judge at the
Republic,!!! Primary Klccl'lou.
nnd determination of casus,
"To recognize and givo effect to
the fact that tho law was made to
.servo the pe Jple and protect the
wel nru of society.
"To decide matters upon the
strength and merit of the cause, rath
er than upon the strength of the plea,
"To consider Jusllce superior to
precedent,
To consider and interpret law In
tl)(, light of modern conditions and
the needs of modern society, with1
jitfltice as the sole aim and end."
Committees Meet and Arrange
For Big Event.
COMMITTEEMEN ARE VERY ACTIVE
Thin Year's Cnrnlviil Will Prolmlily
Ito tho ltij;tf(V4t nnd IWvtt Invent
ot lt Kind Kver Held In
ItoMehiirK
Thnt this year's strawberry featl -
I. is; "-"J?-
E CARNIVAL
val, which will ho held in Hoaoburg ''forest under a ten year contract, re
on May 21, 22 and 211 will ho the ban- ports a cut or over ton million foot
ncr event of Its kind over held in: during the year,
the atato la the prediction of tlioae' Lands in the coast dlatrlct of the
'preaent at a meeting of the executive' Umpqua forest applied ror by James
committee of the carnival at the I. SpringHtoad, or Hotteburg, and Curl
Hoaeburg 'Commorclal Club rooms j Vogel, of Coqullle have been declar
Thursdiiy night. ed open for entry by the secrotnr of
The executive committee, lnclud- the Interior upon the rcommenda
Ing the chairmen of the sub-coiiiiiiit- tlon of the rorest service.
tesi spent more than two hours talk- Mayor I). W, Crosby Is having his
over details dealing with tho pro-' prune orchard, juat across the track,
poaed festival this your. . cleared or the rubbish lert rroin prun-
Th9 several chairmen or tho coin-, ng, cultivated and genornlly put in
mittees were iiiKtructed to get buayi
al ,. )n ordc,r t,at nothing will be'
lacking when tne tiiuu arrives ror
the featlval. The committee on mu-
sic has already written to a number,
of bands throughout tho state, and
It la probable that at least two mimic-,
al organizations will be engaged.
The committee on floats will be-
gin work at once, and every bual-,
net man In Roseburg will be asked j
to participate In the parade of floats
While It costs considerable money (
to arrange a creditable float, t lie i
carnival committed -feels that the.,
i enlrant Is well paid In the advertis -
ing he receives.
ft Is also plnnncd to have a grand (
parade or decorated automobile thin.
year probably on the first day of j
the carnival. Oecoroted automobiles I
always attract much attention, and
are considered essential in success.
of tho festival. In having thl parade
on the first day owners of automo-
biles will be given an opportunity to
use tnoir machines during the re -
j mnlnder of the festival
Another feature of this year's fes-
NATIONAL FOltKST.
There are uerhans few neonle
In Douglas county or elsewhere
that realize that seventy-five
per cent of the lumber used tn
Hoseuurg Is cut from the Umu-
qua National Forest. Such is a
rnct, however, the records at
the local forestry offices show
ing such a state of fuels.
tlvval will be the slock parade. Har
ry Pearce ts chairman of the commit
tee on livestock, find It Is up to Harry
to make good. He has already takea
the work In hand, however, and says
'-. will assemble tho grandest diBplay
of livestock ever seen In this city.
Tho parade of decorated' baby bug
gies which will be held in conjunc
tion' with a babies' eugenlo contest,
will be another feature of this year's
festival. The baby parade Is always
a feature, and probably attracts as
much attention as any other part ot
the festlvul program.
Tho committee on attractions will
get busy noxt week tn order that tho
Btreet shows presented this year may
be bettor than those of past years.
No Bhow unless fully up to the Bland
aril, will be allowed here during the
festival.
Other medtlngs off he carnival
commute- will b0 held at frequent In
tervals In ' hope that this year's
event may eclipse all previous at
tempts of local citizens.
Just how th8 "Queen of the Carni
val" will be elected this year haB not
'been determined as yet.
L
EM
Marshal Tom Williams began hla
cruuade against automoblllBts who
violate the speed ordinance this af
ternoon, when he arrested the son ot
Henry Denn for "crowding'' the In
side while turning from Oak onto
Jackson street.
Denn uppefired before City Re
corder Carl Wimberly, entered a
plea of guilty and was fined $2.50,
ile paid tlio amount of tho fine with
out protest. Marshal Williams says
ho will enforce the speed ordinance,
hereafter, and that all violators will
he arrested and fined.
O. O. F.
Notice to Pntrlarchs:
A special meeting of Union En-
campmeut No. 9 will be held this ov-
ening, March 21, 1914. at 7:00 p. m.,
tor the purpose of considering appll-
cntlona for memborHhip.
;ia-in2i i io. MiLi.iomiio. c.
p.
CITY KKWS
V. n. Wnllo, of Sutherlln was a
vlaltor In Hoeshurg (or a tew hours
today.
Mm. 1. Wimberly la spending a
few days at Grants I'abK vlultlng with
relatives.
A. K. Bhlra, or Sutherlln, left for
Portland laat evening to secure the
new plans ror the hotel to be erect
ed by Frank Waito at Sutherlln.
Ben Nichols, of Hlddle, spent the
day In HoaehurK. Mr. Nichols is a
candidate tor county commtfmloner.
Ho nays ho Is getting liberal support
und hopes to he elected.
T'.io IJ. 8. hogging Co., of Cot-
' tngo Orovo, operating on tho tlmpqua
shape. The mayor Is also setting a
good example by having a clean-up
day about the premlaea or the Hotel
Kiddle.- Kiddie Tribune,
Attorney Oeorge Jones whom The
News yesterday mated was married,
returned here last evening from
points In Washington with hln brldo.
Attorney and Mrs. Jones will make
their permanent home In this city
wherq the groom enJoyR a lucrative
practice. The wedding was a quiet
afrnlr.
Kvangnllst llnrrv Joseph Klllott.
or Portland Oregon, is In Roseburg
' conducting a revival meeting at the
United Brethren church on tho old-
fashioned lines. You will find Rev.
Klllott an Interesting speaker. Some
of the Bubjects to be preached on
are: "Tho Dlvino Kqulpment," "A
Successful Wicked Man" "Sin and
It Consequences," "Delusion,"
"Before the Judgment Seat of God,"
"Jncob tho ifeolgrasper," "Devices of
the Devil," and many othor subjects
, that will stir the soul. Services 7:30
p. in. each evening until April 5, and
Sunday, 3 p. m.
CITY MARSHA