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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1915)
The News For Results Q"Q - If you have lost or found, If you want to bay or sell. If you want work or workers, Vse The News Classified Ada. Dally Weather Report Fair Tonight and Tuesday; Cooler Tonight. Highest temp, yostorday .,,86 lowest temp, lust night ...5S VOL. VI. ItOSKItUKG, DOVULAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, AUGUST 1, lots. . . Xo. 24 t r OUTLAW MAKES DARING ESCAPE Sheriff Smith of Josephine Co, Locked In Cell. COMPANION OF HOOPER IS CAPTURED Had Served Several Prison Term And I Known By Officers To lie a Desperate Cluiraeter. GRANTS PASS, Aug. 16. John Austin Hooper, college graduate and king of highwaymen, aided hy a fel low prisoner, who says that Hooper forced his assistance, made a daring escape from the Josephine county Jull yesterday morning. The highwayman, who was In jail here awaiting trial since his capture at The Dalles July 19, for tho rob bery of the Southern Pacific station here three months ago, overpowered Sheriff Smith, disarmed him, locked him in a cell and fled with Joe Col inge, the fellow prisoner who aided him. Colinge has been recaptured, but nothing has been seen of Hooper since he left the outskirts of Grants Pass Sunday morning. Sheriff's Outcry Cut Off. As Sheriff Smith entered the cell with the two prisoners- breakfast yes terday morning at 8:30 o'clock, Col inge seized him, pinioning his arms to his side. At the same time Hooper grasped the sheriff by the throat, preventing an outcry, and then tied a rag around the officer's mouth. Colinge, at Hooper's order, then took the sheriffs automatic pistol. They then forced Sheriff Smith Into an open sell and slammed the door, locking It. Hooper then took the automatic pistol and cartridge belt from Colinge and. picking up a small valise, left the jail, accompanied by Colinge. Hooper Commandeers lluguy- The two prisoners separated as soon as they left the jail, Hooper starting for the hills north of Grants Pass and Colinge going toward the railroad tracks. Within two hlockB of the jail Hooper overtook Sam Ellis, driving along In a buggy, and stopped him with the Information that there had been a serious accident a few blocks up the street. Mr. Ellis drove north with Hooper at top speed toward the scene of the supposed accident when Hooper drew his revolver and commanded Ellis to keep going, threatening to kill him at the first show of trickery. At the outskirts of town Hooper got out of the buggy and told Ellis to drive back to town. Nothing has been seen of Hooper since. In the meantime Sheriff Smith's out cries had attracted attention and ho had been released from the cell where (he prisoners had locked him. A hunt was begun at once for the fugitive, and Colinge was caught within half an hour. He offered no resistance. He asserted that Hooper had drilled him carefully in the part he was to play In the jailbreak and had threatened to kill him If he fail ed to carry out his part of the plot. He Is awaiting trial on a statutory charge. Hooper was as thorough In his pre paration for the escape as he has GERMANS TIE BERLIN", Aug. 16. The forces of von Mackenzen have captured Alav attcozse, which is less than 24 miles southwest of IJtovsk, the war office announced. Von Mackenzen also raptured Ctale, and to the west of Brest-Lftovsk, the Bavarian Torres have occupied Losige and Mledzyrzec, these making the different points oc cupied durin gthe past 24 hours. The Bavarian right wing is advancing to ward Biala, 2S miles from Brest-Lit-ovsk. where the Russians are expect ed to make a stand before retiring to 1he outer works of their new for tress base. i been, apparently, In all the long list of highway robberies of which he is charged by police of Portland, who caught him just as, they asserted, he, was preparing to rob a train at The! Dalles. A valise which he kent lni the jail he had carefully filled with food and tobacco yesterday. Colinge, According to his story, had been care fully drilled In his part, and the out law took no chances of failure. ' The crime of which he was accused In Josephine county was only one of a series, and the prisoner, who admit ted having broken parole from Fol som penitentiary, California, .where he had been serving a 'life sentence for , highway robbery, had been brought here for trial against the advice of the Portland directives, who foretold that Hooper would got send him back to Folsom to complete serving !the life sentence. Special Officer Kelly of the South-1 ern Pacific was notiried yesterday af-J aK;lil,st the citv of Roseburg In which tcrnoon of the escape of Hooper and; tllH I,,ttor sol,Kht to restrain the de told to he on the lookout for him in rcndn,,t f,om iRsui"K the s"m of h e, In ,1,1. ,llrectlnn Mr. 30,000 to be used for the purpose .... Kelly is of !the opinion that he Willi never show up In any towns along the S. P., but will keep to tho woods until he reaches tho northern part of California where Ihe has many friends who will protect him. Fugitive Known to Sheriff Qiiliic. Hooper was known lo Sheriff Qulne as he spent one night In the uouglas county jail while being taken from The Dalles "to Grants Pass to await trial. Mr. Qtilne stated that he was a powerfully built young man and would have had little or no trou ble at all in overpowering Sheriff Smith, who Is slight of stature. At a late hour tills afternoon no trace had been found of Hooper by the many posses who have been searching the hills around the coun try ever since he made his daring escape yesterday. ITALIAN FEUD PORTLAND, Aug. 16. Two un identified men stepped from the road side on the outskirts of the city, as Joseph Cereghino, an Italian garden er was driving on this by-way to market, and shot him In the back. Cereghino suspects two business ri vals with whom he had quarreled as being the assailants. GEN. VON BERNHARDT GERMANY'S FAMOUS MILITARY GENIUS AND AUTHORDISCUSSES THE WAR WITH AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER. q for,, - - ' I jm J 'J? vM OEN. F. VON BERNHARDI, MEMBER OF THE KAISER'S GENERAL STAFF AND AUTHOR OF THE WORLD-ROUSING BOOK.- "GERMANY AND THE NEXT WAR." THE PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS GEN. VON BERNHARDI DISCUSSING THE WAR WITH W. H. DUR BOR OUGH, AN AMERICAN PHOTOG RAPHER, AT THE. GENERAL'S HEADQUARTERS IN POSEN, GERMANY. BELOW ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE GENERAL. HUNTER EAILS TO MAKE CASE Skipworth's Decision Throws Suit Out of Court. NOP BAUD OR TRICKERY SHOWN Derision Snys That the City Council- Used Givut Care and (iood Kaitli in Entering into Contract. Tho decision of Judge G. F. Skip- u-ftrlll In in fana nt nn llllltloi' of constructing a standard guage . railroad from this city to the bound ary of the ITmpqna National Forest reserve, arrived in the city this morning and was filed by the coun ty clerk. On account of not being fully ad vised on the subject Judge Sklpworth took the case under advisement and for the past several days has been' giving the different points Involved his serious consideration, from the evidence and pleadings pubmltted, the following facts were found by the court: 1. That the plaintiffs In the action are taxpayers of the City of Roseburg and voters therein. 2. That the defendant city of Roseburg Is a duly Incorporated mu nicipal corporation under the laws of the state of Oregon. 3. That the defendant N. Rice is duy elected, qualified and acting mayor of the city; that the defend-; ant councllmen are duly elect" 1 qua!- ifled and acting councllmen that C. E; Wlmberly is the duly elected and acting recorder of the city; that the defendant Roseburg and Eastern R. R. Is a duly organized and existing corporation under the laws of the state of Oregon and that S. A. Ken dall Is it's president, and O. P. Co-' show is the secretary thereof; that S. A. Kendall and J. I.. Kendall are and at all times herein mentioned have been partners doing business under the name or Kendall Bros. 4. That during the month of June, 1916, the defendant Harry Pearcc -hF .W- H I brought suit la the circuit court of Louglns county for the purpose of ! testing the validity of the bonds in I question in this BUlt; this suit was I tried in said court and a decree made uuu eniereo in iavor oi mo ueieno- ants and against plaintiff. This de clslon was then appealed to the su preme court of the state of Oregon and the decision of the lower court affirmed. 5. The court finds-Jthat this friendly suit was not a collusive one, but was tried In good faith and far the purposo of testing tho validity of the charter amendment of the city of Roseburg which authorized the Issu ance of $1100,000 of. bonds which vere to bo used for the purpose of constructing a standard gunge rail road. G. The court finds that the de fendants did not enter into a con spiracy to try and got $300,000 of bonds of the city as a bonus or gift to themselves or to corporations in which they are interested, but that t ho defendant city through it's coun cil in good faith passed ordinance No. C10 and submitted to tho legal voters of the city tho charter amend ment authorizing the lssuanco of the bonds. 7. Tho court finds that all ordin ances and proceedings in relation to the special election held June 3rd, whereby the charter amendment was submitted to the electors of the city were legal and said election was le gally held and that the charter amendment was duly adopted, that In I all things pertaining to the election and ordinances and charter amend- . ment of the defendant city and ap plicable to such proceedings .wore legally complied with. 8. That on July 15 the city en ! tered Into a contract, which was at , tached to plaintiff's complaint, pur suant to the charter amendment Thls; contract Is authorized by tho charter amendment and thereby the defendant city ihnd a right to enter into the contract. This contract is not in any way a violation of the charter amendment but is duly auth orlzed by the charter amendment. 9. The court finds that the $300, 000 Is not In anyway a bonus or sub sidy to any firm, corporation, asso ciation or person, but was authorized for the purpose of enabling the de fendant city to build a railroad to be owned by the city. 10. There was no scheme or con spiracy to use the bonds of the city or to tax the plaintiffs or any tax payer of the city for the private In-1 terests of Kendall Brothers, the Roseburg and Eastern R. R. or the (Continued on page .) GETTING READY EOR THE FUTURE President Prepares Plans Plac ing Nition on Safe Basis. NO INTERFERENCE. WITH PEACE APPEAL Millions of Trained Military Who. Are Not Citizens Strong Argument l'or Nutloiuil Defense. ' Aliens WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The president has commenced to actively map out the now program and policy for tho national defense, and today discussed the question of the naval preparedness with Secretary Daniels and Admiral Denson. Daniels tub- mlttcd a summary of naval conditions and his recommendation for improve ments in line with tho new policy. It Is understood that tho president will ask of congress to make the us ual appropriations for two 'battle ships, also for one, possibly two bat tle cruisers, between sixty and seventy submarines, and enough torpedo boat destroyers to give each battleship or dreadnaught a guard of four. Will Xot Interfere Wlt-lt Peace Appeal WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Car- ranza will not attempt to prevent the transmission of the Pan-American ap peal to the various Mexican leaders and governors, Diplomatic Agent Parker reported to the state depart ment today from Mexico. Tho re ply of Villa to the note, reported to be enroute to Washington, Is said to be favorable. There is no answer expected from Carranza before Sat urday. Tho reports declared that Carranza might call a conference of his commanders to frame a joint reply to the communication. Military op eatlons are expected to bo suspended during consideration of the peace ap peal. Argument for National Defense. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. There are 16 million foreigners In the Unit ed States who have not acquired citi zenship, the figures of the naturali zation bureau show. Eight million of the male aliens have had a military training. Claiming that only equip ment Is needed for this vast army of men trained In pillltary service and work to constitute a hostile force, and that nn Invasion of the United Steles would not ho nocesanry, advo cates of military preparedness are planning to use the figures of the bu reau In cnrrylng on their campaign. Tho eight million forelirners with mil-1 ltary training. Includes two and onej half million Anstro-Germans, and I five and fine half million citizens ol'i the allies. MILE OF TRENCH!: PARIS, Aug. IB. The capture of a mile of trenches between Bernhaupt und Ammertz-Villr in Alsace, by chausseures who first wrecked the German positions by exploding mines, then charging the crumbled works, is announced hy the war office. The chauHKeurs surged In upon the enemy following the explosion and captured those who were trapped under the f'cbrls, and pursued the survivors, while a great number were killed. Z PRAYS FOR PEACE ROME, Aug. 16. Emperor Frnnz Joseph, of Austria, has written the pope, applauding his efforts to bring about peace, nildlng: "I also pray God we may havo early peace". The pope has summoned Cardinal Gas parrl, the papal secretary of state from his vacation, and It Is reported that this move Is- prompted by new efforts toward peace. i.NTS IN THE AVAR ONE YEAU AGO TODAY Baron Chinda, hands to Secre tary Bryan for' transmission to Berlin, the Mikado's ultimatum requiring the Gertnans to quit Klo-Chau within a week. Servians sink two Austrian boats fliyd with soldiers while big guns fight duol at Belggrade. Canadian government receives war gift of $500,000 to start fund. U. S. cruisers Tennessee aTii North Carolina reach Falmouth with gold for stranded Ameri cans. Lull In fighting nt Liege. French and German forces clash near Dlnnnt. French attempt to retnke Mulhausen. MARINES LOSE LIVES IN STORM WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 Two ma rines belonging to the battleship New Hampshire, were swept ovorboard and drowned during a storm In the Gulf of Mexico Sunday, the navy depart ment announced. The men lost were nerdle Ray, of Mississippi, and Jo seph Rnhlnson, of Ohio. Their bodies were not recovered, and the depart ment has notified Ihe parents. FIRST VICTIM OF DEER SEASON ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 1. The first victim of the deer hunting season was Fred Layton, aged 16, who was kill ed by the accidental discharge of his own gun, In the Alsea mountain dis trict on Sunday. He died as he was .being brought to Albany on an Im provised litter. K.XTKACT8 KHOM A LKTTKK JUST ItKCICIVKIl J-'HOM Mil. 8. A. KENDALL "I regret very much that matters are not in shape to begin actual construction. I fear If It will be do layed much longer It may not be op portune to begin work before spring, as It would be impossible to do any work In that bluck mud during the rfilnv season. "However, we hold ourselves ready at this end to begin work JUST AS SOON as the city Is In shnpo to re lease Its contrnct and ask us to get to work." "I have written Mr. Von Plnnta to day to forward' to Mr. Coshow the exact location In order that rights-of-way may be deeded." Hoping that the counefl may s:nl for us to begin work In the near f ti ll re. I am Yours truly, (Signed.) S. A. KENDALL. INSANE Ml HMvIiMI Ht'KiDKS SOUTH BEND, Intl., Aug. 18. Si las Kbersolc, aged GO and a former Dunkflrd minister, who was charged with strangling to death Hazel Mack lin, aged 15, a year ago, suicided In his cell here today by hanging him self. Ho Is believed to have been Insane. .fudge .1. T. Ronald and wife, A. Warren Gould and wife, Mrs. l'helan, Miss Williams, Miss Nichols and Ed ward P. Trempcr and wife, formed an auto party which passed through tho city today enroute to their home at Seattle, afer a month's visit at the exposition. Judge Ronald Is a Judge of tho superior court at Seattle, Mr. Warren is a very prominent archi tect, and Mr. Tremper Is manager of tho Title Insurance Co. with head quarters at Seattle. Jay Carter and Orvllle Smith lcTt this nfternoon for Valley View ranch whore they will spend their vacation. Dr. L. M. 1'hrbach today operat ed on Mrs. G. Lloyd at Mercy hospi tal for appendicitis. KV