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ROSEBURG, BOUGLAS COUNTY, ORKGOX. TI KSKAY, JANUARY 18
11)1(1.
No. 15
MARSTERS QN
STATE BOARD
Ros;burg Banker Appointed
to Responsible Position.
knows most of the stock and agri
cultural men of the Btate and will be
in a position to render the newly or
ganized board a splendid service. He
was appointed state game wardon
last April, but he did not accept the
appointment which was later filled
by appointment of Carl D. Shoemak
er, of this city. Mr. Lea will make
an efficient, capable and courteous
official for the board which lR to be
! complimented on his selection.
CANDIDATE DEFEATED BOOTH RESIGNS
COMMERCIAL CLUB
PHOE
hit
LII1L
YONCALLA R
wore very favorably received by ev
I eryone present and as he finished, it
was very evldont that each person
j present had taken a resolve anew
l to go to the1 Unfit in order to close
up the yawning gap caused by the
, recent fire. . , !
I - Tho true sentiment of tho as- I
. sembly was plainly manifested when I
Pntl,,Ki,,t: . aiciv. uaugnerty, trustee for the M
VILLA LEADER
IS EXECUTED
Seci-otary of the Statta Fair
Hoard t Succeed
V. Al. Jones.
Keofgaized State Fair Hoard. '
A. C. Marsters, of Rose-
H. Booth,
Citizens is Held.
WILL NOT LET DISASTER STOP SCHOOL
church, stated that the church Responsible , For Death of
Churches and Private Homes Offered
To Hou.su Classes Splendid ,
Spirit is Shown Hy
. All Citizens.
building, so far as he was concern- j
ed, could be used as a school room,
which sentiment wqs acquiesced in i
by the remaining trustees and Pas-
I tor Hocking. , . .
Win. Helliwell and Samuel Chest
nut, trustees . of the Preshvtarlnn
Many Americans.
, MANY REFUGEES ARRIVE AT EL PASO
church, likewise stated Chat their!' Ak"1" VrBm ,ls """"ors to
Following is an extract from the!
Hon
burg, replacing J.
resigned.
Hon. J. A. Reynolds, of La-
Grande, replacing N. K. West.
M. L, Jones, W. H. Savage
and Mrs. Edyth Tozler Weath-
erred, all of whom are hold-overs.
A, H. Lea, of Portland, sec-
retary of the State Fair board
who succeeds to the position
held by W. Al Jones, of Jo-
- seph.
4
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 18. (Special
to The News.) A general reorgani
zation of this State Fair board was
affected here today as the result of
, the election of A. H. Lea to the po
sition of secretary of the board
which has been held by W. Al Jones,
of Joseph, Wallawo county. "Reports
have been rumored that Jones was
to lose his position, but nothing
could be learned definitely. Booth
and West were known to favor the
return of Jones, while Jones and Sav
age were knowto favor the election
of A. H. Lea. Mrs. Weatherred held
the balance-of power, and when the
Issue was brought up In the meet
ing here this morning Lea was elect
ed by a three to two vote. Booth
and "West Immediately tendered their
resignations as members of the board
to Governor WIthycombe, .who
promptly accepted them.
In order to immediately fill the
vacancies on tho board Governor
WIthycombe tendered the appoint
ment to the vacancy created by the
t resignation of J. H. Booth to Hon.
A. C. Marsters, of Roseburg. J. A.
Reynolds, of LaGrande, was appoint
ed to fill the vacancy by the resigna
tion of N. K. West.
ruary and a few subsequent nitsfor-'-'
and
ner
formed are to foster, encourage and 1 . p u' was recovering B(amlpolnt ever heM , yoncalla American women and children
, ... .,,.. ,,, ui iasi reu- rt (h Mhi ..,., refugees were sleon n?. The hmlv wnn
-..-j i.ttn.j will IIIOIIUUUIU inim-i ..
in which everyone willingly! 1lacod ln onen vlew before the cus-
VftMni I .T . A T 10 " O Il V
hv.1... ... r... u ... io- lopoumi.;
u. ""'s commercial The lamentable loss by fire of our
C' , , . magnificent school building on the
ifl . e,nameof thiscl,,b 14th Inst, is indeed a solarplexus
shall be the Roseburg Commercial biow t0 yoncalla and district,
club. The purposes for which It is . .
! develop the mercantile, manuafctur-
ing, agricultural, horticultural and
home Interests and resources of the
city of Roseburg, the Umpqua val
ley, and Douglas county; to collect,
preserve and circulate useful Infor
mation concerning the said city, val
ley and county; to encourage wise
and helpful legislation; to forward
the improvement of streets, roads,
avenues and public parks; to im
prove and extend our transportation
facilities; to aid and encourage the
erection of 'needed public buildings;
to assist ln the establishment of new!
manufactories and the advancement!
Slay All "Grlngoes" On
Sight Loader Hides
111 Mountains.
I plnco or worship would be open to
tho school. A. w: Lamb very gen
erously tendered tho use of his hall
to accommodate a portion of tho
pupils, while Postmaster M. M.
Strawn stated that he would gladly EL PASO, Jan. 18. Colonel
open two rooms of his home to no Valles, Villa s executioner, was pub
commodate the hearing of classes. I lMy executed this morning within a
, Jilt"." a11 th W08i tow foot of a train whore a number
iiuui a puuuc spine
Ltu,n iZ , '"- came to the rescue Is certainly worthy tom 1,0U8e al6 s1'18 ' that of
w ti 111 if Z VTmBn8'' of the highest compliments and very! Rodriguez, as a bloody warning. The
"-"s "6 1 ciearlv manifests the deep slnc-rpl execution toiiowea tho unconfirmed
ct "gJref ,Pr U,C .TBn'fl", and together heartfelt concern for rumora tuat Simmons, of Los
cent school building and the jad-! t)la weltare of 0Mr schoo, Bnd tne Angeles, and Victor Hamilton, for
vantages lt afforded, wo find our be9t ln-teresU ot , and ,nBtruB. Chicago, had been murdered by VII
selves without suitable accommoda- tors . ,staB. yalles was brought under
uoiio wun wnicn 10 taKe care of the
n i TT,ittnn A n.-iT ffuarn from Casra nrimrlpft. Ha won
school children. ; ton Drug Co., offered to furnish te(j awakened at five o'clock this morn-
Today, however, a mass meeting books at wholesale cost. H. C. .ln8 and was dragged to a clump of
was caned at the M. E. church in Stearns voluriteered to furnish the cottonwoods nearby. Instead of Se
this city and presided over by Coun- necessary blackboards, etc., to get footing . a firing squad, the captain
ty School Superintendent 0. V. . the school on a working basis at ex- clioao a soldier whose brother Valles
Brown, who spoke with much feel-! actlv invoice nrlco. whllo Wm KWinr had executed, and without any order,
,, .. 1 - . ,.. ......
of local Industries: to increase fhe',ns regarding tne mstnct l0BS an(r eeneTroiislv volunteered tn tills soldier shot him. Few of the
wealth, influence, industries, trade 1 admonished all that the time to man-' loan his large library to the school sleepers aboard the train were awak
and population of said city, valley and' itest a disposition to meet the try- a3 reference books. I ened by the shooting.
county; to promote the general wel-i1 ng emergency was at hand and that. The highly commendable spirit Tw0 special trains arrived horo
fare of the inhabitants thereof, and uPless each one should see fit to which was manifested at the meet- bearing hundreds of Americans and
When Hon. A. C Marsters was In
terviewed by a representative of The
News this afternoon he said that ho
would accept the appointment. "I
feel that the sttie fair Is one of he
rve.itcst organizations that Oregon
has. It does more to bring about a
realization of our agricultural and
clock resources than any other meth
od we have and it should be encour
njed to become bigger and greater
every year." t j
A. C. Marsters Is one of the best
Known men ln the state of Oregon.
For ;ears he has been Identified
with the agricultural development of
southern Oregon. He owns one of
the best stock ranches in Douglas
county and is Interested in a big
ranch in Klamath county. Since the
organization of the Roseburg Na
tional Bank he has been identified
"With it, first as it3 cashier and for
the past year as its president. Un
der his careful business management
it h-.i grown to be one of the strong
financial institutions of southern
Oregon. He Berved Douglas county
at one time in the state legislature
as its senator and all his lire time
he has been a strong and consistent
republican. He Is qualified In ev
ery way to assume the responsibili
ties of the important position to
which he has been chosen and his ap
pointment will give universal satis
faction not only in southern Oregon
known, but
where he is best
throughout the Btate.,
A. H. Lea, who succeeds W. Al
Jones as secretary of the board, Is
well known over the state, having
for the past fifteen years been as
sociated with the Union Meat Com-,-
psny In an important position. He
to draw more closely together the
citizens of Roseburg and vicinity,
cementing their business and social
relations." ,
With the foregoing statement of
the purposes of the organization ln
mind the board of trustees of tho
Roseburg Commercial club held their
first meeting in the club parlors last
night, with all members present. Ray
Lahey, Free Johnson and J. F.
Hutchason were elected to member
ship. After several earnest talks by
several trustees. It was decided to
organize the activities of; the club
for the coming year on the bureau
plan, which has been adopted by all
of the most successful Commercial
clubs of late. It Is more compre
hensive in its scope that the com
mittee system, as" each bureau, and
there will be about 15 of them, will
have several sub-committees under
It, each working on subjects inter
related, and subordinate to the bu
reau, in this way there will not be
a member of the club who will not
be working on one or more sub-corn
mittees, and the members will be so
selected as to place them on those
committees In whose work he is most
Interested.
The standing committoes of the
club for the coming year will-be as
follows;
House commlttee J. F. Barker,
H. O. Pargeter, Ben Caro.
Reception Committee A. C. Seely,
J. W. Perkins, J. E. McClintock.
Books and magazines Sam S.
Josephson.
Membership committee Sam S.
Josephson and two others to be ap
pointed.
Transportation Henry Harth, and
two others to be appointed.
Legislation M. F, Rice and two
others to be appointed.
The bureaus outlined so far are
as follows;
Public Utilities. This will em
brace water, lights, gas, telephone
and telegraph service. Any matters
concerning these utilities will be han
dled by this bureau with a sub-committee
for encli or the five branches
Agricultural. This will be one of
the most important bureaus in the
club, and is dlvMed Into horticulture,
truck gardening, grain and forage.
The country members will be prom
inent on these committees, which will
have the gathering of statistics ot
production, the studying of new suit
able crops for the Umpqua valley,
marketing and the disposal of by
products and waste.
Animal industry. This bureau Willi
do Its tltmnnt tn pnrnnmira tt.a ln I
get a shoulder to the wheef that
tho community and district would
suffer mightily and that tho welfare
of the students would be greatly
neglected. Prof. Brown's remarks
lng Btated above leaves no doubt as ' tber foreigners from western Chl
to the exact character of the people huahuo. A Villa deserter said Villa
and can mean but one thing abao-! nnd reiterated his threat against all
. j Americans, uglng his followers to
(Continued on page 5.) 'slay the "grlngdes" unmercllessly,
PREPAREDNESS NOW STANDS OUT AS MOST VITAL ISSUE
"
Colombo Rooseveux 7 J&SP " , ''tt Wfe&fcv
Wife I H : ' m
grj j&i
'and rutlilessly. He said that Villa
was JUuing lu tl,0 niountalna around
Durango.
' IliHlies Piukeil In lco.
General Gabriel Gavria, comniand
nne at Juarez said that the body of
the late outlaw leador would be pack
ed ln ice and placed on view at the
depot tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
Other llamlita Under Airost.
JUAREZ, Mex Jan. lS.-Manuel
Gutierrez, the alleged bandit
Placed under arrest hero lat uh
charged with having been primarily
responsible for the firing of Cumbre
tunnel, on the Mexican Northw,,.,,
railroad, between Casas Grandee and ,(
Pearson, Chihuahua, h. TOh.i. ' :
Americana aboard a train lost their
lives, February 4, 1914.
H ' alleged that Gutlerre was
coiumniider ot the band led by Moxl
n.o Castillo who left El Paso last
night for Cuba, after heln., r..i..0.i
by the federal authorities here
Gutierrez had affiliated himself' with
Villa, and with the disintegration of
Villa s forces, made overtures to Car
ranza officials who invited hi .
Juarez. On his arrival he was plan
ed under arrest.
Gutierrez 1b supposed to have rob
ed a... p.. Miller .a ranohman near '
Villa Ahumaua, some time ago.
Octavio liualla Ferria, described
as director of . the Mexican-White
Crosa society also was finder arrest
today. The charge against him was '
not Btated.
' Shortly after the Carranza parti
sans became dominant ln northern
mexico, tne Ked Cross ln Mexico was
banished on th,e ground that it was
partisan. The society headed by Fer
ria alBo was not recognized. Ferria
is said to be an Italian and waB re
ported to have invoked the aid of the
British consular representative at El
Paso.
Mexicans coming from the Interior ,
of Chihuahua state confirmed the re
port that General Argumedo, head
ing 6,000 men affiliated with the ele
ment formerly domfnated by General
Huerfa, had dofoated a Carranza
force January 10 at Eacalon. Car
ranza officials declared It was Im
possible to send troops on account
of the( congested condition of the
raiiroadB. Hundreds of freight cars
blockod tho sidings. Six "dead" lo- -
comotlvos were found at Moctezuma,
.lust south of here.
RepfSEseVTycvTive Gardner senatoi? chamber laiw
National preparedness has become I cizecl by those who believe in more
the nation's most vital issue. Con- efficient militia.
pressmen, at their homes durinp; the Cory- Gardner, of Massachusetts,
iiuiiuuys, leurneu now araem is ine,is considered the au
sentiment of their constituents in
this direction.
Many plans have been proposed,
and the debates in congress will be
heated. The most radical view is
that held by Roosevelt, who appar
ently believes that the. United States
should be constantly on a war basis
equal to the most powerful nations
of Europe.
The progTam proposed by Presi-
aent wuson, who insists on action
author of the nro-
pareuness movement, nut his de
tailed program is declared by many
of the military experts to be un
scientific. General Wood has (riven particular
attention to tne technical questions
involved. The America!, people have
never been Instinctively a military
class, but he insists that they should
at least know the talient features of
the military art.
senator Chamberlain, chairman of
without delay, is a compromise be- the senate committee on military af-
(Contlnued on page 8.)
tween the various departments of
tht government, and IB thus not
wholly acceptable to many who made
rccommendaion. It was not ac
cented by the war staff or the war
college on the ground that it falls
ehort of requirements. The plan for
a continental army has been criti-
fairs, will have charge of administra
tion measures In the senate. Senator
Chamberlain in essentially militant
and believes in maintaining our posi
tion regardless of developments.
One of the most notable advocates
of rational system of preparedness
i Theodore Burton, former senator
(JENBRAI. WOOO
from Ohio, who advocates a con
structive policy, perha'.s typical ol
average Bentimcnt, midway netweer
the extreme tendencies of those wh(
would place us on a war footing and
advocates of peace at any price. He
believes in such a degree of pre
paredness as is essential tn defense,
but opposes militarism. He advo
cates enlargement of the regular
army, with reorganization and de
velopment of the national truard as
an adjunct. He also lays stress upon
the need for available officers, thor
oughly trained in enlarged academlei
at Annapolis and West Point, ex
tension of which is onposed by many
Hurton's attitude is of particulai
interest, because he is president of
the American neace society. And
while he ardently advocates a proper
system of preparedness, he has not
lost sight of the ultimate Ideal in the
Bettlement of international disputes
by tribunal.
ULTIMATUM GIVEN
GREECE BY ALLIES
BERLIN, Jan. 18. England and
France have presented a virtual ul
timatum - to Greecfi, according1 to
dispatches from Sofia. The note de
manded that Grooce give the diplo
matic ropi'oseiitatlves their passporta
within two days. If the demands
are not accepted, the allies will take
the necessary nionsiires to enforce
them, the messago Bald. This, cou
pled with tho reports that the niiin
have landed near Athens, makes Bor
lln have no doubts that tho allies
have doclded on extreme measures
to rorce Greece to abandon her neu
trality. A dispatch from Vienna re
lates the following terms for the aur
ender of Montenegro:
All soldlors must lay down their
arniB, and citizens must surrender
their arms. The AiiBtlnn authorities
will scach Montenegro to prevent tho
formation of guerilla bands. Tho
males must congrogato in certain
districts designated by Austria, and
Austria will take over the control of
all cities and transportation.
..-.HINGTON, .Ian. IS. Senator
Llppltt, of Ithodo Island, Introduced
a resolution In the senate proposing
immediate Intervention In ;Moxlco.
Tho nntl-admlnlstratlon senators
backed the efrot, and an acrimonious
debate rollowcd. "We might as well
kill the resolution now as to refer
It to a committee," Senator Borah
declared. Mppitt demanded an Im
mediate consideration of his resolu
tion, but Senator Stone Insisted on
referring It ;5"h committee.