The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920, November 21, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDaily Weather Report ---- Probably Fair Tonight and Tuesday. Highest temp, yesterday 60 Lowest temp, last night 43 1 VOL. VII. KOSEUIRO, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OliEGOX. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 81, 1010. No. 44 CD HI STAGGS PASSES AWAY Death Occurred as He Lay Asleep Saturday Afternoon. WIS PROMiNENT IN MIL IMDUcTAY Has Built. Over Ono Tlnnisajitl Mills West of .Mississippi Illver; Also Seven In China. H. R. Staggs, for several years tf prominent business man in Roseburg, I and widely known throughout the ! United States as a veteran flour mill manufacturer, died suddenly at his tome In North Roseburg Saturday afternoon. Mr. Stagg went to his room at three o'clock Saturday after noon and was found dead In his bed fcy his son, Richard, who went to waken him shortly after six o'clock In the evening. From all appear ances death had been instantaneous, occurring about four o'clock heart failure being given as the cause. Mr. Staggs was born in Piatt coun- tv Missouri in the year 1848. From his early childhood he was interest ed in the flour milling industry and as a young man jengaged in jthe flour mill manufacturing business. Bis early life was spent In and around Missouri and Kansas, except for months at a time when he would , be out on a contract building a mill, j He held, the record of building more flour mills west of the Mississippi river than any other engineer in the United States, over one thousand mills having been constructed by nlm. A few years ago he was sent by the mill manufacturing firm of Barnard & Lee, to China, where he became the pioneer flour mill build er In this growing country. About four years of his life were spent there and during his residence he gained the absolute confidence of the na tives with whom he came in touch, lis name being known and ,nored throughout the entire country. Dur ing the years spent there lie con structed seven modern flour mills, all of, which are still in operation. Ou account of falling health he was forced to return to the United States and setlcJ In California for a short time and about five years ago came to Roseburg where he re sided until the timo of his death, i Shortly after hfs arrival here he pur-' chased the old Rast flour mill and in partnership with his son gtsrfpd ; a feed, fuel and supply business. , Preparations were made for the man-1 ufacturlng of flour In this city until fire destroyed the building, putting , an end to this line of industry. j About a month ago, Mr. Stairss j suffered an attack with his heart, and was under the doctor's care for , a short time. Again about a week ago a severe attack weakened h'ni ; greatly and he seemed to realize that the end was near. He calmly made all preparations for death.) settling up his unfinished business; matters and making records of fin-! anclal matters. He was a member of ; the Christian church, a close student of the Bible and perfectly reconciled to his death. He is survived by his wife and five children, W. S .Staggs, of Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. C. C Mace, i of De Queen, Ark.; Mrs. E. B. Mace, , menced the active practice or law in of Springfield, Mo.; Richard tndf this city and from the outset special Edith Stages, of Roseburg. ! ized on criminal law In which line During the Civil war Mr. Staggs served as a bugler In a Missouri Tegiment, being at the time but a mere boy. He was pensioned by the government, but refused to accept the pension up until the last few months. He was very much pleased with the city of Roseburg and sur rounding country, and was a firm believer in the future of Oregon in .general, and more particularly Doug is county. The funeral was held from the tho at 2:30 this afternoon, R. E. ' hours In this city today vlBitlng with Jopepastor of the Christian church, friends and shopping. She returned officiating. Interment took place In to her home at Oakland this after--the,Masonlc cemetery. noon. GUAM) JURY (HOSKX. As the grand jury which rc- ported Saturday night had served for the entire year it was necessary that a new jury be drawn. The drawing was held this morning and the fol- lowing jurors chosen: Daniel Craig, of Scottsburg; Ed. Hnn- cock, of Elkton; S. D. Evans, I of Roseburg; W. F. Pack, of Gardiner; A. H. Church, of Camas Valley; T. R. Dunnlvan, ' of Myrtle Creek; L. A.' Uo- land, of Roseburg. As there is considerable business to be transacted the jury went into immediato session. (; AliIIM:iIll) RKEDSPOHT ROAD SUPERVISORS HEIi Arthur Walker, of Reedsport, and i W. F. Peck and W. A. Smiley, of: Gardlnor, arrived in Roseburg this morning and will take up the mr-ltcr of a road connecting Roseburg and! Reedsport before the county court. The three men have served for some time as county road supervisors and ' have done a great deal to Improve1 the roads of their section of the ' county. They believe a road to. Reedsport a necessity and will peti- tion the court to appropriate enough money to construct tne small portion of road which will be required to connect that city with a highway leading to the county seat. They report that the public dock, which was constructed by the court at Gardiner, has proved a great Benefit to the shipping Industry. The dock has been completed and is being used for public purposes, : W. W. CARDWELL While no newspaper announce ments have carried the news of W. W .Cardwell's candidacy for the cir cuit judgship, It has been known for some time that he would make the race for this honor, and for the "past several weeks his friends in the various counties in the district have been working In his behalf. W. W. Cardwell lays claim to being a native born Oregonian and the little town of Canyonvllle in this county as his home town. At tho oge of- 23 he graduated from the University of Oregon, prior to which time ho had studied lw J . P. man. tmM in the ofrice of C. W. Kahler, In Jacksonville. In 1884 and 1 885 he taugh school In Kos"burg ot which time there were only four school rooms In the city. In 1892 he com- he has handled some of the most Important cases ever tried in this county and state f Mr. Cardwell has always prided himself upon the fact that he has been on the side of the wenk and oppressed In the practice of his pro fession and has tried hundreds of cases In which he never received compensation. His campaign slogan Is "Impartial Justice; My Own Boss." I Mrs. Geo. Stearns spent several ADMIT GRAVITY f SITUAT News From German Capital Adds to Uneasiness. TIME FOB OFFICIAL ACTION DRAWS NEAR l0'S!!iiil Antagonism Hinted nt As Exiting Letwcen Secretary of SUiiie Ijonsing und von lttM'nstorff, WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The state department admitted the pos sibility of a crisis developing in the German - American controversies, which are now graver than before Germany made any concessions. The death of any Amorlcnns through the sinking of armed merchantmen, or the indefinite postponement of the settlement of the Lusitania ques tion, might prerlpltnte crisis. The officials declined to discuss the" per sonal antagonism between Lansing and von Bernstorff. Tension Is increasing In the sit uation between the United States and the central'powers as a response Is awaited from Berlin to the latest request of the American government for a definite assurance regarding the conduct of submarine warfare. Tlre were no new developments today, but, in view of initmatinns from Teutonic department and ap-i-nrently significant news dispatches, officials are awaiting word from Ber lin with unconcealed concern. It Is possible that official indication ot the attitude of the Berlin foreign of fice may be received tomorrow In" confidential reports from Ambassa dor Gerard. Officials still hope that the official advices will not conform to the indication in the press dis patches that the German govern' ment is unalterably opposed to modi fying its declared intention to sink j all armed merchant ships of the en tente powers without warning after February 29, Soody Decision KsMentinl. Count von Bernstorff, tho German Ambassador, who transmitted the views of the United States to his government lute Thursday night, probably will have received a reply STARTS NATION-WIDE MOVEMENT FOR CHILDREN TO BUY U. S. BATTLESIIIP fa-. r ' k ITS t C - r ft Marjone Sterrett. Yarioi-ie Sterrett of Brooklyn, N. Y.. started a nation-wide movrr.nt ln,t i.' . '. in. on when she sent ten cents to a New York paper to help buy a Lsue;ti.p i'?r l..'n-lc Sam. Now children in every corner of the United &uteb art contributing, and many hundreds of dollars have been raised. KENDALL TO ARRIVE FIRST OK MARCH : , According to a lettor jre- reived todiy from S. A. Ken- dull, ho expects to arrive in Roseburg about ,the first of March, at which time he will start active construction work ou -the proposed Rosoburg & Eastern railroad and on the Kendall Bros, saw mill to be 0 ecst of town. He hus fi:'!y recovered from his recent ii'aess and is now In good C hudilli. Ho expressed his de- sire that the condemnation suit! bo settled as quickly as ro3ib:o ro that t'.'.o way might O le c'.cu.'c;' io. lourutcion ac t tivitics. to his dispatch before the middle or tho week. as the position of the United States vsa explained to the repre sentative of Austria, Bnron Zwlod incU, only yesterdy, Vienna will hard ly be heard from for at least a week. !t is realized in officlul Washing ton that whatever policy the United Siutes decided to pursue will have to bo formulated quickly. Only nine days remain before commanders of German and Austrian submarines will begin to put their new Instruc tions into effect unless the central powers decide to postpone the order pending the outcome of the negotia tions with the United States. Future action will be decided on after official Information concerning the attitude at the state department. Lansing Denies ltepart. , Secretary Lansing denied reports that he contemplated calling high Teutonic officials to the state depart ment to explain various recent news paper oispatches from Washington. He said there was no change In his official or personal relations with Count von Bernstorff or Count Zweld nek. It has been known for some time that administration officials objected to the fact that information regard- Ing diplomatic negotiations, about which the state department was sl-' lent, reaches the public apparently through diplomatic sources. It Is said at the stnte department that un less diplomats stop divulging infor mation ,tbje department may take into consideration the question of having them withdrawn, although so far such nction is not actually con templated. "X. 1 4 M I H ll I M iHllii W 1 " VCUI I -1 Waters of Stream Diverted For Municipal Purposes. H. A. R!Z3d SUES THE CITY OF RIDDLE Claims Loss of Running Water Through His Property Dum ne,. H tar mto, Extent in' $2,000. The action started by H. A. Razor against tho City of Riddle to collect $2,000 damages claimed to have been caused by the diverting of the waters of Wilson creek from his farm waB started In the -circuit court this morning. The proceedings are being heard by Judge Coke, who is occupying the judge's chair In place of Judgo Hamilton, who Is out of the city. Tho case promises to be a long one mid will probably take at least two days, as both sides have sub poenaed a large number ot witnesses who will be examined. Almost the entire morning was taken up in the choosing of a jury, the taking of testimony beginning ' shortly aftor one o'clock. It is claimed by Mr. Rnzor that his property was damaged to the ex tent of $2,000 when the waters of the creek were diverted from run ning through his property and used for municipal purposes. He took the stand In his own behalf this aftor noon and was given a careful exam ination. - He is the owner of several hundred acres lying between 'Wilson and Cow creeks, most of the bottom land, however lying on the latter stream. Wilson creek ran near his property and Its waters were usei." to irrigate his family garden land and pasture and fruit orchard.. The land along the stroam Is especially productive according to Ills testimony and' with proper irrigation brought excellent results. For sevorul years ho ralBed alfalfa on the land irrigated by the waters' of this stream tho crop being raised on that particular spot consisting of about six acres bringing much better prices nnd producing larger crops than any other portion of lifTf largo farm. A few years ago he put the lund in potatoes Nnnd these, too, thrived well under Irrigation. Since the stream has been turned nway, how ever, be luis been unnhlo to grow as good crops or In as largo quan tities as before the dainngc to his property amounting in his estima tion to about $2,000. The city Is endeavoring to prove '''. the proi"rty was not ns valu nhlo as ls-clnl'med by Mr. Razor and Hint very little damage has resulted to him from the diverting of the stream, C'.q effect of which has re sulted In a great deal of good 'or the residents of the city. Yhc case of A. L. Altkins vs. the T.y of Kiddle, which is similar In every detail to the one being tried teday will ;e brought before the 'nrrt as soon as this case Is ffnlah d. Attorneys B. L. Eddy nnd O. P. Cnahow represent tt'c plaintiff in the acMon whihf Attorneys Rice & Orruit appear for the city. ACTSONSOF JAPAN OFFEND ENGLAND PAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. That Ituesia nnd Japan apparently want i separate peace, and Intend to join Termany after tho war to divide a -.- erous slice of the Chinese territory, vas the report that Newel Martin, an international lawyer, and T. G. MrDonnV'l, a Manilla Journalist, brought here on the Japanese liner Chlyo Maru. ICngland and Japan are reported as being in acute dis agreement over the movements of Japan In China. Tho Japanese aro thought to be fostering the present Chinese revolution, so ns to gi"v Rus sia and Germany an excuse (or in- FOR DA S AI.I.KXiK SUNDAY CLOS- ING LAW VIOLATED. Marshal T. J. Williams aud Xlght Officer Wilcox yesterday made a quiet Investigation of the pool halls and curd rooms about the city with the result that nn investigation will hn made by the grnud iurv as to whether or not the Sunday clos- Ing law -was Molated. (Card and pool games were found In progress at the Socialist cigar storo, Ballard's cigar store, the Monogram cigar store and file Commercial club. The officers obtained the names of those playing and these will be called as witnesses before the grand jury. terference after the war closes. Eng land's anger over her gradual loss ot control of the Chinese situation, ia reflected In the bitter comments of tho Japanese preBs against the Eng lish. Martin's father lias been for many years in China, and is In close touch with the government officials. The officers of the Chlyo declared that 15,000 German prisoners who have been interned In China since the opening of the war, have been smug gled Into Australia during the pabt week. The reason for this whole sale seizure .of prisoners is a mys tery. They were removed on Brit ish cruisers. It was rumored that plots to escape had been discovered, and a revolt against the English might follow. GETSENDORSEMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The settlement of the Oregon-California land grant question In accordance with the Chamberlain bill, was en dorsed by Constantino Smith, the special counsel for the government in the forfeiture suits against the rail roads. He said there was no limitation to the power or congress to take back tho land, and paying $2.b0 per acres, nor were there any restric tions against tho government dispo sition of the land. I'AMOUS QUEHEO CATHEDRAL IS DESTROYED I1Y KIRE QUEI1EC, Feb. 21. Fire destroy ed the fnmous cathedral of St. Anne Dobeaupro this morning. It was the shrine whore mnny pilgrims flocked every year. The church nt lleauport, threo miles nwny, caught fire today, and Is believed to bo doomed to destruction.- The rirst reports suld tho ca thedral of St. Anne Debeaupro was on fire. ENGLAND ASKS FOR n LONDON, Feb. 21. Tho govern ment will ask the comment) to voto a new war credit of two billion dol lars, it Is officially announced. This Is the largest amount yet sought. Asqulth introduced the request In the commons this aft. -moon. This makes tho war expenditures of Eng land eight billion, six hundred and forty million dollars. It is unoffic ially e:-tlniMed that the belligerents have spent forty billions sinco tho beginning of the war. it Is believed Hint (ii.ruiiuiy hus spent eight aud one-haif billion; France seven and one-half billion. Russia and Austria hnvo discouraged estimates of war expenses, and tholr amounts are doubtful. tiKCOXD NOTE IS DIS PATCHED TO KXfiLAND WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Lans ing has sent the second note to Eng land, asking for a reply to tho American mall seizure protest, and Inquiring about the application or tho British trading with tho enemy act, to American firms.