The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920, November 25, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEcilj Weaiher Report - !,-,. Kair TmiiKlit mid .Suturduy. Highest temp, yesterday i;o Lowest temp, last night 39 iou vn. r.OSlSULItG, DOUGLAS COUXTV, UKIiUU.V. 1'IilDAV, KEItlil'AKY St, 101.1. No. is em.. ROOT MAY COMt OUT FOR TEDDY Need For Strong Man at Helm Grows Dail . MENTION SPEECH 13 FOREnUKHER Deplores Weakness of P.-esenl Atti tude of Count!-' Ill lis Foreign Poliry Roosevelt Would Voloe Nation's Ideals. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Many republicans here believe Btrongly that Ellhu Root is preparing to make at an early date a public declaration in favor of Theodore Roosevelt for the republican nomination for presi dent. Bfore Mr. Root made his speech in New York outlining the policies In which he believes jthere .wero rumors in Washington that the ex secretary of state eventually would b found In the ranks of his former chief. There were some things known "vh'ch have not been made public, but rt is enough perhaps to say that there were "solid reasons" why the word should go out that the New York lawyer intended to Bay things which would advance the cause of Americanism, Colonel Roosevelt's friends maintain this necessity would advance the cause of Roosevelt. Washington Has Eyes on Now York. Washington Is watching New York just at the present moment with a good deal of interest. There are ome factional differences In the republican party in the empire state and If Elihu Root,-as he may, pro nounces before long for Colonel Tloosevelt, there will be more trouble, hut it will affect only the Dames element which, however, big as It Is today, will be much smaller Imme diately following a Root pronounce ment. Republican senators and representatives In looking over the political field have noted what has heen fully said concerning the dis taste in the middle west and west for any assumption by the republi cans of New York that they are en titled to the leadrship of the party. Several republican leaders here have their views on this matter and have not been unwilling to disclose them. It seems that the feeling among the republicans In the house and senate Is that the party In New York is not entitled to take the leader shin on ordinary occasions because' generally what New York wants is 7nieronlsHc to that which the pro-r-reBcive-rnlnded republicans of the -vert want. Keelinil Toward Now Yor!. Cham". 1 Yesterday, however, the republi cans here say that things are differ ent, that the party In New York has taken the leadership this year be- -f.o-.cfj (t nna has"d it on Issues which ,-nrt i.n cfenHble to the' party all through the country. Americanism, they say, la' good party doctrine and it makes no difference whether It Is enunciated by Now York or New Meslco, for republicans must follo.w where It leads. ' ' Mr. Root Is intense In his Ameri- canTsm. His friends say that he holds that Colonel Roosevelt is one man in the country who has been right in his Americanism ever since the outbreak of the war and who has not been afraid to voice his views, i Washington renuhllcans and nro-i gressives who believe that .Mr. Root ' hefore long will make this pro- j nonncement In favor of Colonel Roosevelt say that the intensiey of, Mr. Root's feeling on the one sublect of the weakness and "wabbllness" of the" foreign policy of the United States Is the thing that has been j moving him gradually to the point1 of support of the men from whom he Tjroke four years ago. ST. PAlli SCHOOL CHILDItKX HAVK I.AIK.K Sl'M IX SAVINGS I ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 25 School .children of St. Paul have $90,386.39 In the keeping of Jthelr teachers. TV? Is twice as much as they had a PEKMAN PLKAHS (iUII.TV Wm. Pernian this morning entered a plea of guilty to the , charge of gambling on which ho I was indicted by the grand Jury. I He was fined (100, and up to a I late hour thlB afternoon had not j furnished the money. His com- paulon, Jan Hyrd, who plead I guilty to the same charge, was i also fined $ 100, and not hav- I lng the money with which to j pay his fine, begun on a 50- l day Jail sentence Wednesday. year ago. Every school teacher Is ; a bank cashier who teaches frugality ; and assists by taking care of the' youngsters' savings. Approval of j ! the state banking department for . tills p'nn has been given. WIIR.AT MCCAIN'S LOSS CHICAGO, Feb. 25. After its sensational slump, of yestorday, wheat advanced sharply In the early trading today. The market seemed confident, and May wheat sold .at $1.1914. ALLEGED FORGER IS According to word received this morning' by Sheriff Quine, Leland Swift, for whom the officers have been searching for about a month, was captured recently at San Fran cisco. Swift is accused with hav ing stolen a horse and .forging sev eral checks while residing at Vale, Oregon. He was formerly a resident of this city for several years and is well known in this vicinity. After leaving Vale-to elude the officers Swift enlisted in the U. S. army under an assumed name and for a short time could not be locat ed. Mr. Quine had receievd notice from Sheriff Brown, of Malheur County that the hoy was wanted, and to be on the lookout for him. While standing at the depot Sheriff Quine ' saw the boy in a detachment of sol-i diers on their way to San Francisco! and immediately notified Sheriff Brown, who arranged for his capture at San Francisco. Sheriff "Brown expects to obtain his extradition papers in a few days) and will nass through Rnsehure on I his way south to take charge of the prisoner. While residing in Roseburg Swift was in trouble several times and Is .well known to the local officers, so thereNfVas no difficulty in recog nizing him as he .passed through the city. Although he is enlisted in the army there is very .little doubt but that the government will release him if the proper papers are obtained from the governor of the state. VERDUN LOSSES ARE VERY HEM BERLIN, Feb. 25. The French losses around Verdun have been very heavy, while the German losses are such as only might have been expected, the headquarters as noiinced. The amount of captured booty is not announced or compiled. The fortified villages and farms for five miles north of Verdun have been stormed and captured, and the prisoners taken in the drive num ber ten thousand. The towns taken Include Champneuville, Cotelette, Marmont, Vhambrette and Ornes. Vc-dun Offen-slve Slackening. PARIS, Feb. 25. The German of-' fensfve against Verdun is slacken ing, was announced this afternoon and the artillery fire la less violent. The French artillery Is holding its own along tne 25-mile front, and every indication Is that the offen sive has been checked temporarily at 1 st. The French are organiz ing l v. positions behind Beaumont, and the heights eant of Champneu viUe, south of Ornes, near Verdun, preparing to meet the expected re newal of the drive. JWmIQ w UlitLtLIL i President and Congress Still since Wotinosday morning, persist In Disagreement 1 ent tlonmiu'3 have been mulo for I son:o action which might lessen tiio j possibility of war between tho Unit HUMILIJITION KUST EE AVOIEED Will Not Tolerate k"u'ilerac Viola tion of American fashion lienor Must bo Preserved At Any Cost, WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Argu ments of the house contrees to. V I failed to swerve Wilson from bu stand that the armed merchantmen ! decree transgresses International i law- After hours of session with i Speaker Clark, and Representative.) ' Kitchen and Flood, there Is still dlo- agreement between the President and congress about tne decree. WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Presi dent Wilson, at the end of two days of agitation in congress for action warning Americans off armed mer chantmen, wrote a lettor last night to Senator Stone, chairman of .the senate foreign relations committer. saying that he could not consent to! 1,10 abridgement of the rights of American citizens In any respect "The honor and self-respect of tho nation are involved," he said. "We covet peace and shall preserve It at any cost but the loss of honor.'' Humiliation to He Avoided, He added: "To forbid our people to excrcisp their rights for fear we might be called upon to vindicate them would be a deep humiliation, Indeod." The president also pointed out that "once accept a single abate ment of right and many other hu miliations would certainly follow.' The president expressed hope that explanations of the declared inten-! 1,0,18 or lne central powers or Europe, tosinl a11 armed merchant ships without warning put a different as- pGct on a situation which now seem- e lo Present insuperaoie oostacies, Germany's Knit.li Not Questioned "We havA had no reason to oue- UNCLE SAM'S WAR MUNITIONS TRADE HAS REACHED CREST. SAY COMMERCE EXPERTS Iwx ivy hers nf horseshoes ready for shipment York's water front; barreled beef in - That the United States is now on the crest of the big business of sup- completPI ov the Umpqua river, plyinir munitions of war to the allies, is the belief of experts in the U. S. I ' ... buieau of Koreiirn and Domestic Commerce at Washington. This trade Lnlil the lino at Umpqua Is con .'xceeded $200,000,()UU in 11115; but the allied powers do not intend to spend: nected, Marshfleld remains the Inrg thut much here this year, as their own munitions factories are growins., I CEt c.ty in tt,c t!ntod States without !: pood fnith or tuuir fidelity promises iu the past," he !, "a::JI for one, feel confident v:e s'.w'.i Lave none iu Ue fa- Vho letter was in Enswer to ono writt::i lata yectcrday afternoon by Sor.t.to;1 !'.dno outlining tlio situa tion existing at the caultoi. where. ed urs and Germany. Tho president's statement w:i3 ro per? 1 this morning to Speukor Clark, Representative Kit thin, ma jority loader, and Representative i Flood, chair t'im of the housa for ; eiprn affairs committee, who late yea . ter-.Iay asked for an engagement In larder to explain the position in ! which the house found itself and ' ask the president for a statement of the administration's views. Wilson emphatically declared that he would no' budge from his plan of Insisting that Germany recognize ev ery American right. Speaker Clark replied Just as positively that the house was in favor of issuing warn ing, by an overwhelming majority. ! After much arngment, all promised Wilson they would prevent the house from taking any action today. Flood and Clark said they had heard ru mors that the Germans intended to postpone the operation of the decroe. When the senate convened, Gore immediately introduced a bill mak ing It illegal for Americans to travel on "med vesSB,s d,lrlng the war' also a resolution warning tnem to refrain from such travel. The son - ate tnblcd the resolution of Jones, requesting the president not to Bever1 diplomatic relations with any na tion, unless America was placed In a position where she could not hon-i ornbly avoid war. The senate con-j firmed tho nomination of Henry Fletcher to be ambassador to Mexico. ine siaie ep, uuei.L ,u.w.U England a formal protest against tho British seizure of Germans from tho liner Chl.'ia. R. R Montgomery, of Looking Claas, drove Into Roseburg today on ; business matters. He said the chll- aren oi me scnoois are ceiuurauuBi the birthday of Washington today, I not being able to do it on Tuesday. ' Tiiey are cleaning up anu improving' the school yard and house as part. of the exorcises, and otherwise beautl fying tho place. to allies (lop); activity along New New York ready for shipment.. 1 1 1 i nurder cii Believe Muiderer Entered the Golden Ku e Store. mm SEEMS TO BE BLCOfl STEED Tho Two (liliuimoii Hud Mude Sev- oral Piiii-hnses In Ki y (!oh1h Store tho Evening; Ucfol'a Robbery. That the slayer of Hop Leo, the aged Chinese laundryman. was also the burglar who entered the Golden Rule store the same night is still the theory hold by Sheriff Quine spite of the fact that many hold an opinion to the contrary. Many luter developments lead to the forming of such an opinion. During the day Tuesday tbe oldor of the two Ori entals who are thought to be re sponsible for the brutal murder, visited sevoral of the stores in the Perkinc Aanev making Binall pur chases In each and spending Beveral tninuteB In each store room. The hammer which is in the pos session of the sheriff has been al most positively Identified as the one which was owned bv Lee Fnut. nnrt , wh,ch ws kept wth n,s other to(jg In the tool box which contained man ymodcrn and first class Instru ments. Although It was known that among these tools was a hammer, a careful search of the premises failed to bring it to light. On careful , eXRmlnftton of tne hammP to(Iay I S8veral (lnrk stans regembIng D,ood W6re follndi bllt t(,stB made With Va- rlous chemicals failed to prove them to be blood stains. Other matters which have been tatien into ywnsidoratlon are that the older man wore a now pair of black Bhoes with white rubber soles, a Btock of which had just been re- ceivea ny tne Golden Rule store a short time before. As no account 8 kept of the stock it la not known whether a pair Is mlBsing or not. In speaking of the affair Brake- man Fred Hunter, who was on the train which carried the two China men from Roseburg to Salem, Btated tnat ne was conrident both the men wore originally of 'the intention of going to Portland without stopping at Salem. Upon ncarlng the city, however, they became nervous and evidently decided to take the olec trlc train from that city. The young Chinamnn, in paying his faro paid cash to Albany and then repaid on to Salem. The other purchased his ticket from the local agent throir'h to Salcin, bon giving smnll change. Conductor J. L. Hastings who was on tho train said that ho also no ticed the two passengers while on the trip to the capllnl city. The older man had a seat In tho middle or the coach immediately behind the smoker and often loft it to go to the smoker whore he would spend a few minutes smoMng and then re tun. The ytfinrgeT man took a seat In tho corner of tho day coach and! remained asleep for the greater parti of the journey. Local Chinamen today expressed their opinion that It would be sev eral woeks before the murderers would be c.ii-sht, although they ex pressed their confidence In the abil ity of Lee Chung to eventually bring about the capture of his brother's slayers. FIRST TRAIN m'KIl WILI.AM KTTK PACIFIC! ItKAC'HKS COOS HAY MAItSIIFIKLD, .Ore., Feb. 25. John M. Scott, general .paBEcnijer agent of the Southern Pacific rail road In Oregon, and a party of rail road men were In Mnrshfleld yester day, belnj? tho first passengers to reach Marshfleld from Portland over an all-rail route. They arrived In a npeciul train over the nearly com pleted Willamette-Pacific railroad from Umprpia, the one break in the linn whnru n lirldtrp rnmnlna tn hp T KATE OV I'J.A.MAN TKIAI. SKT W. P. Planum, liidioir.l by vhe grand jury on u vi,:nts0 , of arson, today entered ,1 ,. . of not ' guilty in tin. i. court. The date for hcnrlng tho case was set Immediately following the esse or Uouglna vs. Howe, for which tne j..y was chosen this morning. railroad connections with tho ou:sldo world. Although uninterrupted rail .service -will not begin until tho bridge is finished sevoral months from now. Mr. Scott announced th-t trains will be put In operation, with a transfer across the river at Urn p. qua, early In April. The Wlliamoiro-Paclflc extends from Marshflold to Eugene whore it connects with the Southern Pa cific's main line. 0 YMIiOBBERS TACOMA, Fob. 2C. It was learn ed here this aftornoon that there was more than $5,000 worth of ne gotiable paper and registered mail sent from Tacoma alone which was In the booty socured by the robbers who hold up and robbed the North Coast Limited train near Covington last night. , Tihe postofflce authorities are checking up the packngos and mall which were In the rogUtored pack ages at tho time of the robbery. No news has been received by the offl- cers from the railroad agents and posses who are soarching for the two bandits. A physician of this city stated that tte mnll sack eon,r talned $ffiiT0 In neg,(lnble certlfl-' cateB of deposit which wero Bent to a bank In North Dakota. Another pouch contained a considerable amount of bond ootipons which were sent from a Tacoma bank. It is believed that the bandits escaped In an automobile following the robbery. Tho train (crow re ported a half hour after the robbers disappeared, that an automobile passed their train going rapidly to-p ward Seattle. Tho machine came from the direction of Ravensdalo, and is believed to have waited foiv the bandits. The exact amount of the booty Is unTTlown, but flvo pack- ages of registered mall, including some from the Orient, wore taken. The postofflce officials are unaware of the contents of tho pouches, aniT the express Bare "withstood- tho charge of dynamite. FEAR ATTEMPT TO URN MUNITIONS SKATTL10, Feb. 26. Throe arm ed patrol boats iaro continually scouting over tho water front today to provont the feared outbreak against shipments of war munitions to tho European allies. Tho police and private watrhmon have been doubled and every precau tion has boon taken to prevent a repetition of tho fire which occurred hnre some months ago. A mysterious message Blgned "Dotectivn for Al lies" stil-d. that the Gorman dyna mise and arson Jicadqiiartcra had been moved from San Francisco to Seattle. LAM) (.HAN'T CASKS Ill.'l-'OIti; COM M ITTKfc' WASHINGTON, r'eb. 2C. Sup porting and opposing hills on the land (Jrnnt cases, Chamberlain and Hawlcy appeared before the house committee today. Chamberlain doubt ed the power of congress to convert the Innd Into the forest reserve, be cause of tho settlement rights con ferred by the granting act. Hawlcy thought congress was powerless to resume the title. C. M. and W. K. Mynatt, of Cal dera. wero business visitors In the city today.