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VOL. VII.
KOSEUl HG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1010
No. 03
COMPROMISE
KttCntD:
Case of Slate vs. Jer.nings is.
- i
WILL PMIDE F8S THE FAMILY
Court Take Kwcsa While Husband
and Wife I teach Agreement j
In Xoil-Suppoit
Case. j
After two days of trial in which
family quarrels were aired and fam
ily secrets laid bare, a compromise
was reached in the case of R, H. Jen
nings, against whom a charge of
non-support was made by his wife
and the case was dismissed. By the
terms of the compromise Jennings
agrees to pay his wife $20 each
month for the support of her four
girls.
The culmination of the trial oc
curred just before the case was
ready for argument by the two at
torneys. All testimony was in,
many witnesses had been 'examined
"by both sides and a review of the
married life of the couple given.
From start to finish the case had
been proven one of misunderstand
ing and disagreement and the judge
before turning the case into the
hands of the attorneys for argument
said that he did not understand
why such cases should ihave to
come into court and undergo a crim
inal prosecution. It was very easy
to reach an agreement which under
conditions would prove much bet
ter In every way than such
methods. The suggestion was met
by advances from the attorneys and.
in a few minutes a recess was call
ed and both parties met to form a
compromise. I
It was decided that Jennings
should pay $20 each month for the
su report of the family, and upon
agreement to these terms prosecu
tion would be dropped. Mr. Jen
nings stated that he would be glad
to pay this amount and more If
Tie could. The attorneys returned to
the court and reported the agree
ment and the case was dismissed.
The trial has attracted a great
deal of attention especially from the
residents of the locality in which
the principals in the case resided.
Many witnesses have been called and
a clean and hard legal fight has
been staged. Both attorneys were
working for their clients and put-,
ting np a strong case on each side
and a decision would have been dif-;
firult for the Jury. i
The couple were married at Table!
Rock, in Josephine county, Decem
ber 1904, and for 12 years they re-j
sided in that vicinity and then came
to Yoncalla, where the past eight
years have been spend. During his
entire liie Mr. Jennings has made
his living by farming and the strug
gle .for 'existence 'has ibeen hard.
Upon coming to Yoncalla, Jennings
rented a farm belonging to B. R. j
Porter, father of Mrs. Jennings, and j
resided thre for some time, later,
moving to another place, although
in the same vicinity and has made,
his home there for home time. j
tp till the last three years their j
domestic life has been peaceful and '
happy. Mr. Jennings, however, al
leges that at that time hiB wife, who
is of a jealous nature became sus
picious of him and quarreled with
him constantly. In his testimony he
claimed that his home life at last
became so disagreeable that be
thought it best to leave, and taking
two of his daughters, left for Call-'
fornia where his mother resides.
Before leaving, however, he sold
a nart of the stock and goods on
the ranch with which he paid off a
number of the billH and purchased
clothes for himself and daughters.;
After going to California, he en-',
davored to have the girls aTTred
by the grandmother and probably
would have succeeded but for the
interference of the mother, who
learned of the fact in time to appear
before the county court and Btop the
issuance of the necessary papers.
Turing his stay In California Mr.
Jennings worked at odd jobs and ob
tained very little money, $10 of this
he sent to his wife for the care of
the remaining children, but five
dollars was returned to him.
The state In Its evidence brought
out the fact that Mr. Jennings ha
been preparing to leave for some
time. He had sold stock and pro
ducts of the farm end had used t'o
money for purposes of which gave
his wife no information. He also
received many letters addressed to
a fictitious name and address which
led his wife to became suspicious of
him. Upon leaving Yoncalla he sold'
nearly everything on the place Ta
cluding stock which belonged to Mrs.
Jennings, leaving them provisions
for only a short time.
Following disposition of the Jen
nings case the case of Uadcliff vs.
Mathews was taken up by the court.
. P. BRAKEMA
S BADLY INJURED
While switching in the yards at
Junction City, John Parks, a brake
man of the S. P. Company, suffered
a very severe injury when a car ran
over both of his feet, breaking two
hones in the right foot and mashing
the large toe on the loft.
The accident occurred shortly aft
er the freight on which Mr. Parks
was working bad pulled into the
yards and was being switched about
getting ready to continue on its way
to 'Portland. Parks was walking
between two cars which were moving
slowly and was working with the
coupling in order to release one of
the cars, when his left foot was
caught ' under a wheel. Acting in
stinctively he placed the other foot
on the rail as if to spring away
when this, too yas caught and crush-
ei1'.. " '
He was given medical attention
at Junction City and then placed on
train number 53, arriving in Rose
burg at 8:15 and was taken to
Mercy hospital where his injuries
were given immediate attention. Al
though not extensive, the wounds are
very painful. His right foot ts bad
ly bruised, two of the. smaller
bones being broken. The big toe on
the left foot is badly mashed and
It may be necessary to amputate it.
There are several other bad bruises
on this foot and ankle. It Is not
expected that the Injuries will prove
dangerous, but he will probably be
confined to his bed for several
weeks.
Parks is well known in this city,
having resided here the greater part
of his life. He has been employed
by the S. P. Company for several
years and this Is his first accident
of serious consequence. His many
friends hope for a speedy recovery.
IT
CHANGE HER PLANS
BERLIN, via wireless to SayVille,
Men. 1. (By Ackerman, copyright.)
"The memorandum of Germany
declaring that all armed merchant
men In the future will be consid
ered as warships, does not change
the pledges von Bernstorff gave the
United .States, because when they
were giveen, no such a thing a's an
armed merchantmen was thought
of," declared Baron von Schwarzen
stein, of the foreign office. When
Germany made those plans. It was
never dreamed that the British
would Instruct their liners to con
duct an offensive warfare. There
fore the two German statements re
main tfistfnct ,and separate. The
first applies to liners (conforming
to the International law, unarmed
for offensive purposes, and the sec
ond memorandum applies to ships
armed for offensive purposes con
trary to law."
INSUIAXCE KATES SO A K
NEW YORK, March 1. Because
of the campaign of the Germans
against armTcl merchantmen, Insur
ance rates on trans-Atlantic ships
engaged in the Mediterranean trade
rose sharply today.
BUCHTEL M
STATtOFFfCE
Is Candidate For Public Ser
vice Commissioner.
COMPETENT AND WELL POSTED W
Is Head of Weights ami Measures
Department, Author of Code
Which 11 its Kttducnd Kxpcnses
and (livcu Holiest Weight
With the slogan 'My past official
record is your guaranty that I wilt
ma'ke good," Fred G. Buchlel, head
of the state weights and measures
department has filed his declaration
of candidacy for the republican nom-f
ination for public service commis-i
sloner In the western district.
He Is the fnthor of weights and
measures legislation in Oregon, and
the comprehensive codo drafted by
Fit ED (i. HL'CHTKIi
him on this subject reduced the oper
ating expenses of his department to
the state at large, and sounded the
death knell on fraudulent weighing
apparatus.
Economy, efficiency and strict law
enforcement constitute his record as
head of the weights and measures
department under State Treasurer
Thomas B. Kay, and he promises if
nominated nl elected public ser
vice commissioner, to apply these
principles to this office.
Mr. Buohtel is a native of Ore
gon, and a son of Jfj- lluclitel, the
pioneer photographer and tire chief
of Portland.
TEN KILLED WHEN NEW HAVEN ENGINEER TRIES TO MAKE Ul TIME
mm Tf fey ;
til If ifiVIr. ni f wV?7
II li Sfe
( oarh and freight car in New llavrn wreck at Milford, Conn.
In the f-ITort of an engineer to make up Jost tim tn pprson.i wore kiUcl and forty-three other person were
ired when two New York hound train in rear collision were nidewiped hy a freight on the New York, New
aven and Hartford railroad. It U estimated that the wreck will cost o00,000 at leat in the ettlement of
aniago claims.
S. A. KKNDAMj STARTS
i ok liosjim iu; makcii a
According to a letter received
today by Mr. C. L. Selecman,
S. A. Kendall will leave PUts-
burg March 5 for Rosoburg. to
mako further arrangements for
the erection of a sawmill and
the construction of the rail-
road' east of town. Mr. Ken
dall will make one or two
stops on his way to attend to
other business matters and will
probably arrive bcr about the
middle of the month.
E
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"WASHINGTON, Murdli 1.- Con- i
gress will go on record as to the !
course of the administration toward'
Germany. The leaders have approv- j
ed of the proposal of Wilson to rep-j
resentative fPou. 4 hut a test of,
strength be taken whether to warn :
Americans to avoid armed merchant-;
men. Even while taking steps for
a showdown, some disbelieved that
congress, especially the bouse, was)
willing to support- the president '
wholeheartedly Kitchin remarked J
caustically, "the "faculty of obedl-j
ence seems to have been very highly
developed in theiholse." J
Stone intimated that the resolu-.
tion would be limited to an endorse-!
mcnt of the course of Wilson in!
the armed ship controversy, would
not refer to other phases of tho for-
eign policy. It Is believed that con
gress will back tho president this
far.
SUBMARINE VICTIM
PAKIS, March 1. The auxiliary
cruiser La Provence, was a victim
of an attack by a German subma
rine, was officially announced to-'
day. The figures for today stiite that
only 69G of tho 1800 aboard were
rescued, though It is possiblu that j
Greek fishing boats may havo saved J
others. It was confirmed today that
Iv l:t Provence- w;s tlie fcormer
V:.i!al Atlantic liner.
Dr. C. E. Hagen and wife will re
turn In the morning from Seattle,
where Mrs. Hagen has been for ,
some weeks, and the Dr. for the
past ten days.
Him
NEAR Will
Germans.Prepare For Another
Gigantic Offensive.
ARTILLERY iS BUSY ON ALL FRONTS
oriiums Show iiMit Skill In All
Itruiu'hvfi of Service
I'Yenrh SjuNik HLhly
of K weni).
LONDON, March 1 After days or
furious struggle, the fighting around
Verdun came almost to a comploto
stop last night, the official state
ment agreed. Paris uttered a warn
ing that Germany was probably pre
paring further offensive on a
colossal scale, and now drives against
Pepper Heights, North Verdun, and
against the forts at Devanno and
Devaugh are believed presaged. Ber
lin reported artillery fighting along
tho entire front, with no infantry
attacks around Vordun. The Gor
man concentrations at Pontamous
son have been repelled by artillery,
rjoth sidos Jmvo i claimed minor
aerial activities. Parts said there
were Intermittent bombardments In
Uhe northwest.
Offoiislv Not AlMiiidoiu'd.
LONDON, March 1. A wireless
dispatch from Paris reported a lull
in thy battlo around Verdun, how
ever, there Is no reason to believe
that tho offensive has been aban-
doncd
An English hlplnue was
shot down near Menin, and
two
French biplanes near Soissons. 1
Skill Shown In Offensive.
All reports of tho battlo of Vor
dun show a moro uud more remark
able co-oporatlon of all arms. A
study of the progress during 'the
week since th,e first attack was de
livered shows that guns must have
been steadily brought forward 'fls
fast as 'the Infantry cleared any
Kronen monition, yi here tto resume
tho work of making tho next posi
tion ripe for storming.
in view of the character of tho
ground fought over, the pioneers and
other technical .groups must have
fulfilled their duties wlt.h tho ufmont
precision and according to program.
The fact that the Kronen were un
able to take any number of prison
er worth reporting is taken hero to
Indicate tlutt tho German troops are
splendidly In hand and arc carrying
out the work planned for ea3 ad
vfinro, but are not advancing fiir-
2:
tfcor until the ground is propuroU
for thoni.
Tho Gut-ninns cast at V'erdua who
reached the base or tho Lorraine
hlils (Sunday appear now 10 he r.T a
position to lirlns thiir guns to hear
ou tho Verdun forts at the most ef
fective distance. The abandonment
hy the Krench of tho so-called Mouse
penyaula was expected after ;the
taking of Champneuvillo by the
Germans.
VOMi:. T.VKK ACTIVE l.NTKK-
KST IX CHICAGO KUCCl'IO.V
CHICAGO, March 1. The results
in yesterday's primary election
llowod that Mayor Thompson lost
seven Important wards in tho city.
Two anti-Thompson aldermen were
nominated, while the mayor only
won two out of nine contests. la
the democratic (fight the Sulllvsa
candldutos won 27 wards out of 35
from tho Harrison-Dunn group. It
Is statod that 90,000 woiune voted
at tho election, the largest number
ever having cast their vote since
thoy wore allowed the franchise.
GKItMANY IS NOW HEADY TO
DUCLAHU WAR OX IDUTUGAIi
AMSTERDAM, March 1. That
Portugal will soon bo plunged Into
the war which is now being waged
in Europe, is the text of a dispatch
which comes from tho capital of the
Gorman empire. Germany, Incens
ed ovor tho seizure of a number of
ships which were interned In fortu
guoso harbors dotnandod the release1
of the boats, which request was re
fused by the authorities, Is Bald to be
the cause of the break in diplomatic
relations.
NKtV I'SU l'OK Ai:i!l)l'l,AXi:S
is rh;xi iiy tiik ;i:umans
1IEU1.1N,, (March 1, An offlclnr
statement lssuod hy the Gorman war
orrtco stated that a train on the
liensocon-.Iussy rullrpad was stop
ped hy bombs being thrown on It
from a niilitnry aoroplane. The air
machine thon sucroHsrully nttnckod
it with lnnchlno guns, forcing the
train crew to ullght. This la tho
first lustnnco of tills kind In tho his
tory of nir fighting.
FIHK DKSTKOYS TIIK (il(AXI)
TltUMK DEPOT IX MOXTKKAI,
MONTREAL, March , 1. Tho
Grand Trunk depot, containing tons
of freight and buggngo, bcsldos a
number of trains, was reduced to
ashes by a mystnrlogs fire this
morning. The cause is unknown, and
no casualties aro reported. Tho flro
broko out at sovcral points simul
taneously. UNDER SEA WARFARE
.-.TARTS WITH A RUSH
STOCKHOLM, March 1 The 1200
ton Swedisb vessel Torborg, was
submarined In the Mediterranean,
anil the crow landed at Leghorn.
LONDON, March 1. Tho 800 ton
Ilritlsh Hlcnmer Thornahy, was
stink and the crew 'perished, ja
Lloyds dispatch slnled today.
ITALIAN' WAR PARTY WAXTS
WAR DECLARED OX GERMANY
ROME, March 1. A strong party
of statesmen are prepared to ntlvo
cuto tho declaration of war upon
Germany with the opening of parlia
ment today. No action, however,'
Is expected to bo taken for several
da pending tho outcuine of the foi
elgn office conference.
Alex Nlbley passed through this
city today on his way to Grants
Pass wliere ho will spend sovcral
days attending to business liiatteis.
Mr. Nlbley Is a representative of
tho firm which Is erecting the sugar
factory at Grants Pans and Is
very much pleased with the results
of the Industry In this stnta. From
remarks which ho tnnde it was un
derstood nil lit his company would'
consider tho erection of a factory at
this place providing Ml 0 0 acres of
beets could he guaranteed. It would
bo necessary that this land bo ac
cessible to irrigation, us It Is essen
tial Hint at certain times during their
growth tho beets be flooded with
wuti r In order to produce tho host
results. Tho company considers
Itosebiirg an Ideal lovithm nud an
effort may be mnde here at soino
time within tho near future to esi.
tubllsh a plant In this locality.