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THE EVENING NEWS
MILTON J. SHOEMAKER
fAKL II. SHOEMAKER
SAM J. SHOEMAKER
Editors and Publishers.
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November 5, 1909, at Roseburg, Ore.
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FRIDAY, JULY SI, 10I.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES, 1018.
For President Charles E. Hughes
For Vlce-Pres Chan. W- Fairbanks
For Sec. of State B. W. Olcott
For Pub. Service Commissioner
Fred G. Buehtel
For Circuit Judge J. A. Buchanan,
of Douglas Co.; John S. Coke, of
Coos Co.; Edwin 0. Potter, of
Lane Co.
For Senator B. L. Eddy
For Joint Hep Win. H. Gore
For Representatives Charles A.
Brand and Roy Griggs.
For Dlst, Atty Geo. Neuncr, Jr.
For Clerk Chas. W. Clark
For Commissioner W. E. St. John
For Sheriff Geo. K. Qulne
For Assessor Guy Cordon
For Surveyor M. B. Germond
For Treasurer J. E. Sawyers
For Co. School Supt O. C. Brown
For Coroner Dr. C. B. Wado
For Justice of Peace....C. F. Hopkins
For CoDBtnblo H. B. Church
l:ence the direct aPleal to the foun
tain head f the federal government.
NEW I'HOHI LEADER.
Roeburg citizens will remember
hearing the candidate nominated by
the prohibitionists for president,
when be was here as one of the
members of the Flvir.g Squadron last
year. He is a forceful speaker, an
entertaining Talker, nd rill .un
doubtedly be able to do what the
speaker who nominated Sulzer said
he would like to see done, and that
Is eliminate the Sunday school poll
tics by which the party has so long
been controlled, whatever he meant
by that.
AS K ALLIES ABOUT
SEIZURE OK MAILS
WASHINGTON, July 21. It Is
announced that the state department
has sent Great Britain and France a
request for an nswer to the litest
American protest against the seizure
of mails by the allies.
CELEBRATE CRYSTAL
WEDDING TONIGHT
The Bradburn home at Greens will
be the gi:ene of a very pretty af
fair tonight. The occasion Is the
crystal wedding anniversary of the
host and hostess. A large number of
guests from town are invited and
the evening Is anticipated with pleasure.
REGULAR BAROMETER.
The ultimate success or failure of
the railroad and lumber mills pro
ject, ha been a sort of municipal
barometer by which the feelings of
the citizens have been .registered,
during the past year. When It louk-1
f?d doubtful, pessimism, lethargy and '
discontent seemed to be the general
attitude, but as soon as matters clear-.
ed up at different times, new hope '
sprang again Into life, and on every
sldo could be heard mutual felicita
tions and congratulations, while ev-1
erythlng took on an air of cheerful-1
noes. Many of those who have been
credited with being opposed to the
entire mutter were only so In regit rd
to the positive safeguarding of the
Interests or the city and people, Bnd
whe ntlmt was assured, are Just ns
optimistic over the final result, as
hundreds of others who did not look
at the matter wllh the saute grave
concern. No other place comes into
closer touch with the feelings of the
fiooplo over an Issue such as this,
than tho office of the newspaper,
nnd the strong vole nt various times
In favor of the project was not need
ed to Indicate tho trend and feeling
of tho citizens in ll favor, always
provided thero was perfect safety for
tho city, and that Is the reason why
tho municipal barometer Is today so
rapidly rising.
CITY NEWS.
Mrs. C. W. Hartley, or Sutherlin,
left this afternoon for her home aft
er visiting In this city for a few
hours.
Mark Tlsdale, the well known
Siftiierlln banker, was a business
visitor in this city for esveral hour3
today.
I). E. Vernon, editor of the Oak
land Advance, is enjoying his vaca
tion at Foley Springs, on the McKen
zle. Mrs. Leona Allenberg returned to
her home at Drain this afternoon.
She has been the guest of Mrs. L. S.
Taylor for the past month.
Mrs. H. H. Halsel, who hag heel,
visiting with her sister in Roaebaib
for the past two weeks, relumed to
her boute at Salem this afternoou.
Mrs. Mark Tisdale and Mrs. R. M.
Fox motored over from Sutherlin hi
tiie latler's auto this afternoon. They
spent a few hourf shopping and visit
ing with friends In this city.
J. P. Wheeler left this afternoon
for Eugene where tie will spend a
short time attending to business af
fairs. He expects to return home
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Tony Mefs has been spending
a few days in this city visiting with
friends and (attending to business
matters. She retured to her home at
Wilbur this afternoon.
Mrs. B. W. Bass, who has been
visiting with her mother, Mrs. H. C.
Long, who is quite ill at Mercy hos
pital, returned to her home at Yon
calla this afternoon.
Dr. R. L. Bathrick and wife, Mrs.
C. H. Davies and Mrs. frank Brand
will leave the first of the month for
Newport where they will spend a
week or ten days enjoying their an
nual vacation.
James Reed, of Portland, genera! '
agent for the Connesticut-Hartford
Fire Insurance Company spent thc-
day In Roseburg attending to busi
ness matters. During his stay here
he conferred with Glenn Taylor, wo
is the local agent of the company.
S. C. Ayres, who has been conduct
ing the Palace theatre for the past
year, left this afternoon for Portland
where he will spend a few days at
tending to business matters. He was
accompanied by his wife and expects
to return to Roseburg In about a
week.
Mrs. W. Garbe. who has been visit-1
ing at Grants Pass for the past two
weeks returned to her home In this
city. She was accompanied by Mrs.
Nettie Stephenson, who has also
been visiting at. that place, but who
will stay here as Mrs. Garbe's guest
for a few days being going to her
home at Coquille.
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i Y , S4S PRODUCTION OF tFfff' V.
WOMEN ARE RULERS.
When It comes to a strike huviug
an effect on the new models tot
cimlB ami dresses litis full, and Inure
Ittuy bo such a llting as the dear
Iadies having t0 wear the same old
designs that were so lovely this
spring, why that strike must be stop
ped at nil hazuids. And this is the
roaon why tho government bus been
asked to Interfere and put un end
V) the strike of the cloak and die?.-.
.linkers In dealer New York. All
tho street cuts may stop ru n n ii , we
can walk; bo:tts may be tied up at
the wharves by stevedores, we (an
swim; railroads may quit hauling
freight, wn can pink horse. hut
when it cornea to slmttlni; off the
supply of new and stunning c.ur
menls for our women folks, bless
your hoart, such a thine as tht is
impossible, and not tu l.e tiiotiKht of.
wm
At tho Hat Shop Saturday, Julv
Spring and Summer
Dress Goods
In Dimities, Batistes, Voiles and Silk Mixtures
Now On Display
New Spring and Summer
Coats
For Ladies and Misses
Our
Corset Dep't
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By De Wolf Hopper. went. It began t5 look as if Casey
I have fouud out the real reason: and I were to be teammates for all
why the Triangle Film Corporation j time and in my gratitude to the
lured me out here to LosAngelc-s. author I developed a deep and abid
J'm making a -moving .eisturj of j ing desire to discover and meet
"Casey at the Bat." It i. j him.
Casey nas pursued me for nearly j
three decades, and it was to be f.x-j
pee'ed that he would follow mo even i
into the films.
I hunted him for four years. Then
one night in Worchester, Massachus
etts, I was asked to join a party of
men at the club after the perform-
lt was 21 years ago that Casey and; ance. j demurred. It was late and
I first met. The famous poem was : j wa8 tired.
"Mr. Thayer, the author of
Examiner about lSSf. It was signed
with the initials E. L. T. If the mod
est Californian, Mr. Ernest L. Thayer
had but added the five other letters
of his surname to that- signature
he would have prevented a long ar.d
heated literary controversy and
Baved himself years of annoyance.
The verses were brought from
California to New York by the nov
elist, Archibald Clavering Gunther,
who gave them to the man who w-as
then utilizing my services, Mr. Mc
rmill, of the McCaull Opera Com
pany.
One night shortly afterward) two
of the big league teams were to at-1
tend our performance, and .Mr. .Me!
Caull suggested that I learn tho
verses and recite them before the j
curtain that night.
host,
'Casey
at the Bat,' is to be there."
'1 aeeen'd with unseemly haste
Nothing c -.d have kept me from
that gathering. 1 found Mr. Thayer
a charming, scholarly and very mod
est gentleman, who seemed pleased
to meet me but embarrassed by the
prominence that the occasion gave
him. We had a delightful iuter
chaiige of compliments.
That was one of the few evetits
of the sort In nearly thirty years
when I did not recite "Casey." They
did better. They made Mr. Thayer
do it.
Last month in tho course of our
photoplay making, It was decided
that I should do a dramnti,' version
of "Casey at the Hat" for the Tti-
son. then ft youngster, was passing
through a dangerous illness, and I
bad been nursing the end of a tele
graph wire for days. That day he
loads far out in the country.
It was a strange and delightful
reunion. To me it had an affecting
significance, for I feel that Mr. Thay
er, through "Casey" I owe more of
what celebrity 1 may have as au
entertainer than to anyone else.
"My dear Mr. Hoi.er, 'lie said
earnestly, "a0 whui ,uu wm , 1L..
Casey. He is yours. I am happy
that ho is to add to your laurels
in a new way. But do not, I beg of
you, use' my namo in connection '
witn it in any way.
"You can have no idea what a '
burden Casey has been to me all'
these years. I have wished a hun
dred times that he had never been
born. You know, of course, that
there have been many claimants to
the authorship of the verses and
much investigation of their claims.
"For years they have been worry
ing me for evidence of its author
ship. I have had thousands of let
ters and innumerable visitors. They
have even sent detectives to my place
I long ago ceased to claim it. 'No,'
I declare, did not write it. I know
vjti.ing about it.' And still they are
not satisfied.
"Please let sleeping dogs lie.
Casey is yours more than anvon.i
Q'rv'i in the world. You have, made
'iic I loud of him. jake him and
both, but Jet mi. ALHln
: J'i to leave me oj'. "
was fighting for life, and I was ut- j nierc problem of make-un ..-',. t .ri. i 1o ,he 0!!tent f this mention I
"oi niiiiiied .Mr. Tha e: de-
angle programme. The Idea do
ll was at tne time wnen my eldest iiEhted me. even though the ,ir, ..i!
opportunities nt first seemed rather.
siikoi.. io u L.asey visioie alter all j i 't,f(, V0l)
meae jcaia ui our acquainianfe was. tie-
a prospect much to my liking. The i
tear!
ien- im,tauie oi memorizing even ) rid" the picture
two lines.
narrative evolved ;
I by Mr. William K. Wing was. a sur
I hive
sire
it was too goon a utorV to
The evening performance was al- j p',ise )n lt9 fidelity and ita dramatic! k'"' alUl 1 llope ,Uat he wi" t"'-
is complete in every detail. Models for every
Figure.
lie Friendly, dune, in and j;ee us Oeeasionally.
I. Abraham
The Dependable Store
most due anil 1 was sitting in my
dressing room vainly staring at the
meaningless verses, sick at heart
with anxiety. Suddenly three tele
graph operators rushed in with news.
The boy had passed the crisis and
was on the way to recovery. The
operators had not even waited to
write it down, and raced each other
to be first with the news.
Grateful and light-hearted I be
gan to study and an hour or two later
possibilities.
About the same time I learned
that Mr. Thayer was living in South
ern California, not far from l.os
Angeles, and It was determined that
his consent to the pictnrlzjlion of
nis poem should be obtained.
I rladly undertook that ta.ik f'ir
it gave me nn opportunity t,t renew
a cherished acquaintance aTter nrn--ly
a quarter of a century. 1 relt
sure that he would bo greatly inter-
I gave "Casey at the Bat" for thei csted In our plan.
flrM of severul thousand times. Need
I say It? They llket It. They
howled w-ith glee over It. anil thef)
began to realize that I had a rind In
deed. The piece never failed me. Soon
It was being demanded wherever 1
So Director Lloyd ' Ingrnhain. My.
Wing and myself started out by
automobile one day 'last week to
find Mr. Thayer. We had a lone
chase, for he was away from home.
i After many hours we encountered
i him In his automobile at a cross-
givo me.
One of our party on thi;. visit
wanted to make a. photograph of
Mr. Thayer and myself to0'ollier, a
little record that I would like to have
had. But Mr. Thayer v;.,s horri
fied at the idea of being photo
graphed, and even though Mrs. Thay
er who was with him, added her en
couragement t0 ours, we could not'
move him.
We parted more
than
cordial friends
ever, he to the scholn.-lv re
tirement of his delightful ranch
home a(, I , b(,pin ,he lhotgI.aph.
Ing of the scene, from "Casey at the
1!t " ! still have hopes that we
may draw Mr. Thayer from his shell
when my beloved Casey becomes a
Pictorial reality.
SritMARINKS (JET IIRITISHKR
IS MEDITERRANEAN SE.
I LONDON. July ;t.
ean submarine sank
A Mediterran
tho British
steamers Karma and (Irangemoor,
the crews being saved. The British
ship Yser was also destroyed.
DRY STATE
M KES
EKU ER
PRISONERS
S.vT.EM, July 21. It Is announced
tha4 '.41 per cent fewer, prisoners
hne entered the Oregon ienitentinr
during the first sfx months of 19H,
than during the same period In 1I1".
There were 15! last year, and 95
this year. Prohibition and plentiful
employment Is suggested as tho rea-
WII.SON PROMOTES OFFICER.
WASHINGTON. July 21. The
president has recommended the pro
motion of LieiitenaiU-Cn'onel Sain
Reber. of St. Louis, as colonel In the
slcnal corps.
FOR TRADE Highly cultivated 2;
acres on Paetfic highway at Wil
bur. New buildings and improxe
ments; orchard, water system, etc.
To trn.de for good modern clear
residence in Roseburg. Address
R. E. Warwick. 312 K. Madison
street, Portland, Ore. "92-a.lp
.JSL
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WRX-To Mr. and Mrs. Darby.
Oakland. Ore., on Jul). , 7 a aon
of
HORN Tofclr. and Mrs. Fred Fred
Hcksen, on Jv 1916 , ,on