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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1917)
NEWS HIE WEATHER If you see it in The News, t ! Ten to one 'twill meet fc your views. Tonight and Saturday Fair. Highest temp, yestorday 88 Lowest temp, last night 66 vol. vni. IHXSKIiOlG, lK)liLAS COUNTY, ORFXiOX. 1'ltlOAV, OCTOHKU 8, J017. No. 137 EVENING ROUTH TO FACE Mrs. Routh Knew Of Shady Transactions In Car Deal. His FORGES $1,500 CHECK A. T. Moloney Arrives Here to Take Charge of Car Deputy SlierlH Itendled Will Iteach This City Tonight. P. A. Maloney, manager of the Normandin-Carmen Company, auto mobile dealers of San Jose, Calif., from which firm Routh, the man now held here awaiting the arrival of an officer from the southern city, obtained the Saxon car, by fraudu lent means, arrived in this city last night and is registered at the Uinp qua hotel. It will be remenVbered that Routh, accompanied by his wire and child, when passing through tliis city a short time ago, tailed to make the intersection turn around the traffic sign at Jackson and Cass streets and the machine he was driving ran upon the sidewalk and after the car had been backed to the street, the Inexperienced; driver left it In gear and when he started forward the Becond time the car again took the curb and knocked over a real estate sign and badly bent the fender. A Jsews reporter happened along and noticed that the car 1ore no license tags other than a "license applied for" sign on the windshield. An ar ticle appeared in The News that ev ening regarding the accident, and was read by the officers, who later received a telegraphic description of Routh and the Saxon automobile, too late to apprehend the man here. The officers were fully convinced. however, that the Saxon car men tioned, was the one they were on the lookout for and officers north of this city were immediately notified with the result that Routh was taken into custody near Drain the follow ing da and brought to this city and lodged in the county jail. When interviewed this morning Maloney stated that Mr. Routh ;peared at his place of business and looked over a number of differ " ent makes of automobiles and finally selected a 1917 Saxon six and gave In payment a check on the First Na tional Dank of Oakland, Calir., to cover the amount of purchase, hut the machine was not surrendered to i Routh at all, Mr. Roiith, then ask- ed to take the car out for a trial I spin and an employe of the garage! ' was sent along to accompany him. Routh told Mr. Maloney that he was well versed in the handling of auto mobiles and took the wheel and was soon at his home in Oakland. Upon arriving there he made some excuse to tho man who accompanied him and left him on the street. He then drove to his home, hurriedly packed his belongings and with his family headed north. Uefore leaving San Jose, Routh told Mr. Maloney, that as soon as the deal was cloned he was going south to Los Angeles, as he had some very important busi ness to transact in that city at an early date. According to Mr. Ma loney, Mrs. Routh knew all about her husband's shady transaction and was mixed' up In the affair herself and one of the checks was made out to her. She is now in Kugene and it is not known whether she will be retured to San Jose along with Mr. Routh or not. It is understood that Routh first forged a check for $1500. This he placed to his credit in the First National Hank of Oakland and in tendering payment for the auto mobile, drew from this account. , Therefore two charges will be plac ed against tho prisoner wht'ii he ar rives at San Jor.e that of forging the check and stealing the car. I When . asKed wuat disposition would be made of the a itomobile stolen by Routh and held at a local garage, Mr. Maloney stated that if he was unaole to sell it here that he would drive the car to Portland and ship it to San Jose by boat. The machine is only slightly damaged. Deputy Sheriff Kendier. who will take Routh hack Tor trial, left Sac ramento Wednesday and passed through this city yesterday after noon on train No. 14 en route to Sa lem where he will secure the neces sary papers for the return of Routh. is expected to arrive in this city this evening. Mr. Routh. prior to his desire for automobiles, was employed by the S. N. Woods Company, of Oakland, an a clothing salesman. Since his incarceration here Mr. Routh has been a very model pris oner and has can sod the officers no trouble whatever. He is well dress ed apparently is well educated and has every appearance of having come from a good family. When speak Wg Mr. Routh Is very noticeably a Toutherner. having been born in Kentucky and only recently arrived on the coast. It will not be known definitely just when Mr. Rendler will lease here on the return trip, but no doubt they will take their departure to morrow morning. ANOTIIKIl HKVOlT IX MKXU'O. (By Associate Press.) BROW.VSVIM.K, Oct. 5. Another revolt against the Mexican govern ment has been started by General Poriiro Gonzales, a former Car ranza commander. Gonzales has mobilized 800 followers at Aldainas, nenl Matomorns, and 100 miles from the American bordor, according to reports reaching here. Phil Harth has accepted a position with the Wells Fargo Express Co. Mr. Harth Is taking the place of William Morey, who recently enlist ed and left for Eugene. E District Attorney So Informs Deputy Game Warden Orrin Thompson. INFORMATION WANTED Many Inquir-ie Are Kocelved Con cerning Date Sanson Will Close and Number of Deer Hunt ers May Kill. Owing to the fact that there has been considerable difference of opinion in reference to the time the deer season closes and also the num ber of deer allowed each hunter, especially among those who are not exactly familiar with the law, and on account of a recenfdiscussion of the matter in the press wherein it was claimed the present law conflicted with the previous one, District At torney Neuner has caused to be is sued a letter from nis office to Dep uty Game Warden Orrin Thompson, fully setting forth the taw as It should properly be interpreted. The communication is as follows: "A number of inquiries have been made of this office as to the exact date upon which the season for kill ing deer closes; also as to what the limit of the number of ueer with horns is at the present time. In an swer thereto, and you may give publicity to this so that no one will be misinformed, I wish to state that tho deer season closes October 15, 1917. and that each licensee is limit ed to two deei with horns that Is. in district No. , which includes Douglas county. "Some publicity has been had with reference to this law not being in effect, and 1 wish to call attention to tho fact that this law is in effect. It was the last bill passed by the legislature, and the last up-proved by the governor; therefore, irrespective of when this bill was filed In the of fice of the secretary of state wheth er It was before or after any other hill, it is now the law of this state. "The attorney genernl has render ed an opinion upon this question and holds that chapter 1!(j7, general, laws of Oregon for the year 1917.' Is In effect, which, as far as appllc-1 able to Douglas county, provides as j follows: " 'The open season on game ani nuils - - - is as follows: Peer with horns, from August 15 to Oc tober 15 of each year. Flag limit, two such deer during any one sea son.' "This is the law to be enforced In this county. "Verv trulv yours. "GEO. NETNEIl. Jr., "District Attorney." County Commissioner Hen Nichols, who i3 in the city at tending the regular session of the county court, informs The News a deal was closed today whereby he becomes the owner of the 160-acre stock ranch formerly owned by "Hi" Acker, 20 miles above Tiller. The place waa recently purchased by F. W. Beyers, of the Riddle State Bank, and by the fatter sold to Mr. Nichols. The place Is an ideal stock ranch and will be used for this purpose by the new purchaser. Is all fenced and well improved. Mr. Nich ols owns 520 acres ten miles below this place which Ib also devoted to his stock Industry The place Just purchased has been occupied by the present 4 owner for the past two years 4 under lease. . W. W. LAST NIGHT LOST HIS BEARING Wandered Up By The United States Weather Bu reau Offices. DROP CHART, COMPASS IJook of "Soup" lAst During Wan delinks of Hit Worklcss Willie liivo Interest to tlio l' ..Initiated. There may not be many members of the 1. V. W. in or about Uose burg, and what lew are in this neighborhood are keeping weJl un der cover, apparently. However, it is known that nt least one member of this unpopular organization was in Roseburg last night, and fu his rambiings about the titreei luo.tiiiti for a "kindred spirit" the gentle man whose allegiance is sworn to the red flag happened up by the United States weather bureau oltices on South Jackson street. Whether he wanted to meet the genial observer in charge there, or on the contrary discovered where he "was at" in time to make a silent get-away. i& not known. At any rate, toe fact of his having been there was not dis covered until this morning, when a small volume bound in u flaming red cover was picked up by Mr. Hell as he was engaged in hi: rou tine work. Near the step, where the booklet was evidently dropped bv mistake, Mr. Dell discovered a thS above' title, in smaller letie.s, was the loiiowing senieuce, io r ;in tho Flames oi" Disi ont-nl." Th Industrial label occupies thi center the first page, and beneath this j is the wording, "Joe Hill Memorial Edition." This edition of songs, so called, was published by the 1. W. W. Publishing Co., oi Ch-.cago. The contents of the booklet, while not exactly gems of literature are calculated to "Ian the flames of disr content," and doubtless carry much influence with tin- fanatically In clined persons of the country The frontispiece is of Jte Dili, convict ed oi murder an I --xecuic! bv the state cf l lah In 1 .!", ami in fact many of the selections in tl edi tion are contributions from the pen of that alleged genius, whom the state so "unjustly murdered". The language of many of the "poems" is often more forcible than elegant, and not of a character that any parent would delight in placing be lore bis sons and daughters as whol ly educational or inspiring to better things. At the bottom of page five is tho following suggestive proposition: i i ou siiii viiik mt'iuuci lim.- un employed, Why starve? we hive produced enough. The warehoused are overflowing with the tilings we need. Why starve?" Any reference to decency, good citizenship. observance of livv, maintenance of government or sell respect is entirely lacking in this pariM iiiiii t-uuniu ui . . . intui tu re. Chas. A. llrand, who was in the city from the Overland Orchards last evening, informed a New a repien tative that he woull start mai k'-tini, his crop of giapes Monday. Will)' this year s product is below norimil from the standpoint oi quantity. Hie quality is excellent and a very good! showinc will be made when th. lull. crop is harvested. The work of picking the crop of .Jonathan apples from the Overland tract has been fin ished and now the Newton?; will be gathered, while a week later t he SpiUeliblll g"s will bo harvested There is an excellent market for ap ples this year and the price ikmm! one. This year the Overland Or - chards nhinned over a car load of nears and the annle cron will amount to fully as much. : CIGARETTES LAKE BIG JUMP ffiliig-S The cigar and ncarette dealers of this city were notified this morn ing through, the Foster wholesale hoiife here of the three i.er cent war lax on all cigarettes which took ef fect today and the price of all "pills" has jumped considerably. All five cent sellers are now ten cenfs a package, two for 15 cents, and the 10 cent variety will sell for 15 cents, two package for 25 cents. It was also announced that the DRAFTED M EX OIUECT. Considerable objection has been registered by the drafted men passing through this city to the largo ami ion eo that congregates at the various -restauarnts to watch them partake of their meals upon their arrival in this city. The men claim that they certainly appreciate the excellent food furnished them in Hoseburg. but would enjoy eating it much more without the "standing audience." A "word to the wise" should be sufficient. price of cigars and tobacco would also be increased in the near future and the cigar dealers are expecting a rush on these goods before the new prices take effect. Miss Jennie Hunter, head of tho department of physical instruction in the scho.ds, arrived in tho city hist night from her home at Ros burg, and began her duties today. Miss Hunter has been ill with throat trouble which prevented hi r from being here Monday at tho cpenjng of school. Ashland Tiding Five Homes Invaded In Single Day By Desperate Scoundrel. LAFOLLETTE ENDORSED California, Federation of Labor I'p- IioIiIk Wisconsin Senator In Fighting War Measuivs Insiiruiic hill Heady. (By Associated Press.) SEATTLE, Oct. tV Five shots were fired today by police officers at a fleeing prowler, who in believed to be the so-called "woman slugger," who, with accomplices, attacked none less than five women In their several homes during the afternoon hours yesterday. The man suspect ed was discovered loitering In Hie residence district and when the of ficers attempted his arrest, lied, es caping to the woods adjacent, nl- though leaden missels were sent aft er him. Tho fellow Is believed to be the same man who tied one woman hand and foot and left her lying in i her home, white another, thought to have been attacked by the same In dividual, was discovered unconscious in the yard, and a third was diseov ercd in the dining room tied to table, where she had been left by the slugger, who had beaten her in a brutal manner. Two other ladies whose homes were visited by the slugger during the afternoon fright ened him awny by screaming for help. Endorses La Toilette. SACRAMENTO, Oct. 5 Ity a uniinimous vote the California Fed eration of Labor, in convention here adopted resolutions endorsing t he course pursued by Senator La Toi lette In his attitude on the war, and expressing confidence in his loyally and patriotism. liiMirtmco Hill I tend y. WASHINGTON. Oct. &. The in sn ranee bill offering protection for th sailors and soldiers in the ser vice was placed in t he channel for final pas;iKe. today, when the con leu es reached a complete agreement concerning t he measure, including the restoration of the amend in flit . previously st rick en out, covering geneml and lieutenant Kenernl j 1 PORT LAN I , Oct. r.---(Spe- Ort'con's f ' ial to The N eV, H. t Uoia for the second Liberty loan, which was placed ai ?)',- :,i'MMMt, has been boosted to $ J .5ti0.oio. according to in- foMiintfon received here today from Secretary of the Jrcaiiry expected that instead of three billion dollars, the minimum amount actually needed, which was proposed to be aised by this Ihsih of Liberty bonds. It is believed that five billion will bo subscribed and under this expectation the Pacific coast is expeeted to contribute $:'-r'- 000.000 in place of the $210. 4 000.000 originally announced. ISN0WUPT00REG0N S TO MEETTHE NEW CALL THIS SIDE CHICO Roseburg Receives - Praise Men Enjoy Trip Through The State. MANY MEN ARE SERVED Horuilim'itt Causen Delay of Evening Ti-oop Trains Will I'robably Arrived In Itosehurg Tomor row In Itest Spirits, The second and third contingent i of troops arrived In Hoseburg last) evening at U:30 and 7:45 p. m. The, first contingent curried 4 lit men and were from Uakorsileld, Porlerville. Dinuba and Hedwood. As soon as the1 train rolled into the statiou the meu promptly formed in Hue and march-! ed to the various caterers. Tho sec ond contingent which arrived at, 7:45 carried! 278 men from Stock-! ton. Sonora, Placerville. San Itafacl, Sebastnpool, Santa Rosa and Napa The men carried several uccordlans which they manipulated with much with much skill. Several nuniboi & wero given In cluding "The Star (anglcu Ban ner," Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean." "Oh Johnuy Oh," etc. The men marched to the train to the music of the accordians. The third train arrived this morning at 12:45, headed by Capt. lienson, of Los An geles. The men wero from Im An gales, Itivcrsido and Santa Ana. During their brier stay in this city they enjoyed a delightful Informal dance at the Fmpqua hotel. Clem ent McCoy, one of tho drafted men, played for tho boys and proved himself an entertainer of 'brilliant ability. On leaving for tho train the boys gave three cheers for Hoseburg and three cheers for the ladles of the Red Cross. They stated that they are receiving wonderful treutmenl along the line at all places where t hey stop. At Redding they were met Willi a band and at Chlco fruits ami tobacco were distributed by the Red Cross. They also declared that Hoseburg was "some town," and they deeply apreclatedi tho treatment received. Ono of the young men. Tom Price, correspondent for tho l-os Angeles Tribune assured a. News reporter that in his report he would certainly not forget Roseburg. "Nellie," and "Chlco" two hull dogs were carried along as mascots, liecause of an accident near Chlco caused by the breaking of a main shaft the train was a trifle late. Some of the clever aaysings on the ears were "Old Hill Kulser, lie Isn't any wiser." "We will get that crim inal yet," "This car means death to tiermany," "Where do we go from u,rf ever there," "Goodbye Hroad way. Hello France." Hern-use or a freight derailment, llio troop train which was schedul ed to arrive at N:40 p. m. will not be here until tomorrow. E EXPL Concerning the strange disappear ance ol E. It. Viers and Mrs. Gra ham. of Dallas, who went to Gari baldi, dun Icrcd a boat and the boat retained without iheui, the Tilla mook Headlight says: "Wero E. H Viers and Mrs. Graham drowned? To our way of thinking there Is a pDHHibilliy that it was a well planned runaway, lor it looks a little remark able t hiit all trace of them was lost Immediately niter they left Gari jaldi and the hnding or the boat and let ter at Manzanlta." Since the above whs written Mr. G rail am has heard from Chicago, where he located ihc runaway pa'tles and he is suing for a divorce. A great tN-al of interest was mani fested In the Grabam-VierH case In uoseburg and It will he a relief to minds to know the num. RENO BOY IS HERE K. KolHtfT, of liono, Nev., who ur rlvpfl hro yc(p(lay, npiipitrf-d at tho BhfTlff'ji oftloi! thin morning ok ing Information aH to whether or not hln trannportatlon from thin city to American lake had been received here. It neeins that Mr. Kolnter. reentered for the. draft at Iteno. some time ago and denirlng to come north np pea red before the board there to get transportation wired tho board here so that he would be able upon his arrival, to take it up and Join his company when Is pass ed through this city. According to ShorifT Quine, the board at Reno has not communicated with this rw' flce regarding the young man's tick et, but as Mr. Qutne Is always will ing to assist in a patriotic cause, tie will wire Reno for the transpor tation. Mr. Kolster stated this morning that he did not want to be called a "Blacker" aa he had no in tention of deserting and will bo more than willing to join the boyB when they pass through, within the next few days. The young man is visiting at pres ent with Mr. and Mrs. Munson, of West Hoseburg. MEN YESTERDAY Britons Advance Along An Eight Mile Front At Ypres. PRISONS SEEMS BEST Traitorous Russian Jeneral Hhrhiks From Life In Kllx'riu luid Solicits Confinement In Pen I ten teiitiary Instead. (By Associated Press.) BRITISH FRONT, Oct. 5. Fol lowing the offensive movement tak en yostorday by British forces, (ion oral llalg's men are today entrench ed on tho creHt of tho high ground In tho famous Yprea salient. The advance was mado along an eight mile front, and fivo villages occu pied by Germans were captured dur ing the fighting. In an endeavor to retake the captured position, the Teutons last night (bombarded the British hut without success. Reports from the French front indicate that tho Hurprlso attacks made by the Germans on the lines near Cam palgno Inst night wore repulsed. Chose? Prison Sentence. PETROGRAD, Oct. 5. Shrinking from a life of servitude In Siberia, tho horrors of which are well known to them, General Soukhomllnoff . convicted of treason Inn weok In connection with the Kornlloff rebel lion, who was sentenced to Siberia, has been permitted to chose a prison term instead. Mrs. Soukhoumllnon was Instrumental In securing this concession for her husband. ORT AI CANBY In a letter toTolatlves In this city one of tho Rosdhnrg boys at Fort Canby states that the soldlerH have been busy the past few days moving three big defense guns from their stations and getting them ready for shipment to Franco. Each oho of these massive- implements of war weighs ten tons and it requires quite a hit of "maneuvering" on tho part of the men to handle the "load". In order to properly handle tho guns It was necessary to construct a spe cial railroad to tho Toot of tho hill on which they have been stationed. After being loosened from their moorings they will be brought down and loaded onto the train and thence taken to a boat for shipment to the front where they will soon he "talk ing" to the Germans. PORT TO LIBERTY LOAN As the Culled States l at war, It la the patriotic duty and renponHllillity of every Amer- ran citizen to rally to Its sup- port, and hy ho doing tinmen the day of victory und the re- nun oT permanent peace with all Itu hleaalnKH. I hope a liberal milmerlptlon of the prcHcnt Liberty loan will be given by our citizens to tho fullcBt extent of their mcanH. All Hhould. therefore, commenco at once to regulate their prlvato and bualneas af fairs with this Mi a and obllga- Hon clearly In mind. Rose- burg; when the campaign is over will stand at the head of Ita elans as it lias done before. A liberal subscription to this loan will not only serve the na- tlonal purpose but also prove a sound and profitable Invest- 4 ment for yotl. N. RICK, Mayor. BY LAFFALOTS Entertain Girl Friends At Bur lesque Fancy Ball at the Dixonville Auditorium. "WARREGIME"FEATURED (ilrls Act an RscortM Now Idea Initiated ('lever Stunts Intro duced Something Doing livery Minute, The mystery has been unraveled! Alter days of unexplained buu ptiimo in which whispered questions und inaudible answers were walled ou the listening tiara of the curious populace a litilit of knowledge ap pears. Quosuonublo utterances of "Are you going as a boy?" "What are you going to wear?" "Wont' we have fun?" "Whose your partner?" "Which ono of you girls Is a bor' "Whose cnug wagon are you travel ing out in?" etc, etc, rather inspired the wondering recipients of the said remarks in their pondoring to shake their heads with rather an air of sympathy until ut lust the crowning climax arrives and the puzzle is solv ed. The lime lust evening at 9 bellB. The placo tho Dixonville auditor ium. The setting a bevy of fair maids and their gentlemen (?) es corts who gathered, at the popular rural stepping palace to trip the light fantastic. Under the new war re gime it has become necessary for the girls to occupy every conceivable po sition that life offers including tlioBe formerly hold by our boys who have left for forts und battle fronts. It now behooves tbe feminine sex to act as gcntlouion even in the so cial world in the capacity of gentle men escorts playing tbe game to tho fldsh. The ever original L,af falot club members wishing to Initi ate the new idea, last evening bid Boveral of tholr girl friends to guth or at the auditorium, where a step ping party of tremendous pleasure occurred. The hop was tendered In honor of the Misses Leone Cob how, Mildred Henry, of this city, and Eve lyn Taylor, of Eugene, who Is a house guest of Elma Payton. Misses CohIiow and Henry leave Saturday for the Orogon Agricultural College where they will attend college dur ing the wlntor. Fifteen of the thirty young ladles presont portrayed gentlemen charac ters and acted ub escorts for their lady friendB. The general effect of the various costuinos was a burles qued representation of a fnncy dress ball. However, the results were ex tremely pretty and tho young men (?) in their neat sport suits and full evening dress wore tremendously at tractive. Ott's orchestra assembled ut the hall at 0 o'clock and soon after tho grand march was torincd. .This feature proved most Interesting and consisted, of a Jewish formation in- . (reducing sevoral orlglnul steps. Hearty aplauso greotcd tho conclus ion of the inarch from the delighted chaporones who consisted of promin ent local ladles, including Mrs. Joe Sykes, Mrs. Howard w addon, Mrs. O. H. Coshow, ir. J. o. steinonson, Mrs. l'nytdn nnd Mrs. 8. K. sykes. Just preceding tho following dance a groat deal of consternation was caused hy tho untimely discovery of "l,on Help Ub" and his valet, "Weary Wllley Hobolttis" who had been domiciled in a nearby ante room until the luring strains of music beguiled them from their lair. Hhrieks of surprise and dismay till ed tho air breaths wore hold, and at last four brave members of the feminine Bex in ono grand rush hauled the curious spoclmens from tholr vantage points to the center of the ball room where tlioy were un masked and upon close Inspection proved to be two well known scoop nrtlslB of questionable ability. Aft er liclng securely chained to nearby benches nnd cross-examined, they wore allowed to Join In the festivi ties. Merriment and frivolity marked every moment fro uithe beginning to the end and upon every smiling face was Imprinted the success of tho occasion. Features of variable de scriptions wero introduced anil stunts of every conceivable charac ter enacted. Unllko the gentlemen of yester day the gentlemen of Inst evening displayed a marked show of vanity powder was freely besprinkled upon shiny noses nnd manly brows tresses of unusual length and wav ery pomps were gently patted fre quently and an occasional looking glass drawn from some young mnn's (?) hip pocket were authen tic evidences of "something unusu al." A noticeable lack of convalesc ing In tho balcony was apparent and "mooning" was absent altogether. from a well stocked punch bowl In a flag-drnpea corner a thrint quenching hevornge was ImbHietl to (Continued on page 6.)