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Newspaper Page Text1 Oregon Historical Society J Public Auditorium. fNST 7' THE WEATHER The only paper in Roseburg carrying The Associated V JPress dispatches. . Tonight and Saturday Rain. Highest temp, yesterday 46 Lowest temp, last night ......44 voi vni. ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS ' COUNTS', OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1917. No. 303 THE MEWS COUNTY HAS NO Ml IN HISTORY NATION Discussion as to Advisibility of Rebuilding Court House Ends Patriotically. MONEY N0W ON HAND So Far as I Known This Remark, able Procedure Stands Out in a Class By Itself Factions United. ' A a session of the county court late this afternoon an order was made and duly entered authorizing continuance in the budget of that item of $50,000 'for rebuilding the court house. The court, in harmony with the prevailing sentiment, as ex pressed in the meeting of taxpayers yesterday, believes It unadvisable to spend the amount, for the purposes of remodellng'the court house or in building a new' jail and putting in a heating plant at this time. However, since it is well known that this im provement must be made ut no far distant time, and owing to the fact that the money needed for such a building Is now on hand, and fore seeing that unless some proper ac tion was taken to safeguard such funds from being spent for other improvements, the court took the ground that to invest this amount of cash in United States liberty bonds would doubtless meet the approval 01 loyal citizens in the county, and when the proper time comes this lund, with accrued interest, would be available for the uses intended. In accordance with this finding the county court at 3:15 this afternoon Issued the following remarkable, unique, and! hlghly.patrlotic order:' In the matter of the item of $50, 000 in the construction of jail and repairs of court house in the budget for 1918. ' This matter coming on now for . consideration by the court, upon re quest of the taxpayers of Douglas county, Oregon, for the elimination of said item from the 1318 budget; It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that at a public hearing held by this court it seemed to be tue concensus of opinion of the tax payers, and as made to .appear by the petitions filed with this court, that it is not of immediate neces sity to construct a county jail and repair the present county court house, owing to the increase in the cost of material and the necessity for labor to be used in the produc tion of food and other agricultural pursuits, and, It further appearing to the satis faction of the court, and as made to nppeor by the sentiment expressed V at said taxpayers' hearing, that it be expedient to set aside this item of GO, 000 as a county court house fund, to be used at such time a it may be expedient to reconstruct the court house and jail, when materials are cheaper and a greater necessity appears therefore. It is, therefore, ordered that said item of $50,000 be retained In the budget as a fund for the reconstruc tion of the county court house, that same be set aside by the county treasurer of this county for that purpose, and, H is hereby further ordered that said treasurer be, and! he is hereby Instructed to invest the said sum in the first liberty bond loan by sub scribing the amount thereof to said loan, and obtaining liberty bonds therefor, and to retain the same un til such time as may be ordered by the court, and. It is further ordered that any In terest received and paid on account of said loan, same shall be paid into and become a part of Bald fund, and reinvested by the said county treas- urer. Timber to be Cruised. Other items in the budget which received consideration today includ ed the matter of $10,000 for a cruise of timber lands, in ordr that correct values on such properties might be fixed. This proposed' appropriation was bitterly fought at the meeting yesterday, but the court's decision to retain the item is based on the fact of wide descropancy in the present assessments of timber lands. The court has been endeavoring to get the levy within 12 mills, but at the timo of going to press this question was yet unsettled. , HIGH S11IOOI, ROYS WIX GAMK. The first basket ball game of the stsason was rlayed last night In the high school gmnnsium between the splendid high school organiza tion and the all-star team of the Roseburg Athletic club, resulting in COURT ORDERS $50,000 a score of 32 to 23 in favor of the high school boys. In the girls' pre. llnilnary game between the sopho mores and a team picked Irom the entire high school the sophomore Bins won with a score of 4 to 2. Both games were exceedingly fast the playing was excellent and the rooters- were tremendously enthusi astic throughout the entire game. The high school team will leave shortly on a trip through the state where they will again try for the championship and from every indi cation they will again walk off with the laurels. A pleasurable hop was given at the conclusion of the game at the Elks hall sponsored by the losing team, the Athletic boys. All present at the enjoyable affair pro nounced it to be most delightful. HOME GUARD DRILLS TONIGHT, This evening the home guards will assemble at the armory for their drill work. The rifles are now on hand and have been cleaned, but there still remains some grease on tne guns and each member has been requested to "get on the Job" a lit tle early this evening with a rag to do away with any superfluous oil on the rifle that may cause injury to your clothing. In all probability the rifles will be used in this evening's drill. Membership Steadily Climbs to Full Quota Canvass Streets Today. BABIES JOIN BANNER J.iiNiness Houses of City Without Exception Are 100 Per Cent Red Cross Reports From Coun try Districts Encouraging. Roseburg's Red Cross member ship drive is progressing by leaps and bounds and according to the campaign manager by Christmas eve the quota will easily be reached, not only in the city, but through out the county. The reports receiv ed from the outlying districts today are tremendously encouraging and many of the towns are reporting 100 per cent records. Committees are canvassing the city streets and residence districts and will keep on steadily plugging for new members until the very moment of closing. After a thorough canvass of the business houses it is thought that every establishment In the city win probably report 100 per cent Red Cross and the honor roll will be publlshedl as soon as It is compiled by the officials. Ey,ery conceivable feature that is an inspiration for joining is being used by the local managers and the four minute talks at the theatres are proving Intense ly interesting. Last evening Rev. Warrington spoke (at the Antlers and J. E. McClintociv at the Majestic and their stirring speeches were well received. The Red Cross com mittees report three young subscrib ers to the order today including Pnyllis Anne Bolter, a five-months-old member; Beatrice Boyle, six-months-old, who joined today, and Master Bobbie Bobbs, a one-year-old patriot, who invested five dollars from his little bank in the Red Cross. One of Roseburg's soldier boys writes the following communication to his mother, which should do much towards stirring the loyalty of those who have as yet refrained from joining the Red Cross: "I'll tell you it is going to be a mighty unhappy Christmas for us all, and I pray that we will not have to be semrated another Christmas. Just think this will) be the first Christmas that we have not all been together, and it will seem as if Christmas had'nt tome this year." Thousands of other soldier boys are suffering the same heart hun ger for the loved ones at home, that this boy expressed in his letter, and over in France, they are not only homesick, but many of them are suffering from wounds and diseases, and all the suggestions they have of home is either the Army Y. M. C. A. or the American Red Cross society; yet right here in this city of Rose burg we have big double fisted men, much more able from a physical standpoint to face the hardships of army life, than these young patriotic boys (many of them not yet of age) who are not only exempt from ser vice, but who absolutely refuse to support these organizations. They call themselves American citizens, but they are not. EVERYBODY BOOSTS FOR RED CR TANGLE IN RUSSIA GROWING DENSER Opposition , to Bolsheviki creases as Public Dis cerns German Hand. MUST WHIP GERMANY British Premier Again States Nu League of Nations With V'missiim Autocracy Germany Rejects Russia's Peace Proposal. (By Associate Press.) ASSOCIATED PRESS' WAR LEAD Dec. 21. Opposition to Bolshevik domination -of affairs in Russia is apparently increasing, as reports of German 'support of the Maximalist government becomes more pronounc ed and the situation grows more chaotic. Lloyd George declares again that the allies must diefeat militarism, and that the proposed league of na tions, -including Prussian autocracy, would be a farce. The Teutons must restore all occupied . teftritory and repay losses Inflicted upon Belgium and Serbia, as well as provinces of France, before peace can be made. Italian troops are making strong counter attacks to regain Monte Asolone, where the enemy threatens to break through and sweep south ward. Alles'es Secret Treaty. PETROGRAD, Dec. 21. A news paper here publishes the text of an alleged secret treaty between Japan and Russia, which it is claimed was isgned last year, providing joint ac tion by Russia and Japan to prevent any third country from achieving political dominarice In China,, it is supposed here that the action was aimed at England and the United States. ' . Italians Retake Ground. ROME, Dec. 21. A considerable portion of the ground gained by the nUStro-Germans on Tuesday in the region or Monte Asolone, east of Brentariver, has been retaken by the Italians, who have held the positions despite violent artillery fire, which the Germans hoped to dislodge them. JJussian iPeaoe Rejected. LONDON, Dec. 21. Unofficial re ports have' reached London to the effect that Germany has rejected the peace proposals of the Russian Bol sheviki, according to the Exchange Telegraph Company. Swifts Fight Shy of Probe. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Swift & Company, of Chicago, have point blank refused' to deliver to the feder al trade commission the records de sired in an investigation of the pack ing industry. Attorney Iieney, for the government, announced today that drastic action would be taken to force the meat packing concern to produce their records for official In spection. Flat admission that .1. Og den Armour and F. H. Prince, of Bos ton, own the Chicago stock yards! pnmnjinv nnrl tArminnl rnilrnnHQ wne' made by W. M. Wadden, former treasurer of the stock yards com pany. The stock in the concern, however, appears in different names. BEARD FUNERAL SUNDAY. The funeral of Mrs. .1. J. Beard, who passed jvay yesterday morn ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. P. Fisher, of North Rose burg, will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Undertaking Parlors under the direction of the Christian Science church, with inter ment in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. EASTERN STAR The Roseburg Chapter No. S, Or der of the Eastern Star, held their annual installation last evening in the Masonic temple. Miss Margaret Page Installed the officers, among whom were Mrs. - Madge Buchanan, worthy matron; W. A. Sprague, worthy patron; Mrs. Carrie Bell, associate matron; Mrs. Leona Abra ham, conductress; Mrs. Myrtle Rey mers, associate conductress; ' Miss Rita Cobb, treasurer; Free Johnson, secretary; Mrs. Margaret Phillips, Ctiaplain, Mrs. Margaret Hughes, marshal; Mrs. Nell McElhinny, Ada; Mrs. Adelia Fisher, Ruth; Mrs. Nellie Ford. Esther: Miss Allie Black, Martha; Mrs. Mary Hinkle,! Electra; Mrs. Elizabeth Runyan,' Warda; Lymon Spencer, sentinel. At the close of the Impressive cere-j monies Miss Margaret Page was pre-l ' ' UMATILLA LEADS. . - PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (Spe- cial to The Evening News.) Umatilla county has completed! her Red Cross 4uota, - having secured the 7650 names alloted to that unit of the state. This banner . county headed also v headed the liberty loan and pre- vieus Red Cross drive. , sented with a beautiful past matron pin. V - . Delightful refreshments were lat er served in the banquet hall which wss beautifully decorated for the oc casion with mistletoe and holly. 'LANS 10 EXTRICATE The County Court Advances $1,000 to Finance Pur chase Squirrel Poison. CONSERVE FOOD STUFFS C. J. Hnrd Will Head Movement Will Greatly Lessen Damage to Grains Furnished Fanners at Cost. Tl county court today authorized the advancing of $1,000 for the pur pose of furnishing digger squirrel poison to farmers throughout the county. This sum is not a loan. The court voluntarily offered this amount to finance the proposition and the money will revert back to the gener al county fund atahe clpseof the equirrel exterminating" campaign. The court will purchase the materials and will in turn dispose of the finish ed product to the farmers at a low figure and as the county is put to no expense the sum is not included in the budget for the coining year. The plan is to empower the coun ty agent to appoint a man to manu facture this poison, which will be distributed among the ranchers at cost, or about 20 cents per quart. The price of other poisons used in extermination of the pesky squirrel has advanced to 50 cents or more per quart and at that price it is al most prohibitive. According to Judge Marsters, the move is one of the best conserva tion programs yet put in operation and owing to the low cost of the ma terial furnished', it is decidedly an economic one, and will be of great benefit to the farmer in preserving his crops. Rodents destroyed a large amount of produce last year and in view of the present needs for food commo dities, with which to feed our own troops as well as those of our allies, the plan is indeed a patriotic move ment and one that the rancher should take every opportunity of. C. J. Hurd, county agriculturist, will have charge of the campaign to rid the country of digger squirrels and in due time will make an ap pointment of some competent man to handle the manufacture and dis tribution of the poison. This ap pointee wiR make regular trips over the county and besides distributing will lend other assistance in furnish ing information as to how the best results can be obtained from the poison. Agreements to be signed by the farmers promising their hearty co operation and setting forth the amount of poison they can use in stopping the destruction of grains anu other produce by exterminating as far as possible the diggers, will soon be in circulation, . and every progressive and patriotic farmer in the county ought, to line -up behind this movement and thereby do their bit in the conservation of food stuffs so urgently needed in the present struggle for supremacy. AGIST THE WORLD WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (Special to The News.) ' The returns In the Christmas campaign for Red Cross mem- bers shows a very favorable -increase. Umatilla county. Oregon, has enrolled 7,650 member from a population of 21,000, and the prospects are good for 2,000 more. The coun- ty challenges any other county in the state to show an equal recorS. PESKY RODENTS INVE STED PEEVED CANADIAN Province of Quebec Strongly Opposed to Newly Adopted Conscription. THREE AVIATORS KILLED British Aviators In Texas Training Camp Lose Lives When Machines Collide at a Low Altitude Hurry in Orders. (By Associated Press.) QUEBEC, Dec. 21. Proposal that the province of Quebec secede from the confederation of Canadian pro vinces, was made in a motion intro duced in the provincial legislative assembly today by J. N. Francoeur, deputy for Lotbiniere. Quebec is tne only province which voted against conscription in the recent election. The population is largely French Canadians and enmity against that which the . Roman church calls in fidel France, had a large influence in deciding against conscription. -Aviators Killed In Texas. FORT WORTH, Dec. 2 L Three British aviators in training here vere killed! today when two machines collided in the air at a low altitude. Transportation Problems. WASHINGTON, Dec. . 21. The president will send a special mes sage to congress recommending the enactment of legislation to meet the transportation situation. The mes sage will be read immediately after the holidays. Cut Off Red Tape. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Quar termaster General Henry Sharps told the senate military confmittee today that the war department, without waiting for congressional appropria tions, authorized orders for supplies covering the requirements of a mil lion troops. This transaction occur red before the United States went into the war, according to the dis tinguished witness. DR. L E. BRISCOE ' PASSES THROUGH CITY Dr. L. E. Briscoe, & well known physician of southern Oregon, who practiced medicine here at one time with offices 'in the First State & Sailings Bank Ibuilding, passed through Roseburg this morning en route to southern California where he is looking .after official business in his capacity of surgeon in the U. S. navy department. Dr. Bris coe recently enlisted in the medical department of the navy and has been stationed at Bremerton for the past several weeks. The doctor, . when interviewed! by a News representa tive stated that he hoped soon to be stationed onJthe U. S. destroyer and would begin active . duty. He stated that Dr. Wade of this city would probably reach here in time for Christmas, as he had been grant ed a furlough. Dr. Briscoe states that his work is tremendously inter esting and that he is anxious to 'be off across the water, where he can get Into the real fighting. MAURY DIGGS SAYS L (By Associated Press.) MCNEIL'S ISLAND, Wash., Dec. 21. Maury Diggs left the govern ment prison grounds yesterday for California, - having been paroled. Drew Caminetti, Who was an asso ciate of Diggs in the escapades stag ed in California, wherein the two men had figured conspicuously in white slave charges, and were con victed, was also released from the government prison recently. TILED IN CIRCUIT COURT R. H. Coshun has. filed suit In the circuit court through his attorneys. Rice & Orcutt, against Andrew. O. Stjern, et al. The plaintiff seeks to foreclose on a tax lien in the sum of $40.88, together with penalties, and interest thereon for the year 1913. Louis Wormer has entered suit against A. T. Lawrence and Edris' Lawrence, his wife, owners of Sun-j shine Ranch and Fre Valiant, Fred: Kuesel, Sr., it. B. Engel, F. Kuesel, URGES EN LIBERTY BONDS Jr., Mabel Albright, Max Ruhman, lumii Kunman, .Henry rearson, Wil liam Schuneman, Otto Schueman, Rose Sauzenbach, Coral M. Pope, R. A. Stool, A. F. Burns, Peter Ahbefg, F..W. Orchard, Paul R. Mae Michael, J. S. Maloney, -Bessie Brandy, Georgia Dice, Sophia Wetteland, C. W. Maxwell, G. A. Maxwell, Fred Rohner, P. E. Thompson, E. A. Voung, William H. Worth, F. C. Banter, Gust H. Westman, Clara P. Peterson and F. C. Becker, persons" interested therein. The plaintiff seeks to collect the Bum of $30,000, togother with penalties and Interest, amounting to $5,430, alleged to be due on a promissory note secured by certain describedi properties and the further sum of $1500 attorney fees. Rice & Orcutt appear as counsel for the plaintiff. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY (By Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. The wife of Saran Gada Das, a high caste Hindu, gave - testimony here today to the effect that the utilization of women agents throughout the world formed a salient part of the alleged conspiracy to foment the revolution in India. ARE TO LECTURE State Teachers Meeting Which Convenes at Portland Will Be Largely Attended. : EXPECT 2000 DELEGATES Oregon Will Receive $15,000 Tlds Year For Vocational Education Thrift Campaign Committee Will Make Report. County School Superintendent O. C. Brown today received the follow lowing communication from Super intendent George A. Briscoe, presi dent of the State Teachers' Associa tion, who announces that he has se cured for the Portland meeting, De cember 27-29, two of the most noted lecturers In the educational world. ! Dr. Richard Burton, head of the Eng-I iish department of the University of' Minnesota, will deliver two addresses ' before the general assembly one on "The Literature of the Great War," and the other on "The Social and Educational Significance of the Thea tre." Dr. Burton is considered one of the most eloquent and scholarly educators In the United States. The second speaker is 'Professor Frank M. Leavitt, of the University of .Chi cago. Prof. Leavitt is one of the foremost authorities in the field of industrial education, and largely re sponsible for the movement which culminated in the Smith-Hughes law. His message will be of particular in terest o the teachers of Oregon, as the federal board has just approved the plans of Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction 'J. A. Churchill, chairman of ' the state vocational board, for carrying out the . provis ions of the Smith-Hughes law. This means that Oregon will receive $15, 000 this year from the federal gov ernment for vocational education. The first day of the meeting will be taken up .by the session of the representative council. There will be approximately one hundred dele gates present. Every county in the state and every local teachers' asso ciation will be represented. The council-' will receive reports of the standing committees which ; have been at work during the past year. One of the most important reports will be from the committee on the thrift campaign, owing to the fact that Secretary McAdoo Is asking all of the schools to join him in this work. The council will also adopt resolutions, elect officers and trans act all of the business of uie associa tion. . Under the reorganized constitu tion which went into effect one year ago, the State Teachers' Association is coming to be one of the most Im portant conventions held in Oregon. By the speakers from abroad the newest and! the best from the educa tional world are brought to the teach ers of Oregon, and through the work of the various, departments, by round table discussions and resolu tions.. Dollcles are adonteri for nri- vanclnc tho work nf tho nuH-ltn I schools for the current year. It is expected that not less than two thousand teachers . from over the state will attend the Portland meet ing. All of the railroads have grant ed reduced rates on the certificate plan. NOTED EDDCATORS nil i nmi nun 1111 KMHI KiH kIH MH nnn; i inn. nnn; nn. WE'RE COAL D I GG ERS Drafted Men From Wintery Minnesota go to Sunny Calif. For Training. 607 EAT B R EAKFAST HERE Tin Horn Jazz Band Features Filter tainm'ent The Men Conduct Themselves in a Gentle manly Manner. . Entraining in the snowy depths of Minnesota last Monday night 600 "Liberty iBoys" stepped off of their troop trains in the balmy ozone of old Oregon early this morning and headed by localites, wended their way to the various eating-houses and with a rush proceeded to satisfy the cravings of the inner man. .The boys, a gentlemanly lot, are enroute to Ft. Winheld Scott, Calif., to go into training for the big effort that lies ahead of us and from the general appearance of our brethren from the east, they will more than do their "bit" when it comes to "getting the ' kaiser." 1 Many andl many laudatory re marks were heard this morning re garding the "civilized" manner in ' which the men conducted themselves. Their conduct plainly exemplified proper elementary training that will go a long way in making good fight ing men. "Pep" was not lacking. There was something in every reel. The "tin horn, jazz band," headed by two or three big voiced Individuals made a decided-hit. on the station platform.,, .'. The "coal diggers" quartette, com posed of college men, entertained a large ana appreclatelve audience within the passenger station . ren-. dering many selections, much to the satisfaction of those of our citizens who were fortunate enough to be present. "Roll dem -bones," ' and.-a silvery throated tenor, - his voice somewhat dampened by the long, ridie, started "I'ju goin' to buy my gal a new. pair of shoes." Chorus: "Come you seven." "How's she go ing to get 'em if I lose?" , Chorus: "Come on you eleven." etc. This little ditty seemed to be their favor ite and the singers were applauded . to the echo. , "On the cars were streaming ban ners advertising a number of Min nesota towns. One read: Hebrlng, Minnesota. The richest village in tne' world; 750 men to the colors. Liberty loans $1,118,000; Red Cross $27,000; Knights of Columbus $15, 000. -Population 15,000. More electric lights than the city of Cleve land. According to some of the. ardent St. Louis countyiahs, their county (mentioned with pride),, Is the, rich est county in the world, "and we have no reason for denying it's so." Ojie 'young man offered an "explana tion for so much ' wealth in one place, saying that all the rich min ing companies' offices were located there. ' ' The two trains comprised men from Cass, Marshall and St. Louis counties and! to say the least they were the healthiest looking bunch of "Hun extinguishers" that have yet passed through our city and undoubt edly will give a gBod account of themselves. Their' home land can well be proud of their representa- 1 tives. Each and every one conduct- ' ed himself in a most respectful man ner. There was no rowdyism, as has been displayed in one or two instances in the past. These troops were first destined to go to Fort Dodge, Iowar but owing to severe weather conditions in that section they were transferred to California, a much better climate, for conditioning men. ' .. The boys were loud) In their praise for the treatment received at the hands of our citizens and enjoyed their breakfast immensely, many re marking that the "eats' were far superior here than In most places that they have dined since leaving home. NGE COURTESIES (By Associated Press.) PETROGRAD. Dec. 21. The Danish. French. Rritiah n,t rii, ....... nu uuigiuu consuls have arranged with Trotzky, mo noisneviKi foreign minister, to exenange courtesies to official couriers. v.-