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VOL. IX
. ROSEBUKG, DOUGLAS OOUNTV,. OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 21, 1018.
No. 45
m 1 1 in in ni 1 1 nnrn
rKAUu lo UtlAKbtU
IN INDICTMENTS
Five Million Stolen From the
Government by Uniform
And Cloth Concerns.
TIMBER ORDERED SOLD
Seventy Million Feet Will Re Dispos-
' ed of Lands Then Open to
' " Homestead ' Kntry and f
halo to Settlers.
. ' (By Associated Press.)
NEW TORK, Feb. 21. Charged
with extensive frauds in connection
with supplying army uniform cloth,
, eight clothing manufacturers, two of
their employes and. a, :clerk in the
quartermaster's department of. the
army, were today indicted1 by the
federal grand Jury here. Cloth used
In the manufacture that Is said to
be worth $5,000,000 has been stolen
and a nation wide plot to defraud the
government Is alleged to have been
uncovered in connection with the in
dictments Issued. The investigation
. will, be carried . to . other cities to
Which . the frauds are believed . to
have extended. . , .,.. ..,.,.
' Will Sell Tiraiwr.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Seventy
million. feet of timber held bythe
Oregon & California Railroad Co. In
western Oregon '. has been ordered
cold by Secretary Lane of the Inter
ior department. The order was is
sued because the company failed" to
, oarry out the terms of the contract
miller which the lands were obtain
ed..', These lands - were 'granted to
the railway company to aid in con
struction of the road, but the' grant
stipulated tney must . bo .. -sold in
tracts of 160 acres at $.50 per acre.
After the timber has been sold and
logged off the lands will be disposed
of by the government under the
homestead and mineral laws. '
! Ship Workers Plenty.
Washington; Feb? 2i preiim-
Inary estimates of the' results of the
campaign to enroll 250,000,'shlp
, workers, show that the number will
be largely exceeded.-
i Clinmbei'laiiw Improving.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Senator
Chamberlain, who underwent an
operation for appendicitis a few
days ago, Is improving satisfactorily,
and his physicians believe his re
covery is assured. ,, .'.
' Indian Slackers Arrested.
GOLD HILL, Utah, Feb. 21.
Tloopers from - Fort Douglas sur
rouudod a company of Indians on
th9 Goshute reservation,-, yesterday,
when they arrested seven of the ring
leaders in an uprising against the
army draft. The Indians had refus
ed to register and -threatened the
safety of Indian Agent Frank. Two
of the Indian leaders escaped to the
mountains. . . ;
' ; Kills Wife ami Suicides.
LOS ANGELES, FebT 21. Don
Van Dusen, a young Arlzonlan, meet
ing his wife on the street in the
shopping district today, shot her Ave
times and then turned the weapon
against himself. The young wife
died In a few minutes after the trag
edy; Van Dusen was despondent
over the separation of himself am
' wife. . . j
WILL ESTABLISH SMALL
Information was glveiuout in. this
city today that W. L. and Thomas
Cobb were contemplating the erec
tion of a Small saw mill on the Har
din Davis place about five miles from
Wilbur, and that work on the mill
would be started at an early date. It
is understood that the new enterprise
is to be established for the purpose
of sawing small timber tuto tics and
getting out other materials of vari
ous kinds. With the heavy demands
being made on the lumber market at
this time the venture will undoubt
edly prove a big success and though
not going Into the business on an ex
tensive scale, , anything that resem
bles a sawmill will be welcomed to
the community. "
SPY ACTIVITIES RE
i LATED BY AVIATOR
' A communication was received In
this city today from a young aviator
in the 196th aero squadron, station
ed at Lake Charles. La., in which
the former tells a number of Inter
esting tales of spy actlvltlos In the
.army. The young officer states that
he had been .ln the habit of buying
candy this luxury not bolnu sup
plied in the army bill of f re ifntil
a short time ago when he discovered
a large quantity of ground glass in
his candy and which was found In
much of the confections sold near
the army cantonment. ...j "
Another ? dastardly attempt to
spread menengitis was allayed when
a German agent was discovered in
the act of emptying a bottle of men
engltls germs In the army drinking
water, his act being frustrated by
the guard who shot and killed the
fellow before the germs could be
emptied.,. In order' to , take precau
tions, the young officer, stated that
all drinking-water is boiled since
the above incident occurred. A num
ber of brother officers and friends
of the-young aviator were lost on
the Tuscania, 17 soldiers from his
squadron alone having gone down on
the ill-fated transport. .
R. H. S. TO CONTEST
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
. The Roseburg high school basket
ball team left, this morning for Sa
lem where they, will , participate! lu
the basket ball, tournament for the
state championship. The local boys
won the championship title last year
and hold the cup which they will
defend - and from every indication
the honors-will -be-won by the It. H.
S. in 1918.'" It Is said that' 10 teams
will contest in' the" tournament this
year including many, of the fattest
teams in the state. Roseburg has a
champion team this year, with every
player a star and the best wlsln-s of
the basket ball fans of the city are
with the locals. - r
ARMIES READY FOR
Both Enemy and Allies Pre'
pare For Battle After:
' . Long Preparation. ' v
SHOCK TROOPS TRAINED
Huns Concentrate Cavalry in Vicinity
of Riga for Advance on Fetro-
grnd Turks are De
feated by Turks.
.WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. After
extensive preparations silently and
systematically carried on, It . is ap
parent that both the Germans and
the allies are ready for the long-expected
offensive in the west. Secre
tary Baker -says today in his review
of military operations for theweek
ending February 16. '
"While there have been outwardly
no new developments in the military
situation in the west during the pe
riod under review," says the com
munique, "yet It is apparent that both
the enemy and the allies, after ex-j
tensive preparations which have been
silently and systematically carried on,
are ready for battle. The Germans
have . recently withdrawn a number
of their veteran west front units from
the first line trenches, and are busily
training them In mobile warfare.
"According to advices received
the German. general staff hopes that
by massing a large number of these
picked shock battalions which have
been Intensively trained they may de
liver a crushing blow. '.. .
"The bulk of 'the German forces
are now assembled in the west. But
a large number of these units are
wholly untrained in the method of
western front warfare which differs
radically from that conducted along
other fronts. Furthermore, the Ger
man higher command- realiz.es fully
that their forces will meet with far
more difficult tactical obstacles than
any hitherto encountered by an at
tacking army. A break through was"
possible In Russia, only after the mo
rale of the Russians had been un
dermined; the same was true in
Italy and we witnessed how speedily
the Italian line was mended.
"The concentration of a large body
of German cavalry In the vicinity of
Riga is noted and it is believed the
Germans will find -It expedient to ad
vance on Petrograd. It Is difficult to
determine the exact status of affairs
in southwestern Russia. The Rus
sian contingents are evacuating the
Armenian centers south of the Black
sea which are being re-occupied by
Turkish detachments. Treblaond- will
probably soon fall Into the hand of
the Turks. J
"U is Important to record that
large contingents of Arabs are join
ing the forces of the sheik of Mecca
who is co-operating with the British.
: "The Arabs . have defeated the
Turks In two encounters, occupied El
Maxreh, southeast of the Dead sea,
and are advancing along the Hedjaz
railway toward' Mnan." .
CLASH SAYS
BAKER
T
County Court Will Turn 0. &
i C. Tax Funds Over to
Treasurer.
tAWS COMPLIED WITH
Old Practice of Distributing These
," Funds to. Various . Banks is "
' i Discontinued Will Neces--'
I- sitate Clerk H bo.
At a special session of the county
court which was held yesterday': it
was unanimously decided to recall
the district road funds derived from
the O. & C. land grant tax, to the
amount of $64,000.00 which was de
posited in various banks throughout
tire 'county, subject to the check of
the county roadmaster, M. B. Ger
mondi to be utilised in liquidating
road expense accounts and place the
moneys thus obtained in the county
treasury as required by law. . ,.
fThe. distributing of these road
funds to the bank -nearest the dis
trict where they were to be used has
long been the practice, with the ex
ception -ot two years. From May 1,
1912, to June 1, 1914, the uniform
ountant system was . employed.
but this form of depositing the funds
was abolished by the legislature and
since that time it has been the cus
tom of the county officials to dis
tribute the district road ' moneys
among the various banking Institu
tions, knowing, that this procedure
was the only really equitable and just
j manner to. handle these funds," as the
I moneys rightfully belong in the dis
; trlct for which they are apportioned.
J ' The county bankers feel that they
are entitled to the use of a small
portion of the' county money to par
tially repay them for the work they
are, in the natural course of events,
compelled to do without enumera
tion; several complaints were receiv
ed -bythe county officials,, from bank
ing . institutions asking that some
plan be, adopted . whereby ".-' they
could continue the handling of these
funds as in the past. However, if
the moneys are recalled and turned
over to the treasurer the court must,
to comply with the laws governing
this phase, hold themselves respon
sible for the full amount deposited,
and this they are not willing to. do
and therefore there is no other re
course. The moneys' will be with
drawn from. the county banks at
once and turned over to the treas
urer, who in- turn will .re-deposit
them where he deems best. They
will then draw two per cent inter-
est. :. ' .- ' , :! - , ,.v
. While It is true that the. law plain
ly .sets forth that these, road funds
must be deposited with the treasurer,
it is expoundeu by those close in
touch with the situation, that In
complying with the laws the county
is placed at an unnecessary expense
In clerk hire to handle the sending
out of warrants to the respective
road districts each month. - Stamps
and stationery will also be required.
The distributed- moneys, however;
draw no interest, nevertheless, it is i
advanced . on good? authority that i
nothing can be saved by recalling the
road funds in. view of the expense
the county will be put .to in mailing
out the monthly warrants. ' However,
an order has been made recalling
the funds and hereafter they will be
turned over to the treasurer as is re
quired by law. --j
R. H. S.
ON INCREASE TODAY
' Prof. H. O. Bennett of the Rose
burg high school, reports the grand
total of . liberty bonds, war savings
stamps and thrift stamps to be $6,
333.25, this amount being the in
vestments of the teachers und pupils
in the high school. According t-
Prof. Bennett the' sales yesterday
and today have been splendid and a
general patriotic wave Is imminent,
the teachers and student body all
seeming over-anxious to add their
bit. Three names have been added
to the honor roll in the Rainbow di
vision of the Roseburg schools. Miss
Lois Cobb heading the list, having
Invested $100. with Clifford Sherrtll
and Myrtle Ballf each investing $50.
The Rainbow division is steadily in
creasing and the children are taking
a vast amount of Interest In the pro
ject. : ;..','' '' :.'.r.r
: Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Faulkner and
little child left this afternoon for
their home at Eugene after visiting
for a few days with the former's
mother in this city. They just re-'
cenily returned from Palm Beach,
Florida, where they enjoyed several
weeks' vacation, .'
DISTRIC
ROAD
MONEYS RECALLED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. A
message from General Pershing
announced the death of George
E. Parrish, of Twlnkenham,
Ore., who died from pneumonia.
14
I'
The following is the result, f the
physical examination that was neld
at the armory . .yesterday under the
supervision of Dr.- E.' B. Stewart,
physician of'-ther -local exemption
board: .. . -.,'; '.:.: . (
- Qualified for general duty-4-Orville
Henderson,- Walter G., Russell, Lew
Orr Calhoun, Jake' Bowers, Amerigo
Perinl, Charles ;' A, Reese, wtuart E.
Comer, Chester E. Grasser,' Sylvan B,
Baragar, Thomas C. Bates, Frederick
H. Sands. Arthur-Ilea vis, yVilllam
Earl Parker, Ley! F.-Asker. .' .
Registrants ' rejected Guy ' Wil
liams. "
' Referred to medical advisory
board Grover M. Post, John Pres
ton Grubb.. - ,"'. .. . i-
Referred to' other boards -Domin-ico
Galirzio, Lloyd McAboy. .!
Failed: to appear Edward A,
Stewart - : . . '.;;'
Appealed to medical ';advIsory
board Lloyd C. Kruse. :
. Total examined 18. J.
20
PHYSICAL TEST TODAY
-A.
The following is the- result of the
physical examination t held .at the
armory today:
Qualified for general duty Floyd
E. Smith, Sylvan-Boroughs. Frank
L. Woodward, Victor OJeson, Luther
R. Royer; Reed Kamp. Frank M. Mar
ketta, Harry 43. Haines, Carl J. C
Rasmussen, Chas - B. Minor, Roy
Erickson, Lloyd C. Kruse (pjosed by
medical- advisory hoard'),'' Gfehn " H.
Taylor .(passed by medical advisory
hoard), John P. Grubbe (passed by
medical advisory board, limited service),-
Grover N. Post (rejected by
medical advisory board). ." ,;V
Transferred , : to offier ' boards-2-Howard
W. Kemp, Nicholas A. Bahl--man,
Sylvester Starr, Marlln E. Red
field, Andrew R. Petersen.
Failed to appear Arthur Parrish,
William H. Taylor, Benjamin R. Ans
mus. : ' .'-
'. Total number examined 20.-
AGED CRAZY MAN m
ALLOWED TO GO NORTH
Sheriff Qulne received a.'message
before the arrival of train No. 14
this afternoon, that a passenger trav
eling on this train had alf the symp
toms of a crazy man and that be
officer was wanted upon his arrival
in Roseburg to take charge of the
fellow.. When the train pullei into
the depot at 1:40 this afternoon the
sheriff was .'on hand to take charge
of the demended individual, but upun
close examination it was found that
he had been" standing on the front
rail of some California bar with that
frequency that makes a fellow see
double and when .he got across the
line and found he. was in a dry t'tv te
almost went blind. He was allowed
to proceed north.
U. S. WANTS A
LOT CANNED SALMON
(By Associated Press.).
PORTLAND, Feb.. 21. Salmon
packers all over the coast have been
notified by the administration to
hold for. government use all the can
ned salmon on hand. The govern
ment' is said to require 300.000 cases,
therefore has stopped sales in the
market until the quantity needed has
been secured.
PEACE WITH THE U.S.
(By Associated Press.) --
AMSTERDAM, Feb.:. 21. .
Premier von Seydier Is being
s urged by the Austrian socialist
party to open peace negotia-
tions with the United States,
President Wilson's statement
of principles being used as a
basis of endeavor to bring
about satisfactory conclusion.
DIES IN , FRANCE.
TESTIMONY FOR DE
FENSE CONCLUDED
Seventeen Witnesses in "Hog
. Case" Were Examined by
Attorneys Yesterday.
TRIAL PROGRESS RAPID
Taking; of Plaint ilTs Kvidence Was
: Commenced This Morning Kohl
) liugen Kmployes Swear Dellv-, ,
' ery'of Hogs Not Made. .
Good progress was made in the
now celebrated "hog case" which
opened in the circuit court yesterday,
wherein George Kohlhagen, . the
plaintiff, has entered suit for the
collection of a certain promissory
note in the sum of $767.10 with ac
crued Interest against W. W. Card
well, a well known attorney, and
rancher, - with ; his wife, Emmai P.
Cardwell,as a co-defendant in the
action. ' Seventeen witnesses, the ma
jor portion summoned by the de
fense, were examined and cross ex
amined, by ' the opposing attorneys
and --.e in the afternoon Mr. Kohl
hagen took the witness stand.
The plaintiff practically gave the
same testimony as offered in the
previous trial at which time- an' ac
tion . was brought against W. W.
Cardwell, personally, for payment of
a promissory note. The defendant
then claimed to have liquidated the
note in question and partially paid
the one now being sued against, by
the delivery of 36' head of dressed
hogs. Air. 'Kohlhagen, however, em
phatically denies that he or any of
his employes received a consignment
of hogs as represented by the de
fense, and that while he was absent
from the shop on March 1, the day
the, .delivery is supposed to have
been made, it would have been ut
terly impossible ' for' the hogs to
have been left at his place' of busi
ness without his knowledge of the
fact. ' ; ' .
, ; The testimony for the defense was
all, In before court adjourned last
eveningand this morning with. At
torney - Hermann conducting , the
cross examination, many witnesses
for the plaintiff were called: s , :
E. C. BensonP of the Douglas
County ' Creditors . Association,' to
whom 'the notes in controversy were
turnedi over for collection by Mr.
Kohlhagen', told his meeting Mr.
Cardwell on" Jackson street at which
time the defendant was seated in his
automobile. The witness stated that
he accosted Mr, Cardwell ' and in
formed him that Mr. Kohlhagen was'
insistent on settlement of the notes.
To this Mr. Cardwell Is alleged to
have made some "go to" remark"" and
drove" on. ," Later, according to the
witness he solicited the aid of Dep
uty Sheriff Raffety and the two mo
tored to the defendant's ranch -for j
the purpose of, serving a writ Of at
tachment, , levying on a quantity of
dried prunes then stored " in out
buildings on the ranch property.
Here Mr. Benson,' substantiated by
evidence furnished by Mr. Raffety,
who followed him on the stand, gave
testimony intended : to prove -that
the "cardboard" the defense claims
wis tacked in the "tower house" on
which the weights of the hogs were
noted at the time they were prepar-'
ed for delivery was not there at all.
Mr. Benson said the "tower house"
was visited by both he and Mr. Raf
fety and that they looked the place
over . minutely ; in -search of tacks
with which to put up the writ of at
tachment notice and that they did
not see the much' discussed ; card
board..; .'". - -.- v '.'"'
"Are you willing to swear at this
time that the cardboard was not in.
the- tower ; house?" interrogated At
torney Hermann, .' cross ; examining
the witness. .. ," ' '
"I do. , We looked every place,"
was the prompt and ready reply. In
answer to another question from the
counsel, the witness gave an itemiz
ed account of the contents of the
building as he remembered them.
T. A. Raffety's testimony was in
substantiation of the preceding , wit
ness. V , - , . ''.-'; ..; .1 ' .- '.:''
' Miss Alice Mann ".then took the
stand, and upon direct, examination
stated that she was a bookkeeper by
occupation and for ' the , past six
years has been employed in that ca-
DacitV at the Economy meat martcei,
owned by the plaintiff In the case at
iSSUC1-: " . ' .-, ....
' "Were you- employed at the Kohl
haeen market prior to March 1
1917, and immediately thereafter?"
asked Attorney Eddy..
"I was," replied the witness, and
continuing, Miss Mann related the
duties of each of the employes of the
shop. She further stated that a rec
ord was kept by her of all deliveries
of meat made to the market and en-
tered in .books maintained' for that
purpose. ,.; ':. ' V '
"What was the largest number of
hogs delivered to the Kohlhagen
-market on any one day?'' inquired
Attorney Eddy.
Here an objection, was raised by
Attorney Hermann, who held that
the questlpu was Irrelevant. Judge
Hamilton immediately- interposed
with "I think It is proper," and re
plying to this question the witness
stated 'that 18 was the largest num
ber of hogs ever left at the shop by
any one person. "Don't often have
that many in one day,'! added the
witness. . -
Miss Mann stated that she was ac
quainted with both W. W. Cardwell
and his son, Murray, and that at.no
time did she see them deliver any
hogs to the Kohlhagen market.
However, she admitted that at the
time the defense , claims the deliv
ery was.made (about noon) she was
absent from the shop for lunch. ' .
' The shop books were then display
ed and . the witness explained ' the
sfystem ;. of entries; relative to . the
receiving of consignments o meats,
etc., and finished. her testimony by
Baying that during her absence from
the market that had the hogs been
delivered as contended by the de
fense that one of the meat cutters
would have received the consignment
and entered same on the day book,
where it would have been found by
her upon her return from dinner.
On cross examination Miss Mann
was subjected to quite a severe
grilling at the hands of Attorney
Hermann, who endeavored to tangle
her testimony by comparing the evi
dence offered by her at the previous
trial with that just submitted. Miss
Mann, however, in answer to some
point blank questions fired by the
cross examiner, stated that if her
testimony -before did not correspond
with that of now it should, or words
to that effect. Anyhow her state
ments at this time were correct.
Fred Neuriter, Victor ' Short,
James Kooken, Charles Ritzman and
George H'aefling, who at the time
' ... (Continued on page 6.) " ''
Advancing Toward Petrograd
. and Little or no. Opposi-1
- tion Encountered.
1000 CARSOF PLUNDER
Vust Stores Taken by Gcrnuuis, In
cluding Five Thousand Motor.
Cai-s -Gennan Aviators Con- '.".
: trol Air Over Americans.
(By Associated Press.) ' :
ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR LEAD,
Feb. 21.- German armies will prob
ably advance in Russian territory
until an authenticated copy of, the
message : of suniender is received,
and this is said to be on the way at
present. ..-j-,:. . ..-
Premier von Seydler has declared!
that Austria-Hungary j will ....not aid
Germany in a renewal of war against j
Russia. . -i.-?'..
The French on-a long front in Lor-1
raine, yesterday, rushed the German
trenches and captured over ; 400
prisoners. United States troops suc
cessfully checked another German
raid last night,: but German aviators
are in control of the air over, the
American sector. ' 5- ' '' ;. V
J ;-. Capture Vast Stores.
BERLIN, Feb. 21. The town of
Rovno has been cleared of Russians,
and a railway train of about a thou
sand cars,, ladened with foodi stuffs
taken by Germans,, Many airplanes
and an Incalculable amount of war
material was also taken from the
Russians at this point.' Five thou
sand motor 'cars were among, the
plunder secured by German troops.
Germans Advancing.
lyfNirrN. Pah; 21 German trooDS
having, occupied Dvlnsk, are now ad
vancing toward Pskoff. 180 miles-
southwest of Petrograd." ' The Huns
have also occupied Hapsal, Esthonia.
and are pushing toward Mohllev."
Bomb RuNxinn Towns. .; . : .'
-. BBTRnapin Poh 21 -i-Gprman
airmen raided f Regitsa, -' dropping
many bombs and killing several peo
ple, Wednesday. Hun troops are
moving toward Vitebsk, aims; Jf bk
off and Reval. ... ,- '..' .-'-.vj"' 'i;-i
. '.. ''.-..:
AGED WOMAN BREAKS ARM.
Mrs-.Drake, of Myrtle" Creek, who
spent last nignt at tne w. a. amicn
hnio In this eltv. accidentally fell
down- the stairs this morning as Bhe
was descending, breaking her aim
and receiving a number of palnrnl
At first it was thouicht he.-
Injuries were more serious, but upon
careful examination Dy tne auenain:;
nhvoinian it -wan found she was other-
wiao nnlniured aside from the frac-
i ii r-aA arm Mm. Drake is 72 veara
ot age and. it will be some time .be-
tore sm fully recovers from tne ac
cident.
HUNS CONT NUE TO
PUNISH
RUSSIANS
JURY'S VERDICT IN
FAVOR MRS
HILLYER
Defendant In Action Makes
Personal Argument Ad
hered to Evidence.
MAY APPEAL THE CASE
Kv C. Benson, to Whom the Hlllycr
'.. Note Was Assigned, is of Opin
( ion Itice & Rice WUl Carry "
Matter to Circuit Court.
" Following arguments by attornoys
in the case of the Douglas Creditors'
Asosciattou, '. representing . Rice &
Rice, who sued, to recover $12 5 al
leged to be due on a promissory noto
executed by Mrs. Hlllyer, and a
statement to the jury by Mrs. HilU
yer, the issue was submitted for de
cision at about five o'clock last ev
ening. The feature of the argument
was the unusual procedure of Mrs. .
Hlllyer presenting the case to con-
sideratlon of the jury. For about
ten minutes the defendant in the -action
held the attention of the jur
ors, and those who heard her argu
ment state that it was a clever ad- '
dress, the lady confining herself
strictly to the evidence adduced,
speaking In even and well controlled -voice,
.and evidently making a de
cided Impression in her own favor.
Lawyers who heard the address
warmly praise the lady for what they
concede to have been a masterly ef
fort, and the dignity and womanly,
boarlng of Mrs. Hlllyer was highly
commended by all those who heard
her. .-
The $125 claimed by the' plaintiffs
represented a certain commission al
leged to he due from Mr. . Emll, "
whose property was sold through the
drhv of Rice & Rice to the defend
ant,. Mrs. Hlllyer, for, . the sum of
$2600. An initial payment of a (ew
hundred dollars was made by the lat
ter. A deed was to be furnished In
o j days.. But' the owner of an un- -divided
half interest refused to sign .
a deed, or at least no deed has been
secured, although; the transaction
took place in May of 1917. Discov
ering the facts In the case, - Mrs.
Hlllyer refused to - pay the note,
which she had given, until her -deed
was forthcoming. Rice .& Rice de-
nled any ' obligation to supply the '
deed, maintaining that theiv connec
tion with the deal ceased when the
property changed hands. Mrs. Hlll
yer refused to pay the note, alleging
that she had not assumed the obliga- '
tton incurred by jBinil, ' who was a
client of Rice & Rice, but that it was '
merely' that much more paid on the
purchase price of the land, therefore
the action at law to , collect. ,
The jury retired and from a state- .
ment made later in the evening, the -first
ballot showed that Mrs. Hlllyer'
had four votes and Rice & Rice two.
The second ballot stoodi exactly the
same. After a short time in discuss
ing the merits of the evidence, an-
other ballot was taken and all six
of the jurors voted In favor of the
defendant. " Less than half an hour-,
was required, in which to arrive at
a verdict," 'and immediately- after :
rendering a decision .the jurors were
discharged. ' ;-v
It was stated today, by E. C. Ben
son, manager of the creditors associ
ation, that Rice & Rice have 30 days
in which to take an appeal, Jrnt that
it was not yet decided what-, would
be done, but he was of the opinion
that the matter would be carried to
the circuit court.-' ' i . : -.
CAMP' LEWIS, Wash., Feb. 19.
"A camp of big men In fine physical
condition, located at one of the most -
idea spots' for military training in
the country" is what Brigadier Gen
eral Helmlck" of the inspector gen
eral's department found ' at Camp -
Lewis. He said this in an interview
after, week's inspection. He said "The
men s spirits are splendid and results
obtained from the training have been
very satisfactory. Their physical
fitness compress . favorably with any
camp in the country', v I find the men
of the northwest are big husky fellows,-who
require, extra large. over
coats and large shoes." He said the
men had no grounds for complaint.
INSPECTS LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL.
. Assistant State Superintendent F.
A. Carlton, of Portland, arrived this
afternoon and Is making an Inspec
tion of the local high school. Mr.
Carlton Is especially interested In the
teachers1 training course, and In
spected this important department. ,
The superintendent will leave this:
evening for Eugene where he will
look after official business matters.