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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1919)
YENING NEWS PutTfor a bigger, bettStf arid more prosperous Roseburg and Douglas County. THE WEATHER ; Tonight luid Thursday, fair; Highest temp, yesterday 97 Lowest tomp. last night 62 The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches VOL. 10. ItOSKHl'IKi, DOl'UIiAS COUNTY, OKKUOX, WKDNKSKAY, JULY 211, lull). NO. 171 THE RACIAL CLAUSE IS Japan Finds it Necessary To . Explain Equality Demand is Not Eliminated. LENINE OFFERS PEACE -J Roumanians Required to Prohibit V Knemiee from Crossing Frontier. ; .Kore.nt Fires Subject of Special - Request from Secretaxy Ijane. (The Associated Press.) PAKIS, July 23. The Japanese -delegation to the peace conference today issued a denial of persistent assertions that the Shantung settle ment was made in exchange for withdrawal of Japan's contention for a clause In the league of nations covenant guaranteeing them racial equality. JtlOTI.Nti l.V KKKUiV. BERLIN. July 23. Ten prsons were shot during disorders occurring following the breaking up of a meet ing held by majority socialists. Communists and Spartacans attack ed the meeting yesterday and the light soon became general. An at tempt was made to lynchi the man who did the shooting, but he was saved by hospital helpers. HOSHKV1STS OKKKK PEACH. LONDON. July 23. A Bolshevist delegation is alleged to have arriv ed at Kishlnetf with an offer of jeace to the commander of the Roumanian-Dniester troops on behalf of Nikolai Leirlne. The peace propos al offers to cede Bessarabia to Rou luania on condition that Roumania prohibit Ukrainian citizens and bands or Admiral Kolchak, head of the Omsk government, from cros sing the .Roumanian frontier. An eight day armistice has been con cluded on the BessaraMan front. FOR FIGHTINCI HHK. WASHINGTON, July 23. Secre tary of the Interior Lane han asked congress to make a special appropri ation of a half million dollars to fight the foreBt fires in Montana, Idaho and Washington. It is al leged that the Idaho lires cannot be extinguished unless a heavy rain comes, and there is no immediate prospect of such a happening. KO. I'lilMHOSK DEAD. SAN DIHCSO, July 23. The fam ous colored minstrel, Geo. Primrose, died here today following a month's Illness. I Wll.l. SIGN THHATV. WASHINGTON. July 23. The state department announced this morning that the United Status will sign the treaties-with Bulgaria and Turkey. The Bulgarian and Turkish treat ies will bo signed by the United States to simply show concurrence in the terms imposed. Boundary lineB have ben changed and new na tions brought forth, like Armenia, which will probably ask the Uni ted States to act as mandatory for them. ' I AIRPLANE WILL FLY II! fBy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 23. Colonel W. W. Haitz, commandant of Boi ling field, left today in a Martin bombing plane for Augusta, Maine, from winch place he will start on a transcontinental flying . trip that will land him in Portland, Oregon, in about ten days. He promised Senator McNiry be fore leaving that stops will be made at Salem and Roseburg. as well as Portland and that Investigation will be made of the subject of airplane forest patrol In Oregon. Frank Bursick, one of Melrose's prosperous formers, was in the city today looking after business matters and visiting with friends. Miss Virginia Rlgra and Miss Vel 111a Bates who have been at Klamath Falls, for the past ten days, are ex pected home Friday. land is mm According to- reports received from Salem given out by Attorney General Brown the state is now virtually in a position to complete recovery of one tract of 320 acres of pnd in Clackamas county and another of equal size in the Rose burg district, both Involved In the Hyde-Benson land fraud cases. The Information comes from Washing ton that the secretary ( interior has sustained an order of the commis sioner of the general laud of lice re voking letters of approval issued by the commissioner relative to ex change of the Oregon lands by the nyue-uenson operators, after the operators Had acquired them frau dtriently, for government lands eisewnere. This, It Is said will furnish a precedent for similar ac tion relative to the other tracts in volved, aproxlmatoly 15,000 or 20,000 acres. TOURIST TRAVEL IS HEAVY. Tourist travel has been especially heavy for the past two weeks ac cording to all reports, while the top of the season has not been reached. All of the hotels of the city as well On rnnilllllP' hIIIBaa hnVO t.nan .-tiin.i every night, while iocal garages are iaxea 10 ine limit to accommodate the many automobiles stopping in the rltV nVOI. Ttlirlit Tli a ......... grounds, which were enlarged at the ueginuiug oi.tne season, nave proven altogether too small and many are passing up Roseburg to go on to oth er, places to securo a eoori cnmnhiir spot. Restaurants and hotels are expecting even greater tourist travel iicai mount, as many more people Will take vacations HuWnir Animal that at the present time. FAMILY TROUBLES STOP TOURIST TRIP Deciding that a Ford car is no place, in which to live, two lady tourists this morning furnished an interesting spectacle for a number of onlookers on Cass street near the depot. The small machine, loaded down srtth passengers and luggers came speeding towards the station with 'one of the ladles gesticulating and talking excitedly. As the car was brought to a stop she could he heard to be upbraiding the man be side her presumably her husband. ror several minutes the two engaged In verbal warefare which resulted in the young lady, who was clad In overalls, leaping from her seat and after untying the ropes hurling suit cases in several different directions and seizing her own stuck her chin in tne air and began malting tracks for the depot. She was called back by the man, and -the two entered in to a vitrolitic argument, In which the other' feminine personage soon took -part. Finally the two women took their luggage and boarded the south bound train, while the men, plainly disgruntled and angry, hur riedly threw their luggage together, cranked up the lizzie and moved south. CHOCK FULL OF FIGHT (By Associated presfi ) MOU NT Ci.KM NS, Ju ly 2 . Henry Ford, on the witness stand for his case against the Chicago Tri bune, testified today that his son. Edsel, was chockfull of fight and DHtriotism and wanted to po to war hut was dissuaded from enlisting by his father. The eider Ford testi fied that he and the boy had worked together all of Kdsel's lifetime, and that the presence of the sou was nec essary to war work. He said that Edsel was offered a commission to remain in the factory for the army, hut that he refused. The draft board had disagreed with his ideas. he alleged, as to the necessity for Edsel to remain at home, and the matter was referred to the Irigherups for determination. BY A sufficient affirmative vote has been received to assure tho consoli dation of the six Smith river dis tricts voting on the question of con solidation for school purposes. Three of the districts favored union unanimusly while the fourth had on ly a very few dissenting votea. Two have not yet been heard from. O. C Brown, county school superintend ent, states that he has received pe titions from twelve districts in the vicinity of Yoncalla requesting con solidation Tor a union high school. Those districts presenting the peti tions are I'pper and Lower Scotts Vallev. Ydpcalla, Victor. Klkhend. Shoestring, Red Hill, iiice Hill. Pleaeant. Ilayhurst. Mill Town and Monticello. A tourist show troupe was pinked up In this city yesteroay evening by Deputy Sheriff Raffety on a charge of having beat a board bill at Oak land. Tu party left the latter city destined for Band on owing Landlord Ed. Haines considerable money. I'p- on being placed under arrest thev furnished sufficient collateral to se cure their release and pay tho board bill. Mrs. L. A. lVaugherty. who con ducts a popular hotel at MyrtU' Creek, where guests nre assured o" feasts like those "mother" supplied !n the years gone, was In town today looking after business matter. GIVES LECTURE Ida M.Tarbeli Holds Audience By Discussion of Present Day Problems. GREAT SINGER ENJOYED Musical Program riei-coding lec ture Was (hie or I test of Chan UiuquuJ and Wax ('really Knjoyed by All Present. The press agent announcing the appearance of Mary AriVl Hays, in Chautauqua, gave her the title of Coloratura Soprano" - and aftur consulting Webuter and learning tho meaning of the word "Coloratura", which -it is said is to be used in a musical' sense meaning highly or namented, etc., and alter listening to the songs rendered by tho paid Mary A. Hays, we are perfectly wil ling to agree with the press agent. n fact Miss Hays has anything beat we have been privileged to hear for many moons and assisted as she was by the pleasing offerings of the Re cital artists the one evoning was well worth the price of' a season ticket. "Prohibition will not .hurt us at all and it may teach us to be tem perate, which is something we cer tuinly were not learning when the country was wet," said Ida M. Tar- bell the noted writer and lecturer who followed, speaking on the sub ject of "The League of Nations." The latter subject is nearest Miss Tarhell's heart just now, since she has only recently returned from the peace conference at Paris. She is emphatically a believer in the insti tution of the league of nations and her lectures on the Chautauqua cir cuit are all on this one subject. "One meets the saU-oi'-tho-earth people in Chautauqua audiences," she says. "The brain and blood and working power and sterling worth is In the village citizenry, I read rvln Cobb a excellent article on au diences he met while on Chautau qua tour and found it highly uinus- ng. but you must realizo that M r. Cobb was selecting deliberately from types, and you can hnd fun in any audience. I am particularly happy on this Chautauqua tour and in my subject. League Held Ilig I nion. "I see the league of nations as a splendid working union.' Through its ministrations past wrongs will lie undone, present ir.ternanionnl Uirti- cuities will be overcome and only good and prosperity result." Miss ranifll is an advocate ol prohibition. "I have had plenty of innni'l niiH v fnr nlmniVM I i nil fil t'OII- litions in dry industrial towns and ! wet industrial towns, because my I research work has carried me into the civic heart of dozens of such i places. I can truth fully say that j whether one believes in prohibition ' doesn't belhive in it, it is em-! phatically for the greatest good fori the greatest number of people, the; ultimate good of all of ns." j The very fact that great masses j of people cannot get liquor will make them turn automatically to other things. Workmen will tie bet-I ter workmen. They will lie Happier nd bank, rolls will grow whore red , D a VA WA ''..''A';' 47' '' A r - ' , noses and whisky paunches grew when It was "wet." Homes will be established and maintained with the wages that formerly went for drink. Outdoor sports and athletic activi ties, too, will be encouraged. I am a great believer in the outdoors ut- IIVUUV VI mtiiu lll un-U illltl WUII1UI1. Civic bodies should foster outdoors sports in every town and village and city." Ileconst ruction Work Praised. Alias Tarboll was actively ongaged In promoting the activities ot the reconstruction work among Ameri can and French women in devastat ed France and is enthusiastic about the work being done, especiallyby the French women, and Is just now writing u series on tho subject of women's work in restoring France. "H was a perfectly natural thing that the French woman should take over the restoration work of her country, for all French women work. Even the aristocracy are keenly alert to the business deals in which the men of the family are engaged and know the details of their estates and have an undei standing of business. All French women take their responsibilities seriously. "With tho French the sense of family responsibility is exceedingly strong. It goes further tlian the more immediate family, embracing cousins, second cousins and various in-laws. When the war took all the men power of France tho wonien stepped valiantly into tho actual po sitions, they literally took men's places. "in a small village of only 2000 In northeastern Franco, a village that had boon forced to quarter 18,000 Germans who occupied it for lour years, 1 found a woman mayor. Sho had held these 18,000 Germans strictly to their own code of ethics, and hud literally shamed them into order. She was only one of dozens of women who acted as mayors. The wonien of France are mightily to be admired, I think." Now ltnok Out Soon. Miss Tarbell has a new book soon coming from the publishers, and an other one. "New Ideals in busi ness," which Is familiar to Ameri can readers, Is being translated into French for distil but ion in France. "Tho Rising of the Tide" is her latest wor. "IL has been called a novel, lint ft is not one," said Its author. "It is rather a narrative written in his torical vein, about a middle western village and how It came into the war, and 1 have Actionized it. TIUb story is being translated into French, and into Spanish, also. BENNETT IS AFTER . THE FLAG EVENT Out with a d . termination to heat "Cannonball Maker's" speed record, Wotlu itptnmtt. thn vell known mo torcycle rider, if. on bis way from niniiiP Cnniifln v.-ith hii Fveplsior motorcycle and will pass through this city at 1:30 a. in. tomorrow morning according to a telegram. re ceived nt tho Motor Shop (Jarage where he Is to take on gas and oil. The three flag event Is coveted by many riders who are taking tiV kinds of risks to establish the speed record. Haker who recently lowered his own record -is on his return ant' is due here at any (hue. Tiennett ir advancing- his pchednle a few hours ahead of that arranrcd by his com petitor and if on time will arrive here nt t : .10 Thursday morning. He left Blaine at 9 a. in. today. Preserves w DEFEATED IN VOTE Fifty-two Democrats and For. ty-Eight Republicans Want A Milder Statute. LONE RAY OF DELIGHT Supplies for Strictly Private Use May lto Maintained. Kigbt to Hejtrcli Vehicles, ltoatn or Houses Is Authorized Thru out. tr. S. (By tho Associated Pross.) WASHINGTON, July 23.-Prohibition enforcement was adopted by the house today after a long and tiresome offort to put the measure through, and it Is so drastic that frauters of the bill believe it will bar liquor from America, while others ai'o sure the president will veto it for that very reason. lExactly 100 members 52 demo crats and 48 republicans refused to support it. Aguiust the even hun dred, the prohibitionists, putting up a solid front to tho very last, polled 287 votos. Must lteport Stock. After January 26, 1920, every person, permitted under the law to have liquor in his possession, shall report the quantity and kind to the commissioners of Internal revenuo. (This applies to chemists, physi cians, etc. ) After February 1, 1920, the pos session of any liquor, other than us authorized by the law, shall be prima facie evidence that it is being kept for sale or otherwise iu viola tion ol the law. A Nip Allowed. It will not b required, however, to report, and it will not bo 'illegal to have in one s po.-session, liquor In a private dwelling while the same -is occupied and used by the pos sessor us his private dwelling and the liquor la used for personal con sumption by the owner, his family or his guests. The possoBEior of auch liquors, however, bears the burden of proof that the liquor was acquired and is possessed lawfully. Intoxicating liquor Is defined ns a beverage containing more than one half per cent of alcohol. Any house, boat, vehicle or other place where liquor Is manufactured or sold Is declared a nuisance. No person shall manufacture, sell, barter, give away, transport, Import, export, delivor, furnish or receive any 'Intoxicating liquors. Hope In Kxccptloiis. Liquor for non-beverage purpose and wine for sacramental use may be sold under specified regulations. Denatured alcohol, medicinal pre parations (Including patent medi cines), unlit for beverage purpose, toilet urticles, flavoring extracts and vinegar are exempt. Registered physicians are author ized to 'issue prescriptions under strict regulations for the use of liquor In cases whore It may- be con sidered necessary aH a medicine. Mquor advertisements of all kinds ar prohibited. Sale, manufacture or distribution of compounds intended tor use in the r unlawful manufacure of liquor Is prolWbled, together with sale or imli llcatlon of recelpes for home manu facture. Use of liquor us a beverage on any public conveyance, train, boat nr fit. ney bus Is prohibited. Enforcement lrovoton!i. Officers may enter n ilwnlllnp. house In which liquor is Bold and seize 'It, tOKether with Implement! ot manufacture. Seizure of all craft or vehicles used tn the transportation of liquor is auiaorizea. , For tho first offense or violation the maximum fine Is $1000 or six months' Imprisonment, and for sub sequent offenses lines range from juo to jiiuuo or one month to live years In prison. ENLISTS IV MAISINES. Frank B. Burelk of Melrose, has enlisted In the avlaltlon section of the Marine Corps, and leaves tomor row Tor Portland, where he will take Ms final oxanilnatlon and will later bo sent to Mare Island for recruit training and later to the Naval mechanical school at Great Lakes. Srtt. .lames L. Henry, the local re cruiting officer Btates that many ap plications nave been received but that tho examination tor service dur ing peace times Is so strict that very few can pass it. . IS BADLY NEEDED lAt tho present time in Roseburc there is a decided need for an en largement of the force of mail car riers to include motor transporta tion and delivery for the parcel post department. Each morning the car riers leave the building louded down like truck horsos and are forced to employ "side walk sub stations" In order to pfoperly cover the city. Some time a got a motorcycle and driver were employed for this pur poBe, but for some unknown reason his services were later dispensed with and at present the work is bo- Ing done by the other carriers. On accounit of the heavy loads several of the men are using their private machines, receiving no compensa tion for their expensed. The em ployment of motorcycle or light truck would grently facilitate dol'lv ery of parcels and would be an ex- tromoly valuable addition to the lo cal mail service. BAND 10 GIVE PROGRAM TODAY Jaroslav Clmera and Mb Czecho slovak band arrived in the city this afternoon from Ashland, whore they pleased a largo audience last night. The band Is composed of 24 pieces and at the concert this afternoon was especially well received. On ac count of the program being entiroly musical tonight it will berrln at 8:30 Instead of at 8 o'clock. Madam Cafarolli, dramatic soprano will np pear as Boloisl at the evening con cert. ED. Entering a plea of not guilty Kd. Noah today appeared in tho Justice court and after waiving examination furnished bonds of $250 to guaran tee his appearance before the cir cuit court. Mr. Noah was charged with assault and battery on the per son of his wife, MaKfCle Noah, who he assorts hurled a "sack full of Implements" at him. It Is claimed by Mrs. Noah that ho struck hor In the face and she bears a black eye as proof of her assertion. Mrs. Noah today wrote to the Jimtice ol the pence asking that the case be dismissed but Judge Riddle was or an investigating turn of mind and decided that the man's guilt or Inno cence must bo established. OF 10 According to W. J. Lander, of the Douglas County Flro Patrol, the ihortuge of lubor Is causing the for pit firo situation to become very acute. "Men aio getting from $0 to per day on roads," said Mr. Lan der, ' and that makes It very dUfl cult for us to secure competent mon for our work. We need patrolmen and firefighters and inn secure nei ther clasB. At present wo have but Tew fires and hope that we can keep new blazes from breaking out. Koi teverul (lays the situation has beer llscournglng, but today It appears hnt all of the fires are either ou' it under control and wo are greatly relieved. We are working short landed hut bo far have been able to prevenf any large fires and have 1 suffered but Httlo damage. COAST ROAD WILL BE Commissioner R. A. Booth Says Construction . May Begin This Fall. HAS MADE INSPECTION Accompiuiitxl Jly l',,i-ty Has -Toured Over Itonds In Southern Oregon Where Ho Miuut Improve ments I'roifrossiinr f'ino. "Tho commission has taken the matter up with the government and at our next mootiuB we' hope to com plete our arruuneuieuts tor tne con struction of the Uoseburg-Jlyrtle I'oint .highway." was the olatement made this morning by Commissioner R. A. Hooth, who stopped at the tlrund Hotel lastAlght on his way homo to Kllirnnn 7T.. I .. . - " ....... ....i.cuiiuii Uie rouda of Southern Oregon. v.uuiiiusKiouur iiouth is a man who uenevea in being peruouuu ao iiuamtod with the uusiutss at hautl. lie does not enjoy dealing wiuu mut ters with whlen hit In not r,.,.,n.,.,,. aud consequently he is touring tnu tuaua vi inu suite uu obtaining llisl hand kunwit'iiirii xuif.M, ..,. able hlin, In his position as com- iMuaiuiier, to kuow exactly what 'is uuuded umi wiiii. ia i.,..,. ..... suite anil for the community. we nave tureo sets of engineers In tho field," Mr. Booth stated, 'ami they ure -preparing plans and esti mates ready to submit to the gov ernment. It is going to be an ex- ueni.'iva nlnna nl1 ,..,.a, .. of tho road must bo blaBted out o. me nice oi nign cliffs wnile the amount of grading uocessary will be enormous." "We went over the hlghwuy from itosouurg to coiiuiue inspecting tne worlt being done In Oougius county ' auu the paving wnich Is being laid in Cooa countj. We weut on along uio coast through Curry county tj Crescent City, Calif., following the route which is soon to be opened up to the later place. On tho coast roads we found automobiles Iroin nil purtB of tho United States, Including niacliluos from the states of Houth uaiiolu, Montana, Utah, und of couibo, California. Tho roads tiro In good condition and we had little trouoie. We tounil some of the tlioroughfures strictly "Kord" roads, being too narrow for a big car but a llttlo widening will put them in llrstcluss condition." ,Mr. lloolh is accompanied by h-is wile, John W. Kelly and wtfo, and . otate Highway Kuglnoer Herbert .Sunn. Mr. Kelly is a special writer for the Oregon-mil and la securing data lor a number of interostlug ar ticles some ot which have already apj.eurod. Hi: Kelly says that at present the Hosoburg-Uyrtle 1'olut road Is tho worst in tho state. Poor ViMur Fop Tourists. "This 'la the worst year a tourist could possibly choose for a trip," he stated. "The ontire Pacific high way from the stnto line to Grunts i'ass Is boliiif paved, while from Grants Pass north thoro 1b not a mile but, whut is not under course of Improvement. However, despite the hurdshlps of travel, there is a grout Influx of tourists. Every ho tel along the line Is turning away guests und It Is almost Impossible to find rooms. Next year will be even greater and by that time we will be prepared for them. Our roud work 'Is progressing nicely. Of course, every coutructor has some minor complaint. He has to take out more rock than waB estimated, or something of the kind, but all are doing good work and Southern Ore gon can bo r.sHiircd of a fine high way when the work l completed. Canyon Itoail Approved. "The canyon road which Ib -being graded by the government 'Is cer tainly a fine piece of construction, it is a sconio roud second to none aud the workmanship makes it substantial and permanent. At the August meeting of the commission a contract will be let for laying ma cadam on tho established grade and It wtll then bo ready for winter travel. During our trip through the t-unyon a large buck deer leap ed out In front of our car and leis urely trotted ahead ot us. As wo wouid lnrruaso our speed so would he, waiting until wo were almost uon him, then bounding ahead faster than we would travel, seem lugly enjoying the sport. Klnnlly he Jumped olf the giudo Into the brush and disappeared In the tim ber. "The comnrisBlon will also tnke up it Its next meeting the question of grading the Myrtle Crenk-Canyon-vllle cut off road. This will probably bo graded only this year as there is no hurry. A detour by way of Kid dle 'Is now the permanent road and can lie used upntil such a time as the cut-off road is established. Thore ire two bridge contracts to be allow ed one tor a bridge crossing th South Umpqtta at Myrtle Creek, and another 8 wiles north of Canyon-Tllle."