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Newspaper Page TextTP- RChA1DS AANWAL CROPS HISGINQltoM 100 TO 500 PKIt ACRK. CROWE ORCHARD Ufc &TIL t RK tlOlIGHT CHEAP, ft frVstOTMBltt NOW Witt QUADRUPLlS IN VALVE IN WVB iEAttS' MMri KEEP WELL POSTED Oo the currant" events of the world's progress by reading the Daily Rbvikw. Delivered by carrier, 50 ent - month. ROSEBURG PROFITABLE INVESTMENT Advertiser' rat good retnrns from an nouDcemenis placed in live papers the Daily and I h i. k-a-wem Ksvlsw. Try them 1)m r'b none other so good. Review VOL. XL NO. 'Jlt. ROSEBURG, OREGON, TIIAY EVENlNti, DEt'EMHKH 81, lOS. GROWS EartliqDale Victims May Ex ceed 200,000 in Number WHOLE WORLD SENDS HELP King Leads Wltb $400,000 United States Sends Supply Ship la tended for Fleet Special to the Evening Review. ROME, Dec. 31 Dispatches re lceved h.ere from naval officers at Mes dna say the number of deaths from the earthquake disaster in that re gion will exceed 135,000 The whole of southern Italy is a vast hospital and .morgue. The.suffering in Mes sina and Regglo is simply appalling. Streets have been converted Into tem porary hopitals, there being no means of removng the injured nor no place at hand wherein to take them. Soldiers razed the roof from the wrecked railway Btatlon in Messina and found scores of corpses packed In a solid mass. No efTort was made to count the dead. The burning of bodies continues, although relatives are bitterly protesting. In one case the body of a husband was taken from the widow and thrown on the burning pyre. In her great grief the woman leaped Into the same Are and Was hlirtlpri flllva - Thn (arpll,la .t - of burning flesh has given the city a new horror, yet this is deemed the Onlv tllfiflno nf nvnfr1inr a naDlllnima as the burial of the vast number of dead is impossible. All available efforts are insufficient to care for the wounded. One thousand refugees reached tAts city and Naples this afternoon. sW,y thousand others are at Catania and OtllRP liolllts fllntlir tllA ennal nf Sicily awnltlng means of transporta tion elsewhere. Estimates of the Dead. The Italian government today Is sued the following official estimate ""'irauu irom me earlhquake: Messina. 50,000; Regglo, 40,000: aionaieone, 1800; Bagnara, 1000 Gazzlri, 1000; Palmi, 600; Seminars', 400; other towns. 2000; country dis tricts, 24,000; total, 120,800. The papers published In this city say the death roll will reach 200,000. Estlinntos Still Higher. MANCHESTER, England, Dec. 31. The Italian consul here estimates the number of dead as a result of the earthquake In Calabria and Slcilv at 240.000. This estimate is based upon dispatches received and his per sonal knowledge of the cities affected King and Queen Give Aid. PALERMO, Dec. 31. King Victor Emanuel and Queen Helena are working incessantly on the fire swept streets of this city, helping to relieve the terrible suffering. They have taken but little nourishment or rest since their arrival and It Is fear ed they will collapse from fatigue. VnHoil States Sends Aid. NEW YORK, Dec. 31. Command er Rose, of the navy supply ship Cel tic, now enroute to the Mediterran ean sea with 6000 tins of fresh beef and other supplies which were In tended for the Atlantic battleship fleet now returning from the Orient, has been ordered to proceed with full speed to Messina and distribute these supplies to the earthquake sufferers. WHOLE WORLD OFFERS HELP.' King Emanuel I. ads With $100,000 and Pone Gives $200,000. ROME, Dec. 30. The whole world has set to work to relieve the suffer ing caused by catastrophe in Sicllv and Calabria. King Victor Eman uel has given (400,000 to the fund and has gone himself to the scene. accompanied by Queen Helena. They are personally rescuing and tending the suffering. Pope Pius tins given $200,000 to the relief fund. Every European nation has sent warships to rescue the injured and some ships have been converted into hospitals. Physicians and nurses are pouring into Sicily and Calabria. Naples has opened its doors to the shiploads of refugees. In every city in America relief funds are being raised, the Italian colonies hastening to help their breth ren. The American Red Cross has sent 150,000 of the surplus of the San Francisco relief fund, and J. P.. Morgan has sent (10,000. The whole world hus come to the rescue, but the task will require all that the whole world can do. OREGON ASKED TO HELP. SALEM. Or., Dec. 30. Governor Chamberlain tonight Issued a proc lamation urging the people of Ore gon to contribute toward the relief of the earthquake sufferers In Italy. In his proclamation he says: "To all the People of Oregon: The terrible calnmity which has vis ited the people of the southern part of Italy and the adjneent Islands has excited the tenderest symputhy of the wohle world. Following In the wake of a most terrible earthquake. Are and famine threaten with destruction the remaining population of the de vastated section unless the necessi ties of the people be promptly re lieved. "Oregon has never been slow to respond to calls upon her generosity, and I apiieal to her sons and daugh ters to come to the relief of the af flrcted of other lands as promptly and ss generously as their ability will permit. Remittances sent to Colonel D. M. Dunne, of Portland, Ore., will be received and forwarded at once to the sufferers. 'Signed: "GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN. "Governor." Whnt Portland Has Done. PORTLAND, Or.. Dec. 30. Col. David M. Dunne, treasurer of the re lief fund being raised In Portlnnd and throughout the state for the stricken people who have been ren dered homeless and penniless by the earlhqunke, and fire in Italy, will, this morning, cable ?1500 to the Caiian Minister of Finance, at Rome. Till? is the first contribution i'en from Oregon, but the committee, aid ed by the proclamation which Gov ernor (.iiainberlaiu has issued and the thai Mayor Lane will Issue, hopes -to be able within a few days to cable several thousand dollars more. The undersigned dry goods stores will be closed all day tomorrow (New Year's Day.) Signed: WOLLENDEnO TIROS., THE HELI.OWS STORE, I. ABRAHAM. JOSIOPHSON'S. Our Stock of Men's High Grade Rain Coats and Overcoats is Most Complete. Thf'RE right t ' Right in Style Right in Quality Right in Price Better Drop in and See Them Next Time You're Down Our Way. ! f VfiOOD luck! wmmmmMi ONE TIIOIID, NINE lirNDRED AND NINE. ., 4. .Iter Michael Liber.) . T Oneo npnlt, nnr nnmnr hens tn remark i TAFT AND FOltAKKR OA' IT Special to the Evening Roview. COLUMBUS, o., uec. 3 1. enns. P. Taft, brother of President-elect Taft, announced today thut he had withdrawn from the rnce for U. S. senator. An hour Inter a similar an nouncement was made by Senator Foraker. This leaves the field clear for Former Congressman Theodore Burton, who will be elected BOimtor without opposition. Wanted in California, Ai'rcsltd in Seattle, Wash. Forty-two ItiMlies Recovered. SWITCHBACK, W. Va., Dec. 31 Three more bodies were recovered this morning from I lie Lick Brunch collieries, whero 100 men were en tombed by an explosion Tuesday ev ening, it Is expected that the re mainder of the dead will be brought out this week. Twelve more bodies wore recover ed this afternoon, making a total of 43. HOLD-UP MEN GOING 10 PIN- One Arrested Alter Pistol Dnel, Three Honrs Alter the Hold-op Pleads Guilty to Crtme. ltONl LOSES KKillT FOR Cl'STODY OF CHILDREN. PARIS, Dec. 30. Tho petition of Count Bonl do Cnstellano that the custody of his threo soub be given to his mother, the Mnrqulsu ue castoi Innn wnH denied todliv. TIlA court ruled that the children remain in tho End lodging house, after a pistol duel custody of their mother. Princess De with Sergeant Keller, of the city Special to the Evening Review. PORTLAND, nr., uec. si. inree hours after holding up the motor- inan iiiul conductor of a Rose City Park car last night, Herman Schwartz was arrested In a North Sngnn, formerly Miss Anna Gould, of Now York. The court ruled further that tho children should not leuvo the continent without Its permission. Beginning October 19, 11101), they are to be placed In a collogo situated within 100 miles of Paris. The rights of tho Count to see his children nre not grently changed by tho decree of today. Ho will see them twice a week regularly. In conclusion the magistrate point- d nut that tho decision hnndeil down today could police. Tho prlsonor was wounded In the right arm. Alport Minor, wno wns previously arrosted, confessed. Both men pleaded guilty today ana will bo sent to tho penitentiary at once. .. .Iter Michael Liber.) . Once again our aoomcr begs to remark That while gig on stars when tho nigh'" are so dark He read in their ghtnesa, resplendent and clear, This wlroiesswsage for the coming New Year: "Good cheer and il luck, with good health, will prevail. While Prospe's breeze sweeps o'er hill and vnlo. Douglas County's ranee will be great, rich and line Inthe year oae Thousand, Nino Hundred and Nine, t "Good roads will built without further delay And lines of il rails laid from Drain to Coos Bay; Then business wilrosper and multiply fast, UnhnmiKTod nioro as It's been in tho past. Each farm will betlve; likewise, town and station; United at last a cordial relation For handling the ducts of field, tree nnd vine, In the year otoe Thousand, Nino Hundred nnd Nino. t "Then Roscburg wgrow, nnd Us pace can't bo beat, Keeping step h the ndllon of paving each street; A cannery, gns-woi nnd five-story hotel With other Imtrles the payrolls will swell; Including n tbeatrenndsome and tall, And electric c too, may come ere next fall; For from here to i const an pleat rlenl line Is to start In le Thousand, Nine Hundred nnd Nine. "Earth's treasures .m mines will more fraeljr unfold Their wondroiileposlts of nickel and gold; Magnificent forests i mountains and hills Will yield spleld timber for many sawmills; Big farms stib-divk and tracts set to fruit Will bring In tut wealth and more people, to boot; And the Thanksglvl turkeys will be extrn line In th,o year ofno Thousand Nine Hundred and Nino. VOur Commercial C)'s door Is ajar for each worker, With a wcicon extended by Rice or by Sturdier. Every stranger whomes here In search of a home Has his hopes 11 fulfilled and no further will roam. No cyclones -come h, nor extremes, cold or heat: Ev'ryono nnistiinit that this place can't be bent. So prepare, for theif rlends, a continuous line, Will- arrive In to Thousand, Nine Hundred and Nine." t X ' t z Swindler Arrested. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 31. W. L. Pulton, who Bays he Is a nophew of A. J. Pulton, a Columbus, O., mil lionaire, and a graduate of the uni versity of Michigan, wns arrested bo changed whenever here at the request of Chief of Police Sullivan, of Sacramento, t'ntton is wanted In Southern California cities on charges of obtaining money un der false prelenscB. t'ntton is aiso accused of working a clover bunko giinio on a bookkeeper namod A. a. . Itnli I n Sncruniento, In connection with a confederate. W. D. Sutherland. Ho promised Ruhl a job with a big lomlltlons In the De Sngan household were found to threaten the welfare f the children It is a Wonder. Chamberlain's Liniment Is one of the most remarkable preparations yet imi'liirp.i for the relief of rheumatic pains, or ror mine duck, sprains anu salary on condition inai no ikuihu bruises. Tho quick rellof from pnlu $n0 with Pntton. Ruhl put up tho which It affords in cbbo of rheunin- money and tho bunko men skipped tlsm Is alone worth ninny times Its ost. Price 25 cents; largo slzo fio cuts. For salo by Hamilton Drug Co. Tho Roseliurg and Drain teams will nlav another gnmo of footbull ill Rose Pnrk grounds tomorrow. The Hist gnmo between theso teams re suited 111 a scoro of 0 to 0; In the second game, which wns played at Drain on Christinas, the scoro was :i to 0 in favor of Drain. The Rose burg team has been considerably strengthened by tho addition of some larger and heller players, and they uxiinct to carry off tho honors to morrow The game will be called nt 2:30. Whitney and Czemey Hastings, left for their home In morning. They nro scheduled for Biiiiin nf football there tomorrow, be- ween the llolllduy Hcliool anil inn s Military Academy. They play Willi ho llolllduy School, wliicli now noma ihe chnmploiiahlp of Portland for the i:ir,-nouii(l cl ass. Kliner iininior- iiiiin. nnollier Hirmor koihmmmk also plays wllh the school team. NOTICE TO MASONS. FAVORS NEW COI NTV. Itr NOT WITH COTTAGfiltOVE R. Applegate Suys Drill Prefers Division of Douglas Alio Against t'hiimlH'rlal fflnE FDREMOST DRY. GOODS ESTABLISHMENT OF SOUTHERN OREGON That the people of Drain III never consent to Ihe formation f a new county with Collage firov as the county scat. Is the deelilition of Hon. E. R. Applegate, rcproBiitative pict to the state leglslatrc from Douglas county. Mr. Apph-ate, who Is one of the lending hiiKlnel men of Drain, was in Roscburg tod.7, and to a It'-vlew reporter sold: "Drain desires to be In a coir.ity separate from Douglns, but e pref remaining ns we are to Jntilng the I ottage Grove movement, hleh n for Us purpose the annexation of northern Douglas and southern Lane county and the establishment of Cot tage Grove as the eountr seat. A delegation of Cotlnze Grove citizens visited Drain a few d;t ago and tried to get our support for their scheme, but they failed. I under stand that they were turned down In a similar mission at Eugene, also ; fear, however, thai If t'otluge Grove Is defeated In Hp purose In the coming legislature, that the threat to Invoke the Initiative aid referendum will he carried. This, i think, would be a losing pro,iofli'lon for ns. "Drain has a scheme of Its own for a new county nest, but I cannot say at this time whether I will In troduce a bill bearing on the matter. Our plan Is to divide Douglas county east and west at lliee Hall and take none of Un county's territory. W" would exHHt, of flume, to make Drain the county sent did not siitiscrlbe to Statement No, "I Intend to vote for a republican for United Slates senator," he sold, "hut Just who he will be 1 do not know at this time. I would like to see Cliam berlain beaten, and I hope the re publican members of the legislature will get together and decide tiHn some party mnn for the seiuitorsliii ItOKI'.lll lt(J SOON TO HAVE . PRESSED HltlCK FACTOUV All member or Luurel Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M., lire requested to assemble 111 Ihe lodge room nt 1 o'clock p .ill. sharp, Friday, Jan. 1, 11109, to attend Ihe funornl of our lule brother, D. P. Harlrum. DEXTEH RICK, W. M. About Digestion. without paying their hotel bill. Put Ion ailmlls his guilt nnd says ho has secured enough money by hlR vari ous schemes to start a bunk. Ho Bays he has obtained Iio.uno in senitio alone, selling bogus mining stock. Hoy Falls I'ndor Car. PKMDI.IflTON. Dec. 31. Arthur Pliikney, aged nlno years, a son of former Councilman Plnckney, was killed today by falling from a dirt enr used In street filling. The wheolB passed over his body. KiiiiffniMii Whips Hurry. LOS ANGULES. Cnllf., Dec 31. Afler a slow and uninteresting fight, which wiib witnessed by a small ernwil. Al." Kaufman won from Jim Portlnnd, this Harry lust night In the 3ih round. when Harry b seconds,, io suvo men man from an Inevitable knockout, threw up the sponge. Neither man displayed championship form. Kauf man was a slight favorite In the bet ting. Only his superior power of en diiranco ennbled him to win. Harry had all tho best of Ihe fight up to the :10th round, and tnon ne. began to weaken Knurninn braced up wonderfully and went at his man In hammer and longs nmuiuu. i scored the only knockdown of the light In the 37th round. Harry man aged to stall through tho 3Sth round, but In the 3IMh he was helpless be fore Kuufiiiiin's fierce onslaughts and his seconds mercifully admitted his defeat. .... . Harry had Kiiufnian all but out at the end of tho eighth round. He landed a terrific right on tho noso that dazed Kaufman and followed It a moment later wllh a rain of rights the nice mat rmic.. Hosehurg will get a pressed brick manufactory if tho plans of a gen-1 lleman named McKeunoii go through. Mr. McKennon, who came here from Michigan last summer, is engaged In rgaiitzlng a stock company as a basis for the business. He has obtained from F. 11. Churchill, the lo,-al hard ware merchant, an option on a 6-acre tract of land adjoining the reservoir hill, near Riverside, which contains the particular kind of sub-strata rock necessary for the manufacture of the brick. Mr. McKennon was formerly In the pressed brick business In Michigan, and haB all the necessary machinery, except, a crusher, for oh eratiug ft plant. A number of Hose- burg and Kilenbower citizens have Billwerlbed to t(ie venture, and there is every prospect of it going inrotign It Is not the quantity of food taken hut tho amount uigesum mm - d u,ri) , Hated thin gives sirengm in ;- K,...fl,mn very groggy. Ity to Ihe system. Chamberlain s ' r(1mi, that the winner of Stomach and Liver Tablets Invigorate lmt'llo , nr8t ,,,,,i Dr. R. tho stomnch and liver and enablo Hnin f Seattle who has already tbem to perofrm their functions. The , ,. ,, bnforo a fight with John result is a relish for your ' . '-1 iSn will take place. creaseu sirengm anu wir", e" ' endurance and a clear head. Price 2 5 cents. Ham pin free. For sale by Hamilton Drug Co. For good printing The Itovlow leads. of all kinds ST. JOSEPH'S CIH IMil. J. W. Hamilton N. Rice, J. F. Barker, 8. 0. Bertram, of taxable property within the boun-j darles of our promised new ronnly Is I Mr. New Year's day. or the commemor ation of the circumcision of the Sav ior, will lie celebrated as a Sunday of first class. Masses will be nt 8: 1 and 10:30 In the morning and the last mass will be followed Imme diately by Henedlcllon of the Most lilesscd Sacrament. There will be no The amount evening devotions. promised new ronnly is i nr. ,.m e ,,, ... ii i in ... i, ii,ir.i f v s t nit n s old-nine menu nnn the total valuation of all property In schoolmate. J. V. Colt He Is looking the county as It now exists " over Douglas county with a view to Mr. Applegate Is a republican and locating. OFFICERS. J. w. Hamilton, President, A. C. Marstars. Cashier. J. F. Barker, Vice President W. T. Wright, Asst. Cashier DIRECTOR. W. T. Wright. J. 0. Newland, " . I. Abraham, , Chss. W. Parks, A. C. MarsUrs. , ' ' . 3 THE ROSEBURG NATIONAL BANK Establlihed 1908. CAPITAL, - $50,000.00 BnfHj lriMlf boios far rrnU Bf the jer 2.00, or will nn( hr Hi month. . Oar conservative managem ent offers substantial advan tages to present and propectlve patrons. We are PP" to handle all business entrusted to us accurately and expeditiously.