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VOL. XIII.
KOSEBl'RG, OREGON,
FRIDAY EVEX1XG, APRIL Ul, 1010.
SAYS GLAVIS LIED !
BalliDger as Witness Denies
Charge of Collusion
IGNORANT OF CliXXiHCBAM
Public Barred From Investigation of
Id ibo Land Scandal Stories of
Attempted Bribery
Special to the Evening Review.
WASHINGTON, April 29. Secre
tary Balllnger today went on the
witness stand In the Congressional
Investigation of the Interior Depart-
meat. His attorney, Mr. Vertrces,
began a direct examination, Hal-
linger outlining his career in the
state of Washington, with purlieu
lar reference to his ai ts as Mayor of
Seattle. Then he reviewed the cir
cnnistiinces attending his appoint
nient lis commissioner of the General
Land Olilce. He said he consented to
accent only after tlio repeated solid
lation of President Itoosevelt mid
Senator Samuel Piles.
Balllnger declared that when he
became land commissioner he did not
know of the so-called "Cunningham
claims." Subsequently, he said, he
learned that several of his acquain
tances were claimants, but he added
that he did not know Clarence Cun
ningham, who is alleged to have
been the moving'spivit in a gigantic
conspiracy to place in the hands of
the Guggenheinis valuable coal de
posits in Alaska.
"At no Unio," asserted the wit
ness, "have I had any interest In
Alaskan lands, directly or indirectly,
and 1 have none today." Speaking
of Louis R. Glavis. whom he dis
missed as chief of the field division
of IlieCeneinl Land Ollicc, Balllnger
said:1
"(Mavis made a deliberate and
willful misstatement when he testi
fied that he had talked over the
.fMnskan coal land cases In December.
I !io7. with nup. It was a willful lie."
llallinger's testimony marks the
beginning of the end of the investi
gation which the select committee
lias been conducting since January.
Railroad Valuation Plan.
WASHINGTON, April 2!!. Till
House today adopted Madden'
amendment to the railroad regula
tion hill, providing for the physical
valuation of railroads. The majority
vote was comprised of a coalition of
insurgent Republicans and Demo
cruts.
Tnft Starts Soft Soup Tour.
WASHINGTON, April 20. Presi
dent Taft leaves tonight for Buffalo,
tin-lire for cities westward, to deliver
.nldresses on conservation.
Dear People Can Guess.
1 1 11011-:. Idaho, April 30. Behind
rmscii tioois, i lie siaie lanu uoani is
today continuing the investigation
into tlie alleged irregularities of M.
1. Church, its register, who has re
signed. The refusal to make the
hearing public is being condemned as
1111 attempt to whitewash the guilty
parties.
Itefnre the board yesterday. Church
branded Governor .lames II. Brady
as a grafter. He admitted entering
into a contract with F. A. Shaw for
tlie payment of a commission in the
I.enihi irrigation project, hut denies
ttuit he was to perform the services
railed fur until after he was out or
office.
One of the Important developments
last night was the charge made by
C- 3. Perkins, promoter of the West
Knd Twin Falls project, and also in
terested In the old Dubois project,
that Church had, as a representative
i the Spearman-.Mason Interests,
emlt-avored m effect n compromise
whereby ir,.u00 in cash and
""" in water bonds were to be paid
the relinquishment of Interest
'"c project ,y the Spearninn-Mnsoti
people.
JM also charged that Church
GOOD FOR 1
QUEEN
OF THE STRAWBERRY CARNIVAL
ijHOUSEWIFE'S LUCK
Is always good when she use "iiueen
City" or "Excelsior" Hard Wheji
Flour. Made in Vancouver, Wash.
For sale at -
All Roseburg Groceries
They carry "The Pride of Douglas."
asked for S.'iOOO commission from
erkius to push the Dubois project
through, saying lhat hp had thn-o of
tlie board members "fixed." In
addition he wanted to be employed
as attorney for the company at a
salary of $3000 per annum.
Flat denial is made by Church of
all accusations.
PREDICTS LOW Kit RATES
OX SOUTHERN' PACIFIC, i
C. S. Jackson Recites Evidence Given!?
nt Hearing Before It. It.
Commission.
Substantial reductions in freight
rates on the Southern Pacific lines
In Oregon is the sanguine expectation
or Attorney c. S. Jackson, who has
just returned from Salem, where he
represented the Roseburg Commer
cial Club in an advisory meeting be-
lore tlie state Railroad Commission.
'The Commission is going to cause
l reduction In transportation
charges ot from 10 to 25 per cent,"
said Mr. Jackson this afternoon.
4
with an air of supreme confidence.
"We Inlrodiiced before the commis
sion evidence based on official docu
ments that the Southern Pacific can
not dispute. This evidence shows
that Western Oregon is being treated
unfairly as compared with freiirht
rates in other states, and the coniJ
mission is sure to remedy this."
Heal Cost of Railroad.
Richard Koehler. one of the high
uiiu-iais 01 me souinorn pacitlc, pre
sented to the commission a statement
placing the cost of constructing and
equipping the Oregon lines at be
tween $r,o,noo and $00, noil a mile.
Against this, Mr. Jackson and rep
resentatives of other Western Oregon
cities exhibited an arrnv of official
reports and figures showing that the
line had been entirely rebuilt and
restocked-since 1Sfl3 at a cost of $4.-
1 1111. nun, or onlv SKI.OOO a mile.
This is exclusive of the cost of widen
ing the road bed from 12 to 1'I feet,
which it Is estimated did not exceed
a total of $."0n.(inn. The contradic
tion of Mr. Koehler's figures, to
which lie made no reply, is pertinent
for tlie reason that tlie present rates
of transportation are based on his
mileage valuation.
Mr. Jackson introduced the reports
of railroad commissions of other
states, showing rate schedules aver
aging one-third of those of the
Southern Pacific, witli the railroads
involved paying far more than the
Southern Pacific in operating ex
penses.
The Medford Commercial Club's
representative made an interesting
comparison of freight, rates from
Portland south and rates to Portland
from eastern points. As an example
there was cited tlie rale of C", cents
per hundred 011 nails shipped to
Portland from lie Kalb. Illinois. To
send tlie same nails on from Port
land to Medford costs, under the
present schedule, 7!l cents per
hundred. 14 cents more for a dis
tance less than one-fourth as great
What made this evidence all the
more Interesting was the statement
of R. li. Miller, traffic manager of
the O. R. & N.. that the (i:,-ccnt rate
from De Kalb to Portland was s
"profitable" one.
Another thing shown by the Med
ford spokesman was that the South
ern Pacific was discriminating
against Medford grocers by denying
them ns low a rale on mixed carload
lots ns thev have granted to Port
tmwl nai'kers
The Southern Pacific has been
granted .10 dsivs In which to reply to
the evidence submitted against 11
schedules. Thirty days after that
will elapse before the railroad com
minion will make an order 111 tne
matter one way or another.
UF.Sl LT OF VOTES.
Max'ne Svkes
Mallei Miller
Lenta Maddix
Teka Haynes
Lois Cobb
Elizabeth Anderson . .
Dorothea Abraham . .
Svlvian Marsters
Svlvia I.ewelen
Gladvs Marsters
Thelma Alley
Josephine McElhinny
Anabel Denn
Mildred Endicott
In Kmma Arrant 1
-'"""
Rhea Sykes
I l-'e Cusl"'w
(ONE) VOTE FOR
CENSUS TAKING
IS KAIl TOO SM1W. 4.
4.
At Present Itnte Reselling Will 4
Full NMO Short of the
True X limber.
Gradually rioseburg citizens
are coming to realize that our
present census in this city is
liable tn flit 1 OIH) slmrt nt llm
J , "lmoer, unless prompt and
J decisive action is taken at
j. once to largely supplement the
4 work of tlie enumerators.
J. With the time half gone In
4 which the enumeration Is to be
J. completed, it seems that only
one-third of our people have
yet been listed. This morning
a gentleman took the trouble
to investigate along this line.
He casually inquired of a dozen
people whom lie met oil the
$ streets as to whether they had
4 been enumerated by the census
takers. Eight of the 12 had
not been called upon or num
bered. These were all well
known residents, living In dif
ferent parts of town, showing
that every district Is suffering
a woeful shortage. Something
must he done and done quickly.
If not, fully 20 per cent of our
population will be missed.
Volunteers .Needed.
Everyone is requested to re
port names and addresses of
port names and addresses of 4.
4 persons who have not been 4.
enumerated to J. D. Zurcher. .4,
4 at the Commercial Abstract 4.
T ms. oiuce. just north ot the
4 Water & Light Co s. olilce.
) Don't wait, do it now. Rose
j. burg needs more enumerators.
f. I he only way to get them Is
Tor persons to volunteer their
4. services. The enumeration
A made now will stand as the
4. Government's figures for ten
4 years. We must have cverv-
f. body counted. Send your name
and address and the names and
addresses of others who have
not been counted, to sir. Zur
ehcr. or to The Review and nn
4- enumerator will call and list
you. -lake a little time and
ask your neighbors if thev j.
4 have been enumerated nnd if 4.
not, report same without rle- j.
4 lay. This means you, J-
4"J4.4-' 4"r' M4'4.f.
'I.ATTFItlXG OI'TMIOK FOR
DOUGLAS COUNTY FKU1
I'S.
Fears that the hosts this mnn I li
had seriously damaged the fruit
crops of the county nre banished bv
the statement made todav liv Mnrrla
Weber, tlie well known ' Ed'enhnwor
fruit grower, who has just completed
personal investigation Into orchard
conditions. Mr. Weber learned that
with the probable exception of Ital
ian prunes, mere will he this year
practically full crops of the leading
varieties or trails, including petite
and silver prunes, apples, peaches,
pears and cherries. While it Is true
that In a few localities losses will
iccrue to Italian prunes from the
frosts, conditions as a wliole all over
Hie county promise a splendid fruit
crop, both as to quantity and quality.
Basing tils expectation on I lie
heavy "dropping" prevalent among
tlie trees. Mr. Welter does not look
for more than a half crop of Italian
prunes this year. In the language of
the fruit grower, there will be a
"spotted" crop, thai is, some trees
will he completely laden wiib fruit,
while others will produce vej'y liltle.
One Conductor Who Was Cured.
Mr. Wilford Adams is his name
and lie writes about it. Some years
ago I was confined to my bed with
chronic rheumatism. I used two
bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy
.villi good effect ana tne nun nome
put tne on my feet and I resumed
work as conductor on me i.cxiiigion,
Ky., Street Railway. It gave nie
more relief than any medicine l nan
ever used, and it will do a V"''
claim in cases ot rneuniausm. Ma
ry's Kidney Remedy cures rheuma
tism bv eliminating the uric ncld
from the blood. Marsters Drug Co.
TONIGHT
VAUDEVILLE
Till: FRANKLINS
mile singer, dancers fencer,
MOTION
PICTURES
'. .mi "f Freedom.'
w;ir-iiin' dram.!.
thrilllnc
,. 1., I',, nine Bern." a Story Of
Don Fulatio the .-ducat. -d hoi's.
"A CroiMb d llol.-l." (tunic.
1), ,i of llic Burlr-l ," comic
Admi-i-loll. 10
ofternwjti ro.''ln
evening i, 5 u-nd
and 20 rents;
e same bill US
10 cents.
i.,imn Sunday: """ anil rV'-ck"..
banjob.li and fuiunakem.
H A TU I
fSTAR.
HOW Sl'THERMX AX1)
DRAIN ACTED AS HOSTS.
Sl'THERLlX, Or.,
April 28. The
Portland bual-
special excursion of
n,'ss men wnB accorded a most cor
dial welcome in Keeping wnn iuu
progressive spirit of Sutherlln citi
zens. The party was escorted from
the train by ollicers and engineers of
the company to
tne aepoi pars
where L. G. Hicks, superintendent of
the Sutherlln Land & Water Com
pany, which is developing the big
project here, made a short address
of welcome to the visitors, which
though short expressed in full the
kindly sentiment which the citizens
nnd fruit growers of this city and vi
cinity feel toward Portland nnd Its
enterprising business men. Judge
Mollis and several members of the
party made Impromptu replies to Mr.
Hicks, while piiotograpner ciara
photographed the party.
DRAIN. Or., April 28. The Port
land Business Men's Excursion was
met nt the depot by a large delega
tion of citizens nnd about 200 school
children, its time here being limited,
the Portland delegation did not leave
the depot platform, but employed
the time getting acquainted with the
Drain people. Several short speeches
were made by the Portland men,
among them being George W. Evaus,
W. A. Williams, and F. O. Bristol,
they being introduced by Mayor
Dwight Heed. A clothes basket full
of (lowers was distributed among tlie
visitors, and the train pulled out on
time, amid cheers and expressions of
goodfellowship.
EVANGELIST OLIVER
JABS Win. M. COLVIG.
'Lying Cur" Epliltet Applied liy Mian
of God ColviK Compares Him
With Mcdford's Best.
MEDFORD, Or., April 28. Indig
nation is running higher tonight in
Medford against French Oliver, the
evangelist, than at any time since his
arrival here. Tonight he called
Judge William M. Colvig a "daninn-
ble lying old cur, the spawn ot perdi
tion. " This attack upon a man ns
prominent in Bon I hern Oregon ns
Judge Colvig, who perhaps lias done
more for the upbuilding of Medford
than any other one man in the city,
lias aroused the townspeople.
Oliver was the subject of comment
at u meeting of the Medford Com
mercial Club last night. Judge Col
vig, president of the club, In refer
ring to the attack made upon the
members of the city cr.uncil by Oliver
last Monday night, said.
"There Is a tenderfoot preacher
in tliis town who is attempting to
sit In judgment upon his betters nnd
has characterized them ns unregener
nte renegades. This to the members
of the city council who have labored
earnestly and with all their might
during the past two years, without
pay commensurate with their ability,
in their endeavors to make the
town better In every way. And 1
want to say to any member of the
council who may be present that we.
the people of Medlord, and I per
sonally, take this occasion to say to
you that wo think nuy one of you
worth 1000 of such Itinerants,
The sentiment was general among
the business men of the city thut
Oliver had overstepped Ills mark.
HIES OF BURNS AFTER
SUFFERING SEVEN' WEEKS.
LA GRANDE, Or., April 28. Mrs.
O. M. Amos died today after seven
weeks or severe suffering, following
burns on her body. She leaves a
husband and five children.
l-YEAIt-OLD BOY DROWNS
AT AI.SF.A WHILE FISHING.
CORVALLIS, Or., April 28. Roy,
die 4-year-old son r Hardy Mccor
mick, or Alsen, was drowned In the
I ... ,. I-,,.., .-uir,h,v Tlie
w.is ,.rossll,K ftloK, w,ii,.
, , ,,,,,,. bro,,.r,
fishing with
fell into the river.
A ,,hvlUm wu8 h,,,i Thursday
'.,, (.. o, o. N. G., to 1111
I An election was held
1 evening by Co. I), O. N.
j the olilce of captain, (he vacancy
being caused by the recent resigna
tion of Capt. Harry C. Slocum. This
i election was held under the super
vision of Dr. Geo. E. Ilouck, Inspect
ing officer, and Lieut. Fred G. Stew
art was unanimously chosen t:aptaln.
As soon ns his commission is Issued
by Gov. Benson, he will appoint his i
lieutenants. These are already
chosen, being .1. A. Ilurhanan as first
lieutenant and Russell Dunham as
second lieutenant. Captain Stewart
has bad several years of experience
in military work and did service in
the Philippines during the Hpanlah
Mnerican war. Ills numerous friends
are pleased with his descried promo
tion. The Sound Sleep of Good Health.
The restorative power of sound
sleep can not be over estimated and
anv ailment that prevents It l.i a
menace to health. J. L. Southern,
i...... ci..iM v-i. iuIvm- "For a long
time I have been unable to sleep
soundly nights, because of paln
across my back and soren'tn of my
kldnevs. My appetite :! poor slid
my general roiulltlon as very mach
run down. I have been taking Fol
ey Kblhey lills buta short time
and now sleep as tvundoRS a rock.o I
Vet nn4! enjov my meals. iUcl my
'.w.r:.l ,ndl'lr,rP Is greatly Im-
n-iM.-d 1 can honUy tisOoihiliend
Foley's Kidney Pills as I ktw tb
1
have cured mo.1
Marsters Drug Co,
One Destroys Nine Lives; Both
$615,000 in Property
HOTEL AND LUMBER PLANT
Turks and R bels Engaged in Heavy
Battle Roosevelt In Land of
His Ancestors
Special to the Evening Review.
CORNWALL, Out., April 2il.
Nine lives were lost in a tire thut
burned tlie Rossmore Hotel early
this morning. , Property to the value
of $250,000 was destroyed. All of
the victims were asleep. The known
dead are C. A. Gray, wife and two
children, of Montreal, and Charles
Gagnu and Ben Fielding, bank em
ployes. KMd.-.ooo Fire.
SPOKANE, Wash., April 29.
After blazing fiercely all night, if
suiting in the destruction of 1)0,000
000 feet of lumber, with n loss of
Safin, 000, fire in the lluinhlrd Lum
ber Company's yards at Sand Point,
Idaho, was extinguished ut an early
Is i ? S r ''a;.-KC Mr ; tmt Pt. .... JZl&i iigglT.-rgESyjii - I
Copyright 1910 Jsgjl: W&dk
j The HouieoTKuppHiheiowt MvP8-? '
that keeps your clothes pressed
free of charge. This means a
saving to you that you cannot
afford to overlook.
HARTH'S TOGGERY
hour this morning by the combined
efforts of the fire departments of
S:iui Point, Pend d'Orellle nnd Koot
enai. The big pinning and cutting
; mills were mived by hard work. For
! the time the town of Sand Point, ns
j well ns Kootonui, was threatened
with destruction.
Condemned Man Jokes,
LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 29.
Ernest Wlrth, who murdered his wife
by crushing her skull witti the heel
of his shoe, was today sentenced to
be hanged. As Wlrth was being es
corted back to his cell he joked and
laughed with the officers and said
he was pleased at the prospect of
his execution.
Great Rattle Raging.
LONDON, April 211. A great
army of Albanians and rovulutlonnry
Turks have invaded tlie province of
Monastic and engaged n Turkish ar
my at Ipek, in the Mechnnik Pass,
The outcome of the battle is in doubt.
The Day With Dr. Hyde.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 29.
Testimony tending to prove that the
casket containing the body of the
late Col. Swope was rifled and the
corpse tampered with was the feature
of the trial of Dr. B. C. Hyde today,
Undertaken Mitchell testified that
the coffin was fasfened securely by
him just before the funeral. The
defense claims the body was taken
from the vault for the purpose of
injection of cyanide of potassium
that wns later revealed by a post
mortem, examination.
In 1,nnd of Ancestors.
ARNHE1.M, Netherlands, April 29.
Theodore RooBevelt was given a
rousing welcome upon his arrival at
The house of good
clothes the store
the station here today. Later Prince
Henry and Queen Wllheluiiiia enter
tained him at the royal palace. .
Roosevelt leaves this afternoon for
Amsterdam, whero the mayor will
dine him at 11 o'clock tonight.
Attell Heats Murphy.
NEW YORK, April 29. Abe At
tell, featherweight champion, had all
the better of a 10-round fight with
Tommy Murphy last night. Every
round was Attell's, except the eighth,
when Murphy put him to the floor.
BRYAN'S Hl'NXIXG MATE
CANDIDATE FOB SENATOR.
INDIANAPOLIS, lnd April 28.
John W. Kern, vice presidential
candidate with Bryan in 1908, was
nominated today as candidate for
tlie United States Sennte by the
Democratic state convention here.
HORN.
ODEN. In North Rosehurg, April
29, 1910, to Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Oden, a son.
A half-headnche, as well as many
other kinds of hendnche, comes from
eye Btrnln. Why? Ask Dr. Lowe in
the morning. - He closes his office in
room 74 at McClallen Hotel, at noon.
A pair of glasses fitted to
fjfcflNyour eyes by Dr. Lowe will '
,atli make you Bee practically -as
good as you could with normally
healthy eyesight and ennble your
viBlon to regain, If possible, its orig-n
Inal excellence. He leaves Saturday
noon. '
Surprises all the time In the Merry.
Milkmaids. See them May 3 and 4.