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DOUGLAS COUNTY'S INEXHAUSTAaLK NATURAL RESOURCES AND CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES MAKE IT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE FOR HOMESEEKERS AND INVESTORS. PROGRESSIVE Ai Roseburg leads the Southern Oregon townt in progresslveness to The Review leads all newspapers o( this same section. ROSEBURG REVIEW INVESTMENTS Of all kinds are best found through "The Review" Want Ad Section. Little ad vs. bring big re turns, because everybody reads them. VOL. XV. ROSEBFIKJ, OREGON, FRIDAY EVKXIXG, MARCH IS, 1012. No. 13. NDITS IN HILLS Virginia Courl House Assassins Pursued by Scores GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD Chase Ma; Have to be Condoned lo Adjoining Slate Nebraska ' Convicts at Large (Special to the Evening Review). BARREN SPRINGS. Va., March 15 The armed Allen gang of bandits who yesterday conducted the carnival of death at llillsvllle courthouse have taken to the Blue Ridge Mountains pursued by scores of men. Reports say 17 outlaws are racing for the South Carolina border. Two com panies of militia leave today for llillsvllle. Detective Felts, heading 20 deputies, arrived today and for mally arrested and Jailed Floyd Al len and his son Victor, then left on the others' trull. He also arrested u mountaineer named Strickland who is believed to have handed Allen the gun in the courtroom with which he participated In the battle. A procla mation Issued by the Governor savs that $:I00 each will be paid for In dividual members of the band, dead or alive. The Court Room Itmtle. Floyd Allen, who was arrested this morning. Is the man around whom the whole affair centers. He was before the bar yesterday morning, convicted of tnking a prisoner from a deputy sheriff. Allen had struck the Sheriff over the head with the butt of a rifle and the prisoner es caped. Sheriff Webb had gone up Into the mountuins and taken Allen, despite dire warnings of what such a venture might mean. Attorney Foster had prosecuted him fenrlessly and a mountaineer Jury gathered , from the Inland sections (for no man In Carroll County cared to sit on the trial of Allen) had convicted him. Troop Hidi In From Hills. Just as Allen was about to be called up for sentence, his two brothers. Sidney and Jack, at the head of a troop of 20 mountaineers, rode up to the courthouse. Their ponies, splashed with mud. testified to a long ride through the hills. The two brothers and their com panions, senile carrying rifles and others armed with revolvers, crowded Into the small courtroom and stood behind the rail and about the door. Floyd Allen was in the dock. - In his youth he was of great strength nnd at f,0 now, his reddish brown whiskers turning to gray, he is no weakling. Judge Massie mounted the bench and Prosecutor Foster moved sen tence upon .Allen, who stood up. There was a shuffling of feet and a general movement among the moun taineers In the back of the room. Sentence Is Signal. The usual legal formalities over. Judge Massie began pronouncing sentence. The last words that fell CrTT - T. Mul - COLONIST FARES jf (U) MARCH 1 TO APRIL 15, 1912 ' f SOUTHERN PACIFIC - CtHCftM ... It M S : : ::z F I I flnWfreir1lT IIM M) tevl I WO A g M V 1 ? b rt,l fro ... p. .l If I ?- t JjM I I air t "Wl ll k l th t rra " cm I f I OrtM FftW-r I T -1 M Ml hi I kr1 tbT t prrpAKl Irnej n.. p. If bft fnen U of r-1 .!- ;n'ls.i t- ir I "tt k to th t nn " 4 -fKjt th fkr ife r ''ral at irH tt l II t tlf-fa-4 t" u-Vf-eai 4s. r ri Osll bmnr n4 !. ia xrartlT l.MMrr to '! JLst m t Kin. irtw hMrv ip. m?jm mm - ' from his Hps precipitated the trage dy: "One year at hard labor." Before the last word was concluded the fusillade began. Judge Massie rose from his chair as the bullets struck him and fell acrosB his desk. Attorney Foster, with half a dozen bullets In his brain, crumpled down to the floor. Sheriff Webb was shot and killed as he reached for his revolver. Bullets grazed Clerk Goad and In the con fusion he was reported killed. Then, holding the panic-stricken Jurors and onlookers at bay, the assassins backed out of the court house and across the green to the troop of ponies. In a second they were galloping through the village and off to the hills. One of Band la Wounded. With them the assassins half car ried, half dragged one of their num ber, wounded. It was said that this was Sidney Allen, one of the brothers. Three Jurors, Fowler, Faddls and Kane, and A. T. Howlett, Bruce Mar shall and Stuart Worrell, bystanders, were wounded. Floyd Allen, the prisoner at the bar. was shot 'several times, proba-I bly not fatally. CONVICT Ml ItllKRF.ltS AIDED IJY SNOW IN' FLIGHT. LINCOLN. Neb.. March 15. Hampered by 18 Inches of snow, armed posses today continue the pur-1 suit of convicts Morley. Taylor and Dowd. who escaped from the penl- : tentlarv yesterday, after assassinat-: Ing Warden James Delahunty, I Deputy Warden Charles Wagner and , Lsher A. S. Heilan. A snow storm ; prevented trains leaving last night and It Is believed the convicts are in hiding in Lincoln, uossihly cared for by friends. Their weapons are thought to have been smuggled in to them by former prisoners. .The penitentiary Is quiet and no more ' trouble is feared. j The list of dead increased to four this afternoon, when Betty Ayres, I aged 13, who was shot at the court house during the battle, died I Adjutant General Phelps, com-' mandlng a company of stale militia, 1 has complete charge of the peniteu- tlary today. All of the 400 convicts are being kept locked In their cells until Sunday. The fugitive convicts were sen- tenced for bank robbery. Morley has served previously In Missouri for murder. Last Saturday Chaplain Johnson, of the penitentiary, resigned after a conversation with the Governor rela tive to prison discipline. A week ago toduy the Governor issued an order barring women prison workers and Sunday school teachers from vlsitlnx the prison dining.' services, declaring that their association with the convicts was undeslmhle hied. TOMLINSON. In Portland, March 15, 1912. Mrs. Mabel Tomllnson, after n hrlof lllnesa Deceased was a native daughter of Douglas County, being a member of , the Walker family of Dlllard. She1 Deceased was a native daughter of is survived by her husband and child, two hrnlhera and four aisler. The latter are Edgar and J. A. Walker ; and Mrs. Grant Clayton, of Dlllard; ! lr VA Kacharv nf Per.lue- lr ' S. R. Alexander, of Roseburg; Mrs. Jesse Hayes, of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton and Edgar Walker will go to Portland tonight to attend the funeral. Patronise Review advertisers. BACKTOTHE Ml'RDERER OK RENTON Cor XT Y WOMAN' MAKES CONFESSION' OF CRIME. HILLSRORO, Or., March 14. Ad mitting that he attempted to attack Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin tit her lonely home six miles from Philomath on June 11, 1911, that In the struggle which followed he killed her and af ter taking her money threw the body In a pond, George M. Humphrey, In jail here, went Into full details of his terrible crime and later signed a con fession. The woman, according to Humph rey, fought him with a butcher knife, but finally he overpowered her and tied her feet with a rope. It was on the morning of July 1 last year, that the body of Mrs. Grif fin was found. Marks on her neck Indicated that she had been strangled and that the body had been thrown Into the pond after her death. The rooms of her house bore evidence of having been ransacked and, as It was known that she had sold the farm and had been paid $1000 the day previous to her death, it was believed that she had been murdered by some on attm',,J."l to secure her money She had. however. It was later dis covered, deposited the proceeds of the sale In the Philomath bank. Real dents from the first suspected George Humphrey, the man who now con fesses that he committed the murder. I Humphrey, with his brother Charles and their mother, were Mrs. orir fin's nearest neighbors, having pur- chased on adjoining farm some six months before the murder. Mrs. Griffin had frequently ex- pressed a fear of the Humphrey boys. nnrt especially tieorge. The County Court of Benton Coun ty offered a reward of 11000 for the conviction of the murderer Of M Griffin, and Governor West, on behalf of the state, offered an additional $1000. tt CONTRACT LET FOR Sl'THERLIN WATER SYSTEM, Jeffrey & llufton Secure Job for $14,- SHI. 13 and Will Hi-gin Work oil Contract at Once. . Sutherlin Sun: At a special meet ing of the city council Monday night, the contract for digging a large well, constructing a reservoir and Install ing a distributive system of water works was awarded to Jeffery & lluf ton. of Portland, for $14,881.15. The well will be located on lots west of the railroad, and the reser voir, which will be of concrete and of f.O.OOO gallons capacity, will be constructed on the hlllslope north of town, and about f00 feet nurth of the quarry, where It was originally intended to construct It. The reser voir Is to be covered with a roof. (The distributing system Includes six Inch mains on the principal streets, with numerous hydrants for fire purposes. L. E. Bufton, who was In the city the first of the week, stated that he would begin work on the contract Jul 7" "e u' K too" ' ' ' ' ,,D 11 u and material on the ground The several bids subniitti u. ted to the council were as follows: J'ffry & llufton 14.881 1 Gleblsch & Joplln 15.146.60 s,h?"ka Con- Co Klbbe eltare Co. .. 15,501.11.- 15,097.10 18.785.23 W. C. Caddis .KKKAI, XKWS. .MfRtuklnR his daughter's fiance for a coyote, Anfoni Dahl shut hts neigh bor. Richard Stindby, of Parks, through the neck, from which wound Sundby died at the Dahl home In the mountains 19 miles eust of Kendrlck, In the extreme southeastern portion of 1-nfah County, Idaho. After hav ing shot Sundby, Dahl attempted to commit suicide, but was prevented by his family. Dahl's daughter, Mabel, handsome and aged 18 years, was to have married Sundby this spring. KepreRentatives of all the K2 lodges of the Modern Woodmen of America in Kansas decided to secede from the parent order at a meeting In Kansas City, an Thursday. The recent increase in Insurance rates by the parent body was the cause. Ford Metzger. a saloonkeeper of (Iresham. Or., was killed In an auto mobile accident 20 miles from (ted ding. Cal.. Thursday, when the ma chine turned over while he was try ing to traverse a had place In the road. The accident was witnessed by Metzger's bride of three months, who had got out of the machine to walk. MAKKIK!). FOUSOM THOMPKINS In Rose burg. March 13. lt 2. C. C. Fol soin and Kmlly Thompkln. Judge O. W. Wonacott officiating. Klnl I .a (irlppe, Ttieai Bronchitis. Such was the ca with Mrs W. S. nalley. WcCreary. Ky. "My wife was taken down with a severe attack of la grippe, which run Into bronchitis She coughed aa though she bad con sumption and could not sleep at night. The doctors medicines gave, her no relief and 1 was advised u try Foley a Money and Tar Com pound. The first bottle gave her s much relief that she cmtlnued d !!': ' It tnrl thre bottles effected a nr tnanent cure." Mr. W. S. Bai)H .ay. he Is prepared to an.wer .il!T" Sho" E" h S"h Inquiries promptly. For sale by all dealers. Ft GALE'S BIG SWEEP Eight States in Middle Feel Winlerj Blast SNOW BLOCKADES TRAINS Vessels on Great Lakes May be Lost Strike of 188,000 Coal Miners Appears Probable ( Special to the Evening Review). CHICAGO. March 1 Pruntinoiiu the entire Middle West 1b tied up' today by the worst blizzard nf ik.! winter. All traffic on the big roll - mans centering in Chicago la at a 0111 iriena. w. u. naraing. standstill. Kansas, .Nebraska. Illt-I W. A. O'Brien, Butte; A. E. Hau nols and partB of Oklahoma. Iowa,'0"- K- E- Lovhaug. Montevideo. Minnesota and the Dakotas are being Minn.: C. .V Rankin. Cynthluna. Ky.. swept by terrific gales, accompanied Bre among the recent arrivals In uj snow, .no eastbound trains, due here today, have been reported up to noon. The weather bureau predicts a continuation of the storm tomor row. A fierce gale Is sweeping the Great Lakes, and It is feared that many crafts will be unable to weather it. Nebraska Situation. LINCOLN. Neb., March 15. Many trains are being stalled throughout Nebraska today, and traffic generally Is paralyzed. Hundreds of laborers are working in an effort to shovel away biiow drifts blockading trains. r.NlTED STATES THREATENED WITH COAL STRIKE. NEW YORK. March 15. Dlsnnl- ing many statements made by the operators, representatives of the East ern anthracite coal miners today for- niuny presented to the owners their rejection of the operators' offer to continue for three years the present agreement which expires April 1. unless some further action Is taken It Is almost certain that the 188,000 miners Involved will strike. 1 he United Mlneworkers of nmriiiu -in noi compromise a sin- ,,. ,,. , lie anthracite coal operators." de dared John P. White, president of the Mlneworkers. this afternoon. I look for a general suspension of work In the anthracite Held on April 1, he added. The demand of the minors is for a 20 per cent increase n Wages. ' 'l,'"ftmHU" "lw uniuii uiiu an a- in rnuraduy s Kevlew. In the only hour work day and other changes position for which there was a con in the conditions at the mines. test. Ksteemed lecturing Knlnht It XMHTI)S Of (;ERIAX tOM. i Hilxf. t.M nkkioi S. I1ER1.IV Vur.h n Tho .iil,r" ,0 attend the dedication of miners' strike in the great Herman 1 coal fields of Westohalla continue. to spread. There are more than ZtO,- 000 men now on strike and the situ-1 mion i. Unn,i.. , Conditions have taken a most'serlous turn In several .ntrin. ..d .i0.i have resulted in a fatal conflict .i hat occasion. tween the police and the strikers In J"8He -1 yo',n "on of R"e'i ih Hi.ri,i i u, .Tapp. of Oakland, was arrested by Feeling among .he'nien Is Increas- Ing in Intensity, owing to the rigid V Vf ? i. . . ,',7n repressive measures of the authori- 'h" "'""'J of Bridges llrothers' gen tle. nri ii I. rri,i,n .h,.. .i, ,,ril1 merchandise store at Oakland .,.i,.i..i .....i. i... t. ' i...... ... structed to call out the troops if ' " hln" "n1d ' n money were the police prove Inadequate to deal " ".. 1 '" '"'"y certain that with the situation. Mine owners and Tapp had accomplices whose Identity leader, of the so-called Christian "'" ""closed later Immediate trade nnlnn. .ho n.mhr. r..,l.l. Iv af,"r ,h' robbery, Tapp went lo Iv are breaking awar and lnlnln. In the strike which was brought about by the Socialist trades union., are Vaudeville Palace Theater To-Night FR1DA Y, MAR. 15 I'IKW.ItWI 1 The Jetting Princes., Ilelglan Cavalry Photo Play. 2 pool, it t.OKIXlN I The Hoys With the Entertaining, Keet. Black Arrow Photo-Play Edi.cn Heclal Feature. an' I Ml Hl 41, IRVIX.tt IS mucous membrane of tb Don The Venetian Ho.". - one of tb.i throat and lungs, and la grippe, best musical rt on the road I bronrblll. or pueumonla may result Wstrh carefully, particularly the T, .Mu.-h Realism- Phoio-P'sy thlldren. and for the racking, stub A comedy ol motion pliMr Drn rouths give Foley's Honey snj production ,x,r Compound. It soothes the In- ts J K THoitNf: Hinging and Mu.lr. IT,, S'4 Adult. 2'ic. Children under 14. Mr; Children under i. free with parents 'clamoring for military assistance. ENGLAND PARALYZED. HUNGER ATTACKS TIIOl'S.WDS. LONDON. March 15. The pangs of hunger as a result of the coal strike today are affecting many thou sands dependent directly or Indi rectly on the miners for sustenance. The strike has affected In a direct way, counting only the miners and the other men thrown out of work with their families, more than four million persons. It has already par alysed practically the whole life of the nation. Prices of food have gone up, fuel is virtually unobtainable railroads have curtailed their ser vice, shipping has been held up and every branch of Industry stopped to some extent. o LOCAL NEWS. Have you noticed the new candl date running for office? Postmaster C. W. Parks, who Is 111 with nneumonla. Is renorted lmnrov- I lrK and was able to sit up a little 1 while todav. John Esterbrooks and William Andrews, merchants of Lead. South 1 Dakota, are visiting here with their KoaeDiirg. F. S. lllnkely. Rockland; A. E. Smith, F. T. Craig. Oakland: W. H. Wilson, J. M. Donnell, Wilbur; O. W. Hinkle. L. F. Thorn, Sutherlin; Preston Lake, Purdy Wilson, Riddle; Mr. and Mrs. I. II. Nichols, Brockway, were among tho Roaeburg visitors toduy. Dr. Hourk returned from Tenmlle thlB morning, making the trip by automobile without . mishap, despite the heavy rainfall. He was called to treat a daughter of R. T. Pierce. Dr. Hourk haa had no report so far from the State Military Board on the Rose burg Armory site, but exiiects some action before long. II. Snook and L. N. Traver, of Salem, contractors, are In the city Inspecting the pinna for the proposed new grade school In North Roseburg nnd will probably bid for the work. Mr. Snook erected the present high school building In RoBeburg. Walter Corley, the S. I', striker, convicted of disorderly conduct by a Jury Thursduy, was fined by Re- fnrtlnv U Imliiivlv tltln mnrnlni, it, tlm I sum of $19.50. In addition, the coats rniuiiiniini in tir.no yuii against him. Both amounts were Im mediately paid. Arraignment of four other men hieing the charge on which Corley was found guilty, will take place before Recorder Wlmberly. probably tomorrow. Roseburg Lodge No. 32S. B. P. O. Elks, held annuul election of officers Thursday evening, the list of regulnr nominees helnir ehnuen ns nulillulioH I K. Smith was rhrtHcn over I. It Pritm A arRe delegation from tills lodge are preparing to go to Eugene on th" , ,,Klk"' """''f 'nPre- V l '!Un'a" cf,r w'" b" cnred "',, K ' ' j "1U""'""U" , " a u".6 '."I'T " ' Portlund. July 8 to 12, Inclusive. and are lrlarK "I""' uniform ,,f verr n,,"t d"lltn to be worn on Sh'rl" ?"in 8therlln this I"st Monday night. A quantity of rt,""1- remained there three days "!,.'n '"' "' . 'lng to h",h,;rMn arrested, he wa. wearing a pair of shoe, and suit of clothes stolen from the .tore, and he has In his possession a suitcase full or bottled whiskey, with which, It Is pre sumed, he Intended to engage In bootlegging. He will be brought to Roseburg this evening. AEETEItlA Ml I'l'HI. The ladle, of Ht. George's Church will serve a Cafeteria Supiier In the parish bouse, 2M East Cass street. Saturday afternoon from 5 to 7. Menu. Roast llt-cf With Hrown flravy Veal Loaf llnl Chicken Ta males Iltrnwned or Mashed Potatoes Macaroni With Cheese i Tomato Halad Cabbage Salad llaked Apple. With Cream I Hberbert and Cake Pie. Tea and Coffee. A Warning Against Wet Feel. Wet and chilled feet usually affect flamed membrane, and heals tli rough quickly. Mrs. A. A. Hwagl. 'Krob. Wis, says: "I always give roieys tion.y and Tar compound to ny ctiiiciren. it cure, tneir coughs ni ,i,i, moA u... nt tu t.b. u for ua DT Cll dealers. F LOCAL NEWS. Mrs. Ira Wlmberly returned home to Drain today. J. P. Wheeler left tills morning for Med ford on business. I Airs. A. A. Wilder Is visiting with her mother In Portland. Have you noticed the new candi date running for office? Attorney O. P. Uoshow left this morning for Portlnnd on business. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Terhune and child are spending a tew days In Portland. Dr. F. W. Hunt will move hts den tal parlors to the fourth floor of the Perkins building about April first. Mlates Ada and Kate Sperry, who have been the guests of Mrs. Clyde Faulkner, left this morning for their home at Lisbon, N. U. Miss Beulah Partlow left this morning for her home at Sllverton, after an extended visit here with her sister, Mrs. Ivar McMullen. Dr. R. E. Hunt, the veterinary sur geon, returned this morning from Oakland, and Eugene. While at Eu gene he examined a standard bred trotter for the state of Oregon. The Susanna Wesley class, com posed of girls of the South Methodist Church, gave a "Hard Time" Social Thursduy evening. About 30 persona were present and a good time is re ported. T. W, Richardson and William Edgeley, of the Soldiers' Home, left this morning, on furloughs, the for mer for Oold Hill, the latter for Ash land. Mrs. S. F. Wlegel and sister-in-law, Mrs. Josle Rltchey, of Laveta. Colo., are visiting here at the home of Mrs. Wlegel's daughter. Mrs. S. E. Hall, wife of the local real estate man. Mlsa Frances Champngne left this morning for Portland to Join her pnr- ents, now permanent residents of that city. She Is succeeded by Miss Seals as night operator at the central tele phone station. K. N. Illork, lluffiilo; 1.. Irving and wife. Newark. N. J.; S. 8. Dougherty, Detroit; Mrs. C. A. Prock, Olalla: II. Snook. I.. N. Traver. Salem: David Mrllroy, Palisade, Colo.: O. Warner. Elktnn; Raymond Hewitt, Dlllard: O. K. (Irav. City; H. Miller, Yoncalla: W. F. Elliott. F. J. Cox, Chicago; Homer Cross, 11. E. Read, J. A. Thompson. H. K. Meredith, Portlnnd. were recent arrivals nt the McClallen. A marriage llcenne has been issued In Portland, Or., to W. F. Ilernell, aged 3Ii, und Miss (lertrude L. Mc tlulrk. aged 1H, of that city. Mr. Ilernell directed a band and operated a theater In Roseburg a yenr and a hnlf ago, since which time his first wife has secured a divorce and mar ried a civil engineer named Palmer. Mis. Med ii Irk I. a niece or Mrs. M. DeVaney, of this city, anil was em ployed for a short time ns a ticket seller In Mr. Ilernell' theater. Rev. K. W. Leonard, a formpr Hap tlst minister of Riddle and Wilbur and well remembered In Roseburg, I. reported to he very low with con sumption at his home In Missouri. The nature of his Illness is a great surprise to those who know him. When Rev. Leonard left this county for Missouri a few years ago ht weighed about 2.".0 pounds and ap peared to be In excellent health. His condition Is a matter of dip regret among his legion of friends In Ibis county. He was a successful farmer, as well ss a popular minister. He also took a very active Interest In politics and at one time was a candi date for the Legislature on the Democratic ticket. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. 1ln nn,ll.,..it l,i lnrv 1. Ilfliim 110; last 60 feet lot. 1 and 2. block t, Hiisney s aiiu to itosenurg. W T Turner to D H Davis. Ificr,: lot X. block 19. R. It. Add to Oak land. H. H. Schrottkv to C. A. Stelxler. 22.": 3 lots, block 3, Howland .anib'R Add to Myrtle Creek. I. D. Carle lo Roy Andriis. 1100: lot II. block 20, Riverside Add to Roseburg. W. II. Fisher to Eher Wright. 110: Grantor', one-sixth Interest 111 30 acre, at Edenhower. kli.r UrlM In W II Fl.tw.r tin- 4 lots, block iO, Kinney's Add to Roseburg. A. Creason to Gav C. Hoffman. tin; W4 lot 2'l, block 3, Hamilton's Add to Roseburg. Dr. G. J. Itacher. located above the Star Theater, will move his dental offices lo tho fourth floor of the I'erkln. building on April I. Another Shipment Today Hull. 4'oK HresM-., Walils, latest both In style and material, while our prices are wonderfully low. MILLINERY. We have an Immense .tuck of millinery of all kind., at all price., fur all people. HOSIERY. Silk. iuu and Silk I.Mr, for Ladles, Misses,' and Child ren. Hpb-udld assortment. 4JI.OVES. Long (Jin.-, in Silk and the new liamol, Flnl.li Glove that promises to be so popular this season. tttltsETS. It. I lie liimsnl, of course, with all the Collet Acreworlr that do su much for luallh, comfort and perfect figure. And they lace In front "Om riL Ala) a Goavinl." ;VILEY STEPS OUT I. 'Pure Food Crusader to Keep up ' Work Through Magazine NO HARMONY IN HIS BUREAU House Committee Favors Abolishment o! Commerce Court Despite Wlckersbam's Plea (Special to the Evening Review). WASHINGTON, March 15. Dr. Hurvey W. Wiley, chief of the Bu reau of Chemistry in the Agricultur al Department, and Nationally fam ous on account of his pure food and ii rug crusade, resigned today. It Is authoritatively announced, that he will become "director of the depart ment of food, health and sanitation" of the Good Housekeeping Magailne. with editorial offices In Washington. Though Wiley's work was en dorsed by President Taft, against the bitter opposition of big Interests, he was unable to establish harmony In bis bureau. He was even at variance with Secretary Wilson and It was tee secretary, nimseit, wno today made the official announcement Wiley's resignation. of IIOI'KK COMMITTEE WOl 1,1) CET Kilt OF COMMERCE X)l'RT. WASHINGTON, March IS By a vote of 11 to 8, the House Interstate and foreign commerce committee to day decided lo report favorably on Representative Sims' bill to abolish the II. S. Commerce Court, despite Attorney-General Wlckersham, who pleaded for a fair trial of the court. Last year, 20 of the 27 Interstate Commerce Commission derisions were nullified by it. I,A roi.I.ETTE TO CARRY FIGHT INTO OREGON. JAMESTOWN, N. 1)., March IS. Senator La Follette announred here today that he will return to Washing ton soon, then stump Oregon, Ne braska, California and other states having Presidential primaries. T.UT'.H ORDER IIKI.ITTI.ED, IIY MEXICAN REBELS. EAGLE PASS, Tex.. Miirch 15. Flat declaration that he expects the American friends of the rebels to defy President Tuft's proclamation making It a violation of law to send arms Into Mexico, General Oroxco to day said that the revolution would continue until President Madero was whipiied and that arms would keep coming from America, despite the United States military patrol of tho border. . FOR COl'NTY COMMISSIONER. To the Voter, of Douglas County: In compliance with the election laws of the State of Oregon, I hereby respectfully announce myself a can didate ror the nomination for the office of Coentv Commissioner on the Democratic ticket, subject to the ap proval of the voters at the primary election to be held on April 19, 1912. (Paid Adv.l. E. 11. PINKSTON. Our attention has Ju.t been called to a party described as follows: Wears a light overcoat, light com plexion, Is lame and of medium height, claims lo represent the "Western Periodical Agency," C01 Teon building, Portlund. Ore. He agrees to take your order for various quantities of 100 different mngasines for the small sum of two dollars. Of course he collects the two dollara In advance. If he calls on you have him put In Jul I. He Is a fakir, and the publishers' association offers $25 reward for the conviction of all such person.. The Roseburg Book Store will take your subscription for any magazine In the world at lowest price and giiaruntee delivery, or return your money. "The more advertising, the more biislneu. the more business, the more protlt. That's whst you're after." THE LEADER