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Al Roseburg leads the Southern
Oregon towns In progresslvenesa so
The Review leads all newspapers of
the same section.
ROSEBURG REVIEW
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VOLl.ME XVI.
R08EBCIU, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1918.
ENTIRE CITY ROCKED
Powder Boat at Baltimore Blows
up; 39 Known Killed
PEOPLE ELEE FROM BUILDINGS
Parents leave Children Aloie in House w.i
Return to Find One BcraeJ to Death
Allies Delaying Peace
(Special to Tho Evening Review).
HAI.TIMOKK. March 7. Thirty-1
nine persons are known to have met
death in Curtis Hay bv the explosion
of n dynamite boat which was being
loaded with explosives for. Panama.
Most of the victims were on tho
Urillsh stennmr Alnmehlne, which
was anchored near. The tug Atlantic
was Mown up.
The shock of the explosion was ter
rific. A number of plate glass win
dows In P.hltimnre were broken. Sky
scrapers rocked, s"tidiug their in
mates fleeing into the streets in ter
ror. On nceount of the nature of the
explosion, it is doubtful if tho exact
number of dead will ever be known.
Main of tiie victims were blown to
fragments. The c;me of the explo
sion is not known. Tho captain of
lite Alumehine and the dynamite boat
are missing.
-lil i.mti-:v pl.W with fihk:
OXF, 111 UNKI) TO IIF.ATH.
WINI.OCK. Wash., March 7. The
7-year-old child of Thos. Coupe was
burned to death in the family home
last niuht. The child was in the
bouse with a smaller brother and sis
ter, the parents being absent. The
children evidently played with fire.
Al. I.IKS IV Xtl IU'ltltV TO MAKF.
AXOTHF.R PEACE EFFORT.
LONDON. March 7. The fall of
.lanlna is expected to expedite nego
tiations for peace between Turkey
REMEMBER
THIS
You can secure a
HomeSite
in Roseburg's
Best
Residence
District
on terms that you are un
able to get on lots in
other Subdivisions, and at
prices that are reasonable.
$5 Cash
$5 Per Month
Buy now, don't wait, de
lays are dangerous. May
be the lots you want will
be sold tomorrow.
Kinney's Addition
HIMES
OLIVER
Office adjoining! Grand
Hotel. Cass Street
and the Balkans. At noon today the
allies had not replied to the note of
the ivowere regarding peace negotiations.
William Hulen is disposing of his
business aud realty Interests here
preparatory to returning to Canada,
where ho will be a baseball magnate
during the coming summer. He has
signed a contract to manage the
Region team of a six-club league. He
wants to bring his squad of 20 or
more men to this city for spring
training, but this cannot be done un
less suitable grounds are provided.
This would require an expenditure
of several hundred dollars on part of
Roseburg, and efforts are being made
to raise the amount by popular sub
scription. Any sum from 11 up may
he left with him, or at the New York
Store or at the Review office.
ORATORICAL ROAD BUILDING
THINGOE PAST; MEN AND
MONEY NOW
Deaasd of Taxpayers For Inpftvweir. if Pass
. Creek CanyM Shows Awakeiiif if
"Do Something" Spirit
One of the most significant move
ments for good roads In Douglus
County was thut assemblage of '60
ot the representative citizens of
North Dottglus In RoBeburg on Thurs
day In the special interest of n good
road through the notorious Pass
Creek canyon. For many years The
Review has been a constant advocate
of good roads, und more recently has
averaged from one to thrco urtlcles
each week on this important subject.
Needless to say, we are delighted
when 50 men will como from dis
tances of 115 to 50 miles to unitedly
in go good road construction. Such
action is .bound to be productive of
good results. Tho campaign of edit-;
cation along tit is Hue, and in which :
The Review bus nlways been an ac-j
live factor, iB beginning to bring re
sults. As one of the visitors who ad- I
dressed the court remarked, they j
wero not here to make a display of
oratory; what they wanted was the;
money to apply on the roads. He Is ;
absolutely correct. The day of build- !
ing ('.'I roads with brass bands and
oratory is a thing of the past. It ;
is results that count. And results j
can only be attained by lite employ-;
uient of men and money in uetttut j
road construction. Thai was what j
tho gentlemen from North Douglaa I
w ere Irero for to get actual road i
construction at tho earliest possible1
moment. They realize that the fin
est oratory and passing resolutions
by the mile will not construct a rod
of good roads unless backed up by ,
money, und men of constructive j
ability to apply It properly.
This cold, unyielding fact was
squarely faced by tho County Court
ot this county some years ago. Next
in Importance to the wiping out of
the heavy burden of county debt
which then existed was the problem
ot building good roads and bridges.
As the debt was reduced they began
applying more money on the roads.
In this they ure ably seconded by
many road districts which voted
special taxes for this purpose. Hut
it did not take long to discover that
one important feature was still lack
ing and that was a system of road
! building under the direction of a com
petent county engineer, instead or
about 00 different plans being fol
lowed by the 00 road district super
visors. Recently the court appointed
Knglncer M. U. Oermond to that Im
portant position ana ne is now active-
ly at work.
In the construction of good roads
jKnglneer Germond realties that the
first reuu Is te Is to locate ine roau
Ion the best possible grade. Proper
and adequate drainage at all seasons
of tho year is next in Importance,
whether the road Is to be of dirt,
gravel, macadam or hard surface.
Then the class of construction will
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Hundreds of
ler nnwer
tlf.O to $200 a
of Ice a day.
The expense
on water und
EEEORT TO INCORPORATE TOWN
OE EDENBOWER fflDS
IN FAILURE
Withdrawal of Tea Petitions legal Ad k
Havkg Ben Dote Before Curt
' Acqiired Jirisdidoi
An opinion rendered to the County
Court this afternoon by District At
torney George M. Drown will have
the effect of stamping the word
"failure" on tho efforts to Incorpor
ate the Town of Edenbower. The
District Attorney was asked by the
court Thursday to advise that body
as to what action to pursue, follow
ing the withdrawal of ten names from
tho petition for the Incorporation. It
was alleged that these withdrawals
knocked out the whole proceeding,
and this allegation is Biistnlned by
Brown. That the court will net ac
cordingly by dismissing the petition
Is certain
Tho inw remtiroa that a m.micimii
Incorporation petition must contnin '"Wed Sheriff Qulno Thursday Parker. President Hlbben of Prlnce
not less than 40 nnmes. The Eden- evening to refuse to Issue a receipt 'on, exi '-'of War Stlmson,
bower petition bore 46 names, but to the Wcyerhauser Timber Company , and i ' prominent men, In
when the matter came up before the ,or tnpr county taxes "In full," be-;al'Ht . arge committee of
court for final action, 10 of the Big-,""0 "10 "niount tendered by tho womcu, oehlnd the movement,
natories withdrew, leaving four less rompnny excluded $2032 In specially I The plans of the committee as
thnn the number needed to make the levied road luxes assessed against completed today will embrace the
document valid. Supporters of the
iinlitlnn Immertlntelv rierhireri Mint
the dissenting 10 tnxnnvers had no
right to withdraw, because, it was
alleged, they had waited too long. ,
In the concrete. District Attorney
Brown's opinion Is that the dissenters
acted within their rights bv with-
drawing two days before the time
prescribed by law for the court to
acquire jurisdiction. On this all
vital point, the language of the Dis
trict Attorney is;
'The petition praying for the In
corporation of Kdenbower could not
luwfuliy tie presented to this court
until the first day of this term there
of, which was .Wednesday, the 5th of
March. The withdrawal of the peti
tioners was filed herein on March 3,
I 9 13. They were acting within their
legal rights when they exercised
their privilege of withdrawing from
tho said petition."
COUNTY COURT WIELDS
PRUNING KNIFE ON BILL
Of BOOZE "SPOTTERS"
,9
Three dollars nnd a half a day, ex-
cluslve of allowance for expenses, is
too much pay for the services of a
"spotter." This Is the opinion of the
Douglas County Court In session here.
It was expressed
lu emphatic ian-
gunge, when th. "
Thursday with a Jo
McDermolt and Hi
urt was presented
at hill by William
yd Ambrose, who
have been employed as "spotters"
Sheriff Qulne In bootlegging easi
by
The bill totalled ? 1 I . Its items
Included wages at the rate of $:t.50
day and others for railway fare,
board and liquor purchases. The
three latter Items were O. K.'d by the
court, but the wage rate per diem
was pruned to $2.50. On that basis
the bills were revised by the- court
and when they were fooled up Mc
Dermolt had $99. HO coining and Am
brose $15. HI, or a total of $114.70.
McDermolt nnd Sheriff Qulne
made oratorical efforts to Ihe court
to have the bill allowed lu full, but
the court wa.i obdurate. Commis
sioner IMnkstf commented on the
claim In ca language. MclVr-
mot(
thoiif; Is veracity was Im
pugned, nnd be called In Ambrose lo
verify his claim. This only made
matters worse for liim. MeDermott
admitted during the lalkfcst that the
grand Jury once used him as an ex
periment station lu testing refined
cider nnd that as a result he got too
drunk (u stand. His claim for day's
wages nt $:S.5U per, Included this oc
casion. MeDermott has not yet accepted
ALEXANDER'S ICE MAKING IN ROSEBURG
people have naked how the I'mpqun Power, Light nnd Ice Company can compete with the other Ice companies, and ss the public hasa perfect riglittoJol enlightened In
regard to any enterprise, Alexander shall take pleasure In giving a good explanation In regard to
The largest expense in making Ice Is the power cost.
The next arirest exiiense Is coo nir water, nn the condensers. 1 liese collilenso
month for an Ice factory making 12
of riremen and fuel handlers for firing Ihe hollers, cleaning same, etc., costs
$200 on firemen nnd the combined expense is over
Go down to the Alexander bridge Sunday afternoon and look at the three-story apple and Ice storage building, with Ice loading platform freo In air to load cars, and you will feel confi
dence In Alexander's enterprises.
Is There Any Stock for Sale?
Kind reader, Alexander Is not a stock gambler, or slock dealer; he Is the promoter of his own enterprises. He is tho man behind the gun and there shoots out tho bullets cslled.
Knowledge, Experience. Enterprise
Kind reader, I can not tell you what ice will be sold for In Roseburg the coming summer, but I will guarantee that the rmpo.ua Power, Light and tee Company will sell ice tho cheap
est, because we can make It the cheapest. As we can made Ice over $2 a ton cheaper than competitors, Roseburg Ice consumers will be saved considerable money by Alexanders im
proved processes.
Watch Umpqua Park Addition Crow. There is
Weyertoustf firm's Offer of Part
of Tax Money Rejected
DEMANDED RECEIPT "IN fULL"
Refused to Recogiiie Special Road Levies,
Whifi Crawford aid Browi Hold
Are legally Coflectiblt
Acting on opinions furnished by
Attorney-Ueneral A. M. Crawford and
i District Attorney George M. Brown.
the County Court of Douglas County
....... Dn' nftuiiiBk lutui i ii ei eu iouhjt win emnrace me
Sheriff Qulne obeyed the ln---elJcctlon of facts and statistics bear
ds of the court by rejecting lng on the evil effects of present laws
'ncm. n
striietloll:
,h" Preferred payment, and the com
l'a"' 8 KfM. George W. Marshall,
telegraphed this Information to the
company's headquarters In Portlnnd.
J1 Ib expected that the company
wi" ' " Institute n suit to test
inn vnuniiy oi ine law under wnten
the special road levies were made. A
decision will affect $72,000 worth of
such taxes voted 111 this county for
this year. The Weyerhnuser Com
pany did not object to paying the
regular road tax, together with tho
regular realty tax. which totalled
linfiti. It has attacked, however, the
constitutionality of the law under
which the special road levies were
made. The same question was ralseti
by them In every county In the state
where they wero called upon to pay
such taxes.
i Kvade Tax in Two Counties.
Lane nnd Jackson counties have
'already receipted the company for
payment of taxes "In full" when such
payments eliminated the special road
tax. I. line County, It Is said, had no
chance to collect the special funds
anyway, owing lo Irregular proceed
ings not due to the provisions or the
law. Jackson County has prnbnbly
forfeited Its right to collect any more.
When the question as to the valldl-
v of the law was raised It was re-
ferred to the Legislature, then In ses-
"Ion. Senator Neuner. of Douglas.
Introduced and secured the pnsaago
of a bill remedying the alleged de
fect, which defect, It was declared
was not vital and did not legally In
terfere with the collection of I ho
special taxes.
In his opinion on the matter. Dis
trict Attorney Ilrown stated to the
Sheriff Mint the official should he
guided by ninl accept as his authority
for tax collections Ihe certified roll
turned over to him by Ihe Clerk nnd
AsKcssor, and that he should not ac
cept less than the amount desig
nated on the roll. "The Neuner
bill," the opinion says, "must . be
treated as valid until the courts de
cree otherwise."
CnnvfiinrH Itulintf.
NViincr's corrective bill, numbered
.'!:ti', receives the following ruling
from Attoitiey-tleuernl Crawford:
"Honorable G. W. W'onacoit, Judge,
Douglas County. Roseburg, Or.
"My Dear Sir: In accordance with
your telephone request as to Senate
bill No. 3:10 relative lo special road
lax law. I beg to say that Sccttou 2
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the amount allowed by the court, and
II is r ported that lie contemplates
bringing an action at law for the
o: 'ginal sum
w Im
inbn.su may do like-
Modern Up-to-date
The brewery uses steam power, Alexander will uso water power. There Is
to 15 totiB of Ice a day. With water
$850.00 a Month Saving for Us
NATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST
EVIL OF EASY DIVORCE
LAUNCHED
leaedial legislate for Adoprjoj ty
States to he Framd ky leadar
Jurists ltd Qirdiaea
AH
(Special to The Evening Review).
NEW YORK, March 7. Under the
auspices of the Aldlne Club, a Na
tional movement which Is Intended
to become world-wide, was perfected
today, when the International Com
mittee on Marriage and Divorce was
permanently organised. The com
mittee Is to work for uniformity In
the laws of the reentry, after which
the campaign will be spread to other
nations.
Alfred E. Omman, Rabbi II. II.
Harrison, W. Bourke Cochran, the
Rcv- Charles 8. llurch, Suffragan
Bishop of the New York Protestant
Episcopal Diocese, Judge Alton B.
as the basis fqr an educational cam-jits
imign; agnation oi mo snoject in an under the new law providing for the
the states; the preparation of reme- choice between that and hanging, by
dial measures on which the stales condemned men.
can agree, with possible Federol) Two such murderers chnoo ihul
legislation to follow: organization of
as many local associations as possible
throughout the country; Incorpora
tion for fifty years of a general so
ciety with 24 directors: extension of
tho movement to foreign countries.
Legislation will be sought to pre
vent hasty marriages by requiring
that Ihe time usually Imposed In
churches between the publication of
banns and the ceremony shall elapse
after the Ibsuo of a license before a
marriage can be legally -performed,
and thnt meanwhile publicity shnll
he given to licenses, so that objec
tions may be filed or the principals
or cither of them may withdraw from
the contract In case of a change of
mind. The statutes of Illinois al
ready provide for an intorvnl of 1 5
days, and those of California for 10
days. .
CHAMBERLAIN FAVORS
JUDGE WONACOTT EOR
PENSION COMMISSIONER
WASHINGTON, March 7. Sena
tor Chamberlain Bent to Secretary of
the Interior Lane yesterday the
names of the following Oregoninns
who are candidates for positions
under the new administration: For
Commissioner of the General Land
Office. A. C. Shnw. former associate
forester, nnd J. I. I.alilu, former
special agent of the Land Office, both
of Portland.
For Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs, K. V. Aldrlch, Pendleton, edi
tor of the Kast Oregonian.
For Commissioner of Pensions, G.
W. Wonarott, of Roseburg, County
Judge of Douglas County.
Judge W'onncott Is a veteran of the
Civil War, having enlisted with nn
Illinois regiment In 1 862, and served
to the close of the war in 1805. He
has nlways been a Democrat lu poli
tics, both before and since his ser
vice In the nrmy. He has served n
several public positions nnd ' ys
Willi credit to himself and I n
Htltuency. Several yenrs ago he was
postmaster at Myrtle Creek. In 1K9K
he was elected to the Legislature
from this county nnd he Is now serv
ing bis second term ns County Judge
of Douglas County. Ills election in
each Instance was in the race or a
large adverse party majority. Now
Ice Making
ine ex panneu ammonia gas uacK m
power this expense is not In existence
upward of $200 a month In a steam
at the age ot (7 yean be Is enjoying
gooo neaun ana is wen ntted by ex
perience and sound Judgment for the
duties of U. S. Commissioner of Pen
sions. Being himself an old soldier
he would be Just such man as
should be placed In charge ot the U.
S. Bureau of Pensions. His numer
ous friends all over Oregon hope for
his appointment.
MARRIED.
WILSON PICARD. At the Chrhv
tlan Church parsonage, Roseburg,
March 4, 1013, William W. Wilson
' and MIbs Nell A. Plcard, both of
Roseburg; Rer. J. N. McConnell
officiating.
J. L. Casebeer was among the Deer
Creek cltliena in town today,
NOISOESS GUNS DEAL LEGAL
DEATH TO TWO NEVADA
MURDERERS
Collapse of Mies Steel Case Brass to
WibKsses first Ktowledje of
fad freutioi
(Special to the Evening Review 1.
RENO, Nev., March 7. Nevada's
Rtnte lirlHnn tniluv arna IIia ui.ii.wi n
first legal shooting of murderers
mode of death, while a third, Nlmrod
I'rle, selected hanging. Three Maxim
silencers, three rifles and a steel
cage have settled the question how
to execute the two murderers who
chose shooting in preference to hang
ing as means of paying tho extreme
penalty for their crime.
The condemned murdorers sat In
side a steel framework on which were
mined three rifles to which were
attached the Maxim silencers. The
rifles were aimed directly at the
hearts of the victims. Nothing was
visible but the muzzles of the guns
nnd the legal witnesses who watched
the execution did not know when the
death dealing volley was fired.
Their flrBt knowledge of each exe
cution was when the murderers
bodies collapsed III death.
Don't Envy Your Well Dressed
Neighbor on Easter Morning
is Just Because
She
Bought
Her
Easter
Outfit
at
THE LEADER
BUY RIGHT
PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT
alono on this Item loiiw uurerenr
in niu ummuiiiu. uouiin
as the water from the water wheels
plant. Kind reader, figure a savin
ot
a Reason.
VAGE INQUIRY 0FH:3
Woridsg 6jfble;, .
WHITE SLAYERV CAUSES nhtr-
liryii hrrtw Case St! MM Caj
Mows' Effort to Afrce-tt
Jalfor bffraftttt
(Special to The Evening rterletr). . ' ' '
CHICAGO, March 7. 1 a Mi '
filled to the door with lagisUtMa
and social workers, the probe at tWj
Illinois Senate committee lata ta
white slave and starvation wag aaaw
I dltlons was resumed today at the I
Salle HoUI. Testimony of the kasuta
ot department stores aid mall orwar
houses, summoned totell ot wagao
paid by them, is expected to oeraar
two or three days.
Julius Rosenwald, bead of tka aaall
order housa of Bears, Roebuck 4k Co.,
testified that his company employs
4700 women at an average waaklpi
wage of $9.11. One hundrad aat
nineteen girls under It years of ago',
recolve a minimum wage ot OS. Tfeaca
are nearly 1500 women who get sot
Icbb tban $8 a week. Rosenwald ad
ded: "We make it a point to ask womaa
employes whether or not they lira at
home. We don t employ women or
girls not living at home at leas t&aja
$8 a week."
Flat refutation of Rosenwald'a tes
timony was given by a girl employa
who stated that she worked over tea
hours a day tor $ 50 a week. An
other girl swore that "scolders" war
employed and that the girls
regularly threatened with
1NCF.NDIARY SUFFRAGETTE TO
PRIHON 18 MONTHS.
LONDON, March 7 Olive Wharry,
(Continued on page 1).
,
DRESS RIGHT
month In favor of
a rule costs about
will cool 1000 tons
$.".00 on fuel, $100
Alexander
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