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Newspaper Page Textkoseburg Mews- DAILYiTEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 01 Lowest lnst night S3 Which is Included The Evening News and The Roseburg Review OP ROSEBURQ KKVIKW RUttKHUKQ, OKIXIO.N, THl ltSUAV SEPTEMBER 2.1, 10'JO 20 VOI- IX, NO. a OF TUB EVbCTNa NEWS REVIEW I w RPANH WRY isOr.eof Mistaken Idea .Complete Alibi Having Been Proven. V MODEL PRISONER u r.mm RTf for leten- . u. Whoso Conduct In L.ProwHIraoCcntK-ni.in id Xot lK-genermo. Miirt case ot mistaken iden ...ji.rered by the grand Jury lnrestlitatlon was mads of m of J F. Wallace, charged anult of .Mrs. Glfford Ham- Vof Heuiw". list night following the re- Ii' the granci juiy , ifwward for Washington. irri have ieen convmceu L,ml weeks that the wrong ni Ming ne'u. "u r w clear up this case that the ! itrr waa called In special ses rbf irand Jury was unable to ..indent evidence to warrant : lie prisoner, and on his own t Introduced eviuence which oiKl; proved his Innocence. Ie cue was tnorougniy invwu- Irom everv angle ana no stone l(ft unturned to prove either rmnee or the guilt at tne man. Wallace; was first placed under La nrolested his Innocence. ate a clear cut story. Sheriff Immedlalely placed a special ii the case and collected sult- ildence which was brought be ll irand Jury Hit 28th. the day prior to the Wallace was in 1 1 1 1 1 yard. niton. On that day he was rfred to Pasco, and settled his iill with Mrs. Kffie Johnson to one df the witnesses here brtilf df Wallace. Before he m Pasco, he went to the post- riere he signed n card pro- utor the forwarding of his Till card was obtained by Qilne. !k and three other ,rall- m. P. 1. Mark, S. Burt and HiD. left Hillyard together " to Pasco, where they-stop-iilheTacoma Hotel. Wallace Nfeellns well, and signed the It. being assigned to room 20. following day. May 29. the k crime was committed, he -red again, and was assigned s .8, sharing this room with f iti. He remained in the hotel " JUtn, and his name appears ' nroier again on the Hist. natures were all marie In his taHwrltlng. Which hns been ffi with specimens obtained "0 Wblch Drove rnnclnstvplv it made the signatures on the mm. The hotel register was n Wore anyone had a chance Irwin tt and there was no ""J lor anyone Interested In f to place the name on the -it was also proven beyond !ut the named .iMB tae and that they are not kceapMared tioforo the mn Personally and told a straight 's ItOlT. Hla tat.. wated tv p r ii j o boWf. with htm nn th. '"d. Mr. .Ta-nl.. ' Inau.'L'" 'whI"rton. 'u was not Drot ?;S"; Where wa"a-e was the arrest of Wallace S. . ,L'on ,,y Mr9- Ham w,ii? t0ld of "'e Election M( the safe ,.., i ventit, bdnj'mtid iiu m anv way. w hard nan t .i i u." M t0 the sincerity 4u u0"' any statement she f l caser ld'"ca- Wit. nanace in 0J n answers to the de- assallant. lights of BANK'S CONDITION G1VKN 0 i 4 By Associated lress MEDKOR1), Ore., Sept 23 Alfler working on the books of the defunct Jacksonville bank for the past six weeks, State Bank Superintendent ll(ennett reported to the circuit court that he has found the assets to be $212,627. and the liabilities $3111,000. He estimated that the bank would be able to pay 25 cents on the dollar. The re- ports show that the president of the defunct Institution, W. H. Johnson, who is now In the Jacksonville jail, kept two sets df books, and that he falsified to the sworn statement of the bank's condition on June 30th 1920. a positive statement before the grand jury that Wallace was not the man arrested at Glendale. A man answering to the description ot the fellow released at Glendale was picked up by the Medford-Rose- hurg stage driver on the same eve ning, about four miles north of Glen dale and was brought into Rose burg. The stage driver said that Mr. Wallace was not the man. The officers, lifter making an in vestigation into the case of Wallace, were practically assured of his In nocence and the search for the real criminal has never been stopped. Al though the chance of capturing the right man seems dark, yet the of ficers have been and are yet work ing on the case. "There hns never been a criminal matter in this county given a more thorough investigation!" eald 'Dis trict Attorney Neuner. "We even had a special Investigator go to Washington to Ifollow out Wallace's story to prove the statements he had made to us here. There can be no doubt but what the case Is one of mistaken identity." I feel mighty sorry for Wallace, was Sheriff Qulne's comment. "He has lost a great deal of money, his health has been seriously impaired by his 100 day confinement In this jail of ours, but in spite df all that, he has never complained and has bean a model prisoner. The attack on Mrs. Hamilton was the work of a de generate. Wallace is not that. Ho Is a gentleman in every particular and is not a man of the law breaking type." The grand jury afler returning a "not true" bill against Wallace brot indictments against A. B. Cody, ciargort with stealing a horse from Grant McLaughlin, a forest ranger; Alfred Smith and Ted Wear, charg ed with the theft df an automobile from V. T. Jackson and Milton An thony, accused of the theft and de struction of a motorboat belonging to Joe Lyons, of Reedsport. of ""tier her tin. " ne "n was clad 'ollowL . "I nervous My lni . "r"be ordeal. " Kti i ' h"r Iden- bt v. r"r ""Mined Mr. .. - vimn n v.... .. ' tronr. WJr of b"wn cor- ,Maccem,r id'lflcatlon " ctieaZ d " Pitive. :" t7 ? ,,hat " man i- . " the n ' "wl un ' whirl, v " 'anted. The .? "X. H to the res! L "ry !?.in ,n hurry. a. , in. '"' and ?UbU r J-on I'mnhlett. havlnr n, .. e, "ory. a," ,V. ... ""Tir ume flla to., """inan ul ""leer p,.;, " "r t-nphlette made More Price Drops Announced Today (Hy Associated PreBS, CHICAGO, Sept. 23. Two of Chicago's largest mall order houses here announced i.'ice cuta of from 10 to 20 per cent on many lines of merchandise. Common staples lead with a 20 per cent reductlonn. Ready to wear clothing was also affected. Silks have already been reduced from 33 to 80 per cent Furniture dropped down 25 per cent below the o of a few months ago. Burned Letter Received Here W. T. Wright, cashier of the Rose burg National bank, this morning received a letter from postofflce de partment of Toledo, Ohio, which con tained another letter addressed to Mr. Wright. The letter inclosed was badly burned around the edges and only the address and a portion of the contents were distinguienabie. Accompanying the enclosure was a slip which read: "The accompanying mail was salvaged from an airplane in the coast to coast air mail ser vice which was wrecked near Lusk ey. Ohio, at about 2 p. m., Sept. 14, 1920." Mr. Wright states he had other mail in the same shipment that failed to arrive, one of the letters being bank correspondence from New York which may have contained checks and other valuable articles. Many Exhibits Are Ready For Fair A" good many exhibits are being received for the county display at the state fair. The exhibits are be ing received at the Lawrence-Cor don real estate company offices on Cass Street. where they will be boxed by C. O. Garrett, of Glendale, tomorrow. Mr. Garrett has made a number of personal collections and It Is a certainty that the Douglas county exhibit will be one of the best ever. Mr. Garrett will be assistea in placing the display by C. E. Arm strong, county fruit Inspector, who has had a good deal of experience in that line df work. . , 15 CLEARED TODAY Disappearance of Young Girl Causes Officers Con siderable Work. FOUND AT WOODLAND Twelve Year Old Prune ricker Qulu Job at Dole and (Wk-s to Califor nia Action of I'ureulH Arouso Suspicion Concerning tiirl. The mystery surrounding the dis appearance of Bessie Bngle, 12-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Kussell, was cleared today when a dispatcii was received from Wood land, California, where the girl is being held by the Juvenile officers. un baturday the girl, who was employed at Dole with her mother and stepfather on the Booth ranch, engaged In an altercation with hor parents. In the afternoon while she was picking prunes, she comulalned df feeling ill and on this excuse went to the tent where they were stay ing and packed her suitcase with a few of her personal belongings and disappeared. 'rso anxiety was shown on the part of her parents who were recent ar rivals from Aubonla, 111., and their lack of Interest aroused the suspic ions df some of the other workers of the ranch, who insisted that the stepfather como to Roseburg and appeal to the officers. On Sunday, Russell came to the city hut did not go -near the sheriff's office ns he had told workers at the ranch he In tended to do. I On Monday the matter was re-i ported to Sheriff Quine by some df: the residents of Dole and an Invest!-! gation was started. No Information was obtainable the parents other than the fact that the girl had run away and that they did not desire her return. Consider able suspicion was felt that the girl had been murdered, while others contended that she had been drowned After Investigating the case quite thoroughly Sheriff Quine assisted by some of the men at the Booth ranch dragged the river In an at tempt to loc&te the body. The parents hastily packed their belongings and without waiting for their pay tor prune picking, departed for Port land. They were allowed to go but a reful check was kept on tneir movements. Toriav a renort was received from Woodland tn the effect that the girl had arrived in that place Monday, claiming she had walked Ifrom Port land. She gave the name of Violet Nell, but after being confronted witn the Information from Portland gave hor true name as Bessie Engle, and confessed to having run away from her folks at Dole. According to the report sue ac- comoan ed ner aamismun wuu threat df suicide If she should be re turned to her parents who are now in Portland. The girl's father died ahout throe years ago, she Informed the California officers, and her other recently married I. M. Kus sell, a former school teacher. She does not want to be returned to her home and refuses to even consider such an action. Shennr yuine mis morning received notice of the pa rents arrival in Portland and Mr. Booth received a request ror tne mnnv due for their work. The case has been put In the hands of the CalUfornia Juvenile court at Wood land, and will probably be handled there. FINK rilOGKAM AltllAXGKI) County School Superintendent, O. Brown reports that he has listed Mmho. nf excellent sDeakers for the county Institute which will be i.nt in tiiia cttv on the 3th 14th and 15th of October. A numuer oi nnr fan t urea will he introduced at the coming Institute and a line pro gram Is to be given. ' KIJXT OKF1CKIW. t. r.nen Bplinnl nnreiit teachers association held the first meeting of the year last nlgnt ai ine snmn house for the purpose of electing of ficers and discussing plans for the coming year. The officers of last year were re-elected, these being President. M. E. Ritler; secretary Myth Henderson: vire-presm-iu W. F. Harris; treasurer, Elizabeth Parrott. A committee was appoint ed to decide uiion a plan in mm., to raise funds for a play shed at the Rose school. A popular subscription of funds for this purpose will pro bably be ianen soon. o John Murphy, private In A Co.. second Pennsylvania heavy artillery, passed away at the Oregon Soldiers Illness. He was born In Ireland. Au llness. He was born In Ireland. Au gust lr 1S41. and entered the home here June 20. 1816. He nas no known relatives In this country. Fun eral services will be held at the Home cemetery tomorrow morning. Prune Crop Will be Little In jured If Rain Is Not Protracted. OUTLOOK IS HOPEFUL Weather Man ItcKrts That Inxlrit. uieiitM Show Storm to lie l'nss liur, and lnoks for a Ittvuk Within a Few Hours. Although very little damage has been done to the prune crop by the ruin up to the present time, a con tinued storm period may result in some loss. Slight splitting was re ported yesterday, with brown rot making Ha appearance in some sec tions. The heavy ruin of today has been the woit blow to the fruit growers during the picking season, but unless it continues llio damage will not be great. In places where the pickers have cleaned up the prunes on the ground the loss will not be severe, the coun ty fruit Inspector states. Growers who delayed picking or who havo! been unable to secure sufficient help to get the prunes off the ground will probably feel some loss. Naturally reports are somewhat exaggerated and te rumors of heavy losses in some sections will probably not be as serious as some are endeavoring to make out. Ac cording to those who have been mak ing investigations, the season is well along and drying is being rushed in all fruit sections. The rain is, of course, slowing up picking, as the laborers cannot do as elTlclent work because of the oxposure, but In Bplte of the storm the work continues. William Bell, of the local weather bureau, reported this afternoon that the barometer was rising rapidly, In dicating that the storm is probably passing. The wind still continued from the south, however, and until the wind changes he predicts that showers will continue.- The forecast from the government office for to morrow Is showers, but Iho barome ter Indicates that the storm may pass within the next few Hours. Reports from all over the country Indicate a general loss due to weuther condi tions. Fruit and grain have been iniured in many sections of the country, according to telegraphic re ports and in somo places tne loss nas amounted to a large percentage of the crop. Wheat Ix l ilt lirwlied. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept. 22. Thirty per cent or the wheat In the valley Is still iinthroshcd and only about 60 per cent of the grain Is Bafely In the warehouses;, accord ing to farmers in Hie city today. Continued rains are making the farmers pessimist ic. and there arc no indications that threshing can be resumed for several days. Michigan Fruit Hotting. CHICAGO, Sept. 22 A half mil lion dollars' worth or the greatest fruit crop Berrien county. Michigan, has grown in five y. ars lies rotting on the ground, four hours from thl-ca- - hv b""t or rail. This estimate was made by expert growers to an investigator for the Chicago Daily N-ws. which today published the story. Men Interviewed declared the crop of peaches, pears, apples. Plums and cantaloupes i to be worth from 8.0IM),"U0 to 10,000,- 000. o Exhibits For State Fair Pouring In Exhibits for the Mate fair ore be ing received in abundance at the ef fl.e of Lawrence and Cordon which been appointed as headquarters and are the best argument obtain able for he slogan "anythlirg will g ot ?n Douglas county." Almost even- variety of produce ever rals ed here Is represented, and still more . ,;.ln n Larre delicious np mes'an1; peaches'-H'all kinds cauli flower, corn, on the cob and In he stalk, grape, ot an .. - ITaU0 nielon and evening that could 'r1: ,,",rM S " nbart 'ranch at Melrose. The m,ffa is thirty I,, ho long and I is the fourth rutting this year f lye large tomatoes on ' - . . . . t. Venn, fltld SOn Ot hlblteq OV ';.- , . hieh as 0ra'd:r,;;umn.rr.ungp;he IfT8 ,Tg"h" v ,Rh..rl, several feet rio". V C. Brown, who rede. pp-ir this city, hns rVapc- made ,n,o raisins. The Virown family make their own raisins verv vear, whleh romes as a iiiir pri?e to many who had never given I thonrht to the rnlsln Industry here The exhibits are the cause .f much attention and are said to rival anything of a similar nature ever shown here previously. I Denies That Book Published Is Campaign Literature But" Private Enterprise. LIQUOR MAN TESTIFIES (eiMM-go Oir roll, Prominent Man ot I .ilquor InterosU in Now JerNcy ToNtiriot. That No Omtribti tioiu llavo lkvn MjuIu. Bjr Aiiorlatrd Pnu, IX VKSTK.ATKS lltOI'AC2AMA 4 WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. The senate committee Invest i- gating campaign expenditures late today Inquired into the dis- tribulion by the Newspaper En- terprlwe association of what was described' as "propaganda" for Cox. Hubert P. Scripps, of Scifpps' newspapers, admitted thai the association sent out let- 4 ters favoring Cox, but den led receiving any money from the democratic national committee. He said that his interest 'waa purely the public's interest." ! WASHINGTON, Sept 23Com flete investigations of the financing of the book 'Republicanism In 1920" published by the Albany Journnl, has been ordered by the campaign inves tigating committee. Wm, Karnes, Jr. iformatly directed the subscription lists for the book, although he con tended that the venture was merely a private transaction. He agreed to telegraph to the office for all data required by the committee. Another denial was tnadn In the investigation by George Carroll, of Kliznheth, N. .T., president of the na tional Ketatl Liquor Iealers of America, and the Federate IJquor Industries of New Jersey, who said that such support as these organiza tions had given the candidacy df Gov. Cox was in no way connected with the democratic party financing. Mr. Barnes carried his denial to the extent of challenging the com mittee s right to demand subscrip tion l'h'ts for the hook, and ques tioned Its authority to call for an ac counting ns to a private business venture, contending1 that the ex planation he made showed the work not to bo a campaign document. Mr. Carroll acknowledged hnvlng authorized the sending out from his office of letters urging liquor deal ers tn the national association to aid the Cox and Roosevelt Ticket. The 'otter bdfore the committee, he said had been read to him over the tel ephone for approval, but he said he !ld not recall the paragraph speci fically urging that democratic can didates be supported. T'llks mi Iriili Qumtlon MARION. Sept 23 Declaring that the Irish problem "was not r ques tion for official America." Senator Harding In his statement today said that In his opinion the movement for Trlsh Independence would be under the league of nations a subfect en tirely "Internal or domestic." In ad dressing a gathering of Ohio repub licans he declared that neither the social reformers or Industrial chief- tans eliould view the problem of soclnl betterment from their own tandpotnt. Market Quotation. PORTLAND. Sept. 23 Hogs are lower nt $18.80 and $19.25. Cattle and sheep prkes are steady and but ter and eggs remain firm. LOCAIj nkws. NKW FltKXCII PKKSIDKNT 4 Ity Abmk'IuUhI Prcya VERSAILLES. iKriimA S.mr 23 Aiexundre Milloiand has beeu elected president of Franco to succeed Deschaugel, resign- A Alt Mi)rtillwr uu..li.m ,.r A, vote of the national assembly. Miss Gladys Hunt has accepted a position as typist with the Doughm Abstract company, beginning in her ne w position today. H. F. Nichols, of Tiller, was a busi- msB visitor In Roseburg for several hours today. Claude McDonald, 8. P. Fenley and Walace Freyer, all of Klkton, wore In the city today attending to court matters. Frank Fate, of Perdue, spent the day in Roseburg looking afler busi ness matters. ii. It. Sigler, ex-county assessor of Multnoman county, Ms! ted In Roseburg today on his way to Ash land and Grants Pass where he is appraising the Weinhard estate. A. K. Street and wife left this af ternoon for Salem where they will attend the state fair. Mr. Street will superintend the placing of the Industrial exhibit from this county. Mrs. H. .Merfen, who was oper ated on at Mercy hospital yesterday morning is steadily Improving, ac cording to Dr. Sether who Is the at tending physician. W. R. iKmaldsonn. district ale,i manager for the Standard Oil Co., passed through Roseburg yesterday enroute from Portland whre he has been stationed at Phoenix. Arizona whre he has been appointed as sal- esmansger for the company. Mr. Donaldson baa been In Roseburg a number of times and is well ac quainted here. Miss Frances Paralow left this af ternoon where she will study music at the University this winter. Mrs. T. W. Hoyt, of Sutherlin, was a Roseburg visitor today spending a short time transacting business mut ters. Mr. and Mrs. J. L Fenton. of Lew- iston Idaho, who have been visiting near Roseburg, at the Jean Hannan residence hilt this afternoon for their home. Mrs. G. E. Lawrence and Mrs H. L Kru.se, both of Oakland, returned home this afternoon following a short visit In this city. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Anderson of Melrose spent a few hours In Rose burg this morning shopping and at tending to business matters. 1 Mtsttes Evelyn and Gertrude Craig who have beeu visiting at Riddle with their aunt, Mrs Peter Didtel, arrived at their homo In this city this afternoon. Mrs. Roy (icdney and children who havo been visiting at the home oil' W. F. Harris, left this afetrnoon for Albany where she will make a short visit before returning to her home In Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Reese, who came to Roseburg this morning from Sutherlin to spend a short time at tending to busfuess matters, return ed home on the afternoon train Mr. and Mrs. Peter IJlam, who re side near Canyonvillo and who are well known In this city are being congratulated upon the arrival of a baby girl born to them Sunday. Throe now members have boon on rolled in the Chamber of Commerce during the past week. Cansidorable interest Is being shown In chamber of commerce activities and the mem bership Is growing constantly. Alex Andrleff, of West Roseburg, who has been spending Iho summer in Alaska, relumed to his home In Ibis city lust night and will leave soon for Eugene to resume his studies at the University of Oregon. Mrs. Wm. Rader who has been shopping In Roseburg for a short time left this allternoon for her homo in Tyee. Mrs. Under has Just re turned from Seattle, where she has been spending tho past two months visiting hep son. Mrs. F. M. Ijimb and baby arrived in Roseburg this afternoon from llornbrooke, Calif, where they re side and will make an extended visit with Mrs. Iamb's parents, Mp. and Mrs. A. E. McConnack, of South Doer Creek. Geo. E. Shamp, who has been act ing as day warehouseman foreman has resigned his post 1 ion and will tako up his residence near Sutherlin where ho owns a ranch. His place in the warehouse will be taken by I. Ifarrelson. Th o fine farm in the B rock w ay neighborhood generally known as the Skadau ranch, but recently own fd by E. E. Dent, of Salem, has been purchased by W. T. Cloake who will take possession of the property at once. The sale was negotiated by W. J. Tester, who also reports the sale oT four houses in northeast Roseburg during the past few days. The R. E. Heinselman place about tour miles east of Roseburg was sold yer.terday through Rice & Rice to .fames O. Arthur a recent arrival here.' Mr. Arthur will make the place his homo. It consists of ten well improved acres. Rice & Rice also report the sale of the R. A. Seiber house on Parrott street lo W. E. Strlckllng. Mr. Htrlckllng has bei renting the house for some time. A large party of young folks bfl this morning for Kugene to enter tho University or Oregon. Among those who are starting their first year are Teka Uaynes, Ruth Powell. Lillian Flint and Leslie Burner. For mer pupils who are returning to re sume their work are Naomi Wilson, George Houck and Allen Oden. Miss Mildred Black left for Eugene Hup afternoon and will Join the class at the opening of school. The exhibit building nt the depot has been thoroughly renoyitcd by Charles I,erry who has It in charge and a campaign is now 1m lug started by tho Chamber of Commerce to se cure a new supply of fruit for display purposes. It Is expected that quan tities of apples, prunes, pears and peaches will be on display there within a short time. A new surn with the name of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce In large white letters has been placed no tho ronf to re place the old one installed by the Roselmrg Commercial Club several years ago. Southern Pacific Detective Frank Kodgers who was formerly station ed in this city, but who, for the past Kew month has been residing In Ku trene. has ben promoted by the Portland riffle to First division as fls'ant special agent, and will In the future bp stationed In Portland. Mr. .Rogers has been aMend'ng to hul- re( matters here and left this sf trnnnn for Portland to take up his new duties IS FOUNDINNLY.TODAY Police Find Package Dyna mite at Brooklyn Ele vated Station. FUSE WAS BURNING Oltlcer ot Imw Prevents Dbuuttor bjr KitiiiKulsliinB Flame Warnings Have Ueen Itecelvrd In St-voin! Large Cities. (Hy AaaoolAti.fi Pr...i ANOTHER WARNING. ...... . ....... ,,,, 1 receipt of a warning in an muni) Minus letter mat the Grand Central railway termln- al would bo blown up at 2 v o ciock toaay was followed by S PVtrni.rillnnrv Dnltnn ... n ... ...... A the terminal. Extra guards wore also placed around the Pennsylvania station and Man- hattun's two main post offices. NEW YORK, Sept. 23. While In vesilKalors of the New York police department and the department of Justice were still seeking to solve the mystery of the Wall street explosion, a policeman today found a package containing dynamlto on the platform of the Reed avenue elevated station In Rrooklyn. Police headquarters nnnouncod that the bomb composed or dynamite which had been found by one of the' force had a burning tuBe attached when the policeman found it. As soon as It was located the policeman "put out" the fuse and by mi doing probably prevented a re currence of the Wall street disaster. Warning that the Brooklyn post office should be "cleared at 12:15 a. m. Saturday" was received by the postmaster on a postcard. It was rharnclerlzed as a Joke hy B. M. Gar diner, collector of Internal revenue but. he took measures to guard the Htructure. 1 pldenilc nf Ilomb Threats. NEW YORK. Sept. 23. While the latest developments In the In vestigation of Wall street's explosion pointed to an accident rather than a plot, news dispatches from other cities Indicated that a mild epidemic or "bomb threats" had broken out throughout the country. Cleveland. BoBton, New Bedford, Trenton and New York were among cities which reported anonymous wnrnings of dire misfortune. Al lliough authorities professed to re gard Iho messages aB the work of some prnctlcal Joker or crank, never theless In every Instance extra pre cautions to prevent outrages were taken. The fact that Now York's customshouso still stands unshaken arter the warnings of on explosion to havo occurred yesterday, did not cause either federal or local officials lo relax their vigilance. Friends of League Asked to Donate Ilr Aslmrtltted Prc. NEW YORK, 8ept. 23. Demo cratic National Chairman White an nounced that the committee would raise i".00,000 to "match tho presi ednt's fund." lie said that a thous and friends of the weague of nations Would be asked to subscribe 1500 eiicli following President Wilson's example. .. o Japs Are Getting "Their Irish Up" Ilr Auotlmd Preaa. TOKIO, Sept. 23. The Washing ton government will bo asked to appoint a commissioner to efTect a solution of tho Jupaneso American problems and In tho event of the passage of the anti-Japanese legis lation In California Japan will nr rango for a law suit against tho Cal ifornia legislature on tho grounds that the hill Is unconstitutional and a violation of the treaty rlKhts. the newspapers report. I Mlrse Dorothy Ellis and Anna Kline have accepted positions as ushers at the Liberty theatre. ' The copy for tho Douglas county ! publicity booklet has been placed In I tho hands of the printers and the ! hook will lie printed and made ready i for distribution at an early date. All j towns were Invited to submit copy tor the present Issue of tho booklet land only a few have failed to do so. smnll amount of space has been reserved for those yet outstanding b-it unless copy is turned In at once the owns not yet contributing will he omitted. The book Is helng printed by th exclusive Job depart ment of the Nows-Revllow office.