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I ROSEBURG New - WEATHER :view DAILY TEMPERATURE lligtterit yesterday 40 lamest lust 11I14IU (t Which it Included The Evening News and The Roieburg Review OP KOSKlltlUl REVIEW KOHKUUHU, OKEtiON, MOXDAV, 1)K( KMHKl; l, 10 Jo, VOL. IX, o LDO OK THH tVEXIXO NEWS will. NO. Vi" iissliT , SESSIONS TODAY 66th Session Will Continue Until Inauguration of the President in March. TREATIEsllSCUSSED Xu,U.r of IHH. A" Also " ACt Jd I -pun. AdJ..urnn.U Tomer row lo Await Iho Mofwaije Frwil ITiU.iit WUttoii. J TKAM WOKK DES1KKR VSHISf!TON. Dec. 6. Co- nwratiou ana u i a ! Keen ih White Houw and ! ,5ident-l.-ct Harding in a ! hor adJr, from Iho f oor of J ,Sf ieaaie today, following an I ovation when he anawered roll ! "all as .enator when congress I elembh d. Though diacla m- ! u.g any de.ire to criticize the J, present administration. Hard- ne declared it to be among his T L"6 ,.,h, lions to Insure a h..nr team work betw work between the ,o branches of the govern- ment. lly AsK'hitJ JTot, WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. Passage of the annual appropriation bills and preliminary work on matters to be pushed bv the new administration wre expected to occupy much of the limn for the last session of the Sixty-sixth Congress which began today to continue until the inauguration of presdent-elect Harding on March Sissios today were limited to the cimal formal ceremonies in the Sen ile and House. Tomorrow the an nual nfrosage from President Wilson will gel down to the real work of the ill get down to the real ork of the session. Receipt from Secretary Houston of the annual federal ap propriation estimates, aggregating several billions of dollars, was one ot today's events. Adjournment until tomorrow oit of respect for house members who have died since the closing of the last session In June and to await the president's message, was arranged to follow today's routine. This Includ ed the chaplain's prayer, roll calls of membership and adoption of re solutions to notify the President and each body of today's assembling. Senator Lodge of .Massachusetts, the republican leader, had charge of these resolutions In the Senate, and Representative Mondell of Wyoming, still on crutches from a recent acci dent, acted similarly in the House. O'.her formalities on today'B pro gram were swearing In ot Senators Carter Glass, of Virginia, elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Martin, and Senator J. Tho mas H-riin. of Alabama, successor to the late Senator Har.khead. Sev eral new House members elected to fill vacani ies also were to be sworn In. These went the only Immediate changos resulting from the Novem ber election, none of the new Sena tors or Representatives taking their seats u!il after March 4. The ses sion beginning today, however, was the last of many members, including promient veterans, who retire with sine die adjournment next March. Hoth Senile and House expect to plunge immediately into work to morrow, organization under republi can control having been affected last spring, at the first regular sea ion ot the present Congress, Com mittees were organized except for a th ,ia''ancies and enlargement of tne House appropriations committee irom 21 to 3.-, members under the new House rule centralizing all ap propriaii,,n bills in the committee. The senate's unfinnished business Pending and awaiting debate, with Protracted discussion in prospect, iil-ciuro-d ,h Kenyon-Kendriek bills to regulate the meat packers and other adjuncts Ul , livestock industry. n bill was expected to be the ve o'her ,r num"roll speeches and 1,8 b- senators on political "en s ,c and forel aNoV h"r "ubi,"-,s- The house :n,u, mi,ny bi"a wallln8 n Although nil Conir..." V ''""""f unis nie wnen Z , ai J""rM 1,1 Mrch. little I ral. 'Citation was planned for Drespnt i . ii.uui.eu ior P ro? 1:' T by lead-"- The a? houJ. "I"'' "8'. ""Hinatlng in the v i- . v poven tr.l,,eti . w "" were rey for in- ii-i. v """ever Irish... r " snd o:h "r r . rr?;,,-nt--l,t Harding P'eval, r ,;; '"Wican leaders would Ourlng ,'","" le'''"ve action redia,e 'r"'ent session, no Im- Interna.ic"'!, r .r,;?rdl American """1 br'lL rt,'aUon was contem-T"- fcr''Puhl"'an Naders, none "p:'"lon today whether8 ".ember, of Con--H urn ,h. '"t Wil Je. to th. Senate " ' Ver""- av in ,i C KI,Bn "gnt or March . v1""" of P'ihS all by fr other L 'he deck8 cl'ar I t' ln ,he Prospect- -e:. r::::a r. - con. Treat leg before tha Senate foreign relations committee, wttnoui pro spect of early action, were the Pol ish traty. the proposed Anglo-American-Ir'rench pact for protection of France and treaty with Columbia. Tha Austria treaty has not yet been submitter by President Wilson. Revenue and taxation questions are to have earl consideatiorn of Sen ale and House leaders and commit tees, but general aentlment appeared to be for deferring action until af ter President Hardlng'a inaugura Prellminary work on bills to revise tariff and Internal revenue probably will be started durlg the present ses sion, however, to expedite action at the new session. Hills lo aid agriculturists, limit immigration and make a congres sional apportionment are among those to be taken up early this ses sion. The House census committee already has begun work on a tenta tive re-sppolntment bill and the House lmmigratlo eonmittee on a measure to restrict Immigration. Continuance of several old and the launching of several new cnogres sional Investigations also are plan ned. The Senate committee ivestl- gatlng housing conditions ad the House Body inquiring Into snipping board affairs are to be continued, according to present plans. The Senate committee, headed by Sena tor Kenyon of Iowa, which has been Investigating political campaign con tributions and activities. Is expected to file its report soon. The session which began today was the third of the Sixty-sixth Con gress. The first, the special session convened May 19 and adjourned November 19, 1919, and the second, convening December 1, adjourned last June the 6th, before the na tional political conventions. To CanyonvlUe Ike Quick, ot the Parks Brothers' wholesale grocery bouse, left this morning by auto for CanyonvlUe to spend a short time attending to busi ness matters. Inter Class Debate Question Decided The first Inter-class debate will tnke place at the High School Fri day morning, and will be followed by debates between each class. The question to be debated Is "Reso'""'i that Ireland should be given the Dominion rorm of Government." Yue Seniors and Juniors will debate the question. - Clarence Church and Gla dys Kafrey.y wil compose the sen- or team, tuicr Esther Morgan and Delorne Parrott the Junnr. The de bate will be had before ho assemb ly at nine o'clock Friday morning. o Largi e Audience Hears Evangelist All the seats were taken last night at the revival conducted by Evan gelist Jerry Jeter in the old armory. Even the benches along the walls were all taken. Mr. Jeter painted a picture c canvas in Just a few minutes. He caled It "Home, Sweet Home." He wns talking ana tnrowmg on tne pnlnt all the time. It Is said that Mr. Jeter Is the only evengellst ln America who Is doing that sort of painting. The large audience was with the Bpcaker from the start. Mrs. Jeter spoke in the afternoon to the largest crowd she has spoken to here. There will be no services at all today. "Rest Day." said the evengellst. Telephone Books Being Distributed The new telephone directories Jus Issued by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company are being dis tributed this wee. The books were compiled and published under the direction of Mr. John R. Farrlngton. the new local manager of the ex change. Mr. Farrlngton, who is a re cent arrival here, Is well pleased wnn tne territory. He nas had a great deal of experience ln the man agement of telephone exchanges and has made a number of improvements locally which will benefit the service a great deal.. Mr. Farrlngton says that good service depends largely upon the measure of cooperation af forded the telephone company by the public and the standard of equip ment which will meet the require ments of the trade. During the war the telephone equipment was de pleted to a great degree and it Is expressly for the purpose of rebuild ing that the company Is making an effort to secure an increase In their rates, which will Insure the main tenance and the development of a high standard of telephone communication. MEETING TOMORROW. The regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for the election of directors will be held at the city hall tomorrow night at g o'clock. Seven di- rectors are to be chosen and other Important matters are to be taken up, and all members of the organization are urged to be present. ) 1WD ARE KILLED IN POLICE RAID Murderer is Badly Wounded and May Die Shooting is Result of Roundup. MOBS ATTACK THE JAIL Several Arrest Are ALule Two Io- Uce Officers, Killed Are Well Known In Sonoma County (jlrla Are Wit Hewlett. Ity Associated Trews SANTA ROSA, Dec. 6. Two as saults were made last night by mobs on the Jail where George Boyd, ac cused of having shot and killed Sheriff Pet ray of Sonoma county and Detective Sergeant Jackson and De tective Dorman, of San Francisco, was hovering near death. Hoyd was shot by Jackson after Jackson had fallen family wounded. Charles Val entl, Identified as the owner of a San Francisco cottage where officers charged a score or more of girls had been assaulted, and Terrence Fitts, his companion, are also held In tho county Jail without charge. Dorothy Quintan, said to be a friend of Val enti and a witness of the shooting, is also being held. The detectives and Katherine O'Connor, police woman, ot San Francisco, arrived here early yester day with three young San Francisco girls who had been attacked recently In that city. The police woman and the three girls were outside the house when the shooting took place. Dan Fitzgerald, who told the police he bad entered the house, which was owned by Peter Uuldotti, shortly be fore the officers arrived, was held as j a witness at his own request. San Francisco police said valenti Is the person suspected of Implica tion in the attacks on girls in the Hay City and that the officers had come to Santa Rosa with the three girls in an attempt to Identify him. (Suspects Are Lined l"p, Fltzgeruld told the police that the officers entered the room and lined tho men UP against the wall, prelim inary to bringing Policewoman O' Connor and the three girls into the room. Boyd, officers Bald, drew n revolver and fired three shots, ono at each officer ln the room. Detective Jackson was shot in the chest, the bullet passing through his body. Sheriff Petray was shot In the head. Detective Dorman was shot above the heart. Boyd, Fitzgerald told the police, fired another shot in the melee and it entered his own sido. Crowds Gather nt Jail. The persons Inside the house were taken into custody by Robert Dick son and Marvin Robinson, deputy sheriffs, who had accompanied the San Francisco officers, and Sheriff Petray to the house, but had re mained outside with Policewoman O'Connor and the three girls. Tho deputy sheriffs rushed into the house at the sound of the first shot and forced the persons Inside to pubmli to arrest at the point of revolvers. Immediately after the shooting be came known large crowds collected In front of the jail, Jamming "Royal Order of Goofs" Will Stage Entertainment in Spite of Cops Objections. BIG TIME IS EXPECTED He On TEnio Tomorrow Nielli nt tin Armory and Help KltH't OtThi'rt Hot IHk and lluim Will llo Served Pie Content. When the "Royal Order of (.oofs'1 stage their grand and glorious mas sacre at the meeting of I'mpiiua Post, American Lrgton. tomorrow night at the armory the Huddles 111 have something to talk abou' for months to come. Through some unknown way the enterlainmeni plans of the Goofs leaked out tod iy and an ultimatum was Issued by the city officials to the effect that thov would not allow them to nut on tneir wnoie program, inis at tirs dampened the ardor of the Legion alrres bur a short time later they re sponded with the announcement that the entire program would be staged. regarloKs of the wishes and orders or tne peace orncers. This means there will be something doing to morrow night. For the past two weeks the in fant order of Goofs, consisting f throe members, have been holding meetings behind closed doors in pre paration for the meeting to murrmv night. In addition to the entertain ment program arranged bv those 'cold blooded' individuals, the Jazz- O-Four orchstra will be on hand for grand iazz barrage. I Veil ltlack the ex-soMier warbler, will warbK di'ties for the bovs, and a number o1' Other features wll be chalked up.'' '"ollowiug all of this joy stuff v be a pie eating contest. Four of the former chow-line leaders have been secured to put ou this attraction and it promises to be a winner. It goes without paying that when they finish (there will be no "seconds". Then unoiner event or mieresr to all wnn are blessed with appetites will be tho "feed." It will be a two-course banquet consisting of "hot dogs ami buns." Bring ttiong your mess-kit. The main busing of the evening will be to elect officers for th ensu ing year. A number of nominations have been made for the office of post commander. Hill Wright and "Mike" Devaney will make the rate for that position It Is said. Leon McOlintock will probably walk off with adjutant honors, having no op ponent. The most exiting race, how ever will be for the position of cban laln. Phil Harth and lllchard Husch are vleving the honors in that orrice and it must be admitted that either of those "black Jack sharks" would, make good. no all in all It promises to be the big session of the ynr. Kememhe;- the Goofs have defied tho officers and declare thev will stag their ex hibition in detail. narrow street for blocks. It was es timated that there wore at least 2000 persons in the mob. Some advocated a rush upon the building but no vio- the,lence was manifested. Congress Convenes J PLANS FOR BRIDGE ALMOST COMPLETE Much Money Will be Saved by the Use of the Plans Made by County. WORK TO BE RUSHED lehel to iivt Contract A Mow til at Once In Order That CoiUinttoi May (.Vt MuteriaU on (atoiiml to Work During himiiiier. County Surveyor Floyd 1'rear is today (uinutetint the nlans I'm- the proposed Kvans park bridge, which is to im hunt next summer by the coun ty and ciiv on a 50-50 basis ai ih. site f the former Alexander bridge, conn i-tiug Mill fctreet with iho Evuiii park addition to the city. Tho expensi. under the is-iiniy plans will doubtless be hi Joasl &1...UMU bi-- low lil t amount thi'i would have n si t'Hl hud the state's idans be. n toilo.vtd, and ut l!ie tame lime tin; bridge will be as :;tio:ig. Tho e.stiiiiato of the stale eiii-fneer for construction und contingencies amounted to ocr $41,MUU. To this ten per cent was added for engineer ing, making a total of -t."..H.e as his :otal e.slimute. Contraeior Mrtini who made the only bid on tiieso plans, was DraetiaeMv Slu.uuU ln low the estimate ot the siute eniun .er lor const i uciiua and couiingt iicuo, the amount of eiitrineerine chaMi-M nni being included in his bid. 1 he contractor's bid was a trrent surprise, bein gso far below the esti mate, Mr. Metzger bavins agreed lo construct (he bridce for tin; rtmu .r However, neither the eltv nor th county have $16,000 available for (he construction of the bridge and cotisenuentlv It cither hee srtiy for the adoption of chunked pinna or tho nbiindonmtmt of tho pro ject uUogi'thi'r. ltiither Hum fon-Ko Hit- cniiBiructlun of the badly nwui u hrillKt'. lilt! COUIHV Court, with Ihn coiiHi'iit of Mayor Hamilton, iimtruut- i'l mi' couniy surveyor lo nri-iiuic lu.v i, Inns, und this Iu.sk Is lr:icl U-allv completed. Mr. Krear lms drawn live large sheets of plans und is now working on Hie flnul and minor de tails. I'llder Ills plans the new liridee will be constructed much mm-,. cheaply t hiiu under the state plans. The two piers on the east end will be utilized and the pier on the wist end will be reinforced and used. The leaning pier will be blown mil .. .wl two much linger piers will take lis place. These new niers. which r. lb- niont Important supports ul the structure, wlil be of u much heavier type. Thev will he so hniit iiiui ir ..i aey time It becomes necessary lo build a newer and heavier hiidco they will be callable of bearing l lie welch'.. The bridge will be of the same type as the bridge over the river near liil lnni, on the I'aciflc hii-hwin- r., excepl that it will be much lighter. It will be covered and will hnve win dows at f refluent Intervals. The usual form of Howe truss will be used and the structure will be solidly built. One of the Important (lifter- .encea between tho siato und county plans is in the splicing, lie- statu specifying expensive steel siiliciugs, while tho county plans call fur wood en splices. The slate plan calls for elaborate metal work throughout but the county plans are much more simple and will doubtless result In (he saving of many thousands of dot lars. The spuns will average 109 feet In length und the bridge will be c.iall of bearing 10 tons. The contract will be allowed n soon us possible, providing the bid Is wittiln the amount the city und coun ty will bo uble to raise, and Ibis will give lite contractor an opportunity to work all winter. He cull get bis tim bers, metals, und other inateriul on the ground, can frame liis timbers and have everything ready to .tart actual construction as soon as the rundiiioii of the river will permit. This will enable the contractor to build the bridge next summer while f the matter Is delayed until miring it will take a full year to get the irldge ready for use. Music Club Will hlezt Tomorrow The Koseburg Music club will meet tomorrow night at the Heln-ine-Moore Conservatory. An ex ceptionally good program has been at ranged, and will include (he fol lowing numbers: Solo by Miss Nao mi Phelps, daughter of Itev. Cuy Kiteh Phelps of the Methodist Knis- copal church: duet by Dr. and Mm. K. M. lirumfield; Solo bv Lymou Silencer, ba'itones: solo by Warren Hurt, tenor; piano selection by Miss Inez ralhoun; reading by Mrs. v W. Asheraft; and a unique photo graphy e ul im inn by Hemus. A short business meetlnir will be held at which time the Lyceum ccurs will be discussed. Tho next number will be In this city Thursday even Ing. Meeting Tomorrow The Ked Cross executive commit tee will meet at 9:45 tomorrow tc outline tho work for the coming year. They will take up methods of relief and the best way of handling the v service man s problems and the aid to destitute or sick persons. Hearst Loses Out on Injunction Suit Ity Associated Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The (n junction against the shipping board forbidding the sale of the former (.erninn passenger liners, issued by the district supreme court on an ap plication of Win. It. Hearst, was to- d.'y set aside by the district court of appeals. Government Wins Anti-Trust Suit Il ANnffneil Press. WASHINGTON. Dec. The gov ernment won the anti-trust suit au;.inst the Lehigh railroad and af f i la led corporations. The supivnie court sustained tho charges of mon opoly and violation of tho Sherman anti-trust law. Six Negroes Get Chance for Life II r AMntnrlarfxil Preaa. l.ITTL KICOCK, 1mc. ti - The Ar kansas supreme court today granted n'W (rials for six negro rioters who are held under th death sentence. Amendment Will be Reconsidered fir AMnnrlntfil Prta. ( ; K S K V A , Dec. 6 . A rg en 1 1 n a 's amend n lent to the covenant of t he 1 Jiyue of nations, (he rej.-ction of which caused th Argentina delega tion to leave the assembly, has been r furred to the assembly for consid etation at the nef meeting. Honorio Pueyrredon, head of the Argentine nil: don, told t ho Associated Press that his delegation would leave for I'm Is next Wednesday or Thursday. Bill Would Check Tide Immigration CGy Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dee. f, - - That some action will doubilens b taken by conen-ns to ch-'ck the tru menses tide of lmmlirra- Hon flowing Into thN country from Ktirnpe, a larg part of which Is believed to be II fides. r- able, is shown In the favorable report today on t he Johnson bill, prohibiting Immigration for two years. The bill was or- d red favorably reported out by the house immigration commit- tee, and Chairman Johnson fa id the iniiiFiitn would be gtv. n preference in the house cabn- dnr. GOVT. PEACE TIME EXPENSE JS LARGE Estimate of Nearly 5 Billion of Dollars Faces .Congress When it Convened Today WAR COSTS CONTINUE Army aiid Nuvy, mm I'muiI, Ask for the Largest Amounts Mileage of OlTlcvrti and Men in Army lligge.-t ' Single Item. Ity Associated Prm WASHINGTON. Dec. 6. Another peace time estimate ot nearly live billions of dollars for the govern- nt's expenses during the fiscal ir 1!22 faced congress when It re assembled today. The exact figures is transmitted by Secretary Houston were $4.6&3,H5G, 7 59, an increase of nearly one billion dollars over the ipproprtatlons for the current year. but $211,000,000 less than the esti mates submitted a year ago. Continuing war costs were directly reflected throughout the estimates. Indicating that the government might be on a four billion dollar basis for iontn years to come, as compare I with the one billion dollar maximum preceding tho war. The single item of interest on the public debt was al most the pre-war maximum of all appropriations, this total being JiUli.tiaU.iiuo. In addition there was an estimate of $265,754,864 for the war debt sinking fund. Of the Individual departments, the army and navy, as usual, asked for the greater amounts, the estimate for the military establishment being $G))275,602, and for the naval es tablishment $658,522,21. The total estimates as given by Mr. Houston follow: Legislative (congress), $9,9324, 040. Executive (White House and gov ernment departments), $125,448, 37!). Judicial (supreme court), $1,680, 215. Department of agriculture, $41,- 98It,35. Foreign intercourse, $11,983,848. Indian affairs, $11,989,703. Pensions, $265,190,000. Panama canal, $16,187,255. Public works, $250,928,194. Postal service, $585,406,902. Miscellaneous, $675,154,741. Permanent annual appropriations, $1,300,776,361. These estimates, prepared by the democratic administration, are tor the operation of the government dur ing the first fiscal year of tho new republican administration. Republi can leuders in the senate and house alroady have forecast a sharp cut in the total and within the week the house committees will begin work. Included in the estimates for the army and navy Is a total of $95,0(iu, UU0 for development and mainten ance of the air service in the two defensive branches of the govern ment, tho navy usks for $35,000,000 and the army seeks $60,000,000. Chief among the estimates for the navy Is one of $184,000,000 to con tinue tho 1916 three-year building premium. The army's greatest single Item Is $215,659,830 for the pay and mihagu f ufiic-ets and men. An appropria tion of $74,StiH,uOO is proposed for he m.flonal guard. Kxpendituies on public works sug gested under the war department to tal $iir..l34,H2S. of which $68,097. S65 goes to river and harbor develop- eiit. For Improvement and main nance of military posts, fortiflca tiis and other works of defence, the my lists $117,153,614. Incl tided in the miscellaneous inn is an estimate of $ 1 4 7.8:H.520 r the shipping board und one of $ I ti't.OfHi.uoO for the bureau of war sk insurance. In its program to take care of dis tilled soldiers, sailors and marines under tho war risk act, the treasury I' part im nt seeks appropriations of $:; 5,000,000 for additional hospital ind dispensary facilities, and $50. iipit.iHio Tor medical and hospital aer-n-i s. The federal board for vooa fonal education asks $78,000,000 to at i y on Its work. For prohibition enforcement $7, .oo.MOO is asked. Included In the miscellaneous ex-H-nditures are estimates by the vari ous ! partments for the conduct ot si nelly departmental affairs, some of whieh follow : Intei stui u commerce commission, $5.r,74.uoo. F'-deral trade commission, $1, n.'.r.itoii; raited States employes compensation commission and coni peniitiou fund, $2.?'26,So. and rail road labor board, $55", ono. Thief of Police D. It. Sham brook returned last rit:ht from Pon !a ml where he turned over J. A Dulies and Kla Ittboeo to th- fed eral authorities, lit) stopped at A! bany on the way back and It irned that the edicf tte-re had traced the coats stolen bv the pair from the ladies' furuisiiiug store find that th story wan corroborated by his ftivl-ingtf. 4)