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fAOR TWO Uaued Oallr Caevat kuadaji. b. W." llulr. L. 'jlwl Bert I.. Hair. Dally, lar year, by wall $4.00 LJally. mix niontba, by mall c. By Carrier, intr motilb .... in Tha Aaaovlalad raa la aicluaival anllliau lu ia ua lur rvpubiluattun 01 ail uuvva Uiavatciiua cruuiitsl tu ll oi bulvOtnerwi.a ciuuuau la ibla bapi and aiao law iucal uuwa iiubJiauad aura la. Ail riauia of republication o apa vial ui.imicuea boraiu alao raaarvt.0. jLlilarad a aacunu-oia.a uiatiar alay tn ii.au l lii uul ulUi al Kuaabuia, Ui'aguii, udi ta Act ul atarcu I. lam l'KOl'I.K COMK ASIl UO. lUxu'liuriC, ll-. Iitwiuue , ItWti A CltltlSTMAH 'IIIAXK-I H:ltlN(i A business mail who coulribuicd tu the ciiim Hiding fund nu belli raised iu Una country to buvo Hi lives ul a.bUO.UUu children luclllfc starvation in t.uiope scuua willi In cut-clt u, letter, sayiug: "llie families ol central Kuropc are lul line oilier families. 1 "" uurc-aia cry wli.-u their cuiiilrcii but ler, auu mose cluldieu know more ui misery than any uiaii or wo.i.au iu bus aot set.u lucin could believe. J iniu we.u is to do a uivine until, i. I.w.i.ih a uarluor Willi Ihe Almighty HI, all we uoi allow boiih-iIiius or thai mercy ot iioU lor wlilcli we hope oui- wives ! " A mutlKir sent money Willi tbit simple statement: "1 uiu sending a lnunK on. nils" mat our own baby it properly ted ami clothed. Tne chlluren ill an Illinois Kill. day school volea lo tlo witliout their an aual Christmas candy, ami Die inoui' usually unvoted lo the Sunday bclioo. mtt boxes waa turned over to tht cnild teemng work. It was only 1U1 but il represented real love and sac rillce from the child standpoint, auu It will save IU of the sirickeu littu ones. ChrlstiuuH IB essentially Ihe child ren'a day. To make as many littK (olka as poHbihle happy on Unit du Is the chief ambition ol a gseal man) normal persons at this time of year Somehow, while remembering lilt own children, nieces and nephews, little friends and needy children oi the community, one cannot shut ou the thought of the starving cuildri-b of Europe. Two-thirds of the cost of saving them is to be supplied by the coun tries Involved. Only one-third I. asked for from rich and happy Amer ica. The one-third amounts lo 2.t 000, 0U(). Contributions are pourint in to headquarters dally, says tht Literary Digest, which Is campaign lug actively for the cause. At tint ChrlHtmus season the United Slate. should respond Joyfully with i "thank offering" that our own bable are not in the plight of Kurope's. Koscburg mid Douglas county wil not falter in their duty toward th. suffering children of ICurope. tiiio viri.-riti:siiKvr.s iio.mi:. Although Ihe president of tin Dulled Stales has the While llousi nl his disposal, the vice-president it homeless. The incumbent of thli high office has lo search over Wash ington for a suitable dwelling hat ing the following requirements: It must he comfortable enough ti house his family properly; ll must be large enough to enter tain as bellts his station; 11 must be within eusy reach of He While House; . 11 must he paid for-unless He vice-president has private means, nm. whether he has or not is none of tin nation's business out of his salar.v of $12,000. This Is no easy lask. nor Is it on coinportilig with the nation's dignity For a long lime the office nf vice president has been one of show chiefly, ll has gone to a man means, because no other could carry It. The duties of the office have beei slight and chielly ornamental. With the growth of the presiden tlal Job to one which is manifestly too big for one man to carry, the de Velopment of the vire-p.esidelil ia office lo one which will lake ove. many of the presidential duties is In coming Imperative. The president elect has nnnoum-ed that he expect to move lu this direction, anil hii Btalemeiit has met with public np provnl. One of Ihe essential steps ii the process Is the building am equipping of a suitable mansion foi the occupancy of the vice-president An appropriation bill has been Intro duced in congress lo this effect. 1' is a measure not of extravagance. hu or essentia! economy, and should hi passed. LAW AND SI-.NM:. A llelgian woman living at Mem wunts tu get married but cannot g a license becuuses she does mil know her real name, age (r birthplace. Th. authorities point nut that Hits inter illation Is required fur a license am. that without it the woman "has lu legal existence. '' For legal purposes there ia no sm-h woman. She is therefore, doomed to live unmarried Another case Is recorded of a man who was hanged and pronouncei, dead, and who recovered after hit body had been turned over lo hi: relatives. Siibsvquently be was mur dered. The murderer could not N punished because, the court held, tin vlclim ' was legally dead, and there fore could not lie killed by anybody.' Truly law Is a wonderful thing And not llelgian law only. The case; mentioned are no more nhsunt thai, cases of constructive legality uucl II legality occurring righl along In t 111: country. The I'nltecl States. Indeed Is Ihe happy hunting ground of Ii ga technicalities w hich, I Mouth logics enough from ihe standpoint oi statute slid precedent, are utterly a, variance with common sense, and si at variance with essential truth am Justice. Common sense and law probably co incided In the beginning Will they ever do so again? Now there'll be no more "drink Ing like a fish," since by ruling ul the Internal revenue department thi uceau'i (one dry. Ceraldlue (Mont.) Review. Pointing out why a business house should constantly koepj Its name be fore the public, the Nation's Uusl ness calls intention to the fact that as a town glows the percentage of persons who have ulways lived there becomes smaller and smaller. Tin proportion who have lived there even ten or fifteen years Is small. The prosperous merchant whose egotism might make him Bay. "Why, every body knows us- they have known us ior forty years!" should think about his constant change in a cily'B popu lation. 1'tople route and go. Kven t liut'.e vho stay have their own affairs to : h 1 1 1 k about. They are not going to -arry the name of the great business houses long In their mind unless Ihey lre reminded of it now and then. When a business man gets the Idea nlo his head that his concern is too .veil-known to need any further ad vertising, he should tak a look at he churches. The church, ut great xpenses, maintains a steeple. Why i steeple? Ib-catise il Is a sort of n 'rude mark an accepted form of nitdoor advertisement. You can't 'ook at a church without knowing A-hat II is. Kveryhody knows the 'hureh Is there and what II is there or. but it keeps righl on with its -pen air advertising. And, more iver. It rings lis bell every Sunday. Don't be selfish in your observance jf Christmas, but ou the contrary be l "Good Fellow," and remember 11 lt :lore cheerful lo give than receive. There is no community without it.s leserviug poor who should be given tssistance in a quiet ami substantial way. lo meet these conditions ih local order of Flks has Initialed it.s annual- and most worthy program of locking Information lo the end thai ill needy families will be given at tention. This is a brand of frator- .lalism that should be emulated by ill organizations of whatsoever nature in every community. MINING ENGINEER SAYS 'HE SUFFERED 30 YEARS . i WELL KNOWN OREGONIAN DECLARES TANLAC HAS GIVEN HIM A NEW LEASE ON LIFE. "For Hie first time in tlilrly years t "I had pain all over my body, I I am now able to eat whatever I 'suffered from nausea and gas and want without suffering afterwards," , , cou,,, ,irdly suld F. ( . lingers, a well known nun- ' , , . , mg engineer, residing at 1070 Kasl i hreallie. My nerves broke down and i:ith street. Portland, Oregon. I feenieil to be playing out allo- "1 now know what It Is to enjoy j geiher. flue health, for Tanlac has bnlll me! ' Nothing In Hie way or medicine up unit) 1 have gained fifteen pounds did me any good until I got hold ol mil today I am reeling- better than 1 Tanlac. 1 eat like a bear and nevcr have In LTi years. In lsmi my slom- have a sign of liidlgi stloii nlterward. u-h went back on me and In spile of The pains and ga have nil dlsap veiylhing I went downhill until I peared slid my breilhing Is free and was a nervous and physical wreck, i regular. My neives are as strong ai Kverything I ale souied on my stum-. iron and 1 sleep as sound us I ever acli and 1 w ould havo aw nil spells did lu my life. I am as sound as a of Indigestion. i dollar, never nns a day from my ' For days nl a time I couldn't re-1 work and I reel that I have a new 'ain n thing I ate nd I had a burn- ! lease on lire." i ii k like a coal or fire In my chest. Tanlac is sold In Hosebnrg by W. These spells were so bail sometimes ; F. Chapman; In Dixonvillu by Thos. I could neither lie down nor sit upjllatrield nnd by leading druggists W'ilh nnv conifurt. everywhere. A burliir Ht'rvfiiK a twonty-yeai icii twice ut Jolii-t prison 'scapo(I, Vfiit lo llit? home of the priHon li .vctor, mole two uitH of clothes, re- auiieu lo the prison, rifled the puck el h of 60 uleephiK prluon guards ind got away Barely. 'Ihutt Ihe iUeH tlon, "run the criminal come hack iiul make good?" in answered In the tflirmulive. Only two days are left In which to Jo your ChrlstmuH shopping and .hey will he huy days, loo. The leveulh-hour huyer will he on the joo, however, up lo and fncludiiiK the .ast iiifnule and Koseburtf merchants rvill take care of him, or her, as (he ,-ase may he. There'n ulwayo u little urplua on the counlem. KoHebtirg has many actiuiidlionH to eel Justly proud ahout paramount -imoiiK which Ih its conservatory ol uuHic aim kindergarten. Last even- .iiK a demons! rat Ion was a Ii t link' rihule to a well organized and duvet jomhiuation of lust rucloi'H and pupils. After trying to Heitlo the Irish luestiou to the satisfaction of Kuir- land and the divided factions of liv aiiii, IJoyd (icotKt will look with iew respect at th man who rides .hree horses In (he circus without H)Miik a cropper. One cannot help lo sympal hize Aith the man who is given an iinieli- lile layolt from his regular dunes Hint previous (o Christmas day. This s one way or taking all Ihe joy oul f the annual festival. Klihu Kooi and Senator Kail liav. jeen In couierence. Now the curious .vant lo know whether this means hai l he M-naior from New Mexico .ill fall for Hoot, or that Klilni wilt oot lor Kail. A hand played at Ihe tivaMirei's fUt-c iu an Dhio town ou Hie lasi iy lor incoiiif tux payiiM-nts. (iond idea! A loi of suvagit bn aM ie vd I soothing at su h a , Thursday and Friday The Last Days Before Christmas ATTEND OUR Slipper Sale Complete Stock of Slippers at Reduced Prices, f $1.19 $1:45 Ladies Felt Slippers, wine, brown, navy blue, oxford red, etc. Now Ladies Felt Slippers, Lavender, Purple, Green. Now Ladies Felt Slippers, padded soles, ribbon trimmed, colors blue, pink, fawn, lavender, lilac, wisterie, old f rose, purple, cense, preen, navy, plum, q i ft If t etc. Former price $2.50, now on sale ... 1 J . CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS. SPECIALS ON SOX MEN'S SLIPPERS Roseburg Booterie 5 IHVI Itlil'W SHOES THAI SAllSfY AtfD FIT YOUR FEET. BRiHJ US YOUR REPAIR WOilK AND SEE THE OITfEREHCE. lVi'kiitK ItM., ICiwchur. Alisi Merle Matthews arrived in Itovchun; yesterday afternoon to lfnc tlte holidays at h.-r homo in thin city. Miss Matthews is pinplov ed hy the liitirnal Hevenue depart n?e:it fu (Nuttand. "My life is u drama." sas D'Au lun.io, who, having set.. i h untie loi italy, dcland war against l:alv. um s he no an a farce? Your Friends I Kvt ry militarist is an avow d jha.tipioii of dal niaiiieiit - for itic I oilier f How. All we need now in u luatille ul Uow for Saitinlay and ihe lug show vlll he ou. It's too Luc to shop eaily. B. P. O. E. Protect Antlered Brethern SAI.KM. Deo. The gociiinr-s iffice here is iu receipt of a i lerain his moriiiiig from Dr. I! u 1.. Nor ieii. txathd rul.r of the I'oitland nlge of Klks, appealing in I" hall ol tlie ;UiOU nienihers of Ihe I'oillaini odge, for tiiHianl action on ihe pari jf the stale to prevent (he starvation f a hand of elk tu Wallowa couni. A telephone call to 1 he oil ice of aptain A. K. Ilur:hdulT, state game arden, at Portland, brought the fu- oruuition that Ihe state game com mission hatl tnlerested ii:- If In the ase and that an attempt was being nade to niovi tiie ttand to (he lower Is along tht Snake ri er w to it here Is heli ed to he sulfu h iit gm. ng to carry the elk through the v inter. If this tpedfene Ijills. Cap ain Itprghduff ntated .a man will le eut Into Ihe Wallowa restive to ft , d he elk. It Is estimated. Iiasul on revloim yearn exprience, that this alter plan will com ihe toaft ap- uoxitnately two thousand dollars for the winter. Advertise la the Now Koview. Don'l Forget Them! And don't forget that useful Sifts, such as Neckwear, Sox, Shirts. Caps, Hats, in fac', w;i in apparel of any kind, make the best ifts. New assortment of iv ana is Back to Pre-War Pric A DOWNWARD REVISION that is in k present Day Market and in many instances amounts i former price. All garments have been repriced to f to this downward revision. We invite you to come inC!l our revised prices before you make your purchases. Timely Christmas Suggestions Those BLANKETS at the REDUCED Prices maice a gin worm while Heavy weight all cotton d oublo Nhevt fdauketw. Lowest prices f()r firt $1.98 .$2.69 $3,50 $3.98 $4.98 $5.25 $6.90; $7.90; $8.90 and $11.50 $12. 50 and $14.75 $3.98; $4.98; $5.50 and $5.90 House and 1 ted room NliK-s for bidles nnd jutU'iiU'ii. Host qualities at lowest prim. uhuu A visit to our Toy lN'uu1iiient will reduce ynir Aiiiai bill, our prices nre ho low. Drums. Tor w.. Air KitlcN, IMIs everjUitnj; for Santa'tt puck. Our Hue of beautiful Box 1'atter lu lelliiip i Jt' Vi.iiK W......U M.r.i It la. ..II r..iiM l WtMdnap In le!t grades All wim1 iii etm lurge nlu Don't overltMik a imm1 warm com fort V your supply bef4ro it It ull gu'.e, See our display of Jjadies HandkerrblefM. Arm i iiHvi4'ffWjii iiiHignBgBara J'luin uiul Iniluil. Union Made Overalls and Jumpers $179 Work Shirts 9gc Insurance May Be Compulsory SALKM. Dec. 22 An attempt to enact a cnninulsory public liamlity insurance measure for autoniolille drivers will be made ot tlie forthcom iuK leKlslature according to infor- ;nati(m reaching state officials from individuals and orK.mizal ions Inter ested in (he safety movement. There were rumors of a similar move just prior to the special ses sion of 1 1!0. but the measure, for -ome reason or other failed to nia leri :li7.e. . I'uder present conditions. It Is pointed out that tint a small per cent ace of persons who are injured ,n automobile accidents ever colled compensation for their Injuries. In a great many instances, the driver. who Is responsible for the accident s financially irresponsible, making nl lection impossible even when lib 'esponsihiliiy is proven. In othcr ases ihe identity of the guilty tnol i; ist is never established. In many instances the person so n .ui red or his or her dependent? ie ome wards of the state through lack of provision to cope with such ;in emergency, in which case thi tate must bear the harden thus ftn- lo::ed by the carelessness of some irresponsible motorist. ( ompeiisatinn for injuries. It Is iiiuHesled could be based upon a scale, similar in effect to that now n force with the administration of the workmen's compensation act, be ing measured by the nature of Hip injury, and me extent lo which the vi tMii would be incapacitated from further work as a result of the In jury. So far as is known In state capttol irctes the proposed plan Is an en tirely original venture, no state li the union having as yet attempted ;nyining or tins nature. Duds For Men Don't Forget Yourself! A new Hart Schaffner & Marx suit will make you look better and feel better. Courtesy Becoming Less Noticeable AY ILL All HRKVICK MUX. 4 Fully dolfTinlncil that their Diidiliis will not ho allowed to bo without work, Umpijua post of tho American I.onion last nlRht voted to establish a reRu- lar employment bureau within the post for ex-service men. Km- ploycrs of Koseburg and Doug- : his county will bo asked to notify Adjulant l.eon McCIln- i lock of Umpiiua post when any vacancies occur and if possible secure former service men for Ihe place. At the meeting held last night the employment question was discussed from every angle and several cases were cited where It is known that deserving ex-service men are without work. Ml l'Al'KIt CHHISTMAH. Following out the usual cus- torn, the News-Review will not publish on Christmas day. (;uit; kh A Christmas tree at Ihe tha Sunday pruvt'd to be ia About sixty were prtnl AfK program a basket oiu served. Krmel Singleton w nW Glide Friday. A club meeting a brM grance hall Saturday 4 .Mt. Scull is vividly jliitfMI a pvarl. - CINCINNATI. Dec. 22 "Mats on" in elevators, even though there may tie women passengers is Ihe slogan f the Cincinnati Hulliling Owners Association, which has started a crmade to that end Whether the) win their contention that the remov al of hats In crowded elevators Is a menace lo passengers In the immedi ate vicinity of thosu who take off the headgear, remains to be seen, for many prominent Cincinnati woaiell are opposed In tho abolition of this said Captain W. 11. Mrliityre, pres ident of tin. association, was Intro old fashioned courtesy. ' The habit' iluced l.y sou I hi in people traveling in the north. Originally. I under stand, negroes were required to re move iluir hats on entering elevat o s, and In tim- white men followed t'a ..( mple then women were on the lift. On te same principle, why do not men Utke otf their baU wheal traveling in a street car which aisi contains women passengers. And Captain Me ntyre got tne mi- lowing answers from women. '1 do not see anv reason to uis-i-ard this courtesy. Courtesy is not i gift. It is merely an excmplifica i inn nf uhnt a man Is. Women wil' never decide this problem for him Mrs. Kennon Dunham, president of the Cincinnati Women's Club. Must because women have Dcen enfranchised Is not a sufficient rea son to effect the tnanate courtesy f men which a true gentleman will show toward women. Mrs. teuton l.awsnn. prasldent of the W omen s Cltv Club. I do not See whv now that tin women have been given equal voting Ighti with men that any estaiuisneu ustom should he effected. Miss Ag ies Hilton, representative of the f llstrirt of Ohio. League ot women voters. "I do not believe men are golnc o lose their chivalry nnd experience luring Ihe recent campaign convin ced mn thai they are not going to 'ose It. The question .depends upon the woman to a great extent. If she is the sort of women that men re spoct, she will hold their respect m matter what field of business or nolltlcnl activity she may enter. Mrs. Florence (ioff Schwartz, mem ier of Hamilton County Republican Executive committee. Attorney A. N. Otnlt K Portland Monday night toit"' legal matters for fe exp.-ried to return tome Us TOOTH ABCESSES BY DR. NERBAS DENTIST An Abscess b " by an Inferiloa mot end of Ihe " This happens"'' ll bens"" to . Fad the V" now l) emu""'" lienlW. ValliM"1 delutlill ll iviill in ninre tnaiblc. J'liimc .-i"nT Josephine Slnnott. who has been teaching school at Tiller, will return to her home in this city tomorrow. F. P. Baltimore, wife and daugh ter, left this morning for Albany and Mill City to spend Christina. TYPEWRIT Overhauled.-' Guaranteed v. 1 Call MK. HAUJ
