DAILY TEMPERATURE WEATHER .OSEBURG -4 H Highest restat-day Lowes UK night w,d Friday Ruin. 1WUfM -d v i Which it Included The Evening New and The Roeburg Review OK THE EVESINO !BW VOL. IX, NO. 80l P ROBKBIJ. "IKW MEWS-RS ..... ......,-.. Tiiriuintv iirt-"nti-:ii .10. ivjn If WILL L0St BOND HOUSE CRASH Quite a Number of People In Douglas County Had Made Investments. MORRIS OUT ON BAIL tU, Papers Fred 6. Morrta KuniM.ee $ Ball. J AIIT BBWOBOVT NAMFA J The audit of the bok. o,Mor-; K WATKlt COMINU VP. The wanu weather melting e doep snows In the mountains . .auslng the North I' nipu.ua to 4 rise more rapidly than haa been a 4) known for many years. Already It la higher than It haa been for many seasons and la attll going up. The Douglas County Light and Water company report that Ita water power la useless anil it haa been forced to resort to Ha a team plant to furnish light and power to the city. Thia greatly handicaps the plant and It ia atated that the power aervlce may not be up to the usual standard for a short time. Residents of the city are asked to co-operate In saving a a- energy as much as possible by using only such light and power as la absolutely needed. It this la done there will be sufficient a electricity for necessary uses. a : ; rn t uu'av n iu uiLunoi un I ri. Brothers. Inc.. I. I ! nut the names of a "''' ' ! Douglas county firms and lndl- UOUK. m h affected by "dua'.B. "": n, those who J KeC rcrased moal heavily of 7 n.a ,.ri, certificates In this me lui-t. - -t county are: 1 The Drain Stale bank . George W. Kimball Riddle State bank a i. ftile . . . . Dr. B. R- Shoemaker a There 14000 3000 1000 10C0 600 were other Investors In a various parts of me coumj ! Ied in the list given out by Small Son of Mf. and Mrs. C. J. Smith Victim of Sad Accident. Was On Way Back to House After Playing at Uarn. and. Sullied to Play In Water Body Washed Into a Shallow Plaoa. ". . ....- .nd additional i iists will probably be tortbcom- ing. That the loss to Douglas cn'y residents as a result of the crash of Morris Bros, bonding house will ul nearly 20.000 is bel lev ed m additional facts are brought to light Several of the smaller banks about A. county bought heavily of the cer tificates, and consequently stand o lo .mounts varying from 1000 to $4000. Fortunately none of the Kose burr banks were concerned. Several . " ,. id.nt, nil a number of people residing in various sections of the county, aa well as many railroad men. Invested In certificates. These peoplo will receive some return on their money as the firm will have lome assets. It is officially announced that an creditors concerned in the case should file soon their statements or claims with the referee in bank ruptcy. Unless such claims are filed creditors are not considered and dividends be paid they will receive none, no matter how meri torious their claims may be. The audit of the books Is proceed ing slowly, and In the meantime, ac cording to advices from Portland, no one is allowed to remove any prop erty from the building other then personal effects In safety deposit boxes. Morris Arrested. Fred S. Morris, who succeeded to control of the firm after the resigna tion of Etherldge as president, has been arrested for eivlng false testi mony at the time the ex-president ec..r.d hta nut nralt2atton papers. It is claimed that Morris testified that Etherldge had never been convicted of a felony, although he was at the time cognizant of the man's prison record In New Jeraev. The maximum sentence for such an offense is Ave veara tn a federal nrlaon and ft fine of J5000. Morria has been released the New Jersey penitentiary 14 years azo and la awaiting deputy sheriffs from Portland to taae mm oacx. 10 the Rose City In connection with al leged discrepancies In the books of Morris Brothers, bond dealers of Portland. Seattle and Tacoma. But this does not shake her faith. She brands many of the accusa tions against him aa lies and declares that he had lived an honest and use ful life. She says be is a big man public spirited and generous who haa striven for years to live down a mistake made in his earlier me. Her story tells of a man's hard nnhill fieht after he has trespassed upon the law, even though he has once paid his full debt to Boclety for his wrong doing. It Is a plea for a more fair-minded nubile and a more honest and less condemning public PreM. 1 llv or Ktimonton mj iaw, pi-irti.anD. Dec. SO. Because John L. Etherldge failed to pay for 12,135,000 In bonds of the City of Edmonton, the credit of the Canadian city haa become Imperiled and it may be forced to aeraun on ou.s".. due Friday In New York, wntcn oni- cials expected to meet wun tuna nhittintwi from Etherldge. F. Barnhouse, treasurer of the Canadian city, has been summoned to Portland to help unravel me tanam. The bonds, amounting to 000. now held In custody of the Unit ed states bank, arrived here Decern ber 20, and Treasurer Barnhouse was all the following day signing them at the bank so they would be ready for delivery to Morris Broth ers. Inc., on a contract of sale which stipulated that all of the bonds would be taken up ana paia iur uj ber 31. , , tun In Involved. V....1., oil nf these bonds has been ih hv the Etherldge Institution and Interim receipts issued to purchasers n.ndlnir actual de IVery OI ine uouua. Failure of the Portland bond house on Monday brougnt me t.,la Inta status Wlteru in 635 000 of undelivered securities are subject to the direetlon of the Can adian city, the United States National bank and the receiver of the house of Morris Brothers, Inc. It had been Intenaea Dy ur. i- Duback. a creditor of Morris Broth ers Inc.. or. an Interim certificate calling for ,1000 of the Edmonton bonds to file an attachment suit on .i .hi. mnmlne. but his attorney. Barge E. Leonard, learning of t he peculiar status of affairs which estopped an attachment proceeding, decided that no relief existed in this direction. M DROWNED ELL FROM A BRIDGE HATCHERY BUSINESS HAS FINE FUTURE Earl Vosburgh Installs Giant Incubator Capable of Handling 6000 Eggs. RECEIVES MANY ORDERS Plans to Knlarge Uuilni Next Year And May Install IncuuaUir w ttn l,i00 K Opacity Mech anism of Plant la Unique. Clarence Robert Smith, the three- ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J Smith, who reside on North Deer creek, was drowned yesterday after noon when he fell Into tne creea while on hla wav from the barn where his father was working, to tne ouse. The body was washed up into shallow water and recovered onn after the accident occurred The accident occurred at the Smith home, commonly known as the oil more place, at alrnut 3 o clocK in tne afternoon, and was reported soon at terward to Coroner Rltter. The evi dence in the case was plain and. no ineet was deemed necessary. The three oldor children had gone to the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Trusseii, ana lit tle "Bobby" as he was called, was lonesome and leased his mother to be allowed to go to the barn wnere nis father. C. J. Smith, and his other grandfather. Jerome smith, wno re- ( In Krtenbower. were woihuib- t last his mother consentea to anow him to go. and he went at once to the barn where he played about per fectly satisfied for some lime. Between the house and tne Darn there Is a small stream which must he crossed on a root orioge. imme diately above the bridge snotner stream Joins In ana wnore tne two meet there is a rapid eddy. The prolonged rains have caused the streams to. become quite large and where thev meet there is a wniripooi which has worn a hole four or five feet deep, where the water whirls and splashes and creates a dangerous eddy. This place had always fascin ated the tiny cnap ana ne naa ".,. begged to be allowed to stop ana pw the, On account of the danger his parents had never allowed hitu to play in ine wbioi i .. nn mavarai neenslnns he had been punished for stopping on the bridge to paddle In me loamy m uuu. Evidently tiring of his play In the barn, he went to the bridge, possibly on his way back to the nouse. aim i. nmanmed that he became fascln- ated with the water and stopped .hDM m ninv Evidently he fell from it,. hriH, into the deeo hole, where the swift water kept nis Doay Denemu .i.. .nrtiro for several minutes. muffling any cry which might have been made. It was possibly half an hour after this time that he was iirst nnswj, hia rrandfather. Jerome Smith started in search of him. At the ame time Mrs. Smith, at the house, became worried by his prolonged ab sence and started to the barn to look rnr him Thev met at tne Driage anu ndinr that he was not ai eiuier place, they looked Into the stream nd there Tolino me nnny. win, .i va.hnr well known Rose- burg poultry man. has lust completed CAR DRIVERS ARE TO Death of J. B.Fessler Caused by Unavoidable Accident Verdict of Jury. TESTIMONY CONFLICTS Both Koy KloRrlut and Clifford How ard CUiliii Tliat They IMmnieu Their I.IkIiU and That the . other Party Did .Not. Tk.i the death of J. B. Keasler ..... ..huh hv aii unavoldabl acci dent waa the verdict reached by the he installation of a giant 000-egg t corolleI.., Jury .t the inquest held Newtown Mammoin nii. building near hla home on Fullerton Street constructed eieclally for tho conduction of a hatchery. The new Incubator ia by tar me iarKi ... Douglas county, and Mr. osburg plans to enter inio int. business In an extensive way. He has already a large number of local or . ,h hodv late yesterday after noon. Fc-sler. an aged Edenlmwor resident, was struck by an automo bile driven by ltoy Slegrlst Suturduy evening. ai;d died ai in pltnl Tuesday evening as 'he result ... .I,- i,, iuriua Attorney 1. H. Kid dle iiuestlonod the witnesses and the coroner's Jury consisted of fc.. TOKKXD UKPHKHKNTATIVK. A rMnrMAentatiV of the NeWB- 4 a Review will be present at t he meeting of the Keedsport chain- ber of commerce on next Mon- day when that body contera w with the county court and mem- a bers of the Roseburg chamber a nf enmlnerce regarding the hiahwuv between Ihe county a aem and Keedsnort. in anuiiion to covering the meeting at Keedsport. the News-Review re- a nana, will father material for a number ot articles coiiceruuia -a-a thn lower lTmmiua country. a. . 'FLU RECURRENCE Public Health Officers Say no Way of Foretelling Another Epidemic. HEALTH WARNING GIVEN A. ... .ki.t. .nit if the uresent i t-wurt 1.. J. Humes, l.oo, oers tor . .. ...le.l h.pl. ... fP Webb. Napoleon demand for chicks tontlnues. states that next year he will Increase the hatchery to a Z47U"" egg capacny. Ho has named Ihe establishment the "Chlck-O-Peep" natcnery. anu later will carry advertisements many of the magazines along the raiat The Incubator extends the full length of the building, and Is so constructed that another decK can he added at any time, which will double the present capacity. The moehantam of the incubator is uni que, and represents the expenditure of several thousana aoiiara. i n- sectlons of the- incubator r.""am screen trays for the eggs, and oil -automatic contrivance bus been arrang ed so that the entire setting can be turned at once, f ormerly eacn egg had to be handled In this process. which represented a great deal nf w'ofTt. Ventilators have neen install ed over each section snd a small merhanlam controls these devices N. Bur- IilM laUVO. Morris nas Deen rci""" - , i bail bonds In the sum of 2000. RfJAS ITltCT&St -furnished his own bonds, deposit-, J of A. J. ueuows He Inc 12100 worth of Liberty bonds In a Portland bank and raising the cash to secure his liberty until the case against hlin la heard. An inquiry Is now being made to ascertain whether or not the person al property belonging to Mr. Morris can be seized to apply toward the debts of the defunct company. Mr. Morris haa alreadv surrendered his claim to the 175.000 worth of bonds denosted bv Etherldge with the ex press company at Taconfa. He has also allowed the district attorney of Multnomah county to examine his safety dennslt box and secure the numbers on the bonds held there. Two automobiles belonging to the firm will be turned over to the re ceiver. Ktherldge In Luxury. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Dec. 29. John L. Etherldge, quondam bond magnate of the Pacific coast, con tinued to deny himself to all visitors while enjoying the best accommoda tions that could be accorded In the !:y jail, today. Every conalderatlon was being shown him, according to understanding about police head quarters. Jailers were Instructed to glvaout no information about r-'m, his mail was bring specially handled and a subtle distinction seemed to be drawn between him and other pris oners. The stnry of the wife of a reformed ex-convict, who will stand by her husband In another time of trouble, whether he appears right or wrong. becaua she Intafl htm mnA hallATAS in but honesty, waa told by Mra. John J- Etherldge. wife of the Portland oon a broker. Faith of Wife Unshaken. Her husband was released from n n.iiavi manager of the Bel i rnmnanv dry goods store here for the past seven years, today pur- ..... ih. interests In the firm De- longing to A. J. Bellows, mr. ii.. has built up a wonderful business In .h ennntv and states that the busi ness will continue along the same policies under his ownership. Ho Is ' , i. i .nlars-e several depart H..-.. f th. Institution and the stock will be enlarged considerably to meet the .i.manas or me ir.u, o Marshfield Man Head Organization Ttv Associated Preaa DniTi.i n. Dec. SO The Ore gon State Chamber of Commerce re- i.a ('tinriAB null. wi. A.s a vAstprday. J 9 C'".f"d den0t.Br,Les, nt Hood Hirer, w treasurer. ) u Mad Poet Escapes In an Airplane r at mdi at asf PTIWst TRIEST. Italy. Dec- 0 The hos .. ended Isst night ITAm-nnilo is reported to h.v. left In an aeropiana. chard und W. 11. Fluher. t..,h nnflictinc testimony was Introduced by tho ocruimlila of the two c:ira. both Clifford Howard and the drivers, claiming Unit th.y dimmed their lights. Their tualimnny was corroboratid Iu each case by their passengers. The accident, which aflcrwurd re sulted finally, occurred Saturday i..e..mher 25tll. ut 0 o clock on the "road between Ihe ltiverslde store and the corner where the high way turns to go to i-.m-nuowm. -line rain was Tailing which clung to the windshields of the cam. obstruct ing their vlsloll to mime extent. J. II Feasler, with his broih.t-ln-law. George C. Ollmoro, of Portland, were wulklng home after spending Ihe af ternoon In lloseburg. n u Shoemaker was tho first witness examined, and stiuml thut he was call.nl lo aiieim m. r.' " lowing the accident and found hi in .ai.,.i ihat ha resldtnl near Eden- .ur ..ml was driving a light Ford dulivery truck, which ho uses to uc- llver milk, at tne lime oi io awe dent. '1 had just passed tne uiver- side store, said Mr. siegnsi, wneu 1 noticed a car coming soum. i u going north. When 1 reached the ubuuI distance from the other car I dimmed my lights, and the driver of the other c;ir did nut. The road at ihla point is Just wide enough for two cars to pass. The bright lights of the other car blinded me somewhat as I turned out to the side of the road m nana the other car. jubi al ter I hud passed tne car anu wu ini-niiii huek Into the road, 1 saw a dark object loom up right by the radiator of my car. ana siruea n mr fore 1 could slop. I waa driving about leu miles an hour at the lime, ind stopped before I rail over the body." Mr. Slegrlst said he had seen noth ing In the road previous lo the time he hit Mr. Feasler. owing to ihe fact that Ihe llglua of the other oar had blinded him. "My lights were still dimmed when I got out of the ear lo see what 1 had hit," said Mr. Slegrlst. "aa 1 had not naa lime i inn them on again, "e I"" mod man In my car una toos. mm Spectacular Kpldctiilc Outbreaks Are Not Important Compared lo the Dully Occurence: of Many Preventable Deaths. which will Keep tne temperature " '" -""ix.,A ,.,, the nock degree ai comiin i '. ... "... tniurv the Incubator at an even all times. A small coal furnace aup nlles the heat, and will only have to be fired up once every z nours. in case something does go wrong with the heating apparatus, an alarm will h sounded in Mr. .Vosburg's home br means of an electric bell. The testing of the eggs win ne an eany matter on account of tne new screen trays. Mr. Vosburg will start the Incu bator about February B, for the first setting and expects about an 80 per cent hatch. He la making a very careful selection of Ihe Incubator stock, and besides Ihe regular hatch ing and will handle custom batching also. In about ten years time I ex- down, cuusod elllier iroui ... to the upper part or me sinii.u . .. .... . fruetnre of the brain lie also found a large bruise ou his h.-b .......I l.v a blow from some heavy oblceC with siinllnr Binall con luslo.is on hla face. Boy SI. grist, the driver of Ihe car -hleh alruck r'essler, was been washed up Into shallow water. The baby's mother. Mrs. C. J. Smith, was formerly Flora Trusse'l. and her Barents. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Trusseii, reside near by. There are three other children In the family. C. Oren. Rachel, and Calvin J. Tho body wrs brought to tins city iusi ill ne neiu ai i t ee Roseburg and Douglas iha renter ot tile cimu . ------ ..... i m- l...i..hlnir business" preuiio Vosbura- loday. "There Is no reason why we cannot rival Petiiliinia, La 1 ...! rw ellmnte ia bettor suit- A w have already demonstrat ed the fact that tho poultry business ran be carried on hero In a success ful way I expect to enlurgo my plant each year. Sultablo hatchery stork ran be obtained near Roseburg and in Myrtle Creek, and It will nuiae valuable Industry for this sec Hon. Ixical ordera already guarantee . .,n.i fin ore for my business an as soon as I get the giant Incubator i nn..rnilon. I will be able to ad vertise along the const. My llnle loc um', and I stayed unlll a doctor had Sck IZly fro", The underg a!' i .no pwrlnrw. 1 xvt-nmpi ii'" with onlprw for rhlrkn. jj Still Roosting High I...... ,.ll..ll .." ... ... -.1... ... m-llh her Allri. BieKiiw.. " "" " .i,,,,i ai ihn lime ot Ihe accident, ..ti nlaet d on the witness stand and corroborated her husband's tes- liiiony In every respect. i..nrire c. (iiluinre. of Portland who una with Mr. Feasler at the time of the accident, stuled Ihat they were walking on Iha right nana smo i... r,.:.,l an ns norm, ana mat. i, i. il.. v the car In front of them they did not Know inai ineiij was another one behind them until it was loo clone for Mr. r easier i" i...i..u Mr. mimore. wno ia a mut-.. .,. a. -r man. said llu Da.diy nau time to Jump out or ine wr umu.- the car hit Feasler. lie couiu no tiwilmony concerning the dim ming of the lights, except that the ii.,l.ia nf tho car driven by Howard, loinlng south, seemed very bright. Clifford Howard, Jitney arivor i 31 wiien placed upon the stand said i lull he dimmed his lights according i.. Inw. and ttmt he waa driving about 12 miles an hour, while filegrlst was driving between 16 and 20. He said he wusulinost positive that Slegrlst lid not dim his lights. Mr. Howard in Id he did not see unyono In the roud. bill Just after passing tho other cur heard a thud, and suld to hlo companion that the other cur must have struck something In the roa.r They did not slop and Howard said he knew nothing of the accident un til he read of It in the paper Monday. William Mims. a fanner reslillng two and one-half nines norm . Roseburg. who was riding lo Rose burg with Mr. Howard, carrieu oui the Jitney driver s insiimouy a.i i...ir -.Lin from Ihe fact that he saw the two men In the road and -.......h that Howard did also. f n u..reev a mechanic at the C.'j ..rare WBB Called lO the Wit .... aland to explain the lighting ..f the 192(1 Ford tar. Both .iriv-ra had cars of this model. He stated Ihat If Mr. Howard s nun....... had not been working that wnen ne twltehed from the urigni iikih ihe coll that controls the dimmers. ....... ,,i,i have been no lights nt II. This testimony was inironii. . il.ni if Mr. llownrn ni ....... i. n.,m hla dimmers, as he tnstl (led. his lights were working In Ihe manner, and ine llgllia a.n.... hnve been dim enough not to have blinded Slrgrlst. or to have appear..! K. i..hi In Mr l.l more. 1 lie u.... n . v..rd throw n faint Ugh .bout 20 or 30 feet, while the main lights sre bright for 60 or .0 feet. Iloih Mr. and Mrs. Slegrlst stated In their testimony that after passing the other car they could not see the road at all. as tho light" on the other ear had blinded them. They described the sensation as similar i a.Mi.s, ...... a dark room from a brilliantly light ed one. Mr M.wvy was the Inst witness called, and after a short d-llb-nulon the Jury returned a verdict of un- i.i.l.l.. .M-lrii-nl " The funeral services of Mr. Feasler t. h..i.l at the rhalM'l of the lii.vbtirg undertaking parlors wisiilNOTON. D. C. Dec. 30 -There la absolutely no definite way of foretelling whether this winter will witness any recurrence oi enxa In epidemic form" said 8urgeon General 11. S. Cummlngs. of the U. it Public Health Service. "As a re sult, however, of careful analyses of tho epidemiology of influensa, es pecially as the result of Intensive .....ii.. in hnmea where influensa oc- rured In 1918 and 11: It may be staled that an attacg or inuue.. appears to cover a definite Immunity to a subsequent attack; an Immunity lasting for several yeara. Inasmuch as the epidemic of 11 and 1J)1 af fected so large a proportion of tha population, there would seem to be reasonable grounds for believing tha "flu" In case It should become preva lent hore and there, It should not as sume the epidemic proportions ot he past two years, nor should it raasi In such severe torm. It Is unfortunate mat tne puono becomes so Intensely Interested In spectacular epldomlo outnroaas oi dlseaso and Is so little movea ny in dnllv occurence of so many prevent able deaths In all parts of the coun try. Of the one and a quarter minion deaths occurlng In tne imuea m annually, at least 100.000 could very -aslly be prevented by the appllca- lon of available medical gnowieage. For example, one of the diseases so nrevalent about this time of tha year Is diphtheria. This desesae alone Is responsible for about 16,000 deaths In tha United States annually, i-rac-tlcally every one of those deaths can he prevented, for not only have wa an effective anti toxin for the treat ment of the disease, wnen It oc curs, but. what It still more lmport int. we are now able by means of a simple skin test to determine which children are susceptible to diphther ia, snd, this ascertained, wo can af rertlvely Immunize them so as to urnteet them arnlnst this disease. "The 10.000 or more deaths from tvphold fever that occur annually in he United States, could also no largely prevented If communities everywhere would make certain that heir milk and water supplies were protected, and If simple precautions were taken In homes where typhoid ever occurs. It Is encouraging to at least know that smnltnox has been so ffeellvrly controlled that at tha nresent the average deaths from It the United Stitea number only 100 snnunlty. Nevertheless, these no deaths are entirely unnecessary for vscclnntlon has long shown Its self an effective means of control." In almost everv community In the country, tho wastage In Infant lives s still enormous, especially when It a contrasted with that of New Zea land, for evample. where the death rate Is only 60 per thousand births In the first year If life, as sgalnst ion In Ihe I'nlted Slates. Commenting on this. Riirgoon Gen eral Cummlngs said: "The expense nf life saving throuch Ihe preven- lon snd control of diseases by well directed health measures Is very small Indeed when contrasted with the saving effected. I would strong ly urge the people of this countrr to recognlre the fact thai expendl 'nres In this direction constitute Ihe most profitable form of Investment, effective measures of health conser vation cn-tlinie a most urgent need of this reconstruction period." o'clock Friday afternoon. Her Hil ton will conduct the service and the Interment will be In the Maon'c cemetery. Public Offered Navy Blue Cloth The I'nlted 8tate Government, through Its navy department, has placed on the market an enormous quantity of blue cloth matorlal, ac cording to a bulletin received at the lloseburg postofflce today. The ma terial was originally bought by the government during the late world war to be converted into uniforms and overcoats for the nsval person- Inel. It la equally suitable for civil a' 1 . , . L. i ,. ..!... ...I,. ....a. Hill" Simpson. r presenting a I'ortls iti wholesale drug nou, rived in this chy today iro.n r.,..-r. . h.v awnl Christ mas he will remain In this city until af- ... .k. i..i .,f the vear visiting wun lan clothing, and ladles' suits, capas and coats. Tho clolh Is to be sold In quanti ties or not less thsn 50 yard bolts, and two weights are uffered, one 1H ounce, Ihe other 3D ounce, both 64 Inches wide. For the lighter weight the prllre quoted la 13.40 per yard. and for the heavier grade. 14.00. Ilt.ersl discount Is offered for or ders of over I3S0. Additional Information desired by ' I " ", - h,n si Add tlonal iniormauon oesirraa nr l friend. Mr. "T"B'"?or intending purch.s.r. m.y b. obtaln- f very plessant visit In th. Callfor I I nla city. .... i - .