Highest yesterday 43 Lowes but night M Which k laclwkd Th Brains Nw and Th RoMburg Rriw vob xxra, no. or wmmoBa, ouootf, thi iwdav. jasi arv , imi.. vol. x. xo a OP THK EVKKIXQ NEWS Mess attb:d IM3 Farmer Week Proyarh At tracting Largs Number" I From Rural Districts. '.'OMEN REPRESENTED f f . pDerltry Meeting rMMv istftttsaaom f . Basalt Marketing i Is Being f . Two very good mMtlao of the f women of the Douglas County Farm (Bureau were held at the city hall ' j - MMll-h . Mlertam tm Amtmm Miss Helen Cowgill of the Agrieul- tural college, wno waa w nave net with the women yesterday did not arrire until today, and consequently Mrs Jennie McComb presided over both meeting. Several interesting dlseusslons were held In retard to t various home problems, and after J o'clock, the women went to the home of County Agent Haslett, where tea was servea vj urs nssieti ana Mrs. C. E. Banning. The poultry meetings held at the court house were very well attended and a great deal of Interest shown. In the morning. Prof. Mehl, special ist In marketing spoke on the forma tion of a farm bureau exchange, and a committee of IT men was ordered appointed, each man to' canvass his respective district to ascertain the amount of feed, fertiliser, machinery that will be needed, to see If the for mation of an exchange would be war ranted by the amount of business. . Prof, Cosby, poultry specialist of the College made a short talk on the community work., and U L. Upson, of the Pacific Poultry Producers, Inc. talked briefly on various matters per taining to the association work. Mr. Upson states that Douglas county has given the association greater support than, any other county of tho state. The morning nros-ram tiwlav i slated of discussions - on practical I methods for controlling gray diggers, I Jack rabbits and gophers. Prof. Irs ; N. Gabrlelson. of the Halted fltates j. Department of Agriculture led the V meeting. - In the afternoon discussions rel . atlve to farm crops and problems of pure seed and the use of fertiliser were led by Prof W. 8. Carpenter t of the farm crops departs -nt of the ' college. : i A very Important ? meeting is planned for Saturday when in the af-,- ternoon, Chester Gray, of the organl- satlon department of the Farm Bu C of Missouri will be present j Mr. Gray baa been working in this state for the past few months In as slating in the organization work of ! '.v? .f,nn " d was in this city last November, at which j time he met with a number of peo- Pie of the county He will address the meeting in the court room In the ,' O' K. T. Reed, of CorvalUs. who 1 11 beunDl W be In attendance. i t Hlett announces that he will f leave Sunday for Portland, where a .. meeting will be held on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesdsy by the tern I P?rnr 8t,le Fmrn Bureau Assoeia- SS" Whl;n Umo -rganSSo. J r. . . Permanent Mr. Has- l Jett sutes that on the lzth there win 7 , UTe' '"m all counties to confer In regard to co-operative marketing of wool and mohair? Six Cars off Track In Freight Wreck The Investigation of the freight wrck at tunnel I yesterday morning has not yet been completed, and the exact cause has not been discovered. 8lx ears off the track was the result of the accident, the contents of the cars being such that they were not damaged by the spill. Three cars of piling, one ear of straw and two ears of lumber were turned over by the side of the track and had to be trans . ferred to other ears. The relief crew from this1 city was sent to tun nel t, and the track was reported clear about five hours after their ar rival. Fourteen, due here from the south, was the train most attested by. the wreck, not arriving here nntll late last night. The amount of the property damage has not bees esti mated. Few New Changes In Portland Case Practically no new developments have occurred la the Morris Bros. bend bowse failure. John L Bther- age, the ea-prestdent, has wesa re tailed to Portland from Minneapo lis, waere be was arrested, and has heea released on Ilt.tt balL ft M rumored that he has offers to tan state's evidence agaiaet Fred 8. k.ur rta, providing ha will he freed tmm prosecution himself. District Haw aey Evans of Multnomah county. states that there will be no com pro sue and that Ktherldge will be re quired to stand trial. Etherldge In timated that he la la poasessioa of information which will throw ths responsibility for the crash on Mr. Morris, and it la said agreed to di vulge this information providing he could gala his freedom is that way. The courts are busy with various legal mattera and technicalities In connection with the ease and an ef fort Is being made to determine the status of the city of Edmonton bonds which are being held in escrow awaiting tho decision of the court The auditors are atlU at work on the books preparing a detailed report ota the financial standing of the bank rupt concern. Penrose Supports Emergency Tariff By WASHINGTON. Jan. (. Senator Penrose, chairman of the senate finance committee, annonncd this morning that be would support the house emergency tariff bill, although he hoped for certain modifications in the DYPMiCT GUIIll DYES Congress Will be Asked to Pass Law Restricting Im portation German Dyes. ' REPORT IS PRESENTED Nationally Known Chemist Goes Be fore Congress to Show .That American Firms Need Pro tection for Dyes- Industry. NEW YORK. Jan. . A plea for congressional action, to restrict the Importation of German dyes Into the United States has been issuea uere by the American Chemical society through Dr. Charles H. Herty, for mer arssident of the orgsnlxatlon. Dr. Herty was appointed by President Wilson to negotiate for the Ameri can share of the German dyes im pounded in France after the war. The eminent chemist calls atten tion to the action of Great Britain In passing an act similar to tne Long- worth bill, which was passed by the United SUtes house of representa tives and held up In the senate com mittee on finance. Pointing out the similarity of the dye situation confronting Great Britain and the United states, ur. Herty recalls that, during the war poison gasses were made In German dye factories and adds "when our textiles, leather, paper and other in dustries were smarting under the ex perience of servility to a foreign na tion for supplies of needed dyes and thought of the nation was clear as to the necessity of n complete self sustained American dye Industry." Although the American makers or dyes have $100,000,000 Invested In factories and apparatus, prominent American chemists maintain that these manufacturers cannot with stand a German invasion without suitable legislation. They are, how ever, equipped to manufacture 85 per sent ef the dyes required by Ameri- industries and would be able. aecordiag to the bulletin of the American Chemical society, to mske the other IS per cent If they hsd time to develop the special processes under favorable auspices. The German dye trust. Dr. Herty declares, is shown by published re ports to be stronger than ever, both In capital and organisation. More over, he continues. It has just made arrangements through the organisa tion of a subsidiary company to en ter the Held for control of the world's supply of fixed nitrogen, the chief element in fertilisers, munitions and many dyes. Danger of Flood .'. River is Averted By Associated Frees PORTLAND, Jan. t. Lowering temperature appears to hsve checked the anticipated flood threatened by the rising water In the Willamette river. The water stood at the lt- foot mark this morning at t o'clock. but eool weather having stopped the melting or snow along the river's tributaries la the mountain districts, the water will scarcely reach the If foot level before the river will begin falling. The water Is falling today at all points except at Salem and Oregon City. Mr and Mrs. R. T Culler and son left this morning for Tuseon. Aris- oaa, where they.wiH make an ex tended visit with relatives. Mr. Cul lew hi ess ployed by tke Southern Pa erne reei pas y at tale place. CEraiTATIVEOF IHH Managing Editor W. R. Mc Wade, of San Francisco, In Roseburg Today. v PAPER HAS BACKING Three Important Labor Orgaaisatiosa of State Indorse the Publication as tlie Official Representative . of Labor I'nioaa. - i In an Interview with Mr. W. R. UcWade. the editor of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades Worker, who was in Roseburg today to investigate the article printed In the issue of Dec. 28. In The News-Review, the follow ing facts were brought to light At the meeting of the Portland Central Labor council January 4, the dele gates stated that the council had not authorised the editor of the Oregon Labor Press to attack the Worker. which he did in a recent issue. Mr. McWad-j further states the delegates deploro that such methods should be used by any labor editor tc prevent another labor paper enter ing the field. He ssys a request was made that a letter be given to the management of the Worker to the effect that the council knew that the officials of the paper were bona fide members of organised labor and that the Worker was an official paper of the Metal Trades department. In view of the fact that Mr. Rynerson was not present the matter wss laid over to the following meeting and the secretary was Instructed to notify Mr. Rynerson to be in attendance at that meeting. Tuesday night at the meeting of the Portland Metal Trades council the delegstes expressed Indig nation at the tactics used by the Ore gon Labor Press, and the following letter was drafted under the seal of the organisation and sent to the La bor Press for publication: Mr. C. M. Rynerson, Editor. Oregon Labor Press. City. Dear Sir: At the last regular meet ing ot the - Portland . Metal Trades council, held Jan. 4, I was instructed to draw up a letter of protest against articles appearing in the Oregon La bor Press wherein It stated that the Portland Metal Trades council hsd repudiated the Pacific Metal Trades Worker. This paper was and still Is the official organ of the Metal Trades. This council deems it fair that you repudiate articles that have appeared in a certain paper and asks that suit able retraction be made with full publicity. Awaiting an early reply. I am,. Fraternally yours. OWEN DONNELLY. Secretary Portland Metal Trades Council. Mr. McWade also presented cre dentials from the Machinists. No. 1233. of Roseburg, and the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Shop Laor- irs, Roseburg Lodge No. 1093. bear ing the seal and signatures of the officials, stating that the Meta! Trades Worker was the official or gan of these bodies and was receiv- ng their support and co-operation. Mr. McWade Inferred to a News Review representative today that the publicity given his publication by the Portland Labor Press was brought about by a Jealous attitude on the oart of the editor of that paper, ow ing to the fact that the Metal Trat'es Worker hod entered the Portland field and had done quite an exten sive business there. House Committee Favors Increase (By Associated Press). WASHINGTON. Jan. (.The house census committee has agreed to re port favorably to congress on the Slegel bill, fixing the membership of the house at 484, which Is an In crease of 48 over the present mem bershlp. The committee also recom mends a constitutional amendment limiting the membership of future houses, regardless of Increased popu lation, to 600. Under the term, of the bill reoort ed out by the hour. committee, the representation from Oregon would be Increased from three to four mem bers. Washington will be entitled to six instead of five. It Is slso pro vided thst In event snr Increase in the number of representatives Is au thorised, they shall be elected at large nntll such time as the stste legislatures shall pass redlstiietlng aws . Mrs. F H. Ritcher left this morn nlng for Dole where she formerly tsught school and will spend the dsy there visiting with friends. Mrs. Rlt ehsr was formerly Miss Ella Sweeny ana was recently married. SFODITO R&HT LAV CHANGE Attempt of Lower River Fisher men to Lengthen Season to Meet Opposition. MEETING IS CALLED President of Douglas Couny dub Re quests all Persons Interested in Hook and Mao Fishing to Meet osi Friday Night k It Is apparent that the Douglas county residents above tidewater on the Umpqua river will again have to defend their right to a share of the salmon fishing In the Umpqus. The commercial fishing union of the lower river bat signified Its in tention of seeking to change the present law regulating the fishing tson so as to permit net fishing np to May 1st, Instead of April 15. as the law at present provides. The present law was a' compromise, and at the time of Us passage, was con sidered by both the upper snd lower river fishermen as being fair and equitable It gives a month during the first run of Chinook salmon for these fish to pass the lower river nets This enables sufficient fish to get to the hatchery to supply It with eggs and gives the upper river fish ermen a chance to get some of these fish by angling. D. B. Bubar, president of the Doug las County Sportsmen's Club, stated to a News-Review representative to day that the Sportsmen's Club in tends to fight this action of the low er river fishermen's union to the end. The Sportsmen s Club." said Mr. Bubar, "is going Into this matter, not only for the benefit of those who wish to angle tor salmon, as a sport, but also for the hundreds of peo ple wno annually catch salmon for home use, and by that means great ly reduce their living expenses. Dur ing, the season front April. 15th to May 16th, when the river-Is closed to nets, you can ftnd hundreds of fishermen ud and down the Umnaus with hook and lln. who are angling for Chinook salmon as a means of reducing their living expenses and providing their families with canned salmon for the ensuing year. Un questionably they have the right to get some of these fish At present they have hut one month during the year when the salmon are running wnen tne nets are not a barrier at the mouth of the river preventing all of the run from actually comlns un me rtver The upper river people reel mat it Is a rank Injustice to take away from them any portion of this one month s salmon run. We have always endeavored to meet the ecm merciai riBhermen of the lower river half way in this matter and we shall continue to do so. but we will not stand idly by and see the salmon run of the Umpqua river stopped at the nena or tne tidewater." Mr. Bubar asks that all fishermen or Douglas county meet with the Sportsmen's club at the city hall to morrow nignt, Friday, January 7th, to consider the matter and endeavor 1f possible to come to some agree ment wun tne lower river fishermen that is satisfactory to all concerned, or, falling in that, to devise a means to safeguard the upper river fish ermen. Every man who la interested in salmon fishing by hook and line in Douglas county who can possibly be present should be there, Mr. Bu bar says, in order that the matter may be thoroughly thrashed out and me opinion or all be given. British-A merican Bank Suspends Ur Associated Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The Unit ed States mall boat Pulltxer, with a crew of seven men aboard, has been missing since December 15. It is believed the crsft may have been lost In the straits of Shelikoff, Alaska, Secretary-Payne has been advised by Governor Rlggs, of Alaska. The navy department and the coast guard service hsve been asked by Secretary Payne to aid In the search for the missing boat. Public Debt is ' Slightly Decreased ' By Associated Press WASHINGTON. Jan. A decrease of iltl.32.07S In the public debt during the months of 1120 was an nounced today by the treasury de partment. On December tl the lots! gross debt was 12.1.214,1(8,000 com p red with 124.175.158.244 on November 20. The decrease during the last qusrter of the - year amounted to 1101. 111. 1 from the September total of $14.087.15.12l all ki read:;;ess foku;;:o;i,m;g Tabernacle is Completed and is Ready for Opening Service Sunday. TEAM IS WELL KNOWN Evangelist Rnlgin Said to Resemble Lincoln Born 111 North Oaro lma and Was Reared in Kxtrcsne Poverty Great preparations are being made for the Bulgin-Lewis revival meet ings. On Tuesday morning a force of about 76 men gathered to begin the erection of the tabernacle that Is to be used for the meetings, and soon the sound of hammer and saw was heard. The building took shape very rapidly under the direction of the manager and some of the expert car penters. In the meantime three of the churches had the ladles working on a big dinner at the M. E. Church and when noon came there was a dinner fit for a king. - Wednesday morning the same thing happened and the other two churches furnish ed the dinner.' The tabernacle will be good and ready by Friday evening, and on that day it will be used tor the first time by the large chorus of 300 voices, who. will hold their first practice at that time. Tbe company not only lines up a big adult chorus, but they also plan a great orchestra, a sun shine chorus and a high school chor us The committees have all been ap pointed and have begun, the detail work of making this revival one of the greatest ever held In Roseburg. The evangelists who have been secur ed for these meetings are among the most noted In tbe United States.. Thousands hsve waited on their min istry and thousands have been con verted by their work. Dr Bulgin is a preacher and evan gelist of national fame He la one of the most powerful and eloquent on the American platform. He waa an agnostic lawyer before his conver sion, and bit sermons and lectures are logical and convincing. He re em Dies Abe Lincoln In many ways He Is long, lank, lean and bony, and has a homely face. He was born In a log cabin In the mountains of North Carolina In extreme poverty. He has never attended school more than three weeks in his life, yet has at tainod the degrees of Ph. D.. D. D and LI. D. He never owned a pair of shoes until he was 14. and those he made himself. He supported his fath er's family of ten when he was but a lad of eleven He has come un thru aneys ana oyways or hard knocks, discouragements and severe testings. yet, as you look Into his face and listen to his matchless eloquence and logic, you feel the power of his mes sage, which bubbles and runs over with wit and humor. He also has the pathos and tenderness, and back of u an he has a great soul. As a singer, organizer and man ager Is Mr. Lewis, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Evans Lewis They work with boys, girls, young people, ana ao practically all the pre llminary work. Mr. Lewis Is a sing er of exceptional ability, highly trained, havng studied with some of the world's greatest teachers. Mrs, Lewis Is also a musician of great ability, and this makes up a wonder ful team Other plans for this Treat meeting will soon be given to the public. Great plans are being made for the opening night, which is Sunday eve ning, January 9 It is expected that 2,000 people will be present the first night. All things are In readiness. snd the big table Is spread. Let all prepare for the feast of good things in store for them. A united prayer meeting of three of tbe participating churches was held Inst night st the Baptist enurch but five of the churches will be Into tills work by Sunday evening. Charges Oregon Labor Press Unfair PORTLAND, Or., Jsn. 5. Charges thst the Oregon Labor Press, local organ, the offices of which are In the Slock Exchange building, was unfair, snd did not set in a spirit of equity, when It printed an editorial written apparently by the paper's editor, C. M. Rynerson. slating tbst the Metal Trades Worker, snother labor Jour nal, printed In Ssn Francisco, is an "alleged paper of the labor move ment," was made Monday night at the weekly meeting of the Central Labor council by R. A. Vanderhoff, publisher of the latter newspaper, and W. R. McWade, editor of the Worker. Vanderhoff. In a speech of vindica tion and In "answer to charges made" ssserted thst his paper wss a qualified representative of the labor movement and deserved support as such. He traced the hlstoryOBUCON HISTORICAL paper. Ha branded as unfi BOClfrTY. charges contained In a recer"ubllc Auditorium torial printed In the Oregon ,.,,,-r. Press and thought to have been writ ten by Mr. Rynerson. It was stated that the Worker probably would soon change its field from California to Oregon and would. If nothing Intervened, move Its plant from San Francisco to Sa lem. Another speaker appearing be fore the assembly in dofense of the management and policy of the Work er was L. J. 8imersl, president of the Metal Trades council of Salem. In tbe opinion of one member of tho assembly tho council should In struct its secretary to draft a circu lar and public letter stating that the Worker Is a bona fide representative of the labor movement, and that Its two chiefs, Mr. Vanderhoft and Mr. McWade. are members of labor or ganisations. A hot argument followed this sentiment when It waa expressed In the form of a motion. After sev eral heated addresses both pro and eon, the motion was laid on the table, to be disposed of at the next meeting of the council and only after Investigation of the matter has taken place. Senate to Investigate Charges That Attempt Was Made to buy Election. SLUSH FUND RUMORED Claimed That Non-Partisans Spent Huge Sums nf Money for Pur port of Influencing Election Throughout Northwest WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. How much money the nonpartisan league spent In the national and state cam paigns that ended with tho Novem ber elections is a question to be In quired into by the senate campaign fund Investigating commission, head ed by Senator William S. Kenyon ol Iowa. It la expected that the com mittee will resume Its bearing with in ths next few'werk to mtamme wit nesses about the nonpartisan, league activities. It became known tonight that Senator Kenyon will call a meeting of tho committee soon to consider Its future program and to check ovei the work already done, with a view of writing a report to be submitted to the senate. So far tbe mom Ben of the committee have devoted no ttentlon to the campaign fund In vestigation. Humors of Huge Slush Fund. Some members are particularly anxious to go Into the nonpartisan league question, on the ground thai a tremendous amount of money wat spent in the campaign, chiefly In atate elections, but Influencing the national result. There are report! current that the nonpartisan leagut spent at much money as either of the national parlies, perhaps even more In Minnesota it was said that they were seeking to raise a fund of $3, 000,000 to light the so-called en emies" of tho organization. The members of the fund commit tee who are In favor of Investigating the expenditures of the nonpartisan league say they want to obtain the testimony of A. C. Townley. who Ir tho head of the league, and of others who are active In Its spread. They believe It would be one of the sensa tions of the investigation, shedding a new light on the methods employed by the leaders of this new power In national politics. The resolution cre ating the committee. Introduced by one of Its members, Senator Atle Pomerene of Ohio, called for a report to the senste at the opening or the present session. The report, how ever, wss not ready, and so an ex tension of time was granted. The re port will be made before March 4. Echo of Charge by Cox. There Is talk that there may be two reports, due t o the charger made during the campaign by thr democratic presidential nominee Governor Cox, that the repuhllranr were raising a fund of 115,000.000 tr buy the election. It Is being said that the democrats of the committee will Insist that Oovernor Cox provst' his charges, while, the republicans will be equally Insistent that he did not. This, however. Is merely tslk. as there has been no formal discus sion of the report. In sll prnlishillty the committee, as a whole, will favor a Isw 1slrred to limit expenditures In presldenilal campaigns, one that will prevent huge sums being used In the pri maries, st the conventions snd In the nstlonsl csmpairn. In the opinion of some a constitutional amendment will be necessary before such a law can be passed Especially at this time, they say. when there Is so much discussion of rampalrn expenses snd iso msny chsrgea afloat, sentiment would be ripe for such sctlon. Oeorre Kruse left this morning for Sutherlln to spend the dsy attending to business matters. PROBE EXPENSES OF tlPARTIZAtlS R&n iCONDITION ROADS Many Delegations Before Court Today Asking for Improvements. FUNDS ARE VERY 10W County Court Unable to , Obtain ' Money to Properly Repair and Maintain Roads Damaged By the Bad Weather. . The county court today had a busy time entertaining delegations from many sections of the county, as the condition of the roads at the present ' time is causing a storm of urates t. Delegations this morning numbering over a hundred people, representing districts 61, it and 23, near Oak land, and 39, from South. Deer creek. Roads in all of these districts an: reported to be in very bad con dition, in some coses being almost impassable. This condition la brousht about by the prolonged rains giving no opportunity or repair work, and the lack of funds with which to do extensive construction. The rain which has been fallins for weeks has washed out tbe 'roadbeds in many places. The sftrface has been, softened and vehicles nassinr and repassing have cut through, " making low places veritable quag mires. Drainage ditches have in many places been stopped up by rub bish, allowing- the water to follow the ruts in the road, causing more dam age. On account of the incessant downpour the patrolmen have been unable to do repair or maintenance work and as a result the roads are in a deplorable shape. . - Unprecedented conditions have ex isted. In former years a protracted rain has usually been followed by a few days of good weather, when a small amount of work would put the roaaa oacK into ralrly good condi tion, but this year weeks have passed trhen absolutely nothing could be done to better tbe roads. This has, of course, worked a great hardship upon the residents of the various rural districts of tbe county nd the county court is now being tsked to do air within Its power to ret the roads back into normal shape or travel. This the court Is already planning to do, but with only limited funds with which to work the results will doubtless not be as satisfactory is might be desired. The road fund from which the sourt must do the greater part of Its maintenance and repair work is ex ceedingly small, and when appor tioned to the various districts where It must go, spltifiilly Inadequate to meet the needn. The expense of maintaining and operating county government, coupled with the t per ?ent limitation which prohibits the court from raising the funds so bad y needed, the outlook tor good roads '.hroughout the county during the -Joining yenr is not as optomistlc as sould be desired. - The county court will do all wlth 'n Its power. Its members are as In terested in making and maintaining Tood roads as are any of the other esldents of the county, but road building and road repairing costs noney and one glance at the budget is It was adopted, shows conclusively 'hat the court's hands are tied. There it 111 exists some of the bona money, 'f the bonds are sold between 10 and IB per cent of the face value will bo leducted. as the present condition f the bond market Is very nnsatis 'aetory. In only a few districts would the bond money be avallnb'a, ts In many Instances It Is expressly -vrovlded that the bond fund Is to be natched wllh federal and atate aid. 1,'nder these conditions the county ourt Is Inhorlng at a disadvantage, it will do all within its power to etter the roads as much as possible. Mtho-irh the amount of money In he hands of the court appears to be Milte Inrrn when tnken In a lump urn. yet when It Is distributed among i large number of districts on a pro -ata basis, only a small nmount can V alloted to each district. A petition Is being prepsred by Win. Vinson to submit to the state legislature asking that the market oad funds be taken out from under he Jurisdiction of the stale blghwav onimlsslon and the moner turner! iver to the county courts. This petl Mon will be ctrculnted throughout 'he county within a few days, tccord ng to his statement. REV, COSHER l.F.tVKI FOR MARSIIFIELI" Rev J E. Conder. who hss been spending sn extend -d vacation In thi city with hl family left th's after- noon for Marshfletd. where he will resume his work with the Antl-Pa-loon league of America. For the next month Kev. Condor's work will be in the state of Oregon. Dr. Lonls Al bert Banks, who Is In Portland st tho present time will start on a lecture tour through Oregon next week an1 Rev. Conder will srecede him to tha towns In which he speaks. . .