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f AOK MVS I - - - ' mniMi T(lunili) SATtlUUV. JTVE 11. 1M1. TjfSAN, THE SUICIDE.. 1AXV OF . ICQ B TB; (1 to (y; life H .gXUf 4E-i 1 M feAf - it) tesi&&s. 1! !4Bai5-sfc Hfa-'gsa Bra iHfl 1 bmm P&tlh - ' -v :r - : 'X? S5' llM II ' i?:TKVM A 1 N -fl 'i'' VV Willi tue Introductjuu of Thene Modoni JugKeroauta Despondent ' m T i-"f If 1' il:-l5ft!?75 jT . &9r $i - " - r A Jupanic. t'ouud New V, ol Kndlng Life. 1 EI.SIK McCOKMlCK. V? ; -A, High up on a hill overlooking a harbor where great ocean nose in from the Pacific, lives the Suicide Lady of Kobe. Iler real name U Mrs. Jo, or Jo-San, as she is respectfully called by the J&Dancsc and foreigners who know her. It was only during the oast vear that Jo-San beeame the Suicide Lady. Her husband At u"u- iiooiid Girt, Kmei jib Uuumuy i "Suu iu.- H.me; At lUjtl.u Jo Sau, and standing, r J rf One of Hix Ward. money. Olsuppolnted In nor quant tbe gray-aalied oinan turuod bar stupa toward ne Mecca o( Sul cldei. Jo-San'i signboard carried lu inesjiatfe of hope to ber and bo It was Ibat the woman wbo had sought peace (or five years in the holy places ot Uudilha. found 11 at last In tbe gospel of Jesus. Loss of health or occupation. temperate husbands started the 10 "Ba large majority of the women on tbelr Journey to Suraa. Due young womuu had entered a house of III- ploymcnt for thoaa who must sup port themselves, and to touch each life with the golden wand of the gospel. Jo-San may be quite un scientific in ber methods, but the tact remains that of the 160 dis couraged women who sought ber aid, not one has since taken or at tempted to take her life. Somehow or other, Jo-San must have set Under the name of the W onion's Welfare Association, Christian workers In Kobe give what support they can to the Suicide Lady. But was a Christian pastor. For sixteen years after his death, Jo-San worked as a Bible woman among her people, opening her home to those who were in distress and her heart to all whose lives she touched. Her evolution into the Suicide Lady concerns a certain rail road crossing at Suma and a bad Japanese tendency to cut the (keins of lifo instead of trying- to untangle them. Suma became a popular suicide resort. Men and women came from many parts of Japan to end their lives by jumping into the sea, or by throw ing themselves under the wheels of passing trains. Poliee sta tioned at the railroad crossing managed to prevent some of the suicides, but the number of deaths remained large. It was when police measures many years of service to Buddha, failed that Jo-San had her lnspira- women and girls turned back from tlon. One day all Suma was star- death to accept Jo-San's Invitation. tied to see a large sign-board at the railroad crossing and another near the water, bearing tbe words: Would-Be Suicides, ' Stop a Moment! If for any reason you feel you must take your life, please call on me and talk It over. This announcement was fol lowed by Jo-San's name and ad dress. In lust four months, 160 Geisha girls In pitifully gay klmonas and young women from excellent families stumbled side by side up the billtop path which leads to Jo-San's. One of the first surprises was the fact that the mnjorlty of the wo men came from well-to-do homes. One of them was tha daughter of a famous Tokyo rducatnr, who had married against tbe wishes of her family and who was too proud to for peace and disillusioned after let them know that she regretted high-road and robbed ber of all her remit., lu orritir to uav the ex uenses of ber husband, who was the house on the hill-top Is no long mudying at an Amoriinn unlver- er large enough for all who bare sity. Though the life was more turned back irom suma: and as than she could endure, she had no Jo-San's work Is uudouomlnation reuronches whatever for the hue- al. no oue board has assumed re- .i,k .in, m,h. ... h, ht,il who out her In It. She was his sponsiblllty. Therefore the Inter- ...nlnr A nnthar Iho wlr of mill- W fo. and therefore bound IO make '"' unu '.'.om .u,.o7 his woirnre n'r nrsi concern. w..u.v.ir Peruana t 1 modern Kraduate In 62.000 for philanthropy would find fault with Jo-San. It Is doubtful if she ever hoard of a rard-index Byntem. If one of her girls was referred to as s cave, she would not understand. Hor only "systom" Is to open her home to thoso who need a haven during the days of readjustment, to call on the disapproving mother-in-law. the unkind father or the Intemperate husband, to find em- tbe match. Another rebelled against a forced marriage with a lie official, was persecuted beyond endurance by a disapproving mother-in-law. One of the first to come was an aged woman wbo had spent five years and nearly all ber sav ings making a circuit of all the Iluddhlst holy places on the island of apan. She hoix-d that by mak ing the 2f0 mile journey over and over, she would at lat find peace. One day, during her pilgrimage, a Buddhist priest held her up on the for Kobe 1s asking new house, so that those who come to Jo-San may be sure of shelter dnrlng the Drat try ing days ot readjustment Meanwhile o-Sans fame has spread abroad throughout Japan, and, day by day, up the steep path go weary factory girls and disap pointed wives, unhappy geishas and tired old women all Broking as their last hope In life tbe Suicide l.ady of Kobe. 6afo pi ADVICE TO LOVELORN AND OTHERS A Dally Column of Questions ami Answers Conducted by a Woman Whs Knows. Address your Letters to Mrs. Ellsbury Care Hoseburg Kuws-Keview. "Detr Mrs. Ellsbury: I have been ping with young man for four or (re month) and care quite a lot for Km. While I was lr. another town lng to high school I met a young an who seemed to care for me. Ihen 1 came home he asked me to rite to him. The young man here loes not want me to do so. in fact sa doesn't like to have me pay much ttrtUioa to any other boys. iWt are not enlaced, though It is cause I think that we are both too .Seunr. Don't you think so too? I sm seventeen and he is a few months JJoer (ban I. What shall I do? How my writing for a cirl of my ago? 1 WOXDEIUNQ, Azalea, t a. inn are too v,.ii,, h. ... w-. ami also t friends. He is rather unreasonable to expect you not to write or go nitli any other young men. Tell bin tlmt lie and the other boys too an only good friends and that you ex pect . to liuvo ninny of them before you become cngnged. By all means write to the other boy. Your writ ing is quite ktkmI for a girl of your age, but I would suggest at donor ap plication to letter tonus and your Kngllsh, both of which could be improved. Dear Mrs. Ellsbury: Is It custom ary to send a gift when one receives a birth announcement? V. R., Roseburg. . YONCALLA NOTES. The ' commencement program of the Yoncalla high school Is as fol lows: Senior class banquet Friday, June 10; baccalaureate sermon at the First Methodist church by the Rev. O. C. Morris, Sunday, June 12: graduating exercises with an address by Prof. Kimball Young, of the Uni versity of Oregon, Friday, June 17; high school play, Saturday, June 18; the title of tire play is. me rrince of Liars." with the following cast: Arthur Hunnington ...Ted Francis A. Yea, It Is the customary war of aeknowleilirinir a birth mnmniM- ton. . . t mm iney are usually sent 10 oniy- four lime tn ,mP !. i .11 -iirlii i. i 1' ' i BSm.Hh M... 1.... . ' . " iniuer u. - "" """ "r a yer or two ! mother. A loit- t mnmmliiliiii fiim-r ixy Hlionlil acfompany the gift. houl, hitxr Movie Closeups "Pink Tiirhtu i. n,n " Sa,ur'lay and Majestic ndaT ,nd patrons of these play- J u""y "p ot 10 la'"!n heartily rama ' 6",0y 80me excltln hirh Gladys Walton and J.ek P'rrln WATCH HOSKItlHG GROW WITH A UOL.ND AND A Jl'Mr WATCH DOCilj COINTY COMK TO THK FHO.NT. 'II e I are .r...,.j i .. lr . , " mi inn respec- roles of the eire,,, wrformer and ' . -t Is esentlallv rfmn,. ."".J"11 a'tinn- " author " ?rn , d an "'"""lance of rom- 1 rl, "r"1 ,h" rastins: director th. Sh"?" a:y ha" "een hat re those e leader of the who heads the I Th. ehl-r romedy roles Jf Mr, Shamwi-r. the le, . Mr H;:niri anti , Z Zi f rVnlanlrl and Smi- "n.t - 'hp under.aker. Coe, , TT"' ,n ,u'"'n that T ' hi la his direr- T- ... f., r. ,h,,e rul director fv, . P ' ';" 'en "ve th. hrt r Dorothea Wol 'h;a-i... . mnimlns. a trio of Alden Seltzer story, which comes tr the Majestic tonight. John Grier, . owner of the great Verde ranch of 35,000 acres in Cal ifornia, where most of tbe exteriors of the picture were taken, had ar ranged to plant wlt.'i rice some acres surrounding a little lake, so the wild ducks might feed. He said he would eat wild duck every day during the season. But he did not know how "he could prevent poachers shooting them on his property. "I've got a rifle, hut I can't shoot tra!ght enough to bother any one at a half-mile from the house," said he. "Slim Padgett will show you how to shoot," said Ruck Jones. "See that loon swimming on the lake?" "Slim aimed at the loon, some twr hundred yards distant. He clipped its neck with the first shot. Mr. Crier figured that the ducks he would lose without a shot like Slim" to scare the poachers would cost more that he would have to pay Slim." but the star refused to psrt with Slim. Now that we are assured with an outkit to the coast, property has begun to move, people are going to build homes, for the future can ue seen. Lota are selling in Overlook Addition, as they are the only close In lots Ralph Omerod Ted Peterson 0u pared streets, and with John Gllllbrand ....Kenneth Jones sewerage connections In the Dobson timer Lane town. Only two blocks irom Mrs. Hunnington ..Eulalie Westfall 1 e the center of the business sec- Mrs. Gllllbrand Ivy BJorK tlon. where everyone owns thel Rosa Collumbla May Gross home and no one wants to sell. nnisv Maltland Frances Morris , vow Is the time to select one Barbara Ella Vroman ef the choice lots In the city. The high school will also present see N. RICE of RICE ft RICE. the screen version of Mark Twain's , famous story. "Huckleberry Finn," on June 25. Yoncalla "patriots" feci gratified the way the bond election went and (.E HfXIiKKI) AXI TIIKEK TO that Yoncalla. gave the measure aj oXB. majority of 42 votes. Rev. G. C. Morris and son Gordon I (From Camas Valley.) drove to Roseburg Wednesdav. re-'a election is over, the votes are turning home Thursday. X. X. an counted: o TThe road bond issue has carried me day. BAND CONCKKT Jl'.NE 18. The Douglas county concert band will give a concert at the armory, Thursday, June 16, at 8 o'clock p. m. Fine singing and vaudovllle will be Included In the program. Admission 26 cents. This will be a good chance for everyone to support the band. Tickets on sale at Hamilton Drug Co., Rexall Drug Co., and Red Cross Pharmacy. That business or property can eas- j Miss Norlene Carlson, of Salem, lly be disposed of through the col- spent yesierday in this city from her inins of the News-Review. home In Salem. voted But oh, we would like to have at our mercy ;The gink in our valley who that "nay." V know he is looney, but still we : are angry; iTen vears in the pen Is a sentence too light, CITY NEWS m rOIU IiAR. COCPI.E MARRIED. At the home of the bride's par ent's. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hyde, on June 8. 1921. occurred the marriage of their eldest daughter. Effie, to Virgil J. Burocker, both of Canyon vllle. The wedding ceremony, which .0. narfnrmeri hv Rev. W. V. Hutch inson, nastor of the Methodist church n(i . we would pass this Judgment and was witnessed by the relatives of I upon him, the bride and groom. A wenning q( two trips over Camas mountain at breakfast was served, aner wnicn night. the happy couple left for Portland An(1 )f he survives this terrible or- and Walla Walla. wan.. 10 tibh , 'deal. the groom's parents. Mr. Burocker 'nrlve stage for our patient stage- Is In business In the t'acme mgnwy driver one week garage, and they win mane men home In Canyonvllle. Arundel, piano tuner. Phone 183-L Painless extraction of teeth at room a", Masonic temple. Dr. Nurbas. Dr. Harry B. Morgan, aentlst. tele phone 483. Office 81S Perkins Bldg, Medford stage leaves Umpqua Ho tel daily 1 p. m. Good cars, careful drivers. See us for running board luggage carrleis. Ford accessories, etc. C. A. Iockwood Motor Co., Ford Oarage, o ANMAI, STOCKHOLDERS MEirrxo. CARD OF THAXKS. If his reason The chief a" Taction at the Antlers theatre next Sundaw and Malestlc Monday, belles its name In one res-1 pect. It Is called "Heliotrope," and I We. the undersigned, desire to mint kind people of Peel, Glide. Dlxnnvllle and Roseburg for their kindness, sympathy, and m:t'V tmantlful floral offerings In the sad death and burial of Ane Givers. Vie are so thankful he is resting iu. ( friends and neighbors at the home he Wl loved so well. I Slrned: His sister. Mrs. iinneri Tettlt, and family. Rainier. Wash. ' -r.n ! .1 ""! fnr hilarlnn. r. of these thro vrs of experience 1 "IP" a swell as nn 'noush this s th. first r r-1 .1 " in l 'h Bu.k 1 x t'fodn nm mlvht fpnm tha l.la Infn. a arAt 1 1 1 v ri n' nlnarls for his release a'" whn ran always scented light romance. Instead, theffrom prison to protect the girl. It picture unfolds a vigorous, thrilling in finally rranted. on eonnrion tnai storr of father-love and the sacrifice I no harm will befall his wife at his made by a regenerated convict to, hands. save the happiness or his daughter.! The 'ex-eonvlct emhsrks upon a "Hellotrnn Hrr" mn railed he-l'.)inl arheme nf Intimidation that cause of his fondness for the scent of .rnnn has the dventnress shrlnklnr heliotrope, is serving a life sentence 5 with terror and at his merry. Then In a penitentiary. Learning from -t a final heroic set. he forever ellml- m inii iimi it i a iinunuiri, wiiu wiiriR mirs in" wnncu . . . . herself an orphan. Is about to beV. sinister menace to his daughter's married to a rich young man and happiness. How this la aecomnnsn that his unscrupulous wife Is plan-led makes pair, ' over shown on the screen. hsve hsd an "f nrrj ..-.. ...TvTnm ,n'r km ter. kind nf t.AiK Pi-f.t,..j -""in. in-T "! Fit a lrfT1on- the Then you may be sure. s'.avs with him A word for good roads he will ever more speak. We can't learn his name; he keeps i It a secret: I If I hut knew It I would have that five spot; 1 sure would delight to Inform Mr. Perkins, Five dollars would help In business a lot. know that It can't be that his home la In Camas; He surely sneaked In from outside; From Dlxonvllle. Melrose or haiem. Or Borne place where such folks re side. Our valley Is lovely; our people pro gressive; In adopting good measures not slow. "And if he stays with us, we trust there Is hope left. For even the sap-head who voted that "no." Screech Owl. " o The annual stockholders' meeting of the Umpqua Savings and Loan Association will be held at the office of the Douglas Abstract company at 248 North Jackson street. Roseburg, Oregon, at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. June 22nd, 1921, for thu purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year and for such other business as may regularly como before the meet ing. 11. O. PARGETER. Secretary. CLASSIFIED COLUMN ALL mttW CLASNIPIK.U ADVKRTIMKMKNTS WIIX BB FOUND OH LAST PAUa UADUK mCAIHIVG NBW TODAY.- WANTED. WANTED Small rofrlKrator. VANTi;i V.nrk In country .y man and wife. H. A., News-Iti-vlcw. IVAXTKO 6 o nlh-l 1'Ih J room Iiuuho, unfur. t 3SB-J. VVANTKI AT rN!K A woinan lu a.- "int with hotiufWork. or nmn iui wife. I.yle Aim sttr. lhont IT-KJ. WANTED-Old Joh of any kind, tiousv (loanliir?, pianos and furn'l.'te polishctl, KardL-ns anj yunln takin rare of. K. I. l-ewi.i. B44 N. rin St. r'hnn 47-H FOR SALB Hay In the nhock. tlO Pr ton. Also timir rffrlKertor. Fltoiie 26-KS. Fii BALK Kubber tired bURRy, no top. In up I en tit tl condition. 416 So. jFlno. or phone 40 - J. WANT A HAEtSAlN? Kviiry dity, a Hpecial In lined rum that nro it KA I, (.'AI(H. I corui-flo with Tortlnnln prl( Motor KxL-haiiKe. 401-3 Wst Oak St. W A NT K O M I dil fe "n r od lady wlnhna a plnre an liounekef por ; have a Kiel 7 year old. Statu wax" K'f n In flrnt )ttttr. Addrerifi HouHckwrper, J. U, Cpntrrl f'ttfnt. Orenon. MIS( KLLAM-OI'S. MKCIIANICAI. drawlrc nnd littrln(t riMk. Ffituft riHnonallo. Wnrof Hilton. 475 K. StcphPhM Ht. tis'litAV NOTIFY: I havo" lukr-n up at my plnr nmr Itu'-kl'-rt. t'trt-uon, on lurK llprt-ford hull. dhorn-d. w(h no brand, but inarkrd with a rop '(T rt k tit vit and unurs.opn rn it Owner my hav fann by p r.Kt anil calling lor aame. Hoiith. luff J. It Crisp eLLes Just Recclred at Foutch's Delicious! Try Them Mad by U. C. Grouudn, for merly of Hoseburg. at Dallaa, Oregon. Foutch's. exclualv agonta In IXWT AD I-XUND. LfT fftnall miitrnno. Pnnday. on mad bvtwrrn ' ICriAfhurR- and S t v j Valit-y. ('ontulna haiuiiHrf. ci'ithinK. m'rjy. Kltirfit'i, Bd tth. r artl l. s K.i.d ir ifllVP Bt tnfi rrtr 1 : t w u d KOlt HAIi; r.iotrlc carburetor. In quire ttV-humtn'i IlMtaurant. 14& Shf rlda n b t r Foil HAI.K 1'oland China shouts; Hsu some line- purbrt)d plK. K. O. Mil- -lr. yilbur. (ireniin. I-MIt HaI.K New two burner wlcklftir. oil Htove, cheap. Call at 130 W. Jat Ht.. or phone 476-J. KOlt HI,K DlnlnK room table and i-halrH. $45; two ntandri, 10; Canary ntnitT 13. 91!2 Mill Ht. -Hrocroil piantii. K ruse a t wtt t d. seed. Jo llarvey. Phono FOH PAI.K Thorourrhhred Anronaa, early aprlnir cook-rt-la. Wm. . leaver, Aiyrtio Cn.eK, Oregon. FOR HALF 1919 tourtnic car. iunt rliQiilt'd. Good aliane. rood tlrra. Sir0. Addreaii (.'ar W. Newa-Hevtew. FoH rtALP. fimaTl a-rooin houae an4 lot. Cheap for caah. Inquire at llil N. Jackaon Ht ltoaobuik. OR FA1.R Kaven hundriwi Whit fRhorn chlx. Hlx weka old. At 20o earh, Chita. Ciimmlngt, Wln'rhesttr, (in-Kon. lt SA I.F. Fandlciilator. a machine frr curvHiure of the nplne, lniura f ftertha Heiiowa. 17 Short ftrot. Ult HAIB Modern homa, 4 bed- rootna, K.irntf, a cool, eom'ortaola hnrne. j our tertna. Addreaa T. AM Nev. a-tte lew. ron rest. FOR "t(FNT- Safety nepoJlt boKee Rcaebura; National Rank. ATARTMKNT for rnt. Thone. 316-1. ;n7 Vtt Mnaher St. FMt MKNT lloiie on -av Irt'idlre- at 21 lrrtt ht. ft i: K i;NT Onr unite oi h t .ik ke. pin i; . room n. No children. 302 liitnm Ht. tre aah- I'j!t H KNT Kurnlchfil 1 oijHfke pliiK rooina. ST KOlt I KNT Furnljried ofna, clt-an nnn real 53: iIifirnl-lK-d new manmc-TTifnt. Phone IJT-w fiou-ekt-epinK tnt.l. I ii'l It. ltrokwjy tt il. 1 Ht. la nlin.Ln m.kaa nna nf th arAtMt thrUll On thf ChtflMlllna ta blackmail th baonv nair. 'avar haa an th KTHD. r.. r. t. clib. Plmlc dinner and danc at Rlddla piTilton. Moada, Jun 11th. Din ner at 7 p. di. Bivnlc at k:30. HEINLINE (eiurvatory if Musk and Art Kindergarten and DunoloR Syn tm for children 4 to 14 yvart of aire Voice and Art Work conducted by Mra. Dratfd and Mre. Ruiho. Vacation July 1-Sept. 1. run HALK. FOR SAI.K I.lKht Ford truck. Varalow ft R. 11. . Chur. h. 31 F.iiHt Comii.t r. I For HAf.R Doaire tounnic far. Ire 'iHrHf KOlt 8A .K 21 ft tier o .K vi n aitmnier delivery. I' FOR HALK A.: v i 4M 'rotc'OPtrt rhr rood aa nr. li.;uira Review. Kdit HALH Vhl; W chlcka, $15 per b ; 2'7jjt. FOR SAI.R Twin H.irlev.r.' mntnrrvr.e, 3 apeeda. '''d rni ffii. ('. A. 1.'kwiod .M-itrt'r rn i fl a T7f "a "r -TdW"' i ;i aan of --nT fler udr. l. HII.K THKV I APT. Ftrawbernos at the paiei. 3'c p-r irailoii. rik them youra'-lf. Apply t toot ot AlleUl ki re t KI.INOIISHMKNT for aale. TSood thuner; I t a'-rea reared; 1 mile rmm K. It. F'h'na 30i-R, or write '"Ja." rare Newa.lle lew, Immn vi 1 fl, Nawi-Rviw. OR SAI.E Rror1 aowa, t'uro Jeracy, Mr tvpe. Fither bra-d or opfn. Alao weanling pIk. At the Overland Or rharda. Chrlea A. Rrand. PiiR SAI.K Hualnea property prodUf- liiK Inlere.-t on lioo. fan he mane .aNily worth ITd.O''). If tntereated ami mnn hualneaa addreaa A. M., N-wa- lt vtew. FOR SAI.K :i I EAT Twenty acrei. partly creek bottom annuy lano. i k rutin throiiK i p.a e; all ffncl w ith w ire ft ni e Addreaa U. fci. Swan. Iof.kln.r C.lnaa. i r. KOR fALi: OR KXi'H ANUE O-ttaiia f irT.lmh-i. Z rooti.a. Hi lontlou. Jt . Want amall pla-e In or near Rftae t.iiric pay dlfre-renre. Write or .mI RoafhtirK llu-te oi.e Week. W. H 1'rH'i, Owner. KOlt HA I.K Purebred ltdrin ratMe; 1 herd i.iill. 3 nillklnr rowa. 1 two v. ar-ld hull, 1 two- -ear-old helrVr. 1 bull -;ilf. I heifer ralf. Wit; a-ll or trade f.tr Rnd beef to' Inuira AuV Itlver Ranch. OlenJale. Ore. A. WeKheiL K'R SAl.E - Rjn h on paved h'.Khway, p.-nr I'.mnli If. n -ttre.-ne la weather; beat ard t ai;ue,t cVma'a In the atat.'. adapted to pruna. Para, peache. ap,'!a. (tra'n, coin, airnifa, fjir nrrf"; a.me Irriai tlnn. Prlra M I'-Tea Terma eyr tr-.iM par tradw AMr.a Owner. Ronm 5 M.tponu" ttlila. l.oaa bur. Oi !. O