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BURG M Q There is no substitute for circulation The News-Review has over 20,000 readers. WB.TBKB lulu. in Which is Included 1he Evening News and The Roseburg Review ROSEBtnG. OltEtiO.V, MONDAY, NOVLMBLR 21, 1921. VOL. X No. 270, OF THE EVEMNQ NEW 8. ROSE ST VOL X-V" V RAINSTORM i. UAMAUt THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE-WIRES ARE DOWN Locally High Water Puis Light Plant Out of Commission For Several Hours and Forces Use of Steam Unit Tracks Washed Out Near Albany. ri.nnrtfl from I Glide, the new dam constructed 1 NEW DAM WASHED OUT during the summer at the North Hapqua Fish Hatchery, at an expense of $15,000 was washed I out last night. The high water, . :. i. took out a large tart of the dam causing a loss a of many thousands of dollars. a The exact extent of the damage a however, could not do iri w a u all telepnoue cuiimu..... - a with that section oi uic a was cut off this morning when the line enl oul UI ""-. T a hatchery cannot be reached ow- a ins to the fact that the ferry at a Lone Rock Is out of order dur- a lng the hlsh water. People at GUde. however, saw the big a hewed timbers used In the dam a floatisg do" stream and It Is a felt certain that the dam is bad- a ij wrecked. Roseburg did not feel the brunt of the storm which has oeeu i-i""s crerthe state, until the steady down pour of last nlsht began to effect the rivers and roails, wth subsequent de lars and troubles. The rain started yesterday afternoon and in 24 hours it to rooghlv estimated, amounted to Mlvtwo Inches. At the weather ob lenition this morning at 5 o'clock, to instruments recorded a minimi i 1.26 inches. Iiurlng the entire Doming the downpour continued itk nnlv freemen t Intervals of cessa tion and it Is thought that the total mount for the time of the storm will amount to well over two Inches. Probably the most serious erred was the damaRe to tne local usui " water plant, necessitating the use of the iteara unit and curtailing the amount of light and power. Snow has been falling steadily on the mountains of the North Unipqua watershed for the past few weeks and with a warm rain and wind from the south the snow went oil rapidly. The North Umpqua rose steadily be tween midnight and 5 o'clock this morning and at noon today was wllh In ( Inches of the highest mark for last Tear, being well over the 8 foot level. Because of the depth of the chan nel below the dam, the waters pile n in the tail race and flood the wat er wheels making it Impossible to operate the plant by water power. Ai a result the plant went out of commission short y before ft o this morning. Fires wore put under the boilers In the steam unit aa quickly as possible and the business district was furnished with electri city before 10 o'clock. The residence districts, however, were without pow er for the greater part or th day. The company Is doing everything in its power to supply power and light and will keep the plant operat ing at its best possible capacity con sidering its crippled condition. The management has been endeavoring to deepen the channel In the tail race and when the water recedes will con tinue this work. If the channel can be deepened sufficiently the water will be carried off fast enough to al low the plant to operate in the fu ture In spite of high water Manager Jennings states that the company In tends to make substantial Improve ments to the plant that In coming years will prevent the power from be ing affected by th weather condi tions but that because of the local political situation in the past the company has not desired to put addi tional funds into Improvements until the exact status of the proposed mu nicipal plant could be determined. Aside from crippling the light and water plant the rain caused consider able damage to roads. On new im provements work was effectually halted, while In places where the drainage was poor the surface was washed away. Commissioners Weav er and Long, from Myrtle Creek and, Yonralla respectively came to the city this morning and staled that In several places they found the coun ty roads being softened and damag ed considerably by the rain. An ef fort will be made to repair these places at once. At Mvrtle Creek there Is great fear of additional slides on the Pacific highway. Last year there were some very bad slides there and from gen eral appearences thero are apt to be slides again this year. Boulders and dirt were falling onto the road In large quantities this morning, motor ist, ronnrtert and In the event the rains continue as appears evident the cliffs will become soft ened and Is apt to fall onto the high way. The highway commission expected to take care or this manor. an will nrobably put men at work at once removing any debrlf which may accumulate on me niRii v.ay. Toio.rrn,,h ami telethone linos cen trally are down, it was Impossible ... r. in touch wi''a Port. anil t.-lcgraph today except by way of San ....!-. .nH na a result all mes- clock .:n rtelnvol. Severn! of lh Premier Briand Tells oj France's Need For " a Large Standing Army Ty AMnnatM Press.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Prem ier Briand held the arms conference rlt tor an hour today with the orld for his audience while he told ol France's ne. d for a large army. Three M.ike Siieorticn. Washington v..v t mtu M Press 1 Both Italv and France nl0n?h Car, f-hanter and Premier "rlandj resnm-tivelv i.iv ...nii Jbe third plenary sessn of the con- FAIR TAX CAIUUES PORTLAND. Nov. 21. With one of the largest votes ever cast In a municipal election, the 1925 exposition taxation meas- ure was passed Saturday with a majority slightly better than 4 to 1, according to unofficial final returns announced yester- day morning when returns from all the 37V precincts baa been compiled. The count showed a total vote of 33.796, with 27,111 for the measure and 6,685 against it. The total registration for the t city was 85.525, which brings the voting percentage to 39 H. w or IK per cent larger than the vote on the soldiers' bonus, when a 35 per cent vote was cast. The majority In the case of the exposition taxation bill was also greater, the bonus car- rying by 3.85 to 1, with a vote 28,276 in favor and 7.298 against. WW Mrs. Hyman Wollenberg, a lifelong resident of Douglas county, passed away Sunday morning at the homo of her daughter in San Francisco. Her death was very sudden and she was apparently In the best of health only a few moments be- s fore. She wass sitting In a cnatr when a blood vessel in her head burst and death followed short- ly. Her daughter, Mrs. John X. w Eppinger and her husband, took the Shasta train and arrived here this afternoon to nottry Hyman Wollenberg of the death of his wife. They will return to San Francisco at once. Mrs. w Wollenberg was one of the best known ladles in this county and she leaves many friends to mourn her death. MRS. WOLLENBERG DIES feren e meetlm Rt n o'clock with "iwectlos on the rerWtlnn nl "mam-nts Fnn'' now has a stand ing army of 7s:,,floo men. Km.. Xaval Itntlon Plan. MSHINGTOV v i ii.. "i? 'ireat Ttrltlan has In- l"n.Wl,hnut '""vatlon the "R-5- mi , ,ropo,d In the American lirtL? ' I1 " ,earn',1 knight on 'ttbt authority " Pan as a whole only principle. T" of their desire to m.t tnr. Z!K i""i"; f the t. pm.i i. . "'""""nut Features, l-al 7 . ' ""alive cap- tb. r.,; 1 n ,or Britlan. CiU'' JP without -in-renr, 0f (h r,rlt,h r-nr. to the capital ship ratio became known tonight as an after math of the conference yesterday be tween Secretary Hughes. Mr. Balfour and Admiral Kato, at which the nav al question was canvassed In the light of Japanese reservations. . n i Sicily Scene of Big Cloudbursts (Hy Associated PreM.) MESSINA. Sicily. Nov. 21. Cloudbursts have devastated the whole countryside near here, entire vilclages being swept by and the rail roads and lines of communication being broken. Hundreds are home less and many are reported dead. atlr, Hay and Grain Rates Ordered rornlry telephone linos were down an;' enisrgency cr.uvs were rent out to make repairs. Douglas count-, however. Is touch ed very lightly in comparison with other placeB. Portland had 5 inches of rainfall in 24 hours, while other places reported equally heavy down pours with disastrous results. The . i, kiii.Aan Alhanv and Turner were flooded causing delays to all trains and doing mucn aanuB i tracks. Pneumonia Causes Death of Girl Esther Anderson, aged 13. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Anderson, of Elgarose, died this afternoon fol lowing a brief Illness. Miss Ander ion contracted a severe cold which vent Into pneumonia. She was ser innalv 111 for only three days before death occured. The funeral serv- will ha held tomorrow afternoon at the Elgarose church, Rev. Edmons cfficlatltg. . o Abe Evans Is Granted Appeal SALEM, Or., Nor. 21. Peniten tiary officials today received a tele gram from The Dalles to the effect that Abe Oivens, now In the state penitentiary here awaiting execution for the murder of James Doran, has heen eranted until January 10 to perfect an appeal to the ' supreme court. Tne action oi in uu;o court automatically stays th execu- Hnn Evans, In a conversation wun prison officials recently, said ne would not appeal nis case xu iu supreme court. He declared that ne could neither read nor write and pre ferred hanging to passing the re mainder of his days within the peni tentiary walls. Mrs. Evans later gave out a statement here that she had notified her husband's attorneys to nerfect an appeal. As a result of tire s'ay of execu tion iran ted In the Kv-i case there will be only two nr"i"ings ai me orison December 2. These will In cludje Elvle Kir:iy. anas james Owens, and John Hathle, who are iniof4 .tenth wentnnce ror tne pari they played In the murder of Sheriff Til Taylor of Umatilla county. 35 Inches Snow balls In The Dalles BKFKCT OF STORM IX OHK- liO.N AM) WASHIXUTO.X ' ; St. Helens. Ore. -Heavy rain continues; silver thaw melts. Albany, Ore. Rainfall since Friday, 6.6K inches. n-men:i flooded. Streams rising. Baker, Ore. Snow 4 Inches deep and still falling. No trains 4 from west. Chchalis, Wash. Snow heav- lest In years. Logging camps may close. Rail later sets in and continues all afternoon. Eugene, Ore. The McKenzie highway pass blocked by heavy 4 snow. Corvnllis, Ore. Torrents of rain fall. Pacific highway six Inches under water. Walla Walla, Wash. Snow 16 inches deep. Car lines par- alyzed. Farmers isolated. Salem, Ore. Marlon county streams rising as result of heav- lest rain in years. Eugene, Ore. Willamette river rises 8.2 feet In 36 hours. 4 Ruin shows no sign of abating 4 with much land .under water. Moro, Ore. Snow 3 feot deep 4 and collapse of roof.i feared. Astoria, Ore. Disagreeable rain accompanied by a brisk wind. Prosser. Wash. Heavy snow falls; wheat farmers rejoieo - La Grande, Ore. Snow 2" inches deep. Fall ceases and rain sets In. Tillamook, Or. Heavy rains puts Tillamook streams out of banks. Hillsboro, Ore. Heavy rain continues and lowlands are flooded. The Dalles. Ore. Know 36 inches deep is topped off with sleet storm. City is paralyzed. 4 Ashland. Ore. Ashland has first rain ot season. Pendleton. Ore. $r,0.000 damage done by 21-Inch snow. 4 Northwest Struck By Terrific Storm n.. A.nr.r.tnt,H PrPRH.) pniiTI.AM). Nov. 21. No trains left Portland this morn- lng for the east, and all trains rtun here Rlnce yesterday morn- ing are stalled along the linos paralleling the Columbia river, w owing to heavy snows. Deep drifts and slides tied up the traffic. The Southern l'acinc w ia nlan crinnled by a washout of the bridge approach at Jef- rnrsnn. necessitating detours. The wires are prostrated in all directions, service on some or the lines being maintained by roundabout routes. The silver thaw which yes- terday gripped Portland, enus- Ing heavy damage, breaking trees and shrubs,, disappeared during the night. The rain is continuing. w Eastern Oregon and Wash- ington Is under from four Inches to two feet of snow. County Budget Committee Meets H, 'l1' "turned from a trip rtlartd "' T motored to "''-MaVo Vty the ?0 fhh :n4vth "turned for toa football lamt. (Br Associated Proaal. WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. A posi tive order was Issired by the inter state commerce commission today requiring the railroads to put ap proximately a sixteen per cent de crease, ordered recently In hay and grain rates. Into effect on or before December 27th. Wlllard Cole of Wodburn It pend Ing a few days In Roseburg atend lng to hualnass natters. Mr. Col le with the Aouthern Pacific, and mar mils Roseburg bis bom. THE DALLES. Or., Nov. 20. With 25 Inches of snow on the level and aleet falling at 6 o'clock tonight all of eastern Oregon was shut off from the outside world by one of the severest storms this section has ever experienced. Five trains, both east and westbound, were snowbound be tween The Dalles and Portland big snow plow will leave The Dalles at 4 o'clock Monday morning, fol lowed by a wrecker, to attempt 11AVK RESERVE OOMPAXY (ftv Associated Press.) 4 PORTLAND. Nov. 21. Forty three units of the 96th division of the Army Reserve Corps were assigned to Oregon, according to an announcement made to- day. Roseburg was assigned Company H. (machine gun) 382nd Infantry. WOULD JOIN V. S. 4 (By United Press.) LONDON. Nov. Zi. ureal w Britlan would be certain to Join the United States in the event of a war with Japan, the Lora on Times declared today, de- manding abrogation of the Ang- lo-Japancse alliance. . WILL INVESTIGATE DEATH. An investigation Into the death of Oren Schulti was 4 started by the local officers to- day. The sickness which re- . suited in the death of the young man was caused by poisonous moonshine, the officers allege, and an effort Is being made to discover the source of the liquor which he drank. Ho pro- cured tho moonshine, it is claimed, on Armistice day, and after drinking a large quantity of it he became very ill and complications arose which fin- ally resulted In his death, cor- oner Ritter today turned over 4 to Sheriff Starmer the facts in hiH possession and the sheriff's office will endeavor to locate the source of the poisoned In- 4 toxicant. cent of the registration. The next step In the exposition project is the proposed holding of a special Btnte election, at which a proposal will be voted on for the raining of an additional $3,000,000 hy a state tax. It is proposed also to raise $1,000,000 through sale of stock in the exposition corporation, making, if th state tax carries, $6, 000,000 in all. DOUGLAS COUNTY TURKEY CROP ONLY ABOUT HALF AS LARGE AS LAST YEAR Pool Formed by Local Farm Bureau Exchange Sold to Seattle Firms For Price of 41 1-2 Cents Local Growers Get Best Price in the State. Approximately half the usual num ber of turkeys weie shipped from Douglas county for tahe Thanksgiv ing market. It Is roughly estimated that there- were 4U,U0U pounds shipped from the county. Including all points, whllo last year 45.000 pounds were shipped from Roseburg alone, white Oakland had an equal amount. The great slump In the number ot turkeys Is ' due to several causes, principally the weather conditions, which resulted in the death of a large number of the small turkeys and held back the growth of the others. This caused a large num ber of growers to decide to hold their turkeys ror tne unriBimas mar ket when it is expected that the price will be much better, while the birds will be larger and heavier, and con sequently will bring a better price. Roseburg turkeys brought the best price of any of the birds sold In the state. Medford s market, it la re ported, reached only 38 cents, while Willamette Valley turkeys went for 35 and 38 cents. The Farm Bureau pool netted 14, 000 pounds. After the price reached 40 cents many growers were willing to sell for cash rather than wait for the pool and consequently put their birds on the cash market. After thoroughly slxlng up the market and receiving reports from ill of the buying centers, it was de termined to sell the pool to cash buyers, it possible, rather than riBk consignment upon an unstable mar ket. After receiving bids from the various buyers the birds were Bold to the Indonendent Packing company and the Jim Henry company for the price of 41 H cents, being 1 cents better than the price paid tor the birds Bold on the cash market. The money will be distributed to the various growers as soon as possible. Reports from the cities show tho markets there to be very weak and the demand Is short. Retail prices in the city are expected to reach about 52 cents, and In view ot this fact it Is considered that tho Doug las county growers fared very well, especially when the price paid else where is taken Into consideration. Just what the Christmas market will be is the problem now before the turkey growers. Hundreds of birds which ordinarily would have gone for the Thanksgiving trade wore withheld on the gamble that the Christmas market as usual will be higher. Some market experts, however, predict that the price will drop, as there Is a general decline reported in prices. Pioneer of '49 Dies at Hospital John C. Elder, for many years a resident of Myrtle Creek, died last night at Mercy Ilospltul after a ling ering illness. Mr. Elder Is well known In this county having been a resident here since 1850. He came across the plains In the gold rush of '49 and came from Calfornia Into Oregon tak ing up land In this county, -lis has made his home near Myrtle Creek continuously since that time. He has been in poor health for a number of months and was recently brought to the local hospital. No funeral ar rangements have yet been made. The county budget comnilltee met today to form the budget of expenses for the coming year. The task will be a difficult one as under the new budget law it is necessary to work through the data of expenses for scv- ernl vears. The dnta has been procured by clerks who have been working for several days at this one task and this will save the committee a great deal of time. Tho committee Is com posed of the county court and n T? nates of Myrtle Creek. Jess Laswell of Yoncalla. and Barton Helllwell of Hosenurg. a Tt, hndget committee alter completing Its work win ap- w nrnve be budget formed and It will then be officially adopted at the December meeting oi Edenbower Lady Dies at Hospital Mary E. Gibson, aged 59 years, a native of New Hampshire, died this mnrnlnz after a long illness. Mrs ctiiann has been a resident of Eden hner for a number of years, her h,i.nmi. A E. Olbson. being employ- ,.,i hv -tbe nnualas County Light anl Water Company. The funeral was held this afternoon at 1 o'clock from the Hosoburg Undertaking Parlors and the body was taken to Sutherlln and buried in the cemetery mero. county court. JU1KJE HAMILTON f AM.LD TO Ml lIMIM.lll Ull .lli Footbridge to Umpqua Addition Tho material for the footbridge across the site of the old Alexander bridge to Umpqua Park auuuion ar rived today and construction will start at once. The bridge win oe oi the suspension type. With the com pletion of the bridge tne cnnaren an Umpqua Park addition win once more be given an opportunity to at tend school. Heretofore only a few of them have been able to attend and those few were forced to travel the old road around tbe Dase oi mi. Ncbo or ferry the river In noats. i ne South Umpqua has risen about nve feet this afternoon ana is expect to go up three or four moro feet before morning unloss the rains stop. Patronesses For Thanksgiving Ball Elaborate arrangements are being made for the military ball on Thanksgiving night at tbe armory. sponsored by the Roseburg national guard company. This Is the second annual military bail of the company and the event will be one ot the big dances of the year. The list ot pat ronesses made pnbllc today were the following: Mesdamcs George E. Houck, Fred Uaynes. Frank LUburn, it. C, Waddell, Guy Cordon, Bert Hates, Claire K. Allen, Ray Clark, J. E. Flurry, C. L. Stoddard, Earl Burr, Roy Catching, John McClin tock, J. F. Dlllard, Harley Watson, Leon McCIIntock, Wm. Bell, Guy Flint, Charles Wharton, John C. Run yon. J. Throne, B. W. Bates, W. H. Fisher, Nathan Fullerton, Wm. Poor man. I. B. Riddle. Ohas. McElhinney. James Sawyers, Chas. Gilbert, Geo. Rradburn, L. B. Skinner, and Roy Bellows. WILL INSPECT ANY Adjutant General White and Major White, commanding the 1st Battalion Oregon National Guard, will be here tonight for the purpose of making an official Inspection of the local mach ine gun company. The company has been making important strides and is In excellont shape for this inspection. Mrs. Sara Russell, who has been visiting at Eugene for a few days, returned this afternoon to her home in this clty Dolly Gardner Believes Her Bandit Husband Will Be Willing to Reform j-ii t r,.,!.! r W Hamlilon haft Llixuu j u ' ------ . knnn M.iin.1 to Portland where n Protests Are Sent to Olcott SALEM. Or.. Nov. 18. A number of unsigned lottnrs wore received at the executive offices today from Koseburg protesting against me pur ported humane treatment accorded Dr Richard M. Brumflold, who Is In the state penitentiary hore awaiting execution for tho murder of Dennis fluswll of Dlllard. Douglas county. In a letter to a former cellmate In the Roseburg Jail Dr. Brumflold said ho wns receiving humane treatment the prison, and had oeen auowea mc-nd-ot circuit court for several Jo 'e -n n. weeks. The ronges'.lon oi ine -et In Multnomah county has piaile It necessary to can in outside the circuit. Judge Ham -ton will leave In a few days and will be on hand for the opening nf the term on Monday. . u PORTLAND VOTES TAX FOR l25 K. POSITION. PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 19. Early returns from a special rliy olectlon held today Indicated that the sole proposal on the ball"t au thorization of a anwlnl tax sufficient Th. nk will I .i in h held here in 190. to bad ,.,! niil.llr and subsequently was printed In the newspapers of south ern Oregon. rii, of the letters recv-lved here todny said the prisoner was not entitled to the courtesies exicnoea iu Mm l.v iho nrlson officials. Special protest was made with relation to the meals served to Dr. Brumfteld. nnd the fact that Mrs. Brumflold is allowed to vllt him frequently. Penltentlnrv officials declared that Dr. Brumfleld Is receiving the same treatment that Is accorded other men under death sentence, and that he has not been given any special fa- (By Ass.et.te4 Pr...v gambling and then he committed Ms PHOENIX. Aria-. Nov. 21. Con- first mall robbery.' fldonce that Roy Gardner, escaped 8)n lh(.n told how he escaped and convicted mail robber, would "go, how he risked capture to see his straight" if he were given a pardon youn(5 daughter and of his subse and permitted to go out and seek . qllpnt tI.a)n robbery and escapes, in work like any other man was ex-1 ggig that hunger drove him to it. pressed by his wife who arnvea from San Francisco. 1 tinv l not bad at heart and be is not lay," said Mrs. Gardner. She said she was not attempting to con done his crimes. Mr. (lnrdner stated she was con fident Roy was not guilty of the as sault charge that has been preferred against him by state officials on complaint of a young Mexican girl. "Roy always has been very mno to me In the five and one-half rears hn married." said Mrs. Gardner. "We never quarreled. He never has given me a cross word. Will Stick to HiiMbanil. I suppose If he hain't been so Young Man Dies This Morning Oren Schulti. aged 24 years, died this morning at Mercy hospital after an illness of a week. The deceased was a native or Mohawk. New York, and came to this city several years ago with his parents. His father is employed as manager of the Soldiers Home farm and resides on Harvard avenue. The young man was un married and leaves only his parents and a brother and sister who reside in the east. He became 111 on Ar- ,A tn wna t would not he St ICk in g . ... . .., ,, ,!, In tha with him now. Still I "i0' he'd OOI1UU wnere his condition became vors. Unsigned letters receive stick to me If I were In trouble and It's up to me to do the same 10 nun. "When we were married he was working In Mare Island navy yard. I.ator he worked In the shipyards In San Francisco where he was foreman of the welding crew. "After ho left the shipyard wo opened a shop In Fresno which we later sold. Then we went to Los An geles where Roy bad a contract for 1AOA tw.t.wulnr tanks. After he flll- llttle lahed that work Roy wanted to make gradually worse until his death oc curred this morning. The funerul will he held Tuesday at 2 o'clock ana burial will take place at the Masonls cemetery. A special meeting of the directors of the local Chamber of Commerce has been called for Tuesday even ing. President J. W. Hamilton will b leaving tho city for a few weeks nn j Is calling the meeting to outline tha hffklrs of the chamber d using us aarovlslon. ZTSS by .vy m.JorR pf L -r Olcott or . trip to , TUJ .... to see th. ,0. th. Mr.n tr.lna. t.i cut. hlCll M M" " Ol"r " ""'-" votes cast, which was