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ROSKIiUHG, OREGON, 8ATIIUUY, JAXTAKY 21, 192S!.
VOL. X, X. 2;I2, OF TIIK F.VEX1XG NEWS.
PORT OF POPE'S DEATH
DENIED AND CONFIRMED
BY NUMEROUS DISPATCHES
Hiding Reports Received Throughout the Day From Rome
and London Latest Message
That He Is Still Alive In
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VOl'K A1JVE AT 8 P. M.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 21.
fcv A. P. 2:30 P- m- Pacific
L'e). A Reuters dispatch
(cm Taris recoivcu lonism
e the Jtome mca -.b,
n . tn that ritv. fltatinc
at tlie Pope was still alive at
mt hour.
I AM' A MISTAKE.
EOS. Bulletin, London,
i" 21. (By A. P., 2:48 p.
., Pacific time). Cardinal
fcurgess' secretary announced
pis evening that the announce-
srnt of the Pope's death by a
jember of the cardinal's staff
lis afternoon was a mistake,
Id that no official news of the
r.r hia holiness had been
r
ived.
iniradictory reports on the con-
tn of Pope Benedict XV., who
keen lying at the point of death
i past few days, have followed
other over the wires during the
nrnilnlltlHnp him
have been received only to lie
a a fipw moments later bf
itrcs announcing that ho is still
Tress bureaus endeavoring
inuuw- in nhtnln resDonslble
from Rome have been unable
definite word, as evidently tne
st secrecy surrounds St.
The rtlauRtrhPH received
ip the day at the News-Review
In tire order or time, are as
30 a. in.) ROME, Jn.n. 21.
p. in. the Pope became appre-
weaker noutb midday and
Is which had arUcn nftcr his
1.it In the nioriiliig disappeared,
general condition became worse
ihe seemed slowly expiring. At
he became delirious and un-
icious.
End Is Xcnr.
Oav united Press.)
35). ROM E. Jan. 21. "The
f Imminent." Cardinal Ga,"parrl,
iris Beware oj
Foreigners as Helpmates,
Is Advice oj
By Intcnmllonal Xews Service.)
Si:V YOKK, Jan. 21. "Beware
' Jireigners as husbands" was the
Ore today of Mrs. Margaret Rueff,
of Justice William P. Lawlor,
t!ie supreme court of California,
4 is tii-hting for exclusive custody
r six year old son.
:s. Rueff announced she has
Jl'.-nged hor husband. Andre Rueff
ftvni-hman, to conipell her to com
"5 with a court agreement pormlt
I Mm to have the child a part of
time.
i) f claims Rueff has threatened to
the boy out of the Jurisdiction
)! e New York courts.
J "'ft, who Is an art dealer and
Jut assistant curator of the
kn Museum of Finn Arts. in
J:"d suit for cparallnn against
I Rueff two yoirs aso charging
W'-y. Mrs. TtuefT Marled counter
II n. No derision ai rendered In
(case. Mrs. RueT claims she was
T' J to enter Into an agreement
tin terms of v.hlch she was to
the custody of the boy and
t" to he permitted to have
S indnvs end part of the sum-
t I'"-r-. m,e Will Ixwe Child.
,1 finr In will take the child out
' -te s;a:o. and. agreement or no
.w'nient
I shall not Dermlt him
' hoy except In. my pres-
the young woman said today
nf ' atlrallv.
. ' ' " divorce hws of New York
medieval. They are unjust to
With my Inst breath I In-
n 10 flirht lnlii.fi...
n'rrla:e was a tragic mls-
My husband, a Frenchman.
' 1 "ot understand an American
n. Inn-t marry foreigners
' "ny advice to young women.
'-I'-an men are the best husbands.
?nrs do not know how to treat
"n ss their equals.
Tr.-jualiijr UiMt was the trouble
" our marrinea i ni. .
d'l sciual In eveothlng. We had
at 2:30 0 clock States
Comatose Condition.
emerging from the bedchamber
where Pope Benedict XV. lay dying,
said this afternoon. Gasparrl was
weeping. He announced that his
holiness was delirious and insisted
upon resuming work. All hope for
recovery has been abandoned.
Heuters Reports Death.
(By Associated Press.)
(9:46). ROME, Jan. 21. A Ber
lin dispatch to Reuters this after
noon says word has been received
that Pope Benedict is dead.
Sleep Caused Report.
(By Associated Press.)
(10:30). LONDON, Jan. 21.
(5:06 a. m.). An Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Rome says that
a consultation of physicians this
morning, owing to the fact that the
Pope appeared to be sleeping, caused
the report that the Pope was dead,
but this was officially denied.
Death Reported.
(By Associated Press.)
(11:10).- LONDON, Jan. 21.
(6:53 a. m.). Cardinal Dourne,
Archbishop of Westminster, stated
this evening he had been officially
notified by telegraph from Rome that
the Pope was dead.
Report Vnconflnned.
CBr UB1M4 presa.)
(1:11 p. in.) LONDON, Jan. 21.
Reuters' dispatch today reported
Pope Benedict dead. The report was
not confirmed. Bells were tolled.
Comatose Stute Reported.
(By United Press.)
(1:11). ROME, Jan. 21. Pope
Benedict sank Into a comatose stats
this afternoon and It Is not likely
thai he will live until evening. Cam
phor oil Injections are the only
means of giving the pontiff relief.
Says Pope Dead.
(By Associated Press.) ;
(1:22). ROME, Jan. 21. (Reu
ters). Pope Benedict died late to
day. Died at 8:30.
(By Associated Press.)
(1:22). PARIS. Jan. 21. A
Berlin dispatch to the Havas Agency
quotes the Wolff Bureau as saying
that the Pope died. at 3:35 this af
ternoon, Rome time.
News Is Withheld.
(By Associated Press.)
(1:22). LONDON. Jan. 21. The
official announcement made by Car
dinal Bourne that he was notified of
the Pope's death is apparently in
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All
Margaret Ruejj
equal social standing, equal income
and our Intellectual tastes were sim
ilar. He loved walking: I loved
waiklng. He could walk twenty
miles; I could walk twenty miles. He
wanted to get ahead of me In some
thing. He insisted upon domineer
ing. He used his pocketbook to dis
play his superiority. I never handl
ed any of the family money in all the
time I lived with him. He never
gave me a cent of cash."
Judge Lawlor, Mrs. Rueff's uncle,
presided at the trial of Abe Ruef,
notorious San Francisco politician.
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Roseburg Couple
Married Last Night
Erwin G. Randolph and Mable E.
Gllkeson were united In marriage
last night at 9 o'clock at the Presby
terian manse. Rev. L. 11. Quick offi
ciating. -Only the parents of the
young people and a sister of the
bride, Vivian Gllkeson, were present.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Randolph are
well known in this city. Mr. Ran
dolph Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. (i.
I). Randolph and Mrs. Randolph Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. L.
Gllkeson and a popular member of
the Roseburg high school. They will
make their home In this city where
their many friends wish them the
hest of success and happiness during
their married life.
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Edward Schmidt and Leslie Mere
dith, local di-hwashers were arrest
ed last nlM following a fls'.lc en
counter. The two young men enter
ed into argument which finally re
sulted In a fistic engagement wjilch
was Interrupted by l.ys'anders. Thcjr
were both taken Into t ie cliy court
where they wer given a sent-nce of
10 davs In Jail, sentence being sus
pended durlnj good behavior.
Brunn Home Scene
of Pleasant Party
Mrs. Irvln Brunn entertained sev
eral of her friends at her home yes
terday afternoon. Games and flower
making filled the hours. The flow
ers were made of tissue paper and
many unique and clever ones were
completed. Later in the afternoon
delicious refreshments were served
by the hostess. Those present were
Mrs. R. H. Moor, Mrs. Manning of
Ogden, Utah, Mrs. L. O. Maddux,
Mrs. II. O. Wilson, Mrs. N. Fullerton,
Mrs. L. Melvln, Mrs. F. Swartz. Mrs.
H. M. Plerson, Mrs. 8. Fleischaker
and Mrs. Irvln Brunn, the hostess.
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CONVENTION CITY
Umpqua Valley Is Beginning
to Attract Attention From
Statewide Organizations.
MERCHANTS COMING
Live-wire Dealers of State to Meet
Hero Xext Month and Roseburg
is Ignoring to Show Visit
ors a Good Time.
Roseburg a Convention City. This
Is the reputation the city is getting
all over the state where annual con
ventions are being held.
Marshfleld secured the state-wide
convention for 1921, and Eugene and
Roseburg mado a bid for the 1922
convention. On account of the re
markably large delegation from
Roseburg, the delegates were more
favorably Impressed by the renresen
tntlon than that made by the Willam
ette valley, and they determined un
animously to come to Roseburg.
This convention means several
thousands bf dollars of outside mon
ey left in the Umpqua valley, which
Is an Item to be considered from a
financial point of view. The adver
tisement that the Umpqua valley will
receive throughout the state by being
able to handle a convention of this
kind Is worth thousands of dollars
from a publicity point of view.
A ln-ge number of these delegates
bring tnelr wives with them, and It
will be necessary for the wives of loc
al business men to form an organiza- i
tlon and entertain these ladles while
guests In our city. All the whole
sale and Jobbing houses send their
representatives to the meeting, and
this assures a live convention forj
many subjects handled by many menj
of widely different business expert-j
ences, and there is a great deal of
constructive business leg I s 1 a 1 1 o n
transacted at these meetings. This
Is recognized as a dav of organiza
tion among all peoples, and It Is
necessary that the farmer as the pro
ducer, the merchant as the retailer,
and the layman as the consumer
should know something of the busi
ness of conventions of this kind.
A. C. Marsters Is the president of
the state association, and A. J. I.ll
burn Is one of the directors. There
are 22 cities including Portlnnd bav-
stop Look Listen J
ni Tl p- I 1 . iir in
- -i ':' . ' (afm em
-thorough lv
' BEFORE YOU
WANT TO END
WARS AND RUMORS
LONDON, Jan. 21. Lloyd George,
addressing the national liberal con
ference today, declared that all na
tions of Europe, without distinction,
have been invited to the Genoa eco
nomic conference "because we want
to put an end to the constant wars
and rumors of' wars." Discussing
the Washington conference, he said:
"The peace of the world largely de
pends upon a good Understanding be
tween the United States and our
selves. The conference has done
more than anything else to restore
that understanding,"
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Broccoli Little
Damaged Here
Douglas county broccoli has re
ceived practically no Injury from the
severe cold weather of the past few
days, growers in all section of the
county report. Where the broccoli
was growing on light, sandy soil it is
possible that there has been some In
Jury to the plants, but on clay or
loam soli there is practically no in
Jury, It is reported. It is possible
there may be some later develop
ments which will show damage done
by cold weather, but experts who
have been making examinations state
that at the present time It does not
sppear that the loss will be heavy.
Foster Butner states that there has
been a little damage but that he con
not state the percentage until later
results are seen, i Ray C. Brown
states that there will possibly be
some damage to early broccoli but
that the bulk of the crop Is uninjured
except on light soils. Dr. C. H. Bailey
states that the amount of damage
can be ascertained only when fungue
begins to appear. If the plants are
weakened they are easily attacked,
he states and fungus appears and
damages the plant, All of the ex
perts agree that the damage will not
be heavy,
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TfORWFilAN SHIP KIXKINO
BOSTON, Jan. 21. The new Nor
wegian steamship, Mod, is sinking
in mid-ocean. The lifeboats and pro
peller are gone. The George Wash
ington Is going to its aid, -said a
wireless.
Ing a Live Merchants Association
who meet In this annual convention
for the purpose of general discussion
of business affairs in general. Some
of the brilliant business minds of the
state will address the meetings, but
the convention will not be all busi
ness, for these men are accustomed
to entertainment on a rather lavish
scale, and they usually provide a
good part of the entertainment. The
annual banquet Is not a mourners
meeting, and Roseburg will not fall
to Immediately take Bteps to form
committees to handle the Important
details of this big meeting on Feb
ruary 20. 21 and 22.
Irvln Brunn Is assuming responsi
bility for a large part of the program
and entertainment of the retail shoe
men, and It Is their present plan to
hold their annual convention at the
time the retail merchants meet. This
means an additional 150 people who
will have to be taken care of In our
local hotels and homes.
At the Chamber of Commerce
rooms Monday night at 7:30 every
merchant In the city is expected to be
present at a meeting, and voice his
opinion regarding the handling of
this convention and the ways and
means of putting It over.
District Attorneys
to Meet In Portland
District Attorney George Neuner
has received notice of a meeting of
law enforcement officers to be held
In Portland in the near future. The
meeting Is being called by Attorney
General Van Winkle at the request
of Harry N. Daugherty, attorney gen
eral of the United States. The pur
pose of the meeting is to work out a
plan whereby the law enforcement
officers of the different states can
cooperate in .the enforcement of the
prohibition laws.
Second Night Is Huge Suc
cess With Large Number
Viewing Exhibits.
BAND HAS NEW FEATURE
Only Lnriy Hnnre Iruiiinier With Con
cert Hand To He Featured To
night Double IrP4Crum To
lie Heard Tonight.
The necond night "of Roseburg's
auto show was an unqualified suc
cess, and the attendance was more
than double that of the night pre
ceding. The armory was crowded to
the limit and the management is
wondering how tonight's crowd is to
be accommodated as indications are
that the attendence tonight will be
the largest of the show. The pro
gram last night was excellent. The
band gave a much better concert than
on the first night as the seating ar
rangement at the time of the first
nprparnnce ta,s poor, last night's
change making a great Improvement,
The band Is featuring the only lady
trap drummer in the state of Ore
gon. Mrs. Dale Kelly, the band's
mascot. Is playing snare drum, traps
and orchestra bells. Mrs. Kelly
formerly Miss Virginia Johnson, has
for many months been an enthusias
tic booster for the Douglas County
Concert Band, and has nlded it In
i many ways. Her husband played
j snare drums and traps and she be
, came greatly Interested and at ro
i hearsals frequently relieved her hus
! band at the drums until she became
very proficient. Recently the band
lost Its bass drummer, Roy Bailey,
! and Dale Kelly took the bass drum,
and his wife agreed to play snare
drum during the auto show. Dressed
1 in full band uniform she has assisted
j the band during the past two even
I Ings and tonight will be featured In
I the band concert In numbers where
i both the snare drum and orchestra
bells are given prominence. The
band Is quite proud of Its mascot
and is glad of an opportunity to In
troduce Mrs. Kelly to the Roseburg
' public at the concert tonight. So
I far as Is known Mrs. Kelly is the
only lady snare drummer In the
; state, who plays with a regular con
, cert band. There are one or two
ladles bands In the state, but the
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CALIFORNIA-OREGON POWER
CO. ANNOUNCES ITS PLANS
PROJECT OF VITAL INTEREST
Will Operate Throughout the
River Valleys Marks the First Step In Major Hydro
electric Development For This Section.
The California-Oregon Power com
pany announces that It has entered
Into an Interconnection contract to
supply power to the Monntaln States
Power company for a period or 30
years, which power is to be used
throughout the rich and fertile Wil
amette valley, says the Medford
Mall-Tribune In its issue of lust
evening.
In order to supply this power, the
California-Oregon Power company
will construct a 116-mile high ten
sion transmission line of 110,000
volt construction which will extend
from the Prospect plant of the com
pany through the Rogue river and
Umpqua valloya Into the upper Will
amette valley, where It will connect
with the transmission system of the
Mountain States Power company at
Eugene, Oregon.
This project stands out as one of
the most important power develop
ments of recent times, as It will
close the last gap of the longest In
terconnected power transmission sys
tem In the world, extending from
northern Oregon to tho Mexican bor
der.
Construction Work to Regln nt Once.
Goneral Manager Paul B. McKee
announces that plans are being pre
pared and that the construction of
this power line will begin Immedi
ately. A number of construction
crews will be started In the field at
once, as it Is planned to complete
the work this year. The 116-mile
transmission line will have a capac
ity of 25,000 horsepower. Although
of 110,000 volt construction, the
line at first will Ira operated at 66,-
000 volts and will connect at Eugene
with the 60,000 volt line of the
Mountain States Power company.
Of Much Benefit to local Territory.
This marks the first step In the
major hydro-electric development of
the California-Oregon Power com
pany at Prospect, on the Rogue
river. The new contract will facili
tate and enable the development of
the compnny's large power resources
there, thus Incurring a supply of de
pendable power ample to take care
of the future needs of the Rogue
-Ivor and Itmpqiin valleys and all of
southern Oregon in advance or such
needs. In other words, the Rogue
river valley will have the benefit e.t
hydro-elecirle development In ad
Marriage Not a
Say s Mrs Stokes, Despite
Her Tragic Experience
Bv MILDRED MORRIS
(By Internal lonnl Xrws Service.)
NEW YOKK. Jan. 21. Notwith
standing her own stormy marital ex
nerlence, Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes,
who secured a divorce from her aged
ind multimillionaire husband. W. K.
D. Stokes, after a sensatlonnl trial
still believes marriage a wonderful
Institution.
The beautiful, Tltlal-halred young
woman, who has come from Denver
'n cnnilmie her fleht against Stokes,
announced today that she will press
pnnedy action on her claim for
$100,000 a year for the support of
herself snd her two children and the
restoration of her dower right In
'tokes' millions.
"I do not think marriage Is a fa II
'trn despite my own tragic experi
ence," she said In an Interview. "I
'hlng everyone should mnrrv. 1 can
'mnglne no happier experience than
hatmv marriaue.
.MnrrlntC" Wonderful Tiling.
"I believe the Inif It n tlon of mar
' a wonderful thing.
"May God save other women from
ny tragic expertenc,,' 1 underwent
'ndescrllmhle suffering, and yet It
ias not made me littler a-ifnt the
"nrld. It has mad" me more tolerant.
' cannot feel Htter even against
'iose women who perjured ihem--elves
to testlfv against me In court.
nltv them. The day of reckoning
omes to everyone."
It was the mating of Mav and De--emhor
when the vo'in Western girl
who Inherited part of the fortune of
ser grandfather, l-aac Elwood. the
"lisrk wire klne." married Stokes, n
mnn about town, angil of chorus
girls, already twice divorced and old
-n""h to be her grandfather.
"I never said It was disastrous for
s girl to marry a man much older
'hsn herself, snd I do not say It
now," the young woman said, con
tinuing her Interview, ".lust hecause
my own experience was unhappv It
does not follow that another girl's
would be. Everything depends on In
Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue
vance of the need for power.
The company is now making plana
for the financing of this new project.
Large sums of money will be spent
locally for labor, materials and sup
plies to be used in the construction
of this new transmission line.
The amount of power to be sup
plied upon the completion of the line
will produce a very satisfactory In
crease In the earnings of the com
pany, and as more power la called
for from time to time additional gen
erating capacity will be installed at
Prospect.
Greater Development for Western
Oregon
Hie extension of the California
Oregon Power company's lines to Eu
gene means much to the territory en
route, as well as making Prospect
power available throughout the rich
and fertile Willamette valloy served
by the Mountain States Power com
pany's system. It has only been
through the closest co-operation of
these two companies that this Inter
connection has been made possible.
The upper Willamette and Umpqua
valleys, heretofore practically un
touched by any power system, will
now have available the waterpower
resources of the state In advance of
Industrial and commercial develop
ment. The agricultural and timber
resources of this vast territory will
be made more accessible by the con
struction of this power line.
World's Lnt-KONt Interconnected
Power System. 9
This Interconnection to the north,
together with the connection with
tho Pacific Gas and Electric com
pany to the south, makes the California-Oregon
Power company one of
the most important links In the In
terconnection of power lines which
now reaches almost from Portland
to San Diego, and will eventually
the entire Pacific coast.
Through the California-Oregon
Power company's ability t o Install
additional generating capacity in
reasonably small units as needed, at
an economical cost, the company will
be a very important contributor to
the pooled power resources of the
western states. Such pooling of pow
er through Interconnection means
that all territories served, whether
tho large Industrial centers or the
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Failure,
dividuals and circumstances. Every
one must frame his own life, and no
one can use his own case to give ad
vice to another."
Divorcee IxMiks Youthful.
As she sat In her suliu in t ir.
J Ambassador. Mrs. Stokes looked
:as young and lovely as In the days
I whl n she was one of Denver's most
! soughl-after belles. Her blue eyes,
however, had grown older and sad
id er. It was suggested that the past
had gone, and she still had her life
; before her.
! "But ran anyone ever forget the
! past?" she asked. "The painful mem
' orles and heartbreaks always re
main. "1 have come to fight for my chlld
j ren's rights. For their snkes I shall
j see it through. It Is for them I ask
; for f 100,000 a year a sum that will
j be ndequate to our needs and the
restoration or my dower right In
property worth many millions. I
signed a document which Mr. Stokes
now claims was a release of this
1 dower right. I was not told this
when I signed It. My attorneys will
press for early action, so that I may
quickly he done forever with these
"sinful court proceedings and return
o Denver to live In peace with my
little ones.
"My future plans? I have none. I
have no ambitions for myself. I live
now only for my children.
"After all. children are the great
est compensation In life."
j ii ski;tii i,i, AT WII.III H
Rns.bnrg and Wilbur high schools
nlaved a hard game last night on the
Wlllmr floor, with the result of a
I "core of 1 to 6 In favor of Itose
j burg. Both teams played a strenu-
ftiia an in n Tha Wllhtte l.im ihn.
en marked Improvement In playing.
After the high school game the Wil
bur second team played the Rose
school, resulting In a score of 2.1 tb
9 In favor of the Rose school.
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