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ag two ftOSEBURQ NBW8.BIVIEW, MONDAY, MAY I, 1922. ROSEBURG tally -U. W. Hot Wanker UBBCEiPTION UTU 11. per rw, ay aafl hr. urn. ataaOs, by mall I)Jly, three saoatbe, by mtu nn mantk. hv mall ally, by carrier, per month Weekly News-Review, by mall, per Kabered u seecnd-claas manor May ; ears, Oregon, under ux Act oc hUHo., at THE PASTIME i Prominent in crime records Jnarry a number of wives in quick succession. This crime is an- tient, but the flush times following the war, when people had plenty -of money, induced a good JTluous wives as a pleasant luxury. One wonders how so many women are induced to fall for these gay deceivers. In many cases Jhey do not make any investigation in regard to the characters of prospective partners. The facile stranger comes a!ong, he is per suasive and fascinating and friendly and the cautions of cold prudence are ignored. Matrimony and many look favorably on any Jhat state. These bigamists must make a favorable appearance, x-lse they would not fool so many women, and gain their consent to wedlock with a stranger after a short acquaintance. Very like iy for the moment these men are sincere in their devotion. Each Siew feminine face that captures their fancy impresses them as 3ust a little more of a peach than any of its predecessors. They ' ire light of love, and the old flames seem dull and drab compared 'with their latest inamorata. .They comes the wakening and dis illusion. .After the romance of honeymoon, satiety often, comes. JTie woman who has laid herself out to catch her man, becomes a --little less charming when she has him, securely as she thinks. The 3)igamist has a heart that is very, very shallow. Soon he tires of .the new love and is ready for infatuation with some new face, or a-cliange of sexual relation. 1 Bigamy is a cold and cruel crime. The man who victimized a trusting woman should get the limit of the law. Women fascinated by engaging strangers should pin them down as to their past careers, and investigate the same. A WARNING Premier Lloyd George of England issued a solemn warning at Genoa, when' he spoke of the threat to the world created by the disorganization of Europe, and of the menace in case Germany .and Russia, constituting two-thirds of Europe, should line up against the other powers. The issue of this war can not be settled upon a basis of abstract Justice. If the Germans got what they deserved they would drag the chain as many years as they would liave mae the allied powers carry it in case Germany had won. But dividing Europe into two classes, conquering nations and .conquered, draws a line of hatred and may lead to further wars. sThe allied powers, including the United States, have got to ar--range some deal with Russia and Germany to which those people 3vill assent in good faith, and in which all parties will make a Joyal effort to stand bj- their agreements. The difficulty is tremendously complicated by the fact that Russia, having the greatest population of all, is under the control :yt autocrats and fanatics, who rule by military power without regard to the desires of the people. It is a difficult matter to do business with such folks, because they ask impossible things. They . eeera to think the rest of the world will rush in and invest many -millions of money to revive the industries ruined by bolshevist '.fanaticism, without securing that the people who invest their re sources are ever going to get their money back. People who take such preposterous views will hae to learn Uhat the people who have achieved more prosperity are not so ;asily gulled. But some kind of adjustment ought to be reached ith these powers, for present conditions of hatred and disorgani sation constitute a greater menace every day they continue. o - In order to get an expression of the voters of this city and county, the News-Review is going to conduct a straw vote on both the republican and democratic candidates for governor. A sealed - tellot box has been placed in the front office and printed ballots will be furnished all legal voters and a man will be on the job to tce that there is no duplication or stuffing of the ballot box. Ask the clerk for a ballot and mark your favorite choice. From all over the state comes the report that Senator Nor--blad, republican candidate, is "hot on the trail" of Congressman vJIawlcy. It looks like Mr. Norblad will have little trouble in over .taking his opponent, judging from present sentiment throughout .the d.strict, which is mighty averse to Hawley remaining in office ji moment longer than is absolutely necessary. r, i o Z Chauncey Olcott, the noted actor, mado no hit with his audi ence Saturday night when he "bawled out" some person who -chanced to walk through the aisle during one of the acts. Few people had previously noticed the "pedestrian" until the actor threw a fit about something that was of little consequence. ' n . - ,11," 6 t0 stir u, ,ocal Politics a little? There is ..an awful dullness previous to the coming primary election. Why don t some fdlow throw a bomb Into the camp of his opponent so .. van untu wine iun at home. ' Has anybody discovered who is going to be postmaster at -Kosoburjr for the next four years? Don't all speak at once. It jnigm jar congressman Hawley Z This weather is not so bad Mr. and Mrs. l'htl Metacham. of -Portland, paeatd, IhrouKh bora ye- JOHN HUMMEL Mui-fmor to Jt. A. I'hlllltx. TAILOR Tnmtlf woolen stilt from 111 to t".e :K4'ltilv woolen aim for critical NEWS - REVIEW ! .... . ..................a. .60 .,,,.-.. .JO rear 17, at the pott offlo at Kose- Haren i, iotp. - UU. MaV A, mi OF BIGAMY. nowadays are the men who many to go in for a few super is a normal career for a woman man who offers a chance to enter OF WAR. s nerve. . if it was a little warmer. terday enrouta to Oakland, Califor nia, where they will Join their daugli 7' h. J" """"it college there. Vr. Mctarham ti the proprietor of the Imperial hotel. Mr. and Mm. Met rliam wore accompanied liy Mr. and Ml. W. J. U'niV.. nl Ha qua who will go aa far aa Medford. Pataleae enrtrartlna at trots at room t, Maaoaie temple. Dr. Nerbaa. txtte sum HOWDY FOLKS . Ve ed. of Proonea Thl a. m. ree'd thla: . - -"Dear old acout: . ' Memoer when you were In high school Well publiih thla For aome hi akule kids." And here'e the pun Without any explanations: . "Jack Francla Cave-man Sinnlger, The "knock 'em koo-koo kid" la In the race for sgt-at-arma At hlakule and Ae there are mora glrla in axuie man ooye He will probably win. Then ae we thuffled that letter Into the wood-box thia pome from another reader greetod us; Nowhere In Particular. May 6. 1922. Dear Editor of Prunea: I eurely hope I never hear of you getting like: There it a wlee man Who Uvea in our town. But people receive him With almoat a frown. He'a not a good fellow Aa tnat description implies For he somehow can't peddia The right brand of lies. He always hae money ' To pay hla bills. And he never shouts 7 ' About any small ills. ' i He never tella dark secrets About hla next nelshbor. But seema more enthused Over some profitable labor. And when we In hushed tones Find fault with a friend He doesn't assist us Nor willing ears lend. ( He never does hear Any real spicy newa . To distribute among ua wnen we're knee-deen in blues. He didn't see these men , With other guys' wives. ' Nor the cute little flapper with on-you-kid eyes. The fads and the follies And oeople'e mad rushes Are lost upon him Worse than birds in bushes. He really la good ut so uninteresting. Not at all popular . Nor clever at Jesting. In this age and time He le far, far behind But only becauae He la deaf, dumb, ' , ' ' and blindl Long live your column I I. B. DARNED. e A feller with a yaller st-aw hat pasted by our i window today .'with a tneepisrt look on his face and. halted Just long enough to read Prophet Bell's handwriting on the wall: "Showers today and tomorrow." Ye ed. waa standing out In center field aavwkinn around u.OnrW.w lnar before the ball .flame and Del Jewett oatted out a fly. we walked over under It arid stuok our pawa Into the air. We misjudged it about H Inch and that'a why the drug store Is doing such a fine business In liniment to day. Advertisement In Jersey paper: "Stockings down again." What'a the matter with garters?' There is no place like home, but it's no place for a married man when his wife is cleaning house. 6 4 HE KNEW. Teacher: Who can tell me the meaning of "leisure?" Little Boy: Please, miss, It's a place where married people repent! HERE'S A SOUL IN PAIN. A Florida paper says that folks who dodge Income tax will go to hell. Those who don't will catch It right here, so whafs the difference. Tam pa (Fla.) Tribune. 0 When young love plans a cottage for two the kitchen le always added aa an afterthought and le aometimee called a kitchenette, which Indicateo that It Isn't very ueeful, The trouble with a long standing account la that It makes collectors do a lot of running. S) It can bs honestly said of most re ducing systsma we have met, that they at leaet reduce the victim to tears. - a Here'e the battle cry of the local service station bugs who razx we mo torists to distraction: "Drive right up In your old tin Liz- He life up the seat and we'll get outy; our laugnina; gas Is sure eome fuel It smiles at miles and kicks like a mule. Your tank'a half full what will It bef Shall we flit her up or only tnree? How about water and a little oil better take some, see the engine boil? What about springs, don't you need a tire? further on anead they'll charge you higher. If mere s anything else you need today, buy It now before you drive away; If you don't want to buy Just say hello and givs us a smile before you go. We arc always glad to see you here and give you a laugh for a souvenir." e If a feller bought all of the fllwer accessories you see advertised, he'd have a hard time finding an engine to carry 'em. 0 O ill LAFE PERKINS SEZ: "Them new tweed aulta would K cheeper If they'd leave out eome of the tucks." Msttreeses made OVr. film 1 1 lira rw-upbolstprd. sewlns? mtrhlnM klorks repaired. tOi N. Rosa St- near I Oak. rhone 1J. 1 CaU at the Motor Inn. We will save yoo all that worry about your car. Expert Ignition and carburetor work. 521 N. Jackson St. o C. A. stcGlanls, the - Brockway blacksmith, is mo Yin his shop to the Junction of the Coos-Pacific highway, and will be open for business May 12. Red Cross Doing Good Work Many donations were made to the Red Cross last month. Anion; them were eggs, canned fruit. Jellies and dried fruits. , Some of these have been used and ibe Red Cross will be glad to accept anything that ts sent In. At present they are very much In need of baby clothes and chil dren's garments. At the Red Cross headquarters there are a number of applications of -ladles who will go out by the day to work, also names of boys at ages from 9 to 17 who want places on farms for the sum mer. They have names of families who want girls to work steady and are willing to pay $25 per month in cluding board and room. The Red Cross has names of boys who are wanting work and will be glad to send them to anyone who baa wood to pile, lawns to mow, or similar work. NOTICE. , 1 ; . , cravat ftanrt find river sedi ment or excavating work, call phone 157-R. A. S. Wallace Sand & Gravel Company. , Norblad Hot On hawley 's Trail PORTLAND. May 7. In the politi cal week that has closed one thing, In particular, has been engrossing tho speculative thought of the politicians. The first, ana tKe most startling Be cause of its novelty, is the whirlwind campaign being waged by Senator A. W. Norblad or Astoria against uon- gre8man W. C Hawley for the -congressional Domination in the first dis trict. ' For a long, long time it has been taken for granted in political circles that no man could dent the armor of Congressman Hawley of the first dis trict, and he has been elected and re elected without serious opposition years after year.' It may be true that this political fetUh is a fact.' but nevertheless. strange rumors are beginning to come in from the edges .of the district to (be effect that . the Clatsop county senator who has gone out after the political scalp of Congressman Haw ley is banging the tin plate of the in cumbent in a manner both amazing and heretofore unthought of. Norblad, it seems, has been ramping up and down the valley counties In his flivver and, at least, has gotten the people" talking about blm and his candidacy. Thirty-eUht of the valley newspapers have come to his support editorially and he is champing around telling everybody that they need a change in the first district He has been making so much stir that the old political observers are beginning to sit up on their haunches and tell each other that at las a fight Is on worth watching, In tho first congressional district . j f . . . o 1 RADIO T RADIO? TO THE PUBLIC. Lota of talk or pre-war prices, but here tbey are, 15o and 86c each for shave and haircut At the Golden Rule Barbor Shop, 618 Winchester St. We invite your co-operation. Bring the kiddies. o Mrs. Wilbur Hendryx and daugh ter of Albany spent yesterday in Roseburg visiting with Mr. Hendryx who Is employed with the 8. P. com- panv and is working out. of this city at the present time. W.E.ST. JOHN Republican Candidate For County Judge A thorough business administra tion of eouuty aftalrs. with strict re trenchment In the conduct of each snd every department pertatntng thereto. Is the only platform I have to offer to the voters of Douglas county. If nominated and elected I will carry out an administration strictly along buslnrss lines. It this Is the kind of an administration, tnt taxpayers desire. I respectfully so licit your vote at the May primary election. (Paid Adv.) ,W. 8T. JOHN. fill West Virginia County Where John Brown Was Hanged I MM 1 1 ;. Jwuy&iiaMi .'.zr- ,,,, , ,,,;, .Ll.j r..'I'iff "f'lonal News Service). CHARLESTOWN, W. Va., May 8. Once more, arter 63 peaceful years this historic old West Virginia coun ty seat Is the scene of a trial of nation-wide Interest The underlying Issues "of more than half a century ago and today are not greatly dissimilar iji nrlnci- Ple. . . -. , , , , In JSSS John Brown and his fol lowers faced trial h Ore fnr trnaann ! The issue was slavery. . ' I In 1922 a hundred or more men, mostly union workers, are being tried for alleged treason, Insurrec tion, inciting to riot, murder and scores of. other serious charges. rreeaoml Liberty! Those were the watchwords in 1859: thev are in volved in the issue now on trial here. John Brown and his followers sought to free the slaves In his day, and he seized a United States arsen al at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., to ac complish his ends. Slavery was leg al then. John Brown- used Illegal methods to destroy slavery, and they hanged Brown-and his followers for attempting to make the slaves free. In the fall of 1921 union' men sought to march upon some non union coal fields and make them un ion. A.n army or 6,000 or more men began an armed march through West Virginia. The men of the non-union fields and, the authorities of several counties opposed this march. Pitched Battle Fought, A pitched battle was fought, and some were killed. The non-union miners wanted a free labor situa tion In their field. Those who par ticipated in the march now are being tried for alleged treason against the state or lesser crimes. If the men now on trial are convicted on the treason charges the death penalty unty lie imposed. John Brown and his followers were tried here In the quaint little old courthouse and hanged in the rourtnouse yard. The school kids sing about 'They Hung John Brown on a Sour Apple tree, nut now many Know the de tails of the trlnl. conviction and hanging of John Brown in Charles town Sixty-three years ago the nation was rent with dissension over slav ery. It had become the greatest Is sue since tho Revolution. Whllo Horace Oreely wrote stirring editor ials to free the slaves John Brown took an even more -violent course. He tried to free the claves by force. It was a national issue. George II. Moore, a former prose cuting attorney In this county, writ ing in a local newspaper, says in part: - "During the early summer of 18S9 a party of strangers arrived near Harpers Kerry, then a part of Vir ginia. With them was an old man of vener.'-.ble appearance, who called himself Innae Smith. They repre sented themselves as prospecting for minerals and took long nd frequent rambles over various parts of the Blue Ridge Mountains near by. Aft er a few weeks they removed to what Is known as the Kennedy Farm, about five miles from Hi.rpers Fer ry, on the Maryland side of the Poto mac rb'cr. and established headquar ters. They' were atnlalOe people and toon msde a number of friends. In the meantime a large quantity of .-rmsVnrt ammunition was smuggled In to them. Kxrltrment Prevailed. Twentr men descended neon Hsrpers Ferry on the night of Son day. October 1, U5J. They shot Athletic Unions Special 95c Harth's Toggery Miners Being Tried in v i f Hi men In the streets and took posses sion of the town. Some ot the towns people were made prisoners. Tha greatest excitement prevailed In the town. Nobody seemed to know what it was all about Later one of the at- tackers declared they had come to free, the Virginia' slaves. They said they 'had the meani to accomplish mis pian. . ... 'News of the attack on Harpers ' Ferry was 1 Hashed throughout the nation. The Virginia militia came, and Governor Wise of Virginia took personal charge. . After a three-day fight the little army was captured. Its leader was recognized aa John Brown. "Brown- and hla foiiowera were taken to CharleBtown, -where the grand Jury was In session. Virginia and what Is ndw West Virginia were then one state. "The old Virginia law required five daye" lapse between the preliminary examination and. the submission of tho case to the grand jury. "A whole nation was wrought up to the tensest pitch during those five days of suspense. It was rumored everywhere, particularly la Virginia', and through the south, that John Brown's little army of twenty men was but the forerunner of a mighty army from the north to come down and free the slaves and that a power ful secret organization was planntng revolt by riot and murder and the Brown gang was to be released from Jail. , . Rnmors Traveled Fast. ' ' "These minors grew: they travel ed fast. . It was argued that John Brown would not have dared attempt such a ltold thing as the capture of Harpers Ferry unless he knew he had ample backing. "On October 26 the nrellminarv hearing opened, with the courthouse heavily guarded by militia troops. Everywhere the town waa Jammed with strangers. There waa a little army of newspapermen. urown, it is believed, fullr real ized what was to come. The court house was across the street from the jail. Brown was marched out from the front door of the Jail, grim and determined. A double file ot soldiers guarded blm. He presented a re markable picture. "Whether he was legally right or not. he believed hla cause Just. He was six feet tall, stoop-shouldered, old. bareheaded and wore a' long shalt ry gray beard. But hla piercing I oin eyes snowed" no signs of fear. He had faith In God and his cause. His condition la described aa feeble. and bystanders gaped In silence as he moved slowly along, manacled. Tho courtroom was Jammed with five or six hundred people. Eight Justices of the peace, eondncted the preliminary hearing. They consti tuted tha court of first resort; upon A well made, full cut gar ment weight 88 count(88x 88 threads to the square in.) . The ordinary garments are S8 or 72 count. In every way a real value. Notice our Window. , . . their say so- would depend whether John ' Brown, avowed Abolitionist, should be set free with his com rades or whether they should be held ror tne grand Jury. Great Lawyers Prosecntetl. 'Charles Harding was the district attorney. Gorvernor Wise of Virginia appointed Andrew Hunter aa assist ant prosecutor. Hunter was a great lawyer, a wonderful pleader and s man ot imposing appearance. "Prosecutor Harding demanded to know whether the prisoners were represented by counsel, or whether they wished the court to assign coun sel. - , - "Then came one of the great dra matic episodes of American legal his tory. --.'.. v . 'Old, shaggy-haired, John Brown, feeble and stooped, apparently ready to totter upon tha floor, did not like the tone in which the question was asked. He might be old, he might be feeble; bat he was a-man withal. And the haggard old man slowly and feebly . arose from his chair. Hli steely eyes swept the breathless crowd with scorn as he exclaimed: " 'Virginians! I did not ask for quarter at the time I was taken. (He waa badly wounded.) 1 do not ask for quarter now. I do not ask to have my life spared. If you seek my blood you may have It at any moment witnout 'the mockery of a trial- trial tor execution --you might spare yourselves that trouble.. I am ready vor my fate. I beg no insult, nothing but that which conscience gives or cowardice drives you to practice. I again ask to be excused the mockery of a trial!' "Thon John Brown sat down. He, in that short speech not only 'ad dressed the court but he flung a challenge at the pride o'f old Virgin ia.. Auditors Amazed. "His auditors were thrilled and amazed. They even respected the daring old man. "When the second day's court opened an attorney for Brown In formed the court that he had receiv ed a telegram from an Akron, Ohio, man which declared that there was a good deal- ot Insanity In Brown's family, and he desired time to inves tigate toe statement - "While the defense counsel w making this plea, John Brown Inter ruplott him. The old man strugnied forward, his eyes hlaiinr with wrath and his voice shaking with emotion. In nnmlstnksble language he repudi ated his attorney's plea and denied there waa any insanity in his father s family, thought some of his mother's people bad been mentally afflicted He refused any such subterfuge of defense lr, his behalf. He was out la the open; he had nothing to bid, nothing to excuse and no apologia (Continued on Page Five.)