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Si WEATHER Highest last night ....87 Lowtst last nljfht ....42 Tonlflht and Thuraday Showers. DOUG L'XS - CPU NT Y tp 04. "cda Hem mad The Boaebwg Review. Mwipapw iihWafciittor the beat tatereats ef $ paoaN . y A, " .S1.0F ROV VOL. XXV, No, ROSEBURQ, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY. 10, 1922. VOU X, No. 325, OP THE EVENING NEWS. 1Q) 13 CMtCULATHtSJ ) ILLECED WHITE VAIITED 111 CAtlFORIIIA.OlJ TWO COUNTS MESSAGE SAYS Erani Larceny and Rape Jto Be Yoncalla Yesterday Gar Stolen From Los Angeles Man Extradition Papers to Be Secured at Once. Jack Kennedy, alias C. L. Far- r.-nd. and Lee Confrey, alias Kay booner. arrested at Yoncalla yester- lay In company with Ruth and Nor- bia Gray, minor gins, wnom iney Ire alleged to bare transported from I. o Angeles, are oaaiy waniea in l-nilfornla. tor tne crimes or rape knd grand larceny, according to word tnceived by Miss Agnes Pitchford, Huvenlle officer, tnia morning, in hrlilltlon lO ine iwo couuis agatuai fhem fn California, it is believed that he two government violations of the kvhlte slave act ana transportation .r n stolen car from one state to knottier will be Drougnt against ine rnen. The case is believed to be one of the most flagrant violations of the avhlte slave law yet uncovered in this state. According to the telegram received this morning by Miss Agnes Pitch- lord, who was the first to taice up the case and who nas carriea n tnru fa-It h the assistance of the city and tnuntv officers, the men stole tr.iiiok six automobile from a. Irnolsv at Loa Angeles on May 4th. r ' . - .. . ... B'he number of this car corresponaea kith the car In which the party made Ihe trln from California, the car hav- trig been brougnt oacK to inis city nd nlsced in a local garage. The frallfornla officers state that a grand Irrnanv harirA hnn . been maced ;i i ri k i iiih men n i. i . itn Auacva ... ..... . i . .1 . . . them at once. ' The California officials requested that the men be held here until ex tradition papers can be procured and an nnicer will men comw iuv umiu Hit. 1. .V.p.n .niiMLvrth.klv A nlaced against them here. District Attorney Neuner stated this after noon that the men will be surrender ed to the California authorities as there Is a better case there ana more of ni chance for a long sentence. It i nulla nrobable that the govern ment will also enter and bring chnre-efl. 1 . The telegram received by Miss Pitchford also requests that the girls who are runaway minora oe neia. Thv have heen nlaced in a private family where they will be cared for until an officer con reach here to take them back. The girls have dis cussed the case quite readily witn Mia Pitchford and this afternoon were taken to the office of District Attorney Neuner where tney mane a complete signed statement. J. C. Armantrout, of this city, who wps arrested with the two men irom California, will probably be given an invent I ration bv the grand Jury. He was not held In the count; jail as hprA vh no evidence that he was connected with the case In any other way except as helping tne parry io raah fnrttnnd. He claims that he merely furnished them with gasoline in order that he might ride with them to Portland, saving the cost of a railroad ticket. The grana .jurj will probably make a thorough Inves tigation of his case and it is possible that a charge of being an accomplice MAY BE FORCED T6 PAY ROYALTIES (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. May 10. The American government finds itself unj der the revised patent treaty with Germany faced with the necessity of paying royalties which may reach live million dollars to. the Krupps firm on patents based on the discoveries of American engineers, Thomas W. Mil ler, alien property custodian, de clared today. Miller said that among the 201 German patents filed alnce July 20, 1919. at least eight deal with mobile artillery, which "embody many of the principles of the American rail road artillery." The American offi cials believe sketches of the American plans were surreptitiously removed from the war department and trac ings made. SENATORS ALLOWED SPEND CAMPAIGN CASH (By United Press). WASHINGTON, May 10. Attorney Genera! Daugherty'a opinion rendered today that the senators may speod unlimited sums io the primary and general elections this year on the peela of the supreme court's New berry ruling, will probably lead to an early amendment Io the corrupt prac "eea art. with li ii.in. ...i. . " " ...... .. uia-iau elections, the senate lead- ""mated today. 6s :.RS Placed Against Men Arrested at in the case will be brought Miss Pitchford and the city and county officers are quite elated 'over the capture of these two men. The men. It is charged, enticed the two girls, aged 16 and 14. years, away from their homes and brought them into this state for immoral purposes. The law violation was most flagrant, it la claimed, and the officers are greatly pleased that they have been able to bring the law violators to justice. PILGRIMS GATHER FOR PASSION PLAY (By Associated Press.) OBERAMMEROAU, May 10. Pil grims from four corners of the world are In this quaint village today to witness the Passion Play, the first presented since 1910. LABOR LEADERS ARRESTED TODAY (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, May 10. The police to day raided the Building Trades head quarters and arrested three of Chi cago's biggest labor leaders, "Big Tim". Murphy, Fred Mader and Cor nelius Shea, in connection with bomb ings and shootings which early today resulted In the .death of .two police men and the serious Injury to a third. Murphy, known as Chicago's "labor csar," was out on ball after having been sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary in connection with a 1400,000 union station mail robbery. Mader is the president of the Building Trades Council. Shea heads the Teamsters' union. Taylor Resigns From high School Arthur S, Taylor, principal of the Koseburg high school, has tendered his resignation to become effective on June 1, Immediately after the close of the school year. Mr. Tay lor's resignation was accepted by the school hoard with great regret. Mr. Taylor was assured that his work here had given wonderful satisfac tion and that his activities during the school year had the full sanction and approval of the board. He was given high recommendations by both the board and the city superinten dent and it is with regret on the part of the board, teachers, pupils and- his Iriends in this city that he leaves Roseburg. Mr. Taylor has had mucb experience in school activities, hav ing taught schools In Washington, Idaho, Texas. Illinois and New York. He served 28 months with the IT. 8. army during the reent war. being actively engaged overseas for 14 months. He was on the St Mehiel and Argonne fronts and was gassed while In action. He was also with the Army of Occupation. During his time BDent In the Rose burg schools Mr. Taylor has been instrumental In bringing the local high school to a high point. The school in Its educational work stood exceptionally high, winning many records in tests of various natures. In literary, dramatic and other activ ities the school has passed one of Its ost successful years under Ma. Tay lor's supervision. It was near tne top In athletic activities ana an or us n- nancial endeavors were successful. Mr. Tavlor has made a very satis factory record here ana ne nas neen promised thej;ndorsement or me local board when he Is again ready to resume school work. Mr. Taylor expects to spend considerable time studying at tne universny or v.au fornla before resuming work as an Instructor. VETO'S HOCRKR I HOSTESS AT PARTY An Informal party was given Tues day evening May 9th by Verus Hous er at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hoqscr on Beacon street. The guests were entertained during the evening with gatns and music. At a later hour dainty refreshments were served. Those present were Marguerite Rusha. Iris McCalllster, Carmen Atterbury. Evelyn Hawn, Mildred Cochran, Percy Webb, Clif ford Thornton, La Verne Hawn, I.ynn Berkley, Arthur Priaulx, Or vllle Llndsey, Carroll Managh. Leo iTirte uuqwi rtarkley. and the hostess, Verus Houser. PEGGY IS STILL KNOCKING 'EM DEAD :(By United Press.) PARIS. May 10. Lieutenant Rivas Muntt, Chilean delegation attache, was dying here today from poison taken to ease his unrequited love for Peggy Joyce, the "siren of the century." Clasped in his locked hands was a clipping telling of Peggy's de- clared love for William Erra- xuriz, another Chilean youth, a suicide last week for Peggy's love. ? BIDS FOR ROAD WORK ARE OPENED (By Assoc tit tofi Pr. PORTLAND, May 10. The state highway commission today opened bids for $700,000 of road work. The contracts will be awarded late today. This afternoon the commission is con ferring with the truck owners and loggers-on road rules. FIVE NAMES ON RECALL BALLOTS Three Candidates Will Oppose Present Incumbents of Commission at Election. STATEMENT IS FILED Submits Newspaper Clippings Ex pressing Confidence in Commis sion and Declaring Against the Recall Election. SALEMi May 10. Five names will fgq on tbq two recall ballots for the special election May 19, according to Secretary of State Kozer, based upon filings up to closing time of his office Monday afternoon. Fred G. Buchtel, present Incumbent, will be opposed In the western Ore gon district by Newton McCoy, of Portland, nominee of the Duncan con vention, and by Edward Ostrander, of Portland, nominee of the West-Bailey convention. Fred A. Williams, chairman of the commission and representative of the state at large, will be opposed only by J. M. Kerrigan of Portland, -who was nominated by the Duncan conven tion as a running mate of Newton Mc Coy. James R. Linn, of Salem, who was nominated by the West-Bailey convention as a candidate against Williams, today declared that he would not accept the nomination. Without his acceptance the certificate of nomination which was filed with the secretary of state this afternoon is void. On the official certification of the recall ballot which Secretary of State' Kozer will forward to all county clerks Tuesday will be a brief ex planation of the demand for the re call election as set forth in the re call petitions. There will also be brief statements from both Buchtel and Williams in Justification of their course in office. In his statement of Justification Buchtel makes use of a number of ex cerpts from newspaper editorials ex pressing confidence in the members of the commission and declaring against the recall, and concluding with this statement: When I assumed office I took a solemn oath to faithfully and honestly discharge the duties of such office. Having kept that oath and my pre election pledges without regard to personal or political consequences, I willingly submit my case Into the hands of the people for their verdict." IT'S A Ql'KKIt WORM). . (Intimations! Nw Rwvlce). KANSAS CITY. May 10. W. R. Smith wanted a policeman In a hurry. He called up headquar- ters and when the girl operator of the police system couldn't get him the desired connection Smith "cussed." "It takes you a hell of a long time to get a cop," Smith aaid. "It -took a longer time then than ever," declared Smith aft- ! er he had been arrested and confronted with the remark In '4eaae4e)ei court. "I forgot myself, Ije wwwww 4 guess." . von Kfi X a The Judge thought $25 was a ! J J proper fine. , ! (tnt-rnstlon.l New rVrrfrr). INDIANAPOUH. May 10. ! Neighbors detected an uriaccus- ; toraed light In the basement at TODAY'S QI OTATIOXS 4! tne home of I. W. Bea.le and 4) kii,a.mj, stay iw. tat- v tie are steady, hogs steady at a drop of 25 cents late yesterday, prime light at $11.60 and f 1 1.75; sheep steady: eggs , weak; butter unsettled 4 4 ' Espee Candidate Tor Queen Corning Miss Rita Boynton, the Southern Pacific's candidate for queen for the Elks' Prosperity Week in Portland May 15-21, will arrive in Roseburg Satur- day morning In her special car on train No. 63... She will be greeted here by a reception committee who will have charge of the day'a entertainment. A big parade will be staged fol- lowing the arrival of the train and in the evening the South- ern Paclfto boys will sponsor a big reception and dance at the armory In her honor. They are making elaborate preparations for the day and Vic Petterson, who is In charge of the pro- gram. Is slicking up his "soup and fish" ouflt. ,' The EBpee boys are working hard for their, candidate and expect to win. The Standard Oil company has a candidate and several other railroad com- panles and Portland department stores. Rancher. "Soaked" For Buying Here An Dmpqua Valley rancher drove into Roseburg this after- noon, parked his car. on Jackson street and proceeded to make some purchases from local mer- chants. He loaded the rear of the car with packages and bad almost completed his buying 4 when he noticed the city cop standing near his car writing a a slip. He approached nnd was Informed that be was arrested 4 for violating the half hour park- 4 Ing ordinance. He was ordered 4 to drive to the cjty ball where he was "soaked" a dollar. That Is the unjust part of the ordinance. One of the mer- chants with whom the rancher 4 was dealing paid the fine. The rancher states he was not parked- h halt hour. 4 That does not matter. He drove here to .purchase from local 4 merchants and to be arrested 4 In such a' manner discourages oustide buyers to visit here. It will not tend to stimulate busl- ness as long as it Is so enforced. A TIKK Sim NK UUtXSSIBI.K LOS AKOELKS, May 9. 4 Constance . Talmadge, - motion picture actress, filed in the su- perlor court today a suit for dl- vorce from John J. Tialogou, "a native of Turkey, a subject st Greece and a cigarette manu- 4 facturer of New York," accord- Ing to the complaint. She 4 charges ''cruel and Inhuman treatment." They were married Septem- ber 26, 1920, at Greenwich, Conn., and separated April 6, 1921, the complaint states. SCKKKX STAR WILL WKD ' LOS ANGELK3 May 9. Word was received here today from New York that Richard Hudnut, perfume manufacturer, had announced there the en- 4 gagement of his daughter, Winifred, to Rudolph Valentino motion picture actor, now em- ployed In Los Angeles. Miss Hudnut is an art direc- 4 tor and professionally Is known as Natasha' Ramliova. U4X)I) Mtilll', JllKiK. (International N-ws SVrvli,.). NEW YORK. May 10. "You 4 say your husband Is shiftless?" a local divorce court Judge queried of a dusky woman who was suing her husband for at) solute divorce. "Shiftless?" countered the negress. "Why, Jcdge, dat man am so shirtless he thinks Man- ual Labor is a Mexican." 4 , 4) snmmnnprf fha DollcA. Tho no- Uc came and swooped down ! upon tna c.nr nd found, not hurtlar. hut Beade himself. ' . nMde was not making home l.rew. He was helping "the ! missus" with Ihe family wash. ; ! MAN AND WIFE IN DUEL TO DEATH (lly Auorlated Pre.) 8AHMA, OnU May 10. A duel to death between husband aha wife armed with a butcher knife and axe In the presence of their three small children today 4 was being investigated by a cor- oner'a Jury which viewed the bodies. ' . . PROTEST STAGED AGAINST PROFESSOR (By Aasoetated Print COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo,, May 10. Men believed to be students of the Colorado college here last night entered Palmer hall on the college property and carried hundreds of specimens from the $50,000 museum to the campus. According to signs painted on the sidewalks the action was a; protest against the adminis tration of C. A. Dunlway, the presi dent of the college. . , Little Opportunity for Appro priation for Umpqua Harbor Project Seen.. COOS BAY GETS MELON Three Million Dollars for Cooa Bay Improvement Prevents Appropria tion for Umpqua Harbor, Ac cording to the Dopestera. WASHINGTON. Mav . The river and arbor legislative, bill which. It is assumea, win pass tne nouse prac tically as it was reported by the com mittee, covers projects which aggre gate 131,441,000, and Includes for Oregon two principal projects, $3,- 310.000 for Coos Bay harbor and Isthmus slough, and $1,750,000 for the Columbia' and lower Willamette rivers below Portland. This bill provides for new projects only and should not be confused with the appropriations for existing pro jects, which are made in the army bill. This Is the first bill carrying new projects Bince the war. This bill does not provide for the Umpqua river Improvement, which was reported on favorably by the army engineers several years ago and on which local Interests have expend ed approximately 1225,000, patient ly awaiting the day when the gov ernment would match Its dollars In the sum of $265,000 to carry out the work on the lines approved by the engineers. Representative Hawley explains that the .failure to Include Umpqua arises from the Inability of the com mittee to Include all the waiting pro jects, and unwillll gness to Include two new projects w llch are so close together as Coos Ba." and the tlmp- nu(-. If anything Is iVie for Umpqua It will hfive to be In ti" senate ny sen ator McN'ary. This Is an uphill road, for oven should he succeed In the senate, the Item would have to go back to the house, and the house is likely to adhere rather closely to Us original program. The Umpqua peo ple, however, have not given up ine fight. Two of their representatives. Rus sell J. Hubbard of Reedsport, and Wilson H. Jewett of Eugene, who have large Interests at Winchester Bay and Gardiner, are here, seesing to obtain a hearing, former con gressman Joseph R. Knowland of Oakland. Cal., who Is Interested wltn Jewett, Is coming to assist their ef- 'Vw th expenditure of $3,310,000 at Coos bay it Is proposed to obtain a more dependable entrance channel, by restoration of the north Jetty, the building of a south Jetty, and by dredging. The project farmer in- Ludes the maintenance of the 22 fnnt .-hsnnel to Marshfleld and ex tension up Isthmus slough to Hilling- lon - T HOME MAX S 4 I 4 (Intrntlonl Nw Srvlr). . OKLAHOMA CITY. May 10. "Big Bill." a Caddo Indian 4 living near Gracemont, In Cad- 4 doo county, has Just ordered his summer suit pants and shirt. It took 10 yards of material to make the shirt, while the trousers had a modest waist tnnsaurement of eight feet. , "Big Bill" Is bellcvea to De w the blgest Indian In the world. lie weighs 642 pounds, has a thigh measurement of 36 Inches 4 and an upper arm measurement ) of 28 Inches. 1 NOTHING IN SIGHT FOR UMPQUA RIVER MINER TESTIFIES BAPTIST MINISTER LED FIRST ARMED COMPANY III BIG BATTLE Brush Creek Miner States Rev. Wilburn Headed Fighting Miners in Battle of Blair Mountain Wives and Children of Miners Face Eviction Are Poverty Stricken. (By United Press.) -CHARLESTOWN, W. Va, May 10. Reverend Jesse Wilburn, Baptist minister, led the first armed miner company at the battle of Blair Moun tain last summer, Velaaco Carpenter, Brush Creek miner, testified today at the treason trial of Bill Bllxaard, the union chief. , Wive Face Eviction. By ROBERT STARR THORNBUROH (International New service Start Correspondent), WILLIAMSON, W. Va., May 10. Women in poverty's rags and their half-starved offspring today told a mute story of West Virginia's indus trial tragedy. These pathetic victims of the "war between capital and labor," who for two years have lived In Indescribable misery, are now to be evicted from tho squalid homes under an Injunction of the federal court Eight hundred women and children, scattered through a half doxen col onies tucked away In the West Vir ginia mountains, must, abandon their leaky tents and seek new homes be cause their presence, so the court held, Is a menace to the operation of coal mines In Mingo county. Nearly two years ago, July 1, 1920, miners In the Mingo fields quit work because, they said, the operators would not recognize their union. They took their families to live In tent col onies. The men were fighting for a principle that of the right to organ ize into a union whereby they might collectively deal -with .the Mg coal as sociations. Women Paid Penalty, But the women and the little child ren, who had nothing to do with the industrial war, paid the penalty. The women, from the time they went to live in the tent colonies, were the real victims of the strike. Some of them have been deserted by their nustiands. Tuberculosis, contracted as the result of exposure, has afflict ed many. All are poverty stricken. living In filth and under appalling hardships. Babies have been brought Into the world under these conditions. Other Interest in NewsReview Straw Vote Spreads Rapidly Throughout Entire County Interest Is growing hourlv in the straw vote being conducted by tho News-Review to determine the gener al sentimJent In the race for the nomination for governor. Support ers or tne various candidates have been working hard In the behalf of their men and are sending their friends into the News-Review office to cast their ballots. The majority of the votes have come over the counter at the News-Review office, by persons who have voluntarily ask ed for ballots upon which to express their choice. One interesting fea ture Is the Interest taken by the vet erans of the Soldiers' Home, who are conducting a very active campaign and are watching the results of the election very closely. A large num ber of ballots have been mailed In from all parts of the county, but as there has been little time for the In terest In the straw vote to reach Into the outlying districts where malls are carried by stage only, the bulk of the votes by mall are not expected to ar rive until later In the week. The straw voto Is exciting much comment Hews-Review Straw Vote The following are th candidates for the nomination for governor. Ex press your choice by an X before the name of the candidate of your preference. Place your ballot In the box at th New-Rview office er mall It to: STRAW VOTE, NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURQ, OREGON. REPUBLICAN Vote for one DEMOCRAT Vote for one Louis E. Bean, Lane Co. Webster Holmes, Tillamook Co. Charles Hall, Coos Co. Waller M. Pierce, Union Co. J. D. Lee, Multnomah Co. Will E. Purdy, Marion Co. Ben W. Olcott, Marlon Co. Harvey O. Starkweather, Clackamaa Co. I. L. Patterson, Polk Co. George A. White. Multnomah. children. Infants when they were taken to the tent camps by their par ents, have never known what it was to have a real waterproof roof over their heads, a floor beneath theft feet or a clean, warm bed for their little bodies. - Today I visited the Lick Creek ten! colony. It is the largest of the Mingo camps, , "Where wilt yon mover' I asked woman. one was irytng a piece of yellow, greasy bacon, while she rocked an improvised cradle. The babe bad been born a week before. The woman looked at me with a vacant, hopeless sort of a stare which told Its own story of cruel prlvatlotf, of misery, ot want and of equator. She was a "woman In unwomanly rags" and she sang the song of every other woman In the tent colonies. "Where are you going when the lav puts you out of your tent?" I re peated. ) "1 don't know," she replied. A fit of coughing shook her frail body the bacon burned, and the in- fant cried pitifully. I Interview Brief. That was all of the Interview, bnt the few words expressed volume of tragedy. She didn't know where her family would go. where the little children there were six of them could be taken. And, resigning her self to the Inevitable, she didn't caro very much. David Fowler, International organ iser of the United Mine Workers of ...... i ,, ..v. ii no wwu iwrmuiea, un der the martial law edict which rules Mingo county, to furnish supplies to the tent colonies, admitted he didn't know what would become of the col onists. "Surely tho country won't let them starve," he said. "The United Mine Workers will care for them some way." The women and children know nothing about the federal court In junction, the check-off. or thfl hllnri. reds of other matters which have (Continued on page three.) ' f In the city and Is serving to stir up a great deal of Interest In the politi cal situation and is causing warm discussions of the qualifications of Ihe various candidates. 1 . ' Hall remained In the lead in to day's vote. Out of the 169 votes he has received more than half with I. L. Patterson running second. In today's vote Hall received 27 votes; Olcott 10, Patterson 9, George A. White g, L. E. Bean 7. and Lee 1. In the democratic race Pierce receiv ed 9 and Starkweather 4.' ' The vote at present stands as fol lows: Republicans: Hall , 89 Patterson ...... . 20 Olcott White Bean Lee Democrats: Pierce , . . . , Starkweather Holmes Total votes cast 16 14 1 . 14 . 6 . 1 .169