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An Independent newspaper published (or the beet Interests f the people.
tHo. 217. OF ROSE. ,
KIKE- DAY i-M
WAS ONE OF MOST SUCCESS
FUL GIN IN ENTIRE STATE
Lrg Post of the American Legion Responsible for One of
the Finest Entertainments tverieen in Douglas
County Free "Chow" Big Feature
ROSEBURO, OREGON, MONDAy, NOVEMBER 13. 1922.
VOL. XI, No. 114, OF THE EVENINQ NEWS.
IRATE HUSBAND
SHOOTS AT WIFE
Woman Badly Beaten When
Husband Interrupts Ride
With Another Man
n.t successful Armistice Day
aiioo ever staged in Itoseburg.
liut on saturuaj ) i"
r . i...iirinv from renorts
DOSl. .
,,,r the slate the Koseburg
Lion was one of the best in the
and It 18 cerium p"
Douglas couiiiji ouu-i.n.-
the ex-ervice "
flighted wnn me "Mjuru. . "
incut turnished.
program started with a fine
t in o'clock. The parade
Eadod by the colors under guard
ed by a car carrying the speak-
khe day. Jim i ' '"
DoUSlas COUtity lnn uu.iu
HisDpnsed some snappy marcn
along the line.
-tenant Marsters commanding
til National Guard company put
Lrdnnien through many march-
knnations ana me c"ui
Li were of (treat Interest.
OW veterans in wnu.
of honor was given to the
from the Oregon soicuers
ber of the ladles In automobiles.
Another fine float entered by the
Rcbekuh lodge bearing the symbols
of thnt -order followed the auxiliary.
Altogether the parade was one ofntio
most successful the city has ever
known and it will long be remem
bered here.
Judge Kanzlcr" Speaks.
A patriotic meeting at the armor?
followed the parade. The meeting
was opened by a delightful band con
cert. The band won a great deal of
praise during the celebration and Its
music was one of the outstanding fea
Hires of the dny. Judge Kanzler
the speaker of the day complimented
the band very highly anc stated that
It is one of the lest bands he has
ever had the pleasure of hearing.
CASE TO GRAND JURY
Husband Slews Wife anil Ke'arhbor
on Way Homo From Armistice
Iny Celebration anil I Alletc
etl to Have Fired Shots anil
llemt Woman.
A. R. Kennedy, a homesteader, re-
Riding on Willis Creek, was arrest
ed lato Saturday night charged with
carrying concealed weapons. He is
being held In the county jail today
while a charge of assault with In
tent to kill is being investigated
by the grand jury.
Kennedy Is alleged to have beat
en his wife with a revolver and to
have fired Beveral shots at her and
Karl A. Lucas, a neighbor. Mrs. Ken
nedy was in the hospital suffering
from her injuries Saturday night
but was able to be out again Sun
day. She refused to prosecute her
HIT BY QUAKE
Fourteen Hundred Lives Lost
and Thousands Are
Without Homes
MILLIONS ARE LOST
See ml Towns are Almost Entirely
Wljm! Out IHKe and Star
ration Follow In KaUe of Ter
rific yuake.
srri'MKg iiki; itrsin;i.
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Local Football Team Wins 12
to 0 Game as a Part of
Armistice Program .
CONTEST HARD FOUGHT
Iocal Team Shows Derided Improve
ment anil Kierienre itaineil In
Contest Karllcr In Ken-son iSavo
Hoys Advantage Over Visitors.
Judge Kanzler. held the rank of husband for his attack upon her.
major in the 91st diislon. He Is now From, the story told the officers
Indeo nf'the court of domestic rela- Kennedy has been working at
tions In Portland and is one of the
most eloquent speakers in the state.
His address was a masterpiece and
the large audience was delighted with
Automobiles were furnished : his thrlllingly patriotic message.
try Ihe aged soldiers over tne
L( march and they were gtven
Cheers as they passed along the
Crated automobiles were occu
py the Daughters or me ncvu.u-
. i,rSe Bunioer 01 me iaoi
I lo line.
Lutilnlly decorated floats were
dbytheKnignis 01 run nu
les. These noais were aj Hi
nt ft orders and were, also
lit to their motif.
united or more high senooi
lurched neit In one of the mos
fal displays ever seen in tms
The rlrii were all dressed auae
middies and dark skirts which
been adopted as uniform by the
school (tirla. All carried large
till roDBlei above their head
While the speaking was m prog
ress, a "hoosegow ' at the corner or
Cass and Jackcon streets was filled
with some of the city's leading citi
zens who were haled -before the kan
garoo court and fined for theijyarl
ous misdemeanors.
"Chow" Was die llitt Feature.
At a great expense and no end of
hard work the committee under the
leaiWshin of Dr. K. B. Stewart, put
ou a feed for the boys that could not
he heaten: Promptly at noon the
bugler sounded the well known
"snnnv" call and doughboys, gobs.
leathernecks and army nurses marto
a dash for the mess line which was
rapidly forming in front or tne arm
orv. The G. A. It. boys were given
nioee nf honor in the mess line and
the commandant of the Soldiers Home
n front a large banner "Tn Judge G. W. Illume, leau ...
Ion Fields the Poppies C.row.ithe basement wnere wieir ....
tlrls moved down the stree; were loaded wnn roasi
b the appearance of an anlmat- potatoes and gravy. picKies an u...
per tardea and it certainly was I es. pie and many other articles 01 ,
htifnl and impressive sight. I food, strange to the army mess iau.
I Salvation army followed next On the walls of the mess room were
nung various '" "v
army savings. Several of the har
monlzers" gathered together and
"warbled" some old army favorites
for the boys n:ul they were cheered
to an echo. It was the liveliest gath
ering of the entire dny and one long
to lie remembered hy the fellows.
r, Stewart and his crew were
Uad of hleh school hoys follow-: kept busy In the 'h'n ,'!',?, -Their
frrylng a casket labeled "Grants; day and late at night completing their
and an invitation was extender! I work but so perieci v. a ..-
wom.d" ot the fnnr-ltinn that within Sll minu..- -
f ter this marched the ex-service
n military formation. There
a larte number of the veterans
K some In uniform and some m
but thev miickly preved that
Diad not forgotten how to maln-
n orderlv formation and they
fT enjoyed their part In, the pax-
n.l the
game In the afternoon. v
Anxilinri' II us Float.
Vatiful float lioostlng for tlie
al Ilonus wns entered by tne
n's auxiliary to the American
and was followed by a nura-
mess-line had raswd the tables tne
boys were leaving the room un-cinch-Ing
their belts.
Street Stunts Fiijoynl.
Troniptly nt 1 o'clock the profrram
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Klamath Falls, and his wife and two
children have been living on the
homestead at Willis Creek. It is
Judged that their domestic life was)
not overly harmonious and that
Kennedy had left home telling his
wife that he expected to remain.
Early last week he returned to the
homestead and stayed there until
Saturday. Mrs. Kennedy says that
they quarrelled and that he said
he would not live with her any
longer. She told him she was com
ing to town for the Armistlc Day
celebration with some friends and
asked him to come also but he re
fused to go
Earl Lucas, who resides' only a
short distance from the Kennedy
homestead, and his mother, called
for Mrs. Kennedy and brought her
Into Rosehurg. After spending the
day in the city, they returned home,
and Mrs. Lucas left his mother at
his home and started home witn
Mrs. Kennedy In his car.
"We were about half way to Ken
nedy's place,". Lucas said, "when
Kennedy stonned us. I dldn t see
him at first. It was muddy and I
was driving the car1 In low gear.
Mrs. Kennedy says she saw him
come out of the hushes with his
lantern and shoot but I didn't e
that. "The first I knew of It, he had
jumped on the running board of
the car and was shooting. He shot
rlirht into her face. It seemed to
me and then shot towards the top
of the car. I thought he shells wre
blanks hut there are two holes in
the top of my car which may have
been mndo by millets.
"As soon as I stopped the enj
lie pulled his wife out and commenc
ed to heat her. Hn hit her In the
fnee and on the arms. 1 got nan
of the car as quick as I could and
tried to stoo him and he hit me
on neck. We wrestled around a
little and then he stoppeu. .urn.
Kennedy was badly hurt and we
took her in the car and came back
to Rosehurg."
They brought the inlured woman
to the city and called Dr. Wade
She was removed to Mercy Hospital
where she spent the night. Kennedy
It Is said, was tit 111 threatening to
kill both her and Lucas and ao the
police were called and he was lock
ed up In the city jail.
The woman was released from
the hospital Sunday morning and
refused to bring a charge against
her husband. He was held, how
ever for carrying concealed weapons
.nri 'when arraigned before Record
er Whipple ttfis morning aCrt paid
a fine or $25. He was Immediately
arrested again by Sheriff Starmer
and placed in the county jail while
an Investigation Is being made by
the grand Jury to determine whether
or not the state shall bring a charge
against him.
HOOTCH BLAMED FOR THE
DEATHOIREE IN N.Y.
(By t'nttwJ. Prs
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. The police
are probing three deaths caused from
hootch. The victims were found dead
or dying on Harlem street. Alcoholic
poisoning Is blamed.
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FOUR JURORS ACCEPTID
TEMPORARILY IN MINERIR'AL
LOCAL SOUTHERN PACIFIC
BOILERMAKER STRANGLED
MAKING REPAIRS TO ENGINE
Fragment From Firebox Sucked Into'jWindpipe Cause of Death
Autopsy was Performed by Dr. Menne of Portland
The Victim Was a Native of Italy -
SANTIAGO, Chile. Nov. 13.
(I'nited Press.) Chilean war-
ships are rushing medicine and
food supplies to the coast towns
today.
The dead are being checked
at Coqutmbo. The TO known
dead is believed to be only part
of the actual toll. Five hund-
red houses, offices, wharves and
depots were smashed -by the
quake and tidal wave. Some
damage -was done at La Serena,
where the quake, hurled scores
of corpses from the graves,
spreading Infection. Sunspots
are blamed for the quake.
' (By Uaud Fm.)
SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 13. Four
teen hundred persons lost their lives
in the devastating earthuuake and
tidal wave which rent the coast of no
thern Chile early Saturday according
to the most reliable and available
estimates reported today.
Thousands were injured, hcores
are dying from starvation and disease
following the catastrophe, vvnoie
towns were swept way, cities' water
fronts wrecked and houses snaiterea.
Thousands are homeless- and terror
stricken with the fear or another
quake. Rumblings throughout Sun
day struck' added terror to the hearts
of the survivors.
Appeals for aid have gone through
out Chile. Vallonar, Coplaho, and Co
qlombo, the three largest cities to surfer.
(Ity Assnrlsted Press.)
COQUIMnO. Nov. 13. One huno
red persons were drowned here when
a tidal wave, coming alter tne eann
nuake. swept In wilh a great roar.
The Inhabitants were panic-strlrken
and ran to the hills. The advance of
the sea was accompanied by electrl
cal discharges.
(By Associated Press.)
ANTOFAHASTA. Chile. Nov. 11.
UDwarda of 100 persona were killed
und many seriously wounded by the
earthquake which overturned many
buildings early tins morning in io
plapo, capital of the Province of Ala-
cama.
The first shocks were felt In Anto
fagasta city a few minutes before
midnight last night. These were pro
longed and very sewre. The citizens
were greatly alarmed and almost Im
mediate v the tel. graphic lines inai
connect the north with the south
were broken.
About. 1:30 Saturday morning
tldul wave inundated part of the
city flooding scop s f buildings close
in the.heach Tin- radio station was
completely flooded and the waters
cut away the radio machines, surging
for more than a mile over the dunes.
Then soon the ulirs ebbed several
hundred yards.
Itrwurra Kcx"'l to Alarm.
Alarms were sounded by the mart
time authorities and tlrenmn and
workmen were call" d to assist ramif
ies rrom their dangerous positions,
saved quantities of valuable goods
stored in the custom nouse, mm qu
eued the occupants ot tnrealener.
dwellings. '
Dispatches from the province ot ,vi
a cama say the center of the eartn-
quake was an area rougniy designa
ted Coplaho, Ovalle un ine pruvui.o
nf Conulmbo) Valb-nar. Chanarel and
San Fernando. Of theae places so tar
as is known. Copisho suffered roost.
At Chanarel great tidal waves swepi ,
over the commercial section or thii!
city, wrecking the postorflee among!
other buildings. It Is reported thalj
the city has been virtually abandoned
V.w V. a .aiMnnll
All the affected areas are badly in
need or reller. Communication-' with
Hantlago. Valparis" and Southern
Chile is Interrupted.
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The Itoseburg high school root
ball team won a decisive and well
earned victory over tha Grants
Pass high school Saturday afternoon
as a part of the Armistice Day cele-
bration. defeating the visitors by a
score or 12 to 0. The game was
one or the fastest and most excit
ing ever seen In this city, and the
huge crowd witnessing the contest
was kept wildly excited through
out the entire game.
lloth teams were evenly matched
In weight, and although the visiting
team is composed of more exper
ienced" veterans. Roseburg's xper
ence gained through its games with
the heavy veteran teams it has met
this year was greatly to its advan
tage and In meeting a team or equal
weight it put up a game thai won
the plaudits and praise or everyone
present.
Koseburg s first touennown came
tn the rirst hair. The quarter start
ed with the teams evenly maohed
and playing hard rooli all. Hose-1
burg early started an aerial attack
and completed three out or four
forward pusses, making better thun
thirty yards on each. In the flr"t
quarter Roseburg worked the liall
down the Grants pass, ten yaru line
but railed to get the bull over as
the visiting lino tightened and held
for downs.
In the second quarter, however,
Hoseburg marched down the field
and in spite of a brilliant di-reuss
succeeded in making the touch
down. It was an exciting score.
Koseburg made yardage easily until
the ten yard line was reached and
then Grants Pass tiglltened.Slowly
root by foot Koseburg advanced the
ball. The line was tormea uiniosi
under the goal posta. The Grants
Pass hacks were behind their own
line. It was the last down and If
Itoseburg fulled to get the bull over
the ball passed Into the possession
,.r i he Grants Past team. It was
n ex.- nine moment. The Itoseburg
...inner culled (or a straight line
buck and the ball was passed. The
visiting team had anticipated the
i.lnv and the opposing team met on
the goul line. Grants Pai;s tried to
force him over and the pressure or
both merely shoved him into the air.
Hut the ball was over y a iu...
Hid Hoseburg won the flrat touch
down.
iimnis Pass had coiisl.ierai le
trouble wilh Its ba.kflel.l shift and
,.u nenallzed oil several ocasslons
for belni; offside. The rubs requiri
Unit all men must he. slnnonary
Hie l ull Is Dossed. Giants
l.u.l ii clever shllt III the back
field but on several ocasslons the
bull was passed lcf.ire the men
,,ult innvint: ami this lost them
yardage.
On several occasions Grants Pass
threatened the Itoseburg goal, but
ii.m local nlayers displayed a bril
liant ability to hold a strong line In
the light paces and put up a tine
defense. Grants Pass ulso displayed
good passing ability and on several
occasions completed forward passes.
Itos'Jiurg's second score came dur
ing the last three minute or play.
The ball was advanced down the
field with, a series or line plunges
and end runs und was put over the
line with only two minutes let! to
play. The local team railed to con
vert the goal on both ocasslons
The local football team has made
a decided Improvement since start
ing the season. The game yester
day was all that could bo desired
n,l i he hovs demonstrated head-
work which would lie a rreim i.i
any college team. The visiting team
was also composed of hard righters
and they put up a clean sports
man like defense. The visitors were
a-companled by a large crowd
rooters.
Tony Mossa, Southern Pacific boll
ermaker, died or strangulation, lute
Saturday evening, when a smull frag
ment of a clinker from a locomotive
firebox In which he was working lod
ged in his windpipe, causing death
within a few minutes. Mossa hue
entered the rirebox to repair some
leaky riues and while so engaged sent
out his helper. Pen Doss, to connect
on another engine to give more atr.
When Doss came back l.e round Mos
sa unconscious. The bollerinaker wan
removed rrom the firebox and taken
into the machine shop where efforts
were made to revive him hut deutn
occurred in a few moments.
An autopsy wus purrormcd this
morning and it was found that a small
fragment or a clinker had been drawn
down the man's throat and had lod
ged in the windpipe, completely cut
ting oft the supply of air In the lungs
It
was employed In railroad work since
coming to the city and for several
years was employed by the Southern
1'iiclflc in the local railroad shops.
Ho leaves a mother Maria Mossa,
three sisters and one brother lu Italy
and he also leaves two brothers, Pat
and Mike In Aberdeen, Wash., and
another brother, Nick, ot this city.
An inquest will lie held tonight at
7 o'clock at the city hall at which
time all evidence bearing on the acci
dent will be heard. The body will
then be sent to Portland tor burial. .
FOUR DIE IN HOTEL FIRE
DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI
QUARTERMASTER WAREHOUSE ;
IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
(By VnltaA Press.1
MOUNT CLEMEN'S. Mich.. Nor. 13.
llie :-stiolng the army quarter
masters t-alehouse here today caused
a million dollar damage.
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Coos Bay Daily
Sold at Auction
(Ilv Associated Press.) .
AMOV. Miss.. Nov. 13. Four were
is presumed that he was gasping burned to death in a rire which do-
for air and that a fragment loosened jstroyed a hotel here today,
either by his work in the tlrebox or 0
by the air blaot, was sucked down
his throat. The autopsy was per
formed by Dr. F. K. Menne, or Port
land who Is well known here having
been a witness In tho llrumflelo
case. t
The sledge which Mossa had been
using and all ot his tools and mater
ials were still In the tlrebox and there
was no indication thai he had made
any effort to get out of the firebox.
There Is a strict rub, that men malt
ing repairs to bolli s or fireboxes
shall not enter until they have been
reduced to a low temperature. This
is because heavy and dangerous gass
es ara formed by the heat and wilr
cause death. It was at first reared
that Mossa had entered the firebox
when it was too hot and had lieen
gassed and the first aid assistance
given was with this thought In mind.
According to- Dr. Menne, Mossa
had partaken of a heavy meal Just
prior to starting to work. This na
turally caused him to need mor
air for his lungs and tor that reason
he sent out his helper to have more
air turned into the rirebox. There
was some evidence of a concentration
of gasses. Dr. Menne snys. but in Mb
opinion these were not sufficient to
cause death. He believes that death
was caused entirely hy strangulation
due to the tragment In the windpipe.
Samples or blood have been taken for
chemical analysis and a complete re
port will be worked out.
localise of the Importance of a
correct report on the cause of death
Coroner Hitter took Immediate charge
or the case and secured Dr. Menne
to nuike a detulled examination. Dr.
Menne Is a specialist In this work and
be mnde a eery careful examination or
the tiod-.
Mossa was born in Santilrandro,
Province or llarl. Italy and came to
tills country in l!Hi!i. He was about
30 years r age. He came to Itose
burg in 1910 and has resided In this
city permanently since that time. He
MYSTERY IN CAKE POISONING CASE
of
FEDERAL JUDGES HEAR
FINAL ARGUMENTS MADE
IN HAMMER MURDER CASE
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Miiir nninn immai. son or .vir. "' .-
P lledff.rri V. v i - full rrr.wn
I- I.Dmin. " " I. . . ..i... il.Mnit.ll. Where
born, declare, it . the first case of Its kir.l he has ever
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MARION. III.. Not. 13 Four Jurors ,ton. today began tn nesring oi evi
were accepted temporarily fcy both rkence offered oy ihe .Pacific Tel-
the state and defense in ire miner phone and ictegrap.i ramiiT m ..-
murder trial today. The proeecutlon suit against
added more names to it
(ly failed Press.)
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.r.iiinents lo Ihe Jury In the hammer'
FVIDfNCE IN PHONE CASE:;: "7JXJrfcZ
tn declared that Alberta Meadows In-
! 7 , , 'directly and Peggy Caffe directly were
,Uy A.Mcl.i'dPws.1 responsible for Ihe hammer murder.
PORTLAND. Nov. 1.-Three feder- 1 ,,,, Mr .Phillip's acquittal.
ai max, (i iiDtn, "-wii ,,,,,-,
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Ho rtvc
J. n. Cornnit, a pioneer farmer
of Riddle and T N. Johnson former ' Federsl
i jlrtiffyUt nf that nlnce drove down' W. Hterrelt
-I... .I-,.... nrriered hy the nuhlie I inriay in look alter business matters rett from eatlnt polon. d cake that bad been mailed to ihe Hlerretl
and s'sie authorities are Investigating the dath of W.
of I Ml. id. Inlila. srd the serious poisoning of Mrs. Bter-
ilist of 130.
'service commission.
I In Koseburg.
home.
MARSHFIEI.n, Nov. 13. The pro
perty or the Southwestern Oregon
Dally News was sold at auction Satur
day evening, belug otfered to the
i highest bidder by W. L. Carver, the
j receiver, under order of the circuit
I court.
i The property was offered In part or
parcel but there was only one hid and
that was made on the whole property
by a company known as the Coos
County Publishing Co. The bid made
was 1 7 r.00, which covered the amount
of tho mortgage held hy Dr. L. G.
Johnson and liquidated rrom the Den
nett Trust Co., on everything In the
plant and also the taxes due amount
ing to something In the neighborhood
of 138.1 besides $1200 expenses of the
receivership.
Home time ago, Receiver Carver re
ported to the court that ihe total ob
ligations against the News were over
$ IS, noo. The sale. It Is said, wipes
out l 2.000 In claims except securer)
ones, being the Bennett Trust Co.,
mortgage and the taxes and expenses
or receivership.
There were also lalior claims of
about 11200 rrom employes and It Is
Mild that Receiver Carver had prom
ised that thi-se would be paid.
Whether the other claimants wllf
realize anything Is a question.
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