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i . V WEATHER L. eterday ..48 L last niat 41 Lt .nd Tuesday rain. CIRCULATION 4050 DOUGLAS COL) NTY fa 4 Tho RoMburg Rovltnw, An In wtpapw published for Iho bott Interest of tho pcopks. if Consolidation of 1b vtnlo,. ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1922. - n r- I C' O VOL. XI, , No. 132, OF THE EVENING NEWS. XXV, No. 235, OF ROSEBUKU r.v v CIFiC SLOPE PROJECw GET B!G APPROPRIATIONS IN BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR Laiion Projects to Receive Huge Sums According to r . . n j f CnnsrrcssTodav by President Budget rrescuivu . - Harding Message Made Later. mINT.TON DfC. 4--APPpr'; OOreeon. $1,400,000; Wash , Jl 357 000; Oregon aad - iatly. $700,000. J dditional appropriation of 1-00. , the state of Washington. 1 he School at Salem was scheduled L Tw.OOO: the Puget Sound Uni.io depoC 5,000; pub- Drk of the Puget Sound najy jTjflftO. compared with $o90.000 eJnfrnI legislative t' will be read In person at a .ion of the house and senate iv or possibly later In the week. S'UN'GTON. Dee. 4. (U. P.) fnt Harding today sent a spec Page to congress announcing le special budget for the next year, beginning July 1. 1923, will proximately three billion dollars lowest yearly expenditure of the anient Bince the days before the Ising the rigid economy which iirirpt hnreau has enforced dur- Le last year, the president point- kt that the government is uu Ito pre-war days In general ex Vbo. Of the three billions ask- V as be attributed to tho war. antett plain that his admlnistra- fc.ll roniinue to fight for greater nr. k prwide.nt Indicated that be- i curly two thirds or tne govern . reirly bill represents the fixed w resulting from the war, it will t cull to reduce taxes In the near (. t budcet system, the president red. was the greatest reform in Inacclal history." rt-roment expenditures during the fiscal year will be $3,180,843,235, Action of nearly I6o0.000.000 as ared with the expenditures of the m year. Specifically, the execu ted for appropriations of $3. I'.331.69, the difference between kpriatiras and expenditures being putfd to the fact that congress h some appropriations which car. f er from year to year. fcurplus of $180,969,125 in the gov- n iraanciai operation for '.he nscai year was estimated, as red wiih a probable deficit tills OI I2,3,S;1,7I2. , ie total receipts of the ' during the next fiscal vear wro-l . ' pi.tiru ai JJ.iSbl.X12.359. as enmnnr. pith $3.429.S62.9;9. p were based on no reduction of ana include a back tai rollec of "pproximatelv $3on onn (inn Pending In the budget is the appropriation tor national defense, which totals $546,433,870. The army asks for $256,552,877, which would provide for a regular army, of 125,000 men and 12,000 officers. The navy wants $289,433,870. which would sup port 86,000 men. The appropriations would maintain tho land and sea forces at their present strength and are the lowest since the war. Referring to the large amounts which the federal government is con tributing to the states each year for road building and other projects, the president said he was concerned be cause he felt this policy was causing largo increases In si me, county and municipal Indebtedness. "He made no direct recommendation on this sub ject, however. He also indicated that he disapproved large expenditures for research, Improvement and develop ment, which have no business with "the business of government." . Or Unite Pros.) WASHINGTON'. Dec 4. The final session of the 67th congress opened today with the senate in a turmoil. The special session closed shortly before noon and thejregular session opened. The republican leaders are rally ing their forces to recover the defeats of the special session. When the sen ate convened Lodge announced that the Dyer anti-lynohllng bill would not be pressed between now and March. Underwood said the filibust er would be abandoned. The ship subsidy bill was then referred to the commerce committee the first business to be transacted since last Monday. t Lillian Moore and Caro Miller Wed Announcement of the marriage of Miss Lillian Sinn of tM. itv in Caro Miller, of Oakland, California, nave reached friends In this city. The marriage ceremony took place In the Presbyterian church, on No vember 19th in Oakland. California, with Rev. Miller, father of the groom, officiating. The ring ceremony was used, and many friends and relatives were present. Mrs. Miller Is the charming; and accomplished daughter of Mrs. Les lie Hatfield, of thlB city, and has been making her home In California dur ing the past few years. Mr. and Urn Miller left I m m oH I n to. ly after the wedding for a tour of Southern California Following the honeymoon the young couple will re turn to ineir new home in Oakland, California. The many friends In thlr city wish them much happiness dur ing their wedded life. NEW FACES IN IJALLSJOP CONGRESS Kt"Y new faces w - - - b,r ,r"r- from CwS ZM tworn ,n from Iow rtJ: t of Pennnviv..?,. ' omn vpr In that body. 8ena- (k. of rv tonre. HJll w',rn "hortly before om mi.'IiM' heVde . " ". -Mrs. Wlnnlfred Mason " llllnlos, de ceased father as Congressmen-at-Lar FEDERAL I FOR Umpqua River MayGet$276,- 500-Over $71,000,000 Is Amount of Estimate. NATURALIZATION DAYS SET. Naturalization days fir the year 1923 have been set for Feb- ruary 23 and September 2S, an order to tnis enect having been handed down this morning by Judge J. W. Hamilton. Petitions for naturalization will be held at that time and examinations into the qualifications of prospective citizens held. COOS BAY -BENEFITTED Coos llay Will Secure Over Million Dollars for Improvement Jetties Kstimate Submitted to Con grcss Today. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. The riv ers and harbors estimates submit ted to congress today by the army engineers call for $71,515,410 during the year beginning July 1st 1923. Coos Bay Oregon would get Jl, 210,000 (including the north Jetty at the entrance, $595,000 and the south jetty, $34 5,000, maintenance $159,000 and new work $111,000.) Coos River would get $3000. Yaqulna Bay and harbor is alloted $139,000. The Umpqua river $276,500. Columbia river and tributaries above Celllo Falls to Snake river $13,500. Snake river, $13,000. Columbia and lower Willamette, below Vancouver and Portland, $1. 700,000 (includinR $1,000,000 for new work, dike construction and new dredge and $700,000 tor mainten ance.) Willamette slough. $23,350. Clatskanie river, $9,120. Willamette river above Portland and the Yamhill river. 29,600. REWARD OFFf RED FOR ARREST OF TRAIN WRECKERS SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 4. The Santa Fe railway offers a reward of $5000 for the arrest and conviction or the vandals responsible for the wreck ing of the passenger train near Bak ersfield Saturday night, killing two and injuring several. NEW YORK IS FACING SERIOUS COAL FAMINE NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Mayor Hylnn warned today that the city has only a four days' coal supply on hand in the event of the severely cold weather. TURKS WOULD HAVE . WARSHIPS IN STRAITS (By AHSoc;uted Press.) LAUSANN1S, Dec. 4. T ie closing of the Dardanelles to nil warships except Turkish and g'- ing Turkey the right to rortiry the strain, is advoncated by l-'oretgn Minnltor Tchitcherin of Russia at today's meetiug c" the near er.ct conference. Ismet Pjsha, Turkish dcle?afo, asked the absolu'e tratr;! of tho straits, without demilitarization. o CLFMENCEAU URGES A FEELING OF FRIENDSHIP EALTIMORE, Dec. 4 Clemenceau in a brief addres stoday appealed to America and France to put feeling ahead of reasoning and go on to gether "knowing each other's faults like a married couple" but loving each other. SI 10 BE HEALED Paralyzed Roseburg Boy Walks When Anointed by Dr. Price. WAS INJURED IN FALL Neck Was llrokcn In Fail From Lower Limbs Of Tree And 1'urtliU Paralysis Was The ltesult. JURISDICTION OVER THE CRIMES Of KLAN UNITED STATES HAS I ALLEGED Attorney General Daugherty Informed Senator Walsh Today That States Must Handle Situation Governors to Discuss Problem. FUNERAL SERVICES OF REP. MANN HELD TODAY (By United Pr CHICAGO, Dec. 4. The funeral services of tho late Representative Mann -were held in the Hyde Park Presbyterian church today at 2 o'clock. The congressional delega tion acompanylng the body returns to Washington Immediately after the services. MADAM SCHUMANN -HEINK ; IS SERIOUSLY ILL NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Physicians reported earlv today that the condi tion of Madame Schumann-Heink Is extremely grave. The famous con tralo has been suffering from a se vere attack of bronchial pneumonia since Thursday at her suburban home. Warner Held on Severe Charge Joe Warner and Clarence E. Ward are being held at Stockton, Cal., on a charge of contributing to the dependency of a minor, a hitTh mis demeanor In the state of California, according to a letter received this morning by Sheriff Sam Starmer from the chief of Police ai Stock ton. Warner was wanted here fcr taking a car belonging to F. C. Powell, local Maxwell salesman, out of the state on a conditional sales contract. Fol'owing his arrest, how ever, the California authorltUs re fused to release him to the Origon officers and are holding Warner and bis companion for trial there. The car was surrendered to F. C, Powell, who Is driving lt lack to Roseburg. o Nora Landers and H. Cracroft Wed Coming as a complete surprise to many friends here is the mnrl-?'! of Miss Nora Landers to Howard E. Cracroft, which was solemnized at the Baptist parsonpge Saturday Cnldwell officiating, evening at 8 o'clock, with Rev. Caldwell officiating. Miss Lander Is the charming and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Landers of Winston, and las made her home here for a num ber of years. The groom la a well known former high school sttident and resident of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Cracroft are at home 1o their many friends at their resi dence on Miller street. They have the many good wishes for a pros perous future from their many friends in this city. CANTONMENT BUILDERS SUED BY GOVERNMENT (Br Asf"lte Prwa.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Six adul tlonal suits seeking the recovery of $29,000,000 were filed today againstMhe cantonment construction contractors In the east, south and middle west. JOHN WANAMAKER IS REPORTED TO BE ILL PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4. The phy sician's bulletin this morning reports that the condition of John Wanamak- er la unchanged. HURLEY SEES 8HIPPINQ BUSI NESS INCREASING. m ' SN i h v .Wilbur Spaugh of this city, who for the past 16 years has been para lyzed as the result of a fall from a tree when 14 years of age. walked for the first time since his accident yesterday when he was healed of his ailment during the healing service conducted by Dr. Price In Albany. Spaugh, after being anointed, rose irom nis wneeiea chair, walked a few steps, and then sank to the floor In a comatose state, in which he re mained for several hours. Upon re gaining consciousness, he walked into the elevator of his hotel and also into the dining room, according to a report rrom Albany. Spaugh is well known in this city, having resided in this county for many years. He sustained his injury when he fell from the lower limbs of a tree. Injuring his spine. He was paralyzed from the waist down and lias been unable to walk for more than 16 years. A special gasoline driven vehicle was constructed for him and he has been frequently seen driving the three-wheeled machine through the city's streets. He could scarcely waUc on crutches and Bpent most of his time In a wheeled chair. He went to Albany last Wednesday after hearing of the marvelous healings at the Price meetings. . The account of his own healing is given In the Albany newspaper as follows: All who sought healing seemed to sense tho unseen power. Even people In the audience who had not received cards were touched by the power and fell under it. An Instance of this type was that of Wilbur Spaugh of Roseburg, who has been paralyzed for 16 years. He had attended the services since Wed nesday night, but was not numbered in the healing linn. While sitting In the audience beside his mother, he was touched by the hidden force and fell forward. Dr. Price went .down from the platform and anointed him rebuking the ailment. The boy rose from his seat, an act he had not done for 16 years and walked a few steps, then sank to the floor under the power, remaining trlore until nearly midnight. This morning he walked to the elevator In the hotel without his crutehes and into the dining room. After breakfast ho re turned unaided to his room. Spaugh fell from a tree when 14 years old. dislocating two vertebrae In his neck. This caused him to be come paralyzed from just below the arm. For five years he was confined to his bed, his parents declare, not even being able to feed himself. For the remnlning 11 years, he has been able to move slowly with the aid of crutches, but even then was not able to rise from a chair without assist ance. All sense of balnnco was loat to him, he said. When Interviewed at his hotel this morning he said that he could feel life In his limbs, which had not been felt liefore. He declared thnt he could fairly feel the now strength tingling In his veins. He rose from his chair and stood without aid to further con vlnce those piesent. Mr. Spaugh has followed the Jewelry business in Roseburg for some time. An X-ray nlrture of his neck, ta en bv one of the leading doctors of Portland, showed the two vertebrae mit of place which partially severed the spinal cord. It Is the second eas on record where a person has lived after having his neck broken. It is said. The testimony concerning the ynupsr mans condition was corrobor ated br O. K. Holdrldge. a local man who knew Mr. Spaugh personally and lived In the same neighborhood for many years. Another boy who had never walk ed was said to have left his chair and walked during the service last night. Minor healings of many kinds were said to have been perrormea. (By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. The al leged llllgal acts attributed to the Ku Klux Klan fall within the states' police powers and the United States has no Jurisdiction over such matters Attorney General Daugherty today Informed Senator .Walsh, democrat of Massachusetts. Daugherty said that after a year's Investigation the department of Jus tice has been unable to find a sin gle case bringing the organization within federal Jurisdiction. Boys Itettii-H Th' delegate from Roseburg to the Older Boys' Conference, held In Eugene, returned to Roseburg yester day evening. The boys report ft very successful conference and all en-! Joyed the meeting. Paul fieddes was elected vice-president of the or ganization and Clarence Searing was chosen secretary. Edward F. Hurley, former chairman of the U. S. Shipping Board, sees a greater future fr the shipping busi ness of the Pacific coast as. a result of the San Francisco conference, where rival lines settled their differ ences. He decries prohibition on American vessels. BUTLER'S NOMINATION NOT BEEN CONFIRMED (By Aio.-1te rress.l WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. The nom ination of Pierce Butler, St. Paul attorney, as associate Justice o' the supreme court, failed of confirma tion todn" by the senate at the close of the extra session, and renomlna tlon In the regulsr session wss made necessary. LaKollette. Republican of Wiscon sin and Norrls. Republican of Nebraska, objected to Immediate con firmation. By Herbert Little (Written for th United Preae.) MADISON. Wis., Dec. 4. (United Press). The Ku Klux Klan prob lem in Its relation to state govern ments will be an outstanding fea ture of the fourteenth annual con ference of governors at White Sul phur Springs, West Virginia. Decem ber 14, 15 and 15, lt was Indicated by the program of addresses, as mado public here today by Miles C. Riley, secretary of the conference. Covernor Henry J. Allen, Kansas will speak on "The Ku Klux Klan the Problem. It attacks and the Prob lem It Creates. His militant op position to the organization In the Sunflower state leaves no doubt as to his stand. Governor John M. Parker, Loulsl ana, who recently made a trip to Washington tq complain to President Harding of alleged extra-lejtal ao tlvities of the Klan encroaching on the stnto's governing perogatlves, has given his subject as "Citizen ship," but It is believed that this is a cloak for a defense of his attitude and for new revelations of the mas ked organization's activities In the Creole-state. Eight other papers will be given during the business sessions, which will be held at The Ureenbrler. Governor J. A. O. Preus, Minneso ta, will speak In advocacy of the St. Lawrence-west to the Atlantic, out lining the position of the Northwest and middle west and asking the sup port of the west against the opposi tion put up by the eaulern states. Governor Samuel R. McKelvie, Ne braska, will go into "Legislation and the Farmer." Waterpnwer and irri gation In the west will be the pri mary subjects of "Conservation and Development of National Assets" by Governor Thomas E. Campbell, Ari zona. State administration will be dealt with directly in two talks," The Bud get System in Virginia," by Governor K. Lee Trlnkle. and "The Reorgani zation of the State Government of Maryland," by Governor Albert C. Ritchie. "American Adrift," by Governor Beujamtn W. Olcott, Oregon, "The Undertow of Crime Waves," by Gov ernor Wilson O. Harvey, South Caro lina, and "The Industrial Code and Humane Economics," by Governor James. ) tartness, Vermont, complete the program of papers. m NEW MOBEL DODGE SEDAN EXHIBITED State A dministration Changes Expected SALEM, Ore., Dec. 2. When Walter M. Pierce, govornor-elcrt, enters upon his duties ns chief ex ecutive of Oregon early next month, he will find his desk piled high with many matters of snnio official Importance. This hns been the ex perience of every incoming governor in Oregon for a long time, according to persons who have been In the employ of tho slato for many yean Among the first matters that will confront Governor-elect Pierre prob ably will he consideration of the resignations of the three member of the state highway department. W. B. Barratt. eastern Oregon mem ber of the commission, already has sent his resignation to the governor. R. A. Booth and John 11. Yeon. other members of tho poninilnslon, have said that they will have their resignations on file before Jan uary 1. New MemlcrH Selected. Reports received In Salem through friends of Governor-elect Pierce Indicate that the n"W members of the commission will be William Pollman, Baker banker: C. E. (Pop) Gates. Medford. and C. K. Sneme. Oregon City. Reports that Chav.- Hall of Marshfleld Is being consid ered for a place on the coinmbsion are given little credence here. T. B. Hanley, slate corporation commission, has made It known that he will resign shortly after .Iiinmry 1. Mr. Hanler has derided to locate, in Portland, where he will engage In the practice of law. Alx Sweek, Portnnd lawyer, was said to hayf been slated for this position. A. i1. Barber, ntat Insurance com missioner. Is not losing any sleep as a result of the change of admin istration. Mr. Barber has had leng experience In the Insurance fMd. and it was snlri that he has received at least three flattering offer". One of these, which was recej.Ml from Los Angeles, prohnMy wit! ', ac cepted by Mr. llsrhec It wm said that there are at bust half a dozen active candidates for this office. St vt DAUScrn tCHRlSTMASy' T"'u(i.; --jo- V A car load of Dodge autos has Just been received by the J. O. Nowland and Son agency of this city. Among the lot was one of the lute model stdans. This new sedan has 'been built with the Idea of utility and a town car as well. Tho upholstering back of the front seat is removable, including the rear seat, so that the car may be used for hauling any small freight, trunks, or boxes. It Is especially desirable for farmers, who often want to bring an egg case or two along to town, or carry bacK supplies for the ranch. This new se dan will prove Just the thing for such people, and then when the family want to go anywhere all that is nec essary it to place the upholstering and sent back, which Is done In five minutes, and the sedan becomes a fine luxurious town car. Tho new sedan is attracting considerable attention today, and the Newland people have been kept busy showing lU excellent features to an Inquiring multitude. Divorce Suit Is Filed Today A. R. Kennedy, who recently ob tained considerable notoriety when he stopped his wife, and a neighbor Earl Lucas, near the Kennedy home stead a short distance from Dlllard and fired several shots at them, to day filed suit for divorce from the woman alleging that she has been familiar and Intimate, with other men. keniK ty says that ho Is a cook by trnilo and his occupation keeps him away from home a good deal. Short ly after their marriage while he was engaged In a logging camp near Chapman. Oregon, his wife conducted herself in a nortorlous manner, until be moved to The Dalles because of the neighborhood scandal which she created. In order to provide a permanent homo, he says,, ho took up a home stead near Dlllard and was support ing himself and family by working at Klamath Falls and Astoria. While he was away he states bo received a letter from a neighbor woman that his wife was' not conducting herself in a proper manner.- He returned home on Nov. 8, he nlleges and found her away. After inquiring among the neighbors he t that she wag at the l,nn 1 nine. She remained away all night and did not return until the follow ing day when she treated him in a very cold and distant manner ha snys. On Ann Ml Ire Dnv she came to Rosebnrg accompanied by Earl Lucas and members of his fnmlly and went to the football game where he says her conduct attracted much at tention. While she was away, Ken nedy says that he became very des--nndent and talked down the rod to meet them and found Lucas and Kennedy riding home together. Kennedy In his suit Is represented trv Attorney George P. Jones.