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ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922.
Cxv, No. 236, OF RSEi., .W
VOL. XI, No. 133, OF THE EVENING NEWS.
V CITY OFFICEhd MEET
D PERFECT NEW
ORGAN
I-
ATJON; APPOINTMENTS MADE
G. Wilson to Be New Chief of Police I. Ketch to Serve
as Night Officer Mayor Appoints A. N. Orcutt .
' and B. W. Strong Fire Commissioners
UnrN. Rice.
krV CITY OFFICERS
Encilmen J. F. Barker,
rnnlee. storey lies, Laun w
paeen, J. K. MCCliniocn. nine ana
Powell, Fred Kernel, a. ' service.
of time and attention. The pay Is
very small and few physicians would
care to hold the office. Dr. Shoe
maker declined to accept the posi
tion again, but upon the urging of
Mayor Rice agreed to serve for an
other year and practically donate hia
attention to the city's
isident of council vt. a.
corder R. L. Whipple,
asurer W. F. Thomas,
y Attorney Carl E. Wlm-
hr Engineer ii. u. vv-
Llth Officer B. R. Shoc-
!k of Police H. G. Wll
ht Watchman I. S.
fcrd of Fire Cnmmlslson
U. C. Scely, B. V. Strong,
Orcutt.
te Chief James Fletcher.
lew city council met last night
new city administration un
direction of Mayor N. Rice
bnlied. The old city council
sent and the meeting was
.with these officials in their
places. As 'the newly ap-
took their oath thev
owe upon their duties.
i vts sworn In and took
of Mayor W. S. Hamilton.
onrilmen then took their
ill the new council was corn-
former members retiring.
Rice then announced his
'ion of the new council, the
toes appointed being as fol-
nittee on Ways and Means
tidel, Storey lies, W. R. Con-
r.ittee on Current Expenses
t""t.--j. E. McClintock, Fred
J. F. Barker.
nittee on Fire nnd Water
Fely Louis Kohlhagen, Storey
nlttee on Cltv Improvement
Barker, W. R. Conlee, A. C.
iritteeon Health and Police
'"well, J. E. McClintock. .1. F.
plittee on Fleclrli T lKt.
finhlhagen. W. R Conle w
Hi.
pittee on Election W. TJ
Louis Kohlhagen, W. S.
pittee on Jtidlclarr Stnrov
K McClintock. Fred 1?.-MU1
plttee on Requisition J. E
wk. Storey lies. J. f. Barker,
commissioner l r i..
FtroniJ. . X. Orciitf
council then elected W. S.
to serve as present of the
Mr. Powell him urnrl In
parity for a number nf ,
T efficient. In this office
i HI the absence or Hint,., r
f ;or and 1 ne,t In power to
P-wial. Mr. Powell ha, ,ent
F . "J1 ' ity council and
frted I diligently In behalf of
PT. He ! .1.1.
., " KccuTive
1 Gunlifinl A ,11 . .i.
'faflrs when... i r..
"I tO loolr sfto. vi. j ... i .
, ins mines
f or some unforeseen clrcum-
' ' "f 'hank,, directed to th
W- "Hilton.
r,nii:rrjiL.,,,"?':'-
p.., " ",iiuininT8. At
MQS QHO P ? yil W ft Q0fl farmers still .
IRISH INSURGENTS START
THEIR GUERILLA WARFARE
(By tTnltad Press)
DUBUX, Dec. 5. On the eve of the
establishment of the Free State, the
Insurgents resumed the guerilla war
fare. The rebels who ambushed the
Free Staters near Cork were driven
oft with heavy casualties.
HARDING DECIDES TO
DELAY HIS MESSAGE
J A complete shakeup In the city
police force was announced by Mayor
I Rice. Horace G. Wilson, for many
I years connected with the government
Indian service and who has recently
been engaged in the Insurance busl-
liess. has accented the nnsitinn nf
chief of police, and Israel Ketch has
ibeen appointed night watchman.
Mr. Wilson la now in Washington,
TY P . Attending tn hiiRfneun mnltnrB
and will return to Roseburg in about
two weeks to take up his duties. He
has been expecting for some time to
retire from the work which has kept
him traveling over the country al
most , constantly, as he desires to
spend more time at home. He has
had a great deal of experience in in
vestigation work while in the govern
ment service, is ar good mixer, and
has traveled enough and had suffi
cient experience to give him a good
knowledge of how to meet the vari
ous situations which he will be called
upon to meet. v
Mayor Rice has also decided that
It is time for Rosebtirg to uniform
its day officers and Mr. Wilson will
select suitable uniforms while he Is
in the east.
Mr. Ketch, the night officer, has
been In this service previously. When
Mr. Rice was mayor several years
ao, Mr. Ketch served very efficiently
as night officer and was one of the
most efficient officers the city has
had. Until Mr. Wilson returns he
will be on the day shift and Officer
Hardy will continue the night watch.
A change was also made in the
board of fire commisisoners. The
new commissioners appointed are B.
W. Stront and A. X. Orcutt. Council
man A. C. Seely, being chairman of
the committee on fire and water,
automatically becomes chairman of
h fire commission, while Fire Chief
James Fletcher is the secretary.
'"'Mayor Rice Is continuing the serv
ices of H. I,. Eppsteln as city en
gineer. Mr. Eppsteln has been en
gineer In charge of practically all of
the street Improvement work in the
past few years and is well qualified
to continue the work of this office.
All of the mayor's appointments
were unanimously ratified by .the
council.
The new organization is actively at
work and plans are already under
way for future development work.
Mayor Rice expects to give a great
deal of time into city improvement
work In spite of the fact that the
budget committee made a decided re
ductlon In the amount of money pro
vided for this purpose. The city.
however, has funds on hand for con
fiderahle future work, Including t
new lighting system on tho main
streets, a bridge across the I'mpnua
the development of a park, and other
Important matters which the new
council crlll take up as quickly as
possible.
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(By Untted Press)
WASHINGTON, Pec. 6. President
Harding today decided to delay his
legislative message to congress for a
few days. It will probably not be de
livered before Friday.
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CONVICTED MURDERIR
ESCAPES FROM JAIL
(Jly TTnltcd Press)
SEATTLE. Dec. 6. The police of
the entire northwest are searching for
Charles Butt, convicted murderer, who
sawed his way out of the county jail
at Port Angeles, Monday morning.
Telegraph and telephone wires were
down and the news of his escape was
not broadcasted until the arrival of
Sheriff Nelson in Seattle.
Inr ,J rl " ""en
Mr. W,m?:.r.1:,,.noh''
'h nfi,. , " "'""n 'o enn-
at the
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tSo . 1 on move
HARDING AGAIN NOMINATES
PIERCE FOR ASSO. JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, Dec. B. President
Harding today renominated Pierce
Butler for associated Justice of the
"uprenie court Pierce's f rst nomina
tion failed of confirmation by the sen
ilis.
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PATS TO
Local Surveyors
Form Partnership
Gordon Stewart nrt lr t !
stein, well-known Douglas county sur
tvTOr"" wno nttve bpen 'nployed with
Ii t,Coun,y ,or tnme ,lme' re estatv-
'i ing cmi engineer and surveyor
!: i uie Douglas Abstract com
pany and will h..n i.
Private work In this county. Both
are experienced In their line of work
and undoubtedly meet with good
uceess. They state that the old
Kc.ycrnment survey of this section Is
not accurate and that many of th
corner marks are missing, thus cans
"i loss of many property lines. They
m make a specialty In this line of
iiusiness and are already kept ex
tremely busy locating boundaries, etc.
MADALYNN VVUL MOT
REMAIN IN LOS ANGELES
(By United Press.)
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 5. Madalynne
Obenchain, . freed from the murder
charge late yesterday, said today that
she would leave Los Angeles imme
diately but not return to Ralph Oben
chain. Arthur Burch Is being held
for examination on an insanity charge.
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HORSE RACING AT
IIA JUANA STOPPED
(By United Press.)
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 5. The Mexican
minister of interior, Calles, telenrnph-
ed to James Coffroth to discontinue
horse racing at Tia Junna. Calles said
that he had information that street
fighting which had occurred in Tia
Juana resulted In Injuries to Ameri
cans with possible international com
plications. There were no reports
here of street fighting. The Jockev
Club officials hope to reopen on Wednesday.
GIRLS AT TRAINING SCHOOL
OVERPOWER MATRON; ESCAPES
OLYMPIA, Dec. 5. An insurrection
among inmates of the state training
school for girls at Grand Mound oc
curred last niRht, seventeen of the
girls overpowering the matron, from
whom thry secured the keys, and then
made their escape. The girls had
planned the affair well nnd telephone
wires had been cut. The police of
nearby towns were notified today to
De on me lookout for tho girls.
HAMMER SLAYER
SAWS FROM JAIL
Police Think Injmates of Jail
Aided Her in Saw
ing Bars.
BED IS FOUND VACANT
Mrs. Phillips Escaped from Cell About
2 a. m. Today But Was Not Dis
covered Missing Until 7
o'clock.
(By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES Dec. 5. Clara Phil
Hps, sentenced from ten years to life
imprisonment for the hammer murder
of Alberta Meadows, escaped about 2
THIRTY INJURED WHEN
ENGINE JUMPS TRACK
Secretary of Agriculture Says
Tnat Farmers Not in Class
With Other Workers.
illy t'niu-d Press.)
SHENANDOAH, Iowa, Dec. 5.
Thirty wero Injured when passenger
train No. H of tlio St. Louis from
Omaha was derailed six miles from
here. Tho engine, tender Jumped the
truck, derailing four conches.
WANAMAKER'S CONDITION
IS REPORTED IMPROVED
(lly I'nltid Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. G. Physi
cians .reported today that the condi
tion of John Wannmuker is improved
today.
FAMCUSlifRALTOls"
ILL WITH PNEUMONIA
IN DISABLFD CONDITION
(By United Press.) '
NEW YORK, Dec. C Madame
m torfiw from th. woman', section t Schuiuiinu-Heink's life is still endan-
... . ... . .... ; geied by pneumonia and tho doctors
of the county Jail where she was held I cl a crisi!) ,oulorrow.
pending the outcome of her appeal.
The bar. of her cell were sawed Lc . n,irUrr ftI,liil
through with steel saws,probablywith3LAriLI IUAUIL5 lUftAIIAlM
the aid of the other Inmates, the sher
iff said.
After crawling through the window
she dropped to the roof of an adjoin
ing building, climbed down the fire
escape and disappeared. ,
The matron making the rounds
found Clara's bed vacant and discover
ed the sawed and twisted bars.
Plot Elaborate One.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5. (United
Press.) Sneriff Traegar declares that
an elaborate Jail break plot allowed
Mrs. Phillips, hammer murderess, to
escape from the county Jail here early
this morning.
Threo bars were sawed from the WEST NEW "1 OR kN. J.. Dec 5
window on tho alley side of the jail The cashier of the Public Service das
building and a ladder placed asainst company . and his polico escort, were
the wall attacked by five bandits yesterday and
At first it was supposed the escape b,len i"to.'n!;on!,,ill""y- The robbers
was effected ilnrlnir the confusion at- "en iook 1J u in money anu Cliecas
MANY LEAVING FARMS
Movement From Farms To Industrial
Centers Has Ileea , (; really
Accelerated, President
HnnUiitt Is Told.
THREE FISHING SCHOONERS
ARE BILIEVED TO BE LOST
VICTORIA, Dec. 5. The Seattle
fishing schooner Pelican is reported
safe. Threo other schooners, ihn Cnn.
ventlon, Washington and Morgenen,
are still unaccounted for. The fleet
left Prince ltunert. n. . ahmit rwt
1. Little hone for the snf.tv it tho
crews In Ml. as it is believed they
have been lost.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. fi. Cable
grams from London today allege that
the Kteam.ihlp Oregon Maru has arriv
ed at Yokohama In a disabled condi
tion. Tho brief dispatch states the
vessel was disabled following a colli
sion v. ith another ship at sea.
CASHIER AND POLICE ESCORT
BEATEN, ROBBED OF $13,000
tending the release of Madalynne Ob
enchain. but the night matron, Mrs.
L. 1). Fisher, Insists that Clara was
In her cell when the usual inspection
was made nt 2 o'clock.
The escape was not discovered un
til after 7 a. m.
A deputy sheriff reported that he no
ticed an .automobile near the Jail nt
about 1 a. m. The authorities are
rounding tip everybody associated
with tho Phillips case. All roads and
desert trails are closely guarded. Hie
general opinion being that Clara has
headed for the Mexican border.
No Saw Filings Found.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5. (A. P.)
No saw filinus were found beneath
the sawed bars, leading to the belief
that the bnra were sawed several days
prior to the escape.
A dragnet has been placed over nil
of southern California.
Clara's Fur is Found.
LONG BEACH, Dec. 5. (A. P.) A
fur similar to that worn by Clara Phil
lips during the trial was found today
In an abandoned automobile here. The
authorities are trying to determine
whether ahe put to sea In a motor boat
or is here with friends.
,Armour Phillips, husband of the
woman convicted of murder, lt was
from the cashier and fled.
PORTLAND 3RD SACKER
SOLD TO AMERICANS
(By Asso.iatrfl rrcss.)
LOUISVILLE, Dee. 5 Sammy Dale,
Portland third bagger, was sold today
to the Philadelphia Americans for
players nnd cash amounting to (75,
000. The announcement was made at
the minor lcasun convention here.
learned this morning, disappeared
from his local stopping place some
time yesterday, and all efforts of Ihe
police to locate him have so far been
unavailing. The Investigation lias
this far revealed the fact that at b ast
three persons gave aid to Mrs. Phil
lips in making her escape last nlKht.
It Is believed by the polico that at
least two must have been on tho roof
to li'ifd assistance as the woman came
through the cell window, and one oili
er must have been walling on the
street In an nulo for the trio, and
then swiflly speeded away into the
nic.ht. v "4
n- Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. American
fanners, comprising about one-third
of the country's population, find
themselves, notwithstanding their
hard work and largo production this
year, still laboring under a serious
disadvantage as compared with other
groups of workers because of the dis
tort Innate relationship of prices. Sec
retary Wallace of tho department of
agriculture told President I larding
and congress today in his annual
report.
"There is food in superabundance,"
Mr. Wallace said, "and this contrib
utes to the prosperity of business and
Industry for a time, hut the Inade
quate return which tho farmer is re
ceiving, and has for three yoaxs,
Inevitably must result in readjust
ments in tho number of people on i
the farms nnd In the cities, which
will not be for tho continuing good
of Jhe nation."
Thero has been a greatly acceler
ated movement of farmers, and espe
cially fanners' sons, from tho farms
to the cities and Industrial centers,
tho secretary reported, declaring that
best estimates "Indicate that during
July, August and September twice
as many persons loft the farms for
the cities an normally."
The secretary renewed bis recom
mendation for rural credits legisla
tion, asserting that action should be
taken promptly to increase tho mnx-
Imum which a farm loan bank may
loan to an individual from $10,000
to $2.1,000. Ho advocated also a re
adjustment of tho terms loans may
run, saying a system should be estab
lished 'by which tho fanner could
borrow for periods of from six
months to three years. Crenlion of
a new bureau of homo economics wns
urged by the secretary, to enable the
department to extend Its eforts to
ward better economic systems In the
rural community.
Another problem requiring Imme
diate attention, tho secretary said,
was ".the necessity of working out
and applying a comprehensive plan
of protecting, regrowing and utilizing
our forests."' lie declared forest
legislation should be- edacted extend
ing federal eo-oieratlon to tho state1
the prolei lion, of forests.ro
ordlnatlng slate and federal service
In tho growing and distribution or
forest planting material, extending
purchase of timln'rland "as rapidly a'
the condition of the treasury will
permit
forests some areas now comprised la
Indian reservations.
Thu secretary reported good pro
gress In organization of the packers
and btockyurds administration and
the grain future administration, in
tho campaign agulnst plant posts, and
In the various other lines of service
In which his department is interested,
This year would lio a prosperous
year for agriculture, and consequent
ly a prosperous year for tho nation,'
if tho relationship of prices now was
such as existed before tho war. Sec
retary Wallace ald. There has been
soiiio Increase in prices of farm prod
ucts, but there has not been much
improvement In the general relation
ship between tho prices of the things
the farmer produces and the things
ho buys.
Among the causes which contribute
to tho ubiioriual relationship of farm
priies and the prices of other thingi.
Secretary Wallace mentioned these:
Overproduction of many farm
crops.
Conl Inued high freight rates.
Maintenance of Industrial wages at
near war-time levels.
I Economic depression r.nd deprc- ,
elated currency in European coun
tries. Interference with tho efficient
functioning of necessary industries.
Unreasonably high costs of dis
tribution o? mnnft farm products.
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FIGURES IN NEAR EAST POLITICAL SCENES.
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Madalynne Not
to Face Jury Again
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4. Indict
ments against Arthur C. Burch and
Madalynne Obenchain, charged with
the murder of J. Helton Kennedy, Los
Angel-.'s brelier, were dismissed to
day by Judge John W. Shenk op mo
lion et District Attorney Thomas Lee
Woolwlno. . '
Mr. Woolwlno moved dismissal of
the indictments on the grounds of In
sufficient evidence. Pial W. Shenk.
utlorciy for Hutch, hon swore out
an Insanity complaint against hi si
client and Judge Shenk directed that
be le committed to tho pyshopnthlo
ward of tho county hospital for ob-Mivntion.
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Dec. 5. An
off it by Miss .Mary Mason Scott of
Frankfort, and her brother, John M.
Scott of Louisville, to bequeath their
historic home "Liberty Hall," In thl3
illy, to tile Colonial Dames of Ken
tucky. hii4 been accepted.
"Libert Hull' Is one of the oldest
homes In the state.- It wns built In
I7tni by John llriiwn, the first United
Slates senator friu Kentucky. Plans ,
for the bouse . wero drawn by
Thomas Jelic rson. In whose office Mr.
Ilrown studied law. The grounds and
gardens of the old home extend from
Hie house to a considerable frontage
and covering Into national ,, )io Kcnturky river.
PROMINENT FIGURES IN AMERICAN POLITICS !
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The near east Is the center or the world's att-ntlnn today, with t h Lausanne (Switzerland) confer
ence attempting to prevent war. T e 17. S. S. Scorpion, on which Admiral .Mark L. flristol, American high
commissioner, and Mrs. lirlstol live, commands the palaca of the Sultan In Constantinople with lis guns.
Admiral Urlstol is one of the American olxervrra at the Lausanne conference, Kamld Hey Is the leading
Turkish civilian delegate to the conference. Ishniet I'aMia is the high g-niral of Ihe Keniallst army and min
ister of foreign affairs in the Angora cabinet. He led the Turkish armi i s to victory over the Greek General
Kcfert Pasha, known as Turkey's "Theodore Kooscvelt," accompanied Ishmet to Iusanne. ,
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ri . oscr h-""r
United Static S- natoi
member of Congren and
Senate, has announced that I
talu the leadership. Charley V
Oscar W. Underwood, of Alaliama. veteran
leader of the Democratic, minority in the
heallbr! ili not permit him to re
llryan, brol..iT of William Jennings llry-
an. has been elected Democratic Governor of Nebraska. George W. P,
Hunt, Democrat, has been elected Governor of Ailona. Friend W. Ill
chardsoD, Republican has betn Liec-tcd Governor of California.