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ii WEATHER yesterday L,t lft n'fln "get fairs M-W fci.'.SULATION 4090 j'.f- Consal'datlon of Th "5. and Tlx RcMbura Review!, DOUGLAS COUNTV" )? Ail Independent newspaper published for the boot Interest of Iho pooplc Hwv, No. 239, OF ROSEBUBQ . -rA R08EBURQ, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922. VOL- XI, No. 136, OF THE EVENING NEWS. n aaafJMMaMaMjMapaM,MMtttMMifMpjiMag j. II I if M 1 I 111 I II If 1 I I " AIM I I II A I 1 i. t mm mm m m 1 : CliS RTY BUSNESS BLI IN RUINS AS RESULT ORE GON'S WORST HOLOCAUST Newspaper Plants Destroyed-Several Banks Burned-' Two Men Dead Norris Staples Drops Dead Fight ing Flames Dynamite Checking Flames. AQToniA Dec. 8. (By Associated Press.) Thirty blocks he. business district, rnciuaing a yini, v ion, leading business houses ana oanKS, ana me vuuumys vj newsiMpers, were firc-swepi ai nw luuu.. - The fire teas spreading east at 17th street, but has been rally checked in the we,st end and north. The flames have spread some on the south side of the ae- hted area to Franklin, between atevem, ana Dtmamiting broke the windows oj me cvvrmwise vui muc ting is believed saved. The fire had practically onmea itseiy kmc t ". In addition to Noms Staples, wno aroppua uvuu,, ua wiubh- nian teas reported to have hanged himself. The 7nv ; rstimnted nt. between ten and fifteen millions. VsTOHM, Dec. 8. (By Associated Press.) The entlro business district, wng 26 square blocks, was wiped out by fire which started shortly f?i.m. In a restaurant in the heart of the business district. One life was lost, Norris Staples, automobile dealer and president of the ial Commerce, dropped dead. flu financial loss is estimated all the way from four to fifteen millions, at 9 o'clock this morning all of the district between Astor street, at the 'front, south to Exchange street and east and west between Eighth and entlt streets, was devastated. Between Eleventh and Twelfth streets Ire penetrated as far as Franklin street, 'ire Chief Foster said the fire got out of control because it burned be I the buildings under the piling, which had not been filled in when the 2i built on piles and he attributed the disaster to this fact. Most of the buildings burned were frame structure, but the city' sub kial brick buildings are also gone. Including The Astoria Savings Bank, third hotel, Astoria Budget, Elks Temple. Astoria National Bank, Staples r Company, Covey Motor Company, SkelUud Dry Goods store. Kll of the docks were saved. 1 - the rain was falling most of the, time and n wind. (.arage Man Drops 1eaI ITORIA, Doc. 8. (fly rnltcffr "Welnhard hotel -' 'ne most disastrous lire la istory of Oregon Is raging here LEAGUE ATTACKS Claims County Did Not Have Right to Levy Full Mill and a Half. SURPLUS IS ISSUE Taxpayers League claims County Had No Right to Levy Amount In Excess of Sum Seeded. To Meet Surplus Fund Jtartcd parly this' morning in Urns, restaurant and rapidly "jond control. ":"0 a. m. XV. A. Tvler. vlee- M'nt of the Astoria National estimated the damage between nd fifteen million dollars. At nmir nineteen city blorka from f lo rvwaln and from Ninth to "entn streets, were destroyed. Hi fire is still raging iti three is between Kight and Ninth Is and In two between Vvfhanira franklin streets. pe Casualty Is rennrto.1 Vl f-s. president of the Bank of "ree. and owner of the Ford ana or heart failure, while nff ears out of hi kree enelnes anil nnn - hate been sent from Portland, r In. I, ....... i pTGRIA. Dec. 8. IV Pli Astoria hotel. Merwin hotel. Northern hotel. 'Astoria Budget. Morning Astorian. Blue Mouse theater. Liberty theater. Star theater. .1. C. Penney store. Bee Hive store. Elks club. A question of ' whether or not Douglas county has a right to vote a market road mlllage of 1 1-2 mills, has been raised by the tax payers league in making an invest igation of the budget, and the At torney General may possibly be asked for an opinion on the mat ter. The market road law provides that a levy of one mill shall be voted on all taxable property within the state for tha purpose or con structing market roads. This money, however, is distributed only to counties which match the fund: A provision is also made that no county shall receive more than 10 per cent. - i Under this provision Multnomah county pays 35 per cent ot tne tax, but receives only 10 per cent. This, of course, 'leaves a surplus to be distributed. Douglas county pays approximate ly $32,000 into the fund. A levy of one mill is then made- to meet this amount, so that the county may get back the money paid into the state. When this is done the county Is receiving only the money raised within Its own limits. However, by levying an additional amount the county can match a portion of the surplus and thus receive some of the money paid In by Multnomah or other counties who, because of the 10 per cent clause or failure to provide an initial levy, do not re ceive in return all that Is paid out. As the budget Is made out before the amount of the state levy be comes known, the budget commit tee can only approximate the amount of money it will be neces sary to raise within the county. Last year the county levied 1 H mills. When the funds became available It was found that the county levy raised (6,000 too much. . It is now claimed that the county had no right to raise by taxation more money than was needed to match the state funds.' If this con tention is sustained it will put a Mr. Tu rick Tells of Fire Hazards W. H. Turtck, the Cass street -Jeweler, who formerly lived at Astoria, where for several years he conducted a watchmaking establishment, stated that the 4 town was built up on piling and was a veritable tire trap. Mr. Turtck said that at the time he was in business there he e) could go down a ladder lead- Ins to the ground beneath his store, and from there it was possible to go through under- 4 ground passages all over the town by the' aid of lantern light, because it was murky dark underneath the buildings. He stated there was not a fireproof building In Astoria, e and with the flames working e beneath the buildings, as they evidently did in this morning's fire, there would be practically no way of checking the con- flagratlon ur.ill it burned Itself ' out. Mr. Turick stated that In his opinion two-thirds of the bust- nesa of Astoria which suffered from today's fire faced finan- cial ' ruin, owing to the fact that the Insurance rate was $6$ per thousand, which was practically prohibitive in most , cases, and merchants carried 4 only partial protection. More than that, all of them have doubtless gotten In their holi- day stocks and probably have e not yet realised a dollar on these goods, which went up in flames and are a total loss. E Touches on Score of Subjects in Address Made in Person. DISCUSSES PROHIBITION SCHOOL TEACHERS PRESENT VIEWS OF EDUCATIONAL 1 - NEEDS ROSEBURG Red Men's hall. Hotel GueNts Kcflp ASTORIA, Dec. 8. (U. P.) The fire which swept Astoria this morn- and Postal Telegraph offices and very difficult problem before the forced the telephone company t0i""UR'1 """""" . establish a temporary office In the city hall. Communication was very slow. At 10:30 o'clock the report Issued by Fire Chief Young at Port land stated that two men were killed, but the report was not verified. The Welnhard. Astoria hotel and c'rlnck the flro . Merwfn hotel across were rieRtrnved K"l. The city hall .p..! r.n.uni. I and the auestit esrnned nftpr rnrn- ll,al. previously threatened, I ,nK" from the managers and clerks. ! 1?ve1' ' I The 'oria Savings bank, Astoria ., y known dead are Norris ' National bank, American Railway meV.. .nt,or ,hB n"nk of I Express. Astorian and Budget news- ferce. and W n n-n i r, j . . tlfire H at rriiiimn, e,"-i nee mve aep.irimeiii Ii9. k ' , store, and many other business p ...inoorn and oilier docks were I houses were destroyed. h ,,tnS i iu:30 twenty-six blocks had r "rem.Vn 2' npri""' on nlgM i burned, hut by using dynamite the n on. .'.,'holr p"" untn 'ireflehters were gaining control, i-iinr huu,,; " ln ,n" ""r- I New-paper, Are Wrecked. Me sid L ATh"r rnderd! ASTORIA. Dec. 8. ( A. P.lThe "it warn- appeal. , . ' " I' "" folinw ""'"nc Mi"-ra, nudger, afternoon, and As- p"nT"d: f "mMa Trust sa Proposes That Railroad Labor Board Be Abolished and Division Placed In Interstate Commerce Commission. Leading Instructors of City Are Quoted Relative to the Most Crying Needs of the Educational System Maintained Here Controlled Recreation Stressed. LOYAL ARMED PEASANTS FIGHTING REVOLUTIONISTS (By United lres ATHENS, Dec 8. The Bulgaria revolutionists are reported fleeing be fore loyal armed peasants. Advices said that the peasants mobilized at Sofia but are now under control. REPUBLICAN GENERALS EXECUIED AT PRISON (By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. President Harding in his annual message deliv ered to congress today ln person, deuls with nearly a score of subjects, in cluding prohibition, farm credits, transportation, child labor and Immi gration, He announced that he would call a conference ot governors to aunpi ueii- nite policies for national and state cooperation In administering the pro hibition laws. He said the prohibition amendment would likely never be re pealed and that the nation should adapt Its course accordingly. He said that if the enforcement provisions are contrary to public opinion, which he does not believe they are, the vigor ous enforcement will concentrate pub lic attention on any necessary modi' fications. He proposed that the railroad labor board be abolished with the substitu tion of a labor division in' the inter state commerce' commission. He urged the coordination of all transportation facilities. He slated that he 1s opposed to paralleling rail roads with motor truck lines. A more extensive creilit to the farm ers was alno urged In the message. He suggested a constitutional amendment giving congress authority over child labor and one restricting tax exempt securities.: He proposed legislation for the reg istration of aliens and a more thor ough examination of immigrants. (United Press.) DUBLIN, Dec. 8. Rory O'Connor and Lian Mellows, republican gen erals and two other insurgent officers wore executed today at Mount Joy prison. They were taken prlsonpr after the insurrection in Dublin was put down. The Kree state govern ment announced that the executions were a reprisal for the assassination of Sean Hale Thursday. Throughout our land this week I the attention of nil citizens Is being directed to the topic of education. Aside from the church, the school system of America is the most Im portant force in the development and advancement of our nation. The en lightened status of United States to day can lie laid to America's schools. "Lastly, what attention are voca- i ; tlons receiving In our high school? t'j At present the only preparation for jSi vocations that we are able to give !, is along commercial lines. This jr reaches a small number of Btudents. What about the remaining? A small handful Is preparing for college en trance, the rest will gradute from la Roseburg abreast of the times orl'iigh school with no special, training. CLARA PHIUIPS IS STILL HIDING OUT r "f Tommere. " comP:"'V. IT. Vl Rank. P'til Te!er.v , ft 27 Places were 'orian, morning, were swept by fire looay. The Rudget occupied a two-story brick building. The upper floors were burned, wrecking the compos ing room, Including the linotypes and gas plant. At noon the fire men wore trying to salvage the presses and the paper stock In the basement. The Budget is getting out a six column nn.tn ihMl at i 8elde as Its edition today. ine Astorian 'recently moved Into a new concrete one-story building. The flsmes swept through this. Practically lUimeri Out. ASTORIA, Dee. 8 Early this afternoon .n, fir Ba(1 pr.tlcally burned Itself out. The apoaratus from Portland put six additional hose lines on the fire. W. A. Tyler, president of the Astoria National sank, estimated the loss between """and fifteen million dollars. The Astoria buslnesa men tent in the future. The budget committee would have absolutely no way of knowing bow much would be necessary to meet Douglas county's share of the sur plus, but yet would be prevented from levying sny amount In exreBS of the absolute amount available from the state. This would serve to prevent the county from receiv ing its full share of the surplus and would cut down the advantage the county now has. District Attorney Neuner Is Inves tigating the matter and will prob ably give an opinion In the near future. It may - be that the tax payers will refer the matter to the attorney .general. The constitu tionality of the law Itself has been atiacked and a court action to de termine Its constitutionality may re sult o LANDSLIDE THREATENS DESTRUCTION Of TOWN FREIGHT RAHS ARE DECLARED TOO HIGH (United Press.) IOS ANCKLKS. Dec. 8. Sheriff Traeger and assistant, Illsralllus, re turned from the Mexican border to day, after directing an exhaustive search there. Today they started a prarch around the city of Los Angeles n the holier that Clara Phillips Is hiding there. The officers have three men In their custody who talked to Armour Phillips on the night of the escape. They expect to break Phillips alibi to obtain information warranting his arrest. (By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The rail road rates on classified freight from Portland, .Medford and other iobblng , n centers In Oregon to the consuming territory in southern Oregon and f riroril-P Tiflhpr northern California were held todnyVtU.f UUIIGI by the Interstate commerce commis-! r) i ., slon to he unreasonably high and to' UUVS DllSinCSS constitute discrimination against) Oregon cities In favor or San Kran-; Cisco, Oakland. Sacramento. Stork- Clarence linker, well known young ton and Marysvllle, Cal. The com-'man of this city, this afternoon pur mission ordered a general reor- chased the Palace of Sweets from the ganlratlon of rates, applying lo Iraf j Ulnck Drothers who have conducted i. - v. .,.nar.l nrinninie nf re- the business here for a number of I during silently the charges on years. Mr. Ilaker takes Immediate classified freight moving from I possession ana plans to romiwei ub Inrrnns lie . Dunning and niase ll one l iiir-niuni. a J-V (Mr United Press) MODENA, Dec. 8. Six hundred per sons escaped from the town of Plan degalli, where a hundred houses col lapsed beneath a landslide. Complete destruction of the town is threatened. word that the city needed cash, as all of the banks had been burned and the money was locked In the vaults. All of the bakeries burned and bread Is needed badly. Beds for the homeless are to be snt from the Seaside hotel. The hotel is to accommodate such as go there for shelter. The police are making an effort to patrol the district to prevent looting. nn.fkn.n nnintl illH .H.v.,1., t, n.tn. In .nmo dpsllnn-lup to date conjeet innery stores in iinn. nn .imllar freight from Call-1 southern Oregon. The work of re- obleetlves fornla cities j modeling will be started at once, Mr. Maker states, and the Interior fixtures . I will be th classiest obtainable. A rlHr VII IIM AkT ' first class grille wilf be operated in " - ' " - ,., are our city schools and many ways aencienir From the standpoint of a church man, "our chlldnen are being edu cated one-sidedly. Only the mental nature is being developed. There is only one rorce that will hold a republic together and that Is religion. The editors ot the leading Socialist magazines were formerly, or at pres ent, professors In the leading col leges' In the United States. Our nation Is endangered by such ten dencies. God had a purpose in cre ating man and He has an interest In this great movement of education. Kducation should be toward (!od but the tendency Is awav from Illm. Are we going to stand tor such a thing when iwe nav our taxes as Chrlstlnn people? It Is tflne we woke up to the situation. Nn teacher should he accepted to tench In our public rohools who Is not a devout Christian. I nm not asking that religion bo taught In the school but that thero lie kept out ot the schools the elements that trnd to c"rnw thn students awny rrom Chrtsrlnn)ty. Tim schools hnve more Influence upou the children than the tinrents in keeping faith In the. Muster," 1 1 : Principal f. 11. Johnson has the following io ;s:iy ' to High School needs: "The Jnost commonly ar cepted aim ot education today is I hat of social efficiency. A more detailed way of slating it would he this: that It Is the duty of the schools to educate the pupil along the fol lowing seven objectives, as stated by the Committee on Reorganisation of Secondary Kducation of Iho National Kducation Association: (1) Health. (2) Command of the fundamental processes, CM Vocational, 14) Wor thy homo membership, (S) Kthlcnl character, (R) Worlhy use of leisure time, (7) Citizenship. "(Irnnled that these nrn the ob jectives toward mhlch our high school nlms to train all the pupils that come within Its care, the ques tion arises: With the faellllles and roiilnnient nt hand. Is it possible to attain to these objectives? "As our high school Is nt present organized we are giving attention to the mastering or the fundamental processes, that is we try to send out graduates who can read, write and figure. We arc trying to give at tention to the ethical character of our students. We are giving train ing for citizenship in class and in practice by permitting student seir government of outside activities. "What about the reinnlnlng four The remedy here too Is cloar: Rein state the departments ot Home Eco nomics and Manual Training, en large upon them so that they prepare tor vocations that are peculiar to this community. With these additions made to our school system we would feel that we are really giving the students of Rose- i burg high sehooi a chance." - i. The concensus of opinion of ottr..r teachers is that the removal of the ! ' four practical departments from our ji.i schools Is most detrimental to the Jj hrst Interests of Rose.hurg's boys and j ; girls. The greatest school need is r their speedy restoration. One high i j, school teacher feels there should be i', a closer understanding between par ents and- teachers, that parents j : should visit the high school. During n. her two years here she states that IV only one parent hns visited her class- 1(1 room. Parents talk nbout the needs fgr ot our schools, who have never seen il our school In action. Visiting the i'lf school only iwhon a child Is disclp- M yned or failed ennnot : bring ' about l.'j, tlio proper cooperation that should be prevalent. Sho plnnds that parents ,'S; come aiid see thn teachers work. i Thn I following comment comes rrom tor: another High School' Instruc- I A- "What are we doing to prepare the student for a worthy home uiein bershlp? We are trying to teach students to live together as social beings; we are trying to lead them NAT OUT OF HANfiFR Mr- I,K,'r h" contracted ror the i into appreclatloii of some of the finer 11 v I vwi vi vnnwLii Umpqua five orcnesira to play soy. eral evenings each week, which will , p.... , undoubtedly be quite an attraction. I EUGENE ore.. Dec. 8. Mr. and I ... , , .,. ,, -.,, ,i. Mrs. James Church, burned Wednes- ha(( hl)H,,(I ,ne ,.tt(.rB chCKPn day n'ht at a bad residence fire. rBnr) ,, ln Mr ,.,. ,anrt here, sre still In a critical condition. . . . K(lpnbowfr. M, ia,.k will Mrs. Church Is hovering between life I and death. Dor Johnson and his baby son are considered out of danger. IURY COMPLETED IN HERRIN MASSACRE TRIAL i reside there. things In literature, science and his tory. What are we not doing? We have no orgarl.ed music study. We have no Home Economics department through which we can glvo dlre Instruction In home duties. is very hard for 'mo to say thnt our greatest need is more room and more tJqhers. hut I must ask for that deps'rtnifnt which ought .......... l.A nl'l,nglaH f mm - tj M V school, the depaXment of physlcial jt; ; education. ' J '' ',jt ' "High School students, especially, " . neglect themselves at the very time ih . when their bodies need the most care, ( " and Hie tendency Is now, in this school, to give the training to the j u! few who need It least. Those stu- W; dents who are superior are of course, j' the ones we want to represent the J school or clnss, hut the very inferior- tv., itv of the others Is the best reason for spending time and energy on iv those who really need help. "... "Often ir these peonle had the chance to cet rid ot their surplus en- , 1 ergy the discipline problem would Be lessened and I also believe that op portunity to use the "gym" for games and drills would help to lessen lhn constnnt desire for dances. "To me, physical education Is more Imnortant than any of the sub jects that were dronped last year, because each one of the rour touched only the rew and the snecial ones nlwavs. while every student has a use and an Interest In phvslclal well being whether he Is average or ex traordinary. " Several teachers stress the need of a special room ror those nuplls who are backward snd do not learn read ily. One or the Fnllerton teacher has the following to sav about re-isr-ied punlls: "Mv observations while (n connection with the Rose bur schools, have been that classes average very close to twenty punlls. or these, sbout six In each class have strength and mental ability to accomplish more work than Is re. nulred ot the class: abo"t eight do irenulred work satisfactorily! live are S.I What are we dolni; In )Jm way ; ,,, -bout 7.1 per cent ot the work, :)'. of health Instruction? We give a., , working near the maximum H - ... . i . . . . . i. . . t v . n .. I.- r ' . (By t'nlt4 Press HERRIN. III., r)ec. 8. The Jury In the first llerrln massacre trial w.-.s completed today. small amount of theoretical knowl- r f fhlr nrtHltv: Ihev form that qnes edge through the medium of science ,,,,) rr that a teacher never B.n. r-rnnch whn recently under- "a" "n wn,r" " lew ... ... f , ,,, whether theV snOUIO. went an operation ln the Portland; con,B'-,V V ' ' , ,V, n,l fc "r oromoted The re hospltal. has returned here, and . which reaches a still smaller nnm- p lnn on( ,inBhp ,o ake clasj able to be about th streets. Mr.h-'-- What are we doing for the Inrron w, ,ything like satls rrouch wss confined to the hospital ; 'V"; majority along the lines or ( fapf orr , ,nrt ,,, , tpn(.her for two weeks Irhyslcial dewlopmmt and health in--,. rrrr rnr.f,it he Is receiving more ! , . Istructlon? The antwer Is evldei tohR1) h,ro nf tlm(- to tnP oss every rerson cuinersui -i... ,.....-., olnpr members of the class B. M. Zelier. and II. K. Crosby, J Hons In our schools. Tlie need of i "These "one In tweMy" pases re prominent resident of Corvallls, areia rpgular phisiclal Instructor In thc;rnrf,,, sulinnrmal children. ' hut are spending a few days in this vicinity, rchools of Rov tuirg is inncca grcai rrtar(ipd on r?ount o' sickness, phy bttendlng to business matters. one. (Continued on page 3)