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J - ' f7ni i in.,, ' T. WEATHER NEWS-. TODAY'S CIRCULATO 4100 Uert yesterday .47 Lest lt "'8ht ght nd 5unoay r.n. rf EvinB Ntw. a. Th. nr, cDQUGLAS COUNTY a Consolidation Aa Ina'ependont nawtpapar publish for th batt InUraaU af the people. TnTzW. OF ROSEBOg REVIEW. R08EBURO, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBCR 9, 1922. VOL. XI, No. 137, OF THE EVENING NEW3. W IN ASHES STARTS PiKX'NARY WORK FOR RloUNSTRUCTION OF CITY If Given by Outside Cities Thousands of Fires Burned Brightly at Night Citizens Are Not Downneartea But Start to Rebuild at Once. Associated Press.) Amid the imoulderlng ruins fc city's busine.. district the relief aetlvitie. and preliminary work toward hZbTurtTl th. dev..t.t,d area burned brlflhtly Kth. "ight andln th. flickering light could b. ae.n the firemen .till at " .. i.u i.. havoneU are guarding th. vault of the ruin.d bank. t'VZ so dier. d volunt'ee'r relief worker, w.r. di.tingui.hed by ti b,. ."out the'r arm., an improved In.igni. for tho.. p.rmitt.d lnh.htptrenof"a firebug aro.e from th. a.hes and ther. were many L, which the authorities attempted to run down. fl!Dntative. of the .tate fire marshal-, office, H. H. Pomeroy and L. v?i In ! working with Chief Foster and Chief of Police Carlson to learn Tauie of the fire which .tarted early yesterday morning and raged for fcourt, wiping out about thirty block, and causing a lo. ..timated today teen twelve to twenty million.. rif the fire wa. Incendiary it wit a pur. case of arson," said J. DeWitt Wrt city editor of the Astoria Budget "I do not believe there is any Ltd for attributing the fire to radical. The industrial .ituation at A.toria hot been disturbed. There are ome agitator here but there ha. been The'bati. for the Incendiary rumor, rests on the reports that the fire an to have been burning in two separate places on both sides of the i Hive department store, within a few minutes after the first blaze was toe red. IFire Chief Delirious. TORI A, Dec 9. (By Associated p.) Fire Chief Foster today be lt delirious at bis borne as the It of a blow on the head with a le yesterday and exhaustion from ting fire. Three men were called jis home to quiet him. ! Emergency Dining Room. SJutant General George White ha3 blished an emergency dining room I two military rolling- kitchens in f IxweH- mnira and also a com Wr for Issuing rations and sup I to needy persons. I Temporary Arrangements. If Aaurla business men at a meet lanued tho establishment of tem trr business places to supply nec- ues. t happy fate the city hall, court if. churches, Y. M. C. A. and tiie JShry's hospital escaped, though windows were shattered by dyna- I V. M. Relief Headquarters. T. M. C. A. building which was iWe the fire zone was opened as Ibeadquarters of all welfare agen- Budget, afternoon paper, which bnpted to (ret out an edition today Ihe nre,, of the paner at Seaside. Id 'hi Impracticable, and instead d mimeoeraphed sheets. IS. Bellinger, publisher of the As bn the morning pnner. announced I he would nrobablv Stt nut in. momlne' edition on (he pre l local Finnish dsllv. the Tover. Astnrlan recently moved Inn bulMIng wMeh was swept bv f". Mr. Dllllneer said three "ttin mxrnlncs had been H he rest of the n'snt was destroy including the files of fifty years fWihone exchanges and tete.oni. were burned rnnilA.f1on "- "maine were destmved. Com ""'Inn wMn n,.M "f a ton distance nne tem- ""own But Mnt ""'V-n town rt re tod. "'"nr. rttv nsrii.1.1. . nnt. "'reel. t,. '"Ir'f r-T,'pd. ' tn if ..4 I. i , ...t .,;.:." .v. .. ""I -Vnl'd'" . JlInned hefo "-.e th1 Vtl." other cities. Tet folks have gone ahead and built bigger and better cities on the ruins. We hope to do just that." Hundreds in Bread Line. Long lines of hungry persona wait ed in front of the Y. M. C. A. here to night where they were being fed with sandwiches and loaves of bread. In wide many of the buildings, including church buildings, near the scene of the terrible blaze, -women and men worked tirelessly In an effort to pro vide for those without a home. Several grocery stores and fresh meat markets In the outlying districts suffered an unprecedented rush and police authorities by way of precau tion issued orders against profiteering. As soon as systematic operations can be started by the relief organizations it will be possible to receive aid thru the Red Cross, It was said. Hundreds of homes have been throwu open to those made destitute by the blaze and all public buildings. available will provide sleeping and eating quarters. Although not many residences were In the path of the flames, apartment houses, hotels and frame tenement structures were de stroyed and residents of Astoria who made their homes In these structures barely had time to escape. A committee of 60 representative citizens, appointed by Mavor Brem- mer, met and began preliminary steps for relief. Malor W. S. Gilbert, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church, s aopolnted chairman. Relief measures were beeitn with orders to commandeer the city's food tupily at onco to be gathered togeth er in one building. Portland To Aid City. PORTLAND. Dec. 9. (A. P.) The chamber of commerce here or ganized a systematic Astoria .relief organization todav. The business men are dividing to furnish special llneM of sttnnlles. Funds elreadv donated here total $30,500. Relief offers have come front many other cities. stunned, But Hopeful. ASTORIA. Dec. 9. (United Press.) Stunned, but hopeful, the citizens tod"y caring for the homeless vic- yesterdav's fire and laying "lans for the reconstruction of the devastated city. TWe Is no Immediate shortage of food snnnlles. Ten davs rations f.ir the ?r.on homeless will be required. R"'dlers. National Guardsmen neeiffl policemen are petroling the hnrned area with orders to shoot M kill lvters. Thev renort no sttempM rohberv. Million of dollars in esh. lewelry and other valuables are lying In the safes mon the debris. Incendiary Clew Fo'id. ""he lncndlarv theorv held by Chief of Vol. re Carlson was strengthened to day when 1t was renorted that a worn "n of a oneatlonsble reputation told of a 1'tmherjark coming to her room earlv FHdav morntnr and saving, "I et t"e old town on fire, you will see 'n US Ptlpo- n 'ca-o. and manv 1 DAYS TOSS 1 DAI A searching investigation -will be made. The leading citizens of the stricken eltv held an optimistic reconstruction meeting at the courthouse this mom ing. . . Ttelieved TncemWsrr. ASTORIA. Ore . Tiee. Incen rffaH.r, wt responsible for h con-"rr-ttnn. -odtn t KotH Mvor frmTne end Chief of Police Car' nn. .nd local radicals are under susoiclon. 1'veatlg.tlnn Broved that the fire at the outset began In two snarte "'are. imnTtaneously, according to CMef C-lson. At lt dozen citizens who were RUtNS Of ASTORIA Drvnun nFcrDin7mu PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 8. As toria's business district, ia a mass of charred walls, sticking up like a bag's teeth. Its streets have caved in. Its citizens are frantic. This was the word 'brought to Portland this morning by O. Foster Skiff and F. C. Womack, both of this city, who got back, from Astoria at noon. "Say anything you can Imagine,'.' declared Skiff, "because f-verythlig happened." Flames Seen Afar Skiff saw the blaze snatching at the sky when he was 35 miles from the burning town. Womack was asleep In the Wein liard hotel when he was aroused by n.anagement about 3 a. m. His car burned in Sovey'a garage. Sixty other machines went with It because power was off and the, elec tric elevator stalled. Here are the facts detailed by the two Portlanders. The blaze bad everything Its own way. It gorged itself on frame buildings. Burrows Under All Eating under the streets. It burned tbe piling on -which the town rests, and time and again popped up 'be hind the firefighters. Fire combat work was disorgan ized. With pipelines twisted apart when the paving collapsed and light wires melted, the water failed and only the blaze lighted up the streets. Great leaping flames cracked In gargantuan laughter when a puny stream of water was thrown at them and snapping timbers were. their re tort to dynamite blasts. "In ten minutes after the Merwyn hotel caught, it was gone," declared Womack. House Fade Away Buildings practically disappeared before the eyes, like a flash of gun powder. The collapse of the streets caused a situation exactly similar to the effect of the earthquake In San Francisco. "I saw gasoline filling stations a block from the fire, suddenly begin to give off a terrific smoke," said Skiff, "but I did not hear any of them blow up." People carried all sorts of things onto the sidewalks only to abandon them to the onrushlng fire. They crammed automobiles full of every kind of stuff, rushed tbem out of town and abandoned them along the road. Looting Th Ttcffun One man made his way to the ruins of a bank and demanded his money. He didn't get It. iooting began almost at once. Skiff said. "They ought to send the militia," he said, "things are so badly dis organized." People acted In everv way that might ibe expected under Intense excitement, according to the Port- lnnd men. Some were cool. Manv were in the last Ptaiie that could nosslbly be called sane. Some were drunk. Manv were working their bands to blisters trying to help others. A double wind was blowing, ac cording to Skiff. Down low an east wind plucked huge flaming embers from the blaz ing roofs and flung them upward into the grin of an opposite wind that carried them across the town. IS CHAPLIN TO WED POLA NEGRI? In the vicinity of the Ilee Hive de partment store when the conflagra tion started said they were certain that two restaurants one at either side of the denartment store were raging furnaces: while the store showed no "ign of fire. The pro prietor of the Ttee Hive store re ported to the officer" that he hd ir..de a careful Investigation of the situation and was certain that no ftres existed on his property, al though the restaurants on both sides were burning. "1 am rertnln that the fire was Incendiary." said Mayor Rremmer. "and I am likewise certain that radicalism Is reaponslhle for the horrible deed. Gf course there will he a more thorough Investigation than has been nosslhle todav. When It la over I am sure It will be estab lished ("at the fire was set." Plan Rebuild dv. ASTORIA. Dee. 9. -(By Aaso- clsted Preas.l Plsns for rebuilding Astoria's business district were mane today at a meeting of 150 b'lslneaa men In the courthoti'e. at the call of Lee Drake, presidert of the chamber of commerce. The meas ures outlined provide for nothing to he done in the rebuilding to In tprfere with the proposed "city beautiful." They plan to build tem norarv structures ontslde of the burned area, under the regulation of a committee. Mavor-etect Setters Is to laaoe permits for Ihe tempor ary bnlldinra. nnrmtitttee Is Appointed. ASTORIA. Dec. . (By Asso ciated Press 1 An emergency com mittee of 50 today out Into the hands of fh eee"t've committee, headed br W. O. Gilbert, the full control of the relief work, rehabili tation and city administration. In- p 1 CUT IN BOUNTY ON COYOTES Ckapttn, BERLIN, Dec. 9. (By United Press.) Pola Negri was today reported engaged to Charlie Chaplin. Pola Nt-ii! is still the wife of a Polish count who refuses to divorce her, according to a Berlin newspaper. For some time part tht engagement has been rumored in the movie cen ter of America, Hollywood. Neither Mr. Chaplin or the famous European actress will affirm or deny the Btory. MAYBE URGED TO REDUCE AMOUNT OF COUNTY BUDGET Douglas County Is One of the Very Few Counties in State 5J Maintaining a High Rate of Bounty Opponents of Present System Point Out. There is a great deal of sentt- amount of bounty point to the work HERRIN MASSACRE TRIAL POSTPONfD fEW DAYS (United Press) MARION Ill.k Ic. 9. After the se lection of the Jury In the Herrln mine massacre the trial was postponed un til Wednesday when the hearing of evidence begins. EXPLOSION AT POWDER MILL IS FATAL TO 6 (United Press) SCRANTON. Pa., Dec 9. An ex plosion at the illack Diamond powder mills at Suscon killed six and injured 23. The cause of Ihe explosion Is not known as all communication with Suscon has been severed. WEST VIRGINIA TEAM PROBABLY MfET OREGON ment throughout the state favoring the elimination of the bI ate bounty law, which, it is claimed, is costing I tho state thousands of dollars an nually in addition to being a great burden upon the counties. The proposal to do away with bounties on predatory animals Is meeting de termined opposition on the part of cattle and sheep men and it is very probably that the isaue will be brought before the coming legisla ture, with strong Influences at work on both sides. While the bounty law la being at tacked aa a state expense there is a sentiment in Douglas county favoring a strong reduction in bounty rates, If not the elimination of bounties entirely. The matter will probably be taken up at the budget meeting and thoroughly dis cussed at that time. By reducing the bounty on coyotes to the same amount as other counties are pay ing, Douglas county would save ap proximately $3,000 each year, it is estimated. Bounties on predatory animals killed in Douglas county during the rast flvo years have cost the county and slate the sum of (22,695.50, according to figures compiled by County Clerk I. B. Riddle. The money was spent over a period of years as follows being .dons bv the government hunters, claiming that this work i ; sufficient to take care of the preda tory animal problem. According to the government report, the 16 men on the payroll In November worked 417 days and accounted for 139 coyotes, St bobcata. 1 bear, 3 moun tain lions, a total of 164 predatory animals, as well as 4 badgers, 1 raccoon and 1 skunk. Eight badgers, 2 skunks and 71 porcupines were also taken, but no part saved or counted. An aveiage of 12 predatory animals per man per 30 days was taken throughout the dis trict and an average of 13 for those working in eastern Oregon. ENJOY AVTKItWMhV PARTY il , i (United Press) SAN DIEOO. Dec. 9. The West Virginia football team plays a west ern team at the stadium hero on Christmas day. The western repre sentative will probably be Oregon. SEATTLE STRAP-flANGfRS TO GET FIVE CENT FARE DETECTIVES GUARDING TWO ALLIED PREMIERS (United Press) LONDON, Dec. 9. Hundreds of disguised Scotlnnd Yard detectives are guarding Premiers Polncare and Mussolini today while here attending the allied premiers conference. The French secret service also attended Polncare, while Mussolini has his own Fasclstl guard. (United Press) SEATTLE. Dec. 9. Flv-? cent root ai fum vllh tho tronafnp ntHv. I npfre will -Demonic effective her on March 1st. The measure wtut ap proved at a meeting of the finance utilities committee of tho city coun cil last ulght in joint Benslon. COMMERCE COMMITTEE BE PORT Bill FAVORABLY (United Press) WASHINGTON. Dec. 9. The ship subsidy yill as passed by the House was favorably reported by Ihe senate commerce committee today. TWO FARM CREDIT PIANS ARE SUGGESTf D (Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Two more farm credit plans were add'd to the dozen or more alreadv be fore congress. One bill, amending the farm loan act, would provide ad ditional credits while another would authorize the war finance corpora tion to mnke loans to foreign pur chasers of American agricultural products. ClARA PHILLIPS SEEN IN CillHAUHAU CITY, MEX. (United Press) JUARKZ. Mexico. Dec. 9 Tho au thorities here beileve tMt Clara Phil lips Is hiding In Chihauhau City. Qhnrtl after Itetertlvn rlnluln Kmith I rroorted that he hnd recognized the "hammer murderess" here the local t police observed a heavily veiled wosn : nn enter an automobile and speed J away to the south. 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 , ...I 5,110.00 3. 913.00 4. 253. 00 ."....( 5.33:1.60 (11 months) 4.16P.00 BLOODY IRtlAND BE- . COMES MURDTR CENTER QEMENCEAU WOULD BO AWAY WITH LEAGUE (fnlted Press) DUBLIN. Dec. 9. It Is understood that more executions of republicans will occur. War extermination is feared. The insurgents are spparent ly planning to pick off members of the Free Plate organization when ever possible. President Cosojrave will retaliate by executing a prisoner for each murder. 0 . In from Oakland Llovd Bridges, of Oakland, was In the city this afternoon for several hours, looking after business matters, sod to visit' with friends. eluding banking, police, sanitation and water supp'y. The other mem bers of the committee sre Frank Patton. W. F. McGregor. C. R. Hi- glns. J. M. Bremner, .lohn Tail. O , (United Press) PHILADKI.I'IKA, iK'c. 9. Clem ! (Ticeau todny proposed the Immediate I opening of negotiations at Washlng i ton toward nn agreement between ! the. United States and tho other na j Hons of the world to take the place I of tho league of nations for tho re turn of Atnerlra to the counsels of Kurnpe. The proposal came after he declared In a speech here that he did not believe that Ihe league of nations was a means of preventing, war! FRENCH BICYCLE FIRM OFFER CASH FOR BOUT (United Press) PARIS. Dec. D. A Marseilles M ryle firm offers 300.000 frsnrs for Carpentler-Sikl flitht to decide the W. Pan bom. Frank Parker, F. R. j championship. The boxers may split Dunbar, aod G. C. Fulton. Mhe purse to suit themselves. Total 122,695.50 During the year 1918 the county paid a bounty of $17 on coyotes and sinco thnt time has been paying $12 for coyotes. Bounties on coyotes comprise the bulk of the money spent. Very few hides outside of coyotes are brought in for bounties and on other animals the amount is quite low. It Is roughly estimated that of tho $5,000 spent by the county on bounties about $3,500 Is paid out for the killing of coyotes. County Clerk I. B. Riddle has been investigating this matter quite thoroughly and finds that Douglas county Is one of tbe very few coun ties In the state still paying a large bounty. All of the surrounding counties mntch the state's bounty but pny nothing extra. The r.lnte pays $1.50 for male coyotes and $2 for females. The surrounding counties, however, pay an equnl amount, so that tho hunter receives $3 for males and $4 for femnles. Douglas county, on the other hand, pnys $12 bounty In ad dition to the state bounty, so that the hunter In this county obtains $13.50 for males and $14.00 for females. Becauso of this fact Douglas county has In the pad. paid mil manv hundreds of dollars on coyotes killed in other cour.tlfri. By far the bulk of the pells broueht In are from trappers resid ing fnr back In the mountains, most or them runn'iiK trans across j county Hues; in fact having traps In Jackson and Josephine counties as well as Douglas. Because of the high bounty paid In this munly nil pells are bronchi Into Koseburg and the money collected here. The new state law In this regard makes this action moro difficult, as It requires two witnesses who will testify that they, innw the anlmnls were killed within the boundaries of the county from which the bountv is being sought. However, It is believed that the county Is still paying bounty In sev eral cases where tho nnimals were killed outside of the boundaries. Because of these farts It Is held that Douglas county should at least not pay more than the surrounding counties, which would reduce the amount provided for this purpose bv at least $3,000. The budirel which Is to come up for considera tion at a ntnetlnir to be held on December 20 provide for the ap propriation of $5,500 for bounties. It Is believed that all of the amount will be needed during the coming vear. December Is a'wnvs tho heaviest month on bo'intles, as the trappers then rome out of the woods for winter, and approximately $1,000 will be expended, so that the year 1952 will b fullv up to the preceding year. This will make It necessanr for the budget to carry at least $S,r.oo for the coming se- I son unless It Is foiird advlahle to make a cut in Ihe nounty rate for j the coming- y-ar. I Those favoring a reduction in tli3 Miss Garlandnne Hall was a charming little hostess to a rum her of her friends Friday afternoon, at the home of her parents. The guests gathered at 3 o'clock and enjoyed games and music until 5, at which time a delicious lunch was aerved. Those present to enjoy the afternoon were: Lorena Turpln, Blanche Oar, Verna Schmeltxer, Ijorralne Warner, Lawrence Rand, Fred and George Long, Lyle Turpln, Harold Hall. OLD HOLDIK11 PASSES AWAY J,, William Wilson, an aged resident of the Oregon Soldiers" home, passed away yesterday In Salem. Mr. Wilson has been In the home about six months and has been confined to the hospital the entire time. 'He leaves to survive him a bereaved wife. The funeral services will be held tomororw at 2 o'clock, at tho home cemetery. FIXE IS I.MPOBKD C. C Hill was arrested last night and fined $25 In the city court on a charge of disorderly conduct. Hill was found In North Bosehurg In a slightly Intoxicated condition and with a puglllstlcally Inclined mind. He entered a plea of guilty following; his appearance before Recorder R. L. Whipple and a friend has gene security for his fine which he will pay after he collects his wages. CHRISTMAS TOYS FOR CHILDREN ARE 8TOLEN Claims have frequently been set op that the "meanest man on earth" had been discovered, but Roseburg has1 one, who If ever located, will certain ly be well In the running. A former railroad worker who has been out of employment for several weeks because of tho strike, yesterday expended practically every cent he had for toys to provide a Christmas for his chil dren. He left tho articles In a friend's car for a few moments to go Into the friends house and when be returned he found that the package had been stolen. Having an income from small jobs which at this time of the yenr re not frequent, the theft i means that the children and family of the man go without the Christmas cheer which he spent his last cent to provide for lliem. Certainly a thlet could not get much lower. o S. H. Croy and Will Moore of Cnmas Valley, were In the city today attending lo business matters. Lyle Marsters today paid a fine of $25 for speeding following a charge made against him In the Instlce court by Traffic Officer E. R. Thurber. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hyland. left by auto this afternoon for California, where they will enjnv a tour of sev ernl weeks. They will enjoy a taU In S?n Francisco, and other south ern cities during their absence. TO LIMIT TRUCK IjOADtt 4 A limit to the loads trucks will be tllowed to convey over the roads of the county will be fixed by Ihe county court. The court Is this afternoon working on a schedule which will be adopted in the form of a court order and will fix the amount of load which may be hauled. The weights may vary In dlf- ferenf parts of the county, with a maximum of 3.000 pounds, it was intimated this after- noon. si J? t.; V: El I..1 hi -i 4 J; I; A i- -V. f s. v.-