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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.
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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
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DAYS TOSS
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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.
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