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ROSEBURO, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923.
VOL. XI, NO. 146, OF THE EVENING NEWS.
;Xtf, NO. 250, OF ROS.
StiJ. BORAH URGES
TAX LEVY FOR STATE
HALF MILLION LESS
TURKEY PRICES
T
Rn)SEBlSS
ill! TELLS OF
i .
COUNTi
BUDGE
SLASHED
ll BODIES
Of
T Find Victims
toing, Reported as
Drowned
Urence halted
Men Released By
Ud Band Tell Oi
errible Experience
While Captives
,n Associated Pres..)
tiiroE La., Per. 21.
,nlav drazgea p" ---
1 locate the
Shp in an eiiun
A twon.cn. n ported mur-
.hooded band last August
.mappum ' 1,8sfui Rnd
K'SS. despatched
r1 ,.i ivr were i
kv today, ii"-
f to P-event atlenipia of oui-
A report was cu."'""-
". .iJ n,m-mral would Inter-
V chart, prepared by P1
tiers, snows wneie ... -
nmably weighted down with
kherls, were tnrown.
nent the Douies .j
open hearings, discussed by
n.rior and other state offl-
Em probably be Instituted at
the parish seat. lTnder Oils
-.aM himn trt
the state irouira ,
evidi-nr upon which to con
mVrs of the band of 50 or
ouVd men, who, on horseback
i motor cars, swooped down
party of five prominent Mor
Itizens returning from a cele
j carried them off into the
and severely floeerl them.
h victims, Watt Dnnlels and
j Kichards, failed to return to
pes and in spite ol a search
irt of officials and their
lbv not been located. Many
Bfipnt hi the opinion the two
(nn were murdered.
I of Terrible Experience
Hnims who returned told of:
livriences but declared they
identify any of the kidnap
!they were clothed In masks
fn. One declared the men
lis wnat we know or the ku
Efforts of local officials
the identity of hooded men
ifuccessful and although a
r was invoked, but little evi-
. submitted, it being stated
witnesses were being intim-
ir Parker later took on the
f the case and announced the
Ct out to reach and prnse
nillty. Detectives have been
in the Merroufre vicinity for
-inihs.
for the kidnannlntr has
f'tt definitely established.
n'.zliway celebration and foa.
k Md it nastrnn on InnuJ
pnrands of neoKle from nil
Northwest Lnnsiann nttonrl.
fire victims of the hooded
"nried the celebration, wit-
baseball eame Wvrnn
and Bastmp and then ntart
1 in the twilicht of the evnn.
lo sutomnhilpt! vh
plway between ni.ir
'he homle, men I.-.ll,.n.l
'Mck, Or anneareH
" au-omot)
rrouc,
Suggest a MwtiiiK To Take
Mill tor lft I'nilmie Uy Iis
Arninnient Omferenre In
Xoveuiber 1U21.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Sena
tor Koran of Idaho today offered
en amendment to the pending naval
appropriations bill Instructing: Hard
ing to call a world econonilq con
ference. The Horab amendment would re
place the bouae provision encourag
ing the president to call a disarma
ment meeting to take up matters
left undone by the disarmament
conference in November l!r21.
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Wordy Bittle Between Ex-Premier
Venlzelos and Turkish Delegate
- Was Very Bitter For a
Time
ivenpnrt was released ,-ii.
f-r after he n lalr
beeame mrrent that Ihe
n were "mMaken as to his
! Ssriu Condition
r" 'r 21 bnnr. t-loJ .
By Associated Press.)
LAUSANNE, Dec. 21. A wordy al
tercation between Ex-premler Venl
zelos, of Greece and Rlza Nur Bey,
Turkish nationalist delegate, caused
Sisnor Montnnoa, president of the
Near East commission on minorities
to abruptly end this morning's session
of the commission.
The dispute was over the question
of liberty of immigration.
Venlzelos bitterly attacked the An
gora government protesting against
the alleged deportation of Greeks by
the thousands from Itnatolla.
Riza Nur Bey replied in the same
vein, charging that VenlzeloB waa re
sponsible for tie Turco-tiiecK war.
The voices of the two delegates rose
to a high pitch.
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!'T TO FILE
MM NEW SUITS
Uncle Sam Will Institute Suit Against
Harness Concern Within
the Next Thirty
Days
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Civil and
criminal suits, one or both, against
the fnited States Harness company
of Hanson, West Virginia, will be
ready for institution by the govern
ment within tbe next thirty days. Col.
Henry T. Anderson, of Richmond.
Virginia, special assistant to the at
torney general, testified today before
the House Judiciary committee.
COYOTE BOUNTY
1923 Fund Exhausted And
Only State Bounty Is
Available
NEW PLAN CONSIDERED
l I n a
tkuitru i jess; v I
QATWM 1 tA. oi "l i a
taxpayers must raise over
Klia.uuu for state purposes yn-
der the 1S23 lux levy, accord-
ding to the levty promulgated
by the state and tax coiumis- )
sion officials today.
This amount is over a half
million less than the sum
raised for expenses during the
current vear.
hi i mm nnrn
HLLLbLU liiunutn
Cooperation With Clubs Of
Stockmen and Trappers
May Be System Used
Next Year
Because of the fact that the amount
appropriated in the 1922 budget for
scalp bounties is practically exhaust
ed, the county court today adopted an
order which went Into immediate ef
fect, abolishing the additional bounty
on coyotes. Until a new order Is
adopted the county will pay an equal
amount with the state and the boun
ty on coyotes will be $3 for males and
$4 for females, instead of $13.50 and
$14.00 as paid formerly.
In the 1922 budget the sura of $5.
000 was appropriated for the pay
ment of bounties. All of this fund
has been exhausted with the excep
tion of $200, County Clerk I. B. Rid-
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Portland Police Investigating
Story Told to Them By
Mrs. Helen Leary
AGED MAN IS ARRESTED
Effort Will He Made At Once To
Organize More Seoul TrooM,
Other roinniuiililni Are
Also Interested.
Declares That Cash Weir
Killed Young Girl On
Boathouse And Threw
Body Into River.
At the regular meeting of the
Rotary club today the matter of
taking care of the boys of the city,
especially In affiliating them with
tne Doy scout movement was taken older man coaxing the girl and tin I
F "J in. tl. V.. oreiy. ine SDetlKer e.nia nir her Hen til.
(By United Press.)
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. The po
lice today held Mrs. Helen Leary.
aged 20 years, and Cash Weir, aged
51 years, in custody and sought
Earl Weir, Cash's son, in connec
tion with the alleged ghastly mur
der of a 15-year old girl on a Wil
lamette river bouthouse last Sep
tember 23rd.
Mrs. Leary told the police last
night that she witnessed the scene
on the Weir bouthouse wltn the
asserted It was time for action and
no delay would be countenanced
noin memners wno nave been an-
uie reports ana as tnere are no rur-p"-" " mier me interests oi
ther funds to pay the bounty some
restriction on future payments is nec
essary. The county has been paying a
bounty of $12 on each coyote killed.
In addition the state pays $150 on
males and J2 on females. The coun
ty court has decided that because of
the depleted condition of the fund, it
will be necessary to discontinue the
payment of the additional bounty and
oniy the state allowance will be
matched.
the boys of Roseburg, and. begin
ning with next Thursday's meeting
the fireworks would start In behalf
or the youngsters. At the present
time Inadequate quarters as a meet
ing place for the scouts hns been
a drawback to filling up the ranks
and a committee in charge of this
phase of the work will be In a po
sition to make a full report at the
next meeting and It Is hoped new
quarters secured for the boys.
The boy life survey of Roseburg
n'hleh la nnnr niml..la a n .1
It 1s probable that when the new ag8embIed and Begre(!a,a by tne
committee will be ready to present
to the club members at their next
1923 budget becomes effective that
the county court will take up some
new policy of handling the bounty. It jmeeting and this will give the club
1ils been proposed to the court that
additional bounty be paid only where
clubs are formed and the county's
payments matched. If this plan Is
adopted tho. county court will prob
ably provide that where clubs of a cer
tain size exist and will make bounty
payments that the county will pay an
equal sum.
Club membership of 30 or more will
probably be required, and a certified
copy of the membership list must be
filed with the county clerk. Bonn
ties on coyote scalps will be paid
only to club members and only after
the clubs have made payment through
the county clerk or have submitted,
satisfactory proof that the payment
has been made.
By requiring a large membership It
will be impossible for two or three
trappers to get together and form a
club and secure the county bounty
without making any club payments.
The requirement demanding proof of
payment from the club will assure
the county that Its payment has been
matched. As payments are made only
to members of the clubs trappers
killing coyotes in other counties will
MINNESOTANS LIKE
DOUGLAS CO. PRUNES
men who
1 r follow
Minnesota friends writing to R. II.
f ; i ii - . t i 1. . . ; .1
mobiles an(i .riic-A . "l "' ,u
"citizens 8MIeathat at a recent neighborhood party
mith- niiuu was mieillieu vy neverai
families, the hostess served Douglas
County prunes. The fruit was so de
licious Ihst the guests wanted to
know where they could get some of
it. and on being told pooled their
orders which amounted to 500 pounds
and forwarded them to Mr. Grlnstead.
"re kidnapned.
, - nn.iir ine
in
Andrews found ;
tVirlt. i . I
serint;
homes at
condition
kidnapping.
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ROSEBURG WOMAN
DIES AT SALEM
was received yesterday
old are
Word
I'lnie nor evening from Salem, of tbe death of
'lie case imt -Vrs. H. L. Boucock. wife of the
they wpr Proprietor of the Willard Battery
derive Station. Mrs. Boucock, died
Tuesday at Salem where she has
tieen spending the past two weeks
receiving medical treatments. She
had been in poor health for sonn
nnie and eanie here about a year
ago from Canada. Two weeks ago
she went to Salem to take treat
ments from a specialist there in the
nope of benefitting her condition
out failed to reeeive help. The
body will be taken back to Canada
for burial.
The deceased was a member of
'he Methoriist-Ep'scnpal church, and
was deirly loved hy ill who knew
her. In spite of her own pain and
suffering she always had a smile for
everyone and hfr kind manner en
deared her In the hearts of all who
terame acquainted with her.
"tie Is survived by a hus'iand a
n year old son. Verdun, of this rlty,
a Mother and several sisters and
brothers at Carstalrs. Alberta Can
ana. i ne death of her father on
YX y 'Thanksgiving Day, l believed to
sc, MtJ. Boucoek's death as she irieved
greatly over fcls i0M
of Mrs
1 own rs-
wtm pasoed
d 'his nfter- I
Rer. J. I
"!"r friends ,
f.i.r.il offer..
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good foundation to carry on Its
work In behalf of the boys. The
large number of boys signifying
their Intention of Joining the Hoy
Scouts Is evidence that the member
ship of this worthy organization is
going to he filled to the limit and
several different troops will have to
be formed in order to take care of
the new recruits.
Other communities In the county
are forming scout troops nnd it Is
the Intention of the club to have a
county scout master to look after
the welfare of these clubs, including
Roseburg.
President Dexter Rice, just re
cently came home from Long Beach
Calif., told of his visit to the Rotnry
club or that city during his absence
and gave the members some valu
able pointers in reference to their
future conduct, which they absorbed
and will assimilate later.
Important work to be done by the
club in this city, and which has been
under formation ever since Its or
ganization, is now beginning to
percolate and the members ere tak
ing to their responsimiity ime
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De prevenieu irom uriiiKiiit. nir, itrun , . . . ,..,. onj ,.n venr
to Douclas County to collect the ad-j , . . , ohnw nm .,,. ,..
ditienal sunt provided. In districts
where the stockmen form no organi
zations and no clubs are active only
the state bounty will be paid, accord
ing to the proposed plan.
At the present time the scalp boun
ties nre costing the county from $(lfl
1o $700 each month. With only $200
left In the fund, it is held necessary
that some new plan be devised, parti
cularly as December Is one of the
heaviest months from the standpoint
colnpllshments initiated by the lo
cal organization.
The boys are rarln' to go and will
start the New Year off with a bang.
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Prices Today Were 34 Cents Com.
pared With 37 Cents of Yester
day Retail Prices Dropped
Also
(Bv Associated Press.)
PORTLAND. Dec. 21. Turkey
prices broke fully threo cents whole
sale here Unlay.
The buyers were paying 33 and 34
cents, compnred with 37 cents for
best birds yesterday.
The break was due to a deluge of
poultry the Inst three days. Ono
large commission firm shipped out
twelve tons of dressed poultry siuce
Sunday.
Retail prices dropped from 45 to 40
cents.
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EUD AROUSED
Hurl Weir helped dispose of the
body in the river, she alleged.
Although put to a-severe grilling
the Portland police were unable lo
shake her story and it Is believed
that the woman la telling the truth.
The aged Weir charges (dander.
etatingllint the story is raise and
was-rTiiiipted. because ho opposed
thevoiiian's association with his
son.
Five detectives are conducting
an Investigation today.
Watched Through Knothole
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. (A. P.) The
police announced early today, after
a long quest ioning of Miss Helen
Leary. waitress, aged 20 years, and
Cash Weir, aged rlvennan that they
were unable to decide as. to the ac
curacy of the story told by the woman
(hat she had witnessed through the
knothole of a houseboat Ihe killing
of nn unidentified girl, nged 15 years,
by Weir on September 23rd Inst.
Both are being held pending an in
vestigation. The police are endeavoring to lo
cate Earl Weir, son of the riycrniun,
fur his version of the alleged affair.
The woman said tho son entered the
houseboat just after the girl had been
killed and aided his father 1n dispos
ing of the body.
The elder Weir scouted tho story,
declaring trtltt It was entirely manu
factured. Still Maintains Innocence.
PORTLAND, Dee. u. ( I'nlted
Preas). The ofrlrers, after quizz
ing Mrs. Leary nnd Cash Weir, went
to Ross Island where tliey will make
an Investigation of tho nlleged mur
der nnd exninine the house boat
where It Is alleged the crime was
commuted.
Weir Is still maintaining his Inno
cence.
Karl Weir, alleged to be Involved
In the disposal of the girl's body,
is on a tuuboat working In the river
off St. Helens.
His arrest Is expected before
nlpht.
o
Nation Wonders Whether Condition
of Woman Will Have Any Effect
On Home Secretary of
Britain
EIGH
T
THOUSAND
County Court Tentatively
Agrees Upon Reductions
s In Expenses
ONE INCREASE IS MADE
High School Fund Forgotten
And Additional $20,000
Will Be Required
In Budget
A total reduction of $21 909 93
was recommended by the Douglas
County I ax payers league in Its an
nual meeting yesterday, when the
budget for the year 1923 was
thoroughly discussed and recommen
dations made to the county court.
Tho meeting originally recommend
ed reductions totally $41,919.93,
but in the closing moments revoked
the recommendations regarding the
llmlnatlon of the Bridge fund and
Emergency fund and consequently
the total cut advised, amounted to
almost $22,000.
All of the reductions proposed to
tbe county court were in minor
sum, with the exception of the elim
ination of one-half mill of market
road levy. This action it is Btnted
Will Save DllllPln. 'mm.. 1 U ? T A
(By United Press.) 9:1 if ,lnrnv,t h , ',', '
LONDON, Dec. 21. England Is', but will urevent tho ,r,,..,i trnm
stirred over the condemnation tO securing any of the surplus from
death of Frederick Bywaters and Mrs. Miiltnoniuh county's apportionment
Thompson, the
Edith Thompson,
murder of Percy
woman's husband.
Bywaters is Mrs. Thompson's lover
and accomplice.
Mrs. Thompson is with a rhUd. The
home secretary is the only person
who can save her. England Is won
deriag whether her condition will af
fect the sentence against her.
convicted for tlie unless tho state will recognize the
ELKS DANCE TONIGHT
Manv are planning to attend
the
Elks dance tonight which will be In
the form of a Christmas party. Sanla
Clans has sent word that he will be
present, and a huge Christmas tree
h.ia heen nrenared for him. The hall
of bounlv navments.
Just what plan will ultimately be
AiAnA it,.nn Iu not known hilt SOme
new Bvslem, probably that of coop-1 is elaborately decorated, and dainty
..1 i..l.D tn,.Lm..n nml ref reshnien' S have Deen prepare!!. J
trappers, will be adopted. record breaking crowd is expected.
TEACHER TORN FROM BRIDE AS BIGAMIST
J HA 'X-:-M fp&& '
ran wm
HOLLYTrVOOD PIPER
ILL
Says Hays Has Outlived ' HI Use
fulness On Account of Giving
a Pardon To Fatty
Arbuckle
(By tinned press)
LOS ANUELES, Dec. 21. The Dally
Hollywood Citizen, a newspaper in
tho movie colony, today declared that
Will II. Hns lias outlived his uso- . Ihn i,.,,,,,,
fulness because of flis pardon to Roa-
coo Arbuckle, which was granted yes
terday.
The paper corfilemned Hays for Ills
action edilorinlly.
Woril has bcn received here that
many cities are already preparing to
ban the Arbuckle films.
$6,000 surplus left from lait vear.
which will enublo the county to se
cure a portion of the Burplus.
The league recommended $775 be
eliminated for the assessor's office
lor tax extension clerks. It was
also advised that the, salary of the
first deputy in the tax 'department
remain at $1,680 Instead of $1,800.
The commissioners have been re
ceiving $3575 yearly for ' salaries
and expenses, and It was recommed
d that this be cut to $2,400, a sav
ing of $1,175.
A saving of $840 by tho elimina
tion of clerk hire was advised. It
being recommended that a stenog
rapher from the Clerk's office bo
detailed to do the county work. A
rut of $40Q waa proposed In the
Hem of printing and stationery for
the county court. A total cut of
$125 wns proposed In the Justice
court, $25 being eliminated from
three items and $50 from the print
ing nnd stationery provision.
The health office was slashed
$205 in the recommendations of the
league, the Juvenile court $600, fer
ries $600, school supervisor, $300
and tho extra janitor $50.
Aside from the reductions advised
it was recommended
WITNESSES TELL
DF Hill MASSACRE
Foreman of Power Plant Says He Saw
220 Men Shot Down During Fight
but Cannot Identify the
Slayers
that the county court create a re
demption fund to lake care of out
standing bonds, and thnt the forest
revenues amounting to about $5,000
and aulo licenses amounting to
about $20,000 be carried in this
fund. These monies hnvo formerly
gone to the general county fund.
It was also proposed that tho
county agent he retained but that,
the county agent's office and that
of the fruit Inspector be combined.
It was further recommended that
the Court appoint a member of the
Executive Committee of the Douglns
County Tax Payers League as a
member of Iho Budget Committee
land this member be a dirt farmer.;
A committee or three consisting
of the DMrlrt Attorney, President
nf the Sheepmens Association and
the Cattlemen Association was se
lected as a committee lo formulate
plans for paying scalp bounty. The
legislative Committee was Instruct
ed In Investigate and nscertalti a
method of paying scalp bounty
wherehv the County Court will have
the handling of the funds In order
that senilis from outride counties
cannot be brought Into nongias
(Br United Press.)
MARION, 111., Dec. 21. A. W.
Slcfier. foreman of the power plant j
where the llerrin massacre took;
place, teamed at the trial of the live ,,:, ,! In( ,olmty collected un-
tM--iiu iiiiMfin iwuav miviiik mui ii'J i,,.f1itv
Tin U'HinlnHvp Coii.mltt,ft 'M
nlRO ronnostnd to btp If tli" mnucr
nuw fnurtt'rn in n Klmt
(l)nlHnct from tins c n
down. Ill
of tho til!
1ccmI crinifH prevent '! un identify
Ward Trovillion, rural mail carrier,
tMltH-d that Otirt Clark rinchadtT of
thft niaKsaen', Mi owed him btilltt hr
hud obtatni'd from tho pock ft a of
K. MnDowt-ll, mini: HUMTintcnd( nt,
killed by ihn nuAt.
V. K. Schaffncr, hardwar di-aliT
at liVrrln, f;.II that Hiith Wiills, head
of the local mim' union ok hi d t!i
fl'ilf of riflcn and ammunition to a
unnip of L'0 men.
NEWSIES WILL BE
GUESTS AT BANQUET
Krs He I i 5rva nt
irznr.r, otiia.
I. Z-, . -, -X v'' ' i ' v " V ' O ft ne lltm-illirg .ews-neview Ciir-
'fuvi jVa,c ' V-'i''' . ' f'jJi,t'.!t'Z r 'rl,'r" wl" '"" wfK f "" ,rm "
m-lA VnttA'K "V J -V$r''A'l-C?i-';r Saturday noon at a big Christmas
yae.ll.J&tK , . V-: Z- 1 ' li'-rW- 5 r , turkey banuu.t at the Hotel r,p-
i i jym trnl.KWlh, V K r-Z- . tZv.r? 'V. ' rtrt Halra OnnT mm. Ve ..i nf i', on.. iMekin's will
preside as ItiaMtiiH-NT anil th'
husky youngsters lll not be In
terfered Willi nniil they have bud
I their fill nf tin k-v and all the
Professor Ralph French. 28, of Mountain Vfew, N. J-, Is the principal f Igure In a bit-amv rase that has tilmmin s. The clnnk. flank ot
aroused New Jersey. He waa arrested while on his honeymoon with Mr s. Frances Tyack French, on charge :nv,.R B1o, frks 1 1 1 b- heard
preferred bv Mrs. Helen Bryant, of Dover. N. J., who declared she Is his lecal wife No. 1 and that he has never promptly at blob nooiT.-iatutday and
obtained a divorce. His brother, Andrew French, school principal, of Montclair, N. J., Is held as an accessory to j the chef at the Cnieiua lias prom
tbe alleged bigamous marriage. Used a real f-ait for the boys.
of eomitv bridges cannot ne ibk'mi
out of the hands of the lllgbwav
commission and bo handled by the
Coniitv Court.
At a late hour this afternoon the
count v court hail tentatively agreed
noon n'ost of tbe recommendations of
the taxpayers' league. At the last
nmm-nl II was discovered that
through an error a constitutional levy
.if fL'l.lol I't had been forgotten In
inn king up the printed ballot. As
tins levy is prescribed by law. Iho
court bad no alternative and conse
quently included tho appropriation.
The lew Is made nuainst property not
within organized high school ills
tricts. In oilier words, school dis
tricts not suiiixirting high schools
nr" required in pay into tills fund,
which Is us'd to pay the tuitions nf
: neM f-o,n thni" districts who et
' tend high school In adjoining dls
ti..u. 1 As the extwiilnn of the tax mlln
I , nweasarv and tho court found that
it rrm Id not he done without aiidi
' tioiial h' lp. the JTT'i provided for thnt
' piinoHo was allowed to stand In the
i budgi-t.
It was decided to cut the .?SI0 cn
I proiriation for clerk hire In the raid
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