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--rwa. .' in i . - . -sr-b a-cr- -- Review If your business It slug gish, givs your attention to advertising. It'e a won dorful tonie works whilo you aleop and deliver the goods. GATHER t vflttrday . - ..75 lait n'ht - 40 sht an Thursday r.5rfK- - 1 .nd th RoMbura Rvie ri I lr-;i ; c: cj I I TVI r m An Independent Newspaper, Published for the Best Interests of the People Consolidation s -n j " " V V - ; 1 ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25. 1923. V., NO. 1. OF ROSEB. 4 fc"' 3 n VOL. XI., NO. 151, OF THE EVENING NEWS. - -w- I III rn nil ' 1WJ0FTMIS ; HIED ON BY RUFFIANS 10 S KILLED LIKE "HIRED HESSIANS"! 'Nit CTRAMRIF8 RAMRRRIST- TFRRnR;'-w.w.strikeis MILL STREET 1 1 ii i w i iniiiVri av viiiiiviiiiiv i i laiuivii piiirr ILLLl L BRARY Ul. LOGGERS QUIT JOB liMonnnDTP ..- I SUIT A6A1HST HULL DRIVE TO. STARTS fBv United Pmil PORTLAND April 25 After nn hour and half of deliberation Tuesday night the jury returned Residents of RoseburtT and a sealed verdict In the case of ..... r. Vicinity win tie Asked to Turn Garland's suit for .r.2.5n) damage against Charles Hall and K. H. Coster, which when opened this morning revealed a verdict Subscribe for Building Irst Inside Story of How a BIood-Thirsty Group Italian Desperadoes Were Rounded Up and Brought to Justice in a Dramatic Fight of WILL SAVE MUCH TIME unfavorable to Garland. He had claimed damage to his personal and business reputation because Hall, who was republican randi- date for governor in the May pri- j maries last year, published his , name in the list of illegal voters Special Election Proposal Held I following the recount in the con- r tested election. ! AHKRDF.KN, Wn.. April 2 ying the 1. W. W. sinke call, . iggcr in 2 1 cuini in the Harbor district struck to- The leaders say quit und that another linul will quit tomorrow. The loggers In the largest log operations in the har- bor district did not walk out. i The strikers presented no de- mauds. They announced it was I their aim to effect the release of l the wartime prisoners and ob- jx tain pardons for the I. W. W. ! convicted In connection with Ceir- j tralia Armistice day killings. : About So per cent of the water- i a front workers also quit today. ' la (Associated Press.) , N'KW YllHK , Anril 2.1 - While x . luilii-H nickeled ihe w iilorf iunt -1 VAUDEVILLE HILL BE PRESENTER of High School Lawn to Be Given nlTnr.c vnTf; Twenty murders have been blamed on l,cn-ti:iack Hand organization with its headquarters in r ' ; , Th, lona arm of the, law now has this band in tfs 1 ll tmal Xe'vs Service herewith presents the Xf in detail the infamous tAniof this hand, who murdered for gold or vengeance It nuard for American laws and institutions., triv International News Service.) lARKr.rRC' W. Va., April 25.-A gigantic attempt to! . i 'ui, ,rm ur hout the United States the terronzing secret gov-; Excellent Program for Benefit ; t of the Italian CamornstB has been doomea u lauure oy Uic application to -mountain justice" in Wert Virginia. Jiu t idontificd Camorrists all alleged blood brothers rBl ick Hand organization in custody, three already ben- 1 to death and mere sought on murder warrants the famed I vtain iutire" of this State has brought to an abrupt end a CLEVER ONE-ACT FARCE ,rt' "rule of terror" across sections of Pennsylvania, Dance 11-Known -nmn onH u ripstirpacl invim aatlon were muuiireu in I Camorrists with a total disregard foV-Americart laws and ations. ' i Black Hander had th.-ir hoad-, in this county, arcordins In'Tfn men were arrested and to date itc authorities, but were plan- three have been convicted of first de- esr. nd tlx ir terrorist rule-clear sr,.e murder with a penalty of death tl..' continent. They had in- hv hancinsr. These are rninip t ik to Be a Delaying Process- Believe People Will Provide Money preserving comtiarative quiet which ushered in the strike of the Marine Transort Workers division of the I. W. W. the ofli- cials of the organization claims Stt.ooO workers, reiairied receiv- tnK messages from other eatort a otTicials, sayinic the strike was a highly effective at Itoston, San Tedro. ('nllfornia, Seattle. San Knuicisco, Portland and New Or- leans. Quiet in Portland. l'ORTLANn, April. 25. All of the members of the transport workers on ships arriving here will be called out and the strike will be 100 per cent effective, ac- cording to a statement by V!I Ham Ford, spokesman for tho 4) union here. The waterfront was quiet hero early today. John Livingstone Residence Destroyed by Disastrous Midnight Fire ONE FIREMAN IS HURT. tnd and West Virginia. ' score of murders have been chalked up to this band of i . 'who brought to America the secret plotting of Rome's , Comedy, One-Act P ay 1 ied murder society. Bomb explosions, the kidnaping ot j Orchestra and Well-M At a meeting of the board of dl-' rectors of the Chamber of Commnrce last Monday evening with the Com mittee of the Public Library Honnl and of the Roseburff Women rhib, , It was decided to conduct an im mediate cum a Ik u to raise a fuif- flclent amount of money with which construct a public library build- i ing for Roseburs. (ieorRe Neuncr, Jr., was selected to ad as chairman to conduct the drive with full i power to select his own committee or assistants. When Interviewed repardln the matter this morning;. Mr. Neuner made the follow in i; slatenient: "The matter of a public library building has been a btirninR ques tion for several years past. 1 am wholly in sympathy with the cam paiKn to raine a m.ffteient. amount of money which will Insure the bulldinp at an early date, and the most ex pedient method for Retting the nec essary funds, in my opinion, would le to call upon the citizens of Uose burjc to subKcribe the necessary funds therefor, according to Iheir DDLLARSEXPEKDEQ .WILLDEVELOP (Br Associated rress.) WASHINGTON. April 25. About' forty million of the r16.5S9.000 appro-! priated by congress under protest of Ihe budget bureau for, the Improve-j ment of rivers and harbors have al-i l taily been alloted by secretary Weeks I , and the remainder will be distributed ' , among the various projects. The 'One of the Owners Here I o- budget director had recommended an SUNSHINE RANCH Lawrence Taggert Receives Sprained Ankle While Fight ing Fire Family Left Yesterday for Portland Readers and Vocalists Will Entertain mi... ' i- : U ..hnAl fitirunt I ul fli its' associattonwUl.i.nv.(u.levllle at J -n and ability to pay. It has lnclnina on one excursion and Sose'') Connizarro, Nick ' Salamante b-iil'iently into Pennsylvania and Kichard f"Dlpper Dick! ) Ferrl. .-. I I ,.. ll.ru.l.n KI'ir.bMiuil . - r .1 Knn'n nlTArratH laHflprR AH the circumstances in-: three were convicted for participation pi'jp-i"" in the killing of Naples. Official Gets Convictions. ar kill in. ij, S'ain in Cold Blood. B murders were committed In oiiniy. They were started in Blur, when Jehn licava, . drivrr. was slain at the wheel full. the hicli school. Thursday. April fi UarJitiR at .7t4R..Th( proceeils are o' lft uied or the. high school lawn. presented has beeii given much eareful thoiiKht and I work, and the committee In charge ' of this part believe they hav a pro- . lecieu iruui mile iu umc nr.. ...v ..... , igane sent out his agents to trail sus-lno introduction to Roseburg people. ... ... - .hn TKn.r will nlnv iDVBRll tilte Ilontllar Will The "cleanup was Que ctiietiy 10 ki1i riit ho mil ner eent en the efforts of District' Attorney Will-," p , , lain K. Morris, a fighting criminolo-, "V . . . est. Morris .Irish and lovlnx a fight.; Tbe evening will be star ed at There was no trace of his waded Into the bits of .evidence col-7M.'. oy tne i mpiiua. rer. su but witnesses later told of an- Wied fmm time to time against the 'em a, dance orcnesira w nuji i.e. o.. Cab ';is.-ir.i.' Iicava at high from utinh came a vollev of neetn nd wflhln a month ttots. As it stied awav death ' killing r.f l ime had sufficient evi-t selections. Mrs? C. A. Ilrand I in its wake. j utnee to warrant arrestH. . I sin a solo, followed hv "The Fu- knuary. l. Frank Arabella, a! The police trap was sprung in Feb- tnrists." a one art comedy. The cast iimr, was waylaid nn 'his- re-ruary and ten alleged lllack Handers'.of the comedy Is Mrs. White, the rim work. His bullet-riddled i were caught. . ."Iho'te'S, a decorative female, Mrs. ns found cm a railroad track. With the, entire community, support-1 ,owden: Mrs. Pmllh, a leader In re i i..-n shot i.own without a ing him, Morris had no. trouble in Hgmis rtrcles. Miss roland: Miss for life. There was no trace' proving his rases against Connizarro. vrunt -a flnnper of the 80 s. Mrs. , i Salamante and Ferri. Public opinion nr,. Mr., weston-.lones, an i locti liro, j k-Hoy Hill merchant. 1 was fully aroused and the famed .ionatf s Mirams?: Miss Rorits. B'. In Aiu-iist. 1M1. he ns ; mountain justice" spoke for Itnelf.;,,.. orielnator the club Idea, Mrs. - .' u.i, s DMM'eetis Willie '1 ta t-in vin he nnneeii in .nine illness Hie ijovernor intervenes. 'buly. Mrs: Ilea; Mis: With the pronouncement of death milsU1.,n j,,,, ,..-py. semences ine iiiaca . iianu m niu.n lion collapsed. From one end of the State to the other, its members scat tered, convinced at last that the Ital- inn t'ntnnrrfl rnnld not extend ' its secret organisation to the I'nlled sure rooms pillaged, cedar chests States with Imnunitv. , unlocked, to furnish the costumes In h' store at niuht. Slrangeri' A and Sp.nrp died across his' ar a hail of Laden death I ti;m in the ch-st. The killers Hi I sesth later A.loiphus Walker, n Ji'irvr. whs uveitHken by the! en a inn h r,,:in n. h.,t ,.f. one or lb- i- 'ni!i,hr and when -'l on WilPrr's body was "r? in the root whore he had "I'r a r,in of bullet n Mer-thrrs Killed, mil- r. -ii,,. jB" Centi. I s;r 1 t,. )ax (.,, m, of rilLU-r. was found nivster. lin t. wh-.l id hi. '.. lonolv If, ml III. 1,.1 "' til" L'.Lu It !l:.n,l...-s of tl,, ,r IUJ ,,(,,. ... 1 'in o-. Ins last ride only ,f -!i ts in to his hack r r-n, I:. ,) a ure-si-lel ted T disappeared Unnvon: Mrs. Scrulilis. a T. A. It lleaton, a musician. Vlss ("asey; Mrs. Mem- more, "a lady of athletic taste, fond of the sunflower. Mrs. Wallace; the maid, Mrs. Hamm. Attics have been ransaclted, trea-' '.and setting- for this play. It is an m- .0 i 1 it Smith nnrf Mr. I opportunity to see how our grand- and ir. rhri. Vehel nf Rlendnle mother dressed. In what were business visitors In Itosehurg today. K. U. Kennv of the Douglas Cred itors association left this morning; for Sutherlln and Oakland to spend the day attending to business matters. t a v. i ll. '! e t BBiry , 1:1 t'.M Ik-ICKl hf I 1 -H'ir, nnTi I Mary Uijid to ' 1 f mf t'-it -iots io n..r, (:' W,K)d- the o I Mo audacity IVank Nanlf ve been one of main street of J CHECK OF LOCAL UTILITIES environ ment Fhe lived and wnai tne thought. We bave changed sine" the dava or pi.niers nnd bustles, the Futurists will fhow Just how much. The play v.lll be followed by reading by Miss Katherlne Merrill, who is well known for her ability This will h followed h"a fnrre bv thJ Sonhoniore bovs "Tlie Lamen table Tra-edy '. of Jnllus Caesir." The boys presented this farce at the Sophomore reception where it was derided hit. Th" lart number will he a solo by W. G. Hurt, a vocalist. been suggested that this money be ralRcd by taxation. I cannot see the necessity of Incurring the evpense of. an election, for surely the cltlrens of Roseburg are awake to the fact of the need of an Institution of this kind and already realize that It can not he had without the necessary funds. Any person in doubt as to the need of a public library building should visit the present makeshift of a library in the town and It would convince the most skeptical. I am reliably informed that there arc boys and girls In this city who have read practically every. hook in the library. This of Itse'f should he suf flclent evidence of the need for the building and eiiulitment to accotro. date the needs of the general pub lic. "I am nptlmlstir and feel that there are as many public spirited citizens In- Kosfhiirg- as there are In any other town, and I am sure that they will not fall us In this effort. "The women ofithls town "haW loyally fostered and encouraged this movement until, by their own efforts, they have paid for and pre sented to the city a deed for a site for this library building. They also have cash In the batik and sttbseilp lions pledged, "mounting to J:nnO, toward a hnildlng. Purely, we can raise an addl'tnnal $."iin or Ji'.rioo which will give us a building that cverv person, young or o!d, rich or poor, will '.fe proud of. "Within the next ten dare you will be presented with a subsrip tlon list. V'c are going to ask you and each of you. to contribute sunn thing. We want ca'-h man and wo mnn In Itoseburg to have an Interest In the library und, wbi'e we do ml want you to deprive yourself or fam ily of any neceisity, yet we want you o contribute s'lmrthing In order that you may lie counted as having airier! in ihe mnstruclton mf this popular j institution pot only for the boy an I elrl of the d -v but the eitl.cn of to. . day to Make Inspection . of Property appropriation of only 27,0tM,tKl0 and it had been intimated that the admin juration might hold the expenditures to that figure. The allotments Include: Coos Hay Oregon, 9iHi,0(iO. riiipoua River Oregon. $215,000. Yaqnina Hay and harbor, Oreg.on, $lf,n,tHi. 1 Wlllapa river and haroor, wasning- . ton. $160,000. .standard Uil representative l.Rke Washington snip canai, .nm,- OOil. Columbia and lower Willamette rivers, $1100.000. William river anil above Portland and Yamhill river Oregon, 2:'i,000. IS EMPLOYED IN SIAM Reaches Roseburg Today on Way Home to Spend Summer Furlough Tl H. I). Witrner. . Standard Oil rep resentative In Slum, arrived In Rose burg last night, and is the guest of A. T. Lawrence, manager of Sun shine ranch. lr. Warner Is one of the ownera of (he sunshine ranch properly and la making a trip of ln- spec! Ion prior to his return to his (lly United Press i ) b.omo 111 Minneapolis where he will WASHINGTON. April 2!i. The in'. j report his findings to the storkhol- leistnle commerce commission today, "' in. n "". " deferred the injunction granted the 491 mediate improvement and develop eastern railroads by the Itoston fed-iment of Ihe ranch property. Mr. eral court yesterday, restraining it Warner la on a three nionili s leave from compelling the roads to com-of absence which he will spend at mence the sale of Inter hangennle his home In .Minneapolis, ins wite coupon books, on May 1st and ordered; will meet him In Seattle for which this sale positioned until January lst.'placn he will leave this evening. 1124. The bookB would cut tne rates t Sunshine ranch Is composed ot 20 per cent for constant users of the 3000 acres of land having a two mile railroads. The railroads contended rrnntaKft on the North Umpuuu their sale would entail the serious rVpr. lis eastern boundary starling curtailment of revenues. DECLARES SHE IS The residence building owned tjr John Livingston- and occupied' by Gus I.au and family, was totally destroyed by fire last night. Tho building wus locat-d tn Mill Mel at the foot of,th pill and was to fur gone before the fire was dlv rt vered that tlier vat no chance to save the structure ot lis contents. !iie house was one of the nblesr le that part of town and until very tecintly was occu? '1 by Mr. Living slon. He recently move' " lnv ""- , or his daugM-" near town, and the huuso "S rented b.v Mr. Ijiu. Tho tiller hi.s procured wik In Portland and left for tbc metropibs yesterday ivnrnlng to We up his iio-.y work. The daughter llertha remained In Roseburg to attend an Important meeting of an organization of whicli she is a member and last night shortly after 11 o'clock took tho northbound train. It Is thought that . she left a flro In Ihe stove, which resulted In the destruction of the bouse, jmt thl.4 is not iln'niliMy kni i. Ahint an hour af'er h"r departure I ho 1 1. lire lower p.i t of the huuw found to be ll flames. The axe or the building, luuplcd with thii fin'l that It is local" t nenr the rail road where th i! vapours from rns-.'t.g engines ' reached It. caused tho house to burn very rapidly, nnd within a few moments the entire structure wus ablaze. There was some losn of tlmo, ow ln' to the fact that two Inexperienc ed firemen, not knowing the loca tion of the fire hydrant, failed to get the proper connection, forcing; other firemen lo briait th" hose line mill carry the end to .another hy-. itrnut and later couple two morn lengths of hose. Three lines ff hnao were used nltogethc. It addition- to inimical.' The prei"-.nre was good atitl the firemen mad" o'tlck work of extinguishing the fire after they got Into action, but the hiil'.dln vat too fa-,' gone to permit saving nnylhlng rf valiie. l awret.ee Tagger, n member of tt;. file department, rorei il u badly 'ipnil ied ankle when he stepped Into a hole. The Injury will prevent him rrom carrying on hl.s woik with the Standard OH Company for reveral days. Although a portion of lu bulldliii; still Klands. the hourfe I', a complete loss. As the fire had reached all bef,ir. being discovered. It was ulso liuposr.-ble to save any of the ftirn'litro. it Is not known whether or not insurance was carried. rtlv Ignited Press.! SAN SALVADOR, April 25. A wom an giving her name as Mrs. R. M Young, Arrested In Tegucigalpa, lion iluras, in the belief that she was Clara Phillips, escaped hammer mur deress, will fight extradition to the Cnrted States. She claims she is not Mrs. Phillips. I IVAVY DESERTER SAYS Engineer CVE. fcM nf the California-Oregon Powe.r. . com- pany. arrived In Roseburg to- These tinmtwrs make up an excel-: morrow. At the prop, r time yon will lent evening's entertainment, and lie appraised of when a solicitor will everyone Is urged to attend so that ' welt upon von. Please do not fail thev mav enjoy them as well as 'us In this final a mien I for this much help mske the high school lawn what j need.-d civic Institution." It should '-e to conform with the at- ht. Thro. t day to start the Inventory and ' ' o'i Naples, aad ; appraisement of the local water " n tii(. cutter one; and light company's plant.- The ' 1 -1 ra'tniv to hi California-Oregon company il l a.-ain into hi negotiating with the Iiouglas - k!..ers n, ,i OUI Comity Light and Water rom- "- '"n and nimti rany with a view of taklnf over 1 1- the control of the local utility. I Mr. lilee will make a oompleie I- Investigation and upon hl re- I eort the final necortatlons will d-pend. was accomaaniod to this e1tv bv J. C. Thomnsoh who assisted him tn starting the 4 work whir. i will tk. aevsral ractlve building. An addnilstnn o' fifty and twenty fve cents Is to ne cnargen. i: : SUGAR PRICE IS ' tn band remalr...a l it came forh 11 r ct this year to .xe , alia, -mmy .', 'o death in '""" ber snp. w) -rd of ,hv ha(1 a i rn-,n.,; ,., f . -e in vanu CKI.EItltATION TOMORROW A lnrte delegation of Odd Fellows will go to Kiddle to- morrow for the intth nnniv.f- ssry rcleVa'ton. Ao all day pro- rram Is to be given with a has ket lunch af noon and a cafe 4 iJttst below Whistler's Rend. It Ii owned by a group of Minneapolis business men who are holding the i property for Ihe purpose of making 'it their home aMer they retire rrom . iiplH- hiiuliw.Bu life A sectlnll several I hundred fee ep and fronting j Prllns of the hotis along the river for 1 '4 miles has been cut up into building lots and these financiers each own several lols upon which they propone to i erect homes. Several or them expect lo come to Ornnon within the very near fu ture and at the meeting or the stockholders In Ihe near future, it Is planned to decide up on the policy to be adopieil. The land near the river Is to be set aside for Ihe fruit or chards. Forty acres of prunes are al ready 111 bearing and are producing heavily. It Is anticipated that sey-1 eral hundred acres will eventually be devoier to prunes. The range back from the river will be used for rn operative stock raising, It being the plans of the owners at pni.tii lo use the land for sheen x H Is admirably adapicd ror grazing o' this nature. The mn behind tbls mmeiii.nl are men who are. active In business nrtalrs In Minneapolis and vicinity and ex pent soon to flit" from that line of work to nal," il.lr homes here. HE KILLED RABBI PIIOF.NIX. Ariz.. April 25. Clad- I well G. Rlehairison. alleged navy de 1 setter, confessed today to slaying Rabbi Alfred C. I.afec. In a Sun Fran t eisco hotel on April 4th in a slate i mi ni tn Assistant County Attorney . Louis Hart. TKLCl'CIGALPA, Honduras. April. 25. In an interview with a I'niicd Press corresiKindent today the wom an, the authorities claim lo be Mrs. ( lata Phillips, vigorously denied her identity, saving ibat she was Mrs. j,.ssr ( arson. She w as reluctant to .r-ot-r. talk at all She raved against the au LOCAL ORCHESTRA thotjties for arresting her ana he .. an d shock) d and highly nngi y when asked wbul she thought of the I'niteil States courts. She said she hail no plans. TO SPONSOR DANCE teria sut"-r In the evening. Ar- rangements have been made for a very interesting time and the PAN FHANCISCO, April 25. The loca (members of Ihe lodge are California-Hawaiian Sugar Companv looking forward with great torlav announced an increase of 41 pleasure to tomorrow's enter- , nnts per hundred pounds In the price, lainment. J444 44)44) 44444 of sural today. ROYAL WEDOINGS TOO COSTLY LONDON. April J5 - The Ilrltish Socialist today warned that the extra tatawe Involved In the royal wed ding of the Mike of York and Lady L i ..... 1...1 h lli.tiw l.vnn tntmirriiw bulling to a "Moody revolution, or an orehesit i-iiifl'inur collapi ST. I.OI'IS. April 25 - Seven band Its, their leader disguised us a police man, today raided the government warehouse here and escaped with 50 barrels ot bonded whiskey worth $iiii.eiin. The giianls were hound, and gagged and a truck bai ked mi to the ibsT where the barn-Is wcie rolled nht'sni. l b), tiink dt patted at bUh d. On next Saturday nrgbt the Cmp aua Five on a. cunsls'ing of1 six pieces, will sponsor th" regular Saturday nir ', 1 d.uire at the Mao-' cahee Hall. I t Peal boys lb., plan- ln on a wimd-iful evening for the Cancers nd M-wral new feature will be Intriotn. . '. to uo!iIm pep .' for the arralr 111. 1 mpiiua Dive on i xt Miiiiriinv ing"' ; Has Fine Tulips will (eature Heir orchestration w Perkins, whose fine tulip beds i.n..i,i...n. m F.nolsnd re ranldlv " Romany Low one oi tne mosi , ., reyelatin to lovi rs of flowers. ar.prnarhinK the state of things exist- beautiful fox lints of the season. presented Ihe office with a largo Ing In France Just before I.ouls lite o hunch of the beautiful flowers yester- Sixteenth had his J)"ad rut off." a J. K. I.eonai l l ollaln, was In the rtu Ml,,ps w,,re of a btllliant lalsir nn mler of parliamei.t protested, rlty for sevetal hours today attend-1 red anil caused much comment when tinted. to,buslnci.. iu.it"is. shown In the widow today.