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Consolidation of Th Ewonlnj Now and tho Roseburg Rtvltw
Published for th Btt lnUrtt of t Ptopl
0 REVIEW.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1923.
VOL. XI., NO. 173, OF THE EVENINQ NEWS.
if, no. ,;,:.
NY S H Lfif'"1 MEN NAMED AS
OF
WOUNDS
tar liUIl Uaiuc
Say Bandits Were
Also Wounded -
I ARE IN HOSPITAL
U Running High
It George Parker, Who
upposed Bandit
iffic Cop Is Hero
(By 1'nlted Preaa.)
LONDON. May 21. Lord Curzon.
foreign minister, and Stanley Bald
win, chancellor of the exchequer, to
day were apparently two of the moat
likely choices to succeed Premier
Donar Law, wlio banded hla reslgna-
llon-Jo king George yesterday.
Donar I -aw was forced to resign by
ill health. He underwent a slight
throat operation today. The physi
cian's bulletin reports bis condition
unchanged.
PIONEER KILLS
SELF AT MELROSE
John Livingston, Well-Known
Resident of This County,
Commits Suicide
LNY, MAY 21, (Associ
ress). Sheriff Dunlap
lay from wounds re-,-esterday
following the
f two alleged automobile
His death occurred late
emoon following an op
to remove me uuuei.
Las imbedded near the I LAID PLANS CAREFULLY
s was high this after-
hunst ranter, wno is i
b have fired the fatal
y Associated Press.) . .
lY, Ore., May zi. enerm
fighting tor nis me '
odav with a bullet wound
Letterday and George Parker
h the officers are in m
tal, chained to cots, inougn
Isly hurt.
I was shot wnen inj rr
Beckley to Albany following
kst on a charge oi sicanny
kbile at Hamsburg.
lunlap Is In a. critical con-
this afternoon, ine uuiiei
ed hut the physicians ore
.determine the ettect ot the
until tomorrow.
Had All Details Arranged and
Shot Self While Members of
Family Were Away From
- House Doing Chores
! The Bridegroom
, May 21. Sheriff W. J.
undod In an exciting gun
Iday with two alleged auto
in the hospital today wltn
iged close to the liver. Phy-
pe for his recovery.
das, also wounded, are in
;il for treatment.
runs hith against George
he Bupposed bandit, who
the automobile seat and
Dunlap's body without warn
ing occurred Sunday.
Or., May 20. Sheriff Dun-
lundt-d seriously about noon
running fight through the
s wiih two auto outlaws,
hom were in turn wounded
he sheriff and Traffic Off!
who was helping" the
iirrest the men.
ontinued the chase after the
pped and eventually cap-
iugitlves, who gave their
Art Beckley, 25, and George
The prisoners, who were
stealing an automobile,
to St. Mary's hospital. The
ficht Ihey put up will cause
un of their records to deter-
y have not been guilty of
us crimes than auto theft.
Drops From Weakness.
Dunlap continued after the
mil he fell from loss of
was shot in the right side
lung and his condition may'
was wounded In the wrist
below the shoulder. Parker
under the left shoulder and
lit leg.
ay occurred In the cltv
Albany. About 20 shots were
several houses were struck
Feelinp run hlcn sin!n,l
s.is afternoon and ther waa
clung him. It was Parker
Sheriff Dunlap.
ir started when a telegram
Harrisburg came in to the
lice stating that two men
an automobile belonging to
irom In Tront of the Meth-
eh at Harrisburg and had
irth. Sheriff Dunlan. Mr.
d Officer Lillard drove out
" to meet the car T.lltnrd
motorcycle and Dunlan and
ere riding in their car.
"etreat Cut Off.
rove ahead and anntteri (he
ning back to Dunlan that It
ie and proceeding on to cut
Wer Arrested wltnonf
id Sheriff Dunlap got Into
Seat of the tlnl ... --H
I'eekley. the driver, to pro--Mbanv.
Vnt rinni.. ..ii
r iie snenn s car. and Lil-
smng on his motorcycle,
Pirker Fir., eh..
hi' 1nlpn car containing Dun-
".iueT and Parkor fan,
y nmits Parker, who was
rnlm A ,hnl
'he right ald .nnv,i v.
-ht lng.
Jmnpril from tha xdki..
f-ntlnueu oa Pae Six.)
COMING WEDDING
OF-JAP ROYALTY
i
Marriage of Hirohito and
Nagako. to Be Social
Event of 1923
HOPES FOR THE FUTURE
Wedding to Take Place Late
in November Over One
Million Dollars Will Be
Spent on Ceremony
The Bride-to-Be
EKED IN BATTLE
John Livingston,- aged 85 years.
a pioneer resident of Douglas coun
ty, killed himself yesterday morn
ing at the home of his daughter.
Mrs. Charles Criteser of Melrose.
Despondency following the destruc
tion of his home by fire. Is believed
to have been responsible for his act
In shooting himself with bis' son-ln
law's shot gun. The charge of shot
lodged Jn the heart causing Imme
diate death. '
Mr. Livingston was taken to the
home of his daughter Saturday arMr
spending two days at the Soldiers
Home. He haa resided with his
daughter for some time, but last
week came to the Soldiers Home to
receive medical treatment for a few
days. On Saturday night he was
taken back to Melrose and appeared
to 'be In a much more cheerful
frame of mfnd than for consider
able time previously. On Sunday
morning be assisted his aged wife
In doing the mornings' dishes while
the rest of the family was busy wltn
chores. He had evidently planned
the act for some time as he had
timed all of his arrangements o
that he would not he prevented In
carrying out his plans.
After helping his wife with the
dishes, he waited until she had gona
to the front room and was engaged
In combing her hair and then pro
cured the shot gun which was in the
adiointng room. He had evidently
procured a stout slick the evening
before, and had carried it to tne
house from a place nearby where
the men had been- engaged In cut
ting pickets.
Taking the gun and rtlck he went
out behind the woodshed and sat
down with his hark, to the wall and
propping the, stock with his feet,
placed the muzzle against his chest
and pushed the trigger with the
stick. Death was Instantaneous as
he never moved sfier the shot wa3
fired and the body was found still
upright, held against the wall by
the gun.
Mr. Livingston has had a great
deal of trouble and during the past
few yesrs has been Inclined to be
despondent. He grieved greatly
over the death of his son several
years ago. and later became broken
In health himself. During the past
few years his health has been quite
bad although he has alwavs Insist
ed upon doing considerable work
about the place.
A few weeks ago the house In
which he had lived for hm't years
was destroyed by fire. With It
went many of his prized possessions.
The house was located on South
Mill street, near the railroad tracks
In the extreme south part of the
city and It was there that he made
his home until a few months ago.
Following the fire he has been
morose and despondent and his
hea'th snpeared to be breaking
rapidly. He was unable to sleep and
was quite different from his usual
mien.
I'pon his return from the Soldiers
Home ftsinrdav he appeared to have
resumed his former outlook on life
"nd the relatives believed that his
noil of despondence had been brok
en. Because of his suicide, how.
ever, .they are now Inclined to think
that he had made up his mind to
-d- ths driver raised Two E l hl n"' TPtonrti bis
and. tnrSUl"- " U?vl" Poise with this determins.lon.
i n noay was not iounu ir ni-
time after the art was eommiiteo.
The only person hesrlng the sjiot
Continued on pat six.)
f
f By United Press.1
PEKIN. May 21. Fighting continues
today around the Shantung mountain
top where the bandits are holding the
foreign prisoners. Fearing that the
outlaws will carry out their threats
to kill the prisoners, the diplomatic
corps will send a new note to the gov
ernment asking why the lighting Is
permitted to continue. The Chinese
authorities oppose withdrawing the
troops and favor pressing the attack
at the cost of foreign lives.
Intervention Necessary.
PEKIN, May 21. (A. P). Dr. It
Martens, physician, returning from a
brief mission to the Shantung moun
tains where the fourteen prisoners are
held by the bandits, reported today
that the concensus of opinion among
the captives was the foreign Inter
vention waa the only possible means
of effecting their release.
E
A delegation of Roseburg's Wo
man's cluli members met the morn
ing trains today that carried dele
gates from all parts of the state to
the convention of n oman s clubs,
which starts In Medford tonlgV.,
and distributed roses to each of the
ladles. Quantities of roses were on
hand, and each lady was given a
beautiful boquet. Many Rosibur:;
club ladies left this morning to at
tend the convention and several car
loads went to Medford yesterday.
Among thoso attending from here
wore: Mrs. Wm. Hell, vice president
of the state federation. Mrs. W. G.
Hurt, Mirs. D. K. Carr. Mrs. H. D
Harris. Mrs. W. A. Smlek. Mrs. J
E. Itunyan, Mrs. L. II. Skinner, and
Mrs. George Bradburn.
BOYS' BAND STARTS
REHEARSALS TUES.
By Dl'KE N. PARRY,
(International News Servlcs Btalt
Correspondent. 1
TOKIO, Japan. May 21. The
wealthiest reigning family in the
world, that of His Imperial Majesty
the Emperor Yoshlhlto of Japan. Is
this year preparing tor wnat prom
ises to rank highest among the so
cial events of 1923. The date of the
marriage of His Highness Prince
Regent Hirohito to the Princess Na
gako Kunl has lust been officially
announced for late November. In
addition to the fact that his house
represents the strongest power of
the throne in any country with the
possible exception of Creat Britain,
Prince Horohlto or Japan la an out
standing figure at the present time
becaure of his own personal charac
teristics. And apart from the prin
cipals In this most important Jap
anese event, the Imperial wedding,
because of the old Japanese customs
which It will bring out, will have an
Interest to the entire -world.
The greater part of one week will
be set aside for .the marriage of this
22-year-old boy to his 21-year-old
Empress-to-be. During this time
the Imperial Palace that mysteri
ous place of low groen-tlled roofed
buildings where the ordinary mor
tal never goes will be the scene of
state banquets, of re-unlons of the
Imperial families and the outsiders
among the diplomatic corps who are
privileged to see just a few of the
TunctlonB will be the envy of all
their foreign friends In Toklo.
Ceremonials KIntxirnte
To the average young woman in
America who contemplates ..matri
mony a Paris gown and a sufficient
of orange blossoms and orchids are
the chief essentials of a wedding
partv. Not so wlth-i the Imperial
family In Japan. For whether they
like It or not the Imperial couple
In Toklo must be the center of a
week's social activity which Includes
the expenditure of Y250.n00.
($250,000), thev must change their
stnte costumes five times during the
ill
i escaped convict NEW PLATINUM
LEDGE FOUND
(Dv t'nlted Press.)
SALEM. Mav 21. The body of j
George Griffith, escaped convict, I
who got away from Deputy Warden Deposit Over Twenty - FoiUT
Vianter. has !eeu recovered from the. ... . .
! Yellowstone river, Montana. Griff II hi
I waa being returned from Chicago I
after a jail brtak 11 years ago. He,
escaped from the train Thursday
near Forsythe Montana and Is be- .
lleved to have either commlited ...
suicide or drowned attempting to tUKI I OlANtX)
swim the river. The body will . be
brought here.
(By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON. May 21. The treas
ury department today revoked Its de
cision of two weeks ago declaring
exempt from Income taxation divi
dends distributed out of profits or
esimngs accrued prior to March 1st,
1913. The ruling, the officials said,
would have resulted In a refunding of
many million dollars In taxes.
Miles in Length Found by
Canyonville Merchant
IN
PAY FINES HERE
General Rush Expected Be
cause of Richness of Find
Ledge Is Reported Over a
Mile Wide in Places
Arrested at Drain Charged
With Possession of In
toxicating Liquor
TRAVELING BY AUTO
George Haines and Andy
Erickson Arrested on Their
Way to Harrisburg and
Brought to Roseburg
(Fn- l'nlled Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 21. Sen
ators Stttnflcld and McNury will to
day submit a joint recommenda
tion that Dr. Earl C. McFarland be
appointed collector of customs at
Portland.
fBy Associated Press.)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa., May 21.
Bod minor noimliMt hntitfht hv the
actual ceremony of the wedding and I American Legion post here to cele
flnally they must report on all thejbrale Poppyday, May 2flth, were dlB
ceremonles of the wedding to theC(lVered to bear the label, "Made In
tombs 'of the Imperial ancestors Germany." The Legion called a meet-
Full Instrumentation for the Juven
ile bund which is being organized by
Jack Shields and Harry Crocker, has
been secured they report and the first
rehearsal will be held Tuesday even
ing. Over thirty boys have Signed up
for the band and all sections have
been secured. The band can still use
a few boys on the larger horna but
all Instruments are now represented.
A great deal of Interest Is being
shown, not only by the boys them
selves but by parents and various or
ganizations. The directors are receiv
ing a great amount of encouragement
In their efforts. The Knight Temp
lars have asked to be allowed to spon
sor the bsnd and will stand behind It
In the future and give such support
an Is Deeded to mske It a success.
On Tuesdnv evening the boys will go
to the Masonic hall, following their
rehearsal and will meet the men who
lOS AXiFI.KH mrxTV
, KIKKKT FIHKS COSTLY
LOS ANGELES. May 21. Forest
fires In Los Angeles during the Isst
year have cost the county 1250.000,
according to officials of the Cham
ber of Commerce Department of
Safely.
who sleep at Ise and Kyoto. And
when one considers that the Prince
Regent and his beautiful Japanese
Princess are Just ordinary folks
who like nothing so well as a game
of golf or tennis, the orde.ils of the
matter of getting married can be
somewhat appreciated.
The wedding of the Prince Regent
was first reported as far back us
1920, but the official announcement
of the coming event was not made
until this year. During the time b"
tween the press of Tokio was filled
with various runiora, some to the
effect that the late Prince Yama
gata, at that time president of the
Privy Council and a member of the
Chorlu clan, was bitterly opposing
the marriage because the Empress-to-be
was a member of the rival
clan, the Patsumas. The Prlii'-e He
gent as early as then, asserted him
self, and before he began his Jour
ney to Europe the first, by the
way, that any member of the reign
ing family of Jupan ever made
abroad he pointed out through an
Imperial housi hold announcement
that the weddlns would be held nt
planned, and that opposition to hi'
plans would not affect them In' the
least. At that time the wedding wis
planned for an earlier date and then
came the death of Prince Ilicashl
Fushlml, and because of th neces
sity for a period of mourning at ihe
Imrerlal Court, the Imparl il wed
ding had to be rostpoieC. PurlnR
tne month of April the Prime Ke
gent visited Formosa, and If wi s ex
ported at that time that tl.e official
announcement of Ihe dale of the
weeding would be forthcoming Im
mediately after the Uegent's re
turn, which It was.
Plan Made For Wedding
All arrangement for the wedding
ceremony and the general plans for
ihe weddlne are now going forward
In Toklo. The costumes for the Im
perial pair have been ordered, ard
consist of old court costumes for
both and a western wedding custome
for both the Ri-ifen' and hla brll.
Due to advanre In prle -s In Toklo
the Department of th
ing for tonight to decide whether to
burn thrtn. Several other Iowa cities
were reported to have received slml
liaily. labeled poppies.
T
E
(Bv I'nlled Press.)
PORTLAND. May 21. Alfred Beau
champ, convicted of attacking Mrs.
Irene Griffin while posing ns a police
man, on March 2ih, was sentenced
by circuit Juilve Morrow this morning
to 19 years and 9 months In Ihe peni
tentiary. The maximum is 20 years.
TO BE
,2
George Haines and Andy Erickson
of Marshfleld-today paid fines of
(150 each following their arraign
ment in the Justice court on a
charge ot possession ot Intoxicating
liquor.
The two men were arrested In
Drain shortly after i o clock yes
terday wlen they started a dis
turbance In the gnruge at Drain
Haines had been drinking but was
not very drunk, while Erickson was
badly intoxicated and noisy. Deputy
Sheriff Ed. Sterling appeared , on
the scene and when he arrested
them one of the men broke loose
and dragged a gallon Jug of moon
shine out of the car. He Jerked out
the cork and In the tussle which
followed succeeded In disposing ot
all but a pint of the evidence
A further search of the machine
revealed a pint bottle of liquor
which had not been touched. With
the two men and the evidence tak
en from the car, the officer came to
Koseburg and lodged the prlaonera
in Iho county Jail over night.
This morning relatives ot both
men came from Marshfleld, Mrs.
Haines, the mother of young Haines
being one of those who came to
Roseburg. At two o'clock they were
luken before Justice of the Pence
George Jones where they entered
pleas of guilty and paid the fines
assessed against them.
The two men were traveling In a
Ford car belonging to Mr. Haines
and were on their way to Harris
burg where Mr. Erickson haa a car
which they were going to bring
back. On the way out they procured
the liquor and had taken several
drinks. Thoy are returning
Marshfleld this evening.
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(By United Tress.)
CHICAGO, May 21. An Increase of
10 to 20 cents per hour in the wages
of the fourteen open shop building
trades, effective June 1, was an
nounced today by the Building Em
ployers' Association.
LOCAL BOY RUNS
WASHINGTON. May 21. The
While House announces today that
the president expects to be In Han (
Frsnclsco August 2nd on his return
from Alaska.
WILLI! DAY SAYS
YOUNG MAN NEEDED
i
One of the richest mineral strikes
of late years In Douglas county, is
reported by L. U. 8tenger. Canyon
ville merchant, who Is the discover.
er ot a great ledge of mineral bear
ing rock, running from Stiver Peak
four miles south of Canyonvlllu to
Tiller, a distance ot almost 24
miles. Already forty claims have
been' staked on the property and It
is expected that there will be a gen
eral rush to this section as soon is
the value of the ledge becomes bar
ter known.
Tests ot the ore show It carrlej
$275 to 325 In platinum, and a
small amount ot gold, silver and
other minerals. Mr. Stenger states
that the ledge Is almost a mile wide
In some plsces and has been truci- l
by outcropplngs all the . way from
Silver Peak to Tiller.
It the ledge carries Its values
throughout Its full length many mil
lions of dollars are to be uncovered
there when development work is
started. After staking as large a
claim for himself as the law will
permit, Mr. Ktenger haa Interested
many ot his friends and Is now an
xious to have anyone Interested In
the development of the mineral
wealth of the county take ap claims,
Mr. Stenger states he In anxious
to have the residents of the county
take up the property In order to
hasten development. .
It la understood that two Port
land men who recently took up
claims are preparing to put In a
stamp mill within the next sixty
days.
"I have iiuiuiug io sell and no In
terest other than a desire to see tho
mineral wealth of the county . de
veloped," Mr. Stenger said In speak- '
Ing of the find. "I have all that I
am allowed and now I want to see
others have an opportunity to coma
in. The more who take claims, the
fusler the property will be develop
ed and that Is my desire. Every test
shows that Ihe mine Is a wonderful
thing and one of the best ever un
covered In the southern part of On
gon. The assay tests show heavy
platinum deposits and there is no
question but that development will
be extremely profitable.
"New processes for extracting
platinum are bringing down the
costs and mining this precious ore,
for which there Is such a great
demand, should be a wealth produc
er." The territory In which the ledge
la located has been onn of tho fac
to orlte . haunts of prospectors In tho
early days. In those davs the pros
pectors were looking for gold and
diver and platinum was a little
known metal. As the ore Is not high
in Fold the miners gave little at
tention to the property. Sliver an I
gold were taken from the Silver
Peak mine and hundreds of thou
sands of dollars worth of platinum
was thrown In the dump. Platinum
recently came Into demand becauso
of Its use In the electrical trade and
Is now being used as one of Hit) prec
ious metals In Jewelry so that there
Is a tremenduniis market and nn ex
ceptionally high price. K Inrgo
share of the platinum now being us
ed In the country comes from Ore
gon and the new properties discov
ered If properly developed and If
round as ri-h as believed, will great
ly add to the amount produced In
this state.
All tnose who have Inspected the
newly discovered ledge, are consid
erably excited over it and predict
a wonderful future for the new min
ing properties.
Robert Slarretl, aged 15 years,
a local high school student, has
been missing slnre last Wednesday
and an effort la being made, by his
parents to locste hltn. Wednesday
morning he parked a few of his pos
sessions In a sack and left the house
IXM'AL MAV ATTENDS
CONVENTION AT KIOEXK
Del Rast of the Roseburg Plumb
ing and Heating company, spent
Friday and Saturday of last week
Household first fli-cineri upon
(Continued on Pag j.)
WASHINGTON, May 21. William
It Day, former associate Justice of the
supreme court, today resigned as um
pire of the mixed claims commission.
He explained to the president that he
Ihnueht a younger and stronger msn
should be chosen to adjust nearly a
t,min .njl h.If Hollars claims allll
1 I OSICI, I - - -
Imperial ' pending before the commission upon
snd has not been seen since. It wan m Eugene, attending the State
thought he went to Marshfleld but i Plumbers convention, which was at
Mrs. Slarrelt made a trip to Coos ' 'ended by several hundred dole
Bay and failed to find hlm.orricers gales from all over the stste. A
have been asked to wai h for hlm'nuuet was given on Saturday
and communicate with Sheriff nignt and tnere were many talks
the 'sn'.tn me American inu w.-imnii omr
Ciissiontrs have been unable to agree.
Starmer or Mrs. Starred in Ihe
event he Is located.
He Is five feet six inches In
height, light hair and rompexlon,
blue eyea and Is well built. He was
wearing dark blue trousers and
faded gray coat.
hy well known trade scnool repre
sentatives during the two days,
along Ihe line of sanitation and bet
ter health conditions In Ihe home.
Dr. John Wsllai-e, national trade
school director, of Denver was onn
of the speakers.