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THE but man who It "toe WEATHER busy" to atttnd to nil advertising la probably trying to do two mon'a work because the buaineae Isn't paying aa it should. hft Yefterday !? '".!? Lt Night..-.. 5 DOUGLAS COL) NTY . Evening News nd the Roseburg Review. An Independent Newspaper, Published (or the Best Interest of the People. KYI. R08EBURQ OREGON, TUESDAY, AUCUST 14, 1923. VOL. XL, NO. 243, OF THE EVENING NEWS. f5""" Coneolidat'4 "?, jbis U.'ii ' r7tf. NO. 239. OF ROSt r RE RETAINED n,.ne Will Be Made in Official Family, it Wa. Announced today UCIES UNCHANGED President Sees No Neces- k for Special Session or fongress at Present Time -Budget Cut Approved (Br Ancltr PreS- Ushixgtox. auk i - I meeting, held today. It was LuchI that all caiiinei mcmue r" ... , ; huvu mri'pd to .... in ,1,-ir nresent capacities !.!,,, ih-r.. Is every prospect that (Hardline official family will re i intact. The pre.id.-nt at the knt time, announces hat ne fno reason for a special session Wisrcss. In spite of the demand f.at producers for a special ses lo reflate wheat prices. 1'lans approved to furnish necessary jlimies tu relieve the fuel Bhort ,1mm the threatened anthracite strike, but hope was expressed Mlie coal commission would find ly lo avert the strike, through tfiirerence with the hiinera and era at the meeting which will iu New York tomorrow. The Inisiration will stand by the po ll laid down by Secretary kes iu his New Haven speech i Drrcmbcr on German repara t. The government is willing to in any way without Involving It unduly. ivAlilget Cut Approved I Hr United Prrnl VjJIXUTON. Auk. 14. Presl-li'-oliilge has approved a slash Sernm-nt expenditures of twen? t iLillion dollars for the next I year. General Herbert Lord, jtor of the budget system, con M with the president today and ait:;l the estimated expendl- 5 contemplated in the various nmeni departments for next Lord's work, begun at the in- of President Harding, was y sanctioned by Coolidge. iomic RIRIHFTiML... ..TBDD CM M NFRSiHUa d-OFF TO U U U IL-I J iwwssa- i. w ililu,,,u in rnrrn mniw Mrs. L. E. Dunn, of Salem, who has been confined to the county Jail for the past nine days, following her plea of guilty to a charge of possession of liquor, was released from custody . to day upon the payment of the $250 fine which was assessed in addition to the Jail sentence. Mrs. Dunn was given one day off her sentence for good be havior, it being customary to give prisoners time off their sentence for good conduct while in confinement. She was a model prisoner. Sheriff Starmer reports, and caused the offi cers no trouble, and, In fact, asked fewer favors than th4) men prisoners. Her husband 1s confined for 30 days. A serious accident was narrowly averted today when the universal Joint on the drive shaft of the car driven by Norman Ashby snapped on a steep grade on Roberts mountain. A prompt application of the brakes stopped the car from running backward oft the grade. Hiding in the car with Mr. Ash- by were Mrs. Ashby, Katherine and Ruth Ashby, Mr. F. M. Middleburg, and Mr. M. C. Van Sprekens. The residents of Round Prairie and Dole have for some time past bad a peti tion before the county court for a bridge over the South Umpqua to connect that section with the highway and they hope that the court will see its way clear to have a bridge put in before more dangerous accidents occur on this road. PAROLED MAN HUNTED FOR PASSING BAO CHECKS PORTLAND, Aug. 14. Five days of liberty, say the police, were all that M. C. Doss, recently paroled convict, required to pile up six charges of ob taining money under false pretenses, one of breaking Jail and one of larceny of an automobile. Now a fugitive from Justice, Doss ia being bunted over the entire state. Doss was one of the 18 men for whom the state parole board recom mended freedom last week, and for whom the governor obligingly opened the gates of the state's prison. The man was freed from the penitentiary Thursday, It is said. He Went straight to McMinnville. Doss worked fast. In a day It Is charged that he successfully passed six worthless checks hi that town. Then he was arrested by the sheriff and lodged In the county Jail. Coinci dent with his -escape, an automobile which was parked near the Jail dlsi.p peared. Local police authorities ob tained information that Doss drove in to Portland with the machine about midnight Saturday., At 2 a. m. yesterday, the local Do- lice bureau received a telephone cull .... , . I from the McMinnville authorities, ask- COndltlOne at In that Ios U .rrutorf nH Iho . be held. Police detectives are now working on the case, as Doss is known to have a wife and other relatives in nnd iurv met Indnv in an.!-! ",ruan.a- . . . Ira ami tnnit i . 1 i.ocai crime records show that Doss fra ana took up the work of ln-;u. ., , ,h ,r, ,.. "Tin. At ts ast mtln. .ho V 7 f '" " P iurv was imai.io t . i. celvpo at the state prison on October fic7usV"of"r ack oTn'e y kr'"22- ',nd SWVed BbUt 10 mn,i"' nee. and .hi. t, ' , " u'T! of n'a sentence. L - ....n nun Vt'fll H 't win probablv finish im it- - """ iun. ine investiga .u i uevnieo largely to lieeda in an eiion to clean up mere. h 9 Khnrt .i kfort Ij charged with a statualorv I -u involving a ,ni.n. j IBumett, who served a term In a I r- eni-uii ror moonshinini? la "i a similar charse. p. c Mhni. formerly a deputy sheriff , 0 over on rhari.... . Tll " iepiinK lnese cases, tnpetho, i,u er, whirh will k ...j are rIp,.CIej , kwj) i-y fur considerable time. In or understand affairs t Attorney Npuner and Charles foreman nf ih "."r"" "ays in TieedsnoH uhJ". M inn- ., V. eic.-u Detore the J'iry at this s.ir. .. rrf. Att.irn..J I "OOerts. -jf, : of Inveitigatina eeasport and Disposing of Cates From There Taken Up Today. inr officials il othe; ithrsnt. coal Mr -fed the Dr. J. A. Llnville, federal prohi bition director for Oregon, accom panied by Mrs. Llnville, Hoy C. Lyle, prohibition director from Washing ton and II. U Darker and Lee Pot ter of Portland, spent last night in this city. The prohibition director and hia two deputies. Darker and Potter, are making a tour In the western part of the states, meeting with the law enforcement officers In a spirit of co-operation, and check ing up on the drug stores which have permits to handle alcohol and linuors. Dr. Llnville paid a hlfh compliment to the Koseburg drug stores, stating that the records h-'re have been kept the best of any pla" In the state where he has visited. The Rosehurg druggists have been very careful in keeping a check on the liquor handled and it required a T(.ry snort time to check up uieir reports. The law requires I check to be made at frequent In tervals and the nrrioera deavorlng to follow out any eom- eiamis wnich may have been made. They expert to check over 16 coun- 4 , ues on tnis trip. They will also i lake a iiinri . .,, i .... . ..i- Aug. 14. It to the n.nn Vv. i. !H!"!'.r" "-;,nl morning for r.rirnta Piss "- werp tooK, deputy H. Napier, and Short "na daushter. h-hilf. """-m In his n" l Ul.l-ll 0d Mr, v -ter. ,r. , run"r "d of It ni, ii 0 r anl Mrs. f CAL MEETING. Over Two Hundred Men Be lieved to Be Dead in Wyoming Mine WATERS HALT RESCUE Believe Rising Water Has Ended All Hope of Trapped Men Escaping With Their Lives (By Aasoclated.JreM.) KEMMERER. Wyo., Aug. 14. Two hundred miners In Number One mine of the Kemmerer Coal com pany, were entombed today follow ing an explosion in the lower levels. A cave-in at entry number 15 cut off communication with the men work ing around the 26th and 28th en tries. One body was recovered at noon. As volunteers dug rrantlcally, hundreds of women and children waited for word from within. Rescue Cars On Way. tPy United ress.) ROCK SPRINGS. Wyo.. Aug. 14 Authentic reports from Gunn, head quarters of the Quealc-y Coal company oetween Rock Springs and Kemmerer are that 217 men are entombed in a mine there. A rescue car left here. Meager details available state that only one body has been recovered. Kescue cars from Denver and Sail Lake are also speeding toward liuc'.i Springs. All Hope Gone. (By Associated Press) CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Aug. 14. A sou cial dispatch from Kemmerer says that riBing water In the mines has slipped all rescue work precluding the possibility of the entombed men in ciiping .Win. (tr Causes Klosimi (By Associated Press) KEMMERER. Aug. 14. A run away trip car. plunging from the rails, caused the dust explosion, ac cording to reports from the mine. It is believed that it will be several hours before the fate of the miners is known. The rescuers are making progress. One Hundred Thirty lOntnnihed (By Associated Press) CASPER. Wyo., Aug. 14. A dis patch from Kemmerer says that 135 miners are entombed. I.ivei ,4wt In Flood (ay Associated Press) SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 14. Twelve lives are believed to have been lost In northern Utah as a re sult of cloudbursts last night and early today. Property damage Is ex pected to amount to more than one million dollars. Pour are known to be dead at a farm at Farmington, I'tah, and five boy scouts are 're ported to have been drowned In a canyon east of Farmington. Klre Doe Diimiige (By Associated Press) BELUNC1IA.V, Wash., Aug. 14. Two million feet of box lumber wus destroyed by fire at the Morrison Lumber company yards today. The fire threatened the water front hut the absence of wind enabled the fighters to set control. The amounts to about $40,000. Ions BE5paTnDqTMjcqifP wwiiiw i leiiwwiiaw (Br t'nlte.t Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. U. Construction of the Natron cut- off in Southern Oregon, the re- Jtivenating of the entire line from Portland to El Paso through reballasting. laying heavier rails, double tracking the eastern line through Nevada and I' tali, and 4 the construction of new stations. particularly at Sacramento, was e announced by the Southern Pa ) ) cific railroad company loday as Immediate projocu following the decision of Attorney (leiieral Daugherty lo permit the South- em Pacific-Central Pacific iner- ger to stand. Mrs. L. J. Murphy of Las Vegas, Nev., Has Not Been Seen Since Saturday E FARMERS U 6 GERMANY SETS TERMS FOR PEACE Outlines Policy on Which Ruhr Resistance Can Be Settled CONTROL IS DEMANDED Chancellor in Address to Reichstag Insists That Ger man Control of Ruhr Be Restored Many Killed In order to avoid all confusion growing out of the litigation concern ing the opening of the deer season, the game commission has announced 'hat the season will open on August 20 and end on October 31, the old dates. A televram was received this morning by Ed. Walker, deupty game warden, advising him of this ma'ier and statins that later advice will be givein in reference to the open reason on other game- animals and gams birds. Th. i onunlsslon recently o.-ler-ed the doe" season postponed until December 10. but was enjoined from enforcing Its order. Some confusion ' resulted regarding the date, as a re sult of the court action, and In order that there may be no misunderstand ing the commission. In Its meeting yesterday, announced the return to the old dates. (By Associated Press.) BERLIN. Aug. A. Itr. Gustave Slresemann, now Herman chancel lor, outlined In an inaugural ad dress to the Reichstag today, the conditions under which Germany Is ready to abandon her passive re sistance in the Ruhr.' Cnndliions on which the abandonment ' will be based are: Complete restoration to Germany of her right of control over the Ruhr, re-establish ment of conditions in the Rhine valley vouchsafed by the Vorsulllcs treaty, and the liberation of every Ccriiinn citizen who has been outraged, evic ted or made prisoner. ' The chancel lor made no mention of evacuation of occupied areas. Twelve Killed In Riot (Ry Associated Prens.l AIX LA CIIAPELLE, Aug. H. Twelve persons were willed aud more than eighty wounded last night when crowds attempted to storm police headquarters and rescue pris oners taken during the day when the police broke up food shortage demonstrations. Strike Called Off (By fulled Press.) BERLIN. Aug. 14. The general strike called by communists has been cancelled. It was announced here today. WANT COURT 10 DECIDE (llv Polled PreM.) BERLIN, Aug. 14. Germanv is will ing to present the question of the Jus tice or Injustice of the Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr to an Interna tional court. Chancellor Stresemnn de clared In his "maiden speech" In the Reichstag. The Chancellor suggested that If the expelled German population of the Ruhr vp.lley were permitted to return, and if nil the Industries nf the Ruhr were permitted to work freely and If Germany was grnnted a reason able morotorium, the Reichstag gov ernment would be able to meet its re parations obligations. Utile Hope For Kiitcnte) iPv Assotstefl Pre" PARIS. Ae. 1.1. In spite of the reserve in official circles as to the r-nsglMe consenuenrea of tbe Brit ish note, conversations -l' Pre mier Potncnre nnd his collaborators st the Ounl d'Orsiv todav made it nulto rlnar that little hone Is en tertained of saving the entente. I All idea, of coming to an ogree- ment with T ondon on th essential .features of the reparations nrnblnm 'wa- lonir prn abandoned, hot It ws MM the.irh until the receipt of the WAS HURT IN ACCIDENT Feared She May Be Mentally Deranged as Result of Acci dent Which Occurred Four Weeks Ago in Idaho " Mrs. L. J. Murphy of Las Vegas. Nevada, has diea.ppeared and her husband today appealed lo the county officers to aid him In locat ing her. It Is feared that she may be slightly deranged mentally as a result of an uuto accident, which occurred about four weeks ago and he Is very anxious to locate her be fore any harm liefallB her. Mrs. .Vurphy has been missing since Sat urday and her husbund has been Iryliur lo find lier bnt so far has been unable to find any trace of her. They arrived at Winchester a few days ago, and stopped there to make repairs to their car. Mrs. Murphy came to Rosehurg to get Bpare parts for the machine, coining to the city in company with a party of tourlsls who were camped nearby She told the friends who brought her to town that she would return by auto stage and that they need not wait for her. Since then she has not been seen. About four weeks ago, while trav eling in Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Mur phy were both Injured in an acci dent. It Ib thought thnt this' has possibly affected her mind slightly, as she has seemed to be under the Impression that she had agreed to go to work soinfl place and has ap peared to be worried ubout it. Her husband believes that she has taken (Fly t'nlted Press.) Tl'LSA. Okla., Aug. 14. Tulsa, the oil capital of the southwest, wus pine, ed under martial law at 6 a. in. today. Two companies of crack national i guard units look over the enforcement of military law under orders of Gov ernor Walton who suspended civil procedure operations due to the fail ure of local authorities to prosecute masked bands who have whipped many victims. Three hundred militia- , men set up camp within the city limits and guards patrolled all streets. All civilians have been ordered In doors between 11 p. in. and 6 a. m. E EXTRA SESSION Northwest Wheat Growers Seek Legislation to Stabi lize Wheat Price CORPORATION WANTED Establishment of Federal Cor poration with Capital Stock of Half Billion to Buy and Sell Wheat is Proposed LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14. (A. P.) Wriggling, squirming, Jazxy dancing is losing its popularity In nearly every part of the United States, and modesty, propriety and reserve are coming back in the dance halls, ac cording to Fenton Bolt, national di rector of dauce reform, who attended the summer session of the normal school of American National Associa tion of Dancing Musters here. The touching ot faces, semi-embraces and excess of muscular re sponse to overdone syncopation are now taboo In virtually every dance hall in America, said Mr. Bott. Men and women have swung back to the human normal of. propriety and good taste, he said. "The most undesirable of Jazz danc ing was the result of adding a dreamy oriental atmosphere to highly synco pated music." continued Mr. Bott. "It is almost Impossible properly to super vise dancing when the time of the se lection is broken up by a great num ber of beats. When the Jazziest of music is played. It is hardly possible ror tne dancers not to respond. "Improper deportment on the floors of dancing schools aud public halls has become a rarity In the last three years. The campaign conducted by SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 13. Presi dent Coolldge was asked in a telegram from the Wheat conference here today to call a special session of congress to consider legislation to relieve the wheat situation. The telegram follows: "Hon. Calvin Coolldge, President of the United States: "Representative farmers from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Mon tana in convention assembled at the call of the president of the Farmers' Union, passed resolutions petitioning your honor to convene a special ses sion of congiess to enact legislation to stabilize the price of wheat. Mailing full text of resolutions. "J. Q. Adamas, President of Farm ers' Union." Plan la Propeeed The resolution proposes the follow ing plan for consideration by con gress : "We recommend that congress shall enact legislation establishing a feder al corporation with $500,000,000 cap ital stock, 150.000,000 paid 1n and the balance available on call. The corpor ation shall have the power and author ity to purchase ano sell wheat In any quantity at any time or place at a basic price of S1.T5 per bushel at pri mary points. The fixed price shall be available as of a certain date and sufficient variation may be announced a JO some piace .,, or ueur i. , crede(, , ,ho leo) and Is now employed there. He has 1 spent Iho past two days searching the town over, but has failed to ob tain any trace of her, and la now asking aid from the county officers. Mrs. Murphy Is about 41 years of cse and weighs about 170 pounds, rihe ts fair complexioned and has grey-blue eyes. When the left the camp at, Wln hester she wore a checked ging ham dress and a black sailor hat with a white band. She had a small amount of money with her out her husband has been unable to find where she spent any of It. She pur chased no railroad ticket and he Is at a loss to explain her disappearance. D.O.K.K. CONVENTION .IS Oil IN PORT (Ftv Associated Press.) PORTLAND. Aug. 14. The Imperial Palace of the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan assembled today in the first convention session. Among the resolutions to be acted upon is one asking the Imperial Palace lo appro- Ihe national association of danclnir I from time to time to provide for carry ing cnarges anu to control uisiriuu lion. The fixed price shall be ort the basis of clean wheat testing 58 pounds . per bushel and the corporation shall establish a schedule of discounts nnd premiums In arcordanco with the milling valuo of wheats of various sub classes, test weights, mixtures, per centages of moisture and foreign con tent. "In order to take care of any loss that might accrue In selling the ex port surplus, the corporation may re tain from the original sale price not to exceed 10 cents per bushel In ad dition to the amount estimated to be masters for clean Glancing is partly responsible for the change. It also is hem selves "Private clubs and cafes have been beyond the influence of the associa tion, and in these privileged places Jazz dancing In the extreme may still prevail but the bulk of the nation's dancers, those who attended schools and public halls, are dancing with as much modesty, propriety and reserve as ever was seen In the' days of the waltz, polka, schotllsche nnd their running mates. "The wnltz will never be dropped and the two-step Is still with us In the (necessary to pay operating costs and fox-trot, but I believe what Is known as the now school of dancing has come "The west has adopted the reform to stay. more quickly and perhaps more thor oughly than the east." E place of Ihe fez. Another would abol ish the office of Imperial Kadi. I). W. C. Yarbiough, of Birmingham. Aln., tomorrow steps up to the office of Imperial Prime from Imperial Basha. Bands and gaily costumed teams are making the city lively. "ROSEBURQ CONVENTION" Now comes the time to take advan tage of a suggestion made by Garret! Purkerson during the last sitting of the (mind lury. This coming week about 15 Reedsport people have been summoned to Koseburg. It Is Mr. Pur kerson's idea that each one wear a Reedsport booster badge. We add to that suggestion the thouvht and hope that no mntler how eond we make the city on our booster Inst note .hat tl-e RrHKh covern-t "auges, mo tiismti auorney nno ! ment would give France further on rtorl'tnllv to see what could be done The hoy scouts who have spending Die past two weeks at Din iiioiul lake on their summer en campment, returned home last night. The only accident to mar the entire priate JloO.iHiO for a charity fund. An- trip occurred last night when Ihe other unlooses a new head gear In I truck In which the supplies were ""-1 SniM Z or i eing at Canyonvllle to m. commis- creek on the av and Myrtle H. Sawver and rianphter Mar. igaret, were In town today from Elk 4 , A v . .' "hopping and attending to T I other business. Here On Business i M. Manassee, reprpsetatlvo of the I Coshocton Specialty Company, spent a short time In this city attending to business matters. Mr. Manassce'i I office Is located 1n Kan Francisco. i I ! PORTLAND MARKET REPORT 4 4 IR. Associated rress.j i PORTLAND. Aug. 14. Cattle, hogs and sheep, steady, east of Ihe mountain, lambs $9.50 to $10.25; butter and eggs firm. , toward for'lng fter-nnny to pav Vow however. It apnoirs to French official rnicorn"d with the repara tions question that Great Britain ptnk"" the life of Ihe entente upon conditions Intiternble for France. Prnnmnls Tliom-lit Kncriflclnl Crent Rrltnln's activities in the renrptlons discussions, said s hWh official todav. have all been In the Cleaver will go us one better by ac tual proof. Port Umpqua Courier, Reedsport. n Bert Tcmpleton of Brownsville Is spending a few days visiting at the home of Sheriff and Mrs. S. W. Star- being brought hack to town went In to the ditch near Myrtle Creek, the accident being caused by a tire blow out. Max Ruff and Sour Dough Jim, the truck driver, were slightly bruised but not Injured seriously. Because of the distance lo the camp and Ihe difficulties In reach ing the location, the scouts probab ly will not hold another encampment there. Although the boys had a good outing, the trip both going and coming was very hard and as the camp la a short season one. It ts be lieved advisable to hold It closer to town In the future, and this will be the recommendation mad lo the ad visory committee. The boys enjoy ed the scouts going lo Ihe summit of j Mount Bailey, while a like number went almost to the top of Mount Thlelson. Fishing was not good. Eleven scouts advanced In rank, eighty tests were taken, and many passed their merit badge tests. interest at a rate of 4 per cent per annum on capital Block actually used. Wheat may be purchased of resold only by tho corporation or by con cerns licensed by the corporation and operating under rules, regulations and restrictions imposed by the corpora tion; every licensed concern shall make report of its purchases and ro sales In such forms and at such time as the corporation may direct. "We further request that all whent growers throughout the United Slates in furthering this united effort by si lling no wheat nor offering none for future delivery until thlB or some oili er deflnile action is taken for the been I handling of this crop at a cost plus n rensonaoie per yeiu uuuvt. i-y-uni-n and also ask the bankers and mer chants and the public in general to elve us their svmpathv and support for square deal thai the whe"t grow ers mav not be driven lo serfdom or leave the fnri foe other occupations hereby, crowding the laborer from his Job" The meeting was attended bv nearly 200 farmers, legislators and others interested In the wheat situa tion. 8impson Reads Resolution The resolution as passed asked licensing and regulation by the pro posed corporation of all wheat dealers of the United States. It was passed unanimously after It had been read by J. P. Simpson, of Ephrata, Washing Ion, vice-chairman of the democratic stale central committee. Another resolution passed requests Secretary Ilerny Wallace of Ihe de- cnticesslons to ease the burden on Germany. The question was raised at the nstnre of pronosals for sacrifices on t Qual d'Orsay today whether Groat Ihe part of Fr"ce. There Is onlv one more sacrifice, he snM h"' p'-an'-e Is wllllnr to make she will sSandon all claims lo n'l rensra 'on pavments on account of the nenlon If (1'eat Prltaln wl'l do Ihe semp. put ihe British cabinet, he added, hns shown little disposition to take even that small part In the Britain was charged by Germany with proposing arbitration by Ihe In ternational court at The Hague. Doubts were expressed. however, whether the government of Ihe relch would give its approval to such procedure or to a proposul lo hand Ihe reparations problem over to the League of Nations. number of hikes, seventeen of i " . , and grading. A basic price of J 1.75 a bushel would be maintained by the purchas ing coporatlon, the resolution suggests. MASONIC MEMORIAL TONIGHT Local Masons will meet tonight at the lodge hall for the purpose of hold ing a memorial service for tho late President Harding. The deceased president was a high Mason and was an active worker in the order and Ihe (irnnil Master has directed all lodges to hold suitable memorial services. Returned From Portland Miss Blanche I.ahev. who has been visiting In Portland for the past week, returned homo yesterday afternoon. TO SIGN AGREEMENT. Mrs. Claude Riddle and children who are spending several weeks at Riddle, returned to Hino-burg yej terday for a lew days' stay. (t'nlteil Press) A'ASIIINC.TON, Aug. 14. An agreement between the Unl- ted Slates and Mexico has either been signed or Is about to be signed, it was declared on high authority today.