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305, OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW.
NO.
ROSEBURQ, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER SI, 1923.
VOL XL, NO. 309, OF THE EVENING NEWS.
ME
CASE
COURT
Made in Testimony
Concerning Finding
The Bodies.
KLAN PROBER
Worked Under Cap-
ipworth Declares
feign Was Planned
a Hotel Room.
1LWK CALLED OFF
HALIFAX. N. 8.. Oct. 31.
(IT. P.) The second race be
tween tbe Canadian lllue Nose
and the American Columbia in
lh- Inlernational Fishermen's
Bailing championship waa culled
off thia afternoon. both
ecboonera were practically be
calmed between the second and
third marks.
OREGON APPLES
TO BE
FEATURED
to
!A Ca.. Oct. SO. Assertion
Eracewell, a Ku Klux Klan
bad told mm wnen ne
trop. La-, to Investigate
krance of two men, "there
(or him to so to Aler
It tbe two bodies found In
id been tied or spread
logging cart wheels and
the hill and that waa what
beads off the two bodies,''
u II I deposition by S. N.
read today at the hearing
of E. M. Rittenhouse and
tceivership tor the Knights
lui Klan.
uid that he was employ
ee as an investigator for
ki Klan. He was sent to
put January 12 to make the
linder Captain Skipworth.
uid that Captain skip
er Rouge, urged Imperial
hut to keep him (Little-
it Job there. Llttlejohn Bald
ks detailed to work under
of Captain Skipworth
11 other Investigators were
ind that bis Instructions
Vatic with the end la )'jw
signt oe no indictment.
t when the grand Jurv
rm an indictment, he Bent
to T. J. McKinnon. He
instructions from McKln
"keep Captain Skipworth
not to crowd the Issue."
Kmnon was afraid the cap-
talk too much.
on Planned In Hotel.
u Klux Klan campaign of
in Oklahoma waa planned
room at Asheville, N. C.
mes in connection with
Ve Incident of last winter
estimation of the deaths of
1 and T. F. Richard was
featured the depositions
in read today in Fulton
(rt hearing.
Evans, imperial wizard o'
a Klan, in a deposition
he imperial palace here on
told of the camMlen nlan-
ftiahoma and discussed var-
fn connected with the klan
m and J. N. Llttlejohn.
klan investigator, told of
"?e incidenta.
nat sort of campaign waf
t-vans said it was to be
campaign in favor nf r
5 law and to hi.11,1 i,
for law enforcement .nil
to tie iaW,
ion Quotes Witness.
to a question the deposi
tee imperial wizard as fol-
pny other campaigns In dlf-
e nas the exeeutivA r,m.
borhed the expenditure of
know how tnnnv at at on
It has been
01 tile interest, nt tha Irian
Ml have tried to do ao."
"-uiznts of the Ku Klux
JOU have been Imiwrlil
TRKATY TER-MS APPROVED
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. 31. The
terms of tbe proposed Anglo
American treaty to cope with
rum running, were approved
yesterday by Lord Curzon and
Ambassador Hartey and were
submitted today to an Imperial
conference by Curzon. The
terms provide that the United
States may search within the 12
mile limit any British ship sus
pected of carrying liquor for
smuggling purposes and that
British ships may carry liquor
under seal Into the United
States territorial waters.
Southern Pacific Will Serve
Choice Fruit During
National Apple Week.
IS GOOD ADVERTISING
Umpqua Valley Product Will
Be Included in List of Finest
Many Varieties Will
Be Served Patrons.
Oregon's finest apples from the
Rogue, Willamette and Umpqua Val-
jieyg anu oiner famous appie prouue-
j fng centers of the state will be fea
tured on all Southern PacHIc dining
cars during National Apple Week
October 31 to November 7.
In announcing thiti yesterday, John
M. Scott, assistant passenger truffle
manager for the company at Portlnnd,
stated that all assistance possible
would be rendered by the ' Southern
Pacific in giving wide publicity to Na
tional Apple Week which begins to
day. . It'aen IntAroet la Holniv Hlsntuve.1 hv
(Associated Press.) ... , j
piwpvt r, t-it J1 n'M.illnff uiiiihk car aiewarue anu cnein in tut-
prospects at the University of Oregon j Pra-lon of menus featuring Ore-
nrp fulr th h ftPMsnn. nrrnrdinir In Rrl I " "Dl,wuo
FOR BUSY SEASON
Wldmer, coach. The turnout has been
light to date, he said, as a number of
the men are on the football squad In
cluding Estel Akers. Ike Mills, Ed.
Kirtley and Jens Tergesen who are
all of varsity caliber. Chatburne, Rob
ertson and Sumpton are light but have
a strong chance to make the team,
the coacb eald.
RIVAL - -
IS BEATEN TODAY
Allan Pollok, superintendent of the
railroad's dining car service, stated
yesterday that hundreds of boxes of
Juicy Newtown Pippins, Baldwins, De
licious. Jonothann. Kings, Ben Davis,
Winesaps and other toothsome varie
ties of apples raised In Oregon will be
served on the railroad's dining cars op
erating throughout the whole Pacific
Coast.
Among the many ways in which Ore
gun, applea will be featured on the rail
road dining cars will be baked ap
ples, apple fritters, apple turnovers,
apple cobbler, apple dumplings, apple
sauce, apple cider, apple puding, Hle
cake, apple niuscovile, apple Jelly,
apple sherbet and apple ice cream. In
fact, they will be boiled, stewed, fried,
baked. Jellied, saladed, sauced, cock
tailed, compoted, garnished or mer-
ingued to suit the taste of a critical
ALLEN TO AID
iDIPTHERIA NOT
SERIOUS HERE
-
4 (By Associated Press.)
I'liiWiti, net. si. .Major
General Henry T. Allen, who
commanded the American forces
on Hie lililuo. announced today
on hla arrival from Washington
that plans were belyg made to
feed two million (ierman child
ren this winter through the me
dium of the American Society
of Friends. Allen, who re
turned from , Germany In July,
said that (iermany is unable to
cope with thv grave situation.
He has accepted the chatrman-
ship of the American committee
In charge of the campaign
which be said has been endors-
ed by Secretary of Commerce
Hoover and many nationally
known Individuals who are aid-
Ing the movement.
Health Officers State That
Only Five Known Cases
Exist in City.
PRECAUTION NECESSARY
4- BRIBERY CHARGES MADE 4
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 31. (U. 4
P.) The charge of bribery in 4
connection with the impeachment 4
proceedings against Governor
Walton were aired in the state 4
senate today. Attention was call- 4
ed to a recant newspaper article 4
which reported an alleged meet- 4
Ing of two (hrmbers of the legis- 4
lature in an Oklahoma City of-
flee building, where a bribe of
several thousand dollars were re- 4
ported received.
Two New Cases Reported To
day But None of Five Are
Serious Enough to
Cause Alarm.
'A ell
I'KTKIXC AX AMI
m I
maxliig 4
cere-
of
TOKIO. Oct.
niiinv ltthnri,l
monies and .c .'.rnllon
atteciioi) ar cf the de-
parture. C cy ress of Jupa
today recv n farewell ai'ff
ence A merit 4 Amliawailoi, 4
rus It. Woods, who sails ,r-
row for San Francisco. 4
mm
1 1
2
IT BY STRIKE
ItKKK.KKS AUK LANDED
SEATTLE. Oct. 31. The
steamer lluford. arivlng here
next week, is bringing 1US men,
women and rhlldreu, members
of an Alaskan gold seeking and
colonization project. Their
vessel was wrecked by a storm
In the Hiring Sea during Sep
tember. The party had been
stranded at Port Clarence since
then.
No Settlement Yet Made and
Ereach Said to Be
Widening.
SERVICE 13 CONTINUED
Steps for the paeventlon of the
spread of the empidemlc of dlptherla
were started In earnest todav when
Health Officer Chas. B. Wade and
City Health Officer B. R. Shoemaker,
spent the morning in making a sur
vey of the Benson school. The doc
tors are centralizing their efforts in
that particular school on account of
the fact that three out of the five
known cases In tbls city have origin
ated there.
Two new cases of the epidemic
were reported thin morning to the of
ficers. One of these conies from the
Benson school and the other from the
high school. Outside of these cases
the original tnree cases of the epi
demic are the only cases of the real
Outside Electrical Workers
Will Be Imported by Com
pany to Take the Place
of Men on Strike.
WASHINGTON. Oct. St. C.enernl
Illnes, director of the Veterans Bu
reau, testified today before the sen
ate investigating committee that with
in the last few days the comptroller
of the treasurer had approved the pay
ment of an additional M3.0UII In fees
to Matthew O'Brien, Sun Francisco
architect. The payment was for plans
(Bv United Tress.)
NEWMARKET. England, Oct. 31
Lord Coventry's "Verdict" defeated the ''
rrencn riorse r-p naru ,nu.e ....-, Nallona, Ap)lo We(,k will do much
bridgeshire stakes today. Eplnard was!,, u,,,,wi,l .tiemlnn
considered a rival of Papyrus, but ran ; is. Pollok
stated.
More than 60.000 copied of special
illustrated Apple Week menus featur
ing Oregon apples have been printed
and distributed by the Southern Pa
cific Company.
second in a field of twenty three.
FOR VIOLATIONS
C'AXXOT JMKET PAYMKXTS
PORTLAND. Oct. 31. The
Oregon Electric company is
unable to muet the bond inter- 4
est payments on November 1st,
President Mr- . Turner an- w
nonnced tdoay. adding that it
Is "problema.lcal whether the
Spokane, Portland and Seattle
Railway company will advance 4
"the necessary funds within six-
4 ty days before action can be 4
taken on default." He said,
"The net loss so far this year is 4
$204,000. approximately 40.-
000 greater than at the same
period last year." In case of a
default a reorganized company
may take over the railway. 4
Abandonment is considered im-
probable. "
,llu It, f,.- .h. ai;u. " "" . - m.r,m,.
k . 7 T i, .v.. .1 ., , ! which were never used, but for which
... ie . Ti. V.i , . T , """lO'llrlen. according to testimony
a very widespread start In this com
munity. "1 want to stress again," said Dr.
Shoemaker this morning, "that the
condition is not serious and there Is
no reaeon that people should become
alarmed at the rumors which are cir
culating." Dlptherla is being reported
iin the schools all over the state and
haa been prevalent In the Portland
schools at fall .according to the doc-
tor. Roseburg haa been especially for
tunate In the light touch which has
developed here. The doctor stutes that
celving S97.0V0.
PARTY FRIDAY
(By Associated Preas.)
PORTLAND. Uct. 31. A settle
ment through the state board of con
ciliation was proposed today by the
wage adjustment committee of the
electrical workers of the Northwest
ern Electrical company, who went on .
a strike yesterday.
The co mi. inv today reported no
Interruption of the service as a re
sult of the walkout or the 120 line
men, station operutors, wlreiuea and
meter testers.
The Portland Railway Light and
Power company electricians were ne.
gotlalltur for an advance under the
new rcale to take the place of the
one expiring tonight.
PORTLAND, Oct. 31. (United
Press.) The breach between the
Northwestern Electric company and
the striking employes widened today
until It was believed virtually impos
sible to secure a speedy conciliation.
The company was maintaining
power and light service. Unable to
secure men locally to replace the,
strikers. It Is believed that tbe com
pany will bring electrical workers
from outsldo cities.
(Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31. Commis
sioner Blair today Issued an order to
the collectors of internal revenue to
invoke the penalties in ail cases of
Improperly executed sales tax returns
by merchants. The ruling affects every
mercantile establishment selling tax
able articles.
WHEAT DELIVERIES
HEAVY THIS YEAR!
ALBIA HEAVYWEIGHT
PORTLAND, Oct. 31. Frank Farm
er won a cleancut decision over Nip
Yeager, a local heavyweight, in a ten
round go here last night.
BOW LAW TO BE.
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct, 31 Wheat
delivered to the warehouse this sea
son to be sold through the Washing
ton Wheat Growers' association, has
already eclipsed the 1921-1922 season
ocipated in or furnished according to A. C. Adams, secretary
any political campaign
that you know of?'
wan ih.
f,"""10'- Walton a Ku Klux?"
f" Walton Obligated.
ZuT 'v. Governor
lull, nJ M otliRted par-
F'-"ki asked-
.know that of your own
'he klan- k-.1:"?' ?7 "n
.r ''"m" "here he lived
, uim, aidn't hll.-.
I .
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TRIAL DATE SET 4
MARSH FIELD, Oct. 31. (U. P). 4
The twice postponed trial of 4
Arthur Covell, Bandon astrologer, 4
charged with first degree mur- 4
der In connection with the death
of hl sister-in-law Mrs. Ebba
Covell. has been set for Monday.
November 5th. In the circuit court
of Coqitllle. with Judge John C. 4
Kendall presiding. 4
It is anticipated that consider-
able difficulty will be expeii-
In selecting the Jury because of
the publicity the case has receiv-
ed. The defense attorney, H. ('.
Giles, although not revealing his
line of defense, said that he may
another course than to plead in-
sanity.
,The Country club Hallowe'en par
ty which was scheduled for Tuesday
will be held Friday evening, Novom-
of the five cases not one i. .erinns ! ber 2nd. The Umpqua Klve haa been
enouch to rinse nv worrv mt th.i engaged for the evening, and danc-
the disease can be prevented from fur JnK- ,,ar1"- n" old-fashioned llal-
tner progress ir the necessary Btepsi" . " "
of precaution are taken. members at the merry Informal par
. ... , , ty. Mrs. E. W. Chapman is general
In the survey this morning the rhll,rnlttn, allrt , aB.,ed by a num
henlth officers swabbed the throats or, n,,r of committees. The club rooms
over a hundred of the etudents or the wlM bl, i,auiirtliy decorated with the
Benson school. They also Inspected j nu0we'on symbols. The party Is
the whole school for symptoms. Rape- jr members or the club only,
clal attention Is being paid to the n
pupils who have been in the rooms of
those who have been taken from the
school. With this preventative meas
ure It is thought that much develop
ment can be headed off.
Another alliuitlon which Is facing the
officers is the fact that many children,
slthouch not susceptible to the disease
themselves, may carry It and exiiose
others tn it. These children are cnll
ill "carriers" and spread the germs In
spite of the fact that they do not
show olrns of sickness themselves.
"These children are far more danger
ous in spreading diptheria that those
that are sick enough to go home ant
eo to bed," explained Dr. Shoemaker,
"because those who are confined de
not come in contact with other chil
dren." The carriers may go undetect
s
(Dy ttnlti-d Pre.s)
ATLANTA, (ia.. Oct. 31. According
tn affidavits presented today at the
receivership proceedings of the Ku
Klux Klan more than a million dollars
of Klan runds have been misappropri
ated within rour months. Treasurer
N. N. Kurney declared that sums
ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 have
been withdrawn on verbal orders of
Imperial Wizard II. W. Evans without
"d throut'h the whole period of ep. ,le knowledge of the cashier.
treasurer of the organization, and rep
resents only about half of the tonnage
anticipated. Receipts to date tola'
around 3.000,000 bushels, while the
nmn rnoneratlve Grain C.rowere
have accounted for an additional 6,-j
500.000 bushels in their territory. j
Final figures of the cooperative mar-i
keting organizations are estimated at
approximately 12.000.000 bushels for
the two states, as against nan win.
ar. t0 (r. ,, ,. , amount last year.
ul Rive It the V.v I. - . , . I...I..-. 1. 1, in rl
Cy an arent ... ... . l nf! wasningion "'""-
..." nt ' 'he klan." waslii- h.t for Idaho this year an
r . "p was n till i. k -l . . . . . ,.-.,1
according to sir. Aimms, n.s .u..
about $1,500,000 to the growers of t)
state. This is on the basis of 60 centr
a bushel when the grain Is delivered
to the warehouse and the tickets turn j
ed in. regardless of variety. gTare oi ;
shipping point. Mr. Adarnn stated. I
About 25 per cent of the wheat re .
reived this season has been sold, th
...oel.tlnn nrrlcial said, enner
LONDON. Oct. 31. The funeral of
former Prime Minister Andrew,Bonar
Law will be held In Westminister Ab
bey Monday, with high state officials
attending. Despite the desire for pri
vacy announced by the family the
late premier will be acceded the na
tional request tor builal in the Abbey.
BRITAIN WILL IT.
EXPECTED TONIGHT
a be
in
not taken into
.-..j i-nsrn ini
of ; b- -
obligated
Va Ru. . ....
ken Vi " " W inchester
rpicz
If you have anything you do not
want, leave It out somewhere tonigh'
where the kids can get at It.
Tonitht Is the one time In the veal
when the stored up "meanness" In th
youngsters can come to the front and
hold swav ror a rew of the hours r
the night. And being Hallowe en, to
; night offers an opportunity foa th.
'expenditure of lots of talent ainnnt
biooa oi ine vniau. im
I r.ftM . " itH-lirBOT I a.-.nwv,oi,w v...-..-. ... vOtmiT
Khrib. ..j R"',"-S to-i mortgaged wheat or under tne .. ' fo,k ar, flrm in the belief tha
"- Tlsltlna wllh third, nnttnn n an wnerepy uie . ,nnol rnmnl.
- -. . ..... i nnp niooeii, .,,.,-,-- , - - f- --
l l)Oh. i. . ...
ahl ? frm M0D-
s control ana tens Vr. 'ilh ,he nranks .
to sell hie gra.n. . .-,.,. for ki
rf the erowem are exem.-, - -
. are laaina piev.
thirds
retain
tlnn when
nap .ftp t i
... j. . , . u-. Iritrn
ing trie two-tntras ov, " l-.tin-uns
.t.rwi through this Plan the grow- 'r- uP
er will et his final returns much
hlch they were re
ds. but most of them
utions to prevent an
I The usual police declaration tnat
I will he .temlv dealt witl
earlier than under tne pool hai b(w.n i..,,,,) todsv. but no eeriou-
which normally brought In the " d , ,lfe. limb or property l
check during June following the
demic and spread the germs broadest
unless given close inspection. Ex
treme care In eliminating theee stu-
Makes a Denial.
ATLANTA, Oct. 31. A denial that
Ku Klux Klnn money was spent for
(Assorlated Press.)
LONDON O't. 31. Great Britain
formally advised Fiance and Belgium
hat It cannot recognize the Separa
lints movement In the Rlilneland o
he establishment ot an Individual
stnte in Cologne or other parte or the
occupied area.
IT
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30. Jack
Demps.y's profits from his bout with
Luis Firpo have given him and his
manager. Jack Kearna, tul! title tit
large apartment house here which th
rir took over early In the year, ae
cording to an announcement today b
the bond house thai handled the deal
The righter and his manarer bought
he property subject to a bond laene.
With the recent cleanup rrom th
"Irrto bout Ix mpsey railed In $1HV"
if the outstsnilmg bonds, giving hire
nd Kearns lull oanvrship or th'
buildinc.
dents from the school Is helng taken nolltlcal nurnoses In Oklnhonia
tnd when round they will be stopped I Chicago wan made today by II. W
tntll the doctors pronounce it ar, EVHnB immM wizard, In the receiv
'or them to re-enter. ershlp hearing today. Evans declared
A meeting or the patrons of the t)lilt the ,, nnl nl0 Oklahoma and
Benson school has been scheduled for ,,,,, tlHln, Wll, f,,r aw enforcement
tonlchl. At this meeetln-t the health j,nU Kvn,,ni Klan work,
officers will be present tn discus, with n
the parents the preventative and pre
cautionary steps which are necessa
to keep down anv turther spread
doctors urge that all the parents of
the school be present and co-operate
v. lih them In keeping down the spread
of the dieease before It assumes a
u rloiis stage.
Onlv one case In the schools, out
tide Benson, has been located, that
onx being In the high school. The
fact that the epidemic Is more preval
ent among the younger children will
nrohablv keep It from affecting mnny
V"h school students. The other grade
schools have eo far rejrorted no cases.
The henlth officers are r-nuestlng
that it be stressed among the Rose
burg
n,-rts occur the condition in this city
5 STATE T
EXPLAINED BY JONES
TO
Hoskett linker this morning re
ceived the big bass Sousaphnne which
he ordered some time ago for use in
the band. Mr. Baker haa been In
the bass section or thd Dnuglns Coun
ty Concert band since Its organization
and Is buying the horn himself for
the benefit or the band. The In
strument is a llll Sntisaphone Grand
and was purchased rrom C. (1. Conn.
It la a beautirul example of the craft
and Is enormous In size. Tho bell
la 24 Inches In diameter and the
horn Itself Is made In two parts ao
that It may be more conveniently
transported. Mr. Baker's horn la
one of the finest or Its kind In this
stale. """-
A POINT !N FIGHT
(A, noi-latcd 1-resa.)
PORTLAND, Oct. 31. The State
Grunge won a point today in the court
light to force the Income Tax liefer
endum Learuo to dlsclrse the source
f funds when Circuit Judge Knowlca
overruled the league's demurrer and
ordered the league to file an answer
to tho mandamus suit. The request of
the league's attorney for threo days to
file an answer was refined ,the Judge
ordering the answer riled tomorrow.
FEDERAL DICTATOR
Hon. Seymour Jones, ex-speaker of
the stale house of representatives,
spoke Inst night to a small audience
of people at the Majestic theatre on
the state Income laz question, which
Is being referended to a vote or the
people. On account or the weather
the attendance which had been ex-
people that unless other develop pecte.1 .waa cut down eonsiueran y
' ..r,,ni-. in ihi. nv and rew farmers were able to get In
need not become a subject of worry.
R. M Waddell. a resident of Von
ralla. was It town today attending
to loislness affairs.
from the country. The speaker gave
a very clear explanation nf the bill
which la to be ;nted upon and gave
his arguments aK.ilut the referen-
idum. He made It plain that soinn or
I the prevailing Ides In retard to the
., o I measure have no foundation anu em-
, , . . w .,,,. phaslzed his position In the matter.
.rter business affairs and will th.nl--- ''"'l lfcW ' l'., Tif
.o on to Portland to spend a few , connected with the tax department of
days On the way back they will the 'ate the speaker was able to II
stop at Palem where they will visit ' lustrate many falla. one statements
with their daughter. Mrs. Allan Car-1 which are helng broadc ast. Mr
son before returning to thor home Jon ft this morning for other
In this city. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton j foulhern cities where he will speak
expect to be gone a week or 10 days, within the next few da).
(tty United Press.)
BERLIN. Oct. 31 Munich dlspntches
Unlay eay that tbe Bavarian govern
ment will retain Federal Dictator Von
Iaiisow despite Streseman'a demand
for his dismissal. The tension hern
was considerably relieved when it was
learned that the 8nxon Socialists have
decided to form a new government
without the ComtiiunlstH to whom tho
central government objifted.
Jl'N.TlOX MINE. PUTS IN'
I.AIIGKM' PIMPING PLANT
(Itv International News Service.)
BD-liEE. Ariz.. Oct. 31 The lar
gest mine pumping plant In the Unit
ed States Is being Installed In the
.lun.-tlon mine, owned by the Calu
met and Arizona Mining company.
Three especially built Prescolt
pumps are helng Installed which will
send the water from the 2200 level
straight to the surface In one lift at
the rate of :,"II0 to .I.T.OO gallons
per minute.