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ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1923.
VOL XI, S13, OF THE EVENING NEWS.
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Mil I
if HOUDAY
Lon Setting Aside
Utf 12 as Armistice
Signed by N.Kice.
Vam is prepared
Legion Post Ar-
Celebration to Mark.
Lversary of Closing
Late World War.
pOCLAMATION
teas, On the eleventh
November, 1918, the
e between the Allies
German Empire was
closing- the World
M
teas, The victory thus
for humanity was in
Lrt due to the gallant-
valor of our troops,
tecord on the field of
kill add glory to our
orever. and
teas, It is fitting and
that we should testily
jratitu.de to our boys
h the brunt of that
war, and
t;as, The eleventh day
aber, Armistice Day,
;ear falls on Sunday,
ore, In order that we,
fkof Roseburg, Ore-
Viot be deprived of
ininity of this year
febratine with fitting
ls the glorious v'ic-
fa by our arms, I do
jroclaun Monday, No-
12th, a day of celebra-
Armistice Day, and I
py earnestly call upon
he that all join in the
ftion sponsored on that
the local post of the
tan Legion.
X. RICE, Mayor
November 12. was today
declared a holiday In Rose
fror N. nice, who In a
n letting aside Monday
to be observed as Armis
tices all residents of the
with the ex-service men
mince of the anniversary
mg of the great World
addition to the request of
ne local post of the
Ueion reatiesfs thnt nil
b;ines bo closed iturinir
"1 that a patriotic celebra-
first place in the city.
Wop-am has been arranged
uuuiees or the oca nnst.
been working nn ih niar,n
lay.
'J at 9 OVlnek nn Mnnlav
be fun will start with the
"ore at the corner of Cass
itreets. This WUT-be
Masai anil ,ini,. H
tn day off with hsn
"' will also be In order
HI be Dlentv nf amnu.
W the day Soin right.
dork the
Mffle Will .,,,n off Itoltor
than ever is being glv-
event and fh .m
Ptlonally or,'d onp. A
"-r ot loral mercantile es-
rP tO roneoaanto.
nd all nntri..,,- - j .
""n Invited o
1 veterans
-. .nf? ,nd sP""h Am-
i-n.r.j K"n PM of hon-
Mrirt. e-iK.11-
Letli
Lerl. . " ,n' C..
k orrarT, ., lary and 0,ne'
"Unljationi
composed of
IrlL1' ,h" Patriotic pro
lC,k"'M at the
:etM .The 'h'atre has
wine Hi .
'rle , c ""d enables
M he . ' ,ne Program
fi mir,odated at the
nrr,,-1,U"lr1 n"
'i H I"'" County con-
nc will k 10 ,h 'ul1-
n . w,'l he out In f..il
'ht
fr..
1 in
ne upesking. ter th city,
choi
ill be pro- T
cianc.)
STOII CITIES
(By United Press.)
BERLIN. Nov. 6. The first
onslaughts of the Separatists
at Kalserlautern today have
been repulsed by the citizens
loyal to the Helen, but fierce
fighting there continue.
Thousands of Berlin families
are desperate today because
they are unable to buy bread.
The danger of a bread rebellion
menaces the big cities as the
army completes preparations to
combat any aggressive move of
the Bavarian Fascist!.
French Troops I'leur Street
HKKI.IN, Nov. 6. The Sep-
aratlsts have begun a movement
to control the Bavarian palatl- 4
nate. A large band entered
Kalserlautern last night and at-
tacked the town hall. They
were then repulsed but were
successful In occupying the gov-
ernment buildings and a news-
paper office. Early today the
French troops were clearing the
Btreets.
ELECTION TO BE
HELD TOMORROW
Income Tax Measure Will Be
Chief Issue Before the
Voters of the State. .
BONDS ARE PROPOSED
City to Consider F're Truck
Bonds and Also Amend
ment to Charter Annex
ing More Territory.
in anotner part of tnis paper win
be found sample ballots for - the
special election to be held tomorrow.
Interest in this election is apparently
light and the vote Is not expected to
be heavy. The only state Issue con
cerns the proposed Income tax mean-
ure, and this is the only proposition j
to be given consideration by the vot
ers of Douglas county. Arguments
for and against the tax have been
presented through the various news-
paoers of the state, and hy speakers
representing both sides, so that the
majority of the voters are well In- I
formed on the measure. Political
prophets are predicting the defeat
of the measure, as there appears to
be strong opposition to the tax. The
bill, however, is raid to have its
strongest supporters among the far
mers, particularly In eastern Oregon,
and If the weather remains good the
farm vote will undoubtedly be heav
ier than dopesters have planned on.
so that the outcome is uncertain.
The city of Roseburg has taken ad
vantage of the eleetlon to put two
important measures before the vot
ers. One concerns the Issuance of $15.
000 in bonds for the purpose of pur
chasing a fire engine and equipment
to bring the fire department up to
the standard for a' city the size ol ,
Roseburg. The money if voted will i
be spent on a modern fire truck, to- . with the coming of the motion pic
gether with various minor pieces of I ture theatres he found new stands,
apparatus designed to cope with dlf-1 and until about a year ago theatre
ferent types of fires. The fire truck patrons always found his stand be
purchased will he one of the stand- j tore the motion picture bouses,
ard makes, similar to those proved About a year ago he contracted a
and tested in other cities of like severe cold which turned Into Infill
size and importance. It is expected enza. From this attack he never
that the pumper will cost around fully recovered and gradually his
1 13 000. Because of the fact that i condition became worse until Sunday
much of the residence part of the 'morning at 5 o clock when his death
?.!'' -b" " i'?.'' rH-riiuner,! will be he,d at the
- ""-n invitea toipiimp is neiu ue.o...
hWIu see ,l,",o vote the o'o. K " wIuTU'
"JZSZYn wn' oldrnted by the Knights of Pythla,
I 111- Ulldl llliriH ., i , ,
provide protection for the homes.
Some of the opponents of the
measure have been circulating the
statement that no one but property
i.u iha hnnds This.
i .. "" 'hi' nrorrum however. Is not true, as any qualified ,
I'oe.i. " ords more voter residing within tne cny iinrn.
Is privileged to vote on tnis nmi'e,.
The other citv measure provides
the method hy which new territory
may he annexed to the city The
present charter provision In this re
gard provides inai am n f"i I
may be submitted to residents of ter-l
rltorv to be annexed only at regular; 4
elections. The proposed smendment
in in manv I would a ow tne counrn iu -
I special electi.,11 .t any time. upon a
tre .. vrorram Is In i petition property r-
hr lba,.'u"!, lll be pro-lsented by the residents ot tne oui
Mh.., re nnahle to side district asking permission to en-
Tie new amenameni ...u,u -- ' -
I make more clsar the powers oftn'w' -r,
1 . A mmn
E
j Familiar Figure on Roseburg
. streets Will Be Seen
No More.
HAD PICTURESQUE LIFE
Ran Away When a Small Lad
and Spent Early Life as a
Sailor Came to Rose
burg With Ox Team.
Popcorn George Is dead.
Few people ever knew Popcorn
j George by his right name, George
Staples, but the death of the old man,
who for years sold popcorn and pea
I nuts to residents of Roseburg, from
i his little push cart which was a fa
j miliar sight upon the streets for over
30 years, will leave a' vacant place
which none can fill, and his memory
will live long in the hearts and minds
: of those who in past years have been
i in the habit of patronizing the stand.
By the name Popcorn George he i
1 was known throughout the years and
by the name Popcorn Geroge he goes
to his grave, and he will be followed
to this resting place by many whose
lives have been laid in pleasanter
ways, but who will always hold in
loving memory this one whose kind
liness and fellowship with all man
kind, gave him a unique place in
the daily life of the city.
Popcorn George's life was one
which might have made good fiction
POPCORN GEDRG
DOM
tie did not know his own age. He:ciura, committee. The amount ot
thought that it was about 74 year. 1 1 he damages will be filed later. Claims
He might have a Bister, he told friends, totalling 25,000,000 have been filed by
shortly before he died, but of tlila relatives of the survivors and others.
ne was noi ceriain.
He was born some place in the '
state of Maine, probably Bangor. Lur- i
ed by the romance of the sea he' ran '
awav from home when still a vomit
lad and shipped before the mast on I
an old wind-jammer. For years hel
sailed upon vessels of all sorts re
ceiving the ha re)-hips of the sailor's
life together with the picturesque
pleasures of the days of the old sail
ing vessels, which have now almost
itiuHntunruil frnni thn anno
relatives and friends were forgot-
ten, and when he returned to his na
tive state he could not find his par
ents and came west. . His years of
service before the mast naturally took
him hack to the ocean and he went
to Astoria, but after a few years he
tired of the life there and loading all
of his possessions into a fart drawn
by a voke of oxen, he made his way
to Roseburg. The beautiful valley in
which Edenbower is now located, at-
tracted his attention and he took up
a place there annul jo years ago. lie
soon tired of farm life, however, and
came Into town seeking odd Jobs. He
conducted a sinull eating house on
Front street for a few years, anil
then selling this purchased his first
peanut and popcorn wagon.
For over thirty years the wagon
irom wnicn ne som popcorn ami pea-i (United Prens.)
nuts was a familiar sight in Rose- ew YORK. Nov. 6. Mm. Helen
burg. In rain or shine I-opcorn , ewmm sl0kes .defendant In the dl
George was to be found at the stn- Lp u rP!lej todav. The objec
tion platform upon the arrival of ; ,lon. of Mlll SlepP, , plaintiffs at
every train, ana .ne aax.ry w...,r
and the savory odors
from the small wagon lured many
shinv nickels into his pockets. Hei.
did well in his business for many.
worthless mining property, sold to
him by an unscrupulous promote
wno later landed in the penitentiary
, h8 fraudulent actions, and th
savings of years were wiped away,
f.,ir,oliln rhnnel on Tilesdav after-
lodge.
council in this matter and removes
ihe doubt ttond questions formerly
existing In connection w-lih the tak-
ng In
nf rntsid property.
. MAS ATTOIIXKY KILI.KK
ATLANTA. C.. Nov. 5.
W S. Cub'irn. attorney for the
A Fnmeror Simmon lacnun
Of
I
J
I
the Ku Klux Man was snoi
and killed In his offlre here
late today by Phillip Fox. said
to be 'he editor of the Imper
ial Nlcht Hawk, a publication
of the Imperial Palsce and
Conner
ted with tne rvu mux
Klan
f the Imperial Hard
Evans
faction. Fox was ar-
rest ,
IIKAltlXd DATE IS SKT
The Public Service ConimU-
Fion has set Wednesday. No
vember XI, as the dute for hear
ing the city s petition for an
overhead crossing at the ex
tension of South street, to con
nect with the proposed urldk'e
to I'mpqua Park addition. The
city Is proposing to construct
a bridge over theSouth I'mpqua
at a point lea,i:.m southwest
from the Intersection of .Mill
and South streets. The Public
Service Commission has been
asked to grant the city the
privilege of crossing the tracks
with an overhead at that point.
OF
SOUADFlDiJ I
(United Press.)
SAN DIEGO, Nov, 5. Captain Ed
ward H. Watson, commander of the
Eleventh destroyer squadron, w"hen the
vessels were wrecked on Point Honda
in September, goes on trial here today
before a court martial on a charge ol
"culpable inefficiency and negligence.'
Ten other officers face trial at the
same court later.
GERMANY IS LIABLE
. FOR LOSS OF LIFE
(United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 6. Germany
was today held liable for the loss of life
and property in the sinking of the
Lusitania in a decision of the mixed
NM FLIERS iE
E
(fnitod Pre-.)
WASHINGTON. Nov.5 .Admiral
Moffetl, head of the navy air service
today telegraphed congratulations to
Lieutenants lirow and Williams who
have been shattering air speed re
cords during the past few days. At
the same time Motfett ordered (hem to
discontinue efforts to pet further re
cords on the ground that unnecessary
risks were entailed and no useful pur
pose served.
T
T
t0:WV ,.erp .utained when an atempt
was made to recall Stokes to the
stand. The court held that the tl.n
.iPOfflU! HIT BY
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(A.i'-I.ited Press.)
PORTLANIi, Nov. 5. A committee
representing the Northwestern Elec
tric company strikers today conferred
with the state conciliation board on
the question of returning to work
pending an Inv.-tlgation of the waise
i question by the hoard. The compan-
lueeuon o i"'
irree to a board ot in
vest Icatlon Trending It covers all e 1
the electricians in the dletrict. thus
Including the Portland Railway Light
and Power company wage dispute.
Mors Strikes Pending. !
PORTLAND. Nov. 5. (L'nltedj
Press.) Within a few davs one thou
sand wotkeis may be idle In Port
land. Four hranches of induMrle.i
nre threatened s a result of the wage
controversies. For almost a week tin
electrical workers of the Northwentcrr
Electric company have been on 1
strike. This morning the brick layer;
engaged in the construction of puli'le
senooi ouiiiiinni- 1
' Portland Railway Light and Power:
I company rerciwd demands of Increa.
led wages for the electrical workern
u. " . .
twl to the slate conciliation board
f
........ 1 , ineruH ff ect In c
all of the local racking houses.
1 1
1. C. ("arson of 8uth-rn spent to ,
A. in I,. ....I.,,,.- look n u(ler hii-1-
ni su matters.
NEED BIG FORCE
TO COLLECT TAX
Income Tax Law Would Make
Greet Increase in State's
Clerical Force.
WOULD ADD EXPENSE
State Tax Commissioner Says
He Would Need Fifty Extra
Clerks to Care for Work
During Rush Seasons.
SALEM. Nov. S. Thirty addition
al regular clerks and probably 20
more to handle the rush of collection
period business is the estimate which
Earl Fisher, state tax commissioner,
places upon the increased expenses
that will he saddled upon his of rice
if the state income tax Is approved
hy the voters of Oregon at next
Tuesday 's special election.
Under the terms of the bill the
collection of the taxes and Investi
gation necessary to prevent tax
dodgers from escaping would be del
gated to Mr. Fisher, and his views
upon the probable cost of administer
ing and collecting the tax, which It
is estimated will saddle an expense
of from $75,000 to $2110.000, are
pertinent at this time.
Preliminary investigation has con
vinced .Mr. Flsuer that the detail
work connected with collecting and
keeping the tax records in shape will
necessitate the addition of about :
employes to his regular office force.
Nor does he anticipate that this num
ber would care for the Increased
business during the collection sea
son. Investigators to check up and
make the tax effective would also be
needed he says. . 1
It will also be necessary, accord
ing to Mr. Fisher, to obtain larger
quarters for his department If the
income tax law is put Into operation.
Based on the records In the orflee
of the federal Internal revenue col
lector In Portland, collection of the
state Income tax would require the
housing by the state of approximate
ly 70.000 Individual reports annual
ly. . These reports, under the law,
must lie kept for a period of three
years, which would keep the num
ber on hand at one time to 280.000.
To onre properly for these reports
cabinets and vaults would have to be
Installed costing many thousands of
dollars.
Tax students who have Investigat
ed the income tax law and have gone
Into the records regulating the col
lection of federal Income taxes ex
pressed the opinion todny that the
dale will not have access to the gov
ernment records, as indicated at the
time the Income tax bill was pre
sented to the legislature last winter.
Without access to the federal rec
ords It will be necessary for the
state, should the income tax law be
approved, to carry on Its work Inde
pendent of the government depart
ments.
l'nverifled recorts received from 1
Poitland indicate that approximately 1 lowed to return to school. The par
H0 persons are emploved In the In-1 enls of these children are not being
ternl revenue offices there in hand-1 quarantined, as long as they do not
ling the work of the Income tax de-
virtment. As ihe task of collecting
the state Income tax would be even
more Intrinsic than that of collect
ing the federal returns, local offi
cials do not believe that the state
tax commissioner could carry on his
wo-k with .10 additional emvloyes.
The-e men said It would probably
woti'd be neces-ary for the state to
duplicate the federal force, which
would add materially to the cost or
sdmlnlsiratlon estimated hy Mr.
Either and other persons close in
touch with the tax situation.
In the state treasurer's depart
ment, which would be Intrusted with
all moneys collected through the op
eration of the Income tax law. It
would be necessary to arid at least
one employe to the present force. The
alarv of this emplove based on the
present salaries paid In the stale
treasurer's diT'rtment. would add
at leesi $200 annually In the admin
istration costs.
L
FORETELL POLITICS
I
. . 1II..r,T.lv v-. c The elee
V. ASIIINOTON Nov . R.-The 'lee
Hons held In many sta ""
sre expected hy political otaervers n
iha ha. to forete the no I-
!t?csl toriune Ol i imimur m
pu M ics n party.
inree roniesis siano
The Vermont sens
lout prominently
cousin. I'arK 11. ronsro i iii
crallC ranill'isie ami hi' ....-..-... c
I contests in Kentucky and Maryland.
MILLIONS LOST
BY U. S. INVESTORS
21 ARE PLAGED
N
Children in Benson School
Found to Be Carriers of
Diphtheria Germs.
SITUATION IS BETTER
No New Cases Developing
Physicians Believe That
Spread of Disease Has
Been Checked.
Twenty-one positives, or carriers
of diphtheria, were found by the test
made in the Benson school last week,
and have been placed in quarantine,
until their throats are cleared up
and the epidemic Is halted. Ors.
Wade and Shoemaker Inst week took
cultures from the throats of 124 pu
pils ill the lower grades of the Ben
son school where diphtheria has
made Its appearance and these were
examined in the state board of
health laboratories, where It was
found that 21 pupils are carrying the
disease. IHphlherla la peculiar In
the fact that certain people may
carry the germs In their throats and
yet not suffer any 111 effects, while
at the same time they -may pass the
disease on in malignant form to
some other person. Twenty-one such
carriers were discovered in the exam
ination and these have been ordered
quarantined. The parents are ad
vised to have the children's throats
washed several times dally with
some standard antiseptic wash, and
to use the same germ destroyer in
the form of a nasal douche until the
germs in the throats of the children
are destroyed, when they will tie ml-
develop the disease.
The other children In tho famlilea
in which these carriers have been
found, must either be immunized or
quarantined, Ihe doctors stale. They
will not be allowed to return to
school, unless the proper Immunltiii
treatment Is taken.
The situation la believed to be Im
proving as no new cases have de
veloped for several days. Seven
castas are now under quarantine, (11
addition to the carriers, but It ap
pears that the spread has been
halted.
TO UTE PREMIER
(tinned Press.)
L()NIK)N. Nov. fi.- (ileal Britain
paid a farewell tribute to the hue
Premier Bonar Law today. The Brit
ish empire and most of the world
were represented at the funeral when
the ashes were placed in the tomb at
faim tn
tmlnlster Abbey. Arrhbmhop Can
rbury rece'vec, the um borne by non
commissioned officers of the Royal
Air Force and Scottish Borderers, In
which regiments the Isle premier's
two sons were killed Ihe war.
o
Fr.tnk Barr, who works for Ihe
Purple Trucji company of pnrilsnd.
while cranking his trip k yesterday
sustained a broken arm The arm
was set hy Dr. Ims Melvln snd Mr.
Barr expects to l.e aide to continue
on his way to Portland within s tew
dsys.
QUARANTINE
E
MEETS DEFEAT
Eugene High School Wins
From Locals in Close and -Exciting
Contest
SCORES ON KICK-OFF
Eugene Boots Ball to Rose
burg Line and Visiting
Player Falls on Ball
For First Score.
(By Olenn Radabaugh.)
The Roseburg high school football
team was defeated for the second
time of the season Saturday when
the Eugene high school squad met
the locals on Ijuirelwood field for a -victory,
of 30 to 20. The game drew
a very good crowd of fans and fur
nished them with a contest in foot
ball which kept them excited from
the first whistle.
Eugene opend things up In the
first quarter when their klckoff -carried
well toward the goal. The ball
was recovered by a Eugene player
and carried over the line for a
touchdown. The play was as much
a surprise to one team as to tha
other and was the result of a beauti
ful klcknrr from Eugene rather than
a "honer" on tho part of the Rose
burg team. Things got down to
brass tacks following the second
klckoff and the respective teams
demonstrated Ihe relative line-buck-Ing
and line-plunging abilities. There
was little effort made on the part of
either team In llne-plunglng. both
squads resorting to other plays In
preference to flghtliur, the line. Tho
first quarter ended In after vain at
tempts of both sides to annex an
other goal.
In Ihe second quarter Eugene's
splendid Interference was demon
strated when that team was able to
gain steady yardage hy the use of a
clever criss-cross play. When In
twenty yards of the goal Eugene
kicked a successful goal and won
Ihe second score, putting It at 9 to
0 in their favor. The "hefty" swing
of the left foot of Ihe Eugene player
more than once gained yardage anil
twice kicked scoring goals.
The star play of the day came Just
two minutes before the end of the
first half when Captain Rusty Irwin.
In the opposing territory, broke thru
the Eugene line ami made a sensa
tional 75-yard open field run for a
touchdown. The play was one of
the prcttleet examples of quick
thinking and execution that has been
displayed this season. Bill Burr
added a little more "kirk" to the
thrill when ho recovered the Lull
which had failed to go over for a
field kick and dashed across the lip'',
scoring a point. The close score, pf.
9 to 7 at the end or the half -
The time for discussion during tho
intermission between halves seemed
to heighten the excitement of -the
crowd on the sidelines and double
the determlnstion of both squads-to
Increase their efforts snd Incident
ally the score. At Ihe rrrst of tha
half it looked as If the game had
resolved Itself Into a battle to see
which line would hold the longer.
j but Eugene pulled another crlss-
cross for a big csln In yardage and
pre-cntlv had added sno'her seven
points to I's score. Another "touch
down and successful field kick came
to the Eugeners before the end of
Ihe quarter putting the score at 23
to 7. Roseburg rallied and when
ftlll Burr made two fifty yard runs
on peases, fought Its wsy across the
line for another score.
The last quarter found both teams
doing the best playing so far In tho
game. Line-plunges, trrlss-crossea,
forward passes, long punts, line
bucks and every other tactic known
was used hv holn sides In the effort
to gain yardage. But the ball sway
ed hack and forth with nn score re
sults until when near Ihe Rose
burg goal Rusly Irwin broke thru
a second time for a touchdown,
bringing the scores closer together
and making them 23 tn 2". During
the lai-t five minutes of the game,
Eugene pulled together and ran one
more ball across Ihe line fixing the
final score of 30 to 20 In Its favor.
The two remaining tnjtititeg were
too short a time to enable Roseburg
to come across with one more touch
down, hut the whistle found the ball
well towards the coal.
This defeat will not mean the can
cellation of Ihe other scheduled con
testa to be played In Grants Pass
and Ah!nd. bl't will be the last
home "ante and In all probability tho
second and last defeat of the season.
Saturday's lineup Included: Beck
lev. Revmers. Plerson. Ferguson,
Agee. Nihlett. Clair Tavlor. Veruon
Tslor. Bowdcn. Wright, Jost, Ir
win. Burr, perrln. McCullnugh. Chtl
aon. Ilelllwell. Substitutes on Ihe
bench were: Hunt. Hess, Cuthrldge,
Sharp, Uruton, Forrester and Seely,
BURG
TEAM