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ml It PANIC ISlq mm wfflm Associated Press Leased Wire OSEBTOi . - - - iinrAAruT-njTju'iL Consolidation of The Evening News end the Roseburg Review. Of DOUGL AS COUNTY Jl . Independent Newep.p.r, Published for the Best Interests of the People. 1 1 A I . II 11 r. . .ri i u . u w i if m i i i y i ii l. i : 1 TT W UAAd T si-- T T BUBS TOW VOL. XXV, NO. 368, OF ROSEBURG REVIEW. 1 ROSEBURQ, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1924. VOL. XI, NO. 258, OF THE EVENING NEWS. jHundreJ Injured Los. Will Be Heavy. Killed and GUUi KILLS SKI.F lsTED 14 MINUTES oreoon City. Jan. 15. Margaret Morlarlty, aged 20, shot herself to death this morn- Ing at her home at West Linn. according to reports to the cor- oner s office. She bad recently been released from the state hospital for the Insane at Sa- lem where she bad been sent ,nJ nf Tokio ResidentSI suffering from acute melon- Uisandi or i w . cnolIa. Tne coroDer decided no Inquest was necessary. kte Breakfast in Street Fearing to Return to Their Homes. Prf Leased Wire.) SHANGHAI, Jan. 15. U't death list in the earth- tndav Drobably will not U 50. according to inror P" . ' !. jonbere. Uisuames were Hrous, but did not include Imvw. reoorU say. kW houses, built in the re- Ittruction after the great tember earthquake col- L The shocks this morn luted 12 minutes. no-litd Prfsa Leased Wire.) tftiHAL Jan. 13. Kxtensive i-t. iacliiding destruction of Inai amsdiu aud lnterruitiou mamuiralion in the vicinity Uo ud Vokohanin has follow tat mkr of a heavy earthquake rh 0RUR4 (tils rooming accord- adiirr received from the nf dklml tf the Mxn Dempo, a hpmiaworlulinn here. M.nfnm are safe' nt uinwlsu. ! wMriprrad destruction in that rtrjr, is sblch ninny bouses are m tuif be shaken down. The rial tills, located at Xuinadzu, not damaged, huwever, the re- natr. 1 ami of greatest dnmnce is (o hair been between the towns 'nnba, which is about HI) miles nt of Tokio. and Kooiu. an ard la the vicinity of Hakone. Ilof to reports received over at railway line kept In operation 1 Kobe railway bureau between ' and Honshu, .hi damage was suffered by the ormern loKio and Koozu, '1 (rom this source stated. The ass felt at Nagoya, about 2(10 looinwest of Tokio, lu the ntr of Owarl and In Khlzuoka. "mga province, along Siqrura I' netereologlral observatory at naoaDred after the quake that lltn of the oscillations reninliul rlunograph by the earth was 30 J-lo millimeters. The "Wed for 11 minut... it.. foloKical center apparently was - "a const, it was stated. MMern News Agency has re Tporls that the damage to as sot extenaire hut il.i.t it were In the Kwamn itiut,.i,. f ' Hakone, lu Suruu prov- y "pnone, telKraph and sioppeu as a re uamage wrought by the earth rrcrlTed br th. vi st 0-(nrk , '-"Watatedth,, there , ""'"reaks of fire at To- p1ort fM . . . iTokift k '"ozoai, a city - - piu,i oad bees d the .lrwt r.l(r.. of. cnnilsion. The Wr'J nnU8h 'PPl-. was 'er'd at tl,a, tmr, it was tei5.-T,l-'.luake lines had not been permanently tin- puireu oy tne treinblor. Kxcept for windows smashed by the shock, plaster shaken from the walls and tiles from the roof, no serious daniagu waa caused to the Imperial ootid. All the serious casualties In the af fected district are said in have twv.n ' confined to Japanese. SHANGHAI, Jau. 15. Advices re ceived from Osaka by the Mlion leni ix, Japanese news agency, stated that a tremendous earthquake in the Kunto district, in the vicinity of To kio aud south west ward, shortly be fore 0 o'clock' this morning have severed communications between To kio and Osaka. " The traffic department of the Osaka railway bureau has reported that two express trains, which left Kobe on the night preceding the quake were overturned in the neigh borhood of Uoteuiba, in Northwest em Huruga province, near Odawara, where the tremblor Is said to have displayed great Intensity. TARIFF BAniE M W IS FOR . KING IS OUT IN OPEN soldiers Bowys ADDR GEORGE S Internal Fight Aired Today in Public Hearings on Sugar Duties. PROBING POLAR FLIGHT Would Require Navy Depart ment to Make Statement of Value of Proposed Trip of Dirigible. TOKIO, Jan. 1.1. Fifty persons are believed to have been killed in Tokio, Yokohama and the outside ills trlct.i lu twluy's earthquake while many persons were injured. No cas ualties among foreigners have been reported. heav M-.k.p """uisions or r"noer, orrurwi . rHiber tl. .ii.,..::. "' v iretnblor noci; spproarhe.1 .. L," ''. "fef in durstl. rnnsx-l as ' mr here M , fl'le.1 with neenaltated SHANGHAI, Jan. 15. Houses were I demolished at Numadzu on Suruxal bay, southwest of Tokio, where the' Imperial villa Is located, and extensive damage caused throughout the terri tory in the vicinity by an earthquake this morning, according to reports from the Kobe railway bureau receiv ed by the Nipon Dempo. Almost complete demoralization of, telephone, telegraphic and railway I lines In a belt extending from Tokio' southwestward along the coast to N'agoya, at leust, nearly a hundred! miles away Is reported. Tokio audi Yokohama are said to .have been lsola-j ted for a short time after the earth-l quake was felt. TOKIO, Jan. 15---SIx persona were. killed and nearly 200 injured In Yoko hama, and four were killed and at least 20 Injured In Tokio by the second great earthquake disaster in five months to strike the two Japan ese cities and vicinity this morning. The statistics were given out by po lice. One report stated that six hundred houses had been demolished In Yoko hama. Odawara, a city on Kawatsu bay, about 75 miles southwest of here suf fered the greatest damage from the tremblor, as it did last September, when vast sections of both Yokohama, and Tokio and surrounding cities vir tually were destroyed. Water mains were ripped from their j places and smashed by the quake and water flooded the streets and hnn- dreds of homes in the two cities fol-! lowing the shock this morning. Big buildings of modern construc-l tion, which were badly damaged andj In many Instances still in partial ruin from the disaster of last September, were further damaged by todays tremblor. The cabinet went into session Im mediately after the earthauake to con sider relief measures and to obtain , Information regarding the extent of the damage. The stock market suspended opera tions owing to the failure of communi cations. The center of the earthquake is be lieved to hsve been near Taniawa. Mountain, In Sagaml province, accord-! Ing to officials of the central observa-i (Associated Press Leased Wire.') WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. While tempest and tornado were wrench ing the timbers of the republican house organization today, the sen ate floated calmly in a legislative doldrum. In the face of a driving storm of democratic-Insurgent protest, the house leaders fought valiantly to have what they could of their rules revision program, framed primarily to enable the majority to transact the business of the house expedi tiously and In Its own way. While the debate continued, there was no attempt to take up legislation. The senate received a new batch of bills and resolutions. Inserted some newspaper clippings In the Congressional record and then fell back on the time honored subject of the tariff as a topic of debate. Sen ator Walsh of Massachusetts deliv ered a long speech embodying a democratic estimate of the repub lican protective policy. A plan to tax theatre and roof garden patrons to provide a fund that could be used for a soldier bo nus provided congress Is willing was proposed by Senator Curtis of Kansas, while the house ways and means committee was hearing pleas for tax reductions on many things including bonbons and billiard balls. Another bonus bill was tossed In the senate finance committee by Senator Copeland and the committee prompt ly passed responsibility for all sol dier legislation to a sub-committee. The farmers continued their relief petitions before both senate and house agricultural committees and Senator La Follette Introduced a bill to reduce freight rates on farm pro ducts and machinery. Another house committee re-opened the highly ex plosive Muscle Shoals question, but accomplished nothing except a disagreement ntii 7: .T ""avmnhe oniric, tory. where Its duration was recorded bok on-, """elry trembled M 12 minutes. Its Intensity was estl- " Hani. c win shocks. "iea at nair mat or last oepiemwi. ",t,ru .? .-.,! . So tmm,.; ,,,ue 'he stmc- tokio, Jan. 15. Despite Daaiy T. """"les were reported, I cr,PP'ed telegraphic communication,! Wands r.t news oi ine interruption oi ran irai- vin-Vj rldents of Tokio ' flc an the derailment of trains In i lo M.i. 1 m me streeta wun-u - otC,T",ln- n" dwtnTfo i,y ,hl """-nlng Is beginning to ar2LhoiD'- 8 f0, trickle Into official hands here. nPd7T "t of Tnklo has . ,T artn,lualI,, "IM t, JT";1 m , n" freight rain at Totsuka, near Yokt; 'l-lT II HKe. IXteal I i , w f T,,n ' L"lr.f,?h'?,?-I All railway lines between Hlratsu- re, h ,n-". ks and rhlr...lH ..re broken. "huil,. I Commnnieatlnn between Tokio and - ai me (Continued on page J.) (Associated Prs Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. The in ternal fight of the tariff commission came out Into the open at the be ginning today of the public hear ings on sugar duties. Three members, Vice Chairman Culberthson and Commissioners Cos tlgan and Lewis, charged participa tion by Commissioner (ilassie in dis positions of the questions involved. Commission members expect the sugar rate question to consume the remainder of the week with advo cates of a reduction In the present duty and those favoring its reten tion Indicating a readiness to cod test vigorously every technical as well as every fundamental point. A score of attorneys were before the commission and the members, in ad dition, had sheaves of data supplied them by their own experts and sub mitted by vsrlous Interests Involved. The commission's study of the su gar rates arises' from a controversy which originated more than a year ago and took form later in a com plaint submitted by New York sugar Interests a skin a reduction In the duty of the full 60 per cent au thorized under the flexible provisions of the law. The complainants sa-ainst the present duties were the. first to present their esse, In accord-j ance with the commission s ruies. 4 (Associated Press teased Wire.) PENDLETON. Qi;.. Jun. 10. Charles I.. MuMary, I'nlted States senator from Oregon, today wired American Legion post number 23 to the effect that he Is In favor of adjusted compeasatlon for veterans of the world war and that he will vote for it at the present session of congress and further that be will vote for it in the event of 4 a presidential veto. The two Oregon senators and ltepresen- tative Sinnott were requested by the local post of the Legion to state their attitude toward compensation. ' ESS GIVEN Says He Is Pleased With Fine Relations Existing With United States. BALDWIN IS THROUGH ASTOltIA I-OIVfiK ItrilNFI) NEW FORK WILE I GET CONVENT (Axsnotated Press looted Wire.) ASTOltIA. Ore.. Jan. 15. Investigation of the fire which last night caused $10.1100 dam age to the new IMi.uiiD Masonic building here developed thut Kdwln I.aurln, Astoria drug- gist saw two men running from the building about half an hour Oj before the alarm was turned in. C CMn.;A P. - . There was no rubbish nor wires :3an "WKWCO Kun a Uose lh the room in which the flames originated, It was said. The building was to have been formally dedicated Sutur- day. Second in the Balloting of the Committee. J. n. Sparks of Oakland spent sev eral hours In this city today attend ing to business matters. George II. Best, of looking Glass, spent the day In thk city attending to business affairs. Will Sing His Swan Songs as Result of King's Speech Today in Which Tariff Is Omitted. IXVF.STHUTK llOXF.It'S DKATU FINE' BIDS ARE MADE t A flflnr-lntorf Tra fnl Wlrat new yokk. Jan. ls.-Distrtct New York Meets Bid Made by tlnrnAV ttnnfon tnnnv hocrl nw an In. J San Francisco Big Sum EXPERTS CONTINUE ! THEIR WORK TODAY (Associated Press Leased Wire.V PARIS. Jan. 15. The committee of experts, of which llrlgadier-Uen-eral Charles G. Dawes Is chairman, began this morning, Its task of exam ining the resources of Germany. The members met promptly at 10 o'clock at the unofficial American repara tion headquarters. GeneraliDawes' speech yesterday has Impressed the French public In a way that few . public utterances even from Frenchmen have done In recent years. ' " ' ' 1 Hut the chorus of praise continues some reflective don lit as to whether the opening breeze Unit followed the chairman's straightforward speech will prove strong and lasting enough to overcome some of the obstacles which the experts will meet. PARIS, Jan. IS. Dr, Schacht, president of the relrhshank and Ger man currency commissioner, had been Invited by the exnert liiveiUnt lng commission headed by Charles G. Dawes to come to Paris Imme diately, it was announced this af ternoon. The committee desires to avnll Itself of Dr. Schai ht's knowledge of the present currency situation in Germany and receive his suggestion as to measures which could be quick ly applied to Improve the status of the mark and stabilize it. BERLIN, Jan. 1 5. Charity, born of strict impartiality only should guide the reparations commission and Its advisory experts when they undertake their forthcoming Inven tory of Germany's economic and fi nancial resources according to Theo dore Wolff, editor of the Tageblatt. Taking exception to the exaerated reports of Isolated but exaggerated excesses fomented by Germans at home, and to equally reprehenslve conduct of restricted classes of na tionals abroad, the well known Lib eral editor reminds the entente In vestigators that "we editors must not be confused with the race, nor bo cial ulcers with the nation's condi tion In Its entirety." the life, have been corrected In Shenandoah. Information also is required as to the cost of the polar flight. WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. The naval department, would be required under a resolution Introduced by Representative Taylor, democrat, West Virginia, to Inform the house what scientific values could be asso- elated bv Viii the proposed flight, of the dirigible Shenandoah to the' North Pole. The resolution asks Information as to the number of officers and en listed men who will make the flight; and whether defects In the French dirigible niimude snd the American airship Zll-2. destroyed with loss of j 'As.netnfoil Prss Leased Wire ) WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. While the battle over revision of Its rules continued on the floor of the hoime today, another vigorously disputed subject -disposal of the governments Muscle Shoals project was taken up by the military affairs rmmlttee. The senate meanwhile, with most of Its work still In the committee stage of development, had time for almost anything. WASHINOON. Jsn. 15. Wlh compromise tax legislation regard ed as certain as a result of the de rision of the house yesterday In Its; consideration of rales revision to j eliminate the restriction on amend-1 ments to revenue bills, the ways and moans committee today heard sever-: al representatives of business firms , seeking changes in .the revenue' rates. j Elimination of the restriction rule was described by Chairman Green ' of the committee as endangering all tax legislation, and opening the way to endless debate on the tax hill and the Introduction nf such a largejnm-l ber of amendments ss to make Its consideration so "chaotic that there would be little or no probability of its passing. (Assorlnted Press leased Wtrfc.) LONDON, Jan. 15. The King's speech from the throne, which was read by King George at the formal opening of parliament In the house of lords this noon, referred to the recent rejection of protection by the country and Indicated that the gov ernment had abandoned such a pol icy. Ihe sptech said that the question of the extension of imperial prefer ence, discussed at the recent imper ial conference, would be submitted to Ihe new parliament The government and the domin ions. It asserted, have been anxious to remove all difficulties In regard to the Illicit Importation of liquor into the United fjtates, and It Is pointed out that an agreement be tween the two countries on this Is sue was about to -be concluded, a fact which should further strength en the happy relations between Great llrltain and America. The text of the speech follows: "My lords and members of com mons: "My relations with foreign pow ers continue to be friendly. I am glad to be able to record definite progress In the solution of questions which hitherto have blocked the pathway of mutual understanding and retarded the recovery of the world. "The reparation commission has set up two committees, on which ex perts from the Fulled Slntes of America will co-operate with others from Great Hrltnln. France, Italy anil llelglum In examining the very serious financial questions Involved In the position of Germany. "A bill will be Introduced giving an effect to the Lausanne treaty with Turkey. As soon as it is passed, the treaty will be ratified and a new era of peaceful relations with Turkey will open. "My ministers. In common with the dominion representatives, have been anxious to remove the diffi culty with regard to the Illicit Im portation of liquor into the United Slntes nnd ha've made proposals for sn nvreement which Is on the eve of conclusion and which should fur- j ther strengthen the happy relations prevailing between the two coun tries and peoples. "It will continue to he my object to support by every means In my power the steady growth In Influ ence of the lengite of nations. 'The recent series of murders on the northwest frontier of India by criminals who sought refuge in Af ghnnty, or who are Afghnnty sub jects caused me much concern. My government made vigorous repre sentations to his Majesty, the Amir, and Infinitely trust that these per sons will be punished and that more satisfactory relations on the frontier will ho established at a very early date "The recent imperial conferences mark very definite progress In Imper ial co-operation. .More particularly waa It found possible, without de. , parture from the existing fiscal sys tem In this rountrv, to meet the wishes of the dominions by a snh-j slnntlnl extension of tho people of Ihei Imperial preference established by the conferences of 1 1 I 7 and In force since 1919. Proposals to give ef fect to the conclusions nf both con ferences will be submitted to you. 'T welcome the opportunity that will be afforded by the llrltlsh Um pire exhibition to Increase the knowl edir nf the varied resources of my empire and to stimulate Intnr-lm-perlal trad"." ( A.oHsf.-d Press 1-a.rS Wire LONDON. .Ian. 15 The much mooted question of how the Baldwin government. In view of its over-j whelming defeat In the recent elec-1 tion on the protective ismie, would Needed sto Stage Convention (Associated Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Late this afternoon the demo- Attorney Hnnton today begins an In-! vestlgatlon into the death of Frank- le Jerome, bantamweight boxer, from Injuries suffered during a bout with liud Taylor of Terre Haute, Indiana, at Madison Square Garden Friday night An autopsy by medlral examlnor Norrls yesterday revealed -1 that a blood vessel In Jerome's Mad had been ruptured by a blow on the right I temple. He collapsed after the ll. nwtA AtA a 1.... - ...... ham. mm uieu auuu.j uikiii u ivw I - hours after an operation to relieve, cratlC Committee Voted to a cerebral hemorrhage. , hold the national convention Taylor was summoned by District ; kt r L. TT. 1M VI Attorney to appear at his office today ,n l,ew 1 orK- 1 ne ne IOrK for the investigation. offer was accepted after a .oJl?r"' .h" ."f ..ill heated debate between the the case may revive agitation for antt-boxing legislation In New York stale. Itoxer Kxoncratcd NEW YORK, Jan. 15. "Ilud" I Tuylor, Terre Haute, Ind., bantam weight boxer, today was exonerated of any blame In connection with the death of Frankle Jerome, Bronx pug ilist, who died Sunday night follow ing the effects of his knockout by Taylor at Madison Square Garden two days previously. SUGAR PRICE RISES. T Assoelnted Presn lrf.fii.eil Wire.) SAN FRANCIS! 'O, Jan. 15. The California Hawaiian and Western Sugar Refining companies announced today a raise Af 25 cents in the price of refined cane sugar to $8.70 a hun dred pounds, effective tomorrow. Ileet refined is ulso raised 25 cents to 8.50. representative of San Fran cisco and New York. Both cities made excellent bids for the convention but on account of the geographical location of New York it was favored by the delegate. INDIAN WOMAN IS DEAD - ( Associated Press teased Wire.) KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 15. Pneu monia, starting after partial strangu lation from smoke, caused the death here yesterday of Nellie Moody, In dian, 82. She heated two plowshares and lined them as bed-warmers. They Ignited the clothing and she was near ly overcome by smoke when rescued. (Associated Press Leased Wipe.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. New York and San Francisco apparently took the lead in the contest for the 1924 democratic convention as the party's national committee convened today to select the city. There was a showdown of offers from New York, San Francisco, Chicago and St. Louis prior to the convening of the committee. Representatives of the four con tenders appeared before a sub-committee consisting of Clark Howell of Georgia; Charles A. Greathouse of Indiana, and Miss Mary Archer of received definite financial proposals from each of the contestants and pre pared a report for the full commit tee. Party leaders said the bids from New York and San Francisco ap peared lo meet with the (greatest fa vor and the race was said to be nar rowing to those two cities, unless Chicago and St. Louis came across with better offers. San Francisco offered $200,000 cash and free use of the auditorium, while the New York offer was $150,000 and free use of Madison Square Garden, deco rated and equipped. The Chicago offer was $125,000 and St. Louis trailed with an offer of $100,000 and free use of the auditorium where the 1916 democratic convention was held. I The national committee was also confronted with a partial reorganiz ation of its staff. Wilbur Marsh or Iowa, national treasurer, announced thnt he would resign because of his inability to be In Washington dur ing the campaign. Mr. Greathouse, -who Is the Indiana committeeman, was said to be slated for election as treasurer, or as national secretary, to succeed Edward Hoffman, of In diana, who resigned sometime ago. After thn committee's business session today, it will visit the home of Former President Wilson, whii Is said to be anxious to receive the committee members formally. All of the bidders for the conven tion gave assurances of reasonable hotel rates. New York's representa tives said there would be no In crease In current rates, while St. Lculs promised an average- of $4 a day for rooms. San Francisco and Chicago made blanket promises against excessive hotel rales. San Francisco's offer of a $200. 000 purse, it was said, would he met hy a similar bid by New York. The New York delegation waa counting upon the support of Chicago which along with, St. Louis seemed to be out of the contest. As thn arguments over choice of a city drew to a close, the New York delegation raised Its bid to - - $25'..onn. including both tho amount LONDON. Jan. I5.--Th psrlia- i that would be spent for convention fa menlnry labor party today decided , cilliies and the amount that would be to bring up the question rf confl- contributed to the democratic treas denre In 'he Baldwin ifoverninent ; ury. San Francisco countered with a for decision during the debate on the I statement thnt the San Francisco of reply to the speech irotn the throne. I (Continued on Page 3.) handle that subject In the King's speech at the opening of the new parliament, was settled today when the monarch, reading his minister's pronouncement, candidly referred to the country's rejection of the tariff proposals and Indicated thulr aban donment by the government. Mr. Baldwin thus faces the situ ation squarely In what is generally regarded as his swan song, as the nolltlenl experts see nothing hut de feat for him In the forthcoming vote of confidence. But on an analysis this swan song proved, In thn opinion of expert observers, to be a shrewd and clever effort to spike as fnr as possible the guns of labor, whch expected to as sume power soon. A largo part of the speech was devoted to a dis cussion of bills which tho Baldwin government would submit, benefit of the working classes, wore It permit ted to remnln In power. The speech furnished one of the most extensive lists of proposed measures, favorable to labor that was over placed In a King's message, In fnct the labor parly Itself could hardly have Issued a more striking pronouncement. The plans cited Include propos als for the betterment of Industrial conditions, provision for the much needed houses for workers, amelior ation of unemployment, and the re adjustment of old age pensions. It was not that the conservatives felt such a program would defer the dnv of the government's downfall but lhat It would put them In ihe posi tion of saying Inter. ' The conserva tives would have given the people all that labor now proposes." Mr. Baldwin, say the experts, was undoubtedly looking ahead to the next election when h framed Ihe Kind's speech.