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WEATHER AIL THE NEWS TODAY ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE M L.t Nig" "T" .onioht an """3 DOUGLAS COUNTY V ninB newt ana mi Roteburg Rtview. An Independent Newipaper, Published for the Beet Interest of the People. . VI.NO. 153. OF ROSEBURO ROSEBURO, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1924. VOL. XII. NO. 80. OF THE EVENING NEWS. OL Consollo PROPHETS ITIGAL i i ENGAbLU IN Friday May lb uossip oeemi xo ravor v,anaiaaies Now in Office in the Majority -of Cases Fall Election to Be Hot i- irnr na wiieii P"""-.' o -.nnticatlon become the prln- Bl V""" . ....i. nn.la F.varv till indoor ana uumi. son ha his or her own opinion as who will ana wno wm mi hv. and arguments over the Lcrt of respective candidates for Inatloa wax not snu lunuue, imii in Douglas county centers ely In the conteatB ror me omces ii aenator ana repretciuaiito, for the various county orricea ror h on or more contestants are in field. - far aa the other ornces on me irtt are concerueu inw tuiuimi ura stem to be so keen, out mere are ms olenty to argue concerning the Mutates for the offices In contest In county. for state senator. Attorney B. L. ly ii given the edge, by the so-cal- dopesters. over Attorney "Bill" Jvell. Although Cardwell Is well n throughout the county, Eddy's biiatlon bult up by his previous piigns. la expected to train for him nominal ion. At the general elec Ur. Eddy will probably be oppos- bT J. E. McCUntock who la seek- )ibt nomination on the democratic ;et These two candidates fought lose battle a few years ago, and outcome of the general election be another real contest. r state representative, R. A. Her- r, aa acknowledged to be the pigest candidate. With two to elect Pie seem to believe that the fight lie between "Billy" Vinson and ryl Shaver. Mr. Vinson Is an old r in the county and has always n active In political affairs. Mr. er la a young man and not so known, but has been making an e campaign. alter Fisher Is seeking the noml- lion on the democratic ticket, and "ruing to word received today, the ne of C. E. Goodman of nnVi.nH i be written in on th b,f!. F"t also. II kinds of gossip may be heard -"wing the race for county com moner. The opinion which nn. fis re,,,,,, larRely from the geogra - muoh or the home of the pn with whom the farrled on. If he happens to be " Reeu8Port. Harry Marks Is going f e nominated hands down. If he Is loncalla, McW Daugherty has other candidates fBtrt if i. Nun happens to hall from Drain. fleston Bnt but Harry the ' Reedsport people Bre basing on T .? for M,,rk" on ,h eon on that because of the large ""M of road wnrv ... . " ft nn . 1111 U I U V- du If0 ,LB,0 'n "-?w.T Ump- br . oecaU8e of the large 'L l Peple wh0 re8lde there. no have nevar y. . ' ilT t!. court- taey are en- , - eiecuon of their candl- Kherty lnd Eccleston. who are F1 supports h. .u . a. h end lu" "TOI"8 . or e 0m-mUnlUe " who 'heoffi.: " "e,7 Particular ten:.lf!'ne.nd argument nZT "'"'CU 1 to " ... ei....' " ' two candl- ki. Sarmer and Frank fivon., "-" warmer Is J3em to be well pleased J'OUt) TO I1R limm t hM,?.V" Wire.,: '"iiual lnt.U,' .7 " rerree the ho ii . 'J1 600 "lie r ed., ''""'anapolls motor 'uncerf V" 3U- " w an- Pines of him T"rw m- P"n enter- .."," nave I r Port .. ' loCX deler- 9 In 103. i, art-run, BUSILY orasiG RESULTSDFGOMINGPRIMARY It rose Contests Expected in Election to Be Held on Vera f. . 7 r i. i . with the record he has made In office and he seems to have strong support. For county, clerk and treasurer 'there are no contests at the coming primary, but the ring will be prepared tor a lively scrap at the general elec tion. Ira B. Riddle Is candidate on the republican ticket for county clerk and T. W. Morgan, a well known resident of Looking Qlass, Is out for1 the demo cratic nomination. For county treasurer James Saw yers is being groomed by the republi cans and Roy Agee by the democrats. Nominations will probably be gain ed by all of these candidates and some fireworks may be anticipated at the fall election. The contest which has furnished the most food for gossip is the fight between Frank L. Calkins and W. G. Rochester for assessor. The demo crats, seeing a split in the republican ranks are grooming a candidate in the peron of J. D. Osborne and a cam paign Is now being started to have enough names written in on the dem ocrat ballot to secure his nomination. There Is-about as much "hot air" being bandied about In this assessor's race as in the Teapot Dome scandal. An attempt has been made to create a great furore over alleged "findings" but the voters apparently xefuse to be stampeded and are not taking the "discoveries" seriously. The general impression one gets from the gossip Is that the farmers were not alto gether pleased with the assessments made by Mr. Rochester while be was employed as a deputy under Asses sor Cordon, and when he was author ized to fix land valuations, and con sequently the general opinion appears to be that Frank Calkins, who has served the county very efficiently for many years, will be nominated again. Dopesters give 'County School Su perintendent Brown the edge over Edith Ackert of Myrtle Creek In the race for nomination of that office. Mr. Brown has the advantage of be ing In the office and having the school organization behind him, and also has a good record upon which to go before the voters. Mrs. Ackert is well known, however, and has had good success In school work, so that the contest may be closer than the political prophets are inclined to be lieve. The democrats have no contests on their ballot in any of these offices, but will put almost a fut ticket in the field for the general vote In the fall. o 1 OPPOSES 2.75 BEER f Amnetattd Prs, Leaad Wire.) WASHINGTON, May 14. A re cent petition from the "Bootleggers' I'nlon of America" protesting modi fication of the Volstead act to per mit sale of 2.26 per cent beer was assailed today by Wayne B. Wheel er, general counsel for the antl saloon league before the house Ju diciary committee as "a sample of the lengths the opposition goes to make people believe that prohibi tion Is a failure." He branded the petition as a "fake." Wheeler told the committee, which resumed hearings on a bill Sroposing modification of the pro ibltlon laws "that there nevef has been as determined and wlespread an effort by boetleggers of beer, rum-runners, brewers and their al lies, to discredit any policy of gov ernment, aa that used to break down the enforcement of prohibition. Deer of 2.75 per cent Is no cure for law lessness he declared. He predicted the sale of beer would "restore the saloon or Its counterpart," and frustrate the pur pose of prohibition. "Even If the law were enacted," he said. "It could not legalize the sale of 2.7 S per cent beer In three fourths and more of the stores where It Is prohibited by state laws. Americans will not swap the consti tution for a mug of beer." Eugon Resident Hers I B. R. Poolejr of Eugene, represents-1 tlve of the Albers Brothers Milling; company. Is spending a few days In. this city looking after business lnter-j eats. LT. TONKIN LANDS (AmvtjKd Prens Leased Wire.) MEDFORD. May 14. Lleu- enant Earl Tonkin and Ser- geant Fatt. IT. 8. army avia- tors, will leave this niornlng at 9:45 for San Francisco after spending the night in this city. Sergeant Fatt arrived here yesterday evening after leaving Seatle at 1 p. m. while Lieu- tenant Tonkin landed here yes- terday noon, low hanging clouds over the Siskiyou moun- tains making a continuation of 4 his trip Inadvisable. the two aviators left San Francisco last Saturday for Seattle to aid in the search for 4 World Flight Commander Mar- tin. 4 TELLS OF iE (AsaocUied Press Leased Wire.) BELLINGHAM. Wash.. May 14. Major Frederick L. Martin. Ameri can world flight commander, and Staff Sergeant Alva L. Harvey stag gered when they appeared Satur day at a cannery of the Pacific American Fisheries t Port Mollor, Alaska, and announced to the world that they were alive after hitting a mountain with an airplane' on the Alaska peninsula, April 30, related a dispatch received today by Archie Shields of this city, vice-president of the Pacific-American Fisheries in charge of Alaska operations. Major Martin and Sergeant Har vey were today hurrying south on the 2500 ton steamer Catherine D of the Pacific American Fisheries, expected to reach here May 23 en route to Washington D. C, whilo the remainder of the expedition was to take the air at Attu Island, Aleu tians today, to Jump 878 miles to Paramashiru Island. - Kuriles, or across the Bering Sea from Alaska to Japan. "Major Martin and Sergeant Har vey arrived at our cannery May 10, at 6 p. m. Kodlak time." Bald the radiogram from Mr. Omundson, sup erintendent of the Port Moller can nery. "They walked with a falter ing stop as they got out of a power dory In which some natives had brought them across from the Sand spit. The natives had seen them struggling along the beach toward the cannery and had given them a lift. "Major Martin had a week's growth of beard on his face and with sunken cheeks and brown skin gotten from the wind and from the Bmoke made by fires over which he had cooked in the wilderness, he looked like a man who had passed the most terrible hardships. "Harvey had shaved before this, in a trapper's cabin at the south end of the bay which they reached last Wednesday and he did not look so bad as the major but he walked with with a more faltering step. "Major Martin said he thought the gradual slope of the mountain had saved them from death. He stated that the place In front of them when they struck was smooth. He blamed the accident on fog and snow, which prevented him from seeing. Major Martin -had on a pair or light shoes and over these a pair of overshoes two sizes two large for him. He said those shoes seemed to weigh a ton. His underwear was of medium weight and under his I army uniform he wore a light chamois vest. He had overalls over the uniform, but the seat was out of the overalls when he got here. "Sergeant Harvey har new urmy shoes and I guess this was the rea son he had so much trouble with his feet and couldn't walk as well as the major when they got here, because he and the major both said Harvey bad been stronger in most ways." Aorlated Preas taard Wire.) PARIS, May 14. Anatole France, member of the French academy and dean of the nation's literary men whose political allegiance is some where midway between socialism and communism, rejoices In the vic tory of the left bloc In Sunday's elec tion In a signed statement today In L'oeuvre. "I salute this great victory," he declared. "France has Just mani fested her will for peace. "I have often said I do not be lieve war Is an eternal human neces sity. I wish and hope snd foresee a future of peace and concord among peoples of equal culture." Ills signature distinctly shows signs of trembling hand but his gift of lucid expression appear unimpaired. A1T0LE FRANCE IS OPPDSEDTOWARFARE I The contest for carnival queen 4 grew more exalting today when Mary Reams took a sudden jump from thlrd place to second and Is now crowding' Vivian Orcutt 4 closely for first place. Miss Or- 4 cutt continnes to lead, however, 4 by a margin of 1.800 votes, but 4 the race ts now, a close one. All 4 of the candidates apparently are 4 4 holding back votes and there is 4 no way to tell how I hey stand 4 until the final count Is made. A great many vote are being made by the sale of hats, by the dispos- al of tickets on the automobiles to be given away the night of the queen's balland on the Bale of tickets for the bull Itself. The queens are In charge of these sales and are given credit for the money turned In. The contest will close on Sat- urday night, and the next count will be made tomorrow morning. The standing at present is as follows: Vivian Orcutt .', 8,749 Mary Reams 6.940 Clarice Harpester 6.150 Grace Taylor ,..2,340 Edna Lough 470 PORTLAND, ' May 14. The Ku Klux Klan, C. Southwl.k, the Southwick Preas. Captain J. D. Perry, W. U. Qulnn. J. R. Johnson, Fred L. Glfford. and an organization designat- ing Itself as Oregon Fedora- tion of Patriotic societies were ordered by 'n siding Judge Tazwell late-"yWeVday--to up" pear in court this afternoon on charges of contempt of court. The order was issued on the complaint of J. A. Crossley, representing an organization which claims to be the real Federated Patriotic soaiety who charged the defendants had failed to heed the injunction issued by the circuit court to restrain them from distribut- Ing political tickets purporting to have been Issued by the Ore- gon Federation of Patriotic societies and that tho tickets of candidates were still being distributed. r.DEItW(MM WITHDRAWS (Amn'Mnti'd Proud leased Wire.) LEXINGTON, Ky., May 14. Withdrawal of the presl- dentlal candidacy of Senator Oscar W, Underwood of Ala- bama from the prospective contest with Wm. C. McArtoo was announced by Underwood's managers today. "In the Interest of the party success," was the reason glv- en. The decision, according to McAdoo's managers gave the former treasury secretary un- challenged claim to Kentucky's twenty-six votes in the nation- al convention and forecast adoption of a unit-rule resolu- tlon by the state convention. (AssucUd1 1'reaa leased Wire.) NEW. YORK. May 14. Jackie Coogan, boy motion picture actor. Is to bring suits In the local courts against the Adams-Dsch handker chief Manufacturing company and Charles E. Weyand and company, both of New York asking damages for the alleged unauthorized use of his name and pictures for advertis ing purposes. Each suit will be for tlil.ouu. The pending actions became known today, when attorneys for the boys' mother. Mrs. Vivian It. Coogan, of Los Angeles, had Nat Lewis appointed by supreme court Justice McCook as the boy's guard-; Ian, forpuTposes of the suits. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Harding are the: owners todsy of the beautiful new; Lincoln sedan which has been seen! on the streets of the city driven by! C. A. Lock wood. The Hardlngs have been contemplating the purchase of an enclosed car for some time and de cided that the Lincoln met all re quirements. It Is a magnificent car, and one of'the finest In this section of. the state. I SUN . VAT SEN DEAD Dispatch From Hong Kong This Morning Tells of President's Death. LIFE WAS HECTIC ONE Knew More Ups and Downs Than Most Statesmen Frequently Called the "Father of Republic" (Associated Preas Lesavd Wire.) LONDON', May 14 A Reuter dis patch from Hong Kong this morning says Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, president of the South China government Is dead. This Is the second report In two days of the death of Dr. Sun. A Hong Kong dispatch to the Associat ed Press late last night said reports of the death were officially denied at Dr. Sun's headquarters In Can ton. HONGKONG. May 14. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, president of the South China government Is dead. Few If any statesman, past or present, have known more ups and downs, more victories and defeats, more loyalty or more treachery than Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the first provision al president of China, frequently called "the Father of the Republic" and often referred to as the "George Washington of the Far East." The name of Dr. Sun first began to appear in newspapers of the Western World back In the late 80's. when his vigorous pronounce ments against his arch-enemies, the dynastic MancbO. Emperors of China. attracted some slight attention. He was then living in the Hawaiian Is lands with bis widowed mother, who had migrated to Honolulu with her husband, an agent of a Christlsn mission when Sun Yat-Sen was a In fant. Since 1895, however, when he essayed the first of his many revo lutions, his name has become almost as well known in the Occident as It ts to the 400 million Chinese na tionals on behalf of whom he spent a life time of unremitting hardship and constant danger. Dr. Sun was twice named to the highest constitutional office In China the first time In the fall of 1911, when he was proclaimed the first provisional president of the Chinese Republic and again in May, 1921, when he was elected presi dent of all China. Preceding his first election the Chinese people, rising In tholr wrath against centuries of bad government under Uie monarchlal Manchu and previous dynasties, overthrew the existing government and set up a re public, naming Dr. .Sun. who was understood to have engineered the uprising. All of South China and most of the Yan-tso provinces were thus brought under a single banner emblazoned with the principles of republicanism. The strongest man In North China at that time was Yuan-Shlh-kal. Governor of Chl-ll Provlnoe. De termined that the country should be united under one leader. Dr. Sun, after establishing what might be termed an experimental government In the South, resigned In favor of Yuan Shlh-kal. This marked the be ginning of the end as far as Sun's infant republic was concerned, for while Yuan Shlh-kal was strong enough to guide the ship of state, be likewise had personal aaibltlons centered In a new dynasty. Having tasted constitutional free dom, the masses were In no temper to countenance monarchists aspir ations, whereupon they soon over turned the rule of Yuan and elected a successor. For the next seven years. Including the period covered by the World War. China was to all appearances a Republic, with a president, a cabinet snd a parlia ment in Peking. Actually, she wss an oligarchy, ruled by a group of war-lords, each with his own person al army In control of his own pro vince These combinations of mili tary leaders became so powerful that they openly defied the Peking government, which became a mock cry. Meanwhile, It had become Impos sible for Dr. Sun to remain I China. He made a sensational escape to Japan he had done the same thing several times before and settled down to gather together the threads nt 1-1, nt cause and await patient ly the time when he would again be ready to act In the Interest of the republic. This opportunity eluded htm until the late summer of 121. when the Chinese Parliament, sitting at Can ton, unsnlmously elected him presi dent of the Chinese Republic. The election had teen forecast the pre ceding February, when announce ment was msde thst a newly estab lished "extraordinary" government (Continued on page alz.) . TWO ME.V DROWNED (Associated Press Leased Wire.) TILLAMOOK. Ore., May 14. Hoy E. Welch. 36, of Harvey North Dakota, and Robin Col- well, 29, of Salem were drown- ed In the ocean yesterday while fishing off the rocks at Cape Klwanda, five miles from l'a- clflc City, according to word received here. The men's fishing tackle was declared by witnesses to have become entangled In the rocks and they were struck by a wave and were swept Into deep water while trying to release It. Welch's body was recover- ed but Colwell's body had not been found at a late hour last night. Welch was a son of IV Welch of Dallas. Oregon, and was visiting In Oregon. CHARGES FALSE Says He Had Nothing to Do With Sale of Steamship "Martha Washington." - RECORDS PRODUCED Tennessee Democrat Yester day Read Correspondence Purporting to Implicate Secretary of State. ( Associated Proas Leaaed Wlrs.) WASHINGTON. May 14. Secre tary Hughes today declared to be "absolutely false" the statement that be bad anything to no with the sale or the steamship "Martha Washington" to ita former owners by the shipping board. In a formal statement prompted by the reading of corresnondence bofore the house shipping board In vestigating committee. In which Sec retary Hughes was said to have ap peared for the former owners be fore becoming secretary of state, Mr. Hughes declared he had noth ing to do with the subject alnce be entered the cabinet. Representative Davis, democrat of Tennessee, yesterday read the cor respondence as well as records of hearings o fthe house merchant ma rine committee to show that Mr. Hughes In December '1920. three months before he became secretary of state, was active as counsel for a Trieste corporation to have title of the ship, seized from Austria during the war, transferred back to that company. He also produced a reso lution of the shipping board two yeara after, under which the ship was sold for (60,000 to the corpor ation after the board had been ad vised by the state department that the Trieste company was then Italian-owned, through annexation of Trieste. "The statement that I had any thing to do with the sale of the Martha Washington," said Secretary Hughes In his statement today, "Is absolutely false. I have had noth ing to do with this matter since I became secretary of state. ' "In 1920 when I was practising law and before I had any Idead of becoming secretary of state I was consulted by the attorneys of the Italians who claimed the vessel. I believed their claim was a Just one and took the matter up. While the vessel had been seized by this gov ernment becsuse she flew the Aus trian flag, she belonged to Trieste and to a corporation organized and controlled by Italians. When Tri este went to Italy the corporation was recognized by Italy as an Ital ian corporation and the Italians sought the return of the vessel. "The question was whothor the government should confiscate a ves sel which really belonged to Its as sociates In the war. My connection with the matter completely ended be fore I became secretary of stale. "When a long time afterward, I learned that the shipping board had brought questions relating to the vessel before the department of state. I declined, becsuse of my pre vious connection aa above stated, to have anything to do with it. The matter was handled exclusively un der the direction of Mr. Philips, the under-secretary of s'ate. on the ad vice of the solicitor's office, without any reference to me. I did not dis cuss the questions Involved with anyone In the department and gave no Instructions or suggestions di rectly or Indirectly as to what should be done. I did not even know what bad been done about It until a short time ago when one of the newspaper correspondents mention ed It." Judfls Hamilton Improving Judge J. W. Hamilton, who has been seriously 111 for the past few weeks, Is reported to be Improving. cms SPORTSMEN PUD UN HE Banquet Held at Umpqui Last Night and Final Arrangements Made. CROWD IS EXPECTED Registered Shoot to Be Held on July 4 and 5 and Extra Trap Will Be Added for That Event. The Rpd and Gun Club banquet held at the Umpqua Hotel last night was well attended and very interest ing. The general discussion centered about the 2nd annual salmon bake to be held on Sunday, May 18. Last year the salmon bake was one of the most successful events of the year, and thjs year the sportsmen are plan ning on making the day even more of a success than last season. The big free dinner will be given at noon, and all of the fresh Chinook sal mon desired has been promised, by the sportsmen. , The shooting will begin at 10 o'clock, and In addition to the two reg ular traps the club will spring some thing new In the way of tower shoot ing. A trap Is mounted on a high tow er and the targets are apt to fly In any direction. This la a real test of marksmanship and will provide a great deal of amusement.' 'Tower shooting is a feature provided only by a few of the larger clubs. Prizes of bams will be offered at one of the regular traps and purses at the other, squads will be graduated by ability to shoot so that everyone, whether ex pert marksmen or amateurs, will have an equal opportunity. Shooting will last all day and will be broken onlby the salmon bake at noon. The meal win be ' free and everyone la lnylted to be present. John Marks, the owner of the grounds, will soil homemade Ice, cream during the day. The club also discussed the final arrangements for the registered shoot ' on July 4 and 6. The programs will bn out soon and will be distributed to all shooting centers of the north west. The prizes .to be offered In clude as much money as was offered at either the Rose City Tournament or the stste shoot at Pendleton. It la planned to add another trap and to change the grounds so that they will conform to the regulations of the Amateur Trapshooting Association. It Is expected that marksmen from all sections of the coast will be pres ent, and it Is estimated that mora, than 60.000 targeta will be shot on the' two days. The sportsmen also considered the.' suggestion made by the grange that a Junior club be organized to teach boys the proper handling of firearms and respect for the game laws. No ac tion was taken, however. GRANGE BULLETIN GROWING ' The Oregon Grange Bulletin is growing so rapidly in its advertising patronage thst It will soon be neces sary. Editor C. H. Bailey says, to in crease the size of the publication to a 32 pace paper. At present It is running 16 pages once a month. Owing to the fact that It Is the only publication in Oregon devoted entirely to the or ganled farmers, It occupies a unique position and a strategic one for those advertisers who desire to reach the morn progressive farmera of the state. The publication Is owned and financed by the Oregon State Grange and the policy Is dictated by the exe cutive committee of the organization. The grange is growing very rapidly in the slate, about 30 new subordinate granges having been organized with in the past year. The question of either increasing the size or making the pspor a twlce-a month publication will be taken up at the session of the State Grange, which meets at The Dalles In June. 1 1 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 1 t PLAN ADJOrilXMENT (Associated Frews Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. May 14. Agreement was reported by re- publican and democratic bouse leaders at a conference today with President Coolidge to work for adjournment of congress on June 7. Legislation before the house was discussed In a general way with the president by repre- aentatlvef Longworth and Gar. rett, the republican and demo- cratic leaders, Chairman Snell of the house rules committee and Representative Garner, democrat, Texas. 1. ': t Y