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IK FACTORYiMEDFDRD DEFEATS
ID PLANING
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Coen Lumber Company An
nounces Plans for New
Industries in City.
PURCHASES LAND
Property Procured in South
End of City Bordering
Railroad Company
Capitalized $50,000
MEDFORD. Or.. Jan. 17.
The Medford high school
basketball team defeated
OF THE FILMS
I BATTLES WIFE
(Ajeoclatrd PreM Leased Wire.)
CLINTON. Ia.. Jan. 17. Three
girls, possibly more, were caught In
the wreckage of the second floor
of tlie Lubbers and Bell manufact
uring company plant which caved
In this morning.
A. S. Coen, who recently came to
(toseburg from Monrovia, Califor
nia, and who Is now operating a
sawmill on Sugar Pine mountain,
announced today that he has com
pleted arrangements for the instal
lation of a modern and up to date
planing mill, box factory, dry kiln
and retail lumber yard and will
start work on the plant as soon as
weather will permit.
Mr. Coen recently purchased a
full block of land between Short
street and the railroad track and
lying between Spring and Floed
streets.Vrhis property Is located In
South Roseburg one block north of
the ice plant. The property In
cludes the old' power house and the
residences In the block, and these
- buildings will be removed at once.
He will have associated with him
his two sons, Frank B. and Richard
D. Coen, who have been attending
Stanford University. A corppration
has been formed and the Incorpor-
nr,i ' Tk. . , T. I FRESNO. Calif.. Jan. 17.
with a capital stock of 50.0u0. lT,wcl.ve "'I"1 w"e nt?Jte$ buriA'd
, .. , ' . I in a tunnel cave-in on the Yosemite
! I. "5""" Valley railroad east of Merced.
rnU building. Mr. Coen announces Flve boli)es nave been recovered
that the erection of the structures according to advices received here
will be started. He has already or-f
dered machinery Tor a . complete: (Anci.tH Pre- Vnmi win-.)
planing mill and will turn out sized CUNTOn. Ia.. Jan. 17.-Ten per
lumber, box shook, yard stock and!8ons we Jnjured , tI) ,
other lumber products. He will uselouslv lU morninB wllPn tllP mril
no only he timber from his own floor of the Lubuers an(1 Bel, Inan.
mill at S.lgar Pine, but expec s to ufacturlng pl(lIlt course,.
luuhm-ui. . The two surlously hurt are Floi-
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Z Bill Hart Says. His Wife
Tried to Hand Him Same
Fate Arbuckle Got
Eugene high school team 22
to 15 last night, in a clean
and hard fought game. The
score at the end of tho first
half was 8 to 6 In favor of
the locals. Iu the third
quarter the locals solved the
Eugene defense and set
terrific pace and at its close
the score stood 16 to 10 in
their favor.
In the final quarter, Eu
gene made a spurt, running rPiIF xv ,c n F M 1 17 fS
the score to 18 to IS and LKUtLlI 13 U t, IN 1 1 U
In the last three minutes of
play Medford caged two on
whirlwind plays. Milllgan
was high point man for the
visitors with five baskets,
and Chastain led for Med-
ford. The teams meet again
tonight.
ATTORNEYS AND
ASTORIA, Ore.. Jan. 17.
Robbers exploded a charge
of dynamite shattering the ;
v outer doors of the Bare in
the post orflce at Clifton,
Ore., 21 miles east of here
early this morning. The
robbers were frightened
way by J. II. Thompson,
postmaster, who operates
Wife Corroborates Testi
mony to Effect That He
' Never Dragged Her
Around by Hair.
the Columbia River Packers
Association store, In which
the post office Is located.
The rohbers are believed to
have fled in
which was heard leaving
"deang J ATTENDANCE IS BIG
the scene- Immediately after
ence Cluussen and Herman Stahl.
IMPORTANT CHANGES IN COOLIDGE
CABINET
the county.
He proposes to erect two modern
dry kilns where lumber can be j Visiting r.nd looking aft.r bur.I
seaaonod and will have a complete nerf );iatters Store yesterduv was
and thoroughly modern ' plant In, John Hoogstad. Mr. Moogstad lives
every respect. i at Portland, and left toilay f jr
He has also purchased machln-l o'her point;- In southern Oregon,
ery for a box factory, which will I
turn out boxes and crates of all
sixes and for all purposes. The mill
will specialize on products' for
southern and middle west trade.
The mill will furnish employment
for a large number of men. and is
expected to expand as business
conditions will permit.
It Is also planned to maintain a
well slocked lumber yard where all
kinds and sizes of lumber for build
ing purposes will be obtainable.
The site for the mill Is excep
tionally well chosen, being located
adjoining the railroad track where
ample loading facilities will be
available, and with city streets
bordering the other three sides. The
location is only three blocks from
the main Pacific highway, which
will enable transportation to be
handled with the greatest of effi
ciency. There Is a wide field for such a
plant In this city, and It is believed
that the business will meet with de-
ricjMlsuccess. With the timber In
dus oTy on the verge of a new era of
prosperity and with Douglas coun
ty's vast resources in virgin timber
practically untouched, there is an
opportunity, it is believed, in any
business connected with the lumber
trade.
Rnseburg, naturally, welcomes
the advent of any new Industrial
plant, as the building up of new and
greater industries is a step in the
future growth of the community.
The location of another box factory
here gives the fruit and vegetable
growers of the county assurance of
ample box materials at all times,
ami will prevent future shortages,
which in past years have often been
of n serious nature.
Mr. Coen came to Roseburg only
a short time ago looking for a home
for himself and family, and a place
where he might Invest with a cer
tainty of returns upon his Invest
ment. Since coming to this city he
has bought heavily of Roseburg and
Douglas county property, aeouiring
a great deal of residence and com
mercial land, and other property.
He ha been operating the Sugar
Pine lumber mill for several
months, ami has made a number of
very substantial Improvements
tier. increasing the output and
Improving the facilities for opera
tion.
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LOS AN'GE ES. Jan. 17. Argu
ments in the' trial of Winifred
Westover Hart's suit to break a
separation agreement which pre
vents her from returning to the
motion picture screen will begin in
superior court here Monday, testi
mony having been completed yes
terday with tho questioning of Mrs.
Hart and her husband. William S.
Hart, "two-gun" hero of western'
films, who wants the separation
agreement to stand as it is.
Mrs. Harts' and her husband's
testimony constituted their first
authenticated version of the domes
tic troubles which led up to their
separation In 1922.
Both named May Day. 1922, as
the date of their first quarrel, but
Hart denied his wife's assertion
that his sister, Mary, had figured
in the dispute
He also denied that he urged Mrs.
Hart repeatedly to go to Reno and
get a divorce, though he corroborat
ed her testimony that she did not
believe in divorce and would not
attempt to obtain one.
He could not conceal his exulta
tion when Mrs. Hart In her 1urn
corroborated bis denials of widely
circulated stories to the effect that
he lost her affection when he
struck her and dragged her across
the room by the hair.
"It is not true that my husband
over pulled me around by the hair.
It Is not true that he ever struck
me," she said. The fall of Roscoe
"Fatty" Arbuckle from movie pop
ularity wns cited by Mrs. Hart in
an attempt to coerce him to make a
more liberal settlement, Hart tes-
(Continued on page 2.)
the explosion.
Noises in the store awak-
cned Mrs. Thompson. Later
hammering was heard and
Thompson went to investi
gate. As he left the house
the explosion occurred.
Thompson switched on the
lights of the store, but when
he entered there was no
sign of the robbers. The
safe-crackers obtained only
small amount of 'change
Roseburg People Show Hos
pitality in Opening Homes
to Unexpected Num
' ber of Delegates.
belonging to the Spokane,
Portland and Seattle rail-
way, which had Its ticket
office in the store.
BELLOWS-CASEY
TRACT OFFERED
Committee on Sites Makes
Report at Meeting Held
Last Evening. .
NO ACTION IS TAKEN
Jfata -. r I"! "-user K
Proposal That New Building
Be Built on" Present
High School Site
Meets Favor.
JACK DEMPSEY ESTELLE TAYLOR
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17. Jack Dempsey will abdicate
the heavyweight boxing throne next June and set up house
keeping as the husband of Estelle Taylor, motion picture act
ress who he now serves as business manager ana puDiicuy man.
tli rinor rknmninn admitted here last night.
Who will pick up the crown when he drops it will have to
be decided in an elimination tournament, Dempsey said, but
his nrrsonal choice would be Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul.
"He's a good clean fellow and he"s white," was the way
the chnmpion described his possible successor.
Regardless -of who wears the cloak of ring supremacy next
however, Dempsey is sure that he is going to let it fall from his
shoulders on his wedding day. "And when I'm through.J'm
through, there'll be no re-entry into tho ring once I step out," he
Rumor his talked largely of the approaching marriage of
Drmnscv nnd Miss Tavlor for several months, but until yester
day the two had been reticent about officially admitting their
plan to marry next summer.
"There were many things to consider," explained the
champion, "Estelle has her motion picture career and I have my
sections for Bible study after which
number of interesting papers
were read on the sublect of Educa
tion, Physical training. Devotion
and service, among the speakers
being Kenneth Clark of Roseburg.
Frank Lombard of Springfield, and
The school site committee met : Ralph Newman of Eugene. Discuc-
last evening at the high school j sions followed the presentation of
building to again consider a suit-j the various topics. Following a
able selection for the erection of a! short recess. Dr. IT. O. Dubach dean
new schoal building In this city, j of men at the Oregon Agricultural
The sub-committees which were au-1 College, spoke on the topic "Huild-
thorized at a previous meeting to! lug he Square." .
merge and take further action in ! A photograph was taken of the
the riatter, together with securing 1 group Just before the lunch hour,
price and dimensions of a plot of I The afternoon was given over to
ground adequate to meet the de-' recreation, which was conducted hy
mands of the district, submitted E. A. Britten, scout execuilve for
their report which dealt with the ! I he county. The high school gymna-
Bellows-Casey site in West Rose- slum was used for this purpose.
burg. Tonight the student proirranrwlll
Considerable discussion was had . e'n charge of W. P. Walters and
In reference to the selection of a J' " l rttry- . .
site, the probable cost thereof, anl Tomorrow morning's services will
whether or not It was best to se- open w,tn a eongfest at tho hlrh
cure property in the outskirts of choo'. IIe "'u'lv at 9:45 ind will
the city or confine the selection to Ho"e '"h devotional services at
The Older Boys' Conference of
Southern Oregon held its first gen
eral assembly at the Baptist church
Uiis morning. An interesting busi
ness session and banquet were held
last night, and the conference prop
er started this morning.
The registration committee was
hard pressed last night to find ac
commodations for the great throng
of visitors who poured In to attend
the conference. It had been esti
mated that the number of out of
town delegates would not exceed
100. However, the 100 mark was
passed early In the afternoon and
In the evening late arrivals swelled
the number to over 125. Rooms had
not been procured for this lan:o
number, but Roseburg people
"(elied up -their homes In a most
hospltfible manner', and quarters
were found for all of the delegates.
At the business session Paul
Geddes of Roseburg. was elected
president: Ralph Newman of Eu
gene, vice president; and Donald
Ross of Marshfield, secretary.
The banquet at tho M. E. Church
was a very Interesting affair and
was one of the high marks of the
conference.
This morning tlie conference
opened at 9 o'clock with a snnppv
song service eil by t; eo V. Howe . , . L . i i.,-
.L . . . ..' IatIv pnod shnwino- between now and June
i ne group men oroxe up inio small . .n t ft. jj 1
It is still possiDte ror some ngnicr 10 cumc uuuemjr iu
the fore in the next few months and make a title bout practi
cable," he said, "But I don't see any one of that caliber now."
fighting. We had to go slowly and make our wedding plans
conform to our professional plans. We will be married the last
of May or the first of June."
There still is a possibility that Dempsey may defend his
title before withdrawing from the ring, but he admits there is no
chance of another bout unless some contender makes a particu-
the South Methodist church.
The following Is a list of the dele-
a more central location. As the mat
ter now Htanrla twm rirnnn.ti tnn.
are before the general committee. : ""l ln attendance:
the Uellows-Casey tract and the
suggestion or proposal that the
t new school building be added to
the present high school building,
which. It was suggested, could be
4 accomplished at a far less expense
ana assure sufficient room to ac
commodate the school needs of this
district for some years to come.
The committee did not feel dis
posed to consider the Bellows
Casey tract of land without first
getting an Idea of the cost thereof.
the sub-committee was unable to
get anything definite from the
owners of the land in the way of a
John Billings. Arthur Gilbert,
Lawrence Powell, James Hartley,
Raymond Stennett, J. O. Rlgg, E. V.
Howell, Herbert (illmore, Dirk
Hitchcock, Raymond Carson. Ther
one Fnrls, Ashland; Orln Mackln
nen, Milburn Ilurk, Walter Bonne,
Bonanza; Iewls W. Morris, Rosi
Drown, Wilfred H. Rrown, Camas
Valley; Albert Thomas,
Johns. T. C. Mountain. Lylo Flelch
er, Orvllli A. I-siey, Cohurg; Har
old Peart, Warren Brandon, Ivan
C. Shuck. C. Church. Coqullle; Rob
ert Veatch, Mezzo Blackmore,
I-rank Dodge. Huston Dunn, flleii
NEW YORK, Jnn. 1 7. Tex Rickard expects to mntch
Jack Dempsey for a title fiu;ht in June with either Tom Gibbons
or Harry Wills in spite of the champion's announcement that he
will retire from the ring and marry this spring.
The Dromoter said he had no definite agreement with
Jack Kearns. the champion's manager but expressed confidence
the champion would accept his terms for at least one fight this
year and possibly two.
Rickard's plan would be to match Dempsey in a return go
with Gibbons earlv in lune. either the Yankee Stadium or
Boyle's Thirty Acres. If victorious .the titleholder then would
be sought for the long awaited bout with Wills, negro challenger
in September.
If the champion declines more than one bout, however,
Rickard wil give him a choice of either Gibbons or Wills as an
opponent. Both of these contenders have agreements with Rick
ard for title matches.
"1 do not take seriously Dempsey s threat to retire, Rick
d dcclnred. "Even if he goes throuuh with it, 1 expect him to
take on at least one more opponent to prove his undisputed su
premacy before relinquishing his crown." ,
The promoter said he expected Kearns to visit New York
in a tew weeks to discuss terms tor one or two title motcnes mis
year.
ALIENISTS TO
GIVE SERIES
Public Defender Is Barred
From Prison Cell and
Makes Protest.
INQUEST HELD TODAY
Mother-Killer Gives Stov
' at Hearing Today Many
Offers Are Received
From Lawyers.
. (Awx-Uted Vrtm Leued Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.
Stereoptican pictures show
ing the body of Mrs. Anna El
lington slumped over a bed in
her home after she had been
shot and killed by her 16-year-old
daughter, Dorothy, brought
a flood of tears and hysterical
sobs from the girl today during;
the coroner's inquest into Mrs.
Ellingson's death.
The girl first shed a few tears
when the pistol she had used
was introduced m o evidence.
A few minutes !. -, during the
testimony of a iiiceman, tho
room was darkened and a num
ber of still pictures of the
tragedy were thrown on a
screen. The girl, sobbing wildly
sank into her chair and threw
her arms around a polics wo
man, sitting next to her. - Pic
tures showing details of the fa
tal wound were also shown on
the screen.
Earl Ellingson, brother of the
girl, was the first witness. He
placed responsibility for the
murder of his mother on ' the
girl's wild desire for continual
excitement. He said she had
acted in a most wayward man
ner ever since she was 12 years
of age.
"At one time she disappear
ed for three days and was lo
cated in Turlock," he said.
"Another time the disappeared
for two days in San Francisco.
"I cannot say who is to
blame. We have made every ef
fort to have - her bring ' her
friends of the nit;ht life to her
home, but she seldom did so."
The girl's show of emotion
today was the first since her ar
rest, when she shed a few tears
upon beinr informed by the ar
resting officers that her mother
was dead.
. BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 17. Le
gal and scientific forces gathered
here today in tho first reported ef
forts to defend Dorothy Ellingson,
18 year old confessed slayer of her
mother, Mrs. Anna Ellingson. The
latter was killed ln the bedroom of
her home last Tuesday Eight and
ST. PAUL Minn.. Inn. 17. Should lack DemDsev.
world's heavyweight boxing champion retire from the 'ZUZtxX
may or June wiinout again aeicnaing ms line, i uiiiniy viiu-
Rlchari i bons of St. Paul, will claim that honor. Gibbons said last night.
set price, which blocked any imme - Clarence Applewhite
Giving as his reason a desire) to retire to the private practice ot
law. Secretary of Stats Charles Evans Hughes, of New York, nas re
signed, effective March 4. and President Coolidg has appointed In his
place Frank B. Kellogg, ot Mloncrota, at present Ameaasadnr to Great
Britain. Mr. Coolldge also appolnul Charles Beecher Warren, ot
Michigan, former Ambassador to Japan and to Mexico. Attomey-Oenersl,
succeeding Harlan V. Stone, of Kaw York, appointed to tha Supreme
Court bench. There ara persistent rumors Id Washington that Mrs.
tiabel Walker -WillebitndL of California, Assistant Attorney-General,
may ba named by Preitdent Coolldga aa tha first woman Judge oa a
leaem sauca ia ua u.uiaq ciaies.
diate action last evening.
After talking over the BVllows-
casey site at length the commit- ,
... t . , j, . won, i
.c lu.juiKi-u iu b iree uiscussinn oi
using the bond Issue to construct
a building adjoining tho preseni
high school building, taking In the
wiiiett property, which It was sug
gested could be hail for a prlc
around 112,000. This would give
ample room for a building as large
as the present high school, and
many of the committee thought
this would be the more business
like way of handling the problem.
It was stated that the high school
building was constructed to admit
another building and that the same
heating plant now used would ans
wer all purposes for both buildings.
, Finally, a motion was mnde and
carried that a committee of three
oe apimlnted to consider Hi
Uoyd Swanson. James White, Glenn
Hreedlove. Bill Handy, Albert Lee.
John Hlggeiibotham. George Wil-
F. Glaser, Glenn Avne. Cot-
(f'ontlnued on page eight)
; FIFTEEMHLO
Gibbons declared his record, which includes a I 5-round
fight with Dempsey at Shelby, Mont., July 4, 1923, in which
he stayed the limit with the champion, entitled him to first con
sideration for the highest crown.
A return match with Dempsey is being sought by Gib
bons, but negotiations thus far have been unsuccessful.
shot because her moiher remo.
strated with her for not keeping
more regular hours. Dorothy h.
charged with murder.
Today two persons had come foi
ward to tender their services In
defense of the girl. One of thetn
was public defender Frank J. Kg
au. The other was J- 1. Moser, an
attorney In private practice, who
declared that prominent club worn-
i en had asked him to take up the
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 7. Jack Dempsey, heavyweight
champion and Jack Kearns, his manager will go east next girl's defense, ln Iho meantime,
month to see whether they can arrange a bout for the summer, 1 orothys two nearest relatives, a
orouier r.ari, ana ner in:ner, jn
17. Fifteen year old Angellne
MMnrlatMl frm Wire.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan.
was declared todny by Kearns. Tex Rickard, if he expects to
mntch Dempsey with Tommy Gibbons or Harry Wills for a
title fight in June, "is proceeding on assumptions," Kearns said,
declaring that no arrangements have been made.
As for flemnv'. nnnnnnremint tknt he? will retire in
J. jr-.ii-T-i .- . v oeen lerrncn one ot inn most unus
une and wed Estelle Taylor, motion picture actress. KearnsIm, crlmiull ca,PJ , nlB,rv ot
said the only thing he knows about that is the publicity that helnB ,, to nppear today at
rend and that it will have no bearing on the trip east next; the Coroner's Inquest Into the
month to seek n match.
seph Ellington, a tailor, had repu
diated hi r saying they would have
nothing to do with the case and
that the law must take its course.
The young principal In what has
propositions, the Ilelows:asey site
and the advisability or adding a
j structure to th present high
1 (ConUnued on page 2.)
i Mannlno laughed and Joked
with detectives today as she
told detectives of having shot
and killed Tony Vslore. 24. In
to her home last night. Angellne
sutr"ndered alleging
had betrayed her.
Valore
FIRE PATROi. ELECTS district warden; A. C Shaw, ltob
The Douglas County Fire Patrol 't E- Smith, II. F. ('iianey II M.
st Its annual meeting reelected the f'". George Marshall, r. H. I en
officers who served during the '""ton and Herbert Armstrong, dl-
past yer. The officers of the or- 'rectors.
g.'tnlzatlon are R.
M. Fox, presi
dent; Gwrge W. Marshall, vlce
preHident; H. O. Pargeter, secre
tary and treasurer; II. W. Brown,
death of her mother. Several wit
nesses. Including Mrs. Julia lTr, a
neighbor who heard the shot, were
to testify at the in ir.st.
Meanwhile the i of tho law
continued to frnim ir aftermath
to the fatal shooting. Three men,
all musicians and friends of the
Ellingson girl, wero in custody.
Mrs. A. W. Ruff left today for charged with statutory offenses ln
Portland, where she will spend Ihu.vulvlng her. One of these. Keith
week end visiting with frlneds. I (Continued on page eight)
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