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VOI XXVII NO. 57 OF ROSEBURO REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWSREVIEW THURSDAY. JANUARY 22. 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. 28 OF THE EVENING NEW
CITY PROPOSE
TWO CHANGE
Want Legislature to Give
Cities the-Right to Charge
Penalty and Interest.
TO LICENSE HAWKERS
Bill to Charge Fee to Haw
kers on Business Streets
Aimed at California
Orange Peddlers.
The City of Roseburg Is ask-!
InR the state legislature to puss'
two measures, which It is believ-j
ed are needed by the cities ofj
Oregon, and which it Is expected)
will be passed during the present:
fT'.Ti. TKhe D?UK'f. c,oulty ?r;
uiinuuu nun nitcauj ico.
vised of the proposals, but the
form for the two bills has not
yet been submitted, although
they will be prepared and sub
mitted within a few days.
The most Important Is a pro
posed amendment to the Ban
croft Bonding Act. 'This Is a law
which permits property owners
to bond their property for cltyj
improvements. 1 nen sireeia
are paved, sewers constructed, or
improvements. w nen
sucn otner improvements inaue,;
the property owners against 1
whom the cost Is assessed, have!
the right to apply for Bancroft,
bonds. The city then issues im-j
provement bonds, the property!
being cited as security, and the
THE STATE LIS
clty'B credit Is then used to ee-
cure the money, threugh the sale' . . ' ,,
of the bonds, to pay for the im-l George W. Riddle, com-
provements. The property own-lmamjant of the Oregon Soldiers
ers then redeem the bonds. ThelnoniB' has invited the ways and
payment made annually over a mn committee of the atatoleg
pcriod of years. ilslature to make a thorough lnves-
The law as It stands at pre ligation ot the state institution be
Bent, does not permit the city to1 fore acting upon the budget for
unless penalty and Interest In ! the coming year. He charges that
cases' of delinquent payments.! the budget filed by Wr. Hender
Where payments are not made, show, the appointee Installed In
the city must keep them up and1 the home for the latter part of
take lelns against the property. j last year by Governor Pierce and
The city can recover the amount1 State Treasurer Myers, and who
of the original assessment by was ousted by the board of con
foreclosure, but Is otit Its inter-! trol following Its reorganization,
est, not only on the amount with Tom Kay as a member, ,was
puid, but for the use of its mo-j reduced to. such' an extent that
ney until settlement is made. 1 the institution could not be ef
Somo concerns having a large flclently operated.r He also states
amount of property have taken nat Hendershott's statements of
advantage of this situation and economy were padded to the ex
are letting the city carry their treme, and that his showings did
payments for them, and the cost not constitute a true statement of
is becoming a serious factor in conditions.
the city government. Mayor j Commandant Riddle maintalnf
llouck as soon as he took office tnat the Dudr9t culg were made
started work on this proposition. ,n eff t , politics, tend
and it has now progressed to the, , , lndiCTte Krpat economy on
point where the state leglsla ure , , f Hendpnmotti and diB.
Is being asked to amend the law. , , t commandant.t
If the -legislature falls to do so,
the city will probably amend its
charter so that future losses will
be prevented. The amendment
will n,nvrf. Ilial vl,..a , lit. nnv-
ment? become delinquent that wn wl Secretary of State
the city ran assess penalty and Kozer made up the board of con
intcrest. which can also take the 'J0'- The change was made over
form of a Hen arter a specific Kozer s objection. When Kny de
period, and be Included In the ff,atP1 Meyers for state treasurer
amount for which the city can he and Kozer Immediately voted
foreclose. It will also provide for to remove Hendershott and re
fnreolosure in ' the Circuit Court store Mr. Riddle as commandant,
so that the r.lty will be able to1 In the meantime - Mr., Hender
rlv a denr rliln to nnv nronertv! shntt had made a number of arbl-
(Contlnucd on poge five)
Governor Davis's Son
. Accused of Bribe
j GOV-cTONOTKW K.PAVIff
Newspapers In Kansas charge
that Russell Davis, ton of the re
tiring Governor Jonathan M.
Davis, received from Fred W. Poll
man. convicted of fraud tn a bank
failure, IUU for a pardon made
eat by Governor Davis. The bribe
la said to hav been paid In tht
presence) ot witnesses la a Topek
fioteL
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! Ofl' fjfn. 22. !
Loreu 4. ?aather of !
! Dr. A1l V- who
1 commute
' .fi his
Rnnlh On fir. lnat
Sunday, leav. ' ,115,000 In !
! negotiable get .r it lee to hia
aged parent, will continue )
to "stack shingles" In a lo-
cat lumber yard and draw
hia we.'kl salary of $28. . ,
Koenlg. a laborer all his
life, made this announce- '
ment last night, adding, "if
I quit work. I d die."
Koenlg said tbe estate
would lie ahared with the
remaining children.
RIDDLE ASKS
E
Claims That Statement of
Econorfiy Was Padded
for Political Purposes.
CUTS ARE TOO GREAT
False Showing Made for
Purpose of Discrediting
Administration, Com
mandant Says.
administration.
Riddle was ousted from the
home by Governor Pierce and Jef
ferson MeyerB. then state treasur-
trary changes at the home under
the plea of economy.
The head nurse at the hospital
ws discharged and her salary of
$100 added to the economy list.
Hendershott also laid off the auto
i-ruck driver md broueht out the
old team and buggy. relics of by
gone days, leaving the aula truck
in the garage. Cuts were also
(Continued on page 81
LEW BECAUSE
f A-wUtM Pf. - Lot1 WI.
STATE HOUSE. Salesm, Ore..
jKn. 22. State Treasurer T. Bj
Kay, at a meeting ot the ways and
means committee of the legisla
ture nst night, assailed the state
budget and slate tax commissions
who prepared the state's budget
and tax levy now tn the hands of
the legislature. The majority
members of these commissions,
Governor Pierce and former State
Treasurer Jefferson Meyers, were
the objects of Kay's attack.
Kay asserted that these two of
ficials, in his opinion, had d-lll-f-mtelv
cut the state tax levy to
about 1.9 mills, while all cnndl
. ..... hnvip to do with state fl-
Bancei made necessary a levy of
about 1 mills. He expressed the
INVESTIGATION
HON
BUDGET
FRANCEGIffl
" REMINDER AFTER
DEPUTY'S SPEECH
( AMM-Uttd rrrm Lnd Win.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. De
puty Marlins declaration in the
French chamber yesterday that
It would be a moral iniquity for
the I'nited States to compel
France to pay her four-billior.-dollar
debt is regarded by offi
cials of the American debt com
mission as an Isolated explosion
rather than an echo of French
official opinion.
The French, deputy apparently
had forgotten, it was pointed out
today, that the United States
made no claim for German re
parations except a - small per
centage of the cost of the army
of occupation and damage claims.
' This is regarded here as a fact
which the French government
cannot be allowed to overlook.
(AwcUtrd Pits Leued Wlrr.)
VALE. Ore., Jan. 22. A verdict
of guilty was brought In today in
me mai ot uert and Mellla Law
rence, charged with assault with
intent to kill. The minimum pen
alty provided by law for the of
fense Is a fine of $100 and the
maximum ten years in the state
penitentiary. The defendants will
be sentenced Monday.
The defendants admitted they
had strung up Ralph Harvey with
a Tope over the limb of' a cotton
wood tree October 16, near Iron
side, in 'northern Malheur county,
but contended they had done so
only once. Harvey testified he
had been pulled up three times by
the rope about his neck.
Harvey said the attack was
made upon him to force him to
confess that he had informed the
district attorney of bootlegging op
erations, but the defense held the
affair was staged In order to scare
him Into leaving the county be
cause he was continually making
advances to Bert Lawrence's wife
and had been the cause of a great
deal of trouble in his household.
IT,
GENEVA, Jan. 22. Costa Rica
filed her resignation from the
League of Nations today transmit
ting with her message a check for
back dues.
No reason was given for the
withdrawal; but a league official
said it was assumed the resigna
tion was duo to criticism; of the
country for failure to pay her as
sessments. Costa Rica fixed January 1, as
the date of resignation, but as the
covenant requires two year's no
tice of withdrawal, she would not
cease to be a member until Janu
ary 1, 1927. Officials of the
league said, however, that they
I hoped In the meanwhile to induce
hfr to rescind her decision and
I resume membership. The letter
I containing notice ot resignation
'with a check for $18,770 In pay
ment of back dues for the years
1921-1924 Inclusive.
POOSTIG STATE
INCOME TAX fiEATEIf
opinion that this had been done
deliberately to cripple the state as
a sort of revenge for the defeat of
the Btate lnfome tax.
Kay asserted that $2,502,912.52
which the state budget mentions
as in excess of estimated revenues
H misleading and can be greatly
reduced.
I ALICE IS EXPECTING"
j (Aanrktnl nta LrAnl Wtn.)
I CHICAGO. Jan. 22. .Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt In(tworth arrived in
( hicago today in preparation for
an interesting event anticipated
for early In February. She was
arcompaoled here from Washing
Ion by a women physician who
! will remain with her. t
E
TO HOPPER
S TINKERING
ELECTION
One Bill Would Restore Convention Nominating System,
Another Bar Unregistered Voters From the Polls
Diamond Lake Inclusion in National
Park Opposed by Memorial.
THE DAY'S PROCEEDINGS AT A GLANCE.
' Tha senate pasted the Banks bill giving baverags tellers
the right of appeal to tha circuit court from revocation of licens
es by municipalities
Two memorials to oongrets were Introduced: One opposing
tht proposed Inclusion of Diamond Lake, Douglat county, in the
Crater Lake National Park; the other requetting development
of Pacific coast ports for the primary purpose of aiding the lum
ber industry.
Changes In the election' laws were proposed In bills to re
establish the old convention nominating system, and to abolish
the practice of swearing in unregistered voters at the polls.
Farming Interests were represented In the day's grlnd'by a
bill to allow advertising of farm products on the state highways
by means of billboards, and a memorial from Morrow county
farmers asking, In fear of bankruptcy, .for financial aid In re
towing winter wheat destroyed by the recent severe cold spell.
A feature of the billl introduced is one regulating tht con
duct and morals of danct hallt in corporated townt of under
25,000 population.
i
"STATE HOUSE, Satrm, Ore., )
Jan. 22. A bill providing for a
convention system of nominating
candidates and making persons bo
selected responsible to the party
nominating them was Introduced in
the house by the Jackson county
delegation yesterday afternoon. The
bill would not tonfllct with the
present primary election laws but
would supplement them, according
to its sponsor, Cowglll, Jackson
county. Precinct committeemen
would hold eonnty conventions on
the first Tuesday ,of February
starting In 1926. These county con
ventions would elect 25 per cent of
their number as state convention
delegates. This system is
cally opposite to the Mills bill, in -
troduced Tuesday, In that It would
provide for a pro-convention sya-
tern instead of a post-primary
scheme. It would not keep inde -
pendents from being nominated un
der the existent Bystem of Oregon
primaries. ..
Swearing In of voters at the polls
will be prevented under a consti
tutional-amendment proposed in a
house Jolnt resolution Introduced
by Representatives Swan, Collier,
Howard, Oakes and North. The
bill provides that only jiersons who
have been duly registered may
vote.
May Appeal Over City
The Banks license bill passed the
senate yesterday after a bitter
fight with 21 favorable votes. It
would give the right of appeal to
the circuit court to persona whose
licenses to operate soft drink es
tablishments, hotels, and the like,
have been revoked by a city coun
cil. Senator Brown has introduced a
bill which would allow farmers to
place advertisements along the
state highways relative to farm j
ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL OPERA SINGER
9' mil
in w ;P "
CfftENA VAN COEDON",
Joseph caweiA
Crrena Van Gordon, well known open stsr, Is shown exhibiting to
Harry Piitxger, Assistant tttalt's Attorney ot Chicago, one of numerous
letters she had received from blackmailers, who demanded that tht
pay them $500. Joseph Casscla, taxlcab driver, was arretted wben ht
called at her home and declared a woman had ordered hint to call for
a -package." Tbt blackmail notes threatened Miss Van Gordon wlttt
deals U ah reported tht nutter to tot nolle. .
M
LAWS IE ADDED
OF LEGISLATURE
products for sale. It would exempt
such advertising from the law
against advertising along the state
highways.
Aid Asked For Ports
A memorial asking congress to
take favorable action In approiuiat
ing money to develop coast ports to
aid lumber Industry as requested
by a joint conference of Oregon,
California and Washington dele
gates at Portland recently, has been
placed In the hands of the house
committee on resolutions. The mem
orial probably wil be reported upon
within the next two days.
1 ' A bill calling for the combining
of the offices of dairy and food
dlametrl-40lml,l,onP1.ll waa introduced In
1 t)w. house yesterday afternoon by
I Buchanan. Benton county,
Dance Reform Desired,
paDce balls of the state would be
more thoroughly regulated than at
present If a bill by Heindl, Multno
mah county, becomes a law. The
bill would affect only corporated
cities of less than 25.OO0 population.
Dance halls would be compelled to
cIobo at midnight. Minors under IK
years of age would not be permitted
I to remain In surh halls after nine
, p. m unless accompanied by at
j least one parent or guardian,
Dances of vulgar nature would be
banned,
Boards of regents ot normal
schools,- Oregon state educational
institutions, would, be authorized to
take full advantage of donations by
a bill Introduced by Senator Dunn.
Would Hold uiamona Lake
A game refuge district would be
created In certain sections of Klam
ath and Jackson counties under a
house bill introduced yesterday by
the game committee. The tract
would include about 75,000 acres.
The principal object of such a re-
(Continued on page 6.)
E
-1 HAND OF TURKEY
(AMnrUtrd prre Lfewd Wlr.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. The
long pending Lausanne treaty pro
viding for resumption of diplomat
ic relations between the United
States and Turkey bad been
brought out of relative obscurity
today by a White House dinner
conference concerning Its position
in the senate.
At the Invitation ot President
Coolldge, members of .the senate
foreign relations committee dis
cussed the treaty at the White
House last night with Richard
Washburn Child, former ambassa
dor to Italy, who represented the
United States in its negotiation.
The conference was said to have
been devoted largely to a presen
tation, by Mr. Child of his .views
I as to the imjportance of senate
1 action on the treaty, which has
Kbeen pending In committee for
'more than a year.
L
VIOLATING PACT
' WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. A
new angle has been Injected In
to the growing complexities of
the naval situation by a pending
senate resolution seeking inform
ation from Great Britain as to
whether the construction ot her
.two new capital ships violates
the provisions- of the arma con
ference treaty. After the senate
adoption yesterday of a proposal
that It authorize and request
President Coolldge to I call an
other arms conference, Senator
McKellar, democrat, of Tennes
see, presented a resolution , that
would request the president to
obtain information sb to whether,
Great Britain had violated the
arms covenant In the conatruc-j
tlon of the Rodney and Nelson.
The two ships have been descrlb-
ed In the senate as combination
battleships and aircraft carrle
(AMorlttrd Prtm Ttl Win.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 22.
The National Wool Growers' As
sociation in annual convention'
here today wont on record as;
favoring the Phlppa bill now be
fore congress which provides for
a reduction of grazing fees on
the national forests and which 1
would take the exclusive control
of forest lands out of the handsl
of the forestry bureau. j
A number of resolutions, In
cluding one urging that Federal
intermediate credit banks be required-
to loan money on the
notes or national agricultural
credit corporations, were refer
red to committee for action.
YOUNG WRIGLEY TO
DIRECT MILLIONS
(AMoclited Prm Uurd Wire.)
CHICAGO. Jan. 22. Phillip K.
Wrlgley. not yet 30, will become
president of the $35,000,000 chew
ing gum corporation, succeeding
his rather, Wm. Wrlgley, Jr., at
the annual meeting of the stock
holders next month. It Is reported,
the elder Wrlgley will be named
chairman of the board of direc
tors. JURY IN WEW JERSEY
'AotUcI Tt hmtfl win 1
xJERSEY CITY. N. J., Jan. 22
The Jury In the trial of twelve
Weehawken and Jersey city po
lice officers and citizens charged
with violation of the state prohibi
tion laws, reported this morning
that It was unable to agree on a
verdict. The Judge dismissed the
Jury. Assistant Prosecutor McMa
hon announced that the case
would bn retried, possibly within
two weeks,
For the last 15 of the ID hours
and 53 minutes that the jury had
been out, H. A. IJiui-nstMln, ' the
Jury foreman, reported that
nine men had stood for conviction
with the remaining three stub
bornly refusing to change their ac
quittal vote. The first ballot waa
DISCHARGED AFTER DISAGREEMENT
WITH HE FA1IMIICT1
MFJFORI MAJORITY
ACiAIXST TIIH KAMK
HKill SCHOOL KITE
(AaorUtfd rna Uuad Win.)
MEDFORD. Ore.. Jan. 22.
Rv a vffte of 315 no to 257
yes, the bond Issue for con-
struct ion ot a new high
school on the present site
near the Medford business
district, as presented by the
school board, was defeated
yesterday.
NEYV KICK AT CR PUZZLE
(AvocUM mat Uutd Win.)
YANKTON, S. IX, Jan. 22. Dif
ficulty In getting passengers to
jleave the train at their proper des
tinations oecause or uie BDsory
tion in solution of cross-word puz
zles Is reported by a conductor on
the Great Northern passenger
train tunning out ot Yankton.
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BILL REVIVED
Agricultural Group Still
Strives for Relief at
. Present Session.
EXPORT BODY IS PLAN
Diversion of Produce From
Surfeited Home Market
to Places Abroad
Provided For.
' (AMocuttd Vnm Lcun Win.)
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. The
pr-fyldents tgrlcnlturi 1 ci-nmlt-tee
expects to submit next week
Its recommendations for the relief
of agriculture.
Sections of the report are being
drafted, but members decline to
Indicate the nature of their con
clusions. The commission several days
ago gave the president a prelim
inary report suggesting means of
relief for the livestock industry.
Since then it has studied market
ing, export problems, tariff pro
tection and freight rates.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. En
dorsement of the farm grsmp In
congress and early enactment of a
modified McNary-Haugen farm re
lief measure Is sought by the
American council ot agriculture.
Arguments In favor of the modi
fled bill were presented at a joint
meeting last night of the senate
and house agricultural 'commit
tees:
Hearing of the council's spokes
men by the committee was In line
with a plan upon Ihe part of con
gressional farm group to get be
hind some farm relloftblll in the
hope that It can be passed this
session. No decision was reached
as 'to what attitude should be, tak
en on the council's bill. The com'
mlttee was told that the bill,
while following the general lines
of the original McNary-Haugen
measure, which was defeated In
the house last session, contained
none of what were considered as
the main objeotionabie features
of that measure. Vol only will
the tariff law be let alone by the
new measure, It waa contended,
but Ihe price ratio provisions of
the first bill have been stricken
out.
A farm export corporation
(Continued on page eight)
LIQUOR TRIAL
1 8 to 4 for conviction. It was re
ported. The police defendants
all In uniform, smiled broadly at
(his.
No comment was made by any
of the Jurors regarding their opin
ion of the guilt or Innocence of
1 United Stales Senator Edwards,
j alleged to have accepted money as
I a go-between Tor the defendants
and other persons supposed to
have been Implicated In the whis
key traffic.
Spending a few hours In this city
1 this morning was W. H. McMannia.
I Mr. McMannia la a resident of 1)111-
ard and was hern visiting and at
tending to business sffairs. He re
turned botye In the afternoon.
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EN
AND
MODIFIED
STARMER
CLEAVER MADE
T
State Prohibition' Agent
Took Credit for Work
Done by County Men.
SHERIFF IS AROUSED
Report "Padded, False and
Unfair" Douglas County
Officer Tells Legis
lative Committee.
STATE HOUSE, Salem. Ore,
Jan. 22. When Sam Starmer,
sheriff of Douglas county, visited
the state house today en route -to '
the convention of sheriffs at -Portland,
he sought out Senator Eddy
of Douglas, one of the extra-dry
members ot the legislature, snd
registered a protest against what
he contended was "padding" In
the report of State Prohibition
Commissioner Cleaver.
Senator Eddy is a member, of,
the investigating committee e-
gaged on the prohibition probe.
Sheriff Starmer, with a printed
copy of Cleaver's report in hit
fist. Informed the senator that
Cleaver's report, insofar as Doug
las county was concerned, "Ib pad
ded, false and unfair." The) actual
work ot the state prohibition de
partment in Douglas was far short
of the assertions of the report
Sheriff Starmer will submit a
written kick to the investigating
body. .
The state prohibition agent, ac
cording to Sheriff Starmer, 1b en
deavoring to obtain the credit for
the work done by the county of
ficers during the past year.
CJeaver in his report reported ;
thirteen arrests In Douglas cotm
yt, 131 gallons of moonshine; con
fiscated, and fines approximating'
$4,500. The legislature was given
to understand that this was the '
wrk of Cleaver's forces.
The real facts show that Cleav-
er'a men did nothing in Douglas
county during the year of 1924,
except to aid in the prosecution of
a few cases which developed the
latter part ot 1923.
In December of 1923 Cleaver
sent two "spotters" into the coun
ty, and these two men succeeded
In making three arrests. Because
of their method of operation Sher
iff' Starmer refused to work with
them, and Instructed his deputies
to have nothing to do with their
work. One was a "gun-flasher,'"
who was constantly making hit
brags about his ability to "draw".
and who used a weapon promiscu
ously upon the slightest provoca
tion. They were responsible A for '
the arrest of Col. Reed, Earle
Jones, and "Sleepy" Howarth,
but all of these caaese were .the.
latter part of 1923. -
During 1924 It Is stated by mem
bers of the sheriff's force, Cleav
er's men did no work In the coun
ty, but his report would Indicate
that an enormous amount of work
had been done
Sheriff Starmer and; his depu
ties during the past year, made
(Continued on page six)
Negro Takes His Seat In
Illinois Senate. .
Adelbert H. Roberts, of Chicago,
the first negro ever elected to tbt
Illinois State Senate. Is shown tak
ing the oath of edict In Ut Capi
tol In Springfield.
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