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DOUGLAS COUNTV
An Independent Newspaper, Published far the tt Interest af th Paopla,
-tlon el Th Evinlng News and The Roseburg Revltw.
VOL. XXVII. NO. 0, OF rL
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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW MONDAY, JANUARY 26. 1925.
VOL. XII. NO. 271 OP THE EVENING NEWS
Rose
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HLUUUY Htfll
AGAIN SCENE OE
FATAL BATTLES
Ku Klux Troubles End in
Murder of Four Coro
ner's Jury Meets.
DRY RAIDER KILLED
Central Figure in Klux Fight
Meets Death at Hands of
Avowed Enemy Two
Henchmen Slain.
(AMOtUted Pre! Lfurd lrirf.)
HERIUN, 111., Jan. 26. Fac
ed with many conflicting theo
ries as to the exact manner in
which S. Glenn Young, former
Williamson county dry raider,
his companions, Edward Forbes
nnd Homer Warner, and Deputy
Sheriff Ora Thomas, anti-Klan
leader, were killed In Saturday
night's shooting here. Indications
today were that the coroner's
Jury would bo unable to arrive
at any definite explanation of the
affair when it meets tomorrow.
Mrs. Young, wife of the slain
liquor raider, asserted that wit
nesses would be at the Inquest to
verify an account that her bus
band had been lured into a trap
and shot from behind.
The body of Young laid today
at the First Baptist Church, a
red cross near the foot of the
coffin, and Klansmen keeping
vigil. The purple robe of the re-j
puted Klansman had been re-j
placed by street clothes. I
The bodies of Young's twoj
henchmen and that of Deputy
Sheriff Thomas, Youngs avowed
enemy, were in their homes. A
Joint funeral was probable.
According to one version, the
fight followed a shot fired from
the vicinity of a hotel Suturday
night. As the report sounded,
Young and several others rushed'
to investigate. I
In a cigar store they met Tho-
mas and when the smoke had'
cleared, Young, shot through the
heart, and two of his followers
were dead, while Thomas lay on
the floor dying. He died in a
hospital Boon after, attendants
saying death resulted from a'
wound In his head. 1
At last four men were known!
to have been present at the
shooting, but their names re-j
mained unrevealed. An hour or;
two later the news reached Go-i
vernor Small. He Immediately
communicated with Adjutant
' General Carlos, who dispatched
' Major- H. W. Davis in charge of
forty militia men to Herrin from
Carbondale, a few miles away.
The dawn of a new day found
everything quiet with only bat-l
tered window panes and bullet;
scarred walls as a public testi
monial of the night's conflict. I
State's Attorney Arlle Boswell,
on his arrival yesterday gave no;
Intimation of the course the state'
would pursue. I
Sherff George Galilean. In Ma
rion at the time of the shooting,
was quoted as saying that he ex-
pecieu 10 see peace aim quuei re
(Contlnued on page 6
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FAR EAST
(AMrcUtrd Vrrm Lfi4 Wirt.)
GENEVA, Jan. 26. The Joint
commission from the first and sec
ond International opium confer
ences, appointed as a means of
breaking the deadlock between the
American and the leading Europ
ean delegations over the question
of suppression of opium smoking
in the far east, met today anS or
ganized. The commission elected
Dr. Herluf Zahle of Denmark as
president and voted to make' the
sessions public.
Dr. Zahle was not present ow
ing to illness and Sir Eric Drum
mnn. secretary general at the
Lrague of Nations presided.
That a spirit of conciliation had
entered Into the deliberations
seemed evident from the attitude
of Representative Stephen G. Port
er, head of the American delega
tion. He told the commission that
no dispute seemed to exist be
tween the delegates upon the ques
tion of the length of the period In
which opium smoking should be
suppressed. All of them, he ex
plained, hsd favored fixing It at
IS years, but there still existed a
difference of opinion aa to when
SHtniFF STARMER
TESTIFIES TODAY
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STATEIIOUSE. SALEM,
Ore., Jan. 2i. Sheriff Star-
mer of Douglas couuty will
4 appear before the Cleaver 4
Investigation committee this
afternoon, according to an- 4
4 nouncement made by chair- 4
man Garland of the com- 4
mil lee just prior to the
noon adjournment. It was
understood Starmer would
censure Cleaver, who he 4
claims has taken unto his e
department all the credit
for prohibition activities In
4) Douglas county. 4
Starmer this afternoon told 4)
4 the prohibition investigating 4
committee that every sheriff 4
In Oregon Is in favor of enforc- 4
4 Ing the prohibition ' law and 4
will do so if furnished the nec-
essary funds and that the state 4
prohibition department should
be abolished. Starmer object 4
ed to turning over twenty five 4
per cent of the fines to the
4) state In cases handled by the 4
4 sheriff's office and opposed in 4
craesing this to fifty per cent
4) Starmer said neither Cleaver 4
4 nor his men had done ,any-
thing in Douglas county so 4
far as he knew except swear 4
4 a complaint at Reedsport. 4
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(AMOclatd Pnn Lcurd Win.)
SHANGHAI. Jan. 26. Troops
of Chi Hsieh-Yuan at Wusih, feOi
miles west of here, have suffered
a decisive defeat, according to
report received here tonight.
The reports asserted that den
feral Chi's troops were retreating,
along the line of the Shanghai-I
Nanking railway toward Shang
hai, leaving Wusih in the posses-!
slon of the central government's!
Manchurlan troops under Lu
Yung-Hsiang,
Authorities governing the for
eign settlement, on receipt of the
reports, prepared at once to deal
with another vanquished army,
giving the losing soldiers the
same treatment accorded the
troops of Chang Yung-Min ear-,
lier this month.
(General Chang's men were
first disarmed and interned, then
sent by water to Tsingtao, where!
they were set free.) Defense;
units were stationed along the
boundaries of the foreign settle-'
ments tonight. It was said that
the vanguard of the defeated
troops already was arriving Jn;
the environs of the city.
Confirmation of the reported
defeat of Chi Hsleh-Yuan will
mean that Shanghai once more
will pass under the control of
the present Peking government.!
The "gateway city" has been the
scene of numerous military acttv-j
ltles In the past ix months, be
ing valuable not only as a tax
source and for its commerce, but
because of the arsenal, one of
the finest In China stationed
near the city.
General Chi was believed to!
be representing Vu Pei-Ku. the
deposed war lord, in bis attempt
to hold Shanghai.
OF WEED II THE
HIS UTJBROKEN
the 15 year period should begin.
Mr. Porter recommended a care
ful analysis of all the projects for
the suppression of the practice
with reports on the Investigation
submitted to the committee later
when Dr. Zahle had recovered.
After hearing Mr. Porter's re
marks, the commission adjourned
until tomorrow, ,
Mr. Porter and Lord Cecil, head
of the British delegation have had
further private conferences and
seem to have reached an accord
on disputed questions in connec
tion with the narcotic drug con
vention. In observance of what Ird Ce
cil has called the "Geneva atmos
phere." of conciliation, the pres-
lent plan Is to conclude the draft
ing of the narcotic treaty, com
pleting work on all those ques
tions regarding which the llkell
I hood of discord Is least, and post
iTjoninr definite action on the prob
lem of opium smoking until the
' probability seems at a minimum of
Its endangering the breakdown of
the anti-opium structure aa a
! whole which has been built up at
I Genera after almost three months
of effort.
NEW
PUBLICITY
T IS TO
BE PUBLISHED
Chamber of Commerce
Completes Compilation
of Copy and Material.
MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
AH Towns and Sections of
the County to Receive '
Special Attention in
Publicity Material.
The Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce will turn over to the print
erg this week the copy for the new
county booklet, which Is expected
to be the most comprehensive pub
lication of the kind this county
has ever had. It will be a 48 page
affair, the pages being 6x9 Inches,
and will be profusely illustrated.
Altogether there will be around
135 illustrations, but In order to
save money many of the photos
are grouped. The booket will be
printed In the News-Review exclu
sive Job department.
Each town In the county will
have a page devoted to It, with
four or five views of the town and
surrounding country at the head of
the ipage. Then every resource of
the county will be illustrated, not
with the view of exaggerating
but merely to let the reader see
for himself something of the coun
ty, whether It be farming, industry
or scenery. The text has been
gone over carefully whh the idea
of eliminating anything that might
mislead the prospective settler and
vacationist. Considerable space
has also been reserved for the dif
ferent districts In the county, such
as liner, Kellogg, Loon Lake,
Scottsburg, Melrose, Glide, Look
ing Glass, Camas Valley, and oth
er sections of the county that are
away from any sizeable town or
city.
It Is planned to publish 15.000 of
these booklets, and a number of
them will b sold to various com
munities and to real estate men
and banks, the back page being
left blank for any advertising mat
ter that the buyers wish to place
there. Already several thousand
of them hase been sold In this
manner. While the booklet is
really a publication of the Douglas
County Chamber of Commerce, the
Roseburg Chamber has financed it
thus far with the exception of an
appropriation of $307 which was
given towards It by the county
court, this being the balance left
in the publicity fund at the end of
the year 1924.
Roseburg does not come In for
any more publicity In this booklet
than any other Bectlon of the coun
ty, as the whole desire Is to make
It cover the entire county Impar
tially. It Is hoped that the booklet will
be ready for distribution by the
middle of March, so as to answer
the Inquiries that will naturally re
suit from the nation-wide adver
tising to be done during the month
of March by the Northern Pacific,
Great Northern and Burlington
railroads. In the meantime the lo
cal chamber Is sending out a six
page folder telling of the re
sources of the county.
In this new booklet one subject
is going to be added that should
have a real result In the matter of
Influx of new people. The county "
as a health resort will be stressed.
There is no good reason why this j
snouia not De aone. uur winters
are mild, there is no wind to
speak of. no thunder or electric
storms to ingnten me timia, or
earthquakes to strike terror to the
people living here. Coupled with
unexampled scenery and pure
mountain water, with cool nights
In the summer, this section of Ore
gon has more to attract the man
and woman with wealth enough to
spend their remaining days In
comfort and pleasure than any
other section of the state, or for
that matter along the entire Pacif
ic coast. If the people of the;
United States realised the cli
mate that we have here Roseburg
would b" a city of 25,000 Inhabi
tants within the next year. It is
worth while to talk about our cli
mate along with our resources.
AGED CHICAGOAN DIES
(AnnrUtM Pna Lfunl Win )
CHICAGO. Jan .26 James
Kirkley. 109. believed to have
been Chlraao's oldest resident and
the oldest Mason or Odd Fellow In
the city, died yeateday.
PRESIDENT PLANS TRIP
fAOTriatMl pr-i Lnunl Win.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. Presi
dent CoolldgR plans to make a
trip to New England either In
April or In June.
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SEATTLE, Jan. 26. Claude'I -"M"".-- w
G. llannick. Captain In the Beat-IT . "' "I1"-' imn.ru- w
tie police department and former -a,e confirmation of supreme
chief, today announced that he -our- nomlnauon of Attorney
had refused an offer of a com-i general s one were prepared
,in f f,. pn,n.nj ,m,o., to press their fight for delay. 4)
for the position of Chief of Po
lice of Portlaad unless he could
arrange for a leave of absence.
"I would lose my civil service
rating in Seattle otherwise." Han
nick declared. Captain llannick
was chief of the Seattle depart
ment several years ago. He was
.aide to Mrs. Henry Landes, pre
sident of the city council, after
she made herself chief of police
last June. Mrs. Landes took
charge when Mayor ltrown at
tended the democratic national The attachment on the
convention in New York. Mayor1, Leeper Dome oil well was lift-
Brown rushed home and reap-;, ed Saturday night and opera-
pointed Chief Severyns. 4 tions there have been re-
le Riimeil X aefflemttnt u'ou mailA V
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 9ft. ,i
Mayor George L. Baker said to-
day that he knew of no vacancy
in the orflce of chief of police
nf Portland, nnd that fin hud no
present Intention of disposing of
the service of Chief Jenkins.
Frank L. Shull, chairman of a
citizen's committee of law en-
forcement said today, that he
had talked with Captain C. O.
llannick while In Seattle Satur -
day and had asked him If he
would consider appointment as
chief of police of Portland if
there should be a vacancy. The
committee of wblchjShull is chair-
man was formed recently and
given assurance by Mayor Baker
that it would receive his cooper-
tion.
Mayor Baker' said that the
committee had dlsmssBd with
him the matter of law enforce-
ment. but'had not mentioned the
question of obtaining
chief of police.
El
(AMocUtod Pres. Lcaied Wire.) (
NEW YORK, Jan. :(!. Suit to
compel Trinity church to turn ov
er the bulk of Its property in low
er Manhattan to the heirs of Rob
ert Edwards was begun In federal
court today by the filing of a bill
In equity by Arthur J. Edwards of
Guilford county. North Carolina
and Wesley J. Edwards of Los An
geles, California.
Real estate Involved In the suit
includes the church property, an
old cemetery at Wall Street and
Broadway and the land extending
from this plot westward to the
Hudson river. Counsel for the
heirs estimated the property to be
worth considerably more than $10,
000.000. Trinity said to be the wealthiest
church In the United States,
would be barred by the heirs from
all claim o tthe property. The
bills asks that a receiver be ap
pointed and that the church be
compelled to render an accounting
of all rents and profits derived
from the land since May 1. 1SB6.
The complaint recites that prior
to 1TG7 and up to the time of his
death that the property named
was owned by Robert Edwards
who died Intestate. It alleges
that the plaintiffs are direct "col
lateral descents and rightful heirs
to Edwards' estate."
The complaint further asserts
that Trinity church came into
possession of the land under a 99
year lease dated May 1, 1767 and
that at the expiration of the lease
officers of the Trinity "continued
possession of such land as tenants
at suffrage."
The complainants aver "that at
no time has there been any con
veyance of the title to the Slid
property by any person or persons
having the fee or any other rljrht.
title or Interest therein, lo said
defendants nor any other persons,
firm or corporations."
Furthermore, continued the com
plaint, there has not been surh
possession by the defendants as
would ripen Into title by virtue of
any statute."
SUGAR PRICE REDUCED
(AMortat) Ptmi LMiwd Wirt.) j
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 26
The price nf refined sugar to
wholesalers at the refineries was
reduced by 27 cents a hundred
pounds todav. making the new
ran b ase S6.25 and the new beet
base 16.05.
REEDSPORT POST MEETS
Reedsport's post No. 62 of the
American Legion will glv a min
strel show in the neat future it
was decided at a meeting held at
the Odd Fellows hall Tuesday ev
ening, says Port L'mpqua Cour
ier. L. O. Green was appointed
chairman nf a rommltteo to ar
range for the affair. L. J. Weld
ner was named on the house com
mittee and Geo. J. Dltgen on the
publicity committee.
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T0DAV IN WASHINGTON
Senate and house meet at
noon. 4)
Postal pay and rate In-
crease bill has right of way 4)
In senate. 4
4 Argument resumed in DIs- 4)
trict of Columbia Supreme 4
4 Court on defense motion for 4
quashing indictment grow- 4)
lug out of the naval oil leases
OIL WELL LIFTED
A ,, n,,ui,n..,n. a1
a by the plaintiffs In the ac-
. tion. The suit arose over a
4 claim against the company
in-mx-lm. nf nt th .,Uninn. a
4) at the old well between Oak-
land and Sutherlln. The dls- '
PUte regarding the manner of
payment finally resulted in,
court action and a Judgment
and the placing of an attach-
1 ment upon the new oil proper-
ties. The case, however, has
now been satisfactorily dis- !
posed of and the work at the 0
well will not be interrupted.
The claim was one of long .
standing and concerned thes'
4 well which this same company 4 I
s drilled near Oakland the claim 4 j
not Involving the present 4);
The Plaintiffs were to
have received stock In the new
company in payment for serv-
1CP al lne en, uut one
of the members of tho com-
pany held the stock for securi- 4)
ty on a personal claim against
the plaintiffs. They have been
given the stock demanded by
them, but it has in turn been 4)
4 attached for the 'claim which 4
ia held by Mr. Steurna. 4
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(Ataociated rrM Lraaed Wlr.) ,
Vn NATCH EE, Wash., Jan.1
26. Venatche tonight will pass
from under the rule of council-'
manic form of government to the
commission form. Councilman'
will hold a brief session and then
adjourn sine die, handing over
the reins to the new mayor and
two commissioners. The city,
government has been Jn charge'
of a council since January 18,!
1923, when the first meeting was'
held under Mayor Posey Wilson.
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HAVE IGCIOEI
Mrs. Gertrude Kuhn and her son
Ernest Lousch, of Portland, had a
narrow escape from serious Injury
I or death this afternoon, w hen their
big Paige sedan turned turtle at
' Kelly's Korner. The car failed to
I make the turn, and skidding off the
i wet pavement turned upside down
In the dilch. .Mrs. Kuhn received
a cut on one finger and a bruised
leg, but otherwise was not hurt.
'The young man escaped unscathed.
jThe car was only slightly damaged
and was driven in to the rily un
; der Its own power.
REPORTED DEATH OF
0, B. F,
1 The report or the death of O. n.
Frank, formerly a merchant In tills
I city, was erroneous, according to
Elmer Mr Broom, a friend of Mr.
Frank, who has received a letter
'whlrh Indirectly conveys a message
from the man reported dead. Mr.
Mcltroom wrote lo close friends of
Mr. Frank. Immediately upon publi
cation of the report of the latter'a
death, and they at once wired to
confirm the rumor, but recelvefl In
reply a wire from Mr. Frank him
self. W. 8. Howard Is Home
W. H. Howard, well known Rose
burg man, has returned to his home
In this city from Eugene where he
has been quite 111 in a hospital.
While In Eugene he suffered th
amputation of one foot as a result
of gangrene. Ills condition la great,
ly Improved and his many friends
here are pleased to hear of his recovery.
CHAMBER
WILL
I TOURISTS
Information Bureau to Be
Maintained During the
Coming Year,
TO REGISTER CARS
Plans Being Worked Out to
Show Every Considera
tion to Auto Tour
ists Visiting City.
The Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce will make an extra effort
this year to act as an Information
bureau for the thousands of tourists
that will trave I over the Pacific
highway. All sorts of maps and fold
era will be on the Information
table, and the right sort of advice
will bo available for those who
wish to have a day's fishing In the
Umpqua valley, the whole object
being to show unlimited courtesy to
the stranger and try and Impress
upon his mind that the people of
Roseburg are friendly folks and ap
preciate having visitors from other
slates and other communities, says
Will E. Holbein, secretary of the
Roseburg Chamber of Commerce.
Aa last year the chamber will
register all out of state automobiles
that could not be registered at
other points along the Pacific high
way. Last year 1610 cars from other
Btates were registered by the local
chamber, and this means that 1010
people received the courtesies of
the chamber, and the employes at
the office had an opportunity to
tell about this wonderful country.
Plans are now being worked out
to show every consideration to the
motor tourists that use our auto
camp, for it has been found that
many of these people are looking
for a new home in a better climate
than that from which they come.
The inquiries that were received
during the winter at the chamber
office tell the slory of hundreds of
people further east who are dissat
isfied with the cold winters and
the storms and heavy snow, who
wish for a milder climate where
they can raise fruit, poultry and
vegetables, and have all the con
veniences of the city. They are
coming out tn way this spring and
summer, and many of them will use
the auto camp as a headquarters
while looking around.
During tile past week over 100
Chambers of Commerce in the west
and middle west have been asked
by the local chamber to send litera
ture telling about their cities and
vicinity. The object of this la two
fold it will make It possible for
the local chamber to give authentic
Information as to routes of travel,
and will also allow the local cham
ber to make comitarisons, which
will not hurt Roseburg and Doug
las county.
The Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce is out to securo as large a
number of new settlers for Doug
las county as possible this coming
year, and no stone will be left un
turned to bring this about. The
tourist Information bureau Is one of
the most important features that
will be stressed.
THOS. EDISON WOT
TO SEE REPORTERS
(AMncUttd Vrm foatmt Win.)
WKST ORANGE, N. J., Jan.
24. Thomas A. Edison will not
enjoy his usual birthday tilt with
reporters this year, It was learn
ed today when announcement
was made of his plans to be In
his Fort Meyers, Fla., home on
February II. his birthday. The
veteran electrical wizard will'
rearh his 79th milestone on that
day.
It has been Mr. Edison's prac
tice to give newspaper Interviews
only on his birthday, because he
said, "It steamed up" his mental
faculties for the fuller enjoy-,
ment of the round of holiday!
festivities.
Close associates say Mr, Edi
son will enter his 80th year cer-
lain that he will reach the cen
tury mark.
,s.
MANAOCA. Nicaragua, .Ian.
26. Three aailora and one Unit
ed States marrne from the Unit
ed States gunboat Tulsa were
drowned In I-ake Managua Sat
urday, when a heavily loaded
lighter on which the men were
being conveyed to a larger ves
sel, capsized.
THE PUZZLE GRAZE
f AwUtMl Pne LniM Win.)
4 FAIRVIEW, Okla., Jan. 4)
4 20. Cross word putzles
caused Otto Fuller, 15, to 4)
leave his home, he told au- 4)
thorltles on his return here
after running away.
4 "When you have to do all 4
4 the chores, do your own
cooking, and fall over some 4
one sprawled out on the 4)
floor working cross word
4) puzzles, home Isn't so much
fun." Otto aatd. 4
4 Otto said he was the only
member of a family of seven
4 who was not addicted to 4
4 cross word puzzles. 4)
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4
nnowv mix passes.
4 (A-cvl.M frrm Lnunl Win.) 4
STATEHOUSE. SALEM. Ore.,
Jan. 26. Senator Brown's 4)
bill defining as a mlsde- 4)
meanor the act of going up- 4)
on closed or unenclosed 4
lands without the consent of 4)
the owner was passed by 4
4 the senate today. Drown 4
and Eddy defended the bill 4)
and Upton fought it on the 4
floor. It is designed prim-
arlly" to protect farmer 4
4 against transient tourists e
trespassers. 4
Senator Taylor, who op- 4)
posed the bill prior to its 4
being tabled last Friday,
voted for It today. Carsner, 4)
e uiark. ttau, Kiepper. upton
4 and Moser voted against it. 4
STATEHOUSE, SALEM.
4) Ore., Jan. 26. The senate
todny passed a measure lntro-
duced by the committee on 4)
education providing for a ;
4 judgement of confirmation 4
by the Circuit Court Tela- e
4) tlve to the organization of 4
Union high school districts.
It is to bolster up legally 4
e
Union high school organiza
tion. 4,
L "THIRTY" IS
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(AnncUtMl Prea Mend Win.'
TACOMA, Jan. 26. Martin C,
Hopkins, 81, a pioneer newspa
perman of the west, died at his
home here last night. He gave
Bill Nye his first newspaper Job
at Laramie, Wyo and he later
conducted papers at Salt Lake
City, Helena and Butte, and he
was one of the founders of the
ftpokeman Review at Spokane.
Mr. Hopkins, in his old age estab
lished two weekly papers in this
county, hut he had Been retired
since 1914. He was a native of
New York state and a veteran of
the civil war.
Mr. and Mrs. M. 'Mlddlburg were
visitors In this city for a few hours
Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Middle
burg reside at Dole, and were here
attending to business matters and
vlslng. They returned home in
the afternoon.
E BILL TO
T TO
STATEHOUSE. SALEM. Ore.
Jan. 26. Senator George W. Jo
seph today Introduced a Joint re
solution proposing to submit to
the people a const Uutlonal
amendment authorizing the state
to engage in water power devel
opment. The measure Is pat
terned closely arter a measure
Introduced by Joseph at the aes-i
slon of 1921. It Is ao drawn that
the state could engaged In water
power development either inde
pendently or co-operatively with
any other stnte or star's, with
the Federal government or with
all nf them.
The resolution points out that
such development would effect
an immense saving of coal, oil I
and fuel, and that over half a1
million acres of land In the
northeastern part cf the state,
could be Irrigated by electrical
energy so developed. J
The measure provides that not-l
withstanding the state's constltu-
tlnnal limitations, the credit of
the slate may be loaned and In
debtedness incurred for the pur
pose of providing the necessary
funds to acquire and develop hydro-electric
power and to sell it
throughout the state.
Discussion OF
FRANCE S DEBT
TO U. S. IS Dll
French Official Reply to
Senator Borah and Seem
to Be Hostile.
PAY WHAT SHE OWES
One Official Declares Franco
Not Trying to Evade
Just Dejbts and Will V .
Meet Obligations.
' ( AMocbtal Pnet Iue4 Win.)
PARIS, Jan. 26. Discussion!
of France's debt to the United
States brought to a head by De
puty Marin's speech last week
continued unabated today. Luis
Locheur, one of the negotiator
of the Versailles treaty, moved
by Senator Borah's reply to De
puty Marin's address, Is quoted
by the Excelsior aa saying:
"I never contested our debt to
America, I did say that it seem
ed impossible physically and ma
terially that France could reim
burse the whole of that debt.
"I wish to contest only one
point in Senator Borah's state
ment. He says France gained
value of $100.0000,000 by the
Sarre mines, doesn't he know
that that sum was Inscribed on
the debit side of France's bal
ance sheet against her claim for
restoration of the devastated re
gions? Furthermore, all special
Ists agree that the sum thus de
bited is greater than the mine's
real value.
"I defy America herself to re
imburse a sum of $3,000,000.
000. 8he would be Incapable)
and nevertheless the United Sta
tes' financial situation la much
more solid than ours.
"The Americans are well aware
of this. Haven't they suggested
the constitution of a transfer
committee charged with surveill
ance of Germany's future pay
ments? If such conditions about
exchange are operative for our
former enemy, why aren't they
for France."
Alexandre Varenne, socialist,
vice-president of the Chamber ot
Deputies told of the Excelsior: -
"Senator Borah pretends that
the American taxpayer Is mora
heavily burdened than - the
French. I maintain that the
French taxpayer Is more heavily
assessed than the German. . The
problem of inter-allied debts
would make a big sten forward.
If America employed her whole
energy In making Germany pay."
Le Journal says that France)
wilt par what she owes, nnd adds:
"No Frenchman ever sought
to avoid paying a real debt,
but the whole question ia to find
what exactly Is France's debt to
ward her companions in the
struggle." - -
The governmental organ,' !
Oouvre says: ...
"Mr. Borah admits his near
sightedness when he declares!
that the France of Rochambeat!
and La Fayette only aided Amer
ica because of hatred of Eng-
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GIVE STATE
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It would give the state the
right to contract with political
or municipal sub-divisions of the
state, with the United 8latee and
with other state concerning the
development, conservation and
use of Interstate and other wa
ters for the generation of power.
"Water power Is an Inexhaust
ible and eternal resource, being
replenished annually," said Sena
tor Joseph, in commenting oa
the measure. "In this respect It
Is unlike anr other natural re
source, all others are nhaut-
Ible."
"In view of this and the fur
ther fact that water power la ot
surh great use to mankind and
will, on account of depletion ot
fuol resources, soon be Indlspens
Ihle. It Is my contention that It
should be developed at public ex
pense and sold to the consumer
at cost. No Individual or asso
ciation of Individuals should be
allowed to use this great natur
al resource as a basis for exploi
tation. To allow this would be
to place In private control tha
only perpetual natural resource
producing light, beat and power,
all of which are necessary tor
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