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Mm
WEATHER
Lowest Last Night U
Highest Yeeterday I 48
Local rain tonight, Tuesday
partly cloudy.
D OUGLAS COUNTY a; lndop.r-J.t Nrw,
CMUMlMatlM (J Th. KvMlng New. and Th. Roaeburf Review.
Publish od ror th. Boot Inter. PfJ..
v
VOL. XXVII.
. .o'-r ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW MONDAY. MARCH 9. 1925.
VOL. XII NO. 306 OP THE IVININO NEW
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ENDS IN DEATH
Wife of, Oregon's Governor
Hopelessly 111 for
Many Months. v
OF PIONEER FAMILY
Graduate of Normal School
and Mother . of Four
Children End Due
to Cancer.
. SALEM, Ore., Mar.. 9. Mrs.
Walter M. Pierce, wife pf Governor
Pierce, died at the family homo
here Sunday at 8 o'clock a. m., al
ter oJUnes3 of more'- than two
years. She was 54 years old.
Mrs. Pierce's, death had been ex
pected many times since' the in
auguration of Governor Pierce in
January 1923, and her attendance
at the inaugural ceremonies was
the only appearance she has ever
been able to inak to the state
house since ber husband has oc
cupied the executive chair.
The funeral will be held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
First Presbyterian church of this
city; with Rev. Ward Willis Long
officiating. Interment will be in
City View cemetery.
Laura M. Pierce was born in
what is low Wheeler county, near
Monument in central Oregon. May
' 30. 1871. Her parents were pio
neers, her father, Peter Rudio,
crossing the plains in '49 to the
coast Her mother came in v'62.
She graduated at Whitman collegt
In the class of '91, preparing her
self then for a teacher, and gradu
, ated from the Eilensburg State
Normal school in the class of '92.
She was married to Walter M.
OF
IS
Pierce In September, 1893. and
moved to Pendleton, where her
husband was then county clerk of
Umatilla county. She lived in
Pendleton, where four of her chil
dren were born, until 1907, moving
then to the Grand Ronde valley,
whereshe and her husband lived
until be was elected" governor in
November. 1922, since which time
. she has been a resident of Salem,
Oregon.
She was the mother of five chil
dren, Lloyd B. Pierce, aged 30, the
only son, who went as a volunteer
and served nearly two years in the
world war; her oldest daughter,
Mrs. Luciie Hall, lives a Salem.
and is the wife of Harold Hall. Her
second daughter, Helen Wilson, is
the wife of Ray Wilson, a retearch
chemist in the employ of the West
ern Electric company, New York
City. Her third daughter, Edith
Pierce, is now a junior in the Uni
versity of Oregon at Eugene, nd
her youngest daughter, Lorraine, is
a senior in the Salem high school.
She also reared Clara Pierce,
daughter of her husband by a
. former marriage.
There are three grandsons.
There are three older sisters and
one brother living, she was the
- youngest of nine children.
She was a devoted mother, glv
. log ber whole soul and energy to
the resVlng of her children, caring
little for society. All through her
suffering and affliction she has
been kino, hopeful, cheerful and
helpful to the very last, she had
an Indomitable will, keeping .track
of her 'household affairs even after
she could no longer walk or talk
aloud, insisting that the bills for
the home come to her, even payjlg
her February household accounts
(Continued on page J.)
Robbers bite Rinzs
Of Victim Then Club Her Until
She Yields $50,000 in Jewelry
fAaeoclafol rvaai Lrutmd Wlra.)
NEW YORK, Mar. 9. Three
masked men broke Into the studio
apartment of Mrs. Fay Perkln. la
West 68th Street early today and
escaped with Jewelry value at
150,000 after beating Mr a. Perkins
and binding and gagging ber es
cort, Milton Abbott, wealthy cotton
broker.
Th. robbers chopped down the
doors of the apartment in making
their entrance. Tbey are believed
by the pojice to have been mem
bers of the same ganf that rob
bed the apartments of several
women well known on Broadway,
Including Louise Lawson and Dor
othy Keenan, who were murdered.
After choking 'Mrs. Perkins and
biting rings from her fingers and
taking bracelets and necklaces
from her. th. robbers beat, her
with revolver butts until she re
vealed -the location of all ber Jew
elry, v
Mrs. Perkins was a frequenter
of Broadways cabarets , as were
rY THQTOHT DEAD
. . ItW VSVKUHf MVAItn Ok
,J'LAN8 FOR FUMCKAI.
(AaxxHatod Ptm Uaaxi Win.) a)
MADISONVILLE. Kentucky
.March 9. Roscoo Quails,
aged 9, lying helpless in bis
bed, unable to move, heard
his parents give him up for
dead and Plan for funeral
arrangements.
Today he is recovering af
terahours of thoughts of be
ing buried alive. Koscoe fell
while skating on a pond in
his fathers' farm. Paralysis
set In ' and the physicians
found the youth had suffered
concussion of the bralnr He
lost bis speech and was kept
alive several days by liquid
food. This failed to bring
him improvement and the
boy apparently died shortly
after the doctors left. The
parents and relatives then
planned the funeral. ' Ros-
coe says he heard It all.
LOSER IN TAXES
Amortization Schedule of
Treasury Department
Held to Blame.
REPORT OF PROBERS
Couzens Committee Reveals
That Hundreds of Firms
Escaped Payments
of Millions. .
., (Aanchttd fnm Lmm4 Win.) "
WASHINGTON. Mar. .. Evl-
dence designed to show that the
federal government has lost mll
i Hons of dolars in taxes through
! war amortitation allowances to the
, United States Steel corporation,
the Aluminum Company of Ameri
ca, and hundreds of other com
panies. Is contained In . official
transcripts of hearings filed with
the senate by the Couzens investi
gating committee, a
Counsel and engineers for the
committee contended that an am
ortization allowance of 355,063,312
to the United States Steel corpor
ation, was $27,926.0t4 In excess of
what t should have been and that
' (Continued on page all)
THE LATE LAURA M. PIERCE
Off Fine-era
tho victims In the other apartment
robberies. She Is separated from
ber husbChd, Benjamin Perkins.
I who Is the wealthy proprietor ot a
care.
The bandits prepased to torture
Mrs. Perkins by fire, when she
refused to-tell-where the Jewelry
was hidden, ahe told fh nnllre.
I One robber struck a match and
then a confederate knocked her
to the fleuY wtth-a kick. All
three then went to a dressing
table and emptied a Jewel caket.
The robber- then tied a pillow
over Mrs. Per tin's fac. and. es
caped. Th. croman's clothing
was torn to shreds and her face
I and bead were covered with blood
when police arrived.
, , o
Tiller Man Visits
C. p. Rltter. a Tiller resident,
arrived here Saturday from that
place and spent th. week end In
Roseburg visiting with friend
and attending to business matters.
UNCLE SI BIG
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FROM
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(HE
ENDS
ROW BETWEEN
CHILE AND PERU
Inhabitants of Provinces in
War Zone to Decide .
Own Sovereignty.
ELECTION IS ORDERED
President Is ' Arbitrator
as Final Resort After
Bitter Dispute of
Many Years.
(Aaoebted Prat Uaatd Win.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 9. A pleb
iscite to determine the question of
sovereignty over Tacna- Arlca was
ordered In an award handed down
today by President Coolldge in the
controversy over the territory be
tween Chile and Peru.
Conditions of the plebiscite will
be in accordance with some con
tentions of each of the nations
a party to it The decision would
provide for a fair election to repre
sent the peoples' wishes.
A brief semi-official summary of
the decision was aa follows:
The award is not wholly favor
able to either party but it Is In no
sense a compromise. It is a clean
cut decision on the merits of each
of the three questions submitted to
the arbitrator.
'The first question, plebiscite or
no plebiscite; is decided In favor
of Chile's contentlons-that the ul
timate disposition of Tacna and
Arlca should be determined by
popular vote. .
"The second question, namely,
the conditions of the plebiscite, in
volve the determination of a number-
of Important matters such as
the qualifications of voters and the
supervision of the plebiscite. Some
of these matters are decided in ac
cordance with contentions made
by Chile: others In accordance
with .contentions made at one time
or another by Peru. AH are de
cided in the interest of a free and
fair election, which will truly rep
resent the will of the people of
Tacna and Arlca. -'."The
third question, which con
cerns the northern and southern
boundaries of the territory' of Tac
na and Arlca Is decided outright In
favor of Peru as far as It concerns
the northern boundary, including
m.- Ail
The dls-
the province of Tarata,
-.to m-irHlr.- th .nnth-rr, Kn,,n,I.
i. ..i..T . . .J.Vi.i .
ary is remitted to a special com
mission for a report upon the lo
cation of the old Peruvian lnter-
provlnclal boundary lines. This
means that the most important
boundary question involved has
been decided in principle In favor
of Peru." .
DispStes as to the possession of
the provinces of Tacna and Arlca
have gone on between Chile and
Peru since 1894.
The United States was selected
in 1922 to act as arbitrator of tho
difficulty, both sides agreeing " to
accept the American decision as
final.
The quarrel arose out of certain
unfulfilled stipulations of the
treaty of peace, known as the
treaty of Ancon, concluded in 1883
at the end of the war between
Chile on one side and Peru and L
Bolivia on the other. War was de
clared by Chile In 1879, and In a
struggle entirely victorious for the
aggressive forces, Chile was, after
four years of hostilities, in posses
sion of Lima the southern province
of Peru, including Tacna and Arl
ca, and about 100 miles of Pacific
littoral formerly belonging to Bo
livia. ... y
Since then the two countries
have constantly disputed .over
that portion ot their treaty which
provided for a popular vote in the
conquered? territory to decide thelr-
nationality, each belligerent accus-!
Ing the other of employing unfair i,r.om " corners of Europe attract
means to influence the, plebiscite in .br the, lare n.'!mDPr of Import.
his favor.
LOS ANGELES, Mar.' 9. At
tornevs for Mrs. Margaret Willis,
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
the murder of Dr. Benjamin B.
Baldwin last April here, at noon
today filed a murder co-n plaint
against Harold Willis, her U year
old son, who last week made a
purported "confession" of the
crime.
Visitor fi-tunlay "
1 T. Hussell was a business
visitor In this city flsturdsy from
Portlaad. He left for others
In southern Oregon Snnday.
CHFOWEY
(A-ncUM rmt Lewd Win.)
PARIS, Bar. 9. A report In. cir
culation here that Osborne C.
Wood, son of Governor-General
Wood of the Philllpinea. bad re
turned to France from Spain cane-
ed quite a flurry today among a
number of alleged creditors of the
former American army officer, who
beseiged the latter's lawyers with
requests that he arrange a settle-
ment .
.Young Wood's lawyer, while re
fusing to confirm or deny that his
client was actually In France, ad
mitted he was quits occupied
with claims presented by alleged
creditors of Wood. He added that
he was assuring all of them a set
tlement of some sort Would be
speedily affected.
GOES TO FEGHET
(A-nelated Pna Uaei Win.) . .
WASHINGTON, Mar.- 9. The
nomination of Lieutenant Colonel
James E. Fechet to succeed Briga
die General William E. Mitchell as
assistant chief of the army air ser
vice, was approved today by the
aenate military committee.
The action was taken after Sec
retary Weeks had explained to the
committee the controversy that re
cently developed about General
Mltcbjell.
Chairman Wadsworth said he
knew of no opposition to the nom
ination. fA-oclafd Pr- tJ Win.)
NEWPORT, Ore., March 9. B.
F. Jonea a pioneer of . Lincoln not been announced. Mr. Holm
county, well known throughout the Is survived by his wife and.sev
state, died suddentll just ' before i, eral brothers and sisters. Two
noon today. He was apparently : brothers are residents of Suther
In usual health thla moaning at-1 lln Valley and another makes his
tending to business at his office. I home at Portland. He was a
Going to his home at 11:15 o'clock I member of the Seventh Day Ad
he dropped dead, ventlst church of this city, and
I made many friends In this sec
B. F. Jones was register of the
United States. land office In Roi.
burg about 15 years ago,' coming I
h,re ,rom L'n--ln county, where
u. , , . .!
l"".'" "--" " I
P-0"c-n in politics, ho allied him-
self with the "progressive" wing
of his party,' and, at the oxpira-
tion of hia service in the land of.
flee, ran against W. C.Hawley for
the nomination as congressman
from this district, but was defeat
ed. Later, securing the republican
nomination for the office of err.
curt Judge, he was defeated by his
democratio opopnent. Judge J. W.
Hamilton.' He continued law prao.
tlceln Aoseburg for a short time
inirminH, xnen movea DacK to
Lincoln county, where he remained
prominently active in political and
general civic matters.
League of Nations
, Britain Ready
reace Pledge
(Aamuird Pnm laK! win..) of th. League of Nations, an Am
OENEVA, Mar. 9. Austen rl"an organization.
Chamberlain, the British forelKn The council voted to opply this
secretary aa nrp.Mi.nt r h .m.n. ' gift tothe Protection of children.
ell opened the twentv-thlrd einnThe financial statement to the
or the council of the League of Na-1
tlons today and so great was the
throng in the comurs of the
League palace that be had literal
ly to edge his way Into the coun
cil chamber.
Diplomats, governmental agents
and newspaper men comd here
questions on tne council s pro-
Kiin especially ine proDiem ot
the Geneva security protocol,
which Great Britain Is expected to
declare unsuited to British ideas.
The British seem, however, to re
sent advancement of Ihe Idea that
they are killing the protocol. Their
representatives Insist that what
ItheV Intend tn An tn -n1aln
I their nhwilnnt in ih- nrnn..ii .
part The present Indications seem
to be that action on Ihe protocol
would be postponed to the meetlns
lDf the lesgue assembly In Beptem-
ber and that meantime the negotla-1
tlons for the guaranty pactTecent-
ly proposed will be pushed.
The hone sd Dears to be that;
this pact mav be made the fes-1
ttire of a revlaed protocol whose
Sim of punishing any aggressor
slfite would thus be achieved aa
by th. original measure, merely
another procedure being adopted,
Official announcement was
made of th. gift of 1 1,600.000 to
tha Lesgue, recently by friend j
HEIRS LEAD
THEIR DISTRICTS
I .
MEDFORD. Ore.. March
9 Medford high school won
the basketball championship
of Southern Oregon Saturday
nipht by defeating Ashland
high at Ashland 31 to 23.
This victory entitled Med-
ford to take part in the state
basketball tournament at
Salem.
. .
BEND, Oregon, March 9.'
Hood Klver high school won A
the right to represent Cen- e
tral Oregon and the mid-Co-
lumbia districts in the state
basketball tournament in
Salem, by defeating Bend
Saturday night. The score
was 26 to 19.
Madraa won the consnla-
ton game with Sisters by
a score of 26 to 21.
' .
- ,)
Word was received here this
morning that Mr. J. L. Holm, a
resident of Riverside and for
some time proprietor of the store
in that section of the city,- had
died at Portland Sanitarium early
yesterday morning. Mr. Holm and
family came here last summer
from the South, and 'after look
ing the situation over bought
property in Riverside and West
Roseburg. Recently he sold the
merchandise stock, but retained
the realty holdings in Riverside,
and ill health coafpelled him to
go to Portland, where he entered
a sanitarium for treatment, an
operation for abcess of the liver
i later being performed. Complica
tion, set in and deopit. medical
bVIII Mr. Holm gradually failed
in strength until death ensued
yesterday.
Whe body was shipped from
Pnrtlnnrf this mnmln. an ..til
reach Rfleburr tonfeht. but
' yet funeral arrangements have
itlon during his short soiourn here.
, fAMnrlatcd ha LftUed Wire.)
DANVILLE, Ky., Mar. 9. With
in ejghts minutes, Jesse Carter,
! negro, was indicted.
guilty and sentenced
i electric chair here today
'confessed to attackfnf
I White girl two weeks
I April 17 was fled tor the exe-
'cut Ion.
Meets With
to Ask Stronger .
if Germany Enters
luncn gave me lniormation mat i
the league has had its most pros- ;
perous year. Already 83 percent laws may be properly enforced."
of the yearly dues have been paid, o ,
He highest percentage since the ; NEW OREC.ON JIJDflF
league's foundation, while 8,- . , V. , . VVi .
0110,000 Swiss Krancs for dues in WAITS TIME LIMIT
arrears have been rocelved so .
yiat the treasury has a consider- fAy-utd Pr Uurd win.)
able sum. SALEM, Ore., Msr. 9. Although
The special American grants to he has left his bond wl(h the'seo
tho Lesgue, Including 600,000 : retarv of slate and prepared to
francs from the Rockefeller Foun- ! take office at once, Ashby C. Dick
datlon for health work and 23,- son en n not become a circuit judge
000 francs from the American Bar for Multnomah county unfit the
Asaoelatfon. toward the cost of expiration of the 90-day period af
publlcatlon of treaties, were espe- iter adjournment of the legislature
daily noted by the council. according to an opinion by At-
. itorney General Van Winkle.
PATHS, Mar. 9. The question of Governor Fierce appointed Dick
continued occupation or evacua-on circuit Judge when the 1925
Hon of the Cologne Bridgehead has
h'en thrown far Into the shade by
ornauer on-a oi a-curny ana
,ne -dmlaslon of Germany to the
league of Nations. I
Marshal Foch Is st l waiting for
,h" " or questions vVch the am-
Ibaasadors' council hi leeldd to
"fT to his allied ws: committee
n to how Germany may be
brouuht to rcsp-wc the disarm-
ament clauses of the Verssllles
treaty and he probably will be
'Pt waiting until the League
council at Geneva has finished Its
aiacussion or in. securny proioroi
and ' Oermany's application
League membership.
for
Hit
GOES
III AS COKE'S
SUCCESSOR
Former Douglas Prosecutor
. Takes Oath as U. S.
District Attorney.
FEALTY IS PLEDGED
Judge Wolverton Expresses
Approval, and Coke Asks
Citizens for Their
Co-operation.
(AauelaUd Pnaa Leaaxl Win.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Mar. 9.
George Neuner, of Roseburg, today
became United 8tate District At
torney for Oregon succeeding John
8. Coke, formerly of Marshfleld,
who resigned to enter private law
practice in Portland. Th. cere
mony of awaarlng In th. new offic
ial was witnessed by a crowd of at
torneys and other.
After paying a tribute to Judge
Coke, Judge Wolverton asked Dis
trict Attorney N.un.r If h. had
anything to aay.'
"It would b. presumptuous upon
my part to aay anything about this
office and Ita duties," said th. for
mer district attorney of Douglas
county and th. man who brought
Dr. Richard Brumfield to th. bar
of luetic. "I am mindful of th.
dutiee connected with this office,
and I feel my inability to carry
out the work a. ably as judge Cok.
has dons. But I hop. to hav. tho
strength to carry on with all the
power and earneetness that should
go with th. office. , . '
"Judge Cok. did hi duty well
and I will do all le my power to b
as consid.rat. . and -courteous as
n. was. -
"I aaaur. th. court that I will
dlscharg. th. dutiee of this office
earnestly and conscientiously and
I will aver be faithful to my oath
of office."
Court Expresses Approval. .
i"I feel the coiirt will not, regret
that you have been placed In the
high position you now occupy
The'
Judge Wolverton declared.
...t. . . ... ,
ous. but I am sure vou will do the
tasks dutifully and that the Inter -
eats of Justice will be falthfullv:
ests of Justice will be faithfully
carried out In your hands."
Just after the oath had been ad
ministered and the newspaper pho
tographersNiad put over their last
barrage, Judge Wolverton called
upon the retiring official for a few
remarks.
After expressing appreciation of
the efforts of his associates in of
fice. Judge Coke said:
"The work of enforcing the laws
has been carried on faithfully by
all with whom
people Walking the streets In
intoxicated condition as compared
with before the prohibition laws
went Into effect.
But we cannot gain any great
success In the enforcement of this
law until there Is a real, hearty
and true observance of the law by
the citizenship of the country.
"It must have the real energetic
support of all good cltlsena to be
come effective. There Is a very
decided Improvement over condi
tions as they existed a few years
ago, but the work must go forward
and clticens should report to the
proper offlcti-s anv violations nf
proper orricti-s
the law they see In order that the
lezislstura naaaed nver
the gov
ernor'a veto a bill passed by the
evasion ot provision for an
eighth circuit Judge In Multnomah
county. Th bill of 1923 did not
carry an emergency clause, which,
the attorney general holds, and
cites authority for his opinion
places it In the same class as any
other bill passed by tha recent ses-
slon not carrying
th. emergency
clause.
Upon receipt of Dickson' bond,
Secretary of State Kor.er was In
doubt whether Dickson should
take office at one. and did not
file the bond but .ought the opln-
Ion ot tn. attorney-general.
! lug. It I. true there has not been 1 1 ' W
inea. touna : a complete atop put to th. viola- p,.M.ni ., T
to die In the I tlnn. of the linnor i.w-ihi. n..M T Pry'dent pro-tempore Mo-
after he I be Impossible In such a short time ' Z ".'," 'Z1''. "r.r.U1fd.the i
i a young but I wish to say that there Is a l i I, "TV ' . " ..T.- I
ago. verv small nercenta.e of Portland 1 "elA elec.ted by. majority
I ruw.ni., ..ii,i. , .,,. i . 1 w oi me vote. cast.
WALKS TO HOBPITAI,
WITH 1IILLKT HOLM
.
) (A-rcUtad fro Uatad Wlra.)
LOS ANGELES, March 9.
It was an odd -night at
the receiving hospital here
nast night. First Louis Gar-
cla came In carrying in his
hand a portion of his chin
, which has been sliced oft by
an opponent In knifing af-
fray. Surgeons aewed th.
piece of chin back Into place
and told him they thought
it would stick, then turned a
4 to take care of Homer Land,
25, who bad walked In with
a bullet hole through his
head. Despite the fact that
Land appeared only slightly
worried by the bullet which
had entered his throat and
had com. out at the top ot
his head, surgeons .aid hia
' condition was critical. He
had been shot In ' a street
fight.
BY INSURGENTS
Norris Moves to Give Ladd
Land Chairmanship Held
by Stanfield.
PROTESJ IS VOICED
As Republicans Row Over
Situation, Democrats
, Remain Aloof and
Discuss Plarvs.
STANFIELD APPOINTED t
a
AoelaUd rraa Uaatd Wlra.) .
WASHINGTON, March 9.
With most of the demo-
crata present, the senate to-
day elected Senator JJtan-
field, republican. Oregon, as
chairman of the committee
iu ymi-e ur senator lMlu ot w
'1. pla.ce .f Bemlor Ladd of
T "n "akou. who was read
out or the republican party.
The vote was Stanfield 36:
Ladd 13; scattering 40.
Two democrats, Copeland.
New York and Wheeler, J
w JHontana, voted lor Ladd, )
while one democrat, Bruce,
Maryland, voted for Stan-
field.
Norrts made a point of
order that on the roll call a
chairman had NOT been
elected, because no one had
received a majority of the
(AmneUlerf Pnea Uaatd Win.)
WASHINGTON. Mar. 9. A
move to restore the La Follett. In
surgents to their old committee
rank was made today In the sen
Ate by 8enator Norris, republican,
Nebraska.
lie offered a formal motion to
substitute the name ot Senator
Ladd of North Dakota, one of the
insurgents, for that of Senator
Stanfield of Oregon, as chairman
of the aenate lands committee.
Summarizing hia position, Sena-
(Contlnued on page t )
0LO.C01ITTEE
PLAGES WANTED
Big Damage Suits Against Motion
Picture Firm Outcome of Arrests ,
for Failure to Meet Hotel Bills
(AanctitM Praai Ueaai Wirt.)
DBS MOINES, la.. Mar. .
Three damage suits, aggregating
168,000. were filed in district
court todsy by Bryant Washburn,
screen star, from Hollywood, Cali
fornia; Mrs. Elsie Schlueb, of Ban
Francisco, and Raymon Morgan of
Fort Worth, Tex., against the Cos
mic Production company and H. A.
Devaux, under whose sponsorship
a troup of motion picture stars left
.Hollywood on a personal
tow of the United S
appear
States and
Canada.
Mr. Washburn asks $150,000 be
cause of th. appearance of hi
name in newspaper article relat
ing to the arrest here of six of hi
colleagues on Omaha warrants
charging them with defrauding the ;
Hotel Kontenelle of that city. He
also seeks $3,000 as four week
salary. Mrs. Schlueb requests
Ooo, loaned to Devaux, and $200 for
salary.. Morgan alleges he recelv -
ed only $S from Devaux and seeks
czEciio-SLo::.
PM TO W
in CITY TO
Emissaries Cxecho - Slovii
Chamber of Commerce , :
Touring State.
BE GIVEN BANQUET
Visitors Will Be Shown
Courtesies by Local
Chamber- Seeking
. , Suitable District,
Emissaries ot the . Americas
Ciecho-Slovak chamber of com
merce, an expected to arrive la
Roseburg tonight, and will be th.
guest of the Roseburg Chamber
of Commerce at a banquet at th.
Umpqua hotel, where a group of
prominent business men of th.
city will meet the visitors and dis
cuss with them the advantages ot
Douglas county for the colonisa
tion plan, which the representa
tives are Investigating at this
time.
There are at present .50,00
Csecho-Slovaka In th. vicinity f
Chicago, It la stated, most of then
being employed in industrial
plants. Th. greater part ot thee,
people- are experienced farmers,
and they greatly prefer living on
farms and engaging in agricultural
pursuits, bnt. because ot the over
crowded condition and th. high ,
price of land around Chicago, many
are turning toward th. weat with
a view ot aetlting along th. coast.
Th. member ot th. party dn.
her. tonight are officers la th.
Csech-8lovak chamber af com
merce, and are making-a thorough
examination of condition to de
termine their recommendation t
their fellow countrymen, who are
anxioua to chango their location.
. Th. emissaries are .touting Ore
gon by automobile and are invest!
gating each section of the state.
They were attracted . by Oregon's
reported climatic conditions, and
cam. to the conclusion that tits
state would be best suited for th.
purposes of colonisation, and conse
quently are making a trip from
Portland to Klamath rails visiting
Corvallls, Roseburg, Grants Pass,
Merlin, Ashland, Medford, Klam
ath Falls, Eugene, Salem and Solo,
They visited in Portland from
Friday until this morning, leaving
Portland early today, and stopping
in Corvallls at noon, where they
were entertained by the Chamber
of Commerce there. They will ar
rive her. lata this afternoon, and
will be banqueted by the local
Chamber of Commerce at T o'clock,
No elaborate program I being
arranged, and only a few persona
will be Invited in for th. banquet,
at which time the' questions of th.
visitors regarding thla .particular
aectlon will be answered and an ef
fort made to show the advantage
of this county from an agricultural
tandpolnt.
ALLEGED THIEF HELD HERE
FOR GRANTS PASS OFFICERS
i - . '"
Edward Duncan, of Great Falls,
Montana, a transient, waa arrested
here late Saturday evening at th.
depot, and is being held In the
city Jail for the officers of Jose
phine county. Duncan, It la alleged,
stole a leather coat ai Grants Pass,
and was picked up her. by 8. P.
Special Agent Stewart, and Night,
officer Hausch, the coas being
found upon him. Grants Pass au
thorities aaked that he be held,
stating that they will come for him.
a 160 Judgment. '
Devaux checked out of local
hotel after notice of th. suits had!
been tiled and Is said to hav. told
his assistants he was going to St.
Louis sud Chicago.
Devaux recently gave notice)
her. that he would sue Washburn
for slimed defamation of character
and conspiracy to Indue movl.
stars to break their contract with
him.
Washburn' petition allege that
Devaux represented prior to com
mencement of the tour that he had
arranged a bank credit of 10.000
and the transportation had been
arranged for, but that these state
menu were untrue. He further
charges that all of th. stars. In-
eluding Cuilen Landla and Anna
May Wong, hav. yet to receive
their pay and that at Omaha D
$,-Jvaux said he would take care - of
'the hotel bills, leaving th. actors
lwlth the Impression that the bills
had been paid. ,