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CoaeelMatlea at Tk Ivealna New antl Tha Roeebura Review.
Newspaper, Pvbllehetj f tha Seat latere at tha Peeeie.
VOL. XXVII NO. 7 Of
0 '"RO REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW THURSDAY. MARCH 12, 1925.
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RE - SUBMITTED
TO THE S E HATE
President Coolidge Throws
Down Gauntlet and
Asks Showdown.
DFMOri? ATX IN ARMS
UUviUUKAId in AKIVU
Republicans Will Make
Supreme Effort to Put
Over Nomination of
Detroit Man.
fAsxriaM Fna Lmart TBI
WASHINGTON. March li.
the gauntlet to hi. opponents In
the senate today by again submit-
ting the nomination of Charles B.
Warren to be Attorney-General.
Without a word of comment
ih. .,..1.1 ih nomination
back lust In time to have It wait
ing on the senate doorstep, when
the day's aession began at noon.
The decision of the chief exe
cutive astonished most of the
. senators Including the ranking
republican leaders who had ad
vised the White House that If re
turned the name of Mr. Warren
would fare no better than It did
when the aenate rejected it on
.Tuesday by a tie vote.
Some old timers in the senate
recall no precedent for the return
of a cabinet nomination that al
ready had failed to command
majority. Such a failure
itself i
has not occurred since the days of
Andrew Jackson and altogether i
there has been only previous oc
casions on which the aenate with
held its approval of any man
chosen by the president to alt In
his official family.
It was Senator Butler of Mas
sachusetts, the president's close
friend, elevated by him to tha
chairmanship of the republican
national committee and but re
cently appointed to the seat for
merly held by Henry Cabot
Lodge, who told Mr. Coolldge that
the senate leaders had given up
too easily. At a breakfast con
fenerce with the executive and
Mr. Warren himself. Senator But
ler Insisted that the votes for
confirmation could be obtained,
and should be obtained.
Mr. Coolidge and the nominee
listened attentively to this new
presentation of the case, then the
president turned to Mr. Warren
tngbttheeuS
be rought out to a rinisn or con- , ---- - j,'
sldered close. Mr. Warren decid- ,ered his long heralded discourse
.j ..- . ..rh( on the Geneva protocol for secur-
edNo soonrerh.Bd news of the de- Mr disarmament .before the
clslon reached the caoltol than council of the League of Nations
the enemies of the Warren ap- today.
polntment began preparations to i One of the most Imp-.rtant fea
Teopen a battle thev thought they tures of Mr. Chamber'alu s address
already had won. Senators Walsh which outlined the British objee
of Montana and Reed of Missouri tions to the protocol, was added by
declared they would make a re- him at the last minute. It was
slstanre even more stubborn than that telegraphic communication
that which mustered 40 votes on with the British dominions and In
Tuesday's roll call to offset and dla showed that Canada, Austral
niilliry the 40 commanded by the i la. New Zealand, the union, of
administration leaders. Africa and India were also unable
For their Dart most of the re- in accent the protocol. He said
publican organization leaders de
clined to comment. They said
they would again go through the
motions of referring the nomina
tion to committee and then bring
It to the sensre floor. The out
come they said, could only be de
termined by the roll call itself.
WASHINGTON. March 12.
The nomination of Charlea Beecb
er Warren, to be Attorney-Gener
al will be resubmitted to the
senate today by President Cool-
l-
Idge.
After a conference with Mr.
Warren who bad been summoned
from Detroit after his name failed
of confirmation by a single vote.
the president decided to fight out
the Issue and give republican
senate leaders another opportun-
Ity to try fpr confirmation?
Senator Butler of Massaohu-
setta. a close personal friend of
h- president was present at the
White House conference and said
he believed the necessary votes
for confirmation could be obtain-
ed.
Republican leaders previously
had advised Mr. COolldge that the
situation appeared hopeless, bnt
with Mr. Warren's arrival here
there was a stiffening of republl
ran linei and a careful canvass of
the outlook during the long talk
with the President, Senator But
ler and the nominee resolved In
a decision that confirmation
would be possible by a narrow
margin. Meantime, the opposi
tion which Includes almost the
whole democratic membership of
the senate and a group of repub
lican Insurgents, also set out to
re-orranlte Its strength In snch
a way aa to again block senate
anproval. It waa Indicated that
the president's decision might re
(Cootlnued on page S.)
OREGON HIGH
BASKETBALL'
ENT STARTS
' m Lm4 Win.)
' SALu jn.. Mar. 13
The 1925 rn-egon state high
school basketball tournament
will begin here tonight
Astoria, the flrse team to ar-
rive, reported Tuesday night.
Pendleton and Arago arrived
yesterday. Medford arrived
early this morning and Wal-
Iowa. McMlnnvllle. Eugene,
Hood River and Franklin are
all expected to arrive before
evening. Ten teams. lnclud-
Ing Salem, are entered In the
tourney.
Seats for the tourney have
been selling rapidly, orders
coming In from aa far south as
Medford and as far east as
Pendleton. Most of the avail-
ablB Uckets were sold by this
morning. The Willamette
gymnasium, where the meet
Is to be staged, officially has
a capacity of 1500 people, al-
though over 1900 were pack-
41 ed Into It at the time of the
Oregon-O. A. C. game here
Monday night
The first game starts to-
night at 7:30. the tilt being
between Salem and Wallowa.
Franklin and Medford, rated
aa two of the strongest con-
tenders in the meet, will play
after the Salem-Wallowa
th?' 1
""""" . ,, ' '
"und enf
The omJ round beglna to-
m0Tw. afternoon
omciaia lor tne entire w
tournament are to be Cole-
man and Schlssler of the O.
A. C. coaching staff.
CHAMBERLAIN IN
SPEECH DISCUSSES
GENEVA PROTOCOL
fAwwlaM Prtss LMied Wuv.t
GENEVA, Mar. 12. No political
oration since the founding of the
League of Nations has stirred
opinion In League circles aa the
address delivered today by Austen
cnamberiam, the Briusn foreign
secretary, utterly rejecting the
Geneva peace protocol. He not on
ly flayed the protocol, which he
described as. asking for war rath
er than peace but discarded the
Idea of compulsory arbitration.
Mr. Chamberlain affirmed, In ef
fect, that the only way of obtain
ing security for nations was the
conclusion of special defensive ar
rangements framed in the spirit of
the covenant and operating under
league guidance.
The comment most often heard
after the speech was that It seta
back the movement for interna
tional co-operation, and be liable
to influence Europe to return to
the old system of dangerous alli
ances. GENEVA, Mar. 12. Speaking to
a chamber so closely packed that
there was scarcely breathing
"SFSSStfZt
that he waa not yet In possession
of the views of the Irish free state.
Mr. Chamberlain aald that succes
sive administrations In Great Brl
ian with the full approval of the
self-governing dominions not only
had in theory favored arbitration
which was one of the features of
the protocol, but had practiced It.
They had not only preached dis
armament, but had actually dis
armed to the limit of aatlonal safe-
, . h.rt t.ken . tun ,)iarB in
. . I . . T AniFlItt
creating ana supportius - -
of Nations and the permanent
international Justice,
fu" " srr Cham
court of international justice, n
therafnre. continued Mr. Chamber-
. T 1 1 H.nliuMhl. nh-
' .," "7 ' "j ratifvlng
1" to W d
the protocol in Its 'thi
this waa not because ano lelt her-
t of harmony wl.b the . pur-
poaea the protocol waa Intended
to serve. ... . ,
"Amendment and Uiteipretatlon
may In themselves ba deslranie,
be added, "but hts maj-stys gov-
ernment cannot believe that tne
protocol as It stands provides m
suitable method of attempting that
task."
PAIXIXA VISITS CAI'ITOU
I A h-laimI hn Lswd Wln.t
WASHINGTON. March 12.
Paulina, month old daughter or
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth, got a glimpse today
of the White House, where her
parents were married and the
home at the time of her grand
father, Theodore Roosevelt.
Mrs. Longworth called at the
state department Just across the
street for her brother, Kermlt
Roosevelt. In the resr of the
auto waa a market basket which
Mrs. Longworth said cost 66 cents
.and In the basket waa little Pan-
'Una.
SUN YAT SEN
PRES. OF
REPUBLIC DIES
Passes Away Early This
' Morning After Lingering
Illness From Cancer.
"MAN OF DESTINY"
Was Identified With Al
most Every Phase of Life
in China Dynasty Had
Price on His Head.
(ioeUtl rnm Lcaml Wli.)'
PEKING. Mar. 12. Dr. 8un Tat
aen upon whose bead the Manchn
dynaslty fixed a nrio f tononnn
when Dr. Sun was campaigning for
the republic in China, died here
.this morning from cancer of ehe
"J.t? He 68 years old. Called
"Cbinaa man of destiny" by many
Dr. Sun was Identified with almost
every phase of public lite in his
country. He was first president of
the repubilo created In 1912, and
In recent years he had maintained
an administration styled the south
ern government of China at Can
ton. In his declining years he op
posed the central government at
Peking. Dr. Sun was stricken
when he arrived here late in Janu
ary aa a delegate to a conference
having for its purpose the unifi
cation of China.
Dr. Sun'a experience as a sur
geon in his youth provided him
with a sustaining philosophy dur
ing his last days.
His physicians said today that
the extension of the life of their
patient waa due to his refusal to
admit the seriousness of his condi
tion since he underwent an opera
tion on January 26. Dr. Sun be
lieved until the last that he would
recover.
At his deathbed. Dr. Sun was
surrounded by members of his
family and several leaders in the
Kuomingtang party, the Sun Yat
Sen party who' were attracted to
Peking by the approaching death
of their leader.
"I want to be embalmed like my
friend Lenlne, The Russlon lead
er," said Dr. Sun JuBt beforo he
died. He asked also that he be bur
led at Nanking where he first
served as president. The body was
sent to the Rockefeller hospital for
embalming.
Orders have been cabled to
Moscow for a casket similar to
that used for the burial of Lenlne.
Dr. Sun was conscious until the
last. He gave instructions to his
wife about personal matters. He
talked rationally to bla political as
sociates. The body wll He in state at some
public plave to be selected today.
! Dr. Sun died at the borne of Dr.
I Wellington Koo, a former leader In
i the central government of China
: before the defeat by Chang Tso-
ILln last year.
PEKING, Mar. 12. The death of
Da. Sun Yat-Sen. first president of
'the Chinese Republic will not af
fect the affairs of the Kuomingtang
party, comprising ollowera of Dr.
i Sun, leaders of the party said to-
iday.
After leaving the room In which
jthey heard their dying leader plead
for party solidarity in hla last
! words, the Kuominbtangchlons
were reported to be preparing a
circular telegram to the provinces
announcing the death of Dr. Sun.
The leaders denied a report that
a serious split was Impending in
the Kuomingtang party.
GRANDMOTHER TO
SWIM THE CHANNEL
(Aaanrlatnl PrM Lraed Win.)
WEYMOUTH. Eng., March 12.
Mrs. T. Craven, who la 60 yeara
of age and a grandmother, is the
latest person to signify ber In
tention of swimming the English
channel thia sammer. Hy profes
sion Mrs. Craven Is a nurse and
her hobby Is swimming. During
the last two winters she has been
bathing In Weymouth bay nearly
every day, swimming to the pier
head and back, about 800 yards
and defying every sort of wea
ther.
WOMAN' IS HF-HOIEI).
. SPOKANE. Wash.. March 12.
Mrs. Idaho Stevey, aged 21. of
Portland. Oregon, was rescued
from the Spokane river here to
day by mill workers after, ac
cording to Ibe police, she hsd
I Jumped from an eaatbound train.
! Mrs. Rtevey told an emergency
hospital stewsrd that she wss ae
'companylng her father Joseph
: Henry, to Mlrnesota, and had
been In III health for some time,
i Mr. Henry wss notified and left
j the train at a nearby ststloa and
'returned to Spokane.
bin
SET WHEELER'S CASK
. . ,
4 (AjancUted Pna Lmm Win.)
GREAT FALLS, Montana, 4
March 12. The case of the
United States against Sena-
tor Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana, charged In grand
jury Indictment with having
accepted employment is a
matter in which the United
States held Interest, after hia
election aa United
Statea
Senator, was set down by
Judge C. N. Pray thia morn-
ing for trial in the United,
Statea court here April 16.
WASHINGTON. March 12.
Advised today that tba
trial of hiB case In Montana
has been set for April 16,
Senator Wheeler said he waa
pleased that an early time
had been chosen. 4
v The Senators Montana col-
league. Senator Walsh, will
act aa his chief counsel. - 4
44444e)44 444444:4 key. Mrs. Gage waa
DAWES IS HAZED
BY THE SENATE
(AnocUtrd Pre Uwd Win.)
WASHINGTON, March 12.
Vice-President Dawes got another
dose of hazing in the senate today,
and outwardly took it smiling.
Still smarting under Its attacks
imi It. ...ij k
he hadn't returned to Yh T ch.m-i Jhe'sp loM ZsZi of sTL.1"
ber on Inauguration day. the vice-; 1J2, t 'l0, bod.y'
president s fatal absence on Tues- "rf ' P3" '" "n T0 8
day when the Warren nomination f",19 '"t Li ?h tre"t5r-nd
was lost because he wasn't there '"'J" on.m h u curt
to break the tie vote, waa too good QUW,,lon ,peclal orde' ,a next
an opportunity to be missed. congress.
Senator Norris of Nebraska read ! Senator Harris, democrat,
to the senate a poem a parody ; Georgia, whose motion to dls
on Sheridan's ride but Instead of charge the foreign relations com
Sheridans riding to save the dayjmlttee from further consideration
at Winchester, a taxlcab with the! of the world court caused the call-vice-president
Inside waa breaking Ing of the democratic conference
the speed limit to the capitol on said that If an agreement waa
the futile dash to save the nomi-i reached to make the world court
nation of Mr. Warren to be At- special order at the nex session,
torney-General. Half suppressed he would not press his motion.
laughter among senators punctuat- j . .
ed the Tiding, but through It the1 ;"" ""?, ,h,a he
vice-president sat smiling and at ?7'du tJ,e l lf, h6. P?b"CIn
the conclusion arose and returned . malr"!' "nould dec!de to brlnK tn
the compliment to Senator Norris, C0U1? l88u 8t thl eion.
saying: j After the conference Senator
"The chair cannot refrain from ' "Vinson 0f Arkansas, the demo
expressing his appreciation of the cra"o leader. Issued the following
delicate tribute submitted by the 'tatement:
aenator from Nebraska." .... "With respect to the world court
- Senator Neely of West Virginia H -developed that the overwhelm
Joined in the hazing party by Ing sentiment of the conference
reading an editorial on "ubsen- was In favor of the world court
teelsni," and it was agreed that the mtnor-
One of Mr. Dawes' ancestors lty should Initiate nothing that
Rufus Dawes rode with Paul Re- 'would occasion delay m acting up
vere and next month the vice-nre- inn tha .-nrt.i .. -ka..i .v.n
sident Is going to Massachusetts
iZlln ,!" ,he celebrBllon of -
vere'a ride.
A CURLS COXKKRKXCE.
' fAvocUtrd rrrst LMrd Win.)
BEND. Ore.. March 1 2. Tlr
Kate W. Jamison, dean of women
at the Oregon Agricultural Col- ,a' order for icme earl ia:a ir.
lege, Corvallls, and Miss Georgia the next regular session.'
Benson, assistant dean, of women The world court question also
at the University of Oregon, Eu- I came before aenate republicans In
gene, arrived In Bend today to a party conference but It wa de
take part In a three day-girls elded to defer action until the
week conference at the Bend high result of the democratic meeting
Mhool- 'could be learned.
State of Oregon Contends Common
Wealth Has Supreme Control Over
Education of Children in Borders
(AiKCUted Pnn Ltvird win.)
WASHINGTON, March 12.
"An alarming Increase In the
criminality of the young," was
attributed today In a brief filed
in the supreme court by the Epis
copal Church Hnmffllln an.t fn-
elgn missionary society to th "ex
clusion or religious Influences
from the public schools of the na
tion." The society appeared as a
friend of the court in the snlt
brought by private and parochial
schools to test the validity of the
compulsory education laws of Ore
gon. Should they be sustained,
the brief asserted, there was dan
ger other states would adopt sim
ilar legislation.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 12. The
states have supreme control over
the education of children residing
Within their hnrrlnt-a tKa
Oregon srM tn,inv in - ... i .
lal reply brief filed In the United
Htates supreme court In Its action
to sustain Its compulsory public
school law.
The brief said that the lower
I court should have dismissed the
'action filed against the law by the
slaters of the Holy Names of Je
,sus and Mary and the Hill Mili
tary Academy.
"The question of the wisdom of
the Oregon school law Is not be
jfore this court," the brief held. It
asserted also that the opposition
waa "devoted to arguments wnlrh
related to the wisdom of and not
the constitutionality of the law."
j Not a decision of the supreme
.court has been cited by the oppos
ition to support Its contention that
'the - law la unconstitutional, the
.brief said.
I The brief pays particular atten
tion to the contention of private
and parochial schools operating
! under charters that ther have a
property right which cannot be
taken away. It aald lo this parUc
ular: I "Tha supreme court has laid
Idown the doctrine, wblch it has
ACCUSED OF KILL
ING WOMAN TO GET
INSURANCE MONEY
4 (AaocUtal fM Laaaed Win.) 4
KANSAS CITY, Mar. 12.
Charged In a dying statement
by Mrs. Dora Gage, 62. of
Atchison, Kans., with having
given her poison ao that he
rould collect Insurance poi-
Icles which she. bad assigned
to him, Roy M. Turner, 25
waa being held here today for
Investigation.
' Mrs. Gage died at a hosplt-
al yesterday ahortly after she
had been found In her hotel
room, writhing In pain, on the
floor. Turner, an Atchison
real estate dealerf who came
to Kansas City yesterday
with Mrs. Gage, was in the
room when hotel employes
4 forced an entrance. 4
Before her death the wo-
man asserted that Turner
gave her a bottle which he
told her contained corn whts-
immed-
w lately stricKen.
DEMOCRATS WILL
ASK EARLY VOTE
(AmclatH Pna UuJ Win.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 12. Sen-
" . ".""...i. uiiiug iouay to
majority express a desire or Inten-
Itlon to consider the matter at this
special session the minority would
agree to cooperate.
"In the eveut that the majority
should take no action whatsoever
on the world court, the minority
wl" insist upo.i making I; a spec
not abandoned, that the obligation
of the charter of a corporation was
not Impaired by any loss, however
serious, which a corporation mlKht
suffer as the Indirect result of the
exercise of a proper governmental
function by the state which chart
ered it.
"No person can claim protec
tion of the federal constitution on
the plea that he la being deprived
of his property without due pro
cess of law because of any loss
which may be suffered as an Indi
rect result of the exercise of a pro
per governmental function by a
state, regardless of how certain or
how serious this loss may be."
The cry of bolshevlsm that has
been raised, according to the brief,
waa held to be "absurd and un
justifiable." The killing of Robert Frank, a
Chlcngo school boy by two youths,
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb,
which was brought Into the school
controversy by the sisters aa illus
eratlng the need of religious and
moral training, brought from the
state the reply that the two cul
prits had been educated In private
achools.
The supreme court today grant
ed permission to the North Pa
cific Union conference of Seventh
Day Adventis'a to file a brief as
a friend of the court In the Ore
gon school esse, with the consent
of both sides. The Adventists are
conducting 2 church schools with
in the state, and have Joined the
Episcopal church, also appearing
as a friend of the court, in at
tacking the law.
. The churcnes contend that the
new statute would deprive 2pri
vate schools of their natural
rights, holding that parents have
a common law right to direct the
education of their children.
The Adventists asserted under
the laws of the state. The school
law was denounced as "the en-1
crouchment of misguided powers
upon natural and Inalienable i
rights."
.0
G..0F.C. -TEAMS
START DRIVETO
RAISE FUNDS
Will Make Effort to Bring
. Financial Condition
Up to Par.
EXPENSES ARE HEAVY
Members to Be Added and
Outstanding Obligations
to Be Collected Be
fore Change. V
In an effort to get the Chamber
or Commerce affaire completely
straightened up for the secretary
who Is to take the place of Will E.
Holbein, four teams have been ap
pointed to canvass the member
ship. Secretary Holbein has resigned,
and la leaving soon for the middle
west, where he la to take up a
similar line of work. No one has
been selected to fill the vacancy,
but It Is expected that a new sec
retary will be chosen soon. Before
bis departure Mr. Holbein Is en
deavoring to get everything In
shape for his successor.. Copy has
been prepared for the new publicity
booklet, and the work In the of
fice has been brought to com
pletion aa far aa possible.
The financial affairs of the cham
ber must now be given attention.
The change entails considerable
expense. The fact that a booklet
Is being printed, together with sev
eral other unexpected expenses,
has brought the treasury to a low
ebb.
The Income of the chamber la
aufflcient to meet the demanda
when all members pay their dues
promptly, and all outstanding obli
gations are collected In.
It is the purpose of the officials
to start oft under the new secre
tary, whoever he may be, with a
clean slate, and for thia purpose
the membership is being solicited.
The city has been divided Into
four districts, Jackson and Oak
streets being the dividing lines.
Under the direction of T. H. Ness,
treasurer, four captains have been
appointed, L. L. Crocker, A. J.
Hochradel, L. L. Spencer and Cv A.
Lockwood. Each have accepted the
duties placed upon them, and are
already actively at work.
The amount necessary to place
the organization on the proper
evei financially, has been comput
ed, and members are being solicit-
ed for their share. Dues are being
collected up to date, and new firms
are being solicited for member
ships. The drive Is one which Is expect
ed to add several new members to
the organization, as well as one
which will collect in the outstand
ing dues, and bring the financial
condition up to par.
During the past few months the
Chamber of Commerce has been
making wonderful forward strides.
It has a record of ral accomplish
ments which has given the people
of Roseburg complete confidence
In the ability of directorate to meet
and cope with the problems arising
In this Important publicity effort.
The entire county has been or
ganized, and a better feeling exists
between communities than ever be
fore so that great things are in
progress for the future.
Everyone feels optimistic for the
future, and the Chamber of Com
merce, realising this condition. Is
endeavoring to establish Itself In
such a manner that It will be able
to meet the demands which will be
made upon IL
The members are expected to
help by giving an audience to the
committees now at work, hearing
the plans suggested, and coopera
ting in a financial way as far aa
possible, ao that there maj be no
hitch or delay in getting the af
fairs settled and everything In
smooth operation.
WIDOW 0ET8 AUTO.
(Alara-land Pna Uaanl Win.)
MEDFORD, Ore., Mar. 12. The
circuit court late Wednesday sign
ed an order returning to Mrs. Ar
thur Page of Han Francisco, widow
of a reputed bootlegger killed In
the Sisklyous last November when
his car ran over a steep embank
ment, the autnmobi.e he waa driv
ing tt the time, and seised under
the transportation of liquor clause.
Bonds of 1.115 she had deposited
pending settlement of the suit were
returned. Mrs. rage claimed the
car waa her property, and used
without her consent or knowledge
as a rum carrier.
o i
Visitor From Sslsm
R. D. Cooper was among those
from northern points to stop over
In this city as a visitor yesterday
and last night. Mr. Cooper la from
Halem.
PORTLAND MEN TO
INCORPORATE FOR
1930 WORLD'S FAIR
. '
4 SALEM. Ore., March 12.
Announcing as their purpose
of staging a world'a fair in
Portland In 16S0, group of
87 Portland men have form-
ed corporation capitalized
at f 10.000,000 and the ar-
tlclea were filed yesterday
with the state coiporatlon
department. The first three
names on the list of lncor-
poratora are H. J. Blaeslng,
B. S. Josselyn and A. B.
Manley. The fair will be
known aa the Pacific Amerl-
can International Exposition.
Relating to financing the
enterprise the articles say:
"The business of this cor- 4
poratlon shall be conducted
without profit to Itself or
Its members and at the time
of making these articles of
incorporation this corpora-
tlon possesses no money or
property whatever and the
source of Its income shall be
from gifts,, donations, sub-
scrlptlons, contributions, ad-
missions, concession charges
and from loans, aa well aa
from appropriations from 4
municipalities, statea and
nations."
IS
GOING AHEAD
Inspector Arrives Today to
Make Trip Over Grade
Inside Forest.
RAINS ARE HANDICAP
Money to Be Sufficient to
Complete Ten Miles as
Planned Additional .
Funds Expected.
P. E. Andrews. Inspector with
the TJ. 8. Bureau of Public Rosda,
arrived In Roseburg today to make
an Inspection of the work being
done on the North Umnqua section
of the ITmpqua Highway. He was
met In this city this morning by
I J. M. Myers, superintendent In
cnarge or construction, wno iook
him out to the construction camp.
Mr. Myers states that work ll
Proceeding In a very satisfactory
manner. It had been hoped tbat
the roads would dry out enough to
allow supplies to be tsken into the
camp in larger quantities and to
make It possible for the grading
to proceed more ranldly. but the
rains of Saturday and Sunday ruin
ed these hopes, and the roads are
still In a very muddy condition.
Grading has now been completed
to the Collins place, and the right
of way has been cleared as far aa
Bogus Creek, two miles further on.
Of this two miles now cleared, con
tracts have been let on one and
three quarters miles. This leaves
about 2 miles more to clear and
put under contract In order to com
plete the ten miles to be con
structed under the 160,000 appro
priation, i
Mr. Myers states that the first
annroprlatlon will be sufficient to
finish the 10 miles as estimated, to
gether with trimming up, removing
slides, and putting the grade In
first class condition.
It Is understood that 130.000
more will be made available by the
government to complete this sec
tion of the highway into Steamboat
and that this money will be pro
vided In time that the present
road crew, which consists of thirty
laborers, will be able to do the
work, so that the expense of re
moving equipment and then re
turning It. will be eliminated. The
sum of $30,000 will be sufficient.
Mr. Mvers states, to build the road
to fitt-smboat. which will leave only
20 miles to link up between
Steamboat and Big Camas. As soon
as that gap Is onened, the rosd will
connect with Dlsmond and Crater
take roads, and will also Intersect
.with the John Dsy Highway to
Bend, giving a connection with
eastern Oregon points. As the low
er end of the road Is now being
finished so that travel to Reeds
port will be possible this year, the
comnletlon of the North t'mpqua
section will give a aesport connec
tion to all eastern Oregon points,
and within a short time the road Is
certain to become an Important
thoroughfare.
Mrs. A. L. King will leave In a
short time for Moscow, Idaho,
where she will look after property
Interests, and visit with her child
ren. Mrs. King will go via the
southern route and will spend
about two months in Idaho points.
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Arguments in Trial Will
Be Concluded Late
This Afternoon.
TESTIMONY ASSAILED
Stokes Assailed as Octopus
Whose Long Arms
Reached into Dives
for Evidence.
.?IC.AO- Mr' "--Argument
to the Jury in the trial of W. E. a
Stokes, millionaire apartment ho
tel owner of New York for con
spiracy to defame his wife, pro
ceeded today with prospects that
the cue would go to the Jury lata
today or early tomorrow.
Milton D. Smith, assistant statea
attorney, who has led the prosecu
tion of Mr. Stokea and Robert J".
Lee, Chicago negro, continued hla
arraignment of the aged defendant
begun yeaterday when he talked
two and one half hours. He assail
ed Mr. Stokes aa a dollar marked
octopus with long arms that reach
ed into the dives of Chicago and
over the country seeking afflda
vlta to "dirty np" Mrs. Stokea.
The prosecutor, speaking In a
voice that reverbrated far down
the county building corridors, aa-
ilea me testimony of two sleep
Ing car conductors who testified
tbat Mrs. Stokea had travelled
with younr men twice during 12I.
"That man Burke swore that
Mrs. Stokea occupied a berth with
her cousin. Hal Billlg. and he did
not see her get in or ont of the
berth' said Smith. "He did not
know who was there. Ha heard
voices, he aald. but ha did not
know whose they were. Tet ha ,
swore In an affidavit It waa Mrs.
Stokea and Hal Billlg. And Mr.
Stokea took that affidavit, bnt ha
didn't use it in his divorce suit He
knew It was not true, and that It
would not stand up in court. -
"And that man Hanson, I con
tend, came Into this court and vol
untarily committed perjury. He
came Into this court and swore ha
recognised Mrs. Stokes from a pic
ture taken 20 yeara before."
Burke and Hanson are sleeping
.car conductors.
Smith referred to the paragraph
In a letter Stokes wrote to E. W.
Altf, a Chicago detective. Inform
ing him to see Stanley Joyce, hus
band of Peggy Hopkins Joyce.
"He said 'see Joyce and find out
what he knows, and If he wants
jany information about hla wife f
lean get It for him.' said Smith...
"Is that his mania? Ia that the
work of his perverted mlndT" ' '
roared Smith to the jury. "What
made him want to break up anoth
er man'a famllyT"
Smith turned hla attention 1 to
Lee, the negro defendant, after he
had been talking more than three
hours.
"I maintain Lee waa In this con
spiracy to get affidavits right or
wrong." said Smith.
"Yet he saya he was never there
when affidavlta were taken, but he
waa there when the money waa be
ing passed out."
"I never ssw such a game of
shift In my life," Smith said in con
cluding. "If they were Innocent why did
every man In the affair ery to
shift responsibility to some other
' person T"
I 'Ut Is the old story of using a
woman to enlist the sympathy of
a jury to put the stigma of a tine
or Imprisonment on a fellow cltlt-
I en," said Rathbun in opening for
j the defense.
"That has been the idea of the
state throughout In this prosecn-
I tlon or persecution of Mr. Stokes."
I "You may hare a lot of evidence
I here that will make you want to
say Stokes was an old fool," aald
Rathbun . "But you have not a
bit of evidence that will tell yon
that he was guilty of conspiracy."
"There never has been a case ia
this county where the state went
jso far In coercion and oppresion
in an effort to force out testi
mony." "If It bad not been for the acta
of Mrs. Stokea ind her agenta In
I this case the world never would
!have known anything Stokes un
earthed In his investigation," said
: Rathbun. "Mr. Stokes never told
I anybody anything except hla own
agents. He never published It He
1 never defamed her. If she had not
started this case this old man
would have hla affidavits aa play
things he hsd obtained In such
wsnderlngs through the avenues of
old times In Chicago, and hla
lawvera would have told him they
'were ro good.
"Stokea may bare thought ne
(ConllnueJ on page 8.) .
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