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Highest Yesterday , St
Lowiett Last Night 42
Cloudy and unsettlad tonight
TODAY'S CIRCULATION OVXX
4,2 0
AND STILL CROWINO
no vvsanesoay.
Contolldatlon of Th Evening Newt and Th Roseburg Rsvltw
An Inderen4?nt Hswspapsr, "lubllh.ad for tha Boat Intaraata at tha Paopla
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ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY. MARCH 31. 1925.
5 VIEW
VOL. XIII NO. 14 Of THE EVENING NEW
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FIGHT TO FREL
SHEPHERD
BLOCKED TODAY
Judge Refuses to Hear
Witnesses in Battle to
Gain Release cn Bail.
CLAIMING "FRAMEUP"
Defense Attorneys Declare
They Are Prepared to
Blow State's ..Case
High as the Sky.
(Aaxwlatad Tnm Vntci Wkl
CHICAGO, Mar. 31. Judge Ja
cob Hopkins today refused to hear
witnesses in support of William D.
Shepherd's fight for a reconsidera
tion of the question of his release
on ball because the witnesses were
not named In the defense affidavit
charging that the principal testi
mony against Shepherd had been
framed. Further hearing was con
tinued until Thursday.
The court gave Shepherd little
encouragement in the ball matter
and refused to transfer the hear
ing to another Judge as asked by
the defense after the court had
refused to hear new witnesses not
named In tiro defense affidavits.
Dr. Herman Bundesen, health
commissioner of Chicago was one
of the new witnesses, by whose
testimony the defense wanted to
attempt to show that typhoid
germs could not have been ob
tained by C. C. Faiman, chief wit
ness against Shepherd.
CHICAGO, Mar. 81. The fight
to free William D. Shepherdpend-
Ing his trial on charges of killing
his foster son, William Nelson Md
Cllntock with typhoid fever germs,
was resumed today at the rehear
ing of his attorney's motion for
release on ball.
State's attorney were prepared
to resist the announced Intention
of Shepherd's counsel to "blow the
state's case high." This effort was
expected to center around Mrs.
Luella Itheubell, former assistant
to Charles C. Faiman, Jointly In
dicted with Shepherd after he said
Shepherd had promised him $100,
000 for the typhoid germs and in
formation on administering them.
Mrs. Rheubell claims Faiman
never had any live typhoid cul
tures at his school, defense
at- 1
torneys have said.
She was sought yesterday by de-1
tectlves after prosecutors Issued
summons for her, but could not be
found .
INSANE MOTHER
KILLS DAUGHTER
SOMERVILLE. N. J.. March
31. Mrs. Catherine Sheridan,
wife of a farmer at North llranch
shot and killed her daughter He
len, 17 and critically wounded hr ; soriatlons he represented had de
son James. 14, as they slept to-I creased as a result of adverse
day and then shot herrelf. Nel- conditions and that the cattle and
ther the mother, who Is believed i sheep on the northwestern ranges
to have been temporarily insane, had decreased two to three hnnv
nor ner son,
cover.
is expected to.re-jdred
WEALTHY LAD IS
PLACED IN JAIL
SEATTLE. Wash., March 31.
Fred Stimson, 21 years old, mem
ber of a wealthy Seattle family
was under $25 bail today on a
charge of drunkeness. Driving an
auto ltween last midnight and
dawn, he hit another
car of a j
1th a tree.!
small make, collided
and mounted a sidewalk. His ;
companion. Juanlta White. 22 rigged up today which It was hop
years old. who called herself a ed might gradually drain the
dancer, was taken to a hosplial. flooded pit.
Mammoth Hot Springs, Town in
Yellowstone National Park, Is
Swept by a Destructive Blaze
TAaxrl.txl FTFai UaaMj Wll.)
LIVINGSTON, Mont., March 31.
Swept by the most disastrous
fire in Its history, the little town
of Mammoth Hot Springs. In Yel
lowstone National Park today
took toll of the damage wrought
yesterday when flames, fsnnvd by
a mountain breeze, gutted Its
main place of Industry and threat
ened to destroy a portion of the
town. The damage early today
had been estlmstvd at approxim
ately IS0M0O. Th plan of t(
Yelfowstone Park TrsnspoNstlon
compsny and 0 busses stored in
It were a charred mass of ruins.
A machine shop, paint shop and
a repair shop also wra destroyed.
An oil furnace isxplo "on In a
blseknmlth sh startedafhe aVe.
Volunteer fire fighters, handi
capped h.'QIark of facilities ayid
water, fought the flames for mora
-amount DF
I
TAXES in on
SALEM, Ore., March 31.
4 The total amount of taxes
levied In Oregon this year
on the rolls of 1924 Is 142,-
660.338.65, including till.-
342.15 for fire patrol, ac-
cording to a statement made 4)
public today by th state tax
commission, excluding fire 4
patrol the total is $42,548,-
996.60.
The several classes of taxes
total as follows:
State. $7,492,761.47; coun-
ty. $3,836,298.26; county
school and school library,
$3,015,585.82; high school
tuition, $793,118.62: special
achool, $9,409,118.85; gen-
ral roads, $3,164,861.43;
special roads, $1,226,542.18;
market roads, (county levy)
1.161.598.47: bond interest
and redemption, $1,651,237.-
280 special cities and towns,
$7,713,371.09; irrigation and
drainage, $1,596,260.69;
ports, $1,456,637.67; mlscel-
laneous, $32,604.68.
Last year the total exclu-
stve of fire patrol was $40,-
4 155.083.30. The fire patrol
levy was $69,668.11, making
total with that Included $40,-
224,751.41.
AMBASSADOR HAS
NO INSTRUCTIONS
74
(jtwctitxl rmbul wire.) j postponed until 1 o'clock this af
PARIS, March 31 The French tern,oon because the new Jury
ambassador in Washington has !vnlrf aa "' available this
had no special Instructions to j morning. .
take up any particular direst Ion ...
with Secretarv of State Kellogg. L SAN rRA.NC,1SC- ,Mar' "'"
It was said at the foreign office iT,he were indications at the Hall
today with regard to the M. 1' Justice late this morning that
Daeschner'a recent call upon Mr. ! murder f SB aKaln8t Dorothy
Kellogg Elllngson which was turned aside
The ambassador was given full I yesterday for an Inquiry into her
instructions when he left for sanity, might take an ontlrely
vhlnirton nnrl noliimllv comes new trend. This afternoon, con-
tnto contact with the head of the
American state department from
time to time, but nothing new
has developed to make additional
Instructions necessary It was
dued,
The French government. It was
said, would certainly accept an in- i
vitatlon to a further disarmament
conference, but this acceptance
would be entirely out of deference
to the American government
rather than because of the necea
s'ty for an accomplishment along
that line for the moment.
LIVESTOCK RATE
HEARING IS ON
f AnMvHiitfi) Pt lajH Wirt.l
CHICAGO, March 31. A. M.
Geary of Portland. Oregon, coun
sel for Oregon wool growers and
cattle breeders associations and
lZLnrZT,LtT"ZZ
elation, resumed the witness stand
today at the Interstate commerce
commission hearing concerning
the freight rates on livestock.
Complaining livestock .breeders
contend that they are losing
money and In some cases being
forced out of business by market
conditions and ask redress of an
alleged disparity between freight
rates and market prices.
Mr. Geary testified that the
iL?i..L."
iiiiiuiriiii, ui luw uirrurrn aa-
thousand head since 1920.
SMALL HOPE OF
SAVING MINERS
NEW CASTLE, England, March
31. Only Hpht hope rmalnd
today of reculnjt the 38 mtiwrs
trapped yesterday by a sudden
ruh of water Into the Vjntapue
colliery nt Scotawood near here.
An a last attempt to nave the nipn,
threatened not only by the rllnic
waters but by the deadly black
damp, a new pump was hurriedly
than an hour. They were aided
1 by a sudden shift In the wind
when the blaze was - apreadlng
' dangerously near to the old Fort
, Yellowstone barrarKs and the his
torical structure was charred,
j Itesidents of the community
. were concerned today as to what
, step the transportation company
; would take In restoring Its prop
erties, their source of employment
In the winter months between
park seasons.
The fire will not Interfere with
: rrk travel, according to officials.
Thu hormes of U K. Kammerr.
superintendent o. the transporta
tion company and D. 8. Drew, a
pa'nier. were destroyed. Rescuers
; carried the Invalid mother of Mrs.
Drew through a window to safety
i when flanrea enveloped the struc-
iMDTHER SLAYER
NHL BE TRIED
Alienists Hope to Brand
Her Insane to Save Her
From the Pen.
HAS MENTAL DISORDER
Prosecution Doctor Doubts
Girl Is Insane and Says
She Is Reacting to
Strain Naturally.
(AMOclaUd Tnm Lfcuad Wlia.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 31.
Judge Harold Louderback adjourn
ed the murder trial of 16-year-old
Dorothy Elllngson from this after
noon until April I. A hearing into
the sanity of the, child matricide
was begun. '
SAN ' FRANCISCO, Mar. 31.
The sanity trial of Dorothy Elllng
son. 16 year old matricide, was1
ferences were held between Judge
Louderback and attorneys tor both
sides.
What the trend might be could
'not be learned during the
morn-
jlng but ItUlmatipaa . were
. byard
that either the girl might be al-
lowed to plead to some charge if
all concerned are agreeable,
the sanity hearing might be vacat-
jed and the murder trial resumed.
The fact that Judge Louder
back Instructed the Jury to return
at 1 p. m. was considered signifi
cant. . .
From a source close to the girl
it was learned that she was dls-
Dlease' w"tl ,ne inquiry Into her
way her case waB being conducted
The Jury In the murder case r
nnrteri at 10 n'nlnnlr thia mnrnlnr
and would have heen aTcuaeri In-
rioflnitnlv hari a now nana! hann
. i 1. 1 .... T i i. ji
rected the jury to return early
this afternoon when Its members
nmhahii, win h intrnM.rt in in
to their homes subject to tbe call
of the court. Whether the Jury
In the murder case will be needed
acaln depends on the verdict in
the sanity trial.
The girl who haunted the jazz
palaces and then, according to her
confession, shot her mother in
a
quarrel over this night life, came
ilnto court wHh a brighter counten-
.... ln . i
ance this morning. Court was in
session but a moment and she
strated back to jail smilingly. Yes
terday she was pate and worried
throughout the day and fainted
twice.
RAX FRANCISCO, Mar. 31.
Dorothy Elllngson came Into court
here today prepared to listen to
alienists employed by her counsel
brand her as one who Is Insane,
In the hope that the 16 year-old
stenographer will be sequestered in
a mad house, and thereby ecap
the possibility of a penitentiary
sentence for the killing of her
mother, Mrs. Anna Elllngson.
The murder trial was halted yes -
terday when the court dismissed
the reeularly Impaneled Jury tem
porarily and ordered a new Jury
picked to pass upon Miss Rlllng
son's mental qualifications. The
basis of the test, according to a
pronouncement made by the court
SANITY
was "whether a person accused of, and that If they were not willing
crime comprehended the proceed- to par the penalty the confession
fng and was able to present an i wond not hare hen made,
intolligtble drfense." i chhalls officers apparently
The insanity issue waa injected p)ace no credence in the confes
Into the proceedings out of thej9,on, fi,nri thev nBve no( r.pn
Slain11 wnl!;hw,ls mmrke,br't" tn letter of Warden Dnlrvm
Mfss Elllngson falling Into faint-; nIe A H(,w thftt pfWt,UlIr niipM
marble corridors leading out of ,
court.
Miss Elllngson. who shot bet
mother to death when ner parent 1
objected to the hours and as so-1
dates she was keeping, angrllv rv:;"ru ";
snted yesterday the Imputation ,of h
thst she Is not fn her right mtnd. 1 mM- .f)p,n ?n J" n7"
I- tan rv, n.ii rfnr.t,.A . ; erer. thst if that firm wre to
atrlst. ftapd that Miss ElKncson
was suffering from "nsTchosIs and
was "ont of her mind at times." j
in, nsii neiinfl . piyrnow, a
mental dfordr He traced he hi
forv of the EWngsnn family and
tPtIfUd thst Mrs. Etllnrson nan
"out of hr mind" at times before
Oorothr wss born, "and there Is
th alcoholic father.
Dr. Joseph Catton. prosecution
p.ychlstri.t rat doubt on the con-
(Cytlnued on pag c l
.BANDIT STAGES A
dai rt nnnnrnV IM
DUUi UODLi I m iw
TOWN OF SPARKS'
' .
ur.AU, nev., .unrcn ax. n
bandit walked Into the Hank ol
Sparks, in tha railroad town of
Sparks, 3 miles east of Reno at
9 o'clock this morning, covered
the entire bank force with an au
tomatic pistol, locked them in the
vault and helped himself to $25.
000. The robbery was not dis
covered until after ten o'clock,
when bank Customers tried to
gain entrance to the bank and
found It locked. '
DRANK MOONSHINE
AND WENT CRAZY
rAaoriattd Pran Lauel Wt.
SPOKANE, Waah.i March 31. I
George Wxby, 27, spent last night
In the 'city jail charged with
drunkeness. He was arrested at
midnight as he was about to diva
from the railing of the Monroe
atreet bridge Into the Spokane
river, when a policeman who hap
pened by, secured his foot. Ho
had placed his purse and other
neraonal belongings on tha rail
ing with a nearly empty bottle of
moonshine liquor among them.
COOLIDGE OPPOSES
SOVIET RECOGNITION
(AaneUted Pna Lrues Wits.)
WASHINGTON, March 31.
President Coolidge is still unre
sponsive to suggestions from any
quarter that the administration
policy with regard to Russia be
changed. ,
He sees no warrant for present
consideration of proposals to re
cognise the Soviet government, as
conditions which have continually
prompted denial of recognition re
main tbe same.
Neither does he believe that
recent developments bearing on
the attitude of the other powers
toward recognition necessitate a
review of the American attitude.
MUNN TO MEET
"TOOTS" MONDT
(Aanclattd Pnai Lruol Wll1
CHICAGO, March 3.1 Wayne
B'g" Munn, world's heavyweight
wrastllng chsmnlon. meets Joe
"Toots" Mundl, Colorado eowboj
lln'a finish match hest two out of
i three falls here tonight.
Definite action toward the cTos-
Ing nf a match between Munn and
Ed "Straneler" Lewis, former
world's tltlit waa considered
likely to result from a conference
here today of managers of the
wrestlers and promoters.
FLOUR MILL ROBBED
fAmnrlitf Prwa LmmhI Wlre.
LA GRANDE. Ore.. Mar. 31.
;The safe of the La Grande flour-
:WK null liwrn waa uiuwn
last
waa
, night. About $175 In cash
, Stolen.
Police today found no
clews. The store of C. J. For-
-rom, of North Powder, also was
emereu n um. ""i'
Including guns and watches was
taken.
OPPOSES LOANS
(Aamrlatrd Pnaj Laud Wlr.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 31. Pri-
vate American loans abroad are
inot favored by President Coolidge
;ln cases where the money Is to go
ilnto military armament or similar
I .nvarnm.nlnl avnanapa tmnne
governmental expenses
European countries.
Convict Amplifies Confession
of Murder and Says He Worked
As Reporter on Butte Newspaper
(AaxrUtnl Pran iMael Win.)
SALEM. Ore.. March 3l.-"-Tht
; he worked on the Butte Miner as
'. a reporter for about two weeks
In 1 91 8 wss one of the statements
made to newspaper men today by
I A. C. Dorner .one of the two prls-
1 oners at the state penitentiary.
who confessed a few days ago to
the killing of a stranger on the
Pacific hlrhway last May and
burial of the bodv east of Che
halls. Dorner still Ir.sjuts that
the previous statement of the two
relatives to the killing Is true.
tatemenf was droppd by I)nrntr
today. He said thst th-e sales
man to whom he sold the diamond
stickpin taken from th dad man
was In the employ of the M"on
make Inoulrr among Its sa'e'men
the truth nivht be revealed as
far the rtlsno.sl of the dia
mond Is concerned.
Dorner todav gave new.psner
men a lenpthy maniLrlnt rover
Inr hts career from eSMho'id sed
dr'Mng the murder to whleh
confession has been made. Dor
nr savs he fired shot that
killed th strsrger. The autnmo-
bile, which Dorirer and J. W.
ja-g, tne otner convict, claim to
MAH.T WII.Ii IUN.
(AancUtea Fma Uaard Win.) 4
BERLIN. March 31. The
executive committee of the 4
center party this afternoon
decided to run Dr. Wilhelm
Marx, former Chancellor for
the German president In the 4
second electloo to be held 4
April 6.
The first election Sunday
resulted In no choice. Dr. 4
Marx polled 3.884,877 of the
nearly 27.000,000 votes cast 4
In this election.
HISTORIC HOTEL .
A MASS OF RUINS
(AsxcUUd Ppjaj Lnxl Win.)
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colora
do, March 31. The historic Man
Itou Park Hotel, a mecca for the
wealthy tourists, today was a
smouldering mass of dcbris'as the
result of fire, which yesterday
swept the hotel and surrounding
timberland In the upper reachea
of ITte Pass, eight miles north of
Wpodland Park, near here. Driven
by a blustering wind the flames
licked through a forest aa dry as
tinder and were checked only li
ter a heroic fight by forest i ang
ers, boy scouts and volunteers.
Sparks from a fireplace in the
hotel are believed to have started
the fire.
The total damage, It was estim
ated will not exceed $40,000.
ARMORY DRILLS
rrr .in nn
rOR GUARD MLIN
(AMocUted Praa Lewd TTIta.)
WASIIINOTON. Mar. 31. Presl
ilet Coolidge has directed Secre
tary Weeks to nrnreerf with - the
mory drills for the national -guard
up to the requirement of law,
Mr. Coolidge has not yet been
Informed to what extent the pro
gram will require expenditure ot
the funds for that purpose appro-
prlated by congress without the
sanction nf the budget bureau. Use
of these funds had been held up by
the president pending an Invest!-
nation ot tbe need for them.
It Is the president's belief that
'ib order he hss given Secretary
Weeks will satisfy national guard
officials who have discussed the
matter with him.
DEMPSEY CASE IS
DEFINITELY CLOSED
(AanoUtnl Pkm Lf4 Wu.)
NEW YORK, March 31. The
state athletic commission today ana individually were the best of
definitely closed the Dempsey case Peonh'' tiuV constituted as a whole
In which it sought to force Jack menace to Latin America. Pan
Demnsev Into a title match with Americanism and the Monroe doc-
Harrv wills or Tommv r.lhhnna
and returned certificate checke
of $2600 each which the two'CTn,"m mnn nsisi in me ookip-
challengers had deposited to bind
the match.
Thi. Ha. in,,ii iimi. i.
all possibility of iwmpsey fight- Va,"'i 8'f constituted "self the
Ing in the east this year unless Protec,or ot 0,ner ""
he relents from his present posl- "We feel thst we are free na
tion .and agrees to meet either tlons, and have a right to main
Wills or Gibbons. The commis- tain ourselves aa such," Dr. Mo
slon has said It will look with Una said, "but the Monroe doe
disapproval upon any promoter In itrine implies a hegemony of the
New York state negotiating with : United Slates over us.
Domnsey for a bout in another t "It Is In fact the doctrine which
! stnte.
This would lock the doors
'against an) effort Tex Ithkard
I might make to stage a match in
Itnvlnt Thlrlv Acres in Jerspv
City.
hare stolen In Seattle and in
which they carried tha body was
abandoned fn Chehalls, according
to Horner's story.
Dorner claims to have been
born In Minneapolis April 1. IS! 7,
and to have lived thwro until the
death of his father a year later.
Me and hts mother then Wf nt to
Vorth Dakota and later to Mon
tana says the story, and some
ears later he was sent to nn or
hans home at Twin Bridges,
Montana . After three years In
'he orphans home Dorner clafma
to hare been adopted by a family
snd to hare worked on a ranch at
Poison. Mont., for two years. He
ran away from the family, he
says, and started out to find his
mother who bsd moved to Miles
Cltr. After living the life of a
tramp h found hts mother seven
years after leaving the orphan
home. Boon, however, he landed
In the stat reform school at Miles
City where he remained two
years. The completion of a cor
respondence course In salesman
ship and trftTflln.r with a stork
omnsny with a girl friend, were
the neit steps, well ne triea to
settre down, but got short, of
money, tramped some more and
soon wss sent to the Teer Iodge
penitentiary for It month Dor
ner ssvs he was released; from
Deer t-odse Mar 22. 1924. and
tarted for California by way of
ftesttle In feattle he met up
with Mack. They stole tha aiHo-
irinMIe snd started down the Pa-
rifle highway on the outskirts of
Seattle picking up the strsnxer
i whom they claim to have killed
line same duiii.
P1-1ERIGIMWK
PLAN OPPOSED in
RY CHI1F PHRF J DAMAGE S SGDOO
U jaa .tax Baa ttaat SJ I
Says South Americans Are
Skeptical Because of
'i Commercialism.
WANT THEIR FREEDOM
PanAmericanism Only an
Ideal, Says Dr. Molina,
Dean of University
of Conception.
(AajoHstcd Prat LmurI Win.)
MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay, War.
31. Addressing an "open heart"
meeting at which tha South Amer
ican delegates to tha
Christian
Work Congress were Invited to
speak frankly. Dr. Enrique Molina,
dean of the University of Concep-
cion of Chile last night, declared
that Smith IniarlpDii, wam uliun.
... " '
tlcal of pan-Amerlcanlsm because
it was an laeai corruptee oy me 4 feet by tha bolt but none vera Commerce directors here today. -commercial
tendencies of the Unit- injured and there were no dla- ! Mr. (Hanger's holdinrs run rich
ed States. , 4 order among the prisoners. in platinum and associated ores
. He sIbo asserted that the Pan- Another heavy bolt struck ! with heavy deposits of galena ores
Americanism and the Monroe doe- a high tension wire and car- along the entire ridge. From these
trine were contradictory, he
went
M by 'd. they were contra-
dlctory, and that In fact the doc
trine was "a dead letter'
"The Ideal of Pan-Americanism"
said Dr. Molina, "does not count
upon the support ot tha masses of
South America. They view It with
skepticism, because they see It as
a means for the United States to
dominate the South American
'countries. They teel deceived by
It because ot Its commercial aa-
pep ts," ThjaJllng. of skepticism.
tie added was especially marked
In the northern and Carribean
countries of the Southern con
tinent. The speaker cited what he al
leged to be unfortunate manifests'
tlons nf this aspect on the part of
the United Ststes In Haiti, Santa
Domingo, Honduras and Panama
'and asserted that while the Amer-
trine were contradlstory. he went
on' because thorough Pan - Amert -
,'ra"on ' " ,he nations of equals
before the law If the Monroe doc-
trine was a policy by which the
nas expired. n )B a aeati letter.
: while Pan-Americanism at present
:ls only a hope."
FIFTY KILLED IN
ri- Tn a .a. limrpir
Illa llril1 Vr I-lrV
(wHitH Prmm Win.)
WARSAW, March 31. Nearly
fifty persons were killed and one
hundred injured In a head on col
lision between the Tashkent ex
press and a Moscow suburban
! train la?t night. The disaster
which was one of the worst In
.Moscow's history,' occurred about
a mile from the capital.
The locomotives were shattered
and several of the passenger
coaches reduced to fragments.
Lack of derricks made difficult
the work of extricating the vic
tims pinned under the wreckage.
The rescue parties also were 1
hampered because of the -dark
ness.
NATIVES MURDER
FAMILY OF FIVE
(AamrUted rns taNj Wlr.
CHICACO. March 31. Word
that Dr. Hans I.. Ilammersteln,
his three children and their gov
erness were killed by natives In
Spanish Maroeco has reached Chi
cago relatives from Harcelona,
Spain, where, It was said, his
w fe. seriously wounded, is In a
hospital
Dr. HammersMn was an ex-
plorer and zoologist and had been
i grameq snnr
virgin forests In
Morocco by the Hpanlsh govern
ment for cultivation. He liveI
here twenty years ago.
WILL JOIN FATHER
rAa.-t.tH prM. laM4 Wln.)
IX1NDON. Mar. 31. Prince
Oeorge. fourth son of King Georse
and Queen Mary left today for
Italy to Join his parents aboard the
.Itovj
vi ysrni in wnirn rney are
uning ie sea during the King's
icru:
1 convalescence.
(Amtbtad ha Ua4 WIN.)
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 31. A
total damage estimated at $6,-
000 was done here early yes-
terday afternoon when aev-
eral heavy bolts of lightning
struck in and near the city.
The lightning followed a awt-
den thunder ahower and the
4 flashes were among the most
severe In the memory ot 6a-
lem residents.
One - bolt striking a metal
post of the tennis court in the
yard of the state penitentiary
4) tore a large atrip of wire net-
ting from the past. Jumped to
the main building, breaking
four windows, and passed to
the prison chapel. All tele-
phones were put out ot com-
mission in the building. The
bolt Jumped across the chap-
4 el, striking a cell lever, fol-
lowed an Iron pipe to the
tin roof, burning a hole In Its
edge, and passed down the
drain pipe on the outside of
the building. A bolt also
4) struck a corner nf a flax shed
. 800 feet away from tha main
prison. Guards declared tbe
4 flax would have been set
, (ire na(j jt not Deen for the
drenching rain which Immed-
i I . i i , a.
? iftiriy prctvuni me iinau. vho
, gUard was knocked from his
4 ried into tha electric lighting
plant hare, burning out
the i
windings of a 8600 horaepow-
er steam generator.
FATHER HAD BLACK
EYE; DAUGHTER HAS
BRAND NEW HUSBAND!
i (Aanalatag ha Utmi .)
M'OA!T-r-t AM9H0i'pih- St. - -
ed i .
fma uurruwaiuir vi Dttmicj iiau
a daughter and the daughter had
a suitor, one Frank Clark, a stu
dent at the University of Califor
nia. Now narrowman has a black
eye and tbe daughter has a hus-
; band. It all happened tnus:
I Barrowman vowed that young
i Clark ahould quit paying atten
' tlon to Miss Dorothy Harrowman.
, Tbe Irate father nret the persls
i tent suitor on a Berkeley street, a
1 fist fight followed In which Bar
I rowman came off with a black
eye He ,Wore legally-
to a
with
1 complaint charging Clark
i battery.
Before the warrant could be
served Clark reached the Barrow
man home, took Dorothy to Mar
tinet and obtained a marriage
I cense there.
COLONEL FORBES
LITTLE IMPROVED
(AancUM rrtal Lur4 Win.)
BOSTON. Mar. 31. The condi
tion of Colonel Charles Forbes,
former head of the United States
Veterans' Bureau who suffered a
shock last Friday, was described
by his physicians today as "mod-
i ' . . . .
eraieiy cominriaDie. ma inuon.
His illness
Iwas diagnosed aa cerebral tnrora-
basis, a condition arising from the
stoppage of circulation in mug n
pait of the brain due to a blood
clot. -
Colonel Forbes Is moderately
comfortable today," the early bul-
; letln said.
"Hla entire left side la
No marked Improve
paralysed.
ment I" anticipated or radical
change expected during the next
few days."
EARL OF YPRE8 BETTER
MajnH.t.4 PrM taal Wire.)
I.ONDON. Mar. 31. A medical
bulletin Issued this morning aays
that the Karl of Ypres, the former
Field Marshall French, whose con
dition yesterday waa described as "
"disquieting" after his recent oper- i V. C. Carter was a visitor In thla
atlon. passed a better night and city over Monday from Eugene, add
his general condition Is Improving, transacted business.
Prince of Wales Fears His
Waistline Is Becoming Bigger
and Watches Weight Carefully
f AarvUted PTMS laaal Win.)
LONDON. Mar. 31 The Prince
of Wales, who Is in his early
thirties, has already began to fret
a Utile with the fear that he may
suffer from embonpoint, sav per
sons close to the royal family.
Just prior to the beginning of
his voyage to Smith Africa and
Houth America he was examined
br severnl specialists. It Is declar
ed, and when the trill ends he will
be gone over again, being anxious
to discover lust what effect these
i ambassadorial
Jaunts have upon
his physique.
During several of his previous
tftir he took on weight, and as he
haa a dread nf achieving a figure
auggestlva of the lines of hla (rand
MANUFACTURE
DYE PIGMENTS
4 i
Canyonville Mine Forming
Company to Secure By- -Products
From Ores. -
SAMPLES ARE SHOWN
Chamber of Commerce In
formed of Plan to Locate
Factory in County to
' , Secure Colors.
L. U. Stenger, of Canyonville,
who la the owner ol a great deal
of valuable mineral properties In
that section of the county, la en
deavoring to establish an Industry
for producing dyes and artist's
colors aa by-products ot tha mines.
Rmirimanli maria h Kim ahnw
that thia can be dona at a good
profit, and very successfully, aam-
. . . , . , ,
pies 01 me colors prouucea navm
been exhibited to tha Chamber of
galena ores it la possible tnrougn
the addition ot certain chemicals
to these ores to precipitate min
erals used aa high class plgmanta
lor dying ot cotton materials, oil
cloth, linoleum and for making
palnta and artists colors.
Galena or la a combination ot
minerals, and la high In colore tor
dye making purposes. From it
! colors are procurable at a moder-
ate cost, and In connection with
the operation of mines, tha manu
facture of dyea becomes an im
Hnrta" " V.T-',rrueV,
Mr. Sterner, who with his wll
Mr. Stenger, who with his wife.
visited in Roseburg today, states
that himself and others interested
In the properties are anxious to
secure capital for the erection of a
factory and purchase ot machinery
to secure the dyes from tha min
erals which are being taken from
the mines. A plant for thla kind
of producing about 4.000 pounds of
dve colora each day will cost about
150.000, and the addition of 110,000
will double tha daily output.
After tha metals have - been
treated to precipitate the lead, tine
and Iron, which are used tor the
dyes, the gold, silver and platinum
are still recovered In metaliio
form, while each process leaves the
ore In a cleaner form so that the
taking of the by-products nakca
the handling of the ore easier.
The propoaltion has been
thoroughly Investigated, and , one
of the persona Interested la the
construction of the dva plant la a
former resident of Germany who
its experienced In dvemaklng. -and
who has been making experiments
which hsve proved the ore In the
ridge near Canyonville to be hlth
In values. This man Is a resident
of California, and ta Interested in
forming a stock company to han
dle the cost of building and
equipping a manufacturing plant
' "-'
Mr. Stenger atatea that a comosny
' i """""'" '
, either in this county or In H-
fnrnla. and It la expected to start
production as soon aa nossibl?.
Careful tests have been mad
and an Itemised statement show
ing tha cost of producing th
necessary precipitates for tha
manufacture of dyes. Indicates thst
a profit of approximately fJ30 la
made for each ton of ore. the cost
being In the neighborhood of S"O0.
The samples which Mr. Stenger
submitted to the Chamber it Com
merce for their Information, Indi
cate a very high grade of dye aub
stanre, and show that It Is no.iathle
to establish an industry which will
be of much Importance as well as
lead to development of high grade
mining properties.
father. F.dward VII, he has mad
up hla mind to keep tabs on him
self with the aid ot several well
known specialists.
Among the gymnastic apparatus
on board the battle cruiser He
pulse now bearing the prince south
ward, Is a sensitive scale on which
he will record his ups and downs.
Meanwhile there Is little cans
for anxiety, according to tha doc
tors, who havii given It aa tnetr
opinion that
the prince need not
overweight aa long
worry about
aa he keeps np tha pnea he set
before hla departure when hla al
most dally routine was a fox hunt
In the morning, official duties In
th afternoon and dancing at night
fur many hours.
IY BE STARTED
w .a.