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VOL. XXVI
NO. 218 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBfcJRG. OREGON. TUESDAY. AUGUST 4. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. 117 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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LIST CAN i
CHANGED NOW
Law Forces
to Wait 2 Years, Says
Attorney General.
SUPER BROADCAST
STATION MAKES ITS
DEBUT ON THE AIR
I Ary Roseburg radio font llsten-
the interesting four-hour ded-"-.
Ij( program of KPO, San Fran
'yat night. This wua the Inl
t 'cast of lta new lOoO-watt
. Opthlch replaces the BOO-watt
ras beeo to use for aev-
A prize contest was staged In
: connection with the program
i and the winners of the 400 valu-
able gifts will be selected Monday,
Commission A""" 10- .
niuuug imo urni lauin fi &- ill w
awarded are a $10(10 lot and a $475
sealskin coat Communlrallons to
, KPO were so numerous last night
mai six leiegrapn operators were
kept busy handling congraulatlons.
OPINION IS RENDERED
Two Thirds of Present List
Must Continue in Use
Other Books Can't
Be Substituted.
$800,000 THEFT IS
CHARGED TO BANKER
(Associated ITcai LMMd win.)
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 4. Under
the law it is incumbent upon the
educational authorities of Oregon
to continue in iikm ihu twn thi-.i
of the text book list not now cover-!
ea ny contracts until such time aa
""i auupuuiis are maue oy tne
text book commission. But, under
the law, the text book commission
cannot make new adoptions until
November 1926. The law specifi
cally points out the duty of the
text book commission and the state
board of education, hence there is
no emergency existing.
Thn nhflVA In anKatunna I - . i. ..
.a. B.uoiaiivc IB IUC
opinion of Attorney-General Van
niKie, wnose written opinion on
the question Is received today by
the state board of education fol
lowing his oral opinion which was
delivered yesterday to the state
text book commission. In the face
of that opinion the commission
voted to meet August 20 and adopt
new books.
The opinion quotes the law of
1923 which says:
"The state board of text book
commissioners Bhall meet at the
state capltol on the third Monday
in November In the year 1921, and
on the third Monday in .November
every two years thereafter."
The opinion also cites the law
requiring the state superintendent
of schools in February 1924. and in
February of every two years there
after, to notify the publishers of
the meeting of the text book com
mission to be held the following
November.
Another quotation from the law
ftaVS that "All rnnlracla 1L-Ith ..K
Ushers for books not changed shall i
r-iiiain in rorce until the readop
tlon. replacement or substitution of
said text books."
The opinion interprets the law to
mean thn "ttio nan nf 1. 1
- -. i wivnn
so adopted is mandatory upon all,
public schools and teachers In the '
maie witnout specifying any limi
tation of time for such use. The
only conclusion therefore to be
drawn Is that they are to be used
until changed by action of the
text book commission and state
board of education."
The text book commission yes
terday was of the opinion that It
had a right fo adopt books at dates
other than provided In the law be
cause of the following provision of
the law:
- "If at any time during the six
years covering the addition of text
books as herein provided a publish
er shall fail or be unable to furnish
any adopted text book, or his con
tract be rescinded, or, for any
cause. It becomes necessary to
adopt any text books Instead of or
In addition to those required by the
course of study in force at the time
of the regular addition, the chair
man of the board of text book com
missioners or the government may
call a special session of said board,
and it shall thereupon convene and
adopt such text book In the same
manner as In this act provided, and
the slate superintendent shall In
such case cause the proper circu
lars and notices to be sent lo the
publishers."
The opinion, declares that none
'Continued on page )
(Aasnclatnl Prat Lraard Win.)
. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4. Four
teen charges of embezzlement, ab
straction and wilful misapplication
of the funds of the Carnegie Trust
company, Involving more than
$800,000, were entered here late to
day against John A. Bell, president
of the closed bank.
Bell, reputed millionaire finan
cier and coal operator and at oue
time prominently mentioned In
connection with an appointment to
the United States Senate, furnish
ed bail of $25,000.
PAWN SHOP ROBBED
OF $70,000 JEWELS
f Aaawlalrri Vrtm Leased Win.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Four rob
bers, who held up the east side
pawn shop of Patrick Clancy, to
day escaped with diamond valued
at $70,000, after binding two clerks.
If BIBER SCOTT
Mother of Condemned Man
Is First to Testify in
Effort to Save
Son's Life.
(Associated Prrai I) Wire.)
CHICAGO. Aug. 4 The defense
rested In the Russell Scott Insani
ty hearing after offering the testi
mony of five alienists who said
they found the prisoner Insane last
week.
CHICAGO. Aug. 4. Mrs. Rllla
Scott, of Bay Vlllpge, Ohio, moth
er of Russell Scott, took the wit
ness stand today lo testify In be
lli" or b.'r son, whose life is at
stake In the sanity hearing before
Superior Judge Joseph B. David.
Mrs. Scott said Russell was her
second child, born 31 years ago.
Attorney William Scott Stewart
for the defense asked the mother
to "describe the birth of Russell."
A state objection was sustained.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4. Thre will
be no testimony of phantasmic but
terflys and lions In the evidence of
the alienisu upon whom the de-
rense relies to save Russell T. i
Scott from tne gallows.
The effort to prove that he has i
become insane since he was sen- i
tenced to death, and therefore !
should not be hung, will be con-1
fined to the story of his sixteen
months In Jail, his career and
Ideas. The state will try to show
that he Is mentally cognizant of his !
position and the penalty he faces. I
The Jury which will decide his
fate and this outline before them!
In the opening statements of the
defense and state. His guilt or In
nocence Is not even a remote issue. '
Indication that spet would be
the constant endeavor of Judge
David, whose writ for a sanity test
saved Scott from the gallows,
came yesterday when a Jury was
selected in four hours. '
COOPERATION
ASKED
STREETS CLEAN
Sidewalks Now Being Swept
too Late in Morning
v Council Told.
TO ENFORCE THE LAW
Council to Stop Sweeping
of Rubbish Into Street
Hydrant Report Is
Received.
Charles W. Clark, Noted Singer, Dies
of Apoplexy at Show; Shock Takes
His Devoted Wife Two Hours After
rAamrlated rmi Lwd wire.)
CHICAGO. Aug. 4 Affection
which bound the lives of Charles
W. Clark, well known concert sing
er and teacher, and his wife, reach
ed across the void of death last
nlcht. Two hours after Clark fell
fatally 111 In a motion picture thea
tre. Mrs. Clark collapsed and fol
lowed her husband In death.
The dnub'e tragedy came while
the famous baritone and his wife
apparently were in robust health
and the best spirits. Apoplexy was
assigned as the cause of Mr.
Clark's death.
iJist night they sat together
viewing a motion picture. Without
warning Mr. Clark sank f his
"at. Mrs. Clark tried to rouse
him. but physicians, hastily sum
moned, found he wa dead.
Throughout the ordeal Mrs. Clark
remained calm, and e f-posseased.
but ve,en she reached home she
(are wa under ber pent up tor-
trow. Physicians trld to revive
'her but she was beyond hope and
I within a few moments she died.
! Mr. Clark, who won fame as an
Interpreter of modern song, mar
ried Jessie Banter at their home
town. Vanwert. Ohio, in 1884, and
she had been the close companion
of his successful career. During
the period that Theodore Thomas
conducted his orchestra, now the
.Chicago symphony. Mr. Clark was
a soloist on various programs from
190S to 19n. Of late years he had
been llevotlag most of hit efforts
to teaching at the Bush conserva
tory of music.
I He waa born In Vanwert, Ohs,
In 1865.
I Mr. and Mrs. Clark are survived
by three children. ettonald Clark, a
teacher of singing In Paris; Mrs.
; Virginia Iwrence, New York, and
I Mrs. Louise Gardeniere, of Chicago.
The cooperation of all Roseburg
residents, and particularly the
business men of the city, U asked
by the city council, in its efforts
to keep the city streets clean and
neat. George Orlmm, atreet su
perlutendent, appeared before the
council last night and said that
because of the methods of many
business houses that it was Im
possible to keep the "main drag"
looking good.
Many merchants, he said, sweep
all the dirt and rubbish from
their floors and sidewalks into
the street, bringing out an accu
mulation of papers and debris
which Utter the streets through
out the day.
This would not be so bad, Mr.
Grimm said, if they would sweep
out before the Btreets are denn
ed. Eight o'clock In the morn
ing Is the latest the streets can
be swept satisfactorily, and If the
merchants would all sweep off
their sidewalks prior to that hour
the streets could be kept looking
much better. .Many of them,
however, do not sweep off their
walks until much later. Mr.
Grimm says. Some pile the
sweepings from the sidewalk up
Into neat piles by the curb. Others
try to see' how far they can throw
It Into the street.
City ordinances strictly forbid
the sweeping of rubb sh from the
store buildings Into the street,
and the council will endeavor to
enforce that law In the future.
It also nrges persons sweeping off
sidewalks, along the main street,
to sweep them earlier in the
morning than they are now do
ing, and not to scatter the sweep
ings any more than they aan help.
The council last night had a
very busy session, although It con
clf'ed t an early hour.
The Southern Pacific Company
asked for a termination of the
lease which the city has held for
several years on an old hose house
near the roundhouse. The hose
house has been abandoned for
some time, and In order to clear
the records, the termination was
requested and signed.
A petition to pave Harvard
Avenue from Corey Avenue to the
dry limits was referred to the
s'reet committee for Investiga
tion. The committee on fire and wa
ter reported that they had In
vestigated the petition for -a hy
drant on Roberta and Hamilton
street, and that they had found
the district to be well protected
end that a hydrant la not needed
there.
The committee reported that It
had Investigated the petition for a
hydrant on E. Lane street, but
that nothlnr definite has yet
he"1 accomplished.
The district for which a hy
drant Is needed Is almost as hlrh
as the reservoir. A 4-Inch main
runs shout half way nn the hill
from Jickson street, and It then
taper, off to a 2-inch main. This
is altogether too small to afford
protection and the city wants a
lareer malh .Installed.
It was recommended by Fire
Chief Fletcher that a main be
lnld from the south reservoir to
the head of the street, hut In or
der to do this. It would he necea-
snrr to dig a ditch 12 feet deep
and 300 feet long, and as the
work would he thrnurh solid
rock, the cost would he enormous,
i The company proposes to run
a 4-tnch main on up the hill, but
Is Is not believed thnt It would
furnish enough water for fire pro
tection. The company. It Is claim
ed, finds the cost too great lo
run an R-lnch main nn from Jack
son ree as would he necessary
to furnish enonrh ws'er for pro-
I per fire protection. Further enn-
la'deratlon is to be given the mat
I ter.
I Mavnr Honck reported the the
least of maintaining the North
j Roaehnrr parks Is loo great. He
'suggested thnt some cheaper
j sprinkling 'sfptn. renitlrinr less
I labor, mirht be arranged, and asks
! each of the eounellmen to consi
der he nutter nnd see If some
'satisfactory method of reducing
the evnense mtgh be arreured.
I The parks cost about 110 per
'month for water and labor, he
' aavs.
Following la list of the claims
I allowed-
I RoseKnrr TstI Compsnr.
(Continued on page thrar
Order Broadcast for Arrest .
of California's Alleged
Imitator of Dr. Brumfield
(Aanciatrd ma Lraard wire.) I day and aa yet no warrant for his
MARTINEZ, Cal., Aug. 4. Solu-; arrest has been Issued.
Hon of the mystery surrounding ; A police "order,' however, has
the death In the laboratory of the been broadcast.
Pacific Cellulose company at Walt Mrs. Schwartz stood firm In her
nut Creek, first supposed to have declaration that It Is her husband
been that of Charles Henrv ' who died in the explosion or waa
Schwartz. Berkeley chemist, ad- slain and placed In the laboratory
vanced slowly today. before the fire.
Schwartz waa recently made de-1 She discredited reports (hat he
fendaut In a breach of promise had been a spy in Germany during
suit for $75,000 by Miss Elisabeth I lie World war, atating that despite
Adams of Oakland. , his Teuton nativity he bad served
One piece of evidence before the as a captain in the French Infan
authorities today waa the state-; try and waa honorably discharged,
nient of Captain C. D. I.ee of the I She indignantly lepelled the sug
Rerkeley police force, who said gestlon that Schwarts way have
that Srhwarlt was student of stolen In Germany the formula
"perfect crime.' Captain Lee aald 1 with which he expected lo manu
the chemist had made a study of ! facture imitation silk or that he
murders or the past two years and had ever gone under an assumed
"seemed particularly Interested In I name. .
the failure of criminals to hlde Articles of Incorporation show
races of their crimes." The offl-' that Mrs. Schwartx was credited
cer declared that Schwartj had with having subscribed for 4200,
dropped into police headquarters Oihj of the stock of the Pacific Cel
regularly to discuss crimes in the 1 lulose company when it was organ
most minute details. j ized. As she is holder of forty pea
"Schwartz also professed es-1 cent of this stock. It Is said she
peclul Interest In American police ! would have succeeded to an Inter-
S. P. SAYS YES
TO OFFER FROM
CITY OF EUGENE
Terminal Site For Three
'Divisions Is Won Away
From Springfield.
20S ACRES IN GIFT
$175,000 Bonds to Be
Voted to Get $1,125,000
Plant and Monthly Pay
roll of Over $100,000.
(AsaneUteil Pms Uurd Wirt.)
EUGENE. Ore., Aug. 4. De
finite announcement that the
Southern Pacific Rallwnv Com.
memous tor caicmng criminals anu em oi approximately su.vuu m uiv . pany will accept the proposed
tracing missing persons," said Lee. Insurance policy carried by terminal site northwest of Eugene
"He tried to give the Impression Schwartz, payable to the company. I waa made last evening at a spe
that he worked as a detective In i Three other policies made In her . dal meeting of Eugene citizens.
Europe, but when I asked him favor would have brought her total The promise of acceptance waa
about his experiences he waa al-j benefits to 1105.000. contained In a letter from F. L.
ways vague in his answers." Sheriff Vea;e reported today that Ilurckhalter, first asalstant gen-
It had been Intended to bring the he had secured the names of three jeral manager,
body that waa recovered from the I men living near the Pacific Cellu- The text of the letter:
labaratory to San Franclaco to pre- lose company's plant who Informed "The Southern Pacific stands
serve it on ice pending develop him they had seen two men run- ready to exchange about 255 acroa
ments but at ' the last moment , ning away from the plant a few I of land It owna In the vicinity of
there was a cnange of plans, seem- j minutes after the explosion and Springfield for about 205 acrea
Ingly, for the body still waa here fire last Thursday when the char-1 of land you offered us In the
at noon. ! red body waa found. Two women vicinity or Eugene on the basis
The Schwartz search has not led
officers to ask officers in the Mex
ican and Canadian borders to
watch out for him, Tinning said to
previously had reported seeing a
man hurriedly leave the plant be
fore the arrival of the fire apparatus.
BOOZE FIGHT PUTS
TWO IN HOSPITAL
AND TWO IN JAIL
(Atanrlstnl Pma Itunl Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4. Two
men, both dangerously wounded,
PATROL OF BORDER
WILL BE ENLARGED
AND MADE TIGHTER
(AtaocUted Pn-a Levurd Wtra.1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. -Immediate
organization of a force auffi-
were In a hospital today here and . dent to patrol 100 miles from the
In Long Beach, and two were held ' lower Detroit river to Port Hudson
by the police of the two clllej for to prevent the smuggling or liquor,
investigation as the result of whut aliens and contraband from Can
officers say was a pitched battle In sada. has been authorized by Assist
Long Beach between rum runners j ant Secretary Andrews of the treaa
and hi jackers. I ury.
The wounded were juke Dm n t. Organization work will be In the
alias Jack Collins, San Frnuclsro, ' hands of C. D. Ferguson, collector
located in the Seaside hospital. ! of customs at Detroit, who will
Long Beacn. 'and C. H. Man-ton, i take over control of Ihe district
Los Angeles, found In Clan Kai ton I from the prohibition forces. His
hospital here. The two In custody I force will include fast motor boats
gave the names of Jack Martin, San j and autos.
Francisco, and George L. Brune-1 The action ordering the patrol en
man, Los Angeles. j tablisbed, constituted the first step
Martin was arrested when he J In a movement initiated by Mr.
dashed Into the home of a long ' Andrews to organize the border pa
Beach police officer, a mile from . trol work under Individual cua
the scene of the shooting and ask-, toms collectors. The result will be
ed for water. 'Uruneman, accord-, unification of the several forcea
lng to the Los Angelei, police. I now employed on the border by the
brought Munsctu to the hospital customs, prohibition and other
here. services.
From Munson. who had a hnllet There will be one directing head
hole through one lung, the polire ' for each district and
agreed with you.
"If you will cause 'said lands
near Eugene to be conveyed to ua
within a few months, we will, as
agreed, promptly provide track
and repair shops facilitlea neces
sary for establishing terminal for
train and englnemen, and there
after establish aucb terminal, and
also construct timber treating
plant on the property."
The terminal under the plana
previously announced would cover
facilities for the Shasta route
(main line of the Southern Paci
fic In this district), and would
also provide for the Coos Hay
branch and the Eugene-Klamath
Falls cut-off. In order to pro
vide for the terminal site, a bond
Issue of $175,000 has been pro
posed for the city- of Eugene. A
committee of more than 100 re
presentative citizens waa named
yesterday to further the plana for
the passage of the bond Issue.
The bond election will be held
August 18.
The estimated Initial Invest
ment for the proposed terminal la
said to be f 1.1 26.000 and the
monthly payroll more than $100,-000.
HEADLESS BODY
PUZZLES POLICE
fAMorulMl Prcst L-ated Win )
PORTLAND, Aug. 4. Authori
ties were trying today to obtain
some clue that .would exp'aln the
a centrallza-
obtained a statement to the effect tlon of responsibility. In line with
that hn wa il-lvln- Ininlr lna.1 nf : the new nnllcv a number of add!.
liquor from Seal Beach toward Los i tlonal patrols began work today on i J""1 whose decapitated
Angeles, when he was shot. He ! the Vermont and New York bor- boy w" found In' the Columbia
seemed uncertain Just where the I ders, where reports to the treasury river near the moulb of the Wll
encounter occurred. have indicated smugglers have been ; lamette river last night. Deputy
N'eiih.r ib. noiiu nor ih. .h.r. ! dolnr a land office business. Coroner Buckley aald the head had
Iff "a office was able to locate the I o !" "evered apparently with some
truck which Munson said he was :. POLAND MAY BRING
uiitiuK, uui ine l-rfJiiK iieacn ponce
found a large enclosed car pierced
by 35 bullets in fronl of the hos
pital where Collins was located. I A"nc!,tl na t wir
BERLIN, Aug. 4. Germany still
I sharp instrument. The man waa a
I little under mlilrtle ate Thn nnlr
r-r. a a ht.f ,. .. ....
jn K.L. l tLdi l or overalls and a khaki shirt cov
ered tm body, which had appar
ently been In the water about a
week. There were no marks on the
BRUSH FIRE SPREADS TO hesitates to order the eviction of body.
8CHOOL AND BURNS IT j Polish residents in Germany, who Deputy sheriffs today went to
voted in favor of Poland- In the searcn me oanxs oi tne l oiuniDia
above where the unldentiried body
was found, hoping to find some
marka that would Indicate a strug
gle or perhapa the head of the
(Asxrlstrd Tress Uurd Wirr.l plebiscites of 1920-21, In upper 811-
HILLS BOITO, Ore.. Aug. 4. Th? lesla and east and west Prussia,
two-room school house of District ! but have failed to comply with or
78 at Timber, 25 miles northwest iders to leave the country by Au-
desd man.
The sheriffs office at Vancouv-
of Hlllsboro, burned today. The 'gust 1. The Prussian ministry an
value of the building was Sn.Ooo nounced today that Germany's ac-
and $4,250 Insurance was carried, i tion will depend on whether I'o- er. Wash., waa also notified, aa
The fire started from a nearby land forcibly evicts Ihe Germans harbor patrol engineera agree that
brush blaze. iwho voted for Germany. Ihe body might have been tossed
into tne river trom eitner sine.
Deputy Coroner Ross aald today
that the dead man's clothea looks
as If they had been pulled on after
his death. The socks were pulled
up under his underclothes and his
shoes had not been laced. Thla
cou'd have been done to disguise
the body beyound possible Identifi
cation, he pointed out.
Scopes' Attorney Renews
Effort to Reach Federal
Court Over State's Head
(AameUltd Frrai Lrutd Win.)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 4.
A second attempt to remove the
John T. Scopes evolution case to
the federal courts was iHuncliiil
here today when Dr. John K. Neal.
chief counsel for the defense of
the teacher, filed a petition with
the clerk of circuit court, seeking
to restrain state authorities from
further prosecution of the case.
The Scopes petition Is based on
the a legation that the taw Is un
constitutional. It contends that the
petitioner, John T. Scopes, prepar
ed himself for the teaching profes
sion, going to considerable expense
and effort to do ao, and that the
law of Tennessee Impairs hla use
fulness as a teacher.
While the move. Dr. Neal de
clared, haa no connection with his
previous app-arance b'fore Judge
Gore at Cookeville, prior to the
Dayton trial, the petition Is the
same used In the previous appeal
for federal Interference.
I This move by the defense, It
was said, established them In a
position to continue their fight
against the evolution law entirely
upon the constitutional grounds In
volved In the rase.
Should there be a slip In the
move to carry tbe original crimin
al proceedings Into the hlsher
state courts, Dr. Neal declared they
I would have the basis upon which
i to continue their struggle.
A petition by Robert Wilson, a
Uxpsyer, seeking to restrain atate
authorities from enforcement of
the anti-evolution law haa been
withheld for the present, pending
the addition of four Other peti
tioners to the bill. The taxpayers
contend that their children are en-
'titled to ''be Uugbt the truth."
RULING AGAINST
OUSTED BAPTISTS
(A-nrUIrd rreal L-M4 Win.)
MKDFORD, Ore., Aug. 4 Action
In the Baptist church controversy,
, which has been the cause of a
split In Ihe two factions in the
lAsh'and church, will be forthcom
ing within a few days aa the result
inf a ruling made yesterday by
IJudge C. sc. Thomas, overruling
the motion of the wing supporting
Rev. II. ('. Miller, to strike out por
tions of the complaint filed against
them by the faction now holding
the church. The demurrer to the
Icomplalnt, filed br Ihe Miller winy,
was also overruled bv Judge Thom
as, who demanded that an answer
be made to the complaint within
ten days.
, Thla action will result In obtain
ing a pleading from the Mll'er
wing In answer to the complaint,
and the case will then continue In
regular form.
RUNAWAY BOYS
FROM MEDFORD
ARE SENT HOME
John and Arthur Hunter, the
young aons of Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Hunter of Medford, who were pick
ed up here Sunday by Miss Agnes
Pitchford, county juvenile officer,
were sent home this morfa'ng. The
boys ran away from home no Sat
urday and were picked up by a
tourist They were aeen at Rest
Haven camp by . Miss Pitchford,
who ordered the tourist to turn
them over to the city police. They
were held, here until the officers
could get into communication with
the parents of the lada, and trans
portation was wired to them this
morning. They were returned home
on the auto stage. The boys were
on their way to Canada to visit a
brother. The older one bad $44 In
hla poaseaslon.
f ALEM AUTOS MUST
PARK HEAD FIRST
(AameUtrd Prm Leased Win.)
SALEM, Ore.. Aug 4. The head-
In method of parking automobiles
on Salem streets will take the
place of the present backing Id
system In about 10 daya, the coun
cil last night passing an ordinance
to that affect. Mayor Giesy aald
he would aign the bill.
BROOKH ART IS NOW
164 VOTES BEHIND
(AancUtrd mat Lnurd Win.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4. Not
taking Into account 2,124 contested
ballots, which will be passed upon
later, the recount of votea In the
Iowa aenatorlal contest today
showed the following totals, with
29 counties complete:
Brook hart, republican 116.983;
Stock, democrat 117,147.
COUNCIL LETS
CONTRACT FOR
PVNC
IRK
. i.
North Bend Man Successful
Bids on Four,;,.
Street Jobs.
in
PROPOSALS ARE CLOSE
Only Two Contractors Bid
on Work, Their Offers
Being Quite Close. ;,;
and Near Estimate.
TO BE ARRESTED
Titled Sutherlin Resident
and Local Woman Accused
of Being Intoxicated
Man Is Injured.
Warrants were Issued today for
the arrest of Lord Rldgeway Pax
ton, at Sutherlin .and Mrs. Cyril
Stevena of Roseburg, the former
being charged with driving a car
while Intoxicated, and the latter
with being Intoxicated on a public
highway. The cases grow out of an
accident which occurred Sunday
night, and which may result In
Lord Paxton becoming permanent
ly crippled.
According to State Traffic Offic
er Thurber, who signed the com
plaint upon which the warranta
were issued, ihe car In which
Paxton and Mrs. 8tevens were rid
ing, turned turtle near Yoncalla.
Mr. Paxton received an Injured
back, the seriousness of which has
not yet been determined, and one
ear waa almost completely torn off,
William Gllstrap, who was also in
the car, received two broken ribs.
Mrs. Stevens and Arthur Rldgeway
escaped without serious Injury.
Mr. Thurber states that evidence
haa been obtained Indicating that
both Paxton and Mrs. Stevens were
Intoxicated at the time of tbe ac
cident. 1
The warrantswere Issued from
the local Justice court, and were
placed In the hands of Constable
Dillard last night. When the offic
er went tc Sutherlin to arrest the
man he found him In such a serious
condition that he could not be
brought into court. Ills back Is In
jured .and it is feared that some of
the bones are broken. He la prac
tically paralyzed at the present
time, and It la feared that this con
dition may become permanent.
Mr. Paxton. who has been a resi
dent of Kutlierlln for a number of
years, holds the title of an English
Iord, the title having descended to
him several years ago.
Paving contracts, amounting to
approximately $14,000. were
awarded last night to Contractor
T. J. Halstead of North Bend,
who bid In each job at s price
under the estimate of the city
engineer. Mr. Halstead waa low
In each case, his only competitor
being L, W. Metzger. In each
case the bids were separated by
only about $100.
The streets to be paved ' are
Riverside Drive, llowen atreet.
Farrott atreet, and Casey avenue.
With the exception of Parrott
atreet, they are all in Laurel
wood. The blda submitted were as fol
ia ws:
Street , Metzger Halstead
Riv. Drive. , .$5.27.1.87 $5,130.99
Bowen St. .. S. 127. 87 2,900.67
Parrott 8t... 2.888.08 2.735.2S
Casey Ave... 3,145.66 2.994.22
In each case the engineer'a
estimate was just between tbe bids
Mr. Halstead being below the
estimate .and Mr. Metzger a few
dollars above. All blda submit
ted are on unit costs, and the
contractors were about even on
ail Items except grading. In which
Mr. Metzgor't bids were slightly
higher.
The council haa lieen letting
paving jobs In bunches In order
that the large amount of work
to be done will attract outside
competition and bring about
lower paving costs. There is a
grat deal of work now being
done throughout the city, and
there are atlll aeveral contract
to lie let.
Monthly estimates were pre
sented last night on Sykea atreet
In the sum of $425.80, Spring
street $221.65: Short street.
$111.62 and 2nd Avenue. 536.64.
These amounts cover the work
alranitv rinn. with th. ...... .1
of a small amount which la held
nacg until tne jod is rinally com
pleted. A petition was presented by
the residents of 2nd 'Avenue north,
asking a alight modification, of
Ihe plans. Where 2nd Avenue
Joins Jackson street, the Intersec
tion opening is 24 feet wide. The
plans call for a 20-foot paving on
2nd Avenue. In order tbal -the
curbs may meet without a curve,
the residents ask that from 'the
alleyway, parrallel with Jackson
street, the curbs lie taperedeut
ward to meet the 24-foot Inter
section, and they agree lo pay, tbe
additional coat. . . .
The Coen Lumber Company
preseniea a communication
testing against the grade
spring and Short atreeta.
council, however, decided
the grade bad been properly
established and took no action
upon the remonstrance. The en
gineer reported that because of
the fact that the sewer, which
taps that district, la now being
used to capacity, he did not feel
it advisable to drain the surface
water into It. The streets are be
ing drained Into a natural water
way, which crosses the track at
the foot of Spring atreet.
Lynn Cloud, arrested yesterday
for apeeding. paid a fine of $50 In
the city court today.
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The
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Theories of Murder and Suicide in
Opoosition Following Finding of
. Body of Woman School Principal
fAaanrlilnl Prrai Insert Win.)
MATTOON. 111., Aug. 4. Wheth
er Miss Anna Htollman, 48 yeara
old, former Cincinnati school prin
cipal, took her own life by poison
or waa murdered Is aa ninth of a
mystery as it was last Saturday
when her body waa found In Ihe
cistern of the farm of her sister,
Mrs. Thomaa Seaman, near here.
Three days of Investigation of
the tragedv have thrown no light
on the motive for the death. Find
ing the decipherings of notes found j
with the body served only to com' i
plicate the tangle. I
Mrs. Seaman, who with her hus-1
hand, took the body to Cincinnati
for burial yesterday, is confident I
that her sister commllteed suicide, j
Important to the murder theory
are aome thirty odd scrawled and j
printed letters, most of them at-
tacking Mlsa Stnllman. Rome of.
these notes, made public by F. 8.
Schilling, Cole county coroner, are
partly undecipherable. One of them
aald:
"You are aa common aa dirt and
are a regular anob. Your horse is a
nuisance and keep him where, he
belongs."
Another read:
"We felt aorry when we saw you
cry and felt we made a mistake to
make a goat of you. We are on our
way to Chicago and want to say
three times aome one haa followed
your buggy out of the corn field."
One note, believed to refer to
written demands for money, aald:
"Look under your front door for
the check. So aorry we made
goat of you."
Friday night Seaman and Mis
Rtollman remained at home during
Mrs. Seaman's absence on a boat
trip on the Mississippi river. The
body waa found about T o'clock
Saturday by Seaman after Mlsa
Btollman had been dead not over
three hour.