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ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 192.
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OVtRTNIRTY
HEN DIE
COALMINE
Explosion Traps 80 Miners,
Half of Whom Believed
to Have Perished.
22 BODIES RECOVERED
Greater Per Cent Negroes,
Five of Whom Brought
Out Dead Injured
List Large.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Doe. 10.
At 3 o'clock thio afternoon fifteen
dead negroe and nineteen Injured
white men had been brought to the
surface from the Overton coal
mine No. 2, of the Alabama Fjiel
and Iron company, near this city,
following an explosion, the caue
of which hae not been determined.
Forty-eeven men are (till unac
counted for, and It le feared that
most of them, if not all, are dead.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 10.
Rescue workers believe that be
tween 30 and 40 men are dead and
an many others badly burned as a
result of an explosion in Overton
Coal mine No, 3, property of the
Alabama Fuel and Iron company,
11 miles south of Birmingham this
morning.
At 1:30 o'clock 22 men had been
removed from the mine. Fifteen of
these were found near the moith
of the pit. Some of them were
slightly hurt Five dead, all ne
groes were among the bodies res
cued. The men who escaped with few
Injuries were- working on a ledge.
They said the explosion occurred
some distance below tbem and ex
pressed the belief that all men
working below them were killed or
injured. .
Officials of the company said 70
to 80 men were In the pit At least
half of these were believed to have
been killed outright. The person
nel was about thirty per cent
white, i
loBil
0 .A. C. DEBATERS
EUGENE. Ore., Dec. 10. The
first debate of toe forensic sche
dule for the university, held yen
terday afternoon at Corvallls and
Eugene, resulted In a tie for the
second time In two years. The
affirmative team, which debated
in Villard Hall here yesterday af
ternoon for Oregon against the O.
A. C. negative team, won by a
unanimous vote. The Oregon ne
gative team lost at Corvallia by
the afternoon at Oregon 4 and
O. A. C. 4. . ,
Bcnolt McCroskey and Beryl V.
Ludington of the Oregon affirma
tive team, advocating that the na
tions Immediately relinquish gov
ernmental control In China, won
easily from Frank de Spain and
Mark Evans, upholding the nega
tive for the Corvallls Institution.
Before two-thirds of the entire
O. A. C. sudent body, which num
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mi naiiiu UUICI iiui rtviw waa liiv
presiding chairman, Oregon's
team, composed of Herschel Brown
and Jack McGitlre. was defeated
decisively by the Aggie affirma
tive team made up of Blair Ste
wart and Harold Ballf.
Harold Ballt, one ot the O. A.
C. debaters mentioned ' In the
above item, la a son of Peter J.
Ballf. ot Wtl Roseburg, and he
has a large number of
'r!""?'
here who will be pleased to learn
of his success.
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HARTLEY'S JAB AT TIMBER
CRUISING. BRINGS ACTION
f ANnHand frra Vmf4 Sfhv.) ,
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 10. The
state land board, through Clark V.
Savldge. Its chairman and I ate
land commissioner, haa asked for
joint session of the house and
senate tomorrow for the purpose I of h, , ,.,, f
nf nutllnln, n the RiMnMH th'.. ... . .
of outlining to the members the
procedure followed In the sale of
state lands and timber.
The request for an opportunity
to air the method of handling state
land and timber sales follows crit
icisms made by Governor Hartley
Tuesday In his second message to
ernor declared that state cruises
of timber should be open the
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
Another batch ot nominations
to public offices were sent to-
day by the senate to President
Coolidge. Many of those 4
named already are holding
recess appointments. .
Nominations for United
States Marshals Included Clar- 4
ence R. Hotchkiss, Oregon.
Nominations for registrars
of land office Included Wal-
ter L. Tooie, Sr., Pirtland.
4 Ore.; H. A. Canaday. Rose-
burg. Ore.; J. W. Donnelly,
The Dalles, Ore.; George W. 4
McKnight, Vale. Ore.
The nomination of Mr. Can-
aday to succeed himself adds
to the evidence aireaay re- w
celved from authoritative
4 sources that the U. 8. land
4 office Is not to be abolished
by a merger with the Port- e
land office. It Is considered
extremely unlikely thst any
appointment would be recom-
mended for the Roseburg of-
4 fice It Its discontinuance 4
4 were contemplated by the In-
terlor Department
SENATE LAUGHS
ASSAILS DAIS
Pat Harrison Pictures New
' Don Quixote in Rich
Vein of Satire.
DAWES SITS SMILING
Insurgents Ejected , From
'Two Chairmanships
Borah Favors
Soviet Russia. .
'WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. -Vice
President Dawes was splashed to
day by the first ripple ot the
backwash from his summers' cam
paign for revision of the senate
rules.
As a foretaste of what is to
come later in the seselon, Senator
Pat Harrison, Democrat, Missis
sippi, treated the senate's presid
ing officer to a good natured, sa
tirical resume of the events of
the summer. Including the ride of
a new Don Quixote, "I11 and
Maria Dawes from coast to coast
and lakes to golf," to spread the
gosnel of senate repentance.
While the speech rollicked
along to the accompaniment of
many titters and some real out
bursts of laughter from floor and
gallery. General Dawes sat smil
ing at his desk with clasped
hands and crossed legs and with
his gavel lying Idle before him.
eienate CJoori Knnugh Now. '
In some details Senator Harri
son reviewed the speeches made
by the vice-president during the
summerand the history of previous
attempts over the years to limit
senatorial debate by revision of
the rules. As for himself, said
the senator, he was one ot those
who believed that "the old senate
Is getting along pretty well," as
it Is.
Admonishing the general not to
be deceived as to public senti
ment by the size of the crowds
that had come out to hear his
speeches during the summer, Sena
Harrison concluded his .tt.ck
by relating the fable of an un
controllable mule to which the
owner was forced to fasten a yoke
and le a bell.
"One day.' he said, "the mule
broke loose and ran to the city,
where, as he waved his head snd
rang his bell, great crowds gath
ered and joined In laughter. And
there was. the poor misguided
mule, waving his bell and arrept-
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des as plaudits and expressions of
approval.'
TnsnrnrntA Ousted.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. The
House Republicans today elected
two members of the Republican
Insurgents group from the chslr
manahina of committees.
In completing Its organisation,
the majority report removed He
j prewmetive I-amnert from the
head of Its patents cnmmmltee
and deprived Representative Nel
the elections committee. Both
are Wisconsin Repuhllcsns.
The committee on commltt
todsy disposed only of the chair
manshlps of the regular stsndlng
rommlttlsVa. Lam pert and Nelsoa
were the only members of the in
surgent group which had chair
le'
i - , . iTt i-.-!. sumI,
U the senate today adopted a r'
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House Committee Reports
For Expenditure Of
Hundred Millions
TO DEVELOP PLANES
Craft For Both Commercial
and War Purposes Urged,
Also Department of
National Defense
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Ex
penditures of Jl'0,000,000 annu
ally tor S years for procurement
iof aircraft for the army and navy
is recommended in the report ol
I the special house aircraft com
mittee as agreed upon today.
The recommendations, which
contemplate creation of a depart
ment tf national defense, cover
ing land, sea and air, were con
curred in by all members.
Representative Reid, or Illi
nois, court martial counsel for
Colonel William Mitchell, will tile
a suplemental brief advocating a
unified air service.
Many ItecomitiendHtl.sns.
The proposed department . of
national defense would supplant
the present war and navy depart
ments, and would not necessarily
give aviation a co-equal statue
with land and sea armaments.
Other committee recommenda
tions include:
A separate budget for all avia
tion activities.
A bureau ot civil aeronautics
In the Department of Commerce.
One procurement agency for all
air activities.
Increased representation for the
afr services on the army general
staff and the navy general board.
Government aid in the estab
lishment of airways and airports.
Survey of all airplanes now In
use and destruction of those
found unsafe.
Creation and maintenance of
an adequate air reserve.
Increased promotion opportun
ities for air officers and pay com
mensurate with the hasarda of
their work.
Army and nary (ensured.
The report also recommends
that experimental and develop
ment work now done at the naval
aircraft factory at Philadelphia
and at- McCook Field, Dayton,
Ohio, be transferred as far as
possible to the bureau ot stan
dards. It does not, however, ask
for the closing of the factory or
rof the McCook field work.
Legislation is recommended to
provide a way for Inventors In
the aircraft Industry to secure re
dresn for Intrigued patents other
than In the court of claims.
The army and navy are accus
ed In the report of failure to give
proper recognition to aviation as
a factor in the national defense.
The new secretary of national
defense would be empowered to
take auch steps as necessary 1o
bring about complete coordination
ot all defense forces. A proposal to
provide for three sub-secretaries
with authority over land, sea and
air activities was not approved by
the committee.
Commercial aviation Is held In
the report to be of prime Import
ance as an adjunct to national
defense, and the proposed bureau
of civil aeronautics would be di
rected to take all steps necessary
for commercial air development.
The (20,000,000 to be spent an
nually for new equipment would
be divided equally between the
Army and Navy,
T. t. Must Keep Pace.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. Crea
tion of a bureau of air nsvlgstlon
in the Department of Commerce
to regulate and encourage com
mercial aviation, continuance of
a policy of aircraft development
In the light ot the loss ot the
Shenandoah and extension of the
air mall service to all sections of
the country were recommended in
the annual report submitted to
congress today by the national ad
visory committee for aeronautics.
Endorsing the report In a let
ter of transmittal. President Cool
idge declared a atstement by the
committee thal"Amerlca Is at least
abreast of other progressive na
tions In the technical development
of aircraft for mllliary purposes
'should dispel the Impression 'that
this country is Isgglng."
The committees opinion was re
commended to congre as the
most "authoritative that can be
had ."
The president agreed with the
committee that "substantial pro-
' Kress In aeronautics Is dependent
largely upon scientific research,'
and added
'I believe thst the work of the
commute la the most funda
mental activity of the govern
ment la connection with the de
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NAVIGATION
NEAR
CREATION
Mary Garden, Invigorated by Sun .
Baths in Nature's Garb, Returns
in Good Form for "Resurrection"
- (AmcUtea ma Uurd Wir.) i clothing and heavy furs.
NEW YORK, Dec 10. Mary - never change my lingerie the
Garden la back, still singing the year around," she admitted. "1
praises ot the sunshine ot tne Riv- mean the weight; but I often
lera In which she basks each sum-'change the weight ot my furs."
b.e.HhU. g'.Vh..K TJ"'...!''! I diva came with trunks 111-
,7V n.Z i j .,j ,'or her appearance In a new opera,
onMe Homeric 'for'Th'e ..on of ;vu''n" 'm .. Tol.toy'a
the Chicago Opera company. She ... . .
admitted she still enjoy, her sun-1
baths, in the altogether, which
rim inntaherf the hnmhia riaher-
men who live in the neighborhood
of her Monte Carlo villa.
"Is It truer she waa asked, "that
you row yourself ont into the bar
and go through these -rites alone?"
She laughed.
"Can you Imagine me letting
anyone else help me? Of course I
do It alone. I do everything In this
life alone. Where would I be if I
didn't?"
Despite these brisk days that
suggest "woolens," Miss Garden
savs singers always wear mm
OF GEN. PERSHING
Appeal to Coolidge Says
Partiality Shown Peru
in Attempt to End
Boundary Row.
WASHINGTON, DeC. 10. The
Tacna-Arica controversy between
Chile and Peru has some back to
President Coolidge again as a cul-
mlnation ot Chilean refusal to ac -
cept the dates fixed by the plebls...
citary commission for the plebis
cite to determine the sovereignty
of the two provinces.
Chile's decision to appeal to Mr.
Coolidge as arbitrator in the dis
pute was formally announced at
Arlca yesterday! after the comifllfr
slin, set up in bis award to carry
out Its terms for the detention of
sovereignty, approved the motion
of General Pershing, Its head, for
fixing the dates for a plebiscite.
' At the same time the commission
rejected the Chilean motion in the
matter, and thua apparently left an
appeal by that nation to President
Coolidge as the -only course open
under terms of the award providing
for such an appeal.
Chile Dislikes Ruling.
As the logical step for Chile in
the differences which have per
sisted and which haa caused her
delegates to absent themselves
from the sessions of the commis
sion, the move haa caused little
surprise in Washington. Naming
April 15 as the date for voting in
the plebiscite. General Pershing's
motion fixes January 15 as the date
for the presentation of the election
law. with intervening dates for the
period of registration- and for ap-
peals.
Requiring cntie to give aenntie
answer whether she will carry out
rnfultilled demands of the commis
sion and faithfully cooperate In
holding the plebiscite. General
Pershing's motloa charges in
preamble that Chile has unlawful
ly administered the territory in
dispute, violated the award by re
fusing to carry out the commis
sion's rulings, and otherwise rend
ered Impossible the holding of a
free plebiscite.
Before adoption of the motion
containing these charges, the Chll -
CHILE REFUSESTO i
ABIDE BY RULING
ean delegation had voiced criticism I safe In the room which hsd been
of General Pershing's course thst ! her husband's, the late Lloyd M.
amount to charges of partiality on Bingham, who died aboard the
his part In favor of the Peruvian Ford "peace ship."
Interests In the plebiscite. I The burglars found the safe and
o , I got about $1200 in odd Jewels. Ten
From Carries mlnnt. s later, Mrs. BlnRham freed
Mrs. Fred Anderson, of Csrnes. herself and taking a heavy Mason
spent a few hours here yesterday Ic sword from the wall, sought the
afternoon shopping and visiting j burglars. They had gone and po
wlth friends. 'lice were called.
General Patrick Testifies Air
Service Has Been Treated Like
Step-Child by War Department
fAanrtatxl ma Lal Wlr.) liked."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. While He added, however, thst In the
blsmlng light purse strings held hy matter of funds, "th.'V have been
congress for a decided shortage t( jas liberal as they could." -pursuit
and bombardment slr- "Some of my officers have been
planes fsced by the army, MaJ'r junfortnnstelv placed on the pro
General Mason M. Patrick, rhl.f nf motion list," he said. "I have
the army air service told the court.
martial trying Colonel William Mit
chell todsv that the Wsr Depsrt
ment Itself had not rendered him
the assistance It could have extend
ed.
The meteorological service given 'same basis as the Infantry, the
filers wa star from asllafactory. he field artillery, Ihe cavalry or the
said, and the radio service waa Bnt 'enalneers.
up to requirements, bnt when que--; " have stated before the Mor
tloned by the court he ssld he did 'rnw board." the air chief answer
not believe the departments treat-;ed, "that the air service hsd been
ment of him hsd been "markedly treated somewhat as a step child."
different from that accorded chiefs j "I cannot say th0 the air service
of other branches." ;has been treated on an equality
Asked specifically wherein the with the other branches. The Wsr
Wsr Department hsd falld him. Department does not understand
General Patrick aaldTaat when he some of our problems."
hsd asked for certain things he J "Has the air service had proper
thought necessary for the air serv- representation on Ihe general
Ice, the War Department, "has not Islaff?"
done as much as I would have I "It bat ont, snd partly so be-
"r of ner aresses were resn-
l'""u oj uirnier suDjecis oi ine
I ar. In fact, most ot the trunks
Contained things Russian. There
I dress by a princess, two
isuwns ny a nucuess. ana a rone Dy
prince. Even the uppers of her
boots, the bottoms of which were
cut off because they would not fit,
once belonged to a general In the
czar'a army.
Her latest thrill la the' radio.
Both broadcasting and listening de
light her. "I have a perfect radio
voice," she said, adding she hoped
to broadcast again, having done so
twice thus far. 1
SITS ON JEWELS
Robbers Get $1,200 Worth
From Her Safe, However,
as Item in New York
Crime Epidemic.
(AtmrUtnl Prm Uued Wlr.)
l NEW YORK, Dec. 10. Bound
with silk stockings on her bed by
burglars, Amelia Bingham, famous
' actress, saved most of her Jewels
hy sitting on them.
Two youths also bound two
maids with silk stockings in the
home of the actress on Riverside
Drive last night They missed
120.000 In Jewels because Miss
illitigham concealed them. ' They
Igot 11200 In Jewelry from a safe.
however.
The Bingham burglary came a
few hours after Mrs. Cella Tobln
Clark, divorced wife1 ot 'Charles
Clark, son ot the late Senator Wil
liam A. Clark, copper magnate, re
vealed that she had missed a $10.
000 pearl necklace, as she was
leaving a tea at the home of Mrs.
William K. Vanderbllt, Jr.
' She had left the Jewels In a
handbag In a hallway at the Van
derbllt home while she, Mrs. Van
derbllt and two friends were on the
floor above.
About the. same time as Mrs.
Clark's Ioms was disclosed, a maid
surprised a thief In the Payne
Whitney home on Long Island, and
frightened him awsy empty hand
ed. Mrs. Whitney had Jewels val
ued at (100,000 In the house.
Trio Bound and Ganged.
Miss Bingham said the robbery
at her borne was worthy of the
footlights. She and her two maids
were forced Into her room by arm
ed youths, who entered through
".1d?TJ'- .Tn'mW" wr bound
with silk stockings, gsgged, and
laid on the floor.
As one of the burglars pushed
her on a bed and bound her with
a night gown, Mrs. Bingham, who
Is 56 and pretty, contrived to sit
down on a beaded bag which con
tained several hundred dollars In
cash, diamond brooches and other
Jewelry.
Angered because they could find
only six dollsrs, the men forced
iMrs. Bingham to tell them of
, made recommendations for leglsln
tlon which the department haa not
apnmved."
Malor General Robert L. Hnwxe,
president of the court, asked If the
air service had been trusted on the
ET
FOR
IAS IS BRIGHT
Early Shipments Featuring
Market This Year Con.
tracts Are Made.
BUYERS OFFER 45c
Indications Are That Tur
keys Will Bring Better :
Price Than at Thanks
giving Season.
The shipment ot Christmas tur
keys has already been started In
the county, and Indications are
that there will be a large Quantity
of birds purchased before Turkey
Day, which has been aet for the
lsth. Competition on the market.
together with the possibility of a
Dress in the retail price Is said to
be atlmnlating buyers to contract
ahead of time to fll orders and to
ship the birds by freight to secure
lower rate than In the case of
fast express. '
Several thousand birds In the
vicinity ot Oakland have been con
tracted, it Is said, and shipments
have already been made from Yon-
calla. One shipment the first of
the week was consigned to Alaska.
Prices so far have been 45 cents
with an 8 cent drop on number 2
stork. Little variation from that
price has been reported snd t
the general belief that the Christ
hiaa market will center around s
46 cent price.
Owing to the fact that practi
cally all growers held back their
birds at Thanksgiving time, there
will be an average number of tur
keys offered on the Christmas mar
ket. Douglas county will probably
have five carloads for shipment,
according to present estimates. .
There Is every prospect that the
Christmas market will remain firm
at 45 cents with perhaps a 46 cent
price on exceptionally good birds.
The shortage at Thanksgiving
time used up the cold storage sur
plus, so that In spite of the fact
that nearly all producing states
are reporting plenty of birds for
the Christmas season It ' la be
lieved that the demand will be suf
ficient to Justify the price now be
ing quoted. -
There Is, however, some uneasi
ness on the part of buyers, mani
fest In their apparent desire to
ship their turkeys as early aa pos
sible Advance orders are being
taken and Instead or walling until
the usual time to buy, the pur
chasers are taking advantage of
present conditions and are filling
these orders Immediately wherever
j possible. Local representativea of
large firms report that they have
received severs! requests from
their various houses for sufficient
birds to fill various orders, rang
ing from a few cratea to a carload
or more.
So far the buyers have announc
ed Turkey Day for Friday the lMh.
Buying, however, will not be con
fined to that one day, as It Is very
probable that several thousand
birds will be shinned out nrlor In
that .late, in order that they mav
be delivered to the retail trade at
an early date.
Turkeys are reported to be In ex
cellent condition, well fattened
and In prime shape for Ihe Christ
mas senson.
ALL SET FOlP
BOXING CARD ON
FRIDAY NIGHT
Workmen todsy set up the ring
In the armory auditorium prepara
tory to the boxing card In be pre
sented tomorrow night by the box.
Ing commission. Heats are being
placed and everything made ready
for the txiuis which are expected
to be among the best to bo seen
yet this year. Dundee and Boles,
who are In fight the to-round
heailllner. are bnih pronounced In
fine condition, and over the long
route the crowd will be given an
exhibition well worth the price of
admission. The semi-final be.
I with ltysn and Williams will
also be a hsrd fought battle. Both
of these youngsters are sluggers
as well as being clever boxers,
and this a round match should bo
a hummer from the first bell.
Salem Man Visitor
II. Page, assistant cashier of Ihe
I'nlt.-d Htates National Bank at
Salem, was a visitor here for a
short time this morning, stopping
over on his way south on business.
rsnse under the existing regula
tions there have been few officers
who could meet Ihe staff require
ments." This he said was the fault
ot legislation.
Tuoefiu
PROSPECT
OHIO UNIVERSITY
TEACHER ALLEGED
, r STILL OPERATOR
i
. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 10,
( B. F. McDonald, state prohl-
bltlon commissioner, said to-
day that an "order book" had
been found in the home of
Pabnfey Horton, graduate In-
strut tor In ' the English de-
partment at Ohio Slate ITnl-
verslty, who Is ot liberty on
$1,000 bond on charges of hav-
Ing a liquor-making apparatus
4 In hla borne.
According to McDonald, the
book contained several names
with numerala entered after
them, which he took to repre-
aent the quantity to be de-
llvered. . .
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TO
DISARM IF U. S.
NOT JOIN
Participation in Plan ' of
League Is Essential
' Member Declares. '
2 MEETS SUGGESTED
Naval Congress in America,
Another on Armies in
Europe Turks in
Mosul. Scored.
' GKNEVA, Dec. 10. An entente
rordlale between the League of
Nations and the United Htates for
reduction of armament was advo
cated by Afranlo Mello Franco,
Braslllsn menfher of the league
council, In a statement to the As
sociated Press today.,
Under the b reposed enteate the
League would collaborate in a
second naval Conference at Wash
ington and the United States
would cooperate In the general
land disarmament conference now
being planned by the league.
It waa fundamentally neces
sary, he said, that America take
part In the disarmament plan -
whose success, which the whole
world awaits as a sequence to the
treaty ofVersaillea and the treaty
of IH-arno never csn be aMaln-'
ed wlthoat the participation ot
the I nlicd Slates.
I. H. Support Imllspenaaltle .' ,
He did nut know whether the
Wsshinglon government would
accept the Invitation to sit In the
proposed preparatory disarmament
commission, but' everybody earn,
eatly hoped ' It would, because
they lielleved America's moral
support Indispensable.
"I think the problem ot land
and air armamenta should be ex
amined in Knrone." Senor Mello
Franco said, "tiers use since the
treaty of Vernalllea we have re
cognised the usefullness ot the
League of -Nations' special com
missions which have made a pro
found study of military matters.
The world must profit by this
mass of Information. On Ihe
nther hand naval questions ran
het lie handled by supplementing
the first Wsshlngton conference
by a second conference there.
Moth conferences, one In Kurope
and the other In the United Statea.
must go hsnd In hand la cordial
cooperation."
M.mtil Turk Acruseil. t
OKNKVA. Dec. I v. Atrocious
acts of violence going as far aa
mafsscre hsve been committed by
Turklh soldiers along the provi
sions) frontier st Maaul, In north
ern Mesopotamia, General Leldn-
ner of Kfthonla. soeclnl League
of Nations sgenl, ileclsred In a
report stilimlttrd at today's ses
sion of the league council.
The Turks retimed 'to attend
the meeting, complaining that the
Mii"iil affsir hsit. gone beyond the
powers of their msndnle from Ihe
Anunra government which permit
ted mediation but not arbitration
by Ihe Leaiiue of Turkish disputes
with Great Britain. In his report,
Uenersl Lsidnner asserted that
the Turks hnd carried ont whole
sale deportations ot Christiana
from the villages along the Mosul
frontier as defined at the Urns
aels conference, for the occupy
ing villsges, conflm-stlng arms,
impoalng heavy fines, demsnding
women, pillaging homes, and In
some esses fsklng life.
Dnrinr the .dcnortwtlons. the
report ald. the sick were aban
doned to die. Others perished of
starvation er exposure while the
survivors were left la an abso
lutely pitiable stste.
The depnrlallona are r on Unit
ing, causing "fairly serlnna agita
tion and nervnnsness,"- not only
among the Christians, but smoag
the Moslems favoring Irak's claim
to Mosul.
n.-gsrdlng Ike reported border
(Continued oa page 1.)
IMPOSSIBLE
DOES
VISIT OF 1111:11
LIUEIIfJSIu
r.
Old Rumors Revived by
Trip of Officjals to Coot: i
' Bay District ; f
INTEREST ADMnTZD
Heads of Hill Lines Main
tain Interest in Timber
Development at Marsh- i
. field and North Bend. J
MAR8HFIELD, Or., Des.
10.
A party of Hill line officials, i
st-
era tamhermea aad financiers hi
private car of the Northers Pa
cific, who left Coos Bay yesterday
for the north, ha gtvea rise to ecar-
slderakle snecalatkn aa te the poe-
slbllitlea with which their trip aaar
be fraught.
The private car ot W-. K. JTo- ,
man, traffic director of the Nerth
era Pacific, with headqaartsrs " la
Seattle, was Ihe one aaed hy.tfca
officials. They arrived here Saaday
and officers of the Coos Bay Loss- .
ber company- took thess te PaaMM
and to other logging caanps to whrss .
the operations In Coos coanty and!
some of "the standing tl steer.
Merely visiting the big ' 1MB her
operation" here Is the only explas .
atlon given for the visit by - row
party.
Aside from the possibilities . of ,
further expansion of the lamber
business here and the . posetaiU.tr
of some ot the eastern lamb rate a1
becoming Interested, Is that ot taw .
Hill line ' extensions. President
Ralph Budd and . other officials.,
have visited this section wlthla the
paat few months. Bosae eaa see the
possibility of the Hill lines build
ing to Coos Bay.
Among 'the party visiting Csma
Bay, In addition to Mr. CoaaSa;
are: Joseph 8ranlon of Minneapo
lis, head of the Prooks-ftcaakm
Lumber company, which haa s hlgj
operation at Rend, Ore.; Ales Os.
troro. representing- Wella-Drchey
company of Minneapolis .to the)
Bond Holders Protective coeoailt
tee; David Winton of Minneapolis,
prominent lumberman, who haa eg.
tenalve operations, In the, Mahal
pine district; N. V.' Wagner of tho
Second Ward bank of Milwaukee,
and also a member of tho Bond
Holders' Protective' committee)-C
T. Macnellle of Chicago, Halsey
Stuart representative on the Bond
Holders' Protective committee: J.
H.. Fogartyl ef Portland, assistant
general freight agent ot tho North.
era Pacific, and Smith of that HJll
lines traffic department -
The Bond Holders' Protective
committee are the bondholder 'fit
the Coos Bay Lumber compane re
cently appointed In Ran Franclseo,
to prevent a possible receivership
of the company before the sonde
the paid. It waa stated.
PORTLAND. Iec. 10 Northeta
Una officials in Portland admitted
todsy that the Kaatera heada ot
these rail companies are maintain
Ing an Interest In Coos Bay and
other aertions of Western Oreejesi
and are anxious to fontinne the
friendly relations built ap there
in recent months. '
Aa far as Ihe journey of the
Northern Pacific private car to
Marshfleld Is concerned local offf--clsls
said thla was a rourteay
shown the Mid-West timber men
by Wilbur Cnman, Western trafftn
msnsger of the Northern Pacific.
While the northern lines havo
not made a survey talo the Coos
Rsy rilrtrlrt they are Interested
In that section aa a posaible fuuro
terminus for Ihe Oregon Kleriric
railway line. Cnnslderstile alien
tlon was paid Coos Bay daring
the Klamath basin activity, but
local officials said nothing further
would be done toward anr future
construction In Western Oregon
until the Interstate commerce
commission hsd announced Its de
cision on the Central Oregon ex-
tensions demanded by the North-
ern lines and Ihe Southern Pacific.
The art Miles among various
railroad lines represented la Ore
gon has renewed old rumors of
thej possibility of aa east and west
rallrnsd line through the state,
possibly by way of the North
t lnpo.ua. It Is well known that
one of the best passes through the
rsfcsdes, one free from snow; af.
fording eaay gradee. and tapping
the moat heavily timbered sec
tions In Western Oregon, Ilea Just
north of Diamond Lake, following
the North l mno.ua river down to
Roseburg. Before the war this
line waa considered very favor
ably, bet following the war c ndl- .
lions did aot Justify any expen
ditures and nothing mora was
done.
Recently, however, as a ressjlt
nt the railroad activities In East-
wofj) tal;
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