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VOkT XXVI NO. S3S OF ROVJJIvitW
ROSEBURG, OREGON,
RDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1925.
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VOL. XIII NO. KM) OP THS IVININO NtWl
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HOUSE
LISTENS
TO
VOLSTEAD LAW
Wheeler Special Target of
Vitriolic Speech by '
i Rep. Gallivan
DRY ACT HELD FARCE
Mitchell Verdict Is Also
Grilled; Coolidge Is
Censured Because
of Coal Strike. ,
(AmhUd Tnm Iwri Win.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. The
Volstead Act was assailed In the
house today by Representative
Vara, republican of Pennsylvania,
as an unenforcabte law.
"The people don't want to be
bone dry," he said. "States and
the federal government have spent
millions trying to enforce the law
and now admit failure."
The Increasing consumption of
booties;, liquor, he said, proved
, that the dry law was breaking
down all law enforcement. He ad
vocated legalizing 1.75 per cent
beer.
Another attack on the dry re
gime was delivered by Represent
ative Gallivan. democrat, Masaa-
chusetts. who denounced Wavne R
Wheeler and the anti-Saloon league
as the backbone of a "vicious sys
tem which is destroying the sonl
auu conscience or America.
"There are certain organizations,
- some of which have the audacity
to characterise themselves
"churches" and branches of the
Christian religion." said Mr. Gllll
van. "As a matter of fact, we
Insrn lhal Ihiia !
aggregations of gieertv hint with
ecclesiastical titles.''
"These political and quasl-rellgl-
ous organizations scotr at the Holy
scriptures: they preach to their
credulous and Ignorant rabble fol
lowers the miracle that changed
water Into wine was a crime and
they believe they can repeat the
miracle of the loaves and fishes by
capturing' the treasury of the coun
try. "These dancing Dervishes of the
American branch of Mahomet's re
ligion constitute the vociferous
army of prohibition shock troops."
Wheeler, he said, could now rise
In his place," and say, with one of
our Lord Castlereagb's devoted dis
ciples, 'thank God. I have a coun
try to buy and sell!' "
Concluding his speech. Repre
sentative Gallivan told the house
a dry member had threatened him
In the cloakroom today that if he
made the speech he would not be
returned to congress.
"Well, I have made It," he said,
"and I challenge Wayne Wheeler
and his whole army to come up to
my district and read that speech."
Democrats Back Mitchell.
The Mitchell court martial case
came to the floor of the house for
the first time today when Repre
sentative Tillman, democrat, Ar
kansas, charged that the court was
organized to "get the colonel," and
that Its verdict "Insults free Amer
ica." "I call upon the' granite-faced
and granite-souled President of
this Justice-loving nation." he said,
"to mitigate or quash this harsh
sentence."
The court's edict, suspending the
nlr officer from rank and pay for
five years because of his attack on
government aviation policies. Mr.
Tillman continued, waa shameless,
unusual and cruel.
"They sought to affix a gag." he
said, ''and at the same time Im
poverish bim and his family. It
seems thst in this trial the usual
military procedure waa not allow
ed to take Its ordinary course."
Meets SunfieM's Request.
Introduction by Senator stanfleld
of Oregon of a resolution asking
an Investigation of the federal
power commissions approval of a
project to dsm the Columbia River
near Priest Rapids, brought an ex
planation from the engineers of the
commission today that the license
called for construction of fish ways
at an expense not to exceed $360,
000. Senator Stanfleld feels that to
dam the river without protecting
salmon spswnlng would destroy
hair the spawning area of the riv
er. The engineers said that they
felt a 1300.000 expenditure for fish
ways was adequate for that pur
pose. The dam la proposed by a
power company.
F-fn Relief Plan.
Plans f it r.n early congressional
action on I -m relief legislation
was madr Ijriay at a White House
conference attended by President i
Coolidsv, Secretary Jurdlne. Sena
tor McN'arr of Oregon and Repre
sentative Tlncher of Kansas, both
republicans.
After tb conference which last
ed an hour. It was announced thst
cooperative marketing bill work
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ATTACKS
COLORADO
B OSES DOORS
v -JHREE DAYS
X 'Aaneiev Stnm Uawd Was.) Z
DENVER, Colo., Dee. 19.
The First National -Sank of
Rifle, Colo., with capital of
126.000, and total resources
totalling approximately $200,- 4
000, closed Its doors yesier-
day. L. K. Roberts, national
bank examiner announced
here today.
The action was taken at Ihe
Initiative of the directors of
the bank. i -
' This la the sixth bank in
Colorado to close In (he t
three days. The other five are
Denver tuburbau banks.
T;
OBJECT IS SECRET
Secretary Kellogg Is ' Also
Visited World Court
Boost Suspected
at Capital '
(JUmtUmt ma I mi Winj '
WASHINGTON, Dec 19. Colo
nel E. M. House, for years Presi
dent Wilson's confidant and ap
pointed by him a member of the
Versalllea peace commission. Is a
house guest of President Coolidge
at the White House.
The Colonel arrived In Washing
ton hut night and went at once to
the executive mansion. Today he
visited Secretary Kellogg at the
state department
Hia sudden appearance at a time
when the President and Secretary
of Bute are seeking advice on the
League ot Nationa Invitation to
take part In a disarmament meet
ing, caused a flutter In Washing
ton. Under President Wilson's ap
pointment. Colonel Bouse waa the
American member of the -commit-tew,
whl.(ltttw -uo-tbsHee:!!ac cov
enant at Versailles, . and through
the acquaintances then formed, has
kept himself Informed about - de
tails ot the league's operations.-
White- House officials professed
Ignorance of any special signifi
cance which might attach to the
presence of the Colonel as the
guest ot Mr. Coolidge and the state
department declined to disclose
what had been discussed with
Secretary Kellogg.
President Coolidge. also, summon
ed to the White House today Sena
tor Underwood of Alabama, former
Democratic leadVr of the senate
and a member of the American del
egation to the arms conference
held in Washington in 1921. The
subject discussed was not dis
closed. The visit of Colonel House not
only comes at the moment when
the new League of Nations disarm
ament project Is under considera
tion here, but it coincides with the
appearance in the senate of for
midable opposition to the adminis
tration proposal for membership in
the world conrt, , :
Colonel House declined to dis
cuss his visit to Washington. . Ask
ed whether he had any comment
to make on current developments
In the capital he replied:
I am very much interested In
the success ot the world court and
think It will carry."
After his talk with Colonel Hotase
Secretary Kellogg went to the Cap
itol and had lunch with Chairman
Borah of the senate foreign . rela
tions committee.
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TWO NABBED WITH
15 GALS. MOONSHINE
(Assnriatrd mm Lmmi Win.)
MT2DFORD. Ore.. Dec. 19-
Catalinaand A. Vantura of Weed.
Calif., are In Jail In Jacksonville
todsy as a result of their capture
by State Officer T. A. Talent near
Ashland last night with 15 gallons
or moonsnine in their automobile.
The two young men. who said they
were enroute to Klamath Falls.
will be given a. hearing this after
noon.
FRANCE'S DEFICIT
60 MILLIONS PLUS
(Assoetattd Tnm Vmmt Wtrt.)
PARI 8, Deo. 19. France'! bud
get shows a deficit bf 1.600,000,000
francs (10,000.000) despite the
4,000.000,000 francs In new taxes
voted December. 4, Finance Minis
ter Doumer told the Chamber of
Deputies finance committee todsy.
These figures, the finance min
ister added. An not lab Into sc.
count several chapters In the pen
sions and postal departments bud
gets. M. Doumer undertook a formal
engagement to provide for reim
bursement of the two billion francs
which the government must an
nually pay the Bank of France.
holding nut. however. 925.000.000
franca which the slat owes the
bank for Interest and advances.
He indicated that the receipts
from the Dawes reparation pay
ment would go to the devastated
regions and not be Incorporated In
the general budget. ,
RUSH OF PS
111
FULL BLAST
Confusion Caused by Fail
ure to Provide Proper
Postage for Cards.
TRUCK IS ADDED
Extra Force Required to
Handle Great Volume of
Mail Now Received
at Postoffice.
' Yesterday was the, first big day
of the Christmas rush, according
to Postmaster C. H. Helnllne and)
now me annual struggle ot tne
postal clerks to keep ahead -ot the
Incoming and outgowlng malls . Is
on. The volume of mall has bees
Increasing for the past two weeks,
the postmaster reports, but yester
day the tide swept In all at once
apparently, and within a few hoars
the floors were covered with - par
cels of all alzes, shapes, kinds and
descriptions. To complicate mat
ters the usual failure of patrons to
properly observe the postal rules
created delays and confusion
threatening disruption to the order
ly handling of the malls.
"Christmas cards must be pro
vided with a two-cent stamp If It
Is to reach Its destination," Post
master Helnllne dlsparlngly de
clared. "If I could only ding-dong
that tact Into the ears of every
patron of this office we might be
able to get results, but here we
are today with a great stack of
cards piled up with one cent
lamp on them. " Bom, or them
have no return address. We're too
busy to stop and give notice to the
people to whom they are addressed
to send extra postage and ao the
cards can only be held for deliv
ery when someone can get time to
work them out. . ,
"We want to give service, we
want to expedite the mails, but
with such a tremendous rush we
must have cooperation. Persons
mailing cards should be certain
that a two-cent alamp . Is used,
only a regulation government post
card can be sent through the mails
for one cent. t
."Another way In which the pos
tal employees ran be aided and a
more prompt delivery Insured, 1 to
see that all letters and cards for
Ka .i.1 .u-
wubi praiuv just wniO IODIl
Smith. City".
Maybe the carrier knows John be held In.tbe afternoon, beginning
Smith and maybe he doesn'L Per- at 2 o'clock sharp In order to pro
hapa there are two John Smiths vide sufficient time afterwards for
and then the carrier can onlv larranrlnv ttia nVmnn-t fr t H.nn
irw straws io una wnere tne card
Is to go. Our system when cards
or letters' do not have the street
sddress upon them is to refer them
to the directory service. The let
ters are handed to the carriers
who sort them out. All having the
street address plainly marked are
set out for prompt delivery. May
be the carriers knows where a cer
tain letter goes even if the' ad
dress is not marked. If ao be de
livers It In many cases, however.
he Is not certain and refers It to
the directory service. A book is
kept with the names of persons re
ceiving mall through the office.
and some clerk nutjt take1 the time
to look up the address and mark It
on the card or letter. This takes
time and delays the card.
"It Is our plan In the local of
fice to clean up all Incoming and
outgoing mall every day. The; force
will remain on duty each day until
every parcel, letter, card or other
Piece of mall Is distributed to Its
proper place. We will start fresh
each morning and In this way hope
to give the people of Roseburg the
best possible service.
"Train are running far behind
schedule adding to the confusion.
Because of this fact . all mall
should be dispatched as early as
possible. All mall for outside points
in the stat and for Washington,
Idaho and California shonld be Irf
tne mall tonight and at the latest
before Sunday night. We presume
that all eastern mall, which Is to
reach Its denization before Christ
mas has already been sent
"Mall for local deliver IncltM.
Ing cards and letters should be In
the mail not later than the morn-
Ing of the J3rd All nostal ed In the very near futnr. Mrs. HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Ployes are to receive a holldayTn ' Kulto' '"" eollego gradn- i FACINO ALBANY ACTION
the J5t. and eonseoueitlv vervlT nd mx'mtt"ni vP'"t snd ,
little of the man2itii fI stllographer. who bss been (A rflrf mm Uu Wif.)
24 h Twill be T LZZH L E!l"P"T.d In the Roseburg ALBANY. Ore, Dec. 19-Mem-26th
"" before the j Naws-Keview office for the psst bera of Ibe atate highway eommls-
"ld order to facilitate loci .,.!"r"L".,..m0.n.,-hTn '""'n f'" mo" ""'TV ,n eirca'1 a
el .ii.ii . . , ,"-
V.' i!?? ,.nlfk n"
put
.ui.i service ana is carrying
out man to all parts of the city.
Other trucks will be added
needed. ,
, "Special attention should be cal
(Contlmed os pag aj. , ,
Eve 'N Everything Statue
Wrecks Shock hbsorbers of !
Her Kin's Home Town Folks
Oaorbttd Praa Lssssd, Wtrs.)
GREENVILLE. 3. C, Deo. 19.
Robert Qulilra, noted newspaper
and humorist, haa elected monu
ment in the front yard of hia home
at Fountain Inn near here, to Eve.
the first woman.
The monument, which Mr. Quil
len saya la the first that mankind
has erected to Eve after an estim
ated 1,000 years ot history, waa
carved by local marble cutter and
waa given this Inscription:
"In Memory bf Eve, .the , First
Woman."
To make the shaft harmonious
In every respect Mr. Quillen had
a "nicely carved apple with a twig
and leaf" placed below the inscrip
tion. But the neighbors "stared at
the monument with incredulous
horror" says Mr. Quillen In the cur
rent Issue of his paper, the Foun
tain Inn Tribune. '
'I'm sorry," he adds. "I never
hurt anybody's feelings or offended
against anypooy s pet superstitions. ;
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TO HEADLINE KEW
Promoter C. H. Clough, ot the
city boxing commission, today an
nounced bis card for New Year's
day. In the main event, ten
rounds, Charley Dundee, local light
weight, will be pitted against a
scrapper who will make him go the
limit Phil Bayes, the Salem flash,
who knocked out Solly Burns, ot
Portland, In three rounds a few
nights ago. Bayes also has a" clean
cut victory over Ace Boles to his
credit, having decisioned the col
ored boy In Coos county stx weeks
ago, the Judgea giving him, every
one of the ten rounds. This mean
that Dundee Is in for the hardest
kind of a battle, but his local ad
mirers claim i that : .Charley will
prove eqiial to the occasion by com
ing through with a victory.
Archie Walker, the classy little
118-pounder who gave such a fine
sample of his wares at the Legion
smoker last night, will also be missed,
seen on the card. He Is scheduled Shrlff flage of Coos County In
to go six rounds In the semi final structed Sheriff Starmer to hold
with Bobby Clark, a Portland lad. the suspect, stating that Whitlow
whose acceptance of the matrh waa
i telegraphed here today. Clark's
fighting weight Is 117. and he has
been setting a taut pace for all theipicion for alleged participation In
youngsters of his class In and I an auto theft.
around Portland. This scrap ought
to be on the whirlwind order. .
The customary preliminaries 'of
Vur ruumiai co wiu.ee mciuuru.
- Mlmii. mnm- At.w.. I......-,
in thosemumbers. The oard will
,ln the evening.
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PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 19. i
The . Portland Telegram today :
says, state Senator Charles Hall
of Msrsbfleld will again seek the
Republican gubernatorial nomine-r TAose who attended the meet
tion. ng here adopted atate and na-
"He sought It four years ago tlonal platform for the Farmer
and was detested by Ren W. o:- Labor party, which they hope to
con, men governor, by a few
hundred votes." aaya the Tele-
gram. the senste elections next year.
- "Now, after making u careful The national platform demands
survey of the situation, ha has that the federal government give
informed friends that he will the same consideration to sgrt
agaln be a candidate, and his cultural Interests hat it has given
formal announcement is expected to the railroads and other corpor-
soon.
"It Is understood that In hl i The Interstate Commerce Corn
platform he will pledge himself ' mission waa urged to reduce to
to the application of business prin-1 pre-war level the present freight
cinles Intthe administration - of : rates nn avrlciilural nrodurls. Re
Istst affair and in his campaign
will emphasize the need of a busi
ness man In tha executive office."
MTK.N'OUKA PH V TO HTAIIT.
i ' . That the third party will be
A night school In stenography streneoosly opposed by rron-partl-Is
being odganlzed by Lilian Ful- saa leagu leader wa seen hero.
"i", 1 " c ,r "", wl" l
win kitv opportunity la
those who are otherwise employ,
. d durlnr tha tn .b. n
course of study In shorthand snd
associated line at a low cost. Kn -
rollmente r now being secured
and the class will start after the
holidays. .
, 1 "-V" ?-.
TTils li purely family affair. Eve
was a fair and charming lady and
deserved a finer monument than I
jive provided for her. It Is almost
incredible that after over 6.000
yvara of history none ot her kin
mVn have erected a stone to her
Memory."
The author further evnlaina that
i
"Eve was a distant relative of mine
on my mother'a side." that ahe
was "the first lady of the land,"
"reigning belle ot her day" and
that the monument la an effort to
tone for the "unpardonable neg
lect of her by her posterity."
! BALTIMORE, Md., Dec. 19.
John P. Brsdy, who several yean
ago erected a monument "In mem
pry ot Adam, the first man," on his
estate at Dowley'a land and Phila
delphia road, is dead at his home
here today. Until two years ago.
when his health broke, he had con-
i dieted services at the monument
ecn year.
IS
E
covering a stolen car before
It, was missed by the owner, was
tlis accomplishment reported this
mtrnlng by Sheriff Starmer.
iLate yesterday afternoon, a
wman residing near - Winston,
sahth ot Roseburg, reported a
new csr and a suspicious looking
mka hidden on a side road, a
shfert distance - off the Pacific
Hkhway. State traffic officer
Tlsrber waa sent to the scene by
0 tariff Starmer and arrested a
man Riving the name of Gilbert
W.Utlow. Whitlow, according to
kajntr Starmer, -confessed that
the new enclosed car he waa driv
ing had been atolen from the
Borgan garage at North Uend
Sheriff 8tarmer called up the
Chief of Police at North Bend
who upon investigation found that
the car had been removed from
the garage and had never been
: was released from the Coos Coun-
ty Jail at Coqullle only a few days
i ago. having been held under bus.
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BISMARCK, N. D., Dec. 19.
A third party movement in North
Dakota, in preparation for the
1926 political campaign, r was
started here last night with the
formation of a Farmer-Labor
party of this statei
The' organization was regarded
as a skeleton affair with Its final
definite ststus probably not being
'decided until next February.
Those who sponsored the third
party idea are members of the
non-partisan league. The league
Itself was not behind the plan.
put on solid national footing. They
prepared to launch a ticket for
at Ions.
peal of the Ksch-Cummlna law
and a plea that the railroads be
publicly owned "with definite
t safeguards against buresucratlc
control," was contained In another
Blank.
oer January in- snow cause wnr
ther should not be arresttd for
pnnim.i i. n,i.rin.
temporary approach to the new
, bii.ige here. They are charged
with violating an Injunction Issued
Mail April against completion of
I ih approach.
LEGION SMOKER
inn n it iniinnii
HtLUAl AnfiiUnT
FRIDAY NIGHT
Good Wrestling and Boxing
Bouts Presented for En
tertainment of Vets, i
AMORT IS FEATURED
Local Grapplers Put Up
Excellent Exhibition as
Feature Dr. Stewart
Gives Talk.
One ot the fastest wrestling
matches ever witnessed In Rose
burg was put on last night at the
American Legion amoker, when
Paul Amort and Carl Bracher met
before a large crowd of veterans
from all over the county. Al
though Bracher was greatly out
weighed, he mad a good match
for Amort and the two wrestler
presented an exhibition which
greatly delighted the crowd.
Amort took the first fall in Tl
mlnntea with s flying wlnglock.
For the first few minutes of the
match the two wrestlers struggled
desperately, each tried hold after
hold only to have their grips
cleverly broken. Tim and again
it appeared that on or the other
of the wrestlers had hia antagon
ist down, but by a desperate ef
fort the hold would be broken
and the two grapplers would be
up and going again. -
After 71 minutes of exceedingly
fast going, Amort caukht Bracher
with the flying wlnglock and
hurled him to the mat for the
first fall.
After a short rest, they entered
the ring, again. Bracher fought
his way out of one head scissors
after . another, undergoing con
siderable punishment, but still
struggling desperately. He at last
fell victim to a combination head
scissors and wrist lock. Amort
gained the second fall In 4) mln
utes. .
The first matrh of the evening
netween Bnsenbark and Metzel
went 1 1 mlnuts. Musenbark led
the wrestling until the last two
or three minutes, when his oppon
ent clamped on a virions toe hold
which caused Busenbark to pound
the mat.
Jack Ryan I of Rosebnrc and
Ken Padleford of Sutherlln slug
ged viciously for four two-minute
rounds. k
Rvan led the fighting while
Padleford hammered him vie-
lourty with straight lefts. A draw
decision waa awarded. .
The final bout, four 2-mlnnte
rounds, was stsged between Wal
ker and Dhndee. This waa an
exhibition match with both boxers
sparring cleverly, but Inflicting no
damage. Both boxers are fast and
clever and put up a pretty exhlhl
tion. concluding the bout with
considerable clowning.
The smoker was opened with
program of music hv the or-
rhentra. after which Dr. E. R.
Stewart, state commander, of the
American Legion,- gave a short
talk
I Dr. Stewart
pointed out some
of the activities of the Am
erican Legion, showing what the
organization has arromnllahed. He
mentioned the revises in the na
tlonsl immigration laws which the
American Legion has carried
through, the welfare work among
tne veterans, the stooping of con.
tact hospitals, adoption of a nnl
form flag code, raising of a tin..
000.000 fund for relief work, the
providing ot vocational training
for 100,000 men. the cleaning no
and reorganization of the If. S.
veterans bureau, adjustment of
disability claims, the aiding of
beneficial legislation, civic actlvl
tie, modification of unjust sent
ences, return of war profiteering
funds amounting to 121. 000. 000.
employment work, sponsoring of
education week, overseas graves
snd weirs re and rehabilitation en
dnwments. stste - compensation
and hospitalization, showing thst
each of these prolnete hav been
snrcessfullv carried out by the
American Legion since Its organi
zation. Justifying its exlstanr and
continuation. . -
The national legislative program
for the future will take up the
universal draft hill, Bursum pen
sion bill, amendments to the ad
tusted compensation law, changes
In the civil service laws, so thst
veterans. If they pas th exami
nations with th highest grades,
will be given the positions for
which the exsmlnstlons are held:
construction of hospitals and th
amendments to the Reed-Johnson
bill.
Veterans are ronsldrahlv arous
ed over th operation of the pre
sent eivll service law. In several
Instanos exsmlnstlons- hsv been
given and ex-ervlre men hsv re
ceived the highest grade. Politi
cians, hnwver. have appointed for
(Continued oa page I.)
NEGRO MESSENGER
WITH $6000 USES
GUN ON STICK-UPS
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(AanelaM ma MM WW.) m
WASHINGTON,. Dec. 19.
Andrew Beckett. . SI, negro
messenger With a depart-
ment a 16.000 payroll, proved
a tough cusomer today to
three highwaymen ot hia own
race who attempted to hold e
him up. '"'
He grabbed the pistol of one
ot the . robbers and hit him
over the head. Then he shot
the other two when they tried
to get away In an automobile,
wounding one ot them serious-
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P
neon
Twenty-Three Defendants
Facing Penitentiary
Imprisonment and -Heavy
Fines. . !
(AasMbtad trmt Immt ffet)
INDIANAPOLIS. Deo. 19. Eigh
teen men convicted of conspiracy
to "milk' th Jack Daniel distillery
at 8L Louis or 10.000 gallons of
pre-war whiskey ar at liberty to
day on bonds or 96,000 to fio.ovo,
and five more ar held In Jail here
In lieu of bond waiting sentence
December SO, In federal court.
All were found guilty late yes
terday on charges brought by the
government against the men who
it called the "higher ups" In a case
regarded by Its counsel aa one ot
the most Important ever undertak
en In the central west to halt Ille
gal trafflo In whiskey. -
Twenty of the convicted men ar
front St. Louis. Among them are
Arnold Hellmlch, former internal
revenue colector of Missouri: Nat
Ooldsteln. broker and former cir
cuit clerk of St. Louts county:
State Senator Michael J. Kinney ot
St. Lnulsand Ms broth, WUltam.
formar deputy revenue collector.
Prosecution attorneys were Jub
ilant today over what they called
one of the moat outstanding prohi
bition victories won In recent
years.
The maximum penalty for-such
a conspiracy Is two yeara imprison
ment and a 110,000 fine. ' ' .
The case concerned the with
drawal of 30,000 gallons of whis
key from the distillery In August.
1923. Tha liquor waa purchased
by George Remus, wealthy Cincin
nati bootlegger. Remua asserting
that through the Influence of sev
eral politicians the ring had ob
tained protection from the Internal
revenue office. Indictments were
returned In St. Louis the following
month, but trials did not material
ize. Seizure of whiskey here In
December. 1923. Identified as part
of the St. Louis stock enroute to
Cinclnnstl led to Indictments
against 37 persona.
MINIM
LONDON. Dec. 1 9. Th forces
of Oeneral Yu-Hsiang, leader of
th national people's army, are de
clared to nave met with dereat at
the hands of the troops of Oeneral
LI Chlng-Llng. civil governor or
the province of Ctilhll. In a battle
on th Yangtsun front. The los
ses In Feng's rsmmand are said
to hsve been serious. The battle
started Thursday nght. when
Feng opened with a heavy bom
bardment. Friday morning Feng
made an assault, but was repulsed
with hesvy losses.
A dlspstrh to the Dally Mall,
sent from the Yangtsun front hy
way of Peking, says that rein
forcements for Feng, having Rus
sian rifles, Russian bayonet and
quantities of Russian light artil
lery and mortars, have arrived
To the north. In the Mukden
sector. It Is reported that a final
battle Is in prospect between the
troops nf the national army and
those of Marshal Chang-Tao-Lin,
tha Mailrhurlan war lord. Altho
these forces ar declared to lie
well equlpned, It is asserted to he
thy are "'lacking the will to
fight."
In southern China great efforts
ar being made by Chinese stu
dent to make siicreaful their plan
for an anll-Chrlstlan campaign
during Christmas week. Publica
tions describing Chrltlsnlty as
th Instrument of Imperialistic
enrroschmrnt" ar being dissem
inated. '
Marriage license Iswrjert
A marrlsae license was- Isaned
today to David C. Young of Rose,
burg and Msxlne L. Llghlhlger of
Wenatchee. Washington. A license
was Issued yesterrisv to Ivsn R.
Daly and Cert rude McCnrlaln of
Yoncalla. , -
tax vraio;i
FOR ALL OnEGDil
(ID
Over Twenty -Five Million
Above Assessment Roll .
for Year 1924. ;7
LANDS BIGGEST. ITC,1
Public Service Corporation!
Property One-Seventh of . :
Grand Total, Fourth ,4
" ' of Increase. 'tfj
(Associated Frsss Lssasd Wbs.)
SALEM, Or.. Dec. 19. The as
sessment roll of Oregon for 1915.
on which the tax levies for 1916
will be based, la an Increase ot
125.656.982.30 over the roll for but
year, according to th snmasarr
which was today completed by the ,
tat tax department. The grand
total this year la II .064.5T7.tls.91
of which 3929.433.911.3 I the to
tal ot the summary ot th several
counties as equalised by th count
boards of equallsatloa and flH.
063.707.71 is the total assessed
property ot public service corpor
ations aa equalized and anoortloan
ed by the state tax commission. " ;
Th grand total last vear waa
31.058.Sft0.736.tl, of which $910.
429.790.33 wa the county figures
nd 1148.454.94.6,: 9 ..the utility con-
Vsin. 1111 1 tb. . i
The Increase this year In tie)-
county rolls Is $19,058,120.83 and la
the utility figure 11,58,761 41
On th new county rolls th var
ious totals making no th whole
are: Tillable lands. 9354,496.5961
timber land. 969694.652; non-tilt.
apie. tanas. 6.o.74i -,
ment oit'AerHPIT offsieaeh, u-yasr
999 663.997:' town - and city- lets-,'
9305.680.619; Improvements '
town and city Iota, 3131.996,101?'
Improvements on lends not deeded! '
or patented. I1.6S6.I5JO: railroad 4
under construction, logging roads
and rolling stock. 12.015.944: boat '
and- machinery. 119.999.793: 'mer
chandise and stock In trade, $47..
71516; farm' Imniement, motor
vehicles, etc. 35.782,554: mnner,
note and accounts. 817.958.347;'
share, of stock. $14,492,849 0; ho
tel and office furniture. 34.573.740 1
horses snd mules. 15.869.356: cat
tle. 812.423,320: sheen and gnats,
98 336.730: ' awlne. 3459,464: dogs. '
8146,009- bes, $79,988: mlscellan-
eons, $374,819. ' J
The totals making np the grand
total utility assessment roll In th '
terms of apportioned value are:"
Railroad eomnanle. union statVin
snd depot companies. $95,305 97X- '
8: car eomnenlee. 91.639.970.S9j
electric and street railway compan
ies, water, gas end electric com
nanles, 14 417.70 38: express com-
nantes,' $331,487.76: telegraph rwss
rwnles. II ?i.t- telephone
companies. $11.607.4fi)12. ' - 1 "
In the county flrnre decreases
are shown In the assessed varasj
Hons plsced on timber lands. nfm
tillable lands, merchandise, shares
of stock, horses, mules, cattle,
swine snd dogs. In the utility fig- '
nres decreases are shown In ex- '
press companies only.
ITALIAN'S DESTROY
""ictoffepris.il'
ROME, Dee. 19. Ih renrisal for
the killing nf two Italian non-coon
missioned officers and on artillery
man br forces of Sultan Osman
Mahmud In Italian Romanian). Ital
ian troops have destroyed BeraaL
capital or the sultanate. Warship '
are blockading the whole of the
coast. . . i , ",
The Italians ar engaged - In
changing then- nominal nrotector
ste over this portion of Equatorial
Africa Into a real protectorate, and
In some portions are said to have
been favorably received by the snV'
tsns and their tribesmen. An offi
cial snnonncement sava that al
though Sultan Oaman Mahmnd had
made a declaration of loyalty to
the Italians, some time ago, hia
forces tried to prevent functionar
ies aonolnted to confer with him
from landing from the Italian wsrl
shin f'amnsnla t nerval. In the
trouble which followed three Ital
ians were killed. The report add
hat the Italians Immediately re
turned the attack of the tribesmen
am! ncrtin'ed and destroyed Bergab
T" official communication rs
rsnllne the leveling of Bergal Indi
cates that the Italians will eon tin-
ne their operations In the snltan.
st and that the resistance of Os
man Mahmnd cetinot contlnM
much longer. ' '. ' ' . ,
SHOWS DIG Gi