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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1915)
The News For Results . K.9 . It you have lost or found. If you want to bay or sell, If you want work or workers, Vim Ttie News Classified Ads. Daily Weather Report JSXSh Fair Tonight and Friday. Highest temp, yesterday 68 Lowest temp, last night 56 VOL. VI. ROSKBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, ORKGOX THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1015. No. 104 W.C.T.U. OPEN CONVENTION Large Attendance From All Parts of County. STATE PRESIDENT, MRS. KEMP, IS HERE Nineteenth Annual Convention Called To Order In the Presbyterian Church by Mrs. Ida F. Mnrsters, President. The nineteenth annual convention of the Douglas County V. C. T. U. met in the First Presbyterian church . of this city at 10 a. m. today with ll.Mrs. Ida F. Marsters presiding. The different unions throughout the bounty were well represented, a number of visitors were present and altogether a very enthusiastic body of women welcomed the Etate presi dent, Mrs. Jennie Kemp, of Portland. County Evangelist Mrs. Davidson, of Edenbower, led the morning devo tion and gave a most helpful and up lifting talk, ending with consecra tion services in which all joined, af ter which the following committees were appointed: Credentials Mrs. Tuthill Wells. Membership Mrs. Baird, Mrs. Mrs. Tuthill. Union Signal Sub. Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. French. Courtesy Mrs. Collier, Barnes, Mrs. Hadley. Resolutions Mrs. Davidson Mrs. Mrs, Kemp, Mrs. Tuthill, Mrs. Le Raut. Finance Mrs. Riddle and all pres idents of local unions. Cor. Sec. Mrs. Ortman, being ab sent, reports were read by Mrs. Bemis, who took her place. Next came the report and minutes ' of the last annual county convention by Mrs. Ida Marsters. It was a most interesting report, and elicited much applause. Mrs. Marsters has been the county president for 15 years, and from three unions the number In the county has grown lo 18. Mrs. Marsters, always modest and unas suming in spite of the great good she has accomplished in this work, gave much credit to all who have given as sistance In any of the departments. Especial mention was made of the Vgood accomplished by the men of the town who are in sympathy with theskiinion. ' Most especially do the latTies thank Mr. B. L. Eddy and Mr. O. O. McGilvray, of Canyonville, who are always ready to work for a greater Oregon In the truest and broadest sense of the term. The reports of the unions were then read by Mrs. F. A. Bemis. Many of the unions had most encouraging reports. Myrtle Creek, Canyonville, excellent. This report brought much applause. Perdue, a very new union, gave a fine report. Yoncalla, Drain, Wilbur, and Sutherlin are all wide awake and busy. Glengary, Elkton and Calanooia reports were postpon ed until Friday morning. Brockway and Kellogg are new unions, but not asleep. Oakland deserves especial credit for the year's work a splen did report. Roseburg, of course, being the banner union of the county, gave the best report of all. Why not? Mrs. Marsters, having been its most effici ent leader for so long and she knows how to do things worth reporting. Before the secretary had finished reading the Roseburg report and the amount of campaign work they did. none of those present wondered at the great dry majority vote here in 1914. An Instrumental solo by Miss Grlnsted. followed by the noontide WRECKED ENGLISH t CRUISER SIGHTED BERLIN; June 17. A Turkish aviator haB sighted a warship of the type of the Agamemnon aground off the shore at the entrance to the Dardanelles, the funnels were smash ed and the decks nearly awash, the c.Tlilal statement declares. prayer by Mrs. Baird, closed the morning session. Next, adjournment to the base ment where a most bountiful lunch was served by the ladies of the local union. , AC 1:30 the presiding officer call ed the assembly to order and devo tional exercises were led by Mrs. Mae Livingston, of Elkton. A paper on "Anti-Narcotics" by Mrs. M. J. Shoemaker claimed the undivided at tention of all present. Her article showed much close study of her sub- F SILENT OVER MEYER NEW YORK, June 17 An official Investigation has been started by the federal authorities into the alleged dual personality of Dr. Meyer Ger hard, the personal emissary of Am bassador von Bernstorff to Berlin. Mrs. Selma Lewis, "a war broker,' who is declared to have aided Ger hard in hfs efforts to purchase muni tions of war, is said to have been warned to make no further state ments, Tut to reserve her informa tion for the government investiga tion. Von Bernstorff would not make any comment upon the charges made by the New York Tribune yes terday. FORCE RUSSIANS BERLIN, June 17. The Russian forces in northern Galicla are being Trrced back over the border into Po land, the official announcement de emed. The left w4ng of von Macken in's army has occupied tha village r.f Packnow, It Is stated. 14 BERLIN, June 17. The loss of the submarine U-14 is admitted by the German admiralty. The vessel was destroyed by the British and the crew captured. GREAT PEACE CONFERENCE I INDEPENDENCE HALL PHILADELPHIA, June 17. A world-wide peace conference conven ed here today in historic Independ ence hall to consider the formation of a League of Nations. Fostered by ex-President William Howard Tat't who will preside at the meeting, the conference is said to have the unof ficial endorsement of President Wil son. The movement Is regarded as the most definite step yet taken toward international amity. Attending the conference are over one hundred prominent men of this country pub lic officials, international law ex perts, humanitarians and presidents of universities. The conference was called not merely for the purpose of discussing abstract questions of peace and arbi tration, but to put squarely before the conference a proposition for the United States to join a peace league composed of every great nation. The league Is intended to bind the signa tories to agree to certain definite lines of international action, the most important of which is that the pow ers joining the league utilize their joint military forces to prevent any one of their number going to war precipitately. Two other proposals will be sub mitted for the conference's consider ation. One provides for the crea tion of an international judicial tri bunal and the other aims to create an International council of concilia tion which has not been discussed hitherto for questions that are known as non-Justiciable, or those not considered triable In a judicial tribunal. OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE Lusitania Passengers Told To Get Out of Boats. "SHIP iS NOT GOING TO SINK" WAS CRIED Hritish Submarine Torpedoes and Sinks Tnree -Turkish Trans ports Laden With Troops. LONDON, June 17. According to the testimony of numerous survivors at the inquiry regarding the sinking of the Lusitania, orders to stop low ering the boats were given by offi cers of the vessel, as the boat was not going to sink after being torpedo ed. Captain Turner denied that he told passengers to leave the life boats after they had taken their places. - Mrs, Rossiter, a survivor, testified that she heard Turner give such an order. A passenger named Barker testified, that a member of Turders staff shouted from the 'ridge through a megaphone "Stop lowering the boats, there Is no dan ger; the ship is not going to sink." , Sink Three, Turkish Transports. ! ATHENS, June 17. A Mudros dispatch is responsible' for the state ment that 3 Turkish transports laden with troops were sunk by a British submarine in the Dardanelles. The dispatch made no mention of tho fate of the troops aboard the torpedoed vessels. The transports were ei:u: j on Wednesday. I T WINS MARKS CASE The case of Marks Brothers a gal ill the old First National Bank which EXPOSITION CROWDS J 9.1 ' 4. ffv---3 B fW5 "! Y'.TrWj CH ESTN UT : A genus of plants allied to (he beech. The common or Spanish chestnut Is a stately tree with lare hand some serrated lea res. The fruit consists of two or more seeds enveloped in a prickly husk. - CHESTNUT; An old joke or wheeze. Take your choice either is cor rect Anyhow the world is not to languish for want of chestnuts after Aueust 2&, American Press Humor ists Day at the Panama-Pacific In ternational Exposition. For on that day, their day, the newspaper joke wr'ters of the United States are giv ing to plant and dedicate to posterity an official chestnut tree. ; This unique ceremony Is to be the formal purpose of their holiday jour ney to San Francisco, their th is r Vrcv-Pms Oes iV Secy OlXbN & TE.D F 1 1 FBEO Roy k J2FrTT f pg&Pow jL5CJ&r Ki i ' ft SfiSsNfe-. P iff? C'-rU Ftim m f mi ilk-i mA ,laJ wfi : was heard yesterday before a Jury In Judge Sklpworth's court late last ev ening returned a verdict" In favor of the banc. O. P. Coshow represented the bank and John Long the plaintiffs. INC CLUB E Roseburg is swimming now or at least it will be In a very few days, for there is being organized here a real swimming club. Already a largo float has been built in the Umpqua above the dam and bath houses ar.e under construction. Such an organi zation has been contemplated here for several seasons past, but it never got beyond the talking stage. A com mittee has been soliciting member ship to the club and already more than a hundred persons have joined. The water of the Umpqua is very pleasant to swim in for about four months In the ear. Those (who have already taken a plunge In the cool water on these hot days Bay that the "water is fine" and the bottom good. Trapeses bars and rings will be placed over the water for the use of the members of the club. E ROME, June 17. The ministry of marine has announced that an Aus trian submarine has torpedoed tho Italian submarine Medusa. This is the first time in the history of any navy where one submarine has suc ceeded in torpedoing another. The official announcement did net slate vhcther the Medusa had sunk, but is considered probable that u did. She carried a crew of 17. J. H. Brown left today for his home at Glendale after Beveral days spent In this city. TO SEE FUNNY MEN PLANT CHESTNUT TREE II 1 11 i ? si 1 !W I-A; ' " - 5, Tvnv "mm1 " 'Wir year's outing, and is Intended to make their thirteenth convention dis tinctive. As far as is known nobody has ever planted a chestnut tree for the benefit of the whole world before. But the hamoristn decided it was hijrh time something were done, what with the visible supply of snuirrel food becoming so depleted. Tno ex position landscape gardeners, John McLaren, the famous builder of Golden Gate Park, and his son, Donald McLaren, have reserved a fine young tree for the planting. The site chosen is at the Press Building. But this is only temporary. The tree is to become a gift to San Francisco for a permanent place in one of its magnificent parks, where it can grow uninterruptedly and perpetuate a liberal harvest of chestnuts both kinds. The chestnut tree ceremony will be NO PEACE YET FOR ENGLAND Will Continue War Till Ger many Is Driven Heme. NO PEACE TALK IN ALLIES CAPITALS liryan Issues Second Installment of Academic Statement on "the Causeless War. LONDON, June 17. (By Ed. Keen.) Although official expression can not be procured, I am authori tatively Informed that the allies, es pecially Great Britain, would regard German peace over&tures at present as premature. Great Britain is de termined to continue the war, at least until Germany is driven back upon its own territory. The peace talk reaching America has certainly not originated here in London or In other capitals of the allied powers. It is firmly believed that Germany has reached, .or passed, the' hlghost point of Its offensive efficiency, while England is but now approaching this height. . Itryan on the ""Causeless War.' WASHINGTON, June 17. Bryan has issued the second installment of m ntftement dealing with GIANT AIRCRAFT ON WAV. Itl'iUiin Ituilding Huge Aeroplanes to lk-ul With ZcpiH-lliiH. LONDON, June 17. Olant aero planes of great cnrrylng capacity are In process of manufacture for the British government, according to an announcement made in the house of commons today by H. J. Tennant, tinder-secretary of the war office. This statement was made In reply to the suggestion by a member of the house that machines of this character were needed to deal adequately with raiding Zeppelins. iL - W3 wrvss participated In by exposition officials and American PreBS Humorists jointly, aided, abetted and approved by members of the local press club, which has several humorist members. Ted Robinson of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, president, wields the trusty spade, while Dixon Merritt of the Nashville Tcnnesseean. vice nresU 'dent, steadies the precious sappling. j George Fitch of Peoria, a past presl I dent, author of "Good Old Siwash," j'Homeburg Memories" and "Vest , Pocket Essays," holds Robinson's coat so that Secretary Fred Schacfer of San Francisco doesn't get it. Schaefer in the meantime to hold Fitch so he doesn't leave with the coat. Sufficient dignity will be lent the affair by Roy K. Moulton of Grand Rapids, the Central Press humorist, who doesnt say much, bat writes a lot. L "causeless war". "This ernflict tin been described as causeless, but since) none la bold enough to blame an ever ruling providence. It must find an cMgln in acts wheerin man nlouo is responsive," the statement said. "Race, religion and ramily, aach with, many wars to anawer for, can plead . guilty for the present. If I havo cor tectly analyzed the situation, war la tho natural result of a fal.m philoso phy and the fundamental' principle 'hat 'might makes right'." L NEXT MONDAY AT 2 This yar's school election 1b filled with more than usual interest due to the fact that an active campaign la being made by the affiliated Parent-Teachers Associations to elect Mrs. Mary Houck. A. T. Marshall, president of the school board, is a candidate for re-election. He has served one term and his friends say that one good term deserves another. They urge In his behalf that he has been on the board during the period of the greateat growth of the schools of this district and has taken an ac tive and leading part In the progress and advancement of the schools. His ability is unquestioned and his faith fulness to his duties and responsibil ities has been an Inspiration to' tho other members of the board. The ladles who are actively sup porting Mrs. Houck urge that she will represent the feminine side of the school question and place the greatest amount of emphasis on the question of huvtng representation on the hoard. The action of the board recently in not rehiring two teach ers has resulted In some support for Mis. Houck, for some believe that In case Bite ahould become a member of the hoard Bhe would use her influ ence to have the two teachers rein stated. Were she to become a mem ber, howover, this could not happen as the board was a unit when it came to a reconsideration of the two applications, although when the ap plications were first voted on there was a division on the board. The election will be held next Mon day afternoon at the Lane school building at two o'clock. The polls will be open till six In the evening. Only tax payers are permitted to vote. This Is a settled matter of law, the supreme court having held that In school elections a property and tax-paying qualification on vot ers was permitted. SUBMARINES GET FOUR MORE SHIPS LONDON, June 17. One steamer and three trawlers sunk, and a pec end steamni1 attacked, is the record p.ade by German submarinea, as re ported to the admiralty up to Djnu Oday. Tho British Btcamer Trufford v.es sunk off Small Islamle yester day, and the crew was landed at Mll fonlhaven today. The British steam er Turnwell wns damaged at tho sumo spot by bombs placed in the hold by the submarine crew, but " ched Mllfordhaven safely. The crew of the Turnwell took to tho small boats when tho submarine ap peared, but later returned to their vr?s.iel. KAISDFt TO l)i;ll)l-; FAT I? llputh KrntcnceH In Ikdinin Must Itoroive Imperial Sanction. AMSTERDAM, June 17. Every" Rcnti-nce of death by a courtmartlal in Belgium must hereafter bo In dorsed by Emperor William before the prisoners are executed, according to a telegram received by the Tyd from Its corresondcnt at Maastricht. The writer of the dispatch Inti mates that Emperor William tele graphed these Instructions on learn ing that eight citizens of Liege had been executed for alleged espionage, and that 20 pthors were in prison charged with tho same offense. Dwight Hoed, the well known Drain banker, left today for his homo after a visit In this city.