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ROSEnUKG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON MONDAY, JUNK SI, 1015.
No. 107
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CANADA GETS
TASTE OF WA
Attempt Made to Blow Up the
WinsdorArmoiy
LEO FRANK IS
DYNAMITE SUCKS FOUND ON FLOOR
Upton Slssion, or Mississippi. I
Aocompanying the committee are
James C. Courts, clerk; M. C. Shields,
assistant clerk; H. B. Weaver, offic
ial stenographer, aud K. F. Ilea,!
clerk of the senate committee on ap
propriations; A. P. Davis, director
and chief engineer of the reclama
tion service; Judge Will R. King,
chief counsel of the reclamation ser
vice; w. a. Ryan, controller of the Governor Commutes Sentence
service; Sydney B. Williamson, J. L.
Clancy aad'E. A. Clark, clerks.
Althought the committee will not
NOT TO HANG
Is learned. The' charges that have
been filed, covered at least six In
stances In which the flag was mls-
uawu m me past two inonins. A re
port was asked from the American
embassy but as yet nothing has been
heard from Ambassador Page.
It Is learned authoritatlevly that
Germany has cited the flying of other
, to Life Imprisonment. ! neutral "ttgs by dlsslTOd nrttuh
, autVa n iuiu me comuing tne seas for
I German submarines.
Cup Explodes Hut Clock Mechanism
Failed to Work Saving
The Lives of Many
Troops.
DETROIT, June 21. An attempt
was made last night to blow up 'he
armory at Windsor, where troops are
quartered, simultaneously with oiiei
. made to destroy the Peabody overall
plant. Two hundred soldiers were
asleep in the building at the time,
when a man on guard at 5 a. m.,
stumbled n n 26 sticks of dynamite
to which was attached a fuse partly
burned. The authorities at Windsor
believe German spies are responsible
for the attempt, and that they smug
gled the explosive across the border
from Detroit during the night.
Clock Failed to Work.
' WINSDOR, Ontario, June 21 One
women and two men are believed to I
be responsible for the explosion of
dynamite which wrecked the plant
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MOB SWE4RS VEN8ENCE ON GOVERNOR,
Sheriff Causes Two Hundred Saloons
To Close Fears Drinking'
Will Cause Viglence.
ATLANTA, Ga., June 21.-Leo
Leo Frank will not hang for tho
murder of Mary Phugan, Governor
Slayton has commuted the death
sentence to life imprisonment, and
the noted prisoned arried at the Mil-
ledgevillo state prison farm at 4:30
this morning. He will be put to
work as a life prisoner tomorrow
morning. The governor notified
Sheriff Mongum of the commutation
shortly before- midnight. The gov
ernor has promised to issue a state
ment explaining his action. The de-
CO. CHAMPIONSHIP
Iu an exceedingly hard fought and
fast game of baseball, Roseburg won
the Douglas county championship
yesterday by defeating the Canyon-
ville team by a score of nine to two.
The game was played at the Canyon
ville grounds before a large crowd ov
er a hundred of whom were Rose
burg fans. Both teams were work
ing in fine shape and for the first
three Innings neither sldo vn. -hio
, imiiure or v rana is snroiuieil In mys- to push a man across the white Ir
tery, and as day advanced signs of j the fourth Acklev started th fir.
possible trouble began to develop, works by slamming out a single.
... .u.. uv.u ui.ii uuuiu n nu-, rem. wno followed, went In fltl
.B" c.uwus nave gatnerea in on an error. Matthews then con
make known its decision in regard great numbers. Mountaineers from'nected with the sphere for a double
tO the amount nf thA nnnmnrlsllnn 1 Ihn kmn nt Unrv Phnvan rltarAfrnol- 1 ...... . '
of the Peabody Overall Company, in to be ma(e fw the - -jed the or(ler8 t0 .. morlzr i b urg gathered anotherTun .,, ,T
walkerville early tills morning, and e.i, . , ... . . . 8 8 1 l" anotner run in the
uiiuemioua inai ii will uvu 01 wiem nave Deen arresiea. sixth whn p.pi.v . , ,
Mob Would Take Vengeance. and by perfect base running scored.
ATLANTA, June 21. The police Two scores were annexed In the sev-
A HUGE VOTE
WAS POLLED
Merchants Exposition Contest
Closed Saturday Night.
WINNERS ARt TO SEH THE EXPOSITION
Most Popular Content Ever Held
KosclmrK Draws to an Exciting
Finish Winners Are
Well Known.
'
THE WINNERS.
Maude Wilson ......4,724,820
Frances Alley 3,961,255
Beth McElhlnny 3,904,620
Mrs. F. H. Vincil 3,836,675
Constance Moore 2,370,125
Grace Elder ....1,929,805
CONGRESSMAN W. C. HAWLEY.
Walkerville early tills morning, and
to have placed a heavy charge of the
same explosive in an attempt to de
stroy the armory here in (which
troops were quartered. Only for the
fact that the cap on the fuse failed
to work properly, prevented the de
struction of the armory and the an
nihilation of the two hundred troops
sleeping there. German agents are
suspected. A suit case containing 26
sticks of dynamite and bearing a
clockwork attachment was found at
tho armory early this morning. The
cap was exploded, but the mechanism
was faulty and the dynamite failed to
go off.
Falls it Is
utilmately be completed although the J
appropriation for the present time!
... uui ue large. ,h ,,,-. , K, . ent when H,r,rMv.. -.A-.
Representatives Sinnott end Mo-j that is reported to be enroute to At- on an error, when another allowed
Arthur were also v. lth tho 'party, hav- lanta from Cobb, to take vengeance Mm to take second while Goodman
Senators upon he governor for commuting the took first, another hit by Ackley
sentence of Leo Frank. ; scoring both., Roseburg was blank
ing met them at Apliland.
Chamberlain and Lane have made
the entire tour of inspection with
the party, as a!so has ex-Governor
West. Representative W. C. Ilawley
met the party at Roseburg and will
travel as far as Portland with thorn.
KAISER WILL SEE
FALL OF L
IN ROSEBURG
The congressional committee on
appropriations which has been in
vestigating the Klamath Falls irriga
tion project passed through this city
this afternoon in their special cars
, Close Saloons Fear Riots. ed in the eighth, but came back
ATLANTA, Juno 21. Chief of Po- stronB 'he Inst frame when three
lice Beavers has ordered the closing men ma,le the circuit. Hargreaves
of 220 saloons and clubs. He fear- hit for two bases, Goodman went to
ed the drinking by the crowds which flrst on an eI-ror, and Ackley clenned
are filling the streets might lead to thlng un wlth 8 borne run.
violence. .t I canyonvnie s two runs came In
tbe sixth when Baker hit for a
I double, Rice and Mattlce both gained
I bases on errors, scoring Baker and
j RIce scored on a second error. This
i was the only bad Inninn fnr Hr---
greaves, the Roseburg twlrler, as he
only allowed two hits dur'n.c the en-
ire game.
Miller, tho Rosebure catcher.
! made the most sensational nlnv nf
Nearly a mile of the day when he made a hard run
GERMANY LOSES
iLE OF TRENCHES:
BERLIN, June 21. Lemuel's- Is
about to fall. Before the eyes of the; "
Kaiser, the victorious Austrian-Gcr-; PARIS, June 21
man armies will soon enter tho Gali-1 German trenches were cnntiireri in through tho ,i i,.
clan capital, it Is expected. The s. ipriso attack delivered by the hight foul ball. Ackley nisi came In
Austrian troops arc storming the last r.ench, mi. official communique for a share In the honors hy calnlng
line of defenses, 11 mllesirom Lem- stated. Taken unawares, the enemy three hits out of five times nt bat
5' 'uiiib io me latest reports, w3 driven out with heavy losses.
The Merchants Grand Exposition
contest came to a close last Saturday
night with the result as notod at
the head of this column. Ovor nine
million votes wore- cast during the
closing week and it took seven count
ers more than an hour and a half to
do the counting. The result did not
change the standing of tho contest
ants from Roseburg from the result
of the past two weeks. Miss Echo
Gaddls, who has worked diligently
during the contest was In fifth place
at the count a week ago nnd could
not overcome the lead which Mrs.
Vincil obtained. ' j
The country contestants mado a'
merry race. Miss Grace Englos, Who
has been In tho lend from tho conn-,
try for several counts felU below the
margin In the final count, Miss Elder
winning out by several hundred
thousand votes. Miss Englo polled
confidential Information aavllabla
here, Emperor Francis Joseph haa
been highly dissatisfied with the mili
tary and naval operations against
Italy. He blames General von Con.
rad, chief of the army staff, and Ad
miral Chlarl, chief of naval staff, who
failed to securo ithe frontier and
coast, despite ample warning that
Italian intervention was imminent.
In an outburst of anger, Emperor
Francis Joseph relieved Generals
Funkl aud Rohr of their commands.
As to the navy, the emperor sum
moned Admiral Chlarl to Vienna and
warned him that his duty was to
fight and not to keep the fleet bottled
Kit t I.,!.. I....
. -H passively awaiting jtal-
1,1 . Inn I tiixiat. ,,.. i... l i "J
iuhu anu sea, and
the probable capture of many war
ships. Tho emperor is reported to
have told the Admiral that unless the
fleet wore used h0 would nsk the
Kaiser to send Gorman naval officers
to assume command.
Tho result of the imporial repri
mand was the' bombardment of tho
Italluu coast. An Austrian cruiser
sot out from Pola protected by eight
destroyers and and torpedo boats to
bombard the undefended coast towns.
TREE FALLS ON MAN
AND CAUSES DEATH
euroute to Portland. The committee and tbe S,av f0rce8 are PreParlnB The Germans delivered counter at-' PACiEANT PROVIDES FI NDS.
was met at the train by a number of
prominent Roseburg citizens some of
whom were personally acquainted
with several of the gentlemen of the
party. The members of the commu
te who passed through here are:
John J. Fitzgerald, of New York,
chairman of the committee, and the
following members
evacuate the city.
MIGHT EARN SUNDAY
j tacks but were repulsed. Our troops
j found the trenches filled with Ger
niNNKKS man bodies, the official statement
I eald. All the captured 'positions
AMES, la., June 21. Country about Calonne ore being held,
preachers wtll have a course in agri-' "
culture at the rural life conference,
which opened here today. The'
William P. Bor- course is said to give the ministers
252,560 votes during the last week
but needed something over six hun
dred thousand moro.
Tho exposition contest has been
free from any personalities so fre
quent In contests of this kind. While
there nro regrets that a favorito can
didate was not successful, the regret
Is because more votes could not have
been polled. The rcgrot of tho mor-
chnnts Is that nil cannot take tho
trip, for nil tho candidates worked
hard, willingly and honostly.
Just as soon as definite arrange
ments can be made for transporta
tion, and other matters connected
with the trip the date when tho six
young ladles will leave will be an
nounced. They will spend the two
weeks at the exposition as the guests
of the merchants.
The Merchants Grand Exposition
land, of Missouri; Joseph W. Byrne3, an opportunity to Btudy modern farm
of Tennessee; Charles D. Da'vls, of methods so they can aid their church
Minnesota; Frederick H. Gillett, of members in their everyday work.
Massachusetts; James W. Good, of.
Iowa; Frank W. Mondell, of Wyom-j A. E. Mclntire arrived hero last
Ing; James McAndrews, o Illinois; : night from Salein. He made the trip
Robert N. Page, of North Carolina; ; through in his Ford.
CHARGE ABUSE OF
AMERICEN FLAG
LEXINGTON, Mass., June 21.
Commemorating the 100 years of
llPnrO hntu-nan b'nnln.j n .. .1 ,1.. n.i.
o,i Qtto. k 1 1 f . . ' contost wa 'he most popular contest
ed States by a historical pageant was, vor lrt , ' ,.. ,
a means adopted of getting funds to
he donated to the Red Cross for Eu
ropean rollof work.
CANYONVILLE, June 21 John
Hanks, an aged man of more than
87 years, met with a serious acci
dent Snturdny afternoon, from the ef
fects of which ho died early Sunday
morning.
Deciding to fell a tree which he
thought obscured his view, he left
homo shortly after dinner, nothing
further being henrd of hliu until
iioout five o'clock, when two smalt
boys soiih of a neighbor, who hear
ing his cries for help, sent the boys,
iv'Ui tho result that they found him
In a dying condition, with his lower
limbs smashed, one leg being broken
' In no less than 14 places. In addi
tion ho had sustained Internal in-,
juries, whlch on account o' his ad
vanced ngo resulted In death about
two a. in. Sunday. It Is nought
the lrde spilt some distance from
the base, and falling onto the do
ceased, Unused the injuries from
which ho died.
Hanha wns an old time rosidnnt of
this country, and lived with a son
on a small place near the Days Creek
postofflco. The funeral wns held at
Cnnyonvllle this morning.
ever held in Roseburg. From the
very Btnrt It became spirited and
the soliciting of votes was carried on,
not only by tho contestants thorn
selves, but by many of their friends.
Every move, however, was mnrtn In I
yers were united In marriage yeslor-, the most friendly snli-lf ml nn,i n J
day afiernnnn nf th hn.A n . . '.
hrM " ,,; r:V U're ."re "" mrougnout the five .his morning.
t vuumuc, tw. i. . i.uw-' montns mat the conies! inn.'nrl
Miss Grace Boyle and J. J. Saw-
MAKIXtJ COACHES OF TEACHER
URBANA, III., June 21. Teaching
teachers how to he athletic coaches la
t"e unique purpose of a summer
(ouise at the University of Illinois.
The second annual summer coiirso ot
c.iis character opened to. lay. Such
well known coaches as H, r,. Gill,
Rn..!i Jones, and R, "... tfnppkc ar
liiM'ii'cd In tho faculty.
Oeorge W. Rauch, of Indiana; Swager trip four
Sherley, of Kentucky, and Thomas through.
I ley officiating. A number of Rn.
WASHINGTO.V, June 21 Serious bur Deonle in addition tr. rnvnJ hth.i ....,..
n..,n .l0 1, ...,.. , . . . - - " ' - ... IU l-l'.IV l.liivi
" 8 " i ' R" i"o " ot me American vine friends anrt relatives were nre-
to the ent. The hanny counle will live nenri
counties were passed j flag by the allies is made
state department by the Germans, it Gardiner on the groom's ranch.
liuWItt Van Norstrand, who is
heavily Interested in timber holdings
on tho South Umpqua, arrived here
He will leave for
Grants Pass in the morning. Mr.
I Van Norstrand says that business
I conditions are imnrovlnir In th ,...at
ITALIAN SUCCESS IS CACSEI and he looks for a better trade In
all lines this fall after the crops aro
THE FOUR ROSEBURG WINNERS OF THE MERCHANTS EXPOSITION CONTEST
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MISS MAUDE WILSON
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MISS KRANCKS ALLEY
MISS BETH McKLIIINNY
MRS. V. H. VINCIL