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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1915)
THE EVENING NEWS SlliION J. K1IOKMAKKK CAUL I). SHOEMAKEK HAM J. SHOEMAKER Editors and Publishers. 1HHUEO DAILY KXCKIT SUNDAY Subscription 1 '.at m Dully Per year, by mall (3.00 Per month, delivered 60 ' Hemi-Wceklv. Per year - $2.00 Blx months l.tC 'Eiitcyd as second-class matter November G, 1909, at Roseburg, Or:)., under uct of March 3, 1879. .MONDAY, JINK 21, 1010. TDK FAHMKHS' CREDIT ItlLL. According to Congressman llawlcy, who pusscd the day In Roseburg, there Is a very bright outlook for the passage of the rural credit bill at this coming session of congress, as the commute, of which he is one of thu leading members, will have it In ouch Bhape that It can be presented with every likelihood of its being ac cepted and made Into a law. A great deal of time and attention has beon Biven to this matter by the com mittee, and thoy have di gested the voluminous report have digested the voluminous report mado by the commission that was sent to Europe, and made exhaustive Inquiry in this country, and Ttave framed the outline of a bill to meet the needs and requirements of the farmers of this land. There Is no question regarding the 'Immense val ue of such a law in this grea ag ricultural country, and especially In a new country as this still undevel oped west, and while of necessity there must and will be restrictions and regulations, they will not be of such a nature or so drastic, tnat tnoy will prevent many thousands of farmers taking advantage of its pro visions. It was suggested to our' member of congress, that It wou'.d be an excollent idea If lie would come to Roseburg at some later date and elucidate the proposed hill be fore a meeting of the farmers oil the county. He was assured of having a large and representative audienco from the farming community nil over tile county, and he promised to do this, and give long enough notice ahead bo that his coming would he lioralded In every section. The governor of Georgia will bo lauded by thousands outside of his stuto for the stand ho has taken in the Leo Frank case, and Is already being exocrated In his home slnte ac companied by threats of violence. An It Is thero are but few people who have watched this enso and Its sen sations, who will not agree with the southern governor in his decision. Thero has been too much doubt as te the actual guilt of tho accused, to allow the executive to he swayed by the howling of a mob thirBty for vongoanco and heated with a race prejudice. it will be surprising If the colonic of Knglnnd over the world, and more especially on this continent, do not Buffer more or lees by enthusiasts on the other side of the border. If any more attacks occur, such os happen ed in Windsor, Just across the river from Detroit, it will necessitate more thorough policing of the border by both nations. Tho Germnus Intend to make tho fall of the Russian fortress Lomburg spectacular, nnd have advertised the fact IhHt their Kniser will be on hand to see that It Is done properly. EIGHT EROWN AT ATLANTIC CITY ATLANTIC CITY, June 21. l.Biihotl and beaten Into helplessness by merciless waves, held powerless in the grip f an .undertow against which human might was puny and fu tile, eight persons met heroic deaths on the beach today, whllo other he roes, red-shlrted beach guards and bathers who took their lives Into their own hands battled de.i?eraiely against tremendous odds to save them, ' Thousands lined the boa id walk and beach, women wringing their hands and weeping bltteriy, aa a tragedy heart breaking In III Inten sity was enacted before their eyes. UttO IVi-sous In Peril. For the space of more than iJ0 minutes more than 00 lives wpre placed in direct peril by (he pound ing Burf, herding them into deep "slue" running seaward from the Strand at Chelsea avenue. . Three other persons, one of them a young women, are mlBsing and may have met the same fate. The victims are: Miss Marian Rhoadea C-eamer. 20, student of Beechwood College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Creamer, Jenkintown, Pa. Slen Die for Women. Charles Mattluck, Philadelphia who died in a heroic attempt to save Miss Creamer. Charles Green, fisherman of this city. William Francis Crow, of Phil adelphia. Frank Brlgham, ilC, student of the Episcopal Academy, Phlladel phla, sou of M. E. Brlgham, wealthy sportsman. Philip Arnold, Jr., 24., of Phlla delphia. William McKay, a florist of Phila delphia. Tliotisnmls Itrave Heavy Tide. In th ecity hospital here are Mau rice Sleppacher, a Philadelphia man ufacturer, who has a cottage at 31 North Iowa avenue; Erwln Craig, of Wilmington, Del., and Walter Mar gerum. of this city, a beach guard who battled with the waves until he collapsed on the beach. The heaviest tide of the summer did not deter thousands from enter ing the turmoil of breakers this morning. From one end of the beach to the other men, women and child ren were knocked over by the big seas and dragged out by fighting beach guards. Shortly before 10 o'clock a fleet of six fishing skiffs, returning from fishing grounds off shore, were up set simultaneously in the breakers at Mississippi avenue.. Green was drowned when a score of fishermen hurled into 'the boiling breakers. Word was then passed up and down the beach front to guards to warn all bathers to hug the beach for the tide was rising and growing more dangerous. Ninety minutes Inter, while hun dreds were Joyously leaping about In the great combers along the Chel sea front with thousands watching them from the walk-railing and hotel porches, a shrill cry went up. Two minutes lnler not less than 200 peo ple, tunny women nnd children among them, were Bhrleklng for help, t n ........ had filled an '-"offset" o "slue" nnd as the bathers, panic- stricken, turned shoreward, they plunged Into It over their heads. Pandemonium eiiBited. Horror gripped tho hearts of the watchers, for there were but two guards at tmnd. Oscar Channel and Walter Mar- gerum, stationed at Morris avenue. Whllo these brave chaps raced sea ward, life buoys In their arms io reach tho bathers furthest out, oth crs formed human lines to 'reach othera. Wave Itreaks Human Line. One man, believed to have been McKay, with within a few feet of help when the humun line crumbled under the battering of the seas and othor bathers dragged Its members to the beach. Men. women and children were dragged out unconscious and stretch ed on the beach. Eighteen there were of them at ono time, going back to fight for the others as they were revived. Hotel guests are already talking of organized efforts to obtain suitable recognition for tho two brave guards, Channel and Mnrgorum, from the Carnegie hero fund. With their life boat they saved a score of persons. " THE CENTRAL PHARMACY USES ONLY . REAL CAKE ICE CREAM CONES They are positively the best ice cream cones on the market. They are toted lo a ri'h pp'm'? nnrl aw nVicrtl ntfl v rLnn a.H irrhnlocAmn .'V..,r -i .-. vPPtPned With Teal Sflgaf. 1 Hey , nacked clean, and we diknense. them from . He. ..rl, 3 iar. We till them with pure cream ice cream Take the kiddies lo the Central Pharmacy Soda Fotiataiu' ' . Co-.ies . Sc, ior delicious, nutritious Real Cake Ice Cream W. H. Richardson THE CENTRAL Cor. Cass and Jackson Miss Velio Marker returned today from Snlem where she has been visit ing with her sister. Mrs. Jose. This Coupon Presented at the time of a purchase V'k J J VI V-l VllHllO J AU Ten &tf Green Trading l$: Stamps Free AT THE , I I Ily Wilbur 8. Forrest. (United Press Staff Correspondent.) LONDON, June 11. (By mail to New York.) That the German au thorities have hoodwinked the vari ous neutral commissions that have made generally favorable- reporti on the treatment and feeding of pris oners of war In Germany if charged by three Belgian non-ommlsfloned officers who recently escaped lrom the prison camp of Bergsnhns. Questioned singly and then to gether by the Belgian minister at Copenhagen, their Btoriea, which have been forwarded to the Belgian legation In London, coincided. All agreed that conditions in the larger prison camps, such as Pnrchim, where they were first confined, are consid erably better than those In the small er camps, the former being under the command of superior officers. Though the rules in the larger camps are severe, they are applied with more or less equality and there Is not so much arbitrary infliction or ex cessive toil or ill-treatment, such as prevail In the camps like Gergenhus which are under the command of Bub-officers of the reserves or lerrl torials, who run them acer-rdlng to their own whims and without the necessity of reporting their own vio lations of the rules. "In these camps English and A.'s slnn prisoners are treated incompar ably worse than the French and Bel gians," said the escaped Belgians "They are giving the most revolting tasks to perform and are often brut ally assaulted. Parcels for all prison ers are opened, delnyea.and pilfered in spite of the rule that they should be opened in the presence of the' re cipients. The medical service is la mentably insufficient, prisoners not even being examined until they hnve been ill for many days. Even then no rest from work Is allowed except in grave cases. Tho only reply to is, 'You didn't come here to be ill or to rest, but to work.' The prisoners-have to pay for medicines themselves, and the lot of those un able to do so is frightful. "Both the quantity and the qua! Ity of food have been lowered in the past three months. At Bergenhus the rations were: Morning Bowl of a brew colled coffee and a morsel of black bread three Inches square and one and a half thick. This bread. a little less than 200 grammes, has to laBt all day. Midday Soup, made of water, mostly quite Inedible, and some beotroot. Evening Beetroot only. Vegetables, preserves nnd es pecially meat are only distributed In special circumstances and in infin itesimal portions. Rnrely, some bones from the meat used at the table of the guards are dipped In the prisoners' soup. The waste from the German troops' kitchen Is sold on ontract to feed tho pigs of the country-side. The Belgians at Berg enhus one day complained of the soup, whereupon the commandant re plied 'I know this sonp is not fit to give to pigs but you'll eat it all the same.' "Commissions of the Red Cross and the neutral states nave expressed themselves as being generally satis fied with the nourishment of the prisoners because they have been completely hoodwinked. For In stance, when the Swedish mission visited Gustrow they were shown the kitchens where the meals were being prepared, not for the prison ers as they believed, but for the guards. At the canteens the prices charged prisoners are fai hovond market prices, while ths non-commissioner officers of the German guard pay nothing. "Only a strong constitution can enable a man to emerge with his health from one of these ramps. Some Belgians have already died of hun ger. 'AMSTERDAM, June 7. (By mail to New York.) The kaiser's health is being i;afc'guarded these dnys with characteristic German thoroughness, according to information reaching here from Berlin. 1 The most elaborate precautions are taken to prevent his even catch ing a cold. Whenever he goes to either of the fronts he is accompanied by a small army of physicians and nurses whose fliBt duty is to ascer tain whether there is any epidemic prevalent in the district, whether the air Is suitable for his majesty's lungs, and whether the humidity Is such as might cause rheumatic pains. If, In spite of all precautionary mea sures the Kaiser acquires a cold, he is immediately put to bed, all visit ors are refused admission, he Is swathed in all sorts of poultices, takes an enormous quantity of pills and powders, and exnets a thousand and one cares. Meanwhile special sanitation work Is pursued. His temporary home 4s disinfected, both inside and outside, a score of times daily. The room where he reposes is constantly spray ed with Bpecial chemical preparations and those of his suit who cough, or have been 111 even some time before, or who use a handkerchief too fre quently, are not permitted within hnilln gdlstance of his room. president was endeavoring to induce congress to pass the ship purchase bill, It was intimated in the senate that Mr. Warburg had used his in fluence with the Administration to obtain the legislation and thus enable the sale by the Germans of the Ger man Btcamers lying in New York harbor. Mr. Warburg and treasury officials denied that there was any truth in this suggestion. Mr. Warburg was naturalized only a short time before he was appoint ed on the federal reserve board. He haB been in the United States not more than seven years. Washington is Wondering. WASHINGTON. June 20. The re port from New York that Paul M. Warburg, a member of the federal reserve board, has been sending ci pher wireless messages to the bank ing house of the M. Warburg Co., at Hamburg, caused comment among of ficials hero tonight when their at tention was called to It. Mr. Warburg Is a. son of the head of the Hamburg house and formerly was connected with it. The question was raised what could be the nature of the communi cation Mr. Warburg desired to con vey that he should be so secrctivo about it. The greater curiosity con cerning it grew out of the fact that Mr. Warburg holds an Important po sition in connection with the control of the American financial system. Mr. Warburg was not at his home today. It was said there he was out of the city, but his present address could not be obtained. "Don't know where he Is," was the answer in response to an inquiry. Acting Secretary of State Lansing said he had no knowledge concern ing (Mr. Warburg's use of a cipher in sending messages to Hamburg. "That would not ocme under the state de partment," he said. "Tho navy de partment has charge oj wireless." . Secretary Daniels, of the navy de partment was not in the city tonight. Others In the departmen said they knew nothing concerning the War burg cipher wireless message. Mr; Warburg may have given his code to Secretary Daniels or the naval of ficer supervising the message from the station used by Mr. Warburg may be in- possession of it, but this fact could not be ascertained hern. FOR SALE Small sawmill without power, practically new, located on S. Deer Creek; in first class con dition; will sell cheap. Inquire ot F. B. Solomon. Roseburg, Rt. 1, or phone 11-F21. 600-jn20, FOR SALE Three horses, wagon and buggy. Enquire at Caddis Plumbing Shop or phone 210. G59-Jy21 LOST REWARD Blk tooth charm, bearing name C. O. Webber, No. 326. Finder leave at News of fice for owner and reward. wakhirg iikksa;i-: ! in cipher mysteiiv NEW YORK, June 20. Paul M. Warburg, member of the federal re servo board, is conimiunicathig by wireless cipher with a firm In Ham burg which is controlled and direct ed by members of his family. One of these dispatches baa cento Into tho possession of your corres pondent. It was sent June G, at the time President Wilson was pre paring his reply to the German ans wer to the original American no'e, making demands for the suppression of submarine warfare on mercantile craft. . Efforts to Decipher KulLs. Here Is the mesBage; I'M. Warburg Company, Hamburg; For Warburg man happiness pax oth erwlBS nix eric feeustra and frledi. "PAUL M. WARBURG." Efforts have been made here to decode the "message, but without suc cess. It is evident that Mr. War burg and the firm belonging to his family have agreed on a dictionary or a book and encipher and decipher It the following simple fashion: Take the word "man." for example. The tenth word, or whatever number mayi be agreed on from man gives the word coded. The same system fol- lowed with reference to other words finally produces the message. Filing of Key Required. It Is .assumed that before sending the message, Mr. Warburg supplied the state department with his code and a copy of his communication. Otherwise he would be guilty of vio lating the regulations prescribed by the government. It Beems astonishing to men who know that Mr. Warburg should be engaged in sending cipher messages to Germany. It is possible that the messnge Is purely personal. In this instance It Is asked: "Why the ne cessity for o cipher?" It Is natural that suspicion should be arotiBed by Mr. Warburg's action. He is a member of the federal re serve board, which controls the fin ancial system of the country. His office is in the treasury department in Washington. He is close to Sec retary McAdoo and other officials of the administration. In his position he naturally Is cognizant of every thing that goes on. lt-mnrtrwl Activities Ienlcl. It will be recalled that when the "The M h&LL ail who rJHgM& work to put HliSmSS9mt part of their earnings in the Back'.' All your labor proves profitless unless you have something to show for the time you have toiled. A Bank account is the best record of in dustry and worthiness. It is easy to start and is the best friend you have. It is a stepping stone to success; an honor to the possessor and the envy of the spend ' thrift. We help others save, why not ycu. Roseburg National Bank Roseburg, Oregon . I MILITARY SHOES and LOW SHOES W. Enrl Flynn nnd wife, of Los Angeles, who are touring the North west in their auto, stopped off in this city last night. 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