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VOL. VI.
HOSEHUIIG, D0W3LAS COUNTY, OREGON
FRIDAY, JULY SM, 1015.
No. 221
MASS MEETING
WELL ATTENDED
Hundreds of Citizens Gather
to Express Indignation.
REMARKS MADE ALL FOUNDED ON FACTS
City of Dul ulli Grasped Opportunity
Offered By The Steel Trust
nd Has Xeurly 100,000
'. '" i Poople Now.
cBtween four and five hundred
men and women of this city gathered
' ' the corner of Cass and Jackson
' at'i
streets last evening In response to
the call Issued by a number of the
progressive citizens of this city to
protest against the action of a few
"'heavy taxpayers" of this city in
their action in trying to block the
recent bond Issue. It was In the na-
!. tu re of an Indignation meeting and
showed clearly the attitude of the
more progressive citizens and the
contempt In which they hold those
few wiho by legal technicalities and
litigation would prevent the majority
of peODle from carrying Into effect
the most beneficial move ever at
tempted in the history of the city.
Hon. B. F. Jones presided at the
meeting and In a few brief remarks
told of the cause of the gathering.
Charles P. Hopkins had been asked
to speak on "The bond lsue from
the laboring man's stand point". He
pictured the conditions as they exist
ed in tihe city at the present time.
Laboring men out of work with no
Immeidnte prospects of better eon,
ditions, "honest sons of toll" leaving
the city for the harvest fields of
eastern Oregon and Washington
where they secure temporary em
ployment. The speaker made the as
sertion and rightly too, that a great
tf ', majority of the laboring men had
ipent morn money for living neces
ties during the past six months than
liey )iad earned and the chances
were that the same condition would
exiBt during the next six months un
less something was done to relieve
the situation. ' .
Mr. Hopkins stated that he had
pjient' the greater part of his life In
Duluth. Minn., which at that time
was a city of 25.000 people. A num
ber of years ago the steel trust de
cided that Instead of hauling the iron
ore of the Lake Superior country to
' Cleveland and Ashtabula to smelt. It
would build a plant at Duluth In;
CAM. VALLEY ROAD
m
' The Camas Valley road from the
itop of the mountain to the bottom
will soon be Improved, much to the
relief of the residents of uhat valley.
This road for a great many years has
been a nlght-mare to the residents
i.nd the county court hasbeer. appeal
ed to time and aagln to make some
sort of repairs upon it but for one
reason or another it has been delay
ed until a short time ago when coun
ty engineer Frank Cain was instruct
ed to make a survey of the road and
figure an approximate cost of the
planking of it.
This work was commenced a
couple of months ago and several
lines run, after which one was decid
ed upon whklh has for the steepest
grade, and which is for only a dis
tance of 500 feet a 7 M per cenli
grade. The rest of the road Is less
th.it C per cent.
The county court let the contract
yesterday to Shell and Shell, of Med
ford for the sum of $9,000. They
have the privilege of using the county
grader In doing the work. The work
Is to be done by the 15Uh of Oc
tober. The contract calls for a 9-foot road
of planks 3 Inches by 12 and when
completed will be one of the best
pieces of constrnctlon work in the
county. All hiUs have been eliminat
ed which will allow the hauling of
much heavier loads than have ever
been hauled over the road before.
order to save the expense of trans
portation. When the citizens of Du
luth heard of this move they went
to the officials of the steel trust and
told them they would donate all the
land necessary to construct such a
plant In their city. At first but $10,
000,000 was to be put Into tiie plant
but before the plant was finished
nmrn than 1 0 1 111111 HUH wna nvnaml-.
ed in tihe city and today Duluth Is a
thriving center of nearly
people.
100,000
f TJnnlrlna e'tntort that tha Xtnn-
dalls and their' associates had plan'
drawn for .a plant costing in tho
.
neighborhood of nearly $1,000,000
but it was his opinion (hat before the
construction work was fiialied a
great deal more money would be ex
pended than tihat sum. The question
was asked by the speaker! "Who
would get the benefit of this money
as It found It's way through the dif
ferent channels of trade?" The la
boring man first of all, after which
every tradesman in the city would
get his share as they In turn ex
pended their salaries for the neces
(Contlnued on page 5.)
U.S. DIPLOMAT
GETS IN BAD
WASHINGTON, July 2'. lunea
Sullivan resigned as minister to
Santa Domingo, It Is learned author
itatively. His resignation followed
Investigations of tjie allegations that
Sullivan was guilty of misconduct,
and unfit for the office. His successor-
has not yet been selected.
NEPHEW 0ER.R.
KILLED
THE DALLES, July 23. Losing
bis foothold and falling beneath the
wheels, while attempting to board a j
construction train, Paul Ferrell, aged
19 and a nephew 'of 'president ofi
the O.-W.
killed.
R: .& N.
Company, was
LATEST NOTE
BERLI', July .23 The new Amer
ican note was handed to Foreign
Minister von Jtgow at 1:15 this aft
ernoon. The note arrived at the
American embassy earlier in the day,
having been delayed from Oopen-
hagen, and was Immediately decoded
and nronared for submission to the
forelgn office. Arrangements for Its
publication were made this afternoon.
THEY'RE SENDING US
1 FLM-v ;-,!:-- K,f"Yr:6
ri -i s sy ? v v- 'sit
Standing, left to right: Cyril Brown of the New York Times. T. K. Meloy of Chicago News, II. J. Reilly of Chi
caeo Tribune, Oswald Schuette of Chicago News. Seated, S. B. Conger and S. B. Bouton, Associated Press;
Carl Ackcrman, United Press, and Karl H. von Wlegand of New Y ork World.
A rather small gToup of men comprise the corps of American war correspondents stationed at the Berlin
headquarters of the German army. They are furnishing the most important news of the war for thousands of
American readers. .
10 IS WHO"
IN ROSEBURG?
Tax Books ''Show" Up The
Heavy Tax Payers cf City.
I
PIJINTIFFS P1Y i hit (IF P1TV OTNIIFQ
i " - v i.i,.vl.u
, :
Property Increased In Viilue By
Natural Growth of City, Jot
Uy Any Business
Acumen.
Since the ten lofty minded, public
spirited, progressive and heavy tax
payers have started their action for
an Intervention in the matter of the
city of Roseburg Issuing bonds for
the purpose of starting a railroad
to the National forest reserve a num
ber of the "less progressive and
smaller tax payers" have asked "Just
what per cent of the taxes of tihe city
do these ten men pay?"
This question was easily answered
by an examination of the tax books
I In the sheriff's office and this exam
ination has disclosed Jho following
facts and figures." '
H. Wollen'oerg ib assessed on 15
pieces of real estate within the city
limits which amounts In all to $42".
190. A. J. Bellows pays taxes upon four
pieces of real estate assessed at $18.
640, and upon three head of cattle
listed at $110, making in all $19,750.
Next in the list comes Henry Rld
enour, who is down on the tax books
for five pieces of property assenBcd
at $13,670.
John Hunter has four pl"(es of real
estate assessed at $11,810.
Charles Parrott, who Is credited
with being the power behind the
movement and the brains of the en
tire organization does not have a sin
gle pieces of property standing In
his own name upon the tlx rolls, al
though Parrott Bfos. are down to
the extent of $1 2,000 upon 2 pieces of
town property.
George Rapp, the Sheridan street
merchant is assessed upon $500
worth of merchandise, he having no
real estate standing in his own
name, although he is paying taxes
upon $10,400 worth of
propertyj
whlch Is In the name of Jacob Brown.! ture of munitions was advocated by
J. S. Hlldeburn, another one of Congressman Clyde Tavetiner. He
the ten is paying taxei upon prop-! declared that despite the fact that
erty assessed et $9,750. I a quarter of a billion dollars arc
J. O. Newland comes next In the being spent annually upon ti'ie army
list of land barons and Is down on and navy, the country was not pre
the city tax list for $9,305, $.150 of tions with Germany and the rthaos
w'hlch is represented by the new auto- pared for war. "This strained rela
moliile which was recently acquired. e"nr munition workers would not
The question might be'ralsed at this exist If the government had a mon
tlmeUf Mr. Newland would be will- opoly of the munition manufactur
ing to sell the machine for twice lt'3 era," said Tavenner. "Primarily, the
appraised value. :
C. W. Parks is next to the last
uoon the list and pays taxes upon
Just two pieces of property listed at
$5,840. . .
THE NEWS OF GREAT
James Milliken, the Jackson street
shoe dealer, Is last In the list and
pays taxes upon $2,000, of which j
$1,000 Is represented by the stock of
merchandise In his store.
the grand total of assessable prop
erty upon whch these ton progres
sive citizens pay taxes is il.Hl.SOR
Let us organize a clans in arithmetic
for a few moments ana find out what
per cent of taxes teu men pay com
pared to the other citkons of the
city. The total assessed valuation of
the city of Roseburg Is $2,969,145
.""'"B th
Wiis ion mius in tue city, wnicn would
have yielded $29,591.45. delinquent
taxpayers, however, brought this
amount down to $24,267.10. These
ten men paid Into the city treasury
during the past year $t,3u3.0 which
Is 4 V, per cent of all of the taxes
paid by the citizens of this city.
The question now arises . should
these men who represent them
selves to be "heavy taxpayers" of the
community, decide what shull be
done with the other 96 per cent of
the assessed property In the city.
No one has ever censured or con
demned these ten men because they
have during their II van acquired this
property, but they are censured and
condemned becauflo they seem to be
satisfied with their worldly posses
sing and attempt to keo, others from
bettering their circumstance. If a
majority of the clli"eus of this city
electe to Increase their taxes a trifle
during the next live or perhaps ten
vears and are willing to bear this
burden It is not for Hyman Wollen
berg, Henry Rldenour, John Hunter
and others, who have made every
thing they, have by the natural in
crease of value In their realty pos
sessions and by the growth of i
town in which they were located, audi
. , ... ,. !
iiui uy uuy in nit, luvy tivei u,u iu
ninke them more valuable or by any
particular business acumen, to say
what you, Mr. Lnborlngman, who
owns a smail cottage, should do with
your property. '
Take this list of men who are the
plaintiffs In this action against the
fContlnued on page 4.1
U. S. SHOULD MAKE
. ALL MUNITIONS
WASHINGTON, July 23 The gov-
ernnient monopoly of the manufae-
........ ,ne warfare is Intended to
prevedit shlpments of munitions
reaching the allies. If the govern-
ment had a 'monopoly, there would
be no exportation.
WAR FROM GERMANY
lb lf
iGREAT BATTLE
NOW RAGING
Germans Claim Warsaw
Is
Half Surrounded, Must Fall
RUSSIANS DECLARE IT WILL HOLD 00T
Incessant Hour of Artillery lleurd
At a DLttjuicc of 13
' Miles From The
City.
PETROORAD, July 23.--The great
battle for the possession of Warsaw
has now entered the decisive stage.
South of Vistula, the ltuesiani have
withdrawn to ytrongly fortified posi
tions extending from Novo Georg
levsk to Ivangorod, 50 miles to the
southwest. Along this line the Sluvs
have checked the forward rush of
the enemy, Inflicting heavy losses.
To the north of Warsaw, the forces
of von Hlndenberg are being he-Id
along the Narow river. The roar of
the guns 13 miles away can be plain
ly (heard In Warsaw. The belief per
sists In Petrograd that Warsiw can
not be captured.
From the Itusnlan Side.
PETROGRAD, July 23. Ten
strong German attacks against tho
Russian lines southeast of Lublin
were repulsed with heavy losses.
With this official announcement, the
I WO rofffna rnnnrlnfl tl,a ann-tactuf ill
, . . , . , ' ..
stand made by the Russians In the
( defense of the Lul lln-Cholm railway,
In the .eglon w;ere von Mackenon
Is endeavoring to tnvlop Warsaw
through the fortress of Ivangorod.
Here also the enemy Is reported as
having suffered heavily. Late dis
patches declare that the fighting Is
within eight miles of the railway, and
Is entering the decisive stage.
From tho Germnn View.
BERLIN. July 23. The fall of
Warsaw appeared Imminent. The
city Is nearly half surrounded by
German forces at an average distance
of less than 15 miles, while three
railroads leading into tho city from
the west are hold by the attacking
armies, the official dlrpatch.es said.
Rumors that tho main hody of Rus
sians were preparing to occupy It
were circulated but were not credit
ed. Critics believe that a great bat
tle In the jungle defenses about the
city will precede the capture, unless
the Teutons advance from tho south
east attains an unexpected moment
um. HUNG IN EFFIGY
Llttlo did the people of this city
realize that while they wer.j peace-j
fully slumbering lust evenlr.g a ter-1
rlble tragedy was being committed In
their very midst. Tls well, perhaps,
that it was not known for In that
case many a night's rest would have
been forever banished.
It all happened this way. About
11.30 laBt night while tho nearly
full moon was carefully hidden be
hind a dark cloud, a crowd of Indig
nant citizens of this fair community
(estimates vary as to tho number;
some say there were at leuBt 100 In
tho crowd while others say there
were 200)
gahhorcd at tho Inter-,
section of Cass and Jackson slrppts; routed officially by Collector Mi
ami from annirwiiero In the midst of. lone, of the port of New York City.
their number, produced a long man
llln rope nbout tho thickness of your
middle finger.
In the center of the crowd one
could see two inert, and motinulrflt,
figures who seemed to l.e at the
mercy of the crowd of men which.!
surrounded them, their hands were
bound tightly behind them (not by
railroad bonda, ihowever.) and their
faces were the color of ashes. Neither
one had a word to say to their cap
tors but seemed to be reslpned to
their fate.
It was but tho work of a few mo
ments for two of tho crowd to climb
up the telephone poles on either
corner and a moment later the two
figures were dangling In tho breezes
CASE IS ARGL'KD.
'
SALEM, July 23. Tho suit
brought against the legality of
the railroad bond issue was ar-
gued In the supreme court to-
day. Attorney Ralph Duniway,
of Portland, appeared for plain-
tlfis, and City Attorney Abra-
ham, of Roseburg, tor the city.
Duniway represented a number
of heavy taxpayers ot Roseburg,
who were In hopeless minority
at the bond election
which at that time were gently blow
ing. Between the two figures hung
a sign which read "two bond knock
ers." i
After the crowd quietly dispersed
and one then had an opportunity of
getting a closer view of the tivo vic
tims and It was only then discovered
that Instead of being men of real
flesh and blood they were only ef
figies and were stuffed with straw
and saw dust.
A sigh of relief was expresses by
a number tqf spectators who had
gathered for the figures appeared so
life-like and realistic that they had
though the crowd had resorted to
"lynch" law and had taken this'
means of venting their feelings upon,
two of the men who are trying 'o
block the wheels of progress lu this
city.
This morning when the city awoke
to it's usual activity the two fig
ures had disapeared and It Is Inti
mated that friends of the deceased
gathered and 'quietly cut the re
mains down and burled them In an
unknown grave where they will re
main "unwept, unhonorod and un
sung". While coming over RobertB moun
tain a large Mitchell auto driven by
Dr. Dixon, of Seattle, struck a tree
with the rosult that the occupans of
the ar were (thrown from tho ma
chine, Mrs. Dixon breaking her log,
while he rest of the party were un
hurt. The iarty was composed of
tourists going from San Francisco to
Seattle" and as they were coming
down the mountain, being unfamiliar
Mhe road, allowed tho machine to
go too fast. In rounding a sharp
curve the driver applied the brakes
but as the spoed waB too great tlhey
refused to work .quick enough to
hold the auto. The driver then turn
ed the machine lnt othe hank but the
strain broke one of the front wheels
and the ear shot across tho road
and Into a large tree. Tho occupants
were throw nto (llie road, but all man
aged to escape uninjured except Mm.
Dixon whose left log was fractur
ed at the knee. The enr was
brought to this cltr thlB afternoon.
urnrnPMnr ii-t nf n, ,nt..,,o .,.
(,r hs own powl!r nf(er a nCw wh(,0,
ll(,d ,een pl,t 0.
,
BY
E
WASHINGTON, July 23. A sub
marine, presumably a German, at
tacked the liner Orduna. This was
(:on-luslvoly shown In tho report sub
It Is learned on high authority. Tho
details of the report will not be made
public.
USE RECALL ON
DIST. ATTORNEY
SALEM, July 23. Allegation that
he was "corrupt and Incompetent"
were contained In a petition for the
recall of District Attorney Joseph
Starr, of Wheeler county, fllod with
the secretary of state this afternoon.