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VOL. VI.
ltOSKIll'lUi, lxn'GLAS COUNTV, OltKGOX
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THI KSDAY, AlGl'ST , 111.1.
Xo. 235
BELGIUM HAS
SMALL EXHIBIT
Nation's Tragedy Plainly Seen
at Exposition
FRANCE HAS BEEN GENEROUS TO SISTER
Miniafure Model of Antwerp Xow
in HandN or the Germans
Alt met Constant
Attention.
Hy "'red S. Ferguson.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5. The
tragedy of Belgium is written deep
at Hie Panama-Pacific exposition.;
laughing crowds, thrilled by the
splendor of the big fair and its won
ders, suddenly become silent before
what is veritably Belgium's shrino
. among the exhibits of nations of the
world. j
The appearance of the maimed
r.ml torn nation, which holds tho;
sympathy of an entire world, is not'
expected. And when It Is encounter
ed under the sheltering folds of tho
French tri-color men and women
Two rooms jn tho palatial French;
building are set aside for Belgium.!
France l:.ns done more than any other
nation In her efforts to pay her re
spects to this country through her
exhibits and not the least of the
pains taken by the republic Is the
attention given Belgium. To tho
right of the broad, carpeted stairs
leading to the main floor of the'
l-rench building Is the Belgium ex
'Mbit. Above the door Is merely the
Inscription "Belgium". But beyond
is tho work of a nation rearing Its
bead above its ruins and proclaiming
to the world that Belgium still lives.
The Belgium exhibit Is not large.
There Is a big model of the city of
Answerp, now held by the Germans.
There are a few paintings, bronzes
and exhibits of work from miscel
laneous Industries.
Men and women stand in silence
Jlefore IufCb of King (Albert and
Queen Elizabeth, mounted uipon
pedestals near the center of the
room. At the foot of these pedestals
cut flowers and wreaths are piled
jlidgh, filling tho room with their
pungent odor. About the 'walls of
tho second room appear such names
as Ostend, Bruges, Namur and other
rules, well known to Americans
through war dispatches.
Apparently nothing was over-
looked "by France in preparing her!
exhibit for the big fair. There are
rare nugs and tapestries from tho1
time of Napoleon, relics of Balzac,
General Ijifayette, and others fam
ous In French history as well as costi
ly exhibits from, the modistes and'
slhops of Paris, the nation's best in'
CARTOONS
A HARD OXF.
art and In every industry.
The Tower of Jewels Is just be
ginning to get back its reputation
after having encountered the com
pletion of "Diamond Jim" Brady
luring his visit here. "Diamond
Mm" arrived without advance no
tices, but soon had the sparkling
tower blushln gfor shame. On one
of his afternoon visits to the fair
Brady drew an "engineer" of about
120 .pounds when he rented a wheel
chair to take him about the grounds.
As "Diamond Jim" was accompanied
by a young woman, the 120 pounder
'had ai fair "Viiia-- load to push even
over level streets. considering
Brady's heft. But when the chair
headed toward the Baker street en
trance, passing the Inside Inn people
began to line up to watch.
There is a gradual rise there for
about two blocks and near the top
the incline Is sharp. Brady sparkl
ed in the sunlight oblivious to the
cause of titters floating around, but
tjlie chair boy was extended at an
angle of about CO degrees, perspir
ing, .pushing and blowing and bare
ly able to keep "Diamond Jim" from
rolling hack on him. He made the
hill, but It was a close call.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The des
tiny of Mexico hung in the balance
this afternoon. With Secretary of
State Lansing presiding, the envoys
of the leading South American re
publics met at the state department
to discuss plans which were outlined
hy fthe premier ,to restore peace
south of the Kio Grande. At 2:45
all the envoys had arrived except
Ambassador Suarez, of Chill, who
was unavoidably delayed. The con
ference proceeded secretly. There
is now little doubt but the warring
factions in Mexico must bow to the
decision reached by the Pan Ameri
can conference, cither voluntarily or
by force. It Is expected that some
definite time will be fixed In which
the Carranzlstas, Villistas and Zapat
istas may come, to terms and settle
their differences among themselves.
If peace Is no restored within that
time, thjfn it Is believed . Ihat a
definite program that has "been de
cided upon In advance will be carried
out, in which the United States will
have the support and co-operation of
the other American powers.
FA Mi I'ltOM SWING IS FATAL
PORTLAND, Aug. 5. Receiving
Injuries when she .fell from a swing
on Tuesday, Virginia . Burns, aged
18, daughter of W. J. Burns, presl
detn of the Balfour-Guthrie Com
pany, died this morning of hem
orrhage of the brain. -
OF THE, DAY
TO TOACK
-Manor In toe St Joseph .Vctcl-2'rew
FATE Or MEXICO
m i rv b i
IN KALAKCt
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CITY STARTED
Attorney Asks that Injunction
Be Granted
EVERY COUNCILMAN OF CITY IS CALLED
lliimilloii Ls of Opinion That the
Ikmd Issue Will lie Profit
able Investment For
The City.
The suit filed by John Hunter and
a number of other citizens of this city
a few weeks ago in which they sought
to enjoin the city from issuing $300,
000 worth of bonds voted hy the
people by such an overwhelming ma
jority at the special election called
on June 3, was begun this mornng
before Judge Skipworth.
Ralph Dunniway, the noted ob
structionist lawyer of Portland, who
Appeared for the "obstructionist"
clique in the supremo court when the
case of Harry Pearee was 'heard, rep
' resented them In the circuit court
this morning and made the opening
statement to the court.
This is the case which is based
upon tho affidavit of the plaintiffs
that a fraudulent and unlawful
scheme existed between Harry Pearce
and the defendant city whreby the
friendly suit was "railroaded"
through the rlrnuit court without
setting rorth the true statements of
facts in the case, Mr. Dunlway in
his opening statement, asked that an
injunction be granted the plaintiffs
ngalnst the city from carrying Into
effect their contract with tho Ken
dall Bros, and tho Rosehurg and
Eastern R. R. The principal Issue
was, Mr. Duniwny stated "whether
or not tjh'e bond Issue is to tax the
property owners of the city for a
public or a .private contract." and
their contention Is that the charter
amendment as voted by the people at
the recent special election were in
valid and If valid the contract as en
tered into with the Kendalls was an
abuse of power by the municipality.
Mr. Abraham's only reply to the
plaintiff's motion was that the city
denied any conspiracy existed and
that the fictitious suit as alleged
never existed, but that the case was
tried on Its own merits and these
were sustained by the supreme court.
Carl Wlmberly was the first wit
ness calked hy Mr. Duniwny and
stated that ordinance No. C10 was
placed In his office by O. P. Coshow,
hut that he did not know who draft
ed the ordiance aside from the fact
that several attorneys were Identified
with It. ICxcept from hearsay he did
not know just what Industries were
mentioned In section 4 of the ordin
ance. TJie record of the council proceed
ings where tho mayor appointed the
council as a whole to act as a rail
road committee was admitted in evi
dence as was the report of the rail
road committee on July 15. The re
corder stated that no titles to either
terminal sites or right of ways had
been filed In his office In which they
were made out in the city's name.
In order to try and show that
some representation had been made
GREAT STORM
NKW YORK, Aug. 5. The weath
er Is clearing on the Atlantic coast.
Partial restoration or communica
tion produced the reports Indicating
tjhat between 50 and 100 lives were
't in the disastrous storm of Tues
day night. At Erie, 20 bodies have
been recovered with 18 miflslng, be
sides many injured. Mountains of
debris are to bo removed, ami expen
sive measures for the relief of hun
dreds have been taken. Nino lives
were lost at New York. Along the
iTsy const A he property damage
will run up to two millions, and
, f ort atom area the dam
i 1 amount to many
1 . 'i.iWitns.
CAS
AGAINST
by tho Kendall's to tho citizens of
tho city in order to have the bond!
issue carry. Mr. Duniway asked the
witness If he know what Inducements
were held forth to the workmen of
this city and to the banking Inter
ests. Mr. Wlmberly stated that ho
knew of no such representations on
the part of the Keudalls. On cross
examination It was brotiglit out that
a number of deeds made out in the
,i)Hy' jiuine had been secured Jo
right of ways, although none had
been filed In his office.
W. S. Hamilton was the second wtl
ness and In brief manner told" In
chronological order the events lead
ing up to the proposition made by
S. A. Kendall to the city. Ho stated
that the contract entered into by tho
city with the Kendalls called for a
standard completed road, although
the rolling stock which would be
used would depend upon tho busi
ness done by the road after comple
tion. Tho title to the rolling stock
Mr. Hamilton was of tho opinion
would bo vested lu the city.
In the opinion of tho witness the I
bond issue was not In the nature of!
a subsidy or bonus, but tin Invest
ment and one which eventually would:
bo profitable to the city. In re-
gard to tho operating expenses of
the road the city had no guaranty,
from anyone or as to the freight rates
which were designated In the con-;
tract as "reasonable". As a business j
man Mr. Hamilton thought there was'
no similarity between a direct donu-j
Hon to the Kendalls and what was to
be done by the city in regard to the!
Issuing of bonds, although the con-!
tract was not as favorable as he:
would have liked to have seen drawn
up between the city and Kendalls,!
ho thought that it was very fair and
(Continued on page 4.)
LETTER RECEIVED
FR0M-S.il. KENDALL
The following letter was received
by .1. W. Perkins yesterday from S. A.
Kendall In answer to tho telegram
sent upon the receipt of the decision
in the bond Issue case:
Dear Sir:
Your messoge, advising the sus
taining by the supreme court of the
bond issue for Hoseburg, received. I
wish to congratulate the city and
yourself upon the vigorous fight put
up, and the success obtained. I trust
th.it your work in securing rights-of-way
and getting out the bonds will
be pushed as vigorously as has been
tho obtaining of the legality of tho
bund issue.
Yours truly,
S. A. KENDALL,
This Is the first word to bo receiv
ed from Mr. Kendall, but It Is ex
pected that more letters will follow
In tho course of a few days outlining
the work and giving further particu
lars as to the exact time work on
the railroad and saw mill Is to be
begun.
The right-of-way committee will
hold a meeting tonight at which time
the members of the council will be
present nnd arrange methods for se
curing the title to t!!ie rlght-of-wi:y
as soon as possible.
LET LOOSE
WASHINGTON, Auk. 5. The
cruiser EriRle shelled the Halt la j
rebels under command of deneral
Hobo, when tiliey endeavored to en
ter Capo Haltien yesterday, Admiral
C'aprton reported to the navy depart
ment, mo reiteiw w.-m: uiivt-ii unu.
the woods bank of tho city.
J. A. Worley and wife returned
last nlht from Sodaville where they
have been spending the past month.
Mr. Worley reports having had a
-I'lendid time and much benefitted
fvoin th mu-advertised baths and
:!;i;KTiil water. He reports the place
v i'fcnniini? more popular than ever
In-fore and many visitors there at
; :.e rr.-'Sf nt time.
FRYE CASE TO
T
Germany Stands Firm in the
Position Taken
DENY SINKING WAS VIOLATION OF RIGHTS
Whlo IMvdirgtjnce lu Views Make
Tito Construction of tho
tVuiMU't Kviu'lly
Opposite.
WAAS111NGTON, Aug. 5, Tho
United States will probably accopt
tho proposition of Germany to sub
mit tho Frye case to tho Hague Tri
bunal, to test tho treaty of 1828 be
tween this country and Prussia. In
her reply dealing with the sinking
or tho steamer William P. Frye, Ger
many maintained that the sinking of
American ships carrying contraband
was not a violation of that trenty. Tho
officials here said that while tho
controversy does not warrant a rheak
1 ! Imperative that a settlement be
reached. Tho United Stntes denied
that Germany has a right to sink
contraband-carrying American Bhlps.
Oermnny Is unyielding In her re
fusal to conccdo Chat the sinking of
tho American sailing ship William
P. Frye by the auxiliary cruiser
Prlnz Kitel Frlcdorioh In the South
Atlantic last January was n viola
tion of American rights under tho
Prussia-American treaty or of Inter
national law.
In reply to the last representations
of the United Slates, the German
foreign office, In a noto tnndo public
hero. hist, night, by the state depart
ment, reiterates a previous justifi
cation of Germony'B courso, declares
again her willingness to pny for the
ship, and accepts a proposal first
advanced by the United States that
the amount of damages be fixed by
two experts, one to bo selected by
each country.
Stipulation Is Made.
Such a sum the German govern
ment pledges itself to pay promptly,
with the stipulation, however,' that
tho payment shall not he viewed as a
satisfaction for vlolntlon of Ameri
can rights. Should that method be
unsatisfactory, (ficrmnny Invites tho
United States to arbitration ,T. The
Hague.
Tho unofficial view here Is that
reparation through a commission of
experts probably will he satisfactory
to the United Stntes, with the ex
press provision, however, that It la
pot a waiver of treaty rights for
vhlch tho American government con
tends, hut applies only to the matter
of damages.
('cHvuflnti to lie Insisted On.
It Is practically certain that If the
United Slates allows the dispute to
go to The Iliife'.:c rr.r tnlorprplnllun
HAGUE COUR
Tin-: xiavs rito'i ri:ri:x.itAi)
r 1 "
( 6M HH1. l'r-t '
COAXING HIM A
1
of the treaty provision, or continues
tho academic discussion of principles
through the channel of diplomacy. It
will Insist, that meanwhile Germany
refrain from violation of what tho
United Stntes contends are Its rights.
Tho entire dispute revolves about
Article 13 of the Prussian-American
treaty of 1799, which was revived
and Included In the treaty of 1828.
That article, the United States con
tends, specifically protected the Wil
liam P. Frye from being sunk, al
though It' did not protect a contra
band cargo. Germany takes precise
ly an opposite view, contending that
the article only obligates her to pay
damages. Ship Held lilnhlc to Confiscation.
Furthermore, Germany replies that
as the Frye's cargo of wheat destin
ed to England was contraband, tha
ship was liable to confiscation, and
that ns an attempt to take the prize
Into a German port would have Im
periled her captor, tho destruction ot
the Frye "was according to general
principals of international law".
"The rlgjht of sinking," says tho
German note, "Is not mentioned In
tho trenty, and is thereforo neither
expressly permitted nor expressly
prohibited, so that on this point the
party stipulations must he supple
mented hy the general rules of Inter
national law. It Is not disputed hy
tho American government that ac
cording to tho genoral principles of
International law a belligerent Is
authorized la-sinking neutral vessels.
Under almost any conditions, for
carrying contraband,"
BURN TO DEATH
LA KB D10LAVN, Wis., Aug. 6.
Afraid to leap to safety, tihreo chil
dren -of George liryant, president of
the Uaelno Rubber Company, hud
dled together at an upper window
of their home, and perished In one
flames that destroyed the building
early this morning. The fire spread
and swept ten cottages before It was
finally checked with dynamite. The
loss Is estimated at $100,000.
tilUlMANS FKAH COTTON l'AMINR
ROTTERDAM, Aug. 4. Tho Ger
mans nlrendy have begun using flax
as a substitute for cotton In some of
their munitions factories and all mu
nitions factories arc being remodciud
for t Ills purpose, according to a dis
patch to tho Courunt from Belln...
Tho taking of an Inventory of all
stocks of cotton and of other tex
tles throughout Germany, the dlB
patch says, began Monduy and will
conllnuo for ten days. A largo staff
of officials Is being employed in this
work. All stocks of cotton ami ar
ticles nmdo from cotton, even ln
cludlng underclothing and shirts,
must bo listed.
Irolan.l In tbs Columbui DUn(tA