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VOL. VI.
ROSEBURU, DUl'GLAS COUNTV, OREGON SATUKUAV, Al'Gt'ST 21, 1015.
No. 219
Til GIVEN FOR
3
German Side of Arabic Story
Wanted in Washington
'f
WILL ISSUE NO STATEMENT UNTIL THEN
White Star Line Officials Claim That
Only Two Americans Were'
j , Anion); Tims') Who !
Perished. ':
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Tension
increased In official quarters last
night when consular messages; for
warding affidavits of American! sur
vivors of the British liner Arabic
brought definite information . that
the vessel was torpedoed without
warnlne and that probably some
Americans had been lost.
It seemed that but one pclnt re
mained to be cleared up whether
the Arabic had attemptd to ram the
submarine or whether a change of
the liner's course to assist the already
sinking British steamer ' Dunsley
nearby was misinterpreted by the
Orman submarine commander as a
hostile, approach. The attitude of
the American government for he
moment is receptive, anxiously await
ing accurate details and reserving
judgment as to whether the action
was "deliberately unfriendly." The
final decision rests with President
Wilson. 1 ' - ' 1 J .-
Waiting for German Statement.
In addition to awaiting informa
tion from the American' survivors,
the embassy In' London, and Ameri
can consuls, officials expect some
word from "Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin to indicate whether the at
tack without warning on the Arabic
-anetlon of the German gov
ernment. Should Germany offer an
explanation, asserting there were
qualifying cir:uml&nies, such os an
attempt by the Arabic to escape or
Tarn the submarine, the dlsnr'
on Germany's .part to . discuss the
case would In all likelihood be con
strued here as a disavowal of any In-
i-- n violate the principles for
which tho United States has con
tended. Officials here have found it dif
ficult, to reconcile the, act with" pret
vIoub declaration from Germany that
the purpose of the submarne warfare
was to prevent the carriage- of muni
tions of war to the allies; The Ara
bic was bound for an American port,
and therefore carried no contraband.
The censorship in Great Britain of
press dispatches .on the disaster
created tho Impression that perhaps
fads were being withheld which
might affect the casq vitally. ;
Official (messages', however, are
not subject to censorship, and con
fidence1, prevailed, that within.'an
other 24 hours the ,clrcumstances of
the torpedoing would be definitely
TWO KILLED IN
PORTLAND WRECK
PORTLAND, Aug, '21,' H. P'. Best,
a conductor, 'and lJV E Potter, a
brakeman, were instantly killed at
6:30 last night, when a Southern Pa
cific freight train collided with a
light engine near Uivera, about four
miles south of Portland. J. B. Thatch
er, a brakeman, was seriously Injur
ed. He is at the- Good Samaritan
hospital.
Best and Potter were members of
the freight crew. The train was car
rying a load of logs to, Hlllsboro.
They were tproceedlng backwards
with the Idea of turning arrfund'at
the Oswego bridge.
The conductor and brakeman were
riding In the caboose, which was the
head end of the train, and were crush
ed between the timbers of the car.
Conductor Best and Brakeman Pot
ter were both well known in this
city, a both of the men had worked
out of Hoseburg on the Southern Pa
cific. Mr. Best was at ope time a
fireman, 'but had resigned this po
sition In order to enable him to gain
further promotion In railroad circles
(PLANATIONS
learned.
Arabic Xot Convoyed.
For awhile today some officials,
hearing that the Arabic was convoy
ed for a time on her outward jour
ney from Liverpool, .' thught this
might have caused the German sub
marine to disregard the rule of visit
and search and the giving of warn
ing. Later, however, the statement of
an American survivor, transmitted
officially, told how the life boats
drifted for hours before being pick
ed up. This was regarded as de
stroying the theory that convoys
could have been anywhere In the
part way It would not affect her stnt-
Even If the Arabic' was convoyed
part way it would not affec ther stst
us, In the opinion of lawyers of the
state department.
The theory that the Arabic may
have attempted to ram' the German
submarine was scouted by naval of
ficials of high rank, who said the
prevailing Impression that a large
passenger vessel could ram under
water craft' was erroneous. The sub
marines ' can maneuver about so
qjulckly,' they explained, as to be
able to torpedo the larger vessels
without trouble,. Officials, also
thought that no vessel of large ton
nage, especially those with passen
gers aboard, ever would take such
a risk. . ,
Officials Hope For No Break.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 Threat
ening as the German-American sit
uation was, tlie officials are still
hopeful that the sinking of the Ara
bic 'with the' loss of two Americans,
would not lead to a break with Ger
many. Although the unofficial re
ports now Indicate 'that the Arabic
was tbrre" '"hrit warning, ex
planations from Berlin are expected.
The .attitude. -of. the .administra
tion is nor jrrcconcllable, a high of
ficial and authority said, and while
the United States wt,ll not submit to
a slap in (he fnceK there IB no Inten
tion of dlregardlng lhe"German for
eign office, If it has anything td say.
No further details of. the sinking
have been received.
AMERICANS LOST
LONDON, Aug. 21. While the
casualties surrounding the attack on
the Arabic are' still surrounded In
mystery, the details of the sinking of
the . ship with !the loss of Anjerlcan
lives, are promised as soon as tue
captain makes his official ..report'
Consul Frost, ; bf Qiieenslpwn, has
finally conlirmed the 'report thai Mrs.
Josephine 'Brugulere and Dr. Ed
ward Woods are .the only American
passenger missing.. The White Star
officials issued; another statement
that only two Americans are miss
ing. The statement declared that 12
passengers In addition ' to the two
Americans are unaccounted for, and
that forty members of the crew are
missing. No dispatches bave been
received indicating whether any pre
cautions had been taken to guard
agalns't an attack upon the Arable, j
LONDON, Aug. ,21. The, liner
Arabic ' was not being convoyed by
war ships when she was tonwdoed
and sunk by a submarine. This
statement has been passed by the
press bureau and Is said to be auth
orized by the admiralty today.
Misnq l'nseugeir of Arabic 'Found.
fWfASllINGTONi Aug. i2t-tAnieri-
can Ambassador Page informed the
sta'te department that Mr. and Mrs.
Fred BrugesS and J. Kellett, Ameri
can passengers 0 nthe Arabic are ac
counted for. This leaves two Ameri
cans missing, as previously reported.
ICANE TAKES
CHICAGO, Aug. 21. Cracking Its
way northwNrd, like a giant whip un
folding, the hurricane which swept
Texas Has struck northern' Illinois
and Wisconsin, and Is wearing itself
out on Lake Michigan. The fury of
the storm broke over St. Louis where
ten perished, and six are missing.
From St. Louis to the lake there arc
no deaths repbrted, but the property
damage is heavy.
SUBMARINES
uETMANYSnlPS
Three More Vessels Reported
Destroyed in 24 Hours
LAPLAND WITH 31B PASSENGERS MISSING
Shipping ' Interests Show Great
Anxiety and Itbiny Wild Ru
mors Are Jleing
Circulate,;.
LONDON, Aug. 21. The;report
that the steamer; Bovlc has been sunk
is untrue according to the Press. As
sociation which says the steamer ar
rived at Liverpool yesterday and pro
ceeded to Manchester.
Fourteen steamers with a total
gross tonnage of 47,698 have been
sunk in the last 4 8 hours by German
submarines. This toll, which estab
lishes a record for so short a period,
was more than twice as heavy as
that levied by underwater craft In
the : preceding week. Three other
vessels reported torpedoed may add
another 26,965 tons to tho aggregate
destroyed In the past two days. So
far as known there has-been no loss
of life, except in the sinking of the
White Star.liner Arabic. '
The recrudescence of submarine ac
tivity began August, 12 and in the
week ending August 18 the British
admiralty reports officially 13 ves
sels of a total (onnage of 22,970
wero sunk, 11 of them by underwater
craft and two by mines. . This makes
a total known loss of 70.66 8 tons of
shipping In nine days. '
( Ten Vessels British.
, Ten of the vessels sunk in the past
two days, were British .three were
Norwegian and ono was Spanish. The
total tonnage known Jo have been
lost Friday was 26,674 and Thurs
day it was 21,021. ' ,' j i
The largest vessel, whoso loss has
been confirmed was the Arabic of 1 5,
181 tons. Reports that the Lapland
of 17,640 tons and the Nlcosian of
6,369 tona'have been sunk have not
been verified. The fate of the Duns
ley, 2,956 tons net reported torpedoed i
just before the Arabic s sunk has, . . .
not been definitely determined. ' Mr. and Mrs. Enrl Altrs and son.
Submarines torpedoed 'Friday, -the: Romnlne, and Mrs. Mary B. Buenp,
British steamers dlestormel, 2,118 , - "VMicka. Kara., who have been vis
tons; Baron prsklnet 5,685 tons; I King for several .days In this city,
New York City, 2,190 tons; Samara left this mornlng'for Snn Francisco,
3,173 tons; Gladiator,; 3,359 tons; ' and San Diego, where they will at
Bltternj 1,797 tons, and the Ben tend the two expositions before
Brachle 3,908 tons, a total of 22,72,9
'"llllMI -ffS-LJln: stll.'-Jn-l .w .
SAVAGE, WHY DO TOU STARE? ' ' '
tons. The Norwegian steamers Sver-
resborg 674 tons and the Bras 1,351
tons, as well as the Spanish steamer
Perlacastlllo 1,920 tons, also were
sunk,' making a grand total of 26,674
tops. , . , ,
The vessels sunk Thursday were
the Arabic 15,801 tons; the Grod
no, 1,965 tons; ,the Serbinq 2,205
tons and the Magda 1,063 tons, a
total of 21,02,4. All those vessels
were of British registry except the
Magda which was Norwegian.
Shipping Offleiuls Kept op Keen Edge
,NEV YORK, Aug. 21. Messages
from England to the White Star of
fices pere apparently suffered from
tho English censorship
Only one dispatch, detailing cer
tain changes In previous lists of sur
vivors and missing escaped the cen
sor's blue pencil. ,
, The lack of definite news from
abroad was balanced by a host of ru
mors that tried the nerves of officials
and left them In a keen state of Ap
prehension as to the fate of ut least
one more large steamer in or near
the war zone, the Lapland, which
i snned August 12 from this port for
Liverpool with 318 passengers, in
cluding 13 Americans, and a capacity
cargo of, war munitions nd other
.U'vi'.'B... , , , , : , t .
Among these was the, report that
the liner Bovic, a freighter, depart
ing from New York, August 8 with a
big. cargo, but no passengers, tor
Manchester, had met the Arabic's
fate. Word that the Bovlc had been
sunk was received in. a. nress des
patch here from London at 5:36 p.
m. yesterday. Nearly four hours pre
vious a private shipping firm In this
city had received cable advices re
porting , sinking. A later dis
patch , said, the steamer arrived at
Liverpool and proceeded to Man
chester.' ; ' f ' '
ABE RUEF GIVEN
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PAROLE AT LAST
SAN QUENTIN, Cul., Aug. 21.
Abe Ruer, the noted politician has
been paroled from the United States
prison on the condition that he
would not return to San Francisco
for three months, but be exiled to
Mendonino county for the first three
months of his liberty. ". ' ,,
turning to their home
Doabr Im CXmUmi risia IHalrr
TURKISH POLICE
VERY ACTIVE
Constant Surveillance1 Over
All Foreigners.
SLIGHTEST SUSPICION LEADS TO ARREST
Notations '' Between Germans And
Turks la' Ilecomlng More"
Strained Every Day,
' Officials. Declare. .
; i By Henry Wood. " ,
(UnltedPress Staff Correspondent. i
CONSTANTINOPLE, (By courier
to Dedeagatch and' thence by mall)
More 'and more, as the existence of
the empire becomes menaced more
and more does the Turkish police' de
partment the one and only depart
ment of government for wblch the
Turk has ever shown a real genius,
Increase Its activities. The Turks
say they have a million and a quar
ters of men under arms. One would
be tempted to believe they were re
ferring to the number pf ijpollce-mpn-
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Recently complaint; was made to
Enver PaBha that there was too much
surveillance of the Scorpion, the Unit
ed States ship now anchored In the
BoBphorus at the foot of the Ameri
can; college, for girls.' : I;
"But It Is the duty of the police
to watch everything, to watch every
body." replied the' 3 3-year-old minis
ter of'wart "Every 20 minutes of
the day and night a patrol boat passes
my house. il am watched like all the
rest.'1' ' ' '"I
This sensation of being constantly
under the eyes of the police pro
duces on the part of the 'foreigner
here a degree; of caution. He sever
knows at what instant a chance word
he may utter may be overheard by' a
secret policeman, 'in' consequence of
which he 'may be charged wllh the
utterance of treason. "' 1 ' 1
Only a few days' ago Cononel Lelp-
slg, the military attache of the Gor
man embassy Was killed.' Hawas'a
magnificent' type of the Gorman of
ficer, over six feet tall; a gentleman
both In appearance and in 'actuality,
known and loved by everyone. ' Tho
official - announcement1 said that
while changing from uniform to civil
Ian dress In a :llttlo railway stntldn
upon hlsteturrt from the Dardanelles,
his 'revolver hnd been accidentally
discharged, the ball ehterlng bls'fore-
head. " ' ' 1
There was scarcely a fdrolgher In
all Constantinople whri did not see
In this mysforious death the culmina
tion at least In part of his convictions
that Boriner or later the Turks wfll
SIX OFFICIALS
; , FOUND GUILTY
POKTLAXI), Auk. 21.-J-The Jii-
In tho federal court returned a -Verdict
of guilty in Utc chho of tdx form
er officials and salennion of tho Unit
ed Suites Cflffililer Co., who 'have been
on trial for several week rharKd
with a ' fraudulent use of thfe malls.
The ronvieted men am: FrKnk Mene
foo, C. A. Campbell, F. MJ 1. onion,
0 B. Gernert; n. F. ' nenevell and
H. M. Todd. The men 'face two years'
Imprisonment or a fine of $10,000 or
both. The motion for a new trial
will ho heard In ten days.
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BERLIN, Aug. 21. The forces un
der General von Gullwllz havecai
turcd the city oMllulsk It I announc
ed from the war 'office. The capture,
of Bielsk cuts the communications
of tho Russians between the fortress
of Grodno and Brest-Lltovsk. South
of Blelsk, the official statement said
that von OallwIU drove the Russians
across the lllala and Jesla rivers.
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EVENTS IN THE WAJt (
ONE YH.Ut AGO TODAY
4 Allies and Gerpiant battle on
20-mlle front from Charleroi to
Naraur. ,
German troops shatter French
advance east of the Vosges
mountains.
Russia continues advance on
Germnn and Austrian borders.
.Four-day battle on the banks
of the Drlha ends In defeat of
Australns by Serbs, who took
many prison 'rs
Brussels . treasurer refuses
German demand, for $40,000,-
. French troops ara driven out
of Lorraine and battlo at Muhl-
4 hausen Is expected.
Italy reported to have decided
od general" mobilization.
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turn on the German officers pow sta
tioned at Constaotlnojjle.j But not a
single person fin all Constantinople
once expressed this suspicion.
"hoy say It was accidental," is
what everyone said to bis most inti
mate friend and to this remark si
lence alone followed. A word more
uttered might have been overheard
by a secret police and the Individual
hauled up for peasonj
That the position 'of jthe Germans
at Constantinople Is- becoming dally
more delicate there can be. no ques
tion. I know personally, that even In
the case of the death of Colonel Lelp
slz, the Turkish censor insisted that'
the official announcement as prepar
ed by the German ambassador be
submitted befbre' being telegraphed
to Berlin 'and that the original text
was altered. Many German officers
after their day's work at' the "Quar
tler Oeneral" fc-hange to' Civilian's
dress before appearing oh the streets
In the evening. German and Aus
trian civilians are leaving by every
train. Part of those wHo left on the
same train1 I did, left Curding the
country 'which' had Jolried them In
war. One German correspondent
representing oils of Germany's great
est pahers the BerHner'Tageblatt
wnS expelled because 'ho saw things
as they actually' were and not as
the Turks wanted him to see them.
But thore'is every Indication that
the Germnn soldiers, sailors' and, of
ficers how In Turkey will Bta'y to the
end.' Whatever the fnte of Turkey
may be there Is evry Indication that
not a' man wfll hesitate to share It
'and ,lf trie Turkish empire 1 passes
Out ' of ' existence 'it Is llkclj1 these
men will paBs with It. '
TAFT COMING
TO
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 21. Ex-President
Taft spent a quiet day as tho
guest of" Calvin Cobb, publisher of
the Idaho Statesman. 1Mb only pub
lic appdarance will be at tho Commer
cial club reception 'this afternoon.
He leaves for Portland tonight. '
U, PF,0. RECENT
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 21. The gov.
ernor has appointed ftay Ooodrich, of
Eugene, as a regent of tho University
of Oregon, to succeed the late S. HI
t rlendly.
-Mrs. halter Singleton and "son
and Mrs. .1. L. Anderson left this
morning for r.f" "- where th'y
will visit at the hpine of. J. W., Mar
tin. i
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BIG WAR LOAN IS
IV:R1IN, Aug. 21. Tho (Reich
stag has unanimously passed the war
loan of two and ono half billion (lul
ls rs.