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VOL. VI.
Kosi;iu;it:, dovglas cou.ntv, oukuo.n
THURSDAY, AUt.'UST -M, 11)1.1.
No. JSfilt
BULGARIANS
PESSIMISTIC
Believe Allies Unable to Force
the Dardanelles
YOUNG TURKS HAVE REJUVINATEO MY
Ample Time liny Hecn Given The
Turks to l'rejMire Defenses
of Most Modern and
Adequuto Kind.
I.
Hy Henry Wood. .
SOPHIA, Bulgaria, July 30. (By
mall.) Governmental diplomatic
and military circles generally
throughout the Balkans have become
pessimistic to an extreme degree re
garding the success of the allies'
canlpalgn agalnftt the Dardnrfelles.
The almost unanimous verdict is that
the action was both Ill-advised and
ill-planned.
In the first place It Is declu-ei
the allies unquestionably underesti
mated the strength of the Turks.
They are declared evidently to have
taken into consideration only the
weakness shown during the two Bal
kan wars and to have overlooked
entirely the regeneration and reor
ganization which has taken place In
Turkey since the Young Turks secur
ed full control of the government.
In the second place the lack of
quick, vigorous, effective action In
the execution of the plan of attack is
roundly criticised. If on the day the
allies bombarded the Dardanelles for
tifications for the first time, the fleet
nas been sent through the straits re
gardless of cost, It Is the general
Impression here the Dardanelles
would have been forced.
Now the forcing of the straits by
the fleet is regarded as an absolute
Impossibility,, the Turks having had
ample time to prepare defenses of
the most modern and adequate kind.
Similar crtliclsm is also leveled
against the land action on the penin
sula of Galllpoll. Not only did the
allies underestimate greatly the
strength of the Turks but they al
lowed ample time for the latter to
make up all of the weaknesses and
defects in their defenses that would
,have been open to a land aittack
made simultaneous with the first
bombardment of the straits last r b-
ruary instead of two months later.
While lit Is not estimated here
that the final capture of Constanti
nople hy the land side of Galllpoll is
utterly impossible It Is nevertheless
the general opinion now that the at
tack has been reduced to a basis of
trench warfare and can only be ac
complished after a long campaign
In which every foot of ground will
be fiercely contested.
No secret is made In the Balkans
of the fact that the original plan of
action by the allies called for the
landing of a Russian army on Ibt!
Black sea coast north of Constan
tinople and the capture of that city
from the Ctantalja line in the rear.
But here again the lack of quick,
energetic aetioti on the part of the
allies defeated this plan. -.
The Columbia annual conference of
the M. K. Church South will he held
in this city from September 9 to 1 2
Inclusive. IJishop Lambuth, of .Nash
ville will he the presiding oli'iivr. At
leu.t lil'iy delegates representing the
churches of Western Oregon will he
present, and participate iu the con
ference. A number ot -t he most
prominent officers of the church will
be present from various parts of the
lnited States and will make speeches
in regard to new plans and ideas to
be taken up hy the organizations.
The conference will also take up the
work of placing ministers In posi
tions over the "western divisions and
will hear the reports of ministers
and officials of the state. This is
the second conference held in this
city the other having been held here
bout five years ago at which time a
large delegation was present.
With the arrival of German sub
marines off Constantinople the Turk- i
ish fleet is now utmost equal to the
naval strength which Russia has at
her disposition in the Black Sea.
It Is known thsjt for several
months Russia has been holding an
army variously estimated from 20"
COO to 400,000 at Odessa for this
Jo?. nt on the Blruk Sea coast north
of Constantinople. By losing, i.uw -j
tve-, me uiuu iiavui supremacy sn3
at first had In the Black Sea this has
now been rendered utterly Impos-
oK1n K n ni. I.
Imi.ht be nossibie stin to effect the
landing of the troops, the general
opinion here Is that the Russian fleet
never could keep open the line of
communications, especially against
the submarines, necessary to insure
the continuance of the operations
Only a preponderating naval suprem
acy such as the allies have In the
Mediterranean cou.ld do that.
In general England, and especially
Churchill, are blamed here both for
the underestimation of the Turkish
strength and for the lack of effective
action.
The Balkans, however, are unani
mous In the belief that the whole
campaign could be turned from a
somewhat doubtful one Into one of
certainty by the intervention of Bul
grtrir. on behalf of the allies. The
whole of the Turkish strength is
today concentrated In the resistance
at the Dardanelles and at Galllpoll.
Part of the cannon that are now
know nto fairly bristle along the en
tire peninsula of Galllpoll are to be
found a goodly portion of the artll-
lery that formerly figured in the de-
fenses of Adrlanoplo and the Chatalja
line. The entire province of Thrace
from the Bulgarian frontier to the
gates of Constantinople is declared to
t-nve been left almost denuded of
defense in order to withstand the at-
tack at the straits. That Turkey commission would meet today and in
could not resist still another attack struct Cantine to continue his work
i her rear 10 everywhere conceded
here. j
Dnfbrtunatly for the allies, how
'r, Gcrmnn diplomacy has so far
f,1i"""'Fnl in Veering Bu!r;atia
from making a decision In their fav
or. Whether she will be able to do
this till the end of the war remains to
be seen. .
COMMITTEE HOLDS
T
The executive, committee appointed
for the purpose of obtaining rights of
way fox the Roseburg and Eastern
railroad last night held their first
regular session at thy Commercial
Club rooms. This committee Is com
posed of the council members who
were selected by the mayor at the
last session of the council and the
six citizens who were selected to as
sist in the work.
The first business transacted was
the election of officers, Charles Clark
receiving the office of chairman, and
R. L. Gites being elected as secre-
tary and treasurer. Various plans
were discussed relative to the proce
In obtaining titles to the land;
necessary, but nothing definite was
undertaken as the committee is wait
ing for the work of securing the fair
grounds before undertaking the more
difficult problems.
FIRST PICTURE
maivt norsTOV- tf.xas
STREET A 11000 000 PROPERTY
STATE ENGINEER
FIRES CANTINE
Action In Keeping With Des
ires Of State Board.
DUST ED OFFICIAL SAYS HE IS STILL ON JOB
Urn-is Saju That He Will Hefuso
To Approve Any Vouchers
Submitted by Mr.
Cuuttne.
aALhiM, ' Aug. 2a. Attempt of
John H. Lewis, state engineer, to dis-
miss E. I. Cantine, chief deputy en-i
glneer, because the latter announced
that he would follow the highway
commission's instructions and would
refuse to obey Lewis' orders in re
gard to state highway work, yester
day reopened the entire controversy
between the majority of the state
highway commission and Mr. Lewis.
By a letter to Cantine, Lewis un
ceremonious? and unexpectedly In
formed the chief deputy that he was
was "fired," and that in the future,
he would refuse to approve vouchers
and accounts which Cantine might
submit.
Faith Alleged Broken.
Characterizing Lewis action In
writing the letter as a breach of
faith with the commission after the
agreement made a week ago that all
matters In controversy would be left
until the courts could decide them,
Governor Wlthycombe and State
Treasurer Kay announced that the
on the state highways. They declare
that Lels has no right under the
law which places the appointing of
the chief deputy engineer and his
dismissal in the hands of the gover
nor, to dismiss Cantine.
Through Lewis' announcement
that he would refuse to approve any
vouchers submitted by Cantine, the
issue will be forced into, the hands
of Secretary of State Olcott for de
cision, only desire Is to get good
roads and to see that the work is not
hampered."
"Lewis has not kent faith with us
GREAT AVIATION
PARIS, Aug. 26. Sixty-two
French aviators bombarded the Ger
man munition factories at Dillingea,
Hnvaria, in tho greatest aerial raid
of the war, Is announced hy the war
office. The great Flotilla of aero
planes dropped a hundred and fifty
bombs on the munition ;aciorios, 3o
of which were of the largest cali
bre. It Is believed that great dam
age was done. The aviators flew
more than a hundred miles and re
turn from their base, in the Vosges.
Never before have such great num
bers of aviators participated in a
concerted ra'd.
FROM HURRICANE SWEPT TEXAS.
showing iuchhis from roofs
LOSS HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM
at lall," declared Kay. "We had
agreed to let the couitB decide the
Issue of who should be In control of
the state highway work, by the in
stitution of a friendly suit, ami then
he goes and writes this letter. He
plainly has violated his promise to
allow things to stand until we could
get a definite decision.
Cantine to io Ahead.'
"The Idea that Lewis can dismiss
Cantine is preposterous. The law
plainly states that the governor as
cl airman of the highway commis
sion shall appoint and dismiss, the
el'lef deputy engineer. The board
wl.'l Instruct Cantine to go ahead
with his work regardless of Lewis.'
In his letter dismissing Cantine,
Lewis says:
"I deem It advisable to confirm In
writing the substance of our various
j conversations since the mooting of
th0 stlUe highway -commission on
August 10.
At this meeting you gave the
commission to understand that you
would not in the future follow my
Instructions In connection with cer
tain highwr.y work. It therefore be
comes necessary for me to dispense
with yoir further services.
"You will of course understand
that this ofifce will not assume any
responsibility for work which you
may perform in the future, nor wfll
anprove vouchers or accounts In
connection with such work.
"I trust that this action will not In
ny way disturb the friendly person
'1 relations which have existed be
'wecn us in the past."
STRIKERS TIE UP
RRfiJCrEPOUT, Conn., Aug. 26.
This oity Is strike bound, and up
wards of ten thousand men and wo
men are out. Practically all are de-
"nrMng increased wages and nn
'ijlit hour day, and half a dozen ln-
"strls In the city are all but tied
'.n. The girls employed In three cor-
factories, struck today. IClght
usand men employed in the muni
tlon manufacturing plans are out
and a strike of a thousand clerks,
mostly girls, almost tied up the de
parlment Btores. In addition the
employes of the New Haven railroad
here are out. Laundry workers and
barbers also struck. There Is but
little disorder and there have been
'Mit four arrests.
T
CAKD1 i'F, Wales, Aug. 26. After
a conference with the federation of
ficials, the thou3and conl miners of
Hafod.who Vtruclc yesterday, re
turned to work toduy. It is under
stood that the federation officials
advised the strikers to reurn to work
pending a conference at London be
tween the union leaders and Lloyd
George.
and buildings piled in J
HOUSTON.
4
GERMAN SIDE OF
ARABIC CASE
Reached Washington Officials
Early This Morning.
WILD STORIES CIRCULATED IN LONDON
Optimism Prevails Among Tho li
lomuts mid an Amicable
Settlement Is Hiiro
to Come.
BERLIN, Aug. 2C The position
of Germany on the Arabic case, bas
ed on the facts so far received, was
laid before the state department this
morning. It la believed that the
first expression from Germany
through Ambassador Gerard may
pave the way for a settlement ot the
incident. The ambassador filed a
long code cable to Washington, fol
lowing a conference with Foreign
Minister von Jagow. lie would not
discuss the contents of the message
but expressed tho belief that the sit
uation growing out of the sinking
of the Arabic would be settled with
out a break.
The imperial chancellor made the
following statement of Germany's po
sition on the sinking ot the Arabic:
"As long as the circumstances
surrounding the sinking of the Ara
bic have not been fully cleared up,
It is Impossible for me to mnke a
definite statement. Thus far, we
have received no report about It. Now
we do not even know whether the
sinking of the ship was caused by a
mine or a torpedo, fired from a Ger
man submarine, nor do we know
whether In this latter case, the Arabic
may not by her actions perhaps have
Justified proceedings ot the com
mnnder of the submarine.
Complete .Satisfaction Promised.
"Only after all these circumstances
have been cleared up will It be pos
sible to say whether the commander
of one of our submarines went be
yond his instructions In which case
the Imperial government would not
hesitate to give such complete satis
faction to the United States as would
conform to the friendly rolalions ex
isting between both governments."
Ambassador Gerard at 2 o'clock
this afternoon . received a request
from Foreign Minister von Jagow to
call upon him and left a luncheon
party to respond to tho invitation.
The ambassador conferred a half
hour with the foreign minister. Am
bassador Gerard afterwards would
say nothing regarding the conversa
tion. While the situation regarding the
rase of tlie Arabic is by no means
clear, Indications were noticeable of,
a belief that a moderate amount of burg, now pending In the Biipremo
optimism regaidln gthe case Is wol court should not exceed J100, which
Justified and , that a way will be bill should also Include any other
found out of tho entanglement, even unfinished buslncHS which is still in
should It ho established Ithat the th0 hands of the attorney,
steamer was torpedoed wlthnurj After receiving Mr. Abraham's ac
warnlng an assumption which the ceptnnce or tho orfor the report of
German government has as yet, In' the committee was taken to several
the lack of any official report on of the councilnicn and enouirh sig
the subject, no reason to accept.
The newspapers and (he public
Tl
iikkli:;, au
.M; iiresl-Lltovsk I
11, e main fnrtnuH at the huso of the)
ItupKlan finld arinleH, has been f-ap- j
tured, it in officially announced. The
liiifuiaiiH Hum ndiwed after part of
the dt-ffiisive u-orltH had bt'-n Morm-,
!'d. lin st-Llltivsli has h;en the ob- j
jectivo of von Mackcnzen ever sinej
the mptum of Lenilmrg. "it Jk one j
'"iiidred and twenty niib-s e;ist ot j
YVm-Baw on the Lug river, and thoj
junction of Hveral Important rail
ways. It. Ih stunrVly fortified. Some
military critin r;itd lire! -Ll"ovr.k
of n; re M t aW'i;k hit port a nee than
Warsaw. 1 1 h rupture imikes the sur
render of tho entire Kovno-!trent-Lit-avsk
line Inipe-ative, and the fall of
the fortress of iJlelojJtok and (Irod-
uo may now he expected any time, i
i---, . . J h'1
I II! It M KM il fin V- Ml llii t; I l!H ill! II
from the fortress are believed to he
withdrawing to the cant and northeast.
seem hardly to , have awakened to
the nature of the situation and be
tween tho divergent views of Theo
dore Roosevelt and Wm. J. jlryan.
which they were given, find little en
lightenment regarding the real state
ot American public opinion. The for
eign office, however, Is evidently
fully aware of the delicate nature of
the situation and Is disposed to avoid"
a crisis.
Willi Story Publish.
The London Daily Telegraph's Now
York deans ten asserting that Itils
determination ot Washington to re
call Its ambassador and to convoke
congress to consldor the mobiliza
tion of Its army and navy ir Ger
many does not disavow the torpe
doing of the Arable was published,
but the German newspapers printed
It Inconspicuously and without com
ment, evidently with a desire not to
excite public opinion. Some of the
papers even refrained altogether
from publishing the Item.
Only Gount von Reventlow, ithe
naval critic of the Tageblatt, breaks
loose from restraint with regard to
the Arabic. He declares that It la
utterly Inconceivable that the gov
ernment under any circumstances
could disavow the sinking of the Ara
bic since she was a British Bteamer
within the war zona and could not Iia
torpedoed unjustifiably.
"If the Dally Telegraph's dis
patch," says the count, "was launch
ed in nn attempt to bluff Germany
It was lost labor. The submarine
campaign can under no circumstances -bo
changed or the successful action
of a submarine commander disavow
ed as Illegal.;' i
No More Americans to Be Submarined
WASHINGTON, Aug.. f26. It Is
reliably reported this afternoon, that
In a conference with Secretary Lans
ing, Ambassador von Bernstorff gave
the assurance that Germany will lim
it Its submarine activities, and prac
tically pledged that no more Ameri
cans would be harmed in any circum
stances. COMMITTEE ACTION
IS SATISFACTORY
That the aotlon taken by the coun
cil committee In settling with the ex
clty attorney for the sum of $400
Is entirely satisfactory to the citi
zens seems to be the fueling express
ed hy a number of prominent resi
dents of the city today. The commit
tee yestcrdny offereed Mr. Abraham,
through his attorney, Elbert Hor
mann, $400 for all his services to
date, Including besides the cases of
Harry Penrce vs. tho dlty of Rose
burg, his work on several ordinances
and legal advice. A written contract
was also made with Mr. Abraham
that his bill for services In the case
of B. L. Olios vs. the City of Rose-
natures obtained to mako it effective.
The mayor and recorder were then
authorized to draw out a warrant for
l,$IO0 dollars which wus presented to
.Mr. Abraham.
In this matter the city has avoid
ed a unit in court which would have
before being finished amounted to
considerably over .jiio and have
also sHth'd 1h nuttier In Huch a way
"Mu- u11 caM ,JU " lu'iner contro
versy.
W
WASHINGTON, . Au. ier
nti'iiy iltM s nut want tin; United
S:;ii''s In b" drawn Into a war wllh
(bill country, the nfl'lrlals hen; are
Kiillsflril on tliitt point. Tho rc(iicsL
of von lleriiKlorrr that the United
Sliitf's delay any action In the Arabic
ruse ii ii 1 11 repoi'ls are received t'roui
lieriiu. largely relieved the upprc-
nslon that Germany desired partlcl-
I nation In a war with this country, and
j t!:e conference between Lansing and
von llernstorff is understood to havij
eliminated It entirely.