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Miming The News For Results - - If you have loot or found. If you want to buy or sell, If you wuut work or workers. Use The News Classified Ails. Daily Weather Report Fair Tonight tuid Sunday. Highest temp, yosterday ...89 Lowest tomu. Inat night . . .62 VOIi. VI. KOSEHLUG, IMR'GLAS COUNTY, OREGON S.YTIHDA V, HKPTKMIIKIt 4, 11)1.1. No. S(lt CAPT. MARKEEE HEAD OF HOME Many Complaints of Manage ment Says Governor OLCQIT AS HSU. IS OBSTiNATO New Haul IUmlur in Grand Army Chiles Has lla RvpeiieiHC In Koldii-rs llnie in the EnKt. SALEM, Or., Sept. 4. W. W. ' Elder, commandant of the Oregon Soldiers' Home at Roscburg for the last 12 years, will be removed Oc tober 1. He will be succeeded '. Itobert C. Markee, of Portland. Removal of Mr. Elder came at a meeting of the board of control yes terday, Governor Withycomhe mak ing the motion. State Treasurer Kay voted with the governor for. Air. Wder's removal, while Secretary of Slate Olrott registered his opiosi- tion. In making the motion for Mr. El- Uer's removal. Governor Withycomhe, said ho deemed a change would prove to be for the best Interests of the. institution. "I have received many ' complaints from persons familiar wltn, (he conditions at the home," the ex-j ecutive told the other members of j the board, "ami believe we should; make r. change. Mr. Markee is well known in Portland and Indorsed j highly by the old soldiers." Mr. Olcott Condemns Move. Secretary Olcott was emphatic in' hlB declarations to the board that 'io believed Mr. Elder should be ret.iin; ed, asserting that If, as he had heard, the removal of Mr. Elder was duo to charges which had been made against the commandant's daughter, that she had received pay from the state while employed elsewhere, lie could not condemn the action enough. He said that an affidavit made in connection with the charges against the young woman had been refuted In another affidavit by the same person. "I have the utmost contempt for the methods of character assassina tion which Mr. Elder's enemies seem to have adopted," remarked Mr. Ol cott. "I know of nothing against Mr. Elder for winch he should be re moved. I consider that Mr. Elder has been a model commandant. He has conducted the home In an effi cient manner, decidedly different from experiences with that institu tion before he was at its hend." daughter Not Involved. "I want to make It plain." replied the governor, "that this charge has nothing to do with any charges Hint may have been made against Mr. El der's daughter.'' Curtain It. C. Markee, rnmninnd-ant-elect of the Oregon Soldiers' Home at Itoseburg. Is a I'nlon sol dier who marched with Sherman to the pea nnd who cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Markee lives at CIS Prescott street and is engaged in the jewelry business on the East Side. Captain Markee has been a mcm her of the Grand Army of the Re public for more than 30 years. He FIVE CHILDREN DIE IN FRISCO FIRE SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. The bodies of five children, four of them burned beyond recognition, were re covered from the ruins of the St. Francis girls directory which was destroyed by fire early this morn ing. The Identified child was Katie O'Brien aged five. One of the oth ers is belie 'ed to be Elizabeth O' Brien, aged 14, her sister. There Is a possibility of more children being missing as there were a number of children in the Institution. The sur vivors were marched to safety by the sisters. Sparks from the chim ney, or a short electric circuit, is believed to have caused the fire. was born In Harrison county, Ohio, June 20, 1845, and moved to Illi nois in 1849. He was brought up on a farm located with the scrip given his father for services rendered to the United States In the war of 1812 When the Civil war broke out Mr. Markee enlisted in Company A, 34 th Illinois Infantry, and it was with; this regiment he marched with Sher- man to the sea. and then on to Washington. In .1870 Miss Lucy Churchill, of Moores, Clinton county, New York, became his wife. The charge at the Roseburg home will not be Captain Markee's first In that he was Identified with the Sol-1 dlers' Home at Qulncy, III., for more than 20 years. Six years ago he came to Oregon and for a time flved( at Forest Grove. He is a member of Sumner Post, No. 12. Grand! Army of the Republic. j illll DEM REJECTED BY U. S. WASHINGTON. Sept. 4 The con tention of Great Britain that the United States should insist that nier chantment -as well as passenger car liners should be warned before being torpedoed by submarines, will bp rejected by this government. It seemed lilrel v 1 hut A inert en will nc cept the concessions made In tlio'the Vatican or His Eminence make memorandum submitted by von Bernstnrff, as fully satisfying the I demands for a modification of the1 submarine warfare. r."!iM Is rtated tuulinritntivrly as the latest tentative ci cision of the administration. It Involved a sudden change of opin ion, as the suppositon was that the United States would Insist that the same treatment lie accorded liners which were freighters. OCT Oli" DKIIT DAY CKI,Kl!HATI-:i In? Catholics usually well Informed RAX FRANCISCO. Sept. 4. Will-; regarding affairs at the Vatican ex lam Howard Taft. former president pressed belief thnt the financial cen of the United States, burned last ditlon of the principnl belligerents night the mortgage wMch symbolizes would force them to consider peace payment of all indebtedness by the( prnnopnls before the opening of an-Panama-Pacific exposition. The ( other winter campaign. ! ashes were cast to the winds from nnj Interest wr.s shown In official cir aeroplane by Charles Nlles, during . cles in a statement made by Samuel an Illuminated flight. "Out of Debt Gompers. president of the American Day" visualized the history of the' Federation of Labor, In a loiter ssnt exposition, its significance and its; to an organization known as the achievements by means of pageantr ' Friends of Peace, that labor leaders Where Heart of Texas Hurricane Dealt Death and Destruction V - . .V . .IUmii'i . a- ' AT TOP-WRECKAOE IN GALVESTON SHIPPINa DISTRICT. SHOWINO BOATS'AND BAROES ;WASHVo?TS0THRERET'.N GALVESTON'S FASHIONABLE , BEACH HOTEL WBTnjFTnn . THE STORM. FROM SIDEWALK TO SIDEWALK JTJ3 FILLED VWTH RLINS OF HOUSES AN1M I OTHE.R Bt'lLDlN03. " . I PEACE MOVE TO COME 18 FALL Another Winter Campaign not other Winter Campaign i Wanted by Beligerents POPE HOPEFUL OF AMERICAN INFLUENCE Kumars of PoHto Move Kxcite UrUtsli Public, Ku( o Confirmation Can He Ht'CUTL.. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 . The I late fall or early winter may see the J American move toward ppace, this intimation came from a h!j;h official. 1 The peace appeal from Pope Bo j diet to the president is not exported t to hear fruit immediately, but with ' the lull in the fighting which is an i tiefpnted with the approach of win- I ter, the president it is understood. I thinks thp time may be ripe for , some definite action. The president i will make no reply to the peace nolo ; of the pone presented by Cardinal ' ninhnns, it is authoritatively stated, ; and no aiuwer is required. The an knowledgement of the receipt nl the j message from the pope will In de I Ilvered to the cardinal, and unless ; ine comniuniciuon putiuc, it is not to bo published here. j Pope Is Hopeful. ! President Wilson will continue to I g,et all information obtainable Mhrough American diplomatic offic- ers abroad regarding tlie attitude 1o 1 wnrd neae'e of the nations at war. ! In Catholic circles bore it wtis re 1 ported last night that the pope was j hooeful t lint the United Statea might I mnUe an effort to get the warring ! nations to sign an agreement to en ; ter Into a peace conference. Lead- . (. r iii i if r ' dr i,'L v"""- " ' were keeping In constant touch with worklngmen In the nations at war Gompers added that the Amertcin Federation of Labor at the proper time would do everything possible to aid In the accomplishment of peace. Mr. Gompers has Been Presl W'llson within the last week, but he refused to say whether the qntstlou of peace had been discussed. Ho said that the communication from the leaders abroad were naturally of such a confidential nature that he could not make them public. Peace Humors Xot Oonflnned. LONDON, Sept. 4. In high offic ial circles Ipto It Is learned autho i tatively mi; recent rumors of peace have no foundation in any step taken by the British government or In any statement Issued here from authori tative sources. Rumors of peace overatures orig inating in the United States aro ex citing considerable interest liere, both among the general public and in : official circles, but no coiiflrmntnn could be secured for reports thnt tho British government had been sound , ed in this connection. , Although no representative of the ! government would place himself on : record on the subject of the peace rumors the following expression was '"'-'1 from a high offlclnl who declined permission to use his name: j "I am Inclined to believe Hint i Germany is making sonic move in ' the direction of peace, but I can state that England has absolutely no In tention at the present time of mak ing nny concessions. "If a suggestion of poaeo terms i should come from the United States, j It would be received here with tho snme attention that is always given any communication from thnt coun try with which we h-.ive so much in common. However, anything done must bo don eln absolute concert with our allies. "Recent exents in Russiu have had absolutely no effect upon this de termination. As for Germany's ac 'tion In regard to her subninrlno pol icy? It cannot be said that It will re sult in any modification of Great Britain's food blockade, which we contend is perfectly legal. If wo be come convinced of Its illegality, we will suspend it at once." Mrs. W. T. Wright nnd Miss Fannie Campbell leave Tuesday for Long Beach, Los AngoleB, San Diego and San Francisco where they will spend several weeks vIsDting with friends and attending the two expo sitions. $ v'V' 4 "lf8?r.-. H 1 SHARP CLASHES ON MEX.BORDER Uniformed Mexican Soldiers Fight American Soldiers RANCHMEN AND COW50YS ORGANIZE All Itritlgcs nnd Power IManU Along The liorder Lino Are Strongly Guarded by Soldiers. BROYVNSVILLK, Texas, Sept. 4, The fighting along the Mexican bor der is rapidly changing from hunt-; ing unorganized bandits, to an arm-: ed clash between uniformed soldiers' of tho United Stales (and Mexico, j Twelve .Mexicans, all wearing the nnl-1 form of the army of Carranza, cross-l ed tho International border line to day at daylight, and encountered a detachment of Americans near Ma--dera. A short battle follow and 7 'of the Invaders were killed before the surviving five fled. Almost n the snme hour Mexican soldiers fired ncross the border at a company of: Texas rangers near Cavazos. Thoi rangers fired bnek and It Is bellev- ed that some of the Mcxlcnns were! hit. Cnptnln McCoy hurried from! the mission with reinforcements of! United Stntes cavalry, fearing the' Mexican soldiers who were In super-t lor numbers would attempt to Invnde again. There were no American cas-j unif'.o this far. Cavalry Sent Oul. United S(:ites cavalry and Infantry and posses of county officers and cit izens last night continued the search through the section of country 11 n.ilea from here where Ivo Ameri Kendall Representative to Be in Active Charge TITLE TO MILLSITE STUMBLING BLOCK ApjKMil to Supreme Court Will Not In Any Way Hamper Work Of the ItlKht of Way Committee. ArronliiiK to n letter receiv ed In this city this ni"rnii)K from S. A. Kendall, the work of the Hiirvey fur the riht "f way of the Konelmrg and Kast ern railroad will bo re-eom-ntenceil not Inter than Septem ber I ". Superintendent S"' '' -in on Ms way to UosbniK :'nd hh soon an be disposes of Sev ern 1 prt va t e in a 1 1 ers w h 1 h n re demandinf! bis Attention he will roine to this city and take ac tive rharpe of the work. According to Council man Clark , chairman of the executive committee! for obtaining the riKht of way for! the railroad, the committee i:i wait-! ing only for the blue prints which! give the definite route before hentn-' nlng the active work of obtaining! deeds to the property. At present the plans have been made out for j the roulo to a Bhort. distance past; DIxonvllle, .although (the line 1bns been surveyed to Oak creek. The committee has been working for some time In an effort toseruto for some time In nn effort to secure tlnn for tho mill site and at the present time have obtained cons' dor nhly over two-thirds of the Btock and expect within a short time to obtnln the remainder. As soon as this problem has been disposed of It la expected that work on the construc tion of the saw mill wtll be begun and rushed to completion so that It Till be hle to take care of the tlm- WORKTO BEGIN IN NEAR FUTURE cans w?ro murdered T'jursduy. The list of bundlt deud stood at si last night, though ofieiu. probably hare been killed and not reported. A detachment of the 12th United States cavalry oarly last night engag ed In a Bhort fight 12 miles north of here with four Mexican bandit, one of whom was killed and throe ottara raptured. None of the cavalrymen wore Injured. The prisoners were taken to San Bonito. This Information was brought In an oflfclal dispatch last night. Concerted plans by federal. stt and county authorities, aided by hun dreds of ranchmen and cowboys, to exterminate or drive the marauders out of tho border country, were or ganized. Two hundred cavalry and Infantry commanded by Captain II. S. Haw kins, of tho Third cavalry, are guard ing the old Allco stage coach rood, and tho railroad leading Into San Benito. Detachments of men havo been placed at every bridge and crossing nnd virtually every Irriga tion nnd power plant In this section Is being guarded. Itrilsh Knll of I lend Mexicans. MONTGOMERY, Mo., Sept. 4. "The brush Is full of dead Mexicans everywhere probably 200 or more lying around," wrote Early Donald son to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert DoniiMsnn, of Montgomery, who mndo public, fjho letter hero last night. It was dated August 22 and derlnrcd "things are safe enough." Donaldson was killed yesiordoy by Mexican bandits near Brownsville. Soldiers on Way to Herder. GALVESTON. Texas, 'Sept. 4. Tho Nineteenth U. S. Infantry, first Iroops of the Second division to get nway to the Mexican border, left hero last night. Four companies will go to Del Rio, whilo six companies will he added to the garrison at Fort Sam Houston, flan Antonio. Tho Fourth Infantry loft ti'du for llarllngen and the Sixth cavalry will follow on Tuesday. bcr that will bo brought over the railroad. letter from Engineer von Planta n ?.'W days uno atates thnt ho is ready to return to this city at. any ttmo rnd 1b waiting orders from Mr. Snyder to commence work. AlthmiKh ftm tppeal to It lie su premo court In tho caB-a of John Hunter vs. the City of RoBehurg wna mado a short time ngo it is not ex pected thnt it will in nny way hin der the work ns the 'decslon will un doubtedly sustain thnt of lh-j circuit court. BRITISH BLOW UP TURKISH BRIDGE ATI110NS, Sept. 4.--Rcvornl mei from a Itritish submarine biipcoc do J, In blowing up n span of tho Impor tant C.ebz railway bridge, 21 miles aoutheast of Constantinople, IM patches reported. The foat of tho British submerKlblo nnd Us ciew was a daring one, ns tlu-y had to (bread their way through the Turk ish mine fields. Tho nur.!bcr of the crew who planted tho dynnmito under the structure returned to tho Mihiitiulne undetected, and the ves jel returned to Its base. E IIKRI.IN, S(iit. 4. (via London.) General von lewjlor'B forcoa ntortnecl thn fortified RiihhIiiii brklga head ut FrledrlrliHtudt, after a bat tle of ten dfiyH' duration, It la an nounced. The Clormann took 32U2 prlHoners. at Went Vllna, tho Ituj lan havo made fcoveral vain at tacks during the paat 24 lion. Tba riKlitlni; continues around Grodno, hut the RiimOhiih are aalri to be In retreat toward the ,eat with itho Clc rninna In pursuit. Mr .and Mrs. J. J. Ferber left this afternoon for Oakland where the? will visit with friends for a fe days.