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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1915)
The New For Results Daily Weather Report Knlr Tonight ami Friday. Highest temp, yesterday 80 Lowest temp. Inst night 45 If you liave lost or found; If you want' to buy or sell, if you waul work or workers, i'a ti... vau', rrinsKtfifNi AtU. jnF555i:,;uiiWiaiii num irrr VOI,. VI. KOSIOIU lti, I10l C;l,.S COl'XTV,.01!K;o THURSDAY, SKITKMlUCIt 1(1, 11)13 Xo. ari Mtttmg fit SUA km mam Austrc-Germnn Armies Re cieve Check in Russia. SLSVs TKEH OFFEfiSlUE Ifi PLAGES Moro Troops Sent From T'ha Eastern Front to Cone With tlio f Italians Who Menace The Austrlans. ' LONDON, Sept 16. The Russian and German forces are battling for tiie control of Dvlnslt. Dispatches today Indicate that the Russians are gaining In strength, while the Her mans are finding it more difficult to progress. The struggle now raging, it Is believed, will have a de risive efefct on the fato of Riga and ' Petrograd. It is officially announc ed from Berlin today that the Oer- man forces have captured Pinsk. j .'!'. .LONDON, Sept. 16. Field Mar shal von Hindenburg's drive toward tte. Dvinsk-'ilna railway Is not pro : ijmslng, as fast as his previous en terprises of a Bimllar kind have done .' and except at one or two points about midway between these towns, , -where his cavalry have cut the rail way, he Is still being stubbornly on . . posed by tSe Russians who are mak ing vigorous counter attacks. Von Hindenburg, however, has reaehou.a point west of the bridge head across from Hie town of Dvinsk and !j preparing to attack that for-' tlfied area. Along the rest of the line the Ger-; man advance has also slowed up, Willie In Gallcia the Russians ar still ; attacking and, according to unofficial . -reports from Bucharest and other points, the Austro-German armies : . are falling back across the Dniester river. Just north of the Galician border the Russians also are on the( offensive and pre making an at- tempt to recapture the fortress of . 'Tiibno, which the Austrlans (took last week. Teutonic Kln!.-s Threatened. This offensive In the south. It is believed, wll have an effect on the j ; rest of the front, as reinforcements j must soon be sent there, or tjie Teu tonic allies will run the danger of being out-flanked. j Despite this the Austrlans have - pent more troons ngainst Italy and( have at some parts of the line as sumed the offensive. The country j is so rough and the Italians, since they declared war, have been so suc cessful In capturing important posi tions for defense that an advance by the Austrlans cannot for some time threaten the defenders. ' The " operations, however, are likely to !, take on a more interesting character. ' Th heavy guns continue their heavy bombardment along the west , ern front and in the Vosges another battle is in progress for possession of Hartman's-Wetlerkopf, which has ni-ed binds often during the pastj fuw w months. . 1 1 According to dispatches from Ilnl- land, the British warships havo aain attacked the German positions) on the Belgian coast. Air raids by al-j lied airmen on towns now occupied by the Germans, and by Zeppelins on Kneland, are daily occurrences. Artillery Duels Still Continue. PARIS, Sept. 16. The suberbs of Arms were heavily bombarded last night. The French replied and si-1 lrm-ed the German batteries. The; French also shelled the German mu-J nltioh depots around Roye and Las-. S'liey. blowing un a number of them. ; )U ram 91HER ABHYi LONDON. Sept 16. The Turks; are -"!ar!ng to transfer their gov-j ern.'.tent and financial establish- j nirn'.s to Asia Minor, fearing an ln-J surrection In their army, Athens dls-j patches assert. The present plan lr to have Germans man the Turkish artillery In an effort to suppress' the expected attempt ! The ronmiuniquo reported an artll I lory buttle throughout the Wouvro, Campngno and Vosges regions. Kii&IMi Admit Ijoss or Sulinmrhie. LONDON, Sept. 16. The admir alty admitted today that the Turk ish announcement claiming that tlioT British submarine E-7 had boon sunk and its crew captured, ivss, ''presumably correct". The subma rine has not returned to Us base. WIG 18 CRACK SHOTS Three members of die, 4th com pany coast artillery, Wdlford, Pear son and Hamilton, besides Capt. Bu chanan, have been selected as mem bers of the team to represent the Oregon Guard at the national shoot to be held at Jacksonville, Florida, during October. These men all won high scores at the recent shoot at Clackamas, where the 'team from Roseburg scored so high. The medals given there are dis played by the boys with considerable pride, and are of bronze represent ing a bullseye, engraved with the dato of the shoot and the fcloss, which in their case is "Class A 1st prize". Before they start, on the trip east, they will assemble at 'Clackamas, where they will Jie provided with special guns of the latest pattern, and these will be the ones used In the trials at Jacksonville. Tho mem bers of the eastern team from this state will all leave in a body, but will doubtless be "at liberty to re turn as they iriay arrange it from choice. It can he said for the representa tives from the Roseburg company, that they are all dead shots, and is quite porbable that not only will they bring back some coveted prizes offered, but they will partlci nate in the large cash prizes offered. Tho exact date of their departure for Clackamas, and thence to Jack sonville Is no definitely settled yet, the notification of their selection only having arrived yeFteruay. The Oregon team will consist of fifteen members, of whom seven are from southern Oregon and belong to the coast artillery. The war de partment restricted tho number to winners nt previous matches, so that every man is a crack shot. Sor geans S. W. Pearson, of this city, 'cnd3 the list with a score of 113!), Sergeant J. II. W.oifold has 1081.. to his credit, and Sergeant R. S. J. Hamilton, 1061. The local company can certainly feel proud that. It furnishes one-fifth of the contestants, as well as one of tho tenm captains. FRANCE CALLS BOYS 0F18T0C0L0RS PARIS, Sept. 16. The govern ment today introduced a bill calling the class of 1917 to the colors, and ordering the class of 188S to be held In readiness ;for service. This brings to the colors youths of 181 and men of 47. A quarter of a mil-j lion of French hoys, many of them nnur In the aphonia will nrnhnl.lv hp I ordered into the training cmps. ITALIAN'S SINK TWO ATSTHIAV DKSTKOYKItS IX ADRIATIC SEA PARIS, Sept. 16. According to dirpatches receied today an Ital ian submarine has sunk t'O Aus trian destroyers in tho Adriatic on Moii'hy. A iitney accident happened short ly offer noon today at the comeri nf ,Tacksnn and Douglas streets. v ben te car operated by Mark P'ir.i.cnn came. In collision with onh run by Tom Hall. Hall was coming down Douglas and Simpson was go-J i:ig down Jackson at the McCIa'.le.i hotel corner, and being unable to) come to a stop, hit nearly head on,j with the result that the Simpson, car sustained a broken axle and fen-j ders, with considerable damage to i the radiator, making some $50 re pairs necessary, but little hurt. The other car was, r: fir 8 SITUATION Leaders Plead For More Mun itions, Money And Men. m DEBT PILES UP TO TEN FIGURES Nearly Three - Million Men Have Enlisted anil Another Million Are Now Mnkintf Mu- ' liitlmiH of War. LONDON, Sept. 16. Premier As quith, In the house of commons, and Earl KItchner, secretary for war ill the house of lords, gave an exhaus tive survey today In the financial and military situations both making candid- statements of what has al ready boen done and of preparations for "carrying the war to a success ful conclusion." Both houses were orowdoi1 with members and spectators who follow ed with .deepest Interest Mr. As qulth's, statement asking for a vote of credit, which was finally passed and which brings the total to 1, 262,000,000 pounds ($6,310,000, 000) nnd to Karl Kltchner's read in? of a carefully prepared r timistlc speech on the military op erations nnd needs. "" premier had to deal with huee figures to expluint the financing of i the war nnd warned his hearers! that although the expenditure was! now over 3,500,000 .pounds dally, 1 there was a likelihood "of its increas-j ing, owing to the advance to the' allies and dominions, which had reached 250,000,000 pounds ($1,- 250.000,000) and provision for mu nitions. Morn Men Needed. Since the war began nearly 3,000, 000 men, he said, had enlisted in the army nnd navy. Besides 800,000 persons were now engaged in the .manufacture of munitions. But both figures would have to he increased, and he appealed to the womfin to give I heir assistance, believing that they would make a "gigantic stride towards the solution of one of their most pressing problems." Mr. Asq.ilth candidly admitted that mistakes had been made and added: ,' "I do not say even now that we are doing all we might or ' ven all we ought to do." l!o protested, however, against the attempts of n section of the press "to belittle and diaparago our efforts." Creator Sacrifices I'rgisl. After reviewing the operations in Flanders, tho Dardanelles and Po land, Mr. Asqulth declared I hat the country had vastly exceeded any standard dreamed of before the war as the war went on; hoWc'-r, that plnnri'ii-i '".oiil-1 rise and new sacri fices would be demanded in men. munitions hnd money. . A discission on the question of conserlrlion followed the n-unler'sl piiooch an 1 thr house finally granted the vote asked for. Earl Kitehner In his speech made tho Interesting disclosure that the flermnn attacks with pas. liquid fire pml asphyxiating shells, lacking as tliey now do, the element of sur prise, have fulled in their object and have lost murh of 'their offensive II! SALEM, Sept. 16. The confer ence on the Oregon and California rii'.road land grant, to -formulate a plan to dispose of the land, and to rinmniend to congress a policy for Its sale anil settlement, began here today. V. I. Vawter is temporary chairman, 'and there are approxi mately three nundred . delegates rr--' uovernor Wlthycombo ad dressed the conference, urging it to refrain rrom tnking any action which might he Interpreted 'by. congress as presumptous, and so ultimately injure the cause of Oregon. EKGUND m value owinp to the steps taken to counteract mem. Lifting the veil of secrecy, ho an nounced that 11 divisions vf the new army had rolniorced Field Mar sha! Frenc.i s force in France, and others would follow quickly. He, too, spoke optimistically of the sit uation on the various fronts, ex pressing tho opinion that "the Ger mans havo shot their bolt," In their offensive cgafhst Russia without achieving their object of destroying the Russian army. ,As far as the Turks were con cerned, Lord Kitchener said, there was on abundance of evidence on the process of demoralization having set In in Mesopotamia, where the re sistance of the Turks had termin ated. Without referring directly to con scription, the war mlnisto o-.M -revision to keep up the strength of t army In 1916 was causing anx l"tv owing to tho falling off recently In the number of recruits offering themselves ir service, and be prom ises an Impartial Inquiry as to the "t. means of keeping t. j armies up to their full strength. TOO BUSY TO START STRIKES VIENNA, Sept. 16. Austria has not Interfered and will not inter fere (with the (Internal kffnirs of America. Wo are too busy with Eu ropean i-ff-ir" to bother with strikes in America. The request For the recall of Ambassador Onmba cannot disturb iriur friendly relations. A high Austrial official gave the fore going Information to the 'United Press today. It Is not determined whether a successor to Dumba will be appointed or not. FIND COLD ORE LONG STOLEN SACRAMENTO, Sept. iG.Twen ty five thousand dollars worth of high grade gold ore, stolen from the Empire mine at Nevada City, was found today in the basement of a house here. Tho officers have been on the trail of the ore for months. HOOlMClfS ih SEXTKNCKI) TO STATK JMiNITKNTrAKY CHANTS PASS, Ore., Sept. 16. Joe CoMgne, who was awaiting trial on the charge of attempted ass ult on a 5-year-old girl, and who as sisted John Austin Hooper In his escape a few weekp. ago, was sen tenced by .ludjje Calkins, of the cfrcult court to from three to ten yejirs in the penitentiary after f'ol ipne had pleaded guilty to 1ho cbrire of assisting a prisoner to es cape. d. HAMILTON- I. i:VIS OI'I'OSKS BILLION LOAN CHICAflO, Sept. 16. Opposition to the proposed billion dollar loan to the allies was voiced tod; y bv f nator J. Hamilton Lewis, In a let ter to tho public. He contended that the loan wouITl "Invite a r"petition of tho '73 and '93 panics." knolisii lx'sk ma xv iv tup: daih)Ai:lli:s LONDON. Sept. 16.7he Brlllsh losses In killed and wounded in tliC Tin -c'l' relies operations total 7 9 , 2 S ,1 . j Under-Kor-retnry Tennnt amioum-edj today In the hxtife of commons. Extensive arrangements are bring n.ade to observe "Rfjlly Day" nt the Itaptfst church nxt Sunday, and a pp'it rt'iy is anticipated. A .arrje crowd was present lost nlrrbt to hear the concert given bv (be Moose band In front of the Or:ind hntn! on ":.ss fit reft. A number of excellent pieces wero playrd, many peopio expressing th''ir surprise thit a hand which had born innv punils In the rural pehools, practicing together for only a short Schools from Wilbur, Riddle, Can time over a month, could fiirnlfh tho j "nnvtltn Yonealla t nnd Cleveland hlph class music that was rendered hare splendid dlspayn or work of the under Ihe loaderFhlp of Director Mc- punils. The Tlennon and Fullerton Laughlin. ' schoola lso Jiave very creditable RECORD CROWD AT FAIR TODAY Premiums Are Awarded To The Successful Exhibitors. FI1UIT DISPLAYS ARE CREDIT TO COUNTY Illuming limes h I'sual Ale Splen did Drawing ('mil mid Khurp BriisiicN Aro Soon. The second day of the Douglas county fair has been as fair and Ideal In every respect aa though the directors had ordered the weather for this particular occasion. Whllo the attendance of yesterday was not in any way a record breaker, those having the fair In charge wore well satisfied and Jere confident 'that a much larger attendance would be noted today. Whllo the unfortunnto nccldent befalling Aviator Bnrln doubtless curtailed the attendance from the rural districts to a certain extent, still It was noticeable early this morning that a number of au tomobiles and other conveyances were wending their way Into tho city, leaded Mown with human freight. At this time it is impossible to give even a partial list of the ninny prfze winnerB In tho pavilion as the books aro still being worked up on by the clerks In charge. In The (.range Tent. As was expected It was a very hard proposition for the judges to make the final awards in this sec tion, but after a lengthy discussion it was decided to award tho first prize to Evergreen Orange, of f-eens station. Melrose and South ier Crce'k split second and third prizes as .It was an Impossibility to make a. decision between the two. Glendule took fourth prize out of the seven entries. Ench of the seven Granges represented were awarded $20 for mailing the exhibit nnd the remaining J360 Is divided on a per centage basis. The exhibit of CMark and Clark is well worthy of mention and many who saw their exhibit nt the state fair .two yenrs ago -declare It ex cels their efforts of that time. Th. exhibit of frulls Is largo nnd varied and to the visitor from away is a Milendld advertisement for the fer tility of .the 'soil nnd cllinnlo of Douglas county. L. B. Skinner nnd .Sons took first nrlze for (heir dis play of apples which was In even way a splendid exhibit and showed great skill and pntientce In (ho ar rangement and packing of the fruit. Brand Has Wonderful (iraH-s. The display of grnpea from the Overland Orchards brought forth the highest prnises from the judges In charge of this department. They were awarded first prize over all other entries. Basket after basket was filled with the choicest btinrne i of Tokays, Malagas and other varl-j elles from these -anions orchards j and the many visitors ,had dlffl- culty In refraining from' sampling . the delirious fruit spread v,ut -so temptingly before them. The local Indian agency bad n large nnd Interesting collodion of Indian relics which bad been collect ed by Mr. II. V,, Wilson, superin tendent of the local agency. This was a new feature In the line of dis plays and was the cenlor of an Inter ested crowd at all times. Tho .1. (1. l-'look Co. under the able management of William Dyslniror have a very, in ton-Ming display of wood:; ,pud wormnn'-hip In woods. This exhibit ;ttrnrtd a rn-'it deal of fiivoT !ib!' com m out from t b mr-nv visitors In the pavilion. Xo Prizes have beori nv.nrded in I'o Industrial cxHhit an yet, nl thnuch the Individual exhibits have pll bn-n pnfFfv upon. Superintend ml rirov.n slntH this afternoon Oiit fo wnrk n'nng this line nhnwa remark ablo Improvement over that of laet year and nhows clearly the interest taken In this work hy th- iri:it nAiii.v ToMomtow In order that the force may enjoy the fair Tho News will no puniislied at row. noon lomor- display and tile sciiool scuring- Ugli est iu tho i0ia prizus ,ai Uu Blvott first prize. 'lliciu wuro hi all 137 en trie tu the stock section and tuciuUfcU lio.suj sheep, cattle uu.l piys. Vuo ribbona have not yet nil J00I1 uu.a.j-a ia this section. In tho poultry section tho prizea are being awarded to E. A. Kruse. Howard Church and L. Jj. Skinner. The hooks are still in the hands of the clerks and will not be fin ished before night. Tho races this aftornoon were the drawing curd mid tho grand stand was well filled with a laugh ing merry crowd of men and wo men. The business houses for tho most part closed for tho afternoon and both proprietors and their clerks, wended their way to the fair grounds.. On account of not having tho aerial flights the management of tho fair decided to have soparato auto races each day and offered at tractive purses to tho local spood fiends In order to got thorn to com pote. The second day of tho-motorcycle race brought out new starters and resulted in Pnolo, who (took tho plnco of Lewellen, winning, tho time being 15:2 1-5; Curtor second. 1G : 4 9 and LuniBdnon third ,17:40. Wilbur ran ahead until tho 16th.' lap when he was slowed down by englno trouble nnd was forced to quit In the 18th. Tho automobile race, which wbb the drawing card of tho afternoon had only two starters, Smith of the Uosebiirg garage and Claude Welch. Smith won with a time of 14:51, Welch finishing 15:1!). Smith mndo one mp in lorty-tnreo (seconds, Stewart rodo with Smith nnd Dc noy with Wolch. Tho horse races were ns follows: Half Mllo Dash Maxwell, 1st; Rogue ltlver, 2nd; Abelln, ,3rd. Time 51 seconds. Three-Fourths Mllo plash Gift. 1st: Sterling, 2nd; Greonlow, 3rd. Time 1:17. The two-mllo relay race was won by V. 11. Smith, running ingalnst the string of racers entered by TL R. Roadman. T LONDON, Sept. 16. Cargoes of ships detained while enrout.e from America to Copenhagen to tho valiio of ten millions, were confiscated to day by the ndmirally prize court. Th" beavloit in'-eq fall on the meat packers, oir Samuel Evans charg ed Hint a number of Amoriean shippers attempted to evado tho ,;,.,, blocknde by using false ,,,nlfesls, nnd only a small part of (lln r;,rjCB wnH released, WILL TAKE WEEK L WASHINGTON, Sept. ir,.-T(Jer-many and the I'nlted States are un dornoing the "cooling off" procrus, whlih will continue for a fortnight. Lansing leaves on a vacation tumor low and HeniHtorff Irt not expected to return In tho meantime. Al'STIIIANS ai:i IOIUED TWENTY MILES PET HOC 1 1 A 1, Sept. Hi Tin Aus t r la vi right wing lia.'i been forc.-d to retire 20 milen Into Call'-iii, hut are fighting defipfintely. Th Hnnrians continuing the pursuit have crossed fho fitrypa river and now occupy po rtions on the wont hank. Thoy claim to havo taken threo thousands prisoners, Mrs. J. A. Wnlker, from Ten Mile, Is vfflltlng at tho homo of Mr a. E. 11. Perrlne, and taking In tho coun ty fair. TO COO