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VOL. VII.
KOSEUliRG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY . 1013
No. 4.
ALUESTO TAKE
Int OFFENSIVE
Teutons Confidently Expect
Big Drive in Spring.
DEFEAT OF THE ALLIES IS PBEOICTtD
HnnKuHiin Military Official Gives
Reasons Why (iormany and
Her Allies Will Emerge
Triumphant in Entl.
(Written for U. P. by Ackerman.)
BUDAPEST, Jan. 5. The TeutonB
and their' allies are counting confid
ently upon a great offensive move
ment by the allies in the spring.
This offensive is expected to take
place on all fronts and as soon as
the weather will permit.
The Hungarian military officials
are absolutely certain that this Ereat
drive will be defeated In all theatres
of war. Count Andressy, who stands j
high In the military councils of his
country made this statement- to a
representative of the United Press:
"The allies will fail to take into ac
' count the strength of our military .
position, on account of the fact that;
'we are so situated we can help one
anoher very easily.
"Men and military supplies can be
rushed to any front at any time andj
.he concentration of these two vital
necessities make victory certain fort;
our arms. Contrary to the opinion
prevalent In Berlin, the Hungarians
are of the opinion that peace is no-
where yet in sight, and that the war
-will be dragged out for an Indefinite
length of time." ,
Count Andrassy made the state
ment that the Germans and their al
lies could make peace next week, but
that at the present time the allies do
no desire peace as. they are not con
vinced to a sufficient degree of the
superiority of their opponents. "This
world wa is becoming historical and
ven the neutral nations are becom
nlg Impatient for the end. It Is the
greatest disgrace that humanity has
ever had cast upon it that the strug
gle cannot be stopped at the present
time,
Count Andressv expressed admira-i
tlon for King Constantlne. of Greece.!
fnr th wv in which he ha handled
the delicate situation which has con-' in6 learned he has entered into at
fronted his nation for months. "Con- l'Iaces n " Pacl"e coast,
stnntlne will keep his country neu-J He entered Roseburg and set up a
tral," the count continued, "and will, Bho" Painting automobile?. He w.b
save her from the disgrace which has excellent workman and severnllo
befallen Serbia and Belgium. Greece al antos were renovated-by him.
-will increase her territorial boun- Shortly after he arrived in the city
daries without the sacrifice of men
and money and without risking her
future."
Andrnssy is of the opinion that
when the Turks receive reinforce-
nents from her allies they will
1he British from Mesopotamia and
then the Suez canal will be endanger-
ed after which it will be but a short
time until Egypt will be overrun by
a great army of Turks.
F0RMERR08EBURG
,
i
rt.-M D. McCall, formerly of Rose-
burg, but of late of Sacramento, who
Kb ;
do-
Skicramento Union is making
elded success of his new occupation,
acci'c'.'ng to word which has been
received here. Mr. McCall some time
ago accepted a position with the
Union, which is one of the most
popular papers published In Callfor-
nia, and moved with his family to
Sacramento, after having spent the
greater part of his life In Roseburg. ;
His cartoons, which have appeared
daily are drawing considerable at
tention in the United States. The
American Red CroBS association has
taken the cartoon which appeared
In the Sacramento paper advertising
the cale of red cross stamps and have
had It copied at their headquarters
in New York City and are now giving
it a prominent place in ther adver-j
t'?ing. The .picture represents the,
t'erthbed of a husb?nd and father
with (ho family standing about, while
the spirit of the white plague hov
ers near.. The wording above the
picture is "Your home may be in
vadsd next". Below is shown copies
of the red cross stamps, the sale of
wlch will tend to stop the ravages
of the plague.
In addition to the notice of the
Red Cross organization, the National
Cartoon magazine has written to ob
tain copties of a number of 'his
drawings for publication in that
magazine.
While in Roseburg, Mr. McCall was
known .as an artist of no mean abail
ity and bis many friends are glad to
learn of his success In the line of
cartooning. .
MRS SARAH BRIGHT PASSES
AWAY AT MKHCY HOSPITAL
Mrs. Sarah Ellzaboth Bright was
born at Knoxvllle, . Tenn., July 4,
1876,. and died at Mercy hospital in
this city yesterday afternoon after an
illness which was of but a week's
duration.
Mrs., Alright leaves to mourn her
death, a daughter, three sisters, Mrs.
VV. A. Sprngue, of this city, Mrs. J.
H. Oault nnd Mrs G. W. Hall, both
of Knoxvlllo, 'Tenn.; three brothers,
A. A. and J. F. Lnltuo, of Knoxvllle,
! N- T- LaRue, of El Paso, Texas,
The "'moral services will be held
tomorrow morning rrom the cnapei
of the undertaking parlors, Rev. Paul
Lux conducting the services. The
Interment will be In the Mascnlo
cemetery.
ERAZIER WILL GO
TO SAN QUENTIN
W. H. French, alias W. B. Pranks,
W. H.- Turner, W. H. Bush, W. H,
Gillom, W." H. Frazier, W. H. Harris,
W. B. LaMay, W. F. Foster, R. C.
Fitch, etc., was convicted at Madera,
Cai., according to word received by
the sheriff's office from Stanley Mur
ray, district attorney of Madera
county. -
The man operated in Roseburg dur
ing the month of April and succeeded
in obtaining goods to the amount of
about thre hu mined oMara from
local merchants before leaving the
country. While In Roseburg he adopt
ed Ihe name of Frazier, selected
Probably at random fronr the many
"" """"B
""""ly operations which it is just be-
he deposited a dnaft on the White
Auto Co., with one of the local banks
and succeeded in gaining credit to
the amount of several hundred dol
lars the exact amount of which will
drivel-Probably never be known, although
11 19 m the neighborhood of $,100.00.
He then brought an auto from Oak-
land which he had been kefcping
there and wnlcli nas since been prov-
ed to have been stolen, repainted it
and then under cover of darkness
Btirrepticiously left the city and was
not heard of again until a letter
was received by the officers from
California, telling of his capture, aft
er having follo-yed the sain2 crt'irso
: as pursued in th! : city.. I'ls trial oc-
curred in Madera last month and
the district attorney succeeded :in
convicting him although on the first
charge of obtaining money under a
false pretense he was acquitted, as
he was ro thoroughly versed In the
technicalities of the law and had so
managed to keep within -them the
evidence against him was not strong
enough to bring about a conviction.
The Becond charge of bringing
stolen property Into the state was
more successful and be was sentenced
to San Quentin prison.
With the credits allowed by the
courts he. Is entitled to apply for
parole after having served three
years and three months In the pirson
and the district attorney asked that
the warrant from this county be filed
at San Quentln so that as soon as
the time had expired he might be
arrested antf returned to Roseburg
to stand trial for the crimes com
mitted here.
Sheriff Quine complied with the
request and answered the California
rrorwjcntor. congratulating him on his
ENGLISH PRESS
GAIN VICTORY
Criticism of Officials Had Good
Effect.
POLITICS ELIMINATED FROM THE WAR
TIi KfclJjMisluiient of IkmrUnent
of Miuiitlxms Was Itrought
About Entirely by News- -jMtiver
Agitation.
By Ed. L. Keen.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
LONDON, Jan. ' 5. England's
merriest little Internal war, the gov
ernment versus the Press, Is all over
but the shouting. Books will be
written about this Inside rumpus alt
er the big war, but the preliminary
hullabaloo already has begun. News
papers with sufficient intrepidity at
the beginning of the' hie wnr to at-
takes and to persist in the practice,
are claiming complete victory. The
fault finders early- In. the campaign
jvcro, principally, the London Times.
Tho Mail, and Evening News, all con
trolled by Lord Northcliffe; but when
these papers 'crowned their campaign
of criticism by opposing a great
munitions shortage after the. battle
of Neuve Chapelle and were joined
by other publications in Insisting on
a remedy, the government began to
take notice. The result was a depart
ment of munitions of which Lloyd
George, former chancellor of the ex
chequer, Is the head. When tho
faultfinding newspapers leveled their
guns of criticism on the alleged dip
lomatic fluke in the Balkans which
allowed Turkey and eventually, BuW
garla to join the Central Powers, and
when these papers were joined by
the Manchester Guardian, England's
leading liberal organ, the government
took more notice. Reviewing their
entire campaign, the newspapers that
still criticize when they deem crit
icism due, are claiming today the
following reforms Instituted by the
-government as the result of news
paper agitation
1. Formation of a coalition cabi
net to eliminate politics from the
administration of the war.
-. Establishment of a department
of munitions, apart from the war of
fice, to adequately provide the army
with arms and ammunition, especial
ly high explosive shells.
3. General Interment of enemy
aliens.
4. .War office permission for news
paper correspondents to visit fthe
success in obtaining a conviction.
Mr. Murray stated In his letter
that he believed the man, whd gave
his true name as French, was a pro
fessional crook and was beyond re
formation, and so thought best to
keep him In prison as long as pos
sible. . : .!
GREAT OBJECTIVE OF
&Uvo W GjS)Ova-CT x- -t -(StiujCji.
s 5 u y&tijr .... r--
front In order to keep the nation in
touch with Its soldiers.
5. Measures to counteract1 exces;
sive food wastage in military camps.
6. Efforts to conserve financial
and economic resources and to pre
vent public waste.
7. Retaliatory use of poison gas
agninst the Germans.
S. Placing of cotton on the list of
absolute contraband.
9. Relaxation, to a'cfetain de
gree, of excessive censorship re
strictions. 10. Recruiting of single men In
prsforence to married men for army
service.
11. .Complete re-organization' of
the anti-aircraft defence of London.
12. Official announcements from
various government departments hav
ing to do with the. wnr, for the pur
poso of-counteracting public opinion
b.isad on enemy propaganda. 'j
is. Placing or war trophies
cnpuirod guns, aeroplanes, torpedoes! noon for" the arrest of W. F. Plaman
and mineson public exhibition in a local sewing machine agent, charg
London end other cities. ! ( him with settlne fire to the
14. Following up the French inno
vation of equipping soldiers of the
first line with steel helmets as pro
tection against shrapnel.
WILSON S PET BILL
MAY BE DEFEATED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Presi
dent Wilson's program of prepared
ness stands a good show of being
badly defeated when It comes up for
"ousldomtion in congress, unless
'.hsre Is a material moderation In
'''-.-"quests made for appropriations.
Wilson nnd his very close friends
are reported to be of this opinion
since Senator Kerns has changed his
position in the support of the bill.
Thfs leaves the measure unsupported
by leaders In both houaoa.
Wilson had expected to have Kern
lead the fight In the senate. Parly
leaders are of the opinion that the
sentiment for preparedness which
has swept over the entire country
has reached its crest. The opposi
tion to the bill centers on the Gar
rison army pTan of creating a vast
citizen army.
ENGLISH SOLDIERS TO TARE
. FOR COMIXG SUMMER'S CROP
LONDON, Jan. 5. England's
giound cultivation for' next spring's
crops Is being done by Tommies.
They are Wing used for agricultural
work at times when they are not
moro badly needed for military
duties, The army council and the
board of agriculture completed the
irrangcmcnts whereby the army
helped out tho country's shortage of
agricultural lanor.-'
Farmers wanting Tommies for
their fields first had to demonstrate
that other agricultural labor was not
available; then agreed to pay one
dollar a day and finally to provide
conveyance, for the Tommy from the
railway Btatlon to (the farm, utnd
back when the job was done.
Fur-
loughs of a month were granted to
soldiers to do this work.
BALKAN CAMPAIGN IS
INEAGENT
IS ARRESTED
Believed Burned House to
Get Insurance on Furniture.
OIL SOAKED BLANKETS ARE FOUND
Thrai 1-Ill's In as Man)' Nights
Cwuso The Authorities to
MnkeAn Investigation
, Into the Mutter.
A warrant was Issued this after-
building occupied by him and- which
was partially burned Now Yours eve
and which again mysteriously took
fire the following two nights. Whon
tho fire was' f rat discovered the blaze
was found to be confined to the rear
of the house, but 'rapidly onevoloped
the entire building. On the two buc-
I ccodlng nights the fire spread rapid
ly land had a good start before the
conipany arrived on the scene.
Suspicion was aroused in the minds
of the officers by the reoccurrence
of the fires and Sheriff Quine, ac
companied by Mr. Plamnn, yesterday
visited the scene ,of the conflagra
tion. Upon searching the hoiiBC,
blankets soaked In kerosene and only
partially burned were found, while
a quantity of paper was also found to
be located under the stairway. Evi
dences of oil were found In many
places about the house, giving con
clusive evidence 'that the fire had
been maliciously set.
' The building was owned by Mrs.
E, R. Hanan and- was Insured only
for $700, her loss amounting to sev
eral hundred dollars. The property
Is one of the city's landmarks and
has been known for years as the
London property. Mr. Plaman came
to Roseburg about two years ago
and for the greater part of that time
has resided In this house.
He prepared an inventory of the
furniture which he had In the house,
giving Jhe total amount considerably
In excess o fthe $1,000 for which It
was Insured. Evidence obtained by
the officers, however, tonds to indi
cate that the amounts glvon are
much greater than the real value of
the goods. '
In giving his account of tho flro
Mr. Plaman stated thnt ho had left
the house and nnd nearly renched
the main street when. he happened
to think that, he had not locked tho
front door and upon returning found
tho Interior a mass of flames. An
alarm was sounded and In a short j
time the company reached the scene,
a stubborn fight being made for
about an hour before the conflagra
tion could be subdued.
The . insurance on the furniture
amounted to $1,000, the policy hav-
Ing
Ix'an written by Mrs. Ella Stew-
art. An adjuster of the company
ORIENTAL RAILWAY
T"
reached the city todny and Investigat
ed the matter, but will await ther
outcomo of the hearings before mak
ing his decision as to whether the In
surance will be allowed.
Sheriff Quine stated today that he
firmly eelleved that the flro had been,
set In order to collect the insurance
on the furniture, the amount being
much greater than tho value of the
.Vurnlture. He suld thnt he had
strong evidence which will be brought
out and that he thought the case
would be taken to the grand Jury
and Into the circuit court. The
sherifr considers the purchasing ot
oal oil by Mr; Plamnn as significant
In the evidence. When the house
was searched an empty can was
found and a search .at the various
grocery stores of the city disclosed
the fact that Mr. Plaman had pur
chased a gallon of oil at the Bee
Hive grocery New Years eve.
HUERTA IS A
VERY SICK MAN
EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 5. General
Vlctorlano lluertn, onco provisional
president of Mexico, nnd until yoster
duy under surveillance by federal au
thorities ponding trial late yesterday
lindorwoiy a Becond operation, per- '
formed in .an effort to save the aged
soldier's life. Tho first operation,
for gnll stones, was performed suc
cessfully, , and since, It was said,
complications developed.
Tho paHent, whose condition wast
described' fis "Berious" woe much
rolleved after the operation.
Huorta recently was removed,
from Fort Bliss to his home and
ynBtord guards were withdrawn up
on Instructions from San Antonio, it
was said, where Huerta was to have
appeared on January 10, before the
federal grand Jury. The patient was
arrested several months ago and
hold on a chnrgo of- conspiracy te
start a revolution In Mexico,
Ilohil Is Itcriiicetl.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, , Jn...6.
Having been officially Informed of
Vlctorlano Huertja's condition,', th
United States . court-. Judge T. S.
Muxey presiding, todny fixed the
Mexlcun general's bond at $600.
which It wus expected would be
promptly furnished by friends In' El
Paso, whoro tho ordor was telegraph
ed. ,
Huerta's bond was fixed at $1600 .
when ho was rrestod at El Paso
last June on charges of organizing
nn armed expedition against Mexico
but he rfeused to glvo the bond and
tias since ben held a prisoner of tl
t (vcrument. Two days ago, upon
advices thnt the aged prisoner waa
dangerously 111 and that the guards
around his home seriously affected
the patlont, United States District
Attorney J. L. Camp directed that
tho guards be withdrawn until the
condition of the agod prisonor be
such thnt they will not hinder hlar
recovory.
REPORT rO MAYOR
Kinder McCurtnln, one of tho
prominent residents of Glide, who
wns selected as chalrmun of the com
mittee to Boliclt funds among the
farmers living adjacent to the pro
posed nilli-oad to the forest reserve'
has mucin a ml urn to Mayor Kl
ice ot (
tunerf -VI'
the funds collected and has
the same over to hitn.
Those fundB worn collected for
tho purpura of securing legal assist
ance nnd to pay the cost of court
proceedings In the condemnation suits
which will be begun at once. Mr.
McCurtnln stnlod this morning that
he hud but very little trouble In se
curing assistance from every resident
along tho route, who ha and his com
mittee solicited. While In most In-,
stances tho sums given were "not.
large the donners gave freely and
expressed their willingness to do ev
erything In their power to aid tho
proposition.
At the council meeting Inst last
Monday night O. P. Coshow was
chosen to assist the city attorney In
Retting the raies In shape In order
that they mny bo tried at the Febru
ary term of the circuit court.