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ROSEULItG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. WKDNKSD.VV, JANUARY 12, 1B10
No. 10
vol. vn.
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DR.SEELY HEADS
COM. CLUB
J. F. Barker Was Elected
Vice President,
OPTIMISTIC FEELING AT THE MEETING
(ioneral Bollef That Club Is On Eve
Of tireat Exclusion Will
Start Campaign For
Mcnilicrs.
The monthly meeting of the Com
mercial Club was held In the club
imrlorB last night, and as it was also i
the annual meeting at which new of-1
fldnlB wore to be elected, it wa'sj
more than usually well attended. It
was a fairly good representative
body of the interests of the city, al
though far from a full membership
of the club Itself. PresTtTent Harry
Pcarce was in the chair and Socre- j
tary Josephson was on hand to make I
reports and answer questions.
It developed that no regular meet
ing had been held for several months,
the minutes of which would be stale,
said the president, so the reading of
these-would be dispensed with. In
a preliminary statement the. presi
dent said that the club had worked
under difficulties during all his ad
ministration, as It also had under
the preceding, but he felt bound to
say that the club was entitled to re
ceive credit for certain matters which
were not generally recognized, and
he pointed out the fact that the rail
road bond issue, and the prosent
splendid outlook fiNhls proposition
ivas largely due to the activities and
helpfulness of the committee from
Hie Commercial Club working In har
mony with the one from the city
council. Attention was also called to.
the fact that every public meeting of j
the city and county was held in thej
parlors of the club. He urged thatj
the organization be kept intact, for
the reason that Roseburg and Doug
las county were on the eve of a ma
terial prosperity. Pledging that he .
would himself do everything person- j
ally within his power to help the new
administration the coming year, he;
asked a like co-operation of Individ-,
nal effort on the part of every inem-!
her. I
Secretary Josephson gave a brief
summary of the condition of the
finances and some of the work done.
He said that expenses had been cut
to the very closest limit but in spite
of this there was very little, if any,
money available for publicity work.
The membership should be Increased
to three or four hundred who would
"c- and pay the monthly dues with j
regularity, and he believed this could'
p.ccoiviuishod by concentrated ef-l
fort on the part of the present mem-
hers. There being no further sug
gectlons, the new business was turn
ed over to the incoming administra
tion, and election of officers called
tor.
The name of Dr. Seely was placed;
before the club and the nomination I
seconded, the name of A. J. Lllburn
was announced, but he withdrew In
favor of Dr. Seely. No fur-i
ther candidates appearing, the
nominations were declared closed,
and Dr. Seely was given the unani
mous vote of all members present.
J. F. Barker was elected as vice
president, S. S. Josephson as secre
tary and John Throne, as treasurer,!
all by acclamation. Nominations
were then called for three trustees,
and the names of Henry Harth, I
Gene Parrott. Bert Sutherland, B.
W. Strong, M. F. Rice and W. J.
Weaver were presented. The first j
ballot resulted .In the election ofj
Harth, Rice and Sutherland by a close
vote.
The new president was then called
to the chair and thanked the mem
bers in one of his characteristic talks,'
and reminded the members that he
was not "harkerlng" after the posi
tion, he had held it once before and
knew what 'there was connected ,
with the duties when the proper ap
plication was given to them. He
had no plans as yet to promulgate,
but he was sure (hat some would,
be developed by the officials which
v.Ould produce results and will if
dound to the credit of the city and
elub. He wants the confidence and
co-operation of the members, and
will in return give what of ability
and experience he has in assisting to
place the club in front ranks of eom-m'.-clal
bodies in southern Oregon.
In closing, the new president paid a
tribute to the secretary for his work,
and complimented him on what had
be?n dono under so iiiany iiiulcaps.
Remarks from members were call
ed for from members, the president
stating that if volunteers did not re
spond, he might have recourse to
the same means they are thinking of
doing in England, conscription, but
in this case no Irish would be ex
cluded. District Attorney Neuner made an
interesting talk on some of the past
history of the club when it had big
resources, and stated that he saw no
reason why some such energy could
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hit. A. C. 8HKLY, Elocliwl PtrcJdcnt
of ItoHcburg Commercial Cltili at
the Annual Moeting Last Nitfht.
not be again brought into action.
There had been comuthng wronst
lately with the interest, but now
that we have a doctor as president.
j not doubt he will be as successful In.
I prescribing for this as he is with
, his other patients.
) Perry Foster made a good sug
! gcstlon in regard to getting ready
: money, by making a reduction of say
j two dollars In yearly dues, to any
i one paying a full year In advance,
and it was decided to put this up
, to the trustees.
A. J. Lllburn said it would be a
' calamity to have the activities of
the club stopped, and made a strong
I plea for a campaign for new mem
bers, said he would give all the as-j
slstnnce In his power, he knew from'
personal experience how the burden
had been placed on officers, and
urged every momber to buckel in and
help boost.
J. E. McCllntock sympathized with
the retiring officers, but said there
was cause for the dullness- Money
had been scarce and men had cut
down expenses, but he firmly be
lieved that the next sixty days will
see a revival of business and Its ef
fect will be felt by the Commercial
club. He thought it a wise plan to
keep expenses down at the present
time. At the close of his remarks
he Introduced a vote of thanks lo
the retiring officers, which was car
ried unanimously.
. Mayor Rice said the club had been
of benefit to the city in the railroad
work, more than is usually known,
he wanted to see it go ahead.
J. E. Sawyers said he appreciated
the Importance of the club, and was
ready to help to the extent of his
ability.
Uhas. Brand, one of the out of town
members present, said he would like
to see more co-operation between the
country and city and Btood ready to
do his share, as he has always done,
but he could not bold out much hope
for the acquisition of many mem
bers from the country until money
matters were easier, but thought this
would come. He appreciated tlievad
vantage of this club and was glad
that he belonged to It.
S. A. Phillips suggested that It
might be a good plan to see the
landlord, Oeorge Kohlhagen, and
und out whether some reduction from
the rent of 182.50 per month could
(Contln-jcd oa pag3 8.)
WILSON NOTFOR
COMPULSION
Committee on Military Affairs
Hears President's Views.
FAVORS CONTINENTAL AW .IDEA
I'bin of War Department Has Until o
Approval of Wijson N'o Pro
posal to Employ Na
tional ftiiurd.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. That
President Wilson is strongly opposed
to any measure which savors of cuni
.pulsory military sorvice is the gist of
a statement made to the house mili
tary committee by Chairman Hay.
Assistant Secretary of War Bockiii
ridge told tho members of the com
mittee, who held a meeting today,
that the department favored com
pulsory and not voluntary service,
and fashioned along the linos of the
continental army.
. Becklnrldge admitted that Wilson
dissents from this opinion.
Friction Sure to Conic.
The first definite tndicaton of what
a troubled legislative sea tho admin
istration's plans for strengthening the
army have been launched upon came
when Chairman Hay of the house
military committee told President
Wilson he disapproved the funda
mental suggestion of the program,
t'e organization of a continental
army of 400,000 federal volunteers.
Secretary of War Garrison, who
framed the administration scheme in
dicated that the attitude of Repre
sentative Hay before whose commit
tee h the army bill will be
resumed tomorrow would not alter
the war department's insistence upon
its plan, In substance at least.
Hay Has an Idea.
Representative Hay said ho favored
passage of a militia pay bill under
a contractual provision with state
soldiers who drew pay from the fed
eral government which .wftuld re
quire them to serve In the regular
army in times of war. He also pro
posed that present organizations of
the army be brought 'up ,vo war
strength which, he said, would fur
nish the number of men thought nec
essary by Secretary Garrison without
any large addition of officers or In
crease of overhead charges.
The admlnistatlon plan which Sec
retary Garrison told the military com
mittee had the entire approval of
the president, would provide for ad
ditional regular army organizations
DEFENSE SOCIETY ASKS 48 DREADNOUGHTS AND OTHER SHIPS
AT ONCE, AN ARMY OF 245,000, WITH 2,000,000 CITIZEN SOLDIERY
New officers American Defense So
ciety; Left to right, top: Cleve
land Moffctt, Dr. Lee "e Forest,
David Jayne Hill (president), Paul
Thompson Henry Keutordnhl.
Duttom rt-: C S. Thompson, W.
K. Starretl, Capt. Lawrence An-
rr.. U. ! A., retired Cushing
Stetxon, Ltalic J. Tompki.v, R. J.I
At u rcirit meetlm; of Uiti American Defense Society, at wnicn tne
r.n was pa&sr-J calling conjmus for a strong navy, fully manned, of forty-ciKht dreadnoughts, and tattle
mvun In pf-.KrtV-Ti, ':. ttni-.nr y of 200,000 men and 45,000 officers, backed by a national force of cltl
mi Vru.v-J I- wmi knlu uiiwti and obligatory system, a body of no less strenBU. thau
to bring the total force up to 141,
000 as compared with approximately
100,000 at present. This would mean,
ho said, in his testimony approxi
mately 800 additional officers who
would bo needed for training of the
continental force.
The secretary, as well as Major
General Scott, chief of staff, and
other army authorities, has declared
that no proposal to employ the na
tional guard as first. line troops could
be worked out that did not give the
federal government absolute juris
diction over them In peace as well as
war times.
Newlandu Attacks Administration.
Senator Nowlands, of Nevada, dem
ocrat, attacked his (party's Record
In the senate, delivering a long pre
pared speech In which he criticised
the tariff and banking reforms the
chief legislative achievements of the
Wilson administration. He declared
that because there had been Indus
trial and commercial depression cot
trmfnous with democratic control of
legislation, tile party would be In
druige:- of defent at tho next presl
d"ntir.l election unless the European
war continued, and mado the presi
dent's sagacious and firm handling of
fo"i!gn, yiffalrs. the overshadowing
Issue
Although ho characterised tho gen
eral trend of democratic legislation
ar. 'commendable, the senator as
serted that the .party was too radical,
and expressed the conviction "that
no political party can hope to re
main in power which adopts radical
instead of evolutionary methods of
reform."
VAIN OFFENSIVE IS I
HADE BY HNS
PARIS. Jan. 12. With a disre
gard of life which bordered on reck
lessness, the Germans sacrificed 25,
000 .men In a disastrous offensive
attempt in the Champagne district. ,
Diapatchos from Chalons stated
that the fighting was the bloodiest
since allies' offensive In Septomlior.
Wounded German prisoners ton firm
ed the theory of the French that
Gcnernl von Elnem planned to bond
the allied front at Rheims and Ver
dun. Thoy stated that their artillery
failed them at a crucial moment and
that Instead of silencing the French
trenches as they had intended, it
merely wrecked advance positions
and gave the French ample time In
which to bring up reserves.
AMMUNITION EXPLOSION
KILLS MANY IN' 1LILLK
BERLIN, Jan. 12. Reports of a
powder explosion in an ammunition
magazine at Lille, state that 70 were
killed and BO Injured.
Emmet, Julian Street. Right
center: John F. Hubbard and Jo
seph II. Coit.
L
Viilista Bandits Responsible
For Massacre.
ONE ESCAPES FATt OF COMPANIONS
Washington Officials Denounced1 lty
Ilorrier ltonliloiit.s, for MuUumIh
Pursued In lHalliij( With
1 Mexk'un Situation.
EL PASO, Jan. 12. Official mes
sages from this place todoy told of
how 10 Americans and two English
men woro dragged from a Mexican &
Northwestern train and after bolng
robbed of $25,000 and stripped of
tholr clothing were shot down In cold
blood. ' v
Advices clearly showed that direct
orders from Villa wore given to kill
every Amerlcun and any other for
eigners who were met in Moxlcun
territory and tlilB caused the slaugh
ter. ,
It Is unofficially reported that
Villa personally commanded tho fir
ing squad which first began to shoot
their victims one by one and severnl
seeing that death was Inevitable, at
tempted to escape by flight, but woro
shot down.
Thomas Holmes, the only Amerl-(
can who escaped, owes his lifo to hisl
quick action In hiding when tho train
wns Btopped and boarded by the ban-1
dlts. He clearly heard the shrieks of j
tho victims aB they were murdered,
and It was ho who brought the first
word of the massacre to El Paso.
Tho bodies are expected to arrlvo in
this city todny.
The border terr::ory Is In a fever
hont, over the outrage and the slow
ness of the Carranzlsta officials to
take action In appohendlng the
guilty parties resulted In the cull
ing of a mass meeting of mine-owners
and ranchers.
The delegates denounced the
Washington administration's Mexican
policy In tonus too strong for publi
cation. They stated that many
Americans were lured back to Mexi
co through passports lBSued In tho
national capital and through Cnr
ranza's guarantee of protection.
It Is positively claimed that tho
party of Americans and Englishmen
were refused a military escort by thei
Carranza officials, and if this action
had been taken it 1b thought that tho
lives of the passengers aboard the
train would have been saved.
The Britlshc onsul at Ysabel con-
aoovc oincers were eiccicu,
resolu-
MEXICANS KIL
16 AMERICANS
firmed the news of the massacre,
saying that IS bandits Btopped the
train at Santa Yzabel, they evidently
having knowledge that most of the
passengers aboard the train were of
ficials and employos of the Cusl Min
ing Company who were enroute to
reopen the rich silver mines of that
place. After attiring themsolves In
their victims' clothing, tho bandits
marched them to a ravine where
they were slaughtered In cold blood.
Wwlilntrton Officials Indignant.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. Indig
nation of the most profound naturo
swept over official Washington when
word of the slaughter of the 16
Americans and two Englishmen was
received here.
Prompt action for redress of the
outrage In ordor ' that fa,
repetition will not occur Is promised
by both Wilson and Secretary of
State Lansing, who say that Carranza
will be held responsible for the kill
ing. American consuls In northern
Mexico have been ordered to obtain
full details of the entlrd affair.
Niimos of Killed Given Out.
. EL PASO, Texas, Jan. ' 12.-
According to tho de facto govern
ment's announcement, given to repre
sentatives here of several mining
companies, the following wore re
ported killed:
C. R. Watson, William J. Wallace,
E. L. Robinson, George W. Newman,
M. B. Romero, T. M. Evans, R. T.
McIIatton, Jack Hnse, Charles Wad
lolgh, J. P. Coy, Alexander Hall, J. .
W. Woom, Charles A. Prlngle, W. D.
Pierce, H. II. Clmmous, Maurice
Anderson.
Prlnglo lived In San Francisco and
Ple.rce In Los Angeles.' The others
are all believed to be residents of El
Paso. ,
Only Knrvivor Sends MosNHgo.
Dlspatcb.is last night said ithe
bodies wore enroute to Juarez.
First reports were, received here in
a message from ThomaB M. Holmes,
the only survivor, to Mrs. Holmes, ad
vising her of his saTe arrival at Chi
huahua. Inquiries instigated by of
ficials of the Amercan Smelting &
Refining Company developed the de
tails. The Ill-fated party boarded a train
at Chihuahua City, Intending to re
open properties of the smelting com
pany at Cuslhulrlachle officials of
which had received assurance of pro
tection by the do facto government.
According to ono account, bandits
stopped the train early yesterday and
ordorod tho party to descend. Holmes
however, Blijiped into the lavntory
and from his hiding place witnessed
the stripping of clothes from the
prisoner's.
HhrlokN Hcnrtl, Thou Bitot.
The party was marshaled down
the track, escorted by a firing squad.
As Holmes sllppeS (com the car and
ran in the direction of Chihuahua
City, he declared, he heard shrieks,
followed by a volley of rtflo shots.
A protest addressed to Prealdont
Vllson was signed by several hun
dred mining men In the hotel lobbies
of El Paso Inst night. Advices also
were received thnt numerous expedi
tions which recently left to reopen
properties made idle by the Mexican
evolution woro returning to the bor
der. Although the advices glvon out by
the Mexican consulate regarding tho
killing of the Americans was receiv
ed In the course of tho day, no ex
planation was offered for the delay.
Hevoral previous requests for Infor
mation were met with the statement
that there was nothing to give out.
STRATEGIC POINT
LOST BY ITALIANS
VIENNA, Jan. 12. In an official
report to the war office a dotailed
report of the capture of Mt. Loccn
from the Italian forces is given.
After three -days of stubborn fight
ing between the forces comprising
Infantry, heavy artillery and ships
of tho Austrian navf, the bitter re
sistance of the Italians was over
come. The fighting Is made extremely
difficult by the wlntery condition of
the mountains In which the flghtln
took place. The Auslrlans claim to
have captured a great quantity of
supplies and a number of guns
which were abandoned by the enemy.
Cettlnne, a city of considerable
Importance, which Is dominated by
the heights of Lowctn, Is being
evacuated by the Italian forces.