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ROSEUURG, WOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. WKDXKSDA V, JAXl'AHY SO, 1010.
No. 21S
CO. P. TO UNITE
SAYS
H LI
No Man Big Enough to Re
fuse Nomination He Asserts.
A5SUHES ROOSEVELT IS HOI MNOIOATE
P;x;: rrsives Huve Given Notice Any
licasonnbly Satisfactory Man
Will lie Acceptable
To Them.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Charles D.
Hilles, chairman of the republican'
national committee, before leaving
for New York yesterday after attend
ing the session of the sub-committee j
on arrangements for the party na-i
tional convention, discussed political!
questions Including the possible can-j
oidaey of Colonel Roosevelt for the.
republican national nomination for j
president. ..
"All the information I have is to
the effect that Colonel Roosevelt
is not a candidate for the republi
can nomination," Chairman Hilles
said. "He has declined to permit
his name to go on the primary bal
lot in the only three states where it
has been suggested Minnesota, Ne
braska, and Michigan. '
"In the statement Issued by the
progressive national committee it was
made plain that any reasonably sat
isfactory man would be acceptable
as the republican nominee. They in
sisted' that they meant just what they
said, and we will take the statement
on its face..value. I think we will
fcV able to nominate a man who
will be satisfactory to all elements
of the arty and that our candidate
will be elected.
"In regard to Justice Hughes no
one knows just what his attitude is
toward the presidency. In discussing
the subject with a friend In 1912,
Justice Hughes said when he went
on the United States supreme court
bench Tie took the vail and renounc
ed the world.
"There is no man big enough to
refuse the presidency in my opinion.
If fie were nominated without his
consent I have no idea what he would
do."
Chairman Hilles called attention
to the conflicting provisions of the
direct presidential primary laws
adopted by the different Btates and
expressed the opinion that it would
rasult in much uncertainty and con
fusion. There will be 985 delegates
in the next republican convention
and of this number 603 or about 61
per cent will be chosen by direct
primary.
"There is an urgent need for uni
form presidential primaries in all the
states, In my opinion," said Chairman
Hilies. "I think a model should be
prepared embodying the .best fea
1 , 'es of the various state laws and
r tiiat the primary should be held in
"crv state on the same date. I think
some action on the subject will be
tskrn by the next national conven
tion. "Primary laws most discussed are
those of Ohio, where all delegates
are required to make a first and
second choice for president before
they are elected; in Minnesota and 1
AVisconsIn where there is dissatis-i
faction over the method of Instruc
tion;. Th California where all the j
oelegate are elected at large, while!
the republican party has been against
iho application of the unit rule sincej
rnd In Texan where our party!
rule fixes the number of delegates
fci i4 tu.'i year and the state law
pr.'vl li s for the election of 40."
Fire last night destroyed the'
v.oodshed In the rear of the home of
Ed. Hinkle on Mill street. The blaze
originated from some unknown!
source and had obtained a good start !
before being discovered. The fire
company arrived on the scene shortly'
aftf-r the alarm was sounded and j
S3 "d the greater part of the wood
v.'ieh had been stored In the shed.'
A. H. Kleven, of Benildjl, Minn..1
"who has been spending the pa.it two
v-i c'rs In this city in the interest of
1 ;.i timber holdlncs east of the city.
aftrrnom.
KING'S SON HVSTI.ES FREIGHT
'
LONDON, Jan. 8 (By mail.)
Eton, the aristocratic boy's
school near Windsor, loaned
500 boys to help rustle freight
in a railway yard" (at Didcot
Junction during the shortage of
adult labor. King George's
third son, Prince Henry, is one
of the workers and has manag-
ed to get his fingors pinched
twice. Oxford students are also
working.
LIN1TAX1A ACCIDENT
STILL JIANGS FIRE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2G. After a
lengthy conference with Secretary of
State Lansing, Ambassador von
von Bernstorff indicated to a num
ber of newspaper .representatives
that the Lusitania controversy was
practically settled.
The only work remaining Is the
changing of a few words In the
agreement, and this should be clear
ed away In the course of a few days.
Von Bernstorff refused to state,
however, whether there had been any
prograss made toward the adjust
ment of the radical differences be
tween the German and American
viewpoints.
CHANGE IN RURAL
ROUTE PROTESTED
Owing to the vigorous protest
which has been made by the resi
dents of Cooper s Hill, the order
changing the rural free delivery
route by way of Glengary, Instead
of over the hill has been temporar
ily suspended until the matter can
be taken up at Washington. A pe
tition from the residents of Glen
gary was sent to the government
stating - that abou twice as many
people could be accommodated by
the change, which would also prove
an advantage to the carrier, as it
avoids climbing the hill. The car
rier would leave the wagon road at
the Intersection of the railroad and
take the branch road to Glengary.
The residents of the Cooper Hill
district deny the fact that more peo
ple would be benefitted and charge
conspiracy in the obtaining of the
petition. Acocrdlng to their state
ments all the signers of the petition
were sworn to secrecy and no word
was given nor did the residents along
the present line of delivery know
that such a change was contemplat
ed until an order was received giv
ing them notice and notifying them
to change the location of their mall
boxes.
A petition of protest was quickly
obtained and will be forwarded to
Washington, in a short time where
the matter will be decided. Until a
settlement Is reached, S. I. Thron
ton, the present carried will follow
the same route as formerly.
KOSKIiL'ltG SCHOOL CHIL
DREN TO DOXATK HOOKS
TO YONCALLA ITI'ILS
Through the efforts of the teach
ers of the schools of the city of Rose
burg, the pupils of the various build
ings are gathering all of their text
books which they have no further
use for and will donate them to the
pupils of the schools at Yoncalla,
whose school building, as well as all
of Its contents' was destroyed by fire
a short time ago.
Many of the branches studied here
are the same as taugh in other grade
Bchools In the county and the books
ran be utilized to good advantage by
the 'many pupils who lost thjjir en
tire list of text books.
Those having the matter in charge
are planning to make a shipment
next Friday.
CENTRAL STATES FACE
COAL STRIKE APRIL I
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 26. The
United Mine Workers of America.
who?e delegates are holding a con
vention In this city, voted by an over
whelming majority to suspend work
on A. ril first unless the new agrce--.:r;it
'vith the mine operators, has
tc.en sicned at that time.
SIX LIVES LO
IN SEATTLE FIRE
Three Killed in Jumping From
Fifth Floor of Building.
RLftZE STARTS IN BUNCH OF HElKPi
i
llefufcoes Itotcntly Arrived From'
Husslu Among Those Who
lxse Lives Km pi oyer is j
liurwed to Death. i
SEATTLE, Jan. 26. Threo men.
leaped to their death today from the!
fifth story or the Walker building I
when a fire, which originated in a!
pile of oiled hemp on the fourth 1
floor, trapped them. j
In addition to the three men who
i
met death by jumping from the fifth
floor of the building, three otbo1 men!
wore burned to death and seven oth-j
ers are reported to bb missing from j
the force of workmen who were em-!
ployed in the hemp drying plant. I
The firemen found the bodies of'
three dead men on the fifth floor!
after they had succeeded in fighting!
their way through the flames.
Most of the dead are recent refu
gees from Pbeersos, Russia. Only one
of the foreigners have been Identi
fied so far.
Accoruing to the stories told
survivors of the disaster, the hemp,
burned furiously and the men who;
tried to make their escape by w.ay of j
the fifth floor were trapped before
the' alarm was turned In and long ,
before the department arrived upon
the scene, had Jumped to their death. "
One of the victims struck a lamp;
post in his descent and death was
instantaneous. The others struck the
pavement and died shortly after
wards without gaining consciousness.
Ray Winkleman, of Tacoma, had
a contract for drying a large amount
of hemp and at the time the fire oc
curred employed more thn a score
of worklngmen.
The fire started at 8:30, shortly
after the men had reported for work
and It was not until nearly 11 that
I
HOW WARRING POWERS HEM GREECE IN
I H . ..... ' . fc.
I V H f Kuorulu
i "into ;ie Miiiier waiace
Emperor Wllhelm on Corfu and oc-l
cupy Island. j
2 Austro-German-Bulgar forc-s ;
massed on Serb-Greek frontier for
attack on allies before Salonlkl.
3 Allies at Saloniki cut rail com
munication with northeastern Grece
l-y blowing up bridge across Struma
r'ver n nnmirhls?ar to prci-int ad
vance of ISulears and Turks from
Xcnthi. Action also isolates Greek
army corjis in this section of kin?
(!om.
4 Allies' line before Salonlkl to
resist advance of Teuton-Hiilear
armies.
the firo department had the flumes
under control.
Km pi oyer Among the Demi.
At a late hour this afternoon the
badly burned body of Ray Winkle
man was found among the ruins of
the burned buHuing. Among others
who wore burned to death were (3.
Buckley, of Portland, Or., Simon
Broshton, the body of the third man
who was killed by jumping was iden
tified as J. Friedman.
All except two worklnirnien were
later on accounted for and it la
thought that these escaped and left
for their horr.es.
I'XMOIt OF ANOTHER
CANDIDATE FOR ASSESSOR
There is a persistent rumor upon
iho streuts of tHe city today that A.
G. Clark, of Olendale, will soon an
nounce himself ns a candidate for
tho office of county assessor.
Mr. Clark is well and favorably
knewn in every part of The county
and hr.a served' ns deputy assessor
iiniior Frank Calkins for several
years. His experience is of many
ymrs standing and has taken him
into ail parts of Douglas county in
cru'slns timber.
If the rumor proves to be true,
Mr. Clark will make a strong bid
for the support of the voters from
every section of Douglas county.
BRISTOL, England, Jan. 20. By
a big majority the representatives of
over two million worklngmen, who
are employed In the manufacture of
munitions of war, and who are hold
ing a convention here, today pladged
their support to the government.
A resolution which was passed
failed to mention the subject of con
scription, but later resolutions are
sure to denounced in no uncertain
terms, the policy of compulsotn as
advocated by certain leaders.
A resolution was passed condemn
ing the German atrocities which have
been practiced In France and Bel
gium. i utkb fcpui u-d to have massed
400 guns and large forces withdrawn
from Gallipot! at Xanthi on eastern
Greek-liulgar frontier.
0 Reported Greek government
has removed official archives from
Athvns to LarlRBa as result of allies'
ultimatum to Greece.
7 Allies land troops at Phaleron
pnd Piraeus, near AthenB.
P Allies reported to have landed
forcnB at Corinth, rorty-elglit miles
'"st of Athens.
S AiiKlo-Krench fleet tightens
'lnrkndn f Greek coast and is
Fcarctilni' Mlets and I!and3 for Ger
rrrn fijiimarlne bases.
ARMY MEN GAIN
E
Officers With European Army
Given Chance to Learn.
EXPLOSIVES Hit STUDIED CLOSELY
I
Socicts of I'li'iHli Artillery, Said to
llo Vry Host in the
World Are Secured for
This Country.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. Some
idea of what American army offic
ers are learning on the battlofields
of "Europe, was given the senate
military committee yesterday by Col.
Chas. G. Treat, of the army war col
lege. Much of what the colonel said
was treated as confidently, but It is
known that he told the committee
thore was an American observer with
tho armies of each bolllgcrout nation,-and
that their reports to the
war college had been of great value
In the preparation of now army
plans.
As a matter of course, Colonel
Treat said, none of the observers
would, send home during the war in
formation which might be of value to
other belligerents, should It become
known In this country.
I'liuw for IllfC Guns.
Both committees were given much
Information as to artillery types.
Brigadier General Crozier, chief of
ordance, discussed in detail before
the house committee the war depart
ment's prans for big guns, while Col
onel Troat, a field artillery man,
talked of the lessons drawn from the
war.
Colonel Treat disclosed that the
war dopartmont has definite Infor
mation as to tho famous 42-centlme-ter
howitzers which the Germans
used to crush their way through
French frontier forts. The guiiB can
be fired without mounting them on
concrete emplacements, he said, and
made ready for UBe in less than an
hour and a half after they reach a
given point. Both he and General
Crozier told of plans for similar guns
now being prepared in tho war de
partment. Primarily they will be used
In const defense work although mo
tor tractor plans for their use In
field operations also are being work
ed out.
Trench Warfare Not I'rolwtble.
Thero is no reason to expect that
trench warfare conditions will have
to be met In this country, Colonel
Treat Btated,' and therefore the pro
portion of high explosive shells and
shrapnel for field guns will not llo al
tered as radically for the American
army as the French nnd British have
found necessary. Describing tho ef
fect of high exploslvo fire at troops,
he Bald It had been noted abroad that
the moral effect of the detonation of
the missiles was far greater than that
of shrapnel, although the lntler waB
far more deadly. A high explosive
shell bursting at the head of a col
umn, he said, while it killed fewer
men than a shrapnel shell, would be
more likely to check the advance.
The American throe-Inch fluid ar
tillery, the colonel explained, dupli
cated the French 75' in every re
spect, but rapidity of fire and cx
perlmnets are In progress which, It
Is believed, will give the guns all
the advantages of thu French weap
on. In this connection General
Crozier said, "experiments also were
being made with the split trull equip
ment which might make the Ameri
can guns superior to any now in use
nbrond except for a few used by the
Italian army.
ll.VWLEV W()I LI IVK
It. It. I,AXI TO syi'.vrTKits
WASHINGTON, .Inn. 20. Repre
sentative Hawley yesterday Introduc
ed his laud grant hill, directing the
Oregon & California Railroad Com
pany to sell Its lands according to the
terms of the original grant.
It gives first preference rights to
settlers now on the land, second pre
ference to thope who made settle
ment in good faith at any tlnm, If
Iney attain make application and
new settlement within six months.
The preference rights of these two
MUHINEROP
classes must be exorcised in sis
Months, arter which the lands may
be pureu-JSod by others. Squatters
goiug on the land now would acquire
a third preference If tho Hawloy bill
passes. The railroad is directed to
establish a selling agency Imme
diately to receive applications.
"My purpose is to provide for tho
transfer or the lunds as soon as pos
sible," said the congressman, "koop
them on tho tax rolls and avoid con
stitutional difficulties."
Tho bill proceeds on the theory
'-hat a reasonable, time tor tho" en
forcement of tho covenants has elaps
ed. The timber tracts would all go
to 'settlers" and nothing would bo
given to tho state or the nation.
AI'STRIAX FORCES TAKE 1M.
IDRTAXT CITV IX ALIIAI.I.V
ROME, Jan. 20. Official ' dis
patches from this city state that the
Austrian forces have occupied the
city or Hodua, In Albania. Tho main
army is moving toward Durazzo
whoro they plan to Join the Buh;ar
luns in the Elbassan reglou. The
Montenegrin and Albanian forces
which wore defending the city of
Scutari, were captured when the city
fell, but the Serbian forces oscapod
and headed southward.'
THREE ARE KILLED
SPOKANE," Jan. 20. Engineer
George Rait and two unidentified:
hoboes were killed today In a col
lision between trains number 17 and
18 on the Milwaukee railroad. The
collision occurred near Servian, 3T
miles east of Othelo., William
Schultz, engineer of number 18, D.
F. Armstrong, flroinan of train num
ber 17 and John Woodward, express
messenger, were soriously Injured
when the trains came together. The
two engines, express and baggage
enrs were smashed, the passenger
coaches suffered, but little In the
wreck and no passengers wore In
jured. The cause of the collslon, has
as yet been undetermined.
Ijvp Orders Canned Wreck.
Lap orders caused the wreck on
the Milwaukee road in which threo
men lost their Ilvos, oflfctals of the
road declare.
The west bound train had ordors
to meet the other at Roxhro and the
ordors of the cast bound train road
i'to pnss the other at Sorvla.
At the place where the wreck oc
curred the track was straight for a
long distance and the engineers had
an opportunity to chock the speed of
their engines to a conBldornhlo de
gree which lessened the number of
lives lost.
The passengers of both trains wora
badly shaken nnd some painfully
bruised. The track for a long dis
tance wns completely torn up nnd
traffic will bo dolnyed for a num
ber or hours. A reller train rrom
either direction was sont to transrer
the passengers and take thorn to their
ileRtlnationB.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 20. Monitors of
the allied neet today shelled the
German positions at Westonde, ac
cording to reports of a well founded
nature received at this city.
Simultaneously with ths bombard
ment, avntnrs bombarded the Teu
ton postlons near Knock and Ileyst.
Tho Westonde shelling Is report
ed to have been of a very destruc
tive nature and especially effective
In tho sending by tho officials of a
number of wounded to Bruges und
GhAirft. The bombardment Is be
lleved to have been In retaliation
for the attacks made upon the Eng
lish coast by airmen a short time
ago.
A very enjoyable evening was spent
'nst night at tho home of J. C. Alex
ander on Mill streetwhen she en
tertained about 20 of her friends.
Progressive 000 was played by the
t,'uesls until late In the evening when
delirious refreshments were served.
,5y the hostess.