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Daily Weather Report Itnln Tonight uiid Tuesday; Colder Tonight; Heavy Smith, westerly Winds. Highest temp, yesterday 55 Lowest temp, last night si .1 I t vol. vn. KOSEUURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OHHXJOX. MONDAY, r F.lIltl AltY 7, 11)10. No. 3a It 1 -A NO QUIBBLING" SAYS LANSING America's Attitude on Lusi tania Affair Unchanged. of commission and details of the disaster are lacking.. Houses six miles from the scene were damaged by the force of the explosion. The causa has not yet been determined. DKATH OK ANOTHER OLD VKT. GERMAN STATEMENTS P.iaV3KE CABINET lU'imrt Tliat OenuintLs Have lleen lucntiLMed liy This Country Branded As Utterly False. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Wilson and Lansing had an extended con ference today and discussed whether or not America should meet the German compromise on the Lusi tania situation. It has b,een intimat ed that Berlin officials have made several important concessions. Lansing declared that the Ameri can attitude remains unchanged and officials of the white house state that "ther.s will be no quibbling and! that at no time has there been any." It is known that Wilson and the Timbers of the cabinet are very much provoked because a number of Germans have reported that the only difference between this coun try and Germany is a mere matter of phrasing. It is not yet determin ed whether or not thes,e persons will be rebuked or not. German Statement Disputed. Lansing has denied the statement attributed to Under Secretary Zim merman in Berlin, that America has Increased her demands In the Lusi tania case. He said he doubted that Zimmerman had made such a state ment, which h,e must know is utterly false. Responsibility Not Denied. The position of Berlin officials is said to be that the act of the com mander of a submarine can be dis avowed should he violate, disregard or have failed to r-eceived instruc tions, but that a government can not disavow an act which was com mitted in accordance with its in structions and for which It is rcspons f'n. In the latest proposal there is no attempt to deny responsibility for the sinking of the Lusitania. But Germany assumes liability for the; American lives lost, offers repara tion by the payment of indemnity and assures the United States that the killing of Americans was with out intent. The destruction of the lin,er was an act of reprisal for the British blockade under the orders in council, according to ithe Ger- j man view, and reprisals should not! be applied to neutrals. The tentative communication also snvs that the method of conducting submarine warfare in the North Soi has been mou.Tled because of friend-, ship for the United States and be-' cause of the fact that American livzs had been lost. ! Karly CoriY-mpondenee Cited. Tn this last connection It was said that it was within the range of pos sibility that some reference might be made in the preface of the com munication, should it be transmitted Another veteran answered the fin al bugle call this morning, Febru ary 7, at three o'clock. Hubert L. Oliver, aged 85 years, a native of Pennsylvania, died at the Soldiers Home after a brief illness due to the Infirmities of advanced age. He was a private in Company J, of the 12th Indiana Infantry, and a car penter by trade. He was admitted to the Home July 15, 1915, from Dayville, Ore. Burial will take place; in the cemetery of the Home, as j ho has- no known relatives uside from a wife, from whom toe has been separated. HIGH WATER IN ! Is predicted for eastern Oregon. Flood Danger nt Tiiconia. TACO.MA. Feb. 7. Tho danger of a serious flood nt this city becom.es more imminent as tho rain continues The Increasing temporature Is rap Idly melting the heavy snow which has covered the ground for the pasC .several days. No damage la re ported so far since the Chinook has SCHOOL BOARD WORKING HARD anow Melted by Chinook Wind started the thaw, For the first time j Plans For New Building Sent River Raises Rapidly. i " over a week 11,6 "eight trains Bv Portland Firm ' ' have been moving, the trans-contin-1 U" rurl"'U r irm. i onlal trnlns are all op,orntlng at the! present time. I Columbia TWIT Low. j PORTLAND, Fob. 7 The weather! bureau has Issued warnings against i high waters and avalanches in tho Old Armory Building to lie I'sed AVALANCHE FEARED IN THE MOUNTAINS NEW DESKS ARRIVED THIS MORNING Tacoiim Looks for Flood Trains JIovo for First. Time In Over Week Traiis-CiiiitiiK-nliil Lines (eriitiiig. FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE J. A. B As heretofore announced in these columns, Hon. J. A. Buchanan is a candidate for nomlation for Circuit Judge In the second judicial district, on the republican ticket. Mr. Buchanan Is in the prime of life and is well and favorably known, not only In Douglas county, but in the entire state. He served two terms In the state legislature, representing Douglas and Jackson counties in the sessions of 1909 and 1911. He was temporary speaker of the house in 1911. His legislature career was emnenVy successful and he was there considered one of the strong men, and was a leader on the floor of the house. After graduation, Mr. Buchanan taught school for ten years, and he has always been Interested in educa tion. For twelve consecutive years PORTLAND, Feb. 7. A chlnook wind has swept away tho snow, and the Willamette river is rising at an unprecedented rate. It has already overflowed the banks In some places, and heavy damage Is feared through out the valley. It rose at the rate of six inches per hour at some points. Avahinoho Warnings Are Issued. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The weather bureau has issued warnings against the possibility of dangerous avalnchos in the mountlns of Ore gon, Washington and IiSaho. Floods are reported on the eastern slcprs of the Cascades as a result of con tinued rains and the warmth follow ing the severe snow storms. I Water High At Eugiene. EUGENE, Feb. 7. The local weather bureau has issued warnings against high waters in the Willam ette valley. The river at Albany has risen eight feet In the past 24 hours and Is still rising. This Is seven foet labove the flood Stasia ana a great many people are becom ing nervous over the outlook. At Salem, McMinnville and Jeffer son he 'shippers (ane moving the goods on the lower docks to places of safety. Rain with colder weather mountains. A severo storm is ex-1 pected off the coast within the next! 2 4 hours. Althoug severe floods are antlcl-; pi'.fed river men are Inclined to be- Hove that little damage will result as the Columbia river Is very low ! and on this account the Willamette river is running out rnpicTTyV As Assomlily ltoom llnse inoiitH of Churches nl.su to llo Utill.od. . POSTOFRCE PLANS Indications seem to point to the The work of arranging accommo dations for the high school classos has been steadily pushed forward and the school board and high Bchool staff have been very active bodies, I making plans, receiving offors and deciding matters for the relief of tho situation caused by the destruc tion of the Lane school last Thurs day night. As early as Friday morning plans for a now building were received from a Portland con rooms have been secured for use as class rooms. The basements of tho Methodist and Baptist churches are "elg partitioned off for tho same purpose and the work Is going for ward rapidly promising to have ev erything in readiness for regular class work by the first of next week: if not sooned. The manual training department Is being fitted up by Mr. Johnson, head of the department in the old Van Houten house near the court house, while Miss Yatos has boeu orctinlod In directing (hn arrangement of the annarat,,., the domestic sclonce department la the basement of th Fortunately the gas range r,rt'tB gas iplates besides many utonsila used In this department were saved, and Miss Yates expects to have ev erything In readiness so she can hold hor evening classes tonight and tomorrow night as usual. The Commercial department anil . the assembly hall will occupy tho old armory. The school board and staff are to be commended on their prompt and efficient action In this emergency and upon tholr cheerful assumption of the addod burdens forced upon them. tractor, but the pressing demands of fact that construction of the federal ', ; the immediate present have prevoht- buildlng will start this year accord-' ed, tho bartl fr0 seriously consid ering building plans Superintendent F. B. Hamlin re ports that the Beats arrived this morning and a force of workmen iB at work Installing them in the old j armory in the Elks building and In the Preshyterinn church whore two Ing to a letter received today by tho Roseburg' Commercial club from Rap rosentatlve W. C. Hawley, as fol lows: Washington, D. C, Feb. 1, '10 Roseburg Commercial Club, Rosoburg, Oregon. Gentlemen: t I I have taken up with the office Ing, It has already passed the house of the supervising architect, treasury , and also the senate with amend department, the use of cream brick : ments. I have been making the mat in the federal building at Roseburg, ter of the construction of tho build and am having sent at Its request ! Ing move as fast as possible under a full line of samples, and will do the circumstances. what I can to have it used. With best wishes, IA ASKED ZE Ab to the appropriation for con tinuing the construction of the bulld- (Signed) I am, Yours truly, W. C. HAWLEY. it: A v 'MIDDLE WEST NOT LUKEWARM" ESTABROOK he has served as director of the Roseburg public schools, and has three years yet to serve. Since he be came a director, the Roseburg public schools have made rapid advance ment. Three new buildings have been erected, the teaching force has increased from twelve to forty, and the high school has increased from 50 to 300. He has aided materially in making the Roseburg school system one of tho best in the state. Mr. formally to the United States, tn the' "ucnanan is essenuaiiy a seii-maoe correspondence In the Arabic case, in man. und has "''"self acquired t a note to Secretary Lansinir on Sen-' 6d education through his own un temher 2, Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, wrote that his aided efforts. t In politics Mr. Buchanan has at ways been a republican, and true ' to the principles of the party. In I the party he has always been an ; active worker, and Is now chairman of the county contray committee, i Mr. Buchanan became an attorney In 189G, and has practiced law sue- to esrape or offer resist- cessruuy in imseuurg lor uie pasi j 18 years, where he Is considered "instructions concerning our answer to your last Lusitania note contains the following passage: 'Liners will not T)e sunk by our submarines without warning and without regard ing the safety of the lives of non- combatants, provided that the liners do"' 'ry anc'." The Instructions have not yet been one f tne leading members or the made formal In connection with thenuKlas county bar. He Is exrep Lusitanla case directly. At the time , tlonally well versed In law. Is by of the receipt of the communication, j nature a student, and If elected Secretary Lansing declared that It circuit Judge would fill the office rVpp.eared to be "a recognition of wl,h honor and satisfaction to the the fundamental principles for which. PeopIe. we have contended." j HAH FADS IIKTWKF.X KXI'I.OSIOX IX Dr OXT I JIASEBAIX FACTION'S I'OWDKK MILLS AT TACOMA I i CHICAGO, Feb. 7. On the mo- TACOMA. Feb. 7. Three work- tion of the attorneys or the federal men are reported to have been kill- league baseball clubs, the salt against led today ly I n explosion whlrh 1 the organized clubs was dismissed wrecked a portion of the Du Pont by jFederal (Judr Landis today, powder mills located near this city. This ends the war between the two The telephone line has been put out factions. ' . f r ( . : .-.t HENRY Fear of lukewarm sentiment for f preparedness in tho Middle West is sending President Wilson on a speak inp tour of some of the principal cities of that section. Washington has heard that the Atlantic and Pa cific coasts are strongly behind the preparedness program. William Jen nings Bryan, opponent of prepared ness, declares the people are against the policy. "The people of the Middle West need no reminder of their duty in the premises," declares Henry D. Esta orook, of Nebraska and New York. Estabrook, prominently mentioned , ready at all times to defend against as a candidate for president before aggressions of any possible enemy tne Kepuuncan national convention, irom without. in June, declares If iiryan s opposi- tion to preparedness is accounted for by his occasional resioence in the Middle Western states, then he mis- To Fight Half-Armed Is Murder. "To fipht half-armed and with certainty of losing would be nothing represents the people of the Middle i shrt of murder, for which you and I West The Miadli Western people , ana every taxpayer in the United realize that they are the very heart ovaies wouio oe mcasurauiy respon of a mighty organism whose welfare Bible, he a lighty organism whose welfare j Bible, he asserts. as a whole depends upon the welfare Mr. Estabrook's preparedness pro of all its members, and 1 claim to ! pram, announced early in September, represent their sentiments better before the American Bankers' Asso than Mr. Bryan when I say to yoUCiation, at Seattle, and reiterated that, in these days of growing appro-! when he spoke with Hudson Maxim, tension, the men of the Middle West at Kansas City, in November, has as will give early notice to their coon-1 its slogan, "Protection, Prosperity trymen, as far away as the Atlantic 'and Preparedness," for, he declares, nnd Pacific fltatjtn thnt the ffnvprn. i "the Ilmtad StAtjiM rnnnnt knvp ndn. ment which m 1860 they flight to quate national defense unless we this country really needs Is Re- save against the aggressions of have sufficient governmental reve-! publican administration of its U-l enemies from within, they stand inucs, and we can get the revenues 1 fairs." j only through the protective tariff policy and tho condition of national prosperity that goes hand in hand with protection. "Preparedness means," he says, "a j big navy as big as any navy in the ' world with every flying, diving, amphibious auxiliary that can add to I its effectiveness, and with all the) munitions and means to boot mu-i nitions for a year's campaign at least always in cold storage. It I means as many naval oflicers and men as may be necessary easily to operate the machinery furnished by, the government ' "To this end, the protection policy) Is the only source of revenue thatf has always proved adoqnato. What! LONDON, Fob. 7. The Bulgarian, and Turkish forces are moving on the Roumanian border to meet the concentration of Roumanians there, a dispatch from Milan reports. It Is stated that the central powers have decided to demand a partial demobs lizatlon of the Roumanians, with a pledge of a benevolent neutrality to ward the Teutons. This has been ignored in their recent actions. The Chronicle declared the Teutons had protested against the sale by the Roumanians, of 80,000 car loads of grain to the allies. Roumanla de clared that this was necessary in or dor to snfo-guard the economic In terests of the country. Austria is also reported las having .protested against the nomination of the two Roumanian candidates for parlia ment who were pledged to the ac quisition of Transylvania. Serbs Itotiswit u-twn Austrlans. ROME, Fob. 7. The Austrian cav alry has reached the Arenzl river, four miles from Durazzo, whore they are awaiting the arrival of tho main body of the Austrlans who defeated the Serbs on Sunday. Tho Sorbs are retiring southward to escape an, en velopment of tho Bulgarians nt El-bassan. E WASHINGTON, Fob. 7. After a debate which lasted ovor throe hours the lower house passed the bill pro viding an appropriation of $600,000 to Increnso tho battleship building facilities In the New York and Maro Island navy yards. A roll call of tho members was not donianded. Five-sixths of tho appropriation goes to tho California navy yard where tho money will bo used to build ways for two mi'W battleships which wore authorized last year, A fiery debate occured when the hill to Increase the number of naval cadets nt Annapolis was brought up for discussion. This bill IH regarded as the opening skirmish for Wilson's preparedness fight. tiCAIIIlS I'LACFD ON llltOOK- LVN AND MANHATTAN IIUIDGFH NEW YORK, Feb. 7. The police officials of this city have refused to state why extra guards were plac ed on the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges yesterday when the United States cruiser Washington arrived from Haiti. It has been suggested that It was to prevent the posslbll ly of having bombs dropped on tho decks of the vessel as she panned unoor tho structures. W. A. Taylor left this afternoon a a business trip to Suthcrlln.