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His Daily Weather kepori Ilaln or Snow Tonight and Sunday, Highest temp, yesterday 53 turn. Lowest temp, last night S3 vol. vn. ROSBUUKG, HOUGLAS COUNTY. OIIW.OX. 8A1T11DAY, MAIU'll 4, 10t. No. 55 10 FORCE VOTE INHO ETODAY Split in Administration Forces Came This Morning. CMiiTEE DIFFERENCES CAUSE DELAY Humor That President Wilson Is Coils ido-iing Itcslnin eclnred To lie Without Any Foundation. WASHINGTON, March 4. A di vision among the administration forces broke out this morn I ex Aft er Pou planned to postpone until Monday the vote on the McLemore resolution warning Americans off armed ships, Sherley, Allen, Glass and others decided they would try and force a vote today. They claim ed that the Gore muddle ought to be cleared up immediately. Pou later admitted that the resolution might get a vote today, but Speaker Clark thought it would probably o over. The committee on rules conferred this afternoon to consider an im mediate vote. Vote Tuknii Next Week. The forces of the administration announced later that it had been de cided that the house would vote on the McLemore resolution next Tues day, and that differences in the com mittee was responsible for the de lay. It is reported that the friends of the president are seeking repub lican votes. The armed merchant men debate was resumed in the sen ate, and Lodge read the denial of England that she had warned her citizens to keep off the armed ships during the Japanese-Russian war. On next .Monday, the president will nom inate David Francis, of ,S Louis, to be ambassador to Russia. Says Action is KvaMw. Senator Borah, republican, ar r -);: nod the senate for what ho char acterized as its evasive action. He said he would "rather have battle ships simkfthan to have the honor of this senate compromised before the world." On the other hand, Senator Kern, the majority leader, upheld the ac tion, asserting that it would pro claim to all nations that the presi dent, in exercising his constitutional powers in the conduct of negotia tions, spoke "not for himself, not for his party, but for all She people of his country who are ire-'ared back of him with their lives in an in sistence of American rights." Wilson Xot Talkative The president personally did not comment on the action of the senate preferring to 'ain more informa tion and centering his attention on the expected action of the house. Administration officials generally, however, regarded the outcome as satisfactory and pointed to the fact that Senator Gore had introduced an amendment directly opposite to his original resolution and then had voted to table his own amendment as a clear Indication that he realiz ed bis battle was lost and that the. president bad won. Would Force Direct Vote. There was some discussion in ad ministration circles of forcing a di rect vote on the re-Introduced Mc Cumber resolution warning Amei cans off armed shins. It was the ex pectation of most of the leaders how ever, that nothing further would be dono In the senate at the president's request. IHmiIps Story of Resignation. WASHINGTON, March 4 A White House statement says "When the attention of Tumulty was called to the story appearing In cerain the president had re- Riened or was considering his resig nation, he said that the American newspaper that would publish a utory of that kind in a situation like the present one now confronting America, dishonors itself. Mrs. C. C. Robertson returned to ner home in Roseburg this afternoon after spending several weeks visiting with friends and relatives at her old home at Sweetwater, Texas. TODAY'S ODDEST 11AISY STOKY NEW YORK, March 4. A certain New York physician to- day told of a new way to make v the baby stop crying. The Plan was successfully employed by a little boy to whose lot it fell to care for his baby brother a ! good deal. His mother marked , the unwonted silence of the in- fant when brother was watch- ing him, so she peeked around ! the door one day and saw how it was. done. Brother, it seems, i watted until the baby got his : mouth open to let out a howl j and then leaned over and blew down his throat. C. NTY CLERK Cras. W. Clark, the only candi-t lican ticket, is a vigorous, hustling date for county clerk on the re pub-1 and capable man, and is one of the j best known citizens of Roseburg, be-i ing prominent in both business and municipal affairs. At the present; time he is an influential member of the city council, a position he has; held for several years, and at a j time when it required men of judg-j n:ent, quick perception and tre prop-! er stamina to fill this office. The constant vigilance he has shown in; guarding the interests of the city during all the railroad bond issue una tiio preparations for the build ing of the oad and lumber mills, in-j dicates row he will care for the in-1 terests of the taxpayers of the entire j county. i Mr. Clark is presented to the vot ers of Douglas county as a candi date who will hive no excuses to I make, and his only promises are that the duties of the office will be faithfully discharged and a rigid economy practiced, where such econ omy is not detrimental to the busi ness of the people and taxpayers. His campaign will be a clean and honorable one, and although there will be no opposition at the pri maries, ho desires to meet as many of the republican voters before this event as Is possible, and will exert himself to this end, Mr. Clarke will carry ris full party vote at the fall elections, and add strength to the ticket. SNOWBOUND INDIANS STARVING ONE INSANK; UUItlKD AMVK WINNIPEG, Man., March 4. Eighty Indians snowbound in the extreme north of Saskatchewan, near Waterhen lake, today face Insanity and starvation. Authorities admit their inability to reach the maroon ed men until the coming of warm weather. Snows there this year have been heavier than Bince 1896.' One member of the tribe was burled alive when he went insane. One straggler managed to get through the drifts to a telegraph wire, but ef forts of relief parties to follow him bark fafled completely. Without ammunition, nets, traps or blankets, the Indians plight Is pi Hah l-. Digging through six or night feet of Ice to get fish Is nearly impossible. Four months aeo a mem ber of the tribe went lnane from lack of food and shelter. His tribes men, knowing of nothing better to do, buried him. An educated heale: of the tribe heard of this rnd dun up his unbalanced fellow trllesnan. CITIZENS VISIT COUNTY COURT Delegation Speak in Favor of, Grade Crossings. AWAIT DECISION FROM SUPREME COURT County Court Will Not Slake Order I'ntil Decision From The Supreme Court Is Itweivetl. That tho citizens of the county! will make a vigorous protest to the ' city's being forced to construct ov- erhead crossings ovor the Roseburg j & Eastern railroad between Rose bug and Dixonville was shown this: morning when a large delegation appeared before tho county court. A petition which was signed by j about a hundred and fifty residents j of tho district which Is reached by; tho wagon road east of town was pre-1 sented to tho court which protested against the crossings and being i forced to climb grades with loaded ! wagons at the places where the road J is now practically level. A diagram showing the manner In which the! trestle over the railroad would he constructed was presented to tho court, the grade being five per cent, the testlo rising to a height of 22 feet. It was pointed out thnt if It was necessary to construct over head crossings that at the one near Deer creek" bridge, the city would be required to rebuild the bridge, Incorporating It Into the crossing, as the appoach was not long enouiii obtain the deslrod height at a five percent grade. In order that mi court might hear the opinions ni tho peoplo, several of the citlzenslrf attendance were asked to express their views. Attorney Dexter Rice said: "The decision of tho court is one In which tho city Is vluilly Interested. The residents have raised money among themselves to purchase tho fnlr grounds and rights of way. The people themselves hlnk ijust as much of human life as the court and do not want to Jeopardize lives." Mr. Rico then went on to show that there was very little danger nt thnse crossings and how in case of Injury caused hv carelessness or tho rail road company or of their employes the company would he re sponsible and not tho city. Mr. Rico stated that he had h-en associated with the Southern Pa cific company since the year 1S!)S r.r.d that at no time In spite or the travel over this road and the many times thnt it crosses the Pacific highway which is the most traveled thoroughfare in the Btate has there U. H. S. KENTUCKY ORDERED FiiOffl MksfiuCAN CONVERTED .,; .r -Mr " r - ' . . .. . - ' The V. S. S. Kentucky with Mexican flag flying at her main mast. The Kentucky has been ordered to leave Vera Cruz to serve as a training rhip for men of the New York naval militia The vessel, under rommsnd of Douglas E. liismukes, has just arrived in New Orleans en route t New York. She will paruke in Dm Alaxdi (mu betor fvtv'ug for the north, . - - a. - i - r r - -- -. -. t' i t' A T.',',Ty been a crossiug accident in which a person was killed within the couuty E. L. Parrott stated that ho could not see the necessity of overhead cror.ings in this road. The road on both sides is open and there is rUnty of -time for a person travel- fllfr lh- wason roiul 10 ovor or stop before the train crosses the i wcjoTi road. "I do not think It necessary to '.mild overhead crossings, and 1 do' ::tK thin that the people living along I l.o road would be 'n favor of it,"! siaied Mr. S. C. P.a;-i.ri:m. "I would: r.tthcr so the money expended In J 'mrvovliis the roads on each side, j I am willing to Uke tho risk in j crossing for both myself and fam-j Ily." t Mr. J. F. Barker stated that ho had occasion to do a large amount of teaming over the road and that J ho did not favor the Idea of liming to take heavy loads ovor the five! per opnt grades at .tho overhead crossings. Wilbur Brown told the court that he had circulated one of the peti tions and that tho peoplo residing in the district effected would much prefer grade crossings. He said thnt no mtater what safety guards were placed along tho sidos of the trestle iftat a horse frightened at a train approaching or under tho trestle would jump over and the dan ger would ho much more than that of meeting a train on the crossings. Among the speakers who ad dressed the court 'in favor of grade crossings wore Mayor Mice, Al Crea son and A. T. Lawrence, ai! 6T wiioni stated that they could not see tho necessity of overhead crossings and that they believed It nn injuslce to tho residents of the city und farm districts who had raised funds to carry on tho work this far to lie re quired to pay out more for this' feature. The concluding remarks wore made by Attorney O. P. Coshow, who endeavored to show that nearly rill dangerous features of the ordin ary railroad crsosiug woro elimin ated in tho ones under discussion. On account of tho short dislunco be tween tho Tair grounds and tho city limits tho trains can obtain but lit tle speed. The approaches to tho crossings are around sharp curves which will cut the engine to a slow rate of speed In order to negotiate 'ip-i nronerly and suMy. in addl; tion to these features the city will "''"H anv enfety devices which the w'nty court might desire, such as electric warning bolls, as aro used by tt'e S. P. Company. ludge MnrsterB stated that the court was not ready at this time to n ake known Its decision, but as soon ns the decision from the siipr-oni" court is received that tho order will' be signed. INTO TRAINING SHIP FOR T BATTLE CHANGE Germans Sacrifice Men Trying to Force Positions. BERLIN CPTCMISTIC OVER OUTCOME lteHit.s Coming From JcriiMilcr 1ml lento That Tlw Turks Will Soon llegln n Campaign Against Hgyirt. LONDON, March 4. Infantry at tacks around Donamont still con tinue, according to dispatches, but both the Paris and Boiiln state ments agree thnt there hns been no Important change at Verdun. Ber lin announced the capture of a thou sand prisoners, 276 flold and ma chine guns around Dounmont. Paris said that lively artlllory rirlng oc curod north of Verdun last night. Berlin declnred tho French trlod to rocapturo Donamont and wore re pulsed. Tho fighting In tho vicinity of Verdun Is as fierce ns in tho early stages of the battle, and the Germans are sacrificing numerous regiments In the endeavor to smoth er the French. While It appears certain that Vor dun remains tho principal objoctlvo of the Germans, their offenslvo is full of possibilities which will bo! revealed as the groat battle pro- grosses. ! (lOimaii Attack Violent, j The region of Donamont which comprises three positions tho vil lage, the redoubt and the fort again was the center of a fierce Ger man nttack yesterday. Tho combut continues about this roglon. Tho fact thnt tho Germans suc ceeded in entering tho vlllngo Is con sidered by military observers only as as fluctuation In tho tldo of battle thnt is likely to occur during any important action. Sortie llmkon Up. A concentrated fro of the French guns In tho Woovre hns forestalled a contemplated sortlo on tho port of tho Germans. In following tho pres ent developments the military ob servers discuss tho possibility of nn nttack on tho right bank of tho Mou- by tho Germans and question whether tho Germnns avM devote more atmtion In the vicinity of Fresnoss, on tho extreme French rfrtht. These nrc among tho mys teries of tho action. Itorlln Optimistic. DKRMN, Mnrrh 4. Tho capture of tho town of Dounmont and the Bteady successes of tho Germans In the region of Verdun seemingly con firm tho repented predictions of the German military experts that the VYATKRS; WILL RE THE NAVAL MILITIA l NO if 0U army had the strength of penetrating the e.itcuto allied linos when the t'mo came for it to do so. Italian steamer is Suuk. ATHENS. March 4. The Italian, stenmor, Jave, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine of unknown nationality. The crow and passen gers were rescued after having been afloat for 24 hours In small boats. Campaign AgnJnst Egypt to llola Constantinople reports that Enver Pasha and General Dyenial Pasha arrived in Jerusalom today which Is bellovcd to be a signal of the be ginning of an active Turkish cam paign against Egypt Dyemal has boon frequently mentioned as the practical leader for the Egyptian movement OVER 3000 LOST PARIS, March 4 It was announc ed at the Franeh ministry ol ma rine that there wore nearly 4000 men on board the Kranch auxiliary crulsor Provonce whon she was sunk In the Mediterranean on February 26. It was said that on board the Provence wore the stnff of the Third Colonial Infantry regiment, the Third battalion, the Second compnny of tho First Battalion, the Second Machino Gun company and one ex tra company. Loss of :m:M Lives Imlicntod. As tho ministry of marine on Feb ruary 21), announced thnt the num bor of survivors of itbo iProvonce dlsaBtur wus ostlmutod at 870, It is Indicated that upwnds of 3130 llvos were lost. This groat numhor of casualties makes the disaster tho greatest on tho Bca In modern times. Up to the present tho Inrgest number of llvos over lost In ono wreck was when tho White Star llnor Titanic struck an ico berg off tho Newfoundland banks on April 14, 1912, and sank with a 'lentil loss of 1595. Tho res cued numbered 743. Tho French ministry of marine hnd previously issued no statomont as to thn nuui'er of persons on tho Provence when she went down. Noiinul Cnimity Kxrocriod. The vessel, howevor, whon in tho trans-Atlantic Horvlco, coUild carry 1900 personB, Including tho crew, and It has boon pesumed that as she wns transporting troops be tween ports not far apart, she was carrying a number of mon larger than her normal capacity. GOVERNOR NOT FOR WARNING RAMCM, .March 4. "It fa my opinion and I believe tho opinion of loyal Orcgonlana that tho hands of tho president should he uphold by congrcsH," Governor Wlthycombo re plied In response to an inquiry from tho New York Tlrnea an to his jor( tlon In the controversy between the 7reHdent find conKrea over .the rljit of American citizens to travel on armed merchantmen. "OT necessity," continues the kov ornor's message, "the executive must bo depended on to handSo In b large meanure the prublema of our foreign relation at a time of crisis. Wilson's Insistence on tho tchta of American citizens on (ho seas as guaranteed by International Inr in sound and Justified. If we aro to retain a placo of honor "and respect among nations we must Insist on rightful privileges and protection for our citizens. "While totally out of sympathy wllh much of tho administration's foreign policy In tho past, the presi dent seems to me tnitn rlht In his present -apparent conflict with congress. M ON FRENCH SHIP y; y