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Warmer.
Highost torn p. yesterday 53
Lowest temp, last night 3&
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ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OIIHGOX, WEDXKSDAY, MAY 10, 1018.
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CUMMINS HER
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AT ANTLERS
Distinguished Candidate For
President to Speak.
WILL BE GIVEN PUBLIC RECEPT13N
Senator Will Spend Forenoon In City
Anil Make an Address At
10 o'clock WiU Visit
Soldiers Home.
As stated In The News yesterday,
Senator Albert B. Cummins will
make an address to the citizens of
Douglas county In this city on Fri
day morning, May 12, at ten o'clock,
in the Antlors theatre. The senator
vvljl arrive on the Shasta from Med
. 'jf Vd, where he speaks the evening
liefore, and will be taken in c'narge
by a committee headed by D. J.
Stewart, who is an old time friend
of other years when' Mr. Stewart
.SKMATOH Al.KKIST 1!. CI M.MIX 4, ,
(':mdldute for Nomination for the i
Presidency. 1
lived In Iowa. While the exact de
tails of the morning re not entirely
completed, enough Is known to state
that an Informal reception will bo
helit for the senator, doubtless In '
the I'mpqua hotel, and social calls1
will be made on various prominent,
citizens of the city.
.-iier i
Juru lieon
tlfl.ni for
After tho speech there will be a
and then autos wiU be
for the Soldiers Home whero
air address wil be made to tho old
veterans. A ride over tho city until
the afternoon train north Is due, will
consume the remainder of the stay.
It .has been suggested that iu:;c
niurh as the pupils of the high school
are so close in their present quar
ters, and national politics as sell
as i'Olitical economy are both sub
jects for study by these young men
and women, It would be a fine thing
to have them dismissed so as to hear
fhe address of the senator.
Aside from his commanding posi
tion as one cf the foremost mem
bers of our highest J.'gislative
branch, Senator Cummins has a
strong chance to lie the next presi
dent of the Tutted States. Senator
Cummins Is a plain forceful expon
ent of the national issues new before
the American public, aud from his
long close personal connection with
affairs, he is in a position to give
Every republican n the county who
possibly can get here should come
out. and every citizen regardless o:
party, who' desires to learn more of
his country from a master hand
should be present.
ON FRIDAY
TTrr tidies are specially inxited to will conserve the taxpayers' money,
be present, as the senator appre-j He H a practical farmer, whose fin
ciates the fact that they now have ancial balances were always stiown
the voting privilege In this state, on the ripht side of the ledger, and
and will be an important factor in
the corning election. Let there be
an enthusiastic wolcome to the dis-
tlnguished senator from Iowa.
MOTH Kit OF FOllMKIt
KOSKItriUi M USK IKAI)
I
According to word reaching this
rity today Mrs. Jaly A. Huffer died
at ner home In Portland yesterday.,
l
je was mother of Mrs. D. U. Allen,
formerly Miss Daisy Huffer, a well
nnowo nurse of this city who left
taore during the wiuter for Arizona
where she was married. Another
daughter. Mrs. W. C. Ilcagen, was a
frequent visitor In this city 'and is
well known here.
Mrs. Huffer was a pioneer of Ore
gon, coming to this country with
her parents in 1SD2 and settling with
them near Salem. For the past few
years she has been residing with her
daughter, Mrs. Regan in Portland.
The surviving children are Mrs.
Reagen and Miss Louise Huffer, of
Portland; Mrs. D. B. Allen, of Bisby,
Arli.; John Huffer, of Raymond,
Wash. The funeral services will be
conducted today at 2 o'clock from
the chapel of A. R. Zeller
592 Williams avenue, with
ment In Riverview cemetery.
: Co.,
Inter-
GORE FOR JOINT
Jackson county presents as a can
didate for the republican nomina
tion of Joint representative from
Douglas and Jackson counties, W. H.
Gore, who is a native born citizen
of the county, and one of its lead
ing men In business, farming a '
financial affairs. After graduating
from the State University, he enter
ed business pursuits and for a num
ber of years handled in a most suc
cessful manner great quantities of
grain and stock, besides personally
superintending his own large and
prosperous ranch. Several years ago
the stockholders of the Medford Na
tional Dank elected him as the head
of that important financial institu
tion, and ho is now officiating in
that postion along with hs other af
fairs, and with tho same signal suc
cess that his other matters are man
aged. Mr. Gore is always at the front
with .the progressive citizens of the
Rogue river valley in any enterprise
that bids fair to be of Interest and
V. II. (iOltH
i-m-.vjujC-.kaT'v,-nJkr.i.v
Of
Jackson County, Candidate for
.Joint Hrprosontntive,
value to tho citizens of southern
Oregon and he is always a liberal
contributor to all audi enter
prises. It is needless to say that he has
always been a consistent republican
and frequently he has been drafted
to campaign in Jackson county in
behalf of republican principles; and
a large element of the citizenship
of Jackson county solicited him to
berome a candidate to succeed the
inio Mr. Vawter and in response to
th wishes ot these citizens ho con
sented to become a candidate for
the nomination,
Jle Ik a man of large financial
Interests in Jackson county and will
be interested in such legislation ab
I a financier in the management of
J the Medford National Uank, where
i he has not been a failure, and the
J people of Jackson co-tin ty believe
j that he will be equally successful
as a legislator In the legislature of
the state and that he will be pro-
gresstve in the legislation which he
mav propose and support and will
still be conservative enough to look
out for all the taxpayers of the state
of Oregon.
" - 'Mk
31
DRS
. ELECT
OFFICERS FOR
ENSUING YEAR
One of Best Meetings of the
Association Closed Last Night.
ADDRESSES GIVEN ON MANY SUBJECTS
Stcrooptlcon Lecture Contrasts Phil
ippine J&inds liefore and
After U. S. Government
Made Clean Up.
The 25th annual meeting of the
Southern Oregon Medical Association
was held in the Elk's temple yester
day. It was called to order by the
"; .;
fcuse and tlte Defensible Physician."
Dr. Stewart's paper was listened to
very attentatlvely and was discuss
ed by a large number of those pres-.
ent.
Dr. Ernest F. Tucker, of Portland,
was announced and took as his sub
ject "Cancer" and said that he did
not Intend to present anything new
in the treatment of this disease but
that he merely desired to emphasize
the Important facts. He called at
tention to the fact that cancer is on
the increase; that one person out of
every 11 dies from the result of can
cer and that it is much more preval
ent in women than in men, and that
it is also more prevalent In colder
climates than In tho warmer. Dr.
Tucker called especial attention to
the fact that cancer Is curnble pro
vided it is removed before It has
gone too far and that the knife
holds tho only hope for an ultimate
cure. j
Dr. Coffee In discussing the paper!
also said that cancer is entirely
curable if the condition is removed
early enough and that It behooves
the physician to drill these facts Into'
Uncle Saint
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iue public so that they will seek
consultation before it has become in
operauble. l.Uiichixm at rniiMina.
After the discussion the meeting
was adjourned to the rmpq.ua hotel
where au excellent luncheon wes
served In the usual Hotel Cmpqua
stylo. Over a table groaning with
good things to cat, medicine was for
gotten and the principal topic of
discussion was the war and the prln
rinl snoakei'q were Doctors A. C.
R. C. Coffey, of Portland. Several
times during the course of the dis
cussion it was necessary to call the
preuident's gavel into requisition in
TrV1:n was open -
ed by a paper prepared by Dr. Geo.
E. llonck, of Ftosehnrg, and was en
titled "My Experience with Twilight
Sleep". This paper was very ably
discussed by Drs. Plcl;!o. of Med-
ford anil Moore, of Portland. I
This was followed by a short talk t
by Dr. Mooro, of Portland, who gao'
"Lessons Drawn from My Obstetrical j
Experience . j
Dr.' T. B. Strieker, of Grants Pass,;
claimed the attention of the meet- i
""-lingDyan amy written paper on i m j
Diet of tho Growing Child in ! j
Light of Recent Studies In Nutrl -
tion and Growth. Dr. Lucctta Smith,
of Roseburg, in the discussion which j
followed remarked that It was dlffi-
cult to control tho proper feeding
of a young child, as he was able to
get many articles of food which h" j
should not have, but 111 theory a
well balanced diet containing the
proper amount of food properties
was correct.
Oflicoi-s Are Fleeted.
The election of officers 'for the;" "l """ ''
ensuing year then followed. Dr. T. j t"u t,rrlflc crf,!Rt ot the leav
D. Strieker, of Grants Pass. waa!lUlcry of the attackers, both upon
elected as president; V. L. Rocho, of j
Yoncnllu, vice-president; A. S. Seely, ditions In the Philippine Islands ho
of Roseburg, secretary and treasur- fore and artor tho American . occu
er; delegates to the stato medical' pation and showed beautifully what
meeting. Drs. E. II. Stewart, of Rose- had to be done to make Manila the
burg; Klannigan, of Grants Pass, and most beuu-tiful city In tha tropics
E. D. Picket, or Medford; alternates Tho pictures were strikingly clear
Drs. .Geo. E. Houck, o.' Roseburg; 1 tind prosenled more forcibly than
t. W. Swiedenburg, Ashland,
G. O. Jarvis, of Ashland.
The meeting was closed In
and
the
afternoon with an illustrated lantern
slide lecture by the stato health of-
ficer. Dr. David N. Robiirg. The
Illustrations contrasted tho cnndl-
UNCLE SAM PUTS ON HIS BUSINESS CLOTHES
"Well, it took) a$ if this concern ncedtd
CREAT ODDS ARE
OVERCOME BY
GERMANS
French Forces at Verdun Out
Number Them Two to One.
TREMENDOUS LOSSES DUE TO ARTILLERY
Frightful (ioiltuul Ixwsos In Dead
and Wounded Are Muda
Known in English
House of Commons.
BERLIN, May 10. A seml-otflclnl
statemeut coming from tho war of
fice of this city says: "Although It
is generally consldored that attacks
Ina(,0 upon torntieA positions ,m,st
,)e ma,,e wh fom,s four tlloa tn0Re
of the defending forcoB, tho German
army which is assaulting tho city of
Verllun nlber8 u,s8 than half that
of theFrench army, which It iB stat-
j efl on g00(, authority numbcra eight
humin!(l thousand.
This tho German military author
ltlos consider is half the entire force
which France has nt her disposal for
active fighting.
Tho second German attack upon
words the work that was dono and
' tho attention to minute details which
has made the U. S. public health
service world renowned.
It was decided to hold the next
meeting at Grants Pshs In the month
of Mnv 1 n 1 7
si
a buiinet manager."
KKW RKtilSTMIt KOU
' ltOSKlU'fu; UXl OFFICK
WASHINGTON, May 10. -Tho
president has nominated
William H. Cannon, of Med-
ford, as register of the land of-
flee at Roseburg, to take the
place made vacant by the recent
death or J. M. Upton.
From a prominent resident
of Medford In the city today, It
is learned that Mr. Cannon is
one of tho wheol horses of the
democrats In Jackson county,'
and one of the leading cltlzenB
0 of Medford. He has boon an
applicant for the position ot
postmaster thore, and it had
been understood was endorsed
for same by a large number of
the leading democrats there.
Owing to rivalry for the place,
no endorsement has as yet boon
made by the Oregon seniors.
This nomination, howovor, will
leave the field open. It is ex
pected that the now appointee
will come to this city at once,
or as soon as his commission la
made out after confirmation.
as there are a number of cases
pending and which have accumt-
ulated since the death of Judge
Upton.
tho defenses aud tho defendors.
Tho French it Ib stated cannot
compete with the tier man a either in
artillery or ammunition, and the ter
rific losses of tho French are due
partly to tho effect of the artillery
J and partly to tholr tenacity as they
refuse to louvo their trenches when
! they are rendered untenatahle by the
firu of tho enemy's artillery. Major
Moraht, In reviewing tho situation,
said that the German successes
aKainst forces numerically superior
wore remarkable. i
The assertion was also mndo that
tho Austrians held the Ilnllaus help
less with an army but half tho site
of the Intter. ,
IOHS08 TotAl MilllOIlN.
LONDON, May 10. More than
seven hundred thousand German sol
diers have boon killed, and a million,
and throe quarters have been wound
ed since the opening of hostilities
nearly two years ago.
These figures are made public by
tho press bureau who base tholr In
formation upon figures compiled by
tho German ofricial lists, The otal
number of German prisoners tind
missing is estimated at throe htm
died and thirty four thousand.
These figures do not Include the
naval or colonial losses.
Full Dlxavowal Ih Made.
The message sent by Ambassador
Gcrari did not state if the message
jeing sent by tho German govern
ment contained anything except tho
acceptance of tho en tiro responsibil
ity for tho sinking of the Sussex.
The German embassy stated that &
full disavowal wouVI bo made to
this government, ample reparation
and proper punishment of tho cofn
namier, who was in command of tho
suhmarliui.
No Protect to lie Mudo.
WASHINGTON, May 10. All In
dications point today to the fact that
this government will take no action
or even protest to Germany over the
sinking of the liner Cymbrlc. It
has been Lansing's policy, hereto
fore not to enter a protest whero no
Americans were placed In Jeopardy.'
It has tietn stated on high auth
ority that the submarine situation
bun been unchiiUK,d by the rising of
his Incident.
It Ih explained, however, that tho
Administration will consider unwran
ed submarine attacks Illegal, accord
ing ti the Intnrpretatun of tho faw
hy this government.
Such attacks will b' considered
cumulative evidence of tho German
attitude toward the submarine ac
tivity. lion. It. U. Kddy, who recently re
turned from conductlug an impor
'ant ciiKfl before the If. H. circuit
court of appeals In San Francisco,
-dates th; t the Judges on tho
hem p tl.em aro very considerate
and and It Is a pleasure to practice
before them. Tho district Is a very
largo one, comprising a number of
the western states and all of the
coast ones. At some of tho sessions
It Is presided over hy Justice Mc
Konna, of the V. S. supremo court.