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Daily Weather Report Fair Tonight ami Sunday; Warmer Sunday. ' Lowest temp. Inst night ....38 Highest temp, yesterday ....65 you vn. UOSEUUHG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, 0:1KG0N, SATURDAY, JUNE XO, 11)1(1. No. 1IO HUGHES NOMINATED ON THIRD BALLOT frfj REPUBLICANS PCK HUGHES FOR LEADER Three Ballots Necessary Get Majority. to FAIRBANKS WILL BE RUNNING MATE Pii;rcslvcs Again rick Roosevelt us Cuiultdate After I'll 11 ore to Agree Upon 001111110111180 Candidate. ., f Htighos Accepts Nomination. The Republican national con- vention adjourned this alter- noon at 2:02 o'clock, Chicago time. Chairman Harding later announced that Hughes hud wired his acceptance of the nomination. Hughes Reigns from (tench. ' WASHINGTON, June 10. Justice Hughes formally re- signed from the bench of the supreme court of the United . States this afternoon at 12:55, Washington time. , COLISEUM, Chicago, June 10. Charles Evans Hughes was chosen as the standard bearer of the repub lican party this afternoon on the third ballot by a vote of 944 14, out of a possible 987 ballots. Roosevelt, Hughes' nearest com petitor, polled only IS 14 votes, the remainder going to the several can didates whose names had not been withdrawn by their supporters. Shortly after the presidential candidate had been chosen Charlei Fairbanks, of Indiania was chosen as running mate for Hughes. Illinois Withdraws First. The delegation from Illinois was1 the first to make a break from j their favorite son and cast their j strength in favor of Hughes. ! f Other delegations clambered aboard the bandwagon In a regular scram ble as soon as the convention met this morning. j The selection of Hughes came aft-1 er Roosevelt had made a last hour; attempt to swing the delegates to1 Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, as a compromise candidate for the re publican and progressive parties. After, the uproar which fo''awed the nomination, had subsided, Alex ander Moore of Pennsylvania,' mov ed that the nomination be made unanimous, which motion carried with a roar. Sherman, Weeks, Fairbanks, Cum mins,. Brumbaugh and DuPont suc cessively withdrew their names In favor of Hughes, after they saw the trend of the feeling of the delegates. Stevenson announced that all of, the Roosevelt delegates were re-' 1 leased from their obligation to vote fpr the colonel. I I Harding Wires) Hughes. Warren Harding, who had pre sided over the deliberations of the i convention Immediately wired to Hughes after the nomination .had been made unanimous by the con vention. His telegram was as fol lows: ) "With deliberation and enthusi asm and under circumstances which , could not be more complimentary, and with unanimity never expected, you have been nominated by the Re publicans as their candidate for the president of the United States. Voicing the sentiments of the con vention over which I have presided, congratulate yon and the country, upon the outcome of the conven tion." Vice-President Chosen. 1 John Wanar Y':a merchant ranamaker, the Philadel- t then placed the name CHICAGO. June 10. Roose- velt refuses to accept the Pro- gressive nomination "at this time". of Charles Fairbanks before the con vention for the office of vice-president. Baldridge, of Nebraska, pre sented the name of Elmer Burkett. These were the only nominations and the official vote resulted as follows: Fairbanks 863, Burkett 108, Borah 8, Johnson 1, Burton 1, Webster 2. The nominations were thereafter made unanimous. The convention ad journed at 2:02 p. m. Harding an nounced that a message from Hughes accepting the nomination, was com ing. Progressives Name Teddy. AUDITORIUM, Chicago, June 10. The Progressive delegates In ses sion here nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president by acclama tion, at 12:33, two minutes after the Republicans had nominated (Continued on page 8.) trip5t1f is Splendid Time Assured Those Who Join the Party. MINIMUM FARE FOR ROUND TRIP MADE Object of Kxcurtiion is to Give the Public an Op'Kirtiiiiity of Viewing Omiitry Through Which lUmd Pushes. The big Crater Lake cut-off ex cursion, which is to take place Sun day, June 18, is destined to be an important factor in the good roads movement in this county. Ail persons who wish to take this trip in their automobiles, shoulc register with Mr. Henry Harth, good roads director, of the Roseburg Com mercial club. Automobiles will start from the Commercial club at 7 a. in., and travel In procession form wTtli sufifcient distance between the cars to Insure safety. They will arclve at Myrtle Creek at 8:15 a. m.; Rid dle about 8:45 and Canyonvillo at 9:10. They will be joined at these points by other excursion cars, and proceed to the Crater Lake cut-off. At Riddle the excursion party will be Joined by the Riddle band, who will furnish music for the occasion. Tii'e band "will play several selections be fore leaving Riddle, and will also play at Canyonvllle. The object of this excursion at this time Is to give the many people an opportunity to see the .beautiful country through which the Crater Lake route will follow in Douglas county; to also see the splendid con struction work already done by the county, government and the people of that district fn co-operation, and to show that this road is of great Importance to not only the people of Douglas county but to the entire state as well. When the route Is open to travel all Crater Lake visit ors from the north will get off the train at Douglas county points, and take advantage of thiB wonderfully scenic route, and save a large dis tance In travel, and this will result also fn the expenditure of thousands of dollars in Douglas county by tour ists and Crater Lake visitors. Undc'r the leadership of Henry Harth, good roadB director, the Com mercial club has succeeded In doing a vast amount of educational work in the matter of Improving roads throughout the county. The Crater Lake cut-off Is only the beginning of the good roads Improvement In this county. In this case wo are for tunate In that the government puts up one-half trie cost of construction and maintains the road. No one should miss the opportun ity to make this trip. It will not IS KERSWLL NOW COME N FASHION Republican Presidential Can didate Sports Fine Beard. HAS MADE SOME WONDERFUL REFORMS On Account of His Independence He Is Not Popular Will !Tluo "Old Guard" Hut Ig Strong With Voters. Hughes is the man who Introduced the whisker into .present day poli tics. The former governor of New York and present Justice of the Su preme Court Is the cartoonist's de light. Plenty of foliage on any sort of a .face Indicates Hughts in car toons. The Hughes whiskers used to be six shades darker in their burnt orange color than the justly famed soup strainers sported by Senator .lames Hamilton - Lewis of Illinois. Hughes is alsa famous for his si lence. When the former governor was elevated to the Supreme Bench New York lost one of its best political fighters In Republican ranks sluco the days of Roscoe Conklin. ' Ho vame by his aggressive ability natur ally, being of Welch descent. New only be instructive but a very enjoy able time is expected. Everyone Bhould take a lunch basket. The picnic will take place at a beautiful grove at Tiller, Immediately after the drive over the new road, and the return is made. Appropriate speeches will be made by prominent citizens includ ing Will G. Steel, superintendent of the Crater Lake National Park, who will be one of the party. Those who do not own an automo biles can securo transportation for f2.00 for the round trip For further Information call on or telephone Henry Harth, Roseburg Commercial club. CHARLES E. HUGHES, REPUBLICAN STANDARD BEARER FOR 1916. - .. . . t f : : '. v.. V r .1 . it . York knew him as a man who would just as soon scrap as sing, and he used to do a great deal of the latter. Hor- In Glenn Falls, New York, on April 11, 1SS2, his father was Rev. David Charles Hughes, direct desend of a noted Welsh family, whllo his mother, before her marriage, was Miss Catherine Connelly. The future Justice studied at the public school in Oswego while his father was preaching there and inter in Newark, N. J. and in New York City, where he was a pupil in "Old 35" one of the Metropolis' noted grammar schools. His liking for oratory was demon strated early. His education was completed at Madison, now Colgate, University, and at Brown University, at both of which Institutions he was ipular with his fellow students. After graduation Hughes essayed school-mastering, teaching Greek and mathematics in Delaware Acad emy, Delhi, N. Y. Ho was admitted to the bar in 1S84 and was Just ordinarily suc cessful until 1891, when, his health threatened by overwork, he became profossor of law at Cornell. In 1803 he went back to practicing and soon became one of the universally recog nized authorities here on corpora tion law. His first public service work was In 1905 as special counsel for the Legislative Commission In vestigating New York's gas and elec tric companies. Hughes' work In this investigation was of so brilliant A character that when there was a general demand that same year for a legislative Investigation of the Equitable Insurance scandal, Stnto Senator W. W. Armstrong, appoint ed head of a probing body, called on Hughes, then on a vacation In Switz erland, to return nnd act as special counsel. The disclosures of that Investi gation are historic. They wero re sponsible in the main lor Hughes later being elected twice as gover nor of New York. In the middlo of the investigation he flatly refused a mayoralty nomination. T'rom the outset of his career as governor, Hughes was In trouble with Republican party leaders. He developed' an aloofness fcom them. and complete Independence, of thought and action that finally cul minated In an open break between "ii 111 and William Barnes, Jr. '. New Yorkers still remember, a &noech by Hughes before the Albany newspaper correspondents aB one of (Continued on page 8.) . a-., hi -r'..i.- r. V , ?b IT'; "V . COUNCILHOLDS GET TOGETHER Consider Plans For the Rose burg Eastern Railroad. WILL HAVE ISSUES READY FOR KENDALL Quick Settlement Will Ito Mutlo AVIion Council ami Keiulall Meet to lecUIe on 1111118. Contntct tuul Ijen.se. The city council met last nignt In special session at the city hall pur suant to the call of the mayor to consider the many Issues which must be settled upon the arrival of .Mr. Kendall. In explaining the na ture of the meeting Mayor Rice stated that It was for the purpose of getting together on the requests which the city would make of the Kendall Bros, so that all of the members of the council would be of tho same mind and that settlement could be readied without prolonged argument or discussion. In order to properly prcpure the plans and specifications he stated that it would be necessary for the council to decide on some of the uioro important provisions Iwhlch thoy deslro to demund In tho lenso and contract. So that thoy may bo In corporated in tho -plans and speci fications and be made a part of the contract. The length of time that tho leaso is to run, the amount of surety bond t ho required, tho na ture of tho roadbed, and the cquip uient to bo furnished, are .all ques tions vital to tho work now occupy ing the attention of the city engineer whllo the matter of yearly payments on thn ' ''e length of time for which the agreement is to be mude effective aro issues on which the council must unite before present ing their proposition to Mr. Ken dall. It was the concensus of opinion 1 1 the council that in preparing the lease a stated payment of a given niuount each year Blioutd be -pro vided. No actual decision . ;wuh roached but it was the opinion of tho council that the lease should run for not more than thirty years, tho length of time for which the bonds are issued, with a clause inserted permitting tho city to sell at any time, allowing, however, the Kendall IlroB. first option. It was also de elded to insert in tho specifications a clause which would require th connecting of the Roseburg & East ern with tho Southern Pacific trucks and an agreement between tho two companies so that tho city would at all tlmeB bo aide to operate tho line without Interference. V. C. London, one of the fore most railroad builders In tho state who has been interested In many projects of thiB nature, was present and gave tho council a great deal or Information which proved of great value to them in reaching their de cisions. For half an hour he was asked questions in regard to the workings a logging road and from his actual experiences with railroads under working conditions, he gave them a much clearer In slgnt Into the agreement which must be made and also much Information In regard to the amount of rolling irwk which would be needed, the naturn of tho road bed to carry the traffic and other essentials which the city must provido for In the con tract. Al Creason was also present and tailed -In" the deliberations of the council, his advice being asked on miiny Important questions which the ! council were unable to decide, lie i has been aKsoclated with tho project from its conception and Is As famil iar with every detail as any of the I council, whllo his vast experience In MEETING business life makes the advice which ho giveB of groat benefit to the city. II was the unanimous decision of the council that If Mr. Kendall should receive t"ie contract to build the road he should be required to give a surety bond for tho faithful performance of the contract, te amount to be equal to that invested by the city, and to also provide & bond for the construction of the sawmill In tho event that the rail road 1b completed. Upon the arrival of Mr. Kendall Monday, tho action of the council will be placed before him and, although there will prohnbly be a fowr details which will be changed, it Is thought that the substance of the agreement on which the city has decided will remain tho same, nn1 will he (he basis of the contract which will be drawn up later. roirz goks to pk.n tomorrow Deputy Sheriff T, A. Raffety will leave tomorrow with Bort Foltz, who was sentenced by Judge Hamil ton to serve from one to sevon years in tho state penitentiary after ho had entered a P'e& of guilty to larceny from a store building. AUSTRIAN LOSSES Thousands of Prisoners Taken by the Russians. SLAV VICTORIES THREATEN GERMAN BASE TeiTific' Artillery Attacks Aro Launched Ity The (ieiinaiiH Along the Kittiro Ver dun Front, I'KTKOGKAl), Juno 10. Consor vatlvo estimates here today, placo tho Austrian casualties during the the Husslun drive at 150,000. The actual 'count taken shows p8,548 prisoners taken when Hie Russians exploded shrapnel with such density behind tho Austrian lines, that the enemy could not retreat through It. (loneral HruKKlloff Is using his young er men In tho attack. The dofonscs which the Austriuns deemed Im pregnable, crumbled under tho ar tillery fire like houses of cards, and the infantry swopt across where the defenses were high nnd tho wire en tuglements and spiked pits thick, the aggressors using planks and sapling ladders. Tho Russians doclare that not a slnglo major charge has been repulsed, and frequently a gain of 300 yards has been mnde with a single effort. Twenty linos of en tanglements were encountered In some places. Tho offensive lias been almost entirely against tho AuBtrlanH and It Is estimated that 700,000 Aus trian aro defending, with but few German divisions encountered. The Russian successes In tho Kovel re gion threatened the German posi tions at I'lnsk. Terrific Artillery Attack. PARIS, June 10. Gorman artil lery attacks against FortB Rouvlllo nnd Tavenncr are under way, the French announced, but there were no Infantry attacks on cither bank of the Meuse yesterday. Violent ar tillery actions are under way along practically the entire Verdun front, with the greatest concentrations at Avocourt, Fumln and Champetro. IXVKHTHiATK SANITY OF TRANSIENT Attracted by his queer actions, residents of Riddle yesterday tele grapher the local officers that they had arrested an Insane transient. Deputy Hheriff Raffety left Imme diately nnd found a young man by the name of Geo. Rclcks under ar rest. He brought him to this city and an examination mado of his sanity. It was found that he was Biifforlnir more from physical than mental ailments and he was allowed to go.