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HOSEIiURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OltFGOX, TUKSDAY, JUXF, 20, 1IIHI.
No. I -IK
SIDEWALKS
1ST BE
CONSTRUCTED
Street Committee Makes
Lengthy Report.
MAY TAX AUTOMOBILE STAGE LINES
Councilman Hamilton Reports That
City Engineer Has Almost Fiu
islioil Plans uml -Specifications
For Tlie Railroad.
That It Is time for some of the
old dilapidated wooden sidewalks to
be replaced by concrete walks wae
the expression of the street commit
tee last night In iTTolr report to the
council which met in regular weekly
session. In the absence of Mayor
Rice, who is attending to business
''matters in the Willamette valley.
President C. W. Clark occupied the
chair. The street committee report
ed that they had Investigated the
needs and recommended that con
crete sidewalks be constructed be
fore the following properties:
Stephens Street Rita Cobb, C. S.
Jackson estate, Mrs. Jefferson Will
lams, Blanche Reed, B. S. Rada
baugh, Mary L. Neimes and Blanche
M. Kearny, J. O. Newland, Warren
Beatty, Paul Aubln, forty feet north
i forfv feet south of the R. E.
Hunt property and forty feet south
of the Aubin property. All walks in
block GOO and 80 feet on the west
side of block 700.
Cobb Street All walks between
blocks BOO and 900 to be construct
ed with wooden sidewalks.
Brockway Ed. Billings, Geo.
Kohlhagen, Mrs. Bristol, connection
with the curb to bo made at the cor
ner of Floed and Pine streets.
Pine Street sadio Wells, SO feet
in block 500, lower walk in block
700, Clara Marks to put in inter
section. Court Street All walks to be built
of concrete.
North Jackson Al Creason. B. S.
Nichols, Mrs. Lee Wimberly, Ben
Maddox, Elmer Wimberly, W. E. Ott,
'.. II. ,C. Wood, Mr. Chapman, cor
ner of Jackson and Commercial. '
It was moved and carried that a
resolution be adopted setting forth
Lie description of the property ami , rrom the bureau of war and no pub- j companies leaving for the front. Ac
instructing the marshal to serve no-, c report waa ever madei That . cording to army rules, however, this
'tice on the above property owners to
construct their walks at once.
Hand Slay I'so City Hall.
A. M. Oeiand then appeared on
behalf of the Rosenurg Concert Band.
and asked permission to use the city
hall for band practice. lie sta'ed
that the expenses of the band at the
present time were very heavy and
that as they were being borne by the
members of the band themselves that
It was desired to obtain some place
where thev could practice without
the expense of renting a hall. The
permission was granted on the con
dition that the band should not
practice at the city hall on the days
that the council was holding Its
meetings.
A pet?ion from a number of the
residents of Short street 'hat they
be given a large water main was re
ferred to the committee on fire and
water who will report at tho next
regular meeting.
The judiciary committee which
was appointed last week to Investi
gate the advisability of psving Ham
ilton street repotted unfavorably, the
report being adopted. A petition had
aU;o bepn introduced b a number of
-the residents sotting forth a number
of reasons why the street should pot
be paved, but fls the report of the
committee was against the paving the
petition was laid on the table.
Will Fnforce Ordinance.
On the request of Councilman
Shambrook an ordinance passed a
year ago ordering tlie removal or
obstructions and aprons on the curbs
for allowing vehicles to pans over
the sidewalk, was read by the re
corder. The ordinance waa passed
in order to have these obstructions
removed, as in many cases they com-
pletedly stop the flow of water along
the curbs and are also unsightly. A
year was given for their removal, ana"
as this time Is now up, the marshal
was authorized to serve notice on
all owners stin maintaining the ap
proaches. Councilman Hamilton reported
that the heavily loaded trucks and
autos coming onto the pavement on
South Main street had broken the
crust for a considerable distance
from the end and upon motion
made and carried it was voted that
the city enginoer make an investi
gation ana report to the council at
the next meeting.
Through Councilman Powell the
employes of the street department re
quested that they be allowed two
weeks vacation during the summer.
The hoys have arranged among
themselves to leave at different
times, the others to do extra work
while one is absent, so that it will
not devolve upon the council to hire
extra help. The request was grant
ed and the boys will start taking
their vacations -at once.
Paving Partially Completed.
Contractor Hildeburn reported up
on request that he had completed
150 feet of paving on East Third
(Continued on page 5.) .
teddYtoendorse
CTSTER BAY, Jnue 19. It was
learned on high authority here today,
that Colonel Roosevelt will public
ly endorse Hughes, Immediately aft
er the progressive national commit
mittee hearing In Chicago on the
26th of June. It Is unknown what
the committee will do, but it Is ex
pected to accept the declination of
Roosevelt of the progressive nomi
nation. Roosevelt, however, would
not be bound by the the commit
tee, even though It refused to accept
his refusal.
TKSTS AKK SATISFACTORY.
That the recent tests made by
the government of the advisability
of transmitting army orders by tele
phone were highly satisfactory has
been proved in the mobilization or
ders -which have been sent broadcast
throughout the country. About two
'onths ago the government stopped i
all commercial messages and for hah"
an hour took over all the lines In i graphed rrom Centralla, Wash., ro
the United States, transmitting or-1 questing Capt. Buchanan to tele-!
ders to their many army posts.' This ! graph him a discharge so that he'
was done by a special committee ' might Join one of the Washington
they found It feasible, however, to j Is impossible and Watson has been
use this method Is shown In the j notified to hold himself in readiness
fact that it has been employed gen-'to report at Roscburg when the
erally in the calling out of the troops; fourth company is called.
for Mexico.
The arcompai
the speakers' patrorm.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DURING A BUSINESS SESSION
K,otjV V s s 'r t'tTv'' " - i '11 i 'A ' 7i f n
I L rff. Lj: 11 "W -
I Tho Acconipanring photoerai'li iiiovm a vjrw or - ."x'n.T.t1 ."on volition np onod Juno 1 1. The arrow iiidlcat:
M LIT AMEN
EAGER TO GO
Still Expect Call to Mobolize
Within Thirty Days.
RAG SCALE TRANSFERRED TO WOODBURN
Many of the Members of the Fourth
Company Have Requested Their
Discharges So They Cau
Join Infantry.
"Report at once" vead the order
received this morning by LeNoir
Ragsdalo, of the local gas company,
who applied last night by telegraph
as a volunteer in the Woodburn in
fantry corps for service in Mexico.
Ever since the regulars have boen
sent into Mexico Mr. Ragsdale has
been anxious to see service. When
the order came to the national guard
lo prepare for service, he immedi
ately sent in his application to the
commander in charge of the infantry
department and recoived the mes
sage early this morning ordering him
lo report for duty.
Mr. Ragsdale has been a nationul
guardsman for the past ten years,
nnd holds honorable discharges from
several well known companies in the
state. His term of enlistment ex
pired the 18th of the month and he
was discharged from the local com
pany of coast artillery at that time.
He left this afternoon for Woodbun
where he will go with the company
at that place to the mobilijiaition
camp at Clackamas. Ho is a step-son
of Capt. Buchanan, who has charge
of the local company of coast artil
lery. Capt. Buhcanan stated this morn
ing that over half of the members
of the Rosoburg company have ap
plied to him to be transferred from
the coast artillery corps to one of
Zn ZZ: The z;: .;:
ious and eager to go and he has re
strained them only with the greatest 1
of difficulty from transferring. Har-
ley Watson, one of the members of
the local company this morning tele-'
TO MEXICO
J . t .' 1 i . a 1 1 ( 1 it : i . . t .
an this morning, "that we will be
called within thirty days unless the
Mexican situation changes very rap
idly." In regard to the effort being made
by the guard officials through the
Oregon delegation in congress to
have the coast artillery included In
the first call, nothing further has
been heard,' but all aro hoping that
congress will give Its consent to al
low the coast artillery corps to go to
the border with the infantry.
Two new recruits to the local
company were signed yesterday, one
of tliem being a former militiaman,
while the other was a raw recruit.
The enptutn stated that he had re
ceded the names of a large number
of young men who were engetr to go
to Mexico and that It would be a
matter of only a few hours to re
cruit the comvany to full "war
strength when the order is given.
The sanitary department is look
ing forward to the call for the fourth
company with the hope that they
will be included and last night their
regular drill was attended by the full
number of members. Under the di
rection of Capt. F. H. Vlncll they
have become very proficient and ac
cording to the report of the Inspect
ing officer passed a higher mark
than any similar corps "oTTTne coast.
In view of this fivct they resented
greatly the calling of the Portland
hospital corps which passed a much
lower grade than the local company.
The Armory presented a very busy
icene lust night with the troops o
'.he sanitttry detachment drilling in
the large hall, while In the corridors
and about the rooms stood groups of
the artillerymen discussing in
eager voices their chances on being
culled out. It Is thought that there
will bo a number of new recruits
for the drill Thursday evening.
FEELING AGAINST
Special Train to Take Foreign
ers From Mexico City.
war department withdraws request j
.National (iiuirdstucn to lie Dislrih.
I "(sI AIuiir Inlerimtimial lloider
liy Brigades Reserves
Held al San Antonio.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Feur
ing that it might be construed a3 a
uuriiko net, the war department
withdrew temporarily Us requeHt to
congress to pass a resolution author
izing the president to use the militia
in Mexico. Special Agent Rodgers In
Mexico City, wired Lansing that he
CURT HOTE SENT
TO CARRANZA
BY WLSON
Administration Flatly Refuses
to Withdraw Troops.
PEACE OR WAR WILL HINCE ON REPLY
"Gravest of Consequences''' Aro
Iromlsed Iloud of le-Fucto
Government if Attack
Is Made on Troops.
WASHINGTON, June 20. Secre
tary of State Lansing made public
this morning the text of the note
sent by the administration to Car
ranza refusing 'the withdrawal of
troops. It lg a flat refusal to comply
with the demands and Is the curtest
note yet sent by Wilson.
The note threatened Carranza with
"the gr-vcBt of consequences" If at
tacks were made upon the Americun
troops now on Mexican soil. It also
cxcrocntcd Cnrranza's failure to co
operate in tlio capture of the ban
dits responsible for the outrages on
American territory and resented the
(he bruskness which characterized
had arranged for a special train to
take Americans from Mexico City to
morrow. The message carried the!
first news of the anti-American doni-j
nnstration thero, but said It did not
take a serious turn. The antl
Amerlcnii feeling at Sn'tlllo Is so In
tense thut Bcvernl Amorlcans and
Englishmen have taken refuge In the
British consulate. The demonstra
tion occurred after Consul Silllmun
had departed, Ragle Pass reported.
'Considerable Force" Asked For.
SAN ANTONIO, June 20. Funs
ton announced (hat the quartermas
ter's dopurtmont has been ordered to
purchase 50,000 horses and mules
for the use of the militia. They will
be assembled at various stutions
throughout the country, and ho will
advertise for bids immediately. The
war department asked Kunston hnw
many thousand militia were wanted
Immediately. It Is said he wired the
request for a "considerable forco"
and declined to state tho exact num
ber. .
It 1b believed that he asked for 65,
O0TJ, perhaps more. The troops will
lie distributed from the Gulf of
Mexico to California by brigades. It
it believed that New York and Illi
nois may receive tho first orders,
some of these will be held at San
Antonio as reserves.
the notes sent to this government, '
Ignored Obligations.
The note further stated "that tba
do-facto government had pleased to.
ignore the obligation to protect
American citizens and American
rights. It further called attention to
the tact that the Mexican govern
ment had failed to give chase to tho
many bandits which Infested tho
conutry und believed that In case tho
United States refused to retire tho
troops there wns no further roconrx
than to defend their territory and
to resort to arms.
For tho United Statos not to Im
press upon the de-facto government
the tact thut the execution of tho
threats mado would lead to tho
gravest of consequences would show
a luck of friendship and sincerity."
It is said that the note contained a
diplomatic Jnb. It told Carranza that
this government could not recodo
rrom Its settled determination to
maintain national rights and to pre
vent further rnids across the bordor.
It charges that the bandits havo
gone unpunished and rocltos scores of
Instances. It charges Carranza with
Indlfreronco toward these outrages
and Intimates that he encouraged and.
aided tho bandits.
AUSTRIAN FORCES
IN FULL RETREAT
Claim Made That 80,000 Are
Cornered by Russians.
FALL OF LEMBhRG DAILY EXPECTED
Success of Hlnv Offensive Is Mourn,
of Arresting; Austrian Drive
Into Italy und Htop the
Conquest of Russia.
rETKOGRAD, Juno 20 . (Uy
SI in mis, U. V. correspondent.)
''ieiuy thouB-ind Austrlnn tronpg
aro at the present time rotreuting
from Czornowltz and aro cornered at
Mukowlna, by tho left win of the
victorious army.
Tho forces of tho Czar ro press
ing tho pursuit vigorously and It la
thought that most of tho AustrlnuB
wnl mi captured. They fu-o tho al
ternative of retreating through tio
Carpathians where they will be forc
ed to abundou tholr guns and then'
go into Roumunla. . (
General I'fanzer, commander of. il
tho dofeuted Austrians Is headed "
Hon tli u u ill at the head of his forces.
It Is stated that tho wholo of tho "
Russian front is pressing upon tho
city of Lemborg and It Is reported
that the Austrians are preparing to
cvai-iinto the pluce as tho Russians
havo already crossed . tiio Galleafu
frontlor.
I'ETltOGHAIJ, Juno 20. It Is ad
mitted hero that the Austrlnn de
fense Is more stubborn and they '
have been attacking more spiritedly
oast or Lemborg, using ejectors, and
many shells. Austrian prisoners ad
mit Hint thoy were brought from tho
Italian front nnd rushed Into action.
Huclmrcst -"snatches Indletted that
the Russian offensive had arrested
the Austrian drlvo Into Italy, and
frustrated tho ambitious scheme of
an Austro-German conquest 'of south
ern KuHsln.
Russians Ixise llenvily.
UEHI.IN, Juno 20.- Strong Rus
sian attacks nouthefiKt of Logishlnl
and north of Prlpet were announced
tills afternoon, nnd the Slavs suffer
ed heavy losses. Other Russian at
tacks along tho Stye and near Kolkl
wero unsrci'suful. The Germans at
tacked sui:i-r'SHrullv In the fhi" '"
morning, near Tannoyn, capturing
a few prisuuera and amne' machine
guns.
French ll'pill AlljukN.
PARIK. June 20. The official
communique of the French war of
fice stated this morning that threo
attacks made by the German forces
during the night wero repulsed by
sciei ii fire. These attacks were mado
east of the Meiine.
The village of ChMtcnrourt was
also subjected to a heavy bombard
ment dqrlng the night, the state
ment said.