Daily Weather Report
, Fair Tonight iuhI Sunday.
Highest temp, yesterday ......86
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VOL. VII.
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OHKGON, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 10IU.
Jio. in
BATTLE FIELD
S COVERED
WTH MUD
Heavy Rains Make Infantry,
Attacks Impossible.
ALLIED FORCES 6TILL ift THE OFFENSIVE ;
,
I
Reports States That Five Thousand
of Kaiser's Famous Guards
men Were KlUed In
. One Rattle.
LONDON, July 8. (Dy Keen, spe
cial U. P. correspondent.) The sec
ond week of the allies' offensive,
found the allies everywhere attack
ing, despite counter attacks. A
heavy downpour of rain has convert
ed the battle ground into a vast sea
of mud, but despite this handicap,
the French today claimed some slight
further progress south of the Somme.
taking four hundred prisoners. The
British troops north of the Somme,
improved the positions taken yeste
"day. Fighting at the village of Con
talmaison has been deadlocked. Paris
reported that five thousand of the
kaiser's famous Prussian guardsmen
were killed at Contalmaison.
Petrograd today reported the cap
ture of three villages in the region
of Kolkl, after heavy bayonet fight
ing. The wild rumors that the Aus-tro-Germans
have begun a general
Vetreat from Riga to Galicia, are dis
credited here. The British aero
planes have rendered valuable ser
vice despite the unfavorable weather
yesterday, and aided in reconnais
sance work, besides completely
wrecking an enemy hanger.
AustrinnH Arc Cut Off.
PETItOGKAD, July 8. An Aus
trian force estimated at between
20.000 and 30,000 has been cut ofi
southwest of Kolomea. The Aus
trians had massed to the eastward,
when a sudden dash or the Russian
infantry seizing the railway station,
Btopped the retreat to the south.
The right wing of the Russians has
severed the communications north.
PLANS ARE READY .
T
L. G.
nounced
Hicks, city engineer,
definitely today that
an-
the
plans and specifications for the
Koseburg & Eastern Railroad would
he completed and ready for adoption
by Monday night, the regular meet-
JnS night of the city council, isear
1y everything pertaining to the work
has been completed. One more draw-
iog of the 100-foot truss for the
North Cmpqiia bridge remains to ;
be completed while tho totals for
the estimate have not yet been add-:
ed. In preparing the plans Mr. j
Hicks has made 40 drawings which j
together with the alignment sheet
and profile map which he has also
prepared, make 4S documents which
will be filed as plans for the rail-,
road.
. The specifications are composed of
80 pages of Houblo spaced extra
length typewritten pages represent- (he 'air for the past week but dur
ing hours of work In their collection ng the past two days the air is Ilter
and compilation. During the period ally charged with it. Tlanners are
In which ho has been engaged in lying across the streets nnd pen
thls work Mr. Hicks has given up nants are streaming from aiitomo
practically all outside business and biles. Boosters are everywhere In
has di-voted himself entirely to the evidence wearing booster hats bear
one project. He has been asslFted lug the slogan "Chautauqua, Let's
throughout by V. W. Gilkey, and a Co". Even the children caught the
part of the time by It. H. Fleser. TV.e spirit this morning and an Impromp
stenographic work was done by Miss t it parade through the main streets
Kthel Patrick. I of the town was the result. Over -10
The specifications this time are children decorated with war bonnets
minus the form of contract which ac- and pennants were in the parade
rnn.-Tied them when they were showing that they, too, were boost
brought hefn- .o council the first ers for the big week, for Chautauqua
tin e. The form Is being worked on Is a (rood time week for the kiddies
by the legal department and will be as well as the grown tips,
submitted after the plans have been Chautauqua will commence on
adopted and the bids advertised for. Tuesday evening when the Com us
An ordinanco adopting the plans Players present their famous "Car-
ana: specifications 18 now being pre
pared by the city attorney and also a
resolution authorizing the city re
corder to advertise at once for bids
for the construction of the road. The
ordinance bears an emergency clause
and will be effective immediately aft
er its passage so that there yill be
no delay in this regard. The length
of time for advertising for bldB lias
not yet been decided upon, but will
be at least ten days or more.
STOI.KX Al'TOS AUK
'COMING THIS WAY.
The local officers toduv -received
W01a trom to be on the look-
out for three stolen autos which it
is believed are coming this way. The
numbers of the cars and their de
scription was furnished in the tele
gram. Douglas county has received
a great deal of prominence during
the past few years because of the
fact that so many auto thieves have
been captured here.
HKXY K.NGMSHT RKPOltT
OF NAVAL ISATTI.K
I
i HIOULIN, July 8. A submerged
enemy submarine attacked without
v. arning, nine peaceful German
trade ships enroute to Swlnemude
,n July 2. The ships luckily es
caped, the admiralty announced. The
torpedo wake was clearly observed
as the torpedo passed between two
of the ships. Armed patrol boats at
once "gave pursuit. The admiralty
denied the correctness of Admiral
JelVco's version of i lid lossei in
the battle of Skageraek,. and declar-j
ed the German statement was correcl. j
LOCAL COMMITTEE
Plans Discussed For Selling
More Chautauqua Tickets.
MONDAY LAST DAY FOR REDUCED PRICES
CVmuisf 1 Mayors Will Op;n Wook's
Kntortaiiunent 'ton Tuesday
Kvo-nliig With "Carson
of the North Woods'
At a meeting held this morning in
the Commercial eluh rooms definite
arrangements were made by the local
"'--"fliia asorintion for the sale
of the remaining two hundred
tickets. Tonight at 7 : ;t 0 the cam
paign will he given a send off wtih a
concert by the hand at Cass and
Jackson streets. During the inter
mission the "flying squadron" iof
ticket sellers will make talks from
automobiles and sell tickets to those
. ... .
This committee made
a systematic canvass of the town dur
,ng (be (ay They wnn( u l(n(1(jr
8tood( howevori that thoy werG nol
Me tQ. c&n Qn everybodv an(J thttl
tk.kpt8 are OII sale at the (h.ug atore8
am) thei Douglll8 NationiU Hank.
As a special feature of the Com
mercial club picnic on Monday even
ing the band will pray such tunes as
("Everybody's Hoing It, Doing
What?" Buying Chautauqua tickets,
of course. They will be the last
chance for the business men to pet
their tickets at the reduced rate of
Tilt, for on Tuesday noon the prlro
advances to $3.00
Tnp Chautauqua spirit has been
BANDITS UNDER
VILLA AGAIN
IN THE FIELD
Towns Along International
Border in Danger of Attack.
REPORTED WELL ARMED AND MOUNTED
DlffereiiMM Itetwocii Countries May
Re Di.si'iiixod by The Active
itios of llanilit Thought
IHwI.
Klj PASO, July 8 Several sources
today reported that Villista bauds
were moving toward the Blgbonu
country in Texas, to raid the Ameri
can towns. These are believed to be
the 8'tine one about which Carrunzu
warned Lansing, intimating that the
.Mexican troops might not bo able to
oefcat the bandits. The VllliBtas left
Falomir yesterday, and smaller
groups are joining the band every
where. They are .reported as being
well armed, with plenty of ammuni
tion and well mounted. Prcconcerted
ly the Villistas .liove (gathered at
Folomir and are moving toward La
mnio pass. Army officers bolieve
that Villa may succeed in shattering
the attempts now being made to ad
just the differences between the
United States and Mexico. It is re
ported that a bullet through the
muscles of both thighs caused Villa's
wounds, and that he is now recover
ed sufficiently to walk without a
limp. The war department does not
place much faith in the reports that
son of the North Woods". This Is a
play of the life around Quebec and
the setting and characters are true
to the quaint llfo of that region.
Seven full days are on the program
for this year and every number 1h
a headliner.
Tho local committee is very de
sirous of selling the full number of
tickets and ask the co-operation of
the people of Hoseburg in this mat
ter. These people want it under
stood that they do not get a thing
out of their work except personal sat
isfaction, but they are willing to plan
and boost and do all In their power
to make it a success. Mr. C. S. Heln
llne. secretary of the local associa
tion, said today that "Chautauqua Is
a worthy Institution and needs the
support of everybody to make It tht
success that it should be. He said
further "We are greatly pleased with
the outlook and In a few years Ttose
burg will have a Chautauqua which
will rival that of Gladstone or o1
any city In the west".
HOLLOW SQUARE OF
5
1
Just as tho travelers In "prairie schooners" did in '4!. whn tj.c
place for a white man, the soldiers of Uncle Sam in Mci'o tar" ro c
mean their death and the des'.ructiou of the supplies ti ty are ti-;.;!i, f
In the interior. The photo shows the autornonit U It.! '
Pershing' camp, af'.er having been arronre i ,t, . ' v. t
soldiers hav a subsLanUal piotecUon iioin wmcij Lo uit, u. c..,....
Villa Is alive, but the stato depart
ment Is less skeptical.
No Alive""" Money for Mexico.
f WASHINGTON, July S The pres
ident will not attempt to rehali!"
Mexico with American money, unless
Carrnnza requests It, as the adminis
tration officials have been Informed
that offers of financial assistance
will he refused. Cnrranza needs mon
ey, but refused to consldor borrow
ing from any foreign country," be
cause the loan might mean interven
tion In order to collect the interest.
NO ROSKIiritfj WOMAN
WOVI.l) DO THIS
In the city of Buffalo tho other
day one of the women's clubs held a
"White Klephant" party, the Idea bo-'
ing that every woman must bring
something of no real use, but that
was too good to be thrown away. A
prize was offered for the most orig
inal contribution and the woman who
won it brought her husband. It is
not stated whether she was a suf
fragette. ARTILLERY MAY
GO TO BORDER
I.ocnl coast artillerymen are con
fident that they will lie called ,to
service In .Mexico within a short time.
With the recent orders to recruit
the fourth company to war strength
of 1 0 il men coming at the saino time
as the preparations for (ho annual
encampment it is believed significant
that the government is seriously
contemplating tho sending of tho
coast artillery to the border.
The orders for the annual encnmp-1
nient at l-'ort Sunens ware received j
some time ago. This' is the event j
?v tho year for tho company for thon
ney go to tho fort and have several j
days of practivo with the big guns j
binder regular war conditions. It is
believed by many that this year as!
soon-as they arrive they will be!
changed from artillery to Infantry
and taken directly from their camp
to tho Moxlcan frontier.
The war department issued or-
i ders a few weeks ago that four new
companies of coast artillery be or
ganized within the state as rapidly
as possible and if this Is done It will
b-lng the artillery to the same stand
ard as a regiment of infantry and
it would bo a very simple matter
to transfer thorn from one brnnch of
the ervico to another. Under the
new oath which they have Just taken
the militia Is under the control ol
the war department and enn be taken
to any place the same as the regular
army. '
Willis KdVards, of Plain came to
1 his city today to visit at the home
-f Attorney C. i- Hopkins.
PRAIRIE SCHOONERS PROTECTS U. S. TROOPS
CARRANZISTAS
BATTLE WITH
II
Result of Encounter is Not as
Yet Known.
COMMUNICATION LINES TO PARRAL CUT
Ooliiy In (.VUIiik Into Couljust With
Miuinuliii); llnmls Caused
lly llitiiiiiiK Out of
Itridg-e.
EI, PASO, July 8. A desperate
engagement Is raging southeast of
Jiminez between two thousand Car
ranzistas and eight hundred Villistas
under the command of Uenornl Con
treras, said the official dispatches to
General Gonzales at Juarez. It is
unofficially reported that Genera,
Villa Is at the head of throe thous
and troops advancing on Farral for
an attack. Villa ovueuated Jiminez
which ho captured two days ago, and
has cut the communication lines to
Parral. One thousand Currauzistas
ure in the garrison at l'arral.
Jiminez, which tho Villistas cap
tured alter defeating an Inferior
force and klling General ignacio Ra
mos, has been occupied again by gov
ernment troops. The bandits are
fleeing through the valley of the riv
er Florida.
Jlel'llfecs Spread ltoport.
Kcfugccs who left Jiminez heforo
tho Villislas were near the city were
responsible for the story that l'an
cho Villa commanded the bandits.
Nothing definite regarding his pres
cure has been received hero.
General Jacinto Trevino character
ized as absurd reports that a revolt
against the de facto government was
in progress and that Alvaro Obro
goh, minister of war, would tako the
field against tho bandits.
He said only a Tew of the chiefs
who had nover concluded negotia
tions to accept amnesty wore con
cerned, nnd added that there would
be no reason whatever for General
Obrcgon to digniry the bandit opera
tions by assuming charge of the
campaign against them.
Ilridgr. Ai-o lluriiod.
Military men here explain tho do
lay In getting Into touch with the
Villistas as being caused by the
burning out of bridgcR, which ham
pered transportation of large bodies
of troops. General Trevino has an
nounced that he realizes fully the
4
h -t
BANDIT GANG
'
It Is (understood that
about flvo hundred names
have been placed on tho peti
tion to have Ebon Mode, a
prisoner In the county Jail,
paroled. He was sentenced
on a charge of assault, the
crime having been committed
against Mrs. Fisher, of Kell
ogg. Mode lias been In jail
several weeks and his health
Is such that his friends are
afraid h- will become an
Invalid If forced to remain
much longer.
necessity of an Jictlve systematic
campaigning mat win crush out the
bandits In short order.
VO.CAI,l,A WOMAN' D1KH.
Mrs. Af. L. Dungay, one of Yon
calla's most respoctcd resident's, died
last night at Mercy hospital after a
short illness. Mr. Dungay, who was
4 7 years of ago, was a native of
Minnesota, coming to Oregon and
settling with her husband near Yon
calla about throe years ago. She
had been ifjck only a short time
her death occurring last night about
9 o'clock.
Sho Is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Myra Boohe, by her husband,
M. L. Dungay, and one soh, Her
bert. Tho body will bo takon to
Yoncalla for burial.
DREAD PARALYSIS
Home Defense League Takes
Steps to Check Disease.
NINETY-FIVE NEW CASES REPORTED
PiiimmiiI to (Jiianilitliio Tho .McUxHi
lltt of tho Nation Has
Jtoon Abandoned oh
Iinpractiuiblo. . ..
NKW YOUK, July 8.---Ten thou
sand New York citizens, members of
tho Homo Defense League, were call
ed out to aid In the fight against
Infantile paralysis. IOIghteen more
deaths and 115 new cases were report
ed today, tile majority In Brooklyn.
O'lailiiitlno AInumIiiikmI.
The proposal for a general quaran
tine of tho city was abandoned as
Impracticable.
Additional assurances woro given
today by tho United States public,
health service that every posHlblo ntel
would be glvcu the municipal author
ities in carrying on their work. Six
officers already havo been assigned
to the task of tracing germ carriers.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
notlfie, Mayor Mitchell today that
after a conference with Secretary of
Agrli'iilturo Houston tho latter had
agreed to do everything In his power
to facilitate the entry Into tho coun
try of shipments of monkeys from
the Phlllpplns Ixlnnds which nrn urg
ently needed for research work In
connection with Infantile paralysis.
E
ORDER ISSUED
LONDON, July 8. A royal orrlor
chrinKini? thn rul'B of tho tilorkmlo
hot been Issued, Thin (stipulated that
ships jiitint prove that their iIchU na
tion h rtro not IioHtilo, and pcrmlln thn
lrltlnh to hold till neii t nil nhtpn n
tH thoy can show proof. Neutral
vhl)ti carrying rnnlrahnnd to nn tn
cmy port are liublo to rapture on
their nxt voyan.
Harry HIMrhurn, who has born
Rpondins; novoral days at- Portland
and Bnli'in returned to his houTo la.
tl:i city this morning.
I'KTITION VOn PAKOLiK.