The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920, July 22, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextDaily Weather Report Tonight and Sunday Fair. Highest temp, yesterday 85 Lowest temp, last night 52 VOL. VII. KOSEBLItG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OKKGOX, S.VTl'KDAV, JULY 22. 1010. Mo. 17S GRANT LANDS BE OPENED TO SETTLERS Land May be Filed as Socn as It is Classified. WORK WILL START IN SOUTHERN OREGCJ ('raisers Will Start C'laswifyllig ljinds Within a Few Weeks According to Chief of Field Division of Land Office. PORTLAND, Ore., July 22. Just as fast as it can be classified, agri cultural land in the Oregon & Cali fornia land grant in this state is to be opened to entry, by actual set tlers. This official .- Information was brought from Washington yesterday by Louis 1,. Sharp, chief of the field division of the general land office, following his (return to IPortland from a three weeks' conference with Commissioner Clay Tallman relative to details of the classification and opening to entry. ('lew Must Stmt Xuxt Week. . By the latter end of next week Mr. Sharp expects to be on his way ' with a crew of men. Including expert timber cruisers, to be '.in the Im mense task of classifying the lands, a preliminary necessary before they can be opened to entry. He will start this work In south ern Oregon, in cither Jackson or Josephine counties, which contain a greater proportion of the grant lands than any other counties. The Oregon & California land grant In this state comprises a to-( tal of 2.300,000 acres. Only those lands that are classified as agricul tural will be opened to entry. Just w hat proportion of the grant j Is classifiable as agricultural land ' nobody knows at this time. The best estimate can be no more than! a guess. And It was as a guessj only, though one based on all tho information at hand, that Mr. Sharp j expressed the opinion that probably one-half the land will fall under the classification of agricultural. l.lHIO.IHX) Acivm Is' Ksttlimte. Deducing to begin with from the 2,300.000 ucres of the grant some :!HO,000 acres that are included in j forest reserves leaves approximately i 2J100.000 acres to be classified. If the estimated ratio of one-half is maintained, 1,000.000 acres of thisi 2.000.000 will eventually be class!-1 fiea as agricultural and opened to entry. ' Of course. It will not be possi- complete the classification of 2, 000. Otto qeres, much of it compris ng very rough and mountainous graund, in a few months. m csbnrn said yesterday, how ever, that the public will not be kept waiting for the entire classifi cation to be completed. Just as quickly as enough of the land can be classified to make it worth while, he explained. It will be thrown open to entry. This process will be con tinned until all the agricultural land is opened to entry. "I do not wish to he understood as making any definite promise," said Mr. Sharp, "hut we .hope to open the first hatch f land ty early fall. This land will be in southern Oregon. In cither Jackson or Joseph ine counties, for we shall begin work there first. Oregon Cruisers Sought. 'Commissioner TaUman. who Is a westerner himself, desires to expedite the opening of thls'lnnd to actual settlers and also to enable the coun ties to get It on their taxrolls at the earliest date. Consequently, we shall make all possible haste. shall go ou with the first crew myself and remain until the work Is well under way. Later, several crews will be working in dif'ercnt Incli nes at the same time. I Intend to ret Orepon timber cruisers who are familiar with the country for the great amount of timber cruising that will be necessary in determining the classifications." , SOLD HF.K MFK TO MAX FOR A A I It OF SHOF.S. WINNIPEG, Man., July 22. Wa8ytlna Venysck, yong and fair, sold her life to Steve Baryck for a pair of shoes, it is said. They were pretty shoes, with high French heels and anything French in Canada to day is sure to attract attention. She promised to marry Steve and live with him for life If he would buy the shoes. Stove says. He did. The con tract was brought Into court today far a test of its validity. YONCALLA HKS11IF.XT DIF.S After a protracted Illness IMrs. Florence Long, of Yoncalla, died at Mercy hospital this morning. Mrs. Long has been quite ill for several months and was brought to Roseburg and taken to the hospital about four weeks ago. She has been a resident of Yoncalla for many years, having come here with her husband from Missouri, her native state. Her hus band died about 14 years ago and since that time she has resided at Yoncalla with her daughter, Mrs. B. V. Bass, who s the only surviving child. Tho funeral will be held at Oakland tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock, interment to take place at the cemetery there. PAY BIG TAXES Southern States Profit by , Wilson's Sectionalism. WESTERN INDUSTRIES NOT PROTECTED Duly on Lumber Removed While Rice and Other Southern Pro ducts Ait; Protected By High Tariff. WASHINGTON, July 22. Taxpay ers in the northern states would do well to ponder the statement made to members of congress the other day by ex-Speaker Cannon, in reply ing to a question of Congressman Jack Garner, of Texas. Mr. Cannon declared that a member of the demo crat fc side had said to him: "Well, it does not make any difference how we vote for expenditures; you fel lows north have got to pay them". When southern democrats speak of the north they Include tho west as well. The remark of that democrat to Mr. Cannon exactly describes 'the attitude of the majority In congress today. It Is the old story of the two men who divided the cow, one get ting the half which carried the head, and the pthfer Taking the half which held the udder. The first man had to feed the cow; the second man got all the profits. When the cow hook ed number two, number one had to pay the damages. In this Instance the federal treasury Is the cow, the south controls the southern half of the unimal. The thirteen states, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachu setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, had a population in 1910 of nearly 51,nu0,- (i00 and they cast a vote of over 9.700,000 in 1912. The capital Btock employed by these 12 states in 1910, aggregated over fourteen billion dollars; salaries an( wages paid out amounted to over $ 3.3 ."i0. 000, 000. and the value of manufactured pro ducts to 0ver $15,5000,000, annually. These states paid $05,000,000 of the $S0.000,0Of) collected Tf'om tho cor poration and Income tax during the fiscal year, 1915, and they pay over 75 per cent of the taxes lafd by the "war revenue measure". The thirteen slates, Alabama, Ari zona. Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caro lina. Poiith Carolina, Oklahoma. Tennessee Texas, and Vinsinia, had a population in 1910 of 24,250,000. and they cast a vote of 3. SIS. 000. The capital rttock employed by these BRITISH MAKE USE OF HEAVY ARTILLERY Last Natural Defenses Are Lost to Germans. PRESSOR! ON VERDUN IS WITHDRAWN French Airship Make Muny During Trips Over licimoii Linos ami Miuiy 1 tombs Aio Dropped. LONDON, July 22. General Haig reported that an intense artillery duel was now raging on the British front, and has continued for twelve hours. The Germans poured gas shells on the British front lines, and the British drove the Germans from their last natural defenses. Here, they encountered the strongst third line positions. The attackers found the Germans entrenched deep under the ground, beneath steel reinforced belters, antf only the heaviest artil lery fire has any effect on Bueh, de fenses. The German (pressure Jit Verdun has lias practically ceased, and troops have been sent to meet the allied offensive., The French in tne Peronne sector have the advantage 13 states in 1910 aggregated $1, 8(i9,000,000; salaries and wages paid out amounted to about $407,000,000, and the value of manufactured pro ducts to $1,908,000,000, anrtually. These thirteen states paid less than $5,000,000 of the amount collected from the corporation and income taxes for tho fiscal year 1915, and their contribution to the war tax was unimportant. The south has had Us fling during the past four years. They have con trolled practically all of the impot tant committee chairmanships In congress; President Wilson is a sec tionalism and so is the secretury of (Continued on pace 8. HUGHES' SUCCESSOR ON HIGH BENCH IS 59, A DEMOCRAT AND A BACHELOR L ,.AK Xv, rut Judge John II. Clark. Jonn IT. Clark, who has bwn sclecU-d liy President Wilson t" ( Charles E. Hughes as associate justirc is fifty-nine and a bachelor. The bachelor. the U. S. district judgeship in the Cleveland court, to which he was elevated two years ago. lie u a Democrat. of fighting from the heishts against the enemy below." Tho Teutons are facing a flanking movement there and may have to evacuate Roye, Las signy and Ham l.afere. Aiohljw Busy With Iiaml;s. PARIS. July 22. The French have repulsed the German attacks at Mou lin, Soustevent, Fumtn and Floury north of Saint Die. It is announced that tho French airships on Friday dropped 115 heavy shells on Metit sablon, in the Vosges, and great dam age resulted. German aeroplanes were destroyed when they attempted to pursue the raiders. Ger man airships shelled Uelfort with out doing any damage. KKV. I'LKAVKS AT IIOMK. Rev. C. H. Cleaves and family re turned this morning from their ex tended vacation trip to his former home in Missouri, where his par ents are still living. He reports hav ing had a fine time with exceptional good weather. Mr. Cteavos has been anticipating this journey home for a long time, as It gave him the first opportunity to introduce his 'wA'o and children to his father and moth er, they never having met before. He said that they were all glad o get back to Roseburg, and that there is no other place just quite as good. Tho return trip has been uneventful, as they came over the northern route, not unpleasantly hot. Rev. CMeaves will hold services as usual tomorrow, as per tho announcement in the regular church column. I I.KAVKS OX KXTKXIIKI) TUIT. R. Scott Weaver tho popular night clerk at the Umpqua hotel left last nk;ht for a thirty day vacation. He will go from Roseburg to Portland then to Seattlo, Spokane, Butte, Mon tana, and Omaha, Nebraska. At each place he stop at the leading hotels where he will confer with the managers and clerks on new methods or managoHment. Tho greater part of the time will he spent in Nebraska where he wll visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Weaver, and many friends with whom ho was ac quainted during his former residence there. Tom Ridgeway, of Siitherlln, cumo o Roseburg this morning and. spent the day visiting with friends and ffm1ine to hiislnoH matters. .1 of the United States suiciot , only political office he has ever held CLAIM RUSSIAN ATTACKS ARE IEI Attempts Cross Dmena River Fail, Germans Say. MY ENGLISH TRAWLERS ARE SUNK Hoitortti From Potitj;rnd Vary With Geniuum and Succoi Attends Their Armies tit All I'ointM. U lilt LIN, July 22. It la announc ed by the war office, that attacks of Russian forces are becoming woaker each succeeding day. Tho attempts to cross tho Dmena on both sldos of Krledcrrichstndt Tailed, but north of Uvebten a small dotachment of Cossacks managed to effect a cross ing. Northoast of Smorgcn, small forces of German field guards re- troated bcore superior forces of the Russians. General Hindunborg re ported that the Russian attacks southoast of the Riga have been do- feated. Genornl UnslnKcn ,ln his report to The Petrograd war office ntated that salient positions 'near Werbon wore captured by an unex pected encircling attack. Muny TriuvMM-s Siuik, Submarines of the central allies were responsible for the sinking of six British trawler off tho east coast on tho 17th of this month, accord ing to reports coming from tho Ber lin admiralty iffflco. Officials have ordered the releuso of the British steamer, Adam, iib nn Investigation showed that a German torpedo boat captured the vessel within Swedish waters. A SwedlBh dlspntch Is anth- I nrlty Tor the statement that a Rus sian submarine fired a torpedo at tho German steamer Kibe while In Hnt tlan hny. which Is Swedish waters. Despatches from The Hague stnlo that the hrlliHh officials have con fiscated first class mall of tho steam er Ryndyanl hound from the Dr.tch West Indies to Rotterdam. No ex planation Is made of the sel.ure. KuwhuiK Advance Sloulily. PET1UK1 It A I), July Vi. Dis patches from General Hrusllofr slate that tho troops under his command are progressing steadily toward tho Galacian border southward of l.usk. The Russian forces liavo crossed the river l.lpa and Slyr, which are swool en from the recent rains, In spile of the fire from the enemy. Whole units of Austrian forces are reported as surrendering. The cavalry Is ap proaching the town of llrody from tlm direction of Verhen. Dlspatchim from Riga declare that i; mid pa I kin's forces crossed three of von Hlnden berg's trench lines near the city of Riga. Tho first big batch of Ger man and Austrian prisoners arrived at 'Riga today. IhTlin ltrKrlM KucceANTM. IIKRLIN, July 22. ft Is announc ed that the ailfes are unable to con tinue attacking the German western lines, following repeiited repulses. It suld "lively artillery duels continu ed uninterrupted, and several dozen British were caplured In the Korenex woods, and the German patrols cap tured fourteen French northwest of Saint Drest. Several of the enemy air attacks caused damage to civil ians, one woman being wounded and three children killed In I.aon." T N K C Y Hi K , Jul y 2 2 Tho j-rourpo of fnf:intll paralysln Is iK-atn on the Inrr'Tine. in this eity. The physi'-lans ar'f HKlounded as they helii'vrd thf'V had the plague con 'iM:icd. f)ffl r pf)rs whowed tliat deal ho from the disease hae oc curred in 21 hour the heaviest since WEAKENING V? lio.Mit is iiriii,i:i i.vi'c, w PHIUMKKD.VKSS IUtAlIhPv . . .. '" SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. A bomb concealed In a suit . case was (thrown (Into he preparedness parade this aft- ornonn Md resulted In tho killing of four persons and in- . Jurlng 15. A panic resulted nt the intersection of Stew- art and Markot streets. The police struggled for half an h -ietlng the crowds. s Dozens of nurses and physic- ' s inns wore rushed to the scene. tho outbreak of the epidemic. There were 135 now casoa reported today. Now Jersey and oCnnectlcut cities are refusing to admit residents of New York within their corporate limits. Hundreds of wealthy New Yorkora are attempting to reach, their sumftier homes. Ill XDItKI) Mll.KS DRRIIY 8TAKTS AT KAXSA" CITV ' KANSA CITY, July 22. With Rlckonbergor leading twelve drivers started In the 100-mile Derby speed way nt 1:59 this afternoon. Rlckon bergor quit after the 32nd lap, with a broken water connection. CLEARANCE PAPERS Rumors That Fighting Vessels With the Bremen. MAY HELP MHRCHANTMAN RUN BLOCKADE Allied I'loot of Pat nil ltonlH Are llocoinhiK ItcHtUwH Wutidiliift Arrived on The Scene To Help. BALTIMORE, July 22. The Deut schland remained docked last night and Is still ut her moorings. It la reported that she is walling the ar rival of the Bremen, which Is due here .Monday. It Ib rumored that a riect of fighting' submarines is es corting tho Bromon, and these may meet tho DeulHChland outside the Virginia capes and help her run the blockade. There wan a torriflo thunderstorm last night, and the newspaper men who were In launches watching, dimly saw the gray green hulk of tho Dcutschlutid amidst the lightning flashes, while a myfltorlous steamer nearby constantly flashed ,l,,,,.lllirU.tn alrfn,,la i 'I mi iii-n ljiiii-M IiMIiwI ' Representatives of ft ho company owning ttio Hiipor-ftuhmarlne Deutsch Innd tndhy filed clcarnnee paporn with th pnt officials. Custom Col-Icf-tur Ityaa siutdl that as yot no rlcnrance papc-r had boon Issued to the vessel. Patrol f'rmvN llwoino INwtlewi. NOKKOLK. July 22. Tho allied patrol off the Virginia rapes aro b coming rcHtlem. Two of tho cruis ers aro now flvo miles off shnro. (;mW !tKA 'II KDITf)U si ri- i:its uto.M ava iiiknt Judge Huntley, editor of tho Cold Henrh Reporter, and a new dovotee of Korddom, Is suffering from a frac tured arm, caused by the car kicking hark when he was trying to crank It. Kdftor Huntley recently merged his pnpr with tho flold Hoard Olobo and we prerllot that he has more tiso for that right hand and arm of hi a now than over. Just how a man can edit a paper left handed has novor been quito clear 'to us, but tho paper . Is coining out regularly nnd Is of Interest. Coos Hay Harbor. Dr. IT. !.. Htudlry, of Kugeno, ar rived In the city this morning from Kugcnn nnd will go out to Rock creek this afternoon whpre ho will ho the guest of Jude Dexter Rico at his sunnier camp there, lr. H hid ley was located at Honeburp about seven yenra ago, and has many friends hero with "whom bn wan busy shaking hanils this forenoon.