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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1916)
fy5 ) Daily Weather Report l air Tonight, Sat. mid Sun. Highest" temp, yesterday ....82 ITowcst temp, last night ....56 vol. vn. IiOSKIKItO, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OltKGON, KKIDAV, AUGUST 4, 101(1. No. me i FINES ARE PAID IN THE JUSTICE COURT Baker and MilUtt Are Re proved by Judge Riddle.' DRIVER IS ILL A3 RESULT OF INJURIES Passengers Who Made Trip in Stage l'Muu Myrtle Point to Koseburg Hold for Witnesses Until This Morning. Preston Baker, the stage driver between Myrtle Point and Roseburg today entered a plea of guilty to the charge of driving an automobile while in 'an intoxicated condition. Baker Is quite ill today as a result of the injuries which he sustained. fn the fight with his passenger, Jess Millet! and was unable to appear personally, making his plea through his father. Justice Riddle, in pass ing sentence stated that he was sorry that the boy was not present as he would like to impress a few tacis in regaru ,u u ... "'f. upon his mind. "It is Impossible I he said, "for gasoline and booze to, mix, and accidents always result. Not only does' the driver endanger j his own life, but he puts In jeopardy j the lives of others who are innocent of any crime, hut must suffer be-i cause of his wrongdoing. I am de termined that It shall be stopped, and auto drivers violating this law will not find leniency in this court." Baker was fined $20 and was giv en 30 day in which to raise the amount. Millett, who was the passenger in the car and who attacked Baker for an alleged assault upon his wife. was also arrested on the same) charge, and last night entored a plea of guilty, and was fined $10, which ho paid. He was- release dfrom the custody of the , officers, but all the members of the party were ordered to remain In the city, as it was not known at that time what action Baker would take and it was thought' that they might be wanted for wit nesses. They remained until this, morning when they were notified I that they Jvere Tree to leave at any time, as there was no further complaint against them. The car wlucn was wrecked by .Millett when he attempted to bring; NOKKOI.K, Va., Aug. 4. Some it to Roseburg after It was lert by where in the direction of Germany, Baker was brought to the repair safely past the allied warship pa shops yesterday and put in condl- trol, the submarine merchantman lion. Baker's condition today Is not deemed serious although he Is suf ' fcring considerably as the result of a blow behind the ear, and one to the body. He will be confined to his home for a fnv days, it Is thought, as he is very weak. SI THKIII.IX ItltH'K VAUK TO HKSl'.VlK OPKIUTIONS After remaining idle for over year, the Sutherlin Brick and Tile factory resumed operations Thurs day morning with a full force of men. and will continue in operation until late In the fall. The plant Is in charge of A. K. Foxley, of Eugene, a practical brick" and tile manufacturer with over 20 years' experience. For the present the plant will manufacture tile ex clusively, for which there Is consid erable demand throughout this sec tion. About 5000 6-incta tile and 12,000 4-lncB tile will be manufac tured daily. The p,mt is euunoicl to manufacture 3, 4, 5, 6. 8, 10 and 12 inch tile, but only the 4 and 6 inch sizes will lie made this ear. Owing to the fact that the com pany has about 500,000 brirk In It. kilns at the plant, for which there has been but little demand Ibis season, no more will be made until next year. Samples of clny from the Suther- ' i '.-irk and tile clay banks, which have been submitted to tests Jn Ohio and other points east. have demonstrated that It Is of eiceptioa- al high quality, and could be used to good advantage in the manufac ture of pressed brick. Sutherlin Sun. lli;i(.S IX 1 LAX fcPFX'IMFXS. H. A. Dosser, who resides about one and a half miles north of L)ix anvillo. today brought to Roseburg several samples of the flux which he has grown on his fiAn. Mr. IVi ser has leased the Chadwfck place l hits only planted about an eighth -f an acre in flax. The sample which he brought to The News office Is about :U inches in height and is an excellent specimen. He also pre sented some to the Commercial club. The flax was raised from a half pound of seed which was procured for him by S. S. Josephaon, secre v vi the Commercial club. From the small patch Mr. Dosser obtained 25 or 30 large Bheaves which he will send away to be treated. ES ST. PAUL. Aug. 4. A teriffic' tornado struck the northern part of J Minnesota and the southern part of j Canada today. Farm buildings and homes were wrecked. A number c houses were blown across the rail road tracks so strong was the wind. The crop damage is conservatively cgtmnted Rt ovcr a , dollars Crookgtown is g( fap there bMevei to be nQ doaths KEEPS NOSE Weather Favors Blockading Ships of Allies. WILL TRAVEL ON SURFACE MOST OF W,Y Captain and Crew Give Three ChwrN For America and AiuiM'iranH lk'fore Final Dive. Ity furl l. Grout. Deutschland is boring 'her way through 'the Atlantic toward .her home port of Bremen. Reports com ing into Hampton Roads indicate the pioneer submarine blockade run ner liias not poked Jier periscope above the water since she submerged near the capes. At that time the , nearest British warship was five I ,iies distant, according to the tug Thomas F. TImmons. which accom- I panied 'the Deutschland as far as the capes. Expectation of a thrilling chase and perhaps some sort of a fight in connection with the Dcutschlnnu's departure was disappointed. Folks on shore saw nothing and Bigbtseers who filled big - and little harbor craft saw little more She .Tnst IHsiipK?ared In the dark of the night the Deutschland slipped out to the boun dary of the United States territorial water., ducked under and disappear ed. ThatwaU. '"USUSIU From Cat; henry came the wuiu long after sunrise that no sign had been seen of the Deutschland. Weather conditions favor the al lied iatrol. however, not the Iicutschland. The cape observed re ports a clear sky and only a slight breeze. The submarine's actual submer sion was witnessed only by her pilot tug. the Timmons. and those aboard! th Timmons were not close enough! 1o tM lre n,e'y had seen the dive; until waVe after wave of the! DEUTSCHLAND UNDER SEA (Continued on pape B.) POSSIBILITY OF STRIKEGROWS ALARM NG Federal Government Prepares to Take a Hand. WILSON MAY MAKE PERSONAL APPEAL Manners and Employees Will Ho Asked to Consider Effects of Strike Upon Public. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. While the strike vote of 400,000 railroad employes was being counted in New York, every agoncy of the federal government affected by the situa tion was preparing today to do all possible to avert a final break be tween the railroads and workmen. William I. Chambers, commis sioner of the board of mediators and conciliation, was f n communica tion with President Wilson during the day, though board officials point ed out that nothing of a formal char acter could be done until the railroad managers and representatives of the employes resumed negotiations next week. A call was issued for a meeting to day of the senate commerce com mittee to decide whether hearings will be held on Chairman New-lands resolution proposing an investigation by the( interstate commerce com mission of hours of labor on rail roads and urging the empolyers and employees to postpone a settlement of their differences until a report can be made. Hours of labor con stitutes one of the chief causes of the threatened strike. The chamber of commerce of the I'nited States, which appealed to President Wilson for federal inter vention to prevent a strike, is urg ing action on the resolution. The! chamber is considering calling a con ference of representatives of com merrial organizations to Impress on congress the necessity of taking some Immediate steps. i The president late yesterday deslp- nated G. V. V. Hanger, assistant' commissioner of the hoard of medi- LITTLE CHANCRE ON rCHATlAWfXJN 1 n As 3ct.t or Mn.r.3 rKy, it &!r', v rJ a Apr Western battle front, on whlc b Important changes have occurred I n four si tors during past year, viz.: ill about Verdun, where f!:uians, having advanced cloe to fortres-t, are now, apparently, stopped; ("I in .i.cmpoKne, where allies made a sub gtantlal gain last Sniteniher. and I!.-; 11 stopped; (3 1 on the Homme, where tremendous Anglo-French offensive Is now under way; (4) to Arlols, ie -v of small allies' gains. ation and conciliation, as a mem ber of the board; The law stipulates that there shall be 3 members, but Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman, and William L. Chambers, commis sioner, have served alone because an official of the department of la bor, designated as the third mem ber of the board was formed, was not qualified for the place. Judgo Knapp and Mr. Chambers asked the president to increase the membership because the work of the board already has become great and the threatened railroad strike has added to the necessity of having another member. Administration officials said ev erything possible would be done to avert a strike. If nil other steps fail it is possible President Wilson will make a personal appeal to the railroad managers and the employes, urging them to effect a settlement In the interest of the public. The ques tion may be discussed at today's cabinet meeting. WILL Sl(i TltFATY FOR PIK CHASK OF DAN ISH WF.ST 1NDIKS WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 . The state department announced today that Secretary Lansing ana Minister Ilrun, oT Denmark, were in jS'ew York today where they would sign the treaty for the American pur chase of the Danish West Indies Islands. The price to be paid is $25,000,000. IMHOfF RELEASED Jack lmhoff, today paid $100 which completes his sentence for bootlegging and was released from custody, lmhoff was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 and serve 30 days in the county jail. Not being able to furnish the money he was forced to stay in the bastile for the full term of the sentence. The amount which he turned over to the officers today completes the sentence and he will Immediately re turn to his home at Reedsport. lmhoff wub arrested in one of the most flagrant cases of law violation which have ever come to the hands, of the local officers. He was found - to bo shipping In liquor labeled as beer and contained In beer bottles which In reality contained whiskey, Ho was also using the names of a number of prominent citizens and WESTERN RATTLE FRONT IX TASi YEAR ALLIES UNABLE TO ADVANCE IN THE WEST German Forces Lose Heavily During Night Fighting. MINOR GAINS REPORTEO BY BRITISH Teuton Koivos OpiHwlnjr Russians Are Unable to Chock The 1 1 Victorious Advance ' , i. . tmi.. (1(J sluvs. PARIS. Aug. 4. Tho German forces lost heavily during the fight ing northeast of Verdun last night. Tho French war office announced that the French fire ropontedly shat tered massed countor attacks. Tho battle lasted all night and the Ger mans penetrated the southern lines of the city of Fleury. The French forces penetrated tlie Thlaumon woods, but the heavy fire of tho Germnns forced them to retire. The French forces took SO prlsonors before they were driven from their positions. The British left wing made minor' gains in Hie western pnrt of the city of I'o7.ieres. General Ilalg reported skirmishes north of Buzontlne-le-I'etlt and northwest of the Dolvillo woods took a few prlsonors, wltllo British raiders destroyed a German mine Hhaft east of Loos. Tho Brit ish forces also exploded a mlno near the Ypres-Comines and seized the crater. Slav Advanre Unchecked. PKTKOGKAI), Aug. 4. It is an nounced that tho Russians are driv ing ngalnst Kovel and have crossed the stochod river near the town of I.ubceho and have captured import ant heights. The (iermnn forces have retreated behind tho river Stavok Bloody bayonet fighting In streets was receiving largo shipments in their names. Tho liquor was confiscated by the sheriff, but whs later taken by the government which brought action against the Zimmerman company for n violation of the law In mislabeling packages. of Rudka Mlrinskaia, and the town has changed hands several times. Tho Russians finally ejected all of the troops opposing them. Sub Ibia Many Victims. "KHUN, Aug. 4. (via wireless to Sayvlllo. ) A Gorman submarine sank eight motor sailing ships and one steam trawlor oft the English coast on July 25. This announce ment was made by the Gorman ad- -mlralty today. ,! Fourteen largo Italian battle pianos flow over lstria on Tuosday. An Austrian aviator fought the fleet alnglo handed, making the ascent at Triste. Ho chased the Italians across the Istrlan peninsula and destroyed one machine, the pilot bolttg killed and two observers captured. t.Vniuuw Itecupture I'Tleurry. BERLIN, Aug. 4. It Is announc ed by tho war department that the Germans ro-captured the ' Fleury tronches west and northwest' of tho city In fighting of a violent nature, this morning. The French captured Fleury during the night. German counter nttacks south of Thlntimont regained nil of the lost ground. ' Northwost of Thlaumont In the Chaltro sector of the Vosges moun tain forests tho French. attacks were defented. British attacks north of Ovlllers and on several othor poliits were defeated. IS REALISTIC "Birth of a Nation" Draws Large Crowd. ' USHERS WEAR COSTUMES OF THE TIMES Onlooker Forgets I'lrture It. so If mul Fntei'H Into Spirit of Production Which 1h Pn-hin(sl Willi OivIiohIj'hI Accotiipatiimeiit The Antlers theatre was crowdei to capacity Inst night for tho pre sentation of tho famous photoplay "The Ttlrth of a Nation". With thJ' crompaniment of a ItO-pleco orchoii na and a full (piota of nolso effects l ho pictures seemed very realistic and the onlooker forgot tho fact that he was looking meroly upon the dramatization of a popular novel and entered with his whole soul Into the spirit of the production. Ho went back from tho progres sive UOth century for fifty yeara. Ho laughed with the north and with the south; ho enjoyed thnlr life rnd pleasures; ho sensed tho lonslon of the gathering crisis, felt a thrill as the call was made for volunteers and then with the soldiers marched north to the horrible conflict. He went with them to the trenches, to the field of buttle, entered Into tho Indescribable chaos, charged acrosn the bloody fields nnd then partook of the Joys of victory and tho bltter neHH of defeat. Ho returned with tho noulh to the ashes of Us homes. Imbibed tho spirit of reconstruction and the com- plete surrender of a lost cause. ' Ho sympathized with them In their hate. hate not of tho Ignorant, de luded negro, but of the scalawag white ond unscrupulous politician who endenvored to advance himself by crushing the white south be neath the heel of the black south. And then be entered Into the secret of the Kn Klux Klan, tho wonderful oreonlzation which with its mad thrilling rldo of hundreds upon hundreds of white clad horseman resurrected the south and Joined it Into be nMlnn Inseparable, It is this irrlp of reality which makes this photodrams tho grent"t of the world and tonight many who saw the production last night aro going again to enjoy It. The effect was increased by th ushers who were drensud in the costumes preval ent at the time of the story, the girls wearing the oid-foshloned htftP fkirts. while the boys wero drefmod In the uniforms of blun and of gray. Mrs C. C. Itobertson leaves to night for Rfddln where she will visit with friends and relatives for n week or ten days.
