Daily Weather Report
Fair Tonight and Sunday
Highest temp, yesterday ....SI
Lowest tonip. last night ....61
vol. vn.
KOSEIiritG. DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, Al'Cil'ST 8, 1010.
No. 187
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Australians capture uuu,Coos;im-B;;a jHarley Watson Sends Letter
rams or secona Line
German Trenches.
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ATTACKS ARE REPULSED:
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JU'lUMi I'ositious iil ttgypt Are
Atuwitetl y Ills Force of
Turks War Ships Aid
in Defense.
LONDON. Aug. 5. The British
today suddenly resumed the offen-
sive on the west front. General ,
Haig reported that his troops cap-j
tured 2,000 yards of the German sec-
ond line entrenchments north of the
town of Pozieres and several hun
dred prisoners were taken. Kitch-; a few minutes before with (Press
oner's Australian recruits delivered j Baker In the auto on his return to
the attacks which captured the po-j Myrtle Point where ho promises to
sitions. Repeated German attacks; feet the money with which to pay for
which were delivered against the the repairs on the car. The Coos
newly captured positions were de- county officers, have been notified
feated. and he will be arrested Immediately
Air Unities XmiievouH. upon his arrival.
PARIS, Aug. 5. The British On the day following the occur
forces frepulseyl many (German at-! rence on the Myrtle Point road. Grif
tacks which were aimed at Verdun fin paid Mr. Gage $10" for damage
and defeated all efforts of the Teu-I done to the car, stating that he
tons to recapture the city of Thalu-; pay the rest as soon as possihle. To-
mont Pleury. The German attack ,
started at nine o'clock last night aft-
or a heavy artillery bombardment, j
The communication stated "the ene-
my failed to gain an inch and suf-f
fered heavy losses". Several Ger-
man patrols were dispersed along
the Somme. Seventeen air battles j Coos county with him about 11 o'
were reported during which time' clock.
four Gorman aeroplanes were de
stroyed. Turks Take Offensive.
LONDON', Aug. B. It was an
nounced that 14.000 Turkish sol
diers attacked the positions of the
British at Roman! which is 23 miles
east of the Suez canal. The attack
took place on last Thursday night.
Although the battle continued
with great intensity the Turks wereavalry Charge by AuStrianS
unable to penetrate the trenches of jn Djspensjng At-
the' British. Roman! is 31 miles' run
southeast of Port Said and three; t3CK by KUSSianS.
miles from the Mediterranean sea.
The battle was fought along an 8-'
mile Zt on both sides of the Egyp-(SLAVS ADMIT WITHDRAWAL
tian-Syrlan trail. At, dusk on Frl-,
day night many Turk assaults were ;oIllnvp, offensive of Austrian
reraised. The fighting in the desert
took place when the temperature was
100 degrees. The British southern
flank smashed the Turkish ranks and
ruptured fiO'rt prisoners. The British
warships in Tina Hay near the norm
shelling the
em flank, aided in
Turkish lines.
EVIDENCE GROWS IN BOMB CASE
Police Trv to Trace Io'tter
to Trare
iiilflnu.
V SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5. Dcpu
ty District Attorney Brennan re
vealed today three developments;
which are considered damaging to
Warren Billings, the .bomb suspect.
He declared t'nat Billings secured a
camera from Thomas Mooney, the
night before the exploBion. This
Hr. naan said was used to carry the
dynamite. Billings also met Mooney
at the office of "The iUast" the
Headquarters u. ...
where where they discussed plans
shortly before the disa-ter. 1 ne po
lice are endeavoring to trace
threatening letter to Billings.
the
XKW3 FOIICF. FX.IOYS
MF.IX
E. A. Pettey.
of the Hosehure
today presented
Fruit Company.
The News office with a large water-
melon. The luscious melon was cm
late this afternoon and a delicious
feast enjoyed by the members of
the force. ' A car load of thee mel-
ous has been received by the com
pany direct from Wheelork, Calif..
the creat watermelon and cantelotlpe
renter.
.1! Tl i; DITS .KK il 1IIIX
AMAHA, Aug. "). Two anlo han
'"i held up Cashier .Tames Nelson,
r-? t!1" Farmers' Slate Bank of Flor
ence today noon. They escaped with
over $1,00".
j GRIFFIN WANTED IN COOS COUNTY
j Associate of Millett Wanted uu Nuu
j Support Chaise.
Shortly before noon today Deputy
Sheriff ttaffety received a telephone
mnuoiirii fi-nm Qlmriff TKnunn nf
fin be placeu under arrest as a war
rant had been issued and a com-
plaint filed charging him with non-
support.
"" f PaS.
senders who came from Coquille in
the auto with Preston Baker and
was present whon the fight occurred
between the driver and Millett. He
also came with the three into town
after the auto had been wrecked by
driving It into a steam roller.
According to the Coos county offi
cer Griffin has beA associating with
Mr, and Mrs. Millett for some time
and has neglected his own family at
Coquille,
Upon going to arrest Mr. Griffin.
day he promised that If he was taken
back he would pay the entire amount!
but that be would force tho others j
or the party to refund him their j
share of the charges. Mr. Baker who
has 'recovered from the injuries f
which he sustained, started hack to!
Griffin has a wife and two chil
dren living In Coquille.
ADVANCE COSTLY
10 M BRITISH
Cnusos Surprise In Mili.
tury (lilies At
Peti'ognul.
BERLIN, Aug. 5. it Is an-
nounced that the British lost heavily
in attempting 10 aovanee noun ui
Cavillers Foureiux forests. The
Russian attempt to cross the Dvina
river iiear Dweten was also ;re
pulsed. The Austrian war office an-
, nnnnfor1 that n r-,iViilrv ftahpr phnrce
shuttered a Russian attack and that
the Slavs have abandoned all at
tacks except along the Stockhod riv
er and the Brody fronts.
ItiiHwians Admit Withdrawal.
i PKTROGRAI1, Aug. 5. It is an
nounced that the Austrians have'j
been heavily counter attacking In
Galicla and" have compelled the Rus
sians to withdraw to the Kuty moun.
tain passes. The Austrian attacks
south of Brody havo been repulsed,
and that a Turkish charge was de-
Kyg,
TI.MltF.lt AMI MIXK OWXKIl
COMIX; TO HOSKHl'UG SOON
According to word received this
! morning DeWItt Van Ostrand, the
w.Pn rnown timber and mine owner
wM) ie )n Roseburg: about the 12th
o( t)ls monii,. He is at present lo-
calp( at Takllma where he Is ship -
pjng. ore rom j,g holdings which
.,, about fifteen per cent c"." -
an(1 $3.00 gold to the ton. He s
planning the deevlopment of his ex-1 ,, denounced the Illinois demnc
tensive holdings near Riddle. rnrv a!) corporation and boss con-
.
'M KTS XF.M! SWFFT HO.MK
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SALF.M. Aug. .i. Three of the six
convicts who made their escape from
the prifon farm mere seen today
rertr Sweet Home They were trav
eling afoot. A posse Is hot on their
trail.
AT CIti;
From Camp to Captain
J. A. Buchanan.
HOTTEST DAY 122 DEG.
Camp Nonr Holler is Equipped With!
Cots, (Showwr ;Haths,
Cold Water and
Writing Itoom.
The following letter was received
this morning from Hurley Watson, a
Roseburg boy, who is serving with:
a Washington national guard com-
Iian' at tle border.
The letter was!
sent to Capt. Buchauan and gives an
excellent account of the camp in
which he is situated.
The letter follows:
Co. M, 2nd Inf. U. S. N. G,
Calexico, Calif.
Captain J. A. Buchanan,
Dear Sir: W'e have been In camp
now for about three weeks and the
company is beginning to look like a
regular army company. We have a
full conVpany of 142 men. Our
camp is situated in an alfalfa field
which Is getting all worn down and
is becoming very dusty on account
of the drilling and tramping over it.
We now have cots. sh.ower baths, Ice
cold water, and a writing room. We
have very good officers, but. the drill
is pretty hard. We drill for only
three hours a day. from six to eight
a. m.,'arid from six to seven p. m
The hottest day we have had was
122 degrees in the shade and not
much shade. It has not been less
than 100 degrees since we have"
been .here.
I received a letter from "Red
Baldwin yesterday from Palm City. I
Our regiment is camped about aj
quarter of a mile from the border, i
We have a full regiment of 2200 men
i
aiso a signal corps, nospitai corps,
troop of cavalry, three machine gnu
corps and the band, besides the regu-i
lar Infantry, Oregon field artillery
and regular cavalry. j
Must close now as it is time for
drill. !
Yours Respectfully,
HARLEY WATSON, j
Watson was a member of the local
company of coast artillery and at the
time of the calling out of the na
tional guard was employed in Wash-i
ington where he immediately enlist-l
ed wilh an Infantry company and:mct of the Oregon Agricultural
went to the mobilization camp atc0nege left this morning for (ilen-
Ameriran Lake. "Red" Baldwin of,
whom he speaks Is nlso a Roseburg
! hoy located with the Woodburn com.
pany at Palm City
REUURU PKlUt tUK BLUtSltlVI
"tup Fsllmnte For TUiy Scrthm
llellw Thmi 10 Days Ago.
PORTLAND. Aug. 5. Uluestem
wheat today sold for $1.14 establish
ing a record price. With bad crop
reports from the east and In Euroiu
the Pacific northwest crops are
steadily growing belter. The crop
estlmates for this section are better
than ihev were ten days ago.
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URGE MOOSE TO RETURN TO FOLD
(tain, Itohbinx ;! to FnliM
I'nder Hugh Ijemlit-ttliip.
CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Raymond
Robhlns, chairman ot the last pro
gressive convention. Issued a stu.e
ment supporting Hughes. Rohblns
urged all progressives to Join the re-
j publican ranks and said: "For my-
flf.f i win gladly enlist wilh the
Lgrr.lt majority of the 'ogres.l'es
n,er the leadership of Hughes '. He
j iroled.
j
PHII.AIlFI.IMII.WH y.U i: STIHKF.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. ,,.- A
thousand car men plan to strike at
midnight tonight following the re
fnsal of the company to meet the
strike committee's demands.
DEDICATE NEW CHURCH SUNDAY
Arch-lUsUi CUrUUe, ot lNwtUuul, to
He In Attendance.
On tomorrow morning at 10:30,
the new Catholic church will be sol
emnly blessed and dedicated by
Aieh-Bicho.p Christie, of Portland.
Immediately after the dedication
there will be solemn high mass, and
after the singing of the gospel, His
Grace, the ar,ch-bishop, will address
the congregation. Roseburg's mass
in G and other musical numbers will
f ba rendered by the choir. The
People will not be allowed to enter
j the church until the ceremonies prop
er to the exterior of the building are
completed. Father Walsh, the pas
tor, extends an invitation to all the
citizens who are desirous of wit
nessing the ceremonies.
HUGHES STARTS ON SPEAKING TOUR
Wilt Cover Ten TUuusaml Miles In
Swing Around CiitJe.
BRIDGEHAMPTON, N. V., Aug
5. Charles JC. Hughes, candidate,,,.. nn,,,pr wilh thn tint outfit tu
for president of the United States
on the republican ticket, started to
day on a lU.UOO-mllo speaking tour,
'l'hls trip will cover the entire coun
try. The party will Teturn to New
York on Septeinher 10. Mrs. Hughes
accompanies the party. The tour will
Include Oregon, Washington and
Idaho points.
ERIE DOCOMOT1VI
K.PUDES
SOUTIT BEND. Ind., Aug. 5. A
locomotive of the Lake Erie & West
ern Railroad attached to a passen-
ger train, exploded today. The en-
gineer and firemen were both killed i
and many injured. The train
blown from the track.
'AGRICULTURAL EXPERT
. f nf (-) A p Mobpc Vteit
em 0T U- rt- - MaKeS VISIt
to Roseburg in Interest
Of the Farmers,
MOVEMENT GAINS GROUND
yoiirtiMMi Count Ic.m In Oregon Mow
Kmploy ports uiul vi
High hi Praise nf
tho Work.
M. O. Kvans, assistant county
KCnt leader of the extension depart
dale and Grants Pass At Glendnle
ne wm address the ('.range at their
Saturday nirtcrnoon , meeting. Mr.
Kvans spent Thursday and Friday In
Roseburg and vicinity conferring
with Interested persons regarding!
the chances for installing a county j Among the men who were honor
agricultural agent beginning next : P, at the Knlghls of I'S'lliias oonven.
January. He reports an Increasing; (on t Portland was Wm. E. Oulnn
interest in this movement and that?
many progressive citizens but h
among the farmers and business men
are Very desirous of having the
work Hlnrtwl In this county.
Fourteen counties of the slate now
j employ county agricultural agents In-
eluding all the counties bordering
on Douglas. Over eleven hundred
are employed In the United States.
The work Is proving of great direct
benefit to the rural pnpula.lon and;
ln,li""'"' to aU th )'"0,llp of lhC
county.
Mr. Fvans slated that nollilng new, fthe lQ 1 1 0 ml , the Jewel wan iccei.
I had developed since last year and j , , ,v Attorney C. F. Hupklns. who
! that nothing would lie done at pres.-', i.rm h, lt to Gulnn th( hhva-
lent. He discussed the matter brief
ly with Judge Marsters and Com -
missioner Nichols, but did not see
Commissioner plnkston.
The I'mpqua canning nun irnni'
(he llcnson school in their praclice j fo)r (hl) y(,ar directors announr
test al (he court house grounds ''-1,. T,j. v.0,ed 10 have a wild west
lerday put ur, ten Jars of cherries. ' ron,.n and bucking horse pxhlltl
The fruit will be pul on display ntjm) ,..,,.. Kitty cowboys will be
the coming fair and the club will j ,.M,r, .,, , the exhibition and $ I unit
compete for .1 prize on tills as u-ellj wu ,., , pr,e,.
as in tho rc.nt".i with thf fit her cfuh 1
for wlikh ronUM they arc now prac
ticing. Mrs. C. V. IltiMlc. f)! Riddle, -w
to Tlosf-biirg this afternoon to atlend
the famous photoplay at the Antlers.
?!
Captain C. B. Wenn Raising
Meu to Fill Out National
Guard Units.
PAY HAS BEEN RAISED
Pruniies That Those KiiUkUk Xow
Will Ho Soul to tho Ifcmlei
With No Delay In Uto
Training Camp.
Captain C. B. Wenn arrived in
Roseburg this morning and spent
the day in an attempt to gather re
cruits for the Oregon national guard
at the border. Capt. Wenn states
that he wants, to obtain between 15
and 20 recruits between the ages of
IS and 4 5 years from Hoseburg and
vicinity and that any who care to
enlist have the promise of 'Imme
diate service and will be sent to
go from. Camp Withycombe. The
pay has been raised to $18 all found,
and In addition the government out
fits a man with everything which
1. needs Including ?lothing and
camping equipment.
Tie says that the Oregon camps
are being put In first class condition
tents being floored, provided with
electric lights, running -water,.
showor baths, screened cook houses
and ermaneivt mess Ymla.
"The training which a young man
receives," said Capt. Wenn this
morning, "is of Incalculable value
to him in after JJfe. I am sorry
that my own boy is not old enough
to be able to go for, I certainly
would send him if possible, as I be
liove that It Is as good as a school
education. The government would
not be sending men to the border at
the great expense it Is forced to
undergo If they were not needed and
every, man should consldor the call
-is personal as if tho president
came to him and told him that he
was needed.
The recruiting headquarters havo
been made at the Umpqua hotel
where the captain and his assistant.
Sergeant J. D. Dungan will remain
today an(j tomorrow. They will also
go to Myrtle Creek, Riddle and other
places for a short time.
At the present time he says that
between seven and eight hundred
men are needed to fill out tho units
now at the border. Many are being
sent hack because they are unable
to pass thn ih.vslc.i) examination aim
their plaroB must he taken by more
able bodied men.
ROSEBURG MAN IS HONORED
Receives .li'wel for Imnu Service
In
Portland lolg.
Df jn(s ri(y.
lir. Oulnn was present.!
; ,,, wjth the Veterans' Jewel, one
the.-.-.tghest honors which can be be-
stowed by an order and which rer(,.
Ills z D years or cousiani sci'i'i.' in
one chapter. Mr
Guinn nns , a.
member of the Ivanhoe
lodge
Portland for the required nu iber of j
years aad It wa this t,rrtr which.
The token was presented i in
j Rr.iml dwinrellor on the stage nf the
Ilakr . alon(t with several,
; hrm-lrwl fher vrwni.iUnni,. In tho
al.f.ence of Mr. Guinn, who was un-
- : jIti ;
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. T(( 11 1 v.; U ILII WFST SHOW I
!
EfOKNE, Aug. 5. There will be;
h , rarng at the Lane county
Friends of Frank I.llburn are glad
to learn that be Is recovering rapidly
. . ... . , .. .. .11 t i 1,. 1,
he suffered recently. Is Is not be-1 warehouse, stevedoring, transports
Ileved an operation will be necessary.1 tlon.
CARRANZA COMESJO HIS SENSES
la WUUuk t Ulscuss Mntters Alfocfc. '
lug Economic Situation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Confi
dential messages from Mexico City
said that Carranza Is willing to enter
Into a general discussion of prob
lems affecting the economic situa
tion. This ends tho fear that Car
ranza might refuse to discuss any
thing except military matters. Tho
American government will not ap
point the mombers of the conference
until It has received assurance that
the conferees will bo ablo to broad
mindedly discuss the imporvement of
Mexican conditions.
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HAS FOl'XD ilil.
In excavating the foundation for a
now initio drier on fifs premises
just east of town Noble Andrews
was not only fortunate, in that ho
found an excellent grade of gravel
for making the necosaary eowcTeta
base for his drier which Is now In
course of construction, but he has
found a gold mine In addition to
the gravol mine, which In Itself Is
worth considerable. While handl
ing some or the gravel which Is com
ing from the excavation Mr, An
drews picked up a small nugget half
as largo as a grain of wheat. Sub
sequent panning revealed the fact
Ihnt considerable fine gold is Inter
mixed with flie gravel. Howevor,
Mr. Andrews Is too busy plnnnlng
to save his valuable prune crop to
be side tracked by the discovery of
so trivial a thing ns a gold mine.
Whpn tVie iirnnes are, saved tho gold
mlno may bo furthor Investigated. It
Jias long been known that the
gravel beds underlying this vicinity
-' -it moro or less filacer gold, but
It haa never been found In sufficient
qunntlty to pay for mining It. Myr
tle Creek Mall.
THOUSANDS HUNT FOR THE DEAD
I'Vurtwn IfcMlU'H ltoovorMl From
Tennessee Floods.
MIDIH.USHORO, Ky., Aug. 6. All
reports from tho region of Blair's
creek, Claiborne county, Tenn., de
vastated by a flood following r
cloudburst Wednesday night, were
that tho death list probably would
j not Oxcood 25.
When darkness fell last night 14
bodies had been recovered. At
least I DUO persons from all soctiona
came to the flooded district, assist,
od In the seach for tho dead.
BROWN GIVES RULING ON LAW
Attorney General Hays That Hill Was
Not Meant fur Cilrlx Only.
RAI.BM, Aug. 5. When the law
says that "no child under the aga of
Ifi years shall he employed, permlt
mltted or surfered to work In the
telegraph, telephone or public mcs
ninKnr Bn'lcr," It meant hoys as
well ns girls, Attorney General
, Brown told Airs. Mllllo R. Trumbull,
i of Portland, Friday.
I Mrs. Trumliull suRKested that th
,,...- intended to nnnly only
In iilrls. Ilrown says that the law Is
not nnlbKllolI, an(I the Intention ot
hB ,p?1,llr0 ) nn.
f
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OT UIIL IIUIIM-II rtlLLLU UUI1IMU "LLP.
A(.(.,,l.ns ,,, w.k ,t(.,il t. Hlnto
(1 iw)(m ,,.((Ul a7-
A,,,-.i All s.For the week
ending August 3, the slate Indus-
uM ll,(.,,,,t ,',., commission
I received reports of i!47 nccldenls. of
which one was ratal. Of the total
I number of accidents reported, IBS
j were subject to the workmen's com- .
! peiiHaiion act, 1!) were from public
j utility corporations and 3fl were
from firms and rorrations whlcn
have rejected the act.
Following Is shown the number
I of accidents by Industry: Sawmill 89
leering .17. construction 50, paper
mill 7, railroad operation 17. light
and power 1 1 , meat packing fi, ma
chine shop I), Iron and steel works 4,
laundry :(, telephone, and telegraph
company 4, cooperage 4. quarry 3,
(in kIioo , mining 2. Irmpamtr 2.
fruit products 2, flour mill 2, sand
and gravel 2, and for Ihe following
one each: Plumbing, brick and tllni
condenary, wuoleti mtU, canttery.