VOL. VIL .
IIOSEIIIJKR, DOUCiliAS COUNTY, Ot',K(iON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1010.
No. .
MORE FLAX RETURNS ARE IN
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FRISCO BOfi BERS ARE ARRAIGNED
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Whiskey' and a Gun Lead to
Serious Trouble at the
Grand Grill.
THREATENED OFFICERS
(.eorgo Foutch Pays Pino in City
Court for Drunken and Dis
orderly Conduct More
Serious Charge Likely.
George Foutch, owner of George's
restaurant on lower Cass street was
arrested last night by officer Wilcox
In Troxcl's Cafe after he had threat
ened the life of Jack Decker, cook in
Lewis' restaurant.
Foutch, according t0 the officer
was badly under the influence of
liquor at the time and was brand
ishing a 38 caliber revolver which
Mas fully loaded and after he had
discharged several shots in the air
in front of Decker's home
Wilcox was compelled to use main
'strength in getting the gun away
from Foutch and after the weapon
was secured Foutch took off his coat
and threatened to give Wilcox a beat
ing, but thought better of it and
shook hands with Hie officer. Wil
ocx placed the offender in the city
jail and then he wanted to put up
cash ball in order that he would not
be compelled to spend the night in
the lockup: According to the officer
bad blood has existed between the
two men and Foutch threatened to
"get him tho first opportunity.
Foutch had hi3 hearing this morning.
Decker it seems went to the Grand
grill for his evening's work and had
heen in the building only a short
time when Foutch entered and naked!
for him. The two men engaged In
a short argument and seeing that
Foutch was in a dangerous mood, i
pecker ran out the back exit close-j
ly followed by the restaurant owner, j
who as he stepped ouL of the en
trance, fired a shot at Decker, who
was a considerable distance ahead.
Decker made his way to his house
Closely followed by Koutch, Vho
then fired a shot through the door
casing and went to tho soft dring
stand ail the corner of Pine and
Cass street where he made threats
against the man at whom he had
just fired. It was here that Wilcox
found lu.n and taking him to jail ! , um -locked
him in to sleep off his exactln ration. The labor
, . . I member. Will Throne cried, "Will
drunkenness.
,, . . . , , the government declare the kaiser is
This morning he was released on e
ir k f.1Iei1., ,n .trxran I wanted for murder?" The question
teen his appearance at ten o clock
He was later arraigned and entered
a plea of guilty and was fined the
amount of. his bond.
A complaint will undoubtedly be
made against him in the Justice
court chn ruing him with carrying
concealed weapons.
There ha3 been bitter feelings be
tween Decker and Foutch ever sinco
the former entered the restaurant ; ed the Zlota Lipa river. Against
conducted by the latter about two ! terrific counter attacks, the Rus
months ago and started a fight with sians have gained toward Halitz.
the cook. In the mixup Decker rn-1 rupture riuinml by Russia,
reived a very severe cut on tho head j PETROGRAI), Aug. 16. It is an
when he was struck by a cup burled : bounced that the armies under Rrus
at htm. Cross complaints were filed: sii0fr between June 4. and August
and finally a setltement was reached
between the two men nnd tho cases
were dismissed. The two m.?n, how
ever, have been engaged in several
altercations since, the result being
the occurrence or last night.
srpRKMi-; mnsT skiti-:mkkk r. j
SAL KM, Or.. Aug. 16. The su
preme court will resume hearing ar
guments Sept. ft, when the cases
of Foreman vs. School Dl.-tri t rf
Columbia county and State ex rl
vs. Evans will come up. The calen
dar has been arranged as follows:
September fT, Coates vs. Smith nnd
Sorhy vs. ftennlnsrhoven; Pcpt
b?r!
7, Lane vs. Rail and Woods vs. Dunn:
September 8. Sennik 'vs. J. K. Lum
brr Company.
Daily Wcalhc tt?nrt
Fair Tonigbt nnil Thursday;
Cooler Tonight,
Highest Utnp. yeUTdaj ....SI
Lowest tent p. last nlr-ht ... 5!
Sjunplo Sheaf Slums Flux Fibre Will
Succeed Here.
Carl Rosland brought to The News
office this mornlDg a large sheaf of
flax fibre 'that he raised on hls
place between this city and Dlxon
ville from seed obtained from the
Commercial club when the flax agi
tation was on. Ho has one acre of
It and he says it stands as thick as
the hair on the back of a dog, and
is well headed with a heavy crop of
seed. Tie intends to thresh it so as!
to have acclimated seed in case any!
further need for it is required here.
The .fine sample can be seen in Tho
NewB window.
H I'm it i r.MK.vr toaiohkow 1
Tho work 6 pouring the cement
for the foundations of he federal
building will he begun tomorrow.
The forms are all in place and the
foundations will be placed as rapidly
as possibe.
Otherwise British Will
Resume Diplomatic
Relations.
Not
WAR
NEWS IS SCARCE
ltusNU:;n.s Announce That During
Two Mouths Austrian liis-
oners Total Nearly
lOO.OOO.
LONDON, Aug. 10. Asquith Intl
mated in tho commons today, thai
Britain may not resume diplomatic
relations with Germany after the war
until the kaiser makes reparation for
the execution of Captain Fryatt.
Minor War Happenings,
LONDON, Aug. 1G. General Haig
reported minor engagements around
Pozieres, with no change in the
Somme situation.
LONDON, Aug. 16. Asquith an
swered Sir Edward Carson's query
asking what course' Hritain intended
pursuing after the war, and added
that the cabinet was consulting its
remained unanswered nmld tremen
do" cheering.
Itns.sians Still Advance.
PKTROGHAD. Aug. xl 6. Despite
the most stubborn resistance, the
Russians advanced their lines over
a ".Vmle front from the Carpathians
to southeast of Tarnopol, and seized
two villages. South of Brzezarany,
another Russian uetachment r.ropn-
3, captured SfiS.OOO Austro-Germans,
11300 machine giuns and 3 .IS bomb
j throwers, besides a great mass of
miscellaneous booty.
ROME, Aug. 16. It is announced j
j that the Italians have captured the.
Austrian trenches on the slopes of
Monte Peckina. south of Oorltz and
near Scateina San Marco, three hun
dred prisoners being taken. !
j PARIS, Aug. 10. It is nnnonnr-;
I ed that the French dispersed several :
' German reconnoltering parties In the
; Champagne region. The night was
I the calmest ever on the front.
Sovereign Right I .expected.
RERUN, Aug. 11. It is an-
: nounced that the Russians weakly
attacked north of Dniester, and that
the Germans hold Starawlpczyna
height. Von Jagow denied thai
Germany intended to seize the Dan
ish West Indies, as the first step in
assaulting the Monroe Doctrine, I7e
declared that Germany did not In-
tend to disturb "tho sovereign
rights' of any western powor.
10 GREET HUGHES
Committee Will Journey to
Oakland ana Return'
With Candidate.
HOLD TRAIN HALF HOUR
Mirny l'eoplo From a Distjuice Have
Sijtiiifkol Their Intention
. of .Milking Trip to
Sco Hughes.
Hughes will spoak in Rose-
burg at 9:30 Thursday (to-
morrow) morning at the
depot, Bverybody come and
shake hands with our next
president. .
Charles Evans Hughes, the republi
can candidato for president o'f the
United States w ill arrive in this city j the regular trains of the roads over
tomorrow morning at nino o'clock which they are traveling and Rose
niid will make a short speech from burg is ono of the very few towns
the rear of his car, after which an!
opportunity will be given the citizens
of the city and surrounding country,
to shake hands with their distin
guished countryman. :
Arrangements have been made by
the local committee In charge of
the reception in this city to hr.ve
the train stop here a trifle longer
than is usually allowed No. 15, and
a committee has been selected to
j handle the crowd that will undoubt
edly he on hand, In order that all will
1 have the opportunity to greot Mr.
j Hughes.
A number of the citizens of this
city will leave on the early train to
morrow morning and go as far north
as Oakland where they will wait for
the south bound train carrying Mr.
Hughes and his party and will no
company him as far as this city. The
Roseburg Concert Band has been en-
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Charles E. Hughes.
The republican prcKicdntial candidate and party will arrive In Hone,
hurg at P:.10 and arrangements have been made to have the train remain
here for half an hour, during v. lit eh time the candidato will make a
j Fhort talk and an opportunity will
county to shake hands with him.
Charge of Murder Entered Against
Suspects.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 16.
Thomas Mooney, Mrs. Mooney, War
ren Billings, Edward Nolan and Is
rael Weinberg, were arraigned on
the charge of iriurdor In connectior
wlth the preparedness parade bomb
ing. They will plead Saturday.
Thi ll INVITED TO ASTOltIA
T!ie Roseburg Oommerciiil
through its secretary S. S. Joseph
son, thig afternoon received an In
vitation to the 21st annual Astoria
Regatta which is dated for Septem
ber 1. 2. 3, 4. The invitation Is in
tended for the membership individ
ually and collectively and all are
invited to attend the regatta which
will be tho greatest ever staged.
, gaped by the local committee and will
enliven the occasion by a nuber of
well chosen pieces of music,
.Mr. Hughes and his wife are trav
eling in a private car attached to
outsldo of the large centers which
n i.ve tho pleasure of hearing'
the candidate make even a short
speech, Those who have heard Mr.
Hughes speak aro unanimous in
stating that ho Is a very forceful
il not brilliant speaker. Ho urok
words which are linriorKtoori ' hv pv-
ery one and the points which he i thI 'or'R. agreeing to meet
wtshV to P.Wi-, r r1Hvpn!NU!8"' nnl considered the proposi-
liome with great force.
M:m v nnnnl f mm fl iwt mil nnlnta
off of the Southern Pacific have hIk.
nif idrl their intention of en Milne to
Roseburg tomorrow in order that i
they might have an oportunlty of
hearing the republican doctrines ex
pounded by the republican standard
hearer. Douglas county republican
ism will be well represented too from
all reports, as it ha3 been a num-
be rof years since so prominent a
candidato has spoken In this city
be given the citizens of tho city and
ITO SEE PRESIDENT
600 Will Hold Conference
With Chief Executive
This Afternoon.
8 HOUR DAY AGREEABLE
Wilson Wilt Tell Delegates Toluol"
row Why Ho Thinks That
It Is I'nnecessary
to Strike.
NEW. YORK, Aug. 16. Six hun
dred representatives of tho train
men will go to Washington this
afternoon to meet Wllsou. W. U.
Carter, president of tho Firemen's
nrotherhood, announced tho plans.
Carter informed tho delegates that
tho railroad managers woru willing
to adopt an eight-hour day tor a
trial period, while continuing the
present overtime pay schedule.
Meeting Will lie Dramatic.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 111. One of
tho most dramatic scenes In tho Ills,
tory of American labor, will bo en
acted tomorrow from the White
House. Wilson will tell tho BOO
-'Iroad workers his reasons for be
lieving that a strike Is not neces
sary. The district chairmen oC the
trainmen conferred lin Now York
tion (of temporarily accepting the
railroads 8-hour concession for a
iruit wnuo rtuiuuing mo present,
overtime wages. No definite decls-
"m w,,s rra,hml
Tho trainmen In
sist that the prosidont, or the rall-
road managers must outline a meth
od for investigating the, 8-hour day
and let (ho trainmen dec! do whether
it Is satisfactory.
To Make Piowh1 Tomorrow.
WASIIINOTON, Aug. 16. The
federal mediation chambers announc"
ed that Wilson will put n concrote j
proposition beforo the 600 motnbors
of- the railroad employes general
committee tomorrow.
Public Reception at Benson
Hotel is Attended by
Hundreds.
SPEAKS BEFORE AD CLUB
Advocate Hound lliisimvssliko ,Ad
miiiisti atloii iiml Out lilMK
a 'ons'Jrur(ive (
I'lograin.
PORTLAND, (Aiig. 10. Dciiho
crowds cheered Hughes while lie was
Biitomohillng through the fttreets
this morning. The Benson hotel
was tli rouged and hnnd reds shook
his hands at u public reception, lie
addressed tho Ad Club at luncheon,
and the Press Club held a recep
tion. Ho Is scheduled for an auto
! ride and tour of the Columbia hih-
way thin afternoon. Jt Is 'erpeclcd
I that 10.000 will hear his spMM'h at
I ho Ice Palace this evening, the
j theme will bo "America First, Arner.
i KfficTcfit". AddrePHlng the Ad
flub Mr. Hughes said:
"I am ft member of the Republi
can Ad Club. For the present, I atn
Its spokesman, A short time aro, I
w.'is sboit on npoorh, now I am long
on speech, and short on silence. The
reason for tlilo Is I wa mandamus
efl In Oregon
He explained why lie refuRod to
let hi name enter the primaries
nnd Raid he did not desire lo run.
that ho wanted to remain on the
pnpreme bench, hut decided to an
swer the call of his country. He
advocated a sound bufdncKHllkn ad
ministration, nnd outlined hla con
structive program.
Ilur.sell Harness returned thin af
ternoon from a hunting trip spotr
lug a big four-point buck.
Triiin Makes V11 Dash for CoqutUor
Whore Assistance Is Rendered
The train for Powers yeatord.y
afternoon experienced a fire In tho
mall car at Cedar Point which very
nearly resulted In the loss of all or .
the mail for southern Oregon points,
says the Coos Bay Times.
The origin of mo fire, which start-. .
ed In tho car Is not 'known, but :.
broke out suddenly and burned fu
riously. An effort, was made to extinguish; -
tha rinn.no .li."
i.umt-o nnii inu apparatus in
the coaches hut this failed. Finally
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"inn n ii until.-! IL'II i0
baggage car and tho train made a
wild dsn for Coqulllo to get the
firo hoso for putting out the flames.
Extinguishers from the launch.
Swan, wore also HS'il. Tho car Is
tho shops and bo repaired.
LEXAMI
OF CM GUT OFF
Delegation of Citizens Will go
to Medford Trail
and Tiller.
CIVIL ENGINEER IN PARTY
TIUiy-Tnill Itoail ('iinslilcrisl Ono at
First on I.Lst for Allotment Fruin
tho Funds to lie (iiven Under
New Federal Act.
On account of the recent actlvlty
by the HoBeburg Coinorclnl Club un
der tho direction of Henry Hartta..
director of the good roads bureau,
u delegation of clti.ens Is'goiug to
go over the proponed Cralor Lake
cut-off from Tiller on the South linin
fliia to Trail on tho Ilogue river.
Senior Highway Knglneor, H. J.
pnch, who has chargo of rock work'
done by tho Forest Service, accom
panied by Homy Harth, L. G. Hicks
nnd C. S. Bartrum left Uoseburg to
day about noon for Medford ovor tho
Pacific Highway. From thero they t
will go to Trail and then proceed!
over tho proposed mute to Tiller.
A thorough cxmnlnntlon of the pro
posed route will ho made by these
gentlemen whllo on this trip.
It will be' rciomhered tlint Mr.
Finch has had ehnrgo of tho work
already done on tho Crater Lake
cut-off and Is h'glily pleased with
tho character of tho work done. Tlfls
trip Is to further Invo-.tlgato tho pro
ositlon which has alrondy been roport
ed upon favorably by other Govern
ment engineers. This Is In line with
tho work now being done by th$
Forest Hervlco In gelling up a list
of projects from which allotments'
will bo made under the new Federal
T?on1 Act which waft recently passed
liv Congress. The Tillor-Tral! road"
U being considered as ono of the
first on tho list.
rlUrtttK MJUItIT UrrlUl.U ntnt
(ieorKe II. Jllme.H Sto( Ovur to Ylit
Old Friends.
(ieorgu H. Mimes, secretary of the,
Oregon Pleneor AsHnclalhui, and
slidaiit secrelary of the Oregon III
torleul Society, wllh headiiiartern In
Poi lland, was In I ho city this morn
ing for a few hours, Mr. Hltnes in
making his way home from the re
cent meeting of Hlate editors In Med.
for, nnd Is stopping off at different
points to add to his store of facts
regarding the early history of thin
portion of tho stale. While In fllen.
) d.lo h(, Kath.r( ,,, v,.ry eaontiaI
facts from ono of tho pioneers there, .
and yesterday ho spent In Riddle with
J nd go Kiddle, who added still fur
ther yuany Important Items. Mr.
Himes confirmed the recent state
ment In Tho News regarding the first
paper Istined In liotiglos county be
ing published at Hcottfiburit, and sa'd
It was not only tho first paper pub
lished In the county, but tho first In
the stnlo south of Salem. It was
started In IS5ni and continued for
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