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toetiitij vou vn. KOSEISCltG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OltEGON, FHIDAV, Al'Cl'ST 18, 11)1(1. No. 1UJH Gas Generated in Cleaning Shop Explodes Causing Big Blaze. PROPRIETOR IS BURNED Office of (ius Company Adjoins and Many Hundreds of Hollars WVn-Ch of Kixtui'es mul Meters Are Destroyed. One of the most expensive fires to occur In this city for some time hap pened about 12:30 today when the dry room of the Imperial Cleaning & Pressing establishment caught fire. The fire spread to the rear room of the gas plant adjoining after hav ing blown out the brick Wall in the back of the cleaning shop. Both businesses as well as George Chan dler tho owner of the building lost heavily. The fire originated in an un known manner. Mr. Spencer, one of the proprietors of the cleaning shop was working in the back room cleaning Che suits which had been brought in this morning. The room was Tilled with the fumes of the gaso, line and when the blaze started the gas which had been generated, ex ploded with such terrific force that it forced the brick wall of the cleaning room outward so that It is now tottering and will have to be removed. It also blew in the parti tion botween the cleaning establish ment and the gas plant, breaking nearly all the fixtures which had been stored in this place. Mr. Spencer, who was In the room at the time was quite badly burned, but managed to escape with his life. His arms were burned deeply and his hair was singed off. He Is Blightly burned about the eyes, but it is not considered that his burns are serious. He was rushed Imme diately to the office of Dr. Shoo niaker, where lie was given medical attention and although he Is suffer ing considerably it is not thought that there will be any serious re sults. Before the alarm was sounded tho fire truck under the guidance of Corbett Wilbur had reached the scene, only two of the firemen be ing present to assist him. but by the time the bell had started ring ing a line of hose had been laid to the. building. The value of Ihe new fire alarm system which notifies the driver immediately of the confla gration in this manner proved that it is worth many times the cost of In stallation. Tho firemen were unable to force their way through the front of the! building on account of the denize,' clouds of smoke which poured out. j The flames were, however, confined ! chiefly to the rear and the truck drove around to this part of the building where the chomirnl and wa. ter hoses were brought into play. Tim firemen occupied a very dan DflrniiD tinuitinn landing on the rear porch of the structure with the, brick wall tottering above above j theui ready at any minute to eol-j lapse while within was a gasoline, tank containing over 40 gallons of! the explosive fluid confined ,n a small space and with the wooden , nart of the machine burning. The' firemen, however, unflinchingly held their places and wlihln a few min utes had the flames under control. The fire around the gasolino tank was the most stubborn as the wood was very thlrk and charred deeply before the blaze was completely ex tinguished. The blaze worked Its way Into the gas plant oflfce, but was stop ped before It did any great damage. The proprietors of this business, however, are the greatest losers probably as their Btock was quite badly broken as a result of the fire. Daily Weather Report Toniuitt and Nat imlny J- ail ; Warmer Satu.uuy. Highest temp, yesterday ....61 T.nweM temp, last nieht ....4ft DKUTSHLANl) AKKIVES-UXCOXKIUMEI). According to a flash which went over the Western Un ion wires at noon today the super-submarine Deutschland had made port in safety. The v .. in order to confirm the report wired to the United press In Portland for a con firmation of the flash and re ceived the following short reply: "Nothing on Deutsch land". They parry $10,000 or $12,000 worth of goods on hand at all times and as this consists chiefly of ex pensive meters and fixtures a great part of this was Injured and will have to be sent to the factory for repairs. Mr. Anderson, the local representa tive of the company placed the ap proximate loss between five and (Continued on page 8.) PfiESIDENTfW.CJ.U. Now Serving Her Eighteenth Term in This Office of County Union. OTHERS ARE SELECTED Vomtn lioth Annual County Con vention of the W. C. T. U. is I"u II of Interesting Atl. ' dresses and .Music. Mrs. A. C.t Marsters was today elected president of the Douglaa County W. C. T. U. for her ISth term. Mrs. Manors has been a tm ful worker in this organization for many years. Under her charge the Union has growu in numbers and strength until it is now one of the largest ad strongest on the coast. Mrs. Marsters has Been noseburg grow from a city of two thousand in habitants with fifteen saloons to a prohibition city under the local op option law, and then under state wide prohibition to its present attainment. Mrs. Marsters, through her efforts as president of the W. C. T. U. has probably been moj-e influential than any other person in the icity or county in bringing about prohibition in Kosoburg and In Douglas county. The other officers chosen wore Mrs. I. M. Tuthill, or Calapooia, vice-president; recording secretary, Mrs. Ber tha Watson, of Oakland; correspond ing secretary, Ms. R. K. Hunt, of ftoseburg, and treasurer, Mrs. Mary .lewett, of Gardiner. The twentieth annual convention of the W. C. T. U. opened yeste day morning. The morning and aft ernoon services passed off quietly with reports of committees nnd of ficers, the appointments of commit toes and other routine business, to gether with several short addresses. At night a very pleasant meeting was held at which there was a large attendance of both men and women, The meeting was opened by a song by the congregation j followed by the invocation and scripture read ing by Ttev. Wm. Itiley Jeffrey, Jr., of the M. K. church. In the absence of Mayor Hire, who is spending n"1 week or ten days at Eugene, Coun cilman McClintock welcomed Uhe visitors to this city. Mr. McClintock always a fluent speaker, wag at his best Inst night and for a few min utes gave one of the wittiest and most pleasing addresses of welcome ever heard in this city. The re sponse (was made -by Mrs. Mary Henninger, of Pkland. After a musical selection, Itev. George P. Trllc( of Sutherlin unok on me sunjeci or "uur Kigni to Prohibit". Mr. Trltes Is an excellent speaker arffl blP address was both ; logical and forceful. This morning was given over to reports of the various- departments proceeded ' a devotional servire conducted by Mrs, II. L. Eddy and followed by the election of officers. The afternoon was opened by a de votional service led Y Mrs. Stella French, after which the appointed E Ti Bloody Street Fighting Before The Germans are Ejected. BRITISH EXTEND GAINS KiiNSian Foices I'lnirn 'to Ho Ad vancing Toward tho HunKar. hill llorclei' Villages Are Token. LONDON, Aug. 18. It has been announced that the French forces I have recaptured the town of Fleury. I Counter attacks attempted by the j uermans were repulsed by a curtain of fire from the French. Hlootly street fiehting in the streets of tho villages took place before tho Ger mans were finally ejected from the houses. The French forces also ad vanced In tho neighborhood of Thiaumont and the British extended their gains, northwest of Baxentin and LePetlt. Here they found the German trenches crowded with dead. Counter attacks made by the Ger mans northwest of Maurenoch were repulsed. Petrograd announced that the Russian forcos are approaching the mountain summits near Korom ezo in Hungary. They have captured T.ysiec and Stary, southwest of Ktanlslau. ltussian Attacks Repulsed. PBriMN. Aug. 18. It Is admitted that the tlrltlsh forcos have seized the first line German Ironrhes south of Martinpuch, elsewhere all at tacks have been repulsed. A drawn battle was fought northeast of Har dencourt. On the cast front the Turks have reinforced General lioth mer and have repulsed all Russian attacks. It is stated that tho Ger man forces have advanced la the Carpathians. A delayed Vienna dis patch stated that the Austrians were advnclng southest of Bukowina. They repulsed six massed attacks north east of Stanlslau, all of the Italian attacks are reported to have been repulsed. MISTAKES BROTHER FOR PROWLER Amputation Will In All ProlmilWy lie Ne'esKiiiy. ST. HELENS, Aug. 1 S. Chauneey Smith accidentally shot his brother, Walter, aged 14, last night at. Bun ker Hill, where the two boys were camping. During the night Walter walked In his sleep nn(i Chauneey challeng ed the supposed prowler and got no rep-y whereupon be fired In the di rection of the noise. The charge from the shot gun to il; effect in Walter's leg. Despite the horror of the shock Chaunrey kept his nerve and bound up the arteries and rushed his brjther to Ft. Helena for a doftor. It Is probable that the leg will have to be ampu tated. ESCAPED LUNATIC IS CAUGHT Apjwain Itiitionul mid Denies That He Is HmtgeroiiH. PORTLAND, Aug. 18. Patrol man Smith today arrested John Thompson, an escaped lunatic from the Salem asylum. He was placed committees mado their report. A short address .was made 'by (Mrs. Hopkins on the 'subject of "Our Of ficial Organs". The principal .ad dress of the d-iy being made by Mm. .Tennio Kemp, the state president, j who ppoke on "The It re went Amend- j ment KHdny KveniiK. 8:00 Music. Scripture Reading and Prayer, Rev. Cleaves. Music. Offering, Rev, Cleaves. t IdreriR by Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp, State President W, C. T. U. Special Music. Benediction. In the county jail awaiting the ar rival of officers from the Institution. Thompson appeared rational and de nied the report that he was a dan gerous lunatic. He said that he fled from the mad house In order to see his sons. Ho denied that he intended to kill his wife, but said: "If I had intended to kill her 1 could eartjly have gone to Milwaukee and done so". WILL I'ltOVlDK KOlt WIDOW. SALEM,' Or., Aug. 17. The sum or $0712.51 has been set aside by the State Accident Insurance Commis sion to provide an Income for tho widow and three small children of A. K. Olto, who met death at the Union Meat Company's plant In Port, land July 27, when he Tell Into a vat of boiling liquid, while scuffling with Dnn K. O'Connell. If Mrs. Otto does not marry agnln and the children all live to the ago of 1G. the family will receive a total of $10,035.00. Fruit Producers Company is Shipping Car Loads Daily. GOOD PRICES RECEIVED (iiim-nra the In Winston District llavo cmh1 Crop unci Are tjcttlng it Top l'lico. L. n. Skinner, mianugor of the local Fruit Producors Co.. a branch of one of the largest nnd moat re sponsible fruit handling concerns In tho country, was n the city tliis morning looking after box labels for the pear crop which is being ship pod at tho present tlnw. Mr. Skinner stated that never In the history of the fruit raising in dupfrv have the prices been so good as Ihey are at tho present tiin.e Willi good crops utmost .everywhere fln tho fruit raising centers the grow ers are receiving top notch prices for their crops. Tho local branch of tho Fruit Producers Co., Is at the present time shipping a car load of pears a day, each car having 472 boxes. These are all shipped south to Sacramento where they are hook e( on to solid trains of fruit ears and shipped directly to Chlrago, these trains make almost as good time .is a passenger train. In speaking of the crop In the Winston district Mr. Skinner dated that a number of growers would have from 500 to 1,500 boxes and the two orchards which they have out, enrh otio or ten acres, would have at least 8.000 boxes. Fully another week will be required before tho entire crop Is picked, packed and shipped OLD VETERAN PASSES AWAY Was forjMirnl in Wlsvonsin Cavalry ariii Served Through Civil War. Alfred L. Shercr. an old vetnni of the Civil war, died this morning at the Soldiers Home after a Miort illness. Mr. Rherer was a corporal In company I, 4tli Wisconsin cavalry and served hlB country faithfully during the long war. He was horn in New York stale in the year 183X. He was admitted to the SoidieiH Homo from Portland, November 21, 1008, and has been a member Hlnco! that time. Ho Is survived by a son, Kdwin, who resides at Tonah, Wis., and a f'a tiirhtr, whose address Is unknown. The funeral will be held at the home tomorrow at. 0 a. m., with in terment In the cemetery there. n-irtT hip residence at the Rol Home his cheery d is position and excellent character won for him a great many friends. lie was loved by fill his comrades and by the of ficers of tho institution. Mr. Sherep wa a member of (he local Heno Post 0. A. R. T The Railway Presidents As sume Hostile Attitude Over Night. . TO SUPPORT MANAGERS Ill-othorlioocl HiiitLt Asked Chief Kvoentive to Modify I'ropasl. tion Which lie I'ut l'l to Them. WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. Tho heads of the railway brotherhoods today asked Wilson to modify to a certain extent the proposition put up to them In order that a strike might be avoided. Wilson early this morn. lng postponed the meeting with the railway presidents until two o'clock this afternoon. Ho was up early preparing an appeal to them. A cabinet meeting which was sched uled for today was canceled by the presldont. Many of tho railway presidents who have arrived In the capital are openly hostile and Are de termined to support their managers In tholr refusal to accopt Wilson's proposition to thorn. a -.-n o'clock this afternoon the railway presidents began to arrive at tho White House. But few of hem walked, most of them rode In autos or (axis. Tho trainmen failed to complete their balloting on Wil sons proposal at noon today. They adjourned their meeting until 2:30 this afternoon. PHILIPPINE BILL IS NOW READY Provides for Inci'Ciuteil lii(lociHleqce l'Nr Is hinds', y . WASHINGTON, Auk. IS. Tho Iiouho of representatives today voted 34 to 27 passing the 'Philippine bill, which provides for Increased In dependence for Ihe Islands. Tho hill hnd already passed the senate and fs now ready for Wilson's signature. rsi-3 ixiXTiucrrv on mixkk The contractor for tho federal building today Installed an electric motor oh his cement mixer In place of the gasoline engine which Ho has been lining, Tho gnu engine was un steady and failed to give satisfac tory service. He says that he finds the electric motor gives milch stead ier power and 1 much morn depend able. It turns the mixer by means of a gear drive. II'ILSGN PUIS VETO Holds up Appropriations That Amount tq Many Millions. UPHOLDPRESIDENTS RIGHT Hill In Attain limMhu'cd In tlie Houso trl l!'pips,.Htnllv, Afd'r OltJtftl'-nahWi I'oiiion Ih KliiiilliiitfMl. WASHINGTON, Auk. 18. Wllmm today fit1 n t a iiichshko lo congr' J Hinting Unit ho bad vulocd tin; army appropriation mil. n in maii'ii turn he olijrf'trd to tins pruvhilotl exempt. InK r'-tlrfd offlrcrH from difwipllnft ami duty undnr the arllrlna of war. Wilson dfdiin'd that purh exemp tion war iinr'nnHtltutionnl. Tho liHwagn Raid "It Is with Kn nin rflnrtan'o that thn prpflldmit roturna thn bill whirl) wisely and pennrously provides for the national defense. Thn enlsllnif nrtk-N of war are undoubtedly arehalc as they have not undergone rovinlon for over a hundred years. Therefore; tho president more keenly regrets that he la unable to Rive ills approval to this revision of the articles of war." Wilson declared that tho officers, were not more petitioners and un holds the president's .right to sum.- mon them to duty In case of an emergency. The veto holds up appro-" priatlons amounting to $267,000,000 and delays the general military ra organization. An hour aftor the veto was re ceived Chairman Hay of the house military committee again Introduced, the elimination of the aritcles of war. A bitter conference fight fs expected on the now bill. AKItHSTKI) VOW CKOSSIXa HOSR Clarence Coffel nnd T. w. Mun- yan wore nrrosted today following tho firo on Jackson Btroot charged with having driven over the fire hoso with tholr vehicles. The new ordinance recently passed by the council prohibits crossing tho flro hose with either motorcycles or au tomobiles as It has been found that this nearly always causes the hoso to break. Mr. Munyan appeared and paid a fine of $1. RELATIVE OF LOCAL Roy Pettit Former Portland Man Killed by Wife in Michigan. JEALOUSY IS THE CAUSE. .Munlvml Mini , Wn.s lVrimrly Clark, in Multnomah Hotel nnd Has . VIhIUmI I'YtMiiiently lu This City. MOUNT CLEMENS. Mich., Aug. IS. Hoy Fettit, 39 years old, a ho tel clerk here, was shot and killed yesterday in a downtown stroot by his wife, who before hor mnrrluge wuB MIhh Elniicl Hess and who was born In Portland, Or. She has a brother, Clarence Hbhs, a farmer, now living near Portlund. His moth er Ih dead nnd It Is not known whoro her father Is. Mrs. Pottlt was crazed by Jonl otisy. Kho and hor husband hnd qnnr. reled frequently over tho husband's alleged attentions to other women. Yesterday's tingle qnnfrel started when Mrs. I'el'lt, who hnd followed Lor husband from the hotel, entered a drugstore and found hi in engaged In conversation with Mrs. McMurray, of Marlon, Ind., a natron of the ho tel In which Petllt Is a clerk. "This man Is my husband," Mrs. Pei'lt told Mrs. McMurray, as she seized Pettit and led him away. "In that the woman?" she wa heard to ask him, as they moved toward the street. Pettit made no reply. Mr. nnd Mrs. Pettit were seen walking up and down tho street fop porno time afterward. Mrs. Pettit was evidently much excited. Pettit seemed to bo trying to quiet her. Mrs. Pettit. without a word of warning, fumbled in her handbag a second, then drew a revolver, with which she began firing. Rho shot five times and every bullet took ef fect In tho head or chest of Pettit, who isih dead when help reached him. "My husband," she said, "kept company too much with oilier wo n.cn. so I killed him." That was all Hbo would say. It was said that Mrs. Pettit had recovered somewhat and that she hnd Indicated that she would plead tem porary insanity If placed on trial. Prosecutor Kent said that Informa tion charging her with niurdor in tho flrHt degree would bo filed at once arid that the case would bo pressed to trial. Roy Petllt was well known throughout Oregon, having been, em ployed In hotel work In several cities and having traveled extensively, es pecially In tho southern part of the state, as publicity agent for tho Mult nomah hotel. Relatives of Mr. Pettit reside In Itoseburg, whoro ho has frequently visited. He was cousin of W. A. Pettit, city editor of the Itoseburg .tevlow, who, with his wlfo, left Wednesday for Ocoan Park, where he Is spend ing his vacation.