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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
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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.