EVENING NEW: THE WEATHER Shower Tonight & Thursday. Highest temp, yesterday 7-3 Lowest temp, lust night 60 Member of Associated Press VOL. VIII. ROSKBURQ,' DOUGLAS COUNT!', OREGON. WKUNKS1UY, APKII, 35, 1017 No. 00 U. S. ARMED SHIP SINKS SUBMARINE E KKAKCH FOR ROY. MAVOn'S COAT 11IKX8. THE ' IS H TO Ml Naval GunnersScore Bulls Eye - in Encounter With Kaiser's ., Commerce Destroyer. WAS GOING FULL SPEED Periscope of Submarine Shattered nt ... Distance of One, Thousand Yards Officers Watched - Effect of Shot. . ANNIVERSARY O KX1NGTON (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 25 April 19, the day gunners aboard tho liner Mongolia in firing the first shot of the war, sunk a German submarine, was the an- v niversary oi tne aay on wincii the first shot of tho revolution Was fired at Lexington. LONDON, April 25 United States naval gunners aboard tho steamship Mongolia made . a clean hit at a thousand yards, shattering the perl scope and singing a German subma rine that was attacking the ship. Captain Rice, of the trans-Atlantic liner Mongolia, which arrived at a British port today, told the Associ ated Press of the encounter, and said that his ship had fired the first gun of the war for America, sinking a hostile submarine. Indicating 'hat the shot was fatal, quantities of oils were Been on the water nfter the submarine disappeared, and even a msajnertinent fact that the I boat was destroyed was that the shell of the sea diver -immediately! klisap peared beneath tne surface follow ing the shot, captain Rico sta'.ed that a gun shell always ricochets, and can be seen again after striking the water, unless it finds Its mark. When the shot was f'red the Mon golia was going at fi'l speed, and after the spray of the striking shell had subsided, officers on the bridge ot the steamship clearly observed through glasses the spot where the submarine had, appeared, and are confident the German sea diver was destroyed. The encounter oenrreu on April 10, when -..e submarine at tacked the liner In British waters. . The nerlscope was first sighted dead ahead on the last afternoon of the vnvnee. and the captain at once or dered tho ship at full speed ahead, intending to ram the submersible. At tins time the submarine riisan- earcd and within a few minutes later appeared on the surface off the ship's broadside preparing to torpedo the liner. In the meantime- the gunners aboard the Mongolia had cleared for action, anu as auuu me ouumo. rinn showed itself on the surface fired, hitting it squarely and throw ing up immense fountains of spray. It was a clean shot, demonstrating the efficiency of the United States naval gunners In charge of tho gun. and the men. were warmly congratu lated by the officers of the ship. Captain Rice unqualifiedly prais ed the efficiency and behavior oi e naval gunners, who, he said, had previously named-the gun which was used so effectively, "Theodore Hoone vclt," so after ail .eddy fired the first shot of the war. Going fur ther into details of the affair which ended so disastrously for the U-boat. Captain Rice stated that it was 5:20 In the afternoon when they first sighted the submarine, and the mate shouted, "There's a submarine offi port bow." The submarine was too close, however, to act, so she sub-j merged and soon came utl on the side. The order was given for full speed and the ship swung round and started for the submarino under full head. At the critical moment the lieutenant gave the order to fire, the big gun boomed, the shot shat tering the periscope of the subma rine, which immediately sunk. The Mongolia is one of the larg est ships of tho trans-Anantlc fleet of liners flying the United States flag. CLI J. H. Sinnigcr, tho local tinner, re-Vf-vly completed a large clock dial that will placed on tho top of the new high school building In thin city. The entire piece of work Is made from sheet metal and Is very artistic In design, the numerals on The local officers today spent some time conducting a search here for a lad who the Eugene authorities claim was implicat ed in a robbery in th.yj city. The boy is -well known here and has several relatives residing in this city. - He was not located at a lute hour this afternoon and It Is thought that he is in hiding. ORK.GON POTATOHS HELD. .(By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, April 25. May or Albee, of this city declares that Oregon speculators are holding 80,000 sacks of pota toes for higher prices. He is asking the federal authorities toj take action against , these food speculators. the dial being of Roman character. The contract for the works of the clock has not yet been let, but will probably be in the near future. The diameter of the faoo of the clock is six feet and is so large that the num erals) will bo Ipasily distinguished from tho street when It is placed at the top of the building. Ono of the most thorough clock systems for any school in the state is being planned for this building. The plan will be to place clocks in each room of the building that will he electrically connected with the master clock which will be placed in the "study hall. This master clock will be fio arranged that when it Is set, it will'i automatically set the other clocks In the builuihg, sA that there will be no variation of time in the separate rooms. Buzzers will also be connected with" the clocks so that each period of the day will be announced at a certain time desig nated on the clock. Although this system may not be In operation at the time the new building is opened. it will soon after be installed ana will prove a great convenience to the faculty of the school. The large clock recently finished by Mr. Sinnlger will also be connect ed with the master clock of the building and will be one of the larg est in this city, to be operated in that manner. :l CARN1 The i917 carnival decorating committee composed of J. P. Hutcha sdn. chairman; Howard Uhllg, Chas. Zwcigart, Roy Durbin and Irvin Brunn. has entered Into a contract with Roy iiufnam for the decorat ing of the city for the strawberry carnival. After much thought and a great deal of figuring the committee decided to award the decoration In one contract in order to get a very low figure on the cost and to be sure that nil would be In readiness for the opening'of the carnival. When the arches are re-coveied and re-nalntod and decorated with banging baskets and floral .decora tion they will present a most at tractive display. Each arch will be electrically lighted and It has been suggesteu that.at each corner of the four-way arch on Cass and Jackson street a booth bo erected within the pillar of the arch and from these booths let each visitor to the city be given berries or roses. The com mittee would like to see this Idea carried out and believe It would bo an innovation pleasing to all our peo ple as well as the visitors to our city. Hanging basnets on the telephone poles and light poles with evergreen trees lining both sides of Cass and Jackson and Sheridan streets, from the Ros?burg hotel to the McC'lelian house w ith overhead ropes of stream ers In carnival colors interspersed with an abundance of V. S. flairs will make our city a place of beauty and a joy during tho carnival. The com mittee' believes that the decorations alone will be worth coming from any part of Oregon to see. Word was received In this city to-! day from looking Glass that a negro preacher recently visited that place and made a talk against the govern ment and president of the United State. He waa made the object of ridicule in the Looking 01 ana dis trict and several of the residents of that place state that It la their ho The British Gradually Forcing Wedge Into Teuton Lines Village is Taken. BATTLE IN MEXICO Villa. Followers Severely Whipped by Gorerotnent Forces General Ochou Killed Many Are Wounded. (By Associated Press.) April 25. In pushing the British offensive, General Halg's army cen tered an attack along a three mile front, yesterday, between the Scarpe and Cojeul rivers, where -further gains were made. South of Arras, little by little the British are forc ing their way into the German lines between Cambrai and St. Quentin, aud over 300 German soldiers cap tured. The village of BUliem was taken from the enemy during the day's fighting. Villa Troops Defeated. t-flau, April m. neporiB reaching here state that three and Carranzlsta cavalrymen engaged Villa's main command, yesterday, at the Carmen ranch, in western Chi huahua, and that many of the latter's troops wore killed or wound, and his a -my put to flight. General Manuel Ochoa, the Villa commander, was killed and his body found. Losses to Villa's force total 300 in killed and wounded. Ieenlliig on America. WASHINGTON, lAlpril 25. Brit ish Foreign Secretary Balfour said . today that the allies do not think of asking America to depart from j her traditional policies, or to enter into any formal alliance which might later prove embarrassing. He said tnat the anies' confidence In America was not based on such shallow con siderations as arise from treaties, staling that "no treaty could Increase our unbounded confidence in the fact that the United States, having come into the war, will see It through to the end which we all hope for," MET LAST NIGHT The meeting of the local chapter of the Hed Cross Society was held last evening In the offices of thee First State and Savings Bank and a J large number was in attendance.! Standing committees of the follow-j ing members were elected, civilian relief, W. H. Richardson; military j relief, E. n. Stewart; meniDersnip, i Mrs. Wm. Bell; finance. It. H. Turn- er; publicity, Mrs. Chas. L. Hamil - ton. Those who were elected to serve on the board of directors are: F. H. j Vnurchill. O. P Coshow. ..irs. Chas. Wharton, N. Rice, Mrs. Chas. Selec- man, J. M. rnrone, u. J. Stewart, Martha Perry, W. H. Fisher, Mrs. Geo. Sewell. Mrs. I. B. Nichols, Mrs. Wm. Harris, Mrs. 8. A. Sanford. B. . strong ana ypi fl.ngm. Tho secretary of the chapter was j Instructed to order from Washington, . C. the Red Cross educational pro-: grama which cover the following! clauses, first aid, elementary hygiene and home care of the sick, dietetics, preparation for surgical dressings. Instructors for these classes must he authorized from the national headquarters at Washington, D. C, atid the classes will be started aa soon as the instructors arrive. The menihcrslrin committee is still hard at "work and the enrollment at the prefnt time Is 250. ller that he was Cemenied. The of ficers in this city were notified to day of the speaker and information was received that he Is headed to wards Ten Mile, where It Is believed he will attempt to make another talk. The ueputieB In that district wire Immediately notified and In case he starts any disturbance there he will probably be placed under ar rest. According to those who heard hts talk, it was of a very treasonable na ture and in a few words the negro n,1i..nn,l V. A i.ri.iil irt tl, . omi-llll" li'r ii v v mix - ' II, in Mia ctHtiirlo I u -j r, a tUa na tional situation is anything but sym pathetic and unless he discontinues his talks, the sheriff today stated that tie will be compelled to leave this country. The negro visited this city several days ago and talked to local people, stating that he was from the West Indies and was making a tour of this country In tht interests of humanity HONlftl GUARD GIRLS GUKST8 . The members of the Girls' Honor Guard are to be the guesia of the fourth company on Thursday evening when they will be entortuined with a de- ltghtful dancing party at the armory. Ott's orchestra will play and special planB have been made for this event. .- ORDERS EXPECTED. Orders for mobilization of the coast artillery, O. N. Q., are not expected until after congress has settled tho conscription bill now before that body, according to Col. C. C. Hammond, who attended a meeting of the gon- oral staff in Portland Sunday. This seemed to be the general opinion of all members of tho staff present, says Colonel Ham- niond. - PHYSICAL TEST GIVEN. At tho. examination of the members of the fourth company last night It was found that out of fifty men, all but three were In almost perfect condition. One or two others were unable . . ,, ,h. ,,, and were examined today. - 'Another test will be given Thursday ov- eqlng and It Ib probable, that a few others will be .eliminated at that time. The examination was as rigid as Is given by tho federal authorities. ' POLLMAN ELECTED. William Tollman,, of Baker, yesterday was electee president ot the Cattle aim Horse Breed ers Association of Oregon nt the fourth annual meeting In La Grande. Other officers are George H. Russeli, Prlneville, first vice-president; W. H. Daugherty, Portland, second vice-president; William Ruby, Bnkor, treasurer; S. O. Correll, Baker, secretary. Mr. Pollman has' big intercuts In the wntor and light plant hero and only a few days ago visited this city. TAKES EXAMINATION. Leland Brown, son of Attor ney General George M. Brown, yesterday took the examination at Portland for a commission In the officers' reserve. He has been a non-commissioned of ficer in the fourth company for some time end has had several years experience In military training. He Is making an ef t fort to secure a commission as Bccond lieutenant and In the event that ho Is successful will go to the 1'resniio wnere in will go into training, A . A A A A v v J II I T ROIIERT HEAD WANTED. Robert ' Head, a Rosejiurg ,,, i. ,,, ,,i i i, ,,.,.,. n A ,h 'hllri,0 m'the theft nf a A , ,.,. nnll .olne 0,,CI. - ftr,iu, frnm n rnntu mate In room that city. The theft Is alleged to have been committed there last Wednesday night. Head went to Kugeno from Roseburg. It Is said that he Is wanted here on a charge pre ferred against him by a girl. , The young man Is believed to have gone north, as ho would perhaps not attempt to paBS through this city on account of the charge aguinst him here. KHKCT APAKT.M KST HOl'Hti John Hanks today anounced that he would soon erect a two Btory modern apartment house on his property on Fine street near the Christian church. Mr. Hanks has been contemplating this for some time and will soon let the contract to local build ers for the construction. Ho will have the house arranged In four apartments with thro rooms In each apartment, which will he equipped with a IT tTie modern conveniences. When finished It will be one of the most modern In thin city and he will have little difficulty in renting It. Agitation for Removal of the Chancellor Revived Inter nal Troubles Cause. FIRST MONEY OF LOAN British Ambassador Gcta Warrant for Two Hundred Million of ' American (Villi for Fin ancing; tho War. (By Associated Press.) COPENHAGEN, April 25. The movement for the overthrow of Chancellor von Bethmunn-Hollwcg. that was for the time halted by adoption of the ruthless Buhmurino campaign, is agnln taking on activ ity in Germany. Renewal of the agitation against the chancellor Is encourage by dissensions over in ternal troubles and reforms demand ed, possible peace and shortage of food throughout the empire. Til fling Sum of h!M,oo,00O. WASHINGTON, April 25. Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo today handed1 tho British ambassador n treasury warrant for $200,000,000, .he first loan mado to any of tho entente governments by the United States under tho 7,000,000,000 war finance measure. Houator Itoruli May Retiro. SAN FKANCISC'B. April 25. Senator Borah, of Idaho, will retire from active political affairs at the end of the present torm, Is the report curront hero. LOCAL SECTION HANDS L OFKKIl TO COUNTRY. . 4 (Ry Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO. April 25. The crops of volunteer oats, Imrloy and r' hay, growing on the right of way of tho South- ern Pacific lines In California and Oregon has been offorod free of charge to the farmers , 4 by General Aiannger Scott. It Is estimated that over 12,000 acres are Involved In these or- dors. Ho has ulso ordered all the division superintendenta to 4 urge the section hands and 4 agents to use the right of way for truck .gardonlng. This will grentiy affect the local section hands and it Is very prob able that a large number of them will immediately plant gardens and It Is thought that the work will be taken up locally with great Interest. The right of ways through this coun ty nmounts to a great acreage In Itself and If planted and put to use for the raising of food stuff will add greatlv to the output from this stute. The soil Is all considered exception ally good here and for that reason will yield a great deal. Tho local agent has been notified of this o;der and will instruct the section handu Immediately, 10 BEGIN AT KLAMATH (By Associated Press. 1 KLAMATH FA M8, April Within the next thirty days 25. work will probably begin on the first 20 mile unit ot the California & Kaflt ern Railroad to Ilray, Ore. cam;i intiKC .r. A quantity of rhubarb was dellv ered at the cannery of the Kugene Fruit Growers Association yestisrday and It Is cxpectud that the cunning machinery will he started a train to day to work up this consignment and to can a quantity of broccoli that has come In during !h" past few days. A short run was made few days ago on broccoli that wn:i shipped in from Koseburg. Will 1'iim Thmimli Krldiiy. A moBfRKe was received this RAISE GARDENS morning from I.00 DoVaney to the nindn by the last legislature. Altcr .ffert Hint ho will miss tliroueh this! native bids, however brought some city Friday Instead of last night na was expected. He has Joined the avi ation department of the regular army and will soon be stationed In Texan. Mayor Rice came nearly hav ing to resort to the proverbial barrel this afternoon when he dropped his pipe In hts pocket forgetting to knock out tlu ashes. Ho had gone Into the city hall for tho purpose of at tending to a few of the city business matters and shortly nfter his entruueo began to sniff the air to locate tho di rection of tho acrid Binoko reaching his nostrils. He con ducted a careful search about the office before he finally dis covered that his own coat waa in flames. It was only a few seconds of Industrious effort hn foro ho had extinguished tho conflagration, but it will be- como devolvent upon him to purchase boiiio new at tiro. ATTHMIT TO POISOX 11M)A(JKS L. G, Hicks today received a let tor from his mother, Mrs. 0. N. Hicks, who Is now located at Palo Alto, Calif. Mrs, Hicks has been engaged In Red Cross work, going to San Francisco several times each week. She states that a large quan tity of bandages were discovered to have boon covered with powdered carbolic acid and powdered glass. Hindi donation is now being vory carefully Inspected. v IN WISCONSIN. Word was received In this cltp to day from Bud Stephenson, who Is at tho present time located In Madi son, Wis. He states that ho Is en joying his Btay in tho east Immensely. I.ADY TRUSS AGI4NT WORE Emma C. Miller, the lady press agent for the Al. G. Barnes circus, which appears hero May 4, arrived In tli Ib city today. LOCAL BOY PASSES Benjamin Caro returned this morning froi Portland where he has spent tho past few days taking an examination for the officer's re servo corps. Ho states that he was very successful In tho examination and succeeded In passing. He Ib expecting a cull to the San Francisco Presidio at any time. Mr. Curo's previous military training aided him a great dtml In securing a place In the corps and In case ho is called he will pnfhably ho put over a squad of njen to drill them for active ser vice Tho physical examination pass ed was very strict and many of the applicants wero unable to make It. Those who happened to take the examination ut the same time Mr. Caro did and who formerly lived In Ibis city wero Wallace llenson, Hlrd Vinson and Conrad Sluro, of Mel rose. C. S. Helnllne, will leave this ev ening for Portland, Celllo and Tho Italics, having been onlered by the head of the Indian service to make an Investigation of conditions there. It Is understood that Columbia river nsbeimen have been encroaching up on the rights of Indians nt Celllo and The Dalles and that the department will make some provision In correct ing the condition. iMr. Helnllne will probably gather evidence which will be turned over to the district attorney for Investiga tion and It Is the belief that the mat tor will he brought before the courts for settlement, several legal inatierH as well as treaties and contracts be ing Involved. SOLDIERS HOME According to word received 'n this city niKlit bids have been received for the new hospital Imlldluit for the Soldiers' Home In Itoschum. Tin lowest hid of all received was Ilia of John Alineler. of l'orlhind, who hid 24.K'fi. None or tne mis were wllhln the ym.inia appropriation below that mark. Oilier bids wc-e also received by the board for olli'-r buildings that have no bearlntf on lo cal Issues. Former RoseburgGirl Regains Child and Gets a Pardon From Gov. Withycombe. IS WELL KNOWN HERE lilvcil in This City for Severn! Years Before Departure for lort laml Legal lliittlo Is Fought in Courts. "Mollle Bowers has made good," says an article In this morning's Oregouinn. Mollle Bowers, who was formerly Mollle Stump, of this city, has been In the public eye for sever al months and is well known In this city, having lived here for a num ber of years. The article follows: The pretty divorcee, whose un happy early lifo led to her being de- nieu U6r Many girl by the Juvenile court, troni tho. custody "ot which two sensutlonat attempts were made by the mother to kidnap the young ster, has been pardoned by Gover nor Withycombe and her child has been restored. Arrangements which crowned with Buccess tho hard fight of the young woman and brought sutislactlon of the Intense mother longing were completed within tho lust few days. It was a transfigured Mollio Bow ers who visited the Juvenile court yesterday to thank Judge Tazwoll tor the return of the child. It was a Jubllunt smlllng-oyod Marion Bowers aged 6, who waved good-bye and .lroinlsud to visit the judgo often. "I'll come back soon tomorrow" promised the child. . Mollle Bowers Is litit a child her- 3olf In year, despito an unfortunato early mnrringo and experiences which have brought a few liuea of ' euro about decidedly attractive brown eyes. "Pretty" as applied to Mollio Uowors, Is not tho steruotyped roiorouce to any young woman wlio breakB Into the news, parscrlption. liowei Is not the young woman's name today, but It Is the 0110 by which Bho Is known to renders of tho nows, and tho one. she bore un til her secoiiu marriage a real love mulch tins time, not many months ago. Mother and child have been sep arated for a year and a half, but their reunion by court order will bo permanont If Mollio Bowers shows the same strength of character and will to live right for the sake of her daughter that she I111B shown since the separation. A legal battle over little Marlon Bowers began when the child was only 3 years old. Judge Gutons, tht-n Juvonllo judge, throo years ago, made Marion a ward of the court after Mr. and Mrs. Bowers had ap peared and each made charges that the other was incompetent to care for her. The girl was takon to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Grant in Dallas. Mrs. Bowers and her brother, Clell Stump, hired an automobile, seized the child in Uie yard of tho Grants In IJallus and took her- to Salem before depitfy Bherlrta from Polk county apprehended the kidnappers. Litigation for custody of tho child went to tho supremo court, which decided that the Juvenile court of Multnomah county still hud Jurisdic tion. In January, 1918, Juvenile Judge Clcoton ordered Marlon made a ward of the court, and took her from her mother. Mollio BowerB staged a -second kidnapping nnd fled Into Washington, again with her brother. She was traced, brought back to Portland and the child again pa?ed with a private family. Meanwhile Mrs. Bowers was Indicted by the grand Jury for kidnapping. The gh-l-iiiodier was parclod by Circuit Judge Morrow on her prom ise to live so' that she might deserve her child. This parole was ended by the pardon of Governor Withycombe. .Mollle Bowers married again, thia lime to n clean chap, wlto has en shrined her In the first real ljome she lias known for many years. She has renounced companions of evil 'Jays and has made a home for her daughter a home in which the Ju venile court is placing Marlon with tho conviction that the child will grow up In proper surroundings and with a mother love which has sur mounted miicn for the girl's sake. Onlered StrwtH ( Icancil. Mayor Itlce today Issued orders lo the street cleaning department to clean up tho city streets earlier than usual tomorrow morning In or der to hnve them in readiness for tho meeting of Odd Fellows. Several places about tho city were also given orders to clcajt up at once. 1