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VOL. VIII.
ROSKBURQ,' DOUGLAS COUNT!', OREGON. WKUNKS1UY, APKII, 35, 1017
No. 00
U. S. ARMED SHIP SINKS SUBMARINE
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KKAKCH FOR ROY.
MAVOn'S COAT 11IKX8.
THE
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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
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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.
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