The evening news., June 21, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

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VOL. VIII.
lUKSlOIll 1!;, lKH'GLAS COUNTY, ORHGO.N.
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, tOI7.
No. 1-18
THE
EVENING
Judge Commissioners and
District Artorney Work .
Diligently.
THE WORK IS DIFFICULT
All Details Must lie Carefully Ar
ranged as Any Legal Flaw Will
Hinder the Snlo of tho
Good Road Bonds.
The county court today worked
practically behind locked doors, the
word "worked" being fully explana
tory of the actions of the court. The
judge and commissioners delved
earnestly into laws and more laws
In an effort to bring about the cor
rect procedure for the issuance of
the county road bonds. They were
assisted by District Attorney George
Ncuncr and gave instruction that
they were not to be disturbed. The
task of issuing over a half million
dollarB in bonds is a very big one
and one that takes a great deal of
careful study. It is very probable
that the full plan will have been ar
ranged by tomorrow night.
The court Is anxious to issue these
bonds at once as the time is fast
passing for road construction and it
is hoped that several projects may be
started and brought well towards
completion before the lime has pass
ed. With the money offered by the
state highway commission to assist
in grading tho Prciflc highway, there
Is no doubt hut that a wonderful im
provement in the thoroughfares of
the county will be made before many
more months have passed.
The money raised by the bond sale
will be distributed according to the
plans announced and practically ev
ery portion of the county will re
ceive a laie beenfit.
The members of tho county court
are enthusiastic over the outlook and
are doing everything within their
lion ft once. They must, however,
oh? Vftall precaution In the work of
Issutr-l? bonds because of the fact that
any flaw will mar the legality of tho
Issuance. .
Beforo concluding thoir business
yesterday, tho county court took into
consideration the appointment of a
county physician and selected for
this responsible office Dr. K. B. Mill
er, one of the leading physicians of
the city. The appointment was mnd9
necessary by the resignation of Jr.
Houck, who has filled tho office v -ry
capably for the past few years, bat
who has been called into service in
tho United States army.
Dr. Miller has served in this eapac
ity previously and has demonstrated
his ability along this line. As a
practicing physician he has made a
decided success and the county is to
be congratulated on securing his sen
vices.
GO TO RED CROSS
Tho report of th judges
awarding prizes to the best kept
blocks in the city was as fol-
lows:
We your fudges appointed to
award the prizes for the two
best kept blocks in Roseburg.
beg to announce the following
results:
Rest kept block Hounded
by Iane, Stephens. Mosher and
Rose streets with the property
at 242 South Hope and al?o
246 South Rose being with-
held from prize money. v
Second best kept block
Hounded by Cass, Chadwick.
Oak and Kane streets with the
following property excepted
from prize money, .111 Kant
Oak and two garage properties.
Respectfully suhniutted,
W. .1. WKAVKH.
G Sl'THKItLAND.
V. WlMRKRl.Y.
Petitions were circulated and
unanimously signed by th
proiTty owners concerned, to
turn over the money to the Red
Cross nnd the recorder was au-
thorized that as soon as the p-
tifhs are returned to draw the
wmrunt tn favor of the soci-
etv.
4
MONEY" STIIvTj CXHX
Up to noon today $0007.26
had been subscribed to the Red
Cross from Douglas county. !n
this amount only one outside
district was included and the
$250 donated by the city was
not counted. This means that
Roseburg alone has subscrib-
ed almost as much as was ap-
portioned to the entire county.
FOItrST RAXGKlt HI' I IT.
O
Word was received at the
forestry office this morning that
E. L. Chapman, of Glide, a
ranger in the employ of the
department, was injured some-
where lit the Steamboat district
when a tree fell, mashing his
shoulder. The nature or ex-
tent of the injury could1 not be
ascertained. His companions
are carrying him out on a
stretcher an-, should reach Rock
creek late tonight, where they
will be met by a physician.
AT OFFICERS SCHOOL
District Attorney George Neuner
this morning received a letter from
his brother, Frank, who Is located
at the Presidio where he is training
for a commission as an army officer.
Frank is a student at Willamette
University and left a few months
ago for San Francisco where he is
entered in the training school.
He says that he is keeping buy
with the drilling and study and i?
now beginning on a study of mili
tary law. Friday he will go out to
the fort where he will spend five
days at field work, shooting and tar
get practice.
T
Sheriff Quine Makes Double
Capture and Will Take
Men to Portland
SIX PRISONERS IN ALL
UniUNl .States Marshal and Sherifl'
Ouiiio Will Tuko Six Men to
rortliuid Toniuht or
Tomontm1.
Roy Goodman, who deserted from
the TUexicau border about a year ago
was taken Into custody by Sheriff
George Quine last night. Goodman
was serving under Captain Clayton
at Calexlco at the time of his deser
tion during the recent Mexican
trouble.
He is a resident of Oakland, Ore.,
and is quite well known in this vicin
ity, and was evidently on his way
home when taken by the officers. He
has been trying for some time to
be reinstated in the service, it is
understood, and it is probable that
the charges of desertion will not be
pressed against him, provided that
he is taken back Into the army.
Sheriff Quine also succeeded In
taking another slacker, a transient,
who gave the name of Christen
Herg. Berg was accosted by the of
ficers and when a:ked for his green
card, failed to produce the necessity
ticket and was consequently walked
to the lock-up.
Goodman and Rerg. together wil'i
Sam Slide. V. E. Collins and Bonaid
Mathlson, the yeggmen who were ar
rested Sunday at Kiddie, when they
attempted to crack the safe at the
postoffice, will be taken tonight or
tomorrow morning by 1 S. Marshal
Hermann and Sheriff Quine to Port
land. William Hundt. the other flacker,
who was arrested Saturday by Mar
shal T. .1. Williams and turned over
to,the
unty will also be taken to
Portland at the, same time and will
appear before the federal court to
answer for his failure to register.
This is one of the largest number
of prisoners to be taken from Kose
burg at any one time for several
years, and as all of them are desper
ate, the officers will keep a close
luar(i uI,on them.
Mm, Dan Coffell returned this
morning from Rutherlln where ahe
has been spending a couple of day
with friends.
Worthington and RhoadeB, con
! tractors, are putting In a cement
! foundation and basement for the new
1 house being built on Pine street by
John Banks.
IIC1TY DONATES TO
Council is Unanimous in Vot
ing to Extend Aid of City
to Organization.
ATTORNEYGIVESOPINION
Says Tluit As Residents of City Have
Enlisted For Service lu Anny
ami Navy City Hum Right
to Donate Funds.
With the unanimous sanction of
tho entire council, Recorder Whip
ple was this morning authorized at
a special meeting of the city govern
ing body, to draw a warrant on the
general fund to the credit of the
Red Cross Society for the amount of
$250 as the city's donation to this
work. In addition the city has given
the society ?f0 derived from the sale
of Junk at the recent clean-up, $10
from lines imposed on speeding mo
torists, and $75 paid to the Juveu
and for services at Red Cross
meetings.
The money was voted following
the opinion of the city attorney
which was us follows:
"1 find that the American Red
Cross is a society chartered by con
gress of the United States and that
it is tho only volunteer agency for
relief commissioned by the govern
ment in case of war or overwhelm
ing disaster. IU purpose is to give
aid and assistance to the sick and
wounded, not only in the case of
war, bxit also in the times of de
vastating plagues and epidemics)
and In great calamities, such as the I
San Francisco fire, the Ohio valley;.. , , .
finniiE tnA Tii.iiin ,ii.o0ini. nt,,i I Pardoned Criminals and Anarchisms
era of a similar nature.
"Subdivision IIS ot Section 35 of
the charter of the city of Koseburg
provides that the council has author
ity to 'do all things which a city
corporation can or ought to do to se
cure the health, peace and interest
of the citizens of its corporation. As
the United States is now at war and
u number of the citizens of the city
of Roseburg have already enlisted in
the military service of the United
States and as the Red Cross society
will aid In looking after the peace,
health and safety of the citizens of
the city of Koseburg who have en
listed I am of tho opinion that the
city has authority to appropriate
money to the Red Cross.
"Respectfully submitted,
"CARL 15. WIMBKRLY,
"City Attorney."
Several of the councllmen and the
mayor spoke on the matter, all be
ing heartily in favor of appropriat
ing this money, deeming It the most
equitable way of giving and one in
which every resident of the city par
ticipates. The following instructions were
received this morning by Capt. J. A
Buchanan, in regard to assisting the
selective draft boards in their work
"In order to facilitate the opera
tion of the selective service law, it
will be necessary that each local rcg
1st rat ion board be informed of per
sons within its jurisdiction who have
enlisted in any branch of the army
or navy, including the national guard
"There Ik enclosed herewith form
of notice which will be Piled out by
enlisting officer at the time any reg
istered person is enlisted and fen-
warded to the governor of the state,
if other than Oregon, in which it ap
pears that such person has registered,
and if registered in the state direct to
I ho adjutant general's office In Port
land.
"You are also advised that all
members of the national guard who
foi any reason are clinch urged from
the service will be required to regis
ter subject to draft. Men receiving
their discharges should lie di reeled
lo reciter immediately upon receipt
ftf hofr discharge, nresenting them-
solvit for that out nose to the count v
cn, k of the county in which they re-
side. Discharged soldiers failing to
register will be subject to arrest and
imprisonment."
('apt. Buchanan also received- or
ders to report at Portland at ! o'
clock Monday. June 2.it for the pur
pose of receiving instructions in pre
paring organ tzat ions for induction
into the federal service. The same
orders have been issued to all the
captains of trie coat artillery aad to
several of the first lieutenants.
George James, of this city, left last
evening for North Yakima, Wash
where he has accepted a position In
a Targe mill. He expects to return
to this city in the fall.
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OOUXTY DONATK.l) H)0.
Due to an error yestorday It
was reporteu that tho county
court had appropriated $250 fo-
the Red Cross work. This
amount should nave read 9500,
that amount bavins been ap-
propriated from the mlscellan-
eous fund In order to assist !n
this great woik.
SHERIFF IS ASKED
Sheriff Quine today received a let
ter from Postmaster Heam, of Phoe
nix, Ore., asking if a gold nugget pin
and also a small vial of gold dust
were found upon the men attempting
tho robbery of the Riddle postoffice.
These articles were not found upon
the men, but there can be no doubt
that these are the men who robbed
the Phoenix postoffice as pl.otographs
received by Sheriff Quine today bear
out this fact.
Girl Who Was Twice Wounded
In Command of the
Organization.
MARTIAL LAW IN SIBERIA
Create Roigit of Terror Hun
dreds Placed I'nder Ar
rest 2o Killed.
(liy Associated Press.)
PICTROGRAI), June 21. Minister
of War Kernesky officially reviewed
the "command of death," which is
tho chosen title of a regiment of
Russian womon, raised by the twice
wounded girl officer, Vera Bulteh-
karoff. This girl has seen a great
deal of actual service at the front
The "Command of Death" will have
the first place In the military parade
planned for next Sunday, and in a
fortnight will leave for tho front,
probably the Minsk section, expect'
ing to participate in the renewal of
tho fighting that is believed will soon
bo undertaken by the Russian army.
An Associated Press correspondent
visited the barracks where there wo
men warriors are quartered, find
found 300 girls busy drilling In the
arts of war. They wore their haid
cut close, and were between the
ages of 1 8 and 25. Many of the girls
were quite pretty.
liwIessnesH In Western Siberia.
PETKOGKAI). June 21. Martial
law lias been declared at Tomsk
western Siberia, as the result of
wholesale murders and robberies by
criminal classes who have allied
themselves with militant anarchists
after obtaining amnesty from the
provisional government. Following
the proclamation of martial law
about 2300 of lawless element were
placed under ariesi. by troops. Tn-
cluded in this number are 1 500 par
cloned criminals, while about 20 were
killed and a number wounded whll
resisting the soldiers.
BREWSTER VALLEY
RESIDENT KILLED
Clifford I.aird, the 17-year-old
son of James Laird, of Brewster
valley, was killed instantly lo-
day when he was struck by a
falling tte(.. Deinllr, cl the sad
accident were unobtainable this
afternoon, hut it was Indie ved
thiit he AS't Mling a tret- when
III HIIIJIC IIH11IIHT llf Vilt IMlIlltv
by it in Its fall. A message
was sent to this city shortly
after 12 o'clock, to Mrs. itiriKer
I.aird. Ht.itlng that Clifford bad
been killed.
Binder Laird resides in this
city and drives the Peel stage
for Kd. llinltle, A party inking
the car driven by Orin Thomp-
son left shortly after receipt of
the niessaue unci met biui on his
trip to this city from Peel and
informed him of the accident
and arrancNient were made so
1 h : t imuicrliHicJy upon bis ar- 4
rival In thm city he left for the
borne in the valley, 4
Clifford Is survived by his par-
enls and by three brothers and
three nisters, Binger, Joe and
Ivan being the brothers, and
Kthel, Kva and Mildred the sis-
tors. No arrangements have
been announced for the funeral.
Many Cities in Northwest Al
ready on the Honor
Roll For Quota.
ANOTHER $100,000
ortland I mi eases Her Contribution
liy One-Third Thirsty Wash
ington. .May Ship in
lloozc.
(By Associated Press.)
W ASK I NGTO N, J u ne 2 1 The
Red Cross campaign has reached
tho middle of tho week, pnd so far
only about half of the desired $ 100
000,000 has been pledged. In the
opinion of Henry Davison, head of
the Red Cross war couiutt, "the
critical period in the drive has r riv
ed," and during the remainder r? the
week the alloted goal should be over
subscribed rather than to let up on
t ho work now." It is expected th;t
tho northwest will raise a half mill
ion more than promised. Hoaquiam
and Wenatchee, Wash., and La
Grando, Ore., have joined tho honor
roll of cltle3 which have reached and
oversubscribed their allotments.
Everett, Wash., has practically her
quota, and Centralia, of the same
state, reports $9000 pledged out of
$10,000 allotted to be raised there.
Oregon cities are doing quite as well
In many instances.
rortluud Raises Figures,
PORTlxANO, Juno 21. Up to
Thursday noon, so far as could be
leurned, Oregon has contributed
$400,550 to tho Red Cross. Portland
had contributed $191,783 and then
not satisfied with the apportionment
for that city voluntarily raised the
figure to $300,000 to be raised here.
This mukes a total of $700,000 that
Oregon will put Into the Red Cross
fund, und this sum probably will be
Increased.
May Quench Thirst.
SPOKANE, June 21. Superior
Judge Hurn deciding that tho filing
of a referendum petition with th?
secretary of state suspended the op
eration of the bone dry law, the
county auditor immediately rn-opon-ed
the '.iquor permit department of
his office. Permits for shipping liq
uor can now bo obtained until July
I, when the national law will make
shipments Impossible.
Will Resume Offensive.
LONDON, June 21. The Russian
council of workmen's and soldiers'
delegates has voted confidence In the
government, and also urged ri uii)
tion of the offensive moveinn'. against
the Germuns.
OVERLAND AUTO STAGE
TD COOS CO. POINTS
Ware Bros., of this clly, have es
tablished an Overland auto ' stage
line between Roseburg and Myrtle
Point, Cocjuii.t and way points, the
first trip to be made tomorrow.
These gentlemen have hud this mat
ter In mind for several months, and
during the latter part of the winter
announced that this stage line would
be established In June. They will
uso Overland ears for the business,
the start being made daily from the
I'nip'iua hotel ut f a. m., and arriv
ing Cociillle at l::io. Leaving Co
(uille at it : 1 ft a. m., the cars will
reach Koseburg by three in the aft
ernoon. Tuesday and Wednesday
Messrs. War spent In going ove
the mad, established headquarters
In Myrtle Point and Coquille, and ar
rived home last evening. They are
careful drivers nnd well known in
Itopehiirg, and will doubtless enjoy
a good patronage.
Word was received in this city
today that the Woodmen of the
Wo r l d w ho a re m net ing In co n ven
tlon nt Chicago, have agreed to cover
the war risks of the M embers insur
ed and who have enlisted for mt
vice. The increase in losses, if any,
will be made up by added aHne"
menls which will hardly be notice
able, being divided among the many
members.
A. C. Mm stern, of Ibis city, 'k
one of t hose in attendance at the
convention and Ik taking part In the
business procedure. He represents
the local camp which has several
members Included In those to whom
the insurance decision will apply.
II KAILS MHilCO L.VVi:l(.
For the Brat, time since ink-
ing his scut. Judge Hamilton
listened to tho argument of a
negro lawyer. The attorney,
who is from Los Angelf-s rep-
resents sevcrnl defendants In a
case brought to recover on land
purchased at the Harding
tracts.
somh inn mtE.vcu.
One widow, who liaa boen
left a little fortune of $20,000,
refused to contribute one dol-
lar to the lted Cross fund to-
day. The other, who had no
fortune left her, has no income, v
gladly gave fifty cents In the
Interest of nurturing humanity,
und In order to do this, will
bo forced to sacrifice pos.llly
O the necessities of li(o. Two
womon of Uosoburg ullowcd
tho Red Cross committee to
stand at the door and knock
for ten minutes, before they
would be courteous enough to
open the- door, and they knew
tho committee was at Die door,
and also knew thoir mission.
JOHN 1. rONTItl MUTES.
(By Associated Press. 1
NEW. YORK, June 21 The Rocke
feller foundation has pledged $5,
000,000 to the Red Cross fund.
PASSES THROUGH.
A private car occupleu by mem
njora of the interstate commerce
commission passod through this city
today. The comlmsslon has been n
California on government business
and is now enroute to Washington,
n. C.
SHELL LIFE BOATS
AFTER SHIP SINKS
Survivors of British Ship Are
, Picked Up by French
Patrol Boats
FROM RUSSIAN FRONT
Himlciihiirgs Linos Reinforced
I'll nch Stop Attack Along Mile
Fnmt-ljim.se .Slight In
Flint I J no Trenche.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Juno 21, German subma
rines, uftor torpedoing und stukleg
a British steamer stood by and watch
tho crew iimn the life boats, and
when tho survivors were safely in
tho small boats shells from the sub
marine s guns were rained upon
them, killing eight of the sailors
French patrol boats hove In sight and
drove ov the subiuarine and succeed
ed In rescuing fifty of tho thlp'
sflrvlvors.
Ge-miiiiw Reinforced.
WAR ZONK, June 21.- Heavy
lighting Is progressing again al:ig
tho Alsne front In northern France
where the French havo been vii
trenched In a favorable position evei
Hltice the notable advance that was
made during the early spring drive
llimlenburg has evidently heavily re
in toreed the tioops In this section by
men brought from the Kusstan front
where there has been no fighting for
seeral weeks. One such division was
Kent Into battle directly after Its ar
rival. They made a "bitter attack
along a mile front, but French forces
stopped the (iermaii rush, sulforlim
losses only in tlOu yards of first line
t re ii dies.
Hiiffrairc'ttes on the .Job,
WA SI 1 1 NGTON. June 2 1 .The
peudstency of the suffrage sentinels
at I he White 1 1 on ne k ro u n d s in
hoisting banners bearing lii.-crlptiont-
which were Interpreted as treason
able, culminated in an anti-snffragc
deiiionsir;ition today, when a crowd
of nearly one thourand tore down the
banners carried by the women tor
the second time. This victory was
short lived, however, for the suff
ra Kists obtained two more banners
from their he;id'iarters, and police
ordered the crowd to let the women
unci thoir banners alone.
Fmmu told man Indicted,
MOW YORK. June 21. The feder
al grand Jury here today brought in
an indict m en t airafnnt Km ma flohl
man and Alexander I'erkman, culled
the two leading anarchists in the
I'nlted Stiites. They were charged
with conspiring to Induce men to
refuse to register for military pu -poses.
Both Kmma Goldman and
perkman entered a ploa of not
Kiillty. They were held under 2-,-000
ball each.
Message is Received From
Glenn Eddings Formerly
of This City.
PLENTY OF THIRTEENS
Leo Itovancy, Also of Roseburg, H In
Same Squudron Which is Noted
For tlie Many Thii teens
In IU Makeup,
Another message was received to-
day from Clenn Kddings, who 1b lo
cated with the American aero squad
ron at Fort Houston. Kddings is In
tho same camp us several of the oth
er Roseburg boys and judging from
the to no of his letters the work Is
rather irksome. He writes as fol
lows;
"Our squadron Is complete now
and wo expet to move at any time,
and when we move, we don't know
whore we will go, but 'we're on our
way.' Our squadron is known now as
tho "Thirteenth Aero Squadron."
We number 164 men and our equip
ment consists of aoroplaneB, ma
chine guns, motor trucks, motor
cycles and we are all armed with
rifles and Tevolvors. Everything Is
13, and the 13tl squadron. We
have a dog that wo call Thirteen",
and we were organized as a bquudu
ron on tho 13th day of Juno, so I
gueBO 1 am to have my share of 13s.
The first casualty we have had
was last Sunday, when one of tho
boys was working in the park dur
ing a heavy wind storm, when a limb
fell from a tree, striking him on the
head, killing him instantly. Ho was
from .Virginia.
"It la reported here that thoy are
going to increase thlB camp tc 40,
000 men. It now has about &.HUO. I
hope that 1 am out of here by that
time.
"Leo (Mike) Bevaney Ib trans
ferred to this bunch now. 1 am ruro
tickled as ho is from my home town
and the only one I really know In
the whole outfit. I Juat heard" that
wo aro to go to Dayton, Ohio, but
I won't believe It until we go. We
have 'some hospital' here in our
tent. One of the boys has a sliver
In his foot and one of his pals is
'prospecting" for it, and you ought
to hear him uowl when he digs too
deep. It is sure funny to sit Into
and watch them. The 'Br.' will stick
his 'patient' and look up at mo and
grin and I will grin buck, I sup
pose he will get tho sliver out If he
digs long enough, but J bellovo he in
just practicing on - .(.
"Wot sure get put through .tho
paces now In drilling. These darne.i
old guns weigh about u ton when
we got through. Three of the boya
bene pulled off a littlo 'horse play'
Wednesday. They paraded tho com
pany streets Imitating the 'Bplrlt o.
'70'. The II fo player used a tent
stake; tho snnr drummer used a
wash basin, and the. flag bearor had
a small Americnn (lug about 18
inches square. Tho boys had bandages
all over them nnd stained with red.
ink. It sure was some comedy. They
paraded around hero about three
hours In the afternoon,
"That noted aviator Stinson Is on
this nftcrnoon doing a lot of stunts.
I can sit In the tent and watch him
and of all the fool stunts, the best Is
where he throws IiIb mnchlne off on
tho wing, and loses control of it,
then eiitel"- control again. He has
drops for a hundred feet or more nnd
Just done It twice In HUc'cesHlon. The
denizens of the tall grans still visit
us, as one of the boys Killed a cou
ple of ropperhead snakes Inst nlirbt.
"Well I will ring down tho curtain
now ns I havo lo shoulder 'Old Meat
In the pot' and chase myself out pnd
drill. G1,KN'N KDDINU3."
fj A R (Jl NKR. Or., June 21.
(Speciul to Kvening News.)
The lied Cross work started
Monday In Uurdiner and outly-
Ing districts with much enthusl-
asm. Captain R, V. Allen ap- 4
4 pointel the following to sol. it 4
for Red Cross drive: Mrs. C.
llenson, Smith River; Gardiner, 4
Mrs. .lanell, Mrs. Weaver, Mrs.
Mary H. Jewett. Kverythlng Is
progressing above expectations.
Mrs. Mae Fields is solic iting for
members on Smith River. Mr.
Wcstly Keed has the honor now
of being a life member. This $
makes a total of one hundred 4
nnd fifteen membetn for Gar-
diner. The complete member-
ship list will be published later
with amount placed after each
name. Those contributing to
the drive wilt be published.