THE EVENING N THE WEATHER Fair Tonight and Tuesday. Hlghesl temp, yesterday ......8$ Lowest temp, last night 53 Member of Associated Press vol. vni. ItOSKBURtf, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1017. No, 137 :1 BIG OFFENSIVE DRIVE MADE BY RUSSIA YESTERDAY PART IN THE WAR Offensive in jGalicia and the Turkish Provinces Crowned With Great Success. TAKES MANY PRISONERS Thousand of Men and Several nig Guns Captured In Success ful Drive Berlin Re ports Adverse. (By Associated Press.) PETROGRAD, July 2. Minister of War Kernesky has wired Premier Lvoff that the revolutionary army has resumed the offensive, and July 1 captured Kontuchy, on the Galician front. The beginning of this offen sive was marked by the capture of 8400 enemy troops and 1G4 officers, according to anouncemcnt issued by the war office. itusslan troops made remarkable advance during the fighting, and suc ceeded In reaching the Koniuchy river, where they captured seven heavy enemy guns. All day Sunday the offensive was vigorously prose cuted against Turkish forces in the Caucasus, and there the Russians occupied the village of. Bngidja. Dur ing the drive1 Sunday more than lu, 000 prisoners from the various sec lions to which the fighting was con fined were taken by the Russians. Russian Loss A)nlUnir. BERLIN, July 2. Losses sustain ed yesterday by Russians in their of fensive, according to ciaiius of the Germany army staff, surpass any cas ualty list heretofore known In tho same length of time. Some of the units were entirely destroyed. . Civil War Feared In Cliiim. WASHINGTON, July 2. General Chang Hsun and other prominent military leaders of the Chinese army ae demanding the President Li the restoration of the Manchu dy- jiasty, according to state department -advices today. With apparent power behind them to back up their de mands, it Is greatly feared that the military leaders boosting the Manchu dynasty will precipitate civil war. Coming Just at the time when peace seemed to have been TeBtored in China, the probabilities of Internal strife being started immediately are very Kreat. It . is believed that President Li will resist the ultima tum as long as possible, although government resources are hardly able to cope with the situation. In event of the restoration of tho Man chu dynasty all those provinces south of Yangtse will doubtless re volt against the return to imperial ism. Northern 'provinces are believ ed to be backing the demands of militarists. Shun ShI-Ch.ing. guard ian of tne boy emperor, is support ing General Hsun. Under the pres ent situation In affairs of China the entry of that country into the war : is out of the question. ARRIVE FROM CALIFORNIA. Rex and Lionel Barker of Los Angeles, Calif., arrived here yester day to visit with friends. They will urobably remain here for about two weeks, before returning to the southern city. ' The following letter was re- 4 ceived today from the adjutant 4 general's office in Portland in 4 regard to the publicity given the 4 recent registration of tho. war census: Editor News: This will convey to you the personal appreciation of Gov- ernor Withycomhe and of my- self, for the co-operation of The Roseburg News in giving publlclay to so much news about the war census. Your patriotic assistance was of great help in the campaign under- taken by this office and to edu- 4 cate the people to their duties 4 4 under the war census, and1 is 4 4 much appreciated. Please accept 4 especial thanks for the prom- Inent heading given, in the Issue 4 of May 21, to the war census 4 4 summary, "Important Tacts about War Census." . Very truly yours, GEORGE A. WHITE. 4 Adjutant General. 4 ADJUTANT GENERAL THANKS EVENING NEWS i AIJ. IS READY. 4 Sheriff George K. Quine to- 4 day stated! that everything 1b in readiness tor the draft (or the 4 .national array and that the lo- cal board la all organized and prepared to pass on exemptions. The work of preparing the dtt- plicate carsd for the Portland 4 and Washington oftlces requlr- 4 ed a greater art of yesterday, 4 and a force from the sheriff' and clerk's offices (were em- 4 ployed, their services being do-, 4 nated. FORFEITED LANDS NOT TO It is utterly useless for any per son to attempt to acquire any pre ference right upon the lands of the Oregon & California grant lands, which have been declared revested in the United States by congress and the act upheld by the United States Bupreme court, according to a cir cular sent out by the department of the interior through the United States land office, and received at the Roseburg postoffice for posting. The circular goes on to say that no disposition can be made of the lands revested in the government un til after due classification and- the payment ,o, the taxes. Neither is there any method of filing on the landB. The department says the public wlll be given notice in due time and will be given definite terms upon which the lands are to be disposed of. Warning is also given against locators who claim to give preferen tial rights to lands. LANE-DOUGtAS LINE One of the worst pieces of -road on the Pacific highway and probably the worst in Oregon, lies in the rich and populous county of Lane a few miles south of Cottage Grove at the boundary of 'Lane and Douglas counties, says the Oregon Journal. A surprising feature Is that the road is allowed to remain in its present condition when a Tew hours' work with a grader would remedy it. During the wet season the stretch is very muddy. It has now dried out and resembles a hog wallow. The ruts are all the way from six inches to a foot in depth. ' A vehicle driven across it is pitched and tossed every position. LAND OFFICE DECISION! WAS AFFIRMED TODAY Attorneys Neuner & Wlniberly to day received word from the commis sioner of the general land office at Washington, D. C, to the effect that the decision of the receiver and reg istrar of the local land office had been affirmed In the homestead case Involving the estate of C. S. Jackson ffeceased. The government some time ago contested the homestead right of Jackson on the grounds that he owned more land than was allowed and that he did not maintain a reBl denco on the place. The local land office decided in favor of Jackson and with today's announcement from the head department, it was found that the homestead' will remain In the possession of Mr. Jackson's heirs. TO Mrs. O. C. Brown, who recently returned from the Oregon Agricul tural College, where she received full instructions In home drying, will give a demonstration in the same lo I morrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. B. W. Strong, on Soutn Main street. Mrs. Brown will Instruct those present as to the construction of a home made drier to be used on the kitchen stove and will also give a falk (upon the prefraratibn of fruits and vegetables for drying. ' M. and Mrs. A. B. Montgomery and family were Roseburg visitors today. CLASS EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT POSSIBLE Regulations Governing Selec tion of Men For New Army. Are Announced. WORK OF LOCAL BOARDS District Exemption Hoards to Pass on Industrial and Agricultural , Claims President Urges Impartial Work. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 2. Regula tions governing the selection of men tor the new army have been is sued, and it is specified that there will be no class exemptions, but each case must be decided -separately. Lo cal exemption boards will pass on exemption claims with the exception of those based on Industrial or agri cultural occupations. The district exemption boards will decide claims In the last two classes named, and will also decide all appeals from the decisions of local exemption boards. It is expected that the men will be called to the colorB Sept. 1, or as soon thereafter as the cantonments are ready for occupancy. President Wil son urges all exemption boards to work fearlessly In the performance of their duties, and to execise exact Impartiality in all decisions. Those who aro exempted from the the op oration of tho selective draft law in clude state, federal, county, and city officials, ministers of the gospel, por sons in the military or naval ser vice of the United States, German subjects or other aliens who have not taken out their first papers, em ployes of the federal navy, yards. armories and arsenels, persons with dependonts married men with do- pendent wife or child, son of a de pendent widow, cr son of an aged or dependent parent. UMPQIJA CLOB HAS The Umpqua club closed Saturday night for the summer months, but .III ...... 1 ...n l,a url ter and according to the plans of the I management, many other features! will be installed. Mr. Williams, the manager,. has left for Ashland where he will spend a short vacation and will return to this city and engage in other lines of business. FORMER DATE FOR "I have received no notice of change of date tor the call of tho coast artillery and as far as 1 can learn the original date of July 15 still stands." stated Captain J. A. Buchanan, when asked in regard to the recent reported change in mobili zation date. Orders wero Issued some time ago fixing the date of July 16 and It Is thought that talk of a change Is mere rumor as no notice of even a con templated change has been received at headquarters. EXAMINATION OF MEN Roseburg bankers appointed as a committee of the military training association of the United Slates have a busy time in sight. In view of elaborate de- tail for the performance or their duties which will consist of examining all Douglas coun- ly applicants for admission to 4 the tecond officer's training camp to be held August 27 to 4 November 26 at Presidio, Calif. Applicants must make applies- tion in person not later than 4 July 15. Information regard- 4 ing the examination has been 4 finished and It is thought that the work will require consld- 4 erable time. 4 4 44444444444444444 IAL FOR AREOPLANE BASE 4 . Mr, Kirk Inspector of the 4 federal building baa received 4 word from his son, George, who t some time ago enlisted In the regular army in the carpenter- ing corps. The letter was dat- ed at Bcdloe Island, New York, and he states that he haa been 4 promoted to Sergeant and was 4 aent to that place in advance of the troops to. Inspect mater- ial to be used in building an 4 aeroplane base in France. It 4 is thought that he will soon be sent to France and will prob- 4 ably embark with the next con- tingent. 4444444444444444 ALLEY INDICTED BY mum jury PORTLAND, July 1 A grand Jury in the federal court return- ed indictments against Frank E. Alley, of Rosetfurg, Ore., and Carlos Byron, of Seattle, Wash., on charges of using the United States mails to promote land fraud. They are accused of 4 having manipulated a location scheme affecting lands In Call- fornla. Twice previously thoy were Indicted but the enses against them failed' for lack of ovidence. Alley Ib well known In Rose- burg, having resided here a 4 number of years ' and at ono 4 time was owner of the Bonaday stock farm, a few miles east of 4 this city. Ho has mnny nc- quaintances here, but has not 4 resided in Roseburg for several 4 years. 444.44444444444444 LIST OF NAMES SENT FOR SELECTIVE DRAFT County Clerk Lenox last night forwarded lo the head department of tho selective draft at Washington, a com- plete list of the persons whose registration cards are in pos- 4 session of the local board. 4 These names have been com- -4 niled In numerical order and "'y board In the state has 4 bem required to do the work 4 in mat manner, ui me ov state boards, the drawing for tho draft will be held In Wushlngton and In case a nuin- ber 10 Is drawn, that number will he telegraphed to each state board and the person having that number will be re- quired to present himself to 4 the board for examination, in 4 car,e he claims exemption. Noth- 4 Ing authentic can be learned In regard to the whole affair, however, but the above expla- : nation is what has been do- ducted by the lpcal board mem- bcrs. 44444444444444444 HARRY ABBEY WAS KILLED IN ACTION 4 John Throne, cannier of the 4 4 Umiqiia Valley Bank, this 4 4 morning received a letter from 4 4 Thomas Abbey, who resides in Worcester, England. Tue ici- w 4 ter follows: 4 4 Please excuse me for troubl- 4 4 ing you, but I have a son, 4 Harry Abbey, killed In action 4 4 in France, April 9, 1917. We 4 have not seen him for 11 years, 4 4 so don't know anything of his 4 4 affairs, as he was not ablo to 4 4 see us before going away to 4 4 France. Have you an account 4 4 In his name or can you assist 4 4 ns in finding out somthing ot 4 4 his affairs? 4 4 THOMAS ABBEY. 4 4 Mr. Throne stated that the 4 4 boy mentioned had no acocunt 4 4 at the Umiiqua Valley bank. It 4 4 is probable that the deceased 4 4 had visited Roseburg at some 4 4 time and papers probably 4 4 found on his person, left his 4 4 parents to write to the bank of- 4 4 flclal In this city. Any one 4 4 knowing of this young man 4 should advise the bank. 4 4 4 4444444444444444444444444444444444 ARRIVE FT. RILEY Woodley Stephenson Writes Interesting Letter of Camp Life. PRETTY HOT IN KANSAS Has Men in His Charge and Are llecetvbitr Modlciil Instruction .May He Returned to ltiwobiilg After Three Months. Deans three times a day, and 101 in the shade," was the sum and sub stance of the first Word received In Roseburg from Woodley Stephen sou, one of the four Roseburg medi cal men to be stationed at fort Rlloy. Kans.. for a three month s training course. The lettor arrived today and he states that all of the Roseburg boys, consisting of Ralph tjuine. Her bert Qutne, Arch Milligan ond Dr. Vincil, are doing line and are well pleased with tho place, with tne ex ception UI UIU ttuouuun ii i" in,,,,,- I fmikinir tn which thev linvo all been accustomed. Woodley Stephenson writes a very interesting letter of the routine of tho work In the camp and ' slatos that at the present time then) are 24.000 men 'there rerotving training He has neon placed In ehariM of till men nnd has been separated from the rest of fneRoscliurg con'mgent." Tho day tho boys arrived there the thermometer showed 101, but the next day they had a heavy rain storm and the camp was flooded' lust a true sample of line Kans'S cli mate. Besides the beans, which thoy aro required to enl. they hud the nlcasunt experience of being allowed a small portion of stowed peaches as a desert. Woodley states that thoy tasted fine In comparison with the nrmv beans. The boys are required to be In bed at about 0:30 every night nnd to answer the morning buglo c ill at 5:15. Their drilling Is very light, however, and at the present tunc they are drilling an- hour nnd onr half In tho morning and tho same length of time in the afternoon. The -lay the lettor was written the boys wero subjected to foot In spection, preparatory to a leng h'ke, which they expect to soon take. M' Stcnhenjon states that he Is posi tive that after tho three months' course tiiey will bo returned to their respective regiments bo that thoy can drtW ntcn for actual wervlce and give them the benefit of their knowl edge. TAKE AN AUTO TRIP Albert Krogol, Charlie Rose, Ed. Couvor, Chester Main and Law rence Krogol, five prominent young men of tho Dlxonvllle district, are going on a 160U-niile uutomohilo trip over Bouthefir Ore gon, northern California and east ern Oregon, returning to their homo by way of Portland. They startod this morning In the Krogct auto and expect to reach Ashland in time to visit the roundup to bo held there the 4th of July. This will be a spe cial feature of the trip. GARDINER MILL DEAL IS According to a well authentl- 4 cated report reaching Roseburg today another deal Is pending for the sale of the Gardiner Mill Company's big holdings on 4 tho Umpqua to Koster Brothers 4 and other San Francisco cupl- 4 tallHta. If the deal goes through a new mill and allied 4 wood working Industries will be 4 put In at once. Messrs. Kos- 4 ter and others of the syndicate 4 were In Gardiner last week to 4 go over the properly nnd con- fer with O. II. Illnrdale, who Is 4 representing tho Jewell estate 4 4 and tho Gardiner Mill Co. In the 4 4 negotiation. The deal Ib of 4 4 Buch magnitude that it will take 4 4 several weeks to accomplish. 4 4 4 444444444444444 RF.SUi.N POSITIONS. A number of Roseburg young 4 men who are preparing to leave 4 4 for the mobilization camp with 4 4 the coast artillery on July IS 4 4 today tendered their resigna- 4 tions to their employers and 4 will take a short vacation be- 4 4 fore the time arrives tor them 4 to leave. These young men 4 display a very patriotic spin- in giving up their positiunB for 4 the United States government. 4 44444444444444444 REAL ESTATE DEAL . CONSUMMATED TODAY A real eatato deal was consummat ed today when T. B. Dean, of this cMy, traded bis property 'on North Jackson street tor nu apartment house In Portland owned by A. V Garrison. The apartment house contains five 4-room aoartmonts nnd two store rooms. The conslduiation .-involved a sum of glO.uOO. The deal was made through the Tester Real b.state Company In this city. Tonlg.H's Hi 3 night that a num ber of volunteers were to pro.sent themselves ut the Hoy 1'cout garden just south of tho Southern Pacific pumping station, with hoes, and do a little gar li-ning woik. Theso vol- Unicoi's are made up of nil classos of citizens of this city, ihisIiiobb men, capitalists, and pastorB, ond accord- I1IK IU irfBKHl UltllCUllUIIS, UIU.V Will l do their bit. The hoeing started nt 4 p. m.i'nnd will continue until the work la finished. The Girls Honor fiuard will furnlnh luni'h to the la borers. It goes wTTTio'it saying thut It will be greatly npprecinted. It la thought that the homing crow will bo made up of about 40 men. With this gaiiR laboring; with a bunch of boos, lite work ought to be accomplished In a short time. IS Articles of Incorporation have been illcd with Corporation Com missioner Schttlricrman at Sulem by the Umpqua Savings & Ixan Asso ciation, of HoseburK. Tito capital Is $200,000 and the incorporator are V. F. rinrrls, B. V. Hates, U Wimbcrly. R. N, Kwart. E.- F. Sttonpr, Joneph Mlcelli, C. W. Whar ton, H. O. Pargctor nnd (lcorK Neu ner, Jr. OF MIhh Ethel Webb has been placed In charge ot the lted Crosn work room In the Salman building and will collect tho sewing machines and furniture donntcd for the room to morrow. 1adiea who care to do nate services to the Red Cross work will kindly notify MNs bh, as to the dayn anu hours each day they can work. TODAY'S TOURIST TRAVEL VERY LARGE Today marked the highest tide of tourist travel for this season and many autos both from the north nnd sou tii passed through the city, many of the mstopplng In the auto camp grounds for tne night, wiille not a few remained at the local hntds. Sev eral cars from uouUieru California and Texas weie numbered In tho list and one from Vancouver. H. C. They all repotted' tho roads In fair condi tion, but rather hot wertlhur for ttavellir.g. They state that other cars are on the road and thut u greater travel Is expected within t he next two weeks. Many of tho cars arriving here today from the north vrrre headed for the Rogue river roundup at Ashland. E T Many Representatives Were y Present and Participated , - u In the Program. BUSENBARK ENDORSED v Will Service on Hoard of Road Com. inlxslonein to Kxpend Money Provided by the Recent Bond Tsnuo. Tho DouglaB , County Pomona Grange met In all day session Sat urday with tho Yoncnlla Grange, with representatives from Drain, Melroso, S. Doer Creek, Myrtle Creek and Wilbur In attendance. During tho closed session In the morning C. J. Hurd, county agricultural agent, gave a talk on bean culture and machiuery, and other lnattors strictly of Grange interest were dis cussed. John Busenbark, of .Melrose, was Indorsed as tho Grange represen tative to servo on tho county board of road commissioners to oxpend the money provided by the recent bond inane. Ten candidates were initiat ed into the Pomona degree. After ono of the dinners that the Grango ladiCB of Douglas county are famous for, an open meeting was , held and the following program ren- . dered: Violin solo, Lester Miller, ac companied by Miss Muttle E. Carr; address by U. A. Ward, biologist ot tho U. S. department of agriculture on the correct method of home made digger squirrel poison and best meth ods ot applying the poison; recita tion by Miss Vivian Carr; Mrs. Min nie E. Bond, of Eugene, stato lcc- ,,. .,. "rer f" 0 ,P"B ' ! " gilv0an J interesting -talk on tho conservation of food products on the farm, after -which R. A. Busenbark and Fred Goff, of the Melrose Grango, favor ed tho audience with a song. "W. C. Edward, of Drain, Pomona delegate to the State Orange, followed with an address on "Work Accomplished by the Stato Grange Session at As toria, with Special Reference to the Non-Partisan league of North Da kota." Mrs. Win. Kletzer, accom panied by MIsb Marcelle Carlock, then favored the assembly with a song. after which addresses were delivered by C. J. Hurd, C. M. McAllister, ut tho Union Meat Company and C. H. Bulloy. Only one Incident marred the pleasure of the day, and that was whon Kred (?Tff, of Melrose, ljctiMor of tho Pomona Grange, developed a minor engino trouble half way be tween Yoncnlla and Oakland and wup compelled to telephone for a tov iato tho Oakland. Y NEEDED FOR 30 DAYS The company commanders in tho coast nrMlli'iy have received lists of tho stores, clothing supplies, etc., to be taken on campaigns of different lengths. Ono of the lists is for a thirty-day raiupaign gives an Idea of the umouiit noccssnry Tor a large army for an Indefinite time. The list l quite lengthy and contains tiie nanu s of articles quite necessary for a campaign lasting for 3H days. MAM WUt UrrtKu TEN DOLLAR REWARD Mayor Nnpoleon Rice today announced that he offers n re- ward of $10 for the appreben- sion of the parties who took the sign announcing the f'rst prize for the best kept city lot from the Illo property and placed it on the Jo.iephson property on the cornet of Monher and Jackson street. Tho mayor states that he Is of the opinion ihnt i nch a trick U not-in the leaot bright and he will umlcav- or to find the guilty parties nnd punish them accordingly. Tho sitrn was taken from the property some time between Saturday night and Monday morning. '