THE EVENING N
THE WEATHER
Fair Tonight and Tuesday.
Hlghesl temp, yesterday ......8$
Lowest temp, last night 53
Member of
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. '