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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1918)
EENMG NEWS This Paper Has Enlisted With the Government in the Cause of America for the Period of the War THE WEATHER . Tonight and Friday Fair. Highest temp, yesterday 92 Lowest temp, last night 65 The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches i ma !."A. II" H if I II V Ml VOL. IX. MARINES CONTINUE Tl AIIAttemptsof Hunsto Retake Boureches Meet the Same Fate. AMERICAN HOLD GAINS French Moke Good Showing in Attack Against Gorman East Wing Knemy Advancing Slow ; ly in Matz Volley. (By Associated Press.) Paris, June 13 The French struck a heavy blow against the Gcimuii cast wing yesterday afternoon, hurl- inir the iluns bock to the norm uanK of Uie Mobs river. Hast of Lavorsino nnd north of Cutry. German forces have advanced as fur as a big ravine which shelters them somewhat. The sector between llourechos and liollcuut wood, held by United States troops, was the center of a vicious at tack yesterday, but the enemy was again thrown back with heavy losses by the marines and other American forces holding the sector. All guins made ai being held! by the Ameri cans, who do not back up so easily as Hun oftlcers pretended to believe earlier in the war. The enemy hits obtained a foot liold in Ooeuvrs and Stpiorre Haigle. Violent combuts are constantly oc curring between the Aisne and VII-lers-Cotterets forest, where the Ger mans have entrenched themselves In a ravine. Reports say attack on the Marno sector held by Americans was violent, picked veterans of the Hun army wore engaged, but when they tried to close in with the Yanks the attack was broken up and the enemy hurl ed from the Hold in great disorder. MAKING SOME HKADWAY. London, June 1.1. At a terrliic - cost the German forces continue to push down the Mutz valley, where there is an abuiulonco of small tim bered areas in which are concealed French machine guns and artillery, which keep up a constant rain of shells on the enemy. While there was plenty of fighting all along the line yesterday, the general situation remained unchanged. The Gcrmnns ore fighting against time in this dis trict, and this fact is a distinct gain to the allies. OREGON HOYS WOUNDED. Washington, Juno .13. The cas ualty list for yesterday contains 188 names, 10 of whom were killed In action. Among those reported to have been severely wounded are Pri vates John H. Calbortson, of Cluts kanie. Ore.; Guy It. Reed, Albert Wrastell, nnd Richard G. Zeislcr, all of Portland. Of the men wounded the report says 137 were sevcrly hurt. ADVANCE IN FLANDERS. London, June 13. British forces advanced their lines a short distance in Flanders, following severe fighting southwest of Merris, yesterday. The French likewise Improved their posi tion there, and both armies took quite a lot of German prisoners. STEAMER CREW PRAISED. Washington, Jane 13. The Unlt cd States fisheries commission has telegraphed commendation to the oommnnder and crew of the steam ship "Roosevelt," for their heroic work in saving 701 persons taken off from an ice bound Alaskan fleet in the Retiring Sea. GERMAN-AMERICAN INTERNED. Washington, June 13 The depart ment of justice .has announced that Carl Swelgin, I. W. W., arrested last year nt Klamath Falls, has been In terned for the duration of the war. fruto to ,hn fii-at. instance' since the war of a German-American being de prived of Ms citizensnip ior iraun In naturalization proceedings. mvii inu, nv. riPKXKD. li'.inothii .1 nrit 1 :1 Tim I the 1(50,000 acres of public lands in the Portland district win oe openeu ir settlement iii compliance with the rc- . iwu.muwcl.mnl rl'f VH All. nounced by the general land office to- day. This announcement was maue necessary on account off recoinmen .,...! .... K .vprnnp Witlivrombfl nnd others, who suggested that the lands be withdrawn from entry and held m .....i 1 rwr (U! rl i l-t-U TtlA ,1(1111 ft- ment of the interior conld not concur in the suggestion. PRVTEST FREIGHT RATES. - Washington, June 13. Northwest , fruit growers have protested through Senator Foindexter, oi vt asiungton against the advance in freight rates They allege discrimination. WANTS WIRES TAKEN OVER. St, Pool, Jnne 13. That the presl dent take over the immediate control of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies, was today recommended in resolutions passed by the convention of die American Federation of Labor In session here. FUNERAL OF MRS. TEAL TODAY The funeral of the late Mrs. Ger trude Teal was held at Wilbur this morning at 10 o'clock, from the M. E. church, Rov. Davenport, postor of the church there officiating. Many friends were present to pay their spects to thy departed and the florul offerings were many and beautiful Interment took place in the Wilbur cemetery. M. E. Rltter, of the Roseburg Undertaking Parlors, as sisted by Mrs. Rltter, conductod the services. CAR LOAD ItllICK FOR CANNERY. A car load of brick .ami fire clay was received by the cannery com pany this morning and another car load Is expected In a few days. The material will be used in setting the boiler. A crew of eight carpenters are busy! rushing the work of remod eling the cannery building to comple tion. Walter Singleton has charge of the work. T Roy L. Freeman, a Former Myrtle Creek Boy Is The Victim. BROTHER LIVES HERE Three Other Pascsngers Seriously In jured, One Perhaps Fatally llaby is Unlnirt-r-New Car Is Completely Demolished. John Freeman, a well known resi dent of this city, night before last re ceived the sad intelligence of the death of his brother, Roy L. Free man, of Silver Lake, Oregon.- The deceased was the victim of an auto accident near his home on Julie 6. i- ull details of the accident have not yet been ascertained, but it Is known that the deceased who just the day before the tragedy had purchased a fine new automobile, had started with four other passengers, two ladles, one man and a Blx months' old' baby, for Lake View, and from the word received here It is presum ed that the unfortunate young man who was driving, was speeding and ran over an embankment. All of the occupants ot the car with the exception of the baby, who was unhurt, were very seriously In jured, and one of the ladies is not ex- nected to live. The car was com pletely demolished. The unfortunate man was operated -upon in the hope of saving his life, but he did nort re cover from the shock of the opera tion. Roy ,L. Freeman, who was 31 years old' at the time of his death, was a native of Douglas county, hav ing been born near Myrtle Creek, at which place he was reared, leaving there at the age of 20 years. He was well and favorably known in that section of the. country, and there are a host ot friends there who will he grieved to learn of his untimely death. The deceased Is survived by wife, three sons and a daughter. two sisters, Mrs. Harley Brewer, who resides at Silver Lake; Mrs. A. A. Vallier, of Eugene; one brother, John Freeman, of this city, and his aged father, James Freeman, of Eugene. All will be present at the funeral. A little son died just three weeks ago. The arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed. Roy Freeman made a visit to hiB brother In this city only a little over a month ago. The sincere sympathy of a host of friends goes out to the heartbrpken relatives, In this trying hour. LETTER. FROM ELMER STALEY. Mr. and Mrs. George Staley today received a letter from their son, El mer, who left this city recent'y for Fort McDowell, but who was later transferred to the Presidio. He writes that everything Is going fine with him, that he Is now a men'ber of L company, which Is going through a severe training each day and that there are fully 45,000 sol diers where he Is locate. The weather is extremely warm but the men as a, whole, are keoping up well under the work given their-. Ho closes his letter by saying that he would appreciate some khaki hand kerchiefs "as this Is no plnce for a white thing, not even a whit hand kerchief." While drilling with his company each day, he is still in quar entine until the required number of "shots" have been placed In his arm, two more of which are yet to be re ceived! by him before he caa secure his liberty. ROSEBURG, DOUGLA8 S BACKED UP Unable Stand French Counter Attack Advance Is Checked There. DEVASTATING UKRAINE Germans Violating Treaty and Ad- , vancod Against Protest of hub jected Peopld Moving Men From Russia Proposed. (By. Associated PresB.) Associated Press War Lead, June 13, Those German detachments which wore enabled to cressi the Mats! river, west of Ooiso hold their positions for only a short time, when they wore hurled buck across the stream by a French counter attuck. Tills font checked the advance to ward Compeigno. So far llio enemj has not renewed his attacks on the line from Courcelles to Authuil, where a brilliant counter movement on Tuesday swept the Invaders back and re-established French linos on the plateau. East of the Olso river French lines have been withdrawn to point south of Ourscnmp and Carlepont forest, but are still pro tecting Laigue forest by u vory strong front. This change of line was expected since tho Germans oc cupied Ribecourt on tho west bank of the Olso river. Southwest of Soissons, where the enemy is nttack hiig in great folio, they lire making headway very slowly, having gain ed less tftun a mile along a three mile front from south of Amblcny to St. l'iorrc-Aigle. DEVAST1NG UKRAINE. London, June 13. Ukraine is be ing overrun by German troops, wlio are making a new movement east ward, violating the line of demorkn tlon agreed upon in the treaty. This information is contained in a Run siun ofliclal dispatch. . Ukraine is protesting 'the uuvo.ncei and entreat ing the Germans to retire to former positions. RUSHING TROOPS WESTWARD. London, Juno 13. That Germany is about to withdraw the bulk of her troops now remaining in Russia, and transport them to the western front for use in the drive on Paris, Is tiie statement made by Petrogrud news papers today, which alloge they have secured an intercepted message from the chief of the German general staff. The message states, accord ing to l'etrograd publications, that the fighting on tho western front is critical and decisive, but in order to secure a definite victoi-y concentra tion of enormous forces is neces sary. TALKING TOO MUCH, IS - (By Associated Press.) OREGON CITY, June 13. E. E. Kellogg, an American and a retired farmer living here, was seized by a crowd of probably 26 men last night, who proceeddl to tar and feather him. Kallogg's offense is alleged to have been to much talk against the Red Cross and liberty bonds. One of the pleasantest social events to be held' In Looking Glass for some time was given last night at the home of Mr. and-Mrs. Boyd Ewhen their daughter, Miss Dorothy, acted as hostess at a farewell party to Miss Agnes Crow, a former school mate, who leaves soon for Roseburg to reside for some time, and later , expects to enter training as a nurse. Tne evening was . very pleasantly spent in games until a late hour when delightful refreshments were served. The following are the young people who enjoyed this de lightful party: Misses Robena Brown Luella Brown, Veda Arnold, Lydia Ellas, Kathryn Jacoby, Gladys Mor gan, the honoree, Agnes Grow, and the hostess, Dorothy Boyd, and Messrs. Roy Erlckson, Ivan Erickson, jUeLos Williams, Donnivan Denning, Delmar Crow, Elmer Crow, Lawrence Myers and Buford Boyd'. The best wishes of her many Wends are extended to Miss Crow upon her departure. Roy Porter and sister. Miss Lena were visitors in the city yesterday from Ten Mile. COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, THOUSANDS OF HUN SAILORS IN REVOLT ... v Well Laid Plans Betrayed by Two Men and' Thus Defeated. MUTINY 2 DAYS EARLY Finding tho Officers Were Informed Action Was Forcod Prematurely Groat Unrest Still Apparent Men Badly Treated. LONDON, May 20. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Sev en thousand Gorman sailors partici pated in the mutiny on board the dreadnaughts of the German high seas fleet at Kiel In October last and had! planned to bombard and destroy the batteries nt Wllbeliushavon and take the whole fleet to .England un der a white flag, according to a story of the mutiny from a writer in Ger many, which Is published In a Week ly Dispatch. . ' "The mutiny," he writes, "was the result of unjust treatment, short leave, bullying, and last, but not least, bad food. The food consisted of potatoes, turnips, mangel wurzels flavored with parsley and salt. Lit tle meat was rationed out, and that of very poor quality. The bread was very bad in composition and was often so mouldy and old' as to be un eatable. . "As the men were sick of the whole business they decided to revolt. The leading sailors were the organizers of the affair, and all the battleships de cided to join. The men held their meetings on the beach, i. Seven thou sand joined the movement, and sign ed a secret document to stand by each other. "The plan was at a given signal to throw officers overboard, to bom bard' Wilhelinshaven, so as to destroy the batteries there, and then Bail out and take the whole 'fleet over to England under the white flag. Before the-day" "fixed"" had arrived, however, two of the sailors betrayed the plan, and us various men and leading sail ors began under one pretext and an other to be sent away from ships, the others suspected that the plot was known, They therefore determined to take the bull by the horns. "The revolt started on the Koenlg Albeit (dneadnaught) and as the commander of that ship tried high handed police measures he was shot down. In falling from the com mander's bridge he broke his neck, the other oflicers were also got rid of. The Plllau joined in, and each ship landed 700 men. They march ed up through the streets of the town. "The crews of the Rhelnland, Grosser Kurfurst, (dreadnaughts) and Elsass (pre-dreadhaught) fol lowed suit. Here they received a summons from one of tho captains to return to their duties and obey or ders. The sailors sent back the mes sage; 'The Council of Sailors has de cided to eat first nnu ouey atter- wards.' The captain, who was a naval Solomon in his way, sent them a soothing message and invited them all to a good meal, and this got them in hand. "In a few days all was quiet again. In the sequel 400 men were arrest ed! and punished in various discreet ways, the authorities evidently fear ing any wholesale measures, but al though discipline has been restored there Is still a deep feeling of dis content." Mrs. J. C. Aiken and Mr. and Mra. C. L. Hadley left yesterday by motor for Salem where they will visit for a week or ten days, the former at the home of Mrs. Frank W. Spencer and the the latter couple at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Beyers. GAS BEATEN TO FRAZZLE, SMS CHIEF (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 13. That the allies now excel the Germans in gar warfare Is the staement made to the senate senate agricultural committee by the chief of the United States bureau of chemistry. According to his statement the American troops and their al- lies not only have greater quan- titles ot polBon gas and more extensive facilities for its menu- facture, but they also have the means of applying it more ef- fectively. The troops are also equipped . with Improved gas masks for defensive warfare, says the chief chemist, . - J UN 12 13, 1018. ARMED HOSTSTREAD OVERHISTORICLAND Ancient Home of Babylonians Invaded by the Brit ish Troops. TOMBS OF PROPHETS Revered by Moslem and Jew Alike . Remains of Tower of Rabcl is or Myth Walls of Del shuzzar's Palace. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN MESOPOTAMIA, May 10. (Corres pondence of the Associated Press.) Warlike scenes again encompass palaces made sacred by Biblical stories or association with Biblical characters along the British lines In this birthplace of civilr.atlon. Going from Nahaf to Hlllah, one passes Kufa, with Its beautiful mos- quo, built upon the spot whore, ac cording to popular belief, Jonah was enst up by the whale. Half an hour later, the traveller comes upon an other shrine, the tomb of Ezekiel, revered by Moslem and Jew alike. The next relic one passes 1b BIrs Nlinrud, a huge mound of earth with a rock-like brick foundation sur mounting it, which according to Arab tradition, is all that remains of the Tower of Babel. But here tho scientist comes in with his disap pointing researches and tolls us thut It is mefely'n piece of work dating no further back than Nobuchadnnzzar. The tower remains In view until on6 enters Hlllah. Hore science and lo cal traditions agree, and one may look upon tho Identical chambei where Bolslinzzar saw the handwrit ing on the wall. The Btory ot Nonh and his Hood it a tale easily credible In Mesopotamia. It nearly repeated Itself In the tlrst two years of the British struggle to wards Bagdad it takes little imag ination to picture the dive vainly seeking a resting-place between Kut andAlf Oliarbi. Those who survived the July of 1917 can easily believe the story of Shadrach, Mesh'ach and Abednego, or, If there Is any doubt In their minds, it will concern only the arti ficial origin of the very furnace. Babel, the mixing of the tongues and languages, Ts still in progress in Mesopotamia. Moreover, a new ton gue Is arising to increase the original confusion, a compact of English, Ara bic and French. In the new tongue, railroad is called "shemmln-duffer," a corruption of tho French "chemln-de-fer". An automobile is called stronblll" which is as near as the Arab can gt to tho English pronun ciation. At Aden the Arabs have coined a verb from an English expletive 'damful-nl" to abuse, which Is con jugated In all the Arab moods and tenses, "I danrfnled you," "he dam- fuled me," with the proper Arab In flections. The British soldier, too, is broad- enlng his vocabulary. Two of the commonest Arab words, "lmshl," or go, and "niakoo," or there Is none, have been adopted Into army par lance. In Basrah one may hear the soldiers calling out for a "bill- bollani." Bellam In Arable Is a boat, and "bill" Is the preposition "In," but Tommy Atkins Is never a purest even in his own language. IS FOR BIG W. S. S. DRIVE I. B. Riddle, county chairman of tho war savings stamp work, toduv received two mall sacks Of material for the big.AV. S. 8. drive lo be launched June 28. The mater al was turned over to Secretary A. J. Gaddon for distribution, andi will be sent to the chairman of tho board of school directors of each district In th county, each of whom has been made chairman of the drive in nis respec tlve district. FRANCE EACH MONTH BOSTON, June 11. "The flow of troops from this country to Europe Is at the rate or a quarter of a million a month, and nothing can stop it; certainly not the kaiser with his U boats," declared Lleutenant-Oeneral Thomas Bridges, British high com missioner to the United States, at a dinner tendered him tonight by a number of prominent BrltBh and Can adian residents. "I have it on the bost authority," he continued, , "that General Foch with whom I uni Intimately acquaint ed, is very certain that he has the situation well In hand and can now hold the Germans. We have today 200,000 American troops brlgadod with British and French soldiers and this Intimate association will have a far-reaching effect on the future of the nations. RETURNS FROM PORTLAND. - Attorney L. B. Sandblast arrived home this morning from a trip to Portland where he spent a week at tending the grand lodge ot Masons'. Mr. Sandblast was a deegate from the lodge of this city, and tilled the position very efficiently. On his re turn to this city he speut several days visiting with his mother at Eugene. . Mrs; Geo. Neuner left tills after noon for Portland to attend the con vention of women's clubs to be held In that city tomorrow, and will he a guest at a large banquet to be held there tomorrow evening. - She was accompanied by Miss Cora Campbell, who will visit with friends In Port land for several days. Li Millions of Dollars Worth of Property Been Confiscated Under Act Congress. ATTORNEYS ASKED HELP Probably One of tho Most Powerful! War Measures Vet Passed Property Will lie Made To f Fight for Uncle Sum. Last October cougress passed an act known ns the "trading with the enemy act," which provide that al'. property in the United States, nelcl by alien enomleB shall be confiscat ed! by tho government' hhd' ufte the same to help our country instead ol Its being allowed to be used against her, making ono of the most power ful war measures yet to be passed. Today the alien property custodian is seeking tho aid of the legal forces of the nation to assist in carrying out. tho provisions of the act. The following letter, which is self explanatory has been received 'by Attorney I. B. Riddle, of this city: My dear Sir: Thousands of the junior members of the bar, true to Its fcost traditions, are today prepar ing In camp and Bliip to light for oui country on the battle line. You nt homo, of whom this Bupremo sacri fice Is not asked, aro doubtless no loss eager to serve, and I am address ing you to give you tho opportunity. In October last when congross passed the "trading with tho enemy" act, It placed In our hands an eco nomic weapon Bcarcely less powerful than the gun and bayonet that our soldiers wield. Uy virtue ot that act, enemy-owned proporty found within the territory of the United States is sequestered and administered by this ofllce and! where possible converted into liberty bonds. Thus the enemy's dollars and his proporty are made to work In defense of our country in stead of against her. Today property aggregating in val ue many millions of dollars has been reported and taken over, but it is confidently believed that at least as much more is still unreported. The duty of locating nnd reporting such property Is placed by law not upon this offlco but upon the Individual citizen. It Is hero that I need your help. Tho great need' of this office is In formation as to enemy-owned prop erty and Becurlng the filing of prop er and adequate reports of the same. There are many ways In which you can help us. In the dully prac tice or his profession, the lawyer conies In contact with every phase of business and financial activity. The chief channels through which enemy property flows nnd can be traced are real estate transactions, mortgage loans, banking and trust company business, Bales of corporate Blocks and bonds, patents, estates of deceas ed persons, partnership affairs, insur ance and foreign commerce. In ev ery buslnes Btransaction of any mag nltudo tho lawyer is nn essential fac tor. Even If not directly connected with the transaction, through brother attorneys, or business connections, news of such matters comes to his ears. With this In view, I make' the following specific requests: There may be some matters Involv ing an enemy Interest or property as to which you should have made re port as attorney, agent, legal repre- sentative, officer of a corporation, or otherwise, but which you have unin tentionally overlooked'. If so, facili tate our work by reporting such cases at once. For this purpose, (Contlnuod on page 4.) ''-,i, No. 180 "'"Mil. Some People Not Yet Aware We Are Engaged In Cruel . and Destructive War. "WE SHOULD WORRY" While Blood of Others is Spilled on the Western Battle Front Scorns to Bo the Slogan Boldly Displayed Locally. ' ., '. (By J. E. McCIIntock, Promotion Chairman W. S. S. Committee.) i "June 28 will mark another big day In the history ot the United States, for on that day more than two bil lion dollars will be invested in war savings nnd turlft stamps. The quota allotted to Douglas county Is $480, 000, of this amount less than $100, 000 have been purchased up to this date. This Btiggests that we have made this important war measure one for children only, while our peo plo of means have not made Invest ments in these stamps, but tho time lias come now when, every American citizen must get back of this drive, and put it over the top. The fact of the matter is, we still have a bunch of people who do not know we are engaged In the most destructive and cruel war ever known to history. They have no sons or brothers In the service. Why should they worry their attitude would aoem to say: "Eat, (wheat flour), drink, (beverages made from food Btuffs) andl be inerry (joy riding In machines which use the steel and Iron needed to equip more ships), for tomorrow toe other fellow's son or brother will die on the western bat tle front, that we may continue to eat, drink and be merry." We have 'absolute proof that tho above selfishness is boldly exhibit ed right In the city of Roseburg and other places in Douglas county, The report la that certain people have .. been known to buy wheat flour sub stitutes In order to secure another sack of white flour, then deliberate ly waste the substitutes, refusing to become just common folk. Such cod fish aristocracy should be deported over to Berlin. Then we hear ot others who object seriously to this government interfering in any way with the German brewers (for It Is a well known fact that possibly 90 per cent of all brewery stock is owned by the Huns), yet these patriotic peo ple would not lutorfere with the dirty bunch, even though (they do uso largo amounts of foodl stuffs In this way. Another report coming to tho attention of this committee is of a certain party, not many miles away, who had Invested several hundrod dollars In war saving stamps, but just to gratify personal , pleasure, withdrew this money from the treas ury of the United States money needed to carry on this war to a suc cessful final, and Invested in an auto mobile. Wo make thiB as a predic tion, that before this war Is ended there will not be an automobile man ufactured for pleasure purposes, and the people who have nothing else to do but pleasure ride, will be forcod into some industrial Bervlce, which will aid the government. It is not right or Just that our boys should sacrifice all that 1b dear to them and lay themselveB upon the altar of their country, and that a few patriotic citizens should carry on all the work at home, while n bunch of Indifferent, selfish people joy ride all over the country, and refuse to ob serve the demands made by our gov ernment during these critical times. There is more than one way to be pro-German. On June 28 In every school dis trict In Douglas county there will be held a war saving stamp rally, nnd In tills connection we wish to say that your real patriotism vjill be tosted on that day. Every person In tho county will bo expected to attend! these meetings. In Roseburg the meeting will be held In the new high school auditorium. Eight o'clock In the evonlng will be the hour gener ally observed. Insofar as possible speakers will be sent to the several rallies, and a genoral patriotic good time is assured. Remember - that Douglas 'county must subscribe for ' approximately $400,000 In this drive on June 28. The children have done splendidly. Now It's up to the grown ups to como through, for sums of $6.00 up to $6,000. You will have six full months in which to pay your sub scriptions. . The Red Cross surgical dress- IlAIOPiCIPLES OFTRUEPATRiOTISM ing department will reopen Wednesday, June Iff, at two o'clock. Cutting class Fri- day evening June 14, at 7 o'- clock, '"