EVENING This Papci Has Enlisted With the Government in the Cause of America for the Period of the War THE WEATHER Tonight and Thursday Fair. Hlirheat temD. yesterday.. ....83 .1 i:,.m llltft.irlciil Society" night 44 1 i;;1HI illlU, luJvuumruum The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches VOL. IX. 'ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1018. No. 1S6 THE NEWS In REGIMENT ANNIHILATED American Forces Gave Huns a Good Drubbing null Their Positions Are Advanced a Distance of Full)- 1000 Yards. (By Associated Press.) Koine, July 3. The Italian troops nloiuc the lower Piava delivered u number of hard blows ut the enemy and are lighting tiioir way forward ogninst desperate Austrian resistance over very difficult terrain near the Hvor's mouth which is partially flooded. The Italian soldiers have captured 100 .-ustrians ami much material. They have also repulsed Austrian attacks at tbo hood of Ban Lorenzo valley in tbo Grappu region. A disjiatch from Vienna late this nfteriiiMin says that the Italian for ces tried to cross "the Piave river near the mouth but were unsuccessful in tliclr ciorts. However, they suc ceeded in effecting a slight gain near Ciliesauuovn, northeast of t'upo Hlle. Another Italian effort to cross the river near Zenson was also frustrated by the Austrian forces. HUN REGIMENT ANNIHILATED. Washington, July 3. General Per shing's communique announces that olio Gentian regiment was practically annihilated by the American troops when they stormed the village of Vaux Monday evening. The Ameri can positions were advanced at this sector 1000 yards on a front extend ing n distance of one mid onc-linlf miles. Three American aviators who took part int lie light are reported missing. FRENCH IMPROVE TH I'll It LINE. Paris, July S. Tho French forces attacked the German positions north of Moulln-sous-Touvent and Improved their lines, to a considerable degree and several enemy attacks wore re pulsed. FRENCH TAKE 330 GERMANS Associated Press War Lead, July 3. Tho French troops in a drive on a two-mile front near Moulin-soiis-Tout-vent, between the Alsno. and Oise rivers, lost night -penetrated the Ger man, lines to a depth of approximate ly n half mile and took 33 Huns as a souvenir of their drive. HE GREAT ARMY IN FRANCE Purls, duly 3. Andre Toi-diou, chairman of tho France-American war matters declared today that with in tile next six months tbero would ho two und cne-nalf million Ameri can troops on tho French front. TEN MORE PRISONERS I-OUXI). Washington, July 3. The names of ten more American prisoners lo cated In German prison camps luive been received by the war deportment. One captain and two lieutenants arc among the number held by the Ger- TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST 83. Washington, July 3. The army casualty list today is reported at 8"5, 18 were killed In action and nine died of wounds. Tho marine corps list is placed at 40, 33 being killed in ac tion and four died of wounds. GERMANS LAUNCH ATTACK. London, July 8. The Germnn troops, after a heavy shelling, attack ed and recaptured a part of the ground taken by the British in a local operation near Ikmzincourt, north of the town of Albert, Sundny night. SUPPLIES RISING SENT ACROSS. Washington, July 3. Supplement ing the President's announcement to the effect tlint over one milion Ameri can troops have embarked for France Chairman Dent, of the military com mittee, told tho house that 280 com bat airplanes and 2,000 liberty motors luivo been sent to France. GREETINGS TO INJURED MEN. London, July 3. Messages of cr souul greetings from President Wil son will bo delivered to morrow by the American Red Cross to every Am erican soldier and sailor in the hos pitals In England. EXPLOSION KILLS 43. Svracuse. July 3. Forty-flvo per sons were killed by the explosion of trinitrotuloul at Split Roek lust night, and the Injured will number not less than 80, some of whom may die. The loss by the explosion is placed at $1,000,000. SENATOR TILLMAN PASSES. Washington, July 8. Senator Rcn Jnmln R. TiUninn, of South Carolina, But Were Unsuccessful Their Attempt to Cross the Piave River. died early today at his home In t!rs city. Both bodies of congress i.'l- Journed for the day in his lion r. DUTCH CABINET TO RESIGN. Rotterdam, July 3. Tho Dutch cabinet will place Its resignation in tho hands of Queen Willielininu to morrow, according to reports made public today. TO OPERATE PULLMAN COMPANY AVashington, July ). The railroad administration has announced their decis.on to hold the operating con trol of tho Pullman Company und wage increases will bo allowed to sloping car conductors, porters and maids on the snme basis as tho advan ces recently given to the railway em. ployes. AT HIGH NOON TODAY The culmination of a romance which had Its beginning in this city over two years ago, occurred at the home of the brides mother, on South Stephens street, at high noon today, when Miss 'luelma Alley be cnnie the bride of Mr. Fred L. Perry. Kov. C. H. Hilton, of the First Christ ian church of this city officiated, and the beautiful ring ceremony was periormed. The bride was attired in a beautiful blue travelling Buit, while the groom was dressed in the conventional manner. The rooms were decorated with vases beautiful flowers. Only immediate relatives and friends of the contracting par ties were present at the weding. The bride is the charming daught er of Mrs. Corlnne C. Alley and has a host of friends In this city. She is a graduate of the Roseburg nigh school and was exceptionally popu lar amoug the stuuent body of that Institution, Her active work in the Christian church activities will cause her to bo greatly missed in the work of that body. The groom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Perry, of this city, and like his bride Is well and favorably known here, where, with the excep tion of the past few months, he has residocl for many years. He, too, was active in church activities and par ticularly In the athletics, having beon captain of both the base ball and basket ball teams of the Loyal Sons' cISbb of the christian church Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Perry were the re cipients of many beautiful wedding gifts. The happy couple left on this af ternoon s train to make their home at Marshfield where Mr. " Perry Is employed In me shipyards. The best. wishes of their many friends gr with them. FIRE WATER IS CAUSE OF FERE JN RIDDLE JAIL ThoH. Coroett, who was raising a disturbance on train No. G -ast night and vho was taken off at Riddle and lodged in the jail there, had a very narow escape from burning to death while in the jail. The officers at Riddle searched the man and took all of the matches they could find on his person, but evidently overlooked some, for tno jail was fired from the room which the prisoner occnpled and no other way Is known that the fire could have originated, except for aim to have started it himself. For tunately the fire was discovered in time to put It out and save the man's lite, although he was injured from having inhaled a large amount of smoke. Corbet had about two quarts of liquor in h.o possession when taken from tne train at Riddle. lie was brought to this city today by Deputy sheriff Frank Hopkins and a com plaint charging him with the unlaw ful transportation of liquor was filed against him. tie wa s arraigned before Justice of Peace I. B. Rid dle, where he entered a plea of guilty. Owing to the charge being much lighter tnan that of bootlegging a fine of only $a was imposed by Jus tice Kid..le. Corbett, nad but $20 and paid $15 of this on his fine, but promised to remit the balance later. He stated mat he was from Weed, California, and that he was going to Clifton, Or., where he has a posi tion running a -donkey engine. He Intended to leave on this afternoon's train but owing to his condition from the effects of the fire was unable to do so. Sheriff Quine summoned Dr. K. h. Miller to attend the Injured man who was taken to Mercy hos pital where his complete recovery Is looked for soon. Miss Clayte Black received a very pretty silk hand made apron Monday from her brother, Cecil, who is now stationed in France with the 66th ar tillery. In the lower corner, the al lies ilags were embroidered In 'bril liant colon. Many of the local boys have sent some very interesting sou venirs home from the old country. Splendid Program Furnishes Amusement For Hun dreds of People. TOMORROW BIG DANCE 'uncy DiuichiK, Good Singing und Splendid Magic Arc Highly Knter tjUniiig Mcrry-Go-Itound und Ferris Wheel Kept Busy. A largo crowd was out last night to enjoy the first night of the big Red Cross carnival now being held in this city, and last night was a decided success. The merry-go-round and ferris wheel were kept full until a late hour and the shows had a splendid patron age, as tney well deserved. Three shows were put on. The Honor Guard girls show, which consisted of danc ing, from the old time dances up to the present day, and fancy dancing, also splendid songs. The Rod Cross show consisted of singing and vaude ville sketch. The aesthetic dance by Miss Edith Ueland and the Bong, the words and music of which were com posed by Mrs. Ivan Pickens, and which was sung by Miss Mabel Dryan, were features of the program, and the Hawaiian girls and magic pro gram which consisted of ukelele mu sic, songs, dances and splendid magic features. All of these are worthy of special mention and are worth far more than the price of admission. Knocking the u-11 out oft he kaiser, proved to be an interesting feature and considerable of the "lower re- gtous" was expelled from that much : hated individual, but as he is so : thoroughly saturated with the brim stone qualifications, . there will be plenty for everybody to have a blow during the carnival. - The dance at the armory proved to be no small attraction, and hundreds enjoyed this recreation, to the strains of beautiful music, until a late hour. A very large crowd is expected to night to enjoy the Bplendid entertain ment being furnished. Tomorrow will be the big day, and a feature program has been arranged. Remember the Red Cross, the greatest mother of all. SPECIALIZED CLERKS WASHINGTON, D. C, July 3. ' Expert clerical work has a more im-; nortant place in the government s war organization than most people realize. We all known that the war can not be won In the trenches alone; thrt an effective establish ment at home Is vital to the success of the biggest job ever undertaken by any nation; but the full extent to which the specialized', clerk is needed Is perhaps not generally understood. And it is in this class of work that women have the best opportunity to be of real service to the government at this time. In the national capital alone the civilian force increased from 30,000 to nearly 80,000 during the first year of our participation in the war. Nine-tenths of the new employes are clerks of one kind or another, and fully three-fourths of them are wo men. Eighteen thousand stenograph ers and typists are at work constant ly in the government offices at Washington on the tons of corres pondence and records made neces sary by war preparations on a Hcnle such as the world has never before known. General clerks, that is, those without a specialty, are not difficult to obtain even under present condi tions, but the United States civil ser vice commission, charged with the duty of recruitng the civil service to meet war needs, is experiencing dif ficulty in obtaining a sufficient number of applications for many clerical positions which require spe cial training or experience. There Is an urgent call for applicants for the positions of stenographer, type writer, bookkeeper-typewriter, clerk bookkeeper, cost accountant, ac countant, accounting and statistical clerk, statistician, clerk qunli?led In accounting, clerk qualified in busi ness administration, index and cata logue clerk, schedule clerk, passenger-rate cleric, blue-print file clerk, and assistant to business manager. All of these positions are open to both men and women. Representa tives of the civil service commis sion at he postofflce at Roseburg are prepared to furniBh definite Infor mation and application blanks. 0. A. C. WILL HAVE A MILITARY UNIT Enlistment Will Constitute Students Members of the Army of United States. :WILL BE SUBJECT CALL Sixty Days Intensive Training at Training Camp at the Presidio Will Ho Given to Faculty Mem bers nnd Students. ORVALLIS, July 3. A military training unit under officers and non commissioned cfttfierai of the army will be created next fall at the Ore gon Agricultural college, enlistment In which w! constitute the Btud ent a member of tho army of the United States. This -will be done under a new provision of the win department. j Enlistment will be 'voluntary but all students over the ago of IS will bo encouraged to join. They will be liable to active' duty at the call of the president. It will, however, be the policy of tho government not to call the members of- tho training units to active duty until they havo reached the age of 21,;unless urgent military necessity compels an earlier call. Students under 18, and there fore not legally eligible for enlist ment, will be encouraged) to enroll. Provisions will bo made for co-ordinating the work of this unit with the resrW oTflcers' training corps system. , According to a telegram just re ceived from H. P. McCain, adjutant general, arrangements' are being made for selected students and fac ulty members to be given 60 days of Intensive training with a view to serving as assistant instructors to help the officers who will be assign ed to Institutions where the units will be established, i No commis sions will be granted, but certificates of qualification as Instructors will be issued. The majority of selected students from institutions with reserve of ficers' training corps will be chosen by commanding officetof R. O. T.'O. camps. The presidents of tho col legos will select one student for 50 students enrolled and one fncultv man for each 250 students. This means that approximately 19 stud ents and four faculty members will represent the Oregon Agricultural College at the 60 day training camp which will open p.t the Presidio, San Francisco, July 18. The highest type of physical devel opment Is demanded by the govern ment of the men selected. Thfl mini mum age limit for students will be 18 and the maximum for the faculty men 6. Both students and faculty representatives will be under tem porary enlistment for 60 days, when they will be discharged. Expenses, including housing, uniforms, food nnd equipment, will be taken care of by the government. 3 Ms cents n mile being allowed for travelling expenses. Pay will be $30 per month. IS SALEM, Or.. July 2. The public Bei-vice commission today issued an order grunting for six months from July 1 an Increase in gnB rates for heating, lighting and other purposes, to tho Oregon Gas & Electric Com pany, which operates at Mcdford, Grants Pass and Roseburg. Increas ed cost for oil and war conditions were among the reasons given for granting tho Increase. tinder the new schedulo a charge of $2.10 a thousand will be made for the first 6000 cubic feet, ns against $1.75 under the old schedule. Slight Increases also are granted when larg er amounts are used. ROSEBURG PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING IN CANADA Word was received here today from Mr, and Airs. C. 8. Holnllne, who are at present . travelling In Canada, where Mr. Holnllne la ad vance man for the Klllson-Whlte Thauta-uqua System. TTTey report the most wonderful scenery In the district Mr. Holnllne la travelling In and that they are having a delight ful trip. Mrs. Ona Rover left ttila afternoon tor Portland wheres he wll visit with friends for several months. EOF FEVER IN FRANCE Medical Corps Proves Heroism and Dares Death In the Interest of Science. COMPANIES VOLUNTEER Bravo Non-Coiubataiit Soldiers Un dergo Repulsive Experiment Tluit Thoir Comrades May He Freed From Dread Disease. One day last January four com panies of so-called non-combatant soldiers of the American army in France were lined up to listen to an address from their officers, says llheta Childe Hart in the Portland Oregonlau. The Dion were members of the field hospital and ambulance service. Their officers were army physicians. Working with them were other eminent phyBlclans, members of the medical research department of the American Hod Cross. This or something like 1t, is what these physicians said to the soldiers: "Men, we have set ourselves to And out tho cause and cure of one of the worst diseases the allied armlos have to suffer. It Is not a fatal dis ease, but It Is slow and painful, and it Is so' common as to be almost an epidemic. Its ravages are so great that It actually hampers tho allies In their struggle to win the war. Something like 500,000 men a year are temporarily pulled out of our armies because of trench fever. "The men have to leave the light ing line, go tchospltals and lie there suffering nnd helpless for weeks on end. One attack does not givo posi tive Imiuuntly from others, and it is n fact that many men have recurrent lllnosses. Trench fever Is worst In Flanders, where the Brltsh hold the front, hut the rrench, Helglnn and Serbian soldiers bIbo suffer from It. When tho American army gets here In great numbers we shall undoubt edly see thousands and thousands of our soldiers go under from this dis ease. Before our men come we want to know what the cause of trench fever 1b, and how to prevent It. "We believe that the disease Is carried by body lice, but we are not sure. We have tried experiments on animals, guinea pigs nnd monkeys, hut they have not developed the fe vor. Now we have got to try more experiments, this time on human bo lni;s. You remember that he cause of yellow fever was discovered only after brave and devoted nion allowed themselves to be bitten by iho steg omya mosquito, which was believed to carry the disease. Somo of theBe men died nnd others were brought to the verge of death. Tint their deed banished the Bcourge of yellow fever from tho world. Now we are asking for volunteers to help us banish trench fever. "Boys, what we are asking you to do is no easy or agreeable thing. We are asking you to risk a lingering, painful and weakening Illness, one Mint will keep you In bed for five or six weeks nnd often make you wish you were dead and out of It. "You will not die, but you will But ter. You will have horrible head aches, pains in your backs, shoulders, knees, abdomens. This disease has been mistaken for appendicitis. It has often been called shinbone fever. This will give yon some idea of what trench fever feels like. "Out wo nre calling for volunteers because we want to prevent any more soldiers from having trench fever. We want to know what causes It, so that we can find out how to prevent It. Fifty or sixty men, willing to suffer those pains once, may provent millions of men ever again from Buf fering the same pains. Thoy will do more, thoy will keep those men In the fighting lines Instead of the hos pitals, and hence they will Important ly help to win the war. We want sixty volunteers. How many have we!" Four entire companies of field hospital and ambulance Boldlers of a certain American division In France wore thus appealed to. Tho entire four companies, ns one man, stopped forward and volunteered. Of course they did. That is the kind of sol dlerB wo ralseu our boys to be." "We thought," said one of these volunteers to me, "that we were go ing to bo sent up to a front line trench and sleep In the mud with tho cooties till wo got It. But to our sur prise they took us to a perfectly good hospital - back of the British lines. Nice clean tents, good beds and food urn-ml Everything we could ask for." Even the "cooties" were clean, In a manner of speaking, for the doc tors were taking no chances with their experiment. They sent the eggs of those unpleasant beasts to Eng land, where no trench fever has evor appeared, and when the eggs hatched out they put the beasts on trench fever patients. Then they put them ou the volunteers. About GO or SO of the loathsome Insects were put on a squaro of cotton ton cloth and bound to the forearm of a soldier with strips of adhesive plaster. A piece of surgical cotton over the cloth was well bandaged on. and over the whole- dresBlng a strong cotton cuk was securely fastened with more adhesive plaster. No pos sible chance for the insects to escape remained. Not a man but that came down with fever. One man had a high torn- pernture for 40 days and nights with out a break, but with most of the men the fever and the pain wore remit tent. Some Buffered so severely that the doctors wer obliged to Inject mor phia. "The monotony of It was bad," said ono of the men, n big teamster from Boston. "Nothln' to do but lay there nnd burn up and curse the pains in your blasted legs. Next day you'd feel better, perhaps, but so weak that you couldn't niovo. The nurses were fine and there was plenty to eat. But wo were too sick to care whether thero were women around or not and the best stuff they gave us to eat tasted like sawdust." IS DELIBERATE ACI LONDON, July 2. That the sink ing of hospital shipB la a deliberate policy on the part of the Germnnt now is placed beyond all doubt b) the torpedoing of the British hospital ship Llandovery Castle, the news papers say In the editorial comment today. Tho ship wns on her way to Eng land. She had on board 268 personB. 80 nion of the Canadian army medi cal corps and 14 women nurses. Only 24, Including the captain, art reported! suved. The attack was wllhotfl warning. Ono of the boats of the hospital ship, containing 12 nursing sisters, wns soon to capsize, according tc latest Information. The slaters were drowned. . "In the presenco of such unspeak able Infamy dolllierately repeated,' says the Dally- Chronicle, "It is 11 waste of iireath- to reiterate tho ab horrence which everybody with r spnrk of civilized sense must feel .jut wo would invite the Gorman peo ple to ask themselves what is the ub( of their statesmen appealing, like Foreign Socretnry von Kuehlinann to bo credited 'with probity and hon or,' whllo crimes so odious tllBhonor alilo and unnBhnniod continue to be carried out by the orders of theli government." The excuse for the attack on the Llandovery Castle, anys tho Dull) Mall, was a He and the Gorman of fl ccr who told It did not believe It him seir when ho said to the captain: "You nro carrying eight Amerlcnr flight officers." ' If thore had been a partlclo ol truth In the charge, tho newspaper adds, the submarine captain had onl to Btop tho Llandovery Castle, selzi the eight officers and take them t Germany as proof of allied guilt Ir using hospital ships for transports. The Salem Commercial Club hai under consideration tho mattor ol taking action favoring a propositloi. whereby UO.OOO Chlncso shall bi permitted to come to this country tin der three to five year contracts, sayi tho Sulem Capital Journal. It hits been pointed out that fullj 2000 men huve left Marlon count nnd probably as many more will flnt' work In the ship yards and in othci occupations in the large cities wltl tho result that the labor channeli have been exhausted. In favoring the admission Into Hid country of so ninny Chinese, It ii thought their services could bo pro litably useo. as laborers on tho fnrnn nnd in tho dovclopment of new landi nnd in road building and in mud of tho Inbor that tho average Amorl can will nofdo. The French have found tho Chinese of use In road building nnd by Borne It la thought they could bo of service- here. A meeting of tho niombera of the club will lio called at nn early date to discuss the proposition and tt gather information on the subjocl and to also got expressions of opin ion. Should the club officially fa vor the admission of Chinese into this country, It would draw up resolution) nuking the senators and representa tives from Oregon to submit a bill t congross. SIKUT A XI) ADJOURN. The county court mot In rogulni session this mornig and adjourned until after the Fourth. Mose Hastings, of Winchester, was a business vlsltorl n the city yesterday. ROUIVIANIA. DESOLATE BARREN COUNTRY Awful Object Lesson of the Cost of War to Once Pros perous Section TEEMING WITH WEALTH NOw a Devastated Country Brought About Uy German Forced Peace Terrible Plight of Its People Today. LONDON, May s.. (By Associ ated Press correspondent from Jassy.) Iloumania Is a desolate and barren country today an awful object lesson of the cost of war. 1'wo years ago it was one of the gar den countries of the world, teeming ...... "6' I-....U.U1 nntiui auu yiUB- perlty. More than 750.000 Russian soldiers lived in it and on It for near ly a year, and they loft very little bohlnd them. Anyone who has known Koumanla ns she wns when ponce was forced upon her by the Central Powers, must be convinced that It will be years before Germany can draw from her fields and orchards any very vnluable tribute. Nor Is the German control of Rou m nn Iu'b petroleum production likely to bo u very profitable Investment for some time. In the so-called "oc cupied terirtorles,' tho destruction f the oil fields was so complete that 3qrmnny after fifteen months of ef fort, Is able to measure her supplies from this source in quarts. In the rest of Roumanla, It is doubtful If production can be much Increased beyond that of the past year, and during the past year pe 'rolcum has been one of the scarcest Articles In the country, obtainable only under personal and special 11 :ense from the government. During the middle of the winter, tho Associated Press correspondent made a tour of inspection around vui uaja cv own? ui mo 1I U1111U4 towns where tho largest proportion f refugee population had been lumped in the hurried retreat be fore the German hosts. Conditions were serious beyond description, but ' the mnjor part of the suffering was luo to famine rather than exposure. The shortage of food was such that In many instances refugees wore seen int he fields oatlng or at tempting to cat grass. Terrible ns wns the plight of the people of these refugee districts In war time, thoy can hope for little ' illovlatlon with the coming of a Torcod peaco. Practically no har vests can ho oxpectcd this year In ' .bene districts, for no seed will be ivnllable, and moreover thore are io agricultural Implements loft, lor any horses or draft animals of iny kind. Thousands of Roumanian lorscs died of starvation during the vlnter, for tho peasants were too ex hausted In earing for their own needs to mako nny attempt to pro vide for their beasts. In Franco tho horses would havo beon put to good use as meat for hu man food, hut tho Roumanian pcas int has an abhorrence of horse flesh as moat. . NO HPHU1VL RATES ALLOWED, For tho first tlmo In Oregon's his tory, excursion rates and spbclal trnln service on the railways tor the Fourth of July holiday perlodi will aot he In effect his year. The reason for omitting the tlme-honorod cus tom la that the aountry's transporta tion systems are now operated on wnr-tlino methods by the United States railroad admlnlstratiofT and ill uneseutlnls are tabooed. LOCAL nOVI. MAKINO COOD. R. L. Whipple, A. D. Bradley and Lymon SpencoV, members of the local mllltla companios have been prninot ;d to the rank of corporal at tho of ficers' training school now being con I noted at the University of Oregon, tills Is a splendid showing conslder ng tho very short time the men have oen thore and the keen .inpetltlon n the. school. SEEKING THK SPEAKERSHIP. ; Ben Sholdon returneu to Medford Sunday after a trip to Portland and the northern pert of the state In the Interest of his candidacy as speaker of the house. Ben reports excellent progress and while making no boasts 'lolleves he standB first In the race thus far. Mcdford Sun. VISITI.VO UNCLE HERE. Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Ford, of Llnd my, Calif., nro visiting Int his city with Mr. Ford's uncle, Sheriff Geo. K. Quine. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are motoring to Spokane where they will visit relatives, find also at a number of towns en route.