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the Period of the War
The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Pispatches ;
VOL. IX.
roseburg, douglas county, Oregon Wednesday, suit, ii, iois.
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Badly Damaged, Vessel Man
ages to Reach English
Coast, Beached. -
CARRIED 2800 TROOPS
Destroyers Convoying Fleot Drop
Detli Bombs No Ijohs of Life
lIMrted Soldiers Bore Or
deal WlUi Yankee Bpirlt.
(By Associated Press.)
Jxmdou, Hept. 11. A. truop ship
carrying 2800 United tftiitea soldieiH
wan toriMXloed Friday afternoon at ii
o'clock by a Gorman submarine fit n
point alHut SiOO miles oil the Brit
ish boast, but although the steiuner
was badly damaged she was nnnlly
successful m reniiiliur the snore and
there bcachcdi There was no loss of
life. According to the rati i or limit
ed Information concerning the sub
marining of the vessel, it appears
tJiat she was ono of several troop
ships tluit wcie being convoyed over
seas. On account of engine troubles
the sliip had lagged somewhat le
liind the others, when the submarine
that had been lurking in the vicinity
saw her opimrtunity and struck the
blow. Tliere was no panic among
the troops aboard, who were com)os
ed mostly of factory hands of for
eign extraction recruited from Chica
go and Cleveland. Not knowing how
badly damaged the vessel was, und
to save time in launching the small
boats and life rafts, the troops cluni
bored down roes to the destroyer
fleet that swarmed around, coming
close up to the stricken vessel. In
Uits way all of the troops were suc
cessfully removed to the other ships
of the convoy fleet. It Is slated that
nil of the men exhibited the true
spirit of the United Slates soldier
during the ordeal, conducting them
selves In a manner worthy of the
flag.
Deptlv-bomlis were dropped by the
destroyers and every means taken to
mnk or disable the submarine,
which disappeared immediately aft
er hurling the torpedo. That the
depth bombs took effect is asserted
by some of the soldiers aboard the
transports, who crowded the rails
and with intense Interest watched
the chase, alleging tluit they saw the
submarine lifted clear out of the sea
by the explosion of one of the depth
bombs.
The torpedo exploded Just for
ward of the engine room, and short
ly after the ship began listing badly
at the bow. Many of the troops
aboard were Indulging in a bath at
the time, and not waiting to dress
rushed on deck to learm the amount
of damage. Although the ship was
badly ripped at the point where friie
was struck, some means was soon
found for checking the inflow of wa
ter, so that the transport was able to
proceed toward the coast, whore she
was finally grounded.
WAS STEAMSHIP PERSIO.
New York, Sept. 11. It Is under
stood here that the transport toi-pe-doed
200 miles off the English coast
last Friday, news of which just came
tills morning, was the British steam,
ship Persic, of the White Star line,
formerly plying out of New York
MMITED SERVICE MEN.
Washington, Sept. 1 1. Provost
Marshal General Crowder today issu
ed a call for 2000 limited service
men who'are capable of working as
stenographers or typists. These jnen
will entrain from ail of the states on
September 23.
tinnnnrnu innniiiiT"
E FINALLY SETTLED
About two months ago Robert Ash
worth,' who conducts a grocery store
on Sheridan street, missed a half
dozen cans of canned goods from his
shelves, and in an effort to get track
of the guilty parties that had pur
loined his goods, placed the matter
in the hands of Marshal Shambrook,
who, a few hours after being notified
of the robbery, f.und two young
transients on Oak street, near the
railroad track, endeavoring tovde
vour the contents of the six cans of
pork and beans and immediately
took them into cuBtody . The boys
had "tucked away" the greater por
tion of three cans "under their vest"
before apprehended by the marshal,
but three cans remained intact and
were returned to the owner. Mr.
Ashworth, who dldl not feel like
prosecuting the young fellows for
the offense committed, told them If
they "would pay for the goods the
matter would end there. Neither of
h. hnv had a. cent, bat they did
promise that, upon getting work they
would send the full amount due Mr.
Ashworth for the goods. This all
happened two months ago. Today a
neatly dressed and well appearing
young man called at the store to
liquidate the account, and .later met
the marshal on the street, hailed
him and explained who he was and
that he had settled his "grocery ac
count" in this city. Since leaving
Roseburg he and his "pal" had been
steadily einjployed. at $4.50 per day,
were now returning sojuth in com
fortable circumstances, and in order
to clear their conscience of the debt
hanging over them- in this city ono
of the hoys had stopped off here to
day and liquidated the account. ' In
this instance the "honor system"
seems to have worked! out to the
good of all concerned.
A LARGE AUDIENCE
The -high school auditorium was
quite well tilled last evening by a
Roseburg audience to listen to an ex
cellent word picture of the work car
ried on in France, the sufferings en
dured by her people and the various
phaseB of the war program being
carried out, as told by Dr. Esther
Pohl Lovejoy, who just recently re
turned from active service in the
war zone.
The talented lady proved) most en
tertaining and sipoke very convinc
ingly on many interesting topics con
cerning the big struggle "over
there." Of particular Interest to
her audience were the facts present
ed showing the loyalty of the French
women during the long nnd frlght
Oul warfare carried on between the
enemy and the allied nations. Hw
these brave and unfaltering women
were supporting their BOldlers, not
only in the way of assisting In the
manufacture of munitions and other
war supplies, but were right at the
battle front, thousands of them, pass
ing the leaden bullets Into the hands
of their anale defenders against the
Invasion of Prusslunism. She held
the closest attention of her audience
throughout the excellent discourse
and was frequently applauded.
Hon. J. H. Booth, county chair
man of the liberty loan drive, an
nounced the evening program and
introduced the speaker. A number of
vocal selections by the recently or
ganized Liberty chorus was a decid
edly pleasing feature of the even
ing's entertainment, while the vocal
solos by Miss ( Florence Devanoy,
Miss Mabel Bryan and Miss Gilbert,
the latter of Seattle, were much ai)-
preemted and enthusiastically encor
ed by the audience. Rev. J, C.
Spencer, pastor of the M. B. church,
offered prayer at the opening of the
evening's program.
JOHN SIGNOR TAKES A
John ' Signor, proprietor of the
Farmers' Feed Sheds, has returned
from the tractor exhibition at Port
land,, and is loaded with facts and
figures concerning all sorts of trac
tors for farm work, and after going
over the whole list of machines par
ticipating in the demonstration made
up his mind that the Cleveland Is
about the best thing of the sort on
the market. Moat of the tractors are
built with regular drive wheels, and
them some others are of the creeping
or catapillar type, and the Cleveland
is of the latter description. During
the demonstration, according to Mr.
Signor. this machine plower where
no other tractor dared attempt the
work, and after plowing out a plot
that had been allotted went over and
took an up-hill start that had been
refused by a machine of the drive
wheel type and plowed that also, and
then replowed the plowed ground,
pulled ground, pulling the bottoms
uphill all the time. Alter this re
markable exhibition of ability to do
business on dry landt, Mr. Signor con
cluded that he would attach himself
to an agency for handling the ma
chine in Douglas county.
IlKCRuTTIXG OFFICRS CfjOSKD,
Recruiting for all branches of the
army has been closed for the period
of the war. Members of the recruit
ing commission at Portland and the
branch stations throughout Oregon
have been ordered to report at Fort
McDowell, Angel Island, San Francis
co Bay. Here they will receive as
signments to active duty "on the
line."
Recruiting for the last few weeks
was ojpen only to men between the
ages of 45 and 55. Ten days ago no
tice was received authorizing the re
cruiting of men between the ages of I
45 and 55 for non-fighting units,
such as the quartermaster's depart
ment, the signal corps and the medic
al corps. Recruiting along this line
was proceeding briskly up to the
time of the definite order to close up
shop.
John Young, of Portland, la In this
city to spend several days' visiting
with friends and relatives.
STREETS RUNNING
RED WITH BUTCHERY
Petrograd Reported Burning
While Anarchy Runs Amuck
Through City.
IS REIGN : OF TERROR
No Life Safe German Regiment
Mutinies on Kve of Departure for
Front Homo Guards Are
Ordered Into Action.
(liy Associated Press.)
WaKhiiigtoni Hept. 1 1. Kellalile
information has reached the United
States legation at Christiana, Nor
way, tliat Petrograd is burning, tires
luiving broken out in twelve d liferent
places almost simultaneously. The
dtsMitches also suite that there is
indiscriminate slaughter of icople in
the streets tliroughout the city, and
wildest confusion prevails every
where. The message to the Ameri
can legation did not indicate that
the massacro was an organized butch
ery or merely the consequent result
of a general state of anarchy. There
tH nothing to show wfliat part the
Jiolshevikl authorities ni-e pit tying in
the terrible situation. - No one's life
appeal's to bo safe, and men and wo
men - alike ro subjects of the assas
sin's knife or bullet. Terror like the
days of the French commtuio reigns
In Petrograd, according to the in
formation obtainable at this time.
GKRMAN REGIMENT MUTINIES.
tAmsterdttm, Sept, 11. A German
regiment that had been ordered to
entrain at Cologne on August 31, for
the front, refused to obey, according
to the Telcgraaf. The net ion precipi
tated! a crisis ami another regiment
was brought up to compel obedi
ence, but the men refused to fire on
their comrads. A regiment of home
defense guards comimsed largely of
youths, was then swung into action.
Jn the fight that followed 11 of the
lioys of tlio home gunid regiment
were killed and many others injur
ed, :
The dispatch was silent as to the
ultimate outcome of the matter, mak
ing "no mention of how the mutiny
wassettlcd.
f OUTFLANKING ENEMY.
Paris, Sept. 11. The village of
Travecy, near the southern end of
the main Hindenburg line, has been
captured by the French, according
to reports received here today. This
is nn important enemy position, and
If the French can hold the ground
taken the German position at Ln-
fore, two miles to the south, will be
virtually outflanked.
IjTNFJ ADVANCED.
Loudon, Sept. 11. The British
line was slightly advanced during
last night in the region of Vermand,
notrhwest from St. Quentln. Ad
vices from the front also Uidlcate
thi't the British troops "have gained
a footing in Peiziero nnd Ephey, on
the railroad between Roisel and Mnr
coing. SIBERIAN FRONT ELIMINATED,
Vladivostok, Sept. 11. The
Sllierian front has dlsapiiearod over
night, or in the words of one Ameri
can authority on the Asiatic scene, it
"has moved four thousand miles to
the westward." Communication has
been completely established between
Vladivostok, on the coast of eastern
S11eria, clear through to Ii!kutsk,
an imiHittnnce place about half way
In Siberia toward the Russian bor
der, and is situated Just north of the
(Thlnese border. Czech o-wSlo vak troops
have broken the enemy lines from
Lake Baikal toward Tchlta, while
the Cossacks who have approached
from the Onon river, the two wings
forcing Bolshevik! forces to retreat
westward.
CENTER MOVING W,
Associated Press War Synopsis,
Sejtt, 11. British forces are moving
toward the Hindenburg line today In
the only sector where they are still
some distance from It, and which is
near the center of the allied battle
front. Some progress has been made
In the Vermond region. From the
north British troops are closing in on
St, Quentin, while French forces are
approaching the city from the south.
A plausible forecast of the situation
leaves no doubt but that the city will
fall Into allied haiids within a few
da; s at farthest.
At'STRHNS GET DRUBBING.
Rome, Sept. 11 Reports from the
front state that British troops raid
ed Austro-Hungarlan positions on the
Asiago plateau, inflicting consider
able loss on the enemy, '
DISSATISFACTION GROWING.
Copenhagen, Sept. 11. The Ger
man socialist party and trade unions
liave combined in sending a commu-
YE YELLOW DEMON COMING.
..
The "YfaUow Demon Autonio-
bile" wiliyhrlng a party of
liberty loan api'iiko-s to Hose
burg on the openim; day of the
campaign, Saturday, Soptem-
ber 28, or probably a day earl-
ler, thd exact date not having
been fteM. The "Million Dol-
lar Special," as ;he car it occa-
sionally dubbedl will carry a
billion dollars' worth of pop
and enthusiasm for the forth-
coming loan and plans are al-
ready being perfected by the lo-
cul liberty loan committee to
"take the boys on" for a rous-
ing reception when they hit the
old town, A half-holldayinay
t be declared in order to throw
the 'proper spirit Into the re-
ception. Some good spoakers
are among the bunch of live-
wires and a rip-roaring cele-
bratlon itf going to be staged.
BOSTON GETS GAME TODAY.
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(By Associated PresB.)
BOSTON, Sept. 11. Players
in the world series are believ-
ed to have patched up their
grievances oveV the claim for a
larger share of the gate re-
ceipts, as the game was called
on time today. Mays pitched
for Boston and Tyler for Chi-
cago. Boston got two runs In
the third inning. The game was
won by the Bostons, who made
two runs, five hits and no er-
rors, Chicago Bcored one run,
three hits and two errors. The
batteries were, Chicago, Tyler,
Hendrix, Kllllfer and O'FarreU.
Boston, Mays and Schang. Bos-
ton takes the world's champion-
ship in the series closed .with
today's game.
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LABOR CANDIDATES WIN.
SEATTLE, Sept. 11. In the
state primaries yesterday. John
F. Miller, Albert Johnson and
Linn H. Hedler were the sue-
cessful republican candidates
for nomination as representa-
tives. The democrats nominat-
fcd J. W. Hawthorne t, oppose
Miller, and Theodore .Hnsa for
an opponentfcof- Johnson at the
general election. These men
were all supporters of union
labor and the vote was exceed-
lngly light In- all of the pro- 41
clncts. The republican no ml-
nees ara preseuc incumbents.
nicntlon to the chancellor, in which
It was pointed out that there is in
creasing dissatisfaction among the
population, duo to insufficient food
supplies.
RETURNS FROM CAMP liKWIS.
John Turner, who loft with the last
contingent of drafted men, returned
last night from Camp Lewis where
he was rejected from army service.
Mr. Turner states that he is the only
one ro far that has han to return,
which Is very milch to his sorroy.
HORN.
ELLISON To Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Klllhon. near Wilbur," Saptombor
10, 1918, a daughter.
lOiH IS DAY
AU male persons (citizens or
- aliens) between the ages of 18
and 45 years, both Inclusive,
who have not already registered
under the former draft age 11m-
its of 21 to 30 years, both in-
4 elusive; the only exceptions be-
ing officers and enlisted men of
the regular army, navy and ma-
rlne corps and the national
guard while In federal service,
officers and men of the
drafted forces, officers In of-
fleers' reserve corps andi enlist-
ed men in enlisted reserve corps
while In service, must register
on Thursday, September 12,'
1918, between 1 a. in, and 0
4v p. m., at the office of the local
drnft board having Jurisdiction
where the person to be register-
ed permanently resides, or oth-
er place designated by that lo-
cal board.
If you are sick tomorrow and
unable to present yourself In
iperson for registration, send 4
some competent friend. The
4 clerk may deputize him or her
to prepare your card. Failure
to register is a misdemeanor
punishable !ty Imprisonment
for one year, without option of
paying a fine. It may result In
loss of valuable rights and prlvl- ,
leges and Immediate Induction
Into military service. '
MENTIONED IN LIST
OneOregon Man Among Those
Named as Killed in
Action at Front.
112 ARE AMONG MISSING
Large Per Cent of CnsiuiUios Aro In
the ljlst of Wounded Suvorol-
Murliie Corps CnsiioU
ties ToUU 24.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11 The cas
ualty list Issued today carrleB 642
names. Of these 172 were killed In
action; 112 are missing in action;
236 were wounded severely; 72 died
of wounds; 1 was killed in an acci
dent; 12 died of disease; 30 wound
eu In a degree undetermined; 1 kill
ed In aeroplane accident.
There were 23 men from the north
western states among those mention
ed In the casualty list, andi they are:
Killed in Action.
Wagoner Wm. Horaco Warden,
Augusta, Mont.
Michael Duffy, Phllllpsburg, Mont.
Ludwig Tande, Tande, Mont.
Adolph Stophnn, Coal Hldgo, Mont.
Geo. Eugene Mitchell, Lents, Ore.
Walter Arnold Nelson, Chinook,
Mont. '
Darrell M. Dunkel, Vancouver,
Wash.
Wm. D. Martin, Sandpolnt, Idaho.
Fred K. Rube, Kelso, Wash.
Died of Wounds.
Alfred C. Mills, Great Falls, Mont.
Edward H. Keel, BelUngham, Wn.
Wounded floverely.
Ace R. Nelson, Grace, Idnho,
Thos. Gregory, Washos, Mont.
Frank Jacobs, Cedlarvllle, Wash.
Sofus Quiun. Chester, Mont.
Harold W. Veach, Blodgett, Wash.
Reuel Cheshler, yUzada, Mont.
' Jesse ,1. Houser, Seattle, Wash,
Wounded In Dejtrco Undetermined.
Roy B. Mlsener, Dothell, Wash.
Marino Corns, . ,
Killed in action, 8; died ' on
wounds. 5; dilcd of illseaso, 1 ; wound
ed in. action 10..,. ..
LDCALPHONE COMPANY
The postmaster general has in
formed the local telephone company
that, commencing the first day of Sep
tember, III 18, a charge of rrom $5 to
$15 will he assessed to every sub
scriber of the service who has any al
terations made to their service, no
matter In what manner. This new
ruling applies to installation or re
moval of the phone service from one
part of the premises to another nnd
patronB of the commany are urged to
take this matter into consideration
when contemplating any alterations.
The new ruling will bo enforced to
the letter, according to the edict of
Manager Hamilton today.
TO HELP IN WAR EFFORT
The nntlonal wnr savings commit
tee Is malting an appeal to tho boys
and girls of the country to save fruit
(i.ilB, nutn nnd nut ehella to be uned
In the making of carbon. This car
bon is then used In the making of
gas respiratory, or helmets to protect
our soldiers from being gassed by the
Germans, Excerpts from a letter Just
received by City Superintendent
Smith is given below:
Washington, August 29, 1918.
Superintendent of Schools,
Roseburg, Oregon,
Dear Superintendent: Poison gas
was one of the first fruits of kill tu r.
It stings, blinds nnd kills. Charcoal
or carbon made from fruit pits and
nut shells Is used to neutralize It,
The government needs carbon. It asks
the boys and girls of America to
save: Peach pits, apricot pits, plum j
Vila, uubii Miw, prune )11H, lllCKOry
nuts, walnuts Butternuts, shells of
these nuts,
Two hundred! peaoh pits or seven
pounds of nuU produce enough car
bon for one" gas respirator. Cnrhon
is made from fruit stones and nut
shells.
Yours slncerelv,
(Signed.) O. D. STAYER,
Division of Education, National War
Saving Committee.
Those canning fruits or having
nuts are asked to dry the pints
thoroughly in the sun and after the
opening of BChool they will be
brought to centrnl collecting stations
and placed at the disposal of the
Chemical Warfare Service, Washing
ton, D. C. This service under the
treasury department will furnlBh
bagB, etc., for shipping the pits aud
nuts to labratorles.
Every boy and girl having aucoss
to nuts or. fruit pits Is asked to help
In collecting them from now on. No
amount is too large or too small to
be usedland appreciated.
. JOHN I1ISHOP DEAD.
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John Bishop, of West Roseburg,
aged 83, one of Douglas county's
pioneers, und a well Known and high
ly respected citizen, piiBsed away at
his home this afternoon at 2:30. Mr.
Bishop has been ill for several
weeks, death was not unexpected.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced! tomorrow.
1'IltST LUtUHTY BOND SOLD.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or.; Sept, 10.
The first liberty bond of the fourth
issue was sold here today, the pur
chaser being Frank L. Finney, of
Leona. He has entered into the
spirit of the Oregon campaign,
"Let'er be all over but the shouting"
at 9 o'clock on the opening day.
If all others who Intend buying
llborty bonds follow his example the
committee will have Us labors great
ly lessened. .
MOTHER'S DAY PARADE
.21
The woman's comlmttee of the 4th
liberty loan Is making a national
patriotic movement for a "Mothers'
Day" which is scheduled for Satur
day, September 21. . On the 15th of
August the county chairman of the
men's comlmttee met in -Portland
and before adjourning they assigned
one very ideflntte piece of work to
the women's comlmttee, which was
to take charge of the "Mother's
Day." .. .
The commlttoe taking charge of
this work In Roseburg has arranged
for a big parade followed by com
munity singing, Bhort speecheB and
special muslo by the Liberty chorus
to be held in the armory. Mrs. Wm.
Bell, county chairman fon the wo
man's . llborty loan for Douglas
county has appointed! for Mother's
Day committee, Mrs. Charles Hamil
ton nnd Mrs. Chas. Helnllne as joint
chairmen with a large committee to
assist, who met at tue home of Mrs.
Wm. Bell Tuosday afternoon and di
vided the work into sub-committees.
Besides those mentioned, included
In the comlmttee are Mrs. J. H.
Booth, Mrs. Dexter Rice, Mrs. Stan
ley Kidder, Mrs. Harry Stalpleton,
Mrs. I. B. Riddle, Mrs. M. F. Rice,
Mm Danlvl Bunnell, Mrs: O. .C.
Brown, Mrs. Aubrey Smith, Mi-b. O.
P. Coshow, Mrs. ,J, C. Spencer, Mrs.
Frank Churchill, Mrs. A. C. Mars
ters, MrB. J. C. Hume, Mrs. Geo. E.
Houck, Mrs. Walter Glenn, Mrs. Jas.
Pearson, Mrs. A., N. Orcutt,, Mrs.
E. H. Lenox, Mrs. Geo. Qulne, Mrs.
Wm, Bowdcn, Mrs. John Runyan,
Mrs. Alva BellowB. Mrs. J. E. . Mc-
Cllntock, Mrs.i Jean Pitts and MIbs'I
Frank HOwoll.
Tomorrow at noon Is the day nnd
hour set for the beginning of the
Drager prune packing plant, of this
city, on its season's work. . With a
half million pounds of prunes
already on hand, the 25 or 30 men
who will be employed! there, will be
kept bUBy through the entire' season.
V. T. Jackson, local manager, an
nounced to a News representative to
day that labor was very scarce this
year and ho was at present in need
of help. Mr. Jackson also said that
96,000 pounds of prunes wore be
ing delivered to the plant dally and
over 100,000 piftnds will be arriv
ing each day during the next two
weeks. There will be nq women
employed this year, as the govern
ment has ordered that no prunes bo
faced, because of tho unnecessary
work and employment -used In this
process of ipacking.
It Is estimated! that about 4,500,
000 pounds of prunes will be packed
nt the factory this year, and about
eight hundred thousand pounds ut
Myrtle Creek. The Drager Company
has three large prune packing houses
In Oregon, one at Salem, ono in Hose
burg and one at Myrtle Creek.
Through tho disastrous Are which
caused the loss of the large Everfrosh
plant at Sutherlln a large per cent of
the iprunes which that plant would
have handled will be left for the
Drager Fruit Company. Therefore
any one wishing work at this plant
may socure the same during the next
few days. . .
The office of the snerlff has been
freuently vlBlted today by persons
wishing te register for the regulnr
draft, owing to the fact that they
will be absent from the city tomor
row. During the absence of Chief
Clerk Raffety Miss Hattle Blosser,
assistant clerk, is attending to this
Important part of the war program.
BUSINESSOFNATION
FALLS UPON WOMEN
Drafting Men From 18 to 45
' Years Will Throw a Greater ...
Burden Upon Them.
THEGAPSMUSTBEFILLED
With tho Various Pursuits Open to
Them Women Have Been Gradu
- ally Acquiring Knowledge
Buyers of Bonds. '
With the affixing of the signature
of President Wilson to the man pow
er bill, all men- between the ages of
18 and 46 have been drafted Into the '
service of our country. That means
that more than ever before the busi
ness of the land will fall upon the
shoulders of the women. Where
their fields Have been limited here
tofore and the calls mpon them hnvo
been coiuparatlvely few, tho neces
sities for women to take up the bur
dens which their men have borne '
will be Increased a hundred fold and
the calls for service will be trans
mitted Into commands.
Like their sisters ovorsens the wo
men of America must stop Into the
ranks, to fill up the gaps left by
their husbands and brothers. Pre
paration for this mighty change has
been made in greater or less degree
throughout the entire country. With
the various 'Pursuits open to them,
women have been gradually acquir
ing the knowledge which Is to stand
them In vital Btead under the new or
der of things. , ,
Not the least revolutionary of tho
changes has been the granting of
women of executive powers In war
financing. Where a few years ago
women bond sellers were a negligi
ble quantity, their "number has
grown during the past twelve months
to more than halt a million. And
where In da&'s before the war women
who bought bonds were few and far
between, today women nnunber mora
than, qne-thtrj .of the Unltod1 States
bond owners. Intorest' and taxes
which a short time ago were little
known or troublesome problems,
have become subjects with . which.
American women are now on friend-',
llest speaking termB.
The various liberty ' loans have
made "Interest" a common posses
sion, an offset to taxeB which are the
Inevitable accompaniment, of war.
The fourth liberty loan, to be open
ed for subscription September 28,
will afford the women of America
another opportunity to become pos
sessors of the government securities
for their future well-being and hap
piness. WILL GET 1300 FOR BERRIES. ;
J. S. Rauch, of Deerhorn, will
eclipse all lndlvldhial records for ev
ergreen blackberries this season,
says the Eugene Register. Sales from
patches of berry vlnea on his farm
will aggregate more than (1200. Mr.
Rauch has gone Into the evergreen
blackberry business In earnest. ' He
trims out all riinnera and cuts paths
through the hushes so that pickers
can work easily. .
John Seavey, of Springfield, will
market J800 worth of berries from
his farm and Roy Chelper, of Fergu
son, will have a total of $376 worth
of berries sold before the .close of
the season. One family near Elmtrn
has averaged between $12 and! $15 a
day picking berries since the season
opened. Samuol Goddard and O.
JohnBon, bom of the Deerhorn region,
are gathering large quantities of ber
ries on their farms,'
The evorgreen berry harvest this
year will show an Increase of more
than 100 per cent over last year, ac
cording to J. W. Shumate, who has
been purchasing large quantltlea of
the berries. He estlmatles a total
harvest of more than 400 tonB. ' The
peoiple of Lane county are just wak
ing up to the possibility of the ever
green berry Is a resourco, Mr. Shu
mate stated today.
DEATH FINALLY VERIFIED;
PORTLAND, Sept. 10. Fred T.'
Merrill has Anally received. v word
from government officials and Sena
tor Chamberlain confirming the re--port
he received! three weeks ago that
his oTdest son, Fred, T. Morrill, Jr..
was killed at the front.
First news of the. death of young
Merrill, who was a sergeant, was re
ceived In a letter from one of his
claims, stating that he was with Fred
when he died, but It gave no date
or other details, beyond the fact that
they were in the battle at Chateau
Thierry. .
The Merrills at once communicated
with government officials at Wash
ington, and had hopes that there
might have been some kind of mis
take. A short time ago they received
confirmation of the report, however.
He was killed In action July 18.