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Pull for a bigger, better
and more prosperous
Roseburg and Douglas
County.
THE. WEATHER
Tonight and Sunday, Cloudy.
Highest temp. yestrdy.B3
Lowest temp, last night ...41
The Only Paper, in Roseburg Carrying; Associated Press Dispatches
VOL. IX.
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGOtf SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 80, IBM.
NO. 384
80.000SOLDIERSFOR
EARLYCONVOYHOME
One Hundred and Fifty Thou-
sand Be Brought Back
During December. . .
AM EN DED CASUALTY LIST
Official Total Is Now. Placed at 302,
7211, Exclusive of Prisoners Units
To Be Returned Not Mode Tub. ;
, lie At This Time. ,
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. General
Pershing has designated 80,000 sold
lers lor early convoy to the United
States, according to' announcement
made today y General March, but
the units to make up this large move
ment oC soldiers homeward will not
be made public until a later date, but
It is known at this time that the 3tn
76th and 87th divislonsare Included
in tneir entirety.
.- The general this morning also au
' nounced the amended casualty -; re
ports received from General Persh-
lns,. giving an official total to .No
vember 26 of 262,723, exclusive of
prisoners. The number of men kill
ed in action is now given as 28,363;
died of wounds, 1.2,101; died of dis
ease, 14,034, from other causes, 1,
980; miBSlnE, 14,290; wounded 189,-
955.
The information was given out to
day that the var department expects
to bring back 160,000 to 175,000
.men during the month of December,
and when once under full speed 300,
000 soldiers will be returned month
ly. To date 46,378 men have been
mustered out of the armies in this
country..
Will Care For Prisoners.
V AMSTERDAM, Nov. 30 In re
sponse to a threat by the British arm
istice commission that hostilities
would be resumed at once unless the
conditions under which prisoners ar
riving in the allied lines wore reme-.
died, a Berlin dispatch .declares-that
; everything possible- ie-toeing done by
Germany to assure an orderly ie
trurn of the prisoners and states that
a regular transport of returning sold
iers is now assured.
Will Address Congress:' 1
WASHINGTON- , Nov. SO. Pr'psl-
dent Wilson will address' the "hew
session of congress Monday after
noon Instead of following the usual
custom of delivering his address the
second! day of the session.
Signed Abdication. i
LONDON, Nov. 30. Former Em
peror William signed the abdication
at Amerongen, Holland, yesterday,
according to a dlsipatch to the Wolff
Bureau, of Berlin, from Copenhagen.
'The abdicate of decree expressed the
hope that "the new regent" would
be able to protect the Morman peo
ple against anarchy, starvation and
foreign supremacy. The use of the
word regent is commented upon here
as possibly significant. .
ILL WITH INFLUENZA.
Captain William Kletzer, who 1b
now stationed at. Camp 10 A. Hum.
phreys, Va., is in the hospital there
suffering from an attack of Spanish
influenza, according to Information
received here today. .
REPORT Btl
The committee on Belgian and
French relief collected the donations
from the bottles .in town yesterday,
and found them to contain $31.22.
The committee also received the fol
lowing donations during the month
of November: $6.00 from Mr. A. Cole
of Roseburg, (this is -the second gen
erous donation from Mr. Cole) $2.63
from Miss Ruth Chenoweth from
bottle at Oakland, $7.52 sent by Miss
Emma Hedden from the collections
at Scottsburg. $2.76 from Mrs. J. K.
Falby taken from the bottle at the
Cement Quarry; $2.20 from .rs. Lily
from Dixonvllle bottle, and $14.47
from Umpqua through the kindness
of Mrs. F. Fortln, who placed a bottle
. in the store at that place. Making
a total of collection for the month of
November for Douglas County of
$65.70.
The committee this month assist
ing Mrs. William B'ell, County chair
man were: Mrs. Koy ueiiows, ivirs.
I. B. Riddle, Mrs. Mose Rice,: Mrs.
John Enger and Mrsr Chas. Wharton.
They wish to thank the people of the
county as well as of the city, who so
kindly donated to the cause.
Oregon must do her share In this
great work. Contributions are need-
I ed to place mese oeipiess. nomeiesa,
orphans on their feet, and give to
them an education, so don't overlook
the bottles during the Christmas
month.
If every person would deny them
elves only a little each month,
starving chlldl could be cared for, and
receive an education. Oregon has
gone over the top in all other dona
tions, and as the free will offering
shows, Douglas County is doing her
share each month for this most wor
thy cause. ' ,. , .. .
R. O. WORK IN TEN 5WLE UNIT.
. Among the tireless workers in the
war industries is Mrs. F. C. Rookard,
or Ten Mile; she being a pioneer,
having crossed the plains by ox team
in 1861, and has made her home in
this section for many years. She
spends part' of the time with her
daughter, Mrs. Lizzie Breitenbucher,
of this locality, but is at present
visiting her son at Bridge, Coos
County. Although Mrs; Rookard is
79 years of age, she has knitted nve(Po0(1 Conditions In Germany Are By
Bessy Breitenbucher, 14 years of age,
a gfjanddaughter of Mrs. Rookard, I
has knitted) two pairs of socks; Lena I
Porter five pair; Louisa Coates two
pair: Mrs. Porter seven pair; Mrs. - '
Peed one pair; Mrs. Susie Appleton. - (Br Associated Tress.)
who Is 75 years old, has . knitted BERLIN, Nov. 30. A group of In
sight ipair. The. latter lady makes (dependent Socialists and Democrats,
her home With Mrs. W. M. Coates, closely identified with the Spartacus
her daughter. Besides the knitting ; element of Dr. Liebknocht, has sized
the Ten Mile Unit has made four control of all wirelesB stations in Ger-
pairs of Pajamas and nine comfor
ters.
FOR NEEDY ONES
The News is in receipt of commu
nication from Major Jessie Starks of
the association of the Volunteers of
America, which has made it an an
nmtl custom since 1896 to give, a
free Christmas, dinner to poor -ino-l
thors and children. Major Ststks;
urges that the people of Rpitburg
grt behind this movement and send
what they can of money, fruit and
vyetaHj s etc The letter from Ma
jr 'ftlark.i M in part as follow. -It
lias been our custom for vca? to
m a free basket dinner to the pr.or
at Christmas. We have concluded
this year to deyote our energies, more
particularly to the helping of poor
mothers and children that coine to
us through our day nursery..- and
such aged an infirm as are known to
us to be in . need. In addition to our
basket dinner, we will give a Christ
mas tree, clothing and new shoes to
the little ones. Will you not be a
sharer of our Christmas joy by con
tributing as you may be able? Kina-,
ly make all remittances payable to
the volunteers of America and ad
dressed to' Major J. F. Starks, 823
Pacific Street.
The letter further states that all
fruits andl vegetables will be handled
gratis by the Railroad Companies
and that the articles sent should be
directed to the Maude Booth Home,
12 East Seventh St., Portland, Ore.,
as this is the name that the Railroad
Co. has on its books for free trans
portation. LOCAL LAD HOME ON
FEW DAYS FURLOUGH
Shirley Goodman, who is here on
a furlough, is not from Puget Sound,
but has been in the navy service for
a year and a half, and In that time
has made ten trips across the Atlan
tic in the transport service. He be
longs to the crew of the Great Nor
thern, which docked at New York on
November 19, and went Into dry
dock for repair?. On the last trip
over, the ship encountered some ob
ject at sea about 2:30 in the morn
ing, and following -a terrific explo
sion, a great hole was torn in the
sUe of the vessel, resulting in the
death of ten men, who were instant
ly killed, some of them being mangl
ed badly, and In fifteen others being
thrown into the sea by the concussion.
These were also lost. Mr. Goodman
Is due to report for duty aboard hit
ship December 11, and will leave here
for the east In affew days. - .
PLANS BE PERFECTED
FOR RED CROSS DRIVE
A meeting of the various captains
who will engineer the Red Cross
drive for this county beginning De
cember 16th will be held at the Dou
glas county abstract office on Dec.
10th. The executive committee, of
the ,local chapter, who are planning
the membership drive, hope to enroll
every man, woman and child on the
Red Cross banner. The notifications
of the meeting are being sent out
to each captain In the county today
and they are being advised1 that all
annual memberships for the year
1918 expires in December at the
time the new drive will take place.
Since there Is as great a need as
ever during the reconstruction period
for the Red Cross organization. It is
hoped that the response to this call
will be met as generously as previous
calls. .
SEIZE CONTROL OF
' ' -
Independent Socialists and
Democrats Spread Propa
ganda In Germany.
A WARNING IS GIVN
N'o Means Critical Enough To
' Last Until Next April Now
Stored Away. -
many and are now transmitting their
propaganda and other news broad
cast according to the Berlin Tage
blatt. Chancellor Ebert and Herr
Haase, on 'behalf of the government,
has warned the press and declare
that the government will not assume
any responsibility for wireless infor
mation being sent from Germany. .
: . - Pood Conditions are Good.
: ZUERICH,' Nov. 30. Food conditions'-in
Germany ere by no means
critical and urgent as Foreign Mini
ster Solf would lead the! world to be
lieve, according to information re
ceived here. Germany . has food
.enough to Inst until-Aprll if the army
reserve stores are placed at the dis
posal of the people. Since October
these stores have not been touched.
Attend fence Conference.
WASHINGTON, 'Nov. 30. The re
presentatives of the United States at
the jieace conferences will be:
President Wilson. ' :'.'.' I
Robert Lansing. Secretary of State.
Henry Whitey: former. Ambassador
to France and Italy - '.V:
-.; B.-'M. HouseA . 'V' -''' ''-
General Tasker H. Bliss, represent
ative of the American Armyf with the
supreme War council at Versailles.
No More Beer. '
WASHINGTON,. Nov: ' 30". The
brewing of beer and! other malt bev
erages stops at mldnlsht tonight
fhrougout the country. '
BE HELD AT
SALEM DECEMBER 13
District Attorney George Neunor
today received from the Public Ser
vice Commission . that a hearing
would be held in Salem on the 13th
of December, 1!)1S, concerning the
Increase in the local exchange rates
of the Pacific Telephone mid Tele
graph Co.- At this time and place,
the Commission advises that an op
portunity will be afforded Interested
parties to be heard. District Attor
ney Neuner advises that all in the
city who have complaints to enter
with regard to the existing increased
rate present them to the Commis
sion at this time. There are indica
tions In the city, that many .tele
phones are to be taken out because or
the exorbitant charge now demand
ed by the telephone cimpany. This
is especially true in the public offices
where two or more phones are at
present installed and It is found that
une-will serve.
BOXES FOR THE CON
VALE3CING SOLDIERS
Mrs. A. C. Marsters, who has just
returned from Portland, was one of
:i party of six ladles, who motored
tJ Vancouver on Thanksgiving day to
take 650 holiday boxes' to soldiers In
the hospitals and convalescent wards
there. These boxes, which were pre
pared by the W. C. T. U. and the
Jewish Womans' Council, of Port
land, contained jelly, apples, raisins,
candy aneV cake and Aire. Marsters
says that the appreciation of the sick
boys was very great. Mrs. MarsterB
took Thanksgiving dinner in Port
land with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Amadon.
AT THE LIBERTY
The Liberty Theatre Is offering a
special attraction tonight In the per
son of Chief Hailstorm, a Cherokee
Indian, reared In Oklahoma and
educated at Tahlequah, an Indian
school In that state. Chief Hailstorm
will give a lecture on his travels of
the past four years, which took him
Into Siberia, Japan, China and the
Philllpincs. He is quite an -artist
SUGAR INSTRUCTIONS,
Instructions from the Food
Administration, just received are
. to the effect ' that .beginning on
December 1, neither dealers or
proprietor of public eating
places are required to get cer-
titlcates for the purchase of
sugar, hut they can purchase
sugar without certificates. ,
As to serving sugar in public
eating places, the Quantity is
still limited to four pounds for
.ninety meals. -.
Private consumers are also
restricted to four pounds per
person per month andl dealers
should endeavor to see that this
is done without further use Of
the consumer s card. .
These changes do not in any
way enect tne price regulations
which are still In force.
.- .. . B. L. EDDY, .
County Food Administrator.
with the, bow and arrow, having at
various times, shot an apple a la
Wilhelm Tell, from the heads of the
Mayors of Manilla,. San Francisco,
Bakersfifleld and Fresno. He carries
with him a scrap book with press
notices and posters issued in the
cities he has visited. Most of these
posters are printed in Japanese, Rus
sian and Chinese.
Arrangements were made today for
the removal, of the Roseburg Cafe
teria from its present location to the
adjoining building, . one door north
of- its present quarters to the room
formerly occupied by the Bee Hive
Grocery. ' It is the intention of the
proprietor, Mr. Warner, to enlarge
the business to a considerable degree,
and his new, : large ;:rooinv nnarttirs
Will give him the opportunity to carry
out nis plans. Tne remodeling of the
interior of the building will be com
menced at once1 and he expects to
be open for business at the new quar
ters by the 16th of Dwmnber.-"- -'
TO
Word has been received by Mrs.
Frank LI 1 burn that her husband,
Lieutenant Lilburn, is today released
from service at Washington, D. C,
where be baa been stationer in the
quartermasters department for sever
al weeks. Lieutenant Lilbtirii write?
that release cards were sent around
to all of the soldiers and those who
were marled were given first relonso.
Mrs. Lilburn leaves for Castle Rock
tonight where she will visit with her
parents until Friday. On that doy
she will return to Portland to meet
her husband.
AT
NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The staff
of the Associated Press at the peace
conference will be. made up as fol
lows: Melville E. Stone, General
Manager; Elmer Roberts, Chief of
the Paris Bureau; Robert M. Collins,
Chief of the London Bureau; Charles
T. Thompson, CharleB E. Kloeber,
Salvatore Cortesl, Chief or the Rome
Bureau; L. C. Probert, Chief of the
Washington Bureau; 8. B. Conger,
rormer Chief of the Berlin Bureau;
Edwin M. Hood, Robert Berry, F. B.
Grundy, J. A. Bouman, Burge Mc
Fall, James P. Howe, Philip M. Pow
ers. Stuart Maroney, S. F. Wader and
T. T. Topping.
IHMiE 'OFFICERS KLKCTKI).
At the regular meeting of Rising
Star Lodge, No. 174, last evening the
following officers were elected for
the ensuing term: Foster Butner, N.
0.; A. C. Marsters, V. G.; Carl Oil
man. Sec.; M. Fickle, Flu. Sec; A.
Hunt, Treasu or.
AT5W ARRIVAL AT MKLROHK.
A fine seven and one-half pound
boy arrived at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Busenbark, at Melrose,
last evening, and hereafter will take
a leading nnrt of the conduct of af
fairs at the Busenbark domicile. The
mother and child are getting along
nicely.
HA BY ftlltL nimx.
A baby, girl was born to Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Hagar at their home on
Deer Creek Friday evening, Novem
ber 29. The mother and child are
getting along nicely while the father
of tho new arrival Is overjoyed.
liLJFE ON THE BATTLE
FIELDS OF FRANCE
Cousin of H. B. Church Writes
Interestingly of the .
Great War. '
MAKES BRUTES OF ALL
Mangled Forms and Dying Men So
Common That Soldiers Soon Get
Used to Awful Sight Sleep
Under Cannon Fire.
The following article, from an Ohio
paper, written-by a cousin, of H. B.
Church, of this city, is a splendid
description of the soldier under lire:
I have been at the front or mov
ing Just behind the lines since July
16, and now I guess I look some
thing of a soldier.
Regarding my experiences. The
thing I hate about this horrible war
most is that the boys have to suffer,
but I have grown used to those ter-.
rthle wounds now and don't turn
lalnt nor get sick at the sight of
them, however, the suffering Is what
sets ine, and I work among them Just
because I want to help thein a little.
How they do apipreoiate it too. They
don't forget, and many times I run
into a fellow who I have ministered
to.' '
' Life in France is truly one of
strange and varied experiences, but
I so much enjoy the life among the
soldiei'B that I don't mind it at all.
I could tell you of the dirt and filth,
the wine and women over here, but
T hnvn heroine used to that, it dosn't
trot or bother me now. I eat all l
r.nn vat nnrl lrann wall tn anltn nf thp
manure piles in front of the houses '
nnd f'o unsanitary conditions in i
general. : (i, ffWjfj
Since I last wrbto you, we have
moved into another sector and one
of the most famous of all the battle
fronts In France. . Here we are ready
to go into action just hack of the
lilies.: We"llfo- ainirt mud, rain and'
cannon roar. It is picturesque and
enthralling, and seems strange to me
that one who has -been so .much of a
peace advocate enticed! by the bloody
thing. War makes brutes of us all
ft
so I find that 1 ami made of the snm
stuff as all the rest." "
- We are back In line of action again
just one month from the day we went
into action the last time. I wish i
could tell you how.it looks, but If you
will get some pictures of the deso
lation of the war It will help you to
see tills place. Town razed to the
ground, only clumliis 'of stones and
mortar, for the French build no frame
buildings. This place has no green
trees, only stumps and bleak and
burned remnants shot full- of shell
and shell holes aB thick as peas In a
pod'. In fact there is no level ground
for pitching a tent except the ground
the engineers and labor battalions
prepare for military roadn for the
transportation of supplies and big
guns. The shell holes vary in size
and depth according to the size shell,
and the ground looks like the top of
a boiling kettle of apple butter. I
see about here the famooiB German
"pill hoxes" which are well made of
concrete and from which they fought
from commanding positions the ap
proaching enemy. Even a direct hit
from heavy guns hasn't destroyed
many of them.
Last night I went to sleep right In
the midst of the big guns as they
ronrcd. their defiance at the enemy.
and Homctlmes In the night the
bursting German shells caused a gas
alarm to be sounded. I Bnt up In
my bedding roll and put on my gas
mask nnd luy down and went to
Blecip, so you may know that I was
tired. (Yesterday I traveled by the
big guns to this place r-.ntf their ex
plosions gave me the headache, but
by night I was so tired, I could sleep
anywhere.) All night long the ar
tillery action was very heavy, nnd
the alrplnnes. worked. I have seen
eighty or ninety airplanes go over In
escadrllle formation at one time. It
was very pretty and graceful, the
most attractive In fact of nil the war
work, but the most dangerous ajso.'
I could see thru my field glasses the
beautifully painted nones and bodies
of tho ships; on each was a number
and 1 could make these out on some
of them. I have a very fine pair of
field glasses which a yonng fellow
gave me to keep for him until he
calls for them, or until he gots back
from the base hospital. - He got them
from a German captain. -
This is ground once held by tho
Teutons, and last evening I went.
out across tho fields and saw the re
mains, mostly bones and clothing of
dead Cermans. It was a sight I
shall not soon forget; the skulls
lifted
their bleak foreheads and
countenances UP above the ground
like specters to remind me of the In
humanity of mankldd. I plucked
and) enclose, some growing popples
from the spot where the bones of a
dead German lay. They are a faint
reminder of the tonderness of our
God and his laws to make the
flowers grow where once hate and
crime lurked In the breast of his
human offspring. I hare no feeling
that so many carry with them about
this war., I still have a heart of
pity and compassion. ... , ,
.' . . DORMITORY BURNKI).
Escaping with only their night
clothes by cutting the screen on the
sleeping porch, thirteen girls and the
matron of the girls' dormitory of the
l'?ugene Hlble University, were forced
out in the frosty air early Friday
'morning, when the building was de
stroyed by fire. Nothing was saved
except the light wearing alDParel that
the. young ladles grobbed as they
maaa a nasty exit from the building.
The dormitory is a 14-room struc
ture, newly furnished throughout,
nnd was located In City Outlook ad
dition In the southeastern part of the
"'ly. The loss Is estimated at about
10,000, with. only small insurance
on the uulldlng. .
(By Associated Press.) ; '
NEW ROCHELLE, Nov. 30. Mrs.
Beth Fairbanks won today an inter
locutory decree 'of divorce from Dou
glas Fairbanks, the popular movie
actor. She was awarded the custody
of their -only son and the testimony
that was a dominant factor in secur
ing the divorce referred to ' an' un
known woman" correspondent..
THE ITALIAN ARDITI
OF
When you read of how the morale
1 of the Austrian soldiers was broken
by the hammering of the guns of
what is generally credited as. being
the best artillery in the. world, of the
feats performed -by airmen who were
the first to fire bullets through the
propellers of their machines, of men
who sank dreadnaughts with tor
pedoes fired! -from .frail -motor- boats
you have not flnished'by any means
with the story.
For any narrative of the exploits
of the Italians would be incomplete
without ft' description of. the Ardltl
--the terrible scourge of the trenches
Whb fought, stripped to uie waist and
whose only weapons were daggers.
Thrilling accounts of the exploltB
of the Ardltl have been brought to
Chicago by Calptaln Charles E. , Mer
rlam, who has Just returned from an
eight month's sojourn In Italy as
chairman of the Committee on Public
Information. '. - i
"These terrible fighting men actu
ally had the whole Austrian Army
shuddering," declared Captain Mer
rlani. "I saw twenty-live of them de
corated by the King of Italy,: One
of these men actiually broke through
the Austrian lines and fighting with
Incredible fairy against a dozen men
armed with rifles and revolvers suc
ceeded in killing an Austrian General
with his dagger. Although the Ar
dltl set no great store on his life he
succeeded in fighting himBelf free and
returned to his own command. The
AixMtt are like the "Blue DevllB" of
France. But they standi alone as ex
ponents of dagger fighting In
trenches. There are 80,000 of them
In Italy. They are the real shock
troops of the Italians. Before every
great charge they precode the main
body of trool s and actually iplunged
Into the trenches wielding daggers.
"General Diaz Introduced me to a
number of the Ardltl and they show
ed us how they fought and gave in
structions to the Americans who were
fighting with the Italians. The Ar
dltl expressed great admiration for
the aptness of tne Americans who
soon became experts at using the
dagger.
I RETURN'S FROM FRANCE.
Marcus Haines, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Haines, of Elkton, return
ed home on Wednesday of this week.
The young soldier has been given a
furlough to recover rrom severe
wounds received while battling with
the Huns at the Larrnlne front. For
the .imt few weeks he has been at
8un Francisco.
airy oordo.v knroutb homk.
Mrs. Guy Gordon received a tele
gram from her husband from Minne
apolis, Sunday, saying that ho had
been released from service nt Camp
Taylor, Kontmcky, and would prob
ably be In Portland today. . Mrs.
Cordon and Mr. Cordon's sister, Mrs.
J. Walsh, will leave for Portland
tonight, where thoy will meot Mr.
Cordon. Mr. Cordon took training
at the first officers training school
st the University of Oregon and at
the conclusion of a months course
there was transferred to Camp Tay
lor, Kentucky, where he was attend
ing an officer's training school pre
paratory to securing a commission.
Upon his return here, Mr. Cordon
will again take up his duties' as As
sessor at the county court house.
FOR SMOOTH FAKIR
One James Jones; Tries to
.Put Over Automobile Deal
In This City.
HAS STOLEN -MACHINE
Two Individuals In The Scheme, Both
of Whom Have Now Gone Into
- Hiding Officers Are Hot . i
' ;. On Their Tracks. i '
Faking a bill of sale for a Stu--debaker
automobile company and' se
curing a loan of $10.00 from Isadora
Abraham, with whom he wan nego
tiating the sale, of the maohlne, Is
the charge against one James Jones,
who has thus far eluded the search
of tho local officials.
Jones, accompanied by another
fellow, who olalmed to be a discharg
ed soldier, drove Into Roseburg from
Portlandi on Wednesday evening and
put up their car at the Rice Gurage.
The machine was covered witn mud.
The pair passed Thanksgiving dty in
the elty and yesterday Jones ap
proached Isadora Abraham and of
fered to sell hlB car. Mr. Abrahams
refused to buy, saying that, he did
not want a StudebaJ-.r car. Jones
Insisted, stating that he was hard up
for cash and would make a - good
offer to Mr. Abrahams. He said that
he had been working for a Portland
garage and that he was on hlB way
to Callfiornla, where he was to be
employed. He further stated that
he was afraid to drive tho machine
over the bad roads around Dunimulr..
- In addition, Jones produced ft bill
of Bale of the machine from the Port
land Garage and explained :tho fact
that the car bore a Washington li
cense by saying that the manager of
the Portland Garage had purchased
it In Vancouver. - In all, the story
sounded" so plausible and the offer
made by Jones was -so tempting, that
Mr. 'Abraham decided repurchase
the car. He turned the bill- of sale -over
to hlsattorney, A. N. .Orcutt,
together with the addross oi the Port
land garage. 'Mr. Orcutt lh order
to make a clear : title to'Jthe sale,
called up..t.he Portland Address and' ft'
wire came.back requestingthat Jones '
be arrested nt once as the car had
been stolen In Portland. ." '
In the meantime, Jones had fra
ternized) with E. L. Rice, the looal
garage man, and by virtue of his
hard luck story, Induced htm to loon
him $ 16.00, giving aa security the
name bill of sale which he presented
ito Mr. Abraham. The machine is '
still at the- Garage, Waiting orders
rrom rortinna. -, -i . . ,
Tho authorities t once got on tho
trail of the man and have been close
behind him several times. What be
came of the "soldier"- Is a mystery
YMORNI
The local schools which were closed
for last Wednesday by city hoalth
officer Shoemaker, will be resumed
Monday. The one day of quarantine,
authorized by Doctor Shoemaker,
coupled with the two regular Thanks
giving holidays, gave a five day lapse
f schools, during which time, all of
the buildings In the town have been .
thoroughly fumigated and dlslnfect
odi Superintendent Aubrey G. Smith
plans to disinfect every school room
In the city dally during the existing
epidemic. Cases of "Flu" reported
to the county and city health officers
ire at a minimum, now, only one or
two cases ajjpearlng daily, and these
are of a mild nature.
El
A large shipment of French mail
arrived In Roseburg today andl prac
tically every one interested received
letters from the boys over there. Most
at the letters bear dates of the latter
part of October. J. E. McCUntock, '
received one froni John McCllmock,
dated the ninth of November. John,
however, is at Bordeaux, where the
mail service is better than It is far
ther inland. Nearly all of the Rose
burg boys are either In the trenches
or close to them and this would ac
count for the later dntings of their
letters. -
Mrs. Frank Lilburn today received
a. letter from her brother, Steelo
Morehead, who Is somewhere in
France, having arrived' overseas Oc
tober 2nd. The letter was written
November first and stated that ho
was In good health as was Hnrlo
Booth, who Is In the same compauy.