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VOL. X.
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON 'MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1M0.
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EMEM
NG
CRISIS ACUTE A!
E
Italian Claims Insisted Upon
By Premier Orlando and
Baron Sonnino. .
ARMY BACKS DEMANDS
Italy May Slake Separate Teitus W'ltli
Germany. -Wilson Demands An- '
I' nulment of London Treaty. '
Absent from Council .
(The Associated Press.)
DATELESS, April 21. The Italian
parliament which was to convene on
Wednesday wIll.not meet until May
6, evidently the delay being due en
tirely to the failure of the peace
council of four to reach a solution
of the Fiume prohleni. Paris dis
patches today indicate that Italy's
unyielding attitude in the matter of
possession of the Dalmatian coast-has
reached a critical phase. Under the
terms of a treaty made with France
and England at the time of Italy's
entrance to the war,., the latter was
promised the entire Dalmatian Coast
and the Islands, including the seaport
of Flume for her assistance In win
ning the struggle. President Wilson
demands that this treaty be annulled
and the Jugo-Slavs be allowed inde
pendent government. ' Prem. urlando
and Baron Sonnino, representing Italy
in the peace conference insistB on the
fulfillment of the London contract.
Baron Sonnino Is emphatic in his de
termination to secure Italy's alleged
rights, and although Premier Orlan
do is a triffle more conciliatory, he
evidences no indication of giving lip
the contention, a telegram from, the
head of the Italian army assuring
him that the entire military strength
of the government was backing Ita
ly's demands. It Is said that the
telegram is loorfeu ilpon ly the Ital
ians as a determination to secure ade
quate protection on the Adriatic.
Captain Tozzl, of Premier Orlando's
staff Btated that if these.rlghtsv are
not recognized by the peace council
Italy will probably adopt her own
course without reference to the peace
council and occupy the territory to
which she considers herself entitled.
Presiden Wilson was not present
at the council yesterday or today with
Lloyd George, Premier Clemenceau
and Premier Orlando to participate
.- in deliberation. The president has
flatly opposed recognition of the
treaty of London, framed in 1916,
upon which Italy hases her claims to
Fiume and the Dalmatian coast. .
Despite the warning sent Germany'
that the delegates she sends to re
ceive the peace terms must not be
merely messengers, It is known that
she has selected rather unimportant
persons for this duty at Versailles. It
is reported that the German dele
gates hnve only been delegated to re
ceive the peace terms, which will be
taken by them and presented to the
cabinet, that body to decide whether
to reject them or submit them to the
neonle. It is indicated that the peace
council may possibly Insist that the
German delegates be authorized to
sign the peace treaty.
Bolshevism is on the wane on the
Western Ukranian front, but is ap
parently concentrating its strength
for overrunning the Crimea. , The
IJkranians have retaken several cities
from Bolshevist troops, and ten
thousand Bolshevist soldiers are al
leged to have deserted and gone over
to the Ukranian forces. Vienna Is
in the hands of the soviet.
TRKATY NOT READY.
PARIS, April 21 Grave doubts
are now expressed whether the per
fected peace treaty will be presented
lo the German representatives on the
enming Friday. While the treaty
will probably be communicated to
them In substance, it is sam in we-.i
Informed quarters that it will be
physically impossible to prepare the
document in Its complete and final
form In the four days yet remaining.
President Wilson absented himself
from tlie premier's conference on the
Adriatic question today. .1
BE IN BAD HOLE
Editor News: Two or three years
ago, when it was proposed that the
City of Roseburg put $300,000 Into
a logging rnllroad, some of our citi
zens endeavored to have the con
tracts so drawn that the people
building the proposed road would
complete It and operate it. .The
scheme fell down and every now and
then a voice pipes up and says these
consaervatlve citizens "Killed the
Kendall railroad". Let those pipers
read the following dispatch from
i r '
The committeo of Medford busi
ness men which haB oeen wonting
all this week to raise $300,000 to
keep the Pacific & Eastern railroad
In operation was still short between
$ 900 and $1000 tonight and unless
this amount Is subscribed by tomor
row night the railroad will be junk
ed. The road extends between here
and Butte Falls. Horculean effortB
will be made between now and Sat
urday night to raise the full sum
necessary and save the railroad
which means so much to the future
development of the Immense tribut
ary timber territory which it taps.
The Pacific & Eastern Railroad com
pany has offered to sell the road,
which was built at a cost of approx
imately $2,000,000, for (250,000,
with terms allowing $50,000 cash
and the' balance to be carried a long
term of years at 6 per cent interest.
One of the large timber Interests
along the line of the road, said to be
the Butte Falls Lumber company, has
made the following proposition to
purchase the road; Sixty thousand
dollars to be raised, $50,000 of which
will be used to make the initial pay
ment, leaving $10,000 as a working
capital. Of this, the above mention
ed company agrees to tako $30,000
of the stock if Mcdford and its vicin
ity will take the balance of the capi
tal stock. It is this $30,000 Mcd
ford is trying to raise. It is still
shy at least $900 of this sum.
FITTING CLOSE OF
REVIVAL SERVICES
The Christian church revival closed
last night with a great climatic corv
ice that filled every space of the
house, both floor and gallery, with
some standing In the vestibule. The
program of the evening consisted of
a reusing song service, a song ty the
children's chorus, a duet by Mr. and
Mrs. Walker, and the rendering of
the "The Wayside Cross" with hid
den male quartette, a soprano, a
darkened room, and a lighted screen,
vhlch had wonderful effect. The
pastor used as his last theme the
Judgment, and was listened tg with
interest. 13 people responded to the
Invitation of the church during the
day, and 16 were baptized at the
close of the evening service last
night. 27 was the total ' number
reached during the meeting, 'which Is
.considered a moBt successful one for
two weeks of time: ' Mr.- and "MrsH
Walker, the helpers found their way
Into the hearts of the peorlJ by their
splendid' work, and happy deposi
tions. Brother Walker knows how to
get the people to sing, and his han
dling of the childrons' chorus was the
best ever had in church circles. The
church is entering on a -most suc
cessful period.
METHODIST EASTER
Those who were privileged to at
tend the Easter services at the First
Methodist Episcopal church, yester
day, were afforded a rare treat, ad
there 'have seldom' been two more
beautiful and Inspiring servicesglven
In the city. At the morning service,
the Sunday School gave the Easter
exercise, "Life Abounding" before a
congregation that taxed the seating
capacity of the large auditorium, and
needless to say, all numbers of the
gram. as printed was halted after the
chorus of girls led the singing, under
direction of the pastor, and also ren
dered one very beautiful number
"The Crusader's Hymn". The pro
gram as printed was halted after the
work of the Primary Department was
completed, and the pastor adminis
tered the rite of baptism to seven
children who were presented by their
parents. At the close of the service,
the pastor welcomed to church fel
lowship more than thirty new mem
bers, some by transfer and others on
profession of faith. The decorations
were In charge of Mrs. A. C. Marster's
class of girls and under her direction
they scattered a profusion of greens
and flowers everywhere. (
The evening service was in charge
of the choir, who rendered CreBwell's
charming cantata, "Easter Memor
ies . The music, simple yet wonder
fully beautiful, portrays the sceneB of
Passion Week, the triumphal entry
of Christ, the agony in Gehtsemane,
the betrayal, the trial, the crucifixion
and the final joy of the resurrection.
The choruses were most Inspiring,
and the solos by Mr. Lyman Spencer,
Mr. W. D. Bell, and Mrs. A. N Or-
cutt brought very clearly the message
of the Resurrection to the large au
dience which completely filled the
church and listened with rapt atten
tion until the final note Roseburg Is
never disappointed when promiRed a
musical program by Mrs. Heinllne,
and the choir under her direction ait
ded another to the long list of sue
cesses achieved through her great
musical ability and her inspiring
leadership, -v -'
Mr. and Mrs. W. Feat, who have
been spending the past two weeks
in Idaho attending to business mat
ters, returned to their home In this
city Saturday. They report a nice
trip with very good weather.
OF PEACE COUNCIL
National DisappointmentOver
Racial Equality Demands
Very Keen, Says Times.
FEAR HUrt PROPAGANDA
Council of Four Concludes That It Is
About Time to Let Public Knew
of Action Taken. Weal Out .
Facts in Small Doses.
(Ujr Associated Pn.)
TOKIO, April 21. The Japan
Times states that national disappoint
ment over the In mi re ot tne peace
council to adopt the racial equality
clause in tho "covenant" of the lea
gue of nations verges upon open host
ility, giving sensationalists a --ovetea
chance to stir up anti-white race pre
judices. The Japanese people regard
the attltudo of the peace council as
a snub and humiliating to them.
"OPEN COVENANTS."
PARIS, April 21. Fearing Ger
man propaganda of undosirable char
acter relative to the terms of the
peace treaty to soon be submitted to
the enemy, the council for four are
lust -now discussing the advisability
of making the document public,
which actldn will, it Is given out,
head off any German influence
militating against the treaty if the
enemy are allowed to give out the
first information. It is planned now
to cable 250 words ot an official
summary, then a couple of days lat
9r, when the summary has been ab
sorbed, an official summary and
later the text ot the treaty, which
will consist of nearly, one hundred
thousand words. The state depart
ment -at Washington has the text of
'.he league of nations covenant.
ASKS RECOGNITION
WASHINGTON, April 21. The
Russian embassy has made public
the outline ot the plan presented
to the "peace conference by the Rus-
ilan.rejuesentatives at Paris, wulcn
iskB recognition as a defacto gov
ernment of all national authorities
who are "Inspired by democratic
deals and enjoy support of popula
tion" pending setting up a federa-
ion of Russian states.
MEET WITH COURT
Asking that the county court use
ts influence to prevent the elimina
tion of Riddle from tho Pacific high
way, a large delegation from that
place mot with the county court at
a special session this afternoon. It
was brought out at the meeting that
i promise was made by S. Benson,
chairman of the commission, -that
Riddle would be left on the highway,
and. that acting upon this promlso
the county court authorized the ex
penditure of $23,000 on the Canyon
road. This money was taken from
the general road fund and all dis
tricts have a part in It. ' Had it not
been the promise of tne commission
that the highway wbb to follow us
present route the money would not
have been voted. The Riddle people
will send a representative, possibly
Senator Eddy, to confer with the
members of the state commission and
the cpunty court will also furnish
resolutions stating the plans under
which the court had been working
In regard to road construction in the
southern part of the county. The
delegation also requested that action
be taken to complete tho Lew Hanks
road into Canyonvllle which will
make a hignway from Riddle to Can
yonvllle of standard'grade with the
exception of about a half mile at'
Rock Hill. They were promised that
this matter will be considered at the
regular term.
CONTRACT TIMBER
i CRUISE LET TODAY
.The contract for the' cruising of
Douglas Countly timber was let this
morning by the county court, meet
ing , In special session, to Jos. Mur
phy and Ben Mci-.ullon, local timber
cruisers who will commence work at
once. - Four bids were submitted, two
being from Portland firms and two
from local cruisers. The high hid
was made by C. E. Sheppard of Port
land, who bid 16 cents per acre. Bag-
ley & Company were second with a
hid of 12 cents per acre and Wm. M.
McGee of West RoBeburs was third
bidding li cents. ine successful Did
ders agreed to cruise the timber ana
classify the land for the sum of 9
centt per acre. ;t, .'-: '
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HIS STRANGE EXIT
Local Man WandersAway and
Has Not Been Heard From
Since Last Thursday.
WIFE MUCH ALARMED
Notified Officers That Husband Has
. Disappeared and That Foul Play is
Feared. Was Last Seen on tho
Main Streets of Roseburg.
Mystery shrouds the disappearance
of LewiB L. Schafer, who arrived in
this city about a week ago and who
has been missing - since Thursday,
leaving his wife alone at the board
ing house on Kane Street. i
The missing man is 56 years of
age and is a native of Illinois. A
week ago he arrived In Roseburg
with his wife, who formerly resided
here and who Is a Bister of Mrs. H.
D. Brown also a former resident of
Roseburg. Mr. Schafer Immediately
commenced a search for work, but
was unsuccessful during the first few
days. Thursday he heard that C. D.
Maynard, who conducts a sawmill
west .of the city, was looking tor a
fireman and arrangements were made
whereby Altred Cloake agreed to take
him out for an Interview wltn Mr.
Maynard.' Schafer climbed In the car
and the two circled the block stop
ping at Miss Pltchtord's news Btand
to purchase a magazine and here the
passenger stated that he -had forgot
ten an important engagement for 1 i
o'clock and that he would be unable
to make the trip. He started- off at
a halt dog trot and the last seen
of him he was circling the corner at
Rose Street going south toward Lane.
Since then Ills wife has received no
word from him and nothing has been
ascertained, which would tend to
disclose his whereabouts.
Mrs. Schafer In an Interview this
morning, stated that she is at an
absolute loss to account for her hus
band's disappearance. She said that
there had" been no trouble between
them and that he had seemed perfect
ly happy and contended. He has been
very nervous and afflicted with des
pondency during the past few days
and she fears that he has - become
mentally deranged and has wandered
off and may have met with foul play.
He had about $15 upon his person
as well as a valuable watch.
She also intimated that there might
be another woman in the case and
that her husband's motive might pos
sibly have beento leave her destitute
In order that he would be free to
pursue without Interruption his
cnurtshlo of another of the fair sex.
She promulgated many clues, but Is
completely unable to give any satis
factory reason or excuso lor tne
man's disappearance.
Sheriff Ouine has been notified anu
has sent messages to the police offi
cials In the various cities to watch
for the missing man.
When last seen he was dressed in
a .well worn blue suit with a small
nln Btrloe. a black felt BOft hat and
carried a gray overcoat with a black
velvet collar. He is about 5 reet lu
Inches In hlght, weighs 172 pounds,
has blue eyes and dark hair lightly
sprinkled with gray, 'and a light
mustache, ,
CITY CLEAN VP TODAY.
The city street cleaning depart
ment began wont this morning pick
ing up the vast tons of junk tnat
have accumulated during the winter
months. - Practically every residence
Inf-the city Is graced by a pile of tin
cans "roosting" on the curb and it
is a great task to remove the many
piles of rubbish. It Is understood
that a good price has hoen orfered
for the refuse by Mr. Borger, the lo
cal Junk dealer, and his offer will
probably be accepted by the council
which meets this evening.
TELEPHONE BTRIliE ENDED.
BOSTON, April 21. The tele
phone strike has been ratified by the
strikers who go back to work this af
ternoon. - ' ' .
18 AIRPLANES THRILL;
'S
(
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, April 21. The
Victory loan flying circus ar-
rived today ii. a 14-car special
train early today, and this af-
ternoon newspaper men and
three citizens representing bond
subscriptions of one hundrid
thousand dollars or more, went
for flights. A sham battle over
the city between 18 airplanes
in the demonstration was a (ea-
ture of the flight, p - ; j a ,
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AGEO MINER IS
BADLY INJURED
Resident of Coffee Creek Shot
In Face When Overcharged
. Shell Explodes. ,
MAY NOT RECOVER
Roy Loads Rifle Shell with Shot Gun
, Powder and Explosion Sends
. Port of Brooch of Weapon
- Into Companion's Fac..'"
As a result of lo;.dlng a riflo shell
with powder intended for shot gun
shells and the subsequent firing of
the gun by 16-yoar-old Charles Hol
mes, Joo Campbell, aged 61 yeius, a
miner of Coffey Creek is lying at
death's door in Mercy Hospital,,
: Campbell has beeni residing on
Coffey Creek for tho past thirty years
his only companion being the boy
who has been assisting him in the
work about the place. Yesterday the
lad reloaded a number of riflo sholle
and by mistake usod the wrong kind
of powder. In the morning while the
older man was washing -the dishes
aftor breakfast the youngster
decided to try out the gun and going
to the baclr porch loadeu the weapon
and fired at a nearby tree. The over
charged shell exploded, the recoil
knocking the boy down without in
juring him while a pleco of breech
ot the rifle went through a .window
and struck the miner Just below the
right eyo, penetrating through Into
the roof of the mouth and into the
throat.
The lad heard his companion groan
and rushed Into the room to find him
supporting himself on his handB and
knees witli the blood streaming from
his face, A telephono call summoned
several of the neighbors and Dr.
Coryell, of Riddle, was sent for. First
aid methods wero applied and the In
jured -man, accompanied by 'Ed.
Lough ' of T'llor and J. L.
Wright of Perduo, started for
Roseburg In the former's car. On
account- of- the weakened condition
of the wounded miner travel was
very slow and stops were made fre-:
quently to adjust bandages or to ap
ply warm applications to the chilling
body, so that it was 9:30 p. m. before
the party reached the city. Dr. Lehr
bach.was cnlled anu removed the
section of Bteel which was about three
Inches In length k'.C rlmost an Inch
hi diameter.
On account of th advanced age
ot the injured man little hope is held
out for his recovery. The shock
has been quite sovoro and It Is not
thought that he will survive OB ne
has been greatly weakened by the
loss of blood and suffering Incident
with the wound and long rlr' hefore
Ills suffering could be relieved. -
During his long residence on uor
fetf Creek he has boen known as
a, hard worker and a good neighbor
and as soon as his condition was an
nounced his frlendB raised a large
sunn of money to defray hlB expen
ses and provide nroper medical treat
ment.
Mr. Lough and Mr. wrignt wno
were first on the sceno spent Sbveral
hours in this city this morning see
ing that ho was provided lor in ev
ery way possible
- Dr. K. L. Miner was later cuueu
Into the case, having been Bought
when the man was first brought to
the city but was unable to respond
on account of other matters demand
ing his attention, and this artornoon
removed the right eyo which was de
stroyed by the accident. He holds
forth very little nope for recovery. '
TO VISIT ROSEBUFG
.. According to advlceB from' Sacra
mento. Roseburg will probably nave
the opportunity ot seeing another war
airplane in flight over the city and
It suitable Innding facilities can no
arranged, will nosBlbly have a chance
to Inspect the air machine at close
range. It hps been nnnouncea mat
Lieutenant Charles W. Schwartz of
Matherflleld, will fltart on an aerial
recruiting drive on May1 20th and
will follow closely the route taken by
Lieutenant Hoglnnd, who landed In
this city several months ago. The
flight will he mado as fur as Seattle,
mil literature will he dropped In
each city urging enlistment In the
air service. He will stop at all the
larger cities and will sign up men
who desire to enllBt in the aviation
branch of the army.' If the landing
field here can he put In condition by
the time that he Is booked to appear
there Is llttlo douht hut tnat ne can
be induced to land In Koaeourg.
V Fl'NEKALTODA.
The "funeral of L. E. Warner, a
proulnent farmer of Yonc:.l!a 7icln-
Ity who died very Budrtonly Saturday
morning, waB held from the home
today. Mr. and Mrs.- W. t. Hatch,
Miss Mabel Schlndler and I iss Jessie
Sanborn, of this., city, were attendants
at tho last rites. - Coroner Ritter who
was called to Investigate the death
found that It was the result of na
tural causes and so no Inquest was
held. -
A. T. Meroler: Superintendent of
the Portland Division of the S. P.
spent yesterday in this city making
an Inspection of the local yards and
offices. He returned to Portland this
morning in his special car.
ZEDELER SYMPHONIC
T
No musical event of the season will
be more eagerly anticipated by mu
sic lovers than the coming of the Ze-
uelor Symphonle Quintet. The popul
arization of tho "music of the Mast
ers" is the task which the Zedeler
Symphony Quintet has set for Itself.
That it is succeeding may be judged
from the standing of the company
In its few years upon the American
platform....
The Symphonic effects obtained by
the Zedelers are enhanced by the use
of a specially constructed reed organ;
when Combined with the piano and
aff1tif.n,1 Inntenmnnta H,a nuri .anr!
wind effects of a large orchestraare
secured. .1
Nicolai Zedeler, organizer and dl
accor, 'la ono of the few masters ot
the cello. He' came to America a few
years ago from Stockholm, Sweden,
and hlB name Is now familiar in this
country. - Emma Bruce Bock, Bololst
will be remembered by musical peo
ple n a former principal of the Chi
cago Grand Opera Company. The
othor members of the company are.
Miriam Kedeier, organist, salvouor
Sala, Violinist and Isadora Karon,
Violinist OhIIgato. They will be In
the HlfK school auditorium Friday
night, and the proceeds go to the
libraryfund. 1
FAMOUS METHODIST
PREACHER TO SPEAK
H. W. Lewis, one of the men who
have organized 75,000 Mothodlot five
minute men in America wthin a few
monthB, will Bpeak at the First Me
thodist church tonight at 8 o'clock.
Dr. Lewis is one of tho notable fig
ures In Methodism. When only a
young preacher earning $760 a year
he was offered a salary of $5,000 a
year to manage a large and success
ful firm. Even when he was a stu
dent in college, a business man offer
ed to finance him and divide profits.
Texifs nominated him tor governor
but he was defeated. As a preacher
ho has filled some ot the-best known
Methodist charges In the country and
overywhere commands the hlghost re
spect among business men ns well
;is with those with whom ho Is asso
ciated In church work.
Dr. Lewis Is one of (he best all
around authorities on the $-105,000,-000
Mothodlst centenary. When
speaking hero he will oxpluln the pur
port of the gigantic movement to
evangelize and rebuilt the world.
While he has sometimes been styled
a sensational speaker because of th'e
fact that newspapers have often paid
groat attention to his sermons, yet
Dr. Lewis makes an earnest, appeal
ing figure in the pulpit.
QUOTA SUBSCRIBED
' Promptly titJ nine - o'clock ' this
morning the "zero hour" set by the
Natlonnl Victory uoan hoadquartors,
Mark N. Tlsdale, county chairman,
fnrwni-riari. tn thn RtlltO lieadnUartOrB
at Portland, a tolegram announcing
that Douglas .County had again
fulfilled Its duty and has subscribed
the full amount of its quota, ror
several days It "has been known that
the county was "over the top''. The
banks patriotically agreed to tako the
securities and sell them to the pa
trons as investments and consequent
ly It has not been nocoflBiiry to put
BOllcltlng committees,- in the field.
It now devolves upon the ,cltlzonfl to
go to his or her banker and purchase
one of these Bhort time notes that
theso financial Institutions havo ta
ken In order to see this community
put In Its proper light. The appor
tionments as rnlBed by the various
communities are as follows:
Drain '2,10
Gardiner ....m..'. 42.750
Olendnle .".
Myrtle- Creek 13,960
Oakland, m 80,100
rtlrtdlo MB"
Roseburg ..a 236,700
fluthorlin 14.176
Yoncnlla - .75
Douglas County quota........ 430,200
Subscribed 430,201
QUITE
" HADNO TEST
Has Not Had Severe Strain'
! When Compared With ;
Other Nations. ' ' " '.!
INDEBTEDNESS SMALL
jvhlle Other Nations Have Increased '
: Tholr Indebtedness to Half of their :
; .Entire Wealth, United States is
Indebted Only Six Percent.
j In view of what other nations have
done, America's patriotism HaB been
put to no test according to Edward' '
Cookingham, exocutive chairman -of
the Oregon Victory Loan. He jays: '
i "During the four yoara of the war, ,'
the gross indebtedness of the civil-
ized nations of the world grew from ':
$27,000,000,000 to more than $200,
000,000,000. . Tho indebtedness of-"
Great Britain grew from 4 to 4 '
of that country's entire national '
wealth. The indebtedness of France '
grew to about 45 of her national '
wealth and Russia's national debt '
reached about the same proportion.
The indebtedness of Germany was -more
than 50 of her -venlth at the
end of the war, and that of Austrla-
Hlinznrv hurl hcnmA - nhnnt Ane...
In comparison with the: enormous
debts of her allies, that ot the United
States at the end of the war seams
,DIJ iuoiuiiitiui.,-- lutusuiucu an lb
amounted to less than 8 of her
national wealth, and as an offset we
hold nearly $10,000,000,000 of obll-
gallons of foreign governments,. , so
that the net drain upon the people of
this nation will not be over 6 of
fhA mint tntnl nf thn nftftntH nf thA-;
i i lie Hvuiiuuie bluubucb rucuiveu
up to the present time show that the
total death losses during the war aggregate-
about 7,360,000 men. Of -our
allleB, France loBt 1,385,000 men, -England
706,000 men, and ..Italy
460,000-men; Russia lost -about 1,?
IUU,VVV. 1I1UU. - AUUUl UU.UUU . U. Ui .
death losses of , Germany,-Austria-' '.
Hungary, and their allies, aggregate
2,760,000 men. - ,
"None of the. allied commanders, ,
American, French, English, or Ital
ian, believed that a military victory
was possible In 1918. Hence, at the .
time the armistice was signed, mili
tary plans in the United States were
progressing on a prodigious scale.
Those plans contemplated that by
July 1, 1919, there would be 4,000.
000 American soldiers. in France. .To
transport and mairtta'ln ' this ' Vast '
army, 10,0,00,000 .tons of shipping
would have been required, and the
plans of the government Included the -construction
of sufficient ships to
furnish the required tonnage. Had
the war continued until the middle
of the summer ot 1919, thi' i .tlon .
would probably have Buttered a loss
of 500,000 American Boldiers, with
many hundreds ot thousands of dls-
nltlml nn1 wnnnlnrl The niltlnv re
quired to train, equip, transport and
feed this vast army would have been
not less than $2,000,000,000 per
month. It la quite obviouB, there
fore, that the sudden collapse of the .
German military power resulted in a
saving to the American nation, of
. , u.n lie nnn hftn nnn tn
$20,000,000,00. , Moreover, . every -red-blooded
American citizen must
not fall to remember that Germany's
collapse was directly due to the mag
niflcnt fighting qualities ot the
hitherto untrained American army.
"During the brief time thnt tho
American Army participated In the
active hostilities of the war, 3,918
awarded for gallantry In action to
American officers and soldiers. If we
may believe tne glowing accounts
which we have received of the un
lurpnsBed valor of tho American
troops in the battles In which they
were ongagod, we may well say that
these soldiers, who received the Dist
inguished Service Crosses wro but a
typo ot hundreds of . thousands of
other American soldiers that fought
with tho utmost bravery and gallan
try." ,'..- , -i .
- ATTE.VD FU??ERAL. ''
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unarms vh.ibuii, w. v. v.. .,
A..- f U nmmlnh Mr atlH .
Mrs. W. S. Hamilton and Judge J.
W. Hamilton, left this morning for
Eugene, where they attended tne
funeral of R J. Watson, a former re
sldnnt of Roseburg, who died Satur
day1 morning at the home ot . his
daughter in Creswell: ' '
YONCALLA DRFRATS OAKLAXD.
In a well matched game of base-
balryesteraay aitornoon, ai xoncma ,
tho 1 aggregation representing thnt ;
place defeated the ' Onklnnl pill
throwers by-a score of 11 to 9. Tho
game was hotly contested and was
won only In tho last Inning. Both
teams had a largo number of sup
porters while several went - from
nosijburg to witness the match,