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Newspaper Page TextIE.; - WHY AMERICA LEADS OSEBURG I TRAVELERS SAT Roseborg u the beet town la Ore gun and h the best ontlook for per mant-nt icrowth. This uhom that united effort win. Keep It up. O Amoricm mkM nothing fur herself but what she ha a right to ask for humanity Itself. WUOIIKOW WILSOX. VOL. .Will. ItOStllll IMi, OKMiOV WIIAI SIIW l:KIM., I l l'.ltl AIIY III, 11)111. o. :iuo. EV1EW ;1 O . 0 NINE FORTS TAKEN The fall of frzerum Will Pave the Way for the Russian Spring Advance Through Armenia and Will Perhaps force Turkey to Sue for Separate Peace ENGLISH GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL fire Early Today Destroyed the Steamships Boitoo Castle and Paiific and Burned a Portion of the Brooklyn Pier The Damage Is Estimated at ,000,000.00 American Clubhouse at Toronto Was Burned Petrograd, Feb. 16. Nine forts defending Erzerum, the principal city in Turkish Armenia, has been captured, so it is officially announced. The Russians charged up the mountain sides in zero weather, under an intense fire, and stormed the works. Capturing the remaining forts will be a severe task, as the artillery guards them and a Turkish force of 150,000 men is reported to be insie'e the walls of the city. The fall of Erzerum will pve t'.ia way for a Russian i-pring advance through Armenia, and will perhaps forct Turkey to sue for a separate peace. Erzerum is one of the strongest fortified cities in the East. A surrender is noi expected before weeks of artillery and infantry attacks. ERZERUM MAY HAVE FALLEN? London, Feb. 16. Petrograd dispatches this after noon declared that Erzerum has been captured. FIGHTING STOPPED BY STORM. London, Feb. 16. Stormy weather has stopped tht artillery fire on the western front, though furious infantrj attacks were made around Ypres and in the Champagne region without important remits. Berlin announced tha; the English thrice attacked the new positions at Ypres but were repulsed and lost 100 prisoners. It is said tht French attacks northwest of Tahure failed. Paris did no' claim any important activity. Deep snow prevented fight ing on the eastern front. ENGLAND TO CONTROL MERCHANTMEN. London, Feb. 16. Issuance of two new orders ir council were vnnounced today. One gives the governmen control of practically all merchantmen after February. Th; other forbids the importation of tobacco, furniture woods hardwoods, veneer, slate, and materials for making paper The government intimated that the nation had decided or a series of aggressive measures which were designed for a more vigorous prosecution of the war. Premier Asquith announced that England is preparing to exert the maxi mum of its war strength, and was therefore investigating her financial and industrial reserves. . LANSING RECEIVES GERMAN NOTE. Washington, Feb. 16. the Lusitania case was presented to Secretary Lansing to day. Its acceptance or rejection is now up to President Wilson. Secretary Lansing and Ambassador von Bern s.torff declined to discuss the situation after a brief confer ence. It is understood if final settlement is reached, tht State Department will not announce it until Berlin cables London. TWO STEAMSHIPS DESTROYED. New York,. Feb. 16. Fire early this morning de stroyed the steamships Bolton Castle and Pacific, and I urned a portion of the Brooklyn pier between them. Tht carnage is about $4,000,000. Fifty naked men were res tued from a barge. The fire started about 1 o'clock thu Morning. It seemed uncontrollable, and despite efforts oi i available firemen and fireboats, it soon spread to tht pier. Joseph Johnson, engineer of the Bolton Castle, de clared he heard a heavy explosion in the hold while walk ing on the forward deck. The fire started immediately and Johnson was forced to leap overboard. Both ships arc English, but were recently engaged in the Russian trade The authorities are investigating the fire and the theory that it was caused by a bomb. TORONTO HAS ANOTHER FIRE. Tororto. Feb. 16. One man is dead and two wert seriously hurt as the result of a supposedly incendiary firt v.-hich destroyed the American Club. P. I. Thurston, o! n,iiaC Tpv a puest of the end paymaster of the American legation was badly hurt An explosion preceding the fire shook the whole building The loss is estimated at $50,000. DISASTROUS FIRE AT FALL RIVER. Fall River, Mass., Feb. 16. Fire, starting with an ex r.losion in the basement of the Stc-iger department store wrought Si. 500.000 damage of New Bedford, launton ana Newport tire department: cor rolled it this morning. (APANESE TEAMER GOES TO BOTTOM. London, Feb. 16. The Maru 11 days out of Marseilles for Baltimore, foundered in a storm in the Atlantic. NEAR ERZERUM: TAIN IE MERCHANTMEN Af I ERF EBRUARY Germany's latest proposal ir. club, perished. The caretaker before the combined apparatus Japanese steamer Kenkon The crew landed at Plymouth. ATTORNEY EDDY PLANS TO PREVENT STATE RE SERVE IN SCHOOL LANDS Attorney H. L. Kddy has under taken a propaganda, 1 v which to Tght th." possible creation of a new tate forest reserve from the la nils In to the state of Oregon tor the tenet It of the Irreducible school fuml. According to Mr. Kddy, the state ) art of Congress of 1 sMt. was uuntcd sections 1'! and ' of each uwnship fur the use of the schools, .-iotne of these lands, however, had teen previously taken and In lieu of i he in others were to be chosen. Ac ion which .Mr. Kddy opposes was taitcd recently to exchange these xHtteied lands for part of the Na tional forest reserve, some aO.nuit ....... a iliim i.i Iji s.'. ui-.wl lxliieli u-nitld ,o In c onipK.-t form. To take ore of this larKe ho.ty of timber. Mr. K.l.lv ! inserts, would lie to maintain a '"' in me .... ..... e;,arate patrol to rare for It. while "l"'r Wim-heMer. Instrlrt Atlur he state would Ion., a lanre return "ey Come Neuner tills alleruoon now obtained through tno .National orests, as well as d prhe the farm ers from (lie ne of the funds fiom the sales of school lands, which have !t"en loaned to thejn in the past. Mr. Kddy has received an answer o a letter to Senator Chamberlain. ;n which the S natoi is aid to have Hated that he was considering the vatter pri seated by Mr. Kddy and -bought it was sound reasoning. Mr. Kddy was connected with the local land office for a number of years, nd claims to be well versed in land matters. SOLDIERS HOME WILL BE IMPROVED, ACCORD ING TO GOV. WITHYCOMBE One of the results of the visit of ovemor Withy.-ombe and Statu rn-asurer Kay to the Soldiers' llnii.e it Kosebnrg Sunday was the action tf the board of control yesterdav in nstructfng the immediate erection if more adequate fire escape con enienees at the Home, says the Sa eni Statesman. "I was astonished to find :t 0. rec tory frame building." said the Oov "iinr. "embracing the main barracks t the Hume, with next to no prml ons for escape in case of fire. On lie upper story there were forty old nen, many of them really decrepit . (here is only one stairway, in the 'liter of the building, and a ridicu Misly inadequate ladder for a fire scape on the outside. A fire would av e meant a terrible holocaust, 'ommandant Markee called my ut 'ntien to the situation, and Mr. Kay it once agreed with me that it de-lanrb-d immediate action. It is reaW ly astonishing that such a condition n a sinte institution could have been permitted in the past." The board has ordered the erer ion of stairs at either end of the uilding. (lover nor Wit hycombe says there ire now about forty more inmate? of he Hume than ever before, and he oiiiniends highly the administration f Commandant Markee, and the inuiv reiorms in the conduct oi the nstitution installed by him. M T II IS IMlsTIMrNKII. CIHCACO, fell. I., The Willard 'nrail ir.at h lias te en potpon-d 11 ti ll Marrli j."i, so Tom .loie-s has an ion need. MANY AUK MAIUMINKU. NAT HKZ, Kel. 1 S - 1 in the flood" It Is report e veiity-five thou : submerged. P'Tsoir i- ar- niar)"ti' of 'Wllin. town hat on- jierish'-d. S aui acres of land i SPECIAL BOARD I't. it by An. nit. ii ln-ii A I; 2 nfirr t ,,d A v... e uw titled Willi tl Winchester Man Charged WPh GAFF HOOKS TAKEN BY Of FICFFS Officers Howard Chimb, Orra Ihompsoa and lot Sykcs Patrolled the Umpqjd River Gicater Part of lat N;gM ClalinlnK that ho vl.'Ul.'rt the mute same uml iisii iu '. kuiini ...- r 1 " 1 "' t uiiuuinns, a ell know n resident of that I'ei-tioii, The eomi.laiiit wan prepared at the instigation of How ard Church, .Joe Sykcs and Oren Thompson, tile latter two of whom are regularly appointed game war dens. Mr. Church is constable of leer Cre k precinct. Ha villi?: received informMion that the fish laws were being violated at Winchester, tin officers went there shortly alter L' o'clock this morning in hope of apprehending the suspects, ; Kor several hours they patrolled the (river, but without success. Shortly after S o'clock this liiurning. hoft ! ever, a game warden whose name Is ; withheld from publication at this j lime, notii ' d Cumming" sitting near the fishway. lie was armed with a 1 fc.ti r hook and other Implements ne es:;a ry in such an occupation as (Continued on I'ao fi.) Republican Com. Can't Agree on Presidential Timber ROOT IS LAUDED BY DEPEW EdsIrM Pulitiiidns Cta fiiiiu Root's fbjfitrs of Cfiiig th RVpiit.liidn NtimLve Hdve DrpTaiiitfd Grejlly NKW YOKK, K'-h. If,.- The Ue puMcans have jeiusid to endorse Khhii Koot for the I't.-.idential noinl nat i i ii . The resolut inns com in it ten of the state con en i mn reported un iaoralilv by a ote ( ;:; to M. The - Din in it lee also I'Pi- d to endorse Governor Whitman, but his possible i mlors' iie'iit iiiav I" mad setarate )v, Koofs siinpni li soiiglit to force his eiidm sermMit I. tit it fs report i i;.,-,t did mt ai.pi . Ciiaunct y t'p-w 1; the ioiiv 'jit icn a- merh :i n statsn 1 coin itiit Ii'" to nd const rueil as a Th" comuiitiee "Ii of coMiiiien lini; I : i candiiiate. so i t. It is ompl" tel , a: fil!M-;s. but I:Mct - If-t -r T dli I dlh prt's-1 1 1 1 in- i eall b Lev d l!r the Hoot I't. - i . I t, nf t heir act ion. led ItOOt bet'op i" greatest of Ite'usal of tie- Whitman is ll V for Ha T IP S. ed the W Ivdolil .iH the iiiot til M u fray s,i id l as to (tool s s of opinion ,ie w idoin ot on. It is iren t s a iii iet ii- on i boom. INQUIRES INTO .ii w r.: h hi ! f iir.a! olle l-ntt. r. i.d Itif'ired bt Ii Hfl"-i fORMER MYRTLE CREEK CITIZEN PASSED AWAY AT PORTLAND SUNDAY Willis Kramer, former Douglas1 County legislator and for many j ais a resident of the Myrtle Creek' vicinity, died at Portland Sunday, I according to word received here. Mr. Kramer was a native of Ohio and had lieen a resident of Douglas Comity for about 4U years. He was lit years of uue and Is survived by two daimhters. Miss Mildred Kra L .... 1 mer, of Multnomah County, and Mrs. Klla Haw son, of Portland. M r. K ramer came to ltougla County many years ago and located! at Mrtle Creek. There he operated a flouring mill for a number of. years. He later went to Missouri,! but returned to Douglas County af-I ter a few years and located at Can- ' yonvtlie. For a time he conducted, the flouring mills located at that place. M r. Kramer was very popu lar tbroimhout the county and was elected u ineniher of the State I,eg ish ture in the year litH2. He served in that capacity for two years. I'pon i,.avB HouKlax County .Mr. Kramer went to rortlanil. where he made hlH home until his death. The deceased was a man or merlins rharaeter. and had a host of Mends throtiKhout this sei-tion or the state. He was especlaliv well known In the vleinity of Myrtl where h Creek nnd Canyonville, lived Tor luanv years. It Is understood that Mr. Kramer's rum ial was held in Portland today, interment ot the remains rollowinK in a cemetery there. WOULD CONSOLIDATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR UNION HIGH SCHOOL To ascertain the sentiment In re cant to a union high school from the consolidation of tour schools In l he vicinity of (ireen, a mass meet ing of school patrons has been called j to meet at t he (ireen ( i range hall i next Saturday night. County Supt. O. C. Urown has been Invited to ex plain the workings of such a plan, and it is probable a vote will be j taken in the next few weeks. he 'ore any plan can he adopted the matter will have to be presented through petitions, according to Supt. Crown, and then a vote will have to be taken at which the majority of the votes cast must he in favor of the plan and also the majority of the districts. One-third of the patrons of at Ii d ist rict w ill have to niun the petitions calling for an election. In the eent the school Is author ized it will probably be conducted in a nc,v building to be erect id at lir ! II. In the settlement of the case of ( 11 lie Cast I e vs. the school district, the (ireen district has ob tained suitable ground and it will he iiecee.ary to erect a new structure. Tins building will probably accom modate both the grades and (lie high school. M IVV IHI.IHtlA. j 1 1 1 1 1- Tsoii. who lives on a J. taieh in the wnnity of hrew, is Hie lather of 1M hlldi-en. ai i onhui: to the statement of .J. his n I 'li'-ot-i who spent today U in Kti.chiii'g. The oun-st j. lii lil i I i ears of aue. Si- r let ii i ilie children were born J- to Mr. 'I -oil's present wife. Hot h Mr. a nd M is. T son are .t well known in Hie vicinity of -J. in , where they have iet -j ioi a nuiiiber of years. E-2 EXPLOSION uiehrL-"; Minute t!o i'i'ir In tiir Brought to Their Attention Today GAMBLING WITNESSES CALLED The Present Grand Jury Will Probably Be fo cused Saturday Night New lury Will Be Drawn Early Monday (.It lMl Jl ItV. K. K. I.aHrie ..Carden Valley 4. V. ('. Iiunnivun. Myrtle Creek A. Ii. (HtiiiKer Wilbur 4" 4 Willis Howard KoaehurK J. C. It. SiriliKt'r (ilendule A. K. Nichols Nichols 4" 4 J. II. IJirgo Oaklaud 4 if"I"I--t"I"I"I"I"I"l"I"l"l"l"I"I"I"I- With a view of disposing of many complaints prior to next Monday morning when the regular February term of the Circuit Court convenes, the Douglas County grand Jury met at the courthouse here at 10 o'clock this morning. The grand Jury is coin posed of K. K. La I trie, of Garden Val ley; V. C. Dunntvan, of Mvrtle Creek; A. I). Ottlnger, of Wilbur; Willis Howard, of Itoseburg; C. H. Springer, of (ilendale; A. K. Nichols, of Nichols, and J. H. Large, of Oak land. It ia the Intention or District At torney Neuner to first consider the complaints filed against the prison ers now conrtned in the county Jail. To this end witnesses were called before the grand Jury today In the cases of William I'erman, Dean Neas, Harold Smith and James Hyrd. who are accused of gambling, .--tieae men were arrested by Sheriff Qulne a few weeks ago while engaged In playing what they declared was friendly game of draw poker. At Die time of the arrests the officers confiscated considerable money, sev eral hundred poker chips and a quan tity of cards, a marked silver dollar which is alleged to have changed hands fluting the game, is also in tlie posKCHslon of the sheriff and will be introduced in evidence should the men be indicted and prosecuted. Smith and I'erman are enjoying their liberty on bail, w hile,Itvrd and Neas are Mil! In the county Jail pending a hearing. Neas has expressed a de Hire to enINt in the C. S. navy, and It is possible he will he allowed to take this step in lieu nf being prose cuted. Smith, the officers claim, has left Douglas County, and they do not anticipate that he will make an ap pearance. In the event of being In dicted, per in an and Hyrd will prob ably enter pleas of not guilty and stand trial. I The second case to he considered bv the grand Jury will be that of William riaman. who Is accused of arson. It is claimed by the officers that riaman set fire to his dwelling on New Year's eve with a view of collect lug t he insurance which he carried on its contents. . Two subse quent fires at the daman dwelling aroused siispii ion in the minds of the ofi leers, and an I nvestigatlon was instituted. I'pon visiting the partially entroved dwelling the sheriff discovered an oil saturated blanket In a closet bencnl h a si air wav, as well as other evidence that Indicated that the r i t was of incen diarv origin. 1 'la man's arrest fol lowed, and upon being given a pre liiniiiaiv hearing he was held to ap pear before tin- it rand jury. I'laman w as a sewing machine agent, and prior to bis prest itt trouble he had enjoyed a good reputation here. Ah nun as the I'laman case Is dis ,po -ed of t he Kiarid jurv will con sider the lomplaint filed against Joe : Iti.-haids. Ke bards, the officers t I, nut, "I '-ntlv filter d the store of llarii'vi K Johnson, on Jackson Mieet. Wl.ete M. ft p pi O pl'f ,1 er SoltM' inokie-; and other provisions Kn- 1 I a n ' e to t he store w as effect i d 'ill tin- skliht ltieliar.lt w:is arrested b NUtlit Off i er Wilcox nnd has S l e liecl) lit tlie COUIltV fall. Til'' finers i !a itn to ha e informal Inn to the efT.it If at li.iliards Is wanted it) another lat wheie he wa ; r"-MolI- a; re-f'il In the cv llt 1(1' ii ; r dK 'ho ii Id est ;l;.c indii t merit here, le will pio'.ahlv SlTTetld'Tel to the K. fer II ot'iceis Ifieli'inls i burns tli.it his n recent tiou'de is hU fits. J.ut this oni-d b th- plover iitillg Off j ITS. Herbert lb nr . accii.-e.! of ar-on In rfidiM' 1 1 in with hnrhin th" i i.int of the North Dfiti!-I.i Hei.ild, will nl-o I niu'ii a le anriit b-fore the ran 1 ! i r 1 1 en t v tun render') to the I'ortl.md olfirert, and rinide a stat- t nr at Oi.it ii to the ff . t that li' was one of tlie men Implicated ! iei t n iim the new spa per plant . lie v. ap lat-r brought to Koseburg nnd h s -irne been in jail here Tlie d wt rb t attnrnev ;iv-i Henrv lias made a wrltt n con f eion, and the. f Continued on Paxe 6 ) Several Complaints Riddle Development League field Enthusiastic Session CRATER LAKE ROAD ADVOCATED Resoluliot Was Adopted Asking (aunty Coait U Appropriate funds for Road Coi struition Bertram Chairman A large and enthusiastic mass meeting was held at Kiddle last night by the Development League of that place, for the purpose of discussing the iiuestiun of good roads generally, ' but more particularly to discuss the merits of the bill recently introduced in Congress by Mr. Taylor, of Col orado, which carries an appropria tion of one million dollars per year for ten years, to be expended In states which have National forests. A large number of people from outside places attended this meeting. S. C. Hart rum, of Itoseburg, chair man of the Crater Lake road bureau of the Koseburg Commercial Club. was Invited to make a short talk In reference to Mr. Taylor's bill, and also the Crater Lake road, which Is now under construction through co operation of the Cnlted States forest service and Douglas County. There were several other speakers. Includ ing Mr. Hyers, Will Q. Brown, L J. Norman, W. L. Nichols and others. It was brought out very forcibly at this meeting that the passage of the Taylor bill would mean much to Douglas County, since this countv has probably more merchantable timber than any other county In the stale, and, as Oregon contains one sixth or the standing timber of the Cnlted States, It was estimated that Oregon has at least one-fourth of the total stand of ti miter within slates having National forests. The provisions of this bill struck a popular chord In this section of the country, and a unanimous reso lution was adopted urging the rep resentatives In Congress to work for the passage of the bill. It was also urged that people who were original ly from the Kast and were acquaint ed with representatives of other states also write them urging their assistance. There was also unanimously passed a resolution urging the Coun ty Court of Douglas County to ap propriate money to meet the appro priation of the I'nfted States forest service In the construction of the Craer Lake toad. It was the concensus of opinion at this meeting that this nrolect was i the most Important project that the ounty ( ourt has ever undertaken In this county; that the benents re ceived as a result would be many times more than the small amouut expended In the construction. It Is estimated that ff the number of Crater Lake visitors Increases In thu next rive years as it has In the past five years, twenty thousand people will visit Crater Lake annually. I Douglas County Is particularly for ' lunate in reforeure to the Crater Lake road, since we can take ad vitntaKe of the Jackson County road which has been built to Crater Lake up Kokuc (Over and thus for a small expense divide the tourist travel and trade with Jackson ('ounty. STATE INSPECTOR TO PROSECUTE FOR UNEAW rUL SAEE Of MEAT On a barge of selling veal to a local ini'i -her shop that was under tie- a;e prescribed by law, a warrant wll! be jreoied here this evening for the art e .t of Thomas Morgan, of Look f ng (.lass, upon the authority of limp ctor L. It, .lemei . of the off h e r the stat1 food and dairy commissioner. Mr. Xlemer. who Is the official In spector for creameries and cheese ia tones, arrived here this morning and a: ler an investigation of the cern plaint which was made to tun Mate oiihtals about I o weeks ago, derided Cat lie would prost-cute Hie case. Tie iiii-at which constituted the unlaw fu! sab ,s now in the hoi ( ondu- reil In ( ieofne Kohlhagen, on Jackson street, and according lo the local offi' I ils th-re is no question about the v filiation of the law. A veal nint be ai bant four week old before it can be sold, according to the pro. mien of 'he statute. The wairant will be issued at the Justice of the pea " court Ibis evening, and n hearing w ill follow the at rest to morrow, when Morna.i will enter his Mr. Z-hntT al-o Investigated nn ot her cas in I. ich perl: was a1 leged to he defective, hut It is prob able this case will he dropped.