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VOL. XX.
BOSK111RO, IMH'GLAS OOlTXTY, ORKGON, TIKSDAY KVEXTXfi, Jl'XK fl, mil
CARRIED IN STATE
INCOMPLETE KETIRXS FROM
ALL M'T EIGHT COIXT1ES IX
OREGON 1XDICATE THAT THE
STATE ItOAl) MOM IS CAItltlKIt
II Y OX Kit IH,HMI MAJOlilTY.
BAKER IS PORTLAND MAYOR
Harbour and Kelluhcr Were Elected
Commissi.. oers of rortlnud
Grain Elevator and Jitney
Hooib. Cart-led.
poutaNI). June 5. Oregon's nia
Jorlty for the road bonds will exceed
iiu.umi. Incomplete returns from all
but eight counties show: . es 5 l.iv J.
no 39.280.
The majority against the peniten
tiary 1b growing, exceeding 13,(100 in
the present returns. The legislators'
pay increase and the in plied recall
were badly defeated. The port in
debtedness, uniform tax, and city and
state election passed.
George Baker was elected mayor
of Portland, defeating Iialy by prob
ably 15HO votes. Barbour and Kella
lier were elected commissioners.
Portland defeated the anti-pirket.
two platoon, free streets, and prob
ably the trade conspiracy measures;
they passed the grain elevator anil
Jitney bonds.
Response Wrt-s LilM-ral
The meiuliers of the committee se
lected to solicit the merchants and
obtain money with which to main
tain the free camping "grounds for
tourists in North lloscburg. rcponen
this morning that they had received
liberal response and that plentiful
. money would be available to keep
tfie grounds In the best of condition
during the present summer.
Viewer Here Todny
.1. II. Large, of Sutherlin: .1. I.
Chapman, of Wilbur, and M. 11. Ger
mond. of Hoseburg, comprising the
county board of road viewers, met
rt the offices of the latter at the
courthouse this afternoon, where
they prepared their formal report
regiirding the proposed improvement
of Ihe Coles Valley road. The con
tents of their report will not be mado
public before some time tomorrow.
Thn luiiicl of road viewers has In-'
snectert a number of routes for pro-;Th
posed new highways in Douglas
iv.nr.lv .lnrlnir the n:ist few weeks
and their forma! reports will be filed
with the county court here tomor
row. County Court Meoti
The members of the county rourt
will meet In ltoseburg tomorrow
morning, when they will lake up sev
eral rood mailers which are now
pending before that body. Although
there is considerable business to be
transacted during the term, it .Is not
believed that the court will be in ses
sion more than three or four days.
Soldier' Assailant Jailed
frank .lom-s. the tramp who
knocked Private Adam Garren from
a bridge at Grave Creek 10 days
ago. was yesterday indicted by the
Kianil jurv of Jackson County on
a charge of assault with Intent to
kill. Jones Is said to be a degenei
nte and It Is possible that he will be
nminiltled to the asylum Instead of
being sent lo the penitentiary.
Chas. S Hunt and Miss Veva Hunt,
who had been visiting here for sev
eral davs. returned to their home at
Oakland this afternoon.
MILTON CHURCH HOME
AETER VISITING SOUTH
AMERICA AND PANAMA
Milton Church, who had been ab-
sent for about one year In the ports
of South America, Panama, and Call-
fi.rnia. arrived home this afternoon
to spend the next few days with his
relatives. He believes he will later
tetuin to South America.
x.-.orillng to Mr. Church, he was
gr.atlv pleased with the southern
continent and believes there are
rre.t opporuntltle. there. eiecially
If the Amerli an chooses to work and
will go Into the husiness of raising
coffee, which U the principal occu-
n-.u..n It U orohnl.le that In the
event of his teturn. he will decide
to enmrn Into such an undertak-
ln. The chief mailer to be con-
ldere.1 be iv, ! the clearing of
the lan.l He made his headqukr-
te.s at Valparaiso. Chile.
one of Mr Church's trli was
to Panama, where he entered en the
Mlnntlc il and nude the pa-sage
of the , hii.iI. The sie .t l.sVs and
evcavatinns he pronounced a m.n-
derful sight snd -hould not be miss-
ed bv a person traveling In that dl-
rectlon. For the pat few months.
Mr Chur.ii has been located In San
Francisco.
SIMON BENSON SAYS
BONDS WERE APPROVED
BY 10,009 MAJORITY
i
POHTI.AXn. Ore., June 5.
J The members of the State
4 Highway Commission this af-
ternoon isnue'd a statement in
which they asserted the state 4
road bond issue had carried in
f. Oregon by a majority of not
less than lO.rtjK) votes. The
f I'niled Press "Association eatl- 4'
4 mates that the bonds carried
4- by more than L'U.Ono votes. In 4
4' some of the rural communl 4
4- ties where It was expected 4
the bonds would be snowed un-
der, tle farmers turned out 4"
and supported the measure.
The result of the road bond 4
4 election is very gratifying to 4
the people of Oregon for it
means improved highways and 4
4 rapid development. 4
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TT I I i i I 1 I 1 1 1 I i i i I I I
SHIPS AUK SI iniAltlM'll
nALiu e rti.. in l. I
r,;)pg w.;'e mil)nlarlnP(1 UlTinK Mav
,, -.,,..,.,,, nj t,...;,i
the government announced. Twenty- !
eniht French vessels were attacked I
but IS escaped. Patrol vessels fought
12 engagements with submarines.
and 14 were fought with hvdro-
nlanes. I
0 1
PEACE MEETING
HAS BEEN CALLED
THE WORKMEN'S AND SOLDIERS'
COI XCII. HAVE SET .II LY 8 AS
UK Itt'SSMN" '
THE DATE I OH
CALLED PEACE .MEETIXti AT
STOCKHOLM.
i
. i
;
fACTORY MEN ON STRIKE
j
' I
iialMirerK Demand a Six Hours Isay.
. While Hie .Miners Ask for An
1,, of inn. IV .v, !
In 'llleir Wage. j
i
PKTHOGRAD. June 5 - The Work-j
men s and .Soldiers' Council named '
July 8, as the date fur the Russian '
0 u,..i... ......r.
ir'.i ollli BU1n,Hrizca Its Dur-'
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union, to consider means to end the 1 The vole Tor the port measure fol
vnr, and to eliminate imperialism." 1wh:
I.;iiinr trnuhU'R nre liirreHxine. K- A if it I list 1 M
tnrv tintilivett Hlruck been line I lie
iiiii!riverH refilled to P I'll lit six I
rinnr ilnv unit viva mnn hiiH women
equal waires. -The miners demand at
"tin Pni iiinrauwn in wnvna
" Kusxian Socialist leaders declared
that the lmpeilii1K motive for callinc
the Stockholm conference was to
oust the (ierman Socialists from the
international party unless they sub
scribe to the doctrine that Kniserisin
must ro. The restoration of Alsace
Lorraine, not as annexation, but as
justice, according to the resolution in
the congress of delegates from the
front, is adopted. Surh a program
does not run contrary to the Itussi:in
peace platform.
GERMAN BOATS WERE
DAMAGED IN BATTLE '
WITH BRITISH CRAFT
! LONDON. June 5 A llrltisl
h 4.
d 4
4. flotilla of light cruisers and
4. destroyers sunk one German 4
4 destroyer ami damaged another 4" !
4. in an engagement with six 4
4. enemy destroyers, so the Ad- 4. j
tmirally announced. Ostend 4" 1
wss bombarded with "good re- 4. !
'.. soils." so ihe Admiralty de- 4. i
4. dared. Shore batteries re- 4-1
.j. turned the llriti.li fire. There 4.
4 were no casualties among the 4.
4. Ilrltlsh and the ships were not 4'
4. damaged. 4 ;
4 Ti
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Cecil Gros. a well known and
prominent timber man. left this af-
ternoon 1 urouie lo his home at El- I
kins. West Virginia, after several,
days spent here attending to business
matters.
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4
4. IIOI.IIHY OIISERX I.D.
1
4. As a reul( of the ar ren- 4. .
4 "i pris laiuali..n l-siied by .
4. President wilon some time 4.
.V ago. all the banks nnd onie of 4. !
4. the couniy. clir snd Govern- 4.
4. n.ent offi.e, wrn rlosrd to 4.,
4. day. The stores remained open
4- throughout the day snd bust- 4" i
ness was not affected mated- 4.
4. ally because of the holiday. 4.,
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THE COIXTY I$OAI IIOXD ISSVK
IX THE SIM OK .VW,(KM1 WAS
APPROVED BY THK, VOTERS OK
THK COl'XTY BY A MAJOBITY
OK 410 VOTES.
LEGISLATE BILL WAS BfATLN
Measure Requiring i'ily. Town and
Male Officers to B Elected at
I lie Same Time Received
Hearty Siipiairt.
With complete returns received
fpn.ii .,7u.tieullv ull nt the hpavv vot-
ing precincts in Douglas County, It Ik
indicated Ihat the local road bond
indicated hat the local road bond
Issue III the sum of 1555,000, sub-
inltted to the voters at yesterday's
,eleetlon, was approved by a majority
!of 400 votes. To be exact, there were
1884 voters who approved ine meas-
ure In Douglas County, while the
'onoosltlon totalled 1474 votes,
The vote on the county road bond
issue follows: i
For the bonds 884
gainst the bonds 1474
Majority for 410
Next In interest ill yesterday's elec
tion was the stale road bond issue in
the sum of $6,000,000, with which to
construct and maintain permanent
highways in this state. The vote
polled on this measure was nearly as
heavy as that cast for and against
coltnty bonds. The returns thus
lar receivcu Br ... .. uuuub
majority of 278. Inasmuch as prac
tically all the returns from heavy
populated precincts have been re-
reived it is not believed that the re-
suits on this measure will be changed
E ,hP arrival of ,he
The vote on the state bonds fol-
Kfiws:
Kor Hie bonds 200K
gainst the bonds 1730
MjUo authorizing' ports', o
en-ate limited indebtedness to en-
courage water transportation lost In
the county by 450 voles. Although
Kosehnrg and Douglas County are
vnany iiiieres.e.. ... """"''"
tatlon
time, ii hiii, iiu-i
manifested by the voters In the out
'ronio 01 mis measure.
' For ' .112
i Muioritv aeainst 450
The bill limitiiiK the number of
l.iltrt introduced in the Legislature,
I and Increasing Ihe PVi-'wfoSSL"1?;
I tor . rowved i ; trrnblo walloplnit t
Ihe hamls of the voters here. Out
of the total vote cast, only 531 per-
sons cast their ballots In favor of the Corvallis. arrived here last evening expected and Ihe registration was
(Continued on Page Six. I to spend a few days. lion-
RESULTS OF SPECIAL ELECTION HELD JUNE 4, 1917.
Hcnsun
Ilellows
Caro
Ileer Creek . . . .
l'mpqua
Hamilton
I.ane
Soldiers' Home ,
West Hoseburg .
I'arrott
Hermann
Hoseburg
Mill
Woodward ....
denbower
C. reen
IHxonville ....
East l'mpqua . .
Wilbur
Melrose
North Myrtle . .
South - Myrtle . .
Happy Valley . .
Civil llcnd
Olalla
Looking Glass .
Gl. ndule
Ki.st Sutherlin
West Snlberlln
Oakland
I'inkslon
Calapooia ....
Yoncalla
A tintegiile ....
Vlkhead
Drain
Pass Creek . . .
u'kton
Gardiner
tteedsnort . . . .
Kellogg
ri392142
Totals
I
SHORTAGE Of CARDS .
IN SOME PRECINCTS;
- MANY MEN REGISTER
4. . Sheriff George Quine this
afternoon received a message
4 from Keedaport to the effect 4
4. that 60 persons of conscript- 4
4 ional age had registered there 4
4. at noon and the registration 4
f. cards furnished for the occa- 4
4. sion had been exhausted. 4
4. Similar reports were received 4
4 from many other precincts In 4"
the county by the sheriff this 4.
4. afternoon. In precincts where 4
4 the cards were exhausted the
4. sheritr instructed tne regis
4. tratinn officer to secure the 4
4. services of a competent stenog- 4
4. rapher and register the appll- 4
4. rants as fast as they applied. 4
4 The typewritten- sheets. bar- 4
4 lng the questions and answers 4.)
f proviueu oy toe rresiuenri &
4. proclamation, will be sent to 4
4 the sheriff, who will supple- 4
4 ment them with cards as soon 4.
4 as they can be obtained. As 4
4 the result of a shortage of 4
4. registration cards there was 4
4. considerable confusion In the 4-
f
4 registration proceedinKS
1
t
4 some parts of the county.
4 Sheriff Quine estimated this
t
4 afternoon that not less than 4
4. 2.000 men of conscrlptionab.e
t ??e V t T"'"' r?1"
County berore the reglstra-
4. tlon places close tonight. The
4. "hortage of cards was due to 4.
4. he inadeqiiate supply received 4.
by the sheriff here from the 4.
military officials in Port-
"y liu,d. 4
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'4MI"I"IMr4"J-T,I"I"
MARSTERS IS PLEASED.
4. County Judge Marsters and 4.
4 other county officials express- 4"
4. ed much satisfaction tuts ai- 4
4 ternoon when it became cer-
er- .j.
4- tain that both the county and 4
4. state road bond Issues had car- 4. each of the several local pre
4. ried. "I am much pleased 4. 0n,.B, not 8 sintle Instance was en-
4. with tne results 01 Mondays f.
4 election." said Judge Mars- 4
4 ters this afternoon, "for the 4.
4. reason Hint means better .
4 highways for !.uglua County 4"
4. and the rapid and certain de- 4.
4. velopiuent of this vicinity. 4"
4 There can be no doubt but 4"
.j. n.rj "'" '"T
. expenaeu juuiciuusiy. una nief
4. county will receive full value 4-
4. for every dollar expended. 4-
4. The voting of bonds Is prartl- 4.
4. cally the only eqlulable and
4. Just way In which permanen
4. roads can be constructed and 4.
4. the voters have shown their 4.
-e- p.-"". juiifi'"--" ... s -r-
4- the Issues submitted at yes- 4.
4. terday's election." 4
4 - 4
4!"I"I"I"l"I"t"l"I"I"I"I"I"I"l"I"I"I"
n
Miss Harriet Morsmnn. w-ho tnught
school at Oaklund during the past
vear. returned there this afternoon
following a short visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. 11. C. Seymour, of
s-i- . y- y. y
..2S 23 11 45 ' 2H '22..2K 24 Ml 7 II
..IK 24 X 40 III 24 -21 2:1 "4 la
..S3 2 12 47 1 6 40 Hi 4H 1 f. 2T.
. 37 27 16 52 1H 40 3 2l' 4.1 11 2.1
.. 43 4.1 12 83 24 54 4fi 3-1 r.4 31 20
..24 16 33 1 2 23 1 7 21 33 !
..41 23 1.1 50 25 311 37 21 51 13 20
. .25 19 8 3-1 1 5 21 2.1 1 , 2! 15 22
21 36 4 f.5 11 50 34 36 4 H 22 13
!.14 20 9 26 15 15 16f 16 21 1 ' "
45 25 1 4 5K 311 31 34 31 55 13 16
..60 4 1 IK K0 33 47 46 37 17 27 44
31 24 4 53 16 36 21 31 37 22 !l
" 22 43 7 6X 1 7 44 2.1 3S 51 20 II
52 50 1 4 116 33 60 44 54 6 3 2
21 47 10 65 IK 53 31 40 44 2K 12
" 42 15 13 1 25 26 105 40 72 61 '
'.23 61 'I 70 27 42 30 42 66 22 6
"31 34 23 62 27 3H 37 37 .64 21 31
"'26 56 72 24 25 36 3'l 5 26 K
'22 41 10 6K 1 4 63 34 40 44 33 K
40 93 23 1 1 2 22 100 41 "7 7K . 13
"'7 3 1 11 3 2 II 14 I 7
"'40 41 1 5 76 34 41 46 26 67 2 1 1 3
"'36 31 7 73 23 41 32 45 42 33 1"
.'..'27 67 10 7.1 2 1 66 3K 41 IS 2'i .
39 5'l 16 K7 25 66 4K 6-1 71 -I 1
" 46 q 20 47 34 21 43 1 7 67 I 2 1
"V. 19 6 42 2k 22 23 1 9 42 10 12
27 77 16 K9 27 71 42 62 77 3 6 1 1.
"32 6K 1 3 61 37 39 34 36 47 27 20
"29 71 16 2 30 6 49 27 6K 3K 14
:!'29 69 12 1 21 7 36 67 52 4K 21
ti 5 9 s 23 69 40 41 60 42 2 1
11 2 10 4K 21 36 26 32 39 IK
""(;, c,4 2 9K 39 69 90 31 90 32 21
" 31 C4 '3 ' 5 55 43 70 SI SH
" j, 7 1 1 1 2 41 40 73 92 29 1 2
. 24 4 4 1 2 5 16 62 31 42 41 23 2
4t 42 26 ! 42 39 61 34 76 IK ..I
" U 31 9 34 1 3 2s 1 7 22 27 1 4 6
531 2740 1045 1920 1 5K3 1628 2276
ltKINIItTS. KltOM tHII'XTV AMI
CITY SHOW TOTAL SI Mill It
WILL HE KA It IX EXCESS OK
ESTIM ATE M A X V I'll I :t I XI TS
III X Ol T OK III.AXKS.
OfflCERS EIND NO OBJECIIONS
Iteui-lrallnn in foui.ty U Relieved
Entirely Satisfactory Total for
Cily nt 4 o'clock Was 2111
Nlu-rilT Meet Emeri-i-ucy.
Throughout
the county today's !
registration, In conformity with the
couscrlptlon law, was 111 excess of
all anticipations. Kroni HeedHpnrt.j
' ""' :v' '"
came nt nnnn thnl iliiuhl thn mini-
I'er hail rHtilern ihnt u-im inei't-.
ed. while similar reports were re
ceived from nearly all other points
as well as from this city.
"re(.ini." ;.,; " " "bak
'' registration was 291.
The onv troul)e iroUK,,0,
,,av whi(.h w, ,,, , ,
of le m waB lle ,,. f
slllTclent registration cards in some
of , 011,lylnK rwnc(s. The first!
news to this eltw-l came In the mes-!
sage from lieedsport, anil was fol-
I V. 1 1
lowed soon bv olherw. In answer to
the situntion, Sheriff Quine pronipt-
Iv advised that stenographers be em
ployed and Ihe proper certificates
made no matter what the expense or
labor. It waR the sheriff's opinion
that the certificates were cssenHiil
and Rhotlld be given to each npnli
cant especially In view of the fact
that the card or certificate was pro
tection from nrrest, should Ihe parly
be questioned for evading the 1 11
countered of any objection nor any
attempt to discourage persons from
making their registrations. The nuin-
hPr was fnr more than expected and
many more were counted on to regla-
ter before 0 o'clock this' evening.
when the booths will close. Married
men were found equally willing with
" " " "T
units ine inner were compi-i.-iv . . i,.,iiiu
outdone. . In Hermann precinct. ; 'olu I. nary 1 luv. 1, nt Is . g
where 27 had registered." only tw "''"' ""' !r the o d
of the anpll. anl. were single, other ! rchy and the en.bionjo.-nt of the old
noteworthy In. id.-nts were w -here j ' I'"-' urB ,,, ,.,,
people had co from long dls- Hung resigned uu-
tanres. One man had to ov.-rcome r 1)rBur. M,1Mur,B, have eslab-
considerable, difficulty In order "i,, ', lllovl!,lul, K1,yernment at
. .1.' .... ... ..
Parrott pr.-clni t. The returns from
"in local preiincls at I o'clock were
nfl follows:
i Parrolt, 2; 1 1 or 111 11 n it, 27; Curo.
() woodward, 2X; . Hamilton, I'-:
Hollows. U,: West Uosuhuig, 21:
l.ane. 4.",; Itosel.urg. 2 1 : H -Creek,
II: llenson. 20; I 11111.11111. 22. To-
tal 2!H. At the Soldiers Home no
pensons of ronscrlpiiomible age were
C Bw C O
y. S. y. y.
40 49 1 7 39 16
37 35 16 27 1 4
39 611 17 47 13,
4.1 49 27 45 1 7
72 63 37 59 33
32 29 1 6 21 21 !
4 4 63 1 7 61 1 2
2K 2X 21 16 20
5H . 39 SK 3.1 3 6
26 23 1 2 20 1 3
6K 6 3 II 6.1 17
611 90 19 76 22
49 2 1 30 3 2 21
64 30 43 21 3K
H2 61 65 in 61
6M 37 4 1 37 3 1
1 33 27 111 3 1
70 46 34 46 29
47 6K 24 5K 21
7 4 9 71 36 4 7
7 1 39 46 31 to
129 r.K 7 7 .11 7K
Kit 212 2
77 r. 2 3 7 51 4"
71 4s 37 4 1 3K
79 36 53 4K 32
3 9 7 7 4 3 6 9
41 7n 1! 62 13
::ii :-.K is 31 14
9 41 70 4 6 6 1
Ifl 4 2 39 3 1
3 !,6 66- 63 4 1
7 7 6 2 3 9 6 0 3?
70 f,7 29 67 29
in 36 2'!' 4K 23
9 1 f.2 6 3 59 5 2
7J 65 59 63 66
l.n; 49 77 67 61
67 4 3 1 27 42
6 1 49 46 49 4.1
3,' 2 1 20 2 7 IS
2662 2oiiK 1730 1 KK4 1471
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LOCAL MERCHANT WANTS
"BEAN DAY"; HOLIDAY IS
NECESSARY TO WORK PATCH
Imbued with the holiday spirit af
ter observing three non-Judicial days
In succession, D. J. Jarvis. merchant
on West Cass street, today started a
petition to be tendered to the Gov
ornor of Oregon, calling for a state
wide "Henn Hay" tomorrow.
The Inspiration for tomorrow's
holiday. It la said, struck the mer
chant following his return from his
big bean patch about one mile south
of the cltv. According to Mr. Jarvis,
I the weeds are demanding such at
tention that It Is almost Impossible
fur him to handle the situation alone
and through the declaration of a
"bean day." he says, he may be able
to secure sufficient help. Should the
Governor sanction the petition, he
will plnn a huge celebration which
will be held at the patch throughout
the day. At a late hour today, more
than .10 nersons had signed the petl
tlon. They were chiefly railroad
,, anil others from the district
along Sheridan and West Cass at reet.
Mr. Jarvis said he vtould present the
paper to District Attorney i.eorgc
v....n... A t.u rronumiiiml tutor in
iviiht-nnmha
LATEST PEKIX REPORTS DENY
THAI' PRESIDEXT I.I WAN
III Nt. RESIGNED I XIIER PRES-
S RE MONARCHY IS SAID TO
RE I'AVORED.
PRESIDENT'S PLANS AREBLOCKED
Mllilarisls Have Eslnblisliis:! a Pro
visional tioveriinit-iit nl Tien-
lie.
It is I'Vni ed A ml l i b .
Will Result.
TOKIO. June 5. The Chinese
Tien Tlt-n. Nnu Sill Chang, who Is
heading Ihe revolution, Is known to
be In favor of a monarchy.
lilsruptlon or parliament threat
ened lo block Ihe plan or the presi
dent lo ru-h through an linmedllile
war declaration against Germany.
Eighty 1 hers of parliament have
resigned. It Is believed here that
China will be plunged Into anarchy
ENGLAND AGAIN II Villi D.
I.OM10N. June 5. - A German air
raid over tlie Thames estuary was
officially reported. One ei y air
craft was downed, it Is asserted.
MORE LIGHTING WAS
REPORTED LAST NIGHT;
DEPUTIES IN SESSION
LONDON. June 6.- General 1 1 11 1 g
reported In. -. ml fighting last night
and that Hie lirillsh successfully
raided the Germans ami repulsed at
tacks. Kadiciils and radical Socialists,
who rooslitlile a majority In the S.-u
,ile ol Hie Chamber of Deputies, for
uutlly met In Paris and resolved ti
was necessary for Frulice to recover
Alsace-Lorraine.
In reprisal for recent German
raids, French alrcrnH successfully
bombed Treves, and the aviation
camps at Morbalige, ll.ibslieiio, Fr-'S
Olleusiie Is Cosily.
VIENNA. June 6 The offensive
00 the lsf.1170 front during the b.st
19 days cost lti.lv 160,011 11 killed
and wounded, and 20.0110 prisoners,
it was oft iclally announced.
SAM SMITH IVII RED.
S. T. Smith, formerly engaged In
llio livery business b.-re. but fol
-suite time past located on a ranch
III the vicinity of Glide, mine here
lust evening suffering from an In
jured eye which he sustained wlnleJ
1 Iding horsel'ai k on Hit. rani;.1
.smith was ilding beneath some tr
when a small limb slrm k hint In thn
eve Tin- eye was cut mid bruised,
while other portions ol bis face were
diuhtlv disfigured 'I lie injury as
.Ite.sed by I ir E. V. Hoover and Mr.
Smith will piobably recover vxlllini
a tew days.
Mrs A F M.icDani. Is arrived here
this afternoon from l-orllaiid to visit
with her mother, Mrs. Geo. Clifford.
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AT A .MEETIXti HELD IX IHUtT-
I.AXII .MONDAY THE PEOPLE
OK KOKKUl'IKJ AND VICINITY
AltK ASKED TO RAISE $7.1HI
Kilt THE RED CROSS.
BIG DRIVE-IS UNDERTAKEN
Team la-adem Will I'roliably He
Nanus:! and Every Citizen Will
He Asked lo Make Sacrifice
for I lie Cause.
Iloseburg'a share of the "hundred
million drive" for the benefit of ihe
Nntlonul Hed Cross will be 7,6(HI,
according to an announcement made
by the representatives ot the war
con mil In Portland yesterday and
reported here today.
The open campaign to raise the
money will probably begin here Mon
day, June is. and will be under the
direction ot the officers and directors
of the local Red Cross Society, it Is
expected that committees will be ap
pointed tor this work, and the cam
paign will be carried on until the
money is raised and In readiness to
remit to the proper officials.
In all parts of Ihe Tutted Stales
the "drive" will start at the same
hour with a dinner In some public
hull or hotel. In each community
ihe chairman and the members o
Die committee will be among Ihe
mo-t substantial business men the
ily affords. All are giving their
services without pay. as President
Wilson has asked It of the coinnier
ial leaders of Ihe country. In each
ase Ihe chairman, who Is the re
sponsible head of the campaign, will
ict through a campaign manager.
Although no definite plans have
been outlined here. It Is expected
Hint the chairman will select about
III business men, and will be askert
to serve ut the head or teams com
prising from live to teni men each.
These tenuis will pick rrom the di
rectory lists, turn about, the names
of citizens of Hoseburg who are to be
approached by each teum. limn
the course of a week It is proposed
lo ask every cltllien of Hoseburg who
Is not actually on the way to tne
trenches hlim-eir to make a sacrifice
for bis country. The amounts to be
isked for arc considerable, and It Is
requested bv Ihe National manage
ment that all "benefits" or Indirect
money raising schemes be post
poned until after the serious, busi
ness like drive Is past. It Is not de
sired that Hie purchase of a few tick
ets shall dim anyone's sense of his
responsibility for the caro of the
wounded al the frr.nl. "The Gov
ernment has plenty ot money to take
our laivs to Frame." salit one of Ihe
Portland speakers. "This money Is
for Hie purpose of bringing them
safely back. How could anyone re
fuse lo contribute heavily for this
cause?" The lu.iney Is to be used
for hospital and ambulance service,
tavliig lives Just behind the trenches-all
except an amount under 2.1
per cent which may be spent in Hose
burg. A similar competition will be
Instituted among the women. Wo
men will solicit women only, and
men. men only. ,
The oiKanlalloii for the "drive'
parallels the regular organization of
Hie lied Cross, and nuisl act III con
M1111 lion with It. The jurisdiction
of thn Hoseburg War Council Com
mittee for instance, will cover ex
ictly the same territory as the Hose
burg chapter of Ihe Red I'ross. The
Ited Cross aiithorlHes will settle
mooted points but II is proposed
not to hamper the Initiative of the
business men in chaige of the cam
paign The campaign organisation
will disband alter the drive.
Every community in Douglas
Counlv is expected to bear Its slntie
in ciiiylng the burden assigned, and
nr.- 1:11 auxiliaries to the Hoseburg
chapter At Hie meeting III I'orl
l.iiid Hie following apportionments
sen- announced for Ihe Oregon chap
( Continue! n I'.ige Sin. I
AMERICAN BOAT MAY
HAVE SUNK SUBMARINE;
SO PASSENGERS SAY
LONDON. June 6 --The
mIi'.I. Aim-in ,111 urine. I merchantman
Mi .. Mongolia's gun crew, arriving
t
I. Ilere loi av. llllllKS lliey suns n
t
4. submarine on the trip on-
4. The passengers and Clew an
4. pounced that the vessel en- 4.
4. c itered and shelled several 4.
J. submarines. Lieutenant
Hey-
4. inoiir. coinmitmliiig tbe
4. crew, le-lieves one shell found 4
4, Its mark, sinking the sub- 4.
4. marine. 4
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