1 1 LONDON MADE TARGET FOR SECOND RAID Airplanes Cross Coast of Es . izx; Defense Not Penetrat . ti but Bombs Are Dropped in Octskirts of City ATTACK JON MOND AY KILLS 47 PERSONS Heavy Casualties Reported Dae to Overcrowding of , Raid Shelters LONDON, Jan. HO, 1248 x. m. 'Another hostile air rair over-East era England began at 9:30 o'clock last sight and up to the present hour is still In progress, according to an official communication' just Issued. None of th enemy machines has vet been, al le to penetrate the Lon don defenses, although there are re norts that bombs have been dropped hvthe outskirts of the city. The communication says: "Hostile airplanes crowed the 'tcoaat of Essex and Kent about 9:3d p. is. Some machines attempted to - penetrate into London about an hour .later.' V v r' :': "Up-to the present none of them. . has succeeded In , penetrating the London defenses. - Home bombs are r reported as having been dropped In the outskirts. "The raid Is still In progress." ; The attack follows the raid of Monday night In which 47 persona were killed. " LONDON. Jan. 29. Replying to questions in the house or commons today James Ian MacPberson. par- ' Hamentary secretary for the war of fice, said that some of the casualties to last night's air raids were due .to the over-crowding of air raid sbeV ten.1 ' - ' ' . . - . . Mr. Mcpherson said 70 -British airmen went up in search of the . eoemy machines and that all of them , returned safe.. Record Price Obtained for Furs at Auction Sale NEW YORK. Jan. 29. Record prices for several 7 varieties of furs were obtained today at- the annual mid-winter auction sale here. if the foundation upon which up their business. I . .... -, I FXAaCERATION Imaginary Price Reductions From Fictitious Values constitutes at least ninety per cent of present day adver .tLirigr. , 4 i : -m , - It is an everyday .occurence to see such statements as "$3.00 values for $2.19" when tan investigation will prove that the article was made to retail at $2.00 at most and is a poor value at that price. ; ; ; r ; , ANY MERCHANT WHO WILL MISREPRESENT IN HIS AVERTISINO WILL MISREPRESENT IN HIS STORE- . . j -' Merchants often seek to defend such practices by say ing that they are compelled to resort to such means on ac count of the action of their competitors. ' ' We believe that a majority of the fair minded people in every community appreciate the advantages of a strictly ene-price store where profits are figured on.the spot cash basis and where there is only ONE TRICE FOR. EVERY BODY. Present market conditions have tempted many mer chants to buy inferior goods to keep the prices down, but there is a point , in the downgrade of prices below which . cheapness ceases to be economy.' r v Reliable merchandise has always been considereoV of su preme importance in our buying and OUR, LOW PRICES ARE THE.RESULT OP ECONOMICAL BUSINESS METH ODS AND THE PACT THAT WE ARE SATISFIED WITH REASONABLE PROFITS AND HAVE NO LOSSES FROM "BAD ACCOUNTS." f ; Our store closes at ,5:30 &t 8 o'clock. - WOMEN MY BE ENROLLED FOR WORK ON FARM College Girls and Women of : Leisure Class Expected 1 to Help MANY LABORERS NEEDED Heavy Snows Mean Big Wheat Crop; Necessity for; Wage . ! Rise Seen WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Nation al registration of women' available for farm work is planned by the de partment of Jabor as one of the ad vance steps in a campaign to secure a sufficiency of farm labor for every section of the country during the coming season A 4 1$ Berkman. chief of the divi sion of farm service, announced to night that every effort, would be made' to meet the expected shortage of farm labor by a plan to mobilize ihe 1 available men and women, in every, nimuiJty-rn ithe fountry. Heavy snows iu the niddle wost, he said, should mean a large wheat crop and if the favorable weather continued one of th bggost yileds on record may bo expected. .A', spocial farm service man will be stationed in most cf the 94 fed eral employment .agencies cf tho country, Mr. Berkman said, and In addition, postofNces In fthe small farmink communities will be used as recruiting stations, the postmaster or .some other , representative citizen acting as community labor agent. , "The. farmer," Mr. Berkman said, "will have to increase wages much more than they have to get men to come from the cities. They have not raised anywhere in proportion to their increase In profits." " . Women.: Mr. Uerkman continued, will be needed for truck gardening fruit , gathering,, dairying, and other light forms of labor, but they will not be called upon for the heavy work so long as men are available. . "The college girls. and the women of the leisure classes who are ready to respond to a call for workers as a matter of patriotic service," Mr. Uerkman said, "must be depended upon chiefly for the woman, labor that will be needed." : . ! many stores are trying to I every evening, except Saturday U-BOATWORK OUTDONE BY U. S. VESSELS America Lose-69 Ships in 12 Months, Totaling 171,061 Gross Tons; 1 Tonnage of 686,494 Is Added SHIPS SAIL THROUGH WAR ZONE UNHARMED German Vessels Captured Badly Damaged and Are Costly to Repair NEW YORK. Jan. 29. In the twelve months of unresti led d war fare launched aealnst American and allied shipping by Germany one year ago Friday, there have been sunk by submarines, mines and raiders Bixty- nlne American vessels totaling 171.- ul gross tons, according to a care ful compiled report of records of sinkings which have been made pub- lie during the period. Offsetting this loss of American vessels, most; of which were sailing vessels, the United States since February 1 has added to her merchant marine "by the seizure of former Herman and Austrian owned ships a total of 107 vessels havinz a gross tonnage of 686,494, leaving on the credit side of the American ledger in the ac count with the central powers a net gain of G1S.433 gross tons. The loss of )ife eaused.by the sinkings of the sixty-nine American ships was more than 300 persons. Comparative) Sinking Small. The -percentage of .sinkings of American ships compared with the number of vessels that have sailed through the war zone successfully is small. . Records of the department of commerce show that for the period beginning' with February 1, 1917. and ending with Docember 1, there were cleared from American ports In the foreign trade ships aggregat ing 17.738.900 net.or approximately 24.884,460 gross tons. The num ber of ships making up the total of tons was not made rbfc. Further offsetting the loss at ton nage occasioned by the submarine warfare, the United States through the t shipping board requisitioned in American shipyards 426 vessels tot aling more than 2,000,000 gross tens and contracts hae been award ed for '14 ships, a large' number of which are .now under way and are being rushed to completion. In addi tion, the shipping board on October 15, last, placed -under government requisition 394 American vessels of over 2500 tons dead weight capacity, which were already afloat and imme diately assigned them to the task of carrying supplies for the allies and the American tprces abroad. iteoai ring Hun Ships Coatly. Included In these requisitioned vessels were twenty-one ships in great lakes trade and in addition there were , commandeered twenty four steamers building on the lakes for foreign account and ready for launching. Virtually all of these were brought to Atlantic coast ports and immediately put into service. Another difficulty which faced the United States in the task of putting to sea vessels to offset toe ravages jof the U-boats was the repairing of the "wilful damage." done to the for mer German ships by their officers and crews before the ships were seized. This cost millions of dol lars, and in many Instances called for the highest engineering skill to make and replace parts of foreign built engines and boilers removed or broken. . Indicating that the task has been attended by success, the statement was made today by a prominent of- (Continued on page S) EOFF RUN OVER . BY MOTOR CAR LL-- ! : ? Arm Is Broken and Injured Elan Is Stunned Follow ing Accident Asa I. Eoff is at the Salem hospl tol with a broken arm and in a stunned condition as a result of a near fatal accident yesterday, after noon when, while driving his auto mobile, he was run over by a South em Pacific motor car near the west end oC the Willamette river bridge. The accident happened about 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Eoff wa unable to talk Intelligently and repeatedly ask ed what had happened. The physi cian wao Is attending him reports also a severe cut on the breast, but does not believe the injuries will develop 'seriously. He says that Mr. Eoff is suffering severely from the shock of -the accident. Automobiles driven by Dr. W. II. Byrd and M. A. Budlong collided at Twelfth and Mill streets yesterday The automobiles ; were quite, badly damaged bug the the drivers were uninjured. l m Jl X. A. GERMAN STRIKES BECOME SERIOUS BERLIN HARD HIT Electrical Workers Quit and Several Trades Are at Standstill SOCIALISTS ARE ACTIVE Delay in Passing Reform Bill Held Responsible for Propaganda LONDON, Jan. 29. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company un der date of January 28 says that a thoroughly -trustworthy report from Kiel declares the workers In the tor pedo factory at Friedrichsport struck on Friday afternoon. In conse quence of this ao number of the men's leaders are being; called l join the army. The employes at the Germania dock struck Friday, the dispatch adds. LONDON, Jan. 29. Dispatches from Switzerland and Holland do scribe the general strike in Berlin and other parts of Germany as much more seMous than Indicated by the official dispatches setft from Berlin According to Central News advlcea from Amsterdam, nearly all the workmen of the Daimler.1 Boersla. Ludwig and General Electrical works are on strike. Trades unions- are not at the head of the movement. but several trades are aiiaost com pletely at a standstill. . The Independent Socialists have car rled n an active, prpagandad during the last few days, the dispatch say. and the movement appears to oe very serious and in Industrial cent era meetings are prohibited. It is particularly grave in the suburbs of Lichterfelde, Heringsdorf and Johan lsthal, where electrlct works and air plane factories are situated. : Strikes also have broken out In R&lneland and Westphalia. . The Frankfurter Zeitusg says the movemnt is directed against the de lay in the passing the Prussian re form, bill and the agitation conduct ed by the Fatherland party. The same paper adds that the strike has spread to the Bochhum mining dis trlct, nine miles from Essen. Hoffman Arrested. AMSTERDAM. Jaa. 29. The Ger man government has decided upon the arrest of six Independent. Social ist leaders, including three members of the editorial staff of the Leipzig Volks Zeitung. tl is repoited that Adolph Hoffman, editor of Vor wfcerts. an independent Socialist leader in the Prussian diet, has been arrested. The Socialist newspaper Vor- waerts has been outspoken at times against the German government. Corjmentliig pn the recent speech of Chancellor von Heitling before the main (committee of the reichstag, Vorwaerts said: "This would have been an act for the. deliverance of the woaJd if it had shown clearly that no egotistical afterthought in regard to domination was hidden behind the German de sire for peace. This it has not don. Some parts of the speech will in crease our opponents distrust of the sincerity of the Germain declarations. 'GYRO' WITNESS IS SUMMONED Former German Subject Is on Trial in New York for Treason NEW YORK. Jan. 29Ensign Joseph A. Flynn. who aid he had spent seven of the twelve years of his service in the United States navy in the study and operation of tor pedoes, detailed the part the gyro scope plays in .controlling their course, when- called as a witness" to day in the case of Paul C. H. Hen nig, a former, subject of Gernftny, on trial for treason. In. the federal court in Brooklyn. " This testimony tended - to show that an Infinitesimal variance from prescribed measurements in any of the "gyro" parts, such as ilennig is alleged to have "maliciously and traisorously mutilated" . while a foremean In the plant of E. W. Bliss and, company, would cause the tor pedo in which the assembled gyro scope was used to veer far from its .course. The "gyro" parts in question, which have beenr presented in evi dence, were so imperfect. Ensign Flynn declared, that their defects t were apparent to him from a curs ory examination with a common mag nifylng glass. Ordinarily, he said, these parts are subjected to searching tests with microscopes and' measuring devices. ' NO DATE IS YET SET FOR NEXT DRAFT Second Increment May Call Ont Total of MiUion Men but Decision on Number Is Not Determined MEN BEYOND 31 NOT TO BE REGISTERED Senate Committee Approves Plan to Register Youths Reaching Age 21 WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Expan sion of America's fighting forces be yond their present strength 'depends upon such factors as events abroad and the shipping situation. Secretary Baker said tonight In disclosing that the war department has not fixed a date for another draft nor even de termined how many men shall be called. When Mr. linker told the senate military committee yesterday the United States would have a half mil lion men in France early thls year and that In all a million and a half could go across if ships could be found. to carry them, he referred to the divisions npw in training camps and those already In Europe. Fu ture developments will decide what additional forces will be sent. -Mllllnti May Be Called. The secretary made . clear today his opinion that if events made It necessary to call out more than an other-increment of half; a million men, the executive's authority to draft men for fighting units other than reserves wotstd be exhausted, and further legislation by congress would be necessary. He I said, how ever, that under the authority to call two increments of line soldiers of 500.000 each and such additional numbers forirecrult battalions and special units as the president may deem neeessarjv the second draft might bring out In all as, many as a million men. . The senate committee today tenta tively approved legislation proposed by the war department to provide for the registration of youths attaining the age of 21 years since June 5, au thorizing the fixing of quotas on the basis of class one of the new classi fication and empowering j the presi dent to call men needed for special industrial or other worki. Provost Marshal General Crowder, appearing .a explain the bills, told the commit tee It" was proposed to hold a new drawing to establishthe order of li ability of the new registrants. When the new men have been given thelr nu rubers, their names will be Insert ed in the classes to which they may be assigned, according to a plan now being worked out. - r 2.000,000 Men In C1a One. . . It is assumed, General Crowder said, that most of the nw regis trants will fall Into e'ass onei giving that class this year a total of some two million men. From class one it is proposed to take the! next and any future drafts. ' Id a formal memorandum present ing his views the - general also dis approved suggestions that the regis tration be extended to men beyond the age of 31. saying the effort of classification is so great and so ex pensive and fhe 'number of persons past 31 y'ars who would fall In class one so small that the task would not be worth -while. Although Secretary Baker today reiterated his desire to have exempt ed registered men who reach the age of 3f years without being called into the military service, the committee refused to include such a provision In the legislation. General Crowder disapproved the suggestion. The bills probably will, be introduced 'in the senate tomorrow, and Seoator Chamberlain said tonight they would be pressed for early passage. Aircraft Program Encouraging. From Chairman Coffin of the air craft board the committee today se cured, behind closed doors, what several members term "most encour aging reports of the aviation pro gram. Mr.-Coffin told about the success of the liberty motor and out lined the co-ordinated program of aviation prod trot Ion and operation arranged by the United States, Eng land, France and Italy. Although much of Mr. Coffin's tes timony was confidential, a consider able part will lie made public, prob ably Thursday, when, he will be cross-examined in open session. Furrier inquiry into the aviation nerv ice will be made tomorrow, when Brigadier General Squler, chief of the array service, and Colonel Deeds will appear probably. In executive SeSSfon. 'r ' The committee had hoped to re call Secretary Baker before the end of the vek for cross-examination on his statement yesterday of army achievements, but tonishf Chairman Chamberlain thought the aviation branch would' consume the' next few days and postpone Secretary Baker's return until next week. :.v Discussion of the controversy over (Continued on Page 8) TRAIN BLOWN UP BY VILLA AND 110 ARE KILLED Men on Way to Clear Rail : road Tracks Are Caught by Dynamite FIGHT LASTS 8 H0URS1 Villa After Attack on Train Enters Santa Rosalia and' Loots Town JUAREZ, Mex.. Jan.- 29. More than 110 federal soldiers and rail road: workmen were killed Saturday when the engine of a wcMc train waa dynamited" by a Villa force 25 miles south of Santa Rosalia; Chi huahua, according to information re ceived hre4ate today and confirmed by reports reaching here ton tent. The train was going from Chihuahua City to Rellano to clear away the wreckage of the passenger train which was held up by Villa follow ers last Wednesday, forty guards and passengers killed, eighteen girls car ried away and the train burned. The work train was guarded' by 100 federal soldiers and carried a number, of track men to clear the line. After parsing Santa Rosalia the dynamite .explosion occurred, wrecking the traln. Tile Villa fol lowers fired into the train and the federals were forced to defend "them selves from the attacking force, which was divided into two columns on each side of the railroad.- Tho fight continued for eight hours, ac cording to reports received here to night and virtually all cf the federal soldiers were either killed In -action or executed, according to these re ports. The few who escaped were brought Into Chihuahua City, togeth er with a number of the' wounded trackmen who were rescued by re inforcements arriving at the scene of the holdup from the state capital. . Francisco Villa was reported- to have led the attack on the train with Martin Lopez second in -command. After the attack the Villa forced en tered Santa Rosalia, .where a garri son of 123 was stationed. Those either were killed or joined the VlPa column and the town was looted. The band retired to the mountains before the arrival of federal reinforcements; BRIDGE OP FOR VEHICLES Traffic If Limited, However, and Heavy Loads Cannot - Go Across County Judge Bushey announced yesterday that the old; Salem inter county bridge is now open for a lim ited vehicle traffic and will probably remain open until repairs are made, provided the privilege is not abused. Heavy loads or heavy trucks will not be permitted to pass over the bridge In its present condition and the pub lic is warned by the court not to vio late any of. the regulations. ; - ' . -V.';: Oregon Makes Ready for Third Liberty Loan Drive PORTLAND, Jan. 29. Represent atives of, alf counties In the state met here today as' the state central committee of the third liberty loan and discussed and -practically agreed on aplan of campaign for the next government loan. The committee' program is based on handling a quota of f 50,000,000 ' it necessary The committee, will be organized down to precincts'and school districts and a personal check on every man, as to whether , he subscribed Jn the two former loans and his proposed subscription in the forthcoming one Will be attempted. Robert E. Smith is executive manager for Oregon. , Man Convicted for Being Wilfully Idle ss""s"" -f SEATTLE, Jan. 29. James Young, convicted of having been "unlawfully and wilfully Idle" for fix months, must serve thirty: days In the city jail and pay a fine of $100. This sentence, imposed by a police judg.e was today affirmed by a superior court Judge. General Wood Is Wounded on Visit to French Front PARIS, Jan. 29. Brief details of the wounding of ' Major General Leonard Wood of the United States army while on a visit to the French front have been received. General Wood was hit by a frag ment of a gun which burjt while being-tested S ! His injuries which sre confined to the left arm, are notVonsldered ser ious bat he was brought to a hospital 'here, . k . ; .. ENED ENEMY LINE IS PIERCED Strong Positions Are Caplur l ed in Northern Italy : and 1500 Prisoners Taken De spite Deep Snows COUNTER-ATTACKS ARE COSTLY TO AUSTRIAHS Twelve Airplanes Brought Down by Italians -Asiago Now Is Safe yjy 7"A Aociated Prt) Notwithstanding the fact 'that deep snows still cover the ground, the Italians have carried out suc cessful! a spectacular drive agalnsti the Austro-German lines In .tho mountain ' region of Northern, taly and captured strong positions anJ more than 1500 men. The blow was delivered on the Aslago plateau sector and the ene my positions ; penetrated were ten aciously held notwithstanding strong counter-attacks, in which the Austra Germans were repulsed with heavy casualties. The Berlin war office. In tadmlttelng the reverse o the Teutonic allied line, asserts that tho Italians repeatedly tried to bring up' reinforcements to widen: the breach es they had made In the enemy front but their efforts failed, and 30 Italians were made prisoner. Airplane All Fighting. That airplanes aided materially In the fighting, full details of whicn have not ket been received. Is Indi cated In the Italian official commun ication which asserts that during the progress of the battle, the enemy lost twelve aircraft. The victory of the ItaHans at this particular point is of considerable significance because of the fact that lately, since the enemy's strong at temps to break through from the hill region to the Venetian plain failed around Monte Tomba and sectors west; the Austro-Germans have been bringing up reinforcements in the Aslago district preparatory to a fur- her series of attacks to reach the lowlands around Bassano and Vlcen- Aside from this battle, no import ant infantry operations have been re corded although the Germans hare been operating with their artillery on a somewhat extensive scale. on the Arras front and have carried out raiding operations on several sectors of Field Marshal llalg's line. Monday night's airplane raid, the first of 'the year, on London and ad jacent territory, resulted In the larg- est casualty list ct any xalr raid since that of June 13 last. The total casualties were 47 killed and 163 Injured. Forty-six of the fatalities occurred in London, where 162 per sons were Injured. Bombs were dropped by the Invading enemy in Kent and Essex but slight material damage was done. One small air plane, a' three-seated machine, was brought down' In flames from a height of 1000 feet and all three of its occupants were burned to death. In the June raid persons were killed and 437 Wounded by bombs which 'fell in Londan and on Essex and Kent. Ilnsitlans Reported In Split. Just what Is the Situation In Rus sia remains obscure. One report asserts that thre has been a. split among the Bolshevik on the ques tion of peace on Germany's terms and another that Lion Trotrky. the Bolshevikl foreign minister. Intends to return Immediately to Brest-Llt-ovsk. for a resumption of the peace conversations with Ithe Austro-Ceri man delegates. ' SItll another Petrograd dispatch says that Trotzky has reiterated to the council of workmen's and sol diers' delegates, that the Bolshevikl will insist on a democratic peace. One Petrograd journal declares that Austria-Hungary already has offered to conclude a separate peace with Russia regardless of Germany. The breach between Russia and Rumania' meanwhile is broadening. In addition to severing diplomatic relations with the little kingdom, the Bolshevikl have ordered the seiz ure of Rumania's? gold reserve on deposit In Moscow. . . Scant details have come through concerning the situation in Finland, but the reports Indicate that the red guard is in control at Helstngrors, where ;a r volunlobary manifesto has proclaimed that authority solely Is in the hands of the working classes. The supreme war council, with delegates representing the United States. Grfeat Britain, France and Italy in attendance, has convened at Versailles, France. The plans of the military campaign of the entento aUies and of the United States forc es are expected to be discussed. Serious strikcslare reported to be in progress throughout Germany. In Berlin and suburban towns 90,000 workers are said to have quit work. Various large mannfautories engag ed In the-manufacture of war sup plies and airplanes arc affected. In dependent Socialists are reported to (Continued, on Tags 8; . BY ITALIANS