1DAILY EDITION
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No Other Town iu the World the Sijso of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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JO PROTES
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Unable to Obiain Evidcccc
That Ifccr Was Sack by
Siniarise, Uckcd States
Hay Drop Austrian Issue
Washington, Jaa. The United
States may !ever protest tba sinking
of ths P. 0. liner Persls, with tbs
Ion ol many lives'. Including that of
American Consul McNoely. ;
Only on a startllngly frank state
ment from Austria that the vessel
wa torpedoed without warning could
this government nuke a protest, two
high tate department offlclala aald
today. And, they pointed out, such
an admission, unless accompanied by
unquestionable evidence that the at
tack waa Justified, would mean re
nunclatlon of the Ancona concession
Austria baa made.
Coniul Garrela' statement "t no
additional Information, and none to
ahow torpedoing, waa obtainable at
Alexandria, Indicated that the ad
ministration muat look aolely to Aus
tria for detail of the rersla cue. ;
central
PREPARE TO BUTTLE
OS GRECIAN SOIL
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Saloalkt, Jan. 5 (Delayed). The ed an increase of wagea to all IU em
central powera' assault on Salonlkljployes. Common laborera were ad-
la e-uected wltbln U nours. iwo
hundred thousand of their forces
have been concentrated for this pur
pose, aerial scouts reported. 4.
London, Jan. 6. The forces of the
central powers are about to sweep
Into Oreece. Thla was Indicated to
day from United Press advices from
.Salonlkt, saying the Bulgarians are
again concent rating before the Gre
lan border, after having withdrawn
a safe distance temporarily.
Meanwhile allied aerial scouts are
xtremoly active along the Bulgar
front, while tho allied troopa are
'hastening preparations ' for the ex-
" -pected attack,
The Frankfurter Zeltung today de
Glared Flew Maranai von
aas oeen oruereu . j... "--,
dlately to Salontkl. To facilitate
uch a move, the Serbian railways,
nattered during the recent 8b-
operations, have been reus red .and
munitions aro moving to tjte i
:front.
Further evidence of the anticipated
Invasion came in Athens dlspatcnes
saying that Bulgar forces, returning
m
.Mine with their comrade, at the
JHellenlo frontier.
nemo irouuor.
, declared that the first battle ln
too,
Greece Is imminent
MOIUS KX11I11ITS FOU
, BAN DIEGO KX1-OSITION
Ban Diego, Jan. 0. A new exposi
tion la In the making hero today.
..Scores of new exhibits are being In
stalled at the Panama-California In
tomiiinnti ftxnnNlilon. some of them
the flnost shown at the recont San ( man, Gilbert and Rudkln, sitting en
, Francisco fair. Among these are the. bsnc this afternoon denied th re
Canadlan, French and United States straining order asked by the Seattle
wovernment exhibits. The local ex -
" position has not closed Its gales, ho w.
vf, during ; the ' reconstruction
iterlod. and hundreds of visitors are
evlnn the elshts there dally.
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L. Lawler came In yesterday
from Holland and 'Is spending a few
9ayi hers while attending lo business
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-Affairs ners. A
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0 CONTRACT FOR
S
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Geo, 0. Banders, vice-president of
the Oregon-Utah Sugar company,
who, with ,Alei Nlbley, baa been in
Portland lor several days, Is Quoted
In the Oregonlan of Wednesday .as
followa:, i;V"'''
Ttats on sugar beets from the
farms of the growers to the mill will
determine the location of the beet
sugar factory to be established near
Grants Pass, declared George E.
Sanders and Alex Nlbley, offlclala-of
the company, who were In Portland
yeaterday. Tbey left last night for
Salt Lake City, where capital has
'been raised for the plant. It Is
pected to start operations next Sep
tember.
"'We are now trying to get the
freight ratee settled definitely.' said
Mr. Sanders. 'We have the matter
up with the Southern Pacific, and a
conference on the subject will be
held In flan Francisco next week.
'"We have In mind placing the
factory on the new Twoby railroad
outside of Grants Pass about three
miles. But this Is dependent upon
the freight ratee.
" 'The contract for the factory will
be let next week in Salt Lake City,
i will cost about 1625,000. Dyer ft
Company and Larue A Company,
leading builders of sugar beet mills
In the country, will bid on the con
structlon, and the contract will call
tor everything ready for operation by
next September. ; ,:'
" 'Bonds have been sold, to finance
the' project; ?We expect o have,1 J.
000 tons of sugar beets delivered to
us this coming season.' "
KMPIiYKH OF STEEL
COMPANY GET RAISE
New York, Jan. 6. -The United
States 8teol corporation today grant-
vanrea m per ceuv,
PROSECUTOR HOT
TO ENFORCE LAWQN
SUNdAY BASEBALL
Portland, Jan. 6. Baseball fane
are not worrying much about Sun
day closing law today. Tbey have
heard from District Attorney Evans.
"It will take a lot of evidence to
Annllnna mA that anvhnrf hn A P-.NA
. . . th.
prMMUtor ,ald
Pet,tloni are now ln circulation to
put ,aw t0 vot(J fct tne
Noveraber elecUori and witnln two
day, neRriy enough signatures have
been ProMCUtori ln BeveraI
have M,d ty wl ,gnore
tne iaW UBtll tj,e voter have passed
on
Judge McCredle,' president of the
Beavers, telegraphed to President
uw wU enforced
ihball
Bun1y r1'; . .
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Tacoma, Jan. 6. The United
. Btates district court Judges Cush-
, Brewing & Malting Company to pre-
vent Attorney, General Tanner from
destroying beer valued at $50,000
which the company claims it is un
'abla to ship out of the state within
the time provided toy ths prohibition
law.
It Is predicted that an appeal will
bs taken tovths United States su-
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FACTORY
I
noun
RULES AGAlrlS
JOHN
BARLEYCORN
' prams conrt.
AS iv FQ R D ATA
1EST1
ate Calk Upon President
UVMI
Wilsca IcrFdlbfcrcalkn
cf Present Sitsatica fa
tie Ssstkern RepiEc
Washington, Jan 6. -The senate
this afternoon unanimously adopted
the resolution of Sonator Fall of
New Mexico, asking. President Wll-
A ln.,.n..'.n,. n I n m (ha
state of the Mexican problem. .
Fall charged that the admlnistra
tloa acts toward Mexico had not
sauared with IU "lair words and
strong phrases," and be asked what
bad become of the promises of "piti
less publicity" which the administra
tion announced would 4)6 its policy.
"For the first time In history,"
said Fall, "the president has dared
to ignore the senate In such mat
ter.'-
Chairman Stone of the : foreign
committee moved adoption of Fall's
motion, saying that he objected only
to Fall's remarks. V.V','".; 1'
MRS. VILLA FAILS TO
HEAR FROM HUBBY
(By United Press Leased Wire.) .
Los Angeles, Jan. . Mrs. Juanlta
Torrea Villa, wlfa of General Fran
cisco Villa, declared at her home here
today that her husband had dropped
completely out of sight. He has not,
she said, communicated with her, or
with his agents at El Paso, for weeks.
She laughed at the report that Villa
bad gone to Havana to join Mrs.
Luis Corral Villa, also known as his
wife. ' ,, ;
COLD DAY IN MANITOBA
Mlnnedosa, Man., Jan. 6.--Thlrty-two
below, said the thermometer here
today. . , . -.
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tUy United Press Leased Wire.)
London, Jan. (.Labor leaders
dealt today a heavy blow against con
scription. The executive commutes
of the national labor congress pre
sented to that body, ln the name of
3,000,000 tradea unionists, a resolu
tion In protest against the govern
ment's compulsory service plans.
Cries of approval greeted the com
mittee document, which expressed
regret that the "nation's solidarity
had been gravely Imperilled and In
dustrial and political liberty men
aced by . the plans of ths conscrip-
tlonlsts."
Four hundred labor organisations,
Including the most powerful among
Bngland'a labor bodies, were repre
seuted.. '
One group even demanded that
Arthur Henderson, labor member of
the cabinet, resign. ',
Harry Gosling, president, and a
number of labor members of parlia
ment were present.
Preceding Introduction of the re
solution, .the executive commltteo re
ported labor's ."deep-rooted, tradi
tional and uncompromising hostility
to conscription." ; ,' , v .
"This hostility can not be outraged
with impunity," said the committee
chairman, amid wild applause, "and
especially stnea the wage earners
havs volunteered with such splondtd
chivalry.";.;. ;
The eyes of the nation Is centered
oa the congress. It Is expected that
the delegates will pass the resolution,
PROTES
RENCH LINER
CHASED BY
sii
Passengers cf tie Karcak
Terrorized When Pursued
by UdeSa Craft Frca
WKch She Hakes Escape
Marseilles,, France, Jan. The
French liner Karnak, with 250 pas
sengers, arrived here today, after an
exciting flight before a submarine all
night. She brought survivors of the
British Uners Mlddleton and Abella,
aunk by submarines.
Many of the Karnak passengers
were hysterical as they realized the
possibility that the submarine would
overtake them and blaat their ship
"We sighted her at dusk," said an
officer. . "The caDtain put on full
steam ahead through a heavy storm,
and our bow was Just splitting the
big waves.".;;. ;';, ;'.
Passengers from the Abella and
Mlddleton, Just rescued, were so ter
rorised at their fresh peril that their
condition was pitiful. Some ; pas
sengers stood at the stern, watching
the chase, but most of them were too
frightened to do other thanjto eower
incomers. ;,. g. ;..,: ,
The submarine, an extremely large
one, was bothered ' y ' the ' heavy
waves, and to this was due the fact
that the Karnak managed to out
distance her; ;
The Karnak passengers were ready
for emergencies. Life belts were
donned and the boats were swung
outward. Meantime, everybody re
mained fully dressed and sat on deck
or In the amoking room while the
liner slg-sagged her way through tho
storm to dodge a possible torpedo.
The Abella had previously been
reported aa torpedoed, tout the above
Is the first word concerning the de
struction of the Mlddleton a 2,056
ton vessel. vThere wwa two sur
vivors from this ship.
IN
though the government hopes that
strong leaders will oppose it and win
many over to their way of thinking.
The News today viewed the con
scription situation with pessimism,
predicting not only that Labor Mem
ber Henderson will quit the cabinet
but likewise that the Issue will force
a grave domestic Crisis, leading to
a general election within a few weeks
and resulting ln the formation of a
conservative ministry of which Lloyd
George will 1)6 a member. This paper
declared that the present cabinet'
lacks vitality. ' . '
The Matl declared the 'government
"Is facing the greatest crisis or the
war." The Chronicle, - Express and
Post attacked the bill, but the Times
and Tolegraph supported It. v
The general view here Is that de
spite the opposition of laborites and
Irish mem'bera, parliament will pass
the bill. .'.;' ; ; :i '
' A preliminary test vote was slated
today. ; , ' ' '; .; v; ,
MEXICAN POLICY IS ,
. QUESTIONED BY SENATOR
(By United Press Leased Wire.) :
Washington, Jan. 6.-Senator Fall
of New Mexico today opened a fight
on the administration Mexican policy
when he - Introduced a ' resolution
questioning the existence of 'a gov
ernment south of the Rio Grande,
and declared! that the senate has
j no official knowledge of President
Wl!son'i diplomatic dealings.
UNITED
agist enroll
itTIlLS
I MILLES
London, Jan. 6. -England's failure
to
send 50,000 reinforcements, re
quested by General Ian Hamilton,
caused collapse of the Dardanelles
expedition, Hamilton said today in
bis final report. ;
Hamilton made an equally sensa
tional disclosure as to the reason lor
his recall from the Dardanelles oper
ations, to te replaced by General
Monro. v ;,-'; ':;,"'v-;- ;.V;v
"Earl Kitchener," said his report.
'sent me a message suggesting u
possibility thai we vac ate the 0111-
poll peninsula, and abandon the at
tempt to reach Constantinople. I re
plied that this waa unthinkable.
whereupon I was recalled. I was in
formed on arriving in London that
the government wanted 1 fresh, un
biased opinion from another com
mander concerning the possibilities
of early evacuation." ,
A ' few days ago John Redmond
told parliament that information con-
cernlna- the Galllpoli abandonment
was "something of a scandal," but he
refused to divulge then what be knew
of It The Hamilton report Is be
lieved to be what he referred, to.
F
HEAR CIERiiO W1TZ
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
London, Jan. 6. Though ; the
Petrograd war office failed today to
confirm reports of Slav reoccupatlon
of Caernowltx, the official report told
of further gains in that region. ..
"Northeast of Cxernowlts.", said
the statement, "sharp fighting con
tinues. We have taken further hos
tile positions and Inflicted huge losses
on the enemy. One unit captured 18
officers and 1.043 toen," , ;
South of the Prlpet the enemy was
driven back, while in the middle
Strypa region Muscovite positions
were consolidated.
Berlin, via Sayville, Jan. 6. -The
Vlennu war office today telegraphed
an official denial that Csernowltx,
Bukovtna, haa been evacuated, as re
cent press advices claimed. . r '
The statement declared that , de
spite extravagant claims by Petro
grad, the Russians had not advanced
near Cxernowltx beyond the positions
that the Russians have held tor
months. ' ,. . '
"The Russian claims remind one
of General Cadorna's reports of the
Italian advance," aald Vienna. "They
are issued at Petrograd for obvious
reasons.'' "' . ; ---:
CALL FOR STATEMENT
OF NATIONAL BANKS
Washington, Jan. . The comp
troller of .the currency today called
for a statement of the condition ot
national banks at the close of busi
ness December SI. -
EIGHT
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Parkerburg, W. Va., Jan. 6.-
Though Captain Berry of the steamer
Kanawha thought all passengers and
crew were 'ed when the vessel
sank below here last night, advices
today Indicated that eight perished,
including two women and a baby.
Captain Berry floated with i the
the capetxed vessel and. pulled out by
the hair a woman drifting close to
the hull. X man on a raft made of
wreckage floated five miles- down
stream.' ;'.-."'
RUSSIANS
REPORT
URTHEh
PROGRESS
PERISH
WHEN
KANAYHA GOES DQYN
8111 PAY
ALLIES
Swedes Sid to Es Rezfy fci
Cass RwSvmumS Sivx-d Dv"
ccreAfprc::i72,SI:TsC:
fcjFetaredtySc:
Copenhagen, Jan. 6. Sweden does
not Intend to let Germany lose the
war struggle, even If Sweden Is
forced to join the central powers to
prevent such a conclusion. :
Sweden may not Insist on aa out-
and-out German victory, , but she
feels that, for her own safety, she
can not allow the Russians to beat
Germany. Sweden is not particu
larly pro-German, and yet she is not
pro-ally, but she Is antl-Rosslaa with ,
her whole souL She will fight with
Germany before she will see Russia
win, and she believe her strength
would be the deciding factor in the
last resort '-
This outline constitutes the out
standing facts in the Scandinavian
situation as presented today to the
United Press by reliable sources.
As far back as the Swedes can re- .
member they have been In terror of
a Russian attempt Jp .secure a. covet-,
ed wam-wetherprf on the west .
coast of the Scandinavian peninsula.
This could be attained only at Nor- '
way's expense and Norway, could
only "be "reached through Sweden. ,
The Swedes claim that they could
put Into the field 1,000,000 of train- ,
ed troop.v".:vs ;-.vP 1 ' J
While military experts doubt these
figures, they concede that the Swedes
are admirably trained, well armed
and ; tenaciously courageous. In
event of, hostilities, they would In
vade Finland, expecting the Finns to
join them ln a campaign to capture
the Russian capital, Petrograd, and
then they would sweep southward, to
join the Germans near Riga.
The Norwegians sympathize with
England from sentiment, and ln con
sequence of trade relations. More- .
over, they are mindful of the ruin
that England's navy would work on
the Norwegian merchant fleet the
largest except England s and ter-
many's. While Norwegian army men
are mostly pro-German by reason of
their German training,- the masses
are friendly toward England. But. ;
for political reasons, the Norwegians
presumably . would be with the
Swedes ln case ot war against Russia,
if they were compelled to take sides.
The Norwegians can muster 400,000
soldiers, all well equipped. .
On the other hand. Denmark does
not enter Into ' Scandinavian calcula
tions ln the matter of a prospective
struggle against Russia. Denmark
is frankly and persistently pro-ally.
The Danes hate Germany, remember
ing how they wrested the tiny terri
tory ot Schle8wlg-Holsteln from Den
mark years since; further they fear
the rest of their possessions will go
the same way, and hence there Is no .
chance of their joining ln an alli
ance that would redound to Ger
many! advantage.
HEUMI8TON GIRL TO .
HANDLE CITY FUNDS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Hermlston, Ore., Jan. 6. Miss.
Maude Phelps, 21 years old, Is today
preparing to qualify for the office of
city troaaurer January 11. She was
elected to the office only a few days
after her list birthday.
GOV. WHITMAN FIRES
PRISON SUPERINTENDENT
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 6. Governor
Whitman today requetsed ths imme
diate resignation of Superintendent
ot Prisons Rellley for embarrassing
the administration of the new ward
en. Prof. Kirchwey, at Sing Sing. 1