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Mm mm DAILY EDITION A f v,' '1 0 "VOL. VI., No. til ORAXTS PAM, JOSEPHINE COUNT, OREGOX, 8UNDAV, APRIL 10, 4 WHOLE NUMBER 172X NoOtherTown inthe World the Size of Grants Paas Ilaa a Paper With FuU Leased Wire Telegraph Service. . . ., , TSnSTTTT , r .,, 1 . , ., ,' ' , 1 '.!! , , ST 1CTI0F FACTORY begins "First of the Structural Steel Is Placed in Position, the Foundations Now Being Ready for the Buildings Saturday tbe giant derrick! at the uugar factory lifted the first of the toel girders Into place upon on of tbe two principal atrueturei, and the actual erection or tbe building" baa commenced. The work now progress ing la upon tbe entailer of tbe two main ftulldtngs, tbe one to house tbe machine shops, tbe bollor rooms and the lime kiln. Tbe lifting of tbe hea vier pieces of steel for tbe main build ing will probably be under way dur ing tbe week. The brick yard to the east of the plant la now equipped, and the first kiln Is being built ready for firing. The rod clay found at tbe yard makes a smooth and fine looking brlcfc, and Its quality Is said to be of the best. "Wood for firing the kilns Is being hauled, and brick from the yard will be ready for delivery In a abort time with reasonably good weather con ditions such as ran be expected from bow on. Until these trick art ready tor delivery the factory will have the 10 carloads purchased at Med ford for use. Other materlala for use In the factory are arriving dally, and It Is not thought likely that there need be any delay In rushing the buildings through to completion. The contract calls for their being ready to make sugar by September 1. mm party - SLATES ARE FULL Salem, April 1 J Party slates for the Oregon primary election to be held May 19 were completed today. At tbe last minute Charles E. Lock- wood, of Portland, designating him' t self "Oregon's favorite son," filed tor the republican nomination for presl -dent of the United States. Other contenders on tbe republi can side of the Oregon presidential , preferential primary are Theodore E. Burton and Albert B. Cummins. Hughes' petition, bearing 1,300 .names, also waa tiled, but there Is till some doubt whether his name will appear on the ballot. Hughes previously had telegraphed Secretary of Btate Olcott not to permit the fil ing of any petition bearing hie name. Y'S supporters, however, Insisted and ' Olcott yesterday telegraphed Hughes asking whether he would permit his -name to go on the ballot. Should he -still decline, It la probable that bis supporters will seek a writ of man Parous to compel Olcott to place his name on the ballot. A total of 423 office seekers had filed for the primaries when the fil ings closed at 5 o'clook yesterday. These Included aspirants to state And , oonnty offices. ' i ' ' President Wilson Is the only dem ocratic prosldontlal candidate whose name will appear on the ballot. , fcKPPALA'B WOLF HOGS WIN ALASKA RACE ; Nome, April 15 Leonard Soppola's wolf-dogs .are again the winners to day of the All-Alaska sweepstakes, having completed the 41 2 mllo course yesterday evening In SO hours, 27 -minutes. - Ills 17 hounds finished '-nearly two hours ahead of Fay Dal sene and his 14 Alaska-bred mala- mntes. Fred Ayef's 14 fox-hounds ; 'ran third. RICH ORE FOUND III SM'ACE CREEK L1IK PROPERTY II. M, Parks, director of the state bureau of mines, who waa In tbe olty over Saturday, visited tbe mine be ing developed by Messrs. Joe Shsska and Wm. Swlnden in the 8avage oreek district, and waa much Inter ested In the excellent showing of the ore body found In the property. Shank and Swlnden tound tbe vein upon which they are working nearly a year ago, and have done consider able development work. They first sunk a shaft about 85 feet deep, fol lowing the lead which had widened to about four feet at that depth. They are now driving a tunnel which will cut the vein at a depth of about 1SS feet when they are In the moun tain 190 feet. In the bottom of tbe shaft the ore runs very rich, and Is In a formation that waa Interesting to Prof. Parks as being something out of the ordinary. Tbe free gold Is carried In a rock that looks and feels like soft sospstone, which Mr. Parks terms a green schist. It was possible to sink the abaft through this without tbe use of powder, It be ing easily loosened with tho pick. Gold' Is plainly visible in much of it, and at the bottom of tbe abaft It as says from $40 to f 100 In the precious metal. The gold-bearing rock Is easi ly milled, and small pieces picked at random from the dump and mor tared out gave high returns In gold. The tunnel Is now In about 65 feet. and when the ore body is struck It Is expected to develop at once into a real mine. In tracing the find, Messrs.' 8haska and Swlnden found some nug gets that contained from $1 to $4 in value, tind they believe that they are(ueen erected at a few points. Captain on the lead that supplied the Oscar !Crant Boca Grande asked for re- creek, placer mine with the coarse' gold and great nuggets that have made that producer famous. The,' vein runs north snd south, in a direct line with the Oscar creek placer on the other stdo of the divide. Shaska and Swlnden call the mine the "Blllle' Blue." ' ARTILLERY HEARD ALONG THE MEUSE Paris, April 15Heavy artillery fighting occurred on the west bank of the Meuse during the night, but the lnll In Infantry operations continued according to offlclal announcements tod'5r' The Germans kept up an Incessant cannonading between ; Malancourt wood and Hill 304. French army aviators, planned another scout were said to be doing effective work.'Ing tptp todty They ,ntend 0 watch particularly. west of the Corbeaux Cammia moVement eft8t. woode and the Forges ibrook cross- w,.d from Pll,nft . East of the Mania and nn tha W.- m... ...... .... ,:; "vim VWM mrtfl wvtv IUICI UlllfcUUfc bombardments. The French repulsed a reconnolsance north ot Roye and defeated other patrola south of the St. Marie mines, In the Vosges. ASK FORD Tfl HEAD PACIFIST PARTY Washington, April 15. Rudolph Spreckels went to Detroit today to try and persuade Henry Ford to be come the presidential candidate of the pacifist party In the coming cam paign. As a first stop to that end, It was learned that Ford would bo en tered In the republican primary In Pennsylvania. "I may vote tor Woodrow Wilson In Novembor," said Spreckols, "but I would like to vote the republican tlekpl., I can not support Roosevelt because of his Inconsistency In Join ing the, menv;he fought In 1912. Hughes Is a promising candidate, but we 4o not know whether he Is quali fied for president." ' EHCH ATTACKED Army Engineers Are Making Haste to Construct Defenses .Along tie Line of Commu nication in Southern State Columbus, N. M., April 15 Great activity was manifested here through out the night, while entrenchments were being constructed along the lines ot communication of the Ameri can expedition In Mexico. Fifty-four new motor trucka were unloaded from trains and placed In pommlsslon without delay. Tbla was regarded aa an Indication that the expedition would not withdraw im mediately, at least. Army engineers were diverted from the roads which are being repaired and were aet to building defonses at Boca Grande, Ascension, Aspla and Dublan, a double seml-clrcle of trenches toeing built on three sides ot tbe latter city. , The river protects Its fourth side. Machine guns and artillery have been placed in position i there. Rifle holes were dug In the sides-of, adobe houaes and rifle pits constructed in the trenches. Barbed wire entanglements have mrorcements today. He now has 125 meo- Drivers of army wagons reported a state of anxiety along the lines of communication since Carranza re- quested that the troops withdraw, News of the request was flashed along the route of tbe expedition's marob. Commanders were ordered to use their own Judgment In any crisis affecting the safety of their detachments. General Funston Is in constant touch with the situation by field telegraph. Even the motor trucks have been ordered to keep close together. All must halt in tana ona la rilaahlmt 'Thft lRWrBnll -a n kept open n,ght for th(J mlMlon of lmportint government and j mUltary ordergi TwQ days niiQM nav 5een ,8Iued to M mm ben (They have prepared their full field equipment for an Instant move, Lieutenants Dunrua .nrf rwr.ii SUNK BY GERMANS WashingtonApril 15 The Aber deen bark Inveriyon, en route from Portland, Oregon, to Umrook, Ire land, was sunk by submarine gun tire on Tuesday, aocordtng to reports here. Two Americans aboard es caped. Some of the sailors were lost. The reports came from the United States consul at Queenitown. He also advised the state department that tho Invorlyon did not attempt to escape, according to tl Informa tion. Fifteen minutes were allowed In which the crew was to abandon her. Tho vessel was not amed. The Incident occurred 110 miles west of Valencia. Seattle, April 15 The Inveriyon Is tho eleventh graln-cnrrler from tho Columbia river torpedoed In the war tone and grave anxiety Is expressed for other wheat ships from the sound and the Columbia river that are now due In the United Kingdom. ABERDEEN BARK Report of Secpnd Attack by Mexicans at ParralbCcs inned, $500,000 Mining Mill Being Destroyed El Paso, April 15. Reported Mexi can attacks on American property at Parral were confirmed today by mes sages received here. Besides news of the destruction of tbe Alvarado 1500,000 mining mill In a suburb, local owners of the Parral-Durango railway received urgent calls for help from their American manager at Parral. He stated tbe road'a offices had been entered and all records de stroyed. '' Other American properties are be lieved to have been wrecked by mobs enraged over the clash between the Americana and Mexicans. Officials of the Alvarado company demanded protection for their Par ral property from General Gavlra and Consul Garcia. The latter Is report ed to have communicated with Car- ranta regarding tbe Parral situation Messages failed to state the atti tude of , the Cerranaa garrison at Par ral toward the mob.. Mexicans took all valuables from the American warehouse and offices, it waa stated, El Paso, April 15 Reports ot fresh troubles at Parral were received here today by A. J. McQuatters, pres ident of the Alvarado Mining and Milling company. The following tele gram arrived from an employe at tbe Parral office ot tbe company: "In retaliation for recent troubles, armed men yesterday (Thursday) at noon assaulted the mill, breaking doors and windows in office, ware houses and the mill. They robbed and destroyed. There was another attack at midnight. They will prob ably repeat the incident. The mil ttary knows everything connected with the affair." r Consul Garcia, quoting General Obregon, war minister, stated that the Parral situation had become quiet after the fight between American troops and inhabitants. . All reports, contradict the stories of mining men yesterday that Ameri can troops had taken possession of Parral. Garcia today received a code telegram from Chihuahua City, but it was not made public. His pre vious advices that one American was killed and a few Inhabitants wound ed, remained unchanged today. SUSSEX WAS HOT ' LIKE MINELAYER London, April 15. Germany's note to the United States leaves no further doubt that the British channel packet Sussex was torpedoed, the British for eign office declared today In an offl clal statement. A thorough investigation has re voaled that no vessel In the channel except the Sussex was damaged in the manner described by the German sub marine commander, Furthermore, the Susaex was attaoked et the exact mo ment the commander says he hurled a torpedo at a, British minelayef In the channel near where the Sussex was at that time. Tho ' German stement that the submarine captain thought that the ship was one of the new minelayers ot the Arable type was not Justified, said the foreign office, because the Sussex bore no resemblance to vessels ' of the Arabic class. HUGHES OBJECTS TOflJWIIIGU OREGON BALLOT Salem, April IS. A telegram was received by Secretary of State Olcott this morning from Charles E. Hughes, In which the New Tork justice stated that he objected to his name being placed npon the primary ballot and requesting that action be withheld until a letter which was on the road explaining his objections had been received. This action of Justice Hughes will probably postpone the ill lng of the writ of mandamus to com pel Olcott to place Hughes' name on the ballot as was proposed by the Hughes faction in Portland. Tbe text of Hughes' telegram fol lows; "I was Informed on April 11 that a petition wae about to be filed and at once mailed to you statement of my objections and my request that my name shall not be placed on primary ballot "(Signed) Charles E. Hughes." SAYS THE MILITIA FUIID WAS WASTED Washington, April 15. "Federal appropriations for tbe militia have been shamefully and disgracefully wasted sometimes ' embezzled," charged Senator Borah today, in at tacking tbe, Heed . amendment to Chamberlain's bill increasing militia offlceYs pay. . Borah cited the case of the quar termaster general ot a Texas camp ot Instruction who,' he alleged, em bezzled $30,000 and stated that the largest part of militia funds had been paid to officers. . "We may need the militia within a month," replied Reed. "We should maintain a national guard of the highest efficiency. The officers are the brains of the militia. It funds have been misappropriated some one in the war department who permitted it Is responsible and should be prose cuted." FROM THE CARDINAL Brussels, April 15. General von Biasing, German governor-general of Belgium, was in receipt today ot a stinging letter from Cardinal Mer- cier, Roman Catholic primate of Bel gium, in reply to the note which von Biasing sent him warning the prelate to stop alleged political activity. "It was not, your excellency may be sure, without deep reflection that we denounced to the world the evils with which our brothers and sisters are overwhelmed frightful evils Indeed, atrocious crimes, the tragic horror of which no cold reason refuses to ad mit." : ' : ? In regard to Von Biasing's military pomp and circumstances, the cardinal says: "Allow us then, even smitten as we are by admiration before the warlike pomp surrounding ns and the bril liant staff which, like King Saul, you have attached to your person, never theless to retain our full liberty of Judgment." TnREE ' CARS OF CARP FROM ORKGOX TO NEW YORK Portland, April 15. Three car loadB of carp left Portland today for New York city to feed the Jewish population ot the East Side during the meatless Passover holidays. The carp were caught in the Willamette and the Columbia rivers near Port land. Shippers who have sent these fish to New York In former years de clare some of them will be alive when they reach their destination, although they will be packed In ice for more than a week. VH BISSIHu HEARS SCHEDULE OF LEAGUE Sevcsh Season Will Open June 2nd, ad the Led Baseb&tsWiHNowCo cence Acfire Trai3 The seventh season of the Grants Pass Twilight Baseball league opens Jnne 2 and closes August 1. Fred Williams has been elected president for the present season. The games will be played on High School field. Practice evenings have been desig nated as follows: Christians, Mon days; "Baptists, Wednesdays; Meth odists, Thursdays; Presbyterians,. Saturday. According 'to the by-laws ot the league no person shall he eligible to play unless he Is a regular "and faithful" attendant at Sunday school; and new members of the league "must attend at least four Sundays after April 9" before they are eligible to play. In case any player absents himself from school two consevutlve Sundays after June 2 he becomes In eligible to play until he has attended two consecutive Sundays. No one can participate in tfie Twilight league games "who plays professional base ball" during the 1916 season, and the playing ot Sunday baseball dur ing the Twilight league season also disbars from the Twilight league those who do so. ; The schedule follows: ri . . June 2, Friday Baptists vs. Pres byterians. . v June 6, Tuesday Methodists vs. Christians. ; . June 9, Friday Baptists vs. Meth odists. June IS, Tuesday Presbyterians vs. Christians.; .; i, .'. June 16; Friday Baptists vs. Chrls . tiana. June 20, Tuesday Presbyterians vs. Methodists. - June 2 J, Friday Presbyterians vs. Christians, - June 27, Tuesday Baptists vs. Meth odists. June 30, Friday Methodists vs. Christians. . July S, Monday 'Baptists vs. Pres byterians. July 7, Friday Methodists vs. Pres byterians. July 11, Tuesday Baptists vs. Christians. July 14. Friday Methodists vs. , Presbyterians.' . July 18, Tuesday Baptists vs. Chrls tiana. July 21, FridayChristians vs. Pres byterians. . July 25. Tuesday Baptists vs. Meth- odlsta. , ' July 28, Friday Baptists vs. Pres byterians. August 1, Tuesday Methodists vs. Christians. ' ' ER TO New York, April 15. George T. . Marye, former American ambassador to Russia, arrived here today with his ' wife. He refused to comment upon the European situation. Czar Nicholas decorated Marye with the Order lof ' Alexandria Nevisky before he left ' Petrograd after he had resigned from his post. Mrs. Marye said that the , American hospital . at the Russian . capital wbb doing splendid work, and that It was crowded with sufferers when other infirmaries had empty beds.. ' ... FORM MINISTER RUSSIA RETURNS 'I 1
