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DAILY EDITION VOlk VIII., No. Ml. U HANTS PAIS, JOdHPHINK COUNTY, OHEOOM, WKDVK8HAY, JAM AltY iK, IOIN. WHOM-; M .MI1K11 SM7I. ITALIANS ARE PUSHING HUNS IN I NORTH I n i III l AMI H i ll. I, llol.O I HI, DEI, liONHA AVI) MONTI-: HI VAI, IIKI.I.A i. DCIWCnDPf MtWTV ARC ADRIUIUP. liLiiii uiibLifiLii i u mil. miiiuiiiu 81, Gin... IIHI Mm bine Oi and u,ooo itim.ihm. Kill im.1 lu.i.u .r VMorliiua Army Rome, Jan. 30.--TIi lull.ui MINTS AUK WOltKINO OX bHVti taken Minn prisoners, nix gunn! MILVEIt, NICKEL AMI COITKIt nd 100 machine nun In their off en-J I v begun on Monday. I I'hiUdelphla, Jan. 3d l otr i . J Hunt's largest money factory, the Vienna, Jun. au. Iialluua wliui hiHllhl mini, U working these are attacking u the northern front (irYe It never worked before In -aie constantly being reinforced Inba history tMhe country. Thla I In Urn number.' After a stuhltorn nuturnl order of thlnga because the struggle In which Aunlrlans are aald'WHr hna created unpieredonted de to hnve iiinilo n herole defense, thev ,,,, for r0n uf H denomination were forced lo give ii Mjjntc t I Vnl K0ft K being minted al present, llidlt anil Col I Ml Hossa. ,M halves, quartern, dime, ntckcln , jHU( iH.finu.tt are being turned out lJ Merlin. Jun. .10. Army lie.idq.iar-the million. A double force of lara snnouiurn that the llulliinit r workmen keep the in I nl going six tain possession of Col Del llonna end, teen hour a day and more men are Moiile 1)1 Val Hi'lla aftera renewal;ril,oy,( now than ever before. of their attack with etrong fnnea. TO BE MADE IN OREGON , Washington, Jan. 3i. T. C. Mcln tyre and former (lovernnr Weat have been advised that orilera hate lieen acnt to Colonel tlntie today, an thorUInK him to plara runtr.tria with Oregon mllla. through Ih- ,' ,,",.., Ravinon(, gon Hanlng. Mill Owner. aMOelatlonomv (f gvr(rUM x y WM to manufacture finlohed wood parla for government aircraft. The ma-j tnrlal will be nupplled tliene mllln. from Rovernment plnniH al v nncnu er barracka, where It la klln-drled. und will he manufactured Into fin Inhed piirtd at varloua mllln, limn aavlnx conl of trunnportutlon on waalo and expodltlng munufneturn. Mr. Mclnlyre hna been lnapectlnK eastern aircraft plants the pant throe i weeka and retiirna to Oregon torky. - TO E Aahland, Ore., Jan. 3rt. Allen jnchoola. In high achoola, however, Oavla and W. A. Patrick, of thla clty.jthe, tncreaae la only one-fifth of the left this moinlmt to loralu n valii,i!ili)lIHIH nit percent. . chrome depoHlt, 10 mile went of: giu.h Increaae aa there la In high Aahland nnd six mllea from Tulniit. Ht.noo enrollment la caused by the which they proapflctnd recently. llolhKri students. Fewer boya are en men are Dxperlencod mlneia, Davlaj rolled thla year In every class In havln hHiidled chrome ores for 30,Kn nohool except the fourth; ap yeara. They believe the deposit Hrh-jparently thoro Is a healthy tendency er than any other In thla aeetlon, and i for boya In the senior year to remain will proceed with development worl!nmi Kradnnte. at once. The oro will he delivered! tn eltv elementary achoola the In to Talent over a down grade haul. ' ' '- 1 - FRANCIS CABLES OF " ANARCHISTS' THREAT Wnahlngtou, Jun. an.-.mliinsn-lar Kruiulrt cablca that Kiiaalnn nn nrchlHts have notified him they would hold him peiRoniilly reaiinn dblo for the siifety of Kninin (lold man and .Alexander llergiunn. VAItSON (II.TH C.IIM-.(JII', HKiio mi:i.m a.ni i,ooo Kiigene, Jun. 30. -II. W. Carson, to whom n bronze medal hiis been awarded by the Carnemlo hero coin tnlsalnn for rescuing Lawrence Pnrha, ajrod 9, from .McKciu'.c river, today ro tlvecl a later from commlsKlon Bluttng that hla award also Included the aiim of $1,000. LONDON AID KILLS THREE (ciitiitii lio. N"t AHriiipl In llon-h Military IM.Jivllien, lul Kill ami 1'ijiirn Women mill Clillilii-n Loudon. Jan. a . Itom Iim were dropped Uitt til Kilt OH, Enncx mil Kent. In two raids. There were, aoiuf iiniiniles In southwestern london. rim (iiTiiimii diil nut iii'iupt to 1 1 1 ti i 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 m r v objectives, hut mere- nviiun.. m, and ,., illdrrn. I 1 (mlnii. Jan. 30. It officially mlolind ,hlll (hr,.t w kn,ed ,nd lnJlr,.( , th, r,,a blll lt lt Uht. j,,, hl ,ne M(i,.M of alx others are ; hurled beneath tli rulna of house. In peaceful tlmea much coining wa done here for foreign govern meiUi, principally South America, but since the t'nlled Btatc entered tha war the special work haa been flopped. The laat Job of thin aort iwaa for t'nla the entire cokiaga of the Inland having been made here. I'HIVATK PAH. IWH tF HAI.KM IMKH l MIANiCK ..WaahlnKton. Jan. 30.-General I'erahlnn haa reported that Private Paul Mich, of Salem, Ore, haa died wounded In action In January. IS AFFECTED BY WAR WanhluiUon. Jan. :i0 Enrollment in American publlo achola haa been affected by the war, but not 'to the I extent of mukliiR It lena than lant I year, according to tho flKinea eom- piled by tha department of the Inter ior through the bureau of .educa tion. KlKurca from MlHritlea and (19(1 countlea or dlatrlcta ahow an In crenne of done to the normal amount I of 2V per cent In elementary crease In enrollment Is actually 'somewhat ahove normnl: hut In city I high schools there Is a marked fnll- ilng off, especially among tho boys Country schools, show some Rnlnn over last yenr both In elementary and high achool enrollment, but not us grout na would )e expelled node normnl conditions. Itural hlph achoola shew Increnscs for both hoys and girls, despite the war, A .luiiriz, Jan. 30. 'Confirmation Is lec Ivc.l uHl!1 dynamiting of u Mex ican central work train by Villa fol lowers lust Saturday. One hundred nnd forty two were killed and the entire train, guard of 100 men wore executed.' " " ' STRIKERS IN NCREASING RAPIDLY Workmen Are Organizing to Carry Out Demands Grain Warehouses In Vienna Being Destroyed by Fires, Supposed to Be Work of Revolutionists liOiulon, Jan. 30. Nearly iOo,- 000 poisons are nlrlklng In llarlln and the numlier la being added lo hourly, la reported from Copenhagen. The, movement la extending to provi sional towns. Hlrlkera have formed workmen's councils of fill, with an "action commission" of ten, wblib Included noted leaders. All workmen In the Kiel shipyard and Vulcan works at Hamburg, and a thousand miners In the Westphalia district alrurk Monday. Ixmdon, Jan. 30. Dissatisfied with the progress of peace negotia tions, and Pruaalan electoral re forms. German workmen hart brought about serious strikes In Ber lin and other parts of the empire. The government haa ordered the ar rest of alx leadera of the Indeiiendent socialist party, while at Kiel lead- era of obdurate workmen have been sent Into the army. About Berlin 90,000 workera wert not at -their posts on Monday, ser iously hampering electric works. Air plane factory atrlkes are also report ed In West-Phalla and along 'the Ithlne to Kasen. Kiel manufactories and dork yards are affected. Adolph Hoffman, editor of Voerwerls la aald to have been Imprisoned. , E Mamhrield, Jun. 30. Coos county shipped 150,000 feet of spruce for airplane material In December, ac cording to the records of the Pacific Lumber Inspection bureau. In Jan uary it ,1m believed this figure will prove to have been doubled. The gain, according to Inspector H. P. Fait, la due not so much In this case to methods Introduced or fostered In spruce production here but rather (o the tlmher which has been reached In logging operations. A larger per centage of spruce of the kind desir ed haa. been obtainable. Italian Headquarters, Jan. 30. Two; Americana, William Piatt and Richard Cutta Fairfield, attached to the Red Cross, were killed at Mestre on Sunday, by bombs dropped by Gorman raldera. They are the first Americana killed on the Italian front . - A BATTLE ON mm , rti GE RMANY ' London, Jan. 30. According to a Vienna dispatch, grain warehouse of that city are afire and enormous damage haa been done. Revolution ists are suaperted of being the cause. Londun, Jan. 30. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company under date of January ZD aaya that a thoroughly tmatworthy report from Kiel declares the workera In the torpedo factory at Friedrlchaport struck on Friday afternoon. In con sequence of thla a number of the men's leaden are being called to Join the army. The employes at the German dock yards struck Friday, the dlapatch adda. london, Jan. SO Dispatches from Switzerland and Holland describe the general atrlke In Berlin and oth er parts of Germany aa much more serious than Indicated by the official dispatches aent from Berlin. According to Central News advices from Amsterdam, nearly all the workmen of the Daimler, boerslg, Ludwlg and General Electrical worka are on atrlke. Tradea union are not at the head of the move ment, but several tradea are almost completely at a standstill. - IS DEAD IN WASHINGTON . Washington, Jan.. 30. Senator Hughes, of New Jersey, died today after a long illness. William Hughes, democrat, of Patterson, X. J.; was born In 1 872. He is a lawyer and served in the sec ond New Jersey volunteera, Spanish American war. On July 16. 1898 he married Margaret Hughes. Was elected to the 5Xth, 60th, 61st and C2d congresses and was "elected to (he senate January 2K, 1913..' His term of servl e would have expired .March 3. 1919. HKNK.V CHAIKiKS PACKF.ItH ISKD PUIMCITY KIXIW Washington, Jan. 30. Heney charges that packers pulled atrlngs and used publicity funds to stop hearings. THE HOME FRONT LIKE ES MiM'lilnery OnlerMl anil Itoad Con struction to llegln MoiuUy for Mil lion lolliir Corporation ' The Gold Hill Manganeae company baa filed artlclea of Incorporation with a capital stock of 1 1,000,000, with headquarters at Grants Pass. The property included In the In corporation la known as th,e Man ganese Consolidated, located in 1909 by McCalllnter t Britten and re cently aold by them to E. McColley of Taconia. Hayden Dean, who loat hla life In the snow on the trail leading to 'the mine in .the winter of 1915-16, waa a part owner In the property, hla intereat having been again purchased by McCalllater Britten. There are four claims on Shan creek about six miles up from Rogue river and 20 miles from Grants Pass. Recent assaya ahow 24 to 44 per cent manganese with gold bearing quarts carrying aa high aa $724 to the ton. More than $6,000 worth of machinery, including two Jigs, water motor, crushers,- rolls, caw mill and stamp mill, have been ordered and are now on the way to the mine. About $5,000 will be spent on the Improvement of the road leading to the mine and work on the road will be commenced Monday. ' , ' The. headquarters of the company will be In Granta Pass. Blanchard A Blanchard are local attorneys for the company. No stock In the company la offered for aale. AltOVT 8.000 BAUJOXH . . PTT OIT OK ni KIXFSH Trenton. X. J., Jan. 30. Governor Kdge today signed the Mackay and Wells local option bills., '. It la estimated that through the local option elections which many of the cities and ' towns of the states will now have, about J, 000 saloons will be put out of business In New Jersey. Muskogee. Okla., Jan. 30. Seven persona are dead, two others are ex pected to die and a score are ill as a result of an eggnog party Sunday as Francis, Okla. Denatured alcohol was used by mistake. IS Sau Francisco. Jan. 30. Profes sor Edward Rosa, head of the soclol ogy department in the University of Wisconsin, wbo went to Russia six months ago to atudy the Rolahevikl for the American Institute of Social St rvlue bf New York, aald here Mon day that the Bolshevlki movement Is not being promoted by German In terests, as has been commonly re ported. Uberty, world peace and indns trlol socialism are the Inspiring mo tives back of the Bolshevlki. Profes sor Ross aald.v Their platform ap parently is sound and the chief de terrent to its success haa been the refusal of many educated Russian to take an active part In Its work. Professor Rosa, who haa Just re turned to America, aald that if the Bolshevik! regime la overthrown, Russia probably will be consumed by years of civil strife with the possi bility that the czar may return to power. WaahlnKton, Jan. 30. Secretary Lansing bus announced an agree ment with Great Britain and Canada, regarding conscription, which will give citizens of each country the option of returning to their homes for service, within a fixed period, or, becoming subject where they reside. WbW SIX BILLION IN 1 NEXT DATK8 HAVE SOT YET I1EKX AX- N'OIXCED FOK NK.XT DRIVE FOR WAU tTMMi Oregon la Kxpertei! to iUtixe Itetween 10,000,000 and $.V,000,000 of the Third loan Portland, Jan. 30. At a meeting of the Oregon executive committee for the' third Liberty loan held in Portland yesterday, President ' MlUa said. "Knowing that the government must bve $8,000,000,000 before July I, and remembering that the -discussion of one or two drives haa largely been aettled In favor of one drive. It la reasonable to assume that the third Liberty loan Issue will be $6,000,000,0.00 or $8,000,000,000, dependent on the success of the $2,- , LIBERTY LOAN 000,000,000 war savings campaign. "Oregon's quota, then, would be $40,000,000 to $50,000,000. which means $65 to $70 for every man. woman and child in the state. But, practically, It means a much heavier burden for those able to Invest To the last Liberty loan there were ap proximately RO.000 a:ibacrlb"rs. It : thia number should not be Increased I for the coming drive, the prospective j quota means an a vera investment--of $1,000 apiece. It la an Ini Bible expectation. el "The way out Is to double number of subscribers, to comb ' state with a fine tooth comb, to : ganize the state both by Industi and Intensively. The banks mi. -measure each firm's ability to Invest and tell them that is the amount as signed. "The Intensive organisation must get down to units of 10 people per local leader and must Include a card index registration showing what each person subscribed In the first and second Liberty loans, what he Is willing to subscribe in the third and, if he la not willing, what la hla rea son and what hla nationality. . "Even a man's ownership of au tomobiles and the recentness of hla investment in pleasure cars will be considered. Everything Is to be given publicity. Names Of subscribers and possibly names of ' non-subscribers ' may . be published .with appropriate headings." t) ,,, As to the quota, Mr. Mills said that a recent conference of western Liberty loan leaders at San Francis- co had brought out the strong pro-' (Continued on. Page Four) 1 U.S. IS f New York. Jan. 30. In ttj f- months of unrestricted f launched against American I lied shipping by Germany ol ago Friday, there have been submarines, mines and ral American vessels, totalling gross tons, according to a y compiled reiiort or records j ings which have been ma r during the period. v, Hamulus lino luno wi j vessels, moct of which wj ships, the United States si ary 1 has added to her mi rlne by the seizure of t man and Austrian owned' tal of 107 vessels, havf tonnage of 686,494. leiv credit side of the Amei in the account with the! w,, v. ! 1 .... r. r era a net gain of 515,43 The loss of life caused Ing of the 69 ships w 300 persons, however 1 ' -v.