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University of Ore. Llbrar) A I II r : I v 1 J ii 1 1 i 1 v DAILY EDITION VOU VIIIh Nu. I4!l. csato rira, fcrrycixa occktt. cr.:jo!; iuiimv. aphm, b, ism. j r VWOH IS OHIO BY JAPAfiBSE A4TIOM HOUOWIi AM ATTACK ON JAPAN UiK Or r'lt Kit IIV ' - Kl'MMIAN nan vmm post Alltea Have Uag CunaluVred Much '" Move Nrewmry to IVotwt Vast Hiorm There Washington, Apr. i Tho land ing of Japanese naval forces at Vladivostok, to protect Ufa and pro perty, la reported to the state depart ment by tha American consul. The action followed an attack on a Jap anese offlear by Russians recently. Tha landing force la niall. Vladlvoatok la a fortified seaport of eastern Siberia, on the harbor of the Oolden Horn, la tha Gulf of Pa ter tha Oreat, In the Japanese aea It waa founded In 1811, and l an Important naval nation of Russia and tha eastern terminus of tha Trans-Siberian railway. Tha harbor fa aurronndad by hltli which are well fort I find. . It . haa -large dry docks, water worka, electric atreet rallwaya. two large ahlpbulldlng yarda aqd mechanical ehope. It Baa about I.- 40 people. Including nearly 25,000 aoldlera. AMKMCAN IXYKNTft mew ugnn mm Oeaver, Colo., Apr. Ja-A liquid Are or more killing power than any thing aver Introduced In tha world war by Germany la reported to havr been Invented by Dr. William K. C. Berlin of thla city. Tha dlsuovery haa been offered to the government for use In Europe.- Tha Invention le the reault of experiment that have continued alnre the beginning of the Ruropc&n conflict In 114. HEKEY RESIGNS TO SieCAUFH Waahlugton, ".Apr. 5. Francla Honey haa resigned a counaol for tha fodoraUrade commission In tho packing Investigation. Officials aay he haa completed hla work and will return to California and campaign for governor, Mra. Ileney la already there, directing tha women's move ment In hla behalf. SUPREME EFFORT OF Watthlngton, Apr. 5. 'Renewal of thecrman assaults against the Brit ish and French llnea In Plcardy to day Indicated to military observers here that the Germane, having gath ered atrength during the lull of the laat few day, might now be ready to launch their, greatest effort. 8ome offloera think tha allied. commanders realise that only the II rat phaae of the gigantic battle haa paaaed, and that thla prob..bly account! for the fact that no extensive counter-movement baa been undertaken as yet. It Is pointed out that the previous record of the German high command argues against any possibility that It would be content with the minor strategic advantages already gained by their costly enterprise, or with the abandonment of Its .plana with out' further attempts to force apart the French nnd British armies. Tho bnttle of Verdun continued ffr months before the Germans ad mitted tliat ther object was unat-la'nable, 44444444444444444 HiOVKItNllH'H I'lUN I.AMU ION 4 . . 4 "To Hie people of Oregon: 4 A loyal Americans, and at residents of a state which ban 4 4 consistently held flist rank In 4 all patrlnllo mstteis. I earnest- 4 ly appeal you to exert every 4 possible effort, to make nait 4 4 Saturday a liberty day memor- 4 able aa a red letter day, for 4 4 fervent patriotism, and urge up- 4 on every ellld tha Imperative 4 4 necessity of supporting whole 4 4 heartedly, eab demonstration 4 4 celebrating tha opening of the 4 4 third liberty loan campaign, 4 4 which marks tha firet an nl vera- 4 4 ary of our declaration of war 4 4 agalnal Imperiallem." 4 4 JAMES WITHYOOtlDB 4 mat police m. mm Hpokaue, Apr. b Police hore have raided the headquarters of lumber workers and agricultural workers headquartere of tha I. W. W. and took 00 men to police headquarters and seised literature. ITAI.V HATIHrIKI WITH lJCMKft"KAl"H "tXH-MlACK" Paris, Apr, 5. A llavss dlspsfch from Roma, says: "Political circles are unreservedly aatlsfled by Premier Clemenreaa giv ing tha lie to. Count Cxarnln, the Austrian-Hungarian foreign minis ter. It now Is hoped that the legend of a possible agreement with Austria and a separate peace forever,ls dissi pated. In tha repeated ahamleas bad faith shown by her statesmen. Aus tria Is regarded aa mora than ever Oermany'a alave. By her Germany aocoeeded la making war and by lev Germany now la trying to make peart." Saa Francisco, Apr. 8. Tha Union Oil company haa sent a million dol lar checK, aa tha first direct sub scription to the Liberty loan. us of a m The following order will be oh served tomorrow In forming the parade: the band, G. A. R. and W. R. C. will form In front of the court house on Blxth street; the Olrl Scouts and Honor Guards on Sixth treat opposite the Methodist church; Dor Scouta on U street north of court house: 'Red Cross ladlus In court house: Juulor Red Cross on B street south of Methodist church; automobiles on Sixth street from al ley at Methodist church north. Please follow above directions and be on hand at 1 o'clock aharp. - The parade will start at the court houso and march down Sixth street to the Ox ford hotel, eounter-marclk and re turn on tho right side of Sixth street to the" Railroad park. At" the Railroad park the follow- Ing program will be given:' Selection by thfi band. "Keep the Homa Fires Burning," lead .by the public schools, t every body Join In singing. ' Patriotlo tslk, Melville, T, Wire.; Third Liberty loan, Frank Bram well. . : . '. : ., Bach speech will be only ten min utes. ' ; Close by singing "Amerlra." The committee In charge expect at least 1,000 people to be In the pa rade. ' Thla la the anniversary of the dec laration of war with Germany and tha opening of the third Liberty loan campaign and we hope all our cltl sena will obiorve the hours from 1 2 to t aa a part of a holiday and every patriotic cltlneu Is asked to be In the parade or tin the street giving their support and enthusiasm' trt the occa sion. . y ' ,..''.' '" '. SAM H. BAKER.' ! ' OHO. C. SAWN', ASA ItOLCOMH. . J, H. WfLtTAMS. ., J "i, Committee.'" ! mm sen die IUSI! Oa C:j S:r 1C3,CC3 Cru G:j, zzl U.:: V.::lj London, Apr. f Germans renew ed the offensive today, by striking at positions eouth of tha Somme, near est Amlsns with heavy force. They made alight gains at Isolated points, being repulsed elsewhere with great losses. How well the allies with stood their onslaughts. Is shown by the fact that on a front' of nine miles north of Montdldier Germans uaed over 100.000 men. French con tested theg round bitterly between Avre and Luce, mowing down the enemy with artillery. The enemy uaed masses of Infantry In tea reck less assaults. . Another sector of trenches haa been taken over by tha Americana, on tha heights or the Meuse, south of Verdun, where It hss been com paratively Inactive. tendon, Apr. 5. -Germans thia morning attacked the British on a wide front extending through Oer nancourt. Menln, Beaumont, Hamel, Riieguary and Merrlnrllle. They were repulsed with heavy losses, ex cept at Dernancourt, where they gained alight ly. No attack haa yet been made eouth of the Somme. London, Apr. S. British have beea pressed back a abort distance on the front east of Amlsas, to posi tions east of Vlllere-Brettonneua. Germane have launched' a great at tack between the Somme and Luce "The third Liberty loan campaign will offlclslly open on April , and subscriptions will close on May 4 All bonds of this Issue will be dated May 9. and will bear Interest at the rate of 4 per cent from that date. The bonds will be Issued In denomi nations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000. $5,000 and $10,000. The first in terest coupons will be payable Sep tember 15th, and thereafter the In terest will be paid on March 16th and September 15th of ejirh year, but the maturity of these bonds has not been announced," said Chairman Bramwell or the Liberty loan com mittee today, after receiving official Information to thla effect. "On all applications the Initial payment, of 6 per cent will be required, 10 per cent will be due May 28, 35 per cent on July 18 and 40 per cent on Au gust 18. Delivery of bonds will be made upon payment Jn full on or be fore May 4th. Tha treasury depart ment announces that definite bonda, under present plans, will be ready tot prompt delivery, thus avoiding the unnecessary delay encountered In connection with tha first and second loans. "I firmly believe Josephine county will go over the top," aald Mrt Bramwell, "and thia feeling seems to be general; but wa must have the undivided support of every man. woman and child capable of purchas ing a bond. Those' who baVe al ready decided upon the amount they will be able to subscribe, should make voluntary (application before tha opening of the county drive. When application has been msde a third Liberty loan button, or a signa ture card, showing a re-productlon of the honor flag, will be given to each subscriber. . If a card is Issued, It should be posted In the window of the hoive or business house of the tV'orlhrf. I hope we shnll see sev eral hi'ndred of these enrds In the n-inflows of .voteb.tnv.cottntv Hf"o V"-htHvi' (!ows on May 4th. To EVERY IMI 111 ' HD GUY SIMS; OLB ill; tz n i Frcil cf lib H:::;:! fa Tb:3 rivers, but have bees throwa back in most places. Parte. Apr. 5. French lines nave held below Amiens, and Germans have baas defeated with great losses In what probably constituted their njost desperate effort yet to break In and cut off eommualcatlona. A bat- raged yesterday and last night. As a whole, tha allied Una waa main tained In Ita entirety. The enemy gained about 1.000 yarda opposite Castel, where they are atlll nesrly three miles from tha railroad. French Hold the) Une Paris, Apr. 5. Germans have con tinued their attacks. Ia spite of the superiority of their affective they were nnsble to attain their objective which ,was the railway from Amiens to Cllnrmopt. French have maintain ed their line In Ita entirety and have coquered a greater part of Eplnette wood, north of Orvlllers-Serel, where enemy efforts to dlslodga them have been In vein. French have captured Stalgman farm, southeast, of Orlvesnes end held It against the enemy's assaults, In tha north French 'withdrew from positions west of Caatel. They threw back the Germans from Arrl Cour wood west) of Mailly Rameval. . . ' ' . ,, ; Amsterdam, - Apr. 5. Gertnaj C ancelK oa Harding is aeno. Ill, It waa learned her today. IS ,'ILE : miuiifl no" make thla drive a success, the ener gies and activities of every cltlsen should be directed to one purpose- Josephine county over the top with a minimum of $106,000. "I believe, as a patriotic duty, every orgsntxatlon, either social or fraternal, should suspend any antic! pated aoclala or gatherings of any kind, which will conflict in any way with Liberty loan workera or meet ings. (When wa announce meetings throughout the county, every cltlsen residing within a given district should allow nothing to stand In the way, but arrange to be present and ready to render assistance. No per son will be forced to buy a bond, but every one will be expected to per form a duty. That duty 1s clearly defined and understood ' by - every good red blooded American who standa firmly In defense of his coun try. The time has come when every man will be put to the teat. He la either-for ua or agalnat ua. Tha man who can and won't had better look out for the 'Yellow Sheet,' It Is an' undesirable color It means something. The purchase of a bond Is not alone a test. Buying Liberty bonds Is not sacrifice;, It means thrift. It ia the first step to pros perity. When we fully appreciate the value of a government bond, we will seek them tor Investment rath er than try to avoid them, ' . "When our campaign opens, every msn must place himself In readi ness. We will need men and tholr autos. tf a member of the commit tee places an official poster on a car. that' means the car Is called Into rer vtce for the government. We must not consider It as an Individual mat ter; it is our common cause and no man has a right If he Is a good cltl-l sen, to evade a responsibility or fall to perform a duty. . Every man call ed Into service hnn responded chec-l fully and I feel confident that dur- Ing the second week of the campaign. .Josephine county will po over tticj top. - . 4 flultlmore. Apr. 6. Marnhnl 4 4 Joffre'e victory at the Mrn 4 In 1914 will be duplicated hv 4 General Foch, County Charles 4 4 de Chambrun, counsellor' of the 4 4 French embassy, predicted to- 4 4 day In an addreas delivered on 4 4 the occasion of French day at 4 4 Baltimore's "Over There," the 4 4 Liberty loan exhibition. 4 4 "With tha heroism of sublime 4 4 faith and the determination 4 which brings victory," ha dS- 4 4 dared. 'Trance faces the most 4 4 formidable attack the world has 4 4 aean since tha Inroad of At- 4 4 tlla. What tha Romas general 4 4 did la defeating tha aeouraga 4 4 of God, what Joffre aucceeded 4 4 la doing fa 1114, General Foch 4 4 will do tomorrow. 4 4 444-444 KANSAS iff HAS II1CE0DIAHY FIRE Kansas City, -Apr. (Three blocks la the wholesale district have beea destroyed by! flra, of probable In cendiary origin, at an estimated loss of $2,500,000. Kansas City, Apr. 5. Fire laat night destroyed three city blocks of buildings in the wholesale district known aa the "Wast Bottoms," be fore firemen gained control. The loss early today waa not known and Ore and police officials and owners of buildings In the district were unable to make even rough estimates. Twenty-six buildings were either destroyed or badly damaged and many others suffered sssaller loasea. rive firemen were Injured when a wall fell, but no deaths have been re ported. The origin of tha fire and the Dlace It started are not definitely known. There were reports that the origin was Incendiary, and that the first started In four different places with in tha burned area, but neither po lice nor Are department officials would verify these rumors. III II Washington. Apr. 5. Nine billion dollars is the approximate cost to the United States of one year of war. More than one-halt has gone In loans to the allies, which will be re paid eventually; over one-third has been spent for the amy and military establishment: one-tenth for the navy and one-fifteenth for shipbuild ing. Just one-sixth of this big wsr cost has been raised by taxation and other ordinary sources of revenue, and "the balance has coma from sale of liberty bonda and certificates of Indebted ness. Enormous aa these war ' expendi tures may seem to a country whose government, in peace times., costs be tween $700,000,000 and $800,000, 000, they are ls than Grest Brit ain's and are only about two-thirds of estimates made by officials less than a year ago. Slow nroeresa of the shipbuilding program and the re tarding of the outpouring of war suppllea areN regarded by officials as the chief reasons why expenditures did not equal estimates. - Oil F03T SEIZED BYGEOSGLD1S .Petrograd, Apr. &.-Two German warships and several torpedo boats have landed troops in Finland and occupied the town of Eknes. Several Russian warships were powerless to prevent the German's entry Into the inrbor. The sailors sunk threa tthltm to. prevent their capture. S9M000.0G3 o tm r I t JUl L ILLCB Cj iL'wlvLJ Lillys ilS DIM". praiccrt to a xr.-j i ;n i:;. Attorney General Crrrary Tiles V Matter K'Ki Ic " T.t rroo.s of VlcCa'a C: t Lackiag Y Waahington, Apr. $ Attores General Gregory took to the cabiact meeting today, a report of the lynch ing or Robert Praeger, a Cr;n. at Colllnavllle, 111., last alit, tor !; eusaioa, with tha present. The tit- enunent Is expected to denounce itt mob's Urvlessneea. It ia report:! till Praeger, who was a coal m ner, be" remarks derogatory to tat pr.:ni. iHe prayed in German. befre Imicj hanged y the miners' mob. Colllnavllle. 111., Apr. 5 Althou.j Praeger was accused of disloyal l- terances, nobody was found Iol?. who could repeat hla remarks. Collinsvllle, 111., Apr. . r ' P. Praerar. said to h d parentage, waa harjel U i t ) i m!:e south of tl t y V ' v nteht ky'aau, at t: t. dragged him Irons t-s k:: it' the city hall here. ml;ra t t beea la tl-inj. Prae;er wis i ; of making doyal rea-irU li a i cent address to miners at IZr: . III. Praeger, early In the alc'L v 1 taken by members of the I 1 "loyalist" committee and forced t parade barefooted through the c' J streets, kissing the American f. :'tl Intervals. The police rescued ,V. i and took him to the city hall f ? safe keeping. Later In the night a crowd t - ered In front of the hall and lj- manded Praeger be surrendered la I:. Mayor Slgel appeared on the r.::s and counselled calmness, but the de mands Increased and the police t'- i took Praeger to the basement, where he was roncealed beneath a pile of tiling. When the demonstranta discover 1 the man was not to be delivered to them, they rnsbed past a cordon of officers and after a short search dragged Praeger from hiding. Ere- footed, he was led , through tha street at the end of a rope and later was hanged. The police Issued a statement late last night. In which they aatd Prae ger denied he waa disloyal. He ad mitted he waa born, In Germany, but that be had hla first naturalisation paper and Intended to become aa American cltlsen. . SPEED U? Cl'IEIl of o is ;.:: Washington, Apr. 5. To speed up the ahlpbulldlng program, the war Industries board today Issued orders to steel mills and fabricated plants to make 100 per cent deliveries on all orders for steel ship plates from the emergency rieet corporation. This will give priority to the orders over all others, and supplements re cent orders to the mills to turn out no plates for commercial purposes. The action of the board followed complaints made before' the senate 'commerce commute yesterday by Georg J. Baldwin, chairman of the board ot the American International' .Shipbuilding corporation, which Is h lldlng fabricated ships at Hog Ir'snd, Pa., that his yard and some others sre short pf ship steel.